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Now Online: United States WWI Draft Registrations, 1917-1918
From MyHeritage, by Esther - Historical Records
We've just added to SuperSearch™ a great collection of United States World War I Draft Registrations, 1917-1918, with over 24 million records.
Information recorded varied slightly by registration date but usually included name, current residence address, date of birth, place of birth, age, marital status, race, occupation, employer, citizenship status, and other information about his next of kin.
The cards were double-sided with information entered on both sides.
The details were usually written in by an official, but the signature or mark was handwritten by the person registering. . .
On April 6, 1917, the United States officially entered World War 1 and declared war on Germany. The size of the US Army then was too small to effectively fight an overseas war, and an Act was passed enabling men to be selected, trained and drafted into military service, as necessary.
The first step was to register all eligible men.
The "first registration" on June 5, 1917, included all men from 21 to 31 years of age. The "second registration" date was June 5, 1918, with a supplemental registration on August 24, 1918, covering those who had recently turned 21. The final registration was on September 12, 1918, for all men ages 18-45, who had not previously registered.
By the end of the war, some 2 million men had volunteered for military service and an additional 2.8 million men had been drafted. A draft registration card does not necessarily imply that the individual was drafted or that he didn't volunteer separately.
We've collected a few interesting examples from this collection:
Charlie Chaplin, the movie actor, was registered in the First Registration.
His registration card reveals his full name as Charles Spencer Chaplin, born April 16, 1889, in London. At the registration, he was 28 and living in Los Angeles, California. He is listed as an Alien who had not yet declared his intent to become a citizen.
His occupation is given as a Motion Picture Comedian. He signed the card as "Charles Spencer Chaplin."
On the back of this card, he is described as of medium height and slender build, with blue eyes and black hair.
His Draft Registration card was completed on June 5, 1917.
From other records, we know that Charlie first went on tour from England to the United States in 1910 and, in 1917, he became an independent producer in Hollywood.
In 1918, he turned his attention to a national tour on behalf of the US war effort.
Al Capone, the infamous gangster, was registered in the final registration.
The name on his card was Alphonse Capone. He was living at 38 Garfield Place, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.
He was 19, and his date of birth was January 17, 1899.
The card shows that he was native-born (i.e., born in the US). His occupation was a Paper Cutter, and he worked for the United Paper Box Company in Brooklyn.
His nearest relative was his mother, Theresa Capone, living at the same address.
The back of the card describes his height as 5′ 7″ with a medium build, gray eyes and dark brown hair.
From other records, we know that Al's parents were Italian immigrants who had nine children.
Some of his siblings worked with him in his criminal empire.
Al attained fame during Prohibition as a gangland boss and is credited with ordering the St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1929) in the struggle to take control of Chicago's organized crime. In 1931, Capone was charged and convicted of tax evasion.
He spent his sentence in various prisons, including Alcatraz, and was paroled on November 16, 1939. When released, he was not in good health and died in Florida on 25 January 25, 1947.
Here's another example that shows how valuable records in this collection can be. This is the registration card of
Thomas Soltz.
We can see that Thomas was an immigrant from Vilna (then Russia, today Lithuania), born May 11, 1889, who had subsequently naturalized as an American citizen. He was 28 and lived at 38 Mann Street, New London, Connecticut. His was a Physician and was not married.
These details allow us to search for further details about Thomas Soltz. When we enter his name into MyHeritage SuperSearch, using the advanced search option to "match name exactly" (both first name and surname), a number of results appear.
These include his appearance in the US Federal Censuses of 1900, 1910, 1930 and 1940. Also listed are 12 newspaper articles about him in the Norwich Bulletin newspaper which covered the New London, Connecticut area. One article gives details of his brother, Herman Soltz, who was arrested for reckless driving. From this, it is possible to find a WWI draft registration card for Herman Soltz.
This names Herman's mother as Lena Soltz and knowledge about the family expands.
This collection is significant to family historians as it provides key details (including name, address, date and place of birth, citizenship status, next of kin and an actual signature) for more than 24 million male Americans, who were born mainly 1875-1900 and who were alive towards the end of WWI (i.e., 1917-1918).
As we can see from the examples above, the cards in this database are a real goldmine. They not only provide information recorded on the card and handwritten signatures but can also open a gateway to further information about the individual and their family during that time.
Search this collection now


Tourist-Channel Slovakia - Maňa Tourist-Channel Slovakia: New homepage!
Village Maňa is situated in the Žitavská uplands. The valley of the Žitava river attracted people in the Primeval Age to settle down here. Proof of this fact there are finds from the neolit, the Bronze Age and the Hallstatt's Age. The Celtic burial ground from the 3rd - 1st century BC belongs to the biggest finds in Central Europe.
There had been living several nations - the Skyts, the Celts, the Markomans, the Cvads and other. Arrival of the Slaws is dated since the 6th century.
Village Maňa was founded in 1962 following the connection of village Veľká Maňa and Malá Maňa. Nowadays there live 2107 inhabitants of Slovak nationality.
Dominant of village is the Church, the Monastery and the Culture House. The Church was built up in the Neo-Gothic style. Curiosity of the Church is a picture of Madona from the 16th century, or called "the Virgin Mary Indian". Original of this picture is located in Vienna and its only copy is in our church.
The Monastery comes from the second half of the 17th century. To the Monastery belonges a large protected natural formation - the park where are some rare woods: sycamore and metasequoia.


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Professor Joseph Silk FRS
Gresham Professor of Astronomy, Joseph Silk FRS, is a research scientist at the Institut d'Astrophysique, Sorbonne University, Paris, Homewood Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and Senior Fellow in the Beecroft Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at the Department of Physics, University of Oxford. He is a leading expert on the early Universe, a Balzan Prize winner and one of the world's most sought-after science communicators.
A graduate of the Universities of Cambridge and Harvard, Professor Silk was a postdoctoral fellow at Cambridge and Princeton before joining the University of California, Berkeley, where he remained for the next three decades, eventually as Professor of Astronomy and Physics. He was Savilian Chair of Astronomy at the University of Oxford from 1999 to September 2011. He started his current positions of Professor of Physics and Astronomy with the Johns Hopkins University in 2010, and Professor of Physics at the Institut d'Astrophysique at UPMC in 2011.
Professor Silk is one of the world's leading experts in theoretical cosmology, dark matter, galaxy formation and cosmic microwave background. He conducted important early work on homogeneities in the cosmic microwave background and how they are influenced by density fluctuations in the matter of the early universe, in particular by a damping effect that has become known as "Silk damping". He has also made pioneering advances in understanding the nature of dark matter, and explored novel indirect methods for its detection which have inspired large-scale experiments with newly-developed telescopes. Professor Silk's studies of galaxy formation and his work on the dynamics of mass loss and the feedback mechanisms from star formation and evolution formed a highly significant basis for subsequent work in this important field. In 2011 he won the Balzan Prize for this pioneering work on the infant universe.
Having delivered some of the most important invited astronomy lectures around the globe and with over 500 publications to his name, Professor Silk is one of the world's foremost science communicators. His books include: The Big Bang, Horizons of Cosmology, The Infinite Cosmos, On the Shores of the Unknown, A Short History of the Universe and Cosmic Enigmas.
Appointed Gresham Professor of Astronomy in 2015, Professor Silk will deliver series of lectures, entitled The Biggest Questions in the Universe, on aspects of astronomy and cosmology which he believes will offer new insights into contemporary investigations into the nature of the Universe, its formation and phenomenon.
All of Joseph Silk's Gresham Lectures can be accessed here
Recent Past Lectures
The Limits of Our Knowledge
Wednesday, 22 May 2019 - 1:00PM
How Astronomy Changed our View of the Cosmos: from Gresham to the 21st Century
Wednesday, 6 March 2019 - 1:00PM
50 Years of Lunar Exploration
Wednesday, 30 January 2019 - 1:00PM
Wednesday, 28 November 2018 - 1:00PM
Dark Matters
Wednesday, 24 October 2018 - 1:00PM
Ultra-Compact Objects: Astronomy with Gravitational Waves
Wednesday, 3 October 2018 - 1:00PM
The Age of the Universe
The Creation of the Chemical Elements
Galactic Disruption
A Fossil from the Big Bang
Galactic Collisions
Space is a Raisin Pudding

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Hue museum of royal fine arts is located inside Long An palace. This is the earliest museum established in Hue with the first name 'Musee' Khai Dinh'. Precinct of museum has an area of 6.330m2; the main zone is in the middle of museum with an area of 1.185 m2 and storage, garden… Long An is situated in Bao Dinh palace established in 1845 Bac Ngu Ha. It is the place that Thieu Tri (1841-1847) accommodated and relaxed.
Over the destruction by the time, some artifacts is not intact. However, coming here now, tourists still contemplate hundreds of specious artifacts such as: royal clothes, poem, silver products… Apart from artifacts displayed, museum still stores thousands of artifacts which brought from neighbor country. This is made with high quality. On the precinct of museum, there have storage that stores more 80 artifacts which collected in O Chau area in 1927. In general, Long An palace not only is ancient palace but also have special attractiveness for tourists when visiting Hue.
Hue museum of royal fine arts is situated in No.03, Le Truc, Thuan Thanh, Hue city, Thua Thien Hue city. This place gathers the collections of bronze, stone … instruments of Nguyen Lord.


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Today the salad was simply greens and avocado and olive oil. The avocado reminded me of the time that Kintaur Rosenbaum was fighting that space crab . . .
Kintaur Rosenbaum had to act fast. The giant space crab had his ship, The Magnetar in its galactic pincers!
"Stormbot," Kintaur said, leaping up from the cockpit seat. "Activate the airlock sequence, and prepare my spacesuit!"
"That's right. I'm going to meet this crab head on."
After a few minutes Kintaur was buckling up the final straps on his space boot. He then raised his zap pistol to his helmet visor. "Alright. Open the hatch." He cocked his zap pistol. "It's time to fry some crab!"
Kintaur hooked up his safety line to airlock exterior then used his magna-gloves and magna-boots to climb across the exterior of the ship. He slowly took aim with his pistol until he had one of the crab's giant bulbous eyes in his sights. "In your eye, crabby!" He growled as he began to squeeze the trigger.
Suddenly one of the crab's pincers gripped Kintaur around the waist and he lost his grip on his zap pistol. The space crab lifted Kintaur towards its needle-like teeth. As Kintaur struggled to break free from the crab's grip he caught the distant reflective glint of light from his zap pistol as it hurtled into the vastness of space.
Will the crab win or will Kintaur win? Find out in the next exciting installment of: Space Phalanx: The Human-Zzintar Wars!
For dinner we had chicken, raviolis, pan-roasted delicata squash and beets from the farm.
Our bag of vegetables is beginning to dwindle. When it is finished we will be faced with the harshness of winter. We do not have the ability to store or grow vegetables in our basement because it's actually made of concrete. And because the super lives there with his family. Damn pesky super. Maybe if I'm really nice he'll let me store a fifty pound bag of potatoes in his living room.


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Each year hundreds of events delight and excite in Butler County, Ohio. These art-inspired events take place at a variety of unique Butler County art venues. Catch a theatre performance, listen to live tunes or take a class to learn a new skill. Art adventures are on the horizon!


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Partially hydrolysed (hypoallergenic) baby formulas do not reduce allergy risks in infants
Press release | 24 Jul 2019 - 16h39 | By INSERM PRESS OFFICE
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Often, hypoallergenic formulas are recommended for infants who are not exclusively breastfed and who are at risk of developing allergies. While it is assumed that such formulas reduce the development of allergies later in life, it is unclear whether this claim is true. A team of INRA and INSERM researchers have shown that the consumption of partially hydrolysed (hypoallergenic) formulas was not associated with a reduced risk of developing allergies, findings that were recently published in the journal Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. This research comes out of ELFE, the first large-scale longitudinal study in France that will track subjects from birth to adulthood. While this work cannot assess causality, it underscores the necessity of performing clinical studies before marketing such formulas as hypoallergenic.
Partially hydrolysed formulas are a class of hypoallergenic formulas that contain pre-processed proteins, which are smaller in size. These formulas are supposed to prevent infants from developing allergies. As a result, certain professional associations and health organisations recommend their use when an infant has at least one parent or sibling with allergies. However, the actual effectiveness of these formulas is the subject of debate. Little is known about their role in limiting the risk of allergies under real conditions of use. Certain professional associations of paediatricians, like the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Swiss Society of Paediatrics, have recently stated that they no longer recommend their usage.
INRA and INSERM researchers wanted to examine the relationship between the consumption of partially hydrolysed formulas and the occurrence of allergy-related conditions, such as eczema, wheezing, asthma, and food allergies. For two years, they followed 15,000 children participating in ELFE (the French Longitudinal Study of Children), which is being carried out by INED and INSERM. The first of its kind in France, this ambitious study seeks to broaden our understanding of how environmental factors affect the development, health, social lives, and academic trajectories of children. ELFE is particularly interested in examining the effects of diet in infants.
The researchers found that, among the two-month-old infants being fed formula, 5% were given partially hydrolysed formulas. However, in half of these children, their use was not justified because there was no familial history of allergies.
When these children were two years old, the researchers observed no evidence that partially hydrolysed formulas had reduced the development of allergies, as compared to what was observed in children who had received regular baby formula. In contrast, when two-month-old infants who did not display any allergies were given partially hydrolysed formulas, they were more likely to develop respiratory problems and food allergies in the years that followed.
New research should build on these epidemiological results. Indeed, they provide support for new EU legislation, which will come into effect in 2021 and require that clinical studies be carried out on such products before they can be marketed as reducing allergy risks.
Press release – Inserm press room Partially hydrolysed (hypoallergenic) baby formulas do not reduce allergy risks in infants Link : https://presse.inserm.fr/en/partially-hydrolysed-hypoallergenic-baby-formulas-do-not-reduce-allergy-risks-in-infantsrations-infantiles-hypoallergeniques-nest-pas-associee-a-un-moindre-risque-dallergies-chez-les-nourrissons/35974/
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Fibromyalgia, Knowledge Overview and Recommendations: An Inserm Collective Expert Review
Inserm was tasked by France's Health Directorate with conducting a Collective Expert Review in order to take stock of the scientific knowledge on fibromyalgia in adults, and also to explore the potential existence of a similar syndrome in children and adolescents. The ...
Coronavirus: A Model Estimating Importation Risk to Europe
An Inserm team led by researcher Vittoria Colizza at Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health (Inserm/Sorbonne Université) has modeled the potential spread of 2019-nCoV in order to orient prevention and surveillance policies. A model which comes with one caveat: derived ...
Blandine de Lauzon-Guillain
Centre of Research in Epidemiology and StatisticS (INRA, INSERM, Université de Paris)
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Use of partially hydrolysed formula in infancy and incidence of eczema, respiratory symptoms or food allergies in toddlers from the ELFE cohort.
Camille Davisse-Paturet, Chantal Raherison, Karine Adel-Patient, Amandine Divaret-Chauveau, Corinne Bois, Marie-Noëlle Dufourg, Sandrine Lioret, Marie-Aline Charles, Blandine de Lauzon-Guillain. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. Early view le 24 juillet 2019.
https://doi.org/10.1111/pai.13094


When principals support and encourage the formation of professional learning communities (PLCs), students in their schools benefit from best practices and a more unified vision for success being shared among teachers around new educational models like project-based learning (PBL), Shanghai American School Instructional Coach Andrew Miller writes for Edutopia.
PBL projects can be assessed within PLCs, giving educators more feedback on the success of their own project. Teachers may also be able to see why other PBL class projects may have had different outcomes, gleaning helpful details to use with their own students.
Within a PLC, teachers can also work together collaboratively to differentiate lessons to meet students' needs across all of their classes — no matter who their teacher may be.
Schools often use peer-based learning networks, usually within grade levels, where educators work together to make sure students are reaching set milestones before they graduate.
But a formal PLC can bring more structure to these groups, and even give educators more of a voice in how curriculum is designed for students. In fact, leaders of Learning Forward have urged schools to make curriculum the primary focus of teachers' work in a PLC. Educators can use PLC structures to share best practices with each other, spend time in each other's classrooms, and pick up other tools from their peers, seeding these into their classes to boost the effectiveness of their teaching.
How PLCs are introduced, however, can impact the way educators feel about them, according to a 2016 paper. Researcher Kelly Higgins notes that PLCs are not something that can be adopted and put in play overnight by administrators — nor even in a single school year.
For PLCs to flourish, all participants need to be on board — but administrators must be fully involved for teachers to feel the support they need to, in turn, successfully support their students. "The vehicle for school change within schools begins and ends with the principals," notes Higgins.


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New Delhi: With growing air pollution in the country, technology giant Xiaomi launched an air filtering mask here on Thursday.
The mask named Mi AirPOP PM2.5 Anti-Pollution Mask is priced at Rs 249 for a pack of 2 and the company claims that this can last a month of use.
The company already sells Mi Air Purifiers here.
It can filter PM2.5 up to 99 per cent. The company states that the mask is effective in protecting users from seasonal haze, dust storms, cold, flu pathogens, allergenic pollen, grease, smoke, and exhaust.
It has 4 layers. The primary layer blocks large particles while the electrostatic micro-filter blocks out 0.3-micrometre particles. There is also a useful water-permeable layer that helps reduce vapour buildup on your face and glasses. The 3D design adjusts according to your face.
The mask is available on mi.com. Xiaomi has not specified if this will be a flash sale or regular one. If you can't get your hands on this, 3M, Dettol, Honeywell and many other reputed brands also make such anti-pollution masks.


Happy Pub Day to Heather Frimmer! Her debut novel, BEDSIDE MANNERS, is available today.
I'm happy to share my chat with Heather in celebration of her big day. I was honored to have read BEDSIDE MANNERS early to blurb it. And now, let's meet Heather.
Besides being a writer, do you have another job?
I work full time as a radiologist (a doctor who specializes in interpreting images). I spend a large portion of my day in a dark room staring at mammograms, x-rays and CT scans. Somehow, I thought I needed a hobby to keep me busy in what little spare time I have, which led me to take a writing class a few years ago.
What was your timeline from drafting to publication? Tell us about your publishing journey.
In the first introductory class I took at Westport Writers' Workshop, I enjoyed exercising the creative corners of my brain I never use for my day job. On the last day of class, my wonderful instructor asked me to come up with writing goals. When I said I planned to write a few short stories, she asked me if I could write a novel. I promptly informed her she was out of her mind, but I couldn't stop thinking about her suggestion. Being a driven, type-A personality (you have to be to get through medical training), I immediately started what would become BEDSIDE MANNERS. I wrote the first sentence in June 2014 and the publication date is October 2018.
Tell us about your writing process. Do you have set times of day/number of words? Do you have a favorite writing place or routine? What do you drink, listen to, avoid, need … to write?
I write whenever and wherever I have time. Sometimes after work or on weekend mornings, but most of my writing happens on Wednesdays, my day off. I created a beautiful writing and reading nook in my family room which I rarely use because it's too quiet. A bit of activity and background noise actually helps me focus. I wrote most of BEDSIDE MANNERS at the Westport Barnes and Noble cafe powered by a large iced coffee with a splash of milk. Fittingly, that is where my book launch party will be held on Sunday October 21st at 2 PM.
What is the most important lesson you hope your children take away from what you have taught them?
My two sons are my very vocal and devoted fan club. They bring my book to school to share with their teachers and friends, and tell everyone who will listen that their mom wrote a book. It's the sweetest thing. I hope they've learned that anything is possible if you work hard, set your mind to something, focus, and did I mention work hard?
My dream vacation would be to send my husband and kids away to Disney World while I stay home alone in peace. I would read, write, take a long walk while listening to one of my favorite bookish podcasts, and then return home to read and write some more.


The two best friend lying on the soft blanket in the morning and waiting to get there diaper change like all cub do in the morning. The both have wet the diapers allot during the night like the do every night.
Ronald: I hope we newer going to be sit on potty training. It is so nice to walk up in the morning in a nice soggy diaper. Do you not agree Foxy?
Foxy: Yes i think it is something nice and awesome to and i have the same wish like you have. So what should we do today Ronald?
Ronald: I dont know what i wont to do. Have you any nice thought about something fun that we can do?
Foxy: Yes i have. We can play whit our plushies that is fun.
So after the change and the breakfast the two cubs started to play a cute game whit the bout plushies.
These diapers come with a warning, "objects in this diaper may be more messy than they appear."
can have a normal confersation while getting a diaper change.


Following is a list of Human Trafficking resources. While no means a complete list, it provides a variety of information, from general information, to resources and tools for medical professionals, to an introduction to the principles of trauma-informed care.
New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking – NJ based events, advocacy, and training opportunities.
The National Human Trafficking Hotline is a national, toll-free hotline available to answer calls from anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year. The NHTH is not a law enforcement or immigration authority and is operated by a nongovernmental organization funded by the Federal government.
HEAL Trafficking – Health, Education, Advocacy Linkage – HEAL is a united group of multidisciplinary professions whose mission is to mobilize a shift in the anti-trafficking paradigm toward approaches rooted in public health principles and trauma-informed care.
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC): The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: The Medical Provider's Role in Identification, Assessment and Treatment.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security provides patient-oriented contact cards for connection to the 24-hour national hotline for trafficking victims. Please click here to view the Blue Campaign's video on identifying markers of human trafficking in the clinic setting.


Many people believe that gambling is nothing more than a waste of time and money, but the truth is that wagering in a casino or online can be a cheap source of quality entertainment. However, much like with any other adult pass-time, gambling can become a source of serious problems if practiced in an irresponsible manner.
If you find gambling interesting and you'd like to try playing at one of the numerous sites available all over the web, you should learn the basic rules first. Furthermore, you have to make sure that you know how to avoid the dangers of gambling and minimize your losses, which will allow you to enjoy the games to a larger extent and maybe even earn some money on the side.
Believe it or not, but there are thousands of absolutely ordinary people who enjoy gambling. In fact, the vast majority of the customers of both online casinos and land-based gambling establishments are no different from the people you'd be passing on the street.
This shouldn't be surprising once you realize that gambling is very similar to going to a cinema or some kind of an amusement park – you pay in exchange for entertainment. The only real difference is the fact that gambling allows you to win money, which is a huge draw for many people. After all, who doesn't want to be rich?
However, one of the keys to enjoying yourself at a casino is expecting to lose – if you end up parting with some cash, you definitely shouldn't feel surprised or cheated. If most players were winners, the casinos simply wouldn't be able to sustain their business.
There's no denying the fact that being too focused on winning may lead to many complications, which include developing undesirable behavior patterns or even a gambling addiction. If you want to keep your gambling healthy, think of your losses as a way of thanking the casino for allowing you to have a good time.
If players should expect to lose, then why gamble at all?
For starters, gambling can be ridiculously cheap, especially if you stick to playing the lowest stakes in the games that have the lowest house edge. Following the right betting strategy in a typical table game and betting $1 each round will usually cost you less than $2 every hour, which means that it will be significantly cheaper than going to the cinema or visiting a club.
Even betting $5 every round usually won't cost you more than $10 an hour, but keep in mind that an extremely lucky or unlucky streak is always a possibility, which means that you should never bet more than you can afford.
Another reason why people enjoy gambling is the fact that many games require a fair bit of strategizing, which means that actually mastering them might be a very challenging and rewarding experience in itself. Anyone can play Video Poker or Blackjack, but following the proper strategies requires complete focus and a lot of practice. You'll be able to see your results gradually improve, which means that once you become proficient you will start turning a profit from time to time.
Quite obviously, getting the adrenaline rush that comes with taking risks or enjoying the social side of the games can also be a huge factor. Furthermore, numerous psychological studies indicate that the activities that come with inconsistent rewards are significantly more appealing than the ones that have predictable results – and as we all know, gambling is all about taking chances and putting yourself in uncertain situations without letting the risk spiral out of control.
What are the risks of gambling?
Unfortunately, the rush that people experience when gambling can be quite addictive, which means that many players are joining the games because of a compulsive need instead of a conscious decision to have some fun. Quite obviously, this kind of behavior can be very harmful, especially since many problem gamblers might persist in gambling even after repeated losses.
Even worse, problem gamblers are the kind of people that are least likely to follow proper strategy, erroneously believing that the strings of defeats they suffered in the past will lead them to a string of wins and a massive payout that will allow them to stop. It's also interesting to point out that the reasons for this kind of behavior may have nothing to do with actual predispositions or the casino environment – in fact, many prescription drugs are known to encourage gambling behavior, particularly some of the ones used to treat Parkinson's Disease or Clinical Depression.
Thankfully, even the individuals that developed a particularly nasty gambling habit can fight their addiction, especially with the help of proper treatment. In most cases, problem gamblers are advised to seek counseling, enroll in step-based or peer-support programs, use self-help techniques or apply a combination of these.
What are the different ways that I can gamble?
There are an almost infinite amount of ways to gamble and the casinos alone offer numerous gambling games such as Slot Machines, Roulette, Craps, Baccarat, Blackjack and Video Poker. Each of the popular casino games has numerous variations, which means that virtually every major online casino is more than likely to provide you with plenty of quality entertainment regardless of your personal preferences.
Obviously, online gambling isn't limited to casino games, as gambling enthusiasts have plenty of great poker rooms, bingo sites, and skill game sites to choose from. If you're interested in sports, you will undoubtedly find that placing an actual bet on your favorite team makes watching the game all the more exciting and immersive, especially since many sports betting sites allow you to place your wagers both before the event and while the match is in progress.
The same holds true for horse racing. In fact, some people would even consider investing a form of gambling – but it's always important to remember that with traditional gambling you should almost always expect to lose, while with investing you should definitely expect to turn a profit.
Am I really guaranteed to lose? What are my odds of winning and losing?
As mentioned above, the house has the edge in all casino games, which means that the probability of you winning is always lower than 50%. The more you play, the more likely you are to approach the "return-to-player rate" specific to the game you played (typically 92-98% of total money wagered).
However, that doesn't mean that you're guaranteed to lose – in fact, if the house edge is 5%, than you have a 45% chance of winning each time you place a bet. If you care about getting the biggest bang for your buck, you should definitely stick to games with the lowest house edge.
For example, European Roulette has a house edge of 2%, because whether you bet on red or black you'll always lose if the ball lands on 0. Slots on the other hand can have a house edge of up to 15% depending on the machine in question, which means that playing this kind of games can get ridiculously expensive, especially since they're quite fast paced when compared with the traditional table games.
However, it's important to remember that not every game has a negative expected value – in fact, numerous poker variants like Texas Hold'em or Omaha can be played for profit, because the outcome of each hand is determined by skill. In this case, the house wins by collecting rake, but whether the pot will go to you or someone else is determined more by your performance than luck.
In fact, the same principle applies to certain casino games that require you to follow proper strategy – obviously, you won't negate the house edge, but the better you play, the closer to the lowest possible house edge you'll get.
Betting systems are often advertised to tilt the odds in your favor, but in most cases the people making such statements will want your money in return for a plan to defeat the casino. Unfortunately, all those offers are nothing more than blatant scam attempts – while a betting plan might seem to work in the short term, your long term results aren't going to overcome the house edge.
In fact, progressive systems that require you to increase your bet after a loss are very dangerous, as they increase your chance of ruin. For example, the well-known Martingale Betting System would have you double your bet after each loss, so that the next time you win, you recover your money. The problem is that the fact that you lost the previous bet doesn't mean that you'll win the next one – and if you lose a number of wagers in a row, you'll simply run out of the money necessary to place the next one.
Using a betting system might be fun for a while, but never lose sight of the bigger picture – if you start feeling annoyed and playing in an aggressive manner, simply walk away from the game or take a break and start anew, preferably at a slower pace.
The basic principle of proper money management is to decide how much money you're willing to lose before you start playing the games. You shouldn't assume that you'll have any of that money left, because you basically can't prevent a string of nasty losses. Once you're done setting your budget, you should decide whether you're planning to enjoy yourself, have a long gambling session and place small bets, or go for the high-risk, high-reward approach.
Quite obviously, in both cases you'd be dealing with the same house edge and consequently the same expected loss, but the latter method gives you a chance to actually turn some profit thanks to variance. Basically, the more bets you place, the more likely your results are to reflect the edge the casino has. However, if you place a single, massive bet, your odds of turning short term profit actually improve as long as you set a realistic winning goal and stop playing as soon as you reach it.
How do taxes on gambling winnings work?
Depending on your local gambling laws, playing at an online casino may actually carry significant tax consequences if you manage to win. If you're living in the European Union you have no reason to worry about that, as your winnings will most probably be tax-free – but if your government decided to tax casino winnings, you should properly report them in order to avoid the possible penalties.


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Secamonopsis is a genus of shrubs in the Apocynaceae. It has only two species, both of which are endemic to Madagascar:

Secamonopsis madagascariensis Jum.
Secamonopsis microphylla Civeyrel & Klack

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Secamonoideae
Endemic flora of Madagascar
Apocynaceae genera

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Unleash The Fury est le quatorzième album studio d'Yngwie Malmsteen sorti en 2005, avec Fire and Ice c'est l'album le plus varié de sa discographie.

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Credits

 Yngwie Malmsteen : guitare, basse, chant
 Doogie White - chant
 Patrick Johansson - batterie
 Joakim  Svalberg - claviers

Autour de l'album

 Yngwie chante sur Cherokee Warrior et sur le refrain de Cracking The Whip.
 Le titre de l'album est une allusion à un incident daté de 1988 alors que Malmsteen et son groupe étaient dans un vol vers Tokyo. Passablement saouls, l'attitude d'Yngwie et du claviériste Jens Johansson ajoutés à certains propos homophobes auraient agacé une passagère qui aurait jeté de l'eau glacée sur le guitariste alors qu'il dormait. Celui-ci, enragé, lui aurait dit : "you have unleashed the fury".

Album de Yngwie Malmsteen
Album musical sorti en 2005
Album publié par Spitfire Records


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Home > Maine gay marriage opponents gather 100,000 petition signatures
Published July 31st, 2009 by Peter Elliott
Maine gay marriage opponents gather 100,000 petition signatures
Opponents of gay marriage in Maine have collected over 100,000 petition signatures, nearly double the amount needed, to prompt a November referendum on the state policy. Bob Emrich, founder of the Maine Jeremiah Project and a primary petition drive organizer for the Stand for Marriage Maine coalition, dropped off the petitions Friday morning at the office of Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap. The precise total – 100,363 – is well over the 55,087 needed to prompt a "People's Veto" ballot initiative. Maine's legislature legalized gay marriage in May, prompting opponents to launch their petition drive. Dunlap's office has 30 days to make a final determination on the validity of the signatures. Gay marriage opponents are confident that even with signatures that will be invalidated, they will be well over the required threshold and are focusing on the general election campaign. "We are absolutely 100 percent certain this will be on the ballot in November," Emrich said. "Typically you might expect 10 or even 20 percent of the signatures to be invalidated, but even so that still gives us a huge margin. "We will encourage people right away to try and get people registered to vote and we'll begin doing literature drops and those kinds of things. We are definitely going into campaign mode now." Emrich acknowledged opponents hired a national petition management firm to help them get the ball rolling on the drive but contended more than 1,200 Mainers were the principal people on the ground collecting the signatures. Demographically many of the signatures came from churches and related communities, Emrich said, although he added efforts were made to reach out to a broader secular base which will be very much in play in the general election. "I think this excites and energizes people and gives proponents of traditional marriage a real confidence boost," Emrich said. "Not only are there a huge number of signatures, but along with that number is the time frame the signatures were gathered in. "We had a deadline of September 12th and got it done in half the required time to get it on the November ballot (instead of having to wait until June 2010). It shows Christians in particular can make a difference. It's a great start and we hope that many people will stay engaged in the process." Emrich, who hails from Plymouth, credited the help of Tim Russell, a deacon from a local church with helping him distribute petitions around the state to people who sought them. Emrich said calls kept coming and traveling was frequent as he and Russell helped train people from around the state on signature-gathering. "At one point we said to ourselves that we needed to cut off handing out petitions and making sure we got the signatures we needed, but we kept getting calls from all over the state of motivated people wanting to take participate," he said. Initially, 70,000 signatures were thought of as a reasonable goal to account for invalidated signatures and still getting the ballot measure approved. "Our expectations grew as went along," Emrich said. "When we reached 70,000 we flew right past that. Even this morning there were several thousand signatures on petitions that did not get turned in because they didn't get certified with town officials or notarized properly. "God does what He does always exceedingly and abundantly above all." Proponents of gay marriage are also preparing for the campaign. Maine Freedom to Marry said it collected 60,000 pledge cards from citizens vowing to keep gay marriage legal, according to Friday's edition of the Kennebec Journal. The story also said quoted financing reports filed with the state July 15th which stated Stand For Marriage Maine had collected $343,000, while Maine Freedom to Marry had logged $138,640. Mark Sullivan, a spokesman for Maine Freedom to Marry, told the Journal , the group is changing its name to No on 1/Protect Maine Equality to clearly define a no vote on the measure will retain the gay marriage law. "We want people to be absolutely clear what they are voting about," said Sullivan. For Emrich and gay marriage opponents, their focus will be on defining the issues as clearly as possible. "I really think it's going to be important to ignore some of the rhetoric coming from the other side and we're just going to focus about protecting marriage," he said. "It's not about homosexuality, it's not about privacy, it's not about civil rights. We will try our very best to stay on message that is all about marriage being redefined." Links: Stand for Marriage Maine: http://www.standformarriagemaine.com/ Maine Freedom to Marry: http://mainefreedomtomarry.com/
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[SG] Yong Kee Seafood - Chao Ta Beehoon, where burnt is yearned!
While searching for a place to satisfy my friend's tze char cravings and looking for a somewhat central location, we decided to settle here with their infamous Chao Ta Bee Hoon. Imagine my quizzical look when I was told that burnt food was actually famous, my first thought was that this was probably an accidental dish. A small coffee shop few streets down from Swee Choon, it's easy to miss them especially with the many turns and road works happening in the area.
This is probably a staple on every table there, and the main star for our trip there. If you hate towgays like me, this would have been a good one as they'd separated the towgays from the beehoon, saving you the trouble of picking it out! Well, I wasn't sure what to expect for chao ta beehoon (or burnt beehoon for direct translation), but it sure looked like the portion was too small to cost $18.
This was an addictive one for me! I usually shun away from butter but this was too fragrant to resist. Good for sharing just like calamari, it was deep fried before stir-frying in the butter sauce. Rich and fragrant, it basically goes with anything, though some might find it jelat after a while since it's slightly stronger on its taste. I found the squid a little overcooked, hence it got too hard. Overall a decent one, making me crave for more butter dishes the next day!
Simple greens to satisfy my friend's random odd cravings for kalian, I like the selection of young kalian here. Having the crunch to it, yet not too raw, it was cooked just nice for my liking, though the sauce was a little too heavy to go with the dish.
Downing some piping hot and tender soft beancurd to warm our hungry stomachs, we're a little biased towards this. It came while we were extremely hungry and felt very satisfying with the soft tofu settling down in our stomachs. We had it again when we weren't so hungry and found it quite a normal piece, though silken soft and done well with the freshness of seafood coming through, adding flavour to the otherwise plain tofu. Simple pleasures in life, I guess?
Eating this is always a chore (though shiok!) with the crispy fried chicken. A thoughtful gesture of serving it in cubes, it was easy to eat glam-ly, without having the bones in the way. I thought it lacked the flavour of prawn paste, hence the aroma didn't quite come through very strongly when it was first served. It tasted just like any other fried chicken, with a very subtle hint of prawn paste, and a tad too tough.
Though a decent tze char place with the dishes we've tried, it didn't quite manage to impress me with its signature. With those dishes we've tried, we probably wouldn't go down specially for it as you can get those at any other tze char stalls.


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Dave Rennie reveals why he didn't apply for the All Blacks job
Following the confirmation that he would takeover from Michael Cheika as the new Wallabies head coach, Dave Rennie revealed why he opted for Wallabies' job over a chance with the All Blacks.
The 55-year-old said that the All Blacks left their recruitment too late as he was already in talks with Rugby Australia.
"I'm a proud Kiwi but the big thing is I've been talking to Australia for a lot of months and the All Blacks interest came in late in the piece and by that stage, we'd done a lot of homework, we were really excited about the opportunity to go to Australia and that ended up being an easy decision," Rennie told rugby.com.au.
It's official, Dave Rennie is the new Wallabies head coach
— Ultimate Rugby (@ultimaterugby) November 20, 2019
Rugby Australia announced the signing of the Glasgow Warriors boss to a three-and-a-half-year deal – which will commence following the conclusion of the PRO14 and European season next June, just in time for the test series against Ireland and will see him through to the 2023 World Cup in France.
Rennie becomes just the second New Zealander to coach Australia, following in the footsteps of Robbie Deans, who took the helm of the Wallabies at the end of 2007 after missing out on the All Blacks to Sir Graham Henry.
New Zealand Rugby Chairman Brent Impey congratulated Rennie on his appointment as Head Coach of Australia.
"We have known for some time that Dave was in talks with Rugby Australia, so we have been clear about his position regarding the All Blacks Head Coach position. We congratulate Dave on his appointment and wish him the best. We certainly look forward to hosting him as the Head Coach of the visiting team during the Rugby Championship."
An accomplished and highly respected coach, Rennie joined the Chiefs as Head Coach in 2012 and enjoyed instant success winning back-to-back Super Rugby titles in his first two years in charge. The Hamilton-based side played finals in each of the six seasons he spent with the Chiefs, a mark that is unmatched by any Head Coach in competition history.
Dave Rennie's Coaching Record:
Prior to the Chiefs, Rennie took the Wellington Lions to a first ITM Cup title in 14 years as Head Coach in 2000, and later steered New Zealand Under 20's to three consecutive world titles from 2008 to 2010.
Rennie was named Head Coach of Glasgow Warriors for the 2017/18 season and in his second year he took the Scottish outfit to the Pro 14 Final and the Quarter Finals of the European Champions Cup.
To date, Glasgow have won 63% of their games under Rennie winning 41 of their 65 games and drawing one.
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It's always important to do your research before traveling somewhere new. You never know what traditions, customs, or local laws there are; and it pays to have a heads up. Being educated can prevent you from paying a nasty fine, being escorted from the building, or in some cases, even jail time. Although these regulations may seem crazy, these 5 laws are actually true.
Saudi Arabia is the only country on the planet where driving a car is illegal for a woman to do.
Japan may have brought us the sumo wrestling; but according to their metabo law, being overweight is illegal. By law, every individual over the age of 40 cannot have a waist exceeding 32 inches for men and 36 inches for women. However, this law is rarely enforced and there are no punishments or penalties for individuals.
Be care where you chew gum. Since 1992, chewing gum has been illegal in Singapore. The only form of gum allowed is nicotine gum; but the only way to obtain it is through a doctor's prescription. Not only is gum not allowed to be bought or sold in the country, but there is also a $500 fine for anyone caught spitting gum out on the streets.
While visiting Switzerland make sure to watch when you flush the toilet. Any toilet flushing after 10 PM is prohibited.
Vladimir Putin has made his opinions on homosexuals very clear with his anti-gay laws. However, Putin took it one step further. In 2013, he passed a Russian legislature into law making it illegal to tell children gay people exist or to state homosexuality and heterosexuality are equal. Violators of this law can be punished by fines, jail time, or even immediate deportation.


December 2012 ~ this anomal life.
FINDING HOPE AND CHASING SUNSETS.
Exams are finally done! Sorry for abandoning the blog for a couple of months. I become a hermit once it is midterm and exam season. Since I have time now, I might as well finish blogging. Once school starts again, I probably won't have any time. If you didn't notice, I changed my blog description because I turned twenty (sad face). Goodbye teenage years, you were good to me :( I also got a new lens! The Sigma 30mm 1.4 is the newest member of the family. So far I'm loving it, it's the perfect walk around lens.
On this last leg of the trip, we headed to Solvang, Santa Barbara, Malibu, Anaheim, San Diego and Long Beach. I didn't want to break up the post into two parts, so this will be pretty long. You should read the previous parts before this one if you haven't already!


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Homology modeling of human muscarinic acetylcholine receptors
Trayder Thomas, Kimberley C McLean, Fiona Michelle McRobb, David Thomas Manallack, David Kenneth Chalmers, Elizabeth Yuriev
We have developed homology models of the acetylcholine muscarinic receptors M1R-M5R, based on the ?2-adrenergic receptor crystal as the template. This is the first report of homology modeling of all five subtypes of acetylcholine muscarinic receptors with binding sites optimized for ligand binding. The models were evaluated for their ability to discriminate between muscarinic antagonists and decoy compounds using virtual screening using enrichment factors, area under the ROC curve (AUC), and an early enrichment measure, LogAUC. The models produce rational binding modes of docked ligands as well as good enrichment capacity when tested against property-matched decoy libraries, which demonstrates their unbiased predictive ability. To test the relative effects of homology model template selection and the binding site optimization procedure, we generated and evaluated a naIve M2R model, using the M3R crystal structure as a template. Our results confirm previous findings that binding site optimization using ligand(s) active at a particular receptor, i.e. including functional knowledge into the model building process, has a more pronounced effect on model quality than target-template sequence similarity. The optimized M1R-M 5R homology models are made available as part of the Supporting Information to allow researchers to use these structures, compare them to their own results, and thus advance the development of better modeling approaches.
Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
https://doi.org/10.1021/ci400502u
Thomas, T., McLean, K. C., McRobb, F. M., Manallack, D. T., Chalmers, D. K., & Yuriev, E. (2014). Homology modeling of human muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 54(1), 243 - 253. https://doi.org/10.1021/ci400502u
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A beautiful Victorian Italian 18ct yellow Gold Conch Shell Cameo brooch/pendant depicting the three Graces, beautifully carved in high relief. Lovely 18ct yellow Gold surround. Pin stem and rollback safety clasp with folding bale on the reverse.
A beautiful Victorian Italian 18ct yellow Gold Conch Shell Cameo brooch/pendant depicting the three Graces, beautifully carved in high relief. Lovely 18ct yellow Gold surround. Pin stem and rollback safety clasp with folding bale on the reverse. Brooch measures approx 4.8cm tall (excluding bale) X 3.7cm wide. Stamped 750 (18ct) on the reverse. Circa 1900.


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T-Rex Timeline • 2019 • episode "S3E3" • Breakthrough
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The Tyrannosaurus Rex is known as the king of the dinosaurs, but how did its reign begin? Meet Moros Intrepidus, a 180 lb., deer-sized ancestor to the T-Rex. Learn how the latest in paleontology can now link this small dinosaur to the 19,000-pound Scotty, the largest T-Rex ever discovered.
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Floodgates of Venice
MOSE is one of the world?s largest and highest-profile civil-engineering works. But will it be able to save Venice? Venice has grappled with inundation for centuries. But due to natural subsidence and higher tides caused by global warming, the city is more vulnerable to flooding than ever before.
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New Horizons: The Kuiper Belt Target
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Direct from an Asteroid
The Hayabusa2 spacecraft has just completed one of the most intricate procedures in space exploration. The first mission to deliver rovers onto an asteroid has now descended to its surface for a sample, before returning back to Earth in 2020.
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For the first time, scientists have captured a photograph of a black hole. The image verifies one of the most important theories in physics and will help unlock the greatest mysteries of the cosmos.
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Africa's coasts were formed by the break-up of Gondwanaland 100 million years ago. They define the familiar shape of this special continent, and touch on a variety of environments including deserts, mountains, forests, wetlands and savannahs. Wild Africa takes us back in time to witness the birth of Africa and also carries us on a spectacular journey around the edge of the continent.
4/6 • Wild Africa • 2001 • Nature
Dolphins have been a source of curiosity to humans and have appeared in our stories and myths for thousands of years. What is the link between our two species? Why do we seem to be so interested and curious about each other?
1/2 • Conversations with Dolphins • 2016 • Nature
Bahamas Exuma Cays
In the 1950s, Howard Hughes eyed purchasing the precious Exuma Cays--that is, until the Bahamian government intervened to protect the untouched gems. Set sail with the scientists, tour guides, and guards who have carried on that legacy to protect reefs, patrol waters, and propagate coral.
5/5 • Ocean Parks • 2015 • Nature
In the final programme of this week-long ocean health check, we find out what the future holds for the next generation of marine life and how we can help.
4/4 • Blue Planet Live • 2019 • Nature
Ascends a kapok in the South American tropical rainforest to observe "the greatest proliferation of life that you can find anywhere on the surface of the Earth. There are two main causes for this: warmth and wetness. As this climate is constant, there are no seasons, so trees vary greatly in their flowering cycles.
4/12 • The Living Planet • 1984 • Nature
The Okavango Delta is one of the world's largest inland deltas - and supports a variety of life as rich as any you will see in Africa. Yet this lush wetland of islands and lagoons lies in the middle of the vast, featureless Kalahari Desert. This is the story of how it happens. Following groups of wildlife, including hippos, baboons, catfish, kingfishers, leopards, warthogs and elephants, the film reveals how the yearly flood transforms the landscape and impacts their lives. But more surprisingly, it reveals how, with the help of termites and hippos, the flood actually creates this extraordinary delta in the first place.
3/3 • Earth's Greatest Spectacles • 2016 • Nature
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Edit: This article previously incorrectly stated that the F-16 shot the drone down.
An Israeli Apache shot down an Iranian drone that was operating over Israeli airspace before just before an Israeli F-16 was shot down by Syrian air defenses.
The following video shows a quickly moving Iranian drone over Israel. The Apache crew gets clearance to fire and promptly destroys the drone. Then, an F-16 engages and destroys the drone's control station vehicle located in Syria. A camera mounted munition gives the viewer a close up of the Iranian vehicle right before it is destroyed.
The Israeli jet was then reportedly shot down by Syrian air defenses. Although unconfirmed videos are circling the internet right now claiming to show heavy anti air machine guns shooting into the night sky were responsible for downing the aircraft… it is much more likely that the F-16 was brought down by a Russian-made (and possibly Russian-operated) S-400 (SA-21 Growler) missile system.
The two pilots managed to eject from the crippled aircraft. Both were wounded, one critically.
Israel responded with a brutal series of airstrikes that destroyed 12 Iranian and Syrian military targets inside Syria. The targets included three aerial defense batteries and four Iranian military targets.


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After accusations against Mendoza, California…
After another woman accuses Sen. Tony Mendoza of inappropriate behavior, California Senate announces big change
By Casey Tolan | ctolan@bayareanewsgroup.com and Katy Murphy | kmurphy@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: November 12, 2017 at 7:37 pm | UPDATED: November 13, 2017 at 7:25 am
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SACRAMENTO — As more cases of sexual harassment in the Capitol come to light — intensifying concerns over how such allegations are handled — the state Senate on Sunday night announced an extraordinary change in protocol: It will no longer police itself.
The Senate Rules Committee will stop handling complaints of sexual harassment — including pending cases — effective immediately, its members said. Instead, the committee, together with the Senate Democratic Women's Caucus, will hire an outside legal team to conduct investigations and recommend discipline.
"This process will be designed to protect the privacy of victims and whistleblowers, transparency for the public, and adequate due process for all parties involved," said a statement released by the committee. "While — at the discretion of victims and whistleblowers — names and details might be redacted, the general findings will be made public."
Over the weekend, Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León moved out of a Sacramento apartment he shared with Sen. Tony Mendoza on Saturday, the same day the Sacramento Bee story published a story in which a former female intern publicly accused Mendoza of inappropriate behavior toward her when she was 19.
Mendoza had faced accusations last week that he repeatedly invited another young female intern home with him earlier this year — allegations de León has said he knew nothing about, despite his position as the leader of the Senate and chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, which received the complaint.
Jennifer Kwart, who once worked as an intern in Mendoza's Los Angeles-area office, told the Bee that Mendoza took her to his hotel room during a Democratic Party convention in San Jose in 2008 when she was 19. Mendoza, who was then 38 and a member of the Assembly, picked her up from the airport, drove her to his hotel and had drinks with her from the hotel mini-bar, she said.
Kwart said Mendoza then asked her personal questions about her ex-boyfriends and her taste in men. She said that she believed Mendoza implied he wanted to have sex with her. She avoided him and left the convention as soon as possible, she said.
"Then and now, I feel like I was very trapped," she told the newspaper.
A spokesperson for Mendoza, a Los Angeles-area Democrat, told the Bee that Kwart's recounting of events was "completely false."
Kwart went public with her story after the Bee first reported other allegations against Mendoza. A lawyer for a fired Senate staffer told Capital Public Radio on Friday that her client and two other Mendoza aides were terminated after reporting to Senate officials that Mendoza over the summer had repeatedly invited a 23-year-old intern in his office to visit him at night at the Sacramento apartment he shared with de León. He also once invited her to spend the night at his Yolo County resort hotel room, the lawyer said.
Senate officials have said an investigation is underway and have strongly denied that the staffers' reports had to do with their being fired.
"If I ever communicated or miscommunicated anything that made an employee feel uncomfortable, I apologize," Mendoza said in a statement to the Bay Area News Group on Thursday.
The reports about Mendoza had some in Sacramento wondering how de León — who chairs the Senate committee that investigates allegations of sexual harassment — could have been unaware of the reports and investigation into his roommate.
A de León spokesman confirmed Sunday that the Senate leader had moved out of the apartment that he shared with Mendoza during the week. He did not provide more information.
Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, who Kwart now works for, said in a Facebook post Saturday that "with recent allegations and continued denials, I have serious doubts about whether (Mendoza) should continue to serve in public office."
The scrutiny on sexual harassment in Sacramento has exploded since more than 100 women wrote an open letter last month decrying a culture of harassment in the Capitol.
De León said his office has asked the women's caucus for further recommendations on "new protections that will encourage those who have been victims or witnesses of harassment to come forward and report — and provide counsel and assistance throughout the reporting process."
In a statement issued by de León's office, the women's caucus said: "The culture of harassment and the code of silence surrounding it have plagued this Capitol for too long — and it's time for us to acknowledge that a system can't protect victims and witnesses if victims and witnesses can't trust the system."
Last month, de León responded to the "We Said Enough" letter by hiring the Law Offices of Amy Oppenheimer, which specialize in investigations into workplace harassment, to launch a probe into incidents that emerged in the media in recent weeks. At the same time, the Senate said it also hired CPS HR Consulting to review its harassment, discrimination and retaliation policies and practices.
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Casey Tolan
Casey Tolan covers national politics and the Trump administration for the Bay Area News Group. Previously, he was a reporter for the news website Fusion, where he covered criminal justice, immigration, and politics. His reporting has also been published in CNN, Slate, the Village Voice, the Texas Observer, the Daily Beast and other news outlets. Casey grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and graduated from Columbia University.
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Katy Murphy
Katy Murphy is based in Sacramento and covers state government for The Mercury News and East Bay Times, a beat she took on in January 2017. Before that, she was the news organization's higher education reporter, writing about UC, CSU, community colleges and private colleges. Long ago, she covered Oakland schools and other K-12 education issues.
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As Trump attacks Omar, campaign crowd screams 'send them back!'
Trump is showing no signs of backing down from his strategy of tying the Democratic Party to the four liberal lawmakers, even after a Democratic-led House voted to condemn his comments as racist. All four lawmakers are American citizens, and three of them were born in the United States.
House votes against impeaching Trump 332-95
Ahead of the vote, Green dismissed calls from within his party to hold off on the resolution, which he introduced Tuesday evening, arguing that impeachment should follow Tuesday's House vote that condemned the President's tweets as racist.


Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX) is an Intel technology for application developers seeking to protect select code and data from disclosure or modification. Intel® SGX makes such protections possible through the use of secure enclaves. Enclaves are protected areas of execution, somewhat comparable to a sandbox. Application code can be put into an enclave via special instructions and software made available to developers via the Intel® SGX SDK.
The authenticity of the remote enclave can also be attested and trusted by a process called remote attestation. In other words, it enables running very sensitive code processing confidential information in insecure environments no matter where it resides. One example of an application where this could be used is a local key storage that can supply a remote service provider (such as a remote login) with a secret key, without revealing it to other, potentially malicious, processes on the local system.
Hyker is combining this technology with Hyker's RIKS protocol and BankID (or any other third-party identification service trusted by the client) to create what we call Key Delegates. A key delegate can be used to solve the problem of combining fire-and-forget, end-to-end encryption, and recoverability.
The problem: Imagine a device (Alice) that wants to send an end-to-end encrypted message to a device (Bob) that has not yet been registered (i.e. shared its public keys). This happens, for instance, in a scenario where Alice invites Bob to receive information, but Alice needs to send the information before Bob accepts. Maybe Alice needs to sleep to save batteries or is just a very temporary device.
The solution: When Alice invites Bob to be a receiver the key delegate preregisters Bob in the SGX enclave. Alice can then use this preregistered public identity to send her end-to-end encrypted messages to Bob, and promptly go offline. When Bob later goes online and wants to retrieve and decrypt the messages Alice sent to him, he can ask the key delegate to give him his preregistered identity. Bob verifies that the key delegate is indeed a valid key delegate (over IAS), and the key delegate verifies that Bob is indeed Bob (over BankID) and sends the preregistered identity to Bob. Alice does not need to be online during this process.
This solution is also the key to solve much bigger problems than just a single message to a single recipient. For instance, Alice wants to back up all her data, but she knows all of her devices might all break or be stolen, but she also wouldn't trust cloud services with her data. Using the key delegate she can now preregister her own back-up identity. If she loses all of her keys, she can simply ask the key delegate to give her back-up identity to her and repeat the process.
This is a vital functionality for a robust distributed security system. Even if all the keys are lost for a specific stored dataset, it would be possible to store a backup key centrally, without any central access to the key and data.


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Home Legislature Must Wake Up To Reality
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'Separation of powers' principle should be adhered to by all, more so, by the Courts. The power to repeal any law lies mainly with the legislature. But of late, a perception is getting stronger that the judiciary has been usurping the powers of other organs. So much so, the Supreme Court has been taking a proactive measures to amend or make changes in unconstitutional and unethical laws in the country. For example; in 'Mithu vs State', Supreme Court decided to repeal Section – 303 of IPC because it thought that it is against the Constitution and violative of Article 14 and 21 of the Constitution. The power to change or award any sentence by the Court of by any Government should be followed by due process of law and in 'Mithu vs State', the question raised before the Supreme Court was that if a life convict murders or attempts to murder any person than whether the sentence of Section – 302 imposed on him is right of wrong?
The Supreme Court took the view after considering the previous reports and instances that the sentence of murder imposed on the convict is unconstitutional. The main idea for enacting the Section – 303 was also discussed in this judgment and it was stated that the Section- 303 was enacted by Britishers to protect their Jail Superintendents and other authorities, earlier because of freedom struggle the prisoners in the heat of a movement used to harm the Jail Superintendents and other authorities. So protection was provided by the Britishers to its jailors and jail staffs by adding section 303 in the IPC — that if a person commits any harm than they will have a ground to impose a sentence of murder.
Another reason which was stated in this case for omitting this section was that 'no defence was provided to the accused because it would be his or her second conviction and the rules were clear that sentence of death will surely be provided to him/her. The accused may be treated wrongly by the Jailor or even if he is on parole and if something provocative happens then in that case no defence was there with him/her. Therefore, the Supreme Court took the view to repeal this section, which in a way is right and justified decision.
The main power, however, to enact or repeal any law lies with the Legislature. The Supreme Court in certain special cases or instances only take a measure to repeal or amend the law. It is good that the Legislature has woken upto reality and now it is thinking of changing/repealing certain outdated laws.
There is a news that Parliament will pass two Bills to repeal 1053 redundant laws. There is extreme pressure on India's judiciary because of the floods of cases, which are instituted day by day, in the courts across the country. So instead of putting all the burden on the Supreme Court; the people should also ask their Members of Parliament and the Legislative Assemblies to make changes in the law or if necessary repeal them.
In a recent case, the Supreme Court took the measure and established a third gender in our country. The judgment was first of its kind. This measure could have been taken by the Legislature and that would have been much better because it would restore faith of people in the Legislature. As per the rules of the interpretation judges can't be like Legislatures because that would destroy the basic principles of 'rule of law' and 'separation of power' but nowadays it seems that the judges have become the new Legislatures, which should not be the case. Therefore, the Government should care more and more on the people and their opinions rather than leaving the citizens to depend on the judiciary for each and every right.
Utkarsh Pandey
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For a "souped up" version of the ordinary Seychelle water filter bottle, the Seychelle advanced water filter bottle is a useful portable water source that can handle even highly turbid, stagnant waters or those intensely contaminated with harmful organisms. This filter is just as lightweight, and can be carried practically anywhere, but offers higher performance in exchange for a higher price.
Carried in a belt or backpack-ready insulator sleeve, this water bottle features a replaceable cartridge than can handle up to 100 gallons of water before it needs to be changed. Just as with other water filter bottles, it is well suited to campers, hikers, joggers or walkers, travelers, fishermen, boaters, and other outdoors enthusiasts.
The Seychelle Advanced Water Filter Bottle includes EPA-approved iodinated resin (EPA Reg #: 35917-2).
Turbid, stagnant, and highly contaminated water can all be successfully cleaned by this bottle.
Possible uses include getting clean drinking or cooking water following a hurricane or an earthquake, when water is frequently contaminated with sewage and industrial chemicals thanks to damage and massive leaks in storage facilities.
Removes bacteria and viruses up to 6 logs (99.9999%).
Cap screws on and off for easy filling and closure.
Independent laboratory test reveal this filter to be in compliance with EPA/ANSI protocols and NSF Standards 42 and 53.
Environmentally safe and reusable (cartridges are replaceable every 100 gallons).
Sturdily made, compact, and convenient to carry anywhere.
Made of EPA approved low-density #4 plastic, does not leach BPA into the water.
Also reduces fluoride in filtered water by 90%.
The most laboratory and field tested filter of its kind. Also tested in 16 foreign countries.
How do we know when we reach the 100 gallons limit and when to change the filter?
When the water starts tasting bad, or it gets hard to get water through the filter is an indication that it is time to replace the filter.
I bought a dozen bottles in 2009. What are the shelf life on the filters?
The Seychelle filters don't have a shelf life, just keep them in a dry, dark place.
No, they are made of EPA approved low-density #4 plastic, does not leach BPA into the water.
Yes they do remove chlorine.
May I call in with my credit card number?
Normally you do not taste it or the taste goes away after a few uses. But yes the advanced and the extreme filters have an iodine resin in them. If you do not want that you would have to purchase the standard filter, as it does not have it in it and it still filters bacteria just not viruses.
They have a filtering capacity of 100 gallons.
I take this bottle on trips to foreign countries where the water may not be safe for drinking....this filtered water bottle is on nvaluable.
i got this for my fathers bday, as he had been wanting one for a while. he loves this water bottle because its easy to use and clean, and it does exactly as stated. and the replacement filters are not too expensive either. its much better for him than using brita filters which dirty quickly and are more expensive to replace.
Take this everywhere I venture to. From grocery store, day hikes, to other countries. Seriously saved me from drinking otherwise contaminated water. Bought many of these for gifts. Huge hit.


A CENTURIES-old tradition was revived at Mary Street Piazza last Saturday (June 9) when 12 orators got on their soapbox for an ad hoc speaker's corner.
Town Team Movement convenor Jimmy Murphy organised the event at short notice, after posting on his Facebook page that he was thinking about holding a public speaker's series and being inundated with responses.
He had a free Saturday and lined up 12 speakers.
Mr Murphy, a Vincent councillor and event organiser behind the Leederville and Mt Hawthorn street festivals, says the idea started "as a one off thing. But it was an experiment and it worked really well, so there will be more.
"I'm kind of secretly hoping someone else might organise the next one," he laughs, saying he'd be happy to hand over the database of interested speakers.


Self-assembled biomaterials exhibit tremendous promise in creating a wide variety of tunable smart materials and inorganic/organic functional devices. I am interested in programming proteins that assemble from the nanoscale into large, regular complexes. These protein complexes could be scaffolds in applications that range from bio-templating of inorganic material to create metallic and semiconductor nanowires to construction of precisely spaced immobilized enzyme arrays for biomedical devices.
Much work has been done on creating DNA sequences to self-assemble into precise 1D, 2D, and 3D architecture. However, disadvantages of DNA-templated assembly include the short persistence length of dsDNA (50 nm) and the lack of chemical functionality along the DNA sequence. Proteins have the potential to be a much more general design framework for use in these biotemplated ideas. Many attempts have been made to exhibit multiple length-scale control for proteins. At this point many of these solutions are ad hoc, and many of these rationally engineered proteins cannot readily be modified to assemble in differing geometries. There is a need to develop a protein framework that could enable control over protein assembly in disparate geometries over multiple length scales. A good toolbox would include a protein sequence that can be designed modularly to assemble in specific geometries that also allows large peptide insertions for added functionality.
Recently I have discovered and characterized a unique protein filament, g Pfd, from the hyperthermophile Methanoccocus jannaschii. The filament lengths are polydisperse and exceed 1 mM, and are assembled by a proposed single repeating beta strand scaffold, flanked by a series of protruding coiled-coils (fig1A-B). However, the distinct architecture of the g PFD filament in which the coiled-coil is modular and separable from the interface is intriguing, as well as the extraordinary stability of the protein assembly at temperatures in excess of 97oC. My previous work has also established that the filament can tolerate large peptide insertions (ca. 25 a.a.) at both the N- and C- termini of the protein, and that inorganic materials such as gold can be nucleated off of the filament chain to form inorganic nanowires.
My current research focuses on the different parameters governing filament formation such as stability, kinetic rates of filament assembly, and structural integrity. I have also demonstrated tunability of the filament width and overall length through rational design of a capping protein. We would like to use this filament as a starting point towards designing more complicated geometrical patterns such as T-junctions or cubic arrays, enabling creation of more complicated devices built from the bottom-up.
Fig1: TEM of g PFD filaments, dimensions of the functional dimer, and possible filament assembly. Scale bar, 200 nm.


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Jean-Claude Fruteau (* 6. Juni 1947 in Saint-Benoît auf der Insel Réunion; † 28. April 2022) war ein französischer Politiker der Parti socialiste (PS).

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Fruteau erhielt 1972 die Lehrbefähigung, die Agrégation für Philologie, und war danach als Professor der obersten Stufe tätig. Bei der PS war er fast zwanzig Jahre lang erster Sekretär im Département Réunion. Von 1983 bis 1999 war er Bürgermeister von Saint-Benoît und saß auch viele Jahre im Generalrat des Départements. Von 1999 bis 2007 gehörte er dem Europäischen Parlament für die Übersee-Départements an. Ab 2007 war er Mitglied der Assemblée nationale für den fünften Wahlkreis von Réunion. Fruteau starb am 28. April 2022 im Alter von 74 Jahren.

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 Profil von Jean-Claude Fruteau auf der Seite der Assemblée nationale

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Mitglied des Europäischen Parlaments für Frankreich
Mitglied der Nationalversammlung (Frankreich)
Bürgermeister (Saint-Benoît, Réunion)
Politiker (20. Jahrhundert)
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