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A new study reveals the function of corpora amylacea to remove brain waste substances
Solving enigma in neuroscience research
4-Dec-2019 12:05 PM EST
Credit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA
Corpora amylacea formed by polyglucosan aggregates that amass waste products can act as containers that allow the removal of waste products from the brain.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
Aging, All Journal News, Alzheimer's and Dementia, Neuro, Parkinson's Disease, PNAS
Newswise — An article published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) describes a new pathway in the central nervous system to expel waste substances from the brain through the creation of corpora amylacea (CA), aggregates formed by glucose polymers amassing waste products.
The study, which opens new views on the clinical practice regarding neurodegenerative diseases, is led by Carme Pelegrí and Jordi Vilaplana, lecturers from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, the Institute of Neurosciences (UBNeuro) of the University of Barcelona and the Biomedical Research Networking Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED).
Other participants in the study are Marta Riba and Elisabet Augé (Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, UB-UBNeuro and CIBERNED); Joan Campo, David Moral, Ruth Ferrer and Raquel Martín (Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences and INSA-UB), and Laura Molina and Teresa Ximelis, from the Hospital Clinic de Barcelona Biobank Neurological Tissue Bank - IDIBAPS.
Corpora amylacea: an enigma in neuroscience research
Human brain corpora amylacea were first described in 1837 by the prestigious anatomist and physiologist Jan Evangelista Purkinje. These are largely in bordering areas in the central nervous system -near the brain ventricles and subsiding regions- and are abundant in the brain of the elderly and patients affected by neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's, etc.), who create excessive metabolic waste substances. However, the origins and function of CA have been unknown by the scientific community for years.
The article, now published in PNAS, describes new features of CA and reveals the determining role of these structures in the expelling of brain waste substances through pathways in which the nervous system, lymphatic system and immune system take part.
From astrocytes to removal by immune system
According to the traditional scheme, waste-product generated by the cells as result of the cell metabolism are processed in the cell environment (thanks to the ubiquitin proteasome system and autophagy mechanisms) or are expelled outside the cells and transported to the circulatory flow.
The conclusions of the study reveal some waste substances in the brain can be removed thanks to the action of the astrocytes, which can pile up the waste compounds and store them as corpora amylacea. Lecturer Carme Pelegrí notes CA "would be equal to waste products containers". "In a second phase, CA are expelled to the cerebrospinal liquid that surrounds the encephalon and the spinal cord", notes the researcher.
"Then, the cerebrospinal liquid drains to the meningeal lymphatic system and this drives the CA to the cervical lymph nodes, where these are removed by the action of the immune system", concludes Jordi Vilaplana.
Previous studies published by other authors had related CA with the accumulation of waste product. Others believed the CA could be expelled to the cerebrospinal liquid due them being located in the nervous system neighbouring areas. However, the new study is the first one to describe the CA expulsion pathway to the cerebrospinal liquid, its transport towards the lymphatic system and its removal through macrophages. The latter phase was previously predicted by the authors of the study, thanks to the existence of CA in epitopes -antigenic structures-, which are natural antibody targets.
"These science evidence shows corpora amylacea act as waste substance containers that are later expulsed from the nervous system, and are later removed. Thus, these can get out of the central nervous system without having to cross the hematoencephalic barrier, a barrier that prevents substances from going between the brain and the blood", note researchers Carme Pelegrí and Jordi Vilaplana.
Inflection point in the study protocols for corpora amylacea
The research on the origins and functions of CA has been surrounded by a great scientific controversy. A great part of these lack of scientific consensus lies in the misuse of certain experimental protocols -origin of fake results obtained by research teams-, which hardened the progress of this research. All pieces of this puzzle started to make sense after an article published by this group (Scientific Reports, 2017) which showed there is a need to adapt these protocols and that there were new scientific perspectives in the study of the nature and function of corpora amylacea. Therefore, by combining these new protocols and different techniques (optical and electronic microscopy, chemical labelling, in vitro macrophage culture, etc.) enabled the team to clear many doubts on CA.
"It is essential to adapt the different protocols to the particularities of the ongoing studies in each case", note the authors. "For instance, the modification of the protocol to get the cerebrospinal liquid was an essential factor to start the studies on CA in this fluid. This search was always focused on the liquid fraction of the cerebrospinal liquid, and the solid fraction -where CA were found- was systematically rejected. This explains why the presence of corpora amylacea in the cerebrospinal liquid was not noticed until now".
Looking for new biomarkers in neurosciences
Studying new biomarkers to help identify and assess the progress the neurodegenerative or brain diseases is determining to advance in the diagnosis and treatment of these diseases. In this context, the conclusions of the study reveal that the study of waste substances in the CA -isolated from the solid fraction of the cerebrospinal liquid- could be a new biomedical tool to diagnose certain diseases.
The relation described between CA and the immune system opens new opportunities in the field of research on neurosciences. "In experimental models, the presence of brain substances outside the brain and which interact with the immune system can result in autoimmune brain diseases. It is important and convenient to study the responses that can appear after the interaction between CA and this system", conclude the researchers.
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Everything You Want to Know About OpenAI's ChatGPT Chatbot
Posted On: 12/23/2022 By: Naomi Assaraf
Filed Under: Artificial Intelligence
ChatGPT is one of the most recent and exciting research projects by OpenAI. It is an artificial intelligence chatbot that gives impressive human-like responses to users and has the potential to completely transform business communications.
What Is OpenAI's ChatGPT Chatbot?
AI chatbots have been all the rage as businesses continue looking for ways to automate communication with customers. With OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot, things have taken a rather interesting turn. OpenAI's ChatGPT Chatbot has taken the world by storm by the way it communicates, which is similar to human speech. You can ask the chatbot to write a romantic poem about computers or create original prose about Paris, and it will comply almost instantly with fantastic results. What is so shocking about the results of OpenAI's ChatGPT is that they are indeed close to what a human could have produced.
Contrary to what you might believe while chatting with the chatbot, it does not have a personality but carries great knowledge collected from various sources paired with training by humans. OpenAI has stated that ChatGPT's answers may not always be correct or appropriate as it is still being "trained."
The ChatGPT chatbot is powered by a large language model, an AI system. It is trained to predict the next word in a sentence by scraping massive texts available on the internet and finding right and wrong patterns through trial and error.
It responds to the user's query in language that is eerily similar to a human since it is constantly being refined by human feedback using reinforcement learning. Human AI trainers converse with the OpenAI model posing as both the user and the chatbot to train it. ChatGPT is a similar version to InstructGPT by OpenAI, which responds to commands from a user typing in prompts.
Who Created ChatGPT Chatbot?
ChatGPT is created by OpenAI, which is a research lab based in San Francisco focusing on cutting-edge artificial intelligence projects. It was established in 2015 with a combined $1 billion pledge by Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and more. Another research project by OpenAI that went viral this year is the Dall-E image generator. It translated people's text prompts into colorful imagery and stunned people worldwide with its realistic creations.
Possible Uses for OpenAI ChatGPT
Many users who have tested the chatbot extensively relate the technology as an alternative to Google, which could be used to provide succinct answers to queries quickly. The chatbot is capable of providing good descriptions, answers to complex questions, and solutions to various problems relating to code, layout, and optimization. It is a truly impressive model with the potential to achieve great things in the next few years.
Real-world applications for OpenAI ChatGPT currently include generating creative and promotional content for websites, offering answers to customer concerns, and giving recommendations. Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, says that this technology is just an early demo of what can be possible in the future. He has said that in the near future, people will have helpful assistants who can talk, give advice, and answer all their questions.
Can ChatGPT Chatbot Replace Humans?
There has been great speculation ever since ChatGPT's release that the content production industry might be in danger of becoming obsolete. This includes playwrights, singers, journalists, programmers, professors, and more.
Academics have tested ChatGPT's generated responses to exam questions and have remarked that if an undergraduate had submitted these answers, they would have received full marks. Coding challenges in obscure programming languages are no feat for ChatGPT, as it can solve coding issues in just a few seconds.
Similarly, the style of writing of ChatGPT is very human-like, which has made people question whether or not writers have a future. With more advanced technology that could generate human-like responses and the "ability" to think critically, there would be no need for journalists and other related professions, right?
Currently, ChatGPT lacks the critical-thinking skills, nuance, and ethical understanding required for successful journalism. Most of its knowledge base ends in 2021, which makes some searches and queries useless. It can give misinformation with complete confidence and may even produce sexist, racist, or discriminatory responses. OpenAI is working on these issues, and ChatGPT is expected to improve significantly in the coming years.
To try out the OpenAI ChatGPT chatbot yourself, click here. You can give prompts to the chatbot to write a speech in the style of Albert Einstein, create impressive marketing emails, write an essay on the psychology of colors, or ask questions about Vincent van Gogh's work. You will genuinely be surprised by the results.

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The Bradford Literature Festival, which bills itself as the most diverse litfest in the UK, has announced its 2019 programme. The festival runs from 28 June to 7 July.
Stars of the festival will include Chris Riddell, Jeanette Winterson, Bernadine Evaristo, Steve Silberman, Karen Armstrong, AA Dhand and AC Grayling; poets Lemn Sissay, George the Poet, Simon Armitage, Imtiaz Dharker and Michael Rosen; musicians Luke Goss, Lady Leshurr, Lowkey and Saul Williams; scientist Mark Miodownik; politicians Shashi Tharoor and Sayeeda Warsi; broadcaster June Sarpong; comedian Sofie Hagen; and Islamic scholar Habib Ali al-Jifri.
The festival will mark the anniversaries of the Iranian Revolution, the fatwa calling for the execution of Salman Rushdie, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, the Peterloo Massacre, and the Stonewall riots.
More than 70,000 people - more than half of them from BAME backgrounds - attended the festival last year.
Syima Aslam, director, said: "Bradford Literature Festival is about meeting an urgent and vital public need for space in which the extraordinary times we live in can be explored, interrogated and better understood, as well as acknowledging and celebrating that there is still much that is beautiful and hopeful in the world.
"This year, for the fifth time, Bradford Literature Festival is proud to deliver a programme which celebrates diversity, empathy, and artistic excellence, offers platform to marginalised voices, and will lift the spirits of audiences and visitors from our local communities and across the world."


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Deputy Chief Mark Simmons named interim RPD chief after Ciminelli announces his departure
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Rochester Police Chief Michael Ciminelli is leaving his position with the city to take a post with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Mayor Lovely Warren announced his departure in a news release Tuesday morning. She has named Deputy Chief Mark Simmons as interim chief, effective Sept. 16.
"It has been my great honor to serve the citizens of Rochester, Mayor Warren and my fellow officers at RPD," Ciminelli said in the release. "I have been grateful for the opportunity (to) serve locally in law enforcement and now look forward to the opportunity to once again serve at the federal level."
Ciminelli informed the mayor in July of his expected mid-September departure, but did not get a firm start date until three weeks ago, he said in an interview. His reason for leaving is to be closer to family, after his youngest daughter decided to attend George Washington University, with his two other daughters already living in the Washington, D.C. area.
His tenure is in line with averages for police chiefs of mid-sized cities, officials say, yet there was speculation that his time was drawing near.
"Sounds to me like there were other people around who were giving the mayor opinions, or probably indicating to her a change was necessary," said Mike Mazzeo, president of the police officers union. "Not being in those circles, I don't know what the reasons were."
Ciminelli said he did not feel that way, and Warren indicated no such disfavor — saying he served the community well, from a data-driven reorganization that returned officers to neighborhood patrol beats to launching the body camera program. Others, from Mazzeo to community leaders, praised the chief's work ethic, professionalism and accessibility.
The timing of the announcement was nonetheless unfavorable, coming less than a week after two RPD officers were suspended without pay following allegations of excessive force back in May. The matter is under review by the Monroe County District Attorney's Office.
Warren said she wants the next chief to have a proven track record of working with the community, an understanding of 21st century policing and a commitment to be here, not someone who views the job as "a steppingstone."
The city will launch a national search for the next police chief — a process expected to take a minimum of four months.
Ciminelli, 63, will become chief of the DEA's compliance section, responsible for compliance and risk management at the federal agency, officials said. His resignation is effective Sept. 15, according to the news release. His first day on the new job is Sept. 17. Warren provided him with a recommendation for the post, she said.
A product of the 19th Ward, he joined the Police Department in 1977 and worked his way up from patrol officer to detective. He earned his law degree in night school, and spent nearly four years as an assistant prosecutor for the Monroe County District Attorney's Office.
The last time he left RPD was almost 30 years ago to the day, Sept. 16, 1988.
During his time away, he worked for the DEA twice, from 2002 to 2009 as deputy chief counsel in the office of chief counsel. He also worked there from 1991 to 1996. In between those periods, from 1996 to 2002, he was chief of police in Elmira.
He returned to Rochester in 2009 as commander of RPD's special operations division, then deputy chief of the department's Administration Bureau.
He has led the Rochester Police Department since starting as interim chief in January 2014. He was appointed as the department's permanent chief in March of that same year.
The Rev. Lewis Stewart has been a leading voice in the call for police reform. And while he and the chief didn't always agree, Stewart said Ciminelli "always kept his word," and always kept his door open to talk.
Stewart, who is among those advocating for a civilian-led police accountability board, says the city should look for a new chief who is open to new ways of doing things.
"The whole focus of policing needs to change," Stewart said. "We need to go from officers who see themselves as warriors or, as (former interim chief and current deputy mayor) Cedric Alexander says, 'invaders,' to guardians, protectors and servers of the community. ... The next chief of police should be able to look at new ways of training officers in order to change the police culture to restore trust and legitimacy."
Ciminelli will be replaced, in the interim, by a 16-year veteran of the department and another native son who came up through the ranks.
Simmons, 38, grew up on the city's northeast side, off North Goodman Street.
A graduate of Benjamin Franklin High School and Keuka College, he has worked for the department since 2002 and has served as commanding officer of the Professional Standards Section and in various assignments, including the Organized Violence Reduction Team; the Tactical Unit; and as chief of staff to the police chief.
He most recently served as one of the department's three deputy chiefs and led RPD's Administration Bureau. In that position, he oversaw policy development, budget training, personnel management, labor relations, fleet management, grant management, emergency planning and police-facility management, overseeing the reorganization.
Simmons called the interim appointment "a dream come true."He has been prepping for the interim role over the past couple months, he said in an interview, but has not decided whether to seek the position permanently. Simmons is married and has four children.
Warren has "strongly encouraged" Simmons to apply. Ciminelli said he gave Simmons an "unequivocal recommendation" for the interim role. But City Council Vice President Adam McFadden, who for years led the council's oversight of RPD, is urging patience.
"I would like to see us look at how we police as a whole and have some community dialogue about how we should be policing, then select chief that fits the model … versus just saying, 'Hey, I think this guy would be great.'"
He added: "As a community, we have to have strong dialogue about how we police here. If we want to be a real community policing city, then we have to act that way as far as involving the community."
Warren said the selection process, and potential for community involvement, still is being worked out.
Similar sentiments came from Harlan Ost, president of the 19th Ward Community Association: "I'm hoping the new person stepping in will have that neighborhood feeling, that neighborhood quality of being connected to people they serve." Ciminelli had that, he said, being responsive and accessible.
Ciminelli said he regrets the timing of his departure, not wanting his last significant event to be something so negative as the excessive force case that led to last week's news conference. Standing before the cameras that day, he apologized to the community.
"It wasn't even that officers went too far in making an arrest," he said. "This arrest should not have been made in the first place, and it triggered a series of events that was frankly outrageous."
More:Suspended RPD officers face excessive force claims in several other cases
Christopher Pate, 37, of Rochester said he was tased and beaten by officers after they stopped him near Bloss Street on May 5 for allegedly matching the description of a wanted suspect. Pate said after he provided identification and proved he wasn't the person they were seeking, the officers escalated the situation and initiated a physical confrontation.
McFadden, who learned of Ciminelli's departure from the media, said he was most impressed by the homicide closure rate under Ciminelli. RPD has closed 74 percent of cases in the four years he has been chief. It was 68 percent in the four years prior.
"He ought to be identified and celebrated for that," McFadden said. "He gave a lot of families comfort and peace and justice."
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Charlie Hunter is a musician who has the capacity to blow your mind every time you hear him. The man invented the eight-string guitar -- 3 bass strings, 5 guitar strings, 2 pickups -- which means that he plays bass and guitar simultaneously.
I didn't know too much about Tracy Chapman before I decided to review her new CD Let It Rain. I had vague recollections of "Give Me One Reason," a collaboration with Eric Clapton, which was the only reason the song was decent.


Whoever works with networks agrees that Wireshark is probably the most useful tool to "have a look" on what is going on the network. Basically, Wireshark allows to capture all the traffic flowing through the network adapter, so that users can check frames, packets, conversations, timings, bandwidth, etc.
The huge list of network protocols supported by the software at all network levels (L1-L7) makes Wireshark a really powerful tool, both for newbies and experts.
It is necessary anyhow to configure capture filters: packets have to be analysed after the capture, so it's better to avoid picking up unnecessary traffic; the less the captured packets are, the quicker the analysis will be.
capture TCP packets coming from the TCP port 80.
Wireshark is really helpful to troubleshoot the communication between an IP-based unit (e.g. Ulisse Netcam, MPX HD, UC SD ...) and a Video Management System: when the connection attempts fail, and everything seems to be Ok from the configuration point of view, a closer look to the conversation can disclose many hidden details.
Being ONVIF based, IP units rely the communication on HTTP protocol; that is the important traffic to pick up therefore.
The host 192.168.0.100 filter will capture just the traffic from and to our unit, the not udp filter will exclude the RTP stream packets; alternatively, the tcp port 80 will pick up HTTP traffic only.
Send the .pcap/.pcapng file over to us.
Hopefully the trace will contain something useful!
Never forget that modern networks are built on L2 switches.
You need to run Wireshark on the VMS Server machine, otherwise the trace will contain no useful traffic (just broadcasts).
Such requirement can be a limitation if the VMS server can not be easily accessed for security restrictions, or whether the VMS is instead... a NVR (no chance to add software on those).
These situations can be overcome using a switch provided with a Monitor (or Mirror) port, where to connect the PC that runs Wireshark.
A Monitor is a port where the switch replicates all the incoming traffic to, allowing Wireshark to capture the conversation between the VMS/NVR and the unit.
Please check for such possibility with your network administrator.
28 December 2015 14:36 , Daniele Bottini wrote this article.
Not sure if your NTP is synchronizing the Ulisses?
Actually you can use Wireshark to check whether a NTP service is available on the network, and if the NTP server is able to provide a suitable time reference.
NTP requests should come from the Ulisse when restarted, and the NTP server should answer with a packet containing a valid time reference (check the NTP flags inside the packet).
If you are using an NTP-capable appliance (e.g. a router), it could be trickier: either check the NTP logs on the appliance itself (if any), or again use Wireshark with the same filter, connecting the PC to a monitor port as explained above.


For the fourth consecutive year, students and faculty members at Carrie Palmer Weber Middle School in Port Washington held a toy drive to benefit children receiving care in Winthrop University Hospital. This year's drive was sponsored by New York State Sen. Elaine Phillips' office.
Sixth-grade Spanish teacher Filomena Dowling once again organized the drive, which resulted in the collection of several boxes of toys overflowing with board games, action figures, stuffed animals and a variety of popular toys. Teacher Christine Kearns and the sixth-grade yellow house students were also a big help collecting the toys.
Sen. Phillip's recently visited Weber to personally thank Ms. Dowling and the students and staff for helping to make the lives of many young children a little brighter this holiday season.
Photo Caption: Weber Middle School students who contributed to the school's fourth annual toy drive to benefit children receiving care in Winthrop University Hospital are congratulated by State Sen. Elaine Phillips (back row, center) along with teacher/organizer Filomena Dowling (back row, far left).


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Q: React native listen to all events I am creating idle timer in my app and I want to reset timer on each click, scroll and etc. It seems a nonsense to call my resetTimer() function on every onPress event. In web I would do event listeners like: $(document).mousemove(), $(document).mousedown(), $(document).scroll() and etc.
Any suggestions on having some top-level event listeners that could call resetTimer() on any touch event in React native?

A: After a day of investigating rect-native code I found fbjs that contains TouchEventUtils (facebook uses it in their react native tests), which allows to use different touch event state functions(onTouchMove(event), onTouchStart(event), onTouchEnd(event)).
So what I did:
npm install fbjs --save

And simply added onTouchStart to to my top level Root component that wrapps my routes, therefore I have all screens covered as I am using it on all screens/views wrapper.
So my code looks something like this:
/* rest of my imports */
import TouchEventUtils from 'fbjs/lib/TouchEventUtils';

class Root extends Component {

    onTouchStart(){
        //my code to properly reset session timer
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <View
                onTouchStart={this.onTouchStart}
            >
                {/*My routes*/}
            </View>
        )
    }
}

And thats it, that's the solution to accesing top level event listener and doing something on every event. I didn't dig deeper(as this was enough for my case), so I am not sure what object it gets and if it can help to identify any further properties(i.e. making logging of clicked elements).

A: I don't think there is an official API for this.
As a part of investigating how we could use Cycle.js with React Native, we did experiment on monkey patching the __fbBatchedBridge global defined by the BatchedBridge module to listen to all global events coming in from the native side.
It was not suitable for us, because all we get are raw touch events, and it wasn't possible to filter for different kinds of event types. But if what you indeed want is to know when any touch event occurs, that solution might work for you.
It would, of course, be brittle and hacky :)

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Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Recruitment 2019: UPSC has announced a recent notification calling for recruitment of 60+ Director, Scientist & Other Posts through UPSC exam. Required qualification from a recognized institution, relevant work experience and age limit requirement are as following. Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply to the post in prescribed manner. Only shortlisted candidates will be called for written test/interview. See the notification below to see vacancies/positions available, eligibility criteria and other requirements. Eligible candidates must submit applications on or before 13th December 2018.


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Honor Flight attendance down
Fewer WWII vets able to make trip
Army Reserve Ambassador and Honor Flight Savannah board member Luis Carreras, right, attends a guardian training session in 2011 with World War II, Korean and Vietnam War veteran retired Staff Sgt. Clinton Henry of Hinesville. - photo by File photo
One by one, America's greatest generation of war veterans is fading away, and Lou Carreras said Honor Flight Savannah wants to ensure local veterans don't leave without a proper "thank you."
"There are no more local World War II veterans able to make the (Honor Flight) trip to (Washington) D.C.," said Carreras, Army Reserve ambassador for Georgia. "Their health prevents them from making the trip. In fact, we've lost a few since the last trip (September 2012). We've now started taking Korean War veterans."
Carreras said Honor Flight Savannah was trying to make the trip twice a year, but lately they don't have enough veterans. He said their local nonprofit organization was founded in 2008 by retired Navy Lt. Larry Spears and his wife Marian.
The Spears and area veterans Carreras, Tim Bulick and Paul Green soon started a program that would take WWII vets from Southeast Georgia to Washington, D.C., to see the memorial dedicated to their service. With help from local author Carol Megathlin and retired Air Force Col. Ed Wexler, they expanded the area into South Carolina's Lowcountry.
With the support from local veterans groups, area businesses, and civic and fraternal organizations, Honor Flight Savannah made its inaugural flight Oct. 24, 2009. Three WWII veterans from Coastal Georgia and three from the Lowcountry made the first trip.
Since that time, Carreras said nearly 200 local WWII veterans representing all branches of military service have made the trip to Washington. They now travel via a charter bus, which is much easier on the veterans, who are all in their 80s and 90s. Previously, the flights took them from Savannah to Charleston to Charlotte and to Baltimore, with plane changeovers along the way, he said.
He said the bus rides are comfortable even for wheelchair-bound vets and those requiring oxygen tanks. The agenda still is packed, he said.
The next scheduled Savannah Honor Flight is scheduled to leave at 9 a.m. Sept. 6 from the 165th Airlift Wing, Georgia Air National Guard on Dean Forest Road in Savannah. Carreras said 3rd Infantry Division soldiers and Marines from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort will be on hand to salute the 29 participants as they board the buses. That Friday will be used for travel, meals and resting, he said.
Saturday morning will begin with a tour of the World War II Memorial then a visit to the Iwo Jima Memorial and Air Force Memorial. After lunch, they'll visit Arlington National Cemetery and observe the "Changing of the Guard" at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The rest of the afternoon will be spent visiting the Women at War Memorial, Korean and Vietnam War memorials and the U.S. Navy Memorial.
Late Saturday evening, the veterans will board the buses for the trip home. Carreras said it's impossible to thank World War II veterans enough for the sacrifices they made in that war, but at least some of them will know a grateful nation still remembers what they did.
Carreras, who's participated in two Honor Flights as a "guardian," said the veterans continually are greeted and saluted by service men and women past and present, including general officers. He said all costs for each veteran are paid for via fundraisers and donations. The guardians, who usually are veterans, too, are volunteers who make the trips at their own expense solely to support and assist the veterans, he said.
Carreras retired from the Army after 21 years, then served with Fort Stewart's directorate of logistics long enough to retire from civil service. Because of his many years of federal service, he feels compelled to honor other veterans, especially veterans of World War II.
"I was born in Cuba and arrived in 1948 with my parents and was raised in New York City," said Carreras, who'll celebrate his 72nd birthday in August. "My wife, Birgit, is German, and we both have a great deal of love for this nation. That is why I do all the volunteer work with the support of my wife, who is still waiting for me to clean the garage."
He said he started his military career as an enlisted soldier in maintenance, then became a warrant officer and helicopter pilot. He ended his career as a commissioned officer in air defense. Despite two combat tours in Vietnam, Carreras has special respect for the generation of Americans who saved the world from Nazi domination.
According to www.honorflight.org, more than 600 World War II veterans die every day. Honor Flight started in 2005.


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The state expanded an existing lawsuit against pill maker Purdue Pharma.
The photograph was captured by Alfred Eisenstaedt and published alongside the caption: 'In New York's Times Square a white-clad girl clutches her purse and skirt as an uninhibited sailor plants his lips squarely on hers"
The couple left without passing on contact information.
The FBI are investigating after the alleged device was discovered near an address in Katonah, New York state.


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Man killed in Ocean City motorcycle crash ID'd
The man who died in a motorcycle crash in Ocean City has been identified at Eric Del Marr of Maryland.
Man killed in Ocean City motorcycle crash ID'd The man who died in a motorcycle crash in Ocean City has been identified at Eric Del Marr of Maryland. Check out this story on delmarvanow.com: https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2016/05/20/biker-ocean-city-fatal-identified/84648802/
Emily Chappell, EChappell@dmg.gannett.com Published 11:03 a.m. ET May 20, 2016 | Updated 2:41 p.m. ET May 20, 2016
The scene of a fatal crash on 28th Street and Coastal Highway in Ocean City on Thursday, May 19.(Photo: Staff photo by Ryan Marshall)Buy Photo
The man who died after a motorcycle crash in Ocean City on Thursday has been identified.
On Friday, May 20, David Lambert, a shop supervisor with Montgomery County public schools, identified the man killed in the crash as Eric Del Marr. He was employed as a diesel mechanic there.
A press release from the town confirms the name of the man killed.
Del Marr, of Germantown, Maryland, was driving at a high rate of speed when he collided with a pickup truck driven by a 19-year-old male of North Beach, Maryland, according to the release. The crash occurred at 28th Street and Philadelphia Avenue.
An officer not from Ocean City, who was in town for events this weekend, had previously tried to stop Del Marr.
Preliminary investigations show a Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) officer tried to stop the motorcycle after seeing Del Marr do a "wheelie" at a high rate of speed, according to the release. The officer saw this minutes before the collision while traveling northbound around the area of 45th Street and Coastal Highway.
Del Marr then made a U-turn on Coastal Highway at 56th Street, travelling southbound, according to the release. The motorcycle fled from the officer, and the officer did not pursue the vehicle and lost site of the driver, officials have said.
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Other law enforcement agencies were helping police the area for the town's annual Cruisin' Ocean City, Ocean City police spokeswoman Lindsay Richard said. In addition to MDTA, these included officers from the Worcester County Sheriff's Office and Maryland State Police.
Ocean City Police investigate fatal motorcycle crash
The scene of a fatal crash on 28th Street and Coastal Highway in Ocean City on Thursday, May 19. Staff photo by Ryan Marshall
A wheel of a motorcycle in the middle of Coastal Highway near 28th Street where a fatal crash took place around noon Thursday, May 19. Staff photo by Ryan Marshall
A view from Baltimore Ave. through one of the shops on the corner of 28th Street on Coastal Highway where police blocked off a portion of the highway after a fatal crash around noon Thursday, May 19. Staff photo by Ryan Marshall
The view through the doors 28th Street Pit and Pub shows the blue sheets that police used to block off fatal crash on Coastal Highway on Thursday, May 19. Staff photo by Ryan Marshall
Debris from a crash on Coastal Highway near 28th Street in Ocean City on Thursday, May 19. Staff photo by Ryan Marshall
The view from the intersection of 28th Street and Baltimore Ave. in Ocean City where a fatal crash took place between a motorcycle and blue pickup truck around noon Thursday, May 19. Staff photo by Ryan Marshall
Ocean City Police are investigating a fatal crash on Coastal Highway and 28th Street on Thursday, May 19. Staff photo by Ryan Marshall
A man died after his motorcycle was struck at the intersection of 28th Street and Coastal Highway on Thursday, May 19. Staff photo by Ryan Marshall
A shoe in the middle of the intersection on Coastal Highway and 28th Street after a fatal crash occured around noon Thursday, May 19. Staff photo by Ryan Marshall
Ocean City Police directed traffic to Baltimore Ave. after a fatal crash occured in the intersection of 28th Street and Coastal Highway on Thursday, May 19. Staff photo by Ryan Marshall
Richard has said at no point did officers chase the man on the motorcycle with lights and sirens, though a video originally on YouTube that spread on social media Thursday appeared to show police following the motorcyclist with lights on.
Richard wrote in an email Thursday that officials believe the video online shows two officers attempting to conduct the initial traffic stop when the driver speed off.
The video has since been removed from YouTube.
"This investigation is still very active and ongoing, but to our knowledge, law enforcement officers did not pursue the vehicle. We had multiple offices who witnessed the motorcycle driver committing traffic violations and more than one officer who initiated traffic stops," Richard said.
"As you can see from the video, the officers attempted to stop the motorcycle in the area of OC Brewing Co., but what you can't see is the officers stop the pursuit when the driver turned off Coastal Highway. The accident didn't occur until minutes later on 28th Street."
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Other police units observed Del Marr as he traveled southbound and reported his location via police radio, according to the release. It was later determined that from 56th Street, Del Marr traveled southbound on Coastal Highway until 33rd Street, where he turned west, then eventually reentered southbound Coastal Highway at 32nd Street.
Del Marr then made a U-turn at 23rd Street and traveled northbound at a high rate of speed, according to the release.
Moments after the attempt to pull Del Marr over, at about 12:08 p.m., the motorcycle crashed into the Ford F-350 pickup truck. The driver of the motorcycle instantly died. The driver of the pickup truck was not injured.
With the event in town, Waters said officials estimated 150,000 or so people in town. And with the increase in people comes an increase in violations, she said.
READ MORE: Traffic stops down, arrests up during 2015 Cruisin'
Last year, from Thursday to Sunday, there were fewer calls for service and traffic stops than there were during the four-day event in 2014. There were 2,138 calls for service and 1,088 traffic stops that year.
But, while there were less calls for service,there were more arrests made in 2015. That year saw 56 arrests, with 13 of those being DUI arrests.
A Millersville, Maryland, man was charged with six traffic violations after last year's event, stemming from a May 16 video shot that weekend.
RELATED: Driver doing doughnuts during Cruisin' in OC charged
Harry Matthew Huntsman, 25, was driving his blue Corvette near 94th and Coastal Highway in Ocean City on May 16 and was caught on video doing doughnuts, among other things, in the middle of the highway.
Especially in light of recent tragedies in the last few weeks, Waters said, it's even more important for people to be following the rules on the road.
"We want to keep everybody safe," she added.
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Ocean City Police Chief Ross Buzzuro released a statement on Facebook in regard to the incident.
"Yesterday, Ocean City experienced a catastrophic tragedy that was avoidable and will most certainly be remembered by those who witnessed for a long time to come. As we go into a busy weekend and a busy summer season, I ask that you please put safety first," he wrote. "Remember to Walk Smart, use crosswalks and cross with the signal. Remember to Drive Smart by paying close attention to the road, don't drive distracted and follow the speed limit and rules of the road. We want you to have an enjoyable experience in Ocean City but above all we want you to be safe."
The southbound lane of Philadelphia from about 26th to 30th streets were closed Thursday due to the crash. The investigation is ongoing.
Ocean City police are asking anyone with information about this incident to contact Pfc. Ryan Flanagan at rflanagan@oceancitymd.gov or 410-520-5340.
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College football is what it is today because of schools playing each other every year for over 50 years. The tradition of going against a familiar foe and claiming bragging rights for your school is why college football draws the bank that it does. So when Notre Dame and Michigan suit up today for the 37th time, remember that they first played each other in 1887. That's about 122 years ago. So when they trot on that field today, they carry on their shoulders a history of competition older than Brent Musberger. This is the linchpin of college football.
Of course, we would be remiss to mention that there really isn't any other big games going on this week. Most rivarly games are played another week. For the ranked teams, the only marquee match up is USC heading to the horse shoe and playing Ohio State. So the pick of teams to talk about this week is pretty weak. Especially because of the big games from last week. There were Top 20 upsets and down to the wire games for BCS contenders last week. This week seems pretty lame comparatively..
But college football needs these two teams. We were lucky enough that it is quiet enough to hear about the Wolverines and the Fighting Irish. For the Wolves, they need to get better fast. The Big 10 needs them to be elite much more than college football. Nowadays, people talk about how weak the Big 10 is. Sure they have Ohio State and sometimes Penn State, but without Michigan and their tradition (the winningest team in history) people will always scoff at the Big 10 and turn their noses at them. As for the Irish, it's been years since they even mattered. There's no patience up in South Bend. Just look at Ty Willingham. So the vaunted Charlie Weiss led Notre Dame Fighting Irish need to manufacture a BCS trip or face falling back in mediocrity. It's been way too long for them. They even set up a cupcake schedule because they know they'll make it on name alone.
That's where we are at today. In a couple hours, the whole nation will watch an 18th ranked team travel to an unranked team's home and play football. Usually in a bigger week with tougher matchups, this game would be overlooked. Usually teams with higher rankings would get the national rub and this one would be pushed to regional action. But this is Notre Dame. This is Michigan. This is a history rich in competition. This is college football. We're lucky enough to see it.


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Helping others in our community.
The 4074 Family Fun Day is proud to be able to support some fantastic local charitable organisations within the community. We tend to choose organisations that don't get a lot of recognition and/or support but they quietly work their magic and are an enormous asset to those in the community who rely on their skills and support.
Please take a moment below to learn about these wonderful organisations and support them if you can. If you would like to nominate an organisation for consideration in upcoming events, please send us an email.
To provide Care Kits to children and young people from birth to seventeen years when they are first placed in foster care.
The kits provide the child with something they can hold onto and call their own, and include basic items for personal hygiene, clothing, something to do and something to love, all chosen to suit the age and gender of the child. It is sad to see little children standing before you often with nothing but the clothes they are wearing. They feel lost, lonely and afraid and are often traumatised and emotionally scarred.
January 2018: Unfortunately Project: Love & Care recently closed but we were honoured to have been a small contributor to this wonderful organisation that helped so many.
A not-for-profit organisation that provides centre based overnight respite and day support for people with multiple impairments and complex health needs. We provide person centred care within a family centred framework.
ECA operates Stanley Cottage which provides home like centre based respite for 12 children and young people. This enables the family time for a break and increases the children and young people's support community enabling meaningfulness, purpose and a sense of belonging.
We also operate day support services promoting social inclusion and empowering individuals to pursue personal interests.
Situated in the Western Suburbs of Brisbane, Miraa House is a learning life skills centre for women aged 17 and over with an intellectual disability. Miraa House works in small groups of women only, to learn essential life skills and to help our ladies to become more independent while building their self-confidence, establishing relationships and connecting with the community.
Our program is delivered through our dedicated and highly qualified team including a special education teacher, social worker and support workers. Our goal is to help our ladies to become more independent by building on their existing skills and introducing new experiences in a caring and supportive environment.
Our school provides an educational service for students with an intellectual disability and secondary impairments including vision, hearing, physical and Autistic Spectrum Disorders from birth through to their graduation from formal schooling. We are also a specialist facility that caters for students with high and complex medical support needs.
Our school hosts the Mount Ommaney Special School Early Childhood and Development Program which caters for children not yet at compulsory school age who meet the criteria for attendance.
Our award winning educational programs are student centred and we pride ourselves on having a safe, supportive and least restrictive school environment that has high expectations for all students.
Montrose has a long history of supporting Queenslanders with a disability. With more than 80 years' experience behind us, Montrose has provided quality driven, comprehensive and customised care to generations of people. In that time we have helped thousands of young Queenslanders with disabilities, their families and their community support networks.
Looking to the future, we are expanding our services to provide multidisciplinary therapy,(occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech therapy, social work) fully accessible holiday accommodation and respite support, life style and community inclusion programs to people of all ages with physical impairments and developmental support needs.
Brings mobility specialists from the United States to train blind clients, their families and those professionals who support them in the art of FlashSonar. This is an active form of echolocation that allows the blind user to find out what's around them quickly and discretely. The user simply clicks their tongue and is able, after training, to interpret the echoes to determine the nature of the objects that are in their environment. This allows the user to find the clear way through their environment.
The user is always trained in this technique as an adjunct to the use of their regular mobility aid such as a long cane or a guide dog. We do encourage users to use a longer cane than is traditionally issued by more mainstream blindness organisations but we never encourage the use of FlashSonar without a mobility aid.
LHFSN specialise in helping families who have been through a house fire. Their aim is to provide care packs for the families immediately. These care packs will contain basic necessities that we all take for granted. They will provide immediate emergency accommodation if needed, and then will, if needed, help in finding permanent accommodation as well as re-furnishing and getting the family back on their feet.
Their mMission is to give back to the SE Qld communities and help those who have suffered a terrible tragedy in the event of a house fire.
DanDaLion Friends is an organisation that is involved in the 'diffability' sector. They believe that everybody has unique gifts that can make a valuable contribution to community regardless of our different abilities. Through engagement in interactive events, they offer understanding and celebration around inclusiveness and diversity.
They seek to create generational mindset change in this space and redefine the value of those with 'diffability' in our community.


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Philosophy of Aristotle
Aristotle was one of the greatest thinkers of the ancient world and is known for his many achievements, including founding the Lyceum and tutoring the Macedonian king, Alexander the Great. Born in 384 BCE, Aristotle became a student of Plato and eventually produced writings ranging from theories of theater, music, and linguistics to some of the first scientific studies in zoology, biology, and politics. A philosopher in the purest sense, Aristotle was a man who valued knowledge and human logic, which shows throughout his works.
As the founder of the Western world's formal study of logic, Aristotle's theories led the greatest thinkers in all Western philosophy until the Renaissance and impacted every theorist, scientist, and artist who came after him. His philosophy emphasized logic, reason, and a testable process as the methods to knowledge, and he denied Plato's theories about ideal forms and abstractions. He was concerned with reality he could observe and measure rather than intangible concepts that don't physically exist.
Aristotle believed in a highly-classified and organized nature of reality, and he broke the world into systems that operated under specific principles. He then argued that these systems, like mathematics and biology, could be logically dissected, studied, replicated, and perhaps manipulated. He argued that the elements of the world were not only earth, air, fire, and water, but also aether—a kind of divine matter that makes up celestial planets. Aristotle believed in moderation as the key to a balanced life. He advocated avoidance of all extremes in preference of a compromise between the two. He believed the soul was manifest in the actions of the body, so that by reasoning, people show themselves to have human souls.
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Q: net::ERR_CONNECTION_RESET when large file takes longer than a minute I have a multipart file upload in a form with a php backend. I've set max_execution_time and max_input_time in php.ini to 180 and confirmed on the file upload that these values are set and set TimeOut 180 in Apache. I've also set
RewriteRule .* - [E=noabort:1]
RewriteRule .* - [E=noconntimeout:1]

When I upload a 250MB file on a fast connection it works fine. When I'm on a slower connection or a network link conditioner to artificially slow it down, the same file times out and on Chrome gives me net::ERR_CONNECTION_RESET after 1 minute (and 5 seconds) reliably. I've also tried other browsers with the same outcome, just different error messages.
There is no indication to an error in any log and I've tried both on http and https.
What would cause the upload connection to be reset after 1 minute?
EDIT
I've now also tried to have a simple upload form that bypasses any framework I'm using, still timeouts at 1 minute.
I've also just made a sleep script that timeouts after 2 and a half minutes, and that works, page takes around 2.5 minutes to load so I can't see how it's browser or header related.
I've also used a server with more RAM to ensure it's not related to that. I've tested on 3 different servers with different specs but all from the same CentOS 7 base.
I've now also upgraded to PHP 7.2 and updated the relevant fields again with no change in the problem.
EDIT 2
The tech stack for this isolated instance is

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*Apache 2.4.6

*PHP 5.6 / 7.2 (tried both), has OPCache

*Redis 3.2.6 for session information and key / value storage (ElastiCache)

*PostgreSQL 10.2 (RDS)

Everything else in my tech stack has been removed from this test area to try and isolate the problem. EFS is on the system but in my most isolated test it's just using EBS.
EDIT 3
Here some logs from the chrome network debugger:
{"params":{"net_error":-101,"os_error":32},"phase":0,"source":    {"id":274043,"type":8},"time":"3332701830","type":69},
{"params":    {"error_lib":33,"error_reason":101,"file":"../../net/socket/socket_bio_adapter.cc","line":216,"net_error":-101,"ssl_error":1},"phase":0,"source":        {"id":274043,"type":8},"time":"3332701830","type":56},
{"phase":2,"source":{"id":274038,"type":1},"time":"3332701830","type":159},
{"phase":1,"source":    {"id":274038,"type":1},"time":"3332701830","type":164},
{"phase":1,"source":    {"id":274038,"type":1},"time":"3332701830","type":287},
{"params":    {"error_lib":33,"error_reason":101,"file":"../../net/socket/socket_bio_adapter.cc","line":113,"net_error":-101,"ssl_error":1},"phase":0,"source":    {"id":274043,"type":8},"time":"3332701830","type":55},
{"params":{"net_error":-101},"phase":2,"source":    {"id":274038,"type":1},"time":"3332701830","type":287},
{"params":{"net_error":-101},"phase":2,"source":{"id":274038,"type":1},"time":"3332701830","type":164},
{"params":{"net_error":-101},"phase":2,"source":{"id":274038,"type":1},"time":"3332701830","type":97},
{"phase":1,"source":{"id":274038,"type":1},"time":"3332701830","type":105},
{"phase":2,"source":{"id":274038,"type":1},"time":"3332701830","type":105},
{"phase":2,"source":{"id":274043,"type":8},"time":"3332701830","type":38},
{"phase":2,"source":{"id":274043,"type":8},"time":"3332701830","type":38},
{"phase":2,"source":{"id":274043,"type":8},"time":"3332701830","type":34},
{"params":{"net_error":-101},"phase":2,"source":{"id":274038,"type":1},"time":"3332701830","type":2},

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ERR_CONNECTION_RESET usually means that the connection to the server has ceased without sending any response to the client. This means that the entire PHP process has died without being able to shut down properly.
This is usually not caused by something like an exceeded memory_limit. It could be some sort of Segmentation Fault or something like that. If you have access to error logs, check them. Otherwise, you might get support from your hosting company.
I would recommend you to try some of these things:

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*Try cleaning the browser's cache. If you have already visited the page, it is possible for the cache to contain information that doesn't match the current version of the website and so blocks the connection setup, making the ERR_CONNECTION_RESET message appear.

*Add the following to your settings:
memory_limit = 1024M
max_input_vars = 2000
upload_max_filesize = 300M
post_max_size = 300M
max_execution_time = 990

*Try setting the following input in your form:

*In your processing script, increase the session timeout:
set_time_limit(200);

*You might need to tune up the SSL buffer size in your apache config file.
SSLRenegBufferSize 10486000
The name and location of the conf file is different depending on distributions.
In Debian you find the conf file in /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl.conf

*A few times it is mod_security module which prevents post of large data approximately 171 KB. Try adding/modifying the following in mod_security.conf
SecRequestBodyNoFilesLimit 10486000
SecRequestBodyInMemoryLimit 10486000
I hope something might work out!

A: I went through a similar problem, in my case it was related to mod_reqtimeout by adding:
RequestReadTimeout header=20-40, MinRate=500 body=20, MinRate=500

to httpd.conf did the trick!
You can check the documentation here.
Hope it helps!

A: Incase anybody else runs into this - there is also a problem with this relating to PHP-FPM.  If you dont set "ProxyTimeout" in your httpd.conf - PHP-FPM uses a default timeout of one minute.  It took me several hours to figure out the problem as I initially was thinking of all the normal settings like everyone else.

A: I had the same problem. I used the resumable file upload method where if the internet is disconnected and reconnects back then the upload resumes from the same progress.
Check out the library https://packagist.org/packages/pion/laravel-chunk-upload

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*Installation

composer require pion/laravel-chunk-upload

*Add service provider

\Pion\Laravel\ChunkUpload\Providers\ChunkUploadServiceProvider::class

*Publish the config

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Pion\Laravel\ChunkUpload\Providers\ChunkUploadServiceProvider"

A: In my opinion it maybe relative to one of them:
About apache config (/etc/httpd2/conf ou /etc/apache2/conf):
Timeout 300
max_execution_time = 300

About php config ('php.ini'):
upload_max_filesize = 2000M
post_max_size = 2000M
max_input_time = 300
memory_limit = 3092M
max_execution_time = 300

About PostgreSQL config (execute this request):
SET statement_timeout TO 0;

About proxy, (or apache mod_proxy), it maybe also be due to proxy timeout configuration

A: in case anyone has the same issue, the problem I encountered is that the http request has to go through proxy sever and waf, small files upload is ok, but with large files the tcp connection automatically closed, how to validate:
simply change your hosts setting point the domain to the web server ip address (or you may use firefox with no-proxy if there is no waf), if your problem gone then it's the caused by the proxy or the waf in between your web server and the browser

A: Connection-Reset occurs when php process dies without proper error message.
Changing oracle client version from 19 to 12c and then appropriately configuring in php.ini solved the connection reset issue for our team.


In 1981, the United States joined the 1961 Hague Convention abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents. The Convention provides for the authentication of public (including notarized) documents to be used in countries that have joined the convention. Apostille of Articles of Incorporation or other document is issued by the Secretary of State.
If you need Apostille of Articles of Incorporation the State also charges for Certified copy of Articles. The total cost would be: $94 for regular filing and $294 for expedite filing. The price includes Certified copy of Articles (or expedite Certified copy if expedite Apostille is ordered). We recommend to order Apostille at the time you set up your corporation. Regular service takes 2-4 weeks; expedite is 1-2 business days + time for mailing. Apostille is done in Carson City only. We mail order to them and they mail it back, which takes few extra days. We can provide apostille for other notarized documents in Nevada.


The steps in DNA replication in eukaryotic cells are very much the same as the steps in bacterial replication discussed above. The differences in bacterial and eukaryotic replication relate to the details of the proteins that function in each step. Although amino acid sequences of eukaryotic and prokaryotic replication proteins have diverged through evolution, their structures and functions are highly conserved. However, the eukaryotic systems are often somewhat more complicated.
For example, bacteria require only a single DNA polymerase, using DNA polymerase III for both leading and lagging strand synthesis, and are able to survive without DNA polymerase I. In contrast, eukaryotes require at least four DNA polymerases, DNA polymerases a, 8, e, and a. DNA polymerases 8 and e both interact with the sliding clamp, and some evidence suggests that one of these polymerases is used for the leading strand and the other for the lagging strand. One required function of DNA polymerase a is the synthesis of the RNA primers for DNA synthesis. The precise role of DNA polymerase a is not yet known. A second example is removal of the RNA primers on Okazaki fragments. In eukaryotes, primer removal is carried out by RNase H and two other proteins, Fenl and Dna2, which replace the 5'-to-3' exonuclease provided by the bacterial DNA polymerase I in bacteria.
Replication continues until two approaching forks meet. The tips of linear eukaryotic chromosomes, called telomeres, require special replication events. Bacterial chromosomes, which contain circular DNA molecules, do not require these special events.


The pasteurizers of the PSE and PSG series allow to increase the shelf-life of fresh pasta in a simply and quickly. The machines reduce the bacterial load by heating the product for the required time maintaining the correct humidity. ITALGI manufactures pasteurizers both with injected steam and with direct steam, custom made according to individual customer needs.


Dr. Karen Effrem and Chrissy Blevio, co-founders of the Florida Stop Common Core Coalition appeared Saturday in Tampa to discuss the implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in our schools with concerned parents, grandparents, and educators. The event was hosted by Heritage Action for America and the Tampa 912 Project. Dr. Effrem exposed many of the myths, false narratives, and talking points people are hearing regarding Common Core.
Despite claims to the contrary, Common Core is not a state driven educational curriculum; rather it is a national program being implemented for English and math. The federal government is heavily involved in shaping curriculum guidelines. The P-20W "Cradle to Career" model includes expansion into preschool and even pre-natal supervision. Common Core advocates insist it is being driven by many of our state governors. While the National Governors Association appears to be behind the implementation of Common Core State Standards, we must understand that the NGA receives eighty percent of its funding from the federal government. Organizations like Achieve, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), and the NGA are private trade organizations and conduct their affairs in closed meetings.
Much of the money behind the Common Core State Standards comes from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and federal dollars. Because of our recent and extended recession, states were desperate for federal funds. In 2010 they accepted this money without reviewing or understanding what the Common Core State Standards are. Today much of the curriculum is still being written and the tests are being drafted. These standards have never been tested. Bill Gates has admitted we will not know the outcome of a CCSS education and that our children are part of a nationwide "experiment." The federal government is spending $360 million dollars on SBAC and PARCC test development.
The Common Core State Standards were adopted in Florida by appointed state school board members, not our elected officials. Florida legislators had no involvement in the adoption of this curriculum and have very little knowledge of the issues and are therefore unable to address the concerns of their constituents. They have been given talking points and have been sent from Tallahassee to meet with constituents through local political groups. Having attended several of these meetings in the Tampa Bay area, our representatives appear to be on fact finding missions where they are asking their constituents what the major concerns are regarding Common Core. It seems they have been directed to take this information back to Tallahassee so they can craft their talking points to satisfy their concerns and convince parents and educators how wonderful the Common Core State Standards are and how "rigorous" and "internationally benchmarked" the newly developed curricula will be for our children.
We are being told that states have some say in the curriculum they use in their schools, and while they must use at least eighty-five percent of the materials provided, fifteen percent can be modified by the state. Florida declined retaining this minimal state control and has adopted one hundred percent of the CCSS curriculum.
Not one of the Common Core State Standard architects has taught in any K – 12 classroom. Educators involved in reviewing the CCSS determined that by the end of eighth grade American students will be two years behind their international peers and even worse by graduation.
We are being told there will be no more teaching to the test. This is false, as teacher pay, tenure, and funding are all tied to test results.
Of great concern to parents is the data mining inclusion in CCSS and the privacy of their children's information. CCSS sets up a national student database which includes over 400 points of personal information on each student, such as: bus stops and travel times, at risk students, disease, illness, parental voting information. In addition, biometric data will be collected including genetic data and iris scans.
President Obama changed the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) rules so that students can be monitored as to their psychological attitudes involving a range of non-cognitive factors. This is not only about fundamentally changing how our children are being taught, they will also be subjected and exposed to psychological and behavioral modification.
Governor Scott asked the department to hold public hearings to listen to citizens concerns on CCSS. These hearings will be held in Tampa, Davie, and Tallahassee.
On Tuesday October 15, 2013 the Tampa meeting will be held at Hillsborough Community College, from 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. in the Student Services Building – Auditorium – Room 111, 4001 West Tampa Bay Boulevard, Tampa, Florida.
Parents and citizens will be permitted three minutes each for public comment.
Bill Gates has not been coy about the purpose of the Common Core State Standards. In the following Glenn Beck video he explains the market being created by this program. It is all about unleashing a "powerful market of people providing services for better teaching." Bill Gates is developing software for this program and stands to profit handsomely off of his investment, as does the Bush family and many others involved in this program, through both its implementation and the future employees being trained for specific and targeted careers.
Common Core is not education as we have come to understand over the past hundred years or so. Common Core will teach our children WHAT to think, not HOW to think. Our children will be pigeonholed to specific jobs based on the educational and psychological profiles and data collected during their entire lives from before birth through twelfth grade. The education they will receive will prepare them to attend a community college or to go into a career right out of high school. This is what is meant by "college and career ready." Your child will no longer be able to decide for him- or herself what career they wish to pursue. His or her path will be set early and the training will be focused on that occupation, much like we see in China, Russia, and many of the countries of Europe.
The meetings planned for this week in Florida are merely a dog and pony show to make us think they are considering our concerns when it comes to the Common Core State Standards, when in fact, its implementation has already been decided.
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LUX ELEVEN. Located in the vibrant area of Mitte, the heart of Berlin, lies the Design Hotel Lux Eleven, surrounded by various shops, art galleries, design studios, concept stores, as well as a number of trendy bars, cafes and restaurants. Popular tourist attractions are only a step away. Hackesche Höfe, Alexanderplatz with its television tower, Gendaremenmarkt, Prenzlauerberg and Musesumsinsel can easily be reached with the excellent public transport facilities.
The Lux Eleven was built in the 19th century and later became a military hospital during World War I. It survived World War II and from 1990, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the neighborhood became more and more trendy. It provided the finest art, underground clubs and galleries. Lux Eleven as a Design Hotel as such, opened in 2005, with completely refurbished three building. It quickly became the most popular Design Hotel for all sorts of creatives, even housing celebrities.
Today: It provides the most excellent service while guaranteeing every guest's privacy. It offers 72 spacious open-plan rooms and suites, ranging from Value rooms to Premier suites, Superior suites and Executive suites. The suites range in sizes and include a fully equipped kitchenette, a bathroom and living space. The 160m² penthouse is the Hotels special feature and can also be used as an exclusive meeting room. The Lux certainly is a home away from home and makes residing at the Lux Eleven a true delight. The living space includes a TV and provides a doc station for iPhone addicts like me. 😀 With the available wifi during my whole stay, I was also able to blog. Another plus was the 24 hour reception and room service that provided excellent service at all times.
I was first booked into the Executive Suite but upon arriving I was surprised to hear that I was upgraded to the Premier Suite #win I loved my room or should I say little apartment rather? Certainly, one of the best Hotels I have stayed it so far.
'Do disturb' instead of 'do not disturb', is the Hotel's ethos regarding privacy. I was never woken up early by the staff or similar, unless I put the 'do disturb' sign outside my door. Indeed, the Lux Eleven really made me feel home, while letting me have my own space.
Being a Design Hotel and the most popular of its kind, the Lux leaves nothing to be desired in terms of furnishing and comfortable ambience. Its clean and minimalistic decor which can be found in all suites is the Hotels specialty of style. The Hotel further works with the beautiful Prince restaurant, and houses a Pop Up Store, the fashion store Ulf Haines and an Aveda HairSpa for the ultimate relaxation experience.
The Lux Eleven, named after its location on Rosa-Luxemburg Str., certainly is a jewel of a Hotel, welcoming global travellers and providing an experience that is far off from the usual Hotel stay. A definite must when you are in Berlin next time.
Hey this hotel seems to be an interesting place to live in during a visit or trip to Berlin, Germany. With cheap flights tickets to Germany one can easily afford to stay in a luxurious design hotel like this.


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A Custom Shop for Music Gear, a "Third Deck" DJ Controller, and DIY Hardware Secrets
Dave Cross thinks more about the design of DJ gear than even most passionate electronic music enthusiasts. Aside from stints at DJ Times and Ableton, this is a man who wrote an honors thesis on the history of the DJ mixer [PDF]. Then again, maybe it's more a matter of the industry being painfully behind. In, 2006 when he designed his beautiful, vintage-styled Briefcase into the chassis of a 70s Sony mic mixer, there were few MIDI controllers for DJs even on the market.
Times have changed, and in the mind-numbing cycle of industry products, it's likely this year's NAMM trade show will include a deluge of controllers from DJ manufacturers.
That has left Dave to focus not on making the next mass-market hit, but on assembling a high-end custom boutique for controllers he calls Sixty Works Controllers. Based in Madison, Wisconsin, Dave's business couples consulting with hand-built, all-custom hardware, one client at a time. (He also advertises that he reads "all those dorky magazines and tech blogs" – hey, wait a gosh-darned minute…)
As he gets his business going, Dave shares two stories that may interest. For one, he's assembled his notes on building DIY hardware if you want to make your own – which, for many of us, is part of the pleasure of electronic music making today. He also has a proof of concept in a one-off design that bridges the world of laptops and traditional DJing. As those aforementioned DJ manufactures try to meld computer and deck, Dave's "Third Deck" does the opposite, assuming DJs will want to segregate the computer portion of the rig. Here, Dave shares with us his outlook and goals.
On the Third Deck:
It's not available for sale. Its primary purpose was to showcase a controller so specific in its design that it would make no sense to build it en masse. It's a dream controller for one imaginary person – the staunchly anti-digital DJs I meet who don't want the laptop to "infect" their traditional two-deck ways. If you look at its functions, you'll see it's pretty limited in scope. That's intentional – it was made only for this specific purpose.
I'm far from anti-digital (in case that wasn't painfully obvious already), but I have to admit, I find the simplicity of the Third Deck inspiring. Built to work with Ableton Live and carrying a minimal complement of buttons and knobs, it allows the laptop to disappear into the shadows. Scene and clip triggering, basic effects, and tempo controls remain (both coarse and fine). The emphasis is absolutely on DJing, not instrumentalism, but the underlying concept could apply anywhere: it re-casts the laptop as hardware and forces the user to do more with less.
The Third Deck
Since it's not available for sale (unless Dave reconsiders), that leaves custom jobs to create the solution specific to a DJ client.
On building a custom shop in place of a new "manufacturer":
Putting it in practical business terms: I want a company that prioritizes service and support over volume. I don't want to compete with X company that makes thousands of a single device. I want to make products so out-there, so custom, that company X isn't willing to make them.
There are custom guitar, drum, motorcycle and car shops out there. I want to follow that vein with controllers.
I think my greatest challenge is going to be in educating potential customers to stop thinking in terms of "could I make that work for me?" and more towards "what would be perfect for me alone?"
Dave's 2006 Briefcase used a vintage housing to add style.
Dave is of course aware (and even credits) others in the field. There's even a page dedicated to "the competition." But I do think Dave is in more uncharted territory: the tech blog DJ Tech Tools, for instance, isn't just doing one-offs, while builders like Livid both make gear for wider audiences and without necessarily focusing on DJs. Anyway, I'm sure there's room for more; while you wouldn't guess it reading sites like mine, the surprising truth is that most musicians and DJs simply aren't aware of the craft of controller-building and use.
Ah, but perhaps you'd like to try this all yourself.
On sharing DIY knowledge:
The inspiration came from Moldover, after a breakfast chat. He helped me realize that all we had learned over the years – in terms of controller building – was not some secret. Treating it as a secret, and building a business around that secret ("60 Works can build you a custom controller – something you couldn't do on your own….") would be foolish. 60 Works is the service and the expertise – not the core knowledge behind DIY controller building.
Another reason I wrote it – as a defensive measure. My products are going to be expensive. Expensive enough that most visitors will not be customers. I wanted to give them (and myself) an 'out.' They may not be able to use my services, but at least I'm giving them the resources to start the journey on their own, if they wish.
Read that article to learn the fundamentals of building your own hardware, including an overview of available DIY components and "brains" (the microcontroller that process inputs), and even how to connect knobs and faders. As you get deeper into the article, there's some useful practical advice that you could otherwise learn only through experience.
Do It Yourself @ 60 Works
I'll be curious to hear what people think of Dave's effort, and if you have anything to add (or any further questions) after checking out the DIY story.
Meanwhile, because the Third Deck sounds to me like some sort of DJ crossover Ray Bradbury short story, I'll have to let my imagination run wild…
http://blog.60works.com
All photos courtesy 60 Works.
Tags: 60-works, Ableton-Live, boutique, controllerism, controllerist, controllers, custom, dave-cross, design, DIY, DJ, dj-controller, Hardware, interviews, MIDI
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MGM Springfield Revenue Is Down For October
By Heather Brandon • Nov 15, 2018
A sign at MGM Springfield's casino.
Don Treeger / The Republican / masslive.com/photos
MGM Springfield's revenue lagged somewhat in its second full month of operation.
The casino says it was an exciting past month while new marketing efforts got underway.
But October revenue overall was down from the previous month, at around $22 million. That's about $5 million less than September.
A drop isn't unusual in a casino's first months. It happened for MGM's Maryland casino a couple years ago, too.
Mike Mathis, who runs MGM Springfield, said in a statement there's "solid volume" while the business brings what he calls energy and enthusiasm to the downtown area:
We continue to experience solid volume throughout the property. October was an exciting month for us as we expanded our gaming promotions and added dynamic programming in our outdoor Plaza. We are extremely proud of the energy and enthusiasm our casino, restaurants, retail outlets, bars and lounges have brought to downtown Springfield, and to the area's economy. We will continue to see growth in the marketplace as we become the destination of choice for everyone in the region and look forward to our first holiday season, bringing a new distinct caliber of entertainment to the New England market.
The state reaps a 25 percent tax from the casino. In October, it got $5.5 million dollars, down about a million and a half from the month before.
Disclosure: MGM has purchased underwriting from New England Public Radio publicizing the company's non-gambling activities. The NEPR newsroom operates independently of the station's development department, and editorial decisions are made without regard to any funding relationships.
Revenues Down From Opening, But MGM Springfield Says Casino Is On Track
By Alden Bourne • Oct 15, 2018
HOANG 'LEON' NGUYEN / The Republican/ Masslive.com / photos
The new casino in Springfield, Massachusetts, saw a dip in revenues last month. But an MGM official says it's on track financially.
MGM Springfield Casino Generates $9.5M In First Week Open
By NEPR Newsroom • Sep 17, 2018
Hoang 'Leon' Nguyen / The Republican / masslive.com/photos
Updated 5:20 p.m.
Massachusetts gambling regulators are reporting MGM Springfield generated $9.5 million from gambling operations in its first week open.