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"Warrior Gene" as defense for Hacking Your Wife to Death says Court Whore-William Bernet; 'Pity the poor murderer'
MORE ON WILLIAM BERNET'S DASTARDLY "WARRIOR GENE" AND JUNK SCIENCE
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I am still mulling this over after hearing it on NPR a couple of weeks ago. This author pegged onto what exactly it was that was bothering me, and that is JUNK SCIENCE. Dr. William Bernet of Vanderbilt University specializes in this component, being the proposer to the DSM-V Committee (the psychiatric and psychologist's diagnosis and "insurance code" bible) of so-called "parental alienation disorder," an "affliction" he provides expert testimony on in child custody cases. For those who can afford him (typically fathers).
Again, removing responsibility for what an abusive parent or murderer may have done, there's always an excuse when you use JUNK SCIENCE.
From Psychology Today:
July 13, 2010, Evolutionary Psychology
Pity the poor murderer, his genes made him do it
Did his genes make him murder?
by Nigel Barber, Ph.D.
A criminal defense attorney has many arrows in his/her quiver. The latest is the "warrior gene." Having this gene saved Bradley Waldroup from a first degree murder conviction.
The charges stemmed from a bloody rampage in which Waldroup shot his wife's friend Leslie Bradshaw, eight times, killing her before attempting to kill his wife by chopping her up with a machete.
Waldroup had been drinking as he waited for his estranged wife and their four children who were to spend the weekend at his trailer home in the mountains of Tennessee. When his wife said that she was leaving with her friend, he removed the key from Penny Waldroup's van to ensure that they could not leave, thereby establishing criminal intent. Waldroup then launched his deadly attack on the pair.
The "warrior gene"
Waldroup's defense attorneys ordered a test and established that he had the warrior gene. Like most such biological defenses, there is a germ of scientific truth combined with a hefty dose of junk science, including clever labeling. The warrior gene might be called other things, such as the gambling gene, the depression gene, the irritability gene, or, even the live-in-a-trailer gene because its effects are contingent on an abusive childhood.
The scientific rationale for diminished responsibility is that a variant of the relevant gene, known as MAO-A is linked to an under active prefrontal cortex, this being a key area of the brain that inhibits antisocial impulses. The gene is also associated with antisocial behavior in European Americans (but not others) but only if they were abused as children (1).
The gene has recently acquired some evidence linking it to impulsive aggression. In an experiment where subjects were provoked by having money winnings taken from them, people with the MAO-A variant proved slightly more vengeful but only if they lost the higher of two amounts of money(2). They asked for the provoker to drink a larger amount of hot sauce as punishment. Whether this experiment is more relevant to homicidal aggression, or sensitivity to the taste of hot sauce is anybody's guess.
So far, a skilled defense lawyer might weave a tale that the bad gene had gotten the better of the European American defendant. The key scientific problem is that about 34 percent of Europeans have the warrior gene. Yet, homicide is extremely rare at a population level with only about one person in 100 committing a homicide during their lives. If the gene were used to predict homicide, it would be wrong more than 33 times for every one occasion that it was right (3).
This brings us back to the Waldroup case tried in March, 2009, where the warrior gene formed the kernel of a diminished responsibility defense. This defense received enthusiastic endorsement in a recent NPR report by Barbara Bradley Haggerty ("Can Your Genes Make You Murder?")
Waldroup's defense was not a simple genetic defense because it was combined with the normally ineffective abuse excuse. Defense expert William Bernet of Vanderbilt University argued that the combination of the warrior gene and being abused as a child was a dangerous cocktail that increased the likelihood of committing a violent offense.
Some of the jurors were persuaded by this defense. According to one, Debbie Beatty: "A diagnosis is a diagnosis, it's there. A bad gene is a bad gene."
Junk science is also junk science. There is no getting away from that either, especially if it helps the defense to save a defendant's life.
1. Crampton, P., & Parkin, C. (2007, March 2). Warrior genes and risk-takingscience. Journal of the New Zealand Medical Association, 120 (1250).
2. McDermot, R., et al. (2009). Monoamine oxidase A gene (MAOA) predicts behavioral aggression following provocation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106, 2118-2123.
3. Caspi, A. et al. (2002). Role of genotype in the cycle of violence in maltreated children. Science, 297, 851-854.
Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) Stuart Showalter Neo Nazi-Fathers Rights Advocate-Abusers Rights Advocate Glenn Sacks-Abusers Advocate,Right Wing Terrorist- Fathers Rights. Warren Farrell, Mike J Murphy, Jeremy Swanson, Mark K Godbey, Donald Tenn, Stan Rains, Richard A. Gardner coined the term Parental Alienation Syndrome
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An Irish Author Takes the Global View
Kevin Barry's mournful crime epic pushes through boundaries
October 7, 2019 By Tobias Carroll
When you sit down to read a work by an Irish writer in which two aging, hard-living men sit together in one location, look back over their lives, and wait for a third person who may never arrive, you might have a guess as to where it's all headed—or, perhaps, where it's not. Kevin Barry's new novel Night Boat to Tangier is into misdirection like that: you think you know where it's going—a noir-infused take on Waiting for Godot, say—and then you find yourself gasping for breath, unsure of where the contortions of this book will take you.
Barry's fiction is populated by con men, criminals, fixers, and tricksters—so it's no wonder that his fiction shares more than a few of those traits. Charlie Redmond and Maurice Hearn, the two middle-aged men at the center of Night Boat to Tangier, are a seemingly affable pair of men, the sort who'll happily strike up an amicable conversation with you about any one of a host of topics. End up on their wrong side, though, and they'll show off a far more lethal side. Barry's latest is one where the threat of violence is more abundant than violence itself, but it's no less menacing for it.
But yeah, misdirection. Barry's previous novel Beatlebone was about John Lennon—but rather than the young Lennon or the artistically adventurous early-70s Lennon or the doomed early-80s Lennon, Barry gave readers a vision of John Lennon in the late 1970s, wandering Ireland looking for an island he'd bought years before. And his first novel, City of Bohane, is a futuristic crime novel set in a near-future Ireland that gradually becomes more psychedelic and hallucinatory as the narrative advances.
It's par for the course for a writer who has embraced the innumerable possibilities inherent in fiction. When I spoke with Barry several years ago for Hazlitt, he discussed that range, and his interest in it as a writer.
"What I love about the novel as a form, and what will keep me going back to it, is that I think that it's infinitely capacious. It can take pretty much anything you throw at it. As long as the reader is having a good time page by page and line by line, they'll follow you to the ends of the earth."
Barry isn't a crime novelist per se, but he's certainly circulated around the margins before now. And given the activities of Maurice and Charlie in Night Boat to Tangier, he's certainly embraced it even more wholeheartedly than he has in his previous work. What begins as a minimalist tale suffused with a threatening spirit eventually becomes, via flashbacks, a subdued and mournful crime epic, covering several decades in the lives of these two compatriots and rivals—and chronicling the drug-smuggling ventures, addictions, and betrayals that punctuated them.
"I mean back in the day? We were an awful pair. Savages," Maurice says early on. "Oh, what didn't we get up to? And there was a lot of money, which complicates everything."
Gradually, Barry establishes two parallel threads within the novel. In the past, the story of the complex relationship between these two men, sometimes friendly and sometimes contentious, and the personal and professional connections between them. In the present day, they wait at a Spanish ferry terminal for Maurice's daughter Dilly, whom he hasn't seen in three years. She's either going to or coming from Tangier—and the question of what led father and daughter to become estranged is another one that hangs over the book.
From the opening of Night Boat to Tangier, Maurice and Charlie emerge as paradoxes: Charlie attempts to communicate with a clerk working at the terminal, but refuses to speak with him in Spanish; thus, his request for information doesn't result in much. But these aren't necessarily the actions of a man out of his element for the first time: after his unsuccessful attempt to learn about the ferry, he returns to his compatriot and says, "All the years we been coming here, Charlie?" He's not behaving this way out of ignorance; instead, it's about power.
The narrative that unfolds here offers another glimpse of these two men: in their younger days, before each of them carries the scars that they display in the contemporary scenes. But it also showcases a more global scope to Barry's work: this is, after all, about two Irishmen waiting in Spain for a boat to Morocco. The movement of people between nations and continents is built in to this story's DNA—and it's a conscious move away from the more hermetic settings of Barry's previous novels.
In a 2013 interview with The Paris Review, Barry spoke about the role of geography in his work. At the time, he was speaking specifically about the stories in his collection Dark Lies the Island, it also addresses his bibliography more broadly.
"…I can certainly see in retrospect that the relationship between England and Ireland, the strange interdependency, the love-hate thing, is definitely there in the stories and re-occurring. I suppose it must come in part from the fact that I've spent so much of my own life back and forth between England and Ireland."
Barry's novels up until this point have been largely set in Ireland, while Night Boat to Tangier breaks from this pattern. Beatlebone, in its own way, was an internal novel, taking a musical icon and pulling him inside Ireland's gravitational pull. City of Bohane did the same, albeit with the subgenre of the futuristic crime novel—think Jonathan Lethem's Gun, With Occasional Music or Nalo Hopkinson's Brown Girl in the Ring. For all that it finds its central duo effectively trapped in the ferry terminal, Night Boat to Tangier is far more about escape: the characters capable of it and the characters whose attempts at it fail. It's telling that the title is what it is, rather than the equally accurate Night Boat From Tangier, after all.
Below the plot of Night Boat to Tangier, the book's expanded (if not expansive) scope also taps into something essential about contemporary writing: there's a global interconnectedness at play here which serves as a sharp contrast to Barry's earlier tales of Ireland past and future. Sometimes insularity can be a useful literary device. At other times, though, it can be very rewarding to avoid expectations.
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Tobias Carroll is a writer and essayist, and the managing editor of Vol. 1 Brooklyn. He is the author of three books: Political Sign (Bloomsbury), part of the Object Lessons series; the story collection Transitory (Civil Coping Mechanisms) and the novel Reel (Rare Bird).
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Have We Seen Capitulation? 7/1/2013
"It feels to me that capitulation is at hand," Carter Braxton Worth, chief market technician at Oppenheimer & Co., believes, which is why he believes gold prices are "headed higher."
Indeed, gold's charts look like a reversal of August 2011, when prices reached a long-term peak. The surrender people are feeling now is similar, in the obverse, to the euphoric feeling investors experienced nearly two years ago.
"At the very least, it's time to cover short positions," he said; "We would look also for opportunities on the long side."
Fundamentals traders and analysts are beginning to sense that the reaction to the Fed comments in the last 2 weeks has been completely overwrought. As calmer people surface, come in off the sidelines, dare again to make gold a bet, the price should go higher.
Further, now there has been what is being perceived as a price capitulation, physical buyers are entering the market square to buy physical gold. This is especially true in China, but, aside from India, it is also holding in the rest of eastern Asia. In the U.S., purchase of gold coins has ticked up considerably in the last 96 hours.
"Physical demand in Asia continues to be strong," Carlos Perez-Santalla, a New York-based broker at Marex North America LLC, said in a telephone interview. "The focus on the Fed stimulus and when the tapering may begin has begun to wane."
Unsurprisingly, there is very strong demand for physical gold and gold-associated financial products in the Near East. The unrest in Syria, Egypt, Lebanon and Turkey is intense, sustained and destabilizing. Talks of the army stepping in in Egypt and Turkey, the region's two chief players certainly help propel haven buying.
A slight weakening of the dollar also helped gold although silver seems to have returned to its individualistic orbit, behaving differently from the yellow metal.
Metals markets shrugged off good economic news issued by the U.S. and the EU, as well as news of softness in the Chinese manufacturing sector.
No wonder. The big news is now and will be a reconsideration of what the heck the Fed is really saying. Hopefully, the blue streak that Fed officials have been talking has ended and we can return to analyzing the market on true fundamentals and a rational analysis from our technical charts.
Wishing you as always good trading,
Gary S. Wagner
Market Forecast: On a technical basis today's upside move in gold, lends technical evidence that $1200 per ounce in gold could easily become a major supportive price point. Today we witnessed follow-through from Friday's exceptional move in which we saw gold break back above $1200 per ounce. Whether we are witnessing a key reversal or simply a bounce prior to the market going lower, today's follow-through can be deemed as significant. We entered long positions early Monday morning as we saw follow-through buying continuing the rally which began last week. However we still lack significant evidence, which will only be found if and when gold breaks above 1274 our current resistance level.
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Proper Action:Long gold at 1240 stop below 1229
Long silver at 19.65 stop below 19.25
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HomeRiver Murray systemRiver Murray operationsOperating the River Murray in a variable climate
Sharing River Murray water
River Murray water allocations
Understanding water delivery shortfall risks
Operating the River Murray in a variable climate
Joint management of the River Murray
Flows to the lower Murray–Darling Basin
Water losses in the River Murray
The Murray-Darling Basin has a highly variable climate and its hydrological conditions often differ each year and across regions. Planning for wet and dry conditions is a major challenge for river operators, water resource managers and the community.
A history of extended droughts followed by floods highlight this challenge. We have seen new extremes in both drought and flood in many parts of the Basin.
Changes in rainfall patterns and warming temperatures leading to higher rates of evaporation add to the intensity and impacts of both floods and droughts. These changes will continue to increase the complexities and uncertainties faced by water managers.
The challenge of drought
The need to plan for drought has been understood since the early days of water management in Australia. Before dams were built along the River Murray, dry times meant parts of the river and its tributaries would sometimes be reduced to a series of pools, or cease to flow at all.
A man standing on the bed of the River Murray near Mildura during the 1901 drought. Photo by Henry Wilf. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.
These experiences highlighted the need to manage the Murray in a more cooperative manner and build the dams, weirs and other structures to provide a more reliable flow. The resultant 1914 water sharing agreement put in place between the Australian and state governments enabled water to be allocated to help to secure water in dry periods.
The creation of the Snowy Hydro Scheme during the mid-20th century provided more water to communities by adding additional inflow to the River Murray system from outside the Basin. Water from the Snowy River continues to be critical to the Murray system, particularly during drought.
Recent initiatives include strategies and actions resulting of the millennium drought from 2001 to 2009. Foremost among them is the Murray–Darling Basin Plan, which rebalances water entitlements between consumers and the environment. It also includes tiers of water sharing arrangements and protects water for critical human needs.
What does drought mean for the River Murray system?
Predicting and even defining drought has presented another challenge. Drought conditions are caused by sustained periods of lower than normal rainfall, however, their nature and effect varies across the landscape and each drought is different from the last. Other factors that impact drought include soil moisture, evaporation, temperature and cloud cover.
In Australia, the Bureau of Meteorology has led the way in understanding drought and its causes. The concept of rainfall deficiency leading to acute water shortage is used by the bureau to define drought, and a better understanding of the climatic drivers of rainfall is improving predictions.
However, in river systems, the nature and effects of drought are different. The amount of rain that ultimately flows into rivers and storages is heavily influenced by the pattern of rainfall over the year and across the landscape. River regulation and the soil moisture level across catchments are critical.
In a regulated river system with large headwater storages like the Murray, an acute water shortage can occur when both storage levels and tributary inflows are low.
A single dry year can impact landscapes and activities like dryland farming, but will have a limited impact on water availability if storage levels started out high. On the other hand, when long periods of below-average rain and low inflows fail to replenish storages, we see water shortages being felt across the landscape.
When catchment conditions are dry, water recovery requires more than a single burst of heavy rain. Long periods of steady rain at particular times of the year are needed to wet the catchments. When the catchments are soaked, rain will generate run-off. Even then, storages may not be full until flooding rains arrive. The storage capacity of Dartmouth Dam is close to five years of average inflow, and even with flooding, it can take a few years to top up following a drought.
Drought management is about planning ahead, determining future needs and continually assessing risks.
This means testing dry scenarios in our future planning and day-to-day computer modelling. This modelling helps us to understand the effect of inflows receding towards very dry conditions. We also only allow for improvements in water availability as they occur. We routinely manage the system to maximise water availability. This includes storing water as far upstream as practical to reduce evaporation and allow space for downstream storages to capture inflows.
Predicting drought
Our knowledge of the possible extent and intensity of drought is informed by looking at past events. We look at rainfall and flow patterns, long-term averages and historic highs and lows to predict future rainfall, stream flow and water storage levels.
The MDBA is making greater use of the Bureau of Meteorology's growing forecasting capabilities and the increased performance of climate and rainfall outlooks.
As weather and climate records continue to be broken, we are constantly reviewing and adjusting our assumptions around future inflows, evaporation losses and water demands.
Managing extreme dry
Extreme dry events trigger special management and operational responses to conserve remaining water supplies and limit the impacts that are otherwise unavoidable. Our responses include preserving water for critical human needs, reducing weir pool and flow target levels and changing state water sharing rules.
Management plans are implemented in collaboration with the Australian and state governments and water management agencies. Most individual water entitlement holders are able to actively manage their own risk by using water trade and carryover where possible.
No guarantees
Even with better forecasting, improved planning and new policies in place, we cannot drought-proof the Basin. Droughts will continue to impact communities and the environment.
The demand for water by all river users, and the need to conserve water means there will always be some tension in managing drought.
By improving the way we plan and manage risk, river operators and water users can build resilience and knowledge to help prepare and adapt for the difficult conditions of the future.
MDBA Drought in the Basin and Drought Update
Bureau of Meteorology drought information
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Hiding from the world's glances to build his own laws of composition. Hinting to an austere sensitivity, while deliberately remaining not fully perceptible. Like the mystery of a secret; it cannot be hooked in the present or into anything that could rigorously be called perception.
Backstage photography by Marco Giuliano.


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Tesco is one of four largest leading supermarkets in the United Kingdom. In addition to its food dealing, Tesco runs a considerable non-food trade and Internet business. It has extended Tesco products and services to mobile phones and banking with Tesco mobile and Tesco bank. Its reliability plan Clubcard was a precursor in CRM plan, which was launched in 2009.
A significant aspect of changes in governance was formation of the Board Corporate Responsibility Committee in order to certify that the Board upholds a deliberate focus on responsibility of a business in the broadest sense, showing significance to the business of its external effect. Operating on a social scale and having increasing profits, the business has to reveal a nature of its responsibility regarding its performance. It also has to reveal how it releases that accountability to the community where it functions. For the new Committee, this is going to be an imperative centre of attention.
Central issues are the impacts and the consequences of the declaration of the resignation of Sir Terry Leahy from the Group in March 2011. The Board has been subjected to a number of changes. Richard Brasher, apart from David Reid, resigned from the Board. David Potts has retired, and Andrew Higginson will also retire soon. Deanna Oppenheimer was also welcomed as a non-executive director to the Board of Tesco. Oppenheimer brings in valuable banking, international, digital, and retail experience to the Board. According to Yukl (2006), management is a subject that has spawned substantial amount of concern amongst people for a long time.
The brand of a service unit has considerable effect on marketing strategy. Provided the significance of a sturdy federal brand to extend and deepen customer relations, development-based businesses are more likely to be successful if they have a product name that can be used in the new market. This shows that branding is not just advertising that promotes manufactured goods and announces its advantages to targeted markets. It is a component of a service vendor that creates image of the business in the market. Over the past few decades, Tesco has tactically positioned its brand as the most valuable brand in the United Kingdom. This contributes to customer satisfaction.
Tesco supermarket had to maintain its successful growth and high customer satisfaction. It had to strengthen its competitive position and find a way to secure its role in the lives of consumers. The old technique of inspiring playfulness was not working. Tesco needs a new strategy to position itself for consumers and in the market. It also needs to make this perceptive central to the product as well as it has to link the brand with consumers in a way it did not before (Atkinson, 2010).
In order to secure its revenue growth, Tesco's communication strategy had to ensure that people remained loyal to the product and reduced range, therefore, reducing the risk of shifting to competitive products. Therefore, it will need to create an effective communication strategy to boost product equity, thus giving Tesco a unique and clear role in creating stronger connection of the customer with the product and improving the overall product quality.
Organisations operate more effectively when they interrelate with their external surroundings. Fleming & Senior support this perspective as they believe that change is crucial for organisational growth (2006). This has set the ground for the prospect, a future where Tesco will ensure that its talent and capital are put to operation where it benefits the majority of its customers and shareholders. Tesco will be more creative and innovative as it addresses the needs of consumers around the world both online and in store.
Tesco businesses are managed mainly by local groups so that their operations can be closer to customers they serve. Local ranges support Tesco's smaller suppliers and offer customers a modified product offering. Tesco's dedication to online services and buying is an important point. This has got into petrol station industry as well as mortgage industry (Morrison, 2002).
Tesco has a wide range of stakeholders, who have many different expectations and needs, which sometimes are in conflict. It is not possible to satisfy all stakeholders, but Tesco can guarantee all of them that it has listened and taken their point of view into account when assessing different considerations.
The table below shows main concerns raised by different groups.
Provide a choice of products, including sustainable, healthy and affordable options.
Support for local causes and initiatives.
To be treated fairly and honestly.
Long-term relationships, opportunities for growth and shared customer insight.
Timely payment of all taxes.
Leadership approach to CR issues.
Tesco Group is committed to having a productive dialogue with its stakeholders to make sure they understand what is significant to them and give the Board an opportunity to present its position. Every year, the Board conducts a survey of a cross segment of shareholders to measure shareholder sensitivity of the company. Outcomes of this survey are re-examined by the Board. Engagement will help the company to determine new opportunities and risks to ensure that the long-term strategy of the company is sustainable. In some cases, the management discovers that working with stakeholders in corporation can help attain common goals.
Company's management team might not be able to meet all stakeholders' interests all the time but it can do its best to balance challenging demands through engagement. Customers have to trust the company and they will only trust it if they suppose that the company is engaging with its stakeholders (TESCO Annual Report 2012). Tesco upholds discussions with shareholders through scheduling presentations and meetings as well as acting in response to a variety of enquiries. The company also evaluates shareholder perceptions on a number of issues from corporate to strategy administration and SEE issues. It also recognises the significance of appropriately communicating any major company developments.
Tesco has held commercial position within the international market, which helped them win in a nomination Retailer of the Year at 2008 World Retail Awards. This achievement can be useful in promotional campaigns to drive benefit towards the demographic foundation to ensure future sustainability and development.
As a business aiming to achieve constant expansion, Tesco has reserve finances of credit joined with income copied from property portfolio development funds.
Availability of market is a major strength of Tesco. Tesco has enjoyed operations on both local and international markets for its products. In an environment where international sales or performance are dropping, Tesco Group has achieved sales increase of 13% in the UK market and 26% increase in the international markets (Datamonitor, 2004).
Tesco's positioning as a leader of the price in UK market can lead to abridged profit limits in order to keep hold of key price points.
While present economic conditions show that Tesco's chief value message will do well, there exists a weakness in dispensable, central to elevated ticket price items, which will result from lower non-refundable incomes and increasing cost of living.
Grocery outlet channels are not established to run as professional retailers in certain areas of manufactured goods, which may be capitalised on by other minor customized retailers.
Profit levels of Tesco were impacted by credit card arrears, household insurance claims, and bad debt.
Attainment of Homever offers an opportunity to expand the brand throughout Asia, more precisely South Korea, and additionally develop global markets for the Tesco group.
Tesco mobile has gained ¼ million clients in 2008 and enthused into profitable position signifying further development and growth within this technological field.
Growth of Tesco Direct through catalogue and online shopping will develop the use of technology, offering the launch pad for well-built non-food based goods with modest to elevated "margin profits and less focus on margin per foot return to space and sales".
Statistics shows that Tesco is third biggest worldwide grocer, which designates an intensity of buying power to ensure economies of scale.
UK and American markets were influenced by economic anxieties associated with credit crunch. Decreased income of customers will influence the company as it may need to lower prices for fundamental products. This will shift customers' attention away from higher priced products leading to a change in price structure.
Extending changes to Far East regions regarding exporting limitations on some non-food produce will lessen margin rates on goods with already low margins.
Changes in customer buying patterns require extra research. As technology develops, customer buying behaviours change and result in product regions requiring evaluation.
Rising cost of raw materials to produce food and non-food will affect profit overall margins.


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OECD Guideline 202 (Daphnia sp. Acute Immobilisation Test)
EU Method C.2 (Acute Toxicity for Daphnia)
Principles of method if other than guideline:
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 440/2008, Annex, Part C, C.2.: "Daphnia sp. Acute Immobilisation Test", Official Journal of the European Union (EN), dated May 30, 2008
- OECD Guideline for Testing of Chemicals 202: "Daphnia sp., Acute Immobilisation Test" adopted April 13, 2004
- OECD Series on Testing and Assessment, No. 23, "Guidance Document on Aquatic Toxicity Testing of Difficult Substances and Mixtures", December 15, 2000
0.578 mg/L
1.11 mg/L
other: 95 % confidence values = 0.973 - 1.29 mg/l
The quantification of the test item Sa 57 (SAT No. 090073) was performed using gas chromatography (GC-MS-method).
At the start of the test 108 % of the nominal test concentration was found (geometric mean value of influent and effluent recoveries). After 24 hours test duration, 64 % of the nominal value was determined (geometric mean value of influent and effluent recoveries). At the end of the test at 48 h 76 % of the nominal test concentration was found (geometric mean value of influent and effluent recoveries).
A significant decrease of the test item occurred between the in- and efflux of the flow-through test assembly. Therefore, the effect assessment is based on the geometric mean concentrations of influx and efflux at the respective time.
The toxic effect of the test item Sa 57 (SAT No. 090073) to Daphnia magna was assessed in a dose-response-test. Due to the low water solubility and the degradation properties of the test item in water, the test item was diluted in ethanol and a flow-through test was performed. Since the test item formed undissolved droplets on the water surface of the aquaria, cages were introduced in the aquaria to ensure that the test item has no physical effect on the daphnids. The 48-hour NOEC was determined to be 0.578 mg test item/L. The 48-hour LOEC was determined to be 0.612 mg test item/L The 48-hour EC50 value was calculated to be 1.11 mg test item/L.
After 48 hours of exposure no immobilisation of the test animals was observed in the blank control, the solvent control and the test item concentration of 0.578 mg/L. At the concentration of 0.612 mg/L, 2/20 animals were immobile and 9/20 animals were immobile at the concentration of 1.08 mg/L. At the highest test item concentrations of 1.63 and 3.01 mg/L, 17/20 and 20/20 daphnids were immobile, respectively.


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My interest in proteomics
How to create an intelligence
W Daniel Hillis Scientist
181. AI and why I built the Connection Machine 87 03:24
182. The complexity of human intelligence 84 05:03
183. Recreating evolution inside a computer 1 70 03:38
184. Nature – the great engineer 1 79 02:44
185. Morphogenesis as an adaptive process 65 03:01
186. The two-dimensional landscape of evolution 64 03:51
187. Evolving an intelligence with the use of computers 61 00:59
188. Programming an intelligence for solving complex problems 59 03:36
189. How to create an intelligence 58 05:11
190. My interest in proteomics 72 02:50
What we'd really like, if we had another kind of intelligence, I think, would be an intelligence that could look at a very complicated system and suggest how we might change its inputs a little bit in order to keep it operating in the safe zone. So let's take that as a problem. How would we create that intelligence? So I would start out with a very simple version of that problem, which is imagine you have a little box. Technically it would be a finite state machine. And it has some switches and knobs on it. And it has some lights on it. And your job is to control the switches and knobs so that the light... some lights stay on and some lights stay off. Now I can start... I can make that box as simple as I want. I can have one light on it and one switch. It would be really simple. And so it would be easy to make a machine that learned when the switch is in this position, the light is on, and when the switch is in that position, the light is off. And you could imagine that the box might even have some internal states, so maybe I have to turn on the switch twice to get the light to turn on. And the machine could learn that, it could build a model of that. And I could increase the number of switches and lights and knobs and the complexity of the algorithm inside the box, gradually, and have the machine get better and better at learning how to control it. And at some point, I'm imagining that it's doing this and it's accumulating the techniques that it used before, and it's using those as building blocks for the next level of evolution of the machine. And so I could get... maybe the next level of complexity is like playing a video game, which is basically you see some lights on the screen and you have some controls and the state is in the game and you learn to control the switches in order to make the score go up. In that case, you know, you're... so you have a goal state which is a high score, and you have some controls, and you learn by playing with it what to do to get the high score.
And in fact, neural networks have done that, so we know machines can kind of learn to do that, but I can keep on making it more and more complicated, till eventually you have something as complicated as, say, a human body that you're putting medicines into or something like that. Of course, you start with simulations. But I think that's a nice kind of framework that you can make arbitrarily complicated. So that's the framework I think I would use to evolve these machines. I'd start them out on simple machines, they'd get good at it, and then I'd build up a more and more complicated situation. And I might even do a kind of co-evolution thing, where the machines also evolved and they tried to evolve to be inscrutable and picky ways of being controlled and so on, so that... like the sorting programs and the...
And so I think that program, if you didn't just evolve a set of instructions, but what you evolved is something which, by an adaptive process, produced a program. And maybe it's by an automatic debugging and, you know, made a more sensible program from the genes. And then that program learned from interaction with the environment. You get those multiple levels of adaptation. Then I think you would get that kind of hierarchical evolution that I was talking about before. And I think you might be able to evolve a kind of intelligence that would surpass human intelligence and actually help us with some of these big problems that we have that we don't know how to solve. So there's a program of research that I would really love to figure out how to do somehow.
[Q] So when do you start?
Well, I'm thinking of the best way to do it. I mean, obviously, you need to get some great students or colleagues working on it. You need a lot of computing resources. I think Boston would actually be a wonderful place to do it. You need some people that... you know, it's a big programming project in creating the environment and so on. I don't think it's... it's not obvious to me how to build the organisation. I'm at a point... I've built organisations before, but I realise that's not really what I want to do. I'm not like an institute builder, so I kind of need to figure out how to do this and get somebody else to build the organisation and have, hopefully, me work on the actual technology. So I haven't figured that out yet. But that's what I'd really like to do.
W Daniel Hillis (b. 1956) is an American inventor, scientist, author and engineer. While doing his doctoral work at MIT under artificial intelligence pioneer, Marvin Minsky, he invented the concept of parallel computers, that is now the basis for most supercomputers. He also co-founded the famous parallel computing company, Thinking Machines, in 1983 which marked a new era in computing. In 1996, Hillis left MIT for California, where he spent time leading Disney's Imagineers. He developed new technologies and business strategies for Disney's theme parks, television, motion pictures, Internet and consumer product businesses. More recently, Hillis co-founded an engineering and design company, Applied Minds, and several start-ups, among them Applied Proteomics in San Diego, MetaWeb Technologies (acquired by Google) in San Francisco, and his current passion, Applied Invention in Cambridge, MA, which 'partners with clients to create innovative products and services'. He holds over 100 US patents, covering parallel computers, disk arrays, forgery prevention methods, and various electronic and mechanical devices (including a 10,000-year mechanical clock), and has recently moved into working on problems in medicine. In recognition of his work Hillis has won many awards, including the Dan David Prize.
Title: How to create an intelligence
Listeners: Christopher Sykes George Dyson
Tags: intelligence, neural networks, adaptation, evolution
Date story went live: 05 July 2017


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import org.apache.aries.jndi.Utils;
import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
import org.osgi.framework.ServiceReference;
import org.osgi.util.tracker.ServiceTracker;

import java.util.*;
import java.util.function.Function;

public class CachingServiceTracker<S> extends ServiceTracker<S, ServiceReference<S>> {

    /** The cached references */
    private volatile Map<String, ServiceReference<S>> cache;
    /** The funtion to obtain the identifiers */
    private final Function<ServiceReference<S>, Iterable<String>> properties;

    public CachingServiceTracker(BundleContext context, Class<S> clazz) {
        this(context, clazz, ref -> Collections.emptyList());
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    public CachingServiceTracker(BundleContext context, Class<S> clazz, Function<ServiceReference<S>, Iterable<String>> properties) {
        super(context, clazz, null);
        this.properties = properties;
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Vicks VapoRub is one of the most popular cold remedies. It has been around a very long time; most of our grandparents used Vicks VapoRub as children. The primary use for Vicks VapoRub is as a temporary cough reliever. You can also use it as a rub for achy muscles. Many of us find the scent and the warming sensation soothing. Vicks VapoRub also soothes sore throats and helps you breathe a little better.
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Bron Breakker Addresses "Higher Expectations" Of Him As A Steiner In WWE
By Brie Coder |December 1, 2021
It's old vs. new, black & gold vs. vibrant color, as Team Tommaso Ciampa (Ciampa, Johnny Gargano, Pete Dunne, and LA Knight) battle the new kids on the block (Bron Breakker, Carmelo Hayes, Grayson Waller, and Tony D'Angelo) this Sunday at WWE NXT WarGames.
Representing the new profiles of NXT 2.0, Bron Breakker made his first-ever appearance on today's WWE's The Bump, discussing his role and why he's the standard of this revitalized era of NXT.
"[On picking up steam every time he steps into the ring with NXT legends like Gargano and Ciampa] I'm working with guys like Johnny and Tommaso, and I'm going to call it like it is: those guys are fantastic," Breakker began. "They're leaders in the locker room, and those guys are great. They paved the way for young guys like myself coming through, so I gotta respect that and acknowledge that."
With that said, Breakker realized just exactly what he was up against this past October at WWE NXT Halloween Havoc when he chose to tangle with Ciampa for "Goldie." Although he came up short in their bout, Breakker knows their story is far from over post-WarGames.
"He was truly the better man that night," Breakker declared on his title fight with Ciampa. "I made too many mistakes. He was right; me being new to the sport, I got exposed that night. I didn't deserve to be the NXT Champion that night.
"I feel that I've grown a lot since Halloween Havoc. I've gotten in the lab and made some corrections on some things. I've been working day in and day out to not make those same mistakes again. We'll see what happens down the road. But I'm gonna see his ass again."
As the son of Rick and nephew of Scott Steiner, it's apparent that the pressure of being a generational talent is some hard boots to fill. While he's taking it in stride, Breakker tries not to let spectators' expectations ruin his moment of becoming the current most talked-about breakout star of NXT 2.0 and possibly beyond. He envisions WarGarmes will be his moment to carve his own path in this innovative era of NXT.
"I don't worry about that, man. I don't pay attention to any of that. I just focus on what I'm doing on a daily basis," Breakker mentioned on dealing with the pressures of being a generational talent. "I just focus on my coaching and the things I'm being taught. I focus on the mistakes I've made, so I can correct them and be better the next day.
"Obviously, there are high expectations for me, you know, because of what my dad and uncle did before me. You know, I'm here to make a name for myself."
WWE NXT WarGames will air this Sunday at 8 pm ET on Peacock TV (United States) and WWE Network (everywhere else).
You can watch Bron Breakker's full interview here. If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit WWE's The Bump with a h/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.
OLD SCHOOL vs. NEW SCHOOL
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— WWE's The Bump (@WWETheBump) December 1, 2021
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Man stabbed on a Surrey bus
Police have arrested a man and are trying to determine what led to the stabbing in Whalley
Tom Zytaruk
Sep. 10, 2015 8:00 p.m.
SURREY — Police are investigating a stabbing on a bus in Whalley.
It happened at about 2:30 p.m. Thursday, near 100th Avenue and King George Boulevard. A young man, whose name has not been revealed, was taken to hospital with serious injuries but they aren't believed to be life threatening. Another man was arrested.
"Officers are canvassing the area and speaking with passengers on the transit bus to obtain further information," Surrey RCMP Cpl. Scotty Schumann said. "At this point, it is still unclear if the parties knew each other or what the altercation was about."
tom.zytaruk@thenownewspaper.com
Trial cancelled for South Surrey hit-and-run charges
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Event organizers say refunds will be given


When I celebrated my birthday not long ago, Anne Schweizer asked what I what like to have as a present. I replied, "Something geeky is always welcome," and I added what everyone else at SJ Games most likely does: "But please note: I already have most of the mainstream geek stuff."
So she created the Great Cthulhu Cake, and she was so right. This cake is -- or was -- amazing. Although it looks like Cthulhu, it is also a cake, and a cake needs to be eaten. I decided to take the Great Cthulhu Cake to the Morpheus Convention, which is the traditional opening con of the new year's convention season in Germany, and sacrifice it there with the fellow gamers.
Here are some pictures of our blasphemous sacrifice ritual. Thanks again to Anne for this great and awesome present! And yes, Cthulhu tasted great, and had hazelnut flavor!


Budget 2014 introduced a CGT relief for Entrepreneurs. The relief is aimed at encouraging Entrepreneurs to invest and re-invest in assets used in new productive trading activities or a new trading company.
The relief will apply to a person who has already paid CGT in Ireland on the disposal of assets, and then subsequently makes an investment of at least €10,000 in a new business in the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2018. The relief applies to the disposal of the new investment, which would be the second disposal of an investment by an Entrepreneur for the purposes of the relief. The second disposal can be no earlier than three years after making that investment.
•	50% of the CGT due on the disposal of the new investment.
SURE is a tax relief incentive scheme. Owners of new start-up companies may be entitled to an income tax refund of up to 41% of the capital that they invest under SURE. Depending on the size of the investment individuals may be entitled to a refund of income tax paid over the 6 years prior to the year in which the investment is made.


Renaissance at Manchester is located on Route 70 in Manchester Township in Ocean County, New Jersey. This golf course community is open to adults aged 55 or better. This community is perfect for active adults looking for a peaceful feel in a tranquil setting. It has plenty of wide open spaces as well as many lakes within the community.
Renaissance at Manchester is conveniently located half-way between Philadelphia and New York City and is about four miles from Garden State Parkway. Despite its rural setting, this gated active adult community is close to stores, restaurants, entertainment, and medical services. Major malls are just 15 minutes away.
Amenities include a private 18-hole executive golf course and a spectacular 30,000 square-foot clubhouse. Indoors, the clubhouse contains a large state-of-the-art fitness center, an indoor pool, a library, computers, billiards room, woodworking shop, and a ballroom. There are also several activity rooms for social gatherings, cards, as well as arts and crafts.
Outdoors, residents can enjoy basketball, tennis courts, horseshoe pits, as well as shuffleboard and bocce ball courts. Homeowners can go for a refreshing dip in the pool, complete with spa and patio. There is also a playground for kids, a spacious RV parking area, and an on-site deli. Designed by J. Christopher Cummins, the 18-hole, par 63 Renaissance golf course features 4,262 yards of golf from the longest tees.
This 55+ community is comprised of over 1,900 single-family homes which were built between 1997 and 2007 by Carlton Homes and Centex Homes. These bright and airy residences with elegant, open floor plans offer between 1,522 and 2,256 square feet of living space with one or two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an attached one or two-car garage. Many of the houses in Renaissance at Manchester are situated on private and golf course lots. Pet owners will be happy to know that the porches or decks that come with many of the homes can be closed off to keep their four-legged friends safe and secure.
In addition, the residences in this community feature expansive kitchens as well as a magnificent master bedroom and bath suites. Some homes feature dens on the first floor. The monthly homeowner's association dues are very reasonable for a community of this size.
Besides housing an impressive golf course, this 55+ community offers lots of activities for a healthy and active lifestyle. Residents can join any of the many social clubs in the community, such as an artists club, book club, ping pong club, woodworkers, cooking club, men's group, women's group, music club, model builders, red hat society, grandparents group, or even the martial arts club. Outdoor activity groups include golfing, gardening, and softball. Residents also get together regularly for bingo and card games. In addition, the full-time activities director plans many community events.
Renaissance at Manchester is situated on Route 70 in a peaceful, tranquil section of Manchester Township. Residents enjoy easy access to popular attractions along the Jersey Shore, including Point Pleasant, Lavallette, and Seaside Heights. The Garden State Arts Center is 35 miles away. The major cities of Philadelphia and Atlantic City can be reached within an hour and lively Manhattan is only 90 minutes away.
With its close proximity to several major roadways including Garden State Parkway, Highway 37 and 70, as well as Route 9, it is easy for residents to explore the surrounding area of Manchester. There are many stores, malls, restaurants, and medical facilities nearby. Renaissance at Manchester is an ideal established active adult community in Ocean County, New Jersey.
There are plenty of activities available in Renaissance at Manchester. Here is a sample of some of the clubs, activities and classes offered here.
Homes range in size from 1,522 to 2,256 square feet and feature one to two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a two-car garage.
Large community with large clubhouse. Some homes could use updating, however most floor plans are nice and open.
Gary and I moved here a few years ago and really like it. The location is nice because it's quiet and private but still close to all the things you need often like shopping and restaurants. We've got all the amenities we could ever need here, the golf course is nice and the clubhouse offers something for everyone. I'd say some of the facilities could use some updating, but overall, the community is well maintained. The people here are friendly and there are tons of different activities.
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Georges Kars Archives
Yehuda COHEN
François Zdenek EBERL
Béla CZOBEL
BUDAPEST 1883-1976
Béla Czobel's father was a grain merchant who came from Belus, a small town located near the Moravian border. He moved to Budapest shortly before his son was born. Bela's grandfather, a decorative painter, encouraged his grandson to adopt an artistic career, which he started in 1902 in the Baia Mare painters' community in Hungary. The next year, Czobel studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. There, he got to know Jules Pascin, Rudolf Lévy, and Walter Bondy, who he met again later in Montparnasse.
From 1902 to 1906, Czobel spent the summers in Baia Mare where he met his future wife Isolda Daig, who was also a student attending a painting school. He married her in 1905. Czobel went to Paris for the first time in October 1903. He lived at the Hôtel du Danemark in Montparnasse and attended the Académie Julian, which was then run by Jean-Paul Laurens. He was awarded the first prize for nude study. Czobel met Henri Matisse, took part in the Fauve movement and exhibited alongside Derain, Vlaminck, Braque, and Matisse at the Salon d'Automne dedicated to Fauvism in 1905.
In 1907, Czobel settled at the artist's colony La Cité Falguiere. He spent every summer in the countryside of his homeland, becoming ambassador of the French avant-garde in Hungary. He was notably invited to Baia Mare by painter Karoly Kernstok. In 1909, Czobel participated in the foundation of a Hungarian avant-garde group named "The Eight" (Nyolcak) and introduced Fauvism in Budapest. In 1913, he was awarded the prize of the International Exhibition of Post-Impressionist painting at the Artists' House in Budapest. During World War I, Czobel settled in Bergen, a small village in Holland. Between 1919 and 1925, he lived in Berlin and discovered German Expressionism. He left for France in 1925. He lived mainly in Normandy and in the south of France until 1939. During this period, he also spent time in Hungary, notably in 1936 when he went to Szentendre. Many painters, including his second wife Maria Modok, spent time in Szentendre.
During the Occupation, Czobel was in Szentendre. In 1945, he settled there and lived both in France and in Hungary. He died in 1976. His work was exhibited in Szentendre in the Czobel museum, which was inaugurated one year before he died.
Stories of Jewish Artists of the School of Paris 1905-1939
Capitale des arts, le Paris des années 1905-1939 attire les artistes du monde entier. De cette période de foisonnement, un terme est resté, celui d'Ecole de Paris, qui recouvre une grande diversité d'expression artistique. Dans ce brassage dont Montparnasse est le creuset, un groupe se distingue : celui des artistes juifs venus de Russie, de Pologne et d'Europe centrale. Si leurs styles sont variés, un destin commun les rassemble : ils fuient l'antisémitisme de leur pays d'origine. Certains ont connu la célébrité dès les années 1920, tels Soutine, Lipchitz ou Chagall. D'autres n'ont pas eu le temps ou la chance d'y accéder. Près de la moitié a péri dans les camps de concentration nazis.
From 1905 to 1939, Paris attracted artists from all over the globe as the capital of the art world. This period of artistic proliferation became known as the School of Paris, and includes a great diversity of artistic expression. Within the teeming art world centred on Montparnasse, one group set itself apart: Jewish artists from Russia, Poland, and Central Europe. Although their styles were diverse, they shared the common fate of fleeing anti-Semitic persecutions in their home countries. Some became famous in the 1920s, such as Soutine, Lipchitz, and Chagall, while others did not have the time or the luck to gain renown. Nearly half of these artists died in Nazi concentration camps.
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If you have upgraded the property you may still choose to have the EPC done again to obtain an improved rating. Examples of improvements that can improve your rating are Insulation to the roof, walls, floor and hot water tank, upgraded heating systems (for example a new Condensing Boiler or Thermostats on the radiator), double glazing or photovoltaic cells. Beware - some 'improvements' can have a detrimental impact on your EPC rating, for example taking out old storage heaters and putting in electric panel heaters will reduce your rating substantially. You may wish to seek independent advise before starting changes.
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Warn occupants about the visit. The DEA will need access to all rooms.
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If you have low energy light bulbs to hand then put them in before the DEA arrives. It's a simple way to improve your rating. The Energy Assessor will only look at the fixed fittings in the ceiling or on the walls and not at any plug in lamps you might have.
If your loft has fixed boarding then this will need to be lifted to allow the Energy Assessor to measure the loft insulation that is underneath otherwise a default will be assumed that will be the insulation that was required in the Building Regulations at the time the property was built (for older properties that will be 'None' and for more recent properties the regulations have required increasingly thick insulation). You will not need to lift the boarding if you have a certificate showing what insulation has been installed.
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Who were the first women in the world to attend university?
International Women's Day is an opportunity for us all to celebrate the amazing achievements of women across the world.
This year, we thought we'd recognise nine incredible women who were the very first in their country to attend university. Together, they form the trailblazers who made a university education accessible to women today.
So who were the first women in the world to attend university?
Italy - Bettisia Gozzadini
Spain - Beatriz Galindo
The Netherlands - Anna Maria van Schurman
Germany - Dorothea Schlözer
Sweden - Sweden - Aurora Liljenroth
USA - Elizabeth Blackwell
UK - The Edinburgh Seven
Canada - Grace Annie Lockhart
Ireland - Isabel Marion Weir Johnston
1. Italy - Bettisia Gozzadini
Less than 200 years after the University of Bologna's foundation in 1088, Bettisia Gozzadini became the first woman to attend university. Graduating with a law degree in 1237, Bettisia would have learnt her profession in the stunning medieval cloisters of this Italian city.
Not only is she thought to be the first woman to have attended university, but she is also reputedly the first woman to lecture at one too. She became an important pioneer for women at university and had a reputation for her public speaking.
On the day of her death, local legend says that all the schools in the city of Bologna were closed in mourning. Today, she is remembered through a monument at the Palazzo Pepoli in her home city.
2. Spain - Beatriz Galindo
Born in the Spanish city of Salamanca in 1465, Beatriz Galindo is today known as one of the most educated women of her time. She graduated from the University of Salamanca after studying to become a nun, and was known for her skill in Latin.
As tutor to Queen Isabella of Castile's children, she held an important and influential role in one of the most powerful kingdoms of the 15th century. Queen Isabella was known for her belief in the importance of education, and alongside her husband King Ferdinand of Aragon, unified Spain to form the country we are familiar with today.
Beatriz would have also taught Isabella of Castile's most famous daughter, Catherine of Aragon, who in 1509 became the first wife of Henry VIII of England!
3. The Netherlands - Anna Maria van Schurman
A student at the University of Utrecht between 1634 and 1637, German-born Anna Maria van Schurman became the first woman to attend a Dutch university.
She was known for being highly educated and a firm defender of female education in a period of history where women were predominantly uneducated.
Anna is thought to have been proficient in fourteen languages, including Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, Aramaic, and Ethiopic!
4. Germany - Dorothea Schlözer
As the first woman in Germany to receive a Doctorate of Philosophy, Dorothea Schlözer was an advocate for women's education in the 18th century.
She graduated from Göttingen University during a period when women were barred from studying at higher education institutions and had to be privately examined.
Dorothea was also one of five academically active women known as the Universitätsmamsellen, leaders in opening university education to women in Germany.
Although her education was comprehensive, including modern languages, classics, metaphysics, geography, literature and mathematics, in later life she studied in Paris and became an acclaimed artist.
5. Sweden - Aurora Liljenroth
Clara Aurora Liljenroth was born in 1772 and is known for being one of few women at the time to have attended and graduated from university in Sweden.
Accepted into Visingso Gymnasium in 1780, in her first term she gave a public speech to the school and several important guests which was prominently covered in the national press.
In 1788, Aurora graduated in 'all sciences' with the highest honours, giving her graduation speech in fluent French.
She did all this nearly one hundred years before universities in Sweden would be formally open to women in 1871.
6. United States of America - Elizabeth Blackwell
Arguably the most famous woman on this list, Dr Elizabeth Blackwell was born in Bristol, England in 1821.
After being rejected from each medical school she applied to, Elizabeth was finally accepted into Geneva Medical College in New York in 1847.
Her inaugural thesis, published in 1849 in the Buffalo Medical Journal would be the first medical article published by a female student from the United States.
Her sister, Dr Emily Blackwell, would later become the third woman to earn a medical degree in the United States. In 1857, together they founded the New York Infirmary for Women and Children, where they gave lectures on the importance of educating girls.
Today, Dr Elizabeth Blackwell is known best for being the first woman on the Medical Register of the General Medical Council. The Elizabeth Blackwell Medal is also awarded annually to a woman who has made a significant contribution to the promotion of women in medicine.
7. United Kingdom - The Edinburgh Seven
In 1869, seven women became the first group of undergraduate female students at any British university. They began studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh and although they were not allowed to graduate and qualify as Doctors, their campaign caught national attention.
Gathering support from noted contemporaries including Charles Dickens, members of the Edinburgh Seven would go on to establish the London School of Medicine for Women in 1874.
The campaign work of Sophia Jex-Blake, Isabel Thorne, Edith Pechey, Matilda Chaplin, Helen Evans, Mary Anderson and Emily Bovell placed the demands of women for a university education on the national political agenda.
In 1876 the UK Medical Act was passed, ensuring that women could study medicine at university!
8. Canada - Grace Annie Lockhart
Grace Annie Lockhart was born in 1855 and is known for being the first woman in the British Empire to receive a Bachelor's degree.
She graduated from Mount Allison University in Canada in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science and Literature degree.
Grace's academic achievements paved the way for other women in higher education. Seven years later Harriet Starr Stewart graduated from Mount Allison University to become the first woman to be granted a Bachelor of Arts degree by a Canadian university.
9. Ireland - Isabel Marion Weir Johnston
In 1904, Isabel Marion Weir Johnston became the first woman in Ireland to attend university after being accepted into Trinity College Dublin to study English and French.
Her acceptance came at a time of great resistance towards women in higher education. Once at university, Isabel and the 40 other women admitted within the year faced many restrictions, including not being able to attend lectures or even be on campus at all after 6pm.
Despite this, she became an active member of the student body, founding a debating society for women and organising dances and sporting tournaments.
In 1905, Isabel left Trinity College before graduating, but later went on to become a founding member of the London branch of the DU Women graduates association.
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The United States has a long history of people coming to the country as immigrants from other countries. If you want to come to the United States as a visitor or to live here, you need to carefully consider several legal issues. People want come to the United States based on many reasons, including: (i) to visit as a tourist, (ii) to visit for medical treatment, (iii) to marry to a US Citizen, (iv) to escape another country as a refuge, (v) to work on the United States, or (vi) to invest in the United States as a business investor. Whether you are coming on a temporary work visa or permanent resident visa, you should consult with an immigration attorney to help you as you will need to deal with the many laws, procedures, steps, and forms involved in immigrating to the United States.
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Whether iSCSI will help or hinder the manageability of storage resources depends on the amount of time storage managers are willing to wait for improvements to the technology.
iSCSI in its current state cannot exist alone. For one thing, iSCSI cant keep up with Fibre Channel from a performance standpoint. For another, although new products are on the horizon, there are very few iSCSI-based storage systems on the market today.
Storage managers who want to use iSCSI now will have to create a hybrid network running iSCSI together with Fibre Channel storage systems. Juggling the two will no doubt cause headaches because storage management products need to be enhanced to handle iSCSI networking components.
Storage management software vendors, including Veritas Software Corp. and Legato Systems Inc., have given demonstrations in recent weeks of their backup products running on iSCSI networks. However, until vendors certify these and other important systems, such as clustering and file replication, storage managers cannot hope to run these tools in iSCSI environments without a fair amount of muss and fuss.
More important than the issue of augmenting current storage management products to support iSCSI will be the inclusion of iSCSI products in the Distributed Management Task Forces WBEM (Web-Based Enterprise Management) and CIM (Common Information Model) standards development process.
WBEM calls for the creation of a core set of standard technologies for managing enterprise computing environments, while CIM is a model for describing overall management data.
iSCSI vendors need to adhere to the WBEM and CIM standards to make sure they will be able to interoperate with next-generation SAN management utilities. eWeek Labs hopes they do because the use of iSCSI can greatly improve SAN management.
IP, over which iSCSI is transported, is mature and has a large number of vendors producing management utilities for it. In addition, iSCSI provides SANs with an element of security that has been sorely missing for a long time.


This completely renovated holiday home for nine people is full of rustic and authentic charm. Located in Sprimont , it will welcome you for in a peaceful place, close to nature .
Enjoy the equipped kitchen to prepare your best recipes.
But do not forget to barbecue in summer.
For a family outing that will delight your children, go to the Wild World of Aywaille, where you can admire unusual exotic animals from our region.
This completely renovated holiday home for nine people is full of rustic and authentic charm. Located in Sprimont, it will welcome you for in a peaceful place, close to nature.
You will be immediately charmed by the rural setting of this beautiful property, which is perfect for a quiet stay. The authenticity of this house is its main feature, as you will see in the large living room. The stone walls and the exposed beams give to the whole place an irresistible charm. The dining area is spacious and can accommodate large groups in a friendly atmosphere. A little further, in a mezzanine, the cosy living room is equipped with comfortable armchairs and will be the preferred meeting place for your family gathering. The two large bedrooms are located on the second floor and can accommodate without difficulty three and six people. The bathroom is also on the second floor and features a bath and a shower. You will also find a particularly well equipped and functional kitchen. However, in summer you may choose for the barbecue instead, to take advantage of the lovely terrace and the outdoor area, where your children will enjoy playing on the swing and slide. Also, a games room equipped with ping-pong table is available in the annexe building.
With a holiday rental in Sprimont, nature lovers and outdoor enthusiasts are in the right place. VenturiX Outdoor and all its team offer many activities in a beautiful environment and will welcome you with open arms. In addition, hikers will have a great time in the surrounding area, with multiple trails to explore. As such, the Ninglinspo Promenade is one of the most beautiful trails in the country and leads to some breathtaking scenery. For other types of scenery that are no less enchanting, head to the Caves of Comblain or those of Remouchamps, where you can go on a getaway in the bowels of the Earth!
A pleasant stay, in a rural and inviting atmosphere, awaits you in Sprimont with this authentic holiday home, so book it now!
Sprimont is mostly known for the limestone, mined in the many stone pits in the area. This, evidently, makes Sprimont the perfect place for the Musée de la Pierre (Stone Museum). It is very well located as a holiday destination in the Belgian Ardennes. The 'smallest city in the world', Durbuy, and the big city of Liège are both located at about a half an hour's drive from Sprimont.


Located within walking distance of the town centre, the friendly Trevoil Guest House is a comfortable and relaxed place to stay. Breakfast is enjoyed in the light, pleasant dining room. Parking is available.
Exit A39 (Melvill Road) left into Avenue Road, 150 yards from Maritime Museum.


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Sonos, Google And The Outlook For Connected Home Audio
Chromecast Audio
connected home audio
Connected home audio forecasts
home streaming
There were two big announcements today in the connected home audio space. Sonos announced its new flagship Play5 speaker while Google launched its Chromecast audio, a streaming audio dongle that plugs into the audio jack input on analogue hi-fis (as long as they have such an input). With the Play5 retailing at $449 and the Chromecast Audio at $35 these two products are clearly aiming at opposite ends of the burgeoning streaming home audio marketplace. But their very diversity speaks volumes about the market outlook.
Right up until the 1990s music technology had pride of place in the living room. Format shifts ensured a booming hi-fi market that provided the foundations for the golden years of consumer electronics giants such as Sony and Panasonic. By the late 1980s the last great music format shift had taken place but sales continued to surge, driven by later adopters of CDs. Even after that the hi-fi sector was so robust that hi-fi replacement cycles were triggered simply by shifts in the dominant colouring of equipment. Then from the 2000s the home audio sector was hit by an almighty double whammy: 1) CD sales went into decline 2) TV technology sales boomed. The net result is that TV technology is the dominant force in the contemporary living room. The hi-fi shifted from pride of place to half-forgotten also ran in the corner gathering dust.
Home audio needed a new sense of purpose for the digital music era (docking stations were a temporary fix). Meanwhile, in 2002 a small company from Santa Barbara pioneered an entirely new hi-fi category: multi-room streaming audio. 13 years on Sonos is on track to register $1 billion in sales in 2015 and accounts for 12% of all connected audio households globally (secondly only to Bose). Sonos has carved out a niche that is being super charged by streaming music and that competitors as diverse as Samsung, Harman International and Ministry Of Sound are all now chasing.
But for all the growth in high end streaming audio equipment the scale opportunity is with entry level Bluetooth speakers, the largest single segment in shipment terms. With a generation of teens wanting a bit more oomph than their inbuilt phone speakers the Bluetooth speaker segment has a lot of growth in it yet. Chromecast Audio's target market though is a different part of the entry tier, focusing instead on older consumers who have analogue hi-fi they're falling out of the habit of using as their music consumption has shifted away from CDs and towards YouTube, Soundcloud, Pandora and Spotify.
As we recently revealed in our report 'Connected Home Audio Forecasts, 2015 to 2020: The Reinvention Of Hi-Fi', the connected home audio marketplace will grow from 69 million households globally in 2014 to 219 million in 2020. Both Sonos and Google will play key roles in that future. While Sonos' role has been clear for a long time now, Google has been threatening to get into this space for some time and with its cards firmly on the mainstream table we can look forward to two powerhouses competing around each other rather than against each other…for now at least.
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