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Carbohydrate response element binding protein (ChREBP) is an insulin independent, glucose-responsive transcription factor that is expressed at high levels in liver hepatocytes where it plays a critical role in converting excess carbohydrate to fat for storage. In response to fluctuating glucose levels, hepatic ChREBP activity is regulated in large part by nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of ChREBP protein via interactions with 14-3-3 proteins. The N-terminal ChREBP regulatory region is necessary and sufficient for glucose responsive ChREBP nuclear import and export. Here we report the crystal structure of a complex of 14-3-3β bound to the N-terminal regulatory region of ChREBP at 2.4Åresolution. The crystal structure revealed that the α2 helix of ChREBP (residues 117-137) adopts a well-defined α-helical conformation and binds 14-3-3 in a phosphorylation-independent manner that is different from all previously characterized 14-3-3 and target protein binding modes. ChREBP α2 interacts with 14-3-3 through both electrostatic and van der Waals interactions, and the binding is partially mediated by a free sulfate or phosphate. Structure-based mutagenesis and binding assays indicated that disrupting the observed 14-3-3 and ChREBP α2 interface resulted in a loss of complex formation, thus validating the novel protein interaction mode in the 14-3-3β:ChREBP α2 complex.
"The data of literature indicate that crystals of 14-3-3 can contain sulfate or phosphate ions [7,27] which may bind to 14-3-3 . It was postulated that the primary binding of target proteins to 14-3-3 derives from electrostatic interactions . "
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Molecular mechanisms governing selective binding of a huge number of various phosphorylated protein partners to 14-3-3 remain obscure. Phosphate can bind to 14-3-3 and therefore being present at high intracellular concentration, which undergoes significant changes under physiological conditions, phosphate can theoretically regulate interaction of 14-3-3 with phosphorylated targets. In order to check this hypothesis we analyzed effect of phosphate and other natural abundant anions on interaction of 14-3-3 with phosphorylated human small heat shock protein HspB6 (Hsp20) participating in regulation of different intracellular processes. Inorganic phosphate, glycerol-1-phosphate and glycerol-2-phosphate at physiologically relevant concentrations (5-15 mM) significantly destabilized complexes formed by 14-3-3ζ and phosphorylated HspB6 (pHspB6), presumably, via direct interaction with the substrate-binding site of 14-3-3. Phosphate also destabilized complexes between pHspB6 and 14-3-3γ or the monomeric mutant form of 14-3-3ζ. Inorganic sulfate and pyrophosphate were less effective in modulation of 14-3-3 interaction with its target protein. The inhibitory effect of all anions on pHspB6/14-3-3 interaction was concentration-dependent. It is hypothesized that physiological changes in phosphate anions concentration can modulate affinity and specificity of interaction of 14-3-3 with its multiple targets and therefore the actual phosphointeractome of 14-3-3.
PLoS ONE 08/2013; 8(8):e72597. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0072597 · 3.23 Impact Factor
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Glucose is an energy source that also controls the expression of key genes involved in energetic metabolism through the glucose-signaling transcription factor carbohydrate response element-binding protein (ChREBP). ChREBP has recently emerged as a central regulator of glycolysis and de novo fatty acid synthesis in liver, but new evidence shows that it plays a broader and crucial role in various processes, ranging from glucolipotoxicity to apoptosis and/or proliferation in specific cell types. However, several aspects of ChREBP activation by glucose metabolites are currently controversial, as well as the effects of activating or inhibiting ChREBP, on insulin sensitivity, which might depend on genetic, dietary or environmental factors. Thus, much remains to be elucidated. Here, we summarize our current understanding of the regulation and function of this fascinating transcription factor.
Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism 04/2013; 24(5). DOI:10.1016/j.tem.2013.01.003 · 9.39 Impact Factor
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: The carbohydrate response element binding protein (ChREBP) is a glucose-responsive transcription factor that plays a critical role in converting excess carbohydrate to storage fat in liver. In response to changing glucose levels, ChREBP activity is regulated by nucleo-cytoplasmic shuttling of ChREBP via interactions with 14-3-3 proteins and importins. The nuclear/ cytosol trafficking is regulated partly by phosphorylation/dephosphorylation of serine-196 mediated by cAMP-dependent protein kinase and protein phosphatase. We show here that protein-free extracts of starved and high fat-fed livers contain metabolites that activate interaction of ChREBP/14-3-3 and inhibit ChREBP-importin α interaction, resulting in cytosolic localization. These metabolites were identified as β-hydroxybutyrate (βHB) and acetoacetate (AcAc). Nuclear localization of GFP-ChREBP is rapidly inhibited in hepatocytes incubated in βHB or fatty acids, and the observed inhibition is closely correlated with the production of ketone bodies. These observations show that ketone bodies play an important role in regulation of ChREBP activity by restricting ChREBP localization to the cytoplasm, thus inhibiting fat synthesis during periods of ketosis.
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The incredible video footage made by the drone captures the power of a Japanese volcano that exploded for the first time in six years. The Simmoe volcano was spitting smoke and ash, the stream from its crater soared to a height of 2000 meters, the Japan Meteorological Service reported.
The drone was shot by storm hunter James Reynolds. He added in “Twitter” that the video was shot on Thursday, when Reynolds was 2.5 km from the volcano. He needed permission to send the drone to flight.
The 1421 m high volcano began to erupt on Wednesday and did not stop until Thursday. From ash falls 4 cities in the neighboring prefectures Kagoshima and Miyazaki suffered.
A video made by an eye-witness from a nearby golf course also shows a volcano at the time when it just started erupting on Wednesday.
Residents were advised to stay away from the volcano, as the authorities raised the level of the volcanic danger of Simmoe to the third.
The last time the volcano erupted in September 2011.

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Places Discussed (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
*New York City
*New York City. The novel’s city is the “Old New York” of the second half of the nineteenth century, comprising affluent old families who descended from earlier settlers and revolutionaries. Presided over by well-off bankers, lawyers, businessman, and their fashionable wives, this community was situated in lower Manhattan, in areas such as Lafayette Street or Washington Square, rarely venturing north of Thirty-fourth Street. The social lives of these Old New Yorkers was governed by church-going, dinner parties and balls in individual homes, and ritual attendance at the Academy of Music, a luxurious opera house on Fourteenth Street. Children were reared to a strict standard of manners and morals, which allowed for little independence or originality. Although narrow-minded and exclusive, this society lived well, with the women attired in impeccable dresses, jewels, and elaborate hairstyles, and the men exuding an aura of affluence and entitlement. Fearful of innovation or change, this dignified society was engaged in forestalling the future and secured their power by encouraging conservative views and marriages only within their established social set. This “Old New York” background is a deep subject in this novel; the power of this particular place is overwhelming, and individuals are often defeated in their efforts to overcome its influence on their personal lives and choices. At the end of the novel, however, after World War I, it is clear that Old New York has lost its power and prestige. What had seemed inalterable...
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Form and Content (Masterplots II: Women's Literature Series)
Edith Wharton opens The Age of Innocence at the opera, and the reader first glimpses the heroines through Lawrence Lefferts’ opera glass. It is a privileged glimpse, as is most of Wharton’s fiction; she lets the reader view an entire society through her eyes. This affluent New York society operates on a strict set of unwritten rules. Things happen the same way year after year; no one dares to deviate from the established traditions. Each year, always on the night an opera is seen, the Beauforts hold a ball. It is the only night of the year that they use their house’s ballroom. People know that the ball will begin in half an hour when Mrs. Beaufort rises at the end of the opera’s third act.
Something unusual happens, however, at this particular opera. Lawrence Lefferts spies Ellen Olenska in Mrs. Manson Mingott’s box. Since Ellen returned from Europe in disgraceful circumstances (having left her husband, a Polish count), it is considered a breach of form and good taste to invite her to one’s box. Gossip begins at once; people hardly watch the opera. Newland Archer, always the gentleman, goes to the box in midperformance to introduce himself. His fiancée, May Welland, is also in the Mingott box; she is beaming because of their recent engagement, that very afternoon. She and Newland are so thoroughly steeped and versed in their society’s way of thinking that they practically hold a conversation with their eyes alone. Ellen, on the...
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Context (Masterplots II: Women's Literature Series)
Edith Wharton was the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize, winning it for The Age of Innocence in 1921. Her novels were enormously popular, and they were also critical successes. Nearly all of her work indicts society’s treatment of women. Wharton believed that American society did not grant women freedom, instead encouraging them to remain as children. The men in her novels do nothing to change the status quo, but with a few exceptions, the women do nothing as well. Women such as May Welland and Newland’s mother do everything that they can to preserve the society’s traditions. Ellen’s vibrant sexuality and her wish for a divorce are perceived as threats to the society’s stability. So in the end, she is banished to Europe. The society cares far less for her individual freedom than it does for its collective security and the perpetuation of its values.
May is described as a product of the social system, while Ellen is portrayed as a rebel. Lily Bart, in The House of Mirth (1905), and Charity Royall, in Summer (1917), are two other Wharton heroines who rebel against the norm. Lily Bart refuses to marry a rich husband or to become a mistress, despite enormous societal pressure. The society casts her off, and she dies of a drug overdose in a run-down boardinghouse. Charity Royall, an orphan, is reared by a man who wants to marry her. She longs to run away with a young man who comes to town, but she is seduced and...
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Compare and Contrast
Topics for Further Study
What Do I Read Next?
Bibliography (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters, Revised Third Edition)
Ammons, Elizabeth. Edith Wharton’s Argument with America. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1980. An insightful study that chronologically traces Wharton’s evolving point of view and her complaints with American society from the female perspective. Extremely well written and particularly useful for feminist issues, the text covers all Wharton’s works. Contains bibliographical notes and an index.
Auchincloss, Louis. Edith Wharton. New York: Viking Press, 1971. An excellent biography that contains many photographs of Wharton and her houses, friends, and travels.
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A gutsy group of Queen Charlotte Sound locals are chasing their dream of a regenerated native forest. Propelled by community camaraderie the group has removed wilding pines, brought down goat and possum numbers and is now ready to start planting natives on a swath of land between Picton and the Tory Channel.
Queen Charlotte Sound is a picture-postcard collection of undulating hills and peaceful, private bays. Because of the lie of the land, people tend to live far apart, often without road access. Getting to know your neighbours isn’t always easy.
The native forest project isn’t just about growing trees – it’s also breathed new life into the community. Phil Wright is the spokesperson for the group and lives in Maraetai Bay with his wife. “Before the regeneration project, we didn’t really know our neighbours well,” he says.
Ambitious projects like this one rely on a solid community. Phil says one of the big highlights has been the way it’s brought everyone together.
“It’s the community spirit that’s driving it all – the preservation work we’re doing has gathered us all together,” Phil says.
Not wild about wildings
In the early part of the twentieth century, much of the beech forest that covered the hills in the Sound was cleared for farming. The farms never really took off, but wilding pines found a foothold in the deforested land. Phil says, “when we first moved to the bay ten years ago, the biggest pest was wilding pines.”
Wilding pines are a growing problem in many parts of the country, and the fast-growing trees have marched relentlessly over parts of Queen Charlotte Sound. As well as crowding out native trees, wildings acidify and deplete soils, suck up vast amounts of water, and pose serious fire risks. The pines also provide a habitat for introduced plants and animals like possums.
Before planting native trees, the group needed to get rid of the wildings. With generous support from the Sounds Restoration Trust and local landowners, they raised over $200,000 to fund their operations. They spent the first few years poisoning the trees and have now cleared the hills of the pesky pines.
Got your goat
With pines out of the way, they turned their attention to the feral goats munching their way through the valleys. Phil says the goats had become a serious issue for the region.
“In some places, goats were clearing the greenery in the valleys – completely eating out the undergrowth,” he says.
It wasn’t hard to convince the group that goats were a problem. When they called a meeting to talk about it, the goats got the memo too – a group of six turned up on the lawn in the middle of the debate.
“That convinced the meeting we needed to do something!” Phil laughs.
Andrew Macalister, regional coordinator for the Marlborough Sounds Restoration Trust, put them in touch with a helicopter company that uses thermal imaging cameras to target introduced predators.
The helicopter flies in the morning and evening when the bush is cold. That way, the warm-blooded goats will appear clearly on their cameras. Then two hunters must visually confirm the animal before targeting it. So far, they have eliminated more than 400 feral goats from lands between the Tory Channel and Waikawa Bay.
The goat cull has been a big win for the group, but Gary Harris, who now oversees goat control for the project, cautions against getting too complacent.
“It’s a great result so far, but we need to be in this for the long game,” Gary says. “Goats can re-establish themselves quickly. We’re hoping goat management strategies will be adopted by landowners further out from our culled area, which will benefit all of us who work and play in the Sounds.”
Forests for the future
The project has been an enormous success so far. As well as the strong community spirit, having a clear vision of the steps they needed to take has helped.
“The plan was to eradicate the pines, goats and possums that stop the forest from regenerating before planting natives. Now we can turn our focus to planting trees and trapping rats and stoats.”
They’re already starting to see results. While kānuka and mānuka were already growing in the valleys, they’re now seeing the white pluming flowers of kamahi, the bright orange berries of the karaka (a favourite snack of the kererū) and the brilliant yellow flowers of the kōwhai. They hope to plant rimu and beech in the future.
It’s not just about trees though. The group’s ambition is to revitalise the whole forest ecosystem, which means birds, lizards, and invertebrates too.
“The advice we had was that the birds and other fauna won’t come back unless you have the right trees to support them. Just eradicating the introduced predators won’t bring the birds back,” Phil says.
Already, birds like weka are returning to the valleys, and the dawn chorus is more vibrant.
Phil is pragmatic about how long it will take. “We know that what we’re doing will benefit future generations, even if we won’t see the finished result,” he says.
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The Public and the Health Care Delivery System -- Summary and Chartpack
Publication Date: April 2009
Publisher(s): Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Author(s): Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Keywords: survey; healthcare; reform
Coverage: United States
This summary and chartpack of the results of a survey by NPR and researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health highlight the public's attitudes and experiences with the American health care delivery system.


September 4th-6th marked the UMG DC SCUF 50k tournament. The event was in full swing with the Scuf Gaming team in attendance and selling the new SCUF Infinity1, a Xbox ONE custom controller, for the first time to great reception.
The tournament itself featured a varied final scoreboard, with back-to-back tournament winners FaZe managing a 7th-8th placing. The top two spots went to OpTic Gaming and Denial eSports respectively, with OpTic showing a dominating 3-0 performance during Grand Finals.
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The Children Teamsterz Garbage Truck is a realistic garbage truck toy that includes the lights and sounds of a real-life truck.
The sounds featured on the truck include a beeping siren, engine noises and rubbish emptying sounds.
The headlines light up to stimulate role-playing whilst encouraging imagination as children learn through play.
Your child will enjoy roleplaying as they can free-wheel the truck around, hook a bin onto the side and use the level to life and empty the bin into the garbage truck.
Once full, reverse the truck with realistic reversing sounds, and tip the tank to empty its contents - just like a real-life Garbage Truck.
The Children Teamsterz Garbage Truck requires 3 x AAA batteries which are included.
Suitable for 3 years +

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Must-Have Pots & Pans for your Kitchen
We understand the pain of getting lost in the depths of homeware catalogs, as well as within the isles of home-goods stores and Pinterest pages in search of the perfect cookware set.
To some, the choices are overly exciting and to others, it’s a nightmare – either way, we’ve created a list of five pots & pans that are essential to your everyday cooking adventures.
You can get these in a variety of sizes ranging from 6’’ – 12’’ in diameter. Frying pans are extremely versatile, you can use them for basically anything. Due to the many materials you can pick from, we’ve made a simple breakdown, so you can choose what best fits your cooking style.
- Non-Stick Pans: Perfect for medium heat cooking, this pan is easy to clean and won’t require much scrubbing. They work perfectly when cooking foods that typically adhere to the pans surface like eggs, pancakes, crepes, fish and anything with cheese! Take our advice and give it a lick of oil regardless of instructions, it’ll help with developing the perfect “golden crust” we all aim to achieve.
- Stainless Steel: A chef’s favorite! These simple looking pans are perfect when it comes to evenly distributing heat this makes stainless steel the perfect material for cooking vegetables, meat, and stir fry. They are super sturdy and won’t give in to scratches from your utensils.
- Cast Iron: Second to none when it comes to getting a good sear. Cast Iron can take a bit of time to heat up due to its density, but the wait will be well worth it. We promise. Make sure to search for a “Seasoned Skillet” when buying one of these, as it will help with the little bits that tend to stick to the pan. If you’re feeling ambitious, here’s how to season your own!
Cocotte a.k.a. The Dutch Oven
This is a classic cast iron or ceramic pot ideal for slow cooking, perfect for those “one-pot” meals. Due to their thickness, they retain heat and slowly release it, keeping your creations hot while you get everyone to the table. A cocotte acts as the perfect serving dish and won’t damage the aesthetics of your table set-up due to their versatility in shapes, colors, and sizes. This old school cooking vessel is perfect for braising, baking, stewing, frying, sautéing, and even boiling. Feel free to start your meal on the stove and finish it up in the oven, and if you’re in the wild, an open fire won’t do any damage.
A favorite amongst chefs, the allure of this pot is its wide range of possibilities.
The shape is similar to a Cocotte, yet not nearly as deep, giving it the versatility of both boiling and stewing, as well as effectively evaporating liquids to achieve higher flavor intensity.
Use this Rondeau Pan to cook your favorite soups, stews, and curries. When choosing a rondeau, make sure to find one with a heavy base which will help with conducting and retaining heat. These pots typically come with a tight-fitting lid, and we recommend finding one that’s oven safe, so you can finish – or even fully cook – your meals in the oven.
Don’t let the name or petite size fool you. These pans are more than what they’re named for and are the perfect choice for when you don’t have much room! Available in a variety of materials and finishes, look for a sauce pan that has a heavier base as you would with a rondeau. A heavy base will help with conducting and retaining heat throughout the cooking process. Sauce pans are a great choice for cooking grains, re-heating leftovers, portioned cooking, and of course, sauces.
Keep in mind that due to their small size, they heat up fairly quickly so stick to the smaller burner and use medium heat.
Make room for this colossal pot as it’s going to save you some time! As we’ve learned with all pots and pans, they’re available in different materials, but we recommend being a minimalist on this one, get a stainless-steel stock pot. It’s the perfect vessel for cooking large batches, and its size gives you the chance to speed up the process when boiling or steaming in large quantities. Use this pot to boil potatoes, pasta, stocks, and chili. It’s a life saver if you’re working with large or oddly shaped foods such as crabs, lobsters, or gourds which require a spacious cooking field and often cause overflows in regular sized pots. To utilize this jumbo- sized pot a step further, you can use it as a water bath when processing jars of jams and jellies.

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How Upbringing shapes Entrepreneurs
Are entrepreneurs born or raised? This is an important question because startups represent one of the most promising avenues for career success for young generation entering the job market. A number of factors influence whether someone will become an entrepreneur, such as having varied life experiences, diverse social relationships, and deep knowledge in a domain. But evidence shows that the family matters, too.
While exposure to entrepreneurial role models helps raise future businessmen and businesswomen, there is no guarantee that parents’ entrepreneurial traits will naturally appear in their offspring. There is no entrepreneur gene, and most character traits associated with business owners dissipate within two generations. Being raised in an entrepreneurial household is the single biggest predictor of a young person’s inclination toward new venture creation. In other words, it all starts at home. But running a business can be demanding, pulling entrepreneurs away from the home and discouraging their kids from following in their absentee parents’ footsteps. Entrepreneurs shouldn’t shield kids from business, but let them learn from it.
A family business, in addition to being a family matter, is also a personal matter for children. An entrepreneurial career is very much influenced by what takes place in personal life and family. They prefer taking small steps with their business ideas and not hurry to continue their family businesses.
The way in which parents communicate and reward their children during childhood and adolescence is a major determinant in shaping their entrepreneurial spirit. Demanding hard work while also responding to children’s questions and the need for self-determination helps boost entrepreneurship instincts. Kids are encouraged to question and think for themselves while being held to a high standard. Parents might, for example, make their children participate in a sport or activity and stick it out for at least a year, but let the child select the sport.
Responsive parenting that encourages asking questions and that gives children input into the decisions
fosters strong self-esteem and creativity, but if it is not joined by demanding performance expectations, competence, and work ethic will be underdeveloped. These are the children who get praise for trying, whether or not they worked hard, stuck with it, or accomplished anything. Research shows that demanding yet responsive parenting is best overall for encouraging the development of skills and characteristics conducive to future entrepreneurship.
Inflexible family structures – with unchanging roles and task assignments – discourage the pursuit of novel ideas and encourage conformity. Just as business founders need to handle a variety of changing responsibilities, children’s roles and task assignments should expand and evolve as they mature. At the other extreme, overly flexible families lack stability and introduce too much change – no one knows who is responsible for dinner or clean. Children don’t learn the discipline and commitment required to become a successful entrepreneur.
Parents can be inspiring role models who fuel entrepreneurial abilities and motivation in their children. Parents who are not entrepreneurs can still foster openness and motivation for entrepreneurship by being demanding but responsive, and by creating a moderately flexible and cohesive family structure.
With increased awareness of how parents and families shape children’s ability development and motivation about entrepreneurship, our hope is that millennials and those who follow will be increasingly willing and able to find and pursue entrepreneurial opportunities.

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Guidelines to seek out Residence Insurance at an affordable Cost
Purchasing House insurance can usually be termed as being a very good decision since it provides you acceptable monetary go over within the celebration of theft, hurt, theft, earthquake, storm, or more. However, many folks usually do not imagine it like a requirement and infrequently keep away from acquiring it in order to preserve their cash.
Retaining in mind the advantages linked with house insurance policies, the worth cannot be regarded as being the ideal comparison stage. Following all, it just does not cover for the residence but additionally for your possessions and receives you financial aid even within the situation if you're chargeable for 3rd party injury or property injury.
Though you'll find numerous variables that determine your coverage prices, the obvious types contain the location of one's house, its age and building kind. More recent houses in places are significantly less susceptible to injury, organic disasters and crime, and so are also cheaper to insure. This undoubtedly is one thing that you simply cannot management, but there are particular other ways in which could make you eligible to obtain cheap residence insurance. Keep reading:
1. Check around: Like everything else, you need to check around to discover a budget house insurance coverage. On the internet websites and resources can assist you a whole lot in finding the very best policy. You can even examine two and even more insurance policies on the internet to choose one of the most suitable one for you. By no means assume that a particular insurance company provides cheap home insurance policy that clicked for somebody in your buddies and family, to your demands and scenario could be completely different from theirs, and hence the exact same plan may well not be the best choice in your case.
two. Bundle your policy: As opposed to buying a house insurance policy coverage from the separate company, contemplate bundling it with your present insurance coverage supplier - for example, residence, automobile, and life - together with the very same company. Using this method you'll get a reduction for obtaining several insurance policies with all the very same company.
three. Never above insure: When it comes to buying a property insurance policies plan - home owners consider to acquire include for anything and everything for acquiring the best possible security. Even so, it really is encouraged to have protection just for whatever you actually need. Also, consider to have insured for how much it would expense to rebuild your own home, not re-buy it. This is a vital element simply because marketplace price considers the placement of the residence and worth of your land. Your homeowners' coverage would not buy any harm caused to your land.
4. Think about a greater deductible: You'll be able to choose to pay a greater deductible as a way to pay out from the complete insurance policies premium in the earliest. This can not only assist you to get well cover at the identical value but may also let you will get better rebates when filing your taxes.
five. Insert safety characteristics: Integrating security attributes like deadbolts, smoke detectors, hearth extinguishers, and so forth. may get you good reductions on quality payment. Should your property is found inside a disaster-prone region, check out about the specific modifications you may make to further lessen your premium.
6. Check out Your Credit history Rating: Bad credit score scores not only influence your capacity to get yourself a bank loan but may also lay an influence on your own insurance coverage high quality. Let us say, when your credit rating score is low, you could must spend a large high quality worth. Perform in direction of bettering this rating by producing your payments by the due date and sustaining a superb banking transaction document. This will in the middle of time increase your credit history rating, that will lead to you needing to pay for a lower top quality in potential.
All in all, chances to seek out a budget home insurance are throughout you. You have to, for your component, just take outing to determine the most ideal policy according to your require, that can permit you to preserve noticeably far more in future.

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Musculoskeletal modeling and humanoid control of robots based on human gait data
PeerJ Computer Science
The emergence of exoskeleton rehabilitation training has brought good news to patients with limb dysfunction. Rehabilitation robots are used to assist patients with limb rehabilitation training and play an essential role in promoting the patient's sports function with limb disease restoring to daily life. In order to improve the rehabilitation treatment, various studies based on human dynamics and motion mechanisms are still being conducted to create more effective rehabilitation training. In
... is paper, considering the human biological musculoskeletal dynamics model, a humanoid control of robots based on human gait data collected from normal human gait movements with OpenSim is investigated. First, the establishment of the musculoskeletal model in OpenSim, inverse kinematics, and inverse dynamics are introduced. Second, accurate human-like motion analysis on the three-dimensional motion data obtained in these processes is discussed. Finally, a classic PD control method combined with the characteristics of the human motion mechanism is proposed. The method takes the angle values calculated by the inverse kinematics of the musculoskeletal model as a benchmark, then uses MATLAB to verify the simulation of the lower extremity exoskeleton robot. The simulation results show that the flexibility and followability of the method improves the safety and effectiveness of the lower limb rehabilitation exoskeleton robot for rehabilitation training. The value of this paper is also to provide theoretical and data support for the anthropomorphic control of the rehabilitation exoskeleton robot in the future.


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Appetizer and Snack Recipes
Arizona Cheese Crisp
Blooming Onion and Creamy Chili Sauce
— Boiled peanuts are a traditional snack in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, northern Florida and Mississippi. They are pronounced “bald peanuts” by diehard Southerners.
— At Christmas-time I pack this into a pretty crystal tree-shape mold.
— If you like ‘em hot, this is the recipe for you! These are the best buffalo wings you’ll ever taste!
Cream Cheese Wrapped Olives
Creamy Crab and Shrimp Wontons
— These garbanzo snacks are very healthy. Enjoy!
Linda's Special Guacamole Dip
Ultimate Cheese Ball
— This is my standard cheese ball for the holiday season! They make great gifts also.


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Nunhems, the vegetable seeds subsidiary of BASF, is holding a new edition of its Lettuce and Spinach Demofield in Cartagena (Murcia) on 10-14 February, where it will be showcasing its new types of lettuce and spinach. “We want to go one step further and not just rest on our laurels as a producer but also make the whole retail chain aware of the variety and versatility of different types of lettuce, offering another way of presenting and consuming this product,” explained Juan Pedro Pérez, Crop Sales Manager Salads EMEA at BASF Vegetable Seeds.
The novelty in the romaine lettuce segment is Magistral, a variety “with which we’re looking to increase crop profitability,” says Carlos del Espino, the lettuce specialist at BASF Vegetable Seeds. Thanks to its smaller size and weight and more uniform shape, Magistral is designed for high-density growing environments, thus increasing yield per hectare.
In the mini-romaine segment the company is introducing Winbee F1 (NUN 6549 F1), a variety recommended for spring growing with high resistance to tip burn. In this respect, Del Espino revealed that they are working to round off the annual cycle with a new variety for winter.
With a view to marketing in the Little Gem segment, the new variety from Nunhems for the winter is the NUN 6806 F1. With this variety, BASF’s vegetable seeds business is complementing Thicket F1 and Thespian F1, two very hardy and versatile varieties that round off the annual growing cycle. All of them are resistant to mildew and aphids.
Higher quality iceberg lettuces
The iceberg lettuce is one of the company’s hallmarks and its big showpiece in this segment, and this season it is introducing three new varieties: NUN 1212 F1, NUN 1228 F1 and NUN 1232 F1, for autumn, winter and spring respectively. “With these new varieties we are bringing even higher quality in terms of plant formation; these varieties are suitable for mechanized harvesting thanks to their uniform shape and we have even improved the post-harvest performance,” explains Del Espino, adding that they are also resistant to mildew and aphids. Nunhems is thus offering the sector a range of varieties that will help them to improve their yield per hectare.
These three varieties join Melosa F1, which has shown how well it adapts to summer growing, performing extremely well in terms of bolting and tip burn in extreme conditions, and Goldiva F1, which has performed well in January harvests thanks to its good plant formation, calibre and resistance in the field, allowing a wide harvesting window.
Concepts for consumers
Nunhems is taking steps in the lettuce market to attract consumers by introducing new concepts that put an emphasis on the clearly differentiating factors of certain varieties. An example of this is Themes F1 and Intred F1, respectively green and red Little Gems, offering retailers the chance to sell these products in twin packs that bring added colour to the traditional salad range. Meanwhile, NUN 06193 F1 and NUN 06567 F1 are two varieties that stand out for their sweeter flavour, while with Agros, Nunhems has demonstrated support for producers and other agents in the chain in terms of the growing need for harvest mechanization.
The new concept Chef’s Lettuce is designed for the hotel, restaurant and catering industry. With Greenglace and Rubyglace, among others, Nunhems is introducing different types of leaves for different sandwich formats. Meanwhile, the wrap is a lettuce whose leaves form a kind of spoon shape and can be used as a base for different cold or hot toppings. Crispol F1 is one of the varieties that falls within this concept.
“We have the products, and now we want to offer ideas and suggestions about how to use them in the kitchen,” says Juan Pedro Pérez.
Some of the new varieties include Formax F1, Sculptur F1 and Crater F1. From an agricultural point of view, all of them are resistant to mildew (1-17) and have a high tolerance to leaf spot.
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Mario Lopez was videotaped outside the Ole Henriksen Face & Body Shop on Monday (November 20), where the ‘Dancing With The Stars’ runner-up was asked about a possible romance with Britney Spears. Lopez was spotted partying with the singer over the weekend in Las Vegas. Mario refused to comment. Watch footage from X17 below the cut.


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Results Show 75% of Doctors said Patients’ Health Improved as the Result of Getting a Pet
Washington, D.C. (October 27, 2014) — The Human Animal Bond Research Initiative (HABRI) Foundation, today released the results of a first-of-its-kind survey detailing the views of family physician on the benefits of pets to human health.
“Doctors and their patients really understand the human health benefits of pets, and they are putting that understanding into practice” said HABRI Executive Director Steven Feldman. “The Human Animal Bond Research Initiative funds research on the evidence-based health benefits on humananimal interaction, and this survey demonstrates that we are on the right track.”
HABRI partnered with Cohen Research Group to conduct an online panel survey of 1,000 family doctors and general practitioners. This is the largest survey of its kind to explore doctors’ knowledge, attitudes and behavior regarding the human health benefits of pets. The 28-question survey was conducted in late August 2014 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1%. The physicians in the survey had a median of 18 years of practice experience.
Among the survey’s key findings:
Most doctors have successfully worked with animals in medicine.
69% have worked with them in a hospital, medical center, or medical practice to assist patient therapy or treatment. They report interactions with animals improve patients’ physical condition (88%), mental health condition (97%), mood or outlook (98%), and relationships with staff (76%).
Doctors overwhelmingly believe there are health benefits to owning pets.
97% reported that they believe there were health benefits that resulted from owning a pet.
The majority of doctors have recommended a pet to a patient.
60% of doctors interviewed have recommended getting a pet to a patient. 43% recommended the pet to improve overall health and 17% made the recommendation for a specific condition.
Most doctors have seen their patients’ health improve as a result of pet ownership.
75% of physicians said they saw one or more of their patients overall health improve, and 87% said their patients’ mood or outlook improved.
Doctors are willing to prescribe pets.
74% of doctors said they would prescribe a pet to improve overall health if the medical evidence supported it; 8% said they would prescribe a pet for a specific condition.
The survey also revealed that while 69% of doctors at least occasionally discussed the health benefits of pets with patients, 56% identified “time constraints” as the biggest barrier to having these discussions.
“The science shows that pets can help with a wide range of health conditions – from heart health to depression to PTSD,” Feldman added. “HABRI hopes that this survey will help break down the barriers and get more doctors and their patients talking about the important, scientifically-validated health benefits of pets.”
The HABRI Foundation maintains the world’s largest online library of human-animal bond research and information; funds innovative research projects to scientifically document the health benefits of pets and other animals; informs the public about human-animal bond research; and advocates for public policies that support the beneficial role of pets in society.
Founded by The American Pet Products Association (APPA), Petco Animal Supplies Inc., and Zoetis, the Human Animal Bond Research Initiative (HABRI) is a non-profit foundation that serves as a rallying point for a growing assembly of companies, organizations and individuals with the common goal of demonstrating that our relationship with pets and animals makes the world a better place by significantly improving human health and quality of life. For more information about the HABRI Foundation, please visit www.habri.org.
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Study Shows Service Dogs are Associated with Lower PTSD Symptoms Among War Veterans
A preliminary study led by researchers in the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine has shown that overall symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder are lower among war veterans with service dogs. The pilot study was co-funded by the Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI) and Bayer Animal Health. The study was led by Maggie O’Haire, assistant professor of human-animal interaction, with the help of K9s For Warriors, an accredited non-profit organization that provides veterans with service dogs. The pilot research project provides scientific evidence of mental health benefits experienced by veterans with PTSD who have service dogs. “We found that the group of veterans with service dogs had significantly lower levels of PTSD symptomology than those who did not have a service dog,” O’Haire says. “They also had lower levels of depression, lower anxiety and increased social participation, meaning a willingness to leave their house and go engage with society in different activities.” The study is published in the February issue of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Participants were recruited between November 2015 and February 2016 from a national sample of 304 individuals who applied and were approved to receive a trained PTSD service dog from K9s For Warriors. Of these, 141 individuals chose to participate in the preliminary trial. Approximately half of the sample of participants were on the waitlist to receive a service dog and the other half already had a service dog. Measurements of various aspects of PTSD symptoms, quality of life, social functioning and work were analyzed and compared between the two groups. Results reveal that veterans suffering from PTSD exhibited better mental health and well-being on several measures if they had a service dog, including: Lower overall symptoms of post-traumatic stress Lower levels of depression Higher levels of life satisfaction Higher overall psychological well-being Lower...
New Research to Study Whether Therapy Dogs Can Lower Dose of Sedation in Children Undergoing Surgery
The Human Animal Bond Research Initiative (HABRI) announced today it has awarded a $79,000 grant to the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine for a new study, The Effect of Animal-Assisted Intervention on Preoperative Anxiety and Dose of Sedation in Children. This study will examine the effect of animal-assisted intervention (AAI) on children’s anxiety levels and sedation medication dosages prior to surgery. “The goal of this study is to determine if interaction with a therapy dog 20 minutes prior to surgery has a significant effect on reducing a child’s anxiety levels and, in turn, lowering the dose of medication necessary for sedation,” said the study’s principal investigator, Zenithson Y. Ng, DVM, MS, College of Veterinary Medicine at University of Tennessee. “The results of this study may be further used to justify and advocate for AAI in various medical situations and open doors for additional research on measurable medical outcomes associated with AAI.” The three-year, cross-over-designed study on behalf of the veterinary college’s Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences and Biomedical and Diagnostics Sciences will examine 72 children between the ages of 2 and 17 and randomly determine whether the child receives a therapy dog or an iPad tablet 20 minutes before sedation. Dr. Ng and co-investigators Julia Albright, DVM, MA and Marcy Souza, DVM, MPH, will then evaluate heart rate, blood pressure and medicine levels for sedation and compare the amounts of each group. It is expected that children provided with a therapy dog prior to surgery will have significantly lower preoperative anxiety and will require a decreased amount of medication for sedation compared to children who do not interact with a therapy dog. “Scientific research has shown that therapy dogs in hospital settings can have a calming effect, ease stress and provide reassurance to patients young and old, and to their families as well,” said HABRI Executive Director...
World Pet Association Supports Human-Animal Bond Research
The Human Animal Bond Research Initiative (HABRI) Foundation today announced that the World Pet Association has made a $25,000 donation to help gather, fund and promote scientific research that demonstrates the human health benefits of pet ownership. “The World Pet Association’s commitment to researching the human-animal bond helps demonstrate the value of pets and the pet industry to society,” said HABRI Executive Director Steven Feldman. “Support and active participation from leaders like the World Pet Association is vital to advancing the science that demonstrates the positive roles they play in the integrated health of individuals, families and communities.” The HABRI Foundation maintains the world’s largest online library of human-animal bond research and information; funds innovative research projects to demonstrate the health benefits of pets and other animals; informs the public about human-animal bond research; and advocates for public policies that support the beneficial role of pets in society. “WPA is pleased to be able to assist HABRI fulfill their mission of providing information about the benefits of pet ownership,” said Word Pet Association President Doug Poindexter. “Having these resources in one place and readily available is critical to the long term welfare of the industry.”

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A diver propulsion vehicle (DPV), also known as an underwater propulsion vehicle, sea scooter, underwater scooter, or swimmer delivery vehicle (SDV) by armed forces, is an item of diving equipment used by scuba divers to increase range underwater. Range is restricted by the amount of breathing gas that can be carried, the rate at which that breathing gas is consumed, and the battery power of the DPV. Time limits imposed on the diver by decompression requirements may also limit safe range in practice. DPVs have recreational, scientific and military applications.
DPVs include a range of configurations from small, easily portable scooter units with a small range and low speed, to faired or enclosed units capable of carrying several divers longer distances at higher speeds.
The earliest recorded DPVs were used for military purposes during World War II and were based on torpedo technology and components.
A DPV usually consists of a pressure-resistant watertight casing containing a battery-powered electric motor, which drives a propeller. The design must ensure that the propeller cannot harm the diver, diving equipment or marine life, the vehicle cannot be accidentally started or run away from the diver, and it remains approximately neutrally buoyant while in use underwater.
DPVs are useful for extending the range of an autonomous diver that is otherwise restricted by the amount of breathing gas that can be carried, the rate at which that breathing gas is consumed, which is increased by exertion and diver fatigue, and the time limits imposed by decompression obligation, which depend on the dive profile. Typical uses include cave diving and technical diving where the vehicles help move bulky equipment and make better use of the limited underwater time imposed by the decompression requirements of deep diving. Military applications include delivery of combat divers and their equipment over distances or at speeds that would be otherwise impracticable. There are accessories that can be mounted to a DPV to make it more useful, such as lights, compasses, and video cameras. Use of a DPV on deep dives can reduce the risk of hypercapnia from overexertion and high breathing rate.
DPV operation requires greater situational awareness than simply swimming, as some changes can happen much faster. Operating a DPV requires simultaneous depth control, buoyancy adjustment, monitoring of breathing gas, and navigation. Buoyancy control is vital for diver safety: The DPV has the capacity to dynamically compensate for poor buoyancy control by thrust vectoring while moving, but on stopping the diver may turn out to be dangerously positively or negatively buoyant if adjustments were not made to suit the changes in depth while moving. If the diver does not control the DPV properly, a rapid ascent or descent under power can result in barotrauma or decompression sickness. High speed travel in confined spaces, or limited visibility can increase the risk of impact with the surroundings at speeds where injury and damage are more likely. Many forms of smaller marine life are very well camouflaged or hide well and are only seen by divers who move very slowly and look carefully. Fast movement and noise can frighten some fish into hiding or swimming away, and the DPV is bulky and affects precise manoeuvring at close quarters. The DPV occupies at least one hand while in use and may get in the way while performing precision work like macro photography. Since the diver is not kicking for propulsion, they will generally get colder due to lower physical activity and increased water flow. This can be compensated by appropriate thermal insulation. If the operation of the DPV is critical to exit from a long penetration dive, it is necessary to allow for alternative propulsion in case of a breakdown to ensure safe exit before the breathing gas runs out. Control of the DPV is additional task loading and can distract the diver from other matters. A DPV can increase the risk of a silt-out if the thrust is allowed to wash over the bottom.
Further information: Manned torpedo
Human torpedoes or manned torpedoes are a type of diver propulsion vehicle used as secret naval weapons in World War II. The name was commonly used to refer to the weapons that Italy, and later Britain, deployed in the Mediterranean and used to attack ships in enemy harbours.
The first human torpedo was the Italian Maiale ("Pig"). In operation, it was carried by another vessel (usually a normal submarine), and launched near the target. It was electrically propelled, with two crewmen in diving suits and rebreathers riding astride. They steered the torpedo at slow speed to the target, used the detachable warhead as a limpet mine and then rode the torpedo away. The nose of the torpedo was filled with pounds of TNT and would be hung under a ship's keel.
The idea was successfully applied by the Italian navy (Regia Marina) early in World War II and then copied by the British when they discovered how effective this weapon could be after three Italian units successfully penetrated the harbour of Alexandria and damaged the British battleships HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Valiant, and the tanker "Sagona." The official Italian name for their craft was "Siluro a Lenta Corsa" (SLC or "Slow-running torpedo"), but the Italian operators nicknamed it "Maiale" after their inventor Teseo Tesei said that it was making the noise of a pig while moored on the beach.[clarification needed] The British versions were named "chariots".
The Motorised Submersible Canoe (MSC), nicknamed Sleeping Beauty, was built by British Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II as an underwater vehicle for a single frogman to perform clandestine reconnaissance or attacks against enemy vessels.
The most common type of DPV tows the diver who holds onto handles on the stern or bow. Tow-behind scooters are most efficient by placing the diver parallel to and above the propeller wash. The diver wears a harness that includes a crotch-strap with a D-ring on the front of the strap. The scooter is rigged with a tow leash that clips to the scooter with releasable metal snap.
Swimmer Delivery Vehicles (SDVs) are wet subs designed to transport frogmen from a combat swimmer unit or naval Special Forces underwater, over long distances. SDVs carry a pilot, co-pilot/navigator, and combat swimmer team and their equipment, to and from maritime mission objectives on land or at sea. The pilot and co-pilot are often a part of the swimmer team. An example of a modern SDV in use today is the SEAL Delivery Vehicle used by the United States Navy SEALs and British Special Boat Service.
For long-range missions, SDVs can carry their own onboard breathing gas supply to extend the range of the swimmer's scuba equipment.
SDVs are typically used to land special operations forces or plant limpet mines on the hull of enemy ships. In the former usage, they can land a combat swimmer team covertly on a hostile shore in order to conduct missions on land. After completing their mission, the team may return to the SDV to exfiltrate back to the mother-ship. For extended missions on land, a team can be re-supplied by contact with other SDVs. In the latter usage, SDVs can stealthily plant mines and other bombs on ships or port infrastructure and then retreat to a safe distance before detonating the explosives. In addition to destroying targets, the SDV can mislead enemies as to where they are being attacked from. One type of SDV—the Mark 9 SEAL Delivery Vehicle—was also capable of firing torpedoes, giving it the standoff ability to attack from up to 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) away.
The origins of the SDV stems from the Italian human torpedoes and the British Motorised Submersible Canoe used during World War II.
Main article: Human torpedo
These are torpedo or fish-shaped vehicles for one or more divers typically sitting astride them or in hollows inside. The human torpedo was used to great effect by commando frogmen in World War II, who were able to sink more than 100,000 tons worth of ships in the Mediterranean alone. Similar vehicles have been made for work divers or sport divers but better streamlined as these do not have warheads; the Dolphin made on the Isle of Wight (UK) in the 1971s is an example. Some Farallon and Aquazepp scooters are torpedo-shaped with handles near the bow and a raised seat at the rear to support the diver's crotch against the slipstream. The Russian Protei-5 and Proton carry the diver attached to the top. The New Zealand made Proteus is strapped onto the diver's cylinder.
Main article: Subskimmer
The Subskimmer is a submersible rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RIB). On the surface it is powered by a petrol engine, when submerged the petrol engine is sealed and it runs on battery-electric thrusters mounted on a steerable cross-arm. It can self inflate and deflate, transforming itself from a fast, light, surface boat to a submerged DPV. Started in the 1970s by Submarine Products Ltd. of Hexham, Northumberland, England, Subskimmer is now a tradename owned by Marine Specialised Technology.
Main article: Wet sub
As DPVs get bigger they gradually merge into submarines. A wet sub is a small submarine where the crew spaces are flooded at ambient pressure and the crew must wear diving gear. Covert military operations use wet subs to deliver and retrieve operators into harbors and near-shore undetected. An example is the Multi-Role Combatant Craft (MRCC).
See also: Towboard
These are unpowered boards (usually rectangular) towed by a surface boat which function as diving planes. The diver holds onto the sled and may use a quick-release tether to reduce fatigue. Depth control while submerged is by adjusting the angle of attack. Sometimes known as manta-boards, after the manta ray. Towed sleds are useful for surveys and searches in good visibility in waters where there are not too many large obstacles. The route is largely controlled by the towing vessel, but the diver has a limited amount of control over vertical and lateral excursions.
DPVs currently in service include:
Swedish firm Defence Consulting Europe Aktiebolag (stock company, often abbreviated as DCE AB) has developed a family of SDV of modular design, all of them based on the same basic frame and general design principle, and current available versions include:
After purchasing US submersible manufacturer Seahorse Marine, Emirate Marine Technologies of United Arab Emirates has developed four classes DPV/SDV, all of them built of glass reinforced plastic and carbon composite materials:
All SDVs of former Yugoslavia were developed by Brodosplit - Brodogradilište Specijalnih Objekata d.o.o. which have been passed on to successor nations of former Yugoslavia.
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GOWDY--In Longmont, Wednesday, December 6, 1922, Harry Gowdy aged 21 years.
Mr. Gowdy has been an employee of the Great Western Sugar Co. since the beginning of the campaign and was taken sick with pneumonia a week ago.
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Australian cyclist jailed after hit and run conviction
Australian cyclist Chris Jongewaard has been jailed for two years after being convicted over a hit and run incident that left a fellow rider severely injured.
Jongewaard had been drinking when he got behind the wheel and knocked Matthew Rex off his bike after the two of them had been at a party celebrating.
Rex, 24, suffered a broken back, broken hip, broken leg and internal bleeding in the accident in 2007, from which Jongewaard fled.
South Australian District Court Judge Wayne Chivell today refused defence requests to suspend Jongewaard’s prison term.
He sentenced the 30-year-old to two years’ jail with a nine-month non-parole period and disqualified him from driving for 10 years.
Jongewaard was last month found guilty of aggravated driving without due care and leaving the scene of an accident.
Judge Chivell said Jongewaard had been drinking before the crash and his offending was by no means at the bottom end of the scale.
However, he also criticised Rex for being drunk, possibly on drugs and for riding without lights or a helmet, saying Rex should take considerable blame for the incident.
Jongewaard has represented Australia in mountain biking and has also ridden in major international road events including the Tour Down Under.
He competed for Australia at last week’s UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Canberra, where he finished 15th.
Rex said he planned to take civil action against Jongewaard.
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Everyone has a color in mind associated to some particular words or emotions. Usually red goes for rage and green for jealousy, and so on. Everyone has a color for Love too...somehow my color for love is Blue. . .
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But then again....Wounds also come in a shade of blue...deep wounds. When love wounds you it is devastating...leaves a mark on the skin of your heart...the scar fades away with time but it never heals completely. Blue is the color of cold, blue is the color of ice...of frost...of numbness...of loneliness...of absence...of longing.............Blue are also the tears we shed...
Blue is the color of two extreme spheres....and in this picture they become one.
So for me "blue" completes my definition of Love.


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Grant Bishop is the Calgary-based founder of KnightFork, which builds data-driven tools for carbon pricing and the energy transition.
Earlier this month, a 4-to-1 majority of Alberta’s Court of Appeal found the federal Impact Assessment Act, formerly Bill C-69, to be an unconstitutional overreach. Certain commentators wager that the Supreme Court of Canada will overturn this decision on appeal, noting that it has previously upheld Ottawa’s carbon-pricing system under the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act.
The Alberta appeal court’s opinion raises nagging questions about the extent of federal jurisdiction to regulate greenhouse gases (GHGs). Indeed, this case is likely a preview of further constitutional challenges, as Ottawa pushes ahead on a Clean Electricity Standard and a cap on oil and gas emissions. A critical unresolved issue is whether the federal government has jurisdiction to micromanage industries and projects in pursuit of national climate goals.
There’s history here. In a 1992 case involving a dam project on the Oldman River in Southern Alberta, the Supreme Court found that a federal environmental-assessment process could apply to a provincial government infrastructure project. But the court emphasized a limit on how far federal assessments could wade into provincial jurisdiction.
Writing for the majority, Justice Gérard La Forest cautioned against such reviews becoming “a constitutional Trojan horse enabling the federal government, on the pretext of some narrow ground of federal jurisdiction, to conduct a far ranging inquiry into matters that are exclusively within provincial jurisdiction.”
For the constitutionality of the Impact Assessment Act, a key issue is whether the federal government can consider, for example, the GHGs of a proposed in situ oil sands’ facility. The Alberta appeal court’s holding highlights that the Supreme Court has not recognized general federal jurisdiction over GHGs and regards the assessment of a specific project’s GHGs as trespassing on provincial turf.
Importantly, when upholding the constitutionality of Ottawa’s carbon-pricing system, the Supreme Court’s majority defined “establishing minimum national standards of GHG price stringency to reduce GHG emissions” as a “national concern” under the federal peace, order and good government power. It expressly did not confer general federal jurisdiction for regulating GHGs.
Further, the dissenting justices in the Supreme Court decision were particularly alert to carbon pricing being misused for “picking winners and losers” between industries. These justices regarded the federal output-based pricing system for large emitters as industry-by-industry regulation outside the federal purview.
Similar constitutional questions could arise for the proposed federal Clean Electricity Standard – which aims for all electricity to be net-zero by 2035 – and a cap on GHGs from the oil and gas industry.
Ottawa has not unveiled its exact designs, but it has indicated these measures will be imposed as regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. The Supreme Court has previously held that CEPA is criminal law and therefore falls under federal jurisdiction. Ottawa would likely rely on its “criminal” power under the Constitution as jurisdiction for those regulations.
But such measures will presumably spark challenges from provinces that perceive them as an invasion of their exclusive jurisdiction over resource extraction and power generation under the Constitution. A Clean Electricity Standard or industry-specific emissions cap is arguably more like industrial policy than criminal law.
Moreover, the Supreme Court has required that criminal legislation consist of a prohibition backed by a penalty for a valid criminal purpose. The Supreme Court hasn’t yet determined whether an effectively permissive regime can be “criminal” – for example, if regulations include markets for tradable credits or option for payments into a government fund.
So how can courts prevent climate policy from being a “Trojan horse”? I suggest that GHGs be recognized as a “national concern” that, like aeronautics, radio communications or nuclear power, is exclusive federal jurisdiction. However, federal jurisdiction for GHGs must also be restricted from intruding into industrial regulation by, for example, applying different carbon costs for different industries or imposing emission standards on specific projects.
Indeed, as Ottawa seeks to implement border carbon adjustments (that is, a tariff on the embodied carbon emissions of imports), it will have to standardize costs for carbon across Canada. International trade law requires that a charge on imports not be discriminatory. Therefore, for a carbon tariff on imports to be legal, Canada cannot maintain a patchwork system where the same product faces different costs for carbon between provinces.
This all means more constitutional wrangling awaits Canadian climate policy. Such continuing uncertainty risks paralysis for industry. Therefore, if new legislation is challenged, Ottawa should expedite references to the Supreme Court to resolve unsettled questions promptly. In turn, the court likely faces more work to adapt the “living tree” of our Constitution to the existential challenge that humanity faces in climate change.
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- "I know, I know, that you're going with another guy
Don't care, don't care, 'cause I love you baby that's no lie
I love you even more than I did when you were mine"
Dirty Mind, released in 1980, is the third album by American musician Prince. Shifting away from the straightforward funk and disco sounds of his first two records, this album marks a shift to a funk-driven New Wave Music sound that would serve as the basis for his proceeding output throughout the remainder of the decade. The album also sees the first vestiges of his later backing band the Revolution form, with Dez Dickerson, Andre Cymone, Bobby Z, Gayle Chapman, and Matt Fink serving as backing musicians on this album; while Chapman and Cymone would leave shortly after this album, the remaining musicians would end up becoming principal members of the Revolution throughout its brief lifetime and constantly rotating lineup. Most significantly, the album marks Prince's first dive into the raunchy, sexually-driven lyricism that would become a hallmark of his work, covering taboo topics such as oral sex, group sex, ejaculation, and BrotherSister Incest. This shift would wind up setting a precedent that would result in sexually explicit lyrics becoming more mainstream in popular music, though at the cost of generating enough controversy to generate a Congressional hearing about the subject, spurned on by Prince's own "Darling Nikki" in 1984.
The resulting album was released to widespread critical acclaim, with reviewers praising the album's "liberating lewdness" and adeptness at shifting Prince's sound into a more palatable and aggressive form in the wake of disco's high-profile and violent decline from popularity. Retrospective analysts credit it as a major influence on urban black music, with Prince's androgynous voice and image also helping bring the concept of the "gaydar" to public prominence. Pitchfork ranked Dirty Mind as the 87th best album of the 1980's, Slant at No. 53 in the same category, and Rolling Stone at No. 10. The latter would also place the album at No. 204 on their 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, with the 2012 revision shifting it to No. 206; NME would also place the album at No. 393 on their own list in the same category. As of 2018, the album also sits at No. 458 on Acclaimed Music's dynamic list of the 3000 most acclaimed albums of all time. The album's commercial performance was much more modest, peaking at only No. 56 on the Billboard 200, though it would eventually be certified gold in the US.
Dirty Mind was supported by three singles: "Uptown", "Dirty Mind", and "Do It All Night".
- "Dirty Mind" (4:14)
- "When You Were Mine" (3:47)
- "Do It All Night" (3:42)
- "Gotta Broken Heart Again" (2:16)
- "Uptown" (5:32)
- "Head" (4:44)
- "Sister" (1:31)
- "Partyup" (4:24)
"I trope you even more than I did when you were mine"
- BrotherSister Incest: "Sister", which is, mercifully, the shortest song on the album.
- Contemptible Cover: Prince wearing a trenchcoat and a thong.
- Intercourse with You: Pretty much the whole album.
- Minimalistic Cover Art/Face on the Cover: As seen above.
- Miniscule Rocking: "Sister" clocks in at only a minute and a half.
- New Sound Album: Mixes up Funk and New Wave.
- A Threesome Is Hot: "When You Were Mine""I never was the kind to make a fuss
When he was there
Lying between the two of us"
- Unusual Euphemism: "Party in Uptown"

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Over the last few decades, cities with dark skies and prime stargazing spots have become harder to find. Light pollution from development has made it more difficult to observe the full brilliance of the heavens.
However, the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) certifies locations that are bucking this trend. And in addition to national parks and sanctuaries, many communities, cities, and urban spaces have made the list.
Following are 12 of the best cities for stargazing in America. So grab one of your top credit cards, fuel up the car, and head to one of these places where stargazing still takes center stage.
Two men in Tucson, Arizona, founded the IDA in 1988, so it stands to reason that the city itself is exceptionally friendly to stargazing.
As part of the vast Sonoran Desert, Tucson experiences an average of more than 300 sunny days a year. The city also is home to several observatories.
However, in some areas around Tucson, you shouldn’t have to leave your back porch on a clear night to see the stars.
Heber City, Utah
Heber City is a small community in Utah. The Wasatch Mountains block out much of the light pollution nearby Salt Lake City produces.
Both Heber and three area state parks have taken steps to keep their own light pollution down. Thanks to those efforts, residents can still glimpse the Milky Way on the clearest nights.
Located about an hour away from Cleveland, Canton is home to around 70,000 people and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It’s less than a 20-minute drive to Fry Family Park, the first area in Ohio to earn an IDA designation of Urban Night Sky Place.
A drive to the park makes for a nice outing, and Fry Family Park’s efforts to dim the lights at night give Canton residents ample opportunity to see the stars from close to home.
Olivette is a St. Louis suburb located just 15 minutes from the city center. The 8,000-person town has its own 35-acre city park with an IDA Urban Night Sky Place designation.
During the daytime, Stacy Park is the site of youth baseball and soccer games. But at night, the trees ringing the park’s edges suppress the city’s glow enough to showcase the glimmering night sky.
Goldendale is the county seat of Klickitat County, which has just 23,000 residents. Thanks to the sparse population and clear skies, Goldendale is the ideal place for stargazing.
For a special experience, watch the stars at the nearby Goldendale Observatory State Park, which is two miles from downtown.
The one-time home of writer Ernest Hemingway, Ketchum, Idaho, has earned a Dark Sky Community designation for its efforts to control light pollution.
While skiing and hiking are the area’s most popular draws, it also attracts stargazers from around the globe.
Beverly Shores, Indiana
Beverly Shores is an hour’s drive and a state border away from Chicago. While both cities are on the shores of Lake Michigan, only Beverly Shores residents and visitors have the privilege of seeing the stars in all their glory.
Home to just a few hundred people, the city is surrounded by the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, which is one key reason for its dark skies. City lighting regulations ensure that humans and animals alike can continue to enjoy the benefits of a truly dark night sky.
It might seem unbelievable that a city in the middle of San Diego County is a stargazing destination, but it’s true.
In fact, each August, the San Diego Astronomy Association partners with Julian for the Julian StarFest. The three-day festival features exhibits, games, and a public stargazing party.
Wimberley Valley, Texas
The warm climate in Texas ensures there are plenty of outdoor activities year-round in Wimberley Valley, including outdoor movie showings and live theater performances. Opportunities for stargazing make these events even better.
Since it has around 14,000 people and is located between two major urban centers (San Antonio and Texas), the Wimberley Valley area is one of the bigger regions on our list to secure Dark-Sky status.
Pro tip: If you are going to travel to one of these stargazing meccas, consider using a credit card that allows you to earn travel rewards or other perks.
Sedona draws many tourists, including those seeking the stars. Located around two hours away from Phoenix, the city’s dark skies punctuate its beautiful high-desert scenery, which is just as beautiful at night as it is during the day.
Crestone is north of the Great Sand Dunes National Park, and the desert landscape combined with its high elevation make it an ideal spot for stargazing.
The city is within 45 minutes of several hot springs. It's also located at the base of a mountain range, so those who live in the area can easily stay near home and stargaze from their backyard.
The small town of Torrey is at its busiest during the summer season when tourists flock to nearby Capitol Reef National Park.
Stargazing is easy within Torrey’s city limits, thanks to the town’s isolated location and its commitment to dark skies.
Stargazing isn’t an activity reserved exclusively for visitors to national parks. The places on this list can be great locations for gazing at the heavens.
And if you are fortunate to live near one of these places, you won’t even have to travel to get to darkness. That means you can both see the stars and keep more money in your wallet.
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Potential Enron jurors vent rage at Lay, Skilling
Published 6:30 am, Wednesday, January 4, 2006
Noting that potential jurors think ex-Enron CEO Jeff Skilling "would lie to his mother if it would further his cause" and ex-Chairman Ken Lay is a "lowdown scumbag" their lawyers are asking once again that their trial be moved.
In a motion today quoting heavily from about 280 potential jurors, the lawyers said four years of "poisonous publicity" in Houston that was capped off by the coverage of codefendant Rick Causey's guilty plea means Skilling and Lay should be not be tried here. They ask for the case to be moved someplace like Atlanta, Denver or Phoenix or that there be a continuance from Jan. 30 and a new jury pool be summoned.
Some of the vicious and biased quotes in the questionnaires, calling for instance for the pair of executives to be jailed or hanged, likely came from those who said they could not be fair and have been dropped from the pool. Today the judge agreed to drop 109 potential jurors that defense attorneys and prosecutors agreed upon. But defense attorneys wanted far more people dropped.
U.S. District Judge Sim Lake is not expected to move the trial. Lay's and Skilling's lawyers alternately ask that the judge let the lawyers question potential jurors one on one, something they have been asking for for some time.
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"I have never seen a jury panel like this," Lay's lawyer Mike Ramsey told Lake. "Eighty percent gave negative answers, heated or emotional to their perception on Enron. We have to fight not only the indictment on the case but the perception."
Ramsey and Skilling's lawyer Daniel Petrocelli claim, much like they did in an earlier failed motion to move the trial, that Houston stands alone in the intensity of interest in this case and the "Houston community feels uniquely betrayed and ashamed by the demise of Enron."
They also note that the community has unusual ties and closeness as nearly half the jurors had some connection to Enron or its bankruptcy, like knowing people who worked there or applied for work there or did business with Enron. Bizarrely, the sister of Rick Causey, the ex-chief accountant who pleaded guilty to a charge in this case last month, is on the panel. So is an Enron secretary and someone who goes to church with Causey.
But the bias seemed to be what the lawyers were most concerned with.
"Some people think it's a waste of time to go to trial here," Petrocelli told reporters outside the courthouse.
Enron Task Force prosecutors did not comment today. But they have previously argued that a fair jury can be found in Houston and said individual jury questioning is not necessary.
Here are some of the statistics and answers from the 280 jury questionnaires, noting 109 of that group have now been dropped from the jury pool:
* One out of every eight had read an Enron book or seen an Enron movie
* Sixty percent had an opinion on the cause of Enron's bankruptcy, most attributing it to "greed," "accounting fraud," "lie(s)" or other "criminal" and "illegal activities" by upper management
* More that 40% openly admit to being "angry" about Enron
* People called Skilling "the devil," "a high-class crook," "projects high sleaze factor" and "without a moral compass."
* People called Lay "a snake in the grass" who "made too much money by screwing other people over," "crooked" and "the biggest lying crook of all."
* Executives were sometimes demonized: "All the little regular people got ruined and rich guys got richer." And "crooked executives, cooked books, and the employees paid the price." and "These guys are guilty, they don't even deserve a trial. Let all the people they ruined have at them."
* Sherron Watkins, a former employee who warned about fraud, was lauded with "courageous," brave" and "did the right thing."
The jury questionnaires were mailed to 400 people, most of whom responded. The judge knocked some out for hardship and the lawyers on both sides agreed to drop another 109.
The judge said 175 people remain in the pool of possible jurors and he will call 100 to court Jan. 30. From that group a jury of 12 people and four alternates will be chosen.
The motion to move the trial was filed this afternoon just before a hearing attended by Lay, Skilling and their lawyers.
At the hearing, Lake discussed several pretrial details and ruled that prosecutors will be allowed to use as evidence the testimony Skilling gave to the Securities and Exchange Commission before he was charged with any crimes.
Enron Task Force prosecutors in a motion asked to use a portion of testimony where Skilling explained a Sept. 17, 2001 sale of 500,000 Enron stock shares by saying the attack of the World Trade Center made him nervous about the market and caused him to sell.
But prosecutors allege that since Skilling had tried to sell 200,000 shares Sept. 6, 2001, that the attack in New York was not his sole reason. Skilling, who was taped by his broker asking about selling the smaller number of shares, failed to sell in early September 2001 because his broker said he needed paperwork from Enron verifying that Skilling as no longer as officer.
Skilling's lawyer Petrocelli said Skilling deceived nobody about the reason for his stock sale or earlier inquiry. He said his client was in no hurry to sell in early September and was not dumping the stock at all costs after Sept. 11 but put a floor on sales at about $1.50 below the going price.
Lay and Skilling both face conspiracy and fraud charges in connection with the fall of Enron. The trial is expected to take about four months.