Efficient production of appropriate oxygen carriers for transfusions (blood substitutes or artificial blood) has been pursued for many decades, and to date several strategies have been used, from synthetic polymers to cell-free hemoglobin carriers. The recent advances in the field of metabolic engineering also allowed the generation of different genetically modified organisms for the production of recombinant human hemoglobin. Several studies have showed very promising results using the bacterium Escherichia coli as a production platform, reporting hemoglobin titers above 5% of the total cell protein content. However, there are still certain limitations regarding the protein stability and functionality of the recombinant hemoglobin produced in bacterial systems. In order to overcome these limitations, yeast systems have been proposed as the eukaryal alternative. We recently reported the generation of a set of plasmids to produce functional human hemoglobin in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, with final titers of active hemoglobin exceeding 4% of the total cell protein. In this study, we propose a strategy for further engineering S. cerevisiae by altering the oxygen sensing pathway by deleting the transcription factor HAP1, which resulted in an increase of the final recombinant active hemoglobin titer exceeding 7% of the total cellular protein.


Caregiving is demanding and stressful. It's a role where you could often feel like you have no control or that you're in over your head. Many caregivers also don't have the help they need or try to do more than what's realistic — physically or financially.
All of this can quickly lead to caregiver burnout.
Caregiver burnout is when you feel completely exhausted — physically, emotionally, and mentally. Your attitude has also shifted and now you're feeling negative and uncaring.
When you're burned out, it's a huge challenge to care for yourself, not to mention your older adult. Your body is beaten down so you're more likely to get colds or flu, have serious health conditions, or even an increased risk of death.
Don't worry, you're not doomed to an early death. This is something you can fix.
Part of what pushed you to this burnout point is the mindset that caregiving is something that should consume your life. And that it means cutting out anything that's not absolutely necessary because you're already so busy.
The irony is that regularly resting, relaxing, and recharging your batteries will help you be a better caregiver. You'll have more patience, be able to think more clearly, and approach things with a more positive attitude.
Try practicing gratitude. Sounds cheesy, but it works.
Find out how to become more resilient.
Use a handy app to manage stress.
Get perspective from others at a caregiver support group.
It's great to realize that you need some time off. Now it's time to find ways to make it happen on a regular basis.
Put together a caregiving team.
Find out how to get more support from family.
Use respite care to take a break.
Take advantage of local volunteer companions.
Enroll your senior in an adult day program.
Caregiver burnout is a serious problem that needs your immediate attention. It's something that can be improved with a few simple changes that help improve your life balance.
There's no such thing as a perfect life, but having some balance is critical to keeping your overall health on track and keep you from burning out again in the future.
— Caregiver Stress: Are You in Denial?


In this lesson, Ss will learn some health problems and they will be invited to complete a conversation about a man's problem whose photo is on the board. After eliciting Should, they will be invited to give advice about the problems on the walls in groups. This stage will be followed by another speaking activity about everyday problems and solutions. Ss will work in groups and take turn for stating problems which are written on papers. If time allows, Ss will watch a video about a disorganized person and discuss their solutions in groups. The session will end up in an O/C FB.
- Give an example of health problem like cold. - Show health problems on WB and elicit the words. - Teach any words Ss don't know based on MFP order. - Ask CCQs to make sure they're clear on words.
- Put a picture of a man who has a headache and a woman on WB. - Start a conversation by eliciting the sentences from Ss. - Elicit the word Should and complete the conversation.
- Put health problems on the walls. - Group Ss in 3 and ask them to stand up and advise one positive and one negative point for each picture. - Lead them to go through all the pictures. - Monitor and take notes of any mistakes heard.
- Group Ss in 4 or 5. - Ask them to put the problems face down. - Ask them to take turns and choose one problem to state. - Ask other group mates to advise. - Monitor and take notes of mistakes.
- In an O/C FB, write the problems on WB. - Ask Ss to think about the problems in pairs. - Ask one or two students to correct the mistakes on WB. - Provide any correction needed.


With recreational cannabis available in eight states and Washington DC along with medical cannabis or medical cbd in all but 4 states… It's no surprise to see the celebrities come out to take a stab at getting into this industry. Big names, big money, and BIG business. Like it or not, here it comes.
Charlie Sheen. What's he selling? Tiger's Blood? Adonis DNA? No, Sheenius. A THC Vape Cartridges from the Warlock/RockStar from Mars. If it makes you look like that, I'll take 2.
Melissa Etheridge wants to cater to cannabis consumers who want to feel the effects of marijuana without having to smoke it and is developing her own cannabis-infused wine.
Snoop. A man who needs no introduction. Not only is there a cannabis product line called Leafs by Snoop, but more importantly he's a partner at Casa Verde Capital. An investment group powering media, technology, and innovation wihin the cannabis industry.
Nick Lachey is holding is head because his ownership group threw $4million at a legalization campaign that would have placed them as 1 of the 10 able to produce cannabis in the state of Ohio, however it wasn't enough to get the vote. Can't win them all.
Tommy Chong. Icon. Now has Chong's Choice. The product line consists of Infused Breath Strips, Vape Cartridges, Pre-Rolls, and Loose Flower. In addition, there's Tommy Chong's Smoke Swipe, a line of dry clothing wipes meant to eliminate the odor of smoke from clothing.
At this point in my life I don't know anyone who hasn't said "Let's smoke a Bob Marley". With MarleyNatural it's a reality. Topicals, Vapes, Loose Flower, and full line of accessories are available.
Whoopi Goldberg got together with Maya Elisabeth the founder of Om Edibles. Maya is an eight time winner of The High Times Cannabis Cup Awards. The product line is called Whoopi&Maya offering bath soaks, edibles, tinctures, and topicals.
Bethenny Frankel Of Skinnygirl is looking to expand her brand into the Cannabis Industry. Frankel is making a cannabis strain that won't give you the "munchies".
Die Antwoord. Ninja & Yo-landi Vi$$er. As if this rave/rap group wasn't weird enough… They have a Cannabis line called ZefZol, which is a line of vapes, edibles (Yolandi, I need a Lollipop triple dipped in psycho), and raw flower. Popular in the bay area of Cali.
John Boehner, former speaker of the house. If there was anyone ever that had the pull to change the scheduling of cannabis, it's this guy. John recently got on board with Acreage Holdings. Acreage has multiple operations in 12 states across the U.S. with a Canadian IPO set to go in the fall.
ZefZol line from Die Antwoord. ❤U Yo-landi! ❤U Ninja!


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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Returns to Los Angeles This Spring
January 3, 2018, 1:11 PM ET
Andy Cohen is taking WWHL on the road again.
By Laura Rosenfeld
Plead the Fifth with Kim Kardashian West
Andy Cohen is on the move — again! Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen will be returning to the West Coast for another week of shows from Los Angeles this April.
It was a California dream during WWHL's first week of shows in L.A. in May 2017. Andy kicked it with such Hollywood stars as Kim Kardashian West (clip above), Hilary Swank, Kate Mara, Conan O'Brien, Chelsea Handler, Armie Hammer, Bethenny Frankel, and Eric Stonestreet. Even Housewives Erika Girardi and Kyle Richards got in on the fun. Plus, everyone's favorite Vanderpump Rules DJ James Kennedy was on hand to spin some sweet tunes all week long.
So, yeah, you're going to want to tune in for all of the awesomeness to come when WWHL takes L.A. once again this spring.
Go Behind the Scenes of the Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen L.A. Clubhouse
WWHL is keeping things hot back in its New York City home all winter long. Check out the epic lineup of guests joining Andy in the Clubhouse next week, below:
Sunday, January 7 – Tyra Banks and NeNe Leakes
Monday, January 8 – S.E. Cupp and Scheana Shay
Tuesday, January 9 – Lisa Vanderpump
Wednesday, January 10 – Chrissy Teigen and Teresa Giudice
Thursday, January 11 – Liam Neeson and Taraji P. Henson
Go behind-the-scenes of WWHL's lovely time in La La Land last year, below.
Tour the L.A. Watch What Happens Live Clubhouse
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Teresa Giudice
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Without missing a beat, Victor Aitay says he knows exactly what he would do if he saw Swedish diplomat Raul Wallenberg in person.
"I'd hug him," he said of the man whom he credits for saving his life at the close of World War II. "He waged a one-man war against the Germans."
Hungarian-born Aitay, a concert violinist and co-concertmaster emeritus of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, found refuge in the Swedish Embassy in Budapest thanks to Wallenberg's efforts.
This week, the American Jewish Committee marked the 55th anniversary of his disappearance across Russian lines. Aitay of Highland Park and Ari Kaplan, who with Chicagoan Marvin Makinen is using computer data-base technology to analyze thousands of records from the Vladimir Prison in an effort to prove Wallenberg's whereabouts, marked the event in Chicago.
Aitay has attended all the annual remembrance ceremonies. Sometimes, he has played his violin; always, he remembers his own story, one of between 80,000 and 100,000 that were played out at the embassy. Most of those Wallenberg saved from certain death by creating false papers; for about 150 others, like Aitay, he provided shelter.
"I was 19 years old when I was a telephone operator in the embassy for the last few weeks of the war; I found my way to Wallenberg after I escaped from a labor camp," says Aitay. "I only saw him for minutes at a time. He always wore a backpack, because he never knew if he'd have to run or if he'd get back from the borders where he was rescuing people."
Aitay says, "Wallenberg's disappearance is the biggest catastrophe, because he couldn't enjoy the liberation and the gratitude of all those he saved."
The American Jewish Committee's new publication, "The Wallenberg Mystery: Fifty-five Years Later" details his efforts to save Jews, his relationship with the U.S. government, and the current state of knowledge about his disappearance. For information on the publication, visit the AJC Web site at www.ajc.org or call (312) 251- 8800, ext. 321.
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Q: Are Excel VBA custom made Class Properties useful? I've been using VBA for Excel for simple Subs and Functions to automate tasks.
I am familiar with what Class Modules and the term Property in VBA are but all my code so far consists solely of simple Modules and UserForms and I want to delve deeper in the language.
I'm having trouble understanding the significance of Properties, specifically I'm trying to understand the difference between these two pieces of code:
Code#1
'Class Module: "clsCustomer1"
Option Explicit

Public fName As String
Public sName As String
Public PhoneNumber As String
Public PIN As String

'Module: "Test1"
Sub test1()
    Dim customer1 As New clsCustomer1

    With customer1
        .fName = "John"
        .sName = "Smith"
        .PhoneNumber = "6512346590"
        .PIN = "55648"

        Debug.Print .fName, .sName, .PhoneNumber, .PIN
    End With
End Sub

Code#2
'Class Module: "clsCustomer2"
Option Explicit
Public Property Get cl_fName(ByVal name As String) As String
    cl_fName = name
End Property

Public Property Get cl_sName(ByVal name As String) As String
    cl_sName = name
End Property

Public Property Get cl_PhoneNumber(ByVal number As String) As String
    cl_PhoneNumber = number
End Property

Public Property Get cl_PIN(ByVal number As String) As String
    cl_PIN = number
End Property

'Module: "Test2"
Sub test2()
    Dim customer2 As New clsCustomer2

    With customer2
        Debug.Print _
                    .cl_fName("John"), _
                    .cl_sName("Smith"), _
                    .cl_PhoneNumber("6512346590"), _
                    .cl_PIN("55648")
    End With
End Sub

In both cases debug.print gives the same output. I could even assign the same variables in the second case to match the first one. The actual code in the normal Module is pretty much the same in both cases, if anything the second one looks messier.
Why bother to use Properties when I can declare my variables inside a Class module?
Obviously my example is as simple as it gets, but I can't find a proper use case for Properties here.

A: Two things come to mind. First, properties can be made ReadOnly (and even WriteOnly). That can be handy at times. Second, some properties are more complicated than just returning the value. A classic example is fullName, which would return firstName & " " & lastName. So getting (or setting) a property may have some custom logic that you want to execute each time the value is set (or read). If none of the two apply to a specific case, however, then using method #1 is totally fine.

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Dutch Take On Gazprom in Battle Over Europe's Oil-Linked Gas
The legal action coincides with government curbs on output after earthquakes in the Netherlands…
By Kelly Gilblom: May 18, 2016
In its new role as a natural gas importer, the Netherlands wants to make sure it doesn't overpay.
GasTerra BV, the nation's biggest buyer and seller of gas, initiated arbitration against Gazprom PJSC's export unit, the Russian company said Monday. It is seeking a price review for fuel purchased from Europe's largest supplier under a long-term contract linked to oil, which has rallied this year as the price on gas hubs extended declines.
The legal action coincides with government curbs on output after earthquakes in the Netherlands, home to the European Union's largest gas field, which turned it into a net importer of the fuel. Utilities from Germany's RWE AG to Turkey's Botas Boru Hatlari Ile Petrol Tasima AS filed arbitration claims against Gazprom PJSC's export unit after market prices fell below contract rates, with EON SE and Engie SA settling cases with Europe's biggest gas supplier this year.
Changes in price and a weakening of Gazprom's position as a supplier mean "more customers will be looking for concessions and more market-reflective agreements," Nick Campbell, an energy risk manager at Inspired Energy Solutions in Kirkham, England, said by e-mail. "There appears to be more and more arbitration cases as greater transparency becomes available from exported auctions and other cases which have gone to court."
Anton Buijs, a spokesman for GasTerra, confirmed the arbitration case, declining to give details due to legal restrictions. Gazprom Export's press office declined to comment on the arbitration.
GasTerra filed paperwork for the dispute on March 31, and Gazprom must respond by June 4, the Russian company said. The arbitration process could take several years.
Groningen Field
Groningen-based GasTerra has exclusive rights to sell gas produced from the Groningen field, Europe's largest, and also sells fuel from smaller fields in the Netherlands. Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Exxon Mobil Corp. each own 25 percent of the company, with the rest held by the Dutch state.
Gazprom Export and GasTerra signed a 20-year contract for supplies from October 2001, according to Gazprom's website. GasTerra bought and sold 70.3 billion cubic meters (2.5 trillion cubic feet) of gas in 2015, about 5 percent of which came from Russia, according to its 2015 annual report. The average gas price fell 13 percent to 20.8 eurocents per square meter in 2015, the company said, implying a total value of 14.6 billion euros ($16.6 billion).
Cost Cuts
GasTerra is seeking to cut costs 30 percent by 2018 to compensate for falling production and low prices, Chief Executive Officer Gertjan Lankhorst said in February. Month-ahead gas on the Dutch Transfer Title Transfer Facility hub have fallen 9 percent this year, extending a 31 percent drop last year, amid expanding supply and stagnating demand.
"The most important theme is the transition in the market from oil-indexed to gas-indexed prices," said its annual report. "The ultimate goal is to bring the contracts up-to-date so that they do justice to the existing agreements but are also in keeping with current market reality."
Gazprom, which supplies about 30 percent of Europe's gas, has said its long-term contracts linked to the price of oil are necessary to ensure investment in infrastructure. The contracts normally lag the price of oil by six to nine months.
Market gas prices are diverging from oil. Brent crude gained 32 percent through Monday, after last year dropping 35 percent.
"There is a need for oil-indexed contracts as it allows larger buyers to diversify their portfolio and trade round the position," said Campbell. "But formula and functions need to be tweaked to make them more market reflective."
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posted on : April 20, 2018 posted by : Leah Ferguson 1 Comment
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man's coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followedNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Michiko Kakutani, New York Times • Newsday • Esquire • NPR • Booklist Trevor Noah's unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents' indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, steal him away. Finally liberated by the end of South Africa's tyrannical white rule, Trevor and his mother set forth on a grand adventure, living openly and freely and embracing the opportunities won by a centuries-long struggle. Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he…
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man's coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
Michiko Kakutani, New York Times • Newsday • Esquire • NPR • Booklist
Trevor Noah's unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents' indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, steal him away. Finally liberated by the end of South Africa's tyrannical white rule, Trevor and his mother set forth on a grand adventure, living openly and freely and embracing the opportunities won by a centuries-long struggle.
Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man's relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother—his teammate, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life.
The stories collected here are by turns hilarious, dramatic, and deeply affecting. Whether subsisting on caterpillars for dinner during hard times, being thrown from a moving car during an attempted kidnapping, or just trying to survive the life-and-death pitfalls of dating in high school, Trevor illuminates his curious world with an incisive wit and unflinching honesty. His stories weave together to form a moving and searingly funny portrait of a boy making his way through a damaged world in a dangerous time, armed only with a keen sense of humor and a mother's unconventional, unconditional love.
Praise for Born a Crime
"[A] compelling new memoir . . . By turns alarming, sad and funny, [Trevor Noah's] book provides a harrowing look, through the prism of Mr. Noah's family, at life in South Africa under apartheid. . . . Born a Crime is not just an unnerving account of growing up in South Africa under apartheid, but a love letter to the author's remarkable mother."—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
"[An] unforgettable memoir."—Parade
"What makes Born a Crime such a soul-nourishing pleasure, even with all its darker edges and perilous turns, is reading Noah recount in brisk, warmly conversational prose how he learned to negotiate his way through the bullying and ostracism. . . . What also helped was having a mother like Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah. . . . Consider Born a Crime another such gift to her—and an enormous gift to the rest of us."—USA Today
"[Noah] thrives with the help of his astonishingly fearless mother. . . . Their fierce bond makes this story soar."—People
"[Noah's] electrifying memoir sparkles with funny stories . . . and his candid and compassionate essays deepen our perception of the complexities of race, gender, and class."—Booklist (starred review)
"A gritty memoir . . . studded with insight and provocative social criticism . . . with flashes of brilliant storytelling and acute observations."—Kirkus Reviews
My 10-year-old saw the cover of this and asked, "Mom? Why would he say he was born a crime?"--I found myself trying to explain apartheid and fear and government control and racism in the shortest, most kid-level way I could...It's hard, you guys. But it's also so necessary, and to read this moving memoir by Trevor Noah--someone we could easily, simply, see as just another successful, approachable, clever comedian--was a lesson in itself. Noah is frank, matter-of-fact, and humble as he talks about his early years as a "naughty as s***" boy, but also as a child with a deep love for his feisty, faithful, strong mother, who came of age in a family broken by apartheid, and who maneuvered his way through the complex maze of South African social constructs, and still managed to rise from a life of unimaginable poverty to seemingly overnight (it wasn't overnight, not by a long shot) fame on The Daily Show. I picked up this book because of both my interest in a personal account of living under apartheid and the simple fact that I anticipated Trevor Noah would be as clever and witty as he is on TV--and was rewarded on both accounts. Noah brings 1980s South Africa home in a way that is humbling--and entirely compelling--for his reader. I couldn't put this book down.
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: A Novel
posted on : April 6, 2018 posted by : Leah Ferguson 0 Comment
A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick"Beautifully written and incredibly funny, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is about the importance of friendship and human connection. I fell in love with Eleanor, an eccentric and regimented loner whose life beautifully unfolds after a chance encounter with a stranger; I think you will fall in love, too!" —Reese Witherspoon"This wacky, charming novel. . . draws you in with humor, then turns out to contain both a suspenseful subplot and a sweet romance. . . Hilarious and moving."—People No one's ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine. Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she's thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy. But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen on the sidewalk, the three become the kinds of friends who rescue one another from the lives of isolation they have each been living. And it is Raymond's big heart…
Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she's thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy.
But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen on the sidewalk, the three become the kinds of friends who rescue one another from the lives of isolation they have each been living. And it is Raymond's big heart that will ultimately help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one.
Soon to be a major motion picture produced by Reese Witherspoon, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is the smart, warm, and uplifting story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes. . .
The only way to survive is to open your heart.
I'll be completely honest: I almost put this book down. By page 14, I felt like I couldn't connect with the main character, she bugged me with her haughtiness, and I just couldn't see myself reading an entire story about someone so completely unlikeable. Spoiler alert? That's the absolute point. ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE is a funny, surprising, original read. Gail Honeyman expertly crafts this debut so that the reader roots for the unlikeable character anyway, learns to understand her, and even empathizes with her just a bit. If a book can teach a lesson, this one shows us that patience can work magic and that we truly do not understand anyone until we get to know her. Set in Glasgow, Scotland, Honeyman brings us smack into a world of personal struggle, daily monotony (and the reasons for it), individual heartaches, and people who are as real and charming and wonderful as anyone who happens to be sitting next to you on a train into work in the morning. Honeyman's writing reminds me a lot of Maria Semple in WHERE'D YOU GO, BERNADETTE? and Helen Simonson's MAJOR PETTIGREW'S LAST STAND (which are two of my favorite books). If you are a reader who enjoys intelligent, witty, insightful stories about the quirkiest of characters, this one is right up your alley. Eleanor Oliphant (our protagonist herself) will stay with you long after you pass page 14 and finish this lovely book.
The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor
posted on : February 23, 2018 posted by : Leah Ferguson 0 Comment
A lively argument from an award-winning journalist proving that the key to reversing America's health crisis lies in the overlooked link between nutrition and flavor: "The Dorito Effect is one of the most important health and food books I have read" (Dr. David B. Agus, New York Times bestselling author).We are in the grip of a food crisis. Obesity has become a leading cause of preventable death, after only smoking. For nearly half a century we've been trying to pin the blame somewhere—fat, carbs, sugar, wheat, high-fructose corn syrup. But that search has been in vain, because the food problem that's killing us is not a nutrient problem. It's a behavioral problem, and it's caused by the changing flavor of the food we eat. Ever since the 1940s, with the rise of industrialized food production, we have been gradually leeching the taste out of what we grow. Simultaneously, we have taken great leaps forward in technology, creating a flavor industry, worth billions annually, in an attempt to put back the tastes we've engineered out of our food. The result is a national cuisine that increasingly resembles the paragon of flavor…
A lively argument from an award-winning journalist proving that the key to reversing America's health crisis lies in the overlooked link between nutrition and flavor: "The Dorito Effect is one of the most important health and food books I have read" (Dr. David B. Agus, New York Times bestselling author).
We are in the grip of a food crisis. Obesity has become a leading cause of preventable death, after only smoking. For nearly half a century we've been trying to pin the blame somewhere—fat, carbs, sugar, wheat, high-fructose corn syrup. But that search has been in vain, because the food problem that's killing us is not a nutrient problem. It's a behavioral problem, and it's caused by the changing flavor of the food we eat.
Ever since the 1940s, with the rise of industrialized food production, we have been gradually leeching the taste out of what we grow. Simultaneously, we have taken great leaps forward in technology, creating a flavor industry, worth billions annually, in an attempt to put back the tastes we've engineered out of our food. The result is a national cuisine that increasingly resembles the paragon of flavor manipulation: Doritos. As food—all food—becomes increasingly bland, we dress it up with calories and flavor chemicals to make it delicious again. We have rewired our palates and our brains, and the results are making us sick and killing us.
With in-depth historical and scientific research, The Dorito Effect casts the food crisis in a fascinating new light, weaving an enthralling tale of how we got to this point and where we are headed. We've been telling ourselves that our addiction to flavor is the problem, but it is actually the solution. We are on the cusp of a new revolution in agriculture that will allow us to eat healthier and live longer by enjoying flavor the way nature intended.
I happened upon THE DORITO EFFECT courtesy of my sister-in-law (she knows me well), and I've been obsessed with it ever since. It's a known fact in my family that I will eat up (ha! get it?) books like Michael Pollan's FOOD MATTERS and documentaries with names like "Food, Inc." But this book in particular threw me for a loop. In terms of research and life-changing information, the knowledge and view of the food industry and farming presented here by Mark Schatzker blows the other materials I've read and seen out of the water. Researcher and writer Schatzker leads us through the science and the "why"s of the food we eat now (and how it relates to our modern war with obesity, type 2 diabetes, and all of the physical effects of eating a diet low on nutrition and flavor and high on synthetic chemicals). He explains how modern agriculture, in a race to increase yield, has resulted in meats, vegetables and fruits that are low in flavor and nutrition--and how, in our natural instinct to seek out those things, Americans have turned to the synthetic foods—(full of flavor and trick-your-brain additives) the food industry offers us in droves as a replacement for the stuff we should be taking from nature. It's a depressing book, truly—to learn how far and how quickly we've moved away from the bounty nature is meant to provide for us makes for an uncomfortable read. But I think it's an important one, and for that I am very grateful for Sarah (my good-gift-giving sister-in-law). I did have some issues with the book: Schatzker has a tendency to come across with a little arrogance (kind of like that super fit friend of yours who quietly patronizes you for never finding time for the gym), which can be off-putting. The information can be dense at times. I found myself wishing for photographs of some of the scientists and places he visited while researching the book. There is a very short chapter of "tips" at the end of the book, but I wish he'd finished each chapter with a "What You Can Do About It" section: a lot of this information is scary and unsettling, and often I was left feeling hopeless without any clue how I could make the situation better, on a small scale. But overall, I highly recommend this to anyone interested in modern food. It's intriguing, interesting, and Schatzker can be funny and casual, especially toward the end when he began using more of his own personal anecdotes. Much to my family's Cheetos-loving chagrin, this book has altered the way I plan our family meals, the restaurants we patronize--even where we buy our groceries. A book like THE DORITO EFFECT that has the power to make someone make positive change is worth a look.
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Since some of you were less than satisfied with the Neil Armstrong post from earlier in the week, I thought I'd use this re-post Friday to post a Neil Armstrong mix that is more critically acclaimed.
I listen to this mix and Sweet about four or five times a week. Driving home. Working out.
just lisstned this 1 again, this mix is something special!
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Энтони Грегори Карр (; род. , Филадельфия, штат Пенсильвания, США) — американский профессиональный баскетболист, играющий на позиции разыгрывающего защитника.

Карьера
Карр является выпускником колледжа «Пенн Стэйт», где 2 года выступал за студенческую команду «Пенн Стэйт Ниттани Лайонс». Энтони дважды становился чемпионом штата Пенсильвания в 2015 и 2016 годах. Был удостоен персональной награды, как лучший игрок штата в 2016 году, а также неоднократно назывался игроком года известными американскими изданиями.

После яркого выступления за команду колледжа Карр заинтересовал скаутов НБА, и в 2018 году был выбран на драфте НБА клубом «Нью-Орлеан Пеликанс» под 51 номером.

Профессиональную карьеру Карр начал в Европе, где выступал за итальянские команды «Ауксилиум Торино» и «Канту». В составе туринского клуба Энтони набирал 12,8 очка, 3,9 подбора и 3,2 передачи в среднем за игру.

В 2019 году Карр вернулся в «Нью-Орлеан Пеликанс» и сыграл 9 матчей в Летней лиге НБА, где в среднем набирал 7,2 очка, 2 подбора и 2,2 передачи.

В августе 2019 года Карр перешёл в «Парму». В Единой лиге ВТБ Энтони провёл 2 матча и в среднем за игру набирал 1,5 очка, 1,5 подбора и 4,0 передачи. В ноябре Карр и пермский клуб досрочно расторгли контракт.

В январе 2020 года Карр подписал контракт с [[[Бирмингем Сквадрон|«Эри Бэйхокс»]].

Примечания

Баскетболисты США
Игроки «Пенн Стэйт Ниттани Лайонс» (баскетбол)
Игроки БК «Ауксилиум Торино»
Игроки БК «Канту»
Игроки БК «Парма»
Игроки «Эри Бэйхокс» (2019-2021)
Игроки БК «Баккен Беарз»

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Concerto in A Major, K622
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Bernhard Peter von Rausch (* 7. August 1793 in Oettingen in Bayern; † 7. April 1865 in Frankfurt am Main) war ein deutscher Porträtmaler und Lithograph, der in München und Frankfurt am Main tätig war.

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Geboren wurde Rausch als viertes von 7 Kindern des "Laminarus" (d. i. Blechner, Spengler) Johann Georg Rausch und dessen 2. Ehefrau Walburga, geb. Hasenmiller, in Oettingen, zu dieser Zeit Hauptort und Residenz des reichsunmittelbaren Fürstentums Oettingen. Er besuchte in Oettingen die katholische Volksschule und schrieb sich am 23. Mai 1811 als "Eleve" im Fach "Historienmalerey" in die Münchner Kunstakademie ein. Der in Düsseldorf ausgebildete Johann Peter Langer leitete die Kunstakademie und unterrichtete seit 1808 eine Malklasse. Die beiden ebenfalls 1808 neu eingerichteten Fachklassen für Historienmalerei führten sein Sohn und Schüler Robert von Langer und sein ehemaliger Mitschüler an der Düsseldorfer Kunstakademie, Moritz Kellerhoven; der Unterricht in der Kupferstecherklasse war Carl Heß (1755–1828) übertragen worden. Da die relativ neue Technik des – erst seit 1803 "Lithographie" genannten – Steindrucks an der Kunstakademie nicht gelehrt wurde, bildete sich Rausch bei Alois Senefelder in München beziehungsweise bei dessen Werkmeister Franz Weishaupt zum Lithographen aus. Noch in München erarbeitete Rausch Bildnisse berühmter Persönlichkeiten, die er zur Vervielfältigung in der Technik der Lithographie nach eigenen Zeichnungen oder auch Gemälden wohl auch selbst auf den Stein übertrug. Es sind unter anderem die Porträts von Johann Alois und Amalie von Oettingen-Spielberg, des bayrischen Königspaares Maximilian I. Josef und Karoline Auguste von Bayern, des Pädagogen Kajetan Weiller (1762–1826) und des Schriftstellers Friedrich von Schlichtegroll, daneben aber auch Reproduktionen nach Gemälden anderer Meister für die 1817 in München verlegte Gallerie berühmter Personen älterer und neuerer Zeit von Joseph Selb (1784–1832).

1825 kam Rausch, . Erst 1836 kam die italienische Reise zur Ausführung, und 1840 ließ sich der Künstler endgültig in Frankfurt nieder. In Frankfurt sind die meisten der von Rausch gemalten Damen-, Mädchen- und Herrenbildnisse entstanden, darunter auch ein Selbstbildnis, das im Blick aus dem Fenster eines fiktiven Ateliers eine Ansicht von München zeigt. Am 7. April 1865 ist Peter Bernhard von Rausch im Alter von 71 Jahren in Frankfurt am Main verstorben. Die Hintergründe seiner Erhebung in den "persönlichen Adel", der nur durch souveräne Landesherren vorgenommen werden konnte, ist bisher nicht geklärt. Er war Mitglied der Frankfurter Freimaurerloge Sokrates zur Standhaftigkeit.

Werke (Auswahl)
 Der sterbende Alexander (Ölgemälde)
 Mädchen mit Blumen und Fruchtkorb (1822)
 Bildnis eines Knaben mit Bogen und Köcher (1826), Greifswald, Pommersches Landesmuseum
 Bildnis des evangelischen Pfarrers Franz Fresenius
 Bildnis des evangelischen Pfarrers Dr. Friedrich
 Bildnis des Kaufmanns Joseph Diehl, Mitglieder der 1801 gegründeten Frankfurter Freimaurerloge >Sokrates zur Standhaftigkeit<
 Johannes der Täufer, Auftrag der Frankfurter Freimaurerloge >Sokrates zur Standhaftigkeit<
 Bildnis Georg Brentano (1833)
 Brustbild des Frankfurter Kaufmanns Carl Weber (1834)
 Selbstbildnis (um 1834)
 2 Bildnisse eines Ehepaares (1849)
 Bildnis des Herzogs von Nassau (Wilhelm I. (Nassau) oder Adolph von Nassau, Großherzog von Luxemburg)_
 Bildnis des Kurfürsten von Hessen, wohl: Wilhelm II. (Hessen-Kassel)
 Bildnis Prinzessin Marie von Hessen-Darmstadt und bei Rhein, als Marija Alexandrowna Kaiserin von Russland
 Bildnis Fürst Felix von Lichnowsky, Graf von Werdenberg
 Bildnis der Frankfurter Schauspielerin Benesch als Emilia Galotti

Literatur
 Entwurf für einen Heimatschein für Maler Bernhard Rausch aus Oettingen. Heimatmuseum, Oettingen 1847.
 Rausch, Bernhard. In: Georg Kaspar Nagler (Hrsg.): Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Baumeister, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen, Zeichner, Medailleure, Elfenbeinarbeiter, etc. 3. Auflage, Band 12, 1842, S. 311 (books.google.de).
 Die Loge Sokrates zur Standhaftigkeit im Orient zu Frankfurt a/M. in den ersten fünfzig Jahren ihrer Werkthätigkeit – eine Festgabe zur fünfzigjährigen Jubelfeier derselben. Frankfurt a/M., Fulda, Naumann 1851.

 Luitpold Dussler: Die Incunabeln der deutschen Lithographie (1796–1821). Berlin 1925, S. 201 f.

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Maler (Deutschland)
Porträtmaler
Lithograf (Deutschland)
Freimaurer (Deutschland)
Freimaurer (19. Jahrhundert)
Geboren 1793
Gestorben 1865
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Yesterday I got a belt sander, I've wanted one for ages but couldn't afford one, anyway long story short I have one now, as it turned out I needed one because I started a build out of wood( I know right!!) but that's for another instructable when it's finished, in between the other build I had a bit of time to sort out my friends wish for a wand from Harry potter, dumbeldores wand to be exact, it has a name but for the life of me I can't remember, I'm not that into Harry potter to be honest, anyways back to the belt sander, it was the perfect little project to do in a few hours with my new toy. So here's how!
So after marking out I clamped the belt sander to my work bench and set about shaping the wand ............. Elder wand! Ha ! Remembered it's name!
So the wand has a white band, I used a white gloss and carefully painted it in, called my friend to find a good picture of the detail, he came through with a great picture and that helped loads!
I used a black fine liner to mark in the detail, then clear coated the lot with a satin finish, and that folks is it!
It was a nice little project to break in my sander, the whole thing only took a few hours tops! and my friend loves the wand, so very one wins! Good times !
If your going to have a go at this elder wand I recommend going steady when sanding, it can get pretty thin and fragile very quickly!
Thanks for looking! Happy building!
the hallows, the three brothers, the elder wand, the resurrection stone, and the invisibility cloak.
Could you give us a template or exact measurements.
A perfect use for My old plunger handle.
Great. Thank you for your work and inspiration.
WOW, just looking at this thing is unsettling, good job on it i guess then haha!
My ex girlfriend did this, bit with chopsticks and hot glue. looks legit too.
This is so cool Im going to try it out with my Dremel. Oh and I believe its called the elder wand.
Haha yeah remembered half way through! But thanks anyway!
This is beautiful! Fantastic job - the details are spot on!


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Words cannot express everything I witnessed
Mr W had longstanding mental health problems and previous treatment in inpatient, community and outpatient settings, but it was not until he got in touch with C&I's London Veteran's service that the right help came together. Here he talks about his experiences:
Trauma came into my life very early on.
I joined the RAF as a boy soldier aged 16 direct from school. I had not long been there when I had my first traumatic incident. A helicopter I was tasked with refuelling fell onto its right hand side, rotors turning. The tail snapped off, the main blades shred into thousands of pieces and the aircraft's engines were screaming as the aircraft thrashed itself to pieces. I sought the only cover that I could and prayed that none of the shrapnel would hit me and my companions. This was the first of many traumatic air accidents I witnessed.
I worked on what is called "crash and smash", that is recovery of crashed aircraft and piecing them back together for the Air Investigation Branch, sifting all the pieces including body parts. I helped recover a crashed helicopter from the mountains. This was really difficult for me. I had known the crew, all of whom were dead now.
At this point I had seen more death in three years than most people see in a lifetime.
I also served two tours of duty in Northern Ireland at what was the height of the troubles, and in the early 1980s I went to the Falklands for the conflict with Argentina. Both were intense environments where words cannot express everything I witnessed. Returning to England, whilst gliding at an RAF site I had the bad luck of witnessing a friend of mine crash their glider from several hundred feet almost directly in front of me. I was first on the scene and the images are ones I'll never forget.
From the time I left the RAF I had nightmares. As I got older I found it increasingly difficult to keep my mind from going back to thoughts that haunted me.
Some 10 years ago, I was shocked to accidently learn I was adopted. My adoptive family had kept my adoption secret, but security vetting for a healthcare job came back with a copy of a birth certificate that was a "me, that wasn't me, but was". I cannot still to this day put into words how I felt at that moment – my world had collapsed.
This came at a time where I was going through a divorce and eventually it all just became too much for me to deal with. I made a suicide attempt because I just wanted out.
Then, two years ago I received the news that I had cancer and this pushed me to begin to self-harm. In the last three years the situation has gone from bad to worse and I eventually found myself being sectioned. I had developed a bad temper problem, suffered panic attacks and had become both verbally and physically aggressive.
My doctor here in London pushed for me to be seen. After a panic attack out on the underground I was referred by an outpatient psychiatrist to IAPT. They noted my veteran status and put me in touch with the charity Combat Stress and the NHS London Veterans' Service (LVS). They work together and made contact when I had emailed in crisis to coordinate a psychosocial assessment from Combat Stress at home, and a therapy assessment at LVS. LVS contacted the local personality disorder service and GP to organise a stepped-care plan. I am about to be seen by a therapist to help me with my personality issues that have come about due to my traumas, and after that PTSD can be treated, probably via Combat Stress' residential programme for veterans, although NHS outpatients is another option.
I was recommended the London Veterans' Service and Combat Stress in an effort to help me deal with my mental health issues, and things have continually improved. The combination of these two groups has moved my mental health back to what for me is a "safe zone". I have the groups to thank and friendships that I have been able to form during this time. I have my life back and though still off long term sick I do voluntary work for both Combat Stress and LVS which does my mental health the world of good. I work in one of Her Majesty's prisons, for the chaplaincy department, where I can repay my treatments by working with ex-servicemen in prison.
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Q: Identify type structurally in Scala I'm reading the interview with Martin Odersky about Scala type system and the following has been said

One of the aspects where Scala is more expressive than Java is that it lets you express these things. In Scala it is possible to have a type that says: anything with a close method that takes no parameter and returns Unit (which is similar to void in Java). You can also combine it with other constraints. You can say: anything inheriting from a particular class that in addition has these particular methods with these signatures. Or you can say: anything inheriting from this class that has an inner class of a particular type. Essentially, you can characterize types structurally by saying what needs to be in the types so that you can work with them.

Can someone write a snippet in Scala to show how can I characterize types structurally? After reading it I have a feeling that I should be able to do the following:
type CanClose { def close: Unit }
val closeableFile: CanClose = new File()
val closeableStream: CanClose = new Stream()

A: In Scala a type can be identified by its structure, enabling what it's often referred to as duck typing.
Here's an example
scala> def close(x: { def close: Unit }): Unit = x.close
warning: there was one feature warning; re-run with -feature for details
close: (x: AnyRef{def close: Unit})Unit

scala> class CanBeClosed {
     |   def close: Unit = println("I'm closed now")
     | }
defined class CanBeClosed

scala> class CannotBeClosed {
     | }
defined class CannotBeClosed

scala> close(new CanBeClosed)
I'm closed now

scala> close(new CannotBeClosed)
<console>:13: error: type mismatch;
 found   : CannotBeClosed
 required: AnyRef{def close: Unit}
       close(new CannotBeClosed)

However, it's important to note that structural typing is implemented using runtime reflection, so it can have a performance impact.
That's why you get a warning on the first definition (you can silence the warning by importing import scala.language.reflectiveCalls)

A: Martin is talking about Structural Types. It means you can can do:
scala> def anythingThatIsClosable(foo: { def close: Unit }): Unit = foo.close
anythingThatIsClosable: (foo: AnyRef{def close: Unit})Unit

scala> class ICanCloseResources {
     | def close = println("yay closed")
     | }
defined class ICanCloseResources

scala> anythingThatIsClosable(new ICanCloseResources())
yay closed

We only defined the structure of how we expect the type to behave, we didn't need to actually inherit any common interface, like Java requires.
In your example, java.io.File doesn't implement a close() method, so that won't work, but any other type adhering to that method signature will. One important thing to note is that under the hood, this requires Scala to defer to reflection, so that can be potentially costly.


Idea: With women's razor brands being predominantly soft and ladylike on social, it was time the category got a dose of #RealTalk. After winning the BIC Soleil business, our first assignment was to change the way BIC Soleil walks, talks and looks on social. By introducing content that's clever, authentic and lighthearted, we found a #Squad amongst our fans.
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Production Fun Fact: In addition to propping, styling and art directing each set, I would later end up shaving a woman's leg during a photoshoot.
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If you're a woman, you know you contort yourself into all kinds of positions trying to achieve a smooth shave. And...if you're a man, well, now you know. We created, shot, and produced a "Shower Yoga" series to bring this insight to life. All moves are based on actual yoga poses.
Millennial women are the most optimistic generation in history. They also hate advertising. So how do we find an authentic way to connect with them? By showing them more of what they love - Fifth Harmony. Our partnership with Fifth Harmony culminated in a media day, an Instagram takeover, and a Spotify partnership. And the Harmonizers definitely showed up. We more than tripled our following in 24 hours.
During our media day with Fifth Harmony, we distributed a media kit with information on our survey of millennial women. In it, we included shaving tips, product details, and our findings from surveying real women.
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Yui Komori is you average 2nd year high school girl who was raised by a single dad who is a priest. When her dad gets sent abroad for work, Yui is left behind and is sent to live at the Sakamaki household. The minute she enters the large mansion, she sees a dead guy but to her surprise, he gets up. Turns out the brothers at the Sakamaki household are all vampires! It looks like they're not trying to kill her but still, she feels trapped and unsafe. As the story progresses, it becomes clear that the creepy sextet are keeping her alive for an ominous reason - 50 shades of cray!


While less ambitious travelers can get a good view of Niagara Falls from both the US and Canadian sides of the border, the best vantage point is doubtless from above. That's why Wild Play Element Parks has installed four zip-lines across Niagara Falls. At 220 feet high, traveling 40 miles per hour across 2,200 feet, you'll be hard pressed for a better view, or a more thrilling experience.
The ride starts at Niagara Parks Grand View Marketplace and ends at the Ontario Power Company building right at the base of Horseshoe Falls. And if you've never ziplined before, don't worry; an expert will be guiding you the whole way.
Zip-line flights will be available this summer until October at $50 per person. Make sure you're prepared to savor every moment, as the ride only takes 30 seconds!


Published on June 12, 2017 | Updated 12:31 a. m.
Sandy Varndell and her 23-year-old son, Ross, lead about 100 people in a march around Public Square in Medina on Sunday afternoon as part of a rally held by the nonprofit OutSupport.
Evalyn Wozolek, age 5, has fun with bubbles Sunday on Public Square in Medina during a rally for the nonprofit advocacy group OutSupport. Wozolek's mother Boni spoke during the event about the need for resources and equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. Boni Wozolek is a Spanish teacher at Medina High School and advisor to a student group called Genders and Sexualities Alliance.
Greg Coleridge (upper left, with microphone) speaks Sunday at Medina's Public Square to an audience of about 100 who attended a rally for Medina-based OutSupport, an advocacy group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals.
About 100 people march around Public Square in Medina on Sunday afternoon at a rally held by the nonprofit group OutSupport, which advocates for equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals.
MEDINA — The Equality March for Unity and Pride in Washington, D.C., on Sunday had a companion event on Public Square in Medina.
A group Varndell formed in October 2013, OutSupport, held a rally and march on the Square to show solidarity with the national effort, she said. Varndell said the rally included raising awareness of concerns for bisexual and transgender individuals also. Her son, Ross, 23, is transgender. He held a megaphone as speakers talked to a crowd of about 100 on the Square.
Varndell noted that today marks the one-year anniversary of a mass shooting of 49 people killed and 58 wounded at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla.
"We want to advocate for nondiscrimination," she said, noting that Ohio does not have laws protecting people from being denied housing and facing employment termination for their personal choices.
Also making remarks were two Medina High School teachers — Jennifer Oehler and Boni Wozolek — who help with monthly meetings at a student group, Genders and Sexualities Alliance.
Wozolek said the group formed in 2010 is sanctioned by the school district and brings in speakers to hold discussions about sexuality and mental issues. Oehler is a language arts teacher and Wozolek teaches Spanish.
As cars drove around the Square, with an occasional horn honking in a show of support, Varndell said she has noted "several small successes" in the group's awareness efforts.
One is having high school graduation ceremonies with students in "unicolor," rather than separate gown colors for male and female graduates. "That was a reminder of how uncomfortable it was on what should have been a happy day," she said, referring to her son Ross.
Contact Managing Editor Lawrence Pantages at (330) 721-4065 or lpantages@medina-gazette.com.


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MUSIC SAVED MY LIFE PODCAST - EPISODE TWO COMPANION GUIDE
HAYLEY'S COMPANION GUIDE TO EPISODE 2: MUSIC SAVED MY LIFE POD
Hey guys! Hayley here. Matt was hoping to dish about Episode 2, but he's on an epic road trip in the Northeast right now and therefore doesn't have internet. (He's living the dream, y'all!) I'm currently binge-watching Big Little Lies on HBO and shout out to Leon Bridges for having the "best" make up song ever. Check it out.
Chad Kroeger's high school yearbook photo. Aww.
So yeah, first thing's first. Yes, I went to see Nickelback last weekend. I had a blast! I was intoxicated, and I had free tickets, and we really went to the show kind of ironically, but it was awesome, and people were having a really good time – so I have no shame! I can get down with some old school Nickelback. Sorry we spent so much time on this topic and didn't even get to the nitty gritty stuff like "why do Americans love to hate on Nickelback?" and "who are these twelve thousand people in Dallas who showed up to their concert?" Honestly, I'm sorry we didn't get into the REALLY important stuff.
For this episode we were inspired by Song Exploder's Fleet Foxes episode (link in the Appendix!) that came out earlier this summer. First of all, how exciting is it that Fleet Foxes has released new music after a six year hiatus?! I have always liked Fleet Foxes. I'm pretty sure Helplessness Blues was the last CD I ever purchased for myself, and this might be too much info, but whatever y'all, I'm an open book(!) the final scene in Season One, Episode Six of Girls, when Hannah goes home for the weekend ends with Montezuma (from Helplessness Blues) and when I first saw that episode I just broke down in tears because of my relationship with that song and how it collides with this very relatable moment in the show. OMG. Anyways, Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes is a master of lyrics and this new album didn't disappoint me.
GRENDEL! He's a little bit scary.
We talked about the track Mearcstapa (fun fact – Mearcstapa is another name for the crazy monster, Grendel, from Beowulf) and of course the rest of the album, and then we made a creative transition and discussed Van Morrison's Moondance. Van Morrison is a legend and was born to be a great musician. He started his first band when he was twelve – like, I don't even know what I was doing when I was twelve. But yeah, he is originally from Northern Ireland and pretty early on came to the US and has just been rocking it ever since. Check out his "revenge" tracks that came out this year on the album The Authorized Bang Collection. They're the throwaway songs he wrote about ringworms and sports cars and stuff.
So, I think I have more to discuss in the Appendix section, so read on for important corrections, clarifications, and a super cute photo of my dog!
Song Exploder, Episode 109
Check out this awesome podcast! Some of our favorites include Sylvan Esso, Courtney Barnett, and Grimes. Oh, I also love the episode featuring Thao Nguyen from Thao & The Get Down Stay Down.
http://songexploder.net/fleet-foxes
Sorry for mispronouncing "Debussy". (And FYI – I know Claude Debussy before Twilight, that's just a joke.)
But yeah, here's that song I was talking about – the one about the cathedral! Close your eyes and give it a listen and imagine that cathedral doing its thing!
My sweet baby Cooper (aka Coops) before he sailed into the Mystic.
In regards to Belfast – I was half right. Looks like the shortest day of the year has 6.6 hours of sunshine, the longest day has 17 hours. SO the sun just has a wonky schedule, but it shines.
White Stripes had SIX studio albums.
Mariah Carey & Eminem
Seriously I used to listen to these two songs back to back ALL THE FUCKIN TIME. Now, I messed it up in the podcast, Eminem's song is called "The Warning" – oh so ominous! Obviously, I'm on Eminem's side in this whole thing.
Laura Marling & the boy with curly black hair (Charlie Fink)
P.S. Charlie – I dig your voice and your hair. Call me.
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Tall mountains with steep sides, oceanic islands or just deep holes in the ground, volcanoes have continued to enchant people since ages together, in spite of their terrifying effects. Speaking about their formation, understand that lava and ash cool down to form conical landforms, and repeated deposition of lava and ash layers forms volcanic structures.
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) has identified "Kīlauea" in Hawaii as the most dangerous volcano in the world. It has had "61 eruptions" since 1893, which also makes it world's most active volcano.
~ The Greeks thought that when Hephaestus, their God of fire and metalworking, made weapons for the Gods in his workshop under the surface of the Earth, and his tasks of heating and striking the metals caused the Earth to erupt.
~ The Hawaiians believed that volcanic eruptions resulted from the rage of their fire Goddess Pele, who punished them by breaking the Earth open by striking it hard with her stick.
Frightening, mysterious, unpredictable, and immensely destructive, volcanoes have been intriguing people since time immemorial. In the ancient times, people had all sorts of myths with regards to volcanoes and their formation. Today, however, lot of scientific researches have taken place with regards to this natural phenomenon, and we have a substantial amount of information about how and why the volcanoes are formed.
~ A volcano is a hollow vent in the Earth's surface, through which hot, molten rock, called magma, along with some gases and hot ash, oozes out from the Earth's interior.
~ Magma erupting from a volcano is called lava. It is stored in the interior of the Earth in a large reservoir known as magma chamber.
~ The formation of magma takes place in here, by continuous melting of solid rock, owing to which, the temperature of the magma chamber is immensely high.
When the spilled lava cools down and solidifies, it forms a cone-shaped mound around the vent of the volcano. This landform, referred to as a 'volcanic mountain', may take thousands of years to form.
Apart from colossal mountains, some volcanoes also occur on ground level in the form of huge 'craters' on the surface of the ground.
~ Some volcanoes are also found in the oceans. Most of the time they are away from our naked eyes, since they are hidden under the water.
~ However, sometimes due to repeated eruptions, tall mounds are formed that rise above the surface of the water, thus giving rise to 'oceanic islands'.
~ Volcanoes are classified as active, dormant. and extinct.
~ An 'active volcano' is the one that erupts or causes seismic activity on a regular basis.
~ A 'dormant volcano' is the one that has not erupted for a very long time, but could erupt again in the future.
~ Finally, a volcano that has been dormant for more than 10,000 years is called an 'extinct volcano'.
A volcano is formed when magma, present in the Earth's interior, manages to rise up to the surface via a vent or a fissure. Hot ash and gases also escape from the interior of the Earth, along with magma. While the gases get thrown into the air, the magma and ash cool down forming distinctive volcanic landforms.
~ The Earth is made up of five different layers viz., the solid inner core, the liquid outer core, the liquid inner mantle, the upper mantle, and the crust.
~ The upper mantle comprises two distinct layers. The lower layer is the asthenosphere, which is semi-fluid in form.
~ The upper layer is that of the uppermost mantle, a.k.a rigid mantle, which is a solid layer of rock, just below the Earth's crust.
~ The Earth's crust and the uppermost solid mantle together form the lithosphere.
~ The Earth's lithosphere is like a huge jigsaw puzzle, with pieces of different shapes and sizes fitting into each other perfectly. These pieces are known as 'tectonic plates'.
~ The lithosphere (and hence the tectonic plates) rests on the asthenosphere (the lower layer of the upper mantle), which is the center of most volcanic activity that takes place underneath the Earth.
~ The asthenosphere is highly viscous, ductile, and semi-fluid.
~ The asthenosphere is not stationary, since it is semi-fluid. Hence, the tectonic plates that rest on it are always in motion, though it is too slow to be perceived by human senses.
~ The tectonic plates display three kinds of movements. They either move towards each other (convergent boundaries) or away from each other (divergent boundaries) or just slide past each other (transform boundaries) in a horizontal manner.
~ The magma in the asthenosphere is under tremendous pressure.
~ Volcanoes are formed when the hot magma underneath the Earth's crust hits upon a weak spot in the crust's composition.
~ This allows the magma to 'erupt', thus venting the heavy pressure that is built up underneath the crust.
~ These weak spots are often found along the boundaries of tectonic plates.
How do Tectonic Plates move?
Tectonic plates may move in three ways. While, the convergent and the divergent boundaries might lead to the formation of volcanoes, the transform boundaries are not related to volcanic formation.
~ The plate with greater weight/momentum rises above, while the other plate is depressed/subdued.
~ This 'subduction' of the depressed plate into the asthenosphere, and the friction between the two plates causes an imbalance in pressure and temperature.
~ This causes the asthenospheric magma and gases to erupt with enhanced force.
Volcanoes are not usually formed in this case. However, such a movement gives rise to the formation of mountain ranges.
~ When two plates diverge or pull away from each other, the underlying magma emerges from the resultant crack or fault, forming a volcano.
~ Divergent boundaries are usually found in oceanic plates, and are primary sources of newly formed ocean floors. The emergent lava may go on to form islands.
~ Volcanic hot spot is a fixed spot that is situated beneath the tectonic plates, through which the magma oozes out to the Earth's surface.
~ Heat at the location of a hot spot is more in comparison to other areas of the magma chamber and so, the process of melting of rock and subsequent rising of the magma is comparatively quicker at this point.
~ A volcanic hot spot is fixed; it does not move. But, a volcano is constantly in motion, as it is formed over the tectonic plates.
~ The volcano that thus passes the location of the hot spot, gets cut off from its source of magma, and becomes extinct in the future.
~ A volcanic hot spot always gives rise to volcanoes as new tectonic plates keep on coming into contact with it.
~ This ever-continuing cycle of volcano formation and extinction, thus results in the formation of a chain of volcanic landforms.
A lot of volcanoes have become tourist destinations in their own right, attracting numerous tourists from across the globe. 'Volcano Tourism' is a new concept that is being promoted worldwide, owing to the ever-increasing fascination of tourists towards volcanic sites, especially those of active volcanoes. The volcanic sites offer, apart from opportunities such as climbing and hiking, unparalleled scenic beauty.


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Home / Attack / French Ministry of Defense admitted on Wednesday to send Javelin missiles to the Haftar and the existence of a French military in libya.
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The ministry explained in a statement that the aim of the missile delivery was for the purpose of self-protection of the military unit, which said it was sent to carry out operations to fight "terrorism", according to "Reuters".
The French government bought the Javelin missiles, which were found in a Libyan base in from the United States and The aim was not to sell them to any party in the Libyan conflict.
The weapons were damaged and unusable and were temporarily stored in a warehouse in preparation for their destruction, the ministry defended their self.
According to the New York Times, Tuesday, US missiles discovered by the Libyan army in Gharian last June and were sold by the United States to France in 2010.
It is noteworthy that the Libyan army forces found, on June 26 last, more sophisticated weapons of America made after the liberation of Gharian.
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Q: Avoiding order dependency in typed python I am playing with typed python. It's mostly working well but I am having
to reorder a lot of my code because of order dependencies. For example
consider this toy code:
from typing import ClassVar, List

class MyFirstClass:
    attr: MyClass

class MyClass:
    # You can optionally declare instance variables in the class body
    attr: int

class MySecondClass:
    attr: MyClass

This fails to compile properly because MyClass is not declared
in MyFirstClass:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Temp.py", line 5, in <module>
    class MyFirstClass:
  File "Temp.py", line 6, in MyFirstClass
    attr: MyClass
NameError: name 'MyClass' is not defined

Irritating. Is there anyway around this? Am I doing something wrong?
The best I have come up with so far as defining MyClass twice, first
time with no body.

A: The way around it is a future-import:
from __future__ import annotations

This causes Python to not evaluate the annotations at runtime and instead just attaches them to __annotations__ as strings.
This change is described in PEP 563 - Postponed evaluation of annotations. Do note that it requires Python 3.7+.


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Simone Wegmann
Constitutional Amendment Initiatives
Parliament and the Use of Constitutional Amendment Initiatives
(with Anna Fruhstorfer, Freie Universität Berlin)
While the voter's reaction to governmental responsiveness has received widespread scholarly attention, little is known about the strategic use of instruments available to opposition actors to gain voter's support. Recent research has shown that oppositions widely use tools through which they can influence the legislative process and the government to their benefit. Whereas these contributions analyze tools such as parliamentary questions or no-confidence motions that directly address the government, we look at a tool that more broadly targets the system: constitutional amendments. Research has shown that parliamentary proposals to amend the constitution are numerous but have a lower chance of success than cabinet or presidential proposals. We analyze why parliaments introduce already doomed constitutional amendments and why some of them are successful. We argue that parliamentary actors strategically use constitutional amendments, but, that this decision is dependent on the broader institutional context. We argue that both, the separation of power between parliament and government as well as institutional power granted to opposition actors during the policy-making process influence the use of such initiatives. Drawing on a new and unique dataset, we examine the use of constitutional amendment initiatives across 18 post-socialist countries in Central and Eastern Europe between 1990 and 2014. Results show that constitutional amendment initiatives serve as important tool for parliamentary actors to influence their prospective electoral performance. These findings have important implications for understanding opposition behavior and a previously overlooked relationship between constitutional change as strategic instrument and the institutional separation of power between parliament and government.


Maybe it's just me but the rear end of this car looks like a cheap and poorly designed Ford product to me. Given the attention detail Toyota paid to the rear end of the new Avalon, Camry, Gen 4 Prius, Prius Prime, CHR all on TNGA platform I was expecting something more exciting here.
on my 2010 , I had a spare tire on back door, not run flats. and I did replace tires with mich. all season tires.
I love Michelins. I never buy any other brand any more, unless I'm thinking of selling the vehicle. But their all-season tire is not a really good snow tire. It is ok, and I'll leave it there.
Which means I'm thinking the Michelins do not rule out tires as a source of your complaint.
Price, specs and other info to be announced on November 20th. I'm assuming a December launch??
My '15 RAV is really racking up the miles and I started looking around for a replacement. Learned about the Adventure model and its towing capacity, so traded in the '15 for one of the last '18 Adventures. Don't like the new body style, so there is only a small window if one wants to purchase the older body style. The Adventure has a lot of silly black "highlights", so I got one that is pained black, which does not show the black trim. Only thing I'm giving up on my old Limited is the CD player. And the Homelink/compass rear-view mirror, (which I added after purchase).
The only RAV4 I will consider is an older V6 model.
All the real stats are embargoed Until November 20th, 2018. But the pictures and preliminary videos are out on youtube. Look for a December Launch date across America. The Interior looks amazing.
Now that the embargo is off, there are multiple driving impression videos on YouTube, and they are (mostly) very favorable. Especially interesting to me is the hybrid model, getting 41 mpg highway. One article compared its "cost to operate comparable to a Tesla Model 3", assuming the $0.26 per KWH charged on Tesla's CA supercharger network, and obviously, this is using today's gas prices. This appears to be a "tipping point" in my mind - the idea of being able to purchase an AWD, essentially "mid-size" SUV that is able to get over 40 mpg, is a huge accomplishment. Plus, the hybrid is only an $800 premium over the base model - for this cost, why even offer a base model at all? If the payback for the hybrid is between one and two years, it's a no-brainer in my mind. This is discounting the fact that the hybrid has more horsepower and torque - I can't wait for the specs to see how its acceleration compares to the old V6 RAV4. Bottom line, why in God's name would someone pay the (at least) $10,000 premium for an all-electric car, with the inherent range problems, when one can purchase a hybrid this good?
The only negative I've seen is that the roofline is low enough such that some drivers conk their melon getting in. Being tall, this is a big deal to me, but like with anything subjective, I'll have to see for myself. Assuming (hopefully) this vehicle will have the same reliability as Toyota's Prius drivetrains, I'd say they have a real winner on their hands - bravo, Toyota. I can't wait to go for a test drive myself.
It is not $800 more, it is $2200 more. The $800 is if the base LE has AWD. The hybrid only comes in AWD. But you are correct that if you want AWD, it's a no brainer to get the hybrid over the LE.


Does anyone know of what the Ruth Creek crossing is like? I crossed on a fallen tree in 2006. It's unlikely to be still there. Anyone got any beta?
There was a log jam last year.
Hannegan road is snowed in down to the highway. Some large parking areas are plowed at the bottom.


Filson's timeless designs lend themselves to the beautifully functional aesthetic they've successfully developed over the years. All Filson carry goods come with a lifetime guarantee as standard. That means they will repair and/or replace any wear and tear that occurs over the years. By providing such a flawless service, Filson have successfully redefined what it means to craft with true quality.


Every child has the ability to learn about God's love through our actions and expressions of love, no matter the special need. Ministry to children with different developmental disabilities will include adjusting to a variety of needs for each child. Here are a few steps to take when looking at starting a ministry for children who are developmentally disabled.
Pray about this ministry opportunity. There will be many involved, including families, children, and volunteers. Pray that the Holy Spirit will lead this ministry to reach out to these families. This is not only a ministry to the children, but also to the parents. Pray for the volunteers who will be working with the children on a regular basis.
Before you begin working with these children, start by listening to the child's parents. They know their child the best and can help you understand how you can help them. Ask the parents questions about what works with the child. Find out what the parents expect for their child. Observe the child in an environment in which they feel comfortable. Use what you learn to design a program that best reaches each child.
As you work with the children with developmental disabilities, you will need to think about what type of ministry works best for each child, a self contained classroom or inclusion in classrooms with their same-age peers.
Will the child thrive in a self-contained room? A self-contained room is a room arranged specifically for children with developmentally disabilities. You may see a sensory board, a quiet room/area with books, a big rug for large group time, colorful pillows, a visual board to tell the Bible story, and more. This set-up has multiple volunteers in the classroom with the children, to provide close to a one-on-one learning environment for them.
Or will the child be great with their peers, accompanied by a buddy to help the child walk through the learning experiences? Each child is assigned a "buddy." This buddy is a consistent person assigned to a specific child to learn their specific learning style and schedule. This buddy will join the child in all the activities and group times, encouraging their participation. When they are with a buddy, the child is in a classroom with their same-age peers.
As new children and families join your ministry, it will take time to learn about each child. You will need to learn what that child likes, what their abilities are, what frustrates them, etc. Once you learn about the child, you will be able to partner them up with a buddy or volunteer within the ministry.
Jesus ministered to the four friends who dropped their friend from a roof to be with Jesus. These friends showed their love and concern for a friend who was developmentally disabled. Meeting the needs of families that include children with special needs is a ministry that we find common in New Testament teaching. Through this type of ministry you are ministering to children, but also to the family as a whole.
Here are a few resources if you would like to read more about this type of ministry.
Fenton Lee, Amy. Leading a Special Needs Ministry: a practical guide for including Children and loving Families. Georgia: Orange, 2013.
The Inclusive Church: Helping Churches Successfully Include Children with Special Needs blog. Accessed September 29, 2014. www.theinclusivechurch.wordpress.com.


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Multiple Image Upload Form

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    for ($i = 0; $i < count($_FILES['file']['name']); $i++) {//loop to get individual element from the array

        $validextensions = array("jpeg", "jpg", "png");  //Extensions which are allowed
        $ext = explode('.', basename($_FILES['file']['name'][$i]));//explode file name from dot(.)
        $file_extension = end($ext); //store extensions in the variable

        $target_path = $target_path . md5(uniqid()) . "." . $ext[count($ext) - 1];//set the target path with a new name of image
        $j = $j + 1;//increment the number of uploaded images according to the files in array

      if (($_FILES["file"]["size"][$i] < 100000) //Approx. 100kb files can be uploaded.
                && in_array($file_extension, $validextensions)) {
            if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'][$i], $target_path)) {//if file moved to uploads folder
                echo $j. ').Image uploaded successfully!.

';
            } else {//if file was not moved.
                echo $j. ').please try again!.

';
            }
        } else {//if file size and file type was incorrect.
            echo $j. ').***Invalid file Size or Type***

';
        }
    }
}
?>

This script also uses javascript for multiple image upload.
When clicking on "page reload" in the web browser, after the first upload has been done, then the script assigns the same file a new ID code for the name and moves the image files a second time into the "uploads" folder.
How to prevent the script from moving the image files (with a new ID code assigned for the name) a second time into the "uploads" folder?
Any suggestions are much appreciated.
EDIT:
So, I opted for a "redirect" to the same page, where the form gets cleared out, after the submission has been done.
It looks like, this is the way to do it.

A: Before upload (where you displays the upload FORM) you can create a key (random) and store it on your server somehere. (temp folder) (using a serial number is even more safe)
You can include this as "hidden" value in the upload form.
The script, which is processing the upload, should look first for this key, if it exists, you can delete it and proceed  with the rename / upload / whatever you want to do.
If the key is gone, you can be sure it's a duplicated request and simply ignore it.
Don't forget to clean your temp folder every time (let's say delete every keys which is older than an hour or so)


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