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1 June 2019 - 31 May 2020
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The table to the right includes counts of all research outputs for Center for Novel Science Initiatives (CNSI), NINS published between 1 June 2019 - 31 May 2020 which are tracked by the Nature Index.
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Autophagy controls reactive oxygen species homeostasis in guard cells that is essential for stomatal opening
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Genomic Profiling by ALaP-Seq Reveals Transcriptional Regulation by PML Bodies through DNMT3A Exclusion.
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A new study indicates that minority acceptance of a combination influenza-COVID-19 vaccine is higher than for a COVID vaccine alone. The study was led by Penn State, and published in the journal Vaccine.
“Millions of people in the United States remain unvaccinated to COVID-19 due to persistent vaccine hesitancy,” said Robert Lennon, associate professor of family and community medicine, College of Medicine, Penn State via a press release. “As new variants continue to emerge, hospitalizations and deaths will continue to have a disproportionate impact on minority individuals given historic disparities in health care access and quality. It is critical to improve access to and education about vaccines for these individuals.”
In this analysis, researchers collaborated with the African American Research Collaborative (AARC), an organization dedicated to bringing an accurate understanding of African American civic engagement to the public discourse. In concert, the team developed a survey and conducted a national telephone and online poll of more than 12,887 U.S. minority adults — including Latino/a/X, Black/African American, Asian American or Pacific Islander, Native American/American Indian and White. The study was conducted from May 7-June 7, 2021.
The investigators assessed acceptance of an annual COVID shot by asking participants, “Some medical professionals think COVID-19 vaccines may need to be taken annually, similar to the seasonal flu vaccine. Would you say (a) I would definitely take an updated COVID-19 vaccine once per year, (b) I might take an updated COVID-19 vaccine each year or (c) I would not take an updated COVID-19 vaccine each year.”
They measured combination COVID-19-flu vaccine acceptable was posing the question, “Would you be willing to take a combination COVID-19-flu vaccine as one shot every year to protect yourself from both COVID-19 and influenza? (a) yes, (b) no or (c) don’t know/unsure.”
According to the results, 45% of respondents said that they have, will certainly or will most likely get a COVID-19 vaccine, while 58% said they would get an influenza vaccine. For a combination influenza-COVID-19 vaccine, overall acceptance was 50%.
“It is interesting that acceptance was higher for the combination vaccine than for the COVID-19 vaccine,” said Ray Block, Brown-McCourtney Career Development Professor in the McCourtney Institute and associate professor of political science and African American studies, Penn State. “This may be due to the convenience of getting two vaccines in one visit or even concern over increased exposure during two visits compared to one. I think we could get some people who are hesitant to consider getting vaccinated if they know they can do them both at the same time.”


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Researchers questioned whether current improved rice varieties are suitable for organic agriculture. Through an experiment focused on nitrogen use efficiency (organic and inorganic sources) and root system architecture, they concluded that varieties bred for high-nitrogen inputs may not be suitable for organic agriculture — reinforcing the need for varieties to be bred specifically for organic agricultural systems. Here the researchers present their work:
The production and extensive application of N fertilizer to crops worldwide has contributed to major environmental problems due to soil leaching and greenhouse gas emissions that play a large role in ozone depletion. Sustainable agriculture aims to conserve natural resources with the mitigation of climate change, and there is increasing interest to move toward organic agriculture. An important issue regarding the acceptance of organic agriculture is the question of productivity. In addition to readily available ammonium and nitrate ions, the soil of organic agriculture can contain a wide range of organic nitrogen compounds such as peptides, proteins, free amino acids, amino sugars and nitrogen heterocyclic compounds.
Nitrogen use efficiency has been defined in many ways. However, in general, it can be divided into N utilization efficiency and N acquision (uptake) efficiency. Uptake activity and root architecture are the major determinants of acquisition efficiency. The former is facilitated by alterations in growth and development in responses to local and systemic N signals. The role of root traits in nitrogen use efficiency is not well understood, as our basic knowledge of root biology in a soil context is limited due to difficulties in characterizing root morphology and functionally in the field.
Root system exploitation and modification in crops may enable plants to make more efficient use of existing soil nutrients and increase stress tolerance, improving yields while decreasing the need for heavy fertilizer application. The root system architecture (RSA) features are of utmost importance for increasing nitrogen use efficiency of future climate-resilient varieties. From a fundamental point of view, the influence of nitrogen on root development is still poorly understood. Modifying root architecture is a strategy that aims at developing crops that capture nutrients more efficiently and are thus suitable for sustainable agriculture with fewer fertilizer inputs. Needless to say, the ability of plants to quickly and efficiently modulating its root architecture may determine its comparative success and productivity in nitrogen-limiting environments.
Our experiment aimed to study the responses of IR-28 root system architecture to the availability of different forms of nitrogen, including organic at seedling stage, so that we can understand up to what extent our current rice varieties, which are exclusively breed for intensive agriculture, are suitable for organic agriculture. Four different levels of nitrogen nutrition — 50, 75, 100 and 125 percent were imposed using three different forms (NO3-, NH4+ and organic nitrogen (mixture of amino acids)) on rice seedlings. Root architectural responses were measured with the help of 2-D imaging software (Ez-Rhizo).
Root System Architecture
Significant differences were observed due to nitrogen forms and their levels on seminal root length, main root angle and straightness of main root. Among these parameters all were increased with increasing levels of nitrogen except seminal root length. Effects of nitrate and ammonia were similar for seminal root length, and at the 100 percent level they remained at par with Yoshida Solution. However, at the 125 percent level of ammonia, nitrate showed inhibitory effect on seminal root length. The organic form of nitrogen recorded maximum root length, and it was at par with no nitrogen treatment (Yoshida-Nitrogen). Lateral root number, lateral root density and mean lateral root length increased with the availability of nitrogen.
Significantly highest mean values were obtained with the nitrate and ammonia forms though remained significantly lower than 100 percent-N Yoshida solution. The organic form of nitrogen recorded significantly lower values for all traits except mean lateral root length where its effect is similar to nitrate and ammonical treatments. Total root system size was significantly decreased with sole source of nitrate and ammonia as compared to control-I (Yoshida Solution) where both forms were available. The organic form of nitrogen exhibited similar effects to ammonia for root system size. All three forms of nitrogen significantly reduced shoot and root biomass as compared to control-I. The organic form of nitrogen recorded significantly lower root and shoot biomass among all three forms. Lateral root density was found to be the most phenotypic plastic trait due to various nitrogenous treatments while total root system size was identified as the least fluctuating trait.
Our study demonstrated that different forms of nitrogen (ammonia, nitrate and organic (mixture of amino acids)), have remarkable and contrasting effects on root system architecture in rice. To the best of our knowledge, ours is a first-of-its-kind report where organic nitrogen nutrition is compared with inorganic nitrogenous sources on root system architecture. The results indicate that combined nitrogen nutrition through nitrate and ammonia is most suitable for root system and seedling growth of rice as compared to a sole source.
Organic nitrogen nutrition was found least suitable. Even at higher concentration where ammonia and nitrate showed inhibitory/toxic effects, root system of IR-28 in organic nitrogen treatment showed phenotype of nitrogen starvation. The results of the study support the view that we need to breed varieties suited for organic agriculture, and varieties such as IR-28, which is selected and bred for high-nitrogen input intensive agriculture, may not be suitable for organic agriculture. However, to confirm responses of root system architectural traits to organic nitrogen, the study should be replicated with wild and/or landraces of rice, which may have high uptake and assimilation efficiency for organic nitrogen.
Article by Jayesh A. Bhabhor, Kirti Bardhan and D. P. Patel; Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari (Gujarat).

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Kosan Gas and European Energy will create liquefied green gas
European Energy and Kosan Gas have entered into a collaboration to collect gases from the production of green jet fuel and transform it into climate-friendly liquid gas. The collaboration is the first of its kind in Denmark, and can replace fossil liquid gas and add a new value stream to the production of green aviation fuel.
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ENVO-DAN supports innovation and the development of new technologies to minimize the CO2 footprint and support the environment. The future of our weed burners is the future of agriculture. The future is green, and soon it will be a green present.
European Energy recently announced that together with the Port of Aalborg they plan to establish a production of e-methanol at the Østhavnen in Aalborg. As part of the project, it is intended that European Energy together with Kosan Gas in a pilot project will produce green liquefied gas or RLG (Renewable Liquefied Gas), which is a green alternative to the current black LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas).
When e-methanol is converted into sustainable jet fuel, a number of gases are developed which are residual products that cannot be converted into jet fuel. These gases can be liquefied and directly replace LPG.
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Driver wins pothole payout from Coventry City Council
A driver whose car was damaged by potholes in Coventry has won a payout after taking the city council to court.
Hamilton Bland took on the authority after it refused to compensate him for the £2,000 damage to his Mercedes.
He hit two gaping potholes in Canley during the city’s winter roads crisis in January 2010 when hundreds of new potholes appeared after freezing weather.
The 68-year-old former BBC sports commentator has now won a compensation claim of more than £2,000 – and hopes his case may pave the way for other people to do the same.
He took his claim to Coventry County Court after he hit potholes in Charter Avenue and the council said it wasn’t to blame.

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Some out there might be surprised that ASUS makes smartphones too. But for those who already know this, you’ll love the fact the company’s ZenFone 3 has just been updated with a new color variant known as Aqua Blue.
Unless blue is not just your thing, there is no doubt that the new Aqua Blue color variant of the ASUS ZenFone 3 may actually drive more people into buying this phone. The phone already comes with just about every specs and features that smartphone users out there will enjoy. It also comes with an amazing design language that will appeal you right from the word go. Now that the company has added an even better-looking Aqua Blue color variant, the ASUS ZenFone 3 has just stepped up its game, which could make it one of the most sought-after phones this Q1 2017.
At first, the ASUS ZenFone 3 came in with three color variants of Moonlight White, Sapphire Black, and Shimmer Gold. Now, there is a fourth color variant, but be warned that this new color might just be available for a single variant of the ZenFone 3. In case you didn’t know, the phone has two variants – the ZE520KL and the ZE552KL. As it is, only the former has been updated with the new color variant.
Whether the ZE552KL model of the ZenFone 3 will also receive this new color variant is still unknown. As for now, a look at the company’s official website only reveals that the ZE520KL model as the only one to have been updated as far as colors are concerned.
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To keep you refreshed, the ASUS ZenFone 3 ZE520KL comes with a 5.2-inch Full HD screen with a 2.5D Gorilla Glass, which is smaller than the 5.5-inch Full HD panel used on the ZE552KL model. You get the same 64GB of expandable storage, a Snapdragon 625 SoC under the hood and a RAM of either 3GB or 4GB. The back of the phone has a 16MP snapper with f/2.0 aperture, 4-axis OIS, and dual-tone LED flash. You also get a huge list of camera modes and features as well, among them 4K video recording as well as 3-axis EIS. The front has an 8MP snapper with the same aperture as well as a bunch of camera features to ensure you get the best selfies possible.
The ASUS ZenFone 3 works perfectly on LTE networks, has a fingerprint scanner, USB-C port, 3.5mm audio jack and a decent 2650mAh battery unit. There is Android Marshmallow running the show, with an update to Android Nougat expected.


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Teachers day speech teachers day in india teachers' day celebration importance of teachers day report writing on teachers day celebration in school teachers day speech by students in english essay on teachers day in hindi sample teachers day speech find this pin and more on cool by umaimafk happy teachers day. Teachers' day is a special day for the appreciation of teachers, and may include celebrations to honor them for their special contributions in a particular field area, or the community in general the idea of celebrating teachers' day took root in many countries during the 19th century in most cases, they celebrate a local. This teachers day , do not just thank your 'on paper' teachers thank anyone and everyone who have contributed in making you, you not every teacher needs to be called ma'am or sir and not every teacher needs a stick to teach you a lesson experiences with certain people often turn out to be our. First you can choose the right subtopic that suits your paper, when discussing teaching there's a wide range of material such as teacher influence, teacher student essay on teachers day essay teacher favourite teacher essay female teacher student relationship find my favorite teacher first year teacher essay good. In india teacher's day is celebrated on 5th of september as a tribute to the contribution made by the teachers towards the community since 1962 the day commemorates the birthday of dr sarvepalli radhakhrishnan, a great teacher and a staunch believer of education, known for his contribution towards the education. This particular teachers day activity for kids is definitely the best way to express their emotions to be teachers' day celebration is the best way your child can express her gratitude to her teachers randomly ask your kid to start picking out the pieces of paper and give them one by one to each teacher.
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Guo Qilin and Song Yi will be playing a couple in upcoming period comedy My Heroic Husband 赘婿 (Season 1) after playing siblings in last year’s hit drama Joy of Life.(more…)
The Killing of Three Thousand Crows 三千鸦杀 released a new trailer today, hopefully indicating it’ll be airing soon.
We also get several scenes with Jiang Yiyi as the female lead before she gets Zhao Lusi’s face, and now I want a Jiang Yiyi X Zheng Yecheng drama.
Over the Sea I Come To You 带着爸爸去留学 features Sun Honglei and Zeng Shunxi in a problematic father-son relationship. Xin Zhilei and Jiang Yiyi and Liu Mintao and Tan Jianci costar as the other two parent-child combos. [Extended Synopsis]
The 46 episode drama premieres tonight on Dragon TV / Zhejiang TV.
This final trailer is awesome:
Based on Shisi Lang’s novel of the same name, Killing All the Crows in the World (The Killing of Three Thousand Crows) 三千鸦杀 features Zhao Lusi (Oh! My Emperor) and Zheng Yecheng (An Oriental Odyssey) in a romance that transcends ten lifetimes.
Upcoming family drama Over the Sea I Come To You 带着爸爸去留学 stars Sun Honglei as a father who saves up every little penny to fund his son’s studies abroad, and is forced to join his son (Zeng Shunxi) on his exchange to the US after his wife’s visa is rejected.
Part tomb-raiding and part-nature adventure, Eagles and Youngsters 天坑鹰猎 airs today on Youku and Youtube(?). The series is based on the book of the same name by author Tianxia Bachang of Candle in the Tomb fame.
This will be the first big-budget leading role for the two teenage leads, popular idol Wang Junkai and Golden Horse Best Supporting actress Chen Wenqi. They’re joined by Jiang Yiyi, Zheng Hao, and Ye Xiaowei.

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According to data compiled by STR Global, hotels in the Asia Pacific region experienced mixed results in the three key performance metrics in January 2013 when reported in U.S. dollars.
In January 2013, the Asia Pacific region’s occupancy ended the month with a 7.7% increase to 65.2%, ADR decreased 6.3% to US$130.39 and RevPAR was up 1.0% to US$85.00.
“Despite having a 6.3% ADR decline in U.S. dollars for January 2013, the occupancy increase of 7.7% for the month helped the region achieve a positive RevPAR growth of 1% in US$,” said Elizabeth Randall Winkle, managing director of STR Global. “For Central and South Asia, India is driving down the ADR with a drop of 9.3% US$ for the month of January. Northeast Asia, which includes the regions of China and Japan, had their year-on-year changes impacted by the Chinese New Year. In 2013, the celebrations were held entirely in February, whereas in 2012 it was split between January and February. Overall, Northeast Asia saw an ADR decline of 11.2% in US$.”
Highlights from key market performers for January in local currency (year-on-year comparisons):
– Four markets experienced occupancy increases of more than 20%: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (+37.6% to 76.3%); Shanghai, China (+33.3% to 57.7%); Hanoi, Vietnam (+28.4% to 68.0%); and Beijing, China (+23.5% to 63.5%).
– Bali, Indonesia, posted the only double-digit occupancy decrease, falling 19.5% to 61.3%.
– Taipei, Taiwan (+23.1% to TWD5,961.48), and Jakarta, Indonesia (+21.8% to IDR1,026,606.50) experienced the largest ADR increases for the month.
– Delhi, India, fell 11.4% in ADR to INR7,337.10, posting the largest decrease in that metric.
– Three markets achieved RevPAR increases of more than 30%: Shanghai (+37.1% to CNY345.54); Beijing (+34.8% to CNY388.30); and Ho Chi Minh City (+34.7% to VND2,029,368.15).
Highlights from key market performers for January in U.S. dollars (year-on-year comparisons):
– Taipei achieved the largest ADR increase, rising 24.3% to US$201.70.
– Delhi (-16.6% to US$137.30) and Osaka, Japan (-14.1% to US$111.94), posted the largest ADR decreases for the month.
– Three markets experienced RevPAR increases of more than 35%: Shanghai (+37.4% to US$54.95); Ho Chi Minh City (+36.6% to US$97.45); and Beijing (+35.1% to US$61.75).
– Delhi fell 19.6% in RevPAR to US$86.66, reporting the largest decrease in that metric.


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The Settlers of Catan Seafarers adds sea hexes, ships, pirate ships, and gold hexes to the Catan universe adding more game elements to the standard Settlers of Catan game. To find a review for the standard Settlers of Catan game you can follow the link below as this review will focus on the Seafarers expansion.
New Seafarers Elements
Sea Hexes & Ships
As its name suggests Seafarers adds sea hexes to Settlers of Catan and with it comes ships that each player can build. Sea hexes do not have any resources tied to them and cannot be crossed except with ships. This adds further depth to Settlers of Catan since there can be islands, rivers, and many other board setups compared to the standard version of the game.
Gold is a new resource hex added with the Seafarers expansion is brings an interesting element when used that the standard Settlers of Catan game does not have. When a player builds next to a gold hex and gains a resource from it they can select any resource of their choice which provides a huge advantage. Usually gold hexes are placed on islands or areas with sea hexes separating them from the starting area on the board.
It is only fitting that with Seafarers that there is a pirate ship added to the game. The pirate ship functions like the robber except is only able to be used on sea hexes. The pirate ship prevents players from building ships next to it and prevents them from moving ships. Players can also steal one card from a player with a ship next to the pirate.
Chits are small tokens introduced with seafarers that tie in with specific scenarios provided with the Seafarers expansion or with player made scenarios. Chits are rewarded by building to them or by completing certain goals specific to a scenario. The main purpose of chits is to provide either victory points for gaining them or rewards such as resources. Chits can be used or can be left out while playing Seafarers but add another layer of depth if used in the game.
New Game Elements and Game Mechanics
Seafarers is a great expansion since it changes the board setup and the shape drastically. Seafarers moves the game away from a large piece of land and provides the option of creating several landmasses, islands, rivers, and countless other options that the standard game is unable to do. With the added option of sea hexes it provides players with many more map designs and if you were growing tired of the same board shape/setup with the standard game then the Seafarers expansion is a great place to start.
Seafarers also adds ships to the game which changes the game mechanics slightly. Ships are needed to cross water hexes and can help players that are blocked in via land escape through the sea and to better areas of a game board. Ships also make sheep more important in the game and depending on the setup you use can make sheep the most important resource.
Easy to Learn
While the Settlers of Catan Seafarers expansion adds some drastic changes to the game through sea hexes and gold it doesn’t make the game much more complicated. Unlike other expansions Seafarers is very easy to learn if you know the standard Settlers of Catan game and will take minutes to learn the new rules and pieces of the game. With Seafarers being very easy to learn it is the best expansion to pick up for players looking for their first expansion for the standard Settlers of Catan game.
The Settlers of Catan Seafarers expansion adds a ton of depth to the standard Settlers game by introducing sea hexes and ships to the game. This added layer for Settlers of Catan will provide many more board setups and will make the game more interesting but not overly complicated. Seafarers is very easy to learn unlike other expansions and is the best expansion to pickup if you are looking for your first expansion to Settlers of Catan.
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College Hockey: Marks bolsters UNH blue lineBy ALEX HALL
New Hampshire Union Leader
October 04. 2017 10:12PM
DURHAM — Over his previous three seasons with the University of New Hampshire men’s hockey team, defenseman Cam Marks skated primarily alongside Matias Cleland.
Now that Cleland has graduated, Marks has spent the preseason getting used to working alongside a new face in the defensive zone.
Marks, a senior from North Vancouver, British Columbia, will start this year paired with Max Gildon, one of the Wildcats’ three freshman defensemen.
Cleland, who was the team’s captain last year and graduated last spring, and Marks served as the Wildcats’ top defensive pairing last year. The two also contributed offensively, combining for 48 points (four goals, 44 assists) last season.
The Florida Panthers selected Gildon, of Plano, Texas, with the 66th overall pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. He was a member of the United States Under-18 National Team that took gold at the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship earlier this year.
“Obviously, playing with Cleland was great,” Marks said. “We had a great chemistry on and off the ice. We just always knew where each other were. But I mean I’m playing with Gildon now. He’s a great, young player and I think we’re starting to develop a little bit of chemistry as well.”
Marks and Gildon will get their first in-game test as a pair Friday at 7:15 p.m. when UNH opens its season at No. 5 UMass Lowell, the defending Hockey East champion.
Gildon and his fellow freshmen started skating with Marks and the Wildcats veterans in early September.
“We got a chance to work together and instill systems into them right away,” Marks said.
As a senior, Marks feels a responsibility to bring along UNH’s freshman defensemen in Gildon, James Miller and Benton Mass, who will likely begin the year paired with sophomore Anthony Wyse.
Marks, Richie Boyd and Dylan Chanter, who will serve as the team’s captain this year, are UNH’s three senior defensemen.
“I’ve played in a lot of games, had a lot of experience and I feel like it’s my job as one of the guys with more experience to bring in the freshmen and tell them what to expect and how to prepare for games,” Marks said.
Gildon, Miller and Mass all have big frames and display a lot of confidence, Marks said. The three freshmen are each at least 6-foot-2 and weigh at least 190 pounds.
“They’re obviously very big,” Marks said. “They’re very confident as well….They jump up in the play a lot and they’re very good offensively.”
UNH coach Dick Umile said Marks has done a great job mentoring the team’s new crop of defensemen. In addition to his leadership skills, Umile expects steady play from Marks on the ice.
“Marks, you can watch a game and he goes unnoticed and that can be a good thing when you go unnoticed,” Umile said. “You’re not making mistakes. He’s just a steady defenseman.”

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The MLB offseason is always a fascinating event. We get to see players switching teams, fanbases getting their hopes up for the coming year, and the market reacting in real time to everything that’s happening throughout the league.
One of the players who’s making a roster change is Trea Turner. The former Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop is now joining the Philadelphia Phillies, agreeing to an 11-year, $300 million deal.
The 29-year-old Turner is certainly excited about his shiny new contract; he’s just one of a handful of players who will make at least $300 million from a single deal. But New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge should send Turner a thank you card before the season starts — here’s why.
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Judge and Turner were the headliners of this offseason’s free agents. The San Diego Padres were hoping to land one or both of them with a massive deal. The Padres offered Turner $342 million, though Turner, who previously played for the Washington Nationals, seemed set on returning to the east coast. He turned down San Diego’s offer in favor of Philadelphia.
After Turner signed with the Phillies, the Padres put their full attention on Judge. That culminated with a $400 million offer over 10 years, which would have been the second-largest deal in MLB history. Instead, Judge stayed with the Yankees on a nine-year, $360 million deal.
Math experts might recognize both offers to Judge were worth $40 million annually. While it’s possible that was the Padres’ plan all along, once Turner rejected the team’s deal, they likely upped the ante in their pursuit of Judge. Their higher offer drove up the price for the Yankees since matching the $40 million average annual value seemed like a big deal.
So, Turner ends up with $300 million, and Judge ends up with $360 million. By the end of the first day of baseball’s winter meetings, more than $1 billion had been doled out to free agents. When everything’s all said and done, teams will likely have committed between $2 and $3 billion to impending free agents.
Yep, now is a great time to be a baseball player.
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Buying and installing a new or used diesel generator for sale can be a big and tedious job. Hence, be sure that you know all the facts before you buy a new generator.
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We at Central States Diesel Generators have busted some myths about industrial generators, here are they:
# 1 Myth: It’s Important to Keep all the Lights switched on During an Outage
Depending on which industry you call your own, the number of things you need to keep up and running when the lights go out is going to vary. Retail stores will want to make sure that walkways are lit and that their billing machines don’t keep customers waiting. Restaurants will do all to keep their refrigerators running. And, high-tech industries will need to ensure their servers don’t skip a beat.
The point is that while your generator will need to keep some items online for you, but not everything needs to have full power in the event of a power outage.
# 2 Myth: Size Doesn’t Matter
Once you’ve outlined the aspects of your business that are absolutely necessary during an outage, it’s time to think about the size of the gen-set. Choosing the apt generator can impact everything from the life of the generator to the personal safety of you and your employees. Size of the gen-set will depend on the power needs, available space and other factors specific to your needs and location.
# 3 Myth: All Generator Fuels Are the Same
Modern generators can be run by a wide variety of fuels, from gasoline and diesel to propane and biofuels. While you might think that it doesn’t matter what’s powering your generator, the type of fuel that your genset runs on is a big consideration.
For instance, Gasoline is the most commonly used fuel however, diesel is less expensive in the long term. On the other hand, Propane has a long shelf-life. Depending on your needs and the frequency with which you use your industrial generator, fuel can be one of the most important things to think about when purchasing a generator.
# 4 Myth: Generators Largely Don’t Require Maintenance
Avoid neglecting your genset. That’s the easiest way to have it fail when you need it most. Fortunately, you can rely on the skilled professionals working at Central States Diesel Generators To put your generator up and running, if it ever fails you. And, being dealers we can vouch that used caterpillar generators for sale can be a good worth for your money because they are low maintenance.
# 5 Myth: Installing an Industrial Gen-set is a Do-It-Yourself Project
Well, technically you can install your own industrial generator. Proper placement and setup is a technical and electrical process that requires an understanding of commercial electricity. Considering the importance of a generator to your business, your best bet is to have your generator installed by an electrical contractor. A professional team with generator experience will ensure that everything is working properly.
# 6 Myth: Gen-sets are not reliable
A general notion is that generators (diesel), whether on hire or new, can break down very frequently. They splutter to ignite, need repair all the time or come with faulty parts. Rumors swell like wildfires, painting the generator suppliers in a bad light.
Any generator supplying company that cares about its customers will always take the time to check all generators and parts. They will ensure that the equipments are fully functioning and ready to be used as a backup power source. Latest specifications must always be at the forefront and low mileage on the clock. If you’ve had a bad experience when hiring or purchasing a generator, blame the company, and not the generator.
Whether you are in search of a new diesel generator or a used diesel generator, we encourage you to contact us at firstname.lastname@example.org or 262-955-7655 / 847-997-8090 .


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COVID-19 vaccination cards have become the proverbial golden ticket. But what should you do if you lose it or never get one in the first place? And how do you keep your card safe? Here’s what you need to know.
Bars and restaurants in Chicago can now expand their capacity for indoor service. We discuss that and other COVID-19 developments with Dr. Susan Bleasdale, medical director of infection prevention and control at University of Illinois Health.
The mutated version of the virus, first identified in South Africa, was found in two cases in South Carolina. Public health officials said it’s almost certain that there are more infections that have not been identified yet.
The U.S. recorded over 3,100 COVID-19 deaths in a single day, obliterating the record set last spring, while the number of Americans in the hospital with the virus has eclipsed 100,000 for the first time, according to figures released Thursday.
What you need to know about the race for a coronavirus vaccine.
The spread of COVID-19 has sparked fear and apprehension — and misinformation can elevate those emotions. To help answer your questions about the new coronavirus, we turned to infectious disease specialist Dr. Susan Bleasdale of UI Health.
Restaurants have closed for dine-in business. Schools are shuttered. Gatherings should be limited. How big a difference will these rules make? We speak with an infectious disease doctor about the new recommendations.
State and local health officials reported the first cases of the novel coronavirus outside of Cook County as they announced eight more people have tested positive for the virus.

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Using Stoichiometry to Solve for Moles
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Reaction: CO(g) + 2H2(g) -> CH3OH(g)
1) How many moles of each reactant are needed to produce 3.60 X 10^2g of CH3OH?
2) What are the number of grams of each reactant needed to produce 4.00 moles of CH3OH?
3) How many grams of hydrogen are necessary to react with 2.85 moles of CO?
Atomic weights: C = 12, H = 1, O =16
Molecular weights: CO = 28, H2 = 2, CH3OH = 32
1. 3.60 X 10^2g of CH3OH = 360 g of CH3OH
= 360/32 = 11.25 moles of CH3OH
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Blaze trailer remembers songwriting legend Blaze Foley
IFC Films and Sundance Selects have released the official trailer for the critically-acclaimed film Blaze, co-written, produced, and directed by Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke (Boyhood, Training Day, Before Midnight). Sybil Rosen co-wrote the film with Hawke based on her memoir Living in the Woods in a Tree: Remembering Blaze Foley. Check out the Blaze trailer now in the player below!
Blaze stars newcomer Ben Dickey as Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas outlaw music movement that spawned the likes of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson. The film weaves together three different periods of time, braiding re-imagined versions of Blaze’s past, present, and future. The different strands explore his love affair with Sybil Rosen (Alia Shawkat), his last, dark night on earth, and the impact of his sons and his death had on his fans, friends, and foes. The storyline terminates in a bittersweet ending that acknowledges Blaze’s profound highs and lows, as well as the impressions he made on the people who shared his journey.
Blaze premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival with Dickey’s performance winning him the Special Jury Award for Achievement in Acting. Also starring in the film are Alia Shawkat, Charlie Sexton, Josh Hamilton, Richard Linklater, Alynda Segarra, Sam Rockwell, Steve Zahn, and Kris Kristofferson.
Jake Seal, John Sloss, and Ryan Hawke produced the film alongside Ethan Hawke. The movie opens in Austin, Texas in August 2018 and will hit major markets in September 2018.
What do you think of the Blaze trailer? Are you looking forward to Ethan Hawke’s latest directorial effort? Let us know in the comments below!

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The very popular and hand crafted Mele & Co. Maria jewelry and accessory organizer is available in chic colors; black, red, pink, and aqua. Its ivory colored plush fabric interior combines to create a fashionable and functional appeal specifically for the trendy jewelry enthusiast.
The luxurious Maria women’s jewelry box contains twenty-four equally sized sections, offering an array of storage possibilities. Use all twenty-four areas for both new and vintage necklaces, rings, bracelets, earrings, pins, and more! If you don’t think you’ll need all twenty-four areas, simply resize the removable dividers to, design and customize the perfect interior that meet your needs to hold all of your dazzling jewels. Smaller sections are perfect for earrings, smaller necklaces, bracelets, and rings. Turn smaller areas in larger ones by removing or adjusting the dividers. Use these bigger spaces for statement necklaces, bracelets, rings, and earrings.
This well-thought out jewelry and accessory organizer also includes a Mele & Co. logo plate, mirror, and a shirred catch pocket inside, making sure you look your best wearing your fine accessories while staying organized. A tabbed closure with designer inspired pewter tone snap completes this jewelry box’s superior persona. Easily leave the Maria at home or bring it along with you in a large handbag or small suitcase. Jewelry fans rejoice, you’ll be ready to store all types of sparkle with this irreplaceable organizer!
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Plush fabric fashion jewelry box and ring case available in Red, Pink, Aqua, or Black
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Features Mele & Co. logo plate inside
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Middle English Lyrics: New Readings of Short Poems
A collection attesting to the richness and lasting appeal of these short forms of Middle English verse.
The body of short Middle English poems conventionally known as lyrics is characterized by wonderful variety. Taking many different forms, and covering an enormous number of subjects, these poems have proved at once attractive andchallenging for modern readers and scholars. This collection of essays explores a range of Middle English lyrics from the thirteenth to the early sixteenth century, both religious and secular in flavour. It directs attention to the intrinsic qualities of these short poems and at the same time explores their capacity to illuminate important aspects of medieval cultural practice and production: forms of piety, contemporary conditions and events, the historyof feelings and emotions, and the relationships of image, song, performance and speech to the written word. The issues covered in the essays include editing lyrics; lyric manuscripts; affect; visuality; mouvance and transformation; and the relationships between words, music and speech. A particularly distinctive feature of the collection is that most of the essays take as a point of departure a specific lyric whose particularities are explored within wider-ranging critical argument.


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Marzipan-Filled Chocolate Almond Cupcakes with Marzipan Frosting
A few weeks ago, my friend Joyce bought me a cupcake pan specially for baking filled cupcakes! It has spines in the center of each cup to impale something that will then be secured in the middle of the cupcake (rather than sinking to the bottom during baking)! I’ve been dying to try it out, so this week I decided to do something filled.
1 cup blanched almonds (blanching removes the skin; you can blanch regular almonds yourself by pouring boiling water over them and letting them sit for a minute, then slipping off the skins)
1 ½ cups sugar
2 ¼ cups flour
½ cup cocoa powder
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 oz unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
1 ½ cup buttermilk
2 tsp vanilla
4 oz marzipan (about 2/3 of a 7 oz stick)
Preheat oven to 350 F.
There are two methods you can use to prepare tins with spikes. The first dozen I did butter and flour, which is the best and most reliable method of getting cake to come out of the pan in one nice piece. Cooking sprays are never as good. The second dozen I didn’t have the patience to do this way, so I just poked holes in the bottom of cupcake liners and used those.
In a food processor, process the almonds and ½ cup of sugar until fine ground. Transfer to bowl and sift in flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and baking soda. Set aside.
Beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Add in eggs, one at a time. Add in chocolate. Alternate in milk and flour mixture and mix until just combined. Add vanilla and mix briefly.
Roll the marzipan into small, marble-sized balls.
I tried adding the batter to the cups in two different ways. The first time I made the marzipan balls first and poured the batter around them. The second time I poured the batter in first and poked the marzipan balls on top. I think the second method worked best; the first way caused the batter to weight to marzipan down to the bottom of the cupcake, even with the spike to sit on.
Bake for 12 minutes, turn tins, bake for 13 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool. Makes 24.
One more note: the original recipe I used called for coconut milk instead of buttermilk, but I didn’t want that extra flavor competing with the marzipan. However, coconut milk is more oily that buttermilk and I think the cupcakes came out a bit dry as a result. I would recommend substituting ½ cup of buttermilk with ½ cup oil, or using the original measure of coconut milk to get a more moist texture.
½ cup (1 stick) butter
4 oz. marzipan
2 oz unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
3-4 cups xxx sugar
2-3 tbsp cream
1 tsp almond extract
Beat butter until fluffy; add marzipan and xxx sugar. The result will resemble a thick, white paste. Add chocolate and cream and beat until the frosting reaches the desired consistency. Add the almond extract and beat until mixed.
I more or less invented this frosting for the recipe; I included the 2 oz of chocolate because nice chocolate like Ghirardelli typically comes in 4 oz bars, so this will use up the extra chocolate left over from making the cupcakes. However, if that’s a bit too much chocolate for you, you can definitely leave it out. The marzipan adds more texture and body to the icing, but the almond extract is where the flavor really comes from.
Frost your cupcakes generously.
Use any leftover marzipan to make decorations. Marzipan is easy to dye using regular food dyes, and you can roll and shape it like modeling clay. I used pie crust cutters to make colored leaves for decorations.
Cupcake recipe (considerably modified) from Epicurious.com
For Joyce – Gilgamesh and Sakura laid their very first eggs on Monday! AS you can see they are very small compared to regular sized eggs, although I’m not sure you can tell just how small from these photos, but if you make a circle with your thumb and forefinger, that’s about how big they are. Very little!
Liz and Joyce and I got chicks over Easter break! 3 Blue Andalusians, and 2 Americaunas.
[First two are Gilgamesh, an Americauna, who is incredibly fabulous and feels we are all mongrels. She is brown and fluffy with dark brown marking on her head and around her eyes. In both pictures she is posing for the camera. Third and sixth are Kariya, a Blue Andalusians, mostly grey on the back and head with white tummy and face and wingtips; orange feet and beak. In the first picture she is falling over, and in the second she looks a little more composed. Fourth and fifth are pictures of all the chicks in their box, illuminated by a heat lamp, with a chick waterer and feeder. They are very fluffy.]
From top to bottom, going L-R: a Matou, photographed to display her piddling little tail. So embarrassing. Enkidu, from and back, to show off her much less pitiful tail and her gorgeous wingspan. Gilgamesh, flank and head-on, to show her extremely grumpy “goddamn paparazzi” face, and also her cheek puffs, which are starting to grow in. And finally Kariya, whose tail is also pathetic and who is definitely turning out to be a white morph of a Blue Andalusian, which is pretty cool! She’s also still the runt.


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Properties worth millions of shillings in Awendo Township, Migori County, have been saved from destruction after some members of the community lost their claim to a disputed communal land.
In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court dismissed a case by the man who had instigated the removal of Justice Jackton Ojwang from the bench.
Nelson Oduor Onyango had claimed that Justice Ojwang’ irregularly sat in the bench that was handling the dispute in a clear case of conflict of interest as he hailed from Migori and the dispute directly affected him.
SEE ALSO: Covid-19: Migori County Assembly closed after staff tests positive
Onyango claimed that Justice Ojwang’ was closely associated with Migori Governor Okoth Obado and that the county government had upgraded a road leading to his (Ojwang’) rural home in return of a favourable ruling in the dispute.
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) found that the judge engaged in misconduct by refusing to respond to the allegations, and sent a petition to the President who suspended him and appointed a tribunal to investigate his conduct.
Onyango and 12 families from Awendo had sought to reclaim the communal land which was compulsorily acquired by the Government in 1976 to put up South Nyanza (Sony) Sugar Company and expand Awendo Township.
Sony Sugar did not use all the land which the defunct Awendo Town Council allocated to third parties. The vacant land was then used to build the sub-county headquarters, district commissioner’s offices, a bus park, open-air market, several petrol stations and supermarkets.
Aggrieved by the decision to evict them and lease out the land to third parties, 13 families claiming original ownership filed a case at the High Court seeking a return of their land.
SEE ALSO: Outcry on Migori County’s Sh4.1m for coffins
The affected families wanted half of the Awendo Township brought down and the land returned to them as original owners.
Both the High Court and Court of Appeal allowed their applications and ordered that the communal land be returned to the families.
But the Supreme Court yesterday ruled in favour of Migori County and saved properties worth billions of shillings that would have been brought down to allow the families repossess their ancestral land.
The entire bench of Chief Justice David Maraga, his deputy Philomena Mwilu and judges Mohammed Ibrahim, Smokin Wanjala, Njoki Ndungu, Isaac Lenaola and Ojwang ruled that the land had become Government property and the community cannot retain any interest in it.
“As the law is, they cannot retain any interest as the land belongs to the State. They do not have any reversion interest in the acquired land. The land still unutilised can only be used for public use and not private use by being reverted to individuals,” they ruled.
SEE ALSO: Court orders release of Trump records but they may stay hidden for now
The court stated that the land was legally acquired by the Government and the community members adequately compensated, and that they have no interest having voluntarily surrendered it.


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Warner Bros. Pictures has released the official main trailer for Ocean’s 8, a spinoff/sequel to the Ocean’s Eleven trilogy.
The movie follows a group of women attempting to pull off a massive heist in New York, led by Sandra Bullock as the sister of Danny Ocean, who was played in the original trilogy by George Clooney. Also starring is Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, Rihanna, Helena Bonham Carter, Richard Armitage, and James Corden, with Gary Ross (Pleasantville, The Hunger Games) directing from a script he co-wrote with Olivia Milch (Netflix’s Dude).
Continue below to read a full synopsis and watch the new trailer.
Warner Bros. Pictures has released the first trailer for Ocean’s 8, a sequel and spinoff to Steven Soderbergh‘s 2001 Ocean’s Eleven remake and its two sequels, Ocean’s Thirteen and Ocean’s Thirteen.
The movie stars Sandra Bullock, who we now know is playing the sister of George Clooney’s Danny Ocean character from the previous movies. She’s joined on the cast by Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, Rihanna, Helena Bonham Carter, Richard Armitage, and James Corden. It’s directed by Gary Ross, who previously helmed Pleasantville, Seabiscuit, The Hunger Games, and Free States of Jones, from a script he co-wrote with Olivia Milch.
Continue below for an official synopsis for Ocean’s 8 and to check out the first trailer.
The Ocean films were sleek and fun heist flicks that featured a talented all-male crew pulling off elaborate heists to get rich or at least come out richer. But they aren’t the only ones who can think of pulling off a heist. And we will get to see what the women can do in Ocean’s 8.
The film isn’t an official reboot of the franchise, at least according to Sandra Bullock, who plays a character who will lead her crew to pull off an impossible heist. The actress has also confirmed that her character also happens to be Danny Ocean’s (George Clooney) sister. More on the story below.
Suburbicon Director: George Clooney Screenwriter: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, George Clooney, Grant Heslov Cast: Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac, Noah Jupe, Leith M. Burke, Karimah Westbrook Distributor: Paramount Studios Rated R | 105 Release Date: October 27, 2017
On the surface, Suburbicon is supposed to be this social satire set in the heart of late 1950s suburbia, where the little quiet idyllic neighborhood is the epitome of the American Dream. Even in the film’s opening, we see a sales pitch that tries to convince the audience that Surburicon is the place to live with its family-friendliness, perfect homes, and genuinely idyllic atmosphere. At this point, the film turns itself into a satiric commentary on race relations. From there it morphs into a murder-mystery comedy. And neither of these plots has anything to do with each other. So rather than working together cohesively, the two plots are at war with each other, making the film feel like it was shot separately and then stitched back up together for whatever this monstrosity is.
Check out the full review for Suburbicon here below.
Paramount Pictures has released the first trailer for Suburbicon. Directed by George Clooney, using a script written by Clooney, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, and Grant Heslov, the film stars Matt Damon as Gardner Lodge, a mild-mannered father living in a blissful suburbia. But when he uncovers some of the town’s dark secrets, his once friends, neighbors, and co-workers start to go after him and his family. Unable to put up with it, Gardner does what it takes to protect his family. Check out the full trailer here below.


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Pig virus seen as culprit hog deaths in Luzon farms
By Dulce Arguelles
A Filipino scientist has warned that a virus, present in pigs worldwide, is associated with a disease that has a mortality rate of as much as 100 percent and may be the cause of unexplained deaths in pig farms in Luzon last year.
Dr. Romeo Sanchez, a veterinary science expert, said the deaths of pigs in Batangas, Bulacan, Tarlac and Laguna in 2003 were "suspect" since farmers told him that these pigs showed symptoms "similar to hog cholera" but the corresponding vaccine was not effective in preventing the deaths.
"There has to be an urgent effort to look into this disease," Sanchez said.
The porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2), according to Sanchez, is associated with post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS), which affects five to 50 percent of infected pigs, of which as much as 80 to 100 percent die.
Pigs with PMWS become emaciated, develop jaundice and suffer from a decreased growth rate. Some develop respiratory problems, diarrhea and gastric ulcers.
"How the virus causes this disease is unclear. There are no vaccines available yet," he said at a paper presentation of finalists for a talent search for young scientists, sponsored by the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) and DuPont Far East Inc.
Sanchez explained that while the virus is present in most, if not all, pigs, not all of them develop PMWS. He attributes the suspicious deaths to two factors, genetics and the conditions in which pigs are raised.
"Pigs are bred according to which has the most number of teats or produces the most number of piglets. Also, while farms were spacious before, now you can have 100,000 pigs in one farm," he said.
The pigs affected by these two factors may have weakened immune systems, according to Sanchez. He noted that with the onset of the rainy season, more pigs will be stressed out because they will suffer from the cold aside from being confined in a small space.
Sanchez said thus far, there has only been one report of PCV2 infection in the Philippines, allegedly at pig farms in the towns of Tiaong and Tayabas in Quezon.
Citing the need to improve the diagnosis of PMWS, he said the veterinary experts from the University of the Philippines-Los Baños campus will study farms in Batangas by June.
Sanchez said there is yet no evidence of the virus infecting mice, sheep, cattle or humans but another scientist, NAST president Dr. Perla Santos Ocampo, aired her concern over this possibility.
"With viruses (from animals) jumping to humans, I don’t know," she said. Scientists have found the virus that causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome jumped from animals to humans in China.
PMWS was first recognized in the United States in 1996, and was found in commercial pig farms in Canada in 1998, Sanchez said. The disease has also been recognized in South America and Europe.
However, he said that when scientists at Kent University in Belgium studied serum samples from as far back as 1969, they found that pigs then had the virus in their system.
The PCV2 has spread to practically all parts of the world because it belongs to Circoviridae, a family of small, highly resistant viruses that can survive up to eight weeks when put in an incubator set at 37 degrees Centigrade, Sanchez said. While the porcine circovirus appears to specifically infect pigs, other circoviruses cause disease in birds, plants and humans.
The PCV2 has since been linked with other diseases in weaned and fattening pigs, disorders in newborn piglets, and fetal deaths.
Sanchez said three companies are already working on a vaccine for the virus, and this may be available in one year. He added that farmers, in the meantime, have to fall back on "basic biosecurity" measures by reducing stress and removing sick pigs.
According to www.pighealth.com, PCV2 "has been shown to be shed in feces and nasal secretions of recently infected pigs and presumably this is how it spreads from pig to pig. It is not known how it spreads from herd to herd but, like other viruses, movement of pigs between herds is probably a major factor. Since it is a relatively hardy virus, it is also likely to spread on clothes and equipment."
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The Torlonia Marbles had not been seen since the 1940s, until a landmark deal between the Fondazione Torlonia and the Ministry of Culture in Italy.
Decades of wrangling had ensued over public access to the Torlonia family’s collection of ancient Greek and Roman art, after the original Museo Torlonia closed in 1976 and the family moved the collection to a private museum in Trastevere, which the public had limited access to. The collection was then moved into storage at the Torlonia family’s Villa Albani so that the palazzo in Trastevere could be converted into apartments.
However, it was discovered that the conversion into apartments had taken place without planning permission – and a four-decade battle to persuade the Torlonia family to exhibit the collection commenced.
Bas relief from the Torlonia Collection showing specks of ancient paint
Now the jeweller Bulgari has funded the restoration of what is known as the “collection of collections” – and the exhibition which re-opened at the Capitoline Museums in April after the Covid lockdowns has now been extended to 9 January 2022. Plenty of time left to book that flight and hotel and make the most of this opportunity to see one of the most spectacular examples of ancient sculpture in the world.
The exhibition is being staged in a brand new space at the Capitoline Museum’s Villa Caffarelli and spans five different rooms. The restoration of the marble, bronze and alabaster sculptures was overseen by Anna Maria Carruba, who says some of the exhibits still show signs of having once been painted – the custom with ancient sculptures, rather than the white statues we see today.
There are more than 90 of the 620 pieces in the Torlonia Collection on show at Villa Caffarelli – restoration of the collection is taking place at the Torlonia laboratories.
A website has been launched with more information about the Torlonia Collection exhibition – you can marvel at the marble, bronze and alabaster sculptures and buy your tickets in advance.
Watch a video of the Torlonia Collection at
Musei in Comune Roma on YouTube (Italian commentary)
Featured image: Capitoline Museum (A. Meredith)
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2014, Number 3
Revista Cubana de Obstetricia y Ginecología 2014; 40 (3)
García MR, González SA, García ML, Llibre GJJ, Delgado GMJ, Peñalver CAM
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ABSTRACTIntroduction: unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions for women are now a serious health problem worldwide. Emergency contraception can help overcoming this negative situation, and therefore to reduce maternal mortality due to this cause.
Objectives: to compare mifepristone efficacy and safety as emergency contraception in a 5 mg dose versus a 10 mg dose.
Methods: a prospective, longitudinal observational study was conducted at Eusebio Hernández Teaching Hospital in Havana from 1st January, 2011 to 1st September, 2012. A sample of 300 women was randomly selected into two groups. One group received a 5 mg dose of mifepristone and the other a 10 mg dose of mifepristone. Both doses were administered for 6 days (144 hours) as emergency contraception. The study was performed double blind.
Results: there was a predominance of women of 28 years on average, 75 % reported not using contraception as a reason for requesting emergency contraception and 99 % reported previous use of a contraceptive method. 1.2 % of pregnancies were reported in both, the group receiving 5 mg of mifepristone and in 10 mg mifepristone.
Conclusions: same contraceptives results are achieved when using 5 mg dose of mifepristone as when using 10 mg of this medicine.


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Join punk legends The Damned as they get possessed by Evil Spirits
Punk legends The Damned will be playing a show next week that's been rescheduled from a date they were forced to pull back in February.
The band were forced to pull the original date on '˜doctor's orders' after frontman Dave Vanian became ill.
The rescheduled gig comes on the back of the group scoring their biggest ever chart success with their most recent album, Evil Spirits.
Released in April, it made it to number seven, becoming their first album to chart since 1986's Anything scraped into the top 40, and beating their previous high of 11 for 1985's Phantasmagoria.
Evil Spirits was funded by a successful crowdfunding campaign through the Pledgemusic site that saw them make four times their initial total. It was then recorded with veteran musician/producer Tony Visconti in New York.
It also saw them reunite with bassist Paul Gray, who played on the band's classic records, The Black Album and Strawberries.
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Wednesday, August 22


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What should you know about Synthetic HRT
News flash on hot flashes: Think twice before undergoing synthetic hormone replacement therapy
The most widely prescribed hormones used in conventional HRT have been extracted from horse urine (makes you think twice about putting that pill in your mouth, doesn’t it?). Aside from being just plain disturbing in origin, the molecular structures of these hormones differ from those produced in the human body, which could explain why horse-hormone HRT has been linked to various health problems including heart disease. With all of these drawbacks, it doesn’t make sense to me to prescribe horse-hormone HRT to women I work with. Especially when it’s possible to use identical-to-human (bio-identical) hormones, which don’t have any side effects or potential long-term dangers.
The difference between conventional HRT and bio-identical hormone replacement HRT can be confusing, so it might help to know a bit about the basic biology behind them, starting with three major types of estrogen present in a woman’s body between the onset of menstruation and menopause: estrone, estradiol, and estriol. With natural hormone replacement therapy, these estrogens are used along with natural progesterone in proportions as close as possible to those produced in the body.
For any treatment to be effective, compliance is the first step. Yet, only 20% of women on synthetic hormones continue to take them after two years, mainly due to development of side effects.
Studies limited to synthetic HRT lead to ambiguous conclusions
Here’s what we know. With one exception, the major studies either fail to distinguish among types and dosages of HRT used in the study, or examine only synthetic HRT preparations. This occurs primarily because pharmaceutical manufacturers, who profit by selling patented synthetic hormones, usually fund studies. Bio-identical hormones, which are chemically identical to hormones produced naturally in the human body, are not patentable. Most bio-identical preparations are customized for the individual patient by a compounding pharmacy.
With the exception of the Postmenopausal Estrogen/Progestin Intervention (PEPI) study, major studies have either failed to distinguish among types and dosages of HRT used in the study, or examined only the use of synthetic HRT preparations (as in the case of the Women’s Health Initiative). The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study was designed to identify the potential risks and benefits of HRT. The estrogen-progestin portion of the clinical trial was stopped in 2002 after results showed that a synthetic hormone combination containing conjugated equine estrogens (CEE) plus medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) increased the women’s risks of developing invasive breast cancer, heart disease, stroke, and pulmonary embolism.
The data and safety monitoring board concluded that the risks outweighed the evidence of benefit for fractures and colon cancer. Utilizing data from the WHI, researchers later concluded that synthetic CEE plus MPA does not improve mental functioning and may increase the risk of dementia in women over age 65. They suggest these hormones increase the risk of stroke, which is known to increase the risk of dementia. With regard to the risk of dementia, typical HRT users are in their 50s and the WHI study focused on women aged 65 and over, who have a higher risk for dementia. The “estrogen-only” portion of the WHI study was halted in March 2004 after analysis of data suggested that synthetic CEE alone had no impact either way on heart disease (the main focus of the study), but may increase the risk of stroke.
Many patients and medical professionals are unaware of the availability of bio-identical alternatives. In reality, women’s experiences and clinical outcomes of HRT differ vastly depending on the dose, dosage form, and route of administration, and most importantly, whether the hormones are synthetic or bio-identical. As a result of concerns and doubts generated by studies that use synthetic hormones, many women who could substantially benefit from bio-identical hormone replacement may never have the opportunity.
Published research delineating the differences between natural bio-identical and synthetic HRT is now more abundant, but studies of bio-identical HRT will probably never be as plentiful as those dealing with patented synthetic hormones. Atlas Drug & Nutrition welcomes your questions.
It is regrettable that various guidelines address hormone replacement in general terms, with all forms of “HRT” lumped together as if they were a single medication. In reality, women’s experiences and clinical outcomes of HRT differ vastly depending on the dose, dosage form, and route of administration, and most importantly, whether the hormones are synthetic or bio-identical.


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American Tower Corp (AMT.N)
13 Dec 2017
Thu, Dec 7 2017
* AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION DECLARES QUARTERLY DISTRIBUTION AND ANNOUNCES NEW STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM
* AMERICAN TOWER CORP - PRICING OF PUBLIC OFFERING OF SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES DUE 2023 AND 2028, IN AMOUNTS OF $700.0 MILLION & $700.0 MILLION, RESPECTIVELY
Nov 13 The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1500 GMT on Monday:
MUMBAI/BENGALURU American Tower Corp has agreed to buy about 20,000 mobile phone masts for 78.5 billion rupees ($1.2 billion) from Indian network operators Idea Cellular and Vodafone India , who are seeking to merge.
* American Tower buying about 20,000 masts from Idea, Vodafone
* American Tower announces entry into agreements to acquire tower businesses from Vodafone India and Idea Cellular
BRIEF-American Tower expects to enforce avg non-cancelable remaining contract terms on leases with Tata Teleservices
* American Tower Corp releases information about its business in light of press reports regarding Tata Teleservices Limited in India
MEXICO CITY Mexico's Axtel, the telephone unit of conglomerate Alfa , on Tuesday said it had reached a deal to sell towers to a subsidiary of American Tower Corp for $56 million.
MEXICO CITY, July 11 Mexico's Axtel, the telephone unit of conglomerate Alfa, on Tuesday said it had reached a deal to sell towers to a subsidiary of American Tower Corp for $56 million.
* American Tower Corp says announced its election to call for redemption all of its outstanding 4.500% senior unsecured notes due 2018 Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:
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