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Top-notch accommodations are popping up all around the Hatfield-McCoy Trails.
With more than 600 miles of off-road adventure, the Hatfield-McCoy Trails in southern West Virginia are an ATV lover’s paradise. Riders may get dirty during the day, but that doesn’t mean they have to rough it at night.
Almost Heaven Cabin Rental – Logan
Almost Heaven Cabin Rentals lives up to the name. The seven luxury cabins are custom-built, and each has unique amenities. Cabins sleep anywhere from eight people all the way up to 20.
Depending on the cabin, comforts can include outdoor fire pits and saunas, hot tubs, pool tables, fully stocked kitchens with stainless steel appliances, a basketball court, and even—in the case of the “Stix-N-Stones” cabin—a theater room, bowling arcade game, and karaoke machine. Two cabins are pet-friendly.
Five of the the Hatfield-McCoy’s seven trails systems are within a 30-minute drive of Almost Heaven. Bearwallow is the closest, at just 10 minutes away—assuming campers don’t forget about the trails entirely and decide to just hang out in their palatial abodes. 298 Rocky Branch Road, Chapmanville, 304.784.3885, wvagetaway.com, “Almost Heaven Cabin Rentals” on Facebook
Ashland Resort – Mcdowell County
Settled deep in the woods, Ashland Resort features a tranquil atmosphere with lodges that sleep six to eight people, timber cabins for four to six, and cottages for four or five. There are also tent and RV sites with full hookups.
Recently upgraded Internet and cable give campers the opportunity to stay plugged in, but those who want to disconnect can take advantage of the cabins’ porch swings or gather around one of the fire rings. A camp store on the property gives riders access to anything they might need, from groceries to firewood to gasoline.
For those who can’t bear to leave Fido at home, Ashland Resort offers pet-friendly accommodations and a walking trail for dogs. Four miles from Flat Top Mountain, Ashland Resort provides direct connections to the Indian Ridge, Pocahontas, and Pinnacle trails. 681 HC 76, Northfork, 304.862.2322, atvresort.com, @ashlandresort
Buffalo Trail Properties – Mercer County
Buffalo Trail Properties can rightfully claim the superlative of “most unique lodging option.”
One of the larger estates on the trails, Buffalo Trail features more than 20 cabins, including one that can sleep up to 22 people. Campers can also choose to stay in one of the “tree houses”—vaulted cabins with decks on the front. While the “rustic” tree houses are simple, with just a set of bunks, the “ultimate” tree houses feature bathrooms with showers, kitchenettes, central heating and AC, and even cable-connected flat-screen TVs, fulfilling every kid’s clubhouse dream. There are also camping spots with RV hookups.
Buffalo Trail Properties features a full-service restaurant and bar, and while there is no direct access to the trails, the Pocahontas Trail System is only a 3.5-mile drive away.
But cool accommodations and amenities aren’t the only thing that sets this property apart. True to the name, there really are bison on-site. When the owners needed to keep the pasture under control, they considered cattle but went with a less common alternative. 190 Buffalo Trail, Bluefield, 304.324.3204, buffalotrailcabins.com, @buffalo.trail.wv
Devil Anse ATV Resort – Mingo County
Built specifically with ATV travel in mind, the Devil Anse ATV Resort provides direct access to the Devil Anse Trail System. It features an ATV wash for muddy vehicles, and even sells permits on-site. The resort features five cabins that sleep four to six, including the charming “Moonshine Shack” with memory-foam mattresses and a full kitchen and bath. Beyond the cabins, the resort includes a luxury RV camper for rent as well as sites for RVs and tents. Devil Anse ATV Resort is expanding all the time, with a large camp store just added to the property providing a coffee bar for tired riders. There’s also a pond stocked with catfish and bluegill available for catch-and-release fishing. 342 Muncy Drive, Delbarton, 304.426.5080, devilanseatvresort.com, @devilanseatvresort
Twin Hollow Campground and Cabins – Gilbert
Located on a mountaintop outside Gilbert, Twin Hollow offers mist-laden views and accommodations from the primitive to the plugged-in.
On the more luxurious end of the spectrum, there’s Papaw’s Place—a three-bedroom house with washer and dryer, flat-screen TV, Wi-Fi, and other modern amenities. The mountaintop cabins are barely a step down, with central air and heating and fully stocked kitchens. Twin Hollow also offers campsites with water, electric, and sewer hookups, with a shower house, laundry facility, and Wi-Fi access nearby.
Hungry riders will appreciate Trail 12, the on-site barbecue joint, which serves up hickory-smoked ribs, pulled pork, smoked bologna, chicken, and more. Twin Hollow provides direct access to Rockhouse, Devil Anse, and Buffalo Mountain trail systems, with three other trail systems a short ride away. Boasting spectacular views and comfortable lodging, Twin Hollow has snagged a Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence Award the past two years running. 703 Twin Hollow, Gilbert, 304.664.8864, twinhollowcampground.com, @twinhollowcampgroundandcabins
Written by Emilie Shumway
Featured photo courtesy of Buffalo Trail Properties

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Jack Frost Winterfest, Atlantic Canada’s largest winter festival, is back and slated to take place all throughout downtown Charlottetown, PEI, Feb. 14-17.
To celebrate its 15th anniversary, organizers are working hard to surprise visitors with a very unique edition. This year, Jack Frost’s magic is being spread over five different downtown venues – the Snow Kingdom at Confederation Landing, the Indoor Playland at The Delta/PEI Convention Centre, Onstage children’s shows at Confederation Centre of the Arts, a Warm-Up Zone with local food, drinks and crafts at the Founders’ Food Hall & Market, and finally, the magical evening of Aurora on Victoria Row (Richmond St.). The mainstage at the Confederation Centre of the Arts will feature YouTube sensation and the fifth most-viewed video of all time, the Baby Shark performance.
While Jack’s famous outdoor snow kingdom and all the other festival favourites will be back, visitors can expect to see extreme sled demos, gaming stations, a snowskate park, axe throwing, a disco skate and lots more high-energy entertainment. Founders’ Food Hall & Market is also working with organizers to create some winter embracing programming, including Happy Hour with DJ’s and an outdoor patio with ice bar with firepits.
“The Jack Frost Winterfest is a staple winter tourism product for Charlottetown – the Birthplace of Confederation. As Atlantic Canada’s largest winter festival, one can’t help but to feel the excitement and energy the annual winter celebration brings to the capital. The 15th edition of Jack Frost will offer a multitude of fun things to see and do for the thousands of visitors and residents who will pass through the festival gates. The City of Charlottetown is a proud partner of Jack Frost and is happy to support the efforts of Capital City Events Inc. and its partners,” said Charlottetown mayor Philip Brown.
Tickets and hotel packages are available to purchase at https://www.jackfrostfestival.com.

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FORT COLLINS, Colo. - Colorado State men's golf head coach Christian Newton revealed Friday his squad's schedule for the upcoming 2014-15 season, his third at the helm of the Rams' program.
CSU tees off the fall schedule with back-to-back tournaments in Colorado. First, the team travels to Colorado Springs to compete in Air Force's Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational (Sept. 7-8). The following week, the Rams will welcome 14 teams from across the nation to compete in CSU's own Ram Masters Invitational presented by Pedersen Toyota (Sept. 15-16). The 54-hole event, now in its third season, will take place, once again, at the Fort Collins Country Club.
The field for the 2014 Ram Masters includes Mountain West foes Air Force, Nevada and Wyoming, as well as regional rivals Denver and Northern Colorado. Other teams competing are Cal Poly, George Washington, Kansas, McNeese State, Rice, Sacramento State, South Dakota State, Utah Valley, and Wichita State.
The Rams close a busy September with a trip to Albuquerque, N.M., where they will compete in the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate hosted by the University of New Mexico.
As the calendar flips to October, the Rams head to Erin Hills, Wis., where they will compete in a 3-day tournament as part of the Erin Hills Intercollegiate (Oct. 5-7), hosted by Marquette. Two weeks later, the Rams' fall season draws to a close with 3 days of competition at the Price's "Give `Em Five" Invitational (Oct. 24-26) hosted by UTEP in El Paso, Texas.
Colorado State's 2015 spring season begins Feb. 18-20 in Lihu'e, Hawai'i, where the squad will spend three days at the John Burns Intercollegiate hosted by the University of Hawai'i. The 2014 event was cut short by inclement weather.
After returning to the mainland, the Rams will spend the next two tournaments in sunny Arizona, first competing in the National Invitational Tournament hosted by the Arizona Wildcats, Feb. 28-March 2 in Tucson, Ariz. The Rams then head to Goodyear, Ariz., March 19-21, for three days at the Desert Shootout.
The team closes out daunting March schedule at The Goodwin (March 26-28), hosted by Stanford University, before traveling to Provo, Utah to compete in the BYU Cougar Classic (April 24-25) in the team's final tuneup prior to the 2015 Mountain West Championship.
CSU's regular-season schedule draws to at the MW tournament, with an automatic bid to the NCAA Regionals up for grabs. The MW tourney is slated for May 1-3, and will once again be held at Tucson National Golf Resort in Tucson, Ariz.
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Budderfly’s UHP HVAC system decouples the traditional rooftop HVAC unit into two components: energy recovery ventilator and variable refrigerant flow system | Screengrab Budderfly YouTube video
HARTFORD, CT – Connecticut has launched a pilot program at UConn Health’s Child Care Center using innovative technology to reduce carbon footprint and deliver substantial energy cost savings for government agencies and organizations during a 12-month pilot program.
The technology, developed by Budderfly, will be installed, deployed, and managed by its proprietary High Performance (UHP) heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system to demonstrate its ability to decarbonize with this technology.
This initiative, funded by Connecticut Innovations (CI) through Governor Ned Lamont’s Innovations Lab, aims to achieve a zero-carbon electric supply by 2040. CI, the state’s strategic venture capital arm and the leading source of financing and ongoing support for Connecticut’s innovative growing companies, will cover initial costs for equipment and installation. Budderfly is a CI portfolio company backed by Partners Group.
“In addition to achieving our broader carbon reduction goals, the successful execution of this pilot will lead the way to the creation of new sustainable infrastructure and renewable energy jobs across the state while deepening our commitment to addressing the climate crisis,” Lamont said. “One of the best parts about this pilot is that we’re able to launch it using technology developed by a company headquartered here in Connecticut.”
According to Budderfly, its UHP solution is an all-electric system that reduces energy costs by separating airflow management from the heating and cooling system. Budderfly said it would also deploy its billing platform at UConn Health to create transparent invoices, validate energy reduction and cost savings, and its full suite of energy management services and software. The pilot showcases the commercial viability and energy-conserving capabilities of Budderfly’s energy solutions for government entities and agencies.
“We are looking forward to demonstrating how we can reduce energy use and costs right here in our home state,” Al Subbloie, founder and CEO of Budderfly, said. “UConn Health’s Child Care Center is currently heated with natural gas and the pilot will eliminate the use of this fossil fuel in favor of heat pump technology and a reduced total energy footprint.”
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Tayoudon is a type of a bowl that is frequently used in a Japanese household.
In terms of frequency, it is the third most used bowl,
After rice bowls and miso soup bowls.
You can use it for rice dish like katsudon, tendon, oyakodon,
Or you can use it for noodles like udon, soba and ramen.
1. Tayoudon bowls keep the soup warm compared to other bowls
This is because this type of bowl is deep and has a relatively smaller rim.
This shape makes it easy to drink soup directly from the bowl.
2. Tayoudon bowl is Mewtwo
I want to call a tayoudon bowl Mewtwo if it were a Pokemon character.
Because it has compatibility with so many kinds of food.
And does a pretty good job.
3. This bowl is useful right?
When I lived with my parents, we had nice tayoudon bowls in the cupboard.
We used them for ramen, soba, udon, and katsudon.
They had nice arabesque patterns on the rims...
4. Tayoudon literally translates into “multi-purpose” bowl
“Ta” means multi or many,
“You” means purpose, and…
“Don” means a bowl.
5. Any food ideas for your tayoudon?
Because of this bowl’s multi-purpose function and shape, you can use it for so many dishes.
The shape of this bowl also makes it great for holding…
6. Ramen shops that use tayoudon are relatively new
Tayoudon bowls are most commonly used in new ramen restaurants that were opened after 2000.
Typically, these restaurants are expensive and creative,
Straying away from your traditional ramen menu items like shoyu ramen, miso ramen, etc.
7. Popular diameter of tayoudon bowls is 6 to 7 inches(15 to 17.5 cm)
The height is 2.8 to 3.5 inches (7 cm to 9 cm), and the capacity is 20 to 43oz (600 to 1000 ml),
Usually it is made of ceramic, so the weight is around 10 to 20oz (300 g to 600 g).
Pick a larger size if you want to use it for noodle dishes.
Because it needs to hold soup.
Due to Covid, a lot of good ramen restaurants have closed
It makes me feel very angry.
I used to eat ramen out frequently,
But in this situation,
Ramen shops have started to shorten the hours, limit the number of customers, or even closed their shops.
It has affected the industry so much.
I am afraid good ramen will be gone
But meanwhile, you still can enjoy ramen in the comfort of your own home.
Here are some of my recommendations for ramen lovers.
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In truth, Sapporo Ichiban delivers a good quality shio ramen experience.
Actually, it is very difficult to find good shio ramen.
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Because it is very difficult to make it since it is very simple.
There are many good shoyu and miso flavored instant noodles out there.
But I feel specifically, the shio flavor market is monopolized by Sapporo Ichiban.
Think about this for a moment having good shio ramen for your dinner with your favorite ramen toppings.
Now, you want some, don’t you?
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MY THOUGHTS OVERALL ★★★★★
It is nearly impossible to make restaurant quality noodles at home without the right tools and equipment.
How can you beat that?
Using Raoh’s shoyu flavour will help you achieve this easily. This is top-notch ramen hands down!
One pinnacle of instant noodles is the soy sauce flavor. It is expensive compared to regular ones but let me tell you, it deserves every single penny.
In a nutshell, I loved every bit of it.
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Shiz Aoki (Co-founder & CEO, BioRender) kicked off the BioRender VISUALIZE 2021 event with an opening keynote including some exciting new feature announcements!
This webinar was recorded at VISUALIZE 2021, a virtual BioRender event dedicated to advancing communication in science.
Hey everyone, welcome to BioRender Visualize 2021. Let's do a quick mic check here, hopefully you can all hear me. Great, okay. This event is dedicated to visual science communication. We're floored by the turnout we had, with over 6,000 registrants for this event and thousands more who requested the recording because they might be on the other side of the world or due to time zone restrictions. We also know that there are a lot of events going on right now, it being conference season, so we're honored that you've chosen to take time out of your busy schedule to join us.
We have a ton in store over the next few days. We've got an amazing panel of guest speakers who will share with us how they've found success by incorporating better designs into their day-to-day work. We have workshops on how to make better grant figures and posters, as well as sessions on very tactical and easy-to-use design principles that we hope will inspire you to improve your own figures. We encourage you to participate in the chat. I already see a lot of comments and conversations going on, so that's great. Ask questions, we've got a lot of people overseeing the chat from the BioRender team. You can get to know each other a little bit, and even stop by our Career Booth where we'll actually be going through some great opportunities to come work at BioRender. Shameless plug, but if you're passionate about science communication and want to join our mission to empower the world to learn and communicate science through visuals, check those opportunities out later.
Now, before I dive into some really amazing new features in BioRender, I wanted to kick things off with a little bit of how BioRender came to be because I think not a lot of people know about the backstory. When we started BioRender as a company four years ago, we really had no idea the kind of reception we would get. In fact, personally, I started out as a medical illustrator from Johns Hopkins about 12 years ago, and my main passion was actually being in the OR or the wet lab, working with surgeons and researchers on how to visualize the latest techniques and findings, and create figures that would then go on to teach the next generation of technical audiences. But it wasn't until I started working at National Geographic that I realized the true equalizer that visuals were. They could empower anyone of any demographic to learn something as complex as, say, the layers of mako shark anatomy shown here.
This photo is actually an image that a college roommate sent to me. It's of her two little boys. She said that they were enamored by some of the centerfolds in Nat Geo, and I was honored to play a part in that. So working there, I realized that effective visual communication really enables us to captivate audiences with all levels of knowledge. And when I branched off to start my own studio, I was excited again to work with incredible scientists on groundbreaking research like all of you in the audience. Sometimes images would be rather involved or complex like this, and I quickly realized that there were still so few of us trained medical illustrators in the world. At Johns Hopkins where I trained, there were four to six students a year in the medical illustration program max, and the demand for science visuals is still growing every day.
In fact, I think there are about 30 globally who graduate from accredited schools, so that's an incredible, but small number that I didn't actually appreciate until leaving. So what ended up happening was you'd end up opening up a journal and see images like this that weren't the type that I was used to seeing, created with our studio or my colleagues, but more images like this, made in PowerPoint, Microsoft Paint or sometimes Adobe Illustrator, for those that are more brave-hearted. And some of them looked beautiful, they probably took a very long time to make, but that was just super disheartening. Not only that, it became clear that there was no sort of visual standard to the iconography. Sometimes an antigen-presenting cell was the spiky ball that you see (I don't know if you see my mouse), and sometimes it was a cancer cell, so that made consuming the information a huge cognitive load not just in making the figures but understanding them, so you know, we set in on a journey along with my two co-founders Katya and Ryan. There they are. We wanted to set out to democratize science communication to empower the world to learn and communicate science faster through visuals. Now, those of you who have used BioRender might know it as you see it today. It's a very robust, powerful design tool. There's always room for improvement, but it's something that we've come to be very proud of. We have close to a million BioRender users around the world.
But I wanted to show a V1 of what BioRender used to be. Now, we rarely show this, and I think my co-founders might be cringing right now, but I sort of wanted to show our humble beginnings because, you know, just like science, company building and product building is a very iterative, collaborative process, and it all just starts with an idea. So, you know, this doesn't seem like much, but this was sort of the seedling to what would become BioRender today. And you know, when we showed investors, they didn't immediately see the vision, I would say. But when we showed scientists like yourselves, you know, it was pretty unanimous. I think you all got it right away. There was a major pain point that we thought we might be uniquely qualified to help solve. So, you know, we had a cell. We had the ability to write text. You could underline the text. That was really exciting for me. But, you know, very different from what you see today in the app.
And you know, the three of us started out squatting in a free co-working space four years ago, as I mentioned, out of the University of Toronto. We put up a banner and we got to work. And I really wanted to point this out today because BioRender would not be where it is today without the floods of requests and feedback and emails and support from all of you all over the world. And you know, that came in through Twitter, email. You gave us all the inspiration and courage to keep going and improving the platform every day. Here was a tweet that was sent out by someone out in the Bay area, and we were kind of excited that people even gave us a time of day.
And you know, fast forward, we're close to about 80 people strong at BioRender today, many of whom are actually here in the audience. We're remote first. We do have quite a bit of a nicer office than this now, but you know, this is where it all started. And BioRender consecutively got better and better. This is sort of, I guess, maybe V3 or V4, like they say. If you're not embarrassed by your first version, then you've probably launched too late. And then, you know, it got better still. Here's the next version.
And over the last four years, every single one of us at BioRender has been dedicated to helping you all make your lives easier and really help the world communicate science, by democratizing the power of effective visuals and design. That's really at the core of what we do and why we do what we do every day.
So, at Nat Geo, we drew about 20 figures a year when I ran the studio. We drew about maybe 100, 200 at most. You know, that was our capacity, really. And I'm proud to share that scientists are now empowered to be able to make 400,000 plus figures every single month within BioRender. So, just that number alone, we're really proud of. It means that we've sort of unlocked the ability to give you all the power back into your hands to make diagrams and figures, to really boost communication and help learning and education. That's millions of hours saved, you know, that otherwise you would have spent pulling away again, making figures in PowerPoint and Illustrator and other means.
Now, the fun part. I wanted to share a few even more exciting upgrades that BioRender has gone through in the past weeks, including just yesterday. Our product and development team have been working very hard to showcase to you today a few really cool features, and I get to do the fun part of showing you all.
First thing is real-time collaboration. So now, you can synchronously and asynchronously collaborate on the exact same file with multiple colleagues. You can start a figure, pass it off, have someone else finish it. You can leave comments on precise areas of the figure that you want to edit. And I actually can't do it justice without showing you in the app, so let me just give you a quick 30-second demo of it. Hopefully, you can still see my screen. Yeah, I got the thumbs up. All right, sorry for showing my messy screen here, but you can actually show comments, which is super cool, and hide comments. This is actually a figure that was bravely volunteered by one of you in the audience, I believe, today. We're actually going to be going through a figure makeover session.
Tomorrow, you can join the webinar where we'll show you how we went from this to this. Some of it was actually collaboration, so these comments were made by our designers in-house. They went through the figure and added their comments. These little check marks mean that the comment is resolved, so the figure comment has been looked at and taken into account. I'm sure some of you in the audience are guilty of printing out a figure, taking a Sharpie and adding a comment, then scanning it back in and putting it in an email. This will hopefully eliminate that and really speed up your design process. It's really a powerful tool, as you can see here. These are all of the collaborators on the file, so again, I don't have to be here live as they're making those edits, but it's really exciting that they can leave edits. You can actually create versions of this image too. If I duplicate it, you can kind of go in, make changes, and you can have V1, V2, V3 right in one file. So a really exciting real-time collaboration feature there.
The next really exciting feature that I wanted to highlight is the notion of shared folders. This is really exciting for me because I know this has been a little bit of a pain point for some of you in having to collaborate on multiple figures. Maybe you belong to multiple teams, you don't always work with the same people all the time, you might have collaborators for one manuscript and a set of collaborators for another. This will really empower you to be able to create pseudo multiple teams in a sense. If you think of a folder as a team in and of itself, name the folder, you know, Lab One, Lab Two, Manuscript One, and then invite very specific people to those folders. Not only that, within those folders, you can have real-time collaborative files. Lots of opportunities to collaborate with collaborators, and you can actually restrict permissions to be view only, so maybe you want to send it to an editor and you don't want them to really muck up your designs, you can actually just give them view only permissions. Lots of really exciting levels there you can play with. So that's shared folders. Again, I'm not going to do it justice without showing you know it in real time here, so you're going to have your own folders along the top here and then shared with me at the bottom. It's really exciting that it sort of split up now, so it's easy for you to see the difference there. And this folder, I can open up my share permissions and see who all are collaborating on that folder, which means everybody here now has access to all the files in that folder. So really exciting, I can have as many shared folders as I like. It's a pretty complex thing to build, so really big kudos out to the engineering product team for this. It's sort of a matrix of math that I can't comprehend, but definitely check it out and it should be live, I think after today's talk if not now, so go ahead and try it out yourself. Really excited to hear your feedback on that.
The next thing I wanted to highlight is something that I'll just use the app directly to demo here.
And that's the notion of connector lines. You might think you know what a connector line is. I'm sorry, I'm looking over here because my monitor is here so I need to see it, but connector lines are something that we actually had a lot of requests for. So I don't know if you've ever been in this position where you've had to create a box, maybe connect the two, and have them move directly with the arrow itself. I think a couple of other apps allow for this to create flow diagrams, even pathways. Now, with BioRender, you can actually connect the line directly to the object and so those lines, I think pretty much any line in BioRender now will stick to virtually any object.
So you can see here, I've now connected these two boxes and they are going to move together no matter where I place it. In fact, I think they've gone ahead and outdone themselves where you can actually point to any place on the object. So you can see here, some pretty fancy math happening. You can also get pretty fancy and connect branched lines like this. So, some really neat things that you could do. You could get pretty fancy, of course, with flow diagrams. You don't have to now adjust the line every time you move it. It's going to be connected so that's going to save you a lot of time. Again, we're going to give you all back time in your day so hopefully that will help.
And then you know some other fancy stuff happening here mathematically that I will not begin to pretend to understand but just these sort of curves and lines that it sort of holds true to is really cool when you start creating complex pathways like this. I'm sure you've all been in this situation before where you know things have to nudge around a little bit. It's not going to be perfect the first time you place it but look how easy it is when you know I have to make those minor adjustments like so. So go ahead and try that out, basically any line I think in the app except for these circular ones can be made into a connector line so go ahead and try that out, hopefully that speeds up your illustration process. The last thing you could do is pretty fancy. These sort of we call zooms or call outs in the medical illustration world where you know you create these sort of faded lines. So if you have maybe a body of text that you want to move into your figure, you know you'll want to move that around. So again, a lot of applications for connector lines.
The next cool feature that we actually launched, I believe a month or so ago, but many of you may not have known about yet, and that's the ability to upload your own pdb. I don't know who in the room here uses the protein data bank or structural you know crystallized proteins but this is a really neat feature that we've recently launched so what you can do is actually upload your very own pdb files. I'm going to go ahead and add one that I've grabbed from the protein database earlier, give it a name, load the protein and what it's going to do is it's going to kind of create a beautiful palette of colors that our artists have selected and you can choose different shading styles and all of that, rotate it, create an icon and there you go, beautiful custom icon that you've uploaded yourself. Then you can use Primal and all of that to edit the original pdb file and then bring in that customized pdb into BioRender. This is sort of a fancy trick I wanted to leave you with. You could do some pretty cool things to BioRender here by layering proteins like so. Some pretty powerful stuff there, that's customized pdb upload.
Finally, I wanted to show something really neat based on feedback we got about being able to customize your own figures. I know we're trying to sort of standardize the way science is visualized and really help you all speed up the drawing and illustration process but along the way, you also wanted to give you your own flair and perhaps your own branding if you're part of a team or a company that has a certain maybe hex code that you have to abide by or if you just have favorite colors. BioRender used to not have that so this is kind of meta, maybe I'll present actually by the way it is also meta because I'm using BioRender slides to present about slides but you can actually present directly in BioRender which is really cool.
So here I am, I'm now in BioRender presenting about BioRender. This is what it used to look like. I don't know if you know again the BioRender advocates in the room used to use colors this way. So you'd select a cell and our illustrators actually made these one by one, all of these colors, they toiled away and created a perfect shade of green, perfect shade of red.
Um, but you know, we had to upload all of those. It would sometimes cover up the cell, as you can see here. Not only that, it was kind of useless at the end of the day if you had any sort of color vision deficiencies. It would be totally blown out because the shades were very close. Also, there's no indication of which color you've actually used last. That's feedback we got. You also don't know what color is what. We've had a lot of BioRender users write in and say, "Hey, I use red instead of green by accident because I don't know what color I'm using." So, we took that into account.
Another thing we got feedback on is sometimes I don't know if anyone in the audience here has work where they stain the membrane of a cell. That was not possible with our previous icon sets. So, we got to work, we did some brainstorming, did a little bit of exploring of how we could actually sort of exploit these icons to do that. And I'm very excited to show you today that we have a lot of more advanced capabilities in the app. So, as you can see here, I've selected this cell. There's no longer this drop-down along the top, it's actually become a properties panel on the left-hand side. That's new in and of itself. We're going to add a lot of cool enhancements here, so look out for that. We've got a lot more real estate to work with now.
We can select obviously the presets that used to exist, but now you can actually select any color under the rainbow for virtually every single icon in BioRender. So, this dendrite cell, if your heart chooses to have it to be a red, very unique shade of red, if you have the hex code, you can go ahead and change it to that. You could take it a step further and change the nucleus. Sometimes you want the nucleus to be a little bit darker or lighter. You can actually do that as well. If you want the nucleus to be lighter or remove it completely, you can do that. Another really neat thing is, from what we've heard, sometimes membrane degradation has to be very visible, maybe during apoptosis. So, what you can now do is actually create a border that's sort of dashed to make it look like maybe the membrane's compromised. That's really neat. You can almost treat it like a line, a dashed line. Change the border of stroke, you can make it glow. Some of you might be doing work where you actually have translucencies or glows to your cells and proteins, so that's possible as well. And then again, any color under the rainbow you can select. Something, if I wanted to have it more of like a glowing green, you could do that. So, lots of possibilities there. I hope you can test it out, let us know your thoughts, but we think this is a huge improvement to really empowering you all to really select any color under the rainbow for your needs. Let's see here, what else could I show? Any uploaded object into BioRender can also be edited. So, here's this BioRender logo. Sometimes I need a white version of the logo though, so I can make that white, and you can see here that it is not a BioRender native icon. It's something that I uploaded, but it actually now has a different color applied. For some reason, if I want to make the color of my histo histology slide different, you can do that as well. So, some photo editing abilities are in there, and then, of course, again, any object. This is an uploaded PNG. Any object that I upload, I can actually change the color of, so some really powerful capabilities there with custom color icons. Lastly, I'll just finish off with some of our glassware. I know a lot of you working in the lab sometimes need different colored liquid, so here again, you're showing layers of the icon. Perhaps you want it to be a little bit of a lighter shade. You know all the things that I showed previously are now also capable within the app. So, I don't know if you have ever had something like this where the liquid is glowing, but that's possible. Maybe the beaker you're using in your lab is of a different color, so you can actually change the beaker color as well. Lots of opportunities there, so definitely test it out. We'd love to hear your thoughts and I'm super excited to have this launch. I believe today should be available to everybody. Again, some of these features are available through subscriptions in BioRender, but you can actually try any of the features out on a free trial. So go ahead and try that out. There's no risk really in trying it out that way, and let us know your thoughts.
Okay, so I think, I think that's everything that I am allowed to show. Now, I'm gonna pause there. There's probably a lot more that I would love to demo. I could talk all day about how excited I am about these new features. Keep it relatively high level. Actually, in the subsequent sessions, we're going to go through how to incorporate these and other amazing BioRender features into your day-to-day. So be sure to join those workshops and sessions. Also, I wanted to pause and give you a huge round of applause to, of course, engineers, designers, and the marketing team here at BioRender to make this event and these amazing features possible. It all came together so smoothly. Great, I'm gonna head back to my slide deck here, and um, I, you know, hope you enjoy the rest of the conference. I'm actually going to be joining you all now in the audience. We'll be hanging out in the chats together. I've been looking forward to hearing from the rest of these speakers.


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Market jitters as Trump does better than expected in early results
Global market jitters as investors buy up safe US stocks and government bonds as Trump does better than expected in early presidential election results
- The Nasdaq – home to Facebook and Google – outperformed other US markets
- Investors appeared to be looking for safe havens as the election tightened
- Markets had previously risen and were increasingly betting on a Biden victory
- The dollar rose and US Treasury yields fell as hopes of a quick injection of billions into the economy after a Democrat ‘blue wave’ faded
Investors piled into tech stocks, government bonds and the dollar in the early hours of Wednesday morning as hopes for a clear outcome to the presidential election on the night faded.
Donald Trump’s better-than-expected performance in early swing states like Florida and North Carolina meant investors took defensive bets on the tech-focused Nasdaq index, home to companies like Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Netflix and Google.
The market’s futures, which allow investors to bet on the rise and fall of the stock market, rose by as much as 4 per cent late last night, a sharp surge which actually caused trading to be put on hold for two minutes to allow investors to take a pause.
Markets appeared to have begun to price in a Joe Biden win but Donald Trump was doing better-than-expected in early swing states, including taking Florida’s 29 electoral votes
Tech stocks have boomed since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and bets on the Nasdaq outperformed other US stock markets overnight, with futures bets on the Dow Jones Industrial Average of 30 major US companies up 0.4 per cent and those on the S&P 500 up 1.1 per cent.
The latter two indices had previously turned negative late last night.
The overnight predictions suggested investors had gotten jittery over an election tighter than previously expected and looked to stocks less likely to be affected by which party wins the White House.
‘Markets seem to be pricing in better chances for Trump, or at least a smaller chance of a blue wave,’ Stephen Innes, of Axi, said.
Meanwhile returns on 10-year US Treasury bonds fell by the most they had since April last night, as investors flocked to them as a safe haven.
Yields on the Government debt had previously risen to 0.93 per cent as markets forecast a Biden victory, but this fell to 0.83 per cent amid fears a long-awaited economic stimulus package could be delayed by a contested election.
Bond yields fall when their prices rise as there is more demand, while the dollar also rose by 0.7 per cent in another sign investors were looking for a safe port for their funds.
Will Walker-Arnott, senior investment manager at DIY investment platform Charles Stanley, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme the market had seen ‘three distinct phases’ over the last 24 hours.
‘Yesterday the market was pricing in this blue wave and we saw rising Treasury yields and a falling dollar, but this morning the market started to price Trump back in, when we saw Nasdaq futures up, yields down and dollar up.
Trading was stopped on Nasdaq futures for 2 minutes after it spiked by close to 4% late last night, as investors piled into the tech-focused index home to the likes of Facebook and Google
‘But now we’re entering a new phase and a delayed, and possibly contested election, is now entering the market’s mind, which would be the worst possible outcome.’
Markets in Asia have continued to rise however, with stock markets in China, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea all up during the day’s trading.
The nervousness from investors comes as the election looks tighter than they had previously expected, with Donald Trump looking set to win the swing state of Florida and appearing to outperform polls suggesting a more comfortable victory for former vice president Joe Biden.
Stock markets around the world had previously rallied yesterday as investors bet on a clearer victory for the Democrat candidate and the billions of dollars in economic support and spending a united Democrat White House and Senate is expected to usher in.
The Nasdaq has surged since a massive fall in global stock markets at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, driven by the dominance of major US tech giants
The tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 2.12 per cent yesterday, the Dow Jones 2.38 per cent, while the UK’s FTSE 100 rose 2.3 per cent.
The markets had ‘pre-emptively celebrated a Joe Biden victory’, Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell said yesterday.
The dollar rose against the pound last night and investors also piled into US Treasury bonds as the outcome of the election looked more uncertain
But ‘as the night grinds on Donald Trump appears to have staged a remarkable comeback, as polling across the US suggests he has had a good night’, Chris Beauchamp, chief market analyst at IG, said.
Wall Street expects a sharp drop in stocks if the result of the election is unknown for days, while if the two parties split control of the White House and Senate then there could be less chance of a much-needed economic stimulus.
‘They just don’t want this to drag on,’ Scott Bauer, chief executive officer at Prosper Trading Academy said.
Investors and economists have been clamoring for a renewal of stimulus since the expiration of the last round of supplemental benefits for laid-off workers and other support approved earlier by Congress.
But investors see cases for optimism in other electoral scenarios, too. If Trump were to win, that would likely mean a continuation of lower tax rates and lighter regulation on businesses, which would prop up the corporate profits that are the lifeblood of the stock market.
Ultimately, many professional investors say which party controls Washington matters much less to the economy and markets than what happens with the pandemic and whether a vaccine can arrive soon to help the economy heal.
The last two days of gains for Wall Street have helped the US S&P 500 recover roughly half its 5.6 per cent loss from last week, which was its worst since the market plunged in March as the coronavirus pandemic took hold.
Markets around the world were rattled in 2016 as results in the presidential election suggested Donald Trump was running ahead of Hillary Clinton. The S&P 500 slumped early the following day, but ended 1.1 per cent higher.
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CHARLESTON — While all the dust from the state’s primary election has yet to settle, one thing is clear: The West Virginia Legislature will feature some new faces next year.
Results show the defeat of 10 incumbent Republican lawmakers who were unable to secure the nominations needed to appear on the ballot in November.
Most prominent among those defeated is Senate President Mitch Carmichael, R-Jackson.
Carmichael, first elected to the Senate in 2012 after serving for more than a decade in the House of Delegates, was upset by political newcomer Amy Nichole Grady.
Grady, a school teacher, secured 39% of the vote, besting Carmichael’s 35%.
According to her campaign bio, Grady describes herself as a “pro-life, pro-2nd Amendment conservative teacher who is fed up with self-serving elected officials.”
Carmichael drew the ire of teachers across the state during the back-to-back strikes of 2018 and 2019.
A common refrain of teachers who went on strike first to demand pay raises and later to oppose a controversial education reform bill backed by Republicans was “Ditch Mitch.”
In a Facebook post shared shortly after her victory, Grady thanked those who supported her dark horse campaign to unseat Carmichael.
“All of my supporters who voted for me, shared my posts, told their friends about me, proudly displayed a sign or offered to help in any way, I am just so thankful for all of you,” she wrote. “While this was a huge win, we still have one more leg of this race in November.”
In a post of his own, Carmichael congratulated his opponent and pledged to support her in the lead-up to November.
“I look forward to supporting your campaign this fall to ensure our district continues to have a leader who will always fight for conservative values,” he wrote.
According to information listed on the West Virginia secretary of state’s website, Grady’s campaign received just $2,140.30 in total contributions. Carmichael received $127,303.54.
A breakdown of campaign spending shows Carmichael spent on television advertising alone roughly 20 times (or $43,858) what Grady was able to raise during her entire campaign.
Along with Carmichael, those defeated in the June 9 primary include Sen. Sue Cline, R-Wyoming; Del. Martin “Rick” Atkinson, R-Roane; Del. Scott Cadle, R-Mason; Del. Eric Porterfield, R-Mercer; Del. Larry Kump, R-Berkeley; Sen. John Pitsenbarger, R-Nicholas; Del. Chuck Little, R-Wirt; Del. Kevan Bartlett, R-Kanawha; and Del. Daryl Cowles, R-Morgan.
Porterfield, first elected in 2018, is one of the most controversial figures in the Legislature.
He received national attention during the 2019 legislative session for using an anti-gay slur during a committee meeting. He later compared members of the LGBTQA+ community to the Ku Klux Klan and was quoted as saying that if he found out his children were gay, he would “see if they know how to swim.”
During the most recent session, Porterfield effectively stopped the legislative process by invoking his right to have proposed bills read aloud in their entirety and later apologized for doing so on the House floor.
Poterfield was soundly defeated June 9, coming in last out of five candidates with just 13% of the vote.
In addition to those defeated, several long-serving lawmakers chose not to seek re-election, including House Minority Leader Tim Miley, D-Harrison, and Senate Minority Leader Roman Prezioso, D-Marion.
Changes in leadership for both parties in both chambers will lead to new chairperson appointments and new committee appointments, which could greatly alter the legislative landscape.
Gov. Jim Justice, who defeated a crowded fielded of challengers to secure the Republican gubernatorial nomination, thanked the departing legislative leaders for their years of service to the state and its citizens.
“A special thanks to them for all the years of their service and all the stuff that they have given this state,” he said. “We absolutely should rise above our politics and just think how much they gave. For that, we should sincerely thank them.”
Meanwhile, Justice is preparing to face Democrat Kanawha County Commissioner Ben Salango in the November general election.
Justice, who holds the rare distinction of winning both the Democratic and Republican nominations for governor within a four-year span, did not actively campaign in the lead-up to the primary.
The governor instead focused on managing the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and maintained a visible presence through his daily virtual briefings.
“Gov. Justice’s top priority is protecting the people of West Virginia from novel coronavirus and stopping its spread,” said Roman Stauffer, Justice’s campaign manager. “He is leading the state’s effort every day, and that is his top priority. Our campaign was the first to announce a suspension of all campaign gatherings, events and fundraisers to prevent the spread of COVID-19.”
During a recent briefing, Justice said he did not even visit his Charleston campaign office and was unsure where it was located.
Nonetheless, Justice was still able to defeat Woody Thrasher, his former Commerce secretary; former House of Delegate member Mike Folk; and four other hopeful Republicans.
Justice received 63% of the Republican vote; Thrasher received 18%; and Folk received 12%. All other Republican candidates came in at single-digit percentages.
Salango received 39% of the Democratic vote, defeating Stephen Smith, 32%, and Sen. Ron Stollings, 13%.


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Yeah those are the worst. Today I saw a lot of one-tricks and smurfs. A Reaper onetrick single handedly lost me 2 games in a row, then my 1 win today was because the enemy had a Sym one-trick. I hate this game some times
I’m gonna pass these stats on as my own.
Lol go ahead. ^.^ use them wisely
I just posted this on the Overwatch forums… I figure since Jeff is around them, he might see it.
I would like to see the ability to gold out my skins on heroes.
This has a couple benefits for ranked. It would entice players to play for a longer period of time on the Comp scene!
If a player had the ability to buy more than one gold piece per hero, I feel that gold’ing out heroes could be a great incentive for people to stick with Comp. With a better more focused attitude and by the time they are done working on their hero, they have been so invested in games with COMP that they may actually start to respect it more.
Imagine being bable to take Moria’s Bracelets, then only to compliment them with legs, arms, head gear, fingernails ect. If there were a total of 5 upgrades, Not only could people gold out a character but maybe they could even customize them with only certain parts.
Another Example would be D.Va. Her Mech weapons are gold, why not gold out more parts to her mech so when the she launches an ULT it would be a glorious golden bomb.
Keep up the good work! If you consider anything about this idea think about the positive investment time a player spends on this and its keeps a nice rewarding incentive system inside the comp mode.
I would do it, and I am sure others would too!
(ps Glitter Skins would be AWESOME for a few friends of mine.)
EDIT:: Nice without time to read it, -2 on the thumbs… LOL its on its way!
Mei’s Yeti Hunt
oh hell yes.
Goliath variation confirmed!
Yeah! Winter Wonderland is my Favorite Event!
a yeti? are you sure its not just Winston running around lol
It’s Winston indeed
Oh hell no… DEY took TRS job…
i really dont like the idea of that Game Mode for me it feelslike a extreme Evolve Parody -…-
Evolve is the only hunt Game for me
I don’t really think it was taken from Evolve, I think in fact it was taken from the community gamemodes with often 1 Reinhardt as a boss.
But the traps are indeed curious. Are they like the harpoon traps, like the stasis grenades, or something else?
Also Hanzo skin?! @w@
~getting it for my brother~
i really think they got the Idea a bit from Evolve because that Winston Gameplay kinda really sounds like the Monster Gameplay from Evolve
Overwatch : Winston must run away from the Mei Team to find and eat Meat so he can get his Primal Rage to hunt and kill the Mei Team
Evolve : The Monster must run away from the Hunters to find and eat Wildlife so he can evolve and can hunt and kill the Hunters
sounds very like Evolve
and to be fair boss fights have been around since wait… what was the first boss fight? Popeyes brutus?
Ho shit, I didn’t knew that! Where did you find that? From Jeff’s video? If that’s the case, that means my ears are really tired.
Edit: You were right, Jeff mentioned Winston getting powerups which are meat to fuel up his ultimate.
Anyway, I talked about it on the forums. I’ll wait for a response.
Yeah it really shocked me the first time i hv heard it Evolve was unique ecause of his hunt Game Mode and now Over(hyped)watch get a Mode like it too -.-
If we would get a Evolve 2 i n some years ( i hope ) i already can hear some Blizzard Fan Kiddies saying that it got stolen from the Overwatch Event because they didnt have know about Evolve
i just hope that the Winston Gameplay isnt third Person like the Monsters if this is the case That Mode is really a big Copypaste
But anyways i still will try the Mode maybe i will get a little Evolve feeling back for a short time ^^ Evolve is sadly dead on PS4
It’s not what I would consider a copypaste, I don’t think there’s wildlife nor the possibility to chose your hero and have different roles. Plus you don’t evolve, you use your ultimate and it’s timed. A copypaste would be something like League of Legends and Arena of Valor.

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With the advent of cheap flights to most holiday destinations and a plentiful supply of accommodation to rent, more people now take their holidays in self catering apartments and villas than package tours.
Staying in a private villa gives you more freedom than a hotel. You can choose which food you want to eat watch your own TV, keep your own hours, and there’s plenty of room around the pool. The only downside is you have to tidy up when you leave – there are no servants to do that for you!
The boom in property prices worldwide has also provided a lot of accommodation to choose from, as owners have used equity in their homes to invest in a holiday home. Many owners stay in their holiday home during their vacation, then rent out the property at other times.
Is buying a holiday apartment a wise choice? First, let’s consider alternative places for your savings. The stock market has being going nowhere for several years and many experts are talking about a long term downward move. Of course there’s always the bank but the return there is very low. The value of property may go down in the short term but it has always bounced back in the past and buying at a lower price is attractive; and property, unlike some stocks and shares, will never go out of business!. Don’t forget you can use a second home for your own holidays, a perk not available with a savings account!
So, if you decide to buy a holiday villa the next question is where to buy? Some areas attract holidaymakers all year round, and some just during the summer months. The weather is the reason of course. The favourite winter holiday destination for Europeans is the Canary Islands where average temperatures vary little all year and a villa or apartment in Lanzarote, Tenerife, Gran Canaria or Fuerteventura should prove a worthwhile investment. Holiday accommodation here will attract visitors all year, so the rental income is going to be higher than you would expect from, say, a cottage in Cornwall. Florida too gets visitors in the winter especially if you buy a villa in Orlando close to Disney World and the other theme parks.
If you decide to invest you will of course need to advertise your holiday accommodation to attract holidaymakers. The best way is on one of the internet sites that specialize in such advertisements and most holidaymakers now use the internet to book their flights and accommodation.

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Adaptación de The Shadow over Innsmouth (1931, Literatura). Primera parte.
Robert Ormstead is on his way from Newburyport to Arkham the cheapest way possible, which, unfortunately for him, means taking the bus through shadowed Innsmouth. Armed with his notebook, he intends not only to study the local architecture but to try and understand why this mysterious town is shunned so by its neighbours.
However, what starts out as an innocent diversion, quickly descends into darkness and, ultimately, a battle for his sanity and his life.
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|1||The Cats of Ulthar||Lilli Roberts, Lyndon White, Simon Birks||—|


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Two Never-Before-Heard Demi Lovato Songs Surface, And They’re ExceptionalNovember 11, 2019
A couple of tracks recoded for Demi Lovato’s ‘Tell Me You Love Me’ era hit the net.
Lovato is hard at work on a new album right now, but two tracks from her previous era have surfaced, and they’re worth your undivided attention. One is a gorgeous ballad titled “Somebody New,” the other is a mid-tempo (low-key bop) titled “The Beauty.”
“Somebody New” is bittersweet. On it, Demi breaks someone’s heart – she lets them down gently, singing about how she found another lover.
“I found somebody new / I look at him the way I used to look at you / what am I supposed to do?,” she sings over a syrupy beat and plunky strings. It’s hard not to romanticize her past relationship with ex, Wilmer Valderrama.
“The Beauty” is an upbeat ditty that flexes Demi’s powerhouse vocal chops. In the chorus, Demi hits soaring highs before slipping into sweeping oohs and ahhs. It’s a real shame it was left on the cutting room floor.
Unfortunately, we can’t embed the songs here due to copyright (😇), but they may or may not still be online at the time of posting.
“I’ve really decided to take my time with things,” Lovato recently said of her new music. “When the time is right to release new music, I will put it out there. Nobody is more anxious than you guys than me.”
She added: “There’s a reason why it’s taking longer, but it’s only because I’m trying to perfect that music for you guys.”
If you had a chance to hear the songs, what are your thoughts? Let us know what you think in the comments!


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National Bike Travel weekend is 02-04 Jun 17 and I want to do something to support it. Info on this national event is at
I have gotten permission to have a Bike Campers weekend at the local Izaak Walton League (IWL). There is primitive camping available at the IWL (potable water and a port-a-potty, bring your own TP) and we have use of the main pavilion.
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This is a semi organized, self-contained event and is limited to 25 camper-bikers. I plan on setting up camp on Friday evening and man the gate to check in camping guests on Saturday from Noon to 6 pm. (Times can vary to suit participants) I will be required to stay at IWL as long as I have guests on the property, so I will not be leading any bike rides, but FCC will allow us to run an organized club ride (with sign-in sheet) provided a ride leader is available.
Registered participants (guests) are welcome to bike in from home, self-contained, for the weekend of camping. Or, they can arrive in a car with camping gear, food and their bikes and use IWL as a base camp to ride the back roads. (Wilderness Battlefield exhibit and Chancellorsville Battlefield visitor center are within easy biking distance.)
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According to the USA midfielder, his father moved from Rajkot when he was 16 years old.
Mia Bhuta is a midfielder for the USA’s under-17 women’s World Cup team. When Vyom was 16, he moved from India on a tennis scholarship. So, when Bhuta said this World Cup was “something special,” she meant more than just playing on the biggest stage available to young footballers.
“Every girl who touches a ball dreams of playing in the World Cup, which is why I am so happy to be here.” It is also an excellent opportunity to learn about the culture (in India). “Every Indian player and us can show that we can all dream big,” Bhuta said on the dais here on Monday, alongside USA coach Natalia Astrain.
After the media interaction, Bhuta told women footballers from an Odisha government programme that she and her teammates, along with India captain Astam Oraon, had given them “gifts.”
That’s not a bad place to start for a tournament whose slogan is “kick off the dream.” One in which India takes on the United States on Tuesday.
Vyom’s family is from Rajkot, according to Bhuta. She had visited India “a few times” and was “appreciative of her Indian heritage.” The Bhutas live in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, with Vyom staying after college, according to the daughter.
“I understand the culture, and I’m glad I was able to share it with my teammates.” I believe I inherited my father’s work ethic, which has enabled me to realise my dream.” A dream that will take her to Stanford University in January to pursue football while also exploring her interests in neuroscience and technology.
Bhuta, like many other players in this tournament, began playing the sport at home with her father and the rest of the family. When the Bhutas realised their daughter was talented in the sport, they put her through rigorous training. It involved doing the next day’s schoolwork while being driven from her home to the over 50-year-old Internationals Soccer Club in Medina, Ohio, over two hours away, according to Pittsburg Soccer Now, whose article Bhuta retweeted last March. That was more than a decade ago.
From there to Bhubaneswar, she was trained by former player Keri Server, who was a member of the USA national women’s player pool from 1992 to 2001, and developed into a “box-to-box midfielder,” in her words.
“I like to look to create as many goal scoring opportunities as possible while being ready for any counter measures that may occur so that I can get pressure back on the ball and delay the other team’s attack,” Bhuta told Pittsburg Soccer Now.
Will there be schisms in the family on Tuesday? Bhuta was questioned. “My family will always support my team,” she said with a smile.Topics #Mia Bhuta #USA midfielder #Women's U-17 World Cup #World Cup


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Fifty years ago, few researchers were investigating the relationship between refined sugars and chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease. At the time, the major recognized health problem associated with sugar — especially sucrose, made from sugar cane or sugar beets — was tooth decay.
So, in the late 1960s, the National Institute of Dental Research (NIDR) declared that it was going to accelerate its research efforts to find “the means for virtual eradication of dental caries.” The agency identified three research priorities: 1) stopping sugar-related cavity-causing bacteria from sticking to and damaging teeth, 2) determining the most effective way of including fluoride in the fight against cavities; and 3) figuring out how to get people to modify their diet to reduce dental cavities.
Today, that research agenda seems obvious and innocuous, especially the idea that some foods have more decay-causing (cariogenic) potential than others. But in 1967, health officials felt they didn’t have the scientific evidence they needed to recommend that the public change their diet to reduce their exposure to sugar.
And the cane and beet sugar industry apparently wanted to keep it that way. After the NIDR announced its National Caries Program, the sugar industry quickly — and effectively, it turned out — set about developing a strategy to make sure that research would not focus on reducing sugar consumption but on lessening the damage that sugar inflicted on teeth.
A story of hidden influence
Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) describe that strategy in detail in a fascinating new research paper published earlier this week in the journal PLOS Medicine. Relying on newly uncovered sugar-industry documents from the late 1950s through the early 1970s, they painstakingly describe how industry officials and the International Sugar Research Foundation (ISRF, which today is known as the Sugar Association) successfully influenced NIDR research and policy.
For example, nine of the 11 members of the NIDR’s Caries Task Force Steering Committee, which was the group assigned the task of identifying research priorities, were also members of the ISRF’s Panel of Dental Caries Task Force. This factor essentially enabled the sugar industry to influence the research agenda of NIDR without appearing to do so directly.
Indeed, most of the sugar industry’s own research priorities — 78 percent — were directly incorporated into the NIDR’s first request in 1971 for research proposals from scientists, according to the USCF researchers’ analysis of the unearthed documents. That request did not ask for proposals from scientists investigating the cavity-causing effects of particular foods or of sugar consumption in general.
In other words, the sugar industry appears to have successfully persuaded government health authorities from funding any studies that might categorize foods by their cavity-promoting characteristics or that might lead to policies that persuaded people to eat less sugar.
Instead, the industry got the government to fund studies on vaccines to prevent tooth decay and on products (such as a enzyme powder that could be consumed with sugary foods) to make cavity-causing bacteria less destructive to teeth.
Neither of those research approaches was successful.
In the meantime, Americans continued to consume more and more sugar. As Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), points out in a commentary posted on the PLOS website, the U.S. consumption of caloric sweeteners (mostly sugar and high-fructose corn syrup) rose 25 percent between 1970 and 1999.
“Whether more research on the cariogenicity of foods would have tempered or even reversed that trend — and reduced the prevalence of caries, obesity, and other diseases — is impossible to know, “Jacobson writes.
But other research, he points out, has “strongly implicated refined sugars, especially in beverage form, in the causation of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.” And that research has, of course “spurred campaigns by consumer groups, the American Heart Association, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and local and state health departments to rein in sugar and sugar-drink consumption.”
A ‘stark lesson’
Will those campaigns be successful this time around?
We’ll have to wait and see. But as both Jacobson and the USCF researchers stress, although the documents discussed in the PLOS Medicine paper are several decades old, they still offer, in the words of one of the researchers, “a stark lesson in what can happen if we are not careful about maintaining scientific integrity.”
The sugar industry is currently trying to persuade health officials for both the U.S. government and the World Health Organization to back down on their recent separate but similar recommendations that people limit their “free” sugar intake to less than 10 percent (at least) of their daily calories.
Industry’s opposition to such proposals “should be carefully scrutinized to ensure that industry interests do not supersede public health goals,” write the USCF researchers.


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Like a strict bodyguard for the central nervous system, the blood-brain barrier stores anything that could lead to disease and dangerous inflammation – at least when everything is functioning normally.
This may not be the case for people with schizophrenia and other mental disorders, suggest new findings from a team led by researchers from the School of Veterinary Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).
In these individuals, a more permissive barrier appears to allow the immune system to improperly engage the central nervous system, the researchers showed. The inflammation that develops probably contributes to the clinical manifestations of neuropsychiatric conditions.
Our hypothesis was that if the immune function of the blood-brain barrier is impaired, the resulting inflammation will have an impact on the central nervous system. With this in mind, we think that these findings could also be used to understand how the blood-brain barrier and neurological processes affect not only schizophrenia but also mental disorders in general.. “
Jorge Iván Alvarez, Senior Study Author and Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Alvarez’s work was published in a journal The brain.
The research team continued a study focusing on a rare condition called 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22qDS), in which people are born who lack a small portion of DNA from chromosome 22. About a quarter of people with this syndrome develop schizophrenia. Penn and CHOP have a community of researchers who study the condition, often as a way to study the mysteries of schizophrenia more deeply.
However, this disorder was not in the focus of the Alvarez laboratory, until he gave a speech in CHOP about his professional field – the blood-brain barrier – and then approached it.
“We started talking about the fact that in this deletion syndrome, one of the missing genes is very important for the function of the blood-brain barrier,” says Alvarez.
That student, Stewart Anderson of CHOP, studied 22qDS and together he and Alvarez began collaborating to assess whether the blood-brain barrier and its effect on the immune system play a role in the condition.
As a first step, the group used a technique by which stem cells from patients with 22qDS diagnosed with schizophrenia, as well as healthy controls, persuade them to develop into blood-brain barrier endothelial cells, cells that make up a tightly regulated “wall”. In experiments led by Vet School doctoral student Alexis Crockett, they found that barrier function in cells derived from 22qDS patients was more impaired than those derived from healthy controls, which were more restrictive. They confirmed these findings in mice bred to have a 22qDS version, finding that their blood-brain barrier was also permeable compared to normal mice.
The brain is usually considered “immunologically privileged,” meaning that monitoring by immune cells and immune mediators in the central nervous system regulates not only the physical blockage of the blood-brain barrier but also endothelial cells that express a lower level of immune signaling molecules.
To determine if 22qDS compromised this immune privilege, the researchers re-examined the patient’s stem cells induced to grow into blood-brain barrier cells and their mouse model. In both cases, they observed damage to the immune privileged properties of the barrier, with multiple immune cells and proinflammatory molecules being able to cross it.
As final confirmation of their findings, the researchers examined post-mortem brain tissue from three patients with 22qDS and three controls. Similar to their work on cultured cells and the mouse model, they found evidence of impairment of the physical and immune protective function of the blood-brain barrier.
“This was a process of corroboration, which replicated all these observations in human tissues,” says Alvarez.
The paper adds a growing body of evidence to suggest that schizophrenia and certain other neuropsychiatric conditions may be in part neuroinflammatory disorders. It is also the first study to evaluate blood-brain barrier function in 22qDS, making an important link between neuroinflamma due to barrier dysfunction and neuropsychiatric disorders.
“Since 25% of patients with 22q develop schizophrenia, it may be possible that these mechanisms that take place in 22q are applicable to idiopathic schizophrenia,” Alvarez says. “And when 22q patients are studied in detail, up to 80% find they have some form of mental disorder, so these findings can extend to other disorders,” including perhaps depression or autism, he says.
In future work, Alvarez and colleagues will further explore the role of the blood-brain barrier, narrowing down what processes are involved in increased barrier permeability, including a look at astrocytes, cells that typically improve barrier function.
Further insight into the link between inflammation and neuropsychiatric illness, Alvarez says, may one day lead to therapies that deal with inflammation by manipulating the immune response.
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Crockett, AM, and others. (2021) Blood-brain barrier rupture in deletion syndrome 22q11.2. The brain. doi.org/10.1093/brain/awab055.


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Enhancing the purchase of emergency response and disaster relief supplies for use in the United States.
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UMCOR relief supply kits make a big difference to families facing emergency situations. Each kit is targeted to respond to a specific need. From cleaning buckets to hygiene and menstrual hygiene kits, the contents provide critical supplies.
How will this Advance project help to address the need?
UMCOR collects three types of relief supply kits for distribution in the United States to vulnerable people in times of need. These kits alleviate suffering for those who lack access to essential supplies. They make a tangible difference and advance hope and healing at difficult times.
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The UMCOR Sager Brown Depot in Baldwin, Louisiana, and affiliate warehouses in Alabama,Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Texas work to address the needs of those in crisis by providing necessary supplies. Detailed reports prepared each month document the impact of these relief supply kits to beneficiaries.

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Who are the Scots?
You’ll often see us wearing the kilt at formal events – you can learn about the origins of the kilt here.
If you’d like to learn about the tartans we use for our kilts have a look at the Scottish Tartans Authority.
Scots in Poland
Scots have connections to Poland going back to at least the 15th Century. You can learn more from the following links:
- Scotland and Poland
- Scots in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- On the trail of Scots in Northern Poland
Perhaps the best known Scot in Poland was Alexander Chalmers (Aleksander Czamer) who was mayor of Warsaw in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. You can learn more about him here.
(Paul Gogolinski, a member of our committee, was instrumental in having a plaque commemorating Alexander Chalmers placed in Warsaw’s Old Town (Stare Miasto) at Wąski Dunaj 10.)
Poles in Scotland
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Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
Marilyn Robinson remembers her school days when her dad was more famous to others than to her. But all of her teachers knew the former Negro League baseball player.
“One day my dad was coming to school,” Robinson said, recalling her father Stanley Jones’s visit to Bessemer’s Dunbar Elementary School. “He was coming to see my teacher and she got so excited to be able to see somebody famous.”
Years later, Robinson raised the eyebrow of a professor at Lawson State Community College.
“I said my dad went to Wenonah High School,” she recalled. “He said, ‘Who’s your dad?’ I told him my dad is Stanley Lee Jones and he played with the Birmingham Black Barons. He was so excited. He remembered my dad. He went and told other professors, ‘Hey, I’ve got Stanley Jones’ daughter in my class.'”
Robinson was among the participants in the Negro Southern League Museum’s Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Negro Leagues that was online Sunday, January 17. The celebration came on the heels of Major League Baseball designating Negro Leagues as major leagues.
Comedian Roy Wood Jr., who cohosted the event with NSLM director Alicia Johnson-Williams, said the Negro Leagues brought to together “world class athletes, both Black and Hispanic, and gave them a chance to do not only what they love, but something that they were very good at during a tumultuous time of segregation.”
Johnson-Williams said Negro League teams and players helped to “galvanize the need for social change in the world of sports, paving the way for Jackie Robinson and so many others that followed.”
Robinson broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.
Wood kidded that Negro Leaguers played in the summertime in wool. “They were fighting heat stroke and racism at the same time,” he joked.
Speaking seriously, the comedian said, “Those men, and women, endured so much for the love of the game, all the while providing entertainment and serving as a catalyst for economic growth in cities across the United States.”
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin literally tipped a cap to the 100th anniversary of Negro League Baseball, acknowledging that the Magic City was home to the Birmingham Black Barons from 1920 to 1960.
“Birmingham holds a rich history in American history, including Black history,” he said. “Without the history of Negro League Baseball, our city would not be able to celebrate the success of baseball legends such as Satchel Paige, Willie Mays, Bo Jackson and so many more.
“Our hometown (Black) Barons team helped open the door for African Americans in not only sports but so many others industries,” the mayor continued. “I thank the Birmingham Black Barons for their vision, their dedication and their commitment. They are true game-changers. The City of Birmingham will always be appreciative of the opportunity that Negro League Baseball has provided.”
Robinson, Stanley Jones’ daughter, appeared in the video during a segment that featured reflections of children of the Negro Leagues. Terrence Wilson, the son of Moses Herring, said didn’t initially know the notoriety his father had earned.
“As a kid, I can remember being with my dad and people would stop him and they would say, ‘Hey, young fella, do you know who your dad is?’” Wilson recalled. “I was like, ‘Nah,’ because I never saw my dad play any professional sports. But as I got older and started learning about his history with the game and sports in general, I was like, ‘Wow, my dad is really, really somebody. He achieved a lot, and he played in a historic league that at the time was not really respected but it really produced a lot of great baseball players. My dad was a part of that.’”
The virtual celebration included interviews with some former Negro Leaguers. They included:
Sam Allen, 84, who played with the Kansas City Monarchs in 1957, the Raleigh Tigers in 1958 and the Memphis Red Sox in 1959.
Larry LeGrande, 81, who caught legendary Satchel Paige. LeGrande played with the 1957 Memphis Red Sox, the 1958 Detroit Stars, the 1959-61 Kansas City Monarchs and the Satchel Paige All-Stars from 1961 to 1964.
Reginald Howard, who is writing a book about his Negro League experience. He played with the Indianapolis Clowns in 1956-57.
Dr. Layton Revel, the founder of Negro League Baseball Research and cofounder of Negro Southern League Museum, also spoke during the online event. He cited the multiple reasons Birmingham was the perfect choice as a location of a museum dedicated to Negro League Baseball.
The virtual celebration will ultimately be available on the museum website – www.birminghamnslm.org – and on YouTube.


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I was making headbands last night and I wanted it to be a pom pom headband variation, but big. So I made this:
Hahaha! It turned out a little bigger than expected. I feel like I was in the 18th century when I wear it around the house. A few hundred years late, but I think it could still pass for high fashion. Vintage, perhaps?
I actually secretly love it. I’m just not sure I have the guts to wear it outside of the house! I might get strange stares.
To make it, follow this tutorial, but make the circles huge. And stack 4 circles on top of each other before you fold them. I used my sewing machine to keep them in place then put a felt circle on the back with a glue gun.
And Little Miss Momma just happened to have a link party for these today, so I had to share.


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Today's #sketch by Background Artist Kirsten Shiel is a little tribute to the dearly departed Starman, David Bowie, marking the first year of his passing today.
Kirsten: I recently watched the BBC documentary David Bowie: Last Five Years, where there was a performance of Five Years from the Dinah Shore Show in 1976. I took a few screenshots of when Bowie was singing, I thought it would make an amazing painting. Inspired by this, I worked on this digital painting today, through all my breaks, taking approx. 1.5 hours to create this piece in Photoshop using Kyle Webster's gouache brushes. I'm a huge, huge fan of Bowie's and could think of little else today!


Mumbai: India can achieve a higher exports target only if domestic taxes do not get added to the costs of shipments, observes EEPC India.
Lauding Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal for calling for an aspirational export target of $1 trillion, EEPC India Chairman Mahesh Desai said: “We would only need an enabling environment where domestic taxes are not exported and high costs of transactions in the form of inadequate infrastructure are reduced.” Exporters were only partly compensated for the domestic taxes, while they continue to incur high costs of infrastructure.
According to a recent study of the Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) that stated that immediate refunds of the GST can itself add to exports by seven percentage points and overall GDP by two percentage points.
“Likewise, the same EXIM Bank study underscored the need for reduction of costs and streamlining of procedures at the ports, along with quicker cargo clearances by the customs authorities. Quality and cost competitiveness would be an important differentiators,” he said while calling for greater government support, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic.


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Helena – Utah Senator Mike Lee, similar to East Coast developer Matt Rosendale, who he endorsed, is a threat to our public lands. Lee has championed legislation to sell off federal public land, including 100,000 acres in Montana, yet Rosendale has embraced – and continues to embrace – Lee’s endorsement.
Recently, Lee doubled down on his anti-public lands agenda; he just introduced multiple bills that would transfer or threaten our public lands. And Rosendale has so far continued to stand by his endorser Lee’s anti-public lands actions, to the detriment of Montanans.
Now, Lee is also threatening our national security goals, holding up Trump’s nomination of Montanan Anthony Kurta to a critical role in the Department of Defense that helps national security readiness and our service members and veterans. Kurta was nominated by Trump in July 2017, but Lee is stalling the confirmation of this key position and hindering key American priorities. Earlier today, Sen. Jon Tester stood up to this obstruction. Thus far, Rosendale has been silent.
We should all be alarmed at Mike Lee’s attempt to sell off our public lands, but Rosendale’s silence on his endorser’s dangerous attempts to transfer public lands and his own repeated calls to transfer federal public lands comes as no surprise, and only goes to show he puts politics above Montana.
But Rosendale should follow Tester’s lead and speak loudly in support of Kurta.
We know that’s unlikely to happen. Rosendale, of course, lacks Montana values, and it’s likely he’ll continue to embrace the endorsement of someone who likewise doesn’t hold Montana values. Rosendale has made clear that he’ll put his political career over what’s best for Montana.
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