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Ashe County arrest reports
Compiled By Ian Taylor ian.taylor@ashepostandtimes.com
Ian Taylor
The following information was provided by the Ashe County Sheriff's Office. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Nicole L. Blakeman, 20, of Todd, was charged with possession of methamphetamine and possession of marijuana up to one-half ounces. Blakeman was released Nov. 16 under a $2,000 secured bond.
Thomas F. Jones, 25, of Whitetop, Va., was charged with possession of methamphetamine and possession of marijuana up to one-half ounces. Jones was released Nov. 16 under a $2,000 secured bond.
Jennifer L. Williams, 30, of Sparta, was charged with possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a schedule II controlled substance, selling methamphetamine and delivering methamphetamine. Williams was released Nov. 19 under a $15,000 secured bond.
Melissa L. M. Staley, 43, of Saltville, Va., was charged with failing to appear on charges of three counts of possession of stolen property, operating a vehicle with no insurance, resisting a public officer and forgery of endorsement. Staley was released Nov. 17 under a $10,000 secured bond.
Nicole S. Fitzgerald, 37, of Hendersonville, was charged with failing to appear on charges of driving while license revoked. Fitzgerald was released Nov. 19 under a $1,500 secured bond.
Harley M. Taylor, 21, of Crumpler, was charged with failing to appear on charges of carrying a concealed weapon, two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia, simple possession of a schedule II controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance on prison/jail premises. Taylor is being held at the Ashe County Detention Center under a $15,000 secured bond.
Amber F. Burns, 35, of West Jefferson, was charged with larceny by employee. Burns was released Nov. 19 under a $5,000 unsecured bond.
Amanda L. Prevette, 35, of North Wilkesboro, was charged with six counts of misdemeanor larceny. Prevette was released Nov. 19 under a $500 secured bond.
Joshua B. Wilcox, 33, of Crumpler, was charged with communicating threats. Wilcox was released Nov. 19 under a written promise.
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Mary J. Blige has been ordered to pay her estranged husband, Kendu Isaacs, $30,000 a month in temporary spousal support.
The couple decided to separate last year after 12 years of marriage.
According to TMZ, a judge ordered the "Not Gon' Cry" singer to pay the funds to Isaacs after he requested a whopping $129,319 a month from the star.
Though the court found Isaacs to be entitled to money that would accommodate the standard of living he was used to, it decided his requested amount was unreasonable.
Blige was ordered to pay retroactive spousal support dating to September, along with Isaacs' attorney fees. That's a total of $235,000.
Whether Isaacs is satisfied with the designated amount in spousal report remains unclear, but one thing's for sure—he's living a heck of a lot better than most of us.
Hopefully, both Mary and Kendu can move on with their lives.


Unlike in many other states, Florida prosecutors have a tradition of using grand juries to study social and government problems, issue reports called "presentments" and make recommendations for reform. Miami-Dade, in particular, has been a leader in the practice.
"Not many have the privilege of working with grand juries," Fernández Rundle told the Herald. "One of our favorite roles is working with the grand jury, working with them, and through them. The large, systemic changes that have happened through the years have had such a tremendous, positive impact on our community, in countless ways.
"The impact those grand juries had over the years has been one of the best experiences for us as criminal justice stakeholders and reformers," she added.
The Herald investigation revealed a broad range of abuses, including the hiring of youth workers with criminal records and histories of violence and sexual misconduct, the widespread use of unnecessary and excessive force, the sexual abuse of detainees and the outsourcing of discipline by staff members — who sometimes offer teens snack foods as a reward for doling out beatings. The series also highlighted a troubling history of medical neglect by officers, youth workers and even nurses assigned to youth programs.
The series was prompted by the Aug. 31, 2015, death of Elord Revolte, a 17-year-old who had been detained on an armed robbery charge. Following a dispute with an officer over Elord's decision to stand up without permission to retrieve a carton of milk, Elord was savagely beaten by at least a dozen peers. The cause of his death was blunt force trauma to his head, neck and chest, and the resulting tear in a vein below his left collarbone. The medical examiner ruled his death a homicide.
Two youths told police and prosecutors that the detention officer with whom Elord squabbled had ordered the attack. The allegations were strikingly similar to claims made by detainees at other programs across the state that Florida had sustained a youth corrections culture in which big-for-their-age youths were turned into goons and enforcers by workers who were wary of dispensing discipline themselves.
The state attorney's office declined to press charges against both the youths who attacked Elord and the officer accused of inciting them. Prosecutors wrote in internal documents that poor record-keeping and a woefully outdated video surveillance system made prosecution of the detainees unsustainable. As to the officer, who remains on the job: It was his word against the youths, and he strongly denied their accusations.
Fernández Rundle declined to speak in detail about those she anticipates will address the grand jury, or what testimony will be elicited, citing the statutory secrecy of grand jury proceedings.
The county's top prosecutor told the Herald that she also expects to discuss her concerns over the state's juvenile justice system with DJJ Secretary Christina K. Daly. Among the issues Fernández Rundle anticipates she will bring up: the quality of youth workers hired by both DJJ and the private contractors who operate residential programs, the low pay scales for officers and youth workers, concerns over accountability among workers and administrators, and questions about youth treatment and re-entry programs.
Fernández Rundle said she also will offer the resources of her office — the largest of its kind in the state — as well as her relationships with local lawmakers in an effort to help push needed reforms.
One of the most persistent concerns among Miami-Dade prosecutors has involved healthcare at the Miami detention center, a 126-bed youth jail that has seen two teenagers die since 2003.
The grand jury's 2003 spring term issued a blistering report on the death of 17-year-old Omar Paisley. Omar was locked up following a fight in his Opa-locka neighborhood. For three days, the teen begged officers and nurses to let him see a doctor as his belly filled with poisons from a ruptured appendix. By the time officers began to transport him to Jackson Memorial Hospital on June 9, 2003, he was already dead; records show officers tried to shackle him even after he stopped breathing.
Omar began to complain of severe stomach pain less than a day after he pleaded guilty to aggravated battery; he had apologized to prosecutors, and admitted he had "made a stupid mistake." The detention center's logbook and other records contained an abundance of evidence of Omar's deteriorating condition, and of the staff's refusal to address it.
Concepcion Portela was the foreperson of that grand jury. She cried visibly as her report was handed up to a judge for release, and she has followed the state's juvenile justice system since. When she read the series in October, she said the stories gave her "goose bumps" as she realized that few of her panel's recommendations had been heeded.
Portela expects to have a homecoming of sorts — a sad, bitter homecoming. The Miami businesswoman said she has been asked to enter the grand jury room once again — this time as a witness.
But the Miami grand jury returned to juvenile justice again in 2011 and 2012, after officers in the Palm Beach County lockup failed to seek medical care for a dying teenager. Eighteen-year-old Eric Perez paid the price on July 10, 2011, when he succumbed to an untreated head injury resulting from being dropped on his skull by an officer. As in Omar's case, officers were convinced that Eric was "faking it," a report said. He had been arrested for carrying a small amount of marijuana as he rode his bike.
While the 2011 grand jury praised DJJ for "implementing many of the recommendations" from prior panels and developing innovative new approaches, it pointed out that many of the failures identified years earlier persisted. The report included eight recommendations, most of which related to improving medical care.
Chief Assistant State Attorney Don Horn supervised both the 2003 and 2011 grand juries. "The members of these grand juries become passionate about these topics. They get engaged with the witnesses — significantly engaged with the questioning of witnesses, and ask us to bring them in," Horn said.


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More than just a lender, GMHF is known for its innovation and creative approaches to Minnesota's affordable housing challenges.
GMHF is certified by the Department of Treasury as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), and is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1996 to address the affordable housing needs of Minnesota's under-served areas including cities, towns, rural areas, and tribal nations. GMHF is rated Four-Star, AA Policy Plus by Aeris and is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines.
Greater Minnesota Housing Fund (GMHF) supports the creation of strong communities and affordable homes through strategic investments and effective partnerships. GMHF is dedicated to social and racial justice and committed to advancing solutions that support equity for communities of color throughout Minnesota.
GMHF advances affordable housing in Greater Minnesota by directly funding affordable housing projects, by providing technical support to local communities and businesses, by linking projects with financial resources, by securing additional resources for affordable housing, and by using research and program development activities to identify new and innovative ways of increasing affordable housing production.
GMHF's staff helps lead on key housing issues such as:
Ending homelessness
Fostering the development of green housing
Preparing emerging market households for homeownership, and
Preserving naturally occurring affordable housing at risk of becoming market-rate
Since 1996 GMHF has developed programs like Building Better Neighborhoods to bring compact development designs to suburban and rural settings, and worked to involve employers in the creation of affordable housing in their communities through the Employer-Assisted Housing program. GMHF works with its partner organizations to develop innovative programs like Minnesota Green Communities to develop and apply energy–efficient standards to all new multifamily developments, and Minnesota Preservation Plus to prevent the loss of Minnesota's affordable rental housing stock.
GMHF's most recent programs include:
Small Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing (NOAH) Financing
Having a roof over one's head, a safe environment, and a place to call home are the building blocks of a healthy life. Stable homes create a foundation for child development, school achievement, career success, and healthy families. GMHF works with local housing partners to ensure that all communities across Minnesota preserve the affordable housing that already exist in their communities and create new homes when there is a lack and a need.
Housing is a critical part of Minnesota's economic infrastructure, as important as schools, roads and bridges. Investments in housing revitalize their surrounding neighborhoods and spur reinvestment in their communities.
In GMHF's 2022-2025 Strategic plan — prepared in 2021 — the organization's leadership and board identified that by 2025, GMHF will invest an additional approximately $450M of new capital, and mobilize over $1.5B in impact capital in Minnesota's affordable housing markets.
GMHF provides affordable housing pre-development, acquisition, construction, bridge and longer-term amortizing permanent loans for tax increment financing and first mortgage financing.
In addition to its development loan fund, GMHF operates two specialty funds:
Minnesota Equity Fund (MEF) is a nonprofit subsidiary of GMHF, and is an equity investment vehicle for socially motivated investors to finance affordable housing. MEF has provided over $113 million in social equity for 25 tax credit developments, creating 1,115 affordable homes.
The NOAH Impact Fund helps preserve the affordability of naturally occurring affordable housing for low-income working families and seniors.
What's A CDFI?
See the impact of Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) in "Opportunity Multiplied"
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GMHF funds are used to finance the purchase, rehabilitation, or new construction of affordable single-family homes and rental units; provide technical assistance and useful research for communities in developing affordable housing and neighborhoods; and provide training and counseling for first-time homebuyers through local community organizations.
GMHF works with affordable housing partners across Minnesota. GMHF does not provide unsolicited grants or financing directly homeowners.
If you are a homeowner looking for an affordable mortgage, visit Minnesota Housing online to find a lender in your area.
If you are homeowner facing foreclosure, visit Minnesota Homeownership Center to find a foreclosure prevention counselor.
Projects supported by GMHF provide affordable housing options for families and individuals in Greater Minnesota — from young people just getting started in life and parents working to support their children, to new immigrants, multi-generational households and the homeless.
GMHF was launched in April 1996 in a joint effort of The McKnight Foundation and Blandin Foundation to address the urgent need for decent, affordable housing in Greater Minnesota. Today GMHF works in all 87 counties of the state.
GMHF is an equal opportunity employer and program provider.
No one will be denied the opportunity to participate in GMHF's programs, employment, or promotion, based on race, color, creed, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, sex, or membership in a local human rights commission.

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Target and CVS the latest retailers to require masks in US stores
by CNN
4:06 PM EDT, Thu July 16, 2020
(CNN) – CVS and Target will now require customers to wear masks in their stores across the United States in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
"We're joining others in taking the next step and requiring all customers to wear face coverings," CVS tweeted Thursday. The policy goes into effect Monday.
News | With the recent spike in COVID-19 infections, we're joining others in taking the next step and requiring all customers to wear face coverings when entering any of our stores throughout the country effective Monday, July 20. #COVID19
— CVS Pharmacy (@cvspharmacy) July 16, 2020
Target said in a statement it would start requiring masks or face coverings starting August 1 in all stores. The retail giant will provide disposable masks at entrances to customers who don't have one, according to the statement.
The announcement came a day after Walmart, Kroger and Kohl's said that masks would be required in all their stores. Best Buy announced Tuesday that it will require customers to wear masks.
Although no federal mandate to wear a mask exists, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that everyone "should wear a cloth face cover when they have to go out in public." The CDC said that "face coverings are meant to protect other people."
Most major retailers and grocers have hesitated to enact their own mask mandates for customers during the pandemic, partly over fears of antagonizing shoppers who refuse to wear them. Retailers have said they are reluctant to put their employees in the position of enforcing mask requirements.
The ground has shifted for retailers in recent weeks as the pandemic's toll has gone up. More than 3 million people have now tested positive for coronavirus nationwide and more than 135,000 have died.
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El título de Duque de Barcelos fue creado por el rey Sebastián I de Portugal por carta del 5 de agosto de 1562 en favor de Juan I de Braganza, futuro sexto Duque de Braganza. Este título, sustituyó al de conde de Barcelos y se destinaba a los herederos de la Dinastía de Braganza, es decir, a los primogénitos de los Duques de Braganza. Tras la restauración de 1640 con la consecuente subida de los Braganza al trono portugués, el título de Duque de Barcelos continuó siendo atribuido al heredero del Ducado de Braganza, que simultáneamente pasó a ser el segundo en la línea de sucesión a la corona.

Véase también
 Condado de Barcelos

Barcelos
Títulos nobiliarios de Portugal

Barcelos

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Russia's LGBT community get the chance to show pride with a rainbow
Bobby Rae May 30, 2016
Russia's LGBT community can now protest against the country's homophobic laws with a rainbow.
A group of Dutch artists have launched a new protest project that will enable Russians to fight against the country's notorious law against gay "propaganda", without breaking it.
The new app, Raduga (Russian for rainbow), tracks weather forecasts across country and sends users an alert when a rainbow is expected close to them.
Users are then encouraged to photograph it and post it on social media.
Referring to the political protest of Pyotr Pavlensky, who nailed his scrotum to Red Square, one of the project's creators, Cecilia Hendrikx, said: "The beauty of the project is that it can provoke commentary on the political situation, but it does so with humor, without nailing one's scrotum to the pavement of Red Square.
"It is more poetic and less dangerous."
In 2013, Russia made it illegal to expose minors to materials promoting "non-traditional sexual relations" or presenting "distorted ideas about the equal social value of traditional and non-traditional sexual relationships".
Raduga was conceived shortly after this and is the first time the group have decided to tackle homophobia directly.
"Basically, we do political art. We are interested in places where there is tension in the relations between society and the authorities, anywhere in the world," one of the artists, Tara Karpinski, added.
The artists said they will not be disappointed if the only result of their project is the appearance of more rainbow photographs on the Internet.
Ms Hendrikx said: "In all our projects, we leave to the audience the freedom of interpretation.
In March, Calvin Klein were reported to Russian authorities for allegedly breaking the gay propaganda law.
More: artists, Europe, protest, rainbow, Russia, Russia


The Aviation Environment Federation comments on the Airports Commission's appraisals of expansion options at Heathrow and Gatwick. We believe the Airports Commission paints a misleading picture about the net benefits of expansion by failing to fully consider the environmental costs in the economic appraisal of a new runway at either Heathrow or Gatwick. This raises serious concerns about the validity of the consultation's claims.


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Hindu Council UK, British Sikh Nurses and South Asian Health Groups Unite to Support PHE's Stroke Awareness Campaign
The Hindu Council UK, South Asian Health Action, South Asian Health Foundation and British Sikh Nurses are supporting the Act F.A.S.T campaign to raise awareness of stroke within South Asian communities. This Public Health England campaign is also supported by the Stroke Association.
"If you act fast, then there is more chance of a good recovery," is the prevailing message across the relaunched campaign that aims to raise awareness about stroke emergencies.
There are more than 100,000 incidents of stroke each year in the UK and it is a leading cause of death and disability in the UK. A stroke is a medical emergency and anyone experiencing symptoms should seek urgent help. Early treatment not only saves lives but results in a greater chance of a better recovery, as well as a likely reduction in permanent disability from stroke.
Rajnish Kashyup, General Secretary/Director Kashyap from Hindu Council UK, said: "We are pleased to be working with Public Health England to increase greater awareness of Stroke with Hindu Communities. Through our member organisations we will reach over 350 Hindu Temples across UK".
Kirit Mistry, Chair and Founder of South Asian Health Action a patient, carer and community led charity said: "We are pleased to be working with Public Health England to engage, educate and empower south Asian communities of the key signs of Stroke to help raise more awareness".
Rohit Sagoo, Founder of British Sikh Nurses said: "Hypertension and diabetes mellitus are the two main risk factors for strokes in the Punjabi community, so we're pleased to be working with Public Health England to raise awareness of Stroke and spreading the emergency message one needs to be aware of if a stroke occurs".
Dr Rubina Ahmed, Executive Director at the Stroke Association, said: "We know that if you're of South Asian descent, you're more likely to have a stroke, and you're more likely to have one younger. That's why it's so important to know the FAST test which will prepare you and your family to act quickly and potentially save a life if you ever notice any single one of the signs."
Think and act F.A.S.T. The signs of stroke are:
Face – has their face fallen on one side? Can they smile?
Arms – can they raise both their arms and keep them there?
Speech – is their speech slurred?
Time – time to call 999
Two stroke survivors share their experiences and encourage others to recognise the signs to save lives. Pratima Gohil was up late preparing for her granddaughter's birthday when she had a stroke.
"I took some things out of the fridge and put them on the worktop and that was the moment I felt a sudden pain at the back of my neck. I tried to grab the work top, but my hands kept slipping," the 54-year-old, who has been supported by South Asian Health Action, said.
Pratima experienced paralysis down her left side, blurred vision, slurred speech and wasn't able to use her hands properly. As she was downstairs alone, she was unable to call for anyone and it wasn't until her husband found her in the morning that 999 was called and she was taken to hospital.
The former bank clerk who was fortunate to make a full recovery knows how important is to seek medical help fast.
"It is better to get help straight away so that you have the best chances of a good recovery," Pratima said.
Because her father had a stroke and she had read about it, Pratima knew the signs, however there are still so many people who don't know what to look out for.
When Tarun Dabhi, a former Post Office worker had a stroke he didn't know what was happening. His face had dropped on one side and he began to slur his words, two key signs of stroke.
"I did not realise I was having a stroke as I did not know much about the symptoms of stroke," Tarun, who has received support from the Hindu Council UK, said.
His wife initially believed he was having a reaction to medication he was taking but soon realised something wasn't right. She called her brother, who is a pharmacist, who urged her to call 999.
That phone call meant Tarun was able to get treatment quickly and he has since made a good recovery. He now pays even more attention to his health.
"I wish I was more aware of the symptoms," Tarun said. "If you act fast and get help straight away then there is more chance of good recovery."
Some other signs of stroke or mini stroke can include:
Sudden loss of vision or blurred vision in one or both eyes
Sudden weakness or numbness on one side of your body (including in your leg)
Sudden memory loss or confusion
Sudden dizziness, unsteadiness or a sudden fall, especially with any of the other signs
For information on stroke go to https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stroke
Public Health England
Stroke Association
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A few photos from the Air Expo 2012 held at the Flying Cloud airport in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. It was very hot that day and lighting conditions were difficult.
I used HDR on the first photo to overcome the extreme brightness and capture the reflections from the wing. It was still very hazy with a lot of yellow tones so I went with it.
The "Yankee Lady" B17 coming in for landing.


This means taking into account genetic and epigenetic factors, life events, and response and adaptation to stressful situations ("life trajectories") in future models. Second, some recent discoveries have also indicated an important role for behavioral flexibility and adaptive (neural) plasticity. This suggests that some disorders may Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical result from a deficit in various forms of brain and behavioral plasticity and perhaps depend, at least in part, on altered neurodevelopmental processes.
to anxiety disorders, particularly in relation to gene tic/epigene tic Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical determinants, life events and conditioned fear responses, and coping strategies.
Panic disorder is a common psychiatric illness with a lifetime prevalence Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical of about 4.5 %.1 The hallmark of the disorder is recurring panic attacks, which can appear suddenly and unexpectedly. Panic symptoms include shortness of breath, palpitations, shaking, sweating, and fear of losing control.2 These symptoms resemble those of other Trichostatin A serious medical problems and lead some sufferers to think they are having a heart attack or a stroke. One of the most debilitating features Carnitine palmitoyltransferase II of the illness is agoraphobia, a condition in which patients begin to avoid situations and places where a panic attack and the associated discomfort and embarrassment might occur. Consequently, many sufferers learn to avoid daily activities, greatly limiting their productivity and quality of life. Major depression often co-occurs.3 When severe, these symptoms can be debilitating, particularly for the large number of patients who are refractory to current therapies. Identifying new therapies may require understanding of why panic attacks occur and what triggers them, knowledge that is currently lacking (see Box below).
estimates of the amount of exercise that occurs in rehabilitation have been shown to be poor (Bagley et al 2009, Collier and Bernhardt 2008, Lang et al 2007). More accurate knowledge of exercise dosage may assist in Modulators intervention prescription and assessment of goal achievement. Thus a method for objectively recording the amount of exercise that participants complete is required. Ketanserin Establishing the effectiveness of different components of rehabilitation or 'unpacking the black box' has been identified as a key research area (Langhorne and Duncan 2001) and establishing the impact of a higher dose versus lower doses of rehabilitation intervention is an important aspect of this investigation (Kwakkel et al 2004). Guidelines for complex interventions suggest that a clear description of the intervention needs to be provided to enable others to replicate the intervention clinically, replicate the study, and combine evidence (Craig et al 2008). To date, the standard method used to quantify exercise dosage is the time rehabilitation participants spend in therapy (Cooke et al 2010, French et al 2008, Galvin et al 2008, Kwakkel et al 2004).
apical rotation and basal-to apical twist, was attenuated in patients with PWV > 1700 cm/s. Vascular stiffening causes arterial pulse pressure to widen and affects mechanical vascular stimulation by Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical increasing pulsatile shear and pressure. Chronic vascular stiffness increases the speed and magnitude of reflected waves, amplifying late systolic pressure and, thus, systolic load on the LV. This chronic vascular alteration is coupled with an increase in ventricular end-systolic stiffness.1-3) Although chronic systolic ventricular-arterial coupling maintains stroke work, it also predisposes to adverse effects including a high sensitivity Etomidate to change in volume, change in myocardial perfusion patterns and reduction in systolic reserve.9),10) These adverse effects are thought to play a role in the pathophysiology of heart failure in patients with normal EF.4) Because heart ejecting into a stiffer arterial system generates the higher end-systolic pressure for the net stroke volume, the greater energy may be required for a given level of ejected flow.11) As a result, chronic ejection into a stiffer vasculature induces structural and functional changes in myocardium, even at the similar level of mean arterial pressure.
but few effective NO-releasing drugs. Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank "Centro Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico" (Cnpq, Brazil) and "Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo" (FAPESP, Brazil) for financial support and the Authors and Editors of the Figures by permission to reprint.
utilized to enhance drug-carrier interaction and drug retention over applicable time periods, such that the burst drug release may be altered or even prevented. As an example, zinc ions have been used to complex cationic peptides with the carboxyl Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical groups presented in poly(lactide-co-glycolide) acid (PLGA) nanoparticles (NPs) . Charged additives such as amines and heparins may be also MAPK inhibitor included in NPs and nanofibers to retain encapsulated molecules via ionic interaction [7, 10, 11]. Still, drug-carrier interaction and subsequent drug release can be modulated by alteration in drug solubility and hydrophobicity [9, 12–14] and excipient composition and microstructure [9, 12, 13, 15–17]. Typically, below drug-carrier interaction is reversible, permitting encapsulated molecules to be released in a sustained and/or controlled manner. Based on the magnitude of initial burst release and the release kinetics following the burst release, drug release profiles can be classified into four categories: high and low initial burst releases followed by little additional release and high and low initial burst releases followed by steady-state release .
with the neuregulin-1 gene is also largely due to specific symptoms in bipolar cases: mood-incongruent psychotic features proposing a specific effect in this subset of functional psychosis.13 Thus, the question Ketanserin remains: what is the most appropriate clinical target, for an involved susceptibility allele or haplotype? Core symptoms, or diagnoses which are defined through symptom patterns and additional criteria? It should be kept in mind that complex behaviors such as psychotic and affective disorders are influenced by multiple genes, with each of them influencing multiple behavioral components at various physiological functions. Against this background it is remarkable that all risk genes identified for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are involved in glutamatergic transmission16 or in the development of neurons and glial cells.
the incidence of candidiasis. The results suggest that there might be some synergistic effect between antibiotic and EDTA as the zone of inhibition for EDTA and ceftriaxone alone was 13.98 mm, 8.21 mm respectively much and zone of inhibition for Elores was observed to be 18.29 mm which is more than individual components. EDTA, a chelating agent has shown to have the most effective antifungal activity by weakening the fungal cell wall.12 It also acts as a permeable agent and has anti-colonization, anti-growth and anti-collagenolytic properties against C. albicans. It also reduces the growth of C. albicans by removing calcium from the cell walls and causing collapse in the cell wall and by inhibiting enzyme reaction. 13 and 14 Candida overgrows following exposure to many antibiotics and cephalosporins are by no means exclusive. 15, 16, 17 and 18 Candidiasis is one of the hardest of conditions to treat. Conventional medical treatments for candidiasis typically involve the use of powerful drugs that produce many side effects, 19 and yet these treatments are often not very effective. 20, 21 and 22 It is always wise to prevent or avoid the risk by inhibiting the Candidal over growth.
demonstrated significant improvement of OS and quality of life in the patients received CRT. Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical Early GITSG randomized trial compared combined CRT (using RT doses of 40 Gy and 60 Gy with 5-FU) followed by additional CT vs 60 Gy RT alone (53). Combined CRT was significantly superior to radiotherapy alone, with mean OS others times of 10.4 vs. 6.3 months. Higher dose (60 Gy) of radiotherapy did not improve OS compared to 40 Gy, although this may have been also a function of the old delivery technique (2-D) of RT. This study established general consensus that radiotherapy should be given concurrently with chemotherapy in patients with LAPC. Several subsequent randomized trials have compared chemotherapy alone to CRT in LAPC, including 2 ECOG trials (1989, 2008), 1 GITSG trial (1988), and 1 trial by the Fondation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive and Societe Francaise de Radiotherapie Oncologique (FFCD/SFRO) (Table 3) (54),(5),(55),(56). Two studies (ECOG 1985 and FFCD/SFRO) showed no survival benefit to CRT.
0.1 ml of aqueous sodium nitroprusside (10 mM) in 0.2 ml of phosphate buffer (0.2 M, pH 7.8) was mixed with 0.5 ml of different concentration of ethanolic extract through in ethanol and incubated at room temperature for 150 min. After inhibitors incubation period, 0.2 ml of Griess reagent (1% sulfanilamide, 2% phosphoric acid and 0.1% N- (1-naphthyl) ethylene diamine dihydrochloride) was added. The absorbance of the reaction mixture was read at 546 nm against blank.15 After n-hexane fraction, in order to enrich flavonoid content, ethanolic extract was dissolved in ethyl acetate. Ethyl acetate soluble fraction was separated and evaporated to get dry residue. This ethyl acetate fraction was taken for further studies. Ethyl acetate fraction and standard flavonoids (quercetin, rutin and kaempferol) were processed on the automated HPTLC system (CAMAG LINOMATS 5, Switzerland) with toluene: 1, 4-dioxan: glacial acetic acid (90:25:4) as mobile phase.16 The plate was photodocumented in day light and UV 366 nm mode using photo documentation (CAMAG Reprostar 3) chamber. After derivatization, the plate was fixed in scanner stage (CAMAG TLC scanner 3) and scanning was done at UV 366 nm. The software used was WINCATS 1.3.4 version. Toxicity studies of the fraction in 0.
elements. The availability of novel tracers Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical for imaging receptor subtypes and molecular processes in the brain, such as [11C]CMGDE,68 [11C]ABP688,69 and [11C]RO501385370 for imaging type 2/3 and type 5 metabotropic glutamate receptors, second and glycine transporter respectively, has the potential to play a critical role here. However, molecular imaging has also identified another major potential reason for the difficulties in developing better treatment for schizophrenia — that is heterogeneity in the neurobiology of the disorder. For example, patients refractory to antipsychotic drugs do not exhibit the elevation in dopamine synthesis capacity,37 which may suggest a different underlying pathophysiology prompting the development of antipsychotic drugs with different mechanisms. Currently clinical trials recruit patients on the basis of the clinical presentation and not the underlying neurobiology.
dose range has haloperidol-like levels of motor side effects. Early use with risperidone suggested that the drug might, have some positive effects on cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia. In Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical in vivo ligand studies in humans, the occupancy of striatal dopamine receptors remains these below 70% within the low dose range, while occupancy of cortical serotonin receptors is higher by about 20%, in the range of 80% to 95%.34 This is characteristic of the second-generation antipsychotics and is consistent with their animal pharmacology. Risperidone was one of the first second-generation antipsychotics with low motor side effects, especially at low dose levels, to also have a good side-effect profile. Hence, the drug was used extensively, and then studied, in the psychosis of the elderly, then an area of great medical need. In an early report,35 risperidone was found to be "safe and effective" for psychosis in the elderly, with hypotension being a use-limiting side effect. Later controlled trials confirmed and extended these early observations.


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Africa's largest ginger producer Nigeria fetched US$10.4m from exports in 2019
NIGERIA – The Federal government of Nigeria has inaugurated the executive committee of the National Ginger Association of Nigeria (NGAN) that will spearhead the operations of the sector and come up with ambitious targets that would enable the country to become the leading exporter of the product.
NGAN is an agricultural commodity association that develops and promotes standards for ginger production throughout the states of Nigeria.
It functions at various levels to continually ensure that all Nigerian ginger meets international market standards.
"In 2019 Nigeria exports of ginger amounted to US$10.4million, which is by no means insignificant in a market of close to US$3billion."
Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment – Dr. Nasir Gwarzo
According to reports by Guardian Nigeria, the country earned US$10.4 million from the exportation of the commodity in 2019.
Though it is the largest producer of ginger in Africa and the 4th largest in the world with a total global share of 14 percent, Nigeria has yet to fully seize the global ginger market valued at US$3 billion due to its inability to export value-added products.
To this end Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment, Dr. Nasir Gwarzo, has urged farmers to redouble their efforts in production.
"There is therefore evident space for the country to increase its exports by scaling up production so that farmers can tap into the US$3billion global ginger market," said Gwarzo
He also indicated that use of low-quality seeds and lack of technology hinders the progress of the sector.
He however tasked the association to tap into the N75 billion (US$197m) small and medium enterprise fund available at the Bank of Industry to develop the value chain.
The global ginger market is expected to reach US$4. 8 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 5.4%.
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Nigeria's annual ginger production capacity is almost 523,000 metric tonnes and is projected to grow at 6 percent per annum.
The country exports 90% of its produce to African, Middle-Eastern and European markets. Its exports grew with 5.6% per year from 2014, reaching over US$42.5 million in 2017.
The global ginger market is expected to reach US$4. 8 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 5.4% over the analysis period 2020-2027, according to Report Linker.
Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for the herb is estimated at US$3. 4 Billion in the year 2020.
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12x8x1 inch, watercolor, acrylic, graphite and collage on Arches cover paper, laminated on a wood panel and varnished. Horsetail beads from Sunwise Farm and Sanctuary. The horse, that can move back and forth, is rawhide horse hair, fabric, wire and beads.
Talisman for White Horse 2 depicts a white pictograph painted on the walls of Chauvet Caves in France. The paintings are dated to 32,000 BC, which makes them the world's oldest artwork.


David P. Ferguson has two distinct research interests. The first is how early life nutrition influences cardiovascular development as it relates to functional capacity in adulthood. It has been shown that children who are malnourished at birth have a higher incidence of cardiovascular disease in adulthood. The goal of his laboratory is to investigate the mechanistic changes that occur due to poor diet and propose therapeutic countermeasures to increase cardiovascular function and decrease mortality rates. The second area of research focuses on the physiological stress placed on automotive race car drivers and pit crews. He is working with NASCAR, Indycar, and Formula 1 teams to increase performance and safety of drivers and crew members.


Community Lecture - Reading Your DNA: what can it tell us?
Sir Shankar Balasubramanian, Herchel Smith Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, will be delivering a lecture on the topic "Reading your DNA: what can it tell us?".
The lecture will take place on Wednesday 8 May at 19.30 and will take place in the Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre at The Perse Upper School.
As ever, the community lectures are free to attend and open to everyone in the community, whether they have a connection to the School or not. Due to capacity restrictions, entry will be by ticket only.


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Star Wars vs. Alien VR Shootout
I'm back from two terrifying trips to the outer limits of civilization. But while I was in Orange County, I checked out two of the most cutting-edge location-based VR experiences on the planet: Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire and ALIEN: DESCENT.
Some quick background. In the last few years, VR has generated a lot of buzz and comes in a lot of flavors. I'm specifically talking about the free-roaming, location-based flavor, which seemed too far-out to be feasible even just a few years ago.
– Free-roaming: you can walk around while in VR, thanks to some incredibly cool tracking technology. This is something of a minor miracle, considering that VR effectively makes you blind to your actual environment.
– Location-based: the experience incorporates features that are exclusively available in a specific, purpose-built venue.
I n other words, these experiences are likely to be more sophisticated and immersive than what is available with a typical home-based setup.
Both experiences were awesome, but I couldn't help asking myself: which experience was more awesome? There isn't an easy answer to this, so I did the obvious thing: generated a custom 6-point evaluation matrix to drive an obsessively thorough analysis.
Suited up? Blaster charged? Let's have a VR shootout!
1. RR. Yup, Real Reality. You know, all that boring stuff that surrounds us when we're not trying to escape it by pouring ourselves into yet another screen. From the moment I arrived, I was tuned into how effectively the non-virtual environment of these location-based experiences set me up for the main virtual attraction.
STAR WARS: At the Downtown Disney location, the exterior theming and signage is primarily oriented on letting you know that you're at THE VOID — the company that produced the experience. A few Star Wars display window graphics hint at what's inside, but the lobby is similarly VOID-oriented. Overall, I was picking up on a multiplex design sensibility that enforces a clear distinction between the framing experience of the hosting facility and the show itself. I didn't really think too much about this until I saw . . . .
ALIEN: The experience and storytelling begins with exterior theming that features large-scale graphics that make you feel like you're entering a futuristic outpost. The story continues inside where dark, moody lighting and sound effects, impressive set-pieces and wall graphics, costumed attendants, and even a full-sized Alien sculpture set the stage for deep-space adventure. It was fantastic to feel like a part of the story from the second I walked in.
WINNER: ALIEN
2. Q-Factor: As much as these experiences should be about immersive storytelling and transparent technology, there is an undeniable Bond-esque gadget fetish that temporarily takes over when you're gearing up for your mission.
STAR WARS: The VOID uses a custom head-mounted display (HMD) that is reportedly higher resolution than what is generally available to consumers, and essentially unavailable anywhere other than in a true VOID experience. Sweet! Players also suit up with an "armored vest" that includes a special feature; more on that later. Since the experience transforms you into a stormtrooper, the vest and helmet feel very appropriate.
ALIEN: The HMD in this experience is actually a Gear VR. It's a longer technical conversation to explain why this is so cool, but it's basically the David to the VOID's Goliath. Imagine heading onto the freeway on your bicycle only to discover that you're effortlessly going 85. In addition, cyborgian devices are strapped to each forearm and shin and seem to provide a crucial tracking function, while making you feel like you're gearing up for a dicey situation . . . which you are.
WINNER: TIE for innovation, novelty and theming
3. 4D: This is at the heart of why these experiences are different than what you can do at home. 4D generally refers to physical special effects that engage your other senses beyond what you're seeing and hearing (in 3D) via the HMD and enhance that sense of disappearing into the experience.
STAR WARS: Based on my experience with The VOID's excellent Ghostbusters show, 4D is something they do well, and Star Wars was no exception. Floor haptics, fans, and heaters are all used effectively to provide real tactile feedback that related to the virtual environment. There were also unexpected effects like scent enhancements, creative floor textures, fog blasts, and a couple props you could touch. A nice detail was that the armored vests also contained haptics that generated a stun effect when hit by enemy fire.
ALIEN: Fans and heaters were also in play, and floor haptics were used to drive epic "elevator" experiences that powerfully enhanced the visual design by creating the sense that you were moving through outrageously large volumes of space. There were also some rickety floor surfaces that added to the tactile sense of environment.
WINNER: STAR WARS: Slight edge with variety of 4D and creative uses.
4. Environment: VR is most exciting when it takes you somewhere that you otherwise couldn't go. While this is primarily achieved by visual design, the underlying physical layout of the space can be designed to take advantage of some clever "sleight-of-foot" techniques. As you physically walk around, your sense of the actual physical space can be subtly manipulated to change your perception of the virtual space, which in turns adds to the sense of being transported into a new world.
STAR WARS: This experience was full of surprises and moved you through lots of different environments from the inside of a transport ship to the surface of Mustafar to multiple levels of an Imperial base. There was an exciting sense of discovery and it was not easy to keep track of where you might actually be in real space, nor would you ever really want to, unless you're a geek who can't help trying to reverse engineer these experiences. The variety of locations is enriched by gorgeously rendered visual details that make you feel like you're living the ultimate fan dream of walking through a Star Wars movie.
ALIEN: The impact of the sense of volume that I mentioned in the 4D section cannot be overemphasized. There are moments that are simply jaw-dropping as you feel dwarfed by the scale of the vast, dangerous caverns that you "move" down through before rising back up to the mysteries of the planetary surface. However, it's hard not to notice that the layout of the experience essentially requires you to walk back and forth between a couple of discrete locations in the physical space, which are virtually reskinned as the story progresses. While this may seem like a killjoy technical observation, it's not hard to figure it out, and it creates a subtle predictability that robs the experience of a certain element of surprise.
WINNER: STAR WARS
5. Story: Even the most breathtaking visuals will get old quickly if there isn't an underlying story that gives a compelling reason to be walking through this world. This is a loaded topic given the huge popularity of all the IP involved, so I'll try to keep it neutral.
STAR WARS: A video preshow provides a mission briefing about retrieving a powerful weapon that has fallen into the hands of the Empire. Your mission is to infiltrate the Imperial base while disguised as a stormtrooper. The story continues to be developed through non-player characters that provide additional information and react to your presence. As the experience unfolds, you acquire a blaster, so that you can . . . react back. Once shooting ensues, story goes somewhat by the wayside. In the climactic scene, we come face-to-face with Darth Vader who is throwing down some of that nasty lightsaber fu that was notably featured in Rogue One. There's a surprising twist in this scene that ultimately provides a satisfactory resolution to the narrative.
ALIEN: A video preshow prepares you for transport to an alien-infested mining station with the mission of rescuing survivors. This is probably incredibly subjective, but this felt like a cleaner, more direct in media res setup that fine-tuned my sense of agency in the experience from the get-go. The story is skillfully communicated in a visceral, mostly non-verbal way resulting in a more organic narrative of exploration as opposed to moving through a linear series of staged scenes. It was refreshing to live the story rather than be told the story.
However, there are a couple of big misses. First, you don't really save anybody — in fact, in one place, one of the survivors begs you to end it for him. It wasn't clear whether this was meant to be a narrative twist, or whether this confirms that the experience is mostly about shooting stuff. Second, there is no Queen Alien or other climactic showdown. In fact, when the experience ended, I was actually surprised and thought that maybe there had been a glitch that had ended it prematurely. The scariest, biggest Alien in the show is the life-size sculpture in the lobby, which was super cool, but set an unfulfilled expectation for me.
6. Interactivity: Arguably, the most compelling opportunity for this type of entertainment is providing guests with the ability to engage and affect both the environment and other players. In both experiences, a good portion of the interactivity involves shooting stuff. While attractions that feature shooting can be incredibly fun, even just holding a gun can be highly distracting and can make it hard to focus on other details. Both experiences seemed aware of this and handled it in different ways.
STAR WARS: One of the first things you do in the VR part of the experience is sit down on a bench. Now this may seem preposterously mundane, but sitting down in VR is actually quite amazing. When your brain and butt follow through in what amounts to an incredible leap of faith to make contact with something that you technically can't see, it's actually pretty cool. As mentioned above, you acquire your blaster a few scenes later in a similar fashion, by reaching out and grabbing a real item that you can't actually see. Blaster in hand, you get plenty of chances to use it., including a pretty heavy firefight with some stormtroopers who have figured out that you shouldn't be there. The performance and calibration of the gun is well-tuned and it was very satisfying to carefully aim a shot at a far-off target and hit it. A couple scenes feature puzzle-type interactions that require you to do something that isn't shooting in order to advance. These interactions were few and far between though and didn't require much group cooperation.
ALIEN: Let's be honest. This one is mostly about the shooting, but oh what delicious shooting. Your gun fires laser bolts as well as grenades, each with its own trigger or button, with different reload periods and damage. The gun also has a laser sight that you can turn on or off (for extra challenge). Just sayin', it was incredibly satisfying to fire this gun. The vast virtual spaces (see Environment above) for your projectiles to traverse was a major enhancement. Also, because of the way the story is setup and developed, I found myself communicating and interacting more with the other player as we worked together to shoot our way through.
A puzzling but intriguing twist is that the experience is launched with two teams of two players who are sent to different physical staging areas. After entering the virtual experience, you see what appears to be the other team, although I'm still not sure whether that was really them, or just an artificial construct to suggest a larger-scale experience. There simply wasn't a payoff to this setup, and I didn't find a scenario that required a collaborative effort, but it would have been really cool if there was.
WINNER: NEITHER. Yeah, I know the other word for that is TIE, but this is the area that needs to shine if this type of entertainment is going to be seen as anything other than a next-gen video game.
OVERALL WINNER: STAR WARS
On the basis of sheer points, Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire blasts its way to victory by tallying a decisive win in two categories and a slight edge in a third. No slouch though, ALIEN: DESCENT posted a decisive win in one category and showed up strong in every other category.
I have been enthusiastically recommending both experiences, and feel that they represent solid strides forward for the VR industry as a whole, which seems to be floundering a bit in the Trough of Disillusionment.
Neither experience is perfect, and there's still a huge opportunity to create something that pushes interactive capabilities to another level. For many people, one of these experiences may even be their first exposure to this type of sophisticated VR, if not VR period. The stakes are high to deliver on the hype, but the high quality and entertainment value of both shows is a good sign of things to come.
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Categories Immersive Experiences, Immersive Technology, Themed Entertainment, Transmedia
I'm That Guy Who Had His Phone On At The Movies
Remember that annoying dude in the movie theater who seemed to be constantly tapping away at something on his phone during the movie? Yeah, that was me, but if you do remember me, then chances are you were doing the same thing while watching Late Shift at AT&T SHAPE.
AT&T SHAPE was a 2-day event held at the Warner Bros. Studios in LA that explores the convergence of technology and entertainment. Late Shift bills itself as "a cinematic interactive movie experience," and promises to be the decades-delayed wish fulfillment of every kid who grew up reading Choose Your Own Adventure books and wondered, "Wouldn't it be cool if movies worked like that?" I wandered through the iconic streets of the studio's back lot toward the stunning and luxurious Steven J. Ross Theater to find out.
The setup was surprisingly simple. Guests were asked to download the lightweight CtrlMovie app on their smartphone, connect to a specific WiFi network in the theater, launch the app, and be patient. Introducing a "bring-your-own" technology requirement into an entertainment venue is always a gamble, but the folks at CtrlMovie deserve a lot of credit for making the process irreducibly simple. Nevertheless, that didn't keep me from feeling like a dirty philistine for brazenly having my phone on and in my lap as the lights went down.
Despite our fascination with technologically sophisticated entertainment experiences, we generally don't want the entertainment to be upstaged by the technology, and often prefer the latter to be "invisible." As a feature length proof of concept of the CtrlMovie technology, Late Shift was clearly designed to enhance, but not totally up-end the familiar moviegoing experience. Even with about 500 people in the audience, the sea of low-profile black screens was fairly unnoticeable. So far, so good, but I knew the real trick would be in how they would pull off the actual interactivity.
Late Shift tells the story of an innocent guy who gets caught up in a heist gone wrong. At various points during the movie, a small subtitle appears on the screen providing 2-3 choices for our hero. These same choices also appear in the mobile app, allowing viewers to vote for what they want the hero to do. After a few seconds, the subtitle is updated to indicate the option chosen by the majority of the audience while the movie continues along the chosen path. The process is completely intuitive and requires no training, and the entire decision sequence lasts 6-7 seconds.
Probably pretty much what you expected, but the magic part is that as this is happening, there is absolutely no awkward pause, technical glitch, or sloppy cut to indicate that anything out of the ordinary has just happened. After I was a few dozen choices in and had gotten the hang of it, I tried to pay closer attention to how they pulled it off, but it generally refused to give up its secrets. Through a combination of classic misdirection, clever shot planning and editing, and expert timing, I was happy to end up falling for the seamless effect each time.
For the first few choices, the audience was giddy and even giggled aloud at the novelty of our seemingly godlike powers. As the movie progressed, we directed our hero's destiny with the second-nature reflexes of deity savants. I was surprised at how seamless it was to bounce back and forth between the two modes of experiencing the story. I've justly railed against terrible second-screen efforts, but this one was surprisingly effective.
As I tapped my way through the movie, I observed the interactivity starting to develop its own identity rather than just serving as a bridge between the technology and the story. I was getting involved in the story in ways that may not have been intended by the filmmakers, and was approaching each individual decision with a different motivation. These various motivations seemed to feed off each other in a bizarrely interconnected way, and developed a parallel significance with the on-screen narrative developments. I'm still on the fence about whether this meta-experience is fundamentally at odds with the filmmakers' intentions, or an inadvertent side effect that might turn out to be a good thing. Here's a quick stroll through the garden of forking paths.
Social: A visit to the movies already has its own unique social dynamic, even if it's essentially a murmuring undercurrent of common courtesy. Late Shift is unequivocally a group experience though. When you make a choice, you're well aware that you're either in the majority or the minority of those around you. Whether I had a string of "wins" or "losses" or a mix of both, I found myself momentarily reflecting on the mysteries of groupthink. It was a realtime trip into the eye of the social hurricane of opinions and trends and likes that are usually just a dull and distant roar in the background.
Sport: The audience would often react to various outcomes with the types of "YEAHHs" or "AWWWs" that you would expect from a football game. Disappointment makes sense since you can easily convince yourself that a better version of this movie exists and unfortunately, you're not watching it. Kind of like rooting for the Falcons during Super Bowl LI. It's also ironic since being able to watch the movie your way is one of the selling points of this experience, but see Social above and welcome to the human experience.
Fantasy: The plot of this movie doesn't pull any punches, and it doesn't take long for our naive hero to get in deep doo-doo. As someone who's calling the shots for him, it's natural to strongly identify with him. At first, I really wanted to help him, because I was approaching each decision based on what I would do, which was generally along the lines of: these are the types of bad people that my parents warned me about, and I should get the hell away from them. Then, I remembered I was watching a movie, and went in the total opposite direction, basing my choices on what would be the most bad-ass thing this guy could be doing right now because I wanted to see it on screen and live vicariously through him.
Sadism: It didn't take long for the sense of fantasy to evolve into something darker. Once it sank in that me and the guy on the screen were in fact two different people, and that my vicarious enjoyment of his pleasure was tangential at best, I went in the other direction. Seeing him as a helpless pawn under my (partial) control, I wondered what kind of horrible situations I could maneuver him into. It became less like a story and more like one of those video games with irresistibly grisly scenarios that are perversely satisfying to watch play out.
Moral: After binging on competitive, delusional fantasies of grandeur and sadistic spectacle, it was time to consider the consequences, In other words, Vegas at about 4:12 AM. Our hero was in pretty deep, and what had started out to a coerced participation in a Robin Hood style heist had turned into a disaster, and it was basically our fault. The trope of an innocent person perched on a slippery slope of morally questionable decisions provides the engine for powerful narratives from Hamlet to The Godfather. For the last few thousand years, we have tried to understand how and why it is that stories like this can touch us at a deep level. Even though Late Shift drew on similar themes, I felt that some of the climactic impact may have been dissipated in our role in reaching it. I'm fascinated by these stories because I DON'T want the moral responsibility of figuring out what happens to the hero. Or rather, I want to experience an artist's thoughtful perspective on it, and evaluate it against my own inclinations. It's that interplay between a story and our reaction to it that allows it to speak to us even over the gulf of decades and centuries. In this instance, it felt like we had been tampering with the engine and that as a result, our mileage would vary.
I kept trying not to "go there" by overanalyzing it, but I always enjoy experiencing something that makes me think about storytelling in a new way. In what I initially perceived as shortcomings, I saw opportunities and questions for further exploration. Would this be more/less fun to watch alone? How about a group of your closest friends? How about as a form of speed dating? Would it work better as a 10-minute short? Are some genres and stories more compatible? Does everything just work when you remove the moral weight from the narrative? Does this need to take place in a movie theater at all? I look forward to experiencing or helping to create some of the answers to these types of questions. In the meantime though, the phone's going back into my pocket.
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Donald Trump Wants his Worst Policies to Fail: An Unsupported but Plausible Line of Thought
March 16, 2017 rosslangager	Leave a comment Go to comments
I've never bought into the suspicious, nigh-on cleverer-than-thou American political observer line of thought that U.S. President Donald Trump is not dim-witted, incompetent, imprudent, or hopelessly led by impulse and instinct but is, in fact, strategically brilliant and always thinking several steps ahead of his critics and the media, laying down narratives in advance to distract their attention from real problems and reports less-favourable to him. When weighing the choice between genius and ineptitude to explain Trump and his team's seemingly haphazard and bumbling actions through the turbulent opening months of his Presidency, I'm generally inclined towards ineptitude on Occam's Razor grounds, at the very least.
With all of that being said, I think there could be a consistent case to be made that Trump and his Administration is allowing certain policy promises from his presidential campaign to fail, or at least they are curiously deigning not to lift more than a perfunctory short finger to battle on their cherished, America-greatening policies' behalf as they go down in flames. The case study for this argument is his notorious travel ban applied to citizens of seven six Muslim countries. Struck down by federal judges after its sneak weekend application at the end of January created chaos and sparked indignant protests at airports across the U.S. and the globe, a watered-down version of the ban (which Trump's acolytes won't even openly acknowledge is a "ban") due to go into effect this week has also been blocked by federal courts in Hawaii and Maryland (at least partially on the basis of public statements by Trump lieutenants that the order, however it was worded, had specific religious discrimination at the forefront of its aims).
At the core of this argument, if you'll stay with me as I make it, is the hoary, cynical old theory that Donald Trump only wants to be President for the money and the fame. This thinking has often been dismissed, and has been largely abandoned by pundits since he won the election, but I think it might still hold, at least in this case.
You don't have to look very deeply or for very long at Trump's public political statements to conclude that he holds them rather lightly. At the risk of getting bogged down in the much-mocked "take him seriously, not literally" morass, it's clear that Trump very often just, you know, says things. He's firmly stated his position on matters and then just as firmly (and sometimes conveniently) forgotten that he ever stated that position. It's not that words don't matter when Donald Trump speaks them, but more so that they cease to matter to him very soon after he does. The man is fundamentally a serial bullshitter, but even the supposed core values beneath that surface-level bullshit are unstable and mercurial. Certain specific views remain consistent over the years (particularly, and revealingly, those related to race), but most are up for grabs at any given moment.
What is consistent throughout Trump's public adult (ha!) life is his shameless grifting and his bottomless gluttony for fame. His politics and even his party affiliations can and have changed depending on who he's trying to extract money or adulation or power and influence from at any given moment, but he's always trying to do that above all. This might be the reason why he liked campaigning so much, and why he retreats to campaign poses in times of political turmoil: ego-boosting rallies, plentiful money-making opportunities (from voters, donors, and from general brand exposure), and he could say whatever he liked without real or immediate concrete consequences.
Perhaps Trump thought it would be the same in office. It quite assuredly is not. The grifting continues, emoluments clause be damned: foreign dignitaries staying at his hotels, multiple weekends spent at his Mar-a-Lago resort club residence in Florida (which has recently raised membership fees, ostensibly due to the unspoken promise of access to the President), the purchase of items from his daughter Ivanka's clothing line marshalled as a right-wing political act, any number of potential hidden bribes and secret deals that are not transparent to the public, etc. But Trump hasn't gotten the adulation he feels that he deserves as President, though a man who launched his political career with nastily racist conspiracy theories casting doubt on the citizenship of the sitting President should know better than anyone that as many citizens hate the POTUS as love him, that respect for the office and its power and prestige in the abstract has rarely translated to concrete respect for the man who holds it. His (frankly worrying) choice of presidential model, Andrew Jackson, could have told him that.
More important for the purposes of this discussion than that, however, is that Trump's words, often lightly chosen and even more lightly supported by facts, have greater consequences now. His dashed-off, seat-of-his-pants tweets, the dramatic complaining tone of which endeared this sheltered Manhattan millionaire to his horde of loyal common supporters, are now the official pronouncement of the Leader of the Free World. However flippantly Trump is used to deploying words to his perceived advantage, they mean more now.
This new reality has implications for all of those outlandish promises Trump made during the campaign. Now, as President with Republican majorities in both houses of Congress, he's expected to deliver on them, or at least to make a concerted and honest effort to do so. How firm those expectations are is unclear, based in voter perspective and passion, the support of his party, and media pressure, among other factors. Whatever the impetus for or level of these expectations, one can imagine Trump having a despondent Sideshow Bob-ish reaction to how his flood of campaign words are understood now:
The issue could be immigration, where both the blocked Muslim ban and his central promise of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border (paid for by Mexico) are proving to fall short, or health care, where the contentious and faltering Republican House bill to repeal Obamacare and replace it with a system that will cost needier patients more and cover millions fewer people flies in the face of his brash claims on the stump that he would deliver a health plan that would cover everyone. He can't, in these and many other cases, deliver on these brazen promises and even in his isolated bubble someone around him has surely told him that much.
This brings us to his Muslim travel ban, which has again been blocked again by federal courts. Trump has legal experts of some stripe around him; someone lawyerish crafted the executive order, after all. Perhaps one should assume simple ineptitude again, but surely an advisor or few must have known that the order would not pass legal muster. And, as Trump said in a speech in Tennessee given the same night as the news dropped of the new court order blocking the revised ban order, he wants to go back to the original ban order, which he preferred anyway. And, of course, which was already blocked in court and would, in unaltered form, certainly be blocked again if re-implemented.
Is the President just that dumb? Are his people that bad at finding ways to apply his harmful intended policies? Or is there an element of unwillingness at play, a disguised through-line of stealthy self-sabotage? Despite its basis in racist xenophobia (as close to a core belief as the ever-shifty Trump has), does he not really care that much about delivering on his Muslim ban promise? Or does he consider it only useful (or more useful) as source material for rousing rhetoric to please and rile up the xenophobic rubes in his support base? Judges block his ban so its messy consequences never come to pass. But Trump can still use the court order as a rhetorical cudgel against activist judges, the politically-correct institutions of the elite, the Washington consensus, sore-loser leftist protestors, etc. Specific initiatives fail, but the narrative endures. His political brand, Trump the besieged great man held down by limp-wristed snowflakes and corrupt technocratic global elites (but no anti-Semitism here, none of that, that is right out), endures.
This idea might furtively give Donald Trump some limited credit for secretly not wanting to prevent entry to the country for all Muslims from six countries (the original seven nations minus Iraq, likely removed from the order after bad press connected to Iraqi translators and other allies of U.S. forces in the country having visa troubles) for stated, dubious security-related reasons. But whether it's true or not (and it certainly might not be, or might only partly be), it focuses on the man's venality and irresponsibility in occupying the highest office in the U.S. Who cares about governing, it tells us, as long as Donald Trump is raking in the cash and the accolades of (a certain declining sliver of) the masses? True or not, this theory is plausible and well-grounded in Trump's personality and predilections, and that inherent aura of plausibility tells us nearly as much about this odd, troubling, greedy figure in emperor's robes as the actual truth would.
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Q: How can I scrape all the divs nested under a div into a list? I am currently working on a webscraper using Selenium and BeautifulSoup.  I feel that the problem I am running into is more due to my lack of Python experience than due to experience with the libraries.  What my problem boils down to is that there are divs with no class nested under divs with a class that I want to scrape into a list.  I am not entirely sure how to run through those nested divs and put all the info into a list.  I believe that part of my issue is due to my inexperience using nested for loops in Python, as I believe the current for loops result in infinite loops.  Let me know what you come up with.  Thanks!
from selenium import webdriver
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import time
import os

driver = webdriver.Firefox(executable_path="/Users/myuser/Documents/geckodriverfolder/geckodriver")

driver.get('https://rotogrinders.com/projected-stats?site=draftkings&sport=nba')

driver.execute_script("window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight);")

html = driver.page_source

soup = BeautifulSoup(html, 'lxml')

salary_opp = []
for test in soup.find_all('div', class_='rgt-col'):
  for test2 in soup.find_all('div'):
    draft_kings = test2.text
    salary_opp.append(draft_kings)

print(salary_opp)

This is what I had prior to the for loops, but it only put the first div nested under the singular div into a list:
for test in soup.find_all('div', class_='rgt-col'):
  draft_kings = test.div.text
  salary_opp.append(draft_kings)

A: If you want to get the tags with no class, i.e. <div>...</div>, you can use class_=None.
for test in soup.find_all('div', class_='rgt-col'):
    for test2 in test.find_all('div', class_=None):
        draft_kings = test2.text
        salary_opp.append(draft_kings)

I did not check the logic behind your loops, but using test.find_all('div', class_=None) will answer your question. Also, note that I've changed the second for loop from soup.find... to test.find....

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On the Importance of Importance: An Examination of Weighting Evaluation Ratings with Importance Ratings.
Many authors have suggested that in making decisions about objects, people combine their evaluations of the facets of the object with the perceived importance of those facets. Others have suggested that evaluations themselves carry importance information based on the extremity of ratings. We sought to examine these positions by examining 6 different impact measures (2 of which were importance scales).
4934 respondents (2585 males, 2349 females) participated, randomly drawn from the Harris Poll Online panel. In an online survey, each rated two concepts for a new fictitious product. Each product had 6 facets rated with 2 evaluative scales (good-bad; like-dislike). In addition, they were assigned one of 6 facet impact scales (5 or 6 category importance scales; 5 or 6 category influence scales; 5 or 7 change in likelihood to buy scales). Four overall criteria were assessed for each product (overall evaluation, liking, purchase intent, recommendation).
We performed a series of regressions, examining the predictive utility of the evaluative scales for the 4 criteria. All models were significant. While the proportion of variance explained using the impact measures alone was generally much less, these models were significant as well (although the change in likelihood to buy scales were more comparable to the results found for the evaluative scales). Then we combined the facet impact information with facet evaluation scales and regressed these combined variables on the criteria. We found no significant gain in variance accounted for in spite of examining a variety of different combinatorial techniques.
With regard to the area of new product evaluation, it appears that impact information may not enhance predictive utility above that obtained from evaluative scales alone. We are seeking to replicate these findings in other content areas.
Abstract: Many authors have suggested that in making decisions about objects, people combine their evaluations of the facets of the object with the perceived importance of those facets. Others have suggested that evaluations themselves carry importance information based on the extremity of ratings. We sought to examine these positions by examining 6 different impact measures (2 of which were importance scales).


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O Pobre Rabequista, ou O Cego Rabequista, é uma pintura de 1855 (Óleo sobre tela 170 X 122 cm), por José Rodrigues (1828-1887). A obra é considerada a maior representação da pintura do Romantismo de Portugal e atualmente faz parte do  Museu do Chiado. Ela já pertenceu aos acervos de D. Fernando II e do Conde do Ameal.

Exibições
 1855 - Exposição Universal de Paris
 1865 - Exposição Internacional do Porto, onde foi premiado com a segunda medalha.
 1898 - Exposição Grémio Artístico

O artista
José Rodrigues foi professor no Colégio do Bom Sucesso e na escola São Domingos de Benfica, ambos localizados em Lisboa. Por ser socialmente vulnerável, o artista também oferecia aulas particulares às mulheres e produzia gravuras e desenhos. Mais de duzentas obras foram vendidas por José Rodrigues, entre os seus clientes estavam figuras oficiais, como o Rei Consorte D. Fernando II e burgueses de alto poder aquisitivo. A vulnerabilidade, submetia o artista às demandas imediatas da clientela, que restringia a liberdade criativa do pintor. Tal dilema vivido foi ilustrado pelo termo "água engaiolada"

Sobre a obra
O Pobre Rabequista é a pintura de José Rodrigues que mais se aproximou de uma revolução do artista, uma vez que pouco se prendeu às demandas da clientela. A historiografia de Portugal considera a obra como a maior representação do Romantismo do país. Entretanto, por se tratar de uma pintura de denuncia a pobreza, a técnica utilizada por Rodrigues fica em segundo plano.

O pintor encontrou a essência do movimento romântico na figura do violonista cego. Sua condição socialmente vulnerável de pedinte e simultaneamente religiosa têm um moralismo muito presente para a tradição cristã, a qual argumenta que é somente a fé que oferece a verdadeira visão, e não os olhos.

A obra encontra-se na posição vertical e o seu primeiro plano é composto pelo pobre rabequista (que dá nome à obra) com o seu violino, que é fonte de suas possíveis linhas oblíquas capazes de dividir a obra em partes equivalentes, por meio do arco e do próprio instrumento. O músico tem fortes características que denunciam a sua condição, como o sapato menor que o pé, a roupa suja e a barba por fazer. Apenas o lenço sobre a cabeça e a postura com que toca o instrumento não o condenam totalmente da dignidade.

Ainda sobre o seu colo há uma criança com a cabeça deitada sobre ele com as mesmas características de pobreza, que estende a mão. A garota encara o observador e é a figura que mais demonstra desespero, por estar suplicando ajoelhada. É como se o pintor revelasse a urgência em ajudar essas pessoas. Embora não exista nenhuma pesquisa mais aprofundada sobre esta personagem, a natureza da obra permite a interpretar que ela é filha do violinista.

No segundo plano há um homem todo vestido de preto mirando o violinista com o olhar. Este terceiro personagem está no ponto mais sombrio da tela, indiferente do drama. O rapaz tem características em comuns com autos-retrato do artista, o que dá margem para a interpretação de que é o próprio José Rodrigues.

Essa distância da narrativa central por parte dessa terceira figura é o que traz o equilíbrio na obra, uma vez que ela evidencia quem é o agente a ser observado e o observador. O violinista toca para si próprio, os olhos fechados do cego representam que ele está fechado para si, enquanto que a criança fixa o observador. E o possível José Rodrigues está isento à toda a situação e provoca o observador da tela, que também tem a sensação de ser observado. Ou seja, o músico age, a garota exige reação e o rapaz ao fundo estuda os personagens do primeiro plano da obra. E é por conta desse jogo de olhares que O Pobre Rabequista é a principal obra do romantismo português.

Diversos
Numa das edições do Jornal "Litteratura Illustrada" publicado em Coimbra em 1860, Manuel Maria Bordalo Pinheiro, pai de Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro escreveu o seguinte sobre este quadro: O quadro do "Cego Rabequista", é de um verdadeiro merecimento artístico, digno pôr-se a par de alguns quadros de Velasquez....
O quadro está assinado e datado e está classificado no Museu do Chiado com o n.º 515
No "Jornal das Belas-Artes", nº 3 Lisboa 1857, Rodrigo Paganino escreveu diversas páginas sobre a "filosofia" miserabilista desta obra.

Ligações externas
 Pitoresco.com.br

Ver também
 José Rodrigues Vida e Obra

José Rodrigues
Pobre rabequista
Pobre Rabequista
Pobre Rabequista
Pinturas de 1855
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PHOTO: A new AARP survey examines what services older Americans want most in their communities. Photo courtesy Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
SALT LAKE CITY – Older Utahns may be interested in a new AARP study that examines what services people age 50 and older want most in their communities to help make life a little bit easier.
Laura Polacheck, communications director at AARP Utah, says the report, "What Is Livable? Community Preferences of Older Adults" from the organization's Public Policy Institute, found that public transportation is very important.
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The Flu: Stay at home or go to the hospital?
Oishei's Chief Medical Officer, Stephen Turkovich, said to trust your gut
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN) - There has been an increase in the number of reported flu cases this season compared to recent years.
At Oishei Children's Hospital, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Stephen Turkovich said that this flu season has been very challenging from a respiratory perspective. There were about 335 children admitted to the hospital with respiratory illnesses, 11 percent of those admitted have been because of the flu.
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In Hamburg, an 11-year-old boy died on Saturday due to complications with the flu. Luca Calanni is the second child to have died from the illness this flu season. Turkovich said the hospital's hearts break for the boy's family and said it's devastating when a healthy child dies as a result of the flu.
READ MORE: Frontier community remembers 11-year-old boy who died from flu
Calanni is the first child to die from the flu in Erie County since 2017. From 2010 to 2019, the only other flu-related death among children came in 2014. The Erie County Department of Health does not track adult deaths due to the flu.
Many of you who have contracted the flu opted to stay home and recover from the illness without a visit to the hospital. Turkovich said you have to "go with your gut" to determine when it's time to go to the hospital, specifically with children.
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Even if the vaccine is not 100 percent effective, Turkovich said any percent of effectiveness will decrease the flu's severity and chance of you contracting it yourself.
The doctor also said one of the best options to hydrate your or your child's body after contracting the flu is Pedialyte. He said small sips of the drink along with normal over-the-counter drugs can help alleviate symptoms associated with the flu.


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