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The treatment options for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have come a long way in the last several decades progressing from managing acute inflammation with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) like methotrexate and anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) antibodies, which can decrease disease activity (1). These new treatment options have improved quality of life in a substantial amount of RA patients, however the largest factor affecting the outcomes of RA treatment is disease duration (2). Put another way, patients who begin treatment in the early stages of RA show a better prognosis than patients who begin treatment in the late stages. Thus, RA patient outcomes can be improved by correctly diagnosing RA early in the disease process and starting an appropriate treatment.
There is a preclinical phase of RA where IgM-rheumatoid factor (RF) and antibodies to citrullinated protein antigens (ACPA) can be detected, without clinical signs of inflammatory (3-5). However, conducting IgM-RF and ACPA screening tests for all patients who do not have any symptoms of RA would not be feasible. Additionally, serum markers are only approximately 60-80 % accurate for RA diagnosis since a significant number of patients are seronegative for these markers. Realistically, unless a patient is aware of a genetic predisposition to developing RA, the first time that a patient would be checked for these autoantibodies is when they experience arthralgia, a common symptom of preclinical RA.
Assessing structural changes of joints can also be used for diagnosis of RA. Conventional radiography or ultrasound has been traditionally used to identify bone erosions seen in the late stages of RA, however they lack the sensitivity to detect soft tissue changes (eg. synovitis) seen in early RA. While magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) has the sensitivity to detect subclinical inflammation in the soft tissue of joints, the time and cost considerations of using MRI preclude it as a RA screening test for patients with arthralgia (6). Thus, there is a current need for a cost-effective imaging technique that can be used for early diagnosis of RA.
Optical molecular imaging (OMI) is gaining popularity in the clinical setting due to its excellent spatial and temporal resolution and cost of operation. This imaging technique allows for in vivo visualization of cellular and subcellular processes using target-specific fluorescent probes and visible or near-visible light. OMI is currently used to visualize tumors for diagnostic and surgical applications (7), but research into adapting this technology for diagnosing and treating other diseases is currently underway. For instance, researchers at the University of Michigan reported using a near-infrared optical molecular imaging compound to visualize joint inflammation in the mouse Collagen Antibody-Induced Arthritis model (8).
In this study, the Arthrogen-CIA 5-Clone Cocktail Kit was used to induce the Collagen Antibody-Induced Arthritis Model in Balb/c mice. The mice were subcutaneously or orally treated with one of two near-infrared imaging agents: IRDye800CW or AF680 (9). These compounds are negatively charged imaging agents containing a targeting ligand specific for αVβ3 integrins on activated macrophages that infiltrate the synovial space in during RA and image any existing inflammation.
The IRDye800CW fluorophore, whether subcutaneously and orally administered, exhibited high contrast between inflamed and non-inflamed joints in CAIA mice, while AF680 did not have an obvious difference between inflamed and non-inflamed joints. This contrast peaked at 48 hours after administration, as the signal measured in non-inflamed joints continued to decrease. Ex vivo histological analysis confirmed macrophage infiltration in inflamed ankles that coincided with high signal from IRDye800CW. Additionally, the researchers developed a low affinity stereoisomer of IRDye800CW to confirm the specificity of IRDye800CW. The isomer showed low signals in inflamed joints compared to IRDye800CW.
The researchers also performed analyses using a 3D COMSOL model of a human hand to determine if IRDye800CW can be used in imaging the joints of human patients with a greater tissue depth than seen in the mouse experiments. Using data from their mouse experiments, as well as available clinical data from prior imaging studies, the researchers determined that a positive result in the COMSOL model must have a tissue to background signal ratio greater than 5.5:1. IRDye800CW did achieve the 5.5:1 contrast ratio needed to be considered a positive result, however clinical studies would be needed to confirm the in silica analysis.
These published findings emphasize the importance of developing a quick and efficient screening tool for RA. By applying new molecular tools to a robust and well-characterized disease model such as CAIA, the researchers have developed a novel method that can aid in the early diagnosis of RA in a cost-effective way. Since OMI diagnosis protocols would be more widely available and cheaper than MRI, a wider range of health care providers could use it to screen arthralgia patients for RA risk. OMI also requires a shorter testing time than MRIs, making it more suitable as a screening test. Thus, OMI using an imaging probe specific to RA biomarkers, like IRDye800CW, could provide a cost-effective way to enhance the ability of rheumatologists to diagnose RA in its early stages and improve patient outcomes.
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O. Meyer et al., Anticitrullinated protein/peptide antibody assays in early rheumatoid arthritis for predicting five year radiographic damage. Annals of rheumatic diseases 62, 120-126 (2003).
I. Eshed et al., Tenosynovitis of the flexor tendons of the hand detected by MRI: an early indicator of rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology 48, 887-891 (2009).
C. Wang et al., Optical molecular imaging for tumor detection and image-guided surgery. Biomaterials 157, 62-75 (2018).
S. Bhatnagar et al., Oral and Subcutaneous Administration of a Near-Infrared Fluorescent Molecular Imaging Agent Detects Inflammation in a Mouse Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Scientific reports 9, (2019).
S. Bhatnagar et al., Oral Administration and Detection of a Near-Infrared Molecular Imaging Agent in an Orthotopic Mouse Model for Breast Cancer Screening. Molecular pharmaceutics 15, 1746-1754 (2018).


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Experimental economists study human incentive structures and behaviors as ways to explain the institutions and rules of economic activity.
Keynesian economists theorize that government spending can be used to manage the economy. It has been a widely accepted stance since the 1930s.
In this entry, Ronald Hamowy overviews the English Civil Wars of the mid 17th century and the raised issues of royal authority and religious liberty.
The Enlightenment was an era that brought a wave of philosophical ideas, including classical liberalism, scientific progress, and social and religious tolerance.
Environmental regulations aim to reduce supposed externalities for the sake of stewardship, but sometimes place an unnecessary burden on the free market.
A libertarian focus on equality mostly focuses on the notion of equal rights and justice systems must operate in a way that maintains these rights.
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Companies on 2012 'naughty' list declare war on Christmas
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The American Family Association (AFA) released its' 2012 "Naughty or Nice List" Monday, which ranks national retail companies' efforts to promote the true spirit of Christmas. 14 companies have been cited as being "naughty" for refusing to use the word "Christmas" or its symbols in any of its advertising or promotions. Among the companies that refuse to acknowledge Christmas are Barnes and Noble, Family Dollar, The Gap, Old Navy, and Radio Shack.
Three of the companies have been so stridently anti-Christmas – The Gap, Old Navy, and Banana Republic – that AFA is recommending a two month boycott to protest their position on the use of "Christmas." All three companies are owned by the same San Francisco-based Gap, Inc.
The anti-Christmas companies on this year's "naughty" list include:
Gap Stores
Limited Brands
AFA used four criteria to determine if a company was "Christmas-friendly" in their advertising: print media (newspaper inserts), broadcast media (radio/television), website and/or personal visits to the store. Companies on the list have been aware of its existence for years, and are often asked by AFA supporters to make efforts to recognize Christmas in their advertising. For a company to make the "naughty" list means considerable effort was used not to recognize Christmas in any way.
The "War on Christmas" being waged by the Gap companies is nothing new. Their attempts to secularize Christmas has been active for years, and in 2009, our coverage of their activities led to an angry response from a Gap executive. Their only mention of Christmas in advertising came in a 2009 commercial when they mocked the holiday, along with Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, and told shoppers to celebrate "Whateveryouwannaka."
AFA did take the step of recognizing companies on their "Nice" list that took exceptional steps to mention the word "Christmas." Belk, Hobby Lobby, Lowe's, and Wal-Mart were all recognized as making the extra effort (including letting workers use phrases like "Merry Christmas") to promote the true spirit of Christmas.
55 companies made the "Nice" list this year, while eight companies were named "marginal" in their efforts, meaning they showed some effort, but needed to do more. To see all of the companies on the list, click here to visit the AFA official website.
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Terry Jones' Medieval Lives: Totally Delightful!
by Dylan Thuras December 17, 2009
Terry Jones' Medieval Lives: Totally Delightful!
Fresco of John Hawkwood
In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.
It is really hard to do history on television well. Things tend to generally end up either too dry, or way too ridiculous.
On the one hand you have the Ken Burns camp, which while wonderfully researched and very interesting… tends to get a little soporific at times. On the other side you have something like the History Channel's "Secret Masonic Nazi UFO's" which, though entertaining, should probably be on the "Fun Ideas I Had In The Bath" channel.
James Burke's Connections, and the "Ascent of Man" were always my gold standards for history television, as Cosmos was for science television. But I recently caught Terry Jones' Medieval Lives (streaming on Netflix) and really enjoyed it.
Below is a section from the episode about Knights which covers the Atlas' favorite mercenary John Hawkwood.
I am late to the party seeing as these came out in 2004, and already won a BBC Emmy, so it's nice to see that these got some recognition. Jones does a terrific job of reexamining of some of the preconceived notions about the middle ages, and while some of the jokes are a bit corny, and the production level isn't always stellar, the writing and history presented really is great. I particularly like the episode on Alchemists which goes a long way to defend the oft hated on middle age scientists, and dispelling the notion that the Church oppressed the sciences.
I hope you enjoy them as much as I did, much more can be seen on Netflix, and on Youtube.
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Is it better to build a Strong Town from scratch?
by Kea Wilson
This article is part of an ongoing series about building personal and household resilience. Read more from the series here.
Source: Dancing Rabbit Facebook page
Last month, I stumbled upon a little town that almost felt like a Strong Towns devotee had invented it.
After just a few quick conversations with residents, it was clear that they aced every single item on the Strong Towns Strength Test. The speed limits on every road were 5 miles per hour or less; you couldn't #slowthecars more if you tried. Moreover, those streets weren't designed by engineers; when the citizens of the village took a shortcut often enough to create a desire path, the building committee (which, by the way, was not made up of builders) would take notice and lay down some gravel to pave it. Those streets were narrow and lined with gorgeous, hand-built homes, built incrementally and experimentally over time and deliberately placed close together to maximize the productive use of the land.
All of it—the infrastructure under the ground, the gravel roads under my feet, the hand-built homes I couldn't stop snapping pictures of—was built by the people here, without community debt. Every single citizen I spoke to knew how their town had been built, roughly how much it cost, and certainly what it was worth.
And everyone seemed truly, deeply joyful to be living this way.
The secret? The place where I was standing—Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage in Rutledge, Missouri—was an intentional community. It had been built from the ground up over the course of 20 years by residents who had collectively agreed to live and build their lives this way.
NOT AVERAGE CITIZENS
Let's get this out of the way: I'm not suggesting that the only way to build a strong town is to find a patch of land and start from scratch.
But as someone who spends most her day talking about our dominant development pattern and the bizarre and vast financial predicament American cities have managed to get themselves into, sometimes the idea of starting over is tempting. Some days, it drives me a little crazy that Dancing Rabbit's way of creating a community (like the Strong Towns approach itself) is treated as a radical, utopian ideal—a distant if not impossible goal for the communities we love.
It shouldn't be a shocking thing for a community to have a conversation about how to pay for the maintenance of a piece of infrastructure before they put it in the ground. Specious road usage projections, complex financial instruments and hazy math about the job creating potential of razing a downtown block to build a big box—these are the things we should think of as radical and frightening. These are the things that average citizens should have the ability to engage with and refuse. And we would if we hadn't done such a thorough job of circumscribing our collective imagination.
Community members display the house they've been building. (Source: Dancing Rabbit Facebook page)
The residents of Dancing Rabbit, though, are not average citizens.
Furthermore, the Rabbits founded their community, not to withdraw from a society gone mad, but to create a living example of how other places might change the way they build and live. They believe that many cities can change, and that the people can change the way they choose to live, both in their particular corner of rural Northern Missouri and even in the heart of many of our most broken communities. That's precisely why they built their town in the first place.
Only about 50 adults and 20 children live in Dancing Rabbit. But don't let the scale fool you: they're actively trying to grow their small community (they predict that as many as 1000 people might reside there one day), and along the way, they're inviting as many people around the world to explore their vision as possible. That starts, among other things, with a porousness we don't associate with the typical intentional community: Dancing Rabbit has, among other things, high-speed internet and an active social media presence powered by standalone solar panels, as well as an on-site nonprofit which manages visitor and seminar programs that are open to anyone who applies. My own visit coincided with their annual open house, where they marched hundreds of look-seers through their bike garages and communal kitchens and even a few of their families' living rooms.
On my trip to DR, I learned about Dancing Rabbit's various environmental covenants (e.g. all residents pledge not to own a personal motor vehicle; four biodiesel-powered cars more than meet their community's needs) as well as the more flexible elements of their lifestyle (e.g. residents can choose to share communal kitchens or showers or join a goat's milk co-op, or they can elect to buy or produce these things for themselves.) I watched preternaturally independent children wander in the grass dragging pet pigs on leashes, and I bought hand-made chapbooks from a resident who loved to write.
It's impossible to visit a place like Dancing Rabbit and wonder whether or not you, too, could live with a composting toilet and no restaurants for 30 minutes in any direction. But I also wondered: what parts of this could I take home with me to the city?
A COMMUNITY LENS
Rae Machado is a five year resident of Dancing Rabbit and a member of the town's outreach committee. When I asked her why the founders of the village chose to build an intentional community rather than a more traditional sustainability non-profit in a major city that coached urban residents on how to, say, recycle a little more and buy a little less gasoline, she had two answers.
One of those answers was pragmatic: "They wanted to build this alternative example of living in a place where we could experiment with natural building without building code regulations getting in the way with how we want to make our homes and what materials we want to use," Machado said.
Rutledge's local planning department is also willing to zone Dancing Rabbit as a trailer park, at least until their number of residents increases, Machado laughs, "to an undetermined number at some undetermined point in the future." Most American cities simply don't allow citizens to pick up a hammer and build their homes however they wish, much less if they want that home to be made out of cob and native clay. As we've discussed at Strong Towns in the past, while many of our building codes might be intended to keep us safe, they often functionally stifle all but the most monolithic, financially unproductive development, never mind the kind of creativity and beauty we see in intentional communities.
But the other answer Machado put forward about why Dancing Rabbit had build their community from scratch was more philosophical: that the founders of Dancing Rabbit actually hadn't started fresh when they'd bought their 280 acres and started crafting a life. "[Many intentional communities] look at culture through an individual lens, through a total homesteading lens," says Machado. "Dancing Rabbit looks at culture through a community lens. That's why we are a densely clustered, European style village, and why we do so much outreach. We're prioritizing community and connection and permaculture at the village scale over the individual permaculture approach." (Learn more about communal life at Dancing Rabbit through Machado's eyes in this short video.)
FINANCIAL PERMACULTURE
Permaculture is not a new idea—put simply, it's the ancient practice of consciously cultivating self-sustaining agricultural ecosystems, using simple techniques like planting perennial natives in symbiotic relationships to one another. But it's still relatively novel to see the concept applied to other aspects of community life, or to see it done so broadly at Dancing Rabbit.
As I spoke to Machado, though, I realized that in some ways, community permaculture is just another term for what we advocate for here at Strong Towns.
If advocates of our dominant development pattern are akin to monoculture farmers who insist we need to raze a forest and transplant acres of a cash crop all at once if we want to make a dime at market—and then repeat that process the next season, and the next, ad infinitum, exhausting the land in the process—Strong Towns is a bit like the permaculturist, gradually tinkering with crop combinations and making the soil richer season after season as the trees bear fruit all on their own. When we discuss alternatives to the Growth Ponzi Scheme, we're advocating for a land use pattern that is designed to yield wealth and enrich itself year upon year, rather than building quickly and exhausting all the potential of a space in one fell swoop.
It didn't surprise me to learn, then, that Dancing Rabbit is as financially healthy as it is beautiful. Residents pay a flat 2 percent of their income in community dues each year—many hold remote jobs or work for the village nonprofit or mercantile—and they also pay a super-low monthly rent to a land trust for the property their homes sit on (10 cents per square foot for residential property, 1 cent per square foot for private garden space.) From this pool of funds, the village builds its common infrastructure, and their answer to meeting their needs is virtually always to keep costs low enough that they'll be able to afford to maintain what they've built at a conservative projection of village population growth.
Debt is avoided—the village once had to take out loans on a building project for a common house, and they've been wary of the experience since. And where they can't build things they can afford to maintain, they build things that will deliberately dissolve: Machado told me happily that her "footprint on the planet is going to only last about ten years longer than my time on earth. When I die, my house will dissolve, unless another member of the village elects to maintain the structure. I don't want a building that's going to last 200 years or multiple generations."
A solar-powered communal oven. (Source: Dancing Rabbit Facebook page)
STEP UP AND DO IT
Here, of course, is where Dancing Rabbit's approach might seem untenable in the larger world. It's hard enough to convince an American that they don't personally need millions of miles of asphalt and a car in the garage behind their giant house in order to have a basic quality of life. Try asking them to move into a home where they have to reapply earthen plaster to their exterior walls every other year lest it melt in the rain.
But for Machado and residents like her, this process is a joy. So is the extra time spent building relationships with her neighbors—essential in a community that governs entirely by democratic committees—and the process of learning new skills—essential in a community that relies as much as possible on a tiny group of autodidacts to build roads, install solar panels, deliver babies and grow grain (to name a few tasks).
"Sometimes we need you to bake bread and sometimes we need you to tile and grout," Machado said. "If you don't know how, do what you need to do to learn, and then go out and help your community. There's this sense of, you step up and do it; don't wait for someone else to come in and savior it for you."
But stepping up and doing it yourself doesn't mean that you're totally on your own. The building committee at Dancing Rabbit, for instance, isn't a faceless permitting body, doling out penalties for code violations. Instead, they're a council of your neighbors, many of whom aren't engineers by training, but who have amassed years of collective experience about natural building and act as a resource far more often than they act as a control on how new residents can create their homes.
"If somebody moves here and says, I'm building a round wood timber frame house with straw bales, [the building committee might say], okay, if you make that choice, you can look at incorporating these three aspects into your design," Machado explains. "We try to provide some guidance, but it's really beautiful to have those open bylaws that can embrace the diversity of what everyone wants to create."
DR kids show off an accessory dwelling unit bedroom that is rented out to visitors. (Source: Kea Wilson)
IS ANY OF THIS SAFE?
If words like "open bylaws" make you nervous about collapsing roofs and a government unconcerned with citizen safety, you'd be surprised. Machado told me that the community is actually hyper-vigilant of their residents' and visitors well-being, perhaps even more so than many people in average cities are. "The children pulled a wagon into the road today filled with red bell peppers and sold them to all the adults as we were walking by," Machado said. "That was so precious to me. It's very rare to see a vehicle drive through [the village], and we have a five mile an hour speed limit. But even then, what a car crash would do to this community—I can't even think about it. The kind of negative impact that a tragedy could have if a child ever got hurt, to our community happiness and emotional well-being and our reputation as a village; it's not worth it to us."
The difference between Dancing Rabbit, though, is what they do with that fear. Rather than demanding that their children all strap into safety-padded car seats in the back of SUVs and teach them never, ever to walk in the street, they've simply gotten as many cars out of the road as possible, and made it clear that the children are unequivocally allowed to walk there. Machado says she can't envision Dancing Rabbit ever having two lanes of traffic. The roads will never be wider than what's needed to accommodate a U-Haul or a dump truck. The local volunteer fire department doesn't require anything more of them.
Hearing Machado talk about how Dancing Rabbit addresses safety, it's clear just how much more intuitive and comprehensive this approach is than what the vast majority of our cities do. I think of the building inspector who examined my home in St. Louis, quickly recommending that we buy a new railing for our front porch stairs before driving off. I'm certain I'll never see him again; I certainly can't imagine him treating me like an apprentice, walking me through the best practices to steward the land we all shared. I think of the endless conversations I've had with fellow bicyclists and pedestrians about the best ways to defend ourselves against being crushed by automobiles. In all those discussion, I don't think I've ever heard one of them say, simply, that even a single death by automobile is something that our community simply would not bear. This attitude from the Dancing Rabbit community seems so simple and humane; how on earth have we gotten to a point where it feels so impossible?
Birds-eye view of the ecovillage (Source: Dancing Rabbit Facebook page)
CAN IT SCALE?
As I drove back to St. Louis, I found myself thinking about the scale of our cities' problems. In a city of over 300,000 people, many of whom come from vastly different value systems and none of whom have sat down and signed a covenant together, it can feel daunting to apply the principles that a town like Dancing Rabbit seems to implement with joy. The Rabbits themselves admit that; they don't plan to ever grow their village much beyond a thousand people, and some residents think 500 or so might be an even better number.
But in a way, there are villages within all of our cities: neighborhoods and blocks and even our individual households. And we can build and retrofit them with intention if we're brave enough to think small. And if enough of us do it, those small actions add up.
Part of the reason Dancing Rabbit is located in Northern Missouri is simply because they wanted to be a part of something bigger: there are at least four nearby intentional communities within driving distance, and these villages make it a point to gather and collaborate when they can. It's tantalizing to imagine a future where there are even more villages like Dancing Rabbit in Northern Missouri, where a loose, city-like structure of deliberately small communities might exist side by side, each governed by their own deeply felt principles, each working hard to build the world they want to see. As each new community popped up, they'd draw on the power of the others, growing from a foundation of confidence that others before them have done this pioneering thing, and have remained behind to help. The progress would be slow, and it would take a lot of hard work and deep reckoning with what the builders didn't know. But if they depended on one another, and kept at it, they could craft a beautiful and deliberate life.
That's the kind of growth I want for my city. That's our challenge: to find ways to make it real.
(Top image source: Dancing Rabbit Facebook page)
Jacob Moses
How to Turn Neglected Alleyways into Thriving Public Spaces
Paul Fast—Principal Architect at HCMA, a Canadian architecture and design firm—discusses its More Awesome Now project and how you can revive neglected alleyways in your own neighborhood, including how to assess the needs of the neighborhood, how to measure the success of the project, and how to consider all members of the community in its design.
Mark Schweitzer
Streets Aren't the Only Thing That Connects Your City
In Akron, Ohio an alternative-news monthly called The Devil Strip serves to identify, connect and inspire people throughout the community. The newspaper helps bring Akronites together to envision and shape the city's future.
Sarah Kobos
Be a Better Neighbor, Build a Better Neighborhood
If you want to make your neighborhood a better place, you have to get outside and meet the people around you. Here are 9 ideas to get you started.
Kea Wilson serves as Communications Manager for Strong Towns. She's based in the great city of St. Louis, Missouri, but she's lived everywhere from Santa Fe, New Mexico to coastal Maryland to far northern Michigan. She became passionate about the question of what it means to build a better world when she was in college, where she volunteered at a co-op bike collective and studied (most of) the great works of western civilization, roughly in chronological order. She's worked in community outreach and development for six years, most recently at a small independent bookstore where she coordinated a not-so-small author events series. She's also an avid (if somewhat slow) cyclist, an armchair economics nerd, and a novelist.
Are you a blogger, podcaster or member of the press who wants to feature Strong Towns? Please email Kea.
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Rolfing is a soft-tissue manipulation used to structurally realign the body and enhance overall vitality. The terms "Rolfing" and "Rolfer" are trademarks of the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration.
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from __future__ import unicode_literals
from __future__ import print_function
from __future__ import division
from __future__ import absolute_import
import pytest

import utilities
from utilities import slowtest
from rasa_nlu import registry

@slowtest
@pytest.mark.parametrize("pipeline_template", list(registry.registered_pipeline_templates.keys()))
def test_samples(pipeline_template, component_builder):
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    _conf["data"] = "./data/examples/rasa/demo-rasa.json"

    interpreter = utilities.interpreter_for(component_builder, _conf)
    available_intents = ["greet", "restaurant_search", "affirm", "goodbye", "None"]
    samples = [
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            "good bye",
            {
                'intent': 'goodbye',
                'entities': []
            }
        ),
        (
            "i am looking for an indian spot",
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Iranian security forces detain German national on espionage charges
Iranian security forces arrested a German citizen for taking photos of "sensitive oil centers" in the Southern province of Khuzestan.
The German national has been detained while taking photos of Aghajari oilfield in Khuzestan province.
A source in Berlin has stated that Germany has taken note of the Iranian report and the embassy in Tehran is working to clarify the situation.
The detention of German citizen on spying charges comes days after Iran executed a dual Iranian-British national Alireza Akbari for spying for the British intelligence agency.
The convict, who had been sentenced to death on charges "extensive activities against Iran's internal and external security" through espionage for the British government's spy agency, was hanged on Saturday.
Akbari, who was arrested in 2019, had received 1,805,000 euros, 265,000 pounds, and $50,000 for espionage activities for the United Kingdom.
Iran's Intelligence Ministry described Akbari, as "one of the most infiltrating agents of the spying service of the UK in the country's sensitive and strategic centers", noting that he was identified and arrested after a "long and multi-layered process" involving "counter-intelligence" and "deception operation."
The "key spy," according to the ministry, had sent the acquired information from sensitive centers to the enemy's spy service on several occasions while being "completely aware" of his actions.
Tehran has been at odds with Western powers, including Germany over what it calls their interference in its internal affairs during months of protests sparked by the death in custody of an Iranian woman in September.
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Syria: Lebanese Right-Wing Delegation Meets President Assad Following Deadline Expiry For Weapons Surrender. 1977
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INTRODUCTION: A right-wing lebanese delegation has been in Damascus for talks with /syrian President Hafez al-Assad.
SV: Presidential palace, Damascus, Syria.
SV INTERIOR: for mer Lebanese President Suleiman Franjieh (left) seated on sofa with Syrian Foreign Affairs State Minister Abdul Kraim Adi Khleifawi.
SV: Lebanese Falangist leader Pierre Gemayal (centre of picture) seated talking with another.
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Background: INTRODUCTION: A right-wing lebanese delegation has been in Damascus for talks with /syrian President Hafez al-Assad. Their visit follows the expiry of a deadline for the former warring factions in Lebanon to surrender their heavy arms to the Syrian-dominated Arab League peacekeeping forces in the country. The arrived in the Syrian capital shortly after the expiry deadline was followed up by a public reminder from Syria -- apparently aimed mainly at the Palestinian-led left wing.
SYNOPSIS: The talks were held in the Presidential Palace outside Damascus. the Lebanese delegation -- referred to in one report as 'The Lebanese Front' -- was led by former President Suleiman Franjieh on the left. He automatically left office last December at the end of his six-year term.
Falangist leader Pierre Gemayal -- centre -- commanded the joint right-wing forces throughout the bitter 19-mont civil war, which ended when the left-wing was defeated by Syrian troops.
The Lebanese delegation discussed the situation with Syrian President Hafez al-Assad. The weapon-surrender deadline was the first week in January -- but recently the Syrian Information Minister said 'the process was not yet complete'. He also reassured the Palestinians in Lebanon that syria would protect them if they surrendered their arms.
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Thailand: Bodies Of Young Students Burned During Right-Wing Attack On Thamasat University Prior To Right-Wing Coup.
Thailand's new military rulers made it clear on Thursday (7 October) that they were imposing a strong right-wing government on the country's 42 million people.
West Germany: Counter Demonstrations As Rightwing National Democrats Meet
WEST GERMAN RIOT POLICE WENT INTO ACTION TONIGHT (FRIDAY) IN KARLSRUHE TO BREAK UP SCUFFLES BETWEEN EXTREME RIGHT-WINGERS AND TRADE UNIONISTS.
Turkey: Right-Wing Coalition Government Topples After No-Confidence Vote.
In Turkey former Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit is busy preparing his third government in three years, with the declared ???
Laos: Neutralist And Right-Wing Troops Move Against Pathet Lao
LAOS... AND A NEW CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE PATHET LAO. SURGING NORTH AGAIN, NEAR THE CENTRAL?
Spain: Spanish War Veterans Form Extreme Right-Wing Confederation.
Spanish war veterans formed a Confederation in Madrid on Saturday (16 November) as a preliminary Step to forming a political party.
Laos: Right-Wing Coup - Library Film Background
A RIGHT-WING ARMY GROUP TODAY (SUNDAY) SEIZED POWER IN VIENTIANE, CAPITAL OF LAOS. THE PRIME MINISTER,?
Japan: Tokyo: Japanese Right-Wing Candidate Campaigns For General Elections.
As the Nov 20, General Election draws near in Japan, political leaders are well into their stride and conducting their campaigns on themes that are already well known to the Japanese population.
Turkey: Right-Wing National Action Party Holds Election Rally
Turkey's most right-wing group, the National Action Party (NAP), held an election rally on Sunday ( 7 October) in the north-eastern city of Erzurum.


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There's no experience quite like spending the night in a castle high on a bluff above one of Europe's prettiest river valleys. Recent guests of ours had this experience and for some, it was a repeat experience. Susan brought son Nick back for a second European Focus Private Tour and this time, four people who had never been to Germany before came along for the adventure.
Recent guests on the "drawbridge" to Schonburg Castle.
One of Susan and Nick's favorite places from their 2008 trip was Burg Schonburg above Oberwesel between Bingen and St. Goar. We were able to get rooms last minute at the castle, and the experience was one to remember as rainshowers and rainbows were observed from the crag where this 1,000 year old castle stands proud and strong. It wasn't always that way. The castle, like many along the river, was destroyed various times in the 17th and 18th centuries. It was rebuilt in the early 20th century by a New Yorker by the name of Rheinlander, who then donated the partially restored castle to the town of Oberwesel. Then in the 1960s and 1970s the castle was transformed into a 4-star hotel with each room and suite completely unique. Antiques fill the many rooms of the castle and a deluxe four-course dinner is served in the evening. For those desiring a true medieval experience, Schonburg is the place!
The only way into the inner courtyards of the castle is through this narrow opening, barely wide enough for a golf cart to pass through. Nick and Trevor get ready to storm the castle.
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Sometimes a band comes along that is doing something so stunningly original and deserving of accolades that they are hard to ignore. Case in point: MoeTar, a five-piece who have been gigging around the San Francisco Bay Area for the last five years or so; they have one previous release From These Small Seeds to their credit, a debut album that seemed to be ambitious slightly beyond the band's capabilities at the time, but nonetheless a serious accomplishment. With their latest Entropy of the Century, all the pieces of their unique musical puzzle are still in place, with more of the power, focus and refinement that only a few more years of playing together can bring. At the core of their sound is the dual frontline of singers Moorea Dickason and Tarik Ragab, the former responsible for all of the vocal arrangements, and the latter also the band's bassist and primary songwriter. For many of the twelve cuts Dickason multi-tracks her own harmony parts, resulting in a sound that's truly grand and widescreen. The voices are often studio-processed slightly to make them sound even larger than life. Each of the songs could be described as miniature complex prog epics, meticulously arranged, yet they still rock hard and mix a strong confluence of vocal jazz and classical elements into their stunningly unique vision. Rounding out the sound are ace guitarist Matthew Charles Heulitt, Matt Lebofsky on keyboards (also of MiRthkon), and drummer David Flores – all exceptional musicians who shine at every turn. Tracks like "We Machines," "Where the Truth Lies," the title track, and "Friday Night Dreams" are exemplary flashes of group brilliance on an album without a dull track on it anywhere. There are really no others to accurately compare the band to, however it might be said that those who appreciate the instrumental complexity and vocal prowess of early Yes, circa The Yes Album and Fragile, will certainly find MoeTar's brand of visionary progressive rock to be of interest.
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2 Atlantic City cops charged in sex assault of teen
The victim is 16 years old.
2 Atlantic City cops charged in sex assault of teen The victim is 16 years old. Check out this story on courierpostonline.com: http://on.cpsj.com/1gKTBV8
The Press of Atlantic City (N.J. Published 10:54 a.m. ET May 20, 2014 | Updated 6:05 p.m. ET May 20, 2014
Two Jersey Shore police officers are charged with sexually assaulting a teenager. (Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto )
ATLANTIC CITY – Two police officers in southern New Jersey are accused of sexually assaulting children.
Atlantic County prosecutors say Atlantic City Officer Andre Corbin and Brigantine Officer Ralph Pereira are each charged with two counts of sexual contact and single counts of official misconduct, child endangerment and criminal sexual contact. Corbin also faces an additional count of official misconduct.
The charges against Pereira involve a 16-year-old girl. Prosecutors say he held a position of authority and disciplinary power over the teen.
Further details on the charges against Corbin have not been released.
Corbin was freed after posting $100,000 bond, while Pereira was being held on $100,000 cash bail.
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Oxford, UK and Boston, MA. 2nd October 2018: Preservica today announced a �5 million ($10 million) Series B investment from Mobeus Equity Partners to meet accelerating demand for its Active Digital Preservation software technology. The investment provides an initial �million with a facility for a further �5 million to support Preservica's continued global expansion plans.
Preservica's award-winning software future-proofs all types of digital content against technology obsolescence, ensuring it remains accessible and trustworthy over decades to meet legal, compliance, governance and brand value needs.
Available as a cloud-hosted (SaaS) or on-premise solution, Preservica's software is already trusted by a growing global client base - from major corporations and government bodies to iconic cultural institutions. These include HSBC, the World Bank, Associated Press, BT, Amnesty International, Yale University, MoMA, the UK National Archives and 21 US state archives.
"Preservica has developed a market leading technology platform with a strong vision and an impressive set of customers," said Trevor Hope, Partner, Mobeus Equity Partners. "This is a disruptive offering well matched to supporting organisations grappling with the exponential growth in digital content, pressure to decommission legacy applications and increasingly stringent regulation and compliance, like GDPR."
John Mancini, Chief Evangelist at AIIM (Association of Intelligent Information Management) in a recent report said: "Digital Preservation has become a critical component in the overall governance of digital information. Ensuring access and usability of digital content and data over the long-term is enabling organisations to extract value, mitigate compliance and litigation risk and use knowledge and brand assets in an intelligent way for competitive advantage. Future-proofing digital information over decades, however, requires a different governance and technology approach to traditional IT strategies such as backup, archiving and content management."
Mike Quinn, CEO of Preservica added: "Everyone at Preservica is delighted with this significant investment by Mobeus Equity Partners. It reflects a real confidence in the business and the opportunity for our unique Active Digital Preservation technology. The funding will enable us to accelerate our plans to scale through partners and expand our SaaS offering around the globe."
CTO and Founder of Preservica, Jon Tilbury adds: "The investment will enable us to further extend our lead in product innovation and our vison to make digital preservation a seamless part of the overall records and data lifecycle. This includes closer integration with enterprise content services platforms, automated preservation technology, and the use of emerging technologies such as Blockchain for data authenticity, and AI and Machine Learning for content classification, transcription and discovery."
The Series B investment from Mobeus comes on top of an impressive growth in Preservica's global customer base including recent additions such as the World Bank, Network Rail and Dartmouth College. The company is also accelerating its global capability through strategic partnerships.
Mobeus provides growth and buyout capital to UK-based SMEs across all sectors. Mobeus-advised funds have invested over � million in 18 investments in the last 18 months.
Preservica announced a �5 million ($10 million) Series B investment from Mobeus Equity Partners to meet accelerating demand for its Active Digital Preservation software technology. The investment provides an initial �million with a facility for a further �5 million to support Preservica抯 continued global expansion plans.
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Avitech, Grass, NVision, EVS and Sony play key role in new Belgian Outside Broadcast van
Outside Broadcast, one of Belgium's leading OB van production facilities, has chosen Avitech Multi-viewers for the monitoring of multiple HD and SD video and audio signals. Outside Broadcast's new HD Unit 14 OB van will be used at sporting events, the summer Olympics, concerts, and much more. High-end SD/HD equipment includes Avitech's multi-viewers driving Neovo X-W19 displays, Sony cameras, a Thomson Kayak HD 450 production switcher, an Nvision 3Gb matrix router, EVS slo-mo servers, and a Lawo MC266 audio console.
Avitech's MCC-8004 series of multi-viewers are located at the heart of Outside Broadcast's OB production van and are used at Slo-Mo and Producer desks, in Camera Control and Audio areas. They are configured for displaying four or eight sources per monitor.
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Other features include: accepting HD-SDI, SD-SDI and analog video sources with auto-detect capability, embedded audio monitoring, parallel and serial tally, exceptionally low power consumption, as well as on-screen alarm indicators for video and audio status, all while maintaining the correct aspect ratio whether it be 4:3 or 16:9.
"After reviewing the available competitive Multiviewer technology on the market we decided to move forward with Avitech's solution," comments Andr Verbesselt, Head of Engineering for Outside Broadcast. "The Avitech modules provide a modular, "no single point of failure" design, which is incredibly important during the production of live events.
Verbesselt says the ability to automatically detect and accept any type of input signal is fantastic. "The wide choice of supported output resolutions makes it simple to choose a display and the price-to-performance ratio of the Avitech equipment convinced us, as well as the ease of integration into our existing infrastructure," he says.


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Sepiolinae zijn een onderfamilie van inktvissen uit de familie Sepiolidae.

Geslachten
 Adinaefiola Bello, 2020
 Boletzkyola Bello, 2020
 Eumandya Bello, 2020
 Euprymna Steenstrup, 1887
 Inioteuthis Verrill, 1881
 Lusepiola Bello, 2020
 Rondeletiola Naef, 1921
 Sepietta Naef, 1912
 Sepiola Leach, 1817

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Moulton: Despite firing, thankful for the opportunity
So, what's new with you?
Moulton: Despite firing, thankful for the opportunity So, what's new with you? Check out this story on news-press.com: http://newspr.es/2jAeLej
DAVID MOULTON, DMOULTON@NEWS-PRESS.COM Published 5:21 p.m. ET Jan. 18, 2017
David Moulton, The News-Press sports columnist(Photo: news-press.com)
I heard a rumor that some fat, middle-aged sportscaster got fired Tuesday.
Normally that's not a big deal but apparently it was a slow day on the Southwest Florida sports scene.
Top of the fold, "MOULTON FIRED BY 99.3 ESPN RADIO."
It was 6 a.m. Wednesday, I'm half asleep taking the dog out for her morning business when I see the bold headline and thought, "Did I get shot?"
I kid but it's not the first time I've been fired, although it's been a while (1993). I think every media person should be fired early in their career once. I am not joking. We in the media all too often call for folks to get fired, whether it is a political misstep, not winning enough games or a dispute at a school. Whatever the case may be, "we" sometimes think that people are as recyclable as plastic bottles.
It is likely that a few hundred residents lost their jobs this week for one reason or another. For better or worse, mine is one of the few that anyone will hear about. That is something that comes with being a so-called public figure and something you have to experience to understand.
The hundreds of tweets and the constant texts of support are on the one hand, empowering. On the other, it does not allow you, your wife or even your daughter in college to go very long without someone reminding all of us about my firing and the tremendous uncertainty that comes with it.
This all adds up to why I've only called for one coach or executive to be fired during my 17 years here (Dave Balza, first men's basketball coach at FGCU, a year before he was). I always think of the spouse, the kids, all of the assistants and their families, who if things don't work out, have their lives turned upside down.
I believe the reason many are interested in my plight is not because of me, instead it is what I represent. We are passionate about our sports. It is one of the only things that binds us in Southwest Florida even though very few of us root for the same teams.
During a century where sports coverage on local television and in the paper became less and less, sports talk radio has only grown.
There's only been one local radio station to make sports work, and I have been the only person a part of that effort the entire time, until now.
Which is why despite our differences (and me speaking out about it, which caused my dismissal) my former employer deserves a lot of credit. Beasley Broadcasting took the leap of faith when no one else would in 2000. Even if they may have moved way too slowly for a certain former employee (cough, cough), they took that format from a 10,000 watt AM to a series of FM transmitters and eventually to a 50,000 watt FM station.
Sports radio in this market exists because of them and to a significantly smaller degree, me (and Mark Miller). Now we both will find out whether or not this format works in Southwest Florida, now that we have parted ways. I hope so. Selfishly, because why would I want to see all that work simply fade away, never mind why would I want to leave now?
I've had opportunities over the years but I love the challenge of doing a show here. It's easy to do a show in Tampa or New York or a major city where everyone cares only about the same few teams. It's a challenge to do a show in a place where "no one is from here" and you have to talk about things in a way that brings sports fans from the northeast, southeast, upper midwest and Great Lakes region together.
I still get goose bumps thinking about Naples' first run to a state football title, the Everblades' journey to the Kelly Cup Finals before the third time was the charm and the rise of FGCU and the magic that was March 2013. I hope we can experience more of those goose bump moments together but...
I only have to look as far as my lunch partner Wednesday, former NBC-2 anchor Craig Wolf, to know there are no guarantees in this business. Although he did say, if nothing materializes for me, that we should do a podcast. We've already got a name for it: "Two Guys Fired."
Sponsors, begin lining up.
On a serious note, my sincere thanks to all the listeners over these nearly 17 years. All I've ever wanted was to be was a sportscaster. You made me a successful one, although to what degree can certainly be debated. My only request going forward is for The News-Press and Naples Daily News.
If I do get another sports radio job, can the headlines and print be as bold for that as the reports of my demise?
David Moulton is a freelance writer for the News-Press. His columns appear Sunday and Thursday. You can email him at
dmoulton@news-press.com.
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Domaines Ott: Stars of the summer
When it comes to Provençal oenology, Domaines Ott wines are the brightest stars in the sky.
@ Photos: Domaines Ott I Domaine Ott Winery: Hervé Abbadie – Carl Fredrik Svenstedt Architect
The soil of Provence produces a rare palette of flavours: explosive, straightforward, brilliant, mature, fruity, intense, fresh, crisp, salty, balanced, full-bodied, tempting. Étoile – the cuvée rosé from Ott – brings together the best of Ott's three domaines (estates), capturing the very essence of the identity that shapes the terroir of this region. It imbues the fragrance and endless horizon of the Provençal countryside. It is an interpretation that expresses the winemakers' respect for the land and how it changes. It is a composition born of passion – influential and nuanced. Étoile pays tribute to tradition and the future alike with originality, spontaneity and an experimental spirit. All that matters is the present.
The company's history began with Marcel Ott, an ambitious agronomist from Alsace who made his way to Provence in the late 19th century with a single-minded focus on his goal: to craft the very best wines in this region. After founding his company in 1896, he was able to purchase three unusual vineyards, all with very different qualities to one another, which today make up Domaines Ott: Château de Selle, Clos Mireille and Château Romassan. The pest phylloxera, which decimates grapevines, had already wrought its havoc there, but Ott glimpsed the potential that the properties still offered. Thanks to a great deal of hard work, passion, and effort, Ott restored the vineyards to their former glory. Each of the three estates has its own unique charm and personality that inspires vintners to create outstanding wines which embody the sun-drenched Provence region, bounded by ocean on one side and mountains on the other. Today, cousins Christian and Jean-François Ott maintain the award-winning vineyards established by their ancestors in this region with a long and rich tradition of wine-making. Domaines Ott was taken over by Groupe Louis Roederer in 2004. This family-run conglomerate is famous for its excellent Champagnes, but its range also features the finest wines produced in the south of France.
It all started with the purchase of Château de Selle – and the company's success has only grown since then. A tour of the various Domaines Ott is the perfect way to get to know the fantastic quality of these wines. The Ott headquarters, Clos Mireille (AOC Côtes de Provence), is located in La Londe Les Maures, on the coast to the east of Hyères. It's where the rosé and blanc de blancs are created, wines whose personalities are imbued with their origins amidst the sea and the sun. The rosé produced at Château Romassan (AOC Bandol), on the other hand, will surprise you with its full-bodied power and spicy, fruity elegance, while the vineyard's red will thrill you with its intense bouquet and flawless harmony. The tour ends at the high-altitude slopes of Château de Selle (AOC Côtes de Provence), situated in the heartland of the region, where a glass of fresh and citrusy rosé will finish off your experience with a bang. Enjoy the interplay of colours in your glass, from soft pink to vibrant pale yellow or deeply saturated crimson, as the light catches glimmers of gold, orange, vermilion, greenish silver and shades of violet, pomegranate and ruby red. Even the paler, softer colours can't hide the fact that every Ott wine has a rich body that emphasises its strengths. A tasting will prove to you that these wines' classification as cru classé is wholly justified, as is their worldwide fame. Countless gourmet restaurants feature these cult-favourite wines on their menus. The wines were combined into a three-tone cuvée to show off the compatibility of the three vineyards with one another: Dubbed the 'Étoile', it's the very best this wine-making company has to offer. All that meticulous production, in sync with nature and the environment, certainly paid off here. The strict ecological requirements apply to the quality-oriented work that takes place both in the vineyards and in the cellar. Even the bottles are designed to be something truly special: Inspired by the cypress trees of Provence and the amphorae of ancient Greece, René Ott created the brand's distinctive trademark in 1930. It was the first time in history that a wine bottle's very shape was trademarked. No matter the season, the scent of sun-kissed grapes out in the fields is popular with visitors.
Château de Selle
This château is located in the uplands of the French départment of Var and was the residence of the rulers of Provence in the 18th century. The chalk cliffs create an advantageous micro-climate featuring mild, frost-less winters, punctual springs, warm and dry summers and many hours of sunshine. The soil and climate are what gives these wines their outstanding character and aromas: The Cabernet Sauvignon provides complexity, elegance and power, whilst the Grenache offers a full body. These two wines are perfectly balanced by the elegant colours of the vineyard's Cinsault and Syrah.
Clos Mireille
The charm of this ancient vineyard, located right on the Mediterranean coast, is irresistible: It overlooks the deep blue of the ocean. The vines grow in slate soil and are, on average, 16 years old. The vineyard's location, suspended between the hills and the ocean, is just as unusual as the wines it produces. The latter can be credited to the loamy soil of this ancient cliff-side landscape, since it contains no limestone at all. The microclimate and the salty spray of the waves provide the perfect conditions for subtle, unmistakable wines.
Château Romassan
The château in the distinguished wine-making region of Bandol, located in the western part of the department of Var, provides a sun-drenched, dry micro-climate that is ideal for elegant yet powerful wines. Local grape variety Mourvèdre dominates here, as it thrives in a dry climate with limited soil. This variety's calm temperament comes through in its robust texture, striking harmonies and stunning finish. These wines get their unusual character from the unique soil, composed of limestone, sandstone and gravelly marl.
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The beginning of December begins, Christmas shopping, parties and Christmas song season. Christian or not, season celebrator or not, most of us love to belt out the old favourites, performing our own Car-eoke! One tune recently brought to the court of social media was (blog title) 'Baby It's Cold Outside'. Don't know what I'm referring to? Google the lyrics and think #metoo! This had a bigger social backwash publicly recently than an all you can eat buffet. But you know, if you want something to keep you warm but that steps away from any controversy…just go with everyone's old favourite…a sweater!
I love this pulled together ensemble. The fuzzy sweater look is a huge favourite in recent years, and probably needs no explanation from me! Together with this great knee length dress, anyone's 'maiden aunts' will not disapprove (see the song lyrics). And needless to say when the 'weather outside is frightful', simply add a pair of tights and the look is complete and functional.
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16301 VENAD EXPRESS Train Running Status
16301-VENAD EXPRESS
Shoranur jn to Trivandrum cntl | Distance-327Kms | Travel Time 8:30Hrs | Avg Speed 40Km/Hr
1 SRR SHORANUR JN Source 14:30 0 1
2 WKI WADAKANCHERI 14:54 14:55 1:00 17 1
3 TCR THRISUR 15:08 15:10 2:00 33 1
4 IJK IRINJALAKUDA 15:34 15:35 1:00 57 1
5 CKI CHALAKUDI 15:41 15:42 1:00 63 1
6 DINR DIVINE NAGAR 15:46 15:47 1:00 66 1
7 AFK ANGAMALI 15:54 15:55 1:00 79 1
8 AWY ALUVA 16:08 16:10 2:00 88 1
9 ERN ERNAKULAM TOWN 16:42 16:44 2:00 105 1
10 ERS ERNAKULAM JN 17:15 17:25 10:00 107 1
11 TRTR TRIUPUNITTURA 17:37 17:38 1:00 117 1
12 PVRD PIRAVAM ROAD 17:59 18:00 1:00 136 1
13 ETM ETTUMANUR 18:29 18:30 1:00 157 1
14 KTYM KOTTAYAM 18:43 18:45 2:00 167 1
15 CGY CHANGANASERI 19:04 19:05 1:00 185 1
16 TRVL TIRUVALLA 19:15 19:16 1:00 193 1
17 CNGR CHENGANNUR 19:26 19:27 1:00 202 1
18 CYN CHERIYANAD 19:34 19:35 1:00 208 1
19 MVLK MAVELIKARA 19:39 19:40 1:00 214 1
20 KYJ KAYANKULAM JN 19:58 20:00 2:00 222 1
21 KPY KARUNAGAPALLI 20:14 20:15 1:00 236 1
22 STKT SASTHANKOTTA 20:29 20:30 1:00 243 1
23 QLN KOLLAM JN 20:48 20:50 2:00 263 1
24 MYY MAYYANAD 21:04 21:05 1:00 272 1
25 PVU PARAVUR 21:09 21:10 1:00 275 1
26 VAK VARKALA 21:19 21:20 1:00 286 1
27 KVU KADAKAVUR 21:29 21:30 1:00 296 1
28 CRY CHIRAYINKIL 21:34 21:35 1:00 299 1
29 TVP TRIVANDRUM PETT 21:49 21:50 1:00 325 1
30 TVC TRIVANDRUM CNTL 23:00 Destination 327 1
(SRR)SHORANUR JN to (TCR)THRISUR
(SRR)SHORANUR JN to (AWY)ALUVA
(SRR)SHORANUR JN to (ERS)ERNAKULAM JN
(SRR)SHORANUR JN to (TVC)TRIVANDRUM CNTL
(TCR)THRISUR to (AWY)ALUVA
(TCR)THRISUR to (ERS)ERNAKULAM JN
(TCR)THRISUR to (TVC)TRIVANDRUM CNTL
(AWY)ALUVA to (ERS)ERNAKULAM JN
(AWY)ALUVA to (TVC)TRIVANDRUM CNTL
(ERS)ERNAKULAM JN to (TVC)TRIVANDRUM CNTL
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TRAIN TRAFFIC REGULATION – III ETTUMANUR - CHINGAVANAM DOUBLE LINE WORKS
The following train services will be regulated for facilitating traffic blocks in connection with double line pre-commissioning works in Ettumanur – Kottayam – Chingavanam section on Sunday, 29th May, 2022.
FULL CANCELLATION
1. Train No. 12623 MGR Chennai Central – Thiruvananthapuram Central Mail scheduled to leave MGR Chennai Central on 28th May 2022 will be fully cancelled.
2. Train No. 12624 Thiruvananthapuram Central – MGR Chennai Central Mail will be fully cancelled on 29th May 2022.
3. Train No. 12082 Thiruvananthapuram Central – Kannur Janshatabdi Express will be fully cancelled on 29th May 2022.
4. Train No. 16302 Thiruvananthapuram Central – Shoranur Junction Venad Express will be fully cancelled on 29th May 2022.
5. Train No. 16301 Shoranur Junction – Thiruvananthapuram Central Venad Express will be fully cancelled on 29th May 2022.
6. Train No. 16327 Punalur – Guruvayur Daily Express will be fully on 29th May 2022.
7. Train No. 16328 Guruvayur – Punalur Daily Express will be fully cancelled on 29th May 2022.
8. Train No. 06449 Ernakulam Junction – Alappuzha Unreserved Express Special will be fully cancelled on 29th May 2022.
9. Train No. 06452 Alappuzha – Ernakulam Junction Unreserved Express Special will be fully cancelled on 29th May 2022.
10. Train No. 06444 Kollam Junction – Ernakulam Junction MEMU Express Special will be fully cancelled on 29th May 2022.
11. Train No. 06443 Ernakulam Junction – Kollam Junction MEMU Express Special will be fully cancelled on 29th May 2022.
12. Train No. 06451 Ernakulam Junction – Kayamkulam Junction Unreserved Express Special will be fully cancelled on 29th May 2022.
13. Train No. 06450 Kayamkulam Junction – Ernakulam Junction Unreserved Express Special will be fully cancelled on 29th and 30th May 2022(2 services).
14. Train No. 06431 Kottayam – Kollam Junction Unreserved Daily Express Special will be fully cancelled on 30th May, 2022.
1. Train No. 17230 Secunderabad Junction – Thiruvananthapuram Central Sabari Daily Express leaving Secunderabad Jn. on 28th May 2022 will be short terminated at Thrissur. The train will be partially cancelled between Thrissur and Thiruvananthapuram Central.
2. Train No. 17229 Thiruvananthapuram Central – Secunderabad Junction Sabari Daily Express will commence service from Thrissur instead of Thiruvananthapuram Ctrl. on 29th May 2022. The train will be partially cancelled between Thiruvananthapuram Central and Thrissur.
3. Train No. 16650 Nagercoil Junction – Mangaluru Central Parasuram Express will commence service from Shoranur Jn. instead of Nagercoil Jn. on 29th May, 2022. The train will be partially cancelled between Nagercoil Jn. and Shoranur Jn.
4. Train No. 16325 Nilambur Road – Kottayam Daily Express leaving Nilambur Rd. on 30th May, 2022 will be short terminated at Ernakulam Town. The train will be partially cancelled between Ernakulam Town and Kottayam.
5. Train No. 16326 Kottayam – Nilambur Road Daily Express will commence service from Ernakulam Town on 30th May, 2022. The train will be partially cancelled between Kottayam and Ernakulam Town.
6. Train No. 16366 Nagercoil Junction – Kottayam Daily Express leaving Nagercoil Jn. on 30th May, 2022 will be short terminated at Kollam Jn. The train will be partially cancelled between Kollam Jn. and Kottayam.
DIVERSION VIA ALAPPUZHA
1. Train No. 12508 Silchar - Thiruvananthapuram Central Aronai Weekly Express leaving Guwahati* on 26th May, 2022 will be diverted between Ernakulam Town and Kayamkulam Jn. to run via Alappuzha, skipping its scheduled stoppages at Kottayam, Thiruvalla, Chengannur and Mavelikara. Additional stoppage will be provided at Ernakulam Jn., Cherthala, Alappuzha, Ambalappuzha and Haripad. (*The train is partially cancelled between Silchar and Guwahati due to post-flood traffic restoration works in North East Frontier Railway)
2. Train No. 12626 New Delhi – Thiruvananthapuram Central Kerala Superfast leaving New Delhi on 27th May 2022 will be diverted between Ernakulam Town and Kayamkulam Jn. to run via Alappuzha, skipping its scheduled stoppages at Vaikkom Road, Kottayam, Changanassery, Thiruvalla, Chengannur and Mavelikara. Additional stoppage will be provided at Ernakulam Jn., Cherthala, Alappuzha, Ambalappuzha and Haripad.
3. Train No. 16526 KSR Bengaluru – Kanniyakumari Island Daily Express leaving KSR Bengaluru on 28th May 2022 will be diverted between Ernakulam Town and Kayamkulam Jn. to run via Alappuzha, skipping its scheduled stoppages at Thrippunithura, Piravam Road, Kottayam, Changanassery, Thiruvalla, Chengannur and Mavelikara. Additional stoppage will be provided at Ernakulam Jn., Cherthala, Alappuzha, Ambalappuzha and Haripad.
4. Train No. 22113 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus – Kochuveli Biweekly Express leaving Lokmanya Tilak Term. on 28th May, 2022 will be diverted between Ernakulam Town and Kayamkulam Jn. to run via Alappuzha, skipping its scheduled stoppages at Kottayam, Thiruvalla and Chengannur. Additional stoppage will be provided at Ernakulam Jn., Alappuzha and Haripad.
5. Train No. 12625 Thiruvananthapuram Central – New Delhi Kerala Daily Superfast leaving Thiruvananthapuram Ctrl. on 29th May 2022 will be diverted between Kayamkulam Jn. and Ernakulam Town to run via Alappuzha, skipping its scheduled stoppages at Mavelilkara, Chengannur, Thiruvalla, Changanassery, Kottayam and Vaikkom Road. Additional stoppage will be provided at Haripad, Ambalappuzha, Alappuzha, Cherthala and Ernakulam Jn.
6. Train No. 16382 Kanniyakumari – Pune Junction Daily Express leaving Kanniyakumari on 29th May, 2022 will be diverted between Kayamkulam Jn. and Ernakulam Town to run via Alappuzha, skipping its scheduled stoppages at Mavelilkara, Chengannur, Thiruvalla, Changanassery and Kottayam. Additional stoppage will be provided at Haripad, Ambalappuzha, Alappuzha, Cherthala and Ernakulam Jn.
7. Train No. 16649 Mangalore Central – Nagercoil Junction Parasuram Express leaving Mangalore Ctrl. on 29th May 2022 will be diverted between Ernakulam Town and Kayamkulam Jn. to run via Alappuzha, skipping its scheduled stoppages at Trippunithura, Piravam Road, Ettumanur, Kottayam, Changanassery, Thiruvalla, Chengannur and Mavelikara. Additional stoppage will be provided at Ernakulam Jn., Cherthala, Alappuzha, Ambalappuzha and Haripad.
8. Train No. 12202 Kochuveli – Lokmanyatilak Terminus Biweekly Garib Rath Express leaving Kochuveli on 29th, May 2022 will be diverted between Kayamkulam Jn. and Ernakulam Town to run via Alappuzha, skipping its scheduled stoppages at Chengannur, Thiruvalla and Kottayam. Additional stoppage will be provided at Haripad, Ambalappuzha, Alappuzha and Ernakulam Jn.
9. Train No. 16525 Kanniyakumari – KSR Bengaluru Island Daily Express leaving Kanniyakumari on 29th May, 2022 will be diverted between Kayamkulam Jn. and Ernakulam Town to run via Alappuzha, skipping its scheduled stoppages at Mavelilkara, Chengannur, Thiruvalla, Changanassery, Kottayam, Piravaom Road and Trippunithura. Additional stoppage will be provided at Haripad, Ambalappuzha, Alappuzha, Cherthala and Ernakulam Jn.
10. Train No. 12659 Nagercoil Junction – Shalimar Gurudev Weekly Express leaving Nagercoil Jn. on 29th May, 2022 will be diverted between Kayamkulam Jn. and Ernakulam Town to run via Alappuzha, skipping its scheduled stoppages at Chengannur, Thiruvalla and Kottayam. Additional stoppage will be provided at Haripad, Alappuzha, and Ernakulam Jn.
On 29th May 2022, Train No. 16792 Palakkad Junction – Tirunelveli Junction Palaruvi Express, scheduled to leave Palakkad Jn. at 16.05 hrs. will be rescheduled to leave Palakkad Jn. at 17.20 hrs.(ie. 1 hour 15 minutes late).
MEMU EXPRESS SPECIAL BETWEEN KOLLAM AND CHANGANASSERY
1. Train No. 06302 Kollam Junction – Changanassery Unreserved MEMU Express Special on 29th May, 2022.
Timing: Kollam Jn. 06.15 hrs. Changanassery, Arrival: 07.55 hrs.
Stoppage: Sasthankotta, Karunagapalli, Kayamkulam Jn., Mavelikara, Cheriyanad, Chengannur and Thiruvalla.
2. Train No. 06301 Changanassery – Kollam Junction Unreserved MEMU Express Special on 29th May, 2022.
Timing: Changanassery, 19.04 hrs. Kollam Jn, 20.43 hrs.
Stoppage: Thiruvalla, Chengannur, Cheriyanad, Mavelikara, Kayamkulam Jn., Karunagappalli and Sasthankotta.
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Line Block in Ernakulam – Kayankulam section Changes in the pattern of Train Services
Due to line block in connection with commissioning of doubling of track between Ettumanur – Kottayam – Chingavanam stations in Ernakulam – Kayankulam section, the following are the changes in pattern of train services:
Full cancellation of train services
1. Train No. 16649 Mangaluru Central – Nagercoil Junction Parasuram Express scheduled to leave Mangaluru Central at 05.05 hrs will be fully cancelled on 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th May 2022 (9 days).
2. Train No. 16650 Nagercoil Junction – Mangaluru Central Parasuram Express scheduled to leave Mangaluru Central at 04.05 will be fully cancelled on 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th & 29th May, 2022 (9 days)
3. Train No. 16327 Punalur – Guruvayur Daily Express scheduled to leave Punalur at 18.25 hrs will be fully on 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th & 28th May 2022 (8 days).
4. Train No. 16328 Guruvayur – Punalur Daily Express scheduled to leave Guruvayur at 05.45 hrs will be fully on 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th & 28th May, 2022 (8 days).
5. Train No. 12081 Kannur – Thiruvananthapuram Central Janshatabdi Express scheduled to leave Kannur at 04.50 hrs will be fully cancelled on 21st, 23rd, 24th, 26th, 27th, and 28th May 2022 (6 days).
6. Train No. 12082 Thiruvananthapuram Central – Kannur Janshatabdi Express scheduled to leave Thiruvananthapuram Central at 14.50 hrs will be fully cancelled on 22nd, 23rd, 25th, 26th & 27th May, 2022 (5 days).
7. Train No. 06444 Kollam Junction – Ernakulam Junction MEMU Express Special scheduled to leave Kollam Junction at 04.15 hrs will be fully cancelled on 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th & 28th May, 2022 (7 days).
8. Train No. 06443 Ernakulam Junction – Kollam Junction MEMU Express Special scheduled to leave Ernakulam Junction at 18.15 hrs will be fully cancelled on 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th & 28th May, 2022 (7 days).
9. Train No. 06449 Ernakulam Junction – Alappuzha Express Special scheduled to leave Ernakulam Junction at 07.20 hrs will be fully cancelled on 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th & 28th May 2022 (8 days).
10. Train No. 06452 Alappuzha – Ernakulam Junction Express Special scheduled to leave Alappuzha at 18.00 hrs will be fully cancelled on 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th & 28th May, 2022 (8 days).
11. Train No. 16526 KSR Bengaluru – Kanniyakumari Express scheduled to leave KSR Bengaluru at 20.10 hrs will be fully cancelled on 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th & 27th May, 2022 (5 days).
12. Train No. 16525 Kanniyakumari – KSR Bengaluru Express scheduled to leave Kanniyakumari at 10.10 hrs will be fully cancelled on 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th & 28th May, 2022 (5 days).
13. Train No. 12623 Dr. MGR Chennai Central – Thiruvananthapuram Central Mail scheduled to leave Dr. MGR Chennai Central at 19.45 hrs will be fully cancelled from 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th & 27th May, 2022 (5 days).
14. Train No. 12624 Thiruvananthapuram Central – MGR Chennai Central Mail scheduled to leave Thiruvananthapuram Central at 15.00 hrs will be fully cancelled from 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th & 28th May, 2022 (5 days).
15. Train No. 16302 Thiruvananthapuram Central – Shoranur Junction Express scheduled to leave Thiruvananthapuram Central at 05.05 hrs will be fully cancelled on 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th & 28th May, 2022 (5 days).
16. Train No. 16301 Shoranur Junction – Thiruvananthapuram Central Express scheduled to leave Shoranur Junction at 14.35 hrs will be fully cancelled on 25th, 26th, 27th & 28th May, 2022 (4 days)
17. Train No. 06449 Ernakulam Junction – Alappuzha Express Special scheduled to leave Ernakulam Junction at 07.20 hrs will be fully cancelled on 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th & 28th May 2022 (8 days).
19. Train No. 06450 Kayamkulam Junction – Ernakulam Junction Express Special scheduled to leave Kayamkulam Junction at 08.50 hrs will be fully cancelled on 25th, 26th, 27th & 28th May, 2022 (4 days)
20. Train No. 16791 Tirunelveli Junction – Palakkad Junction Palaruvi Express scheduled to leave Tirunelveli Junction at 23.20 hrs will be fully cancelled on 27th May, 2022. (1 day)
21. Train No.
16792 Palakkad Junction – Tirunelveli Junction Palaruvi Express scheduled to leave Palakkad Junction at 16.05 hrs will be fully cancelled on 28th May, 2022. (1 day)
22. Train No. 06451 Ernakulam Junction – Kayamkulam Express Special Junction scheduled to leave Ernakulam Junction at 18.00 hrs will be fully cancelled on 25th, 26th, 27th & 28th May, 2022 (4 days)
Partial cancellation of train services
1. Train No. 17230 Secunderabad – Thiruvananthapuram Central Sabari Express scheduled to leave Secunderabad at 12.20 hrs will be short terminated at Thrissur on 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th & 27th May, 2022. The train will be partially cancelled between Thrissur and Thiruvananthapuram Central on mentioned days.
2. Train No. 17229 Thiruvananthapuram Central – Secunderabad Sabari Express scheduled to leave Thiruvananthapuram Central at 07.00 hrs will commence service from Thrissur instead of Thiruvananthapuram Central at 12.40 hrs on 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th & 28th May 2022. The train will be partially cancelled between Thiruvananthapuram Central and Thrissur.
Rescheduling of train service
Train No. 16792 Palakkad Junction – Tirunelveli Junction Palaruvi Express scheduled to leave Palakkad Jn. at 16.05 hrs on 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th and 27th May 2022 is rescheduled Palakkad Jn at 17.20 hrs on 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th and 27th May 2022 (late by 1 hour 15 minutes)
train 16301 VENAD EXPRESS(MLDT)MALDA TOWN to (mb)moradabad(BCT)MUMBAI CENTRAL to (NDLS)NEW DELHI(IPR)ISLAMPUR to (kqr)koderma(TLY)THALASSERY to (ETM)ETTUMANUR(DDR)DADAR to (BOR)BOISAR(ST)SURAT to (MAS)CHENNAI CENTRALstation (MPLY)Meppuliyur(KIC)KALLIDAIKURICHI to (SCT)SENGOTTAItrain 08301 SBP BAND SPL(NDLS)NEW DELHI to (GTNR)GOMATI NAGAR(RJY)RAJAMUNDRY to (DMV)DIMAPUR(mra)morena to (fa)falna(SHM)SHALIMAR to (ASN)ASANSOL JN(QLN)KOLLAM JN to (VLKN)VELANKANNI(BELA)BELA to (GAYA)GAYA JN


Stories have been used for thousands of years as a teaching tool. In this session, discover ways to improve your own story telling skills, so that when teaching, your stories can provide a meaningful learning point. This session focuses on increasing the impact of your message by sharing some story telling success secrets that you can apply immediately.
Identify the three voices in which stories can be told and which is most powerful when making a point.
Compare ways to discover your own stories that can make a point no one will forget.
Demonstrate story secrets that allow you to get people's attention and keep it throughout the learning experience.


BLM Leader Janaya Khan, the International Ambassador for the Black Lives Matter Network is asking BLM participants to "stop saying white privilege and start saying white supremacists." She was in a video last week where she explained that there is no real difference between the two sayings. She emphasized the need for a change.
Khan was born and raised in Canada. She is a transgender immigrant. Ever since she married BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors last year, she has played a very active role with Black Lives Matter in the United States.
This is par for the course when it comes to the far left, radicalized Black Lives Matter group.