Today we're cooking with beverages! No, not just milk or water. Let's learn about the interesting ways we can use drinks in the kitchen.
Not so fast! Before you down that beer, consider using it in your dinner. There are so many different types of beer in the world, and each one lends a unique flavor to your food. However, beer is generally known to add an earthy, hearty flavor to dishes. Try it in a batter or a glaze!
Soda isn't just good for refreshing you on a hot day, it's also an amazing ingredient. Yes, even in savory recipes! Marinate beef kabobs in Mountain Dew for a fresh, tangy flavor. Make a thick, sweet BBQ sauce from scratch with cola. It sounds strange, but we think you'll love it.
Got some leftover wine from your last dinner party? Using wine in a recipe is a great way to quickly add some rich flavors to the dish or to enhance the dish's existing flavor. With Chianti, a simple bolognese sauce becomes a delicious culinary adventure. A bland cut of chicken braised in white wine becomes juicy, tender, and flavorful. Give it a try!
Have you used any of these drinks in your cooking? Let us know!
Every day, people all around the world with all different culinary backgrounds and tastes dip their food in a dipping sauce. Whether they're dipping a potsticker, a pretzel, or pita bread, they dip them in one of the world's many delicious dipping sauces. Let's take a look at a few of these dipping sauces from around the globe!
It's hard to resist a plate of nachos, especially when they come with this ultra-cheesy Queso Fundido from Mexico! It's made with a variety of cheeses, chorizo, and fresh salsa. We're getting hungry just thinking of the melty texture of the cheese with the crunch of the nacho chips and the burst of flavor from the chorizo. Try it out!
Don't be afraid of the name! Baba Ghanouj is an amazing dipping sauce often served with pita bread as a starter in Middle Eastern cuisine. With tahini, eggplant, and herbs, this sauce is sure to be a flavorful and smooth companion to whatever you choose to dip in it!
We know many of you have tried our Double Hi Chinese Mustard, but have you tried Bavarian Sweet Mustard? It's more gentle and less pungent than its Chinese counterpart, but still packed full of flavor. Try using it as a dipping sauce for a juicy sausage or a soft baked pretzel!
Coming all the way from the Maghreb region of Africa, Chermoula is a simple but delectable dipping sauce comprised of lemon juice, oils, and herbs. This zesty sauce is often paired with meat dishes like kebabs, so we recommend trying it at your next summer BBQ. We think it will be a hit with your guests!
Here at WN Foods, we talk about Ponzu Sauce a lot, but it's because we love it so much! We just can't get tired of that savory soy sauce mixed with the tangy bit of yuzu. That combination creates a truly unique flavor for shabu shabu and gyoza. Yum!
What's your favorite dipping sauce? Let us know!
Tis the season for planning summer vacations! We don't know about you, but when the WN Foods family goes on vacation, food always plays a major part in our trip planning. Here are a few cities around the world we recommend visiting if you're as obsessed with food as we are!
Craving dim sum? Head to Hong Kong and treat yourself to some of the finest soup dumplings, pork buns, and noodle rolls in the world! Although dim sum comes from Guangzhou, Hong Kong has adapted and mastered its own version of this cuisine, taking it to whole new level. Amazing dim sum can be found on basically every street here, but we especially recommend visiting Tim Ho Wan and Mott 32.
If you're looking for amazing Italian food, basically any city in Italy is a safe bet. However, if you want something extra special, visit the home of pizza as we know it: Naples! Legend says that the first margherita pizza was created in Naples in the 16th century, and has gained worldwide popularity since then. We can't decide which pizza place is best, so we recommend visiting a few and deciding for yourself which one truly serves the best slice in the world.
When it comes to eating Japanese food in Japan, it's very tough to recommend just one city since each region of the country has its own specialty. We're including Tokyo on this list since you can find many of these regional specialties in this one city. Whether you're hungry for ramen, okonomiyaki, or sushi, you'll find it here! For the most variety, stop by one of Tokyo's many food halls and try out as many dishes as you can.
Like Japan, France also has special foods that each region is fiercely proud of. Ideally, you would tour the whole country and try each department's best cuisine. If you don't have enough time, Paris is a great compromise. When you're not taking in the city's rich history, art, and architecture, dine on the most delicious pastries, cheese, and foie gras. Feast your eyes on all the delectable meals awaiting you!
Not ready to travel abroad for your food obsession? No problem- New York City has plenty of amazing international cuisines readily available in almost every borough. We highly recommend visiting food courts like Eataly, Dekalb Market Hall, and Gotham West Market so you can eat your fill of foods from all over the world.
Where would you like to travel, and what would you eat there? Let us know!
Have you heard of meal prepping? Many people meal prep, or prepare meals in bulk ahead of time in order to save time, save money, and ensure that they eat proper portions for each meal. Here are some easy and delicious meal prep recipe using WN Foods sauces!
This teriyaki chicken meal prep recipe from Tasty is balanced and sure to be a crowd pleaser even for picky eaters. With our Double Hi Soy Sauce, the sweet and savory teriyaki sauce comes together quickly, making this meal flavorful and extremely easy to prepare in bulk. Give it a try!
If you modify this recipe from Serious Eats a bit to incorporate our Longevity Miso Ramen Base, meal prepping becomes even easier! You can customize the ramen to include any of your favorite meats, veggies, or other toppings. Its mason jar packaging also makes it convenient to carry on the go.
Craving seafood? Try this meal prep recipe from The Fitchen with our Longevity Sriracha Sauce! The nutritious and tasty shrimp and veggies are easy to prepare, and are sure to brighten your day with a burst of flavor.
Which meal prep recipe will you try first? Let us know!
There are thousands of Thai restaurants in the USA, but not many Thai sauces are regularly found in American households. We would like to change that by introducing our readers to some delicious sauces and condiments found in Thai cuisine and explaining why you should incorporate them into your home cooking!
As the name says, Thai peanut sauce is a peanut-based sauce with several herbs and spices, including coconut milk, tamarind, soy sauce, and garlic. This sauce is often served with satay or salad, but one WN Foods customer uses it to make Thai-inspired pizza. Its peanut flavor is approachable for people of all tastes, so give it a try!
This versatile sauce is made with red chile peppers and vinegar and can be served with anything from spring rolls, chicken, and seafood. If you're a fan of Sriracha, we think you might love sweet chili sauce as well. Check it out!
Don't get this confused with Indian or Japanese curry! Thai curry has its own unique flavor thanks to its mix of curry paste, coconut milk, and choice of protein (seafood, meat, or tofu). This delectable sauce is sure to be a treat for your tastebuds.
This Thai sauce is a perfect companion for fresh vegetables. Nam Phrik Ong is made of ground pork, chili paste, tomato, and sometimes shrimp paste. It may sound like a bit of a strange combination to Thai food newbies, but trust us when we say that it is amazing!
Thai fish sauce or Nam Pla is a Thai food essential. The most basic version is just fermented fish and salt, but it is often mixed with other ingredients, like spices or chili paste. Try it as a marinade, dipping sauce, or in a stew!
Which Thai sauce would you like to try first? Let us know!


Managing citations for theses, scientific articles, projects and other publications can be a time-consuming, tedious task. There is no one proper method for managing or formatting citations, but this guide will provide you with a basic introduction to the tools offered by the library and by UCT Prague, as well as an overview of common citation styles.
Please contact us for more detailed assistance, and please also let us know if you have suggestions for improving this guide, as it is a continual work in progress.
Citation management tools allow you to import citations from eResources and websites into a tool that helps you organize and easily import them into documents as footnotes or bibliographies formatted in the appropriate style. Many tools can also assist you in organizing personal PDF libraries of documents you discover during the research process, and most also allow you to organize your citations into folders and/or projects.
Further information in English about pros and cons of the different citation styles can be found online (e.g., PennState, MIT).
The library provides all registered patrons with access to CitacePRO.com (in Czech), a simple and intuitive tool for creating, managing, and sharing citations. In addition to the web application, there is an MS Word toolbar plugin that enables you to insert citations into your documents when writing and conducting research.
Citace PRO is particularly helpful when writing in Czech because it uses the ČSN ISO 690 citation standard. Other citation styles available that are useful when writing in English include APA, Chicago (16th edition), IEEE, MLA (7th edition), and several other styles.
EndNote is widely used commercial citation manager often provided by universities (UCT Prague, for example) for use by their communities. EndNote Basic is a free version, in contrast to the EndNote Desktop paid version.
JabRef is an open source bibliography reference manager; its native file format is BibTeX, the standard LaTeX bibliography format and can be helpful if you are working in LaTeX and writing in English.
Zotero is free up to 300MB; it has collection management capabilities, citation management functions, and offers a wide variety of citation styles as well as many language versions.
Copy and page the following line into the cmd prompt: copy /Y "%appdata%\Microsoft\Word\Startup\Zotero.dot" "%appdata%\Microsoft\Word\Po spuštění\Zotero.dot"
The Czech Word extension should then be properly installed.
Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network for organizing research, collaboration with others online users, and exploring research trends.
The Czech citation standard (ISO ČSN 690) is the Czech version of the international standard ISO 690:2011 commonly used in the Czech Republic. This standard recommends three possible citation methods in text (numerical, as footnotes or according to the Harvard system) and recommend formats for bibliographic citations (as a list of references). Full-text of this standard can be found on dedicated computers in the Periodicals Reading Room (third floor) or you can purchase a copy of it (e.g., at ÚNMZ).
There is no single preferred citation style in English publications and there are different preferred styles for British and American English, so you will need to check with your professor, thesis advisor, or with the publisher of your work to see which citation style they prefer.
AAA - American Anthropological Association, used in Anthropology.
APSA - American Political Science Association, used in Political Science and International Studies.
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Harvard - Harvard Business School, often used in Business and Law.
Turabian - often used in Social and Natural Sciences.
Different publishers typically use different styles, which may be modified versions of the US and UK styles listed above - this information is always mentioned at the Instruction for authors. When in doubt, don't hesitate to contact our specialists.
ACS - American Chemical Society, used in ACS journals.
AIP - American Institute of Physics, used in Physics and the AIP journals.
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, used for the IEEE journals.
ISA - International Studies Association, used for ISA journals.


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Affirmations Hosts Monthly 'Interrupting Social Media Stereotypes' Events
By BTL Staff|2020-03-04T14:46:18-05:00March 4th, 2020|Entertainment, Features, Neighborhoods, Royal Oak|
LGBTQ community center Affirmations will host its latest public event called Interrupting Social Media Stereotypes, or ISMS, on March 19 from noon to 1 p.m.. A roundtable networking discussion, this group meets every third Thursday of the month to chat all things stigma.
"ISMS is a roundtable networking and discussion group addressing various social stigmas with a different theme each month," write event organizers. "Participants will be a part of an active learning discussion regarding the month's theme, and find ways that we as a community can work against themed 'isms.'"
Previously, the group has held discussions on topics like sizeism, religious imperialism, racism and classism. On March 19, the topic will be sexism, with a sessions on heterosexism scheduled for April 16.
"The group will be led by Megan Fuciarelli from US2 Consulting, Inc," organizers said.
To find out more about Affirmations and this group, visit goaffirmations.org or gaybe.am/wK.
About the Author: BTL Staff
Between The Lines has been publishing LGBTQ-related content in Southeast Michigan since the early '90s. This year marks the publication's 25th anniversary.

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Unhappy? Maybe you're just scared.
So, you're feeling stuck and unhappy. Maybe like you feel like your toxic relationship represents a huge failure for you. But for some reason, you haven't left yet. Or, you've left, but you still feel miserable and afraid.


ICTroom is a company specialized in the design and maintenance of datacentres. Part of their portfolio is the ICTroom Integrated Modular Datacentre or ICTroom IMD.
The ICTroom IMD is a scalable, sustainable and standardized concept for the design and realization of datacentres. A standard toolkit is provided to compose the datacentre from several modules. Approximately 80 % of the components are predesigned and can be prefabricated.
An important component in the toolkit is the climate system. This system must supply the white spaces with a sufficient amount of cooled air with the correct relative humidity. Actiflow was asked to perform several CFD simulations to validate the new design concept. The goal was to give insight in possible risks regarding the airflow and the occurrence of hot spots in different operating modes. Several boundary conditions were adjusted to give insight into the effect of different ICT loads and emergency scenario's.
The results of the analysis was used by ICTroom to justify its concept.


Chris Coleman is set to leave his position as the national manager of Wales and take charge at lowly Championship side Sunderland after deciding on a return to club management.
The Welshman's contract is due to expire next summer but following Wales's failure to qualify for Russia 2018, the decision has been made to step down following five years with the national side.
Gareth Bale and skipper Ashley Williams have been trying to convince Coleman to consider seeing out his contract with Wales following last month's World Cup qualifier defeat by Ireland, but the 47-year-old is set on returning to club life.
Coleman held talks with the Football Association of Wales about staying in the job but has been swayed by Sunderland's approach.
The 47-year-old admitted this month: "If I don't stay on I'll join a long list of managers looking for work.
"There's a handful of managers who can choose their jobs and I'm not one of them.
"I know how tough the industry is and how much you need to value it when you are in employment because you never know when you're going to be out of it."
"There's only two scenarios - I'm either going to be here or I'm not."
Coleman took Wales to the semi-finals of Euro 2016 in what proved to be an historic tournament for the nation, but after missing out on Russia 2018 the former defender has elected to embark on a new journey.
In landing Coleman Sunderland have finally filled their managerial vacancy after initially struggling to replace former boss Simon Grayson.
Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill and Paul Heckinbottom of Barnsley were both considered in the search to find a successor to Grayson, who lasted a matter of months following David Moyes' departure in the summer.
Heckinbottom ruled himself out of the running on Thursday after discovering that Coleman was in line for the job.
The Wearside club remain in relegation trouble in the Championship and are up for sale as American owner Ellis Short looks to cut ties.
Irish Football Association (IFA) board members gathered for a scheduled meeting yesterday afternoon but a long-standing agreement with O'Neill means permission was a formality.
The Scottish Football Association (SFA) approached their counterpart in Belfast on Wednesday after identifying O'Neill as the man they want to succeed Gordon Strachan as Scotland manager.
However, the IFA are hopeful of retaining O'Neill's services and have prepared a counter-offer in a bid to fend off interest from across the water.
The SFA would be liable for compensation if they persuade O'Neill to swap jobs but, under the terms of the 48-year-old's contract, the body would not have to fork out as much as the likes of a Premier League club in England.
O'Neill signed his current deal in March 2016, before leading his men to the knock-out stages of the European Championship in France.


A Puna man has been charged with burglary and drug offenses, and police are asking for the public's help in identifying possible accomplices.
On Thursday (September 10), a 57-year-old Hilo man reported that when he returned to his home on Puueo Mauka Road in the Wainaku area, he saw a Nissan Pathfinder in his driveway with three unknown persons standing next to it. The strangers got into the sports-utility vehicle and fled, striking the victim's pickup truck while he was still in it, and then drove into downtown Hilo.
The Pathfinder was later located on the sidewalk of Keawe Street facing against the direction of traffic of the one-way street near the intersection with Furneaux Lane. Three males were seen running from the area of the abandoned SUV. Officers located two of them, 22-year-old Isaac A. M. Rosa of Mountain View and a 16-year-old boy.
Both suspects were taken to the Hilo police station while officers from the Area I Criminal Investigations Section continued the investigation. The juvenile was later released to the jurisdiction of Family Court, while Rosa was held in the police cellblock. He made his initial appearance in District Court on Friday (September 11) on the warrant and then was taken to Hawaiʻi Community Correctional Center while the other investigation continued.
Police executed a search warrant on the Pathfinder, which had been reported stolen. From inside, they recovered items belonging to the burglary victim.
Later Friday, Rosa was charged with burglary, theft, promotion of a dangerous drug and possession of drug paraphernalia. His bail on those offenses was set at $55,000. He remained at HCCC until his initial court appearance on Monday (September 14).
Police believe other persons were involved in this burglary and ask anyone who knows their identity or anything else about this case to call the Area I Criminal Investigations Section at 961-2272.


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Owarimonogatari & the Courage of Choice
December 26, 2015 October 29, 2016 iblessall 5 Comments
We are always starting down our pasts when we look to our futures. There is no past that vanishes once it becomes a memory—stories last forever until forgotten, and the stories we don't forget will last forever. Swallow down your memory, reject a past. An end, a beginning.
All you can do is make the choice to move forward.
The story of Sodachi Okikura happens two months after the events of Shinobu Mail. In these two months, we see an Araragi far removed from his stance at the end of the story in which he defeated Kiss-Shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade's first minion, an Araragi who claims that his union with Shinobu will bring nothing but unhappiness and misfortune to him and to those around him. Instead we are shown an Araragi who has seemingly embraced his own happiness, who seemingly is no longer accompanied by Shinobu (although we know their partnership still exists three months even further into the future during the events of Hitagi end). [1]
What brought Araragi to this place, a place where he can echo Ononoki's philosophies on happiness to Sodachi as if they were his own? There are no stories in this time yet. Perhaps all that can be guessed at is that Araragi finally has come to understand that he is not a special person, merely one who is special for some. Not just Senjougahara, but for all the girls who have gathered themselves around him. (Of course, it is Senjougahara who has the most power to help him understand this.)
Shinobu Mail is an arc packed with callbacks and callforwards. Gaen levels the same harsh question at Araragi that Shinobu once did—will it be the golden-haired vampire, the Tsundere-chan, or the Cat? Ononoki gives Araragi the answer that will help him just a few months later as he faces his past from long ago. Time is twisting forwards and backwards, and the First One leads the gyrations of the clock.
Shinobu is exactly right when she tells Kanbaru that the First One doesn't love her—but love is not the only feeling that binds people together. All of Monogatari is proof of that. Love, lust, friendship, family, a desire for companionship, servitude… the connections between humans are not so simple as romance. Shinobu may not be human, strictly speaking, but that doesn't mean that these other forms of connection are any less potent for her.
The First One cannot thrive as a human any longer—he stands on the very sun that is his bane, proof of his inhumanity. Revenge or simply a need to be acknowledged; he is driven back to Shinobu, who would rather avoid the difficulty of making a choice. In contrast to Araragi, whose reaction to choices is always to seek the option that will allow him to take everything, Shinobu would rather not make a decision at all. The status quo and stasis of immortality, as it were. A life that goes on forever.
Shinobu, I think, can't really be blamed for her cowardice and for her desire to perpetuate more of the same, but selfishness doesn't work if you're not alone—as Kanbaru points out—and Shinobu is not alone. Shinobu's situation is the exact opposite of Sodachi's. Because she has people, she can't give herself over to hopelessness and misery. It will hurt too many people.
Until Hanekawa and Araragi show up in Sodachi's life, that's not an opportunity afforded to her. But Sodachi leaves at the end of her arc, passes beyond Araragi and Hanekawa's ability to help her or be there for her. She strikes out on her own into a lonely world… but maybe she can find happiness out there on her own. Maybe she can find someone to stand alongside her. But the important thing is that she make the choice to try to be happy, to give up on the equation of misery to which she's committed herself for so long.
In Sodachi's departure, we perhaps see a vision of Shinobu's future life. Shinobu has been with Araragi long enough to understand that she is not the only being in his life with whom he shares a special bond. Mayoi may be gone, but there's still Hanekawa and Kanbaru and Senjougahara. Shinobu can't guarantee herself that Araragi won't leave her someday.
You could make the argument that Shinobu is only doing what is necessary to keep herself happy. If she likes her life now, if she likes her current partner and if she doesn't want things to change, why should she face the First One? Why should she risk her own happiness to bring closure to that relationship? The answer, perhaps, lies in Gaen's lecture to Araragi, "A huge flaw that makes you say, 'You're wrong to convict someone that thinks you're special.'"
Gaen's words are circular and overly complicated, but all she's saying is that sometimes ties must be broken. A choice must be made.
Araragi must make a choice between Shinobu and his friend and his lover. Shinobu must make a choice between her past minion and her present master. Sodachi must make the choice to cling to the misery of her awful past or to try to find happiness in an unknown future. Araragi and Shinobu do this at the same time that Hanekawa is making her own choice. Senjougahara made her choice long ago. In some ways, so has Kanbaru.
Gaen knows everything. Hanekawa only knows what she knows. Ougi doesn't know anything (it's what Araragi knows). Knowledge brings empowerment, but only if you have the courage to face it. Kanbaru never tells Shinobu anything Shinobu doesn't know. But Shinobu doesn't have the courage to do anything more than preserve her current happiness. She needs validation before she can act.
The Hanekawa of the Sodachi arcs no longer needs validation. She knows what she knows, but she's also willing to face what she knows—even if the truth is horrible. Having acknowledged herself—having made her choice—she acts with purpose and confidence. Hanekawa has been criticized (both by Ougi and by watchers) of needing to fallback on using her sex appeal to compel Araragi to go with her. It's a patently ridiculous complaint. In Araragi's own words, it's not the temptation that helps him make his choice but the urgency that the option presents.
Hanekawa knows Araragi. She knows what she knows. She can act. When Sodachi is helped to find the courage to know what she knows, she likewise can act. Likewise for Shinobu.
In the end, it's not just having knowledge that matters (think of Gaen's long, long explanations or the drawn-out nature of Shinobu )—but having the courage to act on that knowledge. Having the courage to make a choice (whether that choice be a lie, a truth, or otherwise). Knowledge alone is not enough. But knowledge and courage together can bring…
[1] I've been informed that Araragi's conversation with Ononoki at the very end of episode 12 actually occurs after Tsukimonogatari (and therefore, also after the Sodachi arcs). In this case, the positions are reversed, but the point remains the same. Ononoki throwing Araragi's own words back at him—indeed, the lesson of this entire season!—just mean that Araragi needs to relearn a lesson he once knew. The fact that Araragi forgets this makes the lesson no less valid.
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5 thoughts on "Owarimonogatari & the Courage of Choice"
marctyler says:
Owari monogatari has been difficult. I have tried and failed more than once to take it in. Its difficulty is not the difficulty of Andrei Tarkovsky, the difficulty of empty spaces. rather it's the difficulty, of a multi-threaded information overload. I will go back and see this through. This lasts cour was beautiful and aggravating, and overflowed with fugue-state imagery. Not the trite retreads of Kunihiko Ikuhara, but a disturbing fever dream. and in the last episode, this admonition cut deep.
iblessall says:
"Difficult" really is a good way of describing these two arcs, although for me it was a difficulty of a different nature than the information overload you're describing. For me, it was really just the difficulty of the truths presented. They're never easy to digest, even when they're so obviously true.
Poyjo says:
Can't help to see in the last picture a link to the Shawsank Redemption. Am I Mad ?
Nice post. I'm too confused with the chrononoly to debate but it helped me a little bit. I like your point of view, to see this arc as a question on Choice based on the one Shinobu had to do and interrogating the choices of the others heroines.
Ps : Sorry for my poor english.
You're not mad! I haven't seen Shawshank, but reports seem to be consistent that it is indeed a reference!
Towards a New Life – Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu and Cyclical Realities – Mage in a Barrel says:
[…] The choice will not always remain his to make as the cycles turn in the future, as they will in Owarimonogatari, but in this moment Araragi will fail to save Kiss-Shot just as she failed to save her first […]


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Deploying Arab Forces in Syria is not Advisable, nor Possible
Radwan Ziadeh
Over the last few months, President Donald Trump has made announcements that regional states should bear more of the burden of ridding Syria of the so-called Islamic State and that Saudi Arabia should pay $4 billion to keep American troops posted there. He also sent his newly confirmed secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, to Saudi Arabia to discuss the prospects of participating in Syria and personally urged Egypt to do the same. But despite positive responses by the Saudi and Egyptian foreign ministers, Adel al-Jubeir and Sameh Shoukry, respectively, the prospects for an Arab force stationed in Syria seem to be remote, at least for the time being.
A previous example of Arab forces deployed to an Arab country suffering from civil war is when the Syrian army entered Lebanon in 1976 under the auspices of the League of Arab States; it left in 2005 following the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. While there, Syrian troops fought with all participants in Lebanon's civil war: the Palestinians, Shia and Christian militias, and soldiers loyal to the former commander of the Lebanese army, current President Michel Aoun. Syria's army evolved into an unpopular occupation force that interfered in Lebanon's domestic affairs and intimidated Lebanese politicians. Such a history became a warning sign for Arab interventions in the affairs of other countries.
Given the number of countries that have deployed armed forces in Syria, one can only see dim prospects for the involvement of Arab troops. Turkey has forces in the north of the country to fight Kurdish aspirants for self-rule, themselves supported by 2,000 American troops that have recently been joined by French soldiers. Russia also has ground, air, and naval forces that have been pivotal for regime military successes since the beginning of 2016. Iran deploys soldiers from its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Shia militias from Lebanon, Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Additionally, engaging Arab troops in Syria is a recipe for military clashes as borders between fighting formations constantly change and divisions increase in the absence of a political solution or compromise.
Several other factors impede the deployment of Arab forces in Syria. Politically, it is difficult to secure UN Security Council approval for what would amount to a peacekeeping mission, given Russia's opposition and the Syrian regime's and Iran's plans for a complete military victory on the ground. Sending Arab troops would most likely prevent such a victory since the deployment would be accompanied by a political solution—including a transition from authoritarian rule, and this would be opposed by Bashar al-Assad and his allies.
The details of sending an Arab force to Syria may also contain some prohibitive factors. While the deployment would require a political solution, there are differences between Saudi and Egyptian understandings of conditions and developments in Syria. For years, the kingdom has supported a political and military opposition that wants to change the regime, while Egypt still maintains diplomatic relations with Syria and considers Assad's regime to be legitimate. Egypt also supports the Syrian army in its purported "war on terror." This pivotal Saudi-Egyptian schism precludes the needed cooperation on deployment.
Another important impediment is the Saudi demand that the engagement of Arab troops take place under the leadership of American forces in Syria—the same forces that President Trump wishes to withdraw. Arab troops would want to come to Syria merely as auxiliary forces and not as an alternative to American troops. So far, neither the American administration nor the Arab allies have been able to find a satisfactory explanation or resolution for this dilemma.
There also does not seem to be any clarity regarding Turkey's role in possible scenarios. It has had troops in Syria in coordination with Russia and Iran since the three agreed to the so-called "de-escalation zones" in Astana and guaranteed their safety. If Saudi and Egyptian troops were deployed in Syria, therefore, Turkey may find itself closer to the Russian and Iranian positions. It has tense relations with Saudi Arabia because Ankara stood by Doha in the ongoing GCC crisis; and Turkey's relations with Egypt became frayed after the July 2013 military coup by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi against then President Mohammed Morsi. It is noteworthy here also to point to the tension in Turkish-American relations because of American support for Kurdish militias in Syria.
Such complicated political and military conditions make the idea of an Arab troop deployment in Syria unworkable, if not outright impossible. While Saudi Arabia and Egypt may want to help President Trump and serve their strategic interests, their involvement on the ground in Syria may be too costly. It is thus easy to surmise that the idea may not be more than a mere suggestion that cannot be implemented in Syria's quicksand, especially at a time the American president is busy fending off serious investigations into his campaign's alleged collusion with Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Radwan Ziadeh is a Senior Fellow at Arab Center Washington DC. To learn more about Radwan and read his previous publications click here


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Stage 2. Laa an der Thaya - Brno. Just Transition to a sustainable energy model
|In Route diary 2018
Our message on climate action has crossed its first border from Austria to the Czech Republic.
The day started a bit cloudy and even colder, but the rain was not accompanying us which made the ride much more enjoyable. This gave us time to indulge the eyes in the beautiful places we have crossed. First the reservoir of Dyje, and then a leafy forest in the vicinity of Brno, our final destination, and the second largest city in the country after Prague.
Today we have traveled a longer distance than yesterday, 91 km, and we have had some climbs which enabled us to make the most of our electric bikes, while also showing the importance of being part of a team that makes sure that no one is left behind.
In a similar way, we also need to ensure that our transition to a sustainable energy model is just and inclusive. A successful low carbon pathway requires the participation of all stakeholders. Alliances and measures to tackle impacts on vulnerable groups and countries will be crucial to leverage all the opportunities that involve an ambitious approach to climate action, that takes everyone into account.
The ecological transition is basically a transition of mindsets, towards more empathy, more solidarity, more transparency and more integrity.María de la Fuente - Peace Boat
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We live in word in constant transformation which requires adaptation, this can be achieved through transition. Fighting climate change affects us including the way we earn our living. Resisting to change is the wrong strategy. Just transition for ALL is the path to follow to take advantage of the new opportunities brought by the new economic model to be established to win that fight.Ana Barreira - Instituto Internacional de Derecho y Medio Ambiente (IIDMA)
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Wayne Fillingim was flown by helicopter to Lubbock for treatment at the burn unit at University Medical Center, where he died Saturday, Keith said. Vicki Fillingim initially was transported by ambulance to Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene. She later was flown to the UMC burn unit, where she continues to "recover well," Keith said.
The State Fire Marshall's Office is investigating the explosion, and the Railroad Commission also is looking into the cause. Keith said he hopes the agencies release a report within the coming week.
"The one thing that we can verify is that it was not a meth lab," Keith said. "That is one rumor that's been flying around."
Most of the house had been built by contractors, Keith said.
The Fillingims "were doing some work on the house that day but I can't speculate any further on the work they were doing," Keith said.
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Chris is currently an academic registrar at University College London Hospital in Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine and has extensive experience of remote medicine and will be joining the Expedition and Wilderness Medicine Desert Medicine course in Namibia in early May.
Chris has been the medical consultant and location medic for more than 12 documentary series including BBC's Tribe, Amazon and Human Planet. He has also presented several documentaries about humanitarianism, science and remote indigenous societies.
Filming with remote populations in Congo, Peru and Russia lead to humanitarian work. Chris is a Patron of the medical aid agency Merlin and is also on their Emergency Response Team. He has worked as a Medical Coordinator in emergencies in Burma, Central African Republic and Pakistan.
After many years of climbing Chris was part of the team on the 2008 Caudwell Xtreme Everest Research expedition to Cho Oyu. A trip to Uganda to study worms in Chimpanzees lead to his current interest at UCL in primate viruses.
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I visit your website several times a week and I find a lot of nuggets of wisdom there…. But there's often a nagging doubt at the back of my mind – Can someone be always as positive as this? Have we a right to be so optimistic, with so many people in the world suffering political and religious persecution? And religious people seem to be putting up no battle. Many people today have become very secularized, even the clergy. The thought for the day seems to be relativism, like 'whatever you're having yourself'. That will never get us out of the rut we're in…. So, my question, Should we be far more concerned then we are? Shouldn't we be doing more to fight secularism and relativism? W.J.
Thanks for bringing up this subject. These are important questions. I won't be able to do justice to them, but I'll do what I can.
Optimism often changes quickly into its opposite: pessimism. But hope is far more durable, because it is not turned on or off by circumstances. Optimism is optional, but hope is just as essential for a Christian as faith and love. Even in the teeth of secularisation and relativism we have to hold onto hope. Even if there was nothing whatever to be said for either of these, we have to practise the Christian virtue of hope.
Now, about those two. First, secularisation. "Always distinguish," we are warned. There is good and bad secularisation. Good secularisation started with the Incarnation. "God so loved the world that he gave us his only Son" (Jn 3:16).
When we rail against 'secularisation' we should be clear which sense of 'world' we have in mind. As regards the first sense of 'world', above: there are some fearful people who are suspicious of anyone who shows any regard for nature, suspecting them of being influenced by 'New Age'. We can pass over that reaction; it is not a serious position. Then there are people who focus their attention on the second sense of 'world', the positive sense. We have no choice but to be 'secularist' in this sense. We are commanded to love this 'world', which means all humankind, no matter what their religion or their theology, or their lack of these, or even their rejection of these.
Yes, people who reject religion and promote secular humanism are called secularists. They reject not only the religious outlook, but also (and perhaps especially) all religious organisations and their influence. This is certainly a threat and a challenge to people of faith.
Here's the point I want to make. Whenever there is acrimonious debate about religion, both sides emerge diminished because of the polarisation of their views. It happened at the Reformation, and it is always happening in lesser ways. It would be a great mistake to give up on the Christian sense of secularism, just because there are people who want to replace it. To do so would be to play into their hands. Priests who are not members of a religious order are called 'secular' priests. This is a very fine description of their life and work: they live among the people, sharing their life. It is a pity that 'secular' is often replaced by 'diocesan', an administrative word. If we relinquish the world it becomes the property of people who want to say that religious people have no place in it anyway. Then our faith loses its context, with the result that it now becomes its own context: separate, narrow, churchy. It shrinks to religious politics – to 'them' and 'us'. It has lost sight of Jesus who said, "I do not judge anyone who hears my words and does not keep them, for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world" (Jn 12:47).
How should a Christian stand up to the challenge of secularism in the anti-religious sense? Not by fighting it in the manner of politicians, not by engaging in 'culture wars'. This is spectacularly ineffective. As I've been saying, it moves us away from our proper ground and puts us exactly where such people want us – there's nothing they love more than a dog-fight. Don't stand against the other; stand for what we believe. "Standing for what we believe" means embodying the faith we profess. Don't argue, but produce the goods. "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control" (Gal 5:22-23). These are the only serious arguments for the existence of God.
The other problem you mentioned was relativism. If secularism began with the Incarnation, relativism began with the Trinity! The traditional teaching is that the Divine Persons are constituted by their relationships with one another. They are not simply related to one another; it is their relationship to one another that make them to be who they are. This is the ultimate in relativism. You might say – if it wasn't a verbal contradiction – it is absolute relativism.
Of course there are false kinds of relativism, as when everything becomes a matter of fashion. But it is necessary to see a wider picture. The danger, as before, lies in conceding too much. If we reject every shade of meaning of relativism, we harden our own positions into false absolutes. Everything is related to everything else. This is obvious when you come out of your head and open your eyes. Every thing is related to everything else, but ideas are always spoiling for a fight with their opposites. Every real thing in the world is related to every other. Someone said that if you had to make a ham sandwich really from scratch you would have to go back to the Big Bang! When people rail against relativism they take it for granted that they are preaching the Gospel, but they may in fact be just reinforcing the tradition of individualism that has blighted Christian theology and spirituality for four centuries.
There, W.J, I've gone on too long. I'm just suggesting a headline for your own thinking.


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INTERVIEW – Barcelona captain Victor Tomas spoke to the (Un)informed Handball Hour podcast about the upcoming VELUX EHF Champions League Quarter-final against Nantes and his club's new and entertaining style of play.
By Chris O'Reilly
Record EHF Champions League winners Barça Lassa return to European action on Wednesday night, having skipped the Last 16 stage, as they head to the home of last season's beaten finalists HBC Nantes.
As well as having so much on the line, this encounter has added significance due to the familiarity between the two teams. Four Barcelona players are French, while four Nantes players used to wear the famous Blaugrana jersey Tomas has worn since he was a child.
Nantes scored a famous victory when the sides met in the group phase last season and Barça's captain appreciates the difficulties his opponents will pose on Wednesday night.
"It's very difficult to prepare for Nantes, they have a lot of options in the back court, they can play with a left or right-hander as a playmaker. Gurbindo, Lazarov and Claire all make the team play a different way when they're in the centre, so it's not easy."
Putting on a good show
Since winning the title in 2015, the Catalan side have had a mixed bag of results in Europe, losing in the quarter-final, then semi-final, before being knocked out in the Last 16 by Montpellier last season, their worst finish in almost a decade.
However, there was clearly a plan in place for the squad and that plan is coming to fruition. The focus on fast, relentless attacking handball has been a treat for fans to watch and a nightmare for opposition teams.
"The club did a great job bringing in the new players this year, they brought in players to play exactly the way we're playing this year. They wanted one less attack-defence change, which meant taking the difficult decision not to sign Viran Morros again, so they prepared the team to play this way.
"We began preparing this style of handball in August and I think it's happier, more enjoyable and better for the spectators to watch, it gives them a good show."
This style of play saw Barcelona comfortably win Group A, scoring 31 goals more than the next best team in the competition, PSG, and handed them a bye into the quarter-finals.
"Take time to find ourselves"
Skipping the Last 16 means it has been almost two months since their last competitive game in Europe, this coupled with the lack of top opposition in Spain means they may be at a slight disadvantage.
Tomas is not willing to say whether or not this break from Europe's top flight is a help or hindrance, but accepts they will have to quickly shake off any ring rust.
"It's been so long since our last game in the Champions League, so maybe it will take some time to find ourselves in such a competitive game."
Among Nantes' four former Barcelona players, Tomas has a special connection with opposite wing Valero Rivera. The pair grew up playing together and were briefly teammates again when Rivera moved back to Barcelona between 2016 and 2018.
Although there are certain to be hugs and laughs shared at the beginning of the warm-up, it's purely business once the first whistle blows.
"It's emotional for me to play against Valero, we were playing together since we were 11, then our careers were split, but he is still a great friend. However, once I'm on the playing court, I have no friends in there."
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The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules approved final rules for the pilot program on July 15, 2014 from the Departments of Agriculture, Financial and Professional Regulation, Public Health, and Revenue. The state's first dispensaries began serving patients in November 2015.
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Q: Applying the patch command using files in different directories in Linux I'm trying to apply a patch using 2 files in different directories. The output file should be in a different directory too. The first file is in /var/local/documents/document.xml and patch file is located in /var/local/patches/patch.diff and I want the output file should be created in /var/local/final/final.xml.
When the files are located in the same directory, this command works:
patch document.xml -i patch.diff -o final.xml

But when they are in separate directories and I try to use the following command:

patch
  /var/local/documents/document.xml -i
  /var/local/patches/patch.diff -o
  /var/local/final/final.xml

I get the following error:
(Stripping trailing CRs from patch.)
patching file {file}
Hunk#1 FAILED at 20.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file {file}

I've read somewhere that I should use -d and -p to work correctly with directories but I have no clue how I should do it...

A: Yes, it's -p switch (in your case it should strip 2 entries from patch path):
cd /var/local/documents
patch -p 2 -o ../final/final.xml document.xml < ../patches/patch.diff

A: Try this:
$ mv /var/local/final/final.xml /var/local/final/document.xml
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Komitet Narodowy Polski (KNP) – reprezentacja polityczna prawicowych stronnictw zaboru rosyjskiego popierających rozwiązanie sprawy polskiej w oparciu o Rosję, działająca w latach 1914–1917 w Warszawie i Piotrogrodzie

Powstał 25 listopada 1914 roku w Warszawie. Mimo że zdołał skupić jedynie Stronnictwo Narodowo-Demokratyczne i Stronnictwo Polityki Realnej oraz sympatyzujące z nimi grono polityków bezpartyjnych uważał siebie za jedynego reprezentanta społeczeństwa polskiego wobec Rosji i jej aliantów. KNP za głównego wroga sprawy polskiej uznawał Cesarstwo Niemieckie i jej sprzymierzeńców. Uważał, że rezultatem toczącej się I wojny światowej będzie zjednoczenie ziem polskich pod berłem Romanowów, którzy nadadzą jej autonomię zgodnie z odezwą wydaną 14 sierpnia 1914 przez naczelnego wodza armii rosyjskiej wielkiego księcia Mikołaja Mikołajewicza. W ulotce z 25 listopada 1914 informującą o powstaniu Komitetu stwierdzano "Klęska Niemiec w tej walce – to nasze zwycięstwo. Na naszą postawę Rosja odpowiedziała (...) odezwą, zapowiadającą ziszczenie najświętszych naszych pragnień, zjednoczenie rozdartego ciała narodu, jego byt i rozwój swobodny". Politycy KNP nie precyzowali ani zakresu owej autonomii ani też zasięgu terytorialnego mającego powstać państwa. Komitet przyjął patronat polityczny nad formowanym Legionem Puławskim mającym walczyć z państwami centralnymi w ramach armii rosyjskiej. Warszawski komitet zdecydowanie zwalczał zarówno Naczelny Komitet Narodowy w Krakowie jak Legiony Polskie walczące z Rosją u boku Austro-Węgier.

Przewodniczącym Komitetu Narodowego Polskiego był realista Zygmunt Wielopolski, zaś prezesem jego Komitetu Wykonawczego endek Roman Dmowski. Członkami KNP byli: Zygmunt Balicki, Stefan Bądzyński, Stanisław Czekanowski, Seweryn Czetwertyński, Henryk Dembiński, ksiądz Marceli Godlewski, Jerzy Gościcki, Władysław Grabski, Jan Harusewicz, Wiktor Jaroński, Walenty Kamocki, Czesław Karpiński, Stanisław Leśniowski, Zdzisław Lubomirski, Marian Lutosławski, Józef Nakonieczny, Franciszek Nowodworski, Konstanty Broel-Plater, Maciej Radziwiłł, Jan Rudnicki, Jan Stecki, Ignacy Szebeko, Józef Wielowieyski, Stanisław Wojciechowski, Maurycy Zamoyski.

Przed zajęciem Warszawy w sierpniu 1915 roku przez wojska niemieckie czołowi działacze Komitetu Narodowego Polskiego wyjechali do Rosji, kontynuując w Piotrogrodzie dotychczasową działalność polityczną. Do KNP wchodzili wówczas: Seweryn Czetwertyński, Władysław Grabski, Jerzy Gościcki, Jan Harusewicz, Wiktor Jaroński, Czesław Karpiński, Stanisław Kozicki, Stanisław Leśniowski, Marian Lutosławski, Franciszek Nowodworski, Maciej Radziwiłł, Antoni Sadzewicz, Władysław Sobański, Ignacy Szebeko, Zygmunt Wielopolski, Stanisław Wojciechowski oraz przebywający wtedy na zachodzie: Roman Dmowski, Konstanty Plater i Maurycy Zamoyscy. Posłowie polscy do Dumy Państwowej Imperium Rosyjskiego z Litwy i Białorusi działali w Komitecie Narodowym Polskim niejawnie jako tzw. hospitanci. Byli to: Aleksander Meysztowicz, Feliks Raczkowski, Konstanty Skirmunt, Stanisław Łopaciński, hrabia Wawrzyniec Puttkamer, ks. Stanisław Maciejewicz, Witold Bańkowski. Hospitantami byli też redaktorzy: Zygmunt Wasilewski i Bohdan Wasiutyński.

W sierpniu 1917 Komitet Narodowy Polski stał się podstawą Rady Polskiej Zjednoczenia Międzypartyjnego.

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The Islandora Collaboration Group is among the nominees for the 2016 DLF Community Capacity Awards!
Our institutions are grappling with the myriad of possibilities presented by knowledge access, use, and development in the digital realm. Digital scholarship involves approach (research methods), dissemination (contextualization, publication), and management (discovery, persistence, preservation). Supporting all of these facets can be challenging for a small Liberal Arts College, but doing so provides rich opportunities for significant undergraduate involvement within the research process, which has long been a hallmark of liberal education. These efforts require powerful and flexible tools to connect and manipulate information. How do we meet digital research and teaching needs, continue our missions to support access and preservation, and also promote the research and development efforts required to explore new possibilities? Five small liberal arts colleges (Grinnell, Hamilton, Lafayette, Vassar, & Williams) began considering these questions as a consortium in 2013. In 2016, the Islandora Collaboration Group grew to a consortium of nine institutions - Barnard,Grinnell, Hamilton, The Three College Digital Library Project Partners (Hampshire,Mt. Holyoke, Smith), Vassar, and Williams Colleges, and Wesleyan University. With an eye toward other successful consortial models (ex. CLAMP), we are collaborating to develop a model for the creation and management of sustainable digital collections and scholarly publications, as well as the development of generative digital research applications, built within the open source architecture of Islandora and Fedora Commons. We are dedicated to exploring potential efficiencies gained through this partnership, our work towards deep technical collaboration, what we expect to achieve through the use of outside consultants, and how we hope this model will enable broader participation from our sector. As an extension of our digital initiatives and IT/Library collaborative efforts we are committed to exploring new workflows and open source technologies across institutions. Further, we are continuing to develop innovative ways to make them work within sustainable library preservation models. Our approach builds upon our shared liberal arts perspectives and the combined expertise of Library and IT professionals to support faculty and student scholarship and learning.
We are working together to support and extend Islandora through code development, resource pooling, and advocacy. Our goal: we want to find ways in which smaller organizations can use *and develop* the open-source digital repository software, Islandora, effectively and successfully. Each of us is united in our commitment to open-source software and its community model, but we recognize that our (relatively) small sizes make it difficult to do this. So we have joined resources (currently informally, but we are working towards more formal agreements) to figure out ways in which we can develop code and working relationships that help meet our institution's needs. In turn, we are interested in how we can all contribute to writing code and making our chosen software platform, Islandora, the best it can be by contributing that code to the community. Importantly, we have held one "hack/doc" event that brings us together as developers, testers, documenters, systems administrators, UI designers, and end users, broadening event participation and allowing all of us to learn from each other, no matter what organizational role we play. We also welcome anyone that would like to participate in our model and our hack/doc events so that we can help contribute to the larger Islandora community.
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13 Helenvale students hope to escape poverty through poetry
After leaving a lasting impression at the McGregor Poetry Festival last year, the Helenvale Poets from Port Elizabeth have been invited to attend the Western Cape festival for a second time in August later this year.
Through encouraging creativity and self-expression, the Helenvale poets, have found a constructive way to contribute to society and to navigate what is often a dangerous and unfavourable environment.
"Most Port Elizabeth residents link Helenvale with images of drug-related shootings, of crime and violence, of poverty and unemployment. But the Helenvale Poetry project wishes to offer writers a way to write about their lives, their selves and their aspirations. It aims to break stereotypes, to show readers a human side of Helenvale, not often imagined outside of the community itself," says Brian Walter, a Port Elizabeth poet and project manager of the Helenvale Poets project.
As part of the project, the poets are encouraged to share their realities, their aspirations for the future and reimagine their potential.
"Young people in this community often have no guided recreation or hobbies, and youth typically have no jobs. Many social problems emerge from the circumstances in which people dwell. It is dangerous, and the young writers often write about the shootings and other troubles in the community. The project is designed to allow participants to use the poetic, written word to explore and question their surroundings, and to find their place and voice," says Walter.
In addition to sharpening their poetry and creative writing skills, the project involves life-skills such as public speaking and reading, the writing process, computer skills and managing events.
"The project as a whole is starting to get support from partners such as the Helenvale Primary School, the Swiss Centre for International Health (SCIH) and the Nelson Mandela University Centre for Community Technologies, while the Volkswagen Community Trust has made a contribution specifically for the McGregor trip."
Margaret Armoed (58), among last year's participants at McGregor, found closure in writing, when her son Byron Armoed (aged 30), one of the group's founders, was tragically killed in 2015 in a violent shooting. His solo-collection, Nagedagte, was published posthumously a year later. Fellow poets who attended the festival in 2017, Shenesia Booysen (16) and Anastacia Williams (16), also found confidence in sharing their stories with their peers.
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A Therapeutic Approach to Falling NAD+ Levels After Brain Injury
Scientists elaborate how NAD+ depletion compromises the ability of mitochondria to counteract free radical and reactive oxygen species buildup.
By Brett J. Weiss
Published: 2:40 p.m. PST Oct 5, 2020 | Updated: 5:30 p.m. PST Oct 5, 2020
Following brain injury and during the progression of neurodegenerative diseases, the major power-generating components of the cell, the mitochondria, release reactive molecules known as free radicals that can cause further cellular damage. Recently, scientists from the University of Maryland published a review in Brain Sciences where they elaborated on a possible molecular mechanism whereby mitochondria counteract the buildup of free radicals following brain injury and identified a potential therapeutic approach.
In their review, they posited that the breakdown–catabolism–of an essential molecule called nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) following brain injury reduces the capability of mitochondria to repair damage from free radical buildup, the accumulation of reactive molecules, in cells. The investigators suggest that boosting NAD+ levels with a molecule called nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) may reduce cellular damage from brain injury.
NAD+ is essential for energy production in cells and has key roles in metabolic reactions. NAD+ also activates enzymes that play preventative roles in aging and disease by maintaining cellular health and correcting damage to the DNA molecules that encode our genomes. However, research shows that NAD+ levels fall with age in animals and humans and are also reduced in the mitochondria of damaged brain tissue.
The balance between the production of reactive oxygen species–unstable molecules that contain oxygen–and the efficiency of the cellular detoxification process determines the levels of harmful reactive oxygen species. Generation of reactive oxygen species and a cellular process called free radical detoxification, whereby enzymes protect cells against free radical damage, depend on NAD+ levels. Reduced levels of NAD+ in mitochondria increase the production of reactive oxygen species like superoxide and inhibit free radical detoxification, such as superoxide detoxification.
Reduced levels of NAD+ inhibit free radical detoxification by diminishing the effectiveness of certain enzymes. One enzyme that is dependent on NAD+ to function is called sirtuin 3 (SIRT3), which removes molecular tags that inhibit the function of proteins through a process called deacetylation. When sufficient NAD+ levels facilitate the function of SIRT3, it deacetylates and, thus, activates an enzyme called mitochondrial superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), which is an essential mitochondrial antioxidant enzyme that detoxifies reactive oxygen species.
(Klimova et al., 2020 | Brain Sciences) Reduced NAD+ levels following brain injury inhibit the activity of the NAD+ dependent enzyme SIRT3. MnSOD acetylation accumulates without SIRT3 to remove acetylation (i.e., deacetylation). With inhibited MnSOD activity, the reactive oxygen species superoxide (O2–) builds up causing mitochondrial pathology.
When NAD+ levels are reduced in situations like brain injury, enzymes with essential functional roles in reactive oxygen species detoxification like MnSOD are inhibited, leading to free radical and reactive oxygen species buildup. "Our published data show that the delayed increase in brain tissue ROS levels following an acute brain injury is due to inhibition of the mitochondrial antioxidant mechanisms triggered by mitochondrial NAD+ catabolism and consequent hyperacetylation of enzymes, whose activities are essential for superoxide detoxification," stated the investigators in the paper.
Researchers have used a molecule to boost NAD+ levels called nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) to counteract the age-related decline in reduced cellular NAD+ levels with age. The authors of this review suggest that NMN supplementation may constitute a therapeutic approach to mitigate the effects of reduced NAD+ levels from brain injury by preventing the depletion of NAD+ levels in mitochondria. Since increased concentrations of reactive oxygen species in mitochondria are damaging to cells, using NMN may improve clinical outcomes following reduced blood flow to the brain from injury.
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Klimova N, Fearnow A, Kristian T. Role of NAD+-Modulated Mitochondrial Free Radical Generation in Mechanisms of Acute Brain Injury. Brain Sci. 2020 Jul 14;10(7):449. doi: 10.3390/brainsci10070449. PMID: 32674501; PMCID: PMC7408119.


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He Wasn't A Child
With all of the passionate hype being put forth by people on both sides of the issue, it is hard to know the truth of what happened the night Florida neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman shot seventeen year old Trayvon Martin.
Zimmerman has said that Martin was acting suspiciously and attacked him, and that he fired the deadly shot when Martin was trying to grab his gun. Police and witness reports said that Zimmerman had cuts on his face and the back of his head, which would seem to substantiate his claim of self-defense.
The dead young man's family and friends claim he was an innocent child who went out to get candy and was gunned down by a trigger-happy racist. Trayvon Martin was black and Zimmerman is half white and half Hispanic.
I'm not at all surprised that the race card was played immediately, and I would have been disappointed if Al Sharpton hadn't said he was going to Sanford, Florida to help "see justice done" and Jesse Jackson hadn't jumped into the media circus, looking for his share of face time in front of the cameras. That was as inevitable as the swallows returning to Capistrano every year.
I'm also not surprised that there are so many people rushing to condemn George Zimmerman. The New Black Panther Party has offered a $10,000 reward for him, even though at this time he has not been charged with any crime. Politicians from coast to coast are calling for investigations. I think that the only person who must love him right now is Casey Anthony – he's damn sure replaced her as the most hated human being in all of Florida!
The thing is, none of us was there, and none of us knows exactly what happened that night. There is a lot of conflicting information coming out, some of it no doubt fabricated. The photos we are seeing in the news show Trayvon Martin as an angel-faced child. But other photos, which some say are not of the same person, show a much older, much more menacing young man. We have learned that he was suspended from school three times; once for drug possession (a baggie with marijuana residue in it), and for spraying graffiti on school property. A news report I read said he was also found in possession of several items of women's jewelry and a screwdriver, which some law enforcement officials would describe as a burglary tool.
Critics of George Zimmerman say that when he called 911 to report what he believed was Martin's suspicious activity, the dispatcher told him not to follow the young man, and that since he did, he proved that he himself was looking for trouble. A little over two years ago we encountered an armed burglar in our motorhome, and after I disarmed him and he fled, I was talking to the 911 dispatcher when he started coming back toward me. While still on the telephone, I pointed my pistol at him and told him if he took one more step I would kill him. The dispatcher told me to lay down my weapon and wait for police to arrive. I replied that the police weren't there, and she wasn't in a dark parking lot with him, I was. Fortunately for both of us, after I warned him twice, he fled. Would Trayvon Martin still be alive today if Zimmerman would have listened to that 911 dispatcher? Or would Zimmerman be the one lying on a slab in a morgue, if Martin was the aggressor Zimmerman said he was?
We will never know that. But there is one thing we do know.
Despite all the claims that George Zimmerman gunned down a child in cold blood, despite's his mother's cries that "they killed my baby," Trayvon Martin was not a child. He was about 6'3" tall and weighed 150 pounds. I know grown men that aren't that big. And seventeen is not a child. At seventeen you can join the Army and be taught to kill. At seventeen you can get married in many states. And juvenile detention facilities across the country are filled with killers much younger than seventeen years old. Ask any corrections officer working at one of those places, or the families of their victims, just how "childish" some of them are.
I know just how deadly somebody can be at a young age. I saw more than a few Vietcong soldiers who were only about fourteen, and some even younger. I was only a year older than Trayvon Martin myself at the time. Nobody considered me a child.
I also had an older brother, Frank, who at age 34, was shot to death in front of his wife and children by a sixteen year old mugger. My brother was not that child's first victim, or his last.
Trayvon Martin may have been many things, from an innocent victim, to a prowler out looking for trouble who found it, depending on who you want to believe. But he wasn't a child.
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35 Comments on He Wasn't A Child
Kimberly F. says:
Nice to see you back Bad Nick and I agree 1000% My grandson is on his third deployment at age 22. He shipped out the first time at 18. I wish he was still a child, but he is no longer.
Richard D. says:
Damn Nick I thought you were a poor but honest scribe until now. I want to hear more about the burglar you ran into. Whats that all about?
Martin Dockery says:
Nick, you may have already seen this from my facebook page: But this plays along with your post
This is a comment that I posted on my own FB page, and wanted to share here….Here's a question for everyone, including the Press… As sad as it was about the young man that was was shot last week, why doesn't the death of a 24 year old Correctional Officer-(A State Law Enforcement Officer) for the State of Florida cause the same OUTRAGE??? Where are my elected officials, why do they not publicly demand justice or a investigation in to Sgt. Thomas's death. Does the death of a devoted Correctional Law Enforcement Officer rank so low in the Florida daily business that even the State AG could not comment. Based on what I hear and read, we the Public Employee's are a item that can be disposed of as our elected officials see fit. Today I am so outraged in the conduct of everyone of our elected officials of both parties. This lack of respect is has only added to the mounting list of reasons to show you, "the elected official", that you are also disposable and will be tossed to the wayside come November……Martin Dockery, CO-Sgt (Retired)
Arletta Moore says:
I'm not sure how I feel about all of this. My son is 17 and very much a child in my eyes. But he's taller then me and outweighs me by 40 pounds. What would I do if confronted by another boy his age in the dark? No matter what really happened everybody will lose here. Mr Zimmerman has already been tried and convicted in the media that is for sure. Even if exonerated his life is ruined.
Charlotte Draeger says:
I have to ask if your opinion would be the same if Trayvon Martin would have been white and Zimmerman was black? And on the other hand, would the rest of the public be reacting the same way if the roles were reversed? Just playing devils advocate here.
What's wrong with letting a jury decide? That's my problem with all of this. There is so much conflicting information. When an unarmed 17 year old with no arrest record gets shot it shouldn't be up to bloggers and protesters to decide. This seems to be a classic example of why we have a court system. Charge Zimmerman and let him present his case to a jury.
Welcome back bad Nick we missed you
none of us were there so who knows what happened.
Butch says:
To Richard D.
It Happened December 5, 2009.
Here is the link to the blog, the day it happened:
http://gypsyjournalrv.com/2009.....encounter/
Scary ready, you're welcome.
Julee Meltzer says:
omg, you are forgetting one major thing here Nick. This boy (and 17 years old is still a boy, no matter what) was UNARMED! I have to assume you don't have any children, because most parents are suffering right along with this boy's parents. We can only imagine having our child walking home from the store and being hunted down by a scared and violent white guy. I realize that you are pro-gun….but this case is sooooo extreme, a boy whose only crime was not being white was gunned down…even when Zimmerman was told to back down. We cannot condone vigilantes in this country. I am really sad that you felt the need to disparage this innocent victim.
I am disgusted by the fairy tale created by the media and professional agitators. We are a nation ruled by laws. If Trayvon really was an innocent victim of a vicious racist, then there will be an arrest and trial. However, justice does not mean arresting someone to placate the mob.
And why is this incident more tragic than the shootings in Chicago where 10 were killed and forty injured, or the dousing of a young boy with gasoline and setting him on fire in Kansas City as he walked home from school or the beating and sexual assault of an elderly couple in Oklahoma, the wife dying of her injuries?
The media hounds, the reverends, and the politicians need to remember what happened to the poor guy who was accused of the Atlanta bombing a few years back.
Lets just hear the facts ….. Please stop the circus.
Oh, give me a break! George Zimmerman went overboard! How on earth can you justify a Neighborhood Watch person getting out of a car where he was safe and pulling a gun on an unarmed teenager and then pulling the trigger and calling it self defense? He wasn't watching the teenager mug someone that would have required immediate action. He confronted a "stranger" in the neighborhood. That's all. And the teenager ended up dead. This could have been avoided and should have been avoided. They could have caught him later when the police arrived.
Bill Daines says:
I said this during my career in LE, do not confront, watch from a distance, get as much info on the suspicous individual for the dispatcher. "Gee", if I go unshaven, wear my grubby clothes, my hoody etc I may look homeless, maybe suspicous, but did I do wrong, hell no!!. If I have contact by phone to a complainant watching some one, and say do not approach or follow, I mean just that!! The dispatcher did right by saying do not follow, he ignored!
This situation is going to make a bad spring and summer. I'm sorry for the situation and what may follow. I'm glad to be retired! Bill
Jerry and Suzy LeRoy says:
Bad Nick good to see you on the platform again. I have to agree with you on these items:
1. We don't know what really happened, and we won't ever know all of it.
2. At age 17, height 6'3″, weight 150, that was no baby.
3. The race issue is certainly key here. Sharpton and Jackson are sure getting face time, and the news media has something cool to spend their advertisers' money on.
Denise Gray says:
Seems like we have lost the American concept of innocent until proved guilty. People should never be tried in the press and by a mob mentality. What a mess this country is in!
butterbean carpenter says:
Howdy Bad Nick,
Welcome back, we've been missing you.. Gotta agree with you on the
media 'binge'.. While watching all of the circus on TV, nobody's watching the White House, where the real crimes are being commited
I'll have to agree with Bill, also, 'you called for assistance,you
were told to NOT get involved, you didn't listen'…
Lucky for me we DON'T HAVE TELEVISION!!!
Dee Walter says:
Well said! Times and people haven't changed a bit since the early 50's. Doubt if it ever will be. Welcome back bad Nick!
The police did one thing very wrong: they did not follow proper procedure in evidence gathering. If an LEO had shot Trayvon, they would have confiscated his gun and all clothing, including belt. This way it would have shown the justice system working. Now, the evidence that might have helped to settle the matter is gone and there is nothing to support what Zimmerman is saying.
The police in Sanford, FL is not a well run department and there is a lot of discrimination in that area. Been in this area the last three winters and there have been other instances of this via corruption and other things "overlooked" by police officials.
If the police had followed procedure, then no one could be yelling that they wanted justice done.
And to Butterbean: Is there anything in the world that you comment on where you don't show your prejudice to the White House?
Rob Fox says:
What we know for certain is that one life has been extinguished and that another is responsible. What we can see is that the stench of xenophobia and racism is so alive in 21st century American. Shame on a nation.
Chuck Guldenschuh says:
A very reasoned article. I agree that a rush to assume that the 17 year old was an angel is pure media hype. His record refutes that. As you say, we may never know what really happened, and the media clowns would like us all to assume that since the dead guy was black, the other guy must be guilty. Sadly, that is the world we live in.
MSgt Dale Day says:
IMHO this is nothing but an attempt by the left to divert attention from Obama's gaffes and failures.
They have so distorted the truth of this incident that the lazy who only bother to get their news from NBC, CBS and ABC have no idea what really happened.
And this disgusting media circus in Congress only shows just how desperately we need to make major changes there this November.
Robert Wang says:
When Zimmerman continued the pursuit after being told to cease the action he lost me.
The "wanna be cop" mentality is a dangerous one and this wing nut appears to be one of those. It is way to early to make a conclusive judgement but your article is great food for thought about what will be very interesting story as the 'FACTS' come out.
Your personal experiences have skewed your objectivity (as expected) on this issue-quite normal and very credible that you mentioned it.
In the end it is my suspicion we will find the case will be found to be of a man out to play "Vigilante" on his own and he will be held accountable.
Hi Nick, I've been reading your blog for a long time and enjoy it, thanks. Here is some video of Zimmerman as he arrived at the police station immediately after the shooting:
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/trayv.....3Pr5b_heFc
He does not appear to have suffered ANY trauma of any kind. It seems to me that he was abusing Florida's laws to go human hunting.
You are correct in that we will probably never know what really happened. Have to disagree with several points however. Zimmerman had no idea who Trayvon was nor what type of person he was. His past record, good or bad, is totally immaterial to what occurred that night. Since when is it illegal or unacceptable to be a young black male walking down the street with a hoody on at night? Zimmerman's life or safety was not being threatened when told or instructed not to continue "following" (I believe his words) Trayvon. How do you explain the frantic phone call from Trayvon? Does it sound like he had "attacked" or was attacking or escalating the confretation with Zimmerman? Can you truthfully say with a straight face if Trayvon had been a white teenager and shot by an adult black, that the shooter wouldn't have been taken into custody immediately? Yes, we still have a level of racism in our society towards young "suspecious" black males! And Butterbean, I do believe that the beginnings of publicity about this event started from Sanford and the social media of the internet, not the White House which you like to blame for everything! I suggest you look up the real definition of "liberal" in Websters, which you so like to disparage, not the twisted terminology that the far right attempts to define it! Oh, that will get some excitment going again!
BTW – Robert Wang hit the ball out of the park with his statements. Right on Robert!
Nick, forgot to add. I agree with you that he wasn't a child. But 17 is still immature even as they approach 18 and on into early adulthood, no matter what their physical size is! I've seen a 15 year old male with a heavier beard than I have ever had, but that didn't make him close to an adult!
Nick already said "none of us was there, and none of us knows exactly what happened that night". But all your readers that held a contrary opinion still think "Zimmerman following Trayvon" is a solid fact.
First of all, there's no reason to believe Zimmerman followed Martin after the police told him not to, which is the linchpin of much excited reporting.
Zimmerman told the police, his friends and his lawyer that he walked back to his car after hanging up with the police and was waylaid by Martin. No witnesses have told the press otherwise.
There was at least a minute of silent unknown before Zimmerman yelling "Help!".
So, should you hold your blaming on Zimmerman?
Sam Weibel says:
Several commenters have said the same thing,The Media has taken this and ran with it and given the Black Preachers (Sharpton) etc, another opportunity to spread hate across the front page. One said wait till this summer, This summer is already here, in several places looters have used this incident as an excuse to condone criminal activity. Where will it end. Who knows, And one more truth. To a mother a child is a child forever so I can't blame this mother for feeling this way.No matter how big or strong he is.One of those nobody i gonna win contest's…
Bad Nick Blog = The Voice of Reason!
I agree with those who say wait till the trial and all the facts are in. The media have a field day with all the race issue stuff. We all knew Sharpton would show up, and give his usual garbage.
There is a vast difference between a neighborhood watch and a vigilante. There is also a vast difference between a neighborhood watch person watching and notifying the proper authorities and a vigilante stalking. The only thing someone in a neighborhood watch needs to be "armed" with is a radio or cell phone. Zimmerman was a gun armed self appointed vigilante no matter how you rationalize it.
Well said Nick. This may have had nothing to do with race. The media made it into race issue and some national figures including the President helped to escalate that slant. It is to bad that this man-boy was killed. Unfortunately the facts have become so distorted that we may never know the truth. We will only know what the lawyers and press tell us. My grandson who is white wears a hoody at times as do some of of his friends black and white and hispanic have never considered thier shirts as racial. I just don't buy the profiling angle especially since Zimmerman was Hispanic. The press edited events and pictures to "make news" and stir up the public. We can no longer rely on them for reporting the truth
J. DARWIN SODER says:
When blacks kill blacks there is no outrage. Interracial crime is a more grievous act than intraracial crime. According to FBI stats, young blacks kill at 10 times the rate of young whites and Hispanics. There are about two-and-a-half times as many white and Hispanic victums of black killers as there were black victims of white and Hispanis killers. Here in Florida I remain wary of black faces in dark places. This is not racism, just common sense.
capybill morgan says:
Nick, when I was a kid (60+years ago!) our gang might roll a drunk, sadly, today a kid will kill you period! can we blame it on TV?


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