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Girl Scouts & Jersey Shore Restaurants Cook Up Support for Each Other as Pandemic Presses On
It's Time for a Girl Scout Cookie Showdown
Discovering the Right Summer Day Camp for Your Child
Jersey Shore Chefs Dish Out Delicious Inspiration
Girl Scouts Introduces Becoming Me Program in Collaboration with Penguin Random House and Former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama
Celebrating Community Role Models
Honoring Distinguished Leaders
Girl Scouts Receives Grant from OceanFirst Foundation
Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore Appoints Six New Members to Board of Directors
Girl Scout Gala Raises $155,000+ to Support Leadership Opportunities for Girls
Children Need Summer Camp Like Never Before
Getting Ready for Summer Camp
Goodbye Masks, Hello Camp!
2021 Summer Challenge
Supporting Opportunities for Girls
19 girls from Monmouth and Ocean counties receive the Girl Scout Gold Award
Girl Scouts to Celebrate Phenomenal Women on Sept. 22
Families invited to participate in our fourth annual Family Fun Color Run!
28 New Badges Embolden Girl Scouts to Navigate and Succeed in a Rapidly Changing World
Ooey, gooey, and oh so delicious!
Paving the Way for Future Leaders
2021 Holiday Art Contest Underway
2021 Volunteer Expo Support Materials
Jersey Shore Spooktacular returns with a weekend of not-so-scary family fun
Girl Scouts Honors Jersey Shore Leaders and Raises Support for Future Leaders at Phenomenal Women Under 40 Event
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Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore and Camp Amity Acres Makes Asbury Park Press' "Best Of" Ocean County List
58 Girls from Monmouth and Ocean Counties Receive the Girl Scout Silver Award
About Girl Scouts Our Council Newsroom Girl Scouts Honors Jersey Shore Leaders and Raises Support...
Girl Scouts 2021 Phenom Award recipients are (L to R) - Alaina Bontales, Chelsea Masterson, Melissa Schwaner, Megan O'Keefe, Girl Scouts Board Chair Teri O'Connor, Girl Scouts CEO Eileen Higgins, Danielle M. Jones, Kristina Henderson, Eboné Lawrence-Smith, and Shannon Oreficé.
Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore recognized eight Monmouth and Ocean County women for their contributions to local communities at its annual Phenomenal Women Under 40 awards ceremony and fundraising event Sept. 22 in Farmingdale.
The celebration, along with proceeds from a summer-long 50/50 raffle, raised $40,000 to fuel leadership experiences for Girl Scouts in the Jersey Shore region and to fund membership fees for girls who want to become Girl Scouts but whose families are facing financial hardship.
"We are proud to honor and celebrate phenomenal women who go above and beyond to make our communities better places through their work and volunteer service," said Eileen Higgins, chief executive officer of Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore, which serves nearly 9,000 girls in Monmouth and Ocean counties.
The 2021 Phenom recipients were selected from a public nomination process and are "making a positive difference every day as health care professionals, educators, business owners and nonprofit leaders," said Teri O'Connor, chairperson of Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore's board of directors.
"The Phenom honorees are tremendous role models for our Girl Scouts, aspiring to be leaders who make our world a better place," O'Connor added.
Presented with the 2021 Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore Phenom Award were:
Alaina Bontales, Holmdel, clinical director of Patient Care for Inpatient Oncology at Monmouth Medical Center, and volunteer at the Holmdel Greek Orthodox Church, where she created a religious bookstore to earn the Girl Scout Gold Award.
Kristina Henderson, Pine Beach, CEO and co-owner of Henderson Promos based in Red Bank, recent Mrs. New Jersey American and advisor to the Zzak G. Applaud Our Kids Foundation and an ambassador of the Tigger House Foundation.
Danielle M. Jones, Eatontown, confidential associate for the Office of Governmental Affairs and Community Relations at Brookdale Community College and councilwoman for the borough of Eatontown. She also works with the College Caucus of the New Jersey Young Democrats.
Eboné Lawrence-Smith, Neptune, a teacher in the Long Branch Public School District where she has served as PTA secretary, assistant Girl Scout troop leader, and after-school tutor. She is a member of Quinn Chapel AME Church in Atlantic Highlands, where she is active on many committees.
Chelsea Masterson, Toms River, owner of Chelsea's Messy Kitchen in Ocean County, and digital managing editor at Townsquare Media South Jersey, on-field emcee for Jersey Shore BlueClaws, and host of the podcast, "Her Product Lab." She is a recipient of the Girl Scout Gold Award and an active Girl Scout volunteer and advocate.
Megan O'Keefe, Bayville, executive director of Caregiver Volunteers of Central New Jersey. She serves on the Ocean County Transportation Advisory Committee for Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities and on the Board of Directors of the Toms River Chamber of Commerce.
Shannon Oreficé, Eatontown, director of programs for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Coastal and Northern New Jersey and advocate for social justice. She facilitates her organization's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Steering Committee.
Melissa Schwaner, Manahawkin, a licensed clinical social worker, and owner of Swan Therapy Group LLC in Toms River working with children and adults. She also has worked with children of active-duty parents as a military family life counselor.
Approximately 130 supporters attended the outdoor event, which included a flag ceremony led by a Girl Scout color guard and a program featuring videos of each Phenom Award recipient. Girl Scout Recruitment Manager and lifelong member of Girl Scouts Arianna Lynch was the emcee.
Serving as event chairpersons were past Phenom recipients: Jamie Bertram, Lakewood BlueClaws; Kate Dowd, New Jersey Resources; and Stephanie Toal, OceanFirst Foundation.
Guests enjoyed dinner and dessert from the Ohana Grill Food Truck and beverages on tap from the Roving Bar, a three-wheeled vintage Piaggio Ape. They took home Girl Scout-inspired cupcakes from Chelsea's Messy Kitchen, created by award recipient Masterson, and boxes of Girl Scout Cookies.
A highlight of the evening was drawing the winning $10 ticket for the 50/50 raffle, which generated $20,840 over a three-month period. The lucky winner received $10,420, half of the net proceeds.
Higgins expressed gratitude to lead event sponsor Monmouth Medical Center/RWJBarnabas Health and all the sponsors and guests.
"Our council is truly grateful for the many Phenom event sponsors and supporters whose generosity will ensure that more girls can benefit from Girl Scouts' unique leadership program that builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who will make the world a better place," Higgins said.
For more information about leadership and program opportunities offered by the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore in Monmouth and Ocean counties, email info@gsfun.org or call (800) 785-2090.


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» Propylene carbonate and γ-valerolactone as green solvents enhance Sn(I...
3-Methoxybutan-2-one as a sustainable bio-based alternative to chlorinated solvents
Jin, S., Byrne, F., Clark, J. H., McElroy, R., Quinn, A., Sherwood, J. R. & Hunt, A. J., 10 Dec 2021
Article in RSC Advances
Impact of Conventional and Sustainable Solvents on the Yield, Selectivity, and Recovery of Curcuminoids from Turmeric
Kisanthia, R., Hunt, A. J., Sherwood, J., Somsakeesit, L. O. & Phaosiri, C., 23 Nov 2021
Article in ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
Synthesis and application of tuneable carbon-silica composites from the microwave pyrolysis of waste paper for selective recovery of gold from acidic solutions
Sotiriou, K., Supanchaiyamat, N., Jiang, T., Janekarn, I., García, A. M., Budarin, V. L., Macquarrie, D. J. & Hunt, A. J., 2 Jul 2020, (E-pub ahead of print)
A Family of Water Immiscible, Dipolar Aprotic, Diamide Solvents from Succinic Acid
Byrne, F. P., Nussbaumer, C. M., Savin, E. J., Milescu, R. A., McElroy, C. R., Clark, J. H., van Vugt-Lussenburg, B. M. A., van der Burg, B., Meima, M. Y., Buist, H. E., Kroese, D., Hunt, A. J. & Farmer, T. J., 11 May 2020, (E-pub ahead of print)
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Application of bio-based solvents for biocatalysed synthesis of amides with Pseudomonas stutzeri lipase (PSL)
Paggiola, G., Derrien, N., Moseley, J. D., Green, A., Flitsch, S. L., Clark, J. H., McElroy, C. R. & Hunt, A. J., 28 Apr 2020
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Green Chemistry (Journal)
Thomas James Farmer (Referee)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Journal peer review
An integrated process for the valorization of corn stover promoted by NaCl in GVL/H2O system
Luo, Y., Zhao, Z., Jiang, B., We, M., Zhang, Z., Zeng, L., Clark, J. H. & Fan, J., 12 Jan 2022, (E-pub ahead of print)
Article in Green Chemistry
Critical factors for levulinic acid production from starch-rich food waste: solvent effects, reaction pressure, and phase separation
Dutta, S., Yu, I. K. M., Fan, J., Clark, J. H. & Tsang, D. C. W., 7 Jan 2022
Highly selective conversion of phenol to cyclohexanol over increased acidity on the Ru/Nb2O5-nC18PA catalysts in biphasic system under mild condition
Zhan, J., Hu, R., Luo, X., Zhang, C., Luo, G., Fan, J., Clark, J. H. & Zhang, S., 13 Dec 2021, (E-pub ahead of print)
A class of surfactants via PEG modification of the oleate moiety of lactonic sophorolipids: synthesis, characterisation and application
Ogunjobi, J. K., McElroy, R., Clark, J. H., Thornthwaite, D., Omoruyi, O. & Farmer, T. J., 20 Sep 2021
Enzyme-catalyzed synthesis of malonate polyesters and their use as metal chelating materials
Byrne, F., Assemat, J., Stanford, A., Farmer, T. J., Comerford, J. W. & Pellis, A., 29 Jun 2021
Propylene carbonate and γ-valerolactone as green solvents enhance Sn(IV)-catalysed hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) production from bread waste
Published copy (DOI)
10.1039/c8gc00358k
Iris K M Yu
Daniel C W Tsang
Alex C.K. Yip
Andrew J. Hunt
Hocheol Song
Yong Sik Ok
Chi Sun Poon
Accepted/In press - 2 Apr 2018
Published (current) - 3 Apr 2018
Two green solvents, namely propylene carbonate (PC) and γ-valerolactone (GVL), were examined as co-solvents in the conversion of bread waste to hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) over SnCl4 as the catalyst under microwave heating at 120 °C, and their performances were compared with water and acetone as a common solvent. The results showed that a HMF yield of ∼20 mol% was achieved at 7.5 and 20 min in the PC/H2O and GVL/H2O (1:1 v/v) systems, respectively, implying that the tandem reactions (starch hydrolysis, glucose isomerisation, and fructose dehydration) were efficient. The green systems played a critical role in maintaining effective Lewis acid sites, i.e., Sn4+, to a greater extent compared with acetone/H2O and water, where loss of Sn4+ from the liquid phase to colloidal SnO2 particles via hydrolysis was evidenced by X-ray diffraction analysis. In comparison, the utilisation of glucose (47-59 mol% from bread starch within 10 min) appeared as the rate-limiting step in the acetone/H2O and water systems. When comparing PC/H2O with GVL/H2O, the kinetics of overall conversion in the former was more favourable, which was associated with the high in-vessel pressure developed via liberation of CO2 from PC. In addition, dipole moment and dielectric constant of the solvents may also account for their respective performance. This study elucidates the multiple roles of the solvents and their interplay with the catalysts, and advocates the application of green solvents to facilitate catalytic conversion of biomass with a lower energy requirement.

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Letter to the Editor|Articles in Press, 109701
Post-resuscitation care following cardiac arrest in intensive care units: A French national survey
Kahaia de Longeaux
Corresponding author at: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Brest, site La Cavale Blanche, Bvd Tanguy Prigent, 29609 Brest Cedex, France.
Medical Intensive Care, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Brest, Brest, France
Published:January 23, 2023DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.109701
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Post-resuscitation care
Targeted temperature management
Post-resuscitation care in intensive care units (ICU) includes control of oxygenation, hemodynamic and targeted temperature management (TTM), multimodal prognostication and rehabilitation. The level of evidence on the effectiveness of these measures on outcomes remains insufficient. We aimed to evaluate ICUs practices after successful cardiac arrest (CA) resuscitation. During July 2022, we conducted a national survey of practices in French ICU using a 28-question questionnaire available online.
349 ICUs were surveyed. 95 completed the questionnaire. 57.9% of the responders had been working in ICU for more than 10 years. 34.7% worked in a teaching hospital, 58.9% worked in a general hospital. 96.8% responders used a TTM strategy but only 46.3% of them used a written protocol. 7.4% responders had different temperature targets between out-of-hospital CA and in-hospital CA and 9.5% had different temperature targets depending on CA cause (shockable versus non-shockable rhythm). In ICU using the same TTM strategy for all CA patients (86.3%), 68.3% targeted 36 °C, 25.6% targeted a temperature ranging from 32 to 34 °C and 6.1% targeted normothermia (temperature < 37,8°C). 98.9% used a sedation while TTM. TTM lasted for 24 hours for 87.4% of the responders and for more than 24 hours for 10,5%. First-line sedative was propofol, midazolam and inhaled sedation for respectively 58.5%, 35.1% and 10.6% of intensivists. 98.9% targeted a normal arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2 35–45 mmHg). 96.8% targeted a mean arterial pressure (MAP) superior to 65 mmHg and 3.2% a mean arterial pressure superior to 80 mmHg. None of the responders started neurological prognostication before 24 hours after CA. 38.9% started neurological prognostication between 24 and 72 hours after CA, 45.3% between 72 and 96 hours and 15,8% after 96 hours. Only 25.3% responders used a written neurological prognostication protocol. Preferentially used tests for neurological prognostication included electroencephalogram (96.8%), biological marker NSE (86.3%), cerebral magnetic resonance imaging (51.6%), somatosensory evoked potentials (N20 wave) (50.5%) and cerebral computed tomography (45.3%). 17.9% responders organized long-term follow-up for CA survivors after hospital discharge.
This study aimed to clarify current post-resuscitation care in ICU in France. The results showed that most participating ICU were aware and in accordance with ILCOR guidelines
Wyckoff M.H.
Singletary E.M.
Soar J.
2021 International consensus on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care science with treatment recommendations: summary from the basic life support; advanced life support; neonatal life support; education, implementation, and teams; first aid task forces; and the COVID-19 working group.
Resuscitation. 2021; 169: 229-311
. In accordance with literature, a 36 °C TTM seems to have become the standard of care in French ICU
Nielsen N.
Wetterslev J.
Cronberg T.
Targeted temperature management at 33°C versus 36°C after cardiac arrest.
. However, avoiding fever was not the most chosen treatment, the reasons not to change practice are not known. Perhaps our questionnaire was done too early with regard to the release of TTM 2
Dankiewicz J.
Lilja G.
Hypothermia versus normothermia after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
. However should we tailor the TTM according to patient's individual risk
Lascarrou J.B.
Dumas F.
Bougouin W.
differential effect of targeted temperature management between 32°C and 36°C following cardiac arrest according to initial severity of illness: insights from two international data sets.
Chest. 2022; S0012-3692: 04037-5
? Practices regarding MAP and PaCO2 were uniform but may change with future study results (NCT05486884, NCT03114033). The use of paraclinical tests for prognostication was disparate, probably depending on the accessibility of each test in different settings. Less than a fifth of CA survivors in France have a multidisciplinary evaluation after ICU discharge. Studies are needed to assess the prognostic value of such measures
Joshi V.L.
Christensen J.
Lejsgaard E.
Taylor R.S.
Zwisler A.D.
Tang L.H.
Effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions on the secondary consequences of surviving a cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
BMJ Open. 2021; 11: e047251
Despite knowledge gaps in post-resuscitation care, the ILCOR recommendations seem to be well established in French ICUs (see Fig. 1).
Fig. 1Targeted temperature management (TTM) after cardiac arrest (CA) in French ICUs.
Published online: January 23, 2023
Accepted: January 15, 2023
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In Press Journal Pre-Proof
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.109701
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ECan cracks down on Christchurch City's water use
It comes at a time when Chirstchurch's aquifers have hit record lows, and the councils are looking at ways to cut the amount of water being used. Photo / Getty Images
Christchurch Star
By: Gabrielle Stuart
A three year investigation into Christchurch's water supply has found local authorities do not know how much water will be needed as the city grows.
It comes at a time when the city's aquifers have hit record lows, and the councils are looking at ways to cut the amount of water being used.
A report on the situation by Golder Associates was commissioned by the city council, and cost $20,000.
It said a model needed to be developed to calculate the "sustainable yield" of the city water supply, based on population growth, the rural water demand and industrial use.
It also said more information was needed about how the water supply could be contaminated, and agencies responsible for managing it needed to work together better.
The recommendations are set to be put to a city council committee tonight, which will then discuss what the next steps should be.
Former Environment Canterbury chief executive and environmental planner Bryan Jenkins said the city council and regional council had been working together four years ago to estimate how much water could sustainably be taken from the aquifers.
But he said that project had been put on hold as staff focused on other priorities.
Per person, he said Cantabrians used a lot more water than in other cities, so he said something would need to be done to reduce the amount of water used.
That could mean charging Cantabrians for the water they used, he said.
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The report is the latest in a series on the state of the aquifers, which the city council began in 2013.
It commissioned Golder Associates to look into how much was known about the aquifers, and what the gaps in knowledge were.
As part of the work it has talked to experts from the different agencies responsible for the aquifers, and brought them together for a workshop.
It now recommends another workshop should be held between city council, ECan and Selwyn District Council staff to look at who is responsible for what and how they communicate.
The report said different agencies managing the water had not always communicated with one another.
That meant some work done on the water was redundant, as other agencies had done very similar work but had not let others know.
It said the biggest issue was between ECan and the city council, but it also affected Selwyn District Council, academics and Government scientists.
It said working together would be crucial if they were to improve the protection and management of the water resources.
"A fundamentally different way of organising and communicating the value of Christchurch's groundwater resource and how best to protect and manage this asset is needed."
City councillor Pauline Cotter, who sits on the committee looking at the issue, said communication was an issue because of the number of different agencies involved.
She said the city council was already planning a "summit" to encourage more collaboration.
She said more work would need to be done to gather information about the water supply before they could make decisions about the best way to protect it.
Where water from Christchurch aquifers goes:
• 45% Residential and commercial
• 31% Industrial
• 22% Rural or irrigation
• 1% Recreational
• Christchurch residents use an average of 357 litres of water per person per day
• It costs the city council about 45 cents per household per day to supply water
• 48 million cubic metres of water on average is used in Christchurch each year


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LA: Muslim who tried to run over two Jewish men outside synagogue researched jihad attack in NYC
By Pamela Geller - on April 5, 2019
Islamic Jew hatred
The family of this devout savage is insisting that he is mentally ill. They can't be serious. The motive for the attack is obvious. This isn't about Mohamed Abdi Mohamed's mental health. Islamic Jew-hatred: it's in the Quran. The modus operandi of this Los Angeles driver accords with the jihadi imperative of running over non-Muslims with cars, as the Islamic State (ISIS) has called upon Muslims to do. So there is nothing whatsoever that is unclear about the motive, aside from the fact that law enforcement officials all over the country are reluctant to report about jihad-related crimes, and constantly cover up their motive. He even had a copy of the Quran in his car. Will authorities wake up to what is happening? Of course not.
"L.A. synagogue suspect researched deadly terrorist attack in N.Y., detective says," by James Queally, Los Angeles Times, April 3, 2019 (thanks to Christian):
The Seattle man accused of trying to run over two Jewish men outside a Los Angeles synagogue last year in what prosecutors allege was a hate-fueled attack had previously researched a New York City terror act in which a vehicle was used to kill pedestrians, a detective testified in court Wednesday.
Mohamed Abdi Mohamed, 33, had searched online for information about a November 2017 terrorist attack that left eight people dead in lower Manhattan less than a day before he barreled his car toward two Jewish men outside Congregation Bais Yehuda late last year, according to Los Angeles Police Det. Easley De Larkin, who was testifying at a preliminary hearing in Mohamed's case.
On Nov. 23, police said, Mohamed drove into an intersection near the synagogue as a number of people were leaving a Friday night service. He began to curse at the congregants and made anti-Semitic remarks while driving past, before attempting to run them down near La Brea and Oakwood avenues, police said.
The two men escaped unharmed. Mohamed tried to flee but was arrested after crashing his car a short time later.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Deborah S. Brazil ordered Mohamed to stand trial on charges of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon with hate crime allegations during the 90-minute hearing. Prosecutors have contended he specifically targeted Jewish victims.
Mohamed is acting as his own attorney. Relatives who were in the courtroom left without commenting Wednesday. He has pleaded not guilty, and his family previously provided The Times with medical records showing he suffered from schizophrenia. They denied he held any ill will toward the Jewish community.
Police had initially expressed concern about the similarities between the incident outside the synagogue and other terrorist attacks around the globe that have involved the use of vehicles to ram pedestrians. A search of Mohamed's cellphone revealed he had reviewed information about the Manhattan attack — in which a 29-year-old man drove a rental vehicle onto a riverfront bike path in New York City, killing eight people and injuring a dozen more — less than 24 hours before he arrived outside the Hancock Park synagogue, De Larkin said.
De Larkin testified that Mohamed had also searched for information about the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks prior to the incident. An "anti-Semitic pamphlet" that De Larkin described as "involving Jews and the entertainment industry and something needing to be done about it" was also found during a search of Mohamed's Seattle residence, De Larkin said.
The missive, titled "A Straight Look at the Jewish Lobby," was written by Mark Weber….
Police recovered a copy of the Koran and a 13-inch-long "buck knife" in Mohamed's car after the November 2018 incident, according to De Larkin, who noted the similarities between that discovery and other vehicle attacks in which suspects have exited a crashed car and used a firearm or blade to attack injured victims….
Mohamed's relatives said last year he was in dire need of mental health treatment, not a trial….
Mohamed is a U.S. citizen who entered the country as a refugee in the early 1990s with his family as they fled a civil war in Somalia, a relative told The Times last year. The relative spoke on condition of anonymity to protect their privacy….
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The 2016 Reebok CrossFit Games were a grueling five-day, 15-event test to find the fittest man and woman on Earth. FITTEST ON EARTH follows the dramatic story of the top athletes who qualified and competed and offers an inside look at what it takes to be among the world's elite athletes, both in training and on the competition floor.
The CrossFit Games challenge competitors to perform intense physical tasks, but the hardest part is sometimes mental. Athletes often learn the details of the events only minutes before they begin, and everyone handles the pressure differently. Which of these fierce competitors will rise to the top and earn the title of Fittest on Earth?
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In which way an artificial counter-religion, if not thoroughly organized?
When at a congress in 1931 the serious Bible researchers adopted the name "Jehovah's Witnesses" at the instigation of their president, it was already clear worldwide that the name Jehovah was not correct, but only a false vocalization introduced by a Catholic monk. Even in the folk encyclopedia "The Little Brockhaus", which had been available for a long time at that time, all people could inform themselves at that time that Jehovah was wrong as the name of God. Against better knowledge, however, the Watchtower Society sought to use the name Jehovah's Witnesses for the people who were to distribute the publisher's magazines as freelancers. This fact that the religion name "Jehovah's Witnesses" was deliberately chosen incorrectly proves that the Watchtower religion is a deliberately engineered counter-religion that absorbs as much falsehood as possible and is meant to destroy people. As much lies as possible are made, at the same time attention is paid to the fact that one can just still consider this false religion as true.
The deliberate wrong choice of name is a heavy indication for the fact that Freemasons have decided that beside Catholicism another religion mocking God has to be created. They assembled as many lies as possible and offered this construction as the true religion. In order to make this false god Jehovah as seductive as possible, iron loyalty, loyalty to this Jehovah God, was propagated as the supreme virtue of religious followers. In this way, the devilish side of this opponent God can and could be well hidden (bleeding people to death, destroying families, exploiting people by every trick in the book, destroying Christians, forbidding contact with Jesus).
The propagation of this religion of lies could of course not be realized through the hearts of the people. With Christians, the testimony of the heart prevails, Christians are not motivated by people. But Jehovah's Witnesses must be brutally put under psychological pressure to spread their counter-religion. Jehovah's Witnesses cannot draw from the power of God, but must be whipped by their organization. If the Jehovah's organization did not consistently exercise this permanent psycho terror, no "serious Bible researchers" would be on the street promoting false religion as Jehovah's Witnesses. The need for Jehovah's organization to use psychoterror is another sign that Jehovah's Witnesses are not Christians. As in Catholicism, everything in the Watchtower Society depends on the higher organization. Go to a free Christian community for once! There you will see that nothing is determined from above. You will see that everything happens from the Christians who are in direct contact with Jesus.
In Wiesloch, Jehovah's Witnesses like to stand opposite each other with their watchtower spat off from their bodies at a 90-degree angle, so that the passers-by are literally taken into pliers. As I approached Jehovah's Witness in front of Volksbank Wiesloch at about 40 meters and pulled my signs out of her jacket, she fled over to her husband, who was standing across the street from the store. I stood in front of them and showed the text: "Every single Jehovah's Witness supports the religious murder by bleeding to death". In between I changed the text. "Jehovah's Witnesses bleed people to death for their God! - Religious murder!" Many passers-by paid attention to it and after 17 minutes of sermon service the organized liars cleared the field. A woman stopped in the meantime and asked: "And? brings something?" I answered: "Yes, that makes you think - and I pray for it too." She: "I have seen you here before." She smiled in agreement and went on.
People realize very precisely what is happening in the pedestrian zones of Wiesloch, Bruchsal and Speyer, and they are grateful for it. Many have told me that it makes sense to present Jehovah's Witnesses with their religious facts. For many people, finding a person who resists the lie is remarkable. Not that the reward I can receive from people is important to me, but it is a good thing to recognize something in the otherwise so uninvolved passer-by that lives spiritually.
When I join a club that kills cats, skins dogs, breaks small children's fingers, then I'm one of them and I'm responsible for all these infamies! Every Jehovah's Witness will have to answer to God for the murders and the destroyed families, because he has agreed to these things in general by entering the Watchtower Society. Can one become a murderer by belonging to a religion? With Jehovah's Witnesses you actually become a murderer, because religious murder by bleeding to death is part of the program of the Watchtower Society. This does not apply to Islam, because in Islam there is the niche of non-violent religious followers who are not bound to the terror program and not to the Sharia. With Jehovah's Witnesses, the external attitude is non-violent, but they must sign the entire murder and destruction programme in order to remain in that religion. People have to bleed to death and thousands of families are destroyed. 90 per cent of Jehovah's Witnesses are just blackmailers driven forward by psychoterror.
The organized Watchtower lie, which is already characterized by the false god name Jehovah, works and works in the members of the Jehovah foot people as the special, the only truth. As Islam simply claims that the Bible has been falsified by Christians, the Watchtower doctrine simply claims that the only true name of God Jehovah has been removed from all copies by Christians. However, if one realizes the logistical achievement of such an all scriptural change, one must realize that Christianity would have succeeded in this case in a perfect global action, while the Watchtower doctrine still suffers today from the fact that it is easy to refute and the evidence for the organized lie does not have to be sought for long. Had Christianity falsified all the copies, it would have been a hundred times better organized at that time than the so-called visible organization of Jehovah on earth. Such a falsification of all transcripts, which is attributed to Christianity, is an achievement which does not even bring about Jehovah's million-dollar, modern, technically perfectly equipped lie organization.
After the Witness couple had cleared the field after 17 minutes, two Jehovah's Witnesses appeared, one thick and not rolled up with the Watchtower in his hand, the other bald and with a very tightly rolled up Watchtower in his hand. I pulled my A4 sheets out of my jacket and the bald Jehovah's Witness read briefly and was immediately very unsettled, preferring to adapt his behavior to that of the fat Jehovah's Witness. The fat Jehovah's Witness had been my interlocutor at least twice before and whenever he didn't know what to do, he would always just say, "This is a false statement!" He gave no more arguments, did not justify anything, but only brought this statement in a friendly tone: "This is a false statement!" The stubborn ignorance of the fat Jehovah's Witness acted as a model for the protective behavior of the bald Jehovah's Witness, whom I had not yet seen in Wiesloch.
So I went after the two Jehovah's Witnesses, continued to hold up my signs, maintained the 10-meter safety distance arbitrarily set by the Legal Department of the Watchtower Society, and remembered the stubborn ignorance of the fat Jehovah's Witness, told my texts and explained them. Strangely enough, along the distance of about 100 meters, as I made my statements, the attention of the entire surrounding pedestrian zone was so high that one could hear a pin drop. I was really amazed, but I know blessing situations like these from my experience with Jesus.
Today much sermon service (organized lie) was prevented in Wiesloch and I hope that reporting on it will also cause the Watchtower doctrine to be recognized sooner or later worldwide as the organized lie it is. The repeated confrontation of the Watchtower lie with their own facts gives the people of Wiesloch a solid reason to think about the religious lies in this world in the long term. Praise and glory be to the Lord Jesus.


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Three New Dining Concepts to Open by Year's End, Wolfgang Puck Bar and Grill Along With Jaleo by José Andrés to open in Disney Springs West Side in 2018
Three new dining concepts are expected to open by year's end at Disney Springs at Walt Disney World Resort, with two more on tap for 2018.
This fall, Chicago-based Levy Restaurants is introducing a new Italian concept at Disney Springs, with James Beard award winner and "Top Chef Master" Chef Tony Mantuano leading development. The new restaurant replaces Levy's Portobello Country Italian Trattoria and will feature dishes inspired by Mantuano's adventures in Italy.
Also opening in late 2017 is Wine Bar George, with Master Sommelier George Miliotes bringing his expertise to Disney Springs with an unparalleled wine list including more than 100 selections by the bottle and glass in a range of varietals, vintages and prices. Shareable plates, cheese and charcuterie will complement the wine list, featuring local artisans and seasonally relevant dishes. Look for some fun wine education, including special events and visits from winemakers. Miliotes is widely regarded as one of the industry's foremost wine experts, and is one of only 236 professionals certified by the Court of Master Sommeliers.
And The Edison, a lavish "Industrial Gothic" restaurant, bar and nighttime, is expected to open by year's end. A collaboration of Patina Restaurant Group and Kinetescape's Andrew Meieran, The Edison is noted for classic American food, craft cocktails and live entertainment including cabaret. (The Disney Springs location is inspired by its sister location in Los Angeles.) With Old World sophistication and romance, The Edison will be themed to a 1920s-era electric company, recalling an exuberant era of invention and imagination with entertainment that includes contortionists, aerialists, DJs and more.
Looking ahead to 2018:
Jaleo, a concept by world-renowned Chef José Andrés' ThinkFoodGroup, will open on the West Side, bringing the spirit and flavors of Spain, with an extensive menu of tapas that reflect the rich regional diversity of traditional and contemporary Spanish cuisine. Think paella cooked over a wood fire, hand-carved Jamon Iberico de Bellota and wood-grilled Iberico pork. With five locations in the United States and Mexico City, this will be the first location in Florida. The first floor of the multi-level restaurant will feature a "grab-n-go" storefront with Spanish-style sandwiches.
And a new Wolfgang Puck concept will open in a new location in Town Center. Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill, will modernize the traditional "bar and grill" concept in a setting inspired by traditional farmhouses with a touch of elegance. The restaurant will capture the essence of laid-back California dining made popular by Puck at Spago, his flagship restaurant in Los Angeles. The menu will highlight the best of Puck's signature dishes with Mediterranean influences, innovative takes on comfort food classics and handcrafted specialty cocktails, beer and wine.
Author RayPosted on May 31, 2017 Categories Walt Disney WorldTags Disney Springs, Jaleo, James Beard, The Edison, Wine Bar George, Wolfgang Puck Bar & GrillLeave a comment on Three New Dining Concepts to Open by Year's End, Wolfgang Puck Bar and Grill Along With Jaleo by José Andrés to open in Disney Springs West Side in 2018


A place for the voleters (readers of the Volet) to talk about the current episode and current storyline.
Note to self : Stay away from Brock's mind.
Second note to self : Draw Scorpio with present Scorpio.
Third note to self : Finish the Miyu keenlace picture.
Shame that her attack did less damage than Fire-3, but I guess magic always wins in these games, unless you've got an offering, a genji glove, a maxed out "atma" weapon and the ragnarok sword.
Also, thank you for writing Risky!
Ti-Phil wrote: Well, the Fire 3 was casted on a vegetable, as such, it is now well done.
I do enjoy roasted eggplant.
I never ate roasted eggplants... Heck, I don't think I ever ate eggplant. Any good recepy suggestion?


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Q: Python + PyCharm File Structure issue: AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'X' I'm having the following file structure:

*

*main.py

*Crypto

*

*GetGenerators.py

*Utils

*

*RecHash.py

*ToInteger.py

*Utils.py

GetGenerators.py looks like this:
import unittest
import os, sys
import gmpy2
from gmpy2 import mpz

sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
from Utils.Utils           import AssertInt, AssertClass
from Utils.ToInteger       import ToInteger
from Utils.RecHash         import RecHash

def GetGenerators(n):
    AssertInt(n)
    assert n >= 0, "n must be greater than or equal 0"

    generators = []

    # ... irrelevant code...

    return generators

class GetGeneratorsTest(unittest.TestCase):
    def testGetGenerators(self):
        self.assertEqual(len(GetGenerators(50)), 50)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()

When I'm using the function GetGenerators from inside main.py, it works fine.
However, when I'm running the GetGenerators.py UnitTests by rightclicking the file, "Run Unittests in GetGenerators.py", I'm getting the following error:

File "C:\Program Files (x86)\JetBrains\PyCharm 2016.3.2\helpers\pycharm\nose_helper\util.py", line 70, in resolve_name
      obj = getattr(obj, part)
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'GetGenerators'

I suppose it has something to do with the structure of my files, but I don't see the problem.

A: I haven't had your exact problem before, but I think I've had one like it. When I use PyCharm, I find that if open and use files that I've created in a project in PyCharm, then everything works fine. I can import them, can run them; no problems. The problems I run into (which are similar to yours) are when I open a file that was not created within a PyCharm project. I can't import them, and sometimes can't even run them correctly. Maybe it's just me being stupid or maybe a real bug with PyCharm, but whatever the case is. It might be worth (if you haven't already), create a project in PyCharm and copy and paste the file contents into files you create within PyCharm. For some reason, that has worked for me in the past.

A: So I've ran into a similar problem with PyCharm 2022.2.2 and this solution didn't help me. Instead, what worked was checking my code to make sure I didn't have any object named 'module' defined anywhere, plus I changed some of the documents like "face_landmarks.py" and "face_recognition.py" into "landmarks.py" to avoid confusion when calling a similar line with face_recognition package in python.
I've also tried marking the project folder as a Namespace package. However, as I've done several things at once, I'm not sure if this had any impact. The problem was resolved, but the issue with file structure is there for PyCharm even 6 years later.

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John Lewis announces fate of Leeds Victoria Gate store as it closes Sheffield and York branches
How Leeds-born entrepreneur created successful lockdown business after buying an old Barbour jacket
How Joe Browns became one of Leeds' most remarkable businesses
Make a few quid and have some fun. As a business plan it must be one of the simplest there's ever been, and yet it has launched a clothing company that has reported growth in almost all its 23 years in business and is now targeting £100m in sales by 2026.
By John Grainger
Saturday, 13th November 2021, 11:45 am
Simon Brown, founder and CEO of Leeds-based fashion retailer Joe Browns. PHOTO: Joe Browns.
"It was so simple," says Simon Brown, founder and CEO of Leeds-based Joe Browns, "and it still burns a hole in my heart, because that's exactly what it's all about for us here."
In truth, if it were that easy to set up a highly successful business, we'd all be doing it, but Brown did have something of a head-start in the rag trade. After a wild 18 months of working his way around the world after leaving school, he came back to his hometown of Leeds and started work at his father's clothing firm, HE & FJ Brown, as a company rep, selling to the likes of C&A, Next, Debenhams, BHS, Top Man, River Island and Burton Group.
He stuck it out for 17 years before something gave, and it was a trip to North Wales that gave him his inspiration.
"There was this group of 20-somethings there, and they had salty hair, bangles, golf shorts: boys and girls just having such a great time," Brown told The Yorkshire Post.
"And I thought, 'If I could bottle up what they're exuding – that carefree, happy spirit – I think that'd be the formula for a business. I'll just sell happiness'. So that's what I did: I set up a mail order business."
It wasn't all smooth running. Joe Browns (so named because Brown doesn't like his own first name) started out selling experiences for adrenalin junkies – bungee-jumping and parachuting – along with the outdoorsy menswear to help customers look the part.
"But after two years, I found out that what gives me joy and happiness didn't give the majority of the population joy and happiness, so we had to have a bit of a rethink," says Brown.
The business was losing money, so he had to scout around for some investment.
"I had to kiss a lot of frogs, but I eventually found a lovely guy in Manchester who put £100,000 into the business for 12.5 per cent, and that was it. We started making money and it just grew from there."
The firm dropped the experiences, launched a womenswear range, and saw an immediate uplift in revenues. It was a vindication of sorts for Brown, who had assured his wife when he quit his job that "This is definitely going to work out".
Now, that same sense of self-belief is driving expansion at the company, with a view to hitting the £100m target. The Holbeck-based company added homeware and a loungewear ranges in 2020, and has developed three distinct looks for its womenswear: boho, vintage and kitsch.
Although most of its sales are online, it also has physical stores in York and Sheffield, and has successful partnerships with La Redoute in France and Otto Versand in Germany.
It has just built a £1.5m warehouse extension with a mezzanine floor, creating 40 new jobs. A sustainability review is underway and Brown is looking for more third-party retailers both home and overseas.
He's also brought in Jane Reik, formerly of N Brown Group, as his new buying director, who, he says, "is amplifying what we do".
"Our business is going well," says Brown. "This season, which is only nine weeks old, we're 68 per cent up on last year – and last year was a good year.
"We have about 170 people here. I say 'about 170' because it's increasing so quickly. Our direct business is the biggest part of the business, and we're better at it now – we're doing different videos, appealing to a different market, and we're getting quite well known online. I love these people, these social influencers – they're such a bubbly lot."
There are still challenges, of course, such as Covid and Brexit, which he describes a "bloody nuisance". But again, his belief appears unshakeable.
"Adapting to situations has never been more critical than at the moment. We've had a few dips along the way with recessions, but although we're a large-ish business, we're nimble.
"We have no debt in the business, so we have nobody to answer to. We don't have any trouble from shareholders, so we sit around the table, we have a discussion, we decide what we think is right, and we go off and do it. Sometimes we get it wrong, and hopefully most of the time we get it right."
In an effort to keep those wrong turns to a minimum, Brown has put his own spin on that perennial corporate aim: excellence. That's not the word he uses; instead all the company's functions must be "remarkable".
"My wife had been in the supermarket and had people remark on her dress, which was obviously a Joe Brown's dress," he says. "At the next day's board meeting, it turned out that two of our directors had had the same thing happen.
"I thought there was something in this, so we decided that everything we wanted to do had to be – not wanted to, but had to be – remarkable."
"So 'remarkable' sits at the top of everything and as long as we keep producing remarkable garments, with remarkable service, and have remarkable people here, then that £100m isn't too far off."
So he's made a few quid and he's had some fun – but has Simon Brown got where he wanted to go when he saw that salty-haired crew in Wales all those years ago?
"I could never imagine it being like this," he says. "Some pictures from a modelling shoot landed on my desk the other day, and I just looked at them and thought, 'How did we ever end up here?'."
CV: Simon Brown
Simon Brown was born in Leeds and attended Sedbergh School in Cumbria.
After leaving school he saved £800 and aged 19 bought a one-way ticket to New York.
He spent 18 months doing a wide variety of jobs, including building railways in Winnipeg, plastering houses in Vancouver, working on boats in Hawaii, painting slum houses and working on aircraft carriers in San Diego, and working in a wool store and a fibreglass moulding company in New Zealand.
Then, aged 21, he returned home and started work at his father's business, clothing manufacturer HE & FJ Brown, where he worked for 17 years.
He started Joe Browns in 1998, selling menswear, and introduced womenswear in 2002 and homeware in 2019.
Simon BrownLeedsNew YorkNorth WalesBHS
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I tried the following rule. The result forward to /test.php?s=ABC . '&D' is missing from url.
RewriteRule ^test/([^.]+)$ /test.php?s=$1 [PT]

A: You have that behaviour because it considers & is a separator in query string.
As a result, you have first data s containing ABC and second data D empty.
To pass & in url, you have to encode it: %26.
That's why B flag exists. You can try this rule:
RewriteRule ^test/([^.]+)$ /test.php?s=$1 [PT,B]

More info on B flag here


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Carat is also part of the Dentsu Aegis Network, and among its services includes digital led communication solutions, media planning and purchasing, and strategic research and insight. "Today, advances in digital technology and changing consumer behaviour have created an era of unprecedented complexity and opportunity for clients. Media is now an ecosystem that includes bought, owned and earned communications." Boot adds that in this new era, Carat is leading and shaping the industry once again, by using media in new ways to deliver business value to clients. "We specialize in understanding and exploiting every media opportunity there is. We have a track record of creating innovative ideas that work across platforms and deliver real value for our clients." In the past year, Carat has received a number of awards including a Gold and Silver Effie MENA. "Carat is able to exploit Dentsu Aegis Network's unique operating model," continues Boot. "With seven sister agencies specializing in everything from out of home experiential, to programmatic trading to digital creative, Carat has an integrated and holistic approach to media." He explains how all Out of Home services are handled by sister agency Posterscope, while SEO, SEM and Paid Social are handle by iProspect. All of these agencies operate under one P&L of Dentsu Aegis Network making Carat very different to the competition.
Martin Boot, General Manager, Carat Qatar and Kuwait. Image credit: Carat.
Among the challenges of advertising in Qatar, Boot says that only one supplier runs most mediums, hence causing a monopoly market. In addition, there are also limited media opportunities in the country with placements and locations set to specific areas. "Another challenge is municipality approvals. Any OOH activities or in-mall activations are subject to municipality approval and can be declined. Within such an environment, we need to be versatile and agile when planning media to ensure that we still deliver ROI for our clients despite these challenges." However, Boot pinpoints that the best way to advertise nowadays is 360- in other words integrated media campaigns are now the only way to advertise as digital becomes more powerful. "As we approach the era of the 'internet of everything' where everything and everybody is connected. A new era of media companies is emerging who are providing cost efficient services by connecting available capacity and expertise. As technology, bandwidth and powerful devices drive consumer adoption, the digital economy will become an unstoppable train and advertisers and their agencies must adapt to this change and overhaul their approach to advertising," explains Boot.
Since Qatar won and have now confirmed that they will indeed be hosting the World Cup in 2022, more people are expected to move into Qatar and with this influx, a flurry of projects will be executed in anticipation of the hyped-up market. "With this development, we expect to see a lot of growth in the advertising industry to keep up with the demand," concludes Boot. And Carat intends to have their operations at the forefront, having gotten their foot in the door early on in the game.


"It was exciting, fun, crazy, beautiful and magical. My experience was a little bit of everything and I could say that I am missing those days in Las Vegas. I have had fun and have had a great time with everyone."
"Being able to do what I like and have the opportunity to play in Marquee's Dayclub was priceless. Having the opportunity to visit the best clubs in Las Vegas was a dream come true and sharing the experience with all the participants of each country, the SAB Miller team and the people from Universal was something I really appreciate."
"Also, having the people from Panama with me was something I really appreciated because they supported me from the beginning until the end (Ritmo Equis, Tatiana and Irma)."
"I received many messages and probably still have not seen them all. I am really grateful and it makes me glad to see the empathy from my fans. I have seen a lot of people who were constantly supporting me during the competition. Every time I returned from the clubs to the hotel, I have had many messages from my family, friends, my colleagues, inclusive from acquaintances and friends who are living in other countries."
"It was very emotional. I left the stage with a big smile, great conviction and security. I was not afraid; I felt eager to get to play in the competition and counted the seconds to go to the stage. The next day, I almost cried when I received the second place of Miller SoundClash 2016."
"After I played in Marquee Dayclub I had on my mind "Whatever God wants, it will be". I was excited just to share the experience with the other participants and for playing in Marquee Dayclub. I can't describe the feeling of being the first runner up of Miller SoundClash 2016, taking the award home and leaving my country at the top of the competition."
"I am really happy and proud of myself. It was incredible. I took the time to study the crowd for 45 minutes and understand the reactions and emotions of each person during the pool party; I had to understand the competition space in order to play to impress."
"I felt happy to accomplish what I wanted to do during my performance and had an excellent reaction from the crowd, they loved it, I know it! An advantage for me was that I had prepared for everything. I had a pendrive with all rhythms and styles including electronic, techno, and techno house music. Inclusive music from my own country."
"I knew that when it came to my turn I would need to do something that could change the course without being drastic and be a good change from the previous DJ and the following DJ; something that would not be strange. I knew I had to do what I do in Panama and I did it! The audience reaction was amazing and at the end I received lots of congratulations from the guys working at the Marquee Dayclub as if they knew me for a long time. It was a great time!"
"It was kind of rare, especially as Marquee Dayclub is a place I have heard a lot about in the last couple of years. I thought it would take me a long time to perform in clubs like that. Some international DJs that are popular in their countries said this opportunity was huge and I felt really excited about it. They felt happy for me because I had no fear, but courage to get on the stage with confidence, determination and conviction. Everything went well."
"It was an incredible opportunity. A record contract with Aftercluv Dancelab was one of the main things that made me stay all night until 5:00am thinking over my set in Las Vegas. One of my goals was to achieve this great opportunity."
"Right now, I feel happy about it and I think this experience will change the way I see things in the scene. I know that there is a path full of challenges, learning and this is the time to focus on my work 1000%. In addition, I know people will be watching me and I want to leave the name of Panama in each scenario. Great things are coming!"
"I want to contribute in many possible ways. I do not want to focus on being a rock star who only travels and take photos with fans, but someone that could be an example to the children in my country. I know I am not Armin Van Buuren or Afrojack, but I would like to emulate some of what Tiesto is doing today in order to support, cooperate and give opportunity for new guys."
"I would like to help the music scene in my country by creating international level profiles because I believe in it and in the new talents that are climbing. I'd like to contribute to growing the scene in other countries too; it would be a long-term project I would desire to achieve. I want to leave footprints in each scenario, each country and obviously without neglecting; and leave them with my talent, my songs, my skills, charisma and good vibes above the decks."
What was your favorite Miller SoundClash moment?
"My favorite moment was at Marquee Dayclub when I was playing at the pool, minutes and seconds after touching the 3rd or 4th track of my live set and seeing the clear sky and people dancing and singing, that was my favorite moment. You could say I have other moments like when we were waiting for the announcement of the winners with the beautiful sunset of Las Vegas at the Hyde Bellagio."


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Anne D. Bjorkman
Postdoc at Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
Tundra Ecology
Garry Oak Ecosystem
Many of the same issues ecologists seek to understand in "natural" systems are equally applicable to agricultural and food systems. I recently collaborated with scientists at the Global Crop Diversity Trust and at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture to investigate how the diversity of global food supplies has changed over the past 50 years.
Diet composition for 151 countries in 1961, 1985, and 2009. Each dot is a country and the circles represent the magnitude of the country-to-country variation in diets in each year. This variation has declined dramatically (as evidenced by the size of the circles) over 50 years. The arrows show the trajectory of five countries over time as they move toward the center of the circle (which represents a standard "global mean" diet).
We found evidence that, at the country level, the diversity of crops contributing to diets has remained stable or increased over time. At the same time, there has been a fairly dramatic homogenization trend, such that countries are becoming more and more similar to each other in their diets.
The article is open-access and is available for download from PNAS. The story has also been covered by NPR, NBC News, the BBC, and TIME magazine.
Khoury, C., A.D. Bjorkman, H. Dempewolf, J. Ramirez-Villegas, L. Guarino, A. Jarvis, L. Rieseberg, P.C. Struik. 2014. Increasing homogeneity in global food supplies and the implications for food security. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111: 4001-4006. (open-access link)
We have continued to build on this study by conducting an assessment of the degree of interdependence among countries on plant genetic resources. This work was published as a research paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society B and as a complementary policy brief in advance of the 6th meeting of the Governing Body of The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (established by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). There is a very nice blog post about the study here, as well as articles in the Washington Post, BBC, National Geographic, and NPR.
This map shows where many of our crop species originated – and where much of the genetic diversity of those species is still located. See links above for a larger version.
Khoury, C.K., H.A. Achicanoy, A.D. Bjorkman, C. Navarro-Racines, L. Guarino, X. Flores-Palacios, J.M.M. Engels, J.H. Wiersema, H. Dempewolf, S. Sotelo, J. Ramírez-Villegas, N.P. Castañeda-Álvarez, C. Fowler, A. Jarvis, L.H. Rieseberg, P.C. Struik. 2016. Origins of food crops connect countries worldwide. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 283: 20160792.
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Joining the Ecoinformatics & Biodiversity group at Aarhus University January 3, 2017
On the origins of our food June 10, 2016
Joining Team Shrub at the University of Edinburgh October 16, 2015
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Come work with us! We're hiring a permanent (!!) senior lecturer to contribute to the GGBC and GU #biodiversity profile. Great opportunity for a promising young researcher to build up their own group in a collaborative environment on the Swedish west coast. https://t.co/Q6mskEIeYz
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Darius Milhaud
Darius Milhaud has been played on NTS in shows including Latete Atoto, featured first on 10 August 2017. Songs played include Saudades Do Brazil (Suite De Danses) (Premier Recueil) and Fête Des Belles Eaux (Fin).
Darius Milhaud (September 4, 1892 – June 22, 1974) was a French composer and teacher. He was a member of Les Six - also known as the Groupe des Six - and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century.
Born to a Jewish family in Aix-en-Provence, Milhaud studied in Paris at the Paris Conservatory where he met his fellow group members Arthur Honegger and Germaine Tailleferre. He studied…
Saudades Do Brazil (Suite De Danses) (Premier Recueil)
Darius Milhaud, William Bolcom
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Darius Milhaud, William Bolcom•Nonesuch•0
Fête Des Belles Eaux (Fin)
Olivier Messiaen, Darius Milhaud, Jacques Charpentier
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Olivier Messiaen, Darius Milhaud, Jacques Charpentier•Erato•1962


The Piermont Marsh is a brackish tidal Marsh located near Piermont, New York. So what makes the Piermont Marsh special? Take a look at the video below, and at the materials on this site. You can use the menus at the top to find out more about the Marsh. There are also three photo galleries on the site. One of the marsh itself, one of the wildlife typically found in the Piermont Marsh, and a third with several virtual reality photos from inside and around the mash. Try them out. You don't need any special equipment to experience virtual reality, but if you have a viewer for your mobile device, that will work, also.
This site was created by Jacob Tanenbaum, science and technology teacher at Cottage Lane School in Blauvelt, New York. He is also an avid kayaker, hiker and wildlife photographer. For more about Jacob, visit jacobtanenbaum.com.


Guide to Freezing Sandwiches for School LunchesTo save you time on school lunches!
Now before we begin, let me stress, FRESH IS BEST. Yep – although there are a few sandwich fillings that freeze decently, there is nothing like a freshly made lunch. In saying that, not all of us have the luxury of time in the mornings, and freezing in advance can be great way to get the lunches done quickly and efficiently.
Making lunches at home is also a terrific way to save a lot of money – and provided you follow our tips, it can work well. Plus if you have time on a Saturday morning – you can freeze a month's worth of sandwiches for the whole family! So if you have children at school, you work or you send hubby to work every day – be prepared and try it and see if it works for you!
Here is a guide to what works and what doesn't.
Follow our freezing tips to make sure you get the best end result!
Make sure the bread is extremely fresh if you are going to use it for freezing. Preferably bread bought that day!
Ensure the sandwich is well wrapped. The best wrapping possible is plastic-wrap as it doesn't allow air to circulate around the bread, thus making it stale. I do not recommend zip lock bags for freezing sandwiches or even air-tight containers.
Place the sandwich on a flat surface in the freezer and avoid the white plastic racks if you can. Sometimes the sandwiches can 'fall through the gaps' and then they won't fit in the lunch box and be a funny shape!
Make sure you note on the bag the type of sandwich and the date it was made. I would not recommend freezing sandwiches more than a month in advance!
If you have a sandwich press at work, perhaps consider making sandwiches to be toasted!
Most breads actually freeze very well. As we mentioned above, just make sure they are fresh when freezing. Steer clear of wraps or tortilla's if you can, these tend to get very brittle in the freezer and your more likely to end up with a mess. I think seeded bread and wholemeal or multi-grain bread tend to fare better in the freezer as they are more 'dense' and a lot better for you.
Grated cheese – cheese slices don't work so well – so if you want to freeze it, grate it first!
Any of the above ingredients work well to be combined. For example you could have a corned beef, cheese and pickles sandwich or a chicken and mayonnaise sandwich. However condiments such as mayonnaise can make the bread soggy before freezing, so create your sandwich with the wettest ingredients on the inside!
Anything that has a high water content such as cucumbers and fresh onion. Most salad ingredients don't freeze well.
Every Sunday, I spend the time after lunch ensuring that I have used up everything in the fridge and freezer – give it a quick wipe of any spills, before grabbing my grocery list and heading to the supermarket.
I always shop on a Sunday – why?
It is the quietest time at the Supermarket (quiet is good, helps you focus on your mission!).
My husband is home so he can watch the kids. Kids make shopping a nightmare. I know not all of us have that luxury.
Sunday's always have the best deals on marked down meat and veggies. Usually after 4pm – so this is a great way to fill your freezer with cheaper than usual meat.
My shopping list is sorted into the aisles – that way I can scoot around and grab exactly what I need without forgetting any items as they are already in order.
As soon as I get home from shopping – the school lunches get made right away.
Lightly butter all the bread, use all the toppings (I usually always make ham and cheese). Put them together neatly, wrap in plastic wrap to ensure no air can get inside – then store in the freezer somewhere where the sandwiches won't get crushed.
Any left over fruits or veggies from the last week that didn't get used up are kept in a bowl where I do all my food preparation – these are the ingredients for the 'School Muffins' I then make. This week it is grated Pear Muffins and Apple and Cinnamon Muffins. They are then cooled, wrapped, dated and frozen for the week.
How much money could you save a month by making sandwiches in advance?


Your teenage son or daughter should not be behind the wheel of your car without you taking out teen auto insurance. This is because accidents do happen and it's important to protect your teen as well. Here are some tips to consider when getting auto insurance for your teenager.
The first thing you should do is shop around. This is a very important step because there aren't too many governing standards in the insurance industry. This means insurance companies have the right to decide who they are going to grant insurance policies to, as well as how much they are going to charge to do this. What's worse, insurance companies take advantage of the fact that once policy holders choose a particular company; it's highly unlikely they would move to another company. Thus, insurance companies can charge high premiums and most policy holders would just have to accept that. With this in mind, it is understandably important to do some shopping before settling with a particular teen auto insurance policy.
The good thing about today's insurance industry is that there are already so many companies offering different policies at different prices. Since competition is fierce, you can expect companies to match the offers of other companies, so you will surely have your fill of options. insurance rates are even dropping as low as 20% so do shop around to get the best deal.
The second thing you should do is to find a cheap secondhand car for your teen. Sharing the family car would just give you higher premiums for your teen auto insurance policy. The more expensive the car is, the higher the premium charges. Thus, you are better off buying a secondhand car for your teen. This may seem an expensive alternative at this time. But savings is guaranteed with this investment, as you will be saving a lot with the lower premiums you will have to pay each month.
Lastly, you should look into discounts as well. Most auto insurance companies are generous when it comes to giving discounts to young drivers who are also honor students in high school or college. If your teenager gets A's and B's in school, make sure to inform your insurance company of your choice about this. This will give you higher deductibles, which in turn, will also give you lower premiums to pay.
Teen auto insurance policies need not be expensive at all. You only need to know where to look for the more affordable ones.


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Another Blow to Gene Patents in the US
The Myriad Genetics case decided by Judge Robert W. Sweet of the Southern District of New York in March of 2010 shocked the biotech and patent field by reversing decades of policy and case law supporting the patenting of genetic material.
In the opinion, Judge Sweet ruled that the claimed genes involved a "law of nature" and therefore did not qualify as patentable subject matter. At risk now are the thousands of patents granted by the USPTO for genes from humans and other organisms.
Being such a departure from long-standing policy, many anticipate the reversal of the Sweet ruling on appeal. However, a new ally has emerged in favor of invalidating these gene patents: the United States Department of Justice.
In an amicus curiae brief submitted on October 29, 2010, the Department of Justice stated its position that human and other genes should not be eligible for patents because they are a part of nature, and therefore not inventions.
Specifically, they argue that genes that have been isolated, but without a material change to their naturally occurring chemical structure and function, should be ineligible for patent.
When filing this brief, the Department of Justice acknowledged that "this conclusion is contrary to the longstanding practice of the Patent and Trademark Office, as well as the practice of the National Institutes of Health and other government agencies that have in the past sought and obtained patents for isolated genomic DNA".
Currently, most countries have patentability rules for genetic material that are similar to those of the U.S. (pre-Myriad). Following the Myriad outcome, foreign parties have begun to challenge the validity of gene patents in their jurisdictions. Already, plaintiffs in Australia have sued Myriad to invalidate their patents there. Other lawsuits in other countries can't be too far behind.