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2.4.2 Directories and Distribution Lists
The University maintains lists of names, addresses, telephone numbers and electronic mail accounts of individuals and organizations of importance to the University. This Guide Memo sets forth policies concerning use of such University data and describes the major lists used to conduct the University's business.
Approved by the President.
Applicability:
This policy applies to all Stanford University employees and students.
1. Use of University Distribution Lists and Directories
2. Person Registry
3. Human Resources Management System
4. Student Administration
5. Alumni Information
a. Publicly Available Information
(1) Privacy
Students have rights with respect to their educational records under the Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA); see the Student Bulletin, for more information. Additionally, students, affiliates, faculty and staff may have rights to privacy under California Law with regard to certain information used in distribution lists and directories.
StanfordYou provides members of the community the ability to update key directory and contact information, including work and emergency information. To ensure contact information is available and accessible within the Stanford community, staff must maintain their work information in StanfordYou.
(2) Printed Stanford Directory
Contains information about Stanford employees, and students registered for autumn term. It is available free of charge to all continuing Stanford employees and registered students, and for purchase by the general public. By making this information publicly available, the University relinquishes control over the use to which it may be put. Therefore, particular care is taken to carry out individuals' wishes regarding the confidentiality of their home address and telephone number information. See 1.a (1) above.
(3) StanfordWho
Online directory contains information for and about current Stanford students, faculty and staff, including people affiliated with the University, Stanford Healthcare and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC). This directory allows the public and Stanford community to search for the contact information of members in the community. Results are based on the settings maintained within StanfordYou.
b. Alumni Directory
The Stanford Alumni Association and other school alumni associations publish an online and print directory that is available to alumni, current students and some University departments for the user's personal use only. The directory may not be used for commercial purposes.
c. Lists for University Purposes
Distribution lists not publicly available may be used only for University purposes. Such lists include both mailing lists and electronic mail distribution lists including those created by members of the Stanford community from University sources. Use of the distribution lists (including production of listings of file contents, production of mailing labels and online use of electronic mail distribution lists) is authorized only when all of the criteria below are met:
The organization is responsible to the President of the University;
The use is for official University business; and
When such use is consistent with the University responsibilities of the individual requesting or using the list.
University distribution lists may not, for example:
Be used for personal, partisan political, or commercial purposes
Be provided to persons or entities outside the University
Be used for promotional purposes or solicitations by other than Stanford University
d. Department Responsibilities
Departments are responsible for ensuring that any lists they maintain are used in conformity with University policies. In addition to this Guide memo, the following contain applicable policies:
Administrative Guide Memo 1.5.1: Political, Campaign and Lobbying Activities
Administrative Guide Memo 1.5.2: Staff Policy on Conflict of Commitment and Interest
Faculty Policy on Conflict of Commitment and Interest, Research Policy Handbook, 4.1
Administrative Guide Memo 6.2.1: Computer and Network Usage Policy
e. Exceptions
Any request for University data for use other than in accordance with this policy must have the approval of the President of the University or his/her designee.
a. Contents
The Person Registry contains basic identifying information for all faculty, staff, students and affiliates.
b. Original Sources of Information
The Person Registry brings together student information from Student Administration, faculty and staff information from the Human Resources Management System, (HRMS) and sponsored affiliates' information from the SUNet ID system.
c. How Changes are Made
Faculty, staff, students and recent graduates may change their own information using the Axess portal or by using StanfordYou for service related information (e.g., email settings). Faculty and staff may change some personal information in StanfordYou; work-related changes are made in the university's HRMS by human resources administrators, with the exception of a name change, which is personal in nature but must be updated in the HRMS.
d. Outputs
(1) StanfordWho: See 1.a (3) above.
(2) Listings in the Printed Stanford Directory: See 1.a(2) above.
(3) Axess: An Intranet (referred to as the Axess portal) that faculty, staff and students use to complete many tasks.
(4) Corrections to Source Systems: Changes made through StanfordWho and Axess go to the Person Registry and then to the university's Student Administration system and HRMS.
(5) Other authorized uses: Data is available to other official University business systems, e.g., the ID Card system and the Library system.
e. More Information
See the University IT website for more information about the Registry.
The Human Resources Management System (HRMS) contains detailed demographic and work data on all University employees and retirees.
b. Sources of Information
Information on current employees and retirees comes from the university's HRMS and is submitted by the employee or retiree's department.
(1) Employees' Address and Phone Information
StanfordYou allows employees to update information published in Stanford directories. See StanfordYou for more information.
(2) Work-Related Changes
Changes other than the employee's address and telephone information are generated by the department's human resources administrator online in the university's HRMS.
(3) Retirees
Changes to retiree information are entered on receipt of written instructions from the retiree or by contacting the University HR Service Team. Only emeriti are included in the StanfordWho directory.
(1) Person Registry
The HRMS feeds data to the Person Registry.
(2) Mailing Labels
The HRMS can generate mailing labels for specific populations. For advice on options available, departments should consult with Mail and Delivery Services.
The university's Student Administration system includes student and applicant demographic information, including physical and email addresses.
(1) Central Offices
Including: Bursar's Office, Office of the Registrar, Financial Aid, and Undergraduate Admissions
(2) Academic Departments
Department administrators with appropriate access enter advisors, graduate degree support information, graduate financial support information, and admissions data.
c. How Data Changes are Made
Central offices and academic departments can, in most cases, update data they have originally entered. Students can update personal information through the Axess portal and StanfordWho.
The university's Student Administration sends data to the Person Registry.
(2) Student Records
Reporting systems contain detailed student information including personal addresses. Access to this data requires approval by the appropriate School Dean for academic departments or the Registrar's Office for central office staff, and access to private information is set up only on a "need-to-know" basis. Address rosters, mailing labels, and personal reports can be generated for business purposes.
(3) Applicant Information
Undergraduate and graduate applicant demographic information is contained in university systems and/or an authorized vendor's database. Access to this data requires approval by the appropriate School Dean for academic departments or the Registrar's Office for central office staff, and is set up only on a "need-to-know" basis. Mailing labels and personal reports can be generated from the system.
(1) PostGrads
The PostGrads alumni information database includes basic demographic data for Stanford alumni, parents of students, and University friends, including corporations and foundations. This file is used to create mailing lists for the Stanford Magazine and various mailings and solicitations sent by the Office of Development, the Stanford Alumni Association, and the University. The data in this file may be selected according to particular purposes, such as those alumni who received law degrees in 1980. The Office of Development maintains and controls PostGrads.
(2) Department and School Databases
Some departments and schools keep records of their own alumni and friends. The following restrictions apply to such databases:
Schools and departments may receive data changes as a result of their mailings. The data changes should be sent to alumni.information@stanford.edu for updating in PostGrads.
Any use of PostGrads information for gift solicitations outside of the Office of Development must be approved in advance by the Office of the Vice President for Development.
Any use of records must be consistent with the purpose communicated to the persons providing such information.
(1) Alumni
Data on current and graduated students is downloaded to PostGrads from PeopleSoft Student Administration. Although recent graduates can update information in Axess, information is not currently shared between Axess and PostGrads.
(2) Parents
Data on parents of Stanford students is forwarded to Development Services and PostGrads by the Stanford Parents Program in the Office of Development, which receives the information from the New Undergraduate Student Information Project, administered by the Housing Center.
(3) Stanford Friends
Data on Stanford friends is forwarded to Development Services by various other sections of the Development Office.
Development Services enters changes into PostGrads. Sources of information for changes are returned mail, postal change of address cards, correspondence with individuals on the list, changes made by the individual via their online profile, and notification from a University department with which the individual is associated. Information needed includes:
The individual's University ID number
The individual's name
Change information
Name, Stanford department, and phone number of the information source, when the information is not directly from the individual
d. Outputs from File
(1) Lists for Directories
Directories of specific populations published by schools use PostGrads as source data.
(2) Labels and Address Lists
Departments and schools needing output from PostGrads should contact their School's Development Office for assistance, after obtaining approval from the Office of the Vice President for Development. Mailing information will be prepared only for University departments. If an outside vendor provides mailing services, the department is responsible for assuring that the vendor will protect the confidentiality of the data and will gain no rights over the data.
e. Control of File
Only Development Services may make changes to PostGrads biographic and gift information. The Director of Development Services acts as coordinator in resolving questions that may arise in application of University policies on use of PostGrads.


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Manila Downplays Chinese Laser-Gun Incident in South China Sea
The U.S. warship USS Bunker Hill moves into position to conduct a joint training with the Australian frigate HMAS Parramatta in the South China Sea, April 14, 2020.
Australia Department of Defence/Handout via Reuters
The Philippines' defense chief on Tuesday downplayed Beijing's latest aggressive move in the South China Sea, saying it appeared that Chinese sailors had no real intention of hurting Filipinos when they pointed a laser gun at a Philippine navy ship.
Although the Chinese move was seen as aggressive, it likely was meant to enforce their presence in the disputed sea region, which is claimed by China, the Philippines and other countries, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said.
"I don't think they have an intention to harm our men with this latest incident of pointing a laser gun," Lorenzana said on state-run television. "Maybe they are testing what our reaction will be. And we have already filed a protest to the Chinese government."
"But it's offensive. Why do they need to aim their target acquisition radars on our airplanes and ships?" he said.
According to Lorenzana, the Chinese were challenging the Philippine ship by saying "You are traversing Chinese territory."
"But our ships and airplanes say: 'We are traveling within our EEZ or within Philippine territory,' so it's only an exchange of messages," the defense secretary added, referring to waters in Manila's exclusive economic zone.
Lorenzana issued the statement several days after the Philippine foreign office said it had filed a diplomatic protest with China for "pointing a radar gun at a Philippine Navy ship" in the EEZ. Manila took that action on April 22, the same day it filed a separate diplomatic note to protest Beijing's declaration of parts of the disputed sea as Chinese districts.
In the incident with the laser gun, the Philippine ship BRP Conrado Yap was on its way to the Rizal Reef Detachment in the South China Sea when it reported that it had detected "a radar contact of a gray-colored vessel."
Lorenzana said the Chinese had used a target-acquisition laser meant to guide a missile toward an enemy target.
"It's like when they will use their missile they will first strike on the target that they have already marked," Lorenzana said.
The incident was the latest accusation that Chinese forces had used lasers to harass other nations' naval personnel.
In February this year, the U.S. Navy accused a Chinese naval destroyer of firing off a laser beam at a U.S. surveillance aircraft flying west of Guam and over the Philippine Sea, which lies far to the north and east of the South China Sea.
A statement from U.S. Pacific Fleet said the laser, which was detected by sensors on the P-8A Poseidon aircraft on Feb. 17, was not visible to the naked eye. The U.S. Navy described the Chinese move as an act deemed unsafe and a violation of international codes and agreements.
China's defense ministry, however, rejected the U.S. claim.
Ministry spokesman Ren Guoqiang told reporters in Beijing last month that Chinese ships were conducting routine exercises in international waters when the incident allegedly happened. He accused the P-8A Poseidon aircraft of carrying out an "unfriendly" behavior, including long periods of low-altitude reconnaissance "despite repeated warnings from the Chinese side."
Sending a message to China
The Chinese moves in the sea that drew the diplomatic protests from Manila occurred as the Philippines and other Southeast Asian nation were busy with curtailing the spread of the coronavirus in their territories.
A Filipino maritime expert, Jay Batongbacal, said China was taking advantage of its medical assistance to help Southeast Asian nations battle the pandemic to prevent a pushback in the maritime region.
"One could argue that [Beijing] is using this cooperation as a way to leverage against any actions or protests against China for its activities in the West Philippine Sea," Batongbacal, told local television ANC on Monday, using the Philippine name for the South China Sea.
"This is taking place simultaneously with their medical aid and assistance and offers of cooperation on this pandemic," said Batongbacal, director of the University of the Philippines' Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea.
On Monday, retired Philippine Supreme Court judge Antonio Carpio told foreign correspondents in Manila that the Philippines should join forces with neighbors Vietnam and Malaysia, and possibly other countries, in conducting joint patrols to deter further Chinese aggression in the South China Sea.
Doing so, he said, would send "a message that China cannot pick us out one by one."
But Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said the government did not agree with Carpio, although he acknowledged that the former justice's suggestion of joint patrols with neighbors appeared to be sound.
"Suggestion well-taken, although we do not agree with the personal opinions of Justice Carpio on what China is doing. But the suggestion on joint patrol is well-taken, it will be considered," Roque told reporters on Tuesday, as he reiterated that the government would assert territorial sovereignty against China.
"We do not agree with that conclusion, although the current policy is that we will defend all our national territory and our sovereign rights," he said.
US sends combat ship to sea region
Meanwhile, the USS Gabrielle Giffords, a littoral combat ship, left port in Singapore for the South China Sea on April 25 and sailed near the site of a survey being conducted by the Chinese vessel Hai Yang Di Zhi 8, according to vessel-tracking software.
The presence of the USS Gabrielle Giffords in the disputed sea region was confirmed by the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command in a news release.
As of Tuesday, the Hai Yang Di Zhi 8, a survey ship at the heart of current tensions in the South China Sea, was operating in waters jointly claimed by Vietnam and Malaysia. It has been escorted by Chinese coast guard ships.
The USS Gabrielle Giffords joins the USS America, USS Bunker Hill, and USS Barry in demonstrating the American naval presence in the South China Sea. They were recently joined last week by Australian frigate HMAS Parramatta in a joint exercise. The KD Kelantan, a Royal Malaysian Navy warship, has also been patrolling the area.
On Tuesday, Beijing sent an aircraft battle group through the Miyako Strait, between Japan and Taiwan, according to a news release from the Japanese defense ministry. The release said China's aircraft carrier Liaoning was spotted moving with two frigates, two destroyers and a high-speed support ship toward the East China Sea.
Meanwhile, the People's Liberation Army-Navy Southern Theater released a statement on Tuesday accusing the USS Barry of violating China's territory in the Paracel Islands.
China claims most of the South China Sea on historical grounds, including areas that reach the shores of its smaller neighbors. Apart from the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also have overlapping claims over the region.
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Алън Грийн () е британски спортен коментатор в радио BBC от 1981 г.

Биография
Алън Грийн е роден на 25 юни 1952 г. в Белфаст, Северна Ирландия. Основно е коментатор на футболни срещи, но също така и на голф турнири, на състезания по гребане и на Олимпийските игри.

Алън Грийн е сред най-възрастните и съответно опитни коментатори на BBC, като е носител на наградата на Sony Radio Academy Award за спортен коментатор на годината. Той се отличава със своите откровени коментари и е попадал няколко пъти в спорове с мениджъри на футболни отбори като сър Алекс Фъргюсън и Сам Алърдайс.

Кариера
След като завършва Кралския университет в Белфаст с диплома по модерна история, той започва да работи за местен вестник, докато през 1975 г. не се премества в BBC като стажант в новинарския отдел с амбицията да стане продуцент. Първоначално е работил и за радиото и за телевизията преди официално да се премести в Манчестър като спортен коментатор за BBC Radio.

Първото Световно първенство, което коментира, е през 1982 г., а през 1986 г. коментира и финала за Купата на Футболната асоциация. През 1989 г. е коментатор и на трагедията на Хилзбъро, където загиват 96 фена на "Ливърпул". При навършването на двадесетгодишния юбилей от трагедията, през 2009 г., Грийн е коментирал, че вече две десетилетия истината за причината довела до инцидента се крие и все още не е излязла наяве.

Откровеният коментаторски стил на Грийн често поражда различни мнения сред радиослушатели. Той си печели възхищението на някои слушатели за честни си оценки на футболните срещи, както и за безкомпромисните си становища, но някои хора все пак го смятат за прекалено критичен. През 2009 г. Сара Брукс, ръководителят на комуникациите в тимът на "Фулъм", се изказва остро, като според нея Грийн е обидил играчите на тима, след като те са загубили с 3 – 0 във Висшата лига от Манчестър Юнайтед на Олд Трафорд.

Алън Грийн оспорва твърденията, че английската Висша лига е най-качественото първенство в света. През 2013 г. Грийн написва статия, в която казва: "Висшата лига, която наблюдавам всяка седмица, не е толкова добра, колкото всички си мислят." В статия за The Belfast Telegraph Грийн критикува "слабите защити", "егоистите и дебелашкото поведение" и "надценените скъпоплатени футболисти, които населяват Висшата лига.".

В интервю за The Observer през 2009 г. Грийн споделя за кариерата си като спортен коментатор следното: "С изключение на един път през 1984 г., никога не съм кандидатствал за работа в телевизията." Това казва на изпълнителния директор на BSkyB, който го обвинява, че е твърде прям, за да работи за Sky TV, а директорът на Sky го моли винаги да акцентира върху положителното. Грийн му отговаря, че неговата роля като коментатор е да каже истината, а не да действа като пропагандист.

Спорове с футболни мениджъри
Алън Грийн има постоянна вражда в продължение на 20 години със сър Алекс Фъргюсън след инцидент, при който Грийн казва в ефир, че хората не бива да се вслушват в пропагандата, която излиза от кабинета на треньора на Манчестър Юнайтед.

През 2006 г. Грийн получава забрана от Болтън да посещава техния стадион Reebok Stadium, след като е обвинил мениджъра Сам Алърдайс, че играе грозен футбол. След заминаването на Алърдайс в Нюкасъл Юнайтед, клубът позволява на спортния коментатор да посещава стадиона отново.

Други противопоставяния
През 2004 г. Грийн е порицан от Ofcom (английския СЕМ), след като прави коментар на живо в ефир за камерунския полузащитник на Манчестър Юнайтед Ерик Джемба-Джемба, че говори на развален английски с рефера, а слушател се оплаква, че е неуместно да се предположи за един черен мъж да е в състояние да говори правилен английски.

През 2005 г. Грийн има спор с феновете на Евертън, след като пише статия, в която твърди, че вместо да повишат очакванията си след четвъртото място на Евертън през изминалия сезон, те трябва да бъдат по-скромни. Статията на Грийн води до получаването на няколко смъртни заплахи.

През 2007 г. Грийн коментира мача между "Евертън" и "Рединг" на "Гудисън Парк", когато филмовата звезда Силвестър Сталоун е представен на терена пред публиката и Алън Грийн се пошегува, затова дали лимузината на Сталоун ще е останала с гуми, когато той се върне при нея. Това предизвиква изпращането на официална жалба до Би Би Си от Градския съвет на Ливърпул, чиито членове са разстроени от стереотипните възгледи на коментатора за престъпността в града.

Личен живот
Алън Грийн е женен за съпругата си Бренда от 29 март 1980 г.

Източници

Британски спортни коментатори
Британски радиоводещи
Хора, свързани с Би Би Си
Родени в Белфаст

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How Do I Become a National Merit Semifinalist?
The National Merit Scholarship is an honor awarded to 2500 high school students every year to recognize their academic excellence. Bill Gates, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos all count themselves as members of this elite group. Most people know that the first step to becoming a National Merit Scholar is to take the PSAT, which is also known as the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSQT), but after that, the process is unclear. You're simply told to wait for the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) to contact you. How exactly does one become a National Merit Scholar?
The NMSC releases some information about what a student must do to become a National Merit Scholar. Students have to take the PSAT during their junior year of high school (exceptions exist for those who are graduating early). About 1.5 million students take the PSAT every year. Of these, the NMSC selects the 50,000 with the highest scores to be selected either as a Commended Student or a National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist. Drawing on these 50,000 students, 34,000 are selected as Commended Students, and are out of the running to become National Merit Scholars. The remaining 16,000 are deemed National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists, and are notified early in their senior year of high school. Of these Semifinalists, 15,000 go on to become Finalists and vie for National Merit Scholarships.
Although becoming a National Merit Scholar is a huge honor, generally speaking, even becoming a Semifinalist is enough to have a significant impact on a student's educational opportunities. Lists of Semifinalists are released to the media and colleges, who make concerted efforts to contact these students and offer them special scholarships and programs. This is not only because NMS Semifinalists are bright students, but also because colleges stand to benefit in the rankings if more Semifinalists elect to attend. Because becoming a Semifinalist can mean so much to students, there is a heavy focus on what it takes to make the cut.
This step-the selection of Semifinalists-is where the NMSC becomes reticent to divulge information. Semifinalists are chosen on a per-state basis in order to maintain a fair geographic distribution of National Merit Scholars. According to the NMSC, the cutoffs are selected to allow the top 0.5% of each state's students to become Semifinalists. This means that there are different Semifinalist score cut-offs per state. For example, in 2008, if you scored above a 216 in the state of Texas, you were a Semifinalist; in California, however, the cut-off was 218. They span a fairly large range: roughly from 205 to 220 each year. The cutoffs are generally not published by the NMSC. In fact, they consider the cut-offs proprietary information and have had their lawyers request that bloggers remove the information from their websites.
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Because the information is not published by the NMSC, data on the internet can be of questionable reliability. To get an idea of what the Semifinalist cut-off is in your state, you can examine old data and make an educated guess. Generally, the cut-offs do not vary by more than two or three points in either direction. The best way to hedge against those fluctuations and maximize your chances of becoming a National Merit Semifinalist is to prepare for the PSAT thoroughly. Although most students will prepare for the SAT, they often neglect the PSAT, which is arguably more important (because you only get one shot at becoming a Semifinalist). A great time to get ready for the PSAT and the SAT-which cover nearly identical material-is the summer after your sophomore year.
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In addition, the laboratory is well equipped with refrigeration, incubators, water baths, fume hoods, balances, pH meters, COD digesters, drying ovens, a muffle furnace and other standard equipment.
We also have all the necessary equipment for molecular microbial ecology research. The Environmental Engineering Laboratories are equipped with the equipment needed for nucleic acid extraction and hybridization, assorted gel electrophoresis equipment and power supplies, including a BioRad GelDoc gel documentation system, a BioRad denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) setup, floor, benchtop and microcentrifuges, hybridization equipment, temperature controlled water baths, two gradient thermocyclers (BioRad and Eppendorf), a BioRad iQ5 real-time quantitative PCR machine, a NanoDrop spectrophotometer, UV transilluminator, a Dark Reader, -80° and -20°C freezers, a PCR hood, a laminar flow hood, respirometers, chemostats, temperature-controlled floor and benchtop shakers, and isotope handling equipment.
We have a Nikon Optiphot system capable of brightfield, phase contrast, epifluorescence, and Nomarski DIC microscopy. This microscope is equipped with a scientific-grade Charge Couple Device (CCD) camera system (Sensys, Photometrics) and state-of-the-art image analysis system for quantitative FISH (Metamorph, Universal Imaging Corp.). We have access to a PhosphorImager and an InstantImager through the NCSU Biotechnology Program. In addition, we have access to a fully equipped central microscopy suite and image analysis facility (Cellular and Molecular Imaging Facility) and a central DNA synthesis facility at the University. The microscopy suite includes a confocal scanning laser microscope, several upright and inverted microscopes equipped with an array of CCD cameras.


Customer experience (CX) has become a key differentiator for today's top brands, with companies in all industries rushing forward to advance their CX programs. For maximum CX results, companies need to have a sense of the future of the customer experience to best allocate precious time and resources.
In this Harvard Business Review webinar, customer experience thought leader Luke Williams shares top CX trends and predictions about how shifts in the customer experience will affect companies and customers. Predictions touch on changing customer expectations, firms' continuing focus on CX efficiency, and the role that artificial intelligence will play in enhancing the customer experience.
Williams draws from his extensive experience and research on the customer experience, along with his focus on the most common reasons CX programs fail.


Our box office wrap-up for the weekend of April 2, 2017, featuring The Boss Baby, Ghost in the Shell, and Beauty and the Beast.
The trailer arrives for The Zookeeper's Wife, starring Jessica Chastain as a woman who saves live in Nazi-occupied Poland during WWII.
The Zookeeper's Wife tells the account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.


Feb.27, 2016 "Biotechnology Seminar" With the Annual Assembly Meeting of JSPSAAE was held.
The "Biotechnology Seminar" With the Annual Assembly Meeting of JSPSAAE was held at Golden Tulip Flamenco Hotel on Feb. 27, 2016.
← Feb.19, 2016 The core member meeting was held.


We hope that the more flexible criteria will encourage more people to take part and make films for the short film competition.
Your film has not been shown at New Zealand Deaf Film Festival before.
Your film must include English captions. Inclusion of sound is optional.
If your film has spoken language, you must include sign language.
International Sign Language is accepted. Non dialogue (non-spoken) films are accepted.
Your film must be submitted via a USB flashdrive or wetransfer website.
Your USB flash drive will only be returned at your cost.
Your film must be submitted with the completed and signed Entry form plus consent form. This will be available on our website.
Your entry must include 2 film stills and a trailer and poster.
If the film rating is PG13 or below, NZDF Inc covers the cost of getting these rated. But film ratings of PG13 and above are at the cost of the team entering it.


Macmall via eBay is selling the Motorola Xoom 32GB Wi-Fi version today only, for the next 3 hours, for $499.99 with free shipping which is a $100 cheaper than MSRP. So hey, if you are still in the market of a good Android tablet, the Xoom Wi-Fi tablet is a good deal!
The Xoom Wi-Fi come with a 1GHz Tegra 2 dual-core processor, 32GB of internal storage, Android 3.0 Honeycomc, 10.1-inch 1280×800 display. 1GB of RAM and Wi-Fi connectivity. If all of this sounds good to you, head to eBay and get your Xoom on!


Our goals lead us. Our pursuits connect us.
CrossFit Calgary is passionate about CrossFit and sharing it with others.
If you want to push yourself to be better, you have a home here.
CrossFit Calgary is more than a fitness facility. It is a group of dedicated people committed to excellence. At CFC, we don't just coach the practice of CrossFit, we encourage each other to achieve our individual best. The expertise of our coaches and the unique camaraderie of our members creates an unparalleled experience in personal development and fitness.
We have the best coaching team in Calgary, hands down. You won't find a more dedicated or passionate squad.
In 2009 CrossFit Calgary was named a "Center of Excellence" by CrossFit HQ. This distinction was only given to one other CrossFit affiliate that year. We were honoured to earn this title. Not only because of the status, but because of the reason we were recognized: our coaches and our results!
CrossFit Calgary will improve the health and well-being of thousands of people through a variety of programs and services that promote self-awareness and physical potential, centered on the CrossFit methodology.
These programs will be offered locally at CrossFit Calgary's box, throughout the city, and internationally via the web.
CrossFit Started in Santa Cruz, California and has grown to include affiliates around the world. and only affiliates are endorsed by CrossFit's governing body.
I was fortunate enough to discover CrossFit in its early days, back in 2005. As a longtime personal trainer, I was versed in a variety of styles and training, but after my first CrossFit workout I knew this was something very different and undeniably effective.
I had worked since 2000 as a personal trainer at the YMCA and Optimum Performance Training before opening my own business, Advanced Force Training, in 2002. Before CrossFit, most training programs (including my own) were built around bodybuilding-style workouts. I thought I was providing an effective regime to benefit my clients.
My first workout was humbling yet inspiring; surprisingly hard yet motivating. As an athlete and a coach, I recognized that this workout provided exceptional benefits. I could feel immediately how my former means of training paled in comparison to this regime.
I never looked back. My previous workout regime changed overnight to following CrossFit exclusively. From 2005 through to 2008, I spent every day following CrossFit.com programming and explored every aspect of CrossFit that I could.
I attended my first L1 seminar in November 2006. At that time, Greg Glassman was the sole presenter leading all portions of the seminar. I'll always remember my first meeting with Greg. After a brief discussion of the air squat, he thanked me for the contribution that I had made to CrossFit. (I thought, you're thanking me? I should be thanking you!) Greg graciously gave me the opportunity to help at some of the earliest L1 seminars, where I learned from the CrossFit founder firsthand.
In 2007, almost on a whim, I competed in the inaugural CrossFit Games, taking second place. Upon my return, the single CrossFit "tester" class I offered rapidly grew to seven classes. CrossFit Calgary launched as an official affiliate in 2008 in a small 2000-square-foot space with 80 members.
Over the next few years, as demand for classes grew, I developed a roster of coaches, including Aly, our first full-time coach and administrator. By 2012 we were outgrowing our first space. In July 2013, we were able to double our size by moving into a building right next door. Since then, our staff has grown to 12 contract coaches, two full-time coaches, an in-house massage therapist, a nutritional consultant, and an Olympic lifting specialist. We have over 200 members, to whom we offer over 40 hours of classes, 25 hours of open gym, and a host of youth, targeted-training, personal training, and club programs.
Integrally, my wife Rhiannon has joined me as co-owner and general manager. As the business grew, Rhiannon always supported me and made this venture possible. She too has been bitten by the CrossFit bug, and recently completed her L1 seminar.
Owning a CrossFit affiliate lets us see people improve and change far more than just their fitness. We witness people transforming: improving their health and building their confidence, energy, and vitality. Thankfully these transformations are contagious. The result is a strong, inspiring and fun-filled community where we are always honoured guests. We can't imagine a day where we're not at the gym. For us this has truly become our life's passion.
Being part of a community means more than just enjoying each other's company. It means that we give back.
Since we started CrossFit Calgary, volunteering in the community has been part of what we do.
In 2010 we travelled to an orphanage in Haridwar, India to inspire kids about CrossFit and even supported one young enthusiast's efforts to open up his own CrossFit Affiliation. (watch the story on YouTube).
Our annual "Give heavy" holiday food drive helps families in need around the city.
We questions. Got one? Ask us!


In 2015, Steiner expanded the eOptics division with the acquisition of Sensor Systems Division, a US based manufacturer of night vision gear and other opto-electronic systems.
First binocular with integrated compass – still the most successful professional marine binocular in the world "Commander"
Faithful to the traditions upon which his father founded the company, Carl Steiner held on to his commitments of unsurpassed quality, to keep the production location in Germany, to create new jobs and career opportunities for his employees, expert training of his staff of now approximately 300 and a constant investment in research and development. Today, Steiner manufactures binoculars for the military, marine , hunting, outdoor, birding and leisure activities. The name Steiner stands for performance optics.
From its humble, post-war beginnings, the company has made it into the league of the largest manufacturers of high-quality optics. Generations of devotion resulted in the highest level of technology, for a lifetime of dependable performance.


On October 31, 1995, 26-year-old Douglas Lawson and 26-year-old Sherry McCoy-Ward were found dead in their home in Tampa, Florida. Lawson had been shot three times, while McCoy-Ward had been shot and stabbed.
A medical examiner determined that the two had been dead for approximately 24 to 72 hours. No forensic evidence that pointed to a suspect was found at the scene, and for three months, police made little progress on the case.
Then the police received a call from Sloane Martinez, who claimed that her ex-husband, 23-year-old Joaquin Jose Martinez, had suggested to her that he'd been involved in the murders. The couple had recently divorced, but continued a turbulent on-again, off-again relationship.
The day that Sloane Martinez contacted the police, she had just learned that Joaquin Jose Martinez planned to skip a visit with their two daughters to go on vacation with his new fiancée. After meeting with police in person, Sloane agreed to let them put recording devices on her phone and in her apartment while she got him to implicate himself in the murders. Based on information gathered in these conversations, police arrested Martinez on January 28, 1996.
At trial in Hillsborough County Circuit Court, the prosecution played recordings of their conversations, but it was so difficult to understand what was said that the jury was given a transcript of the recordings. The transcript had been edited by Lawson's father, who worked at the sheriff's department.
Prosecutors also presented testimony from five jailhouse informants, all of whom said that Martinez had discussed his involvement in the murders with them. The informants claimed that they received nothing in exchange for their testimony.
Martinez was convicted and sentenced to death on April 15, 1997.
On appeal, the Florida Supreme Court remanded the case for retrial, based on prosecutorial misconduct in presenting evidence that prejudiced the jury, including a detective's testimony saying that he believed Martinez was guilty. During a re-investigation of the case, the informants all admitted that detectives had promised them rewards for their testimony.
The second trial was a markedly different affair. The defense introduced new alibi testimony, and neither Sloane Martinez nor any of the jailhouse snitches were called to the stand, as all had since recanted their previous testimony. Martinez was acquitted on June 6, 2001.


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Italy Contributed 3 Instruments to NASA-ASI IXPE Mission
December 13, 2021 December 12, 2021 News 0
NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission is the first satellite dedicated to measuring the polarization of X-rays from a variety of cosmic sources, such as black holes and neutron stars. (Credits: NASA)
ROME (ASI PR) — A lot of Italian science born from the exclusive collaboration between NASA and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) was aboard the IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) satellite, which took off punctually from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7.00 Italian time on 9 December. A Falcon 9 carrier from the private company SpaceX was used for the launch. The launch was attended by the president of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), Giorgio Saccoccia, and the administrator of NASA, Bill Nelson.
LICIACube is Ready for the First Planetary Defense Mission
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LICIACube (Credit: Argotec)
An Italian microSat, made by Argotec and ASI, which will fly with NASA towards an asteroid
ROME (ASI PR) — LICIACube, the microsatellite built entirely in the Argotec plants in Turin on behalf of and in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency (ASI), will be delivered and shipped in the coming weeks to the integration site in the United States in preparation for the launch, scheduled for the end year, of the first planetary defense mission from future potential asteroid threats .
D-Orbit's ION Satellite Carrier Rides to Space atop SpaceX's Falcon 9 Rocket
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Falcon 9 launches the Transporter-2 mission. (Credit: SpaceX webcast)
FINO MORNASCO, Italy, June 30th, 2021 (D-Orbit PR) — D-Orbit, a leader in the space logistics and orbital transportation industry, announced today the successful launch of another ION Satellite Carrier (ION), its proprietary orbital transportation vehicle. ION lifted off on June 30th, 2021, at 9:31 pm CEST, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida. On the same day, 60 minutes after liftoff, the vehicle was successfully deployed into a 500 km Sun synchronous orbit (SSO).
ESA Funds Research into Lunar Cave Explorer
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DAEDALUS robot (Credit: Julius-Maximilians-University)
WURZBURG, Germany (ESA PR) — What might look like a dangling hamster ball is actually a robotic sphere to explore the depths of lunar caves.
Designed by a team coordinated by Germany's Julius-Maximilians-Universität of Würzburg (JMU), the Descent And Exploration in Deep Autonomy of Lunar Underground Structures, DAEDALUS, robot is being evaluated by ESA's Concurrent Design Facility, as part of a larger study of lunar cave mission concepts.
Texas Astronomer Uses 25-year-old Hubble Data to Confirm Planet Proxima Centauri c
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Fritz Benedict is an emeritus Senior Research Scientist with The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory. (Credit: McDonald Observatory)
AUSTIN (McDonald Observatory PR) — Fritz Benedict has used data he took over two decades ago with Hubble Space Telescope to confirm the existence of another planet around the Sun's nearest neighbor, Proxima Centauri, and to pin down the planet's orbit and mass.
Benedict, an emeritus Senior Research Scientist with McDonald Observatory at The University of Texas at Austin, will present his findings today in a scientific session and then in a press conference at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society.


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Freeing Up the Flow: Clearing neck-artery blockage diminishes signs of depression in elderly
By Nathan Seppa
Unclogging and propping open the large artery that supplies blood to the head can ease symptoms of depression in elderly people. That finding adds fuel to the debate over the hypothesis that impaired blood flow to the brain can cause depression.
Wolfgang Mlekusch of Vienna General Hospital in Austria and his colleagues identified 143 patients, average age 70, who were scheduled to undergo a procedure to open a blocked portion of the carotid artery. All patients had at least an 80 percent blockage in one of the branches of this artery, which carries freshly oxygenated blood from the heart.
In the medical procedure, performed under local anesthesia, a doctor inserted a balloon-tipped catheter into an artery near the patient's groin or in an arm and threaded it up to the neck. Then, the doctor inflated the balloon to push aside the blockage and installed a mesh cylinder called a stent, which propped open the carotid artery.
Before the operation, the patients filled out a standard questionnaire that measures signs of depression. The researchers calculated a score that gauged each patient's depressive signs. At that time, the scores of 34 percent of the patients indicated significant depressive symptoms. The patients filled out the same questionnaire 4 weeks after the operation. Only 10 percent showed significant depressive symptoms then.
When the team compared pre- and postoperative scores, the average score fell by more than half. The researchers retested one-fourth of the patients 3 months later and found that the scores remained low, the team reports in the August Radiology.
For comparison, doctors gave the depression questionnaire to 102 people, average age 66, who were scheduled to have vascular surgery on their legs. The scores of 17 percent of these patients indicated depressive symptoms shortly before their operations. That percentage remained about the same 4 weeks after surgery.
The findings lend support to the vascular-depression hypothesis, says psychiatrist David C. Steffens of Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C. If poor blood flow indeed does disrupt brain circuits that maintain normal moods, restoring the flow in those areas may rekindle "the normal drive and motivation to do things," he says.
Stanton P. Newman, a psychologist at University College London, suggests that the before-and-after depression scores could have another explanation. Rather than prove that a carotid stent alleviates depression, he says, the study "more likely reflects the patients' anxiety and depression as measured just before a high-risk operation"—and their sense of relief afterward. The patients who underwent leg surgery wouldn't have felt as much anxiety, he contends.
A version of this article appears in the July 29, 2006 issue of Science News.
Wolfgang Mlekusch
Vienna General Hospital
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Stanton P. Newman
Wolfson Building
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London W1W 7EY
David C. Steffans
Duke University Medical Center
Carotid Overhaul: Stents and surgery go neck and neck
By Nathan Seppa October 6, 2004
Carotid surgery stands test of time
By Nathan Seppa June 16, 2003
Carotid procedures test about equally
By Nathan Seppa February 26, 2010


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Freddy Merury is alive in the new full trailer for BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, the story behind the making of one of the greatest rock band in music history, Queen. Rami Malik is a dead ringer for Freddy Mercury, and fans of Queen will no doubt enjoy the music which sounds amazing in this new preview. Along with the trailer, the studio is offering a chance to include your voice in the movie.
Queen fans around the world can visit PutMeInBohemian.com on a mobile device and record their best rendition of "Bohemian Rhapsody," for a chance to have their voice included in the movie.
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY hits theaters on November 2, 2018!


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Rescue dog missing since July likely spotted in Amsterdam late last month – The Daily Gazette
Rescue dog missing since July likely spotted in Amsterdam late last month
By Andrew Waite | December 6, 2021
Estella is seen in a photo provided by Katy Harmon.
Katy Harmon, a 28-year-old teacher, last saw Estella, a 5-year-old deer head Chihuahua, in-person on July 23. That was the day that Harmon, who fosters dogs through Peppertree Rescue in Albany, dropped Estella off with an adoptive family in Ballston Spa.
A day later, Harmon got a text message from the family saying Estella had gone missing.
Estella came to Peppertree and to Harmon from Texas, where Estella, seven other Chihuahuas and a Shih Tzu had been living in a home until the owner died, Harmon said. The nine dogs were taken to a shelter in Texas, which contacted Peppertree about taking them in. When Estella arrived at Peppertree, her leg was so mangled it needed $4,000 worth of surgery to put the knee back in its socket — a procedure that had been scheduled with a specialist and was going to be paid for by Peppertree, Harmon said.
Harmon, who fostered 139 dogs prior to Estella and lived with the chihuahua for three months before the adoption, said Estella was a loveable, clingy dog. When Harmon tried to work on her laptop on the couch, Estella often stood on top of her.
"She is the sweetest little dog. She is very scared, but once she loves you she clings to you like a spider monkey," Harmon said. She said the new owners were told that Estella always had to be on a leash or be kept in a confined space where she couldn't escape. Instead, Harmon explained, the adoptive family left the door open while unloading groceries, and Estella took off. Despite her bum leg, Estella is still speedy, Harmon said.
Harmon said she immediately drove to Ballston Spa to help find Estella, but the search was fruitless. Animal control, traps and pet search experts were no use. Harmon posted signs about Estella, and three days later she got a call from a passerby who thought she saw Estella on East High Street in Ballston Spa. The caller explained that another person, who was driving a "very nice dark blue or black four-door" was picking up a dog that looked like Estella. The caller figured that other motorist would call Harmon soon.
No word.
Possible sighting
About a month later, Harmon posted signs declaring a cash reward for Estella. There were many calls, but none of them were legitimate, Harmon said.
So it seemed Estella might be lost forever. That is, until the night before Thanksgiving when Harmon got a call about a possible Estella sighting at the intersection of Vrooman Avenue and Edward Street in Amsterdam. The caller even shared a video that showed a tiny female deer head Chihuahua with the same red collar and the same silver square name tag Estella had. When Harmon visited the site the next day, she saw a dark blue vehicle nearby and left flyers at the home where the car was parked. She hasn't received any phone calls.
She's since upped the reward to $1,000.
The Ballston Spa family that adopted Estella is no longer searching for her, Harmon says, but she is very much hoping that if someone has Estella that they call Harmon and return the dog.
Harmon said in all her time fostering dogs, she has never had one go missing. She says she currently has Estella's brother Tiny Tim, and she'd like to take Estella back in — this time permanently.
"My family is completely devastated," she said. Harmon says she is still offering a $1,000, no-questions-asked reward for whoever returns Estella.
"We just want to know that she's OK."
To report an Estella sighting, call Katy Harmon at 518-772-7057.
Andrew Waite can be reached at [email protected] and 518-417-9338. Follow him on Twitter @UpstateWaite.
Sports briefs: Asque named Siena women's volleyball coach


The Rajya Sabha today made a record of sorts as it took up all the Zero Hour issues and special mentions listed in the agenda for that period, Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said. "The Rajya Sabha today made a history. For the first time, all Zero Hour submissions, all Special Mentions were fully completed," said Naidu amid thumping of desks by members in the House of Elders.
Naidu said this record depended on the cooperation of the members. "Your cooperation is good, so my operation was very smooth…that's why the House was able to set this record," he said. The Chairman expressed hope that in future too, the members would not waste time and stick to the schedule.
Before taking up the Question Hour, he also suggested that the ministers concerned should go through the Zero Hour submissions and Special Mentions and reply to the members at the earliest as it would enhance productivity of the House.
Uproarious scenes and adjournments have been witnessed on several occasions in the past two weeks due to various reasons during the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament. In all, the House took up all the 10 listed and one additional Zero Hour submissions today. The members also paid obituary reference to a former member of the House, R Margabandu.
In his Zero Hour mention, Naresh Agrawal (SP) highlighted the "plight" of mediapersons, particularly those working at the district level. He said there was a trend to hire correspondents on contractactual basis and there was no provision for pension or provident fund for them. Those working at the district level were paid according to the number of stories approved.


In September - October 2018, Council received feedback from the community on the safety and play experience in Clarke Reserve. In response to this feedback, designs were drafted for an upgrade of the park and playground in line with Council budget at a value of $150,000. In February 2019, Council received funding from the State Government, Office of Local Government via the Stronger Communities Fund for a value of $100,000 to contribute to the playground at Clarke Reserve. This funding will allow us to provide further improvements to the safety and play experience of the playground. There will be opportunity for the community to provide feedback on these improvements in May 2019. Click here to find out more.
Council is planning to upgrade Marlborough Reserve Playground to improve the play experience of the existing play space as identified in Waverley Council's Play Space Strategy (PSS). These improvements include providing a range of play experiences including active, imaginative, creative, social, quiet and free play; and encourage play in natural environments to promote and understanding of environmental process.
In mid 2019, Council will be seeking feedback from the community on how the playground is currently used, and how we can improve it in the future. Visit this page or Have Your Say Waverley to stay updated.
Council is preparing a Plan of Management and Masterplan for Williams Park and Hugh Bamford Reserve. In conjunction with the Plan of Management, a comprehensive long term plan illustrating the design direction for the site (Masterplan) will be developed. Together the Plan of Management and the Master Plan will provide strategic and operational direction for the design and management of the park over the coming decade.
From April 2019, we're seeking feedback from the community about Hugh Bamford Reserve and Williams Park to inform a draft Plan of Management to better manage these important community assets, now and into the future. The values, issues and opportunities identified with the consultation with the community provide the key actions that contribute to achieving the overall vision for the Park. We expect the draft Plan of Management to be available for public comment July before being presented back to council requesting adoption.
If you would like to be involved in consultation and be updated about this project, click here.
From September - November 2017, we collected feedback from the community on the draft concept design of Thomas Hogan Reserve's central clearing and community hall landscape. With the valuable feedback received through face to face meetings, onsite design walk throughs and the responses from our survey on haveyoursaywaverley.com from the community, we have updated concept design, which can be viewed here.
This design will be further developed for construction with additional specialist advice on the details of the design. Council has also engaged a qualified professional to develop an Ecological Restoration Action Plan for Thomas Hogan Reserve. You can view the Draft Ecological Restoration Action Plan and have your say here.
From March - April 2018, we collected feedback from the community on the future upgrade of Marks Park Playground. The upgrade aims to improve the safety and play experience of the existing play space, bring all the play equipment up to date with the latest Australian Standards for safety, as well as improve the play experience of the existing play space as identified in Waverley Council's Play Space Strategy (PSS).
The feedback we received indicates the proposed draft design met the communities expectations and requirements. Council will continue to further develop the design for construction and are working on finalising a construction program to minimise disruptions to events and the community.
To find out more about our consultation findings and to view the updated design, please click here.
In late February 2018, Council engaged an external consultant to undertake an annual playground safety audits which highlighted issues with equipment pieces at Barracluff Park, which were beyond their serviceable life and required removal. As such, Council fenced off the equipment.
Due to resourcing issues, this project was delayed to allow to time to develop an overall park upgrade (and not just an upgrade of playground equipment). This will ensure a better outcome for the community and a cohesive and well planned playspace and park for the community.
In the coming months, we will be asking the community for their feedback on the upgrade of Barracluff Park playground and it's adjoining parkland. Once we have your feedback and develop a concept plan, we anticipate construction to commence in Winter 2019.
If you would like to stay in the loop on this project, please email OpenSpace@waverley.nsw.gov.au.


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Natural Strategies For Lowering Cholesterol
By Dr John Briffa on 11 September 2001 in Daily Mail Archive
Last month saw the German pharmaceutical giant Bayer withdraw its cholesterol-lowering drug Lipobay (cerivastatin) from the World market. The drug has been linked with a number of deaths caused by a condition characterised by muscle break-down known as 'rhabdomyolysis'. In addition, there have been more than a thousand reports of muscle weakness associated with the drug's use. Doctors will now be looking to swap their patients from Lipobay to other drugs which have similar action in the body such as Lipitor (atorvastatin) or Zocor (simvastatin). However, there is some evidence that other drugs which work in the same way as Lipobay – known as 'statins' " may also cause rhabdomyolysis in a small but significant number of people. As a result, a consumer watchdog organisation in the United States is calling for all statin drugs to carry labels warning clearly of this potential side-effect. In the light of these revelations about the most commonly-used cholesterol lowering medications, some individuals may be tempted to take an alternative approach to lowering their cholesterol level. Here, we take a look at the some of the most effective strategies natural medicine has to offer.
Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that is transported around the body in the blood stream. Cholesterol can build up on the inside of our arteries and increase our risk of 'cardiovascular' diseases such as heart disease and stroke. The cholesterol in the body comes in two main forms; low density lipoprotein (LDL) and high density lipoprotein (HDL). Raised levels of LDL are associated with an increased risk of atherosclerosis and for this reason LDL has been dubbed 'bad' cholesterol. HDL, on the other hand, is associated with a reduced risk of atherosclerosis and is therefore often referred to as 'good' cholesterol.
Only about a quarter of the cholesterol in the blood stream comes from the diet. The rest is made naturally in the liver. Statin drugs such as Lipobay work by slowing down the rate at which the liver manufactures cholesterol. It has been known for a long time that there is a risk of these drugs causing inflammation in the liver (hepatitis) which is why liver function tests are often recommended for individuals taking statin drugs. The problems of muscle weakness and rhabdomyolysis associated with these drugs has only recently begun to be recognised by many doctors. This revelation may cause doctors to be more reticent about starting a patient on this therapy.
High cholesterol levels often respond to dietary approach. Some foods are known to have a cholesterol-lowering effect such as soya milk and tofu, oat bran, 'live' yoghurt, walnuts, garlic and onions. Plenty of these foods should be included in the diet. As well as reducing the level of LDL in the body, it can help to increase the level of HDL. Both oily fish (e.g. salmon, mackerel, herring, trout, tuna) and raw garlic appear to do this, which makes them good choices for anyone with a high cholesterol level. Exercise has been shown to raise HDL levels. This is likely to be one of the reasons why regular exercise reduces the risk of cardiovascular conditions such as heart disease and stroke.
In recent years, there has been growing interest in the role of compounds called 'sterols' and 'stanols' in reducing cholesterol levels. Sterols and stanols are found naturally in plants, and have a chemical structure very similar to that of cholesterol. Because of this, sterols and stanols can block the absorption of cholesterol from the gut, thereby reducing cholesterol levels in the blood stream. Several studies have proved a cholesterol lowering effect. At a total dose of 2 g per day, sterols and stanols appear to reduce the risk of heart disease by about 25 p.c.
Some food manufacturers have come up with idea of adding sterols and/or stanols to products such as margarine or cream cheese. However, my feeling is that this is essentially giving with one hand and taking with the other: While the sterols and stanols may help to reduce cholesterol levels, the fat that these products contain may increase risk of heart disease and stroke. Sterols and stanols are available, however, in supplement form under the name 'Lestrin'. This product can be found in health food stores.
Two other natural substances which may help to reduce cholesterol levels are niacin (a form of vitamin B3) and chromium. Large doses of niacin (3 g/day) have been shown to substantially reduce total cholesterol levels and increase HDL levels. As a result, niacin is gaining increasing popularity as a cholesterol treatment even with conventional doctors. However, such large doses of niacin can be toxic to body, particularly the liver, and may induce problems such as flushing, nausea and queasiness. Because of this, large doses of niacin should really only be taken under the supervision of a doctor.
Chromium has been shown in studies to reduce cholesterol levels and increase HDL levels. It is believed that niacin and chromium work particularly well in combination. One report suggests that just 100 mg of niacin combined with 200 mcg of chromium per day may be effective in reducing cholesterol levels for some people. Magnesium is another useful nutrient for treating raised cholesterol. In one study, magnesium at a dose of 430 mg per day was shown to reduce cholesterol levels and increase HDL levels.
The Indian herb guggul (Commiphora mukul) contains compounds called guggulsterones which have the ability to reduce LDL levels. Studies in humans have consistently confirmed that guggul has the ability to reduce cholesterol levels. The normal recommended dose is 25 mg of guggulsterones, three times a day.
Vitamin E may also be of benefit to individuals suffering from high cholesterol. Studies suggest that it when cholesterol, becomes damaged through a process known as 'oxidation' that it then has the propensity to settle on the inside of the body's arteries. Therefore, it is thought that even if the cholesterol level remains unchanged, protecting it from oxidation can help to reduce heart disease risk. Because vitamin E has a cholesterol-protecting effect, it may help to reduce the damaging effects of cholesterol in the body. Studies show that even relatively modest supplementation with vitamin E can reduce heart disease risk by about 40 p.c. The normal recommended dose is 400 " 800 IU per day.
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4 Responses to Natural Strategies For Lowering Cholesterol
Cathy 9 August 2007 at 8:01 pm #
I started taking Cinnamon capsules about 4 months ago because of my high cholesterol. The doctor wanted to put me on some type of medicine and I'm the type of person that would rather treat something with a natural remedy rather than treat something with a prescription drug. Before I started taking Cinnamon my cholesterol level was 245 and now it is at borderline level of 210. The longer I take the cinnamon the better my Cholesterol gets. You can find Cinnamon almost everywhere but I order mine through a company called HealthQuest Technologies. They have a program where I can get the cinnamon sent to my house every two months for 6 months at a time and they automatically charge my credit card every two months so I don't have to worry about calling in and ordering it. Here is the number to call if you want to order some. 1-866-746-6247.
Chris 9 February 2009 at 9:49 pm #
Cathy, I too am sceptical about taking drugs prescribed by my doctor although there are conditions for which I would accept a prescription. My doctor prescribed simvastatin and I elected not to take it.
Natural remedies appear on the face of it to make more sense – especially if there is evidence of longstanding practice of use by cultures and civilisations without known side effects. Nonetheless, such optimism about the efficacy and possible consequences of the use of natural remedies should be tempered with some care.
To begin with a great many compounds as occur in nature are downright injurious to health. Even familiar foods contain compounds in trace quantities whose effects are regarded as being very powerful – think phytonutrients and anti-oxidents. Between these two facets lie many of the herbs, spices and remedies about which not a great deal is known, at least not in full scientific terms. Recognition of active constituents and the mechanisms by which they act is an emerging but young science. Some of the identified constituents are acknowledged as potent compounds in their own right and it follows that there may be many more potent compounds still yet unidentified. How would we know what may constitute an effective dose or what what may constitute a harmful dose?
If it is any concillation, I dust my home made oat museli breakfast cereal with ground cinnamon most days. Somewhere on the web I saw reference to cinnamon possibly helping to regulate blood glucose. But that exemplifies the trouble with search engines and the web. To some extent they are self-determining. Enter a Google search for 'Cinnamon' and 'Glucose' and you will return pages that link the two. The search says nothing for the truth or validity of the pages returned.
Chris 24 February 2009 at 5:37 pm #
Dr Vern S Cherewatenko, was/is? a big advocate of Chromium as part of a therapy for type 2 diabetes.
The Diabetes Cure, Cherewatenko, V.S. & Perry, P; 1999 pub. Thorsons.
He's a big advocate of an exercise regime too.
michael 23 June 2009 at 11:52 am #
My own cholesterol level was a little high so I took green tea capsules, omega 3, vitamin c 500 mg, and vitamin b3 every day for six months. My level then reduced to normal.


Restored SF and LV Cop Bikers instead of having only one biker (LS Biker) in all states.
Restored Desert sheriff to Bone county and an unused country deputy to Red county and Flint county.
Restored an unused LS taxi driver and there is a bigger chance to see the variants of taxi drivers on the road.
Restored an unused guard, he can now be seen at the same locations of the existing security guard.
Restored unused airport workers, so now there are three workers instead of one.
Restored the psycho ped who acts as a criminal (carjack, get chased by cops, etc...).
Restored an unused SF ped and he now spawns in SF Average group.
Restored a unique LV variant (pink clothes) of the normal Hispanic girl.
Restored two unique peds from the mission 'Madd Dogg' to SF and LV.
Restored voice lines for pimps and security guard so they aren't mute anymore.
Soldiers now spawn in restricted areas instead of normal cops and they are equipped with M4.
Pimps can now be seen on the streets instead of only appearing in missions.
Mechanic ped can now be also seen in SF and LV instead of LS only.
The male lifeguard and jogger now spawn as beach peds instead of only appearing in SF gym.
Ballas now can be seen driving Voodoo instead of only driving it in missions.
Triads and Italian Mafia now spawn at their respective casinos in Las Venturas.
Rival gangsters will now trash player's car like they do when a submission is triggered.
The script checks a variable to avoid running in Multiplayer so it doesn't cause bugs/issues.
Note: The script checks using this line (08B8: test $377 bit 20) to avoid running in SAMP, so make sure you add (08BA: set $377 bit 20) to your modified SCM if it doesn't work.
The ability to add one more cop biker to each city through a configuration file.
Noodles and Ice cream vendors now spawn in there respective carts.
Triads spawn instead of normal bouncers in Four Dragons casino.
Restored two drug dealers, Hispanic in Vagos, Aztecas and Rifa hoods and biker in desert towns.
Good job. did you add peds like white/red texans, somyap, vwmyap, vhfyst, mediatr, psycho?
Good job. did you add peds like white/red texans, somyap, vwmyap, vhfyst, mediatr, psycho?
I added somyap and vwmyap but I didn't add the others, I think I forgot to about them while making the mod.
Thanks for reminding me I'll try to add them and post the new archive soon.
EDIT: Mediatr won't be added to the archive because it doesn't look so 'SA-Style' to me, but I'll post a tutorial in the readme for anyone who wants to add it.
EDIT2: I won't add texans too because they don't have dffs and txds in the game files, and I didn't plan to release models with the mod.
This reminds me of the police fix plugin I did a year ago. A suggestion for this modification, maybe you can fix the different dealers models spawning in Los Santos.
Added PSYCHO and VHFYST and MEDIATR tutorial, check the download links again!
I'm using this https://www.gtagarage.com/mods/show.php?id=29199 so I didn't need to create one myself but I'll think about your suggestion so you can have only one script instead of two, also I noticed some issues so if I could make one without those issues I'll post it in this mod.
Added PSYCHO and VHFYST and MEDIATR tutorial, check the download links again!
I'm aware of that script and some others in a well known russian GTA modding site, but all of them are retarded because the dealers spawns around the whole state, and not only in Los Santos as is supposed to be, randomizing them.
Edited September 10, 2018 by gts.
I fixed this script my-self.
Looks good, the new configuration fits into the game more that the original one.
You can add wmylg (lg stands for lifeguard) to beach people.
But, is that ped really unused?
Not unused, but he only spawns inside the SF Gym with a jogger.
Can I upload to other sites?
Sure, but remember to mention the credits and please send me the link to that site.
Guys, what about if I try to add Mexican dealers to sf and biker dealers to bone county only and leave the other cities as they are. BTW the white dealer spawns in LS, try wandering around smoke's crack palace and you'll find one so I think if I add those 2 then there will be no dealers left unused.
I have an idea: Hispanic dealer in hispanic zones as Los Santos Vagos turfs, Varrio Los Aztecas turfs and San Fierro Rifa turfs... btw, less chances of see him in San Fierro than Los Santos since gang activity isn't too high in San Fierro, will fit pretty good. Biker dealers to Tierra Robada/Bone County is ok, better yet if in only spawn in little towns as Las Barrancas and El Quebrados, and a few other zones nearby to them too.
Edited September 13, 2018 by gts.
I completed LSV and VLA turfs although I haven't tested them well (I only tested if the dealers are Hispanic) and I discovered that I forgot to add half Tierra Robada to the cops script so the cops who spawn there spawn according to the last defined city in the script, so I fixed that but I still gotta complete the other dealers and test them well before I release an update.
I was thinking the other day and i came across a revelation, i believe the black and hispanic dealers are meant for LS, black for black gangs, Hispanic for hispanic gangs and neighbourhoods, the white dealer, should be in San Fierro, i don't know, he just doesn't fit in the hood environment, anyone from there would literally kill him for selling just because he is white, also, he is wearing a hoodie over his head, LS is a hot city while SF in contrast, isn't, or at least the weather makes it seem like it's cold, and as you know, people in Fierro does drugs too. Finally, the biker dealer should be in LV since you know, Bikers are predominant in the desert and the the closest city to them.
The Hispanic drug dealer wears a Los Santos Vagos tattoo on his neck.
I should only add him to vagos hood according to your opinion, but I suggest leaving VLA hoods with the the same dealer (which I believe it may be right because it's the same case with GSF where ballas pushers are selling in their hoods so vagos may be selling in VLA hoods too).
I was thinking the other day and i came across a revelation, i believe the black and hispanic dealers are meant for LS, black for black gangs, Hispanic for hispanic gangs and neighbourhoods, the white dealer, should be in San Fierro, i don't know, he just doesn't fit in the hood environment, anyone from there would literally kill him for selling just because he is white, also, he is wearing a hoodie over his head, LS is a hot city while SF in contrast, isn't, or at least the weather makes it seem like it's cold, and as you know, people in Fierro does drugs too. Finally, the biker dealer should be in LV since you know, Bikers are predominant in the desert and the the closest city to them.
In that case I can only add the white dealer to rifa hoods because dealers are found only in gang hoods in the unmodified version, also having bikers in LV doesn't fit well with the style of the city as there is no gangs there unlike the desert where you can see some bikers which means it's their territory (even if they aren't defined as a real gang).
EDIT: I think we may leave rifa hoods also with the hispanic dealer because of the connections between the two gangs and discuss the white dealer's identity because I remembered that there are other gangs in SF so we can make him appear in da nang hoods for example.
May i have your limit adjuster setting please? The new peds.ide gave me crash when loading new game/load game.
What limit adjuster are you using?
I'm using Open Limit adjuster but I found some bugs with the new peds.ide so I used a config I made a year ago that have unlimited/500k limits which fixed the issues. You could do the same with fastman's limit adjuster by increasing all limits because this mod doesn't only count on peds.ide but also the script which I excepted to make the game crash but it may crash after I update the script with dealers and and other features so I recommend setting all the limit's to the highest settings possible and I may post config files for the limit adjusters in the future after I add the features I want to include.
Hey everyone, I've already made the dealers spawn but bugs still exist and I'm busy at the moment so this might take a while to release the update, thanks for your patience.
EDIT: The idea of moving the white dealer from LS to SF won't be in the update because he's already featured in the mission home coming which means he somehow belongs to the Ballas.
Sorry but I'm afraid this is not possible as these skins don't exist in gta3.img and I won't be releasing models with the mod.
I know about it but this file doesn't come with the vanilla game so it will require the users to download samp, anyway I may add it as an optional file when I'm free. If you already know the names of these models tell me to save searching time if I'm gonna make it.
I don't know any unused peds in VC yet as I didn't mod it for a while but I may return to it soon.


Krashevska, V.; Sandmann, D.; Maraun, M. & Scheu, S. (2012): Consequences of exclusion of precipitation on microorganisms and microbial consumers in montane tropical rainforests.. Oecologia 170, 1067-1076.
Pucha Cofrep, D.A.; Peters, T. & Bräuning, A. (2015): Wet season precipitation during the past 120 years reconstructed from tree rings of a tropical dry forest in Southern Ecuador. Global and Planetary Change 133, 65–78.
From 10 selected tree species, Bursera graveolens and Maclura tinctoria exhibited distinct annual and crossdatable tree-rings. It was possible to synchronize individual tree-ring series and to establish two tree-ring chronologies of 203 and 87 years length, respectively. The characteristic ENSO frequency band is reflected in wavelet power spectra of both chronologies. Both species showa strong correlation between ringwidth and precipitation of thewet season (January–May). Strong El Niño events (1972, 1983 and 1998) lead to strong growth responses in the tree-ring chronologies, whereas 'normal' ENSO events do not trigger long-lasting growth responses. The first ring-width based wet-season precipitation reconstruction for the past 103 years was developed. Statistical and spatial correlation analysis verified the skills of the reconstructed precipitation which captures a great part of the Rainfall Index over the land area of Ecuador and the equatorial Pacific. Furthermore, teleconnections with central Pacific precipitation and SST patterns were found.
Tropical forests and the trees as their principal components have been investigated in detail. However, due to its complexity, their interactions, adaptations and response to climate variations require much more research. In this study, dendrochronological techniques were applied to evaluate the potential of tree-rings from tropical tree species as climate records. Two ecosystems with very distinct climate scenarios were selected from a dry and humid forest in southern Ecuador. A comparative analysis between these two forest types was performed by applying three dendrochronological methods. First, Tree Ring Width (TRW) measurements from tree species with distinct ring boundaries were dated to develop ring-width chronologies. Second, stable carbon isotopes (?13C) were measured from whole-wood and alpha-cellulose of dated annual tree-rings. Finally, concentrations of more than 23 chemical elements were determined from individual dated tree-rings after dissolving the wooden material in HNO3. The results showed the high potential of tropical tree species as climate archives, Bursera graveolens and Maclura tinctoria for the dry forest and Cedrela montana for the humid forest. Radial growth variations in tree species from the dry forest revealed a strong and reliable precipitation signal. Then, for these tropical regions, the first ring-width based wet-season precipitation reconstruction over the past century was developed, and spatial correlations unraveled a strong connection to the climatic conditions of the central Pacific precipitation and temperature variability. Interseries correlations of the TRW from the trees of the humid forest revealed a weak common signal. Stable carbon isotopes evidenced higher climate sensitivity than TRW measurements in the humid forest. However, to infer a reliable climate reconstruction from stable carbon isotopes, more ?13C time series were needed. ?13C values from whole-wood and alpha-cellulose reflected local and regional signals of precipitation and humidity. Meanwhile, nutrient concentration in the wood was higher in the dry forest, but common patterns and trends of nutrients were more distinct in the humid forest. For both study sites, two groups of nutrients with opposite radial distribution were identified (Group 1: Ca, Sr, Ba, Ga; and Group 2: K, P, Rb). In conclusion, TRW of tree species from the dry forest have a high paleoclimate potential, especially to reconstruct precipitation amounts in arid zones of southern Ecuador. Stable carbon isotopes constitute a promising tool to perform climatic reconstructions in both ecosystems. Finally, the valuable historical information of nutrient concentration evidenced in tree-rings opens promising ways to study tree growth dynamics especially in the humid forest.


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Weekend curfew begins in Delhi: 55-hour ban on non-essential activities
New Delhi: In the capital Delhi Curfew on weekends It started at 10pm last night. Thus for 55 hours i.e. till 5 am on Monday Prohibition of non-essential activities Prescribed.
The spread of corona virus in India has been on the rise for the past few weeks as it has been declining. The spread of the corona virus is increasing due to the mutation of the omicron virus. In the last 24 hours in Delhi, 24,383 new coroners were affected in Delhi.
The daily positivity rate there is around 30%. That is, the positivity rate is how many people per hundred are infected. It should be below 5%. However, during the second wave of corona in Delhi, the positivity rate was 31.6% on May 1 and is now back to 30% several months later.
Delhi Chief Minister and founder of the Aam Aadmi Party Arvind Kejriwal has recovered from a corona infection. In this situation to control the spread of Govt-19 in Delhi Delhi The Disaster Management Authority has decided to impose a curfew on weekends.
Accordingly, it was announced that government offices in Delhi would require employees to work from home, while private offices would operate at 50 per cent capacity on weekends. During the weekend curfew order it was stated that no unnecessary activity would be allowed.
Currently having 55 hours Curfew on weekends Came into force.
Only transportation of essential items including milk, food and medicine is allowed. An e-pass has also been issued for it. Metro trains and buses are operated for the convenience of the commuters for essential tasks. Passengers will be loaded only when the seats in them are full. Passengers cannot travel while standing.
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El Cuartel San Carlos es una edificación militar colonial de Caracas, Venezuela hoy convertida en Monumento Histórico Nacional, se encuentra entre las esquinas de Dos Pilitas a Cuartel San Carlos en la Parroquia Altagracia del Municipio Libertador.

Historia
Su construcción fue ordenada por el entonces capitán general y gobernador de la Provincia de Venezuela Don Luis de Unzagay Amenzaga en 1787 para evitar posibles invasiones inglesas a la ciudad ya que esa zona era la entrada natural a Caracas desde el Mar Caribe, la construcción es concluida en 1792 incluyendo numerosos espacios militares para educación, resguardo de armas, habitación, calabozos, áreas comunes y un amplio terreno sin edificaciones alrededor del cuartel por una real cédula que evitaba construcciones cerca del área. La estructura es rectangular con muros de 100 metros de largo por cada lado con garitas de vigilancia en cada esquina, tiene dos niveles y presenta.  El 14 e julio de 1811 para celebrar la publicación del Acta de Independencia, la bandera tricolor diseñada por Francisco de Miranda y aprobada por el Congreso, es izada ese día en el Cuartel San Carlos y en la Plaza Mayor.

El terremoto de Caracas de 1812 debilitó seriamente la estructura y se mantuvo desocupada hasta 1839 cuando el presidente Carlos Soublette decide restaurar el cuartel. El 6 de octubre de 1986 es declarado Monumento Histórico Nacional. La fortaleza también fue utilizada como prisión militar y política hasta 1994, durante la presencia de guerrillas venezolanas en la década de los sesenta fue uno de los principales reclusorios para los izquierdistas. En febrero de 1967 ocurrió la Fuga del Cuartel San Carlos, donde logran escapar de la prisión los entonces guerrilleros Teodoro Petkoff, Pompeyo Márquez y Guillermo García Ponce.

En los primeros años de la década de los 70, fueron encerrados muchos combatientes del Partido Bandera Roja, de las Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional y del grupo Punto Cero destinados a pagar condenas por crímenes cometidos durante el periodo de la lucha armada.

El 18 de enero de 1975, se ejecutó la segunda fuga del Cuartel por parte de 23 guerrilleros urbanos de los grupos nombrados anteriormente, en lo que se conoció como la Operación "Jesús Márquez Finol". El Cuartel sería una cárcel política de los últimos miembros de Bandera Roja hasta 1988 cuando fue indultado Gabriel Puerta Aponte, su máximo líder para ese momento.

En 1992 fue nuevamente destinado a ser cárcel política para resguardar al Teniente Coronel Hugo Chávez Frías hasta 1994 que los militares y civiles detenidos fueron trasladados o indultados y el Cuartel quedó sin uso. Durante el Gobierno de Hugo Chávez se recuperaron las áreas del Cuartel para convertirlo en un Museo. En este edificio funciona una asociación de ex prisioneros que constituyeron el FLN-FALN, pero solo como organismo representativo.

Véase también
 Historia de Caracas
Escape del Cuartel San Carlos
Insurrección del 7 de abril de 1928

Referencias

Monumentos de Caracas
San Carlos, Cuartel
San Carlos
Museos militares de Caracas


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Ranera es una localidad del municipio burgalés de Partido de la Sierra en Tobalina, en la Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla y León (España).

La iglesia está dedicada a La Natividad de Nuestra Señora.

Localidades limítrofes

Confina con las siguientes localidades:
 Al norte con Tobera.
 Al este con Valderrama.
 Al sureste con Zangández y La Aldea.
 Al suroeste con Barcina de los Montes.
 Al noroeste con Villanueva de los Montes.

Demografía
Evolución de la población

Historia

Así se describe a Ranera en el tomo XIII del Diccionario geográfico-estadístico-histórico de España y sus posesiones de Ultramar, obra impulsada por Pascual Madoz a mediados del :

Referencias

Localidades de la provincia de Burgos


Wild:What magic created the scarabidae gigas, I cannot say. What I can say is that this creature is a perfect symbiont for advanced human tribes.
Domesticated:Scarabidae makes me think humans have been on the island for a long time. Why else would a creature evolve to be such a perfect pet? Most tribes jealously protect their scarabidae, whom are handily tamed with the skilled use of some well-handled feces. These wondrous little organic biofactories are truly a sustainable, green, eco-friendly source of resources for living off the land. Oil becomes gas, which is generator fuel. Fertilizer means crops, which is human fuel. The scarabidae can power all aspects of island life!
Known Information:Coprophagic, it eats mostly useless waste (feces). It metabolizes this waste into a more refined waste product, along with an oily byproduct. The oily byproduct is chemically the same as the oil found in the oceans around the island. Somehow, scarabidae converts feces into oil. If that wasn't reason enough to worship the scarabidae, the refined waste product is almost identical to fertilizer from a compost bin.