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The Muirhouse Core Group have been making “story sacks”. They each chose a book that had some meaning for them or their child and designed materials to bring the story to life – toys, interesting objects, activities, non-fiction books and Gruffalo parts made of clay!
We had fun, stretched our imaginations and creativity and thought about different ways of telling stories and learning from them with our children. It was also great for people to see a project through from start to finish.
People were keen to use them to get more quality time with their children, play imaginatively, share stories from their own childhood and develop speech and language.
We now have a resource that people can borrow to help bring storytelling into their homes!


Udit Bhatia writes on how India's Haryana act excludes citizens from the democratic process
Udit Bhatia has written an article for The Huffington Post (11 December) on how the Indian Supreme Court's upholding of the Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act, 2015 will mean that candidates in Panchayat elections will be excluded if they don't have sufficient educational qualifications.
Udit writes that "Uneven distributions of education reflect a state of injustice where persons were structurally precluded from obtaining what is stipulated as the basis for political power. The absence of equal opportunity for education therefore translates into unequal opportunity for political power."
The full article can be read here: http://www.huffingtonpost.in/udit-bhatia/how-haryana-and-the-supre_b_8779110.html?utm_hp_ref=india


Project for promoting and effect analysis the soil pollution assessment investigation and test system of the land used by enterprises(2015)
This project was to assist the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) in promoting activities related to Articles 8 and 9 of the Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act (hereafter referred to as SGPRA). The following work items were implemented in the project:
1.Compiled the soil pollution assessment investigation and test cases reported to the EPA in this project (916 cases), analyzed the problems of execution and offered the suggestions to solve them. Analyzed historical data to assess the performance.
2.Analyzed the regulations, modified the categories of enterprises (Batch III), made draft amendments and developed strategies to promote.
3.Among the un-reported companies, initial checked 154 publicly designated industrial land sites, inspected 35 sites, and conducted soil sampling and verification of 22 sites of them. Finally, there were 9 sites that the concentrations of pollutants exceeded standards.
4.Among the reported companies, conducted soil sampling and verification of 11 sites assigned by EPA. Finally, there were 2 sites that the concentrations of pollutants exceeded standards.
5.Audited the execution of two review centers, and analyzed the effects of them. Checked 48 cases of pre-review contents and digitized files.
6.Maintained “Information Management System of Soil Pollution Inspection on the Land Publicly Designated Industrial Land” and “Soil Pollution Assessment Investigation Personnel Management System”, upgraded system functions and an on-line reporting platform, and proposed requirements of the host computer.
7.Helped 123 Personnel to register or re-register, approved 33 meetings and trainings (total 162 hours).
8.Held 2 guidance meetings and 1 training. Edited 1 booklets, 1 card, and provided professional and technical consultation to the EPA.
Soil Pollution Assessment Investigation and Test data, Designated and Publicized Industries, Verification


It takes a village
Posted September 24, 2013
Last Friday night, for the first time in my eight plus years covering high school sports, I had a chance to visit Richmond County and see a varsity football game at Raider Stadium.
What struck me after the game was how consistent the Raiders football program is. The program does not rebuild, they just reload year after year.
After doing some checking, I realized that Richmond usually fields a fairly competitive team in most every sport they offer. I began to wonder, what are the key elements to having a successful athletic program?
Let’s be clear what I mean by a consistent athletic program. I’m not talking about winning a state championship in every sport you field, or even winning the Wells Fargo Cup each season. I am basically looking for a program that finishes in the top three or four of each sport and puts a quality product on the field of play.
Here are some of my key elements (in no particular order) to what you need to find a consistent, relevant athletic program:
• A competitive football program: Most everyone knows that fielding a football team that competes and wins games is key to the overall health of your athletic program, not only to get the name of your school out, but also to put butts in the seats. Football is what drives your athletic department from a financial standpoint and supports teams who otherwise would not exist.
• Quality coaching: Obviously you need quality athletes to put on your teams to aid your cause, but more than talented student-athletes, you need quality coaches who not only know the game, but realize the true purpose of high school athletics. Coaches need to relate to their players, but they must respect and communicate with coaches of other sports too. It becomes vital to the health of the athletic department for coaches to support other sports and encourage young athletes to have as many athletic experiences as possible.
• Administration: It has been my experience that a successful athletic program starts from the top. Typically where you see a successful athletic department, you see a principal who understands the importance of sports and realizes how athletics breed community involvement and school spirit, which are part of the fabric that makes up a quality program. By the same token, the principal and athletic director must have a solid relationship that presents a solid front and standard for coaches and players.
• Booster club: Along the same lines as administration is the involvement of booster clubs within each athletic department. The amount of money given to each school by its respective school system is not even close to the amount needed to run a successful program. That’s why booster clubs are so important to the achievements of the young men and women on the playing field. Booster clubs are like the team behind the teams and quality booster clubs do more than just sit back and raise money. They volunteer at the games, help purchase new uniforms, equipment, help with facility renovations, and basically support the school as best they can.
• Community support: This kind of goes hand-in-hand with the booster club point. When I look at what I saw in Rockingham last Friday it amazes me how the whole town turns out on Friday night to see what those 50-60 young men can do on a football field. While I realize what they have in places like Richmond and Scotland Counties can not be duplicated in the Triangle area, the schools who are consistently at the top of its respective conference have a following that encompasses the entire community. My goal is not to make this a narrative about the lack of support for our schools, but only to point out how vital the support of local businesses, families and municipalities are to not only the success of the athletics, but to the school as a whole.
I hope that you were able to identify with some of these elements and relate them back to your favorite school. As we all know, high school sports are an extension of the classroom and I can not think of a better place to learn than on a successful athletic team.
Do you have other key elements you’d like to share? Shoot me a note on twitter at @Chris__Edwards. I’d love to have your input.
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In which type of processing system would gasoline be produced from crude oil? A. Job Shop B. Batch C. Assembly D. Continuous E. Project D. Continuous Oil refining is an example of a continuous process. Which of the following is not a characteristic of layout decisions in system design?
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The purpose of oil and gas processing is to separate, remove, or transform these various components to make the hydrocarbons ready for sale. For the hydrocarbons (gas or liquid) to be sold, they must be:
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To evaluate the short and long-term effects of total lymphoid irradiation (TLI) in the treatment of cardiac transplant rejection.Between 1986 and 1995, 48 courses of TLI were delivered to 47 cardiac transplant patients. In 37 patients, TLI was administered for intractable allograft rejection despite conventional therapy while 10 patients received TLI prophylactically. The prescribed radiation dose was 8 Gy in 0.8 Gy fractions twice weekly to mantle and inverted-Y plus spleen fields. Postirradiation follow-up ranged from 6 months to 9.1 years, with a mean of 3.1 years.The actual mean dose was 7.3 Gy delivered over a mean of 39 days. Fifty-six percent of patients required treatment delay or abbreviation because of thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, infection, or unrelated problems. In patients treated for intractable rejection, rejection rates dropped from 0.46 to 0.14 and to 0.06 episodes/patient/month before, during, and after TLI (p < 0.0001). Rejection rates continued to drop throughout follow-up. Prednisone requirements decreased from 0.41 mg/kg before treatment to 0.21 mg/kg afterward (p < 0.0001). The ratio of helper to cytotoxic-suppressor T-cells decreased during TLI from 1.33 to 0.89, and remained low at 0.44, 2-4 months after treatment. Infection rates were not increased and two patients developed malignancy. Rejection rates were high during prophylactic treatment and this protocol was abandoned. Three-year actuarial survival after irradiation was 60% for patients with intractable rejection and 70% for the prophylactic cohort.TLI is an effective treatment for control of intractable cardiac rejection. Episodes of rejection and steroid dosage requirements are decreased for up to 9.1 years. A possible mechanism of action is long term alteration in T-lymphocyte subsets. Patients experience transient bone marrow suppression but no increase in infection or bleeding. Long-term complications of TLI are not appreciably different than conventional immunosuppression.
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Hundreds of spectators gather in Charleston for Memorial Day ceremony
By Sgt. Jennifer M. Antoine
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MCRD/ERR PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. --
Several hundred spectators, including the MCRD Parris Island Firing Detail, gathered at Marion Square in Charleston on Memorial Day, despite the threat of impending rain.
They gathered at a display of flags named "Soldier's Healing Field," to honor the service members who have lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
"I think it is important we don't forget the reasons we are able to celebrate Memorial Day with hotdogs, hamburgers and cold drinks," said Ronald Buske, co-chairman of "Soldier's Healing Field." "Many men and women have given the ultimate sacrifice for the freedom of this country."
The morning began at 6:30 a.m., when members of the community, cub scouts, friends and family of those lost and citizens simply passing by the park volunteered to place flags as each name was read.
The volunteers placed 1,837 American flags in the field, one for each of the men and women who have died in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, including 38 flags representing South Carolina service members.
"The idea for the memorial began at the first anniversary of 9/11, when Paul Swenson, owner of Colonial Flags and member of the Sandy, Utah, Exchange Club, wanted to show the magnitude of people lost during 9/11. He put three thousand and thirty-one flags up and found that families, friends and community members really found healing while visiting the memorial. That's how we came up with the name of 'Soldier's Healing Field'," said Buske.
During the service, a bell tolled from across the street at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church for the South Carolina members.
As the ceremony came to a close, the Firing Detail fired a 21-gun salute over the aligned flags and "Taps" was played by Cpl. Adam Schwiederowski, bugler, Parris Island Marine Band.
Although the weather was not perfect, "Any one of these [service members] would have loved the chance to walk another day in the rain," said Buske.
The memorial will remain up through June 4, said Buske. For more information or photos of the display, visit the Web site www.healingfield.org/charleston.

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A new poll funded by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network shows that large a majority of Floridians support expansion of Medicaid eligibility.
The poll found that 63 percent of Floridians support accepting more dollars to cover more Medicaid recipients while 25 percent opposed it, the South Florida Business Journal reports.
ACA gives states the option to expand Medicaid eligibility to 133 percent of federal poverty levels, up from 100 percent currently, starting in 2014. The federal government would cover 100 percent of the costs in the first years, and then the federal share would decline to 90 percent.
About 870,000 uninsured people in Florida would get coverage through Medicaid expansion, ACS CAN said.
Florida Governor Rick Scott has previously stated his opposition to expanding Medicaid, but he started re-examining the issue after the re-election of President Barack Obama. The Florida Legislature is also considering Medicaid expansion.

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Despite modern perceptions of the overwhelming image of Confederate soldiers dressed in their classic battledress gray, the Southern states which formed the Confederacy in 1861 fielded many units of volunteer troops wearing a remarkably wide variety of uniforms, often reflecting foreign influences. In a spirit of independence many states also issued their own uniform regulations on the outbreak of the War Between the States; and these non-standard uniforms were often retained until well into the course of the war. The regulation patterns centrally prescribed by the Confederate Army were only ever followed unevenly, and state quartermasters continued to issue uniforms showing regional and state differences. This fourth of a series of six titles studies the archival and pictorial evidence for the infantry, cavalry and artillery of Virginia - the heart of the Confederacy and its richest, most populous and militarily strongest state; and of Arkansas, which despite its much smaller population fielded several interesting units. The text is illustrated largely with fascinating early photographic portraits showing the haunting faces of the young soldiers caught up in the horror of war.
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Belyaev, Nikolay A; Peresypkin, Valery I; Ponyaev, M S (2010): Organic carbon in waters, suspended matter, and upper layer bottom sediments of the Kara Sea and Obskay Guba. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.763819, Supplement to: Belyaev, NA et al. (2010): The organic carbon in the water, the particulate matter, and the upper layer of the bottom sediments of the west Kara Sea. Translated from Okeanologiya, 2010, 50(5), 748-757, Oceanology, 50(5), 706-715, https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437010050085
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Along three sections in the Kara Sea and Obskaya Guba concentrations of dissolved and particulate organic carbon (DOC and POC, respectively) in waters , as well as of organic carbon in bottom sediments (Corg) in September-October 2007 were determined. DOC varied from 6.3 to 2400 µg/l, POC - from 0.84 to 12.2 mg/l. For all samples the average DOC was 200 µg/l (n = 78; sigma = 368), the average POC - 2.7 mg/l (n = 92; sigma = 2.7). Concentrations of Corg in dried samples of upper layer bottom sediments varied from 0.13 to 2.10% (aver. = 0.9%; n = 21; sigma = 0.49%). It is shown that distribution of different forms of organic matter (OM) is an indicator of supply and scattering of particulate matter in the Kara Sea and that DOC and POC of the Kara Sea are formed under impact of runoff of the Ob and Yenisei Rivers. It is found that distribution of OM in bottom sediments is closely related to their grain size composition and to the structure of currents in the area. Variations in Corg concentration in bottom sediment cores from the zone of riverine and sea water mixing represent variability of OM burial.
Median Latitude: 73.653507 * Median Longitude: 69.071776 * South-bound Latitude: 71.130000 * West-bound Longitude: 61.000000 * North-bound Latitude: 77.020000 * East-bound Longitude: 73.822000
Date/Time Start: 2007-09-09T17:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2007-09-30T15:55:00
AMK54-4946 * Latitude: 72.000000 * Longitude: 61.000000 * Date/Time: 2007-09-09T17:00:00 * Elevation: -153.0 m * Location: Kara Sea * Campaign: AMK54 * Basis: Akademik Mstislav Keldysh * Device: Multiple investigations (MULT)
AMK54-4948 * Latitude: 71.832000 * Longitude: 62.020000 * Date/Time: 2007-09-10T00:21:00 * Elevation: -140.0 m * Location: Kara Sea * Campaign: AMK54 * Basis: Akademik Mstislav Keldysh * Device: Multiple investigations (MULT)
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- Belyaev, NA; Peresypkin, VI; Ponyaev, MS (2010): (Table 1) Concentrations of dissolved and particulate organic carbon in waters of the Kara Sea along the section to the east-northeast of the Yamal Peninsula. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.763806
- Belyaev, NA; Peresypkin, VI; Ponyaev, MS (2010): (Table 2) Concentrations of dissolved and particulate organic matter in waters of the Kara Sea along the St. Anna Trough section. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.763808
- Belyaev, NA; Peresypkin, VI; Ponyaev, MS (2010): (Table 3) Concentrations of dissolved and particulate organic matter in waters along the section from the Obskaya Guba to the Kara Sea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.763811
- Belyaev, NA; Peresypkin, VI; Ponyaev, MS (2010): (Table 4) Contents of organic carbon and grain size compositions of upper layer bottom sediments from the Kara Sea and Obskaya Guba. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.763815

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Catalonia’s parliament declared independence from Spain on Friday in defiance of the Madrid government, which at the same time was preparing to impose direct rule over the region.
Although the declaration was in effect a symbolic gesture as it will not be accepted by Spain or the international community, the moves by both sides take Spain’s worst political crisis in four decades to a new level.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy immediately called for calm and said the rule of law would be restored.
The motion passed in the regional parliament in Barcelona — which was boycotted by opposition parties — said Catalonia constituted an independent, sovereign and social democratic state.
It called on other countries and institutions to recognise it.
It also said it wanted to open talks with Madrid to collaborate on setting up the new republic.
“It is not going to be easy, it is not going to be free, it is not going to change in a day.
There is no alternative to a process towards the Catalan Republic,” lawmaker Marta Rovira of the Junts pel Si pro-independence alliance said in a debate leading to the vote.
After the debate, lawmakers from members of three main national parties — the People’s Party, the Socialists and Ciudadanos, walked out.
Members of the pro-independence parties and the far-left Podemos then voted in 70 to 10 in favour in a secret ballot aimed at hindering any attempt by the central government to lay criminal charges on them.
Spanish shares and bonds were sold off when the result of the vote was announced.
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont left the chamber to shouts of “President!”
Meanwhile in Madrid the upper house of Spain’s parliament, the Senate, was due to approve Article 155, the law that allowing the central government to take over the autonomous region.
“Exceptional measures should only be adopted when no other remedy is possible,” Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said in an address to the Senate.
“In my opinion there is no alternative.
The only thing that can be done and should be done is to accept and comply with the law.”
The Catalan leadership was ignoring the law and making a mockery of democracy, he said.
“We are facing a challenge unprecedented in our recent history,” said Rajoy, who has staked out an uncompromising position against Catalonia’s campaign to break away from Spain.
After the Senate vote, Rajoy was expected to convene his cabinet to adopt the first measures to govern Catalonia directly. This could include sacking the Barcelona government and assuming direct supervision of Catalan police forces.
How direct rule would work on the ground – including the reaction of civil servants and the police – is uncertain.
Some independence supporters have promised to mount a campaign of civil disobedience, which could lead to direct confrontation with security forces.
The crisis developed after an independence referendum on October 1 was declared illegal by Madrid. Although it endorsed independence, it drew only a 43 per cent turnout as Catalans who oppose independence largely boycotted it.
In Barcelona, crowds of independence supporters were swelling on downtown streets, shouting “Liberty” in the Catalan language and singing traditional Catalan songs.
By Friday evening, Spanish flags were taken down in several towns of Catalonia.
Flags were removed from the town halls of Sabadell, Catalonia’s fifth-largest city, and of Girona, whose former mayor is Catalan President, Carles Puigdemont.
Similar actions were taken in other municipalities such as Figueres, Vic and Tortosa, but not in the regional capital of Barcelona, whose mayor, Ada Colau, is against unilateral secession.
In a social media message, Colau criticised the independence declaration and the Spanish government’s decision to counter it with the suspension of Catalan self-government.
“We’re a majority, in Catalonia and in Spain, who want a halt to the confrontation and call for dialogue, common sense and an agreed solution to take hold,” she wrote.
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The Blockchain Academy has launched the first Crypto Trading Simulator competition for Universities around the world this week. Over 15 clubs, 20 teams, and more than 100 traders globally have signed up to participate in the universal challenge. Welcoming the top blockchain University clubs including: Kryptosphere from France, McGill University Blockchain Club from Montreal, Canada, Bilgi Blockchain from Istanbul, Bentley Blockchain, UNF Blockchain club, Boston College Blockchain, Michigan State Blockchain, OSU Cryptocurrency, Tufts Blockchain Club and many others to compete in a 30 day challenge to test their crypto trading skills and learn the ins and outs of reading charts along the way.
Although most third level institutions have yet to fully embrace Web 3.0 or fully adopt Blockchain into the mainstream curriculum, a vast majority of the top University clubs have dedicated Crypto or Blockchain clubs and societies, demonstrating a clear appetite for learning more about these new technologies.
“We are excited to have so many University clubs involved. Our mission is to broaden the access to these incredible blockchain technologies. It is hoped that many of the competition participants will go on to learn, work and lead blockchain and crypto projects in the near future,” says Ryan Williams, Director of The Blockchain Academy.
Ryan continues, “This competition is different in two ways. The first is we’re using a tier one investment bank simulator originally designed for internal training at investment banks, and second this competition takes into account both risk and profitability in order to win. If it were only about profit, it would be gambling.”
Each University club taking part has submitted a team for the competition. Over the course of a month, all teams will be challenged on their trading abilities, reading charts, tracking cryptocurrencies and showing off their analytics prownes. Trading successfully requires a broad range of skills. They will need to research the history of the various tokens and demonstrate patience in order to maintain an advantage over other teams.
In addition to the $25,000 tuition grant as the main prize for the winning team, there will also be weekly chart reading by a dedicated group of cryptocurrency coaches.
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The Blockchain Academy partners with universities, associations, and industry employers to provide turnkey blockchain curriculum and instruction to help scale business, industry-specific, and technical blockchain talent. Blockchain program design and student outcomes focus on industries most ripe for blockchain’s impact, including Finance, Supply Chain, Accounting, Legal, Insurance, and Healthcare. Technical training programs are focused on where the most job opportunities are, which today include Ethereum, EOS, Corda, and Hyperledger Fabric.
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The Grey Suit
If you stare at a ceiling fan long enough, it starts going faster. Karen had noticed this as soon as she moved into her new office. Her office. The words had a pleasant, purposeful ring to them. Such an honor, such a quick promotion, not two years out of school and her own office already they had all acted like it was such a big deal when the announcement went through. She supposed that it was, but after only two weeks the ceiling fan had taken on a life of its own. She could track its moods as easily as her own, could tell by its hum how many hours had passed, how much longer before the building closed. Sometimes it seemed companionable, almost friendly. Today it threatened her wordlessly, bit gently around the edges of her concentration and nagged like a loose thread in a sweater. Today she hated it.
An office, yes, but Karen did not yet rate her own window, and she stared blindly at the wall and wondered if that was where the dream came from. About being trapped in a room without windows, smaller and smaller until she woke gasping, shaking, clutching fiercely at the familiar cuddling warmth of the afghan her mother had knitted when she was still in school. It's a stupid dream, she told herself now, shaking her head. A little kid's kind of nightmare, grow up why don't you?
She jumped at Lena's voice and found herself stammering for something to say. Lena's short, round form filled the lower half of the doorway with a kind of brisk decisiveness, not at all like Karen's former mental image of her new boss. Her scalp was almost shaved, the hair was so short, and each ear had been triply pierced; her usual expression was kindly but authoritative, with none of the New York Superbitch air so many woman executives wore like armor. Even so, Karen had been warned.
"Watch out for Miss. Hutchison," Gary had told her one day when he learned of the transfer that came with her promotion.
"That's Ms. Hutchison," Mike inserted primly. "Ought to be Butchison if you ask me." He went off on one of his predictable routines, and Karen wanted to throttle him, driven at the same time by something inside which made her laugh at the dyke jokes and agree to "watch her ass" around her new boss.
"Karen?" Lena repeated, a note of surprised concern creeping into her voice as she stepped through the door.
"Sorry, Ms.Lena, just a little distracted," she said, blushing a little at Mike's coarseness and her own remembered laughter. Lena was a nice person, after all, and easy to get along with. This transfer was a step up in every possible way. Not enough sleep. I want this day to end, the monosyllables thumped against windowless walls in her head. "Going over the Featherman file."
"It's okay to space out once in a while, you know," Lena smiled reassuringly. "I know it takes a while to get used to the rhythm around here, but those moments when the mind wanders are when we come up with new ideas. Don't get too stressed. God knows there's enough of that in this city."
"Thanks." Karen returned the smile mechanically, and Lena continued her rounds.
Concentration continued to elude her. It's that fan, it's going to drive me insane, she thought dully. Hummmmmmmmmmmmmm. I shouldn't have eaten a whole bagel for breakfast, the idea came suddenly, clearly. If I hadn't done that, the day would be fine. It was sitting there like a rock while her stomach clenched and unclenched around it.
Karen rose from her desk and walked calmly to the ladies' room. Automatically entering the last stall, she found that someone had plugged the commode with toilet paper, and little pieces of shit were scattered around on top. She spun hastily and went into the next stall, leaned over and didn't even have to try before she vomited. Again, and again. Her upper teeth left little red marks on her finger.
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POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR POSITION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
San Diego, CA
Job posting number: #7088289
Posted: November 2, 2021
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Job DescriptionPOSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR: STRUCTURAL MECHANISMS OF CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR FUNCTION AND SIGNALING
Research Specialties Sought: Structural Biology (primary) and cell signaling (secondary), G protein-coupled receptors, chemokine receptors
Description of Position: The Handel Lab https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/sites/pharmacy.ucsd.edu/files/labs/handel/index.shtml (new website coming soon) at UC San Diego has an opening for a postdoctoral scholar seeking to conduct research in the structural biology and cell signaling of chemokine receptors. Chemokine receptors are a class of G protein-coupled receptors that direct the migration of cells in many immune system and developmental processes. However imbalanced regulation of the receptors contributes to numerous inflammatory diseases and cancer, making them important therapeutic targets. By determining structures of receptors in complex with natural chemokine ligands, intracellular effectors and small molecule inhibitors, and understanding their signaling mechanisms, we aim to accelerate drug discovery against this important class of membrane receptors. The postdoctoral scholar will lead a project involving structural studies of chemokine receptor complexes using X-ray crystallography and/or cryo-EM. The structural studies will be complemented with studies of receptor signaling or discovery of novel protein-protein interactions with cellular and biochemical approaches. The postdoctoral scholar and the PI will work together to tailor the project to the career objectives and desired skills of the successful applicant. The Handel lab uses a wide variety structural, biochemical, biophysical and cell-based assays and has access to state-of-the-art equipment which will be available to the applicant.
Qualifications: Strong experimental skills in molecular biology, biochemistry and protein expression and purification are required. Additional desirable qualifications include some prior experience in structure determination by NMR, crystallography or cryo-EM or at least a solid knowledge of structural biology. Good written and oral communication skills, good organizational and time management skills, and a commitment to excellent record keeping and conducting rigorous research is a must. The scholar should also have evidence of accomplishment from their PhD with first author publications. Knowledge of cell biology is also desirable but not required.
Environment: The Handel lab is located in the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SSPPS) https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/ and intellectually associated with the Department of Pharmacology in the School of Medicine, both at the world-renowned La Jolla campus of UC San Diego. SSPPS is committed to academic excellence and diversity within the faculty, staff, and student body, and is ranked among leading pharmacy schools in its research endeavors and grant funding. Similarly, the Department of Pharmacology is ranked #2-5 (2017-2020) amongst 200-250 global universities globally and consistently 2nd or 3rd amongst pharmacology departments in NIH research funding. Both SSPPS and the Department of Pharmacology are committed to academic excellence and diversity within the academic, staff, and student body. The quality of the UC San Diego academic environment is augmented by the attractiveness of San Diego life with year round pleasant weather and access to many types of outdoor recreational activities.
Salary: Salary will be commensurate with qualification and experience.
Appointment Length/Period: Up to five years with the possibility for extension.
Application Requirements and Review: Applicants should submit a cover letter, a CV, and three names of potential referees to Dr. Tracy Handel at [email protected]
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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Emma Pearson and Melissa Powner went to Great Sankey High School Great Sankey High School is a high school located in Warrington, Cheshire. The school is a public school and was built in the 1970s. Extensions have included a mathematics block. The school also has a linking leisure centre and arts theatre. in Warrington with the 17-year-old.
An inguest into her death ruled she had been unlawfully killed.
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She can also be seen stepping in on FS1 national shows Undisputed with Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe, and The Herd with Colin Cowherd, or covering the sidelines for the NBA Playoffs on TNT. Maggio has worked for NFL Network, NFL on FOX, MLB on TBS, and Spectrum SportsNet, among others.
Jaime Maggio is a Los Angeles-based native New Yorker and die-hard New York Giants supporter. Before joining Turner Sports, she presented a local sports show in Los Angeles. She started working the sidelines for the NBA and MLB playoffs in 2011.
During her coverage of the 2011 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, she became a breakout star. She joined TWC Sportsnet in the fall of 2013 to cover the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Pasternak, Maggio’s boyfriend, works for Sony Pictures as a marketing director. He is a well-educated man who graduated from Pacific Palisades Charter School in 1996.
He also holds a communication and media arts degree from the University of Arizona.
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Jaime Maggio obtained a communications degree from UC Santa Barbara after graduating from Mary Star of the Sea High School, propelling her into a career in broadcast journalism.
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Maggio received Dean’s Honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a degree in Communications. She was a Pi Beta Phi sorority member.
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Maggio began working as an advertising salesman for Forbes Magazine almost immediately after graduation. She was only in charge for a little more than a year.
Her next position was Operations Assistant/Regional Feed Coordinator at Fox Sports Net (2001–2004), Talents Relations Coordinator (2004–2006), and Production Manager (2006–2008).
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The email correspondence from a member of the Spectrum 10K team is one of many messages obtained by Liam O’Dell from NHS Trusts under the Freedom of Information Act.
An academic from the University of Cambridge’s Autism Research Centre (ARC) – whose name was withheld under the Act – told Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust not to “engage with trolls targeting Spectrum 10K on Twitter”, after a member of staff flagged concerns raised on the Trust’s social media pages.
The messages – sent in September – came after the Trust expressed an interest in becoming a research site for the study, which has sparked concerns from the autistic community over fears the project amounts to “eugenics”.
Spectrum 10K state that the research “does not intend to find a cure for autism” or “eradicate autistic genes”, and aims to spot “genetic and environmental factors that contribute to autism” and the wellbeing of autistic people.
After it was launched in late August, the study was paused weeks later to allow for a “meaningful consultation with autistic people and their families” to take place. A statement issued in October stated that the process would be split into three phases, with the first stage – involving 15-20 autistic people, parents and carers to decide who should co-design the consultation – currently underway following initial discussions.
In November, autistic activists demonstrated outside the ARC in Cambridge, as the #BoycottSpectrum10K campaign intensified.
The opposition from the autistic community was cited in the email from Royal Wolverhampton, referencing social media feedback which said the “autism community are against it”.
“When I spoke to the chair of our Parent Carer Forum yesterday about it, she felt the national comms don’t sufficiently explain the purpose of the study i.e. improving health care and tailoring support for support for those on the autistic spectrum,” the staff member wrote, adding that another organisation had removed details of the study from their website following “negative feedback”.
In response to the enquiry, a Spectrum 10K researcher thanked them for bringing the issue to their attention. “We are aware of the situation and preparing a response. In the meantime, we have posted a statement on Twitter and an automatic reply to the study email account.
“We recommend that you do not engage with trolls targeting Spectrum 10K on Twitter.”
The emails were part of more than 700 pages of correspondence between the Trust and Spectrum 10K, obtained by Liam O’Dell as part of a wider investigation using the Freedom of Information Act.
All but one of the 15 healthcare providers identified in documents submitted by Spectrum 10K to the Health Research Authority (HRA) were contacted by this website. As a service provider exempt from the FOIA, Medway Community Healthcare were not contacted with a request for information.
Out of 14 NHS sites, eight supplied correspondence between them and Spectrum 10K. Complaints to the Information Commissioner, over a failure to provide a response within the statutory 20 working day deadline, were filed in relation to four requests. Two are currently going through an internal review process over the initial decisions.
One response has already been published on this website, with Medway Maritime Hospital revealing that Spectrum 10K “did not open” at their location prior to the study being paused.
In response to an FOI request by this website, one NHS Trust listed on Spectrum 10K’s ethics submission responded to say they did not participate in the study.
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust (recently formed by a merger of Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) simply wrote in their response letter that “the trust did not take part in this research project”.
“Recent issues on Twitter”
Alongside the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, concerns raised on social media were also flagged by Somerset Foundation Trust, with their Clinical Trials Support Officer writing in an email that they are “going to have a meeting with my manager next week about the best approach for advertisement in light of the issue of accruals and recent issues on Twitter.”
Meanwhile, a member of Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s research team wrote in an email on 27 August that it has “become evident in the past few days” that there “seems to be rising concerns” from the autistic community about Spectrum 10K’s intentions.
“On Twitter there appears to be increasing Tweets stating #StopSpectrum10K citing eugenics or how the study is trying to eradicate autistic individuals, as well as concerns about the DNA samples collected by researchers.
“Whilst we as a team can appreciate and have experience of working with research processes, as well as the background and intentions of the Spectrum10k Study, we are concerned we may be contacted by individuals who are opposed to the study.
“We are as a site are supportive of the study and are keen to recruit to the study and promote it, but are concerned about the potential reaction to contacting individuals with thoughts and feelings like those above,” they write, before asking researchers how they would like staff to “address and respond” to concerns.
A postponed “soft launch”
Documents also revealed more of the timeline for the study, with a previous launch date of 17 February postponed following a “programming error”.
“As final preparation, we were conducting a full review and testing of the website. Through this, the Spectrum 10K IT identified a programming error or ‘bug’ which prevents some of the registration data from being saved properly on the university’s server.
“As you can imagine, this would have significantly impacted the quality and completeness of the data collected from study participants,” a Spectrum 10K study member wrote in an email.
The researchers hoped that a “soft launch” would take place on 4 February “involving participants invited from our CARD study, and sites which have had their Site Initiation visit”.
“We ask that sites that have had their Site Initiation Visit wait until the 4th February to start recruitment.
“The ‘main launch’ will take place on the 16th February. Spectrum 10K will launch nationwide on the 16th February 2021. This will be supported by a nationwide PR campaign run by our PR partners Four Health,” they added.
The study was still marred with technical issues in June, when academics said that the study’s IT engineer “is resolving the final fixes with the database” and that they hoped to launch the project nationwide “in approximately one month”.
However, they continued to say that “this is not fully confirmed yet”.
The project eventually launched publicly at the end of August.
Spectrum 10K “don’t expect a high dropout rate” for participants
Elsewhere, emails from two Trusts revealed information about recruitment.
A clinical research officer at Kent Community Healthcare Foundation Trust said their original, proposed target for accruals was “200 per year”. Meanwhile, the Head of Research at the Clinical Research Department of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust said they “have not recruited any participants”.
In one message to NHS sites involved in the project, a Spectrum 10K researcher said that they “don’t expect a high drop out [sic] rate” for participants, referencing “previous studies” where 70% of those involved returned saliva kits.
Other groups were also suggested by health professionals, with Somerset asking researchers if they were “happy” with the inclusion of additional codes from the International Classification of Diseases (ICD).
A research nurse emailed: “I am contacting our information group who manage our electronic Rio patient records system to request an ad hoc data request of all patients who fit the diagnosis of autism.
“Could you please provide the ICD codes that are acceptable for inclusion within the study, or are you happy for the inclusion of the following ICD codes…”
They go on to ask if autistic disorder, Rett’s syndrome, Asperger’s syndrome and unspecified pervasive developmental disorders should be added to the study – as well as other pervasive developmental and childhood disintegrative disorders.
A response to this enquiry was not included in the documents disclosed to Liam O’Dell.
Another, earlier email, sent from an official from the National Institute for Health Research’s Clinical Research Network, suggested potential recruitment pathways for the upcoming study.
These included “schools with special educational needs (SEN)”, autism assessment centres and charities.
Away from Spectrum 10K, one email disclosed by Somerset showed one staff member from the Trust proposing a small “case series” on autism with “randomisation tests”.
“The intervention is for adults with ASD, so [Spectrum 10K’s] population and is a non-invasive method for regulating the autonomic nervous system [ANS].
“Impact would be measured via self-report (personal agency, embodied experience, levels of calm) and the (possible) measurement of Heart Rate Variability for physiological measure of the ANS being in or out of sync”.
The autonomic nervous system regulates unconscious processes such as heart rate, blood pressure, respiration and digestion.
In a statement, a spokesperson for Somerset NHS Foundation Trust said: “We actively encourage our staff who are thinking of getting involved in a research project, or just want to explore an idea for a research project, to contact our specialist research management team to discuss the feasibility and governance requirements of the proposed study.
“We initially reviewed this particular research idea in late 2019, but it wasn’t taken forward and the member of staff no longer works at our organisation.”
The six amendments
The correspondence also revealed a total of at least six amendments made to the Spectrum 10K study.
The first, made in December, concerned formatting changes to documentation; the removal of referral to an independent contact from Participant Information Sheets; “clarification of site-specific procedures” for sites in England, Scotland and Wales; changes to principal investigators at two NHS sites; and the addition of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde as a research site.
Amendment 2 also included changes to principal investigators; the “reformatting” of the easy read information sheet; and additional information about COVID-19, the Data Protection Act 2018, GDPR and the study’s partnership with the NHS.
Wordings were also revised in relation to the project’s timeline; clarification around “how genetic, questionnaire data and medical data will support autism research”; revisions to Spectrum 10K’s stance against eugenics; and further clarity over the definition of wellbeing and environmental factors.
Attachments to this amendment letter show the removal of text such as “sometimes, part of the genes can get lost and damaged” and “if we know more about genes, we may be able to help autistic people live happy lives” in the easy read document.
Meanwhile, changes to Spectrum 10K’s opposition to eugenics included the addition of a new line which states: “Spectrum 10K will not look for a cure for autism. The Autism Research Centre (The ARC) is ethically opposed to any form of eugenics”.
The third amendment, dated February 2021, referred to updates to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document “following consultation with our PPI [Patient and Public Involvement] group”. The two areas where clarifications were made concerned Spectrum 10K’s “explanation about genetic testing” and the “procedures in [the] event of participant withdrawal or request to delete their account”.
Liam O’Dell was unable to obtain documentation showing the specific amendments to the FAQ resource listed in Amendment 3.
The fourth amendment, raised in May, listed a further 20 NHS sites assisting in the research (17 in England, 3 in Scotland), which are different to the 15 listed in the HRA submission previously obtained by Liam O’Dell.
Amendment 5 in June concerned “changes to age-appropriate participant information sheets for children” to “clarify tasks and wording around study participation” – specifically around the participant questionnaires.
The final amendment revealed in the documents related to the pausing of the Spectrum 10K study, with the project team listing concerns over “data storage and sharing”, “collection of genetic material” and the “lack of wider consultation with the autism community”.
On the first point, the academics wrote: “We need to better define who we will share the data with, and for what research projects. We will do this with input from the autism community. We need to establish a data access and monitoring committee and develop a framework for evaluating requests for data collected from Spectrum 10K.”
They went on to add that concerns over the “collection of genetic material” related to “the risk that [it] could potentially lead to the development of a pre-screening test” which could eradicate autistic people “through the early termination of pregnancies”.
“Whilst we have been clear that we are anti-eradication of autism through a prenatal screening test and anti-cure for autism, we recognise that we need to do further community engagement to address these concerns, some of which may have arisen from misunderstandings about genetics research in autism,” they continue.
Finally, in relation to consultation with the autistic community, the Spectrum 10K team said they have “worked with a small advisory panel for over two years during the course of the study and the pause”, but admitted that they “need to consult and engage more widely with the autism community” due to different autistic people having “different perspectives and understanding of this research”.
The paragraph concludes: “We need to clarify concerns around consent that have been raised in relation to parents and carers registering their children, as well as consent in individuals who lack capacity to consent to research. We need to review the wording of participant-facing documents to remove any ambiguity.”
In a statement to Liam O’Dell, a Spectrum 10K spokesperson said: “As is standard procedure, a full review and testing of the website was carried out prior to the original planned launch date. This identified some areas that required further work, although these were not related to data security. The launch was therefore delayed until this work had been carried out.
“We recognise that the vast majority of critical comments about Spectrum 10K are made by people who are voicing legitimate concerns. This is why we are co-designing a consultation process in order to listen to as many of those concerns as possible.
“However, several members of the Spectrum 10K team have received online abuse. An email was written after somebody who was not a part of the core team reported ‘being trolled’ after receiving abuse on Twitter, and regrettably their language was echoed in this email.”
By Liam O’Dell. Liam is a Deaf, dyspraxic and autistic freelance journalist and campaigner. This report is the latest in his series ‘The Spectrum 10K Files’. You can read the first, second and third articles here on this website.
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Update – 07.12.21 – 19:00: Following conversations with Medway NHS Foundation Trust, it was confirmed that the Trust has not withdrawn from the study, but has not yet recruited any participants before the project was paused.
Sections of this piece have been updated to reflect this.


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D.N.I.S. News Network – The Centre is said to be working on measures to strengthen the office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (C.C.P.D.) to ensure effective monitoring of the utilisation of allocated funds in the disability sector and better coordination with the State Governments.
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (M.S.J.E.) has directed the State Commissioners for Persons with Disabilities to simplify the process for assessment of disability and issue of the disability certificate in such a way that the whole process is completed in a single assigned day.
At the sixth meeting of the State Commissioners convened by M.S.J.E. to review the implementation of the Disability Act, Union Minister Meira Kumar urged the Commissioners to coordinate with the Department of Personnel to fully utilise reservation in jobs for persons with disabilities and asked them to strengthen the mechanisms to redress grievances of disabled people.


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The snitch who helped federal authorities decapitate Mexican Mafia operations within the Orange County Jail, and who is at the heart of allegations that the district attorney’s office misused informants, was rewarded Friday for his cooperation with a break on potential prison time.
Under California’s three-strikes law, Fernando Perez — a career criminal who went by the name “Wicked” as a member of the 18th Street gang and later as the mysterious “Inmate F” in court papers — was facing 40 years to life on a conviction of being a felon with a firearm.
After state and federal prosecutors said they would not object to leniency, Orange County Superior Court Judge Gregg Prickett on Friday gave Perez 21 years. Counting more than 13 years of time served, Perez has a little more than seven years left on his sentence and could be out sooner with good behavior.
At a sentencing hearing last week, FBI agent Anthony Garcia told the judge that Perez, 34, had provided valuable information about associates in the Mexican Mafia. It included which inmates were on the gang’s “hard candy” list — those marked to be killed — and which were on its “green light” list for beatings.
The agent said that Perez had supplied about a dozen “kites,” or surreptitious notes passed among inmates, providing a rare glimpse into the gang’s inner workings.
“It’s good to get one, but to get them on a regular basis is fantastic,” Garcia said.
Had members become aware of Perez’s cooperation with authorities, Garcia said, they would have killed him at the first opportunity. “I have no doubt about that,” Garcia said. “The gang culture here is very clear on that. If you rat, you’re dead.”
Assistant U.S. Atty. Joseph McNally described Perez as a low-level Mexican Mafia member who had helped convict more than 25 people targeted by an FBI-led task force called Black Flag.
Around 2010, McNally said, a war was raging between factions of the gang, and “ground zero … was the Orange County Jail.”
Deputy District Atty. James Laird called the Mexican Mafia prosecutions “a huge win for law enforcement.”
“The jail was running amok in 2010,” he told the judge. “Things are back in order there.”
Perez, accompanied to court by U.S. marshals, pleaded for leniency in a cracking voice.
“I’m no longer the person that I was when I was involved in the gang life,” he told Prickett. “I have changed beyond words.”
He also said he did not regret his decision to cooperate with authorities, even though it made him a marked man. “It has been nearly nine years since I held my children,” he told the judge. “Please let me go home.”
Prickett denied media requests to photograph Perez — a diminutive man with a shaved head and glasses — on the basis that it might endanger his life.
In the federal witness protection program as he serves his time, Perez is being held at a location secret even to his lawyer.
“I don’t know where he is, I don’t know where he’s been, I have no way of contacting him other than relying on him to call me,” Richard Curran said. When Perez is released, Curran said, he will be given a new name and go into hiding.
Perez’s work as an informant was the catalyst for a controversy dogging the Orange County district attorney’s office.
In 2011, well into Perez’s career as a snitch, Orange County jailers put him in a cell next to Scott Dekraai — the former tugboat crewman who pleaded guilty to murdering eight people at a Seal Beach beauty salon.
Prosecutors hoped to use what the killer told Perez, during hours of secretly recorded conversations, to put Dekraai on death row.
The district attorney’s office said the proximity between snitch and killer was mere coincidence. Dekraai’s lawyer, Scott Sanders, insisted Perez had been planted — part of a widespread pattern of violating the rights of defendants who already had lawyers.
The controversy has caused numerous homicide cases to unravel. Last year, a judge ruled that prosecutors had improperly withheld informant-related evidence and threw the district attorney’s office off the Dekraai case.
As a result of the ongoing controversy, the American Civil Liberties Union on Friday asked the Orange County district attorney’s office and Sheriff’s Department to detail their policies regarding the use of informants.
“We know that Orange County officials have failed to play by the rules,” Brendan Hamme, an ACLU staff attorney, said in a statement. “What we don’t know is how many innocent people were wrongly convicted because prosecutors and law enforcement adopted a win-at-any-cost strategy.”
Sanders was in the courtroom to watch Perez’s sentencing hearing. Afterward, he said he thought Orange County prosecutors had done the inmate a favor by minimizing his leadership role in the Mexican Mafia.
“He was one of the people who sat down at the table to decide who was gonna get hit,” Sanders said, adding that Perez had benefited from prosecutors’ silence at the sentencing. “They just gave him the world.”


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The Nigerian Labour Congress has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Nigeria Police Force to vacate the state secretariat of the union in the state.
The Rivers State council of the NLC issued the ultimatum at the end of its state Executive Committee meeting in Port Harcourt.
The NLC frowned at the continued occupation of its secretariat despite a series of entreaties by the national leadership of the union and threatened to explore measures within the ambit of the law to take back possession of the facility.
The Labour union also threatened to resume its “suspended Industrial action” in the state “without notice” if the state government fails to implement the report of the tripartite committee which has lasted for over one year.
Some of the issues raised by the union include; “promotion of workers, implementation of Annual increment, payment of outstanding arrears and sincere resolve to release funds to offset back of gratuities and death benefits”.
A communiqué issued at the end of the meeting and signed by the state secretary of NLC, Mathew Olabe also accused the state government of “constant victimisation of its members through the issuance of Administrative Queries and other antics to muscle the activities of the union including the use of divide and rule”.


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Out of my still surroundings,
out of an unfathomed ground:
an inexplicable clowning,
a long-forgotten sound.
From Heaven’s gate on angel wings,
a clarinet, then honeyed strings
begin one magic moment.
There’s no-one around who will hear it,
nobody here but me,
no-one to hail or fear it,
no-one to clap or cheer.
Closing my eyes, I feel each note
in perfect rhythm, linger, float;
this is one magic moment.
My keyboard becomes a wild Horseman,
dictating words I must type;
letters appear without game plan,
surpassing sensational hype.
Born on a whirlwind you uprise,
my untamed spirit, smiling eyes,
you are my magic moment.
© 2015 Eric Linden

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In music today, a lot gets categorized as indie rock. The funny side of that is when an artist is on a major label and they try to hang on to that claim. We’ve been fans of Palehound for a minute now, but on their new album Black Friday they not only carefully craft indie rock, they prove that they’re a shining example of what the genre is.
It should be noted that this album plays well as one piece of music. It’s not that there aren’t standouts, because there most certainly are. But the record has a flow to it where the songs feel like puzzle pieces that reveal more with each passing note. On the indie rock side of the songs here, an earnest delivery on “Company” opens up the album, giving you plenty of slow building rock tones to last for days. This occurs with a more upbeat pacing on “Aaron” where the jangly tone of the guitar is only exemplified by the soft vocals that faintly dance above the notes. The classic indie rock build up of the track is magical, displaying plenty of weight for a song that feels heavier that its stride would reveal.
Though with all the traditional indie rock that falls on the release, the true magic of the album comes with tender folk songs, as well as those that feel carefully written and at times delicately powerful. The softer side of title track “Black Friday” holds enough emotional weight to topple a mountain. “Bullshit” creeps up on you with acoustic noodling that sticks with you in a way that’s mighty and soft at the same time. And “The City” has a happy-go-lucky pacing complete with extra instrumentation that causes it to stand out as it sparkles in it’s easy going demeanor. But with all of those songs, the stand out on the album is “Urban Drip.” It’s such a differently crafted song with nuances of folk and modern pop, yet it’s neither of those. Palehound finds a space between folk and indie pop and makes it their own, showing that some indie acts aren’t just the definition, but the standard of what it means to be an independent artist.
Black Friday is available to stream on all streaming sites, it can be purchased digitally from all digital music retailers and it can be purchased on multiple formats directly from Polyvinyl Records. Palehound is on tour beginning June 15 at House of Vans in Chicago, IL until November 11 at The Athenaeum Theatre in Columbus, OH. A complete listing of their performances can be found here.
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Wineglass Marathon returns to Southern Tier this weekend. Here's what you need to know
For the 41st year, thousands of runners from across the United States and abroad will descend on the Finger Lakes Region to take part in one of New York state's premier running events — the Wineglass Marathon.
The COVID-19 pandemic turned the 2020 Wineglass into a virtual event, allowing runners the entire month of October to walk or run the races.
The marathon returned to its normal format last year.
The Wineglass Marathon provides a major economic boost to the region and is also a qualifier for the Boston Marathon.
Here are some things to know if you plan to attend.
When are Wineglass Marathon start times?
The weekend starts Sept. 30 with the Wineglass Expo and bib pickup, along with the Storflex 5K registration and bib pickup at the Corning Museum of Glass.
Saturday, Oct. 1, the Storflex 5K will get underway at 8 a.m. Bib pickup for preregistered runners will take place from 6:45 to 7:45 a.m. at the Corning War Memorial Stadium. The Wineglass Expo will continue from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Corning Museum of Glass.
Sunday, Oct. 2, is the main event, with the half marathon starting at 7:45 a.m. in Campbell, and the full marathon launching at 8:15 a.m. from Bath, with both races ending in Corning. The half marathon awards ceremony will take place at about 9:30 a.m. and the full marathon awards ceremony will be held around 10:30 a.m., both at the Centerway Square stage.
What is the marathon route?
The full marathon will start at Mt. Washington Road in the Village of Bath and follow state Route 54 through the village before moving onto state Route 415.
Runners will follow Route 15 into Painted Post and the race route then follows several village and city streets until it reaches downtown Corning.
Half marathon runners will pick up the course in Campbell. Both races will finish on Market Street in Corning.
Click here to view a detailed map of the race routes.
Who are this year's special guests?
This year, the marathon weekend will feature special guests Deena Kastor, a three-time Olympian, and running icon Bart Yasso.
Kastor is an Olympic bronze medalist who has represented the USA on 19 national teams since she launched her running career in 1997. Over that time, she has has held American records in every distance, from the 5K to the marathon.
Yasso is the now-retired Chief Running Officer for Runner's World Magazine. He has a long affiliation with the Wineglass Marathon and will call out runner's names as they cross the finish line.
How many people will participate in the 2022 Wineglass Marathon?
The Wineglass Marathon and its associated events attract more than 6,500 runners from 48 states and 15 foreign countries.
That includes about 2,000 registrants for the full marathon and 2,500 runners in the half marathon.
That's a big difference from the inaugural event in 1982, when 250 participants strapped on their running shoes to compete.
There are also about 2,000 volunteers, who handle everything from finish line setup and teardown to directing runners to handing out bottled water to participants.
Race officials estimate the influx of marathon runners and their families has at least a $6 million impact on the regional economy.
Who sponsors the Wineglass Marathon?
Guthrie is the title sponsor for the full marathon and Wegmans is the title sponsor for the half marathon.
Other major sponsors of the weekend include Storflex, Corning Inc., the Corning Museum of Glass, Finger Lakes Wine Country, WENY-TV, and the Radisson Hotel Corning, among others.
Where can you park for the 2022 Wineglass Marathon?
In Corning, free parking will be available in the Centerway Parking Garage, 2 E. Tioga Ave., and nearby city surface lots. Market Street is closed for parking. Cars parked on Market Street will be towed.
In Bath, free parking will be available in surface lots around the Steuben County Office Buildings at 3 E. Pulteney Square. Motorists can follow signage and Lions Club volunteers can direct them to available lots. Cars parked in private business lots with 'No Parking' signs will be towed.
What street restrictions will there be for the Wineglass Marathon?
Motorists will need to pay close attention and be aware that many streets and roads along the marathon course will be closed or experience delays at various times over the weekend.
In Bath, streets that will be closed for portions of the event include segments of state Route 54, county Route 113, Rumsey Street Extension and East Morris Street.
In the City of Corning, multiple streets will be closed Sunday, including portions of Tioga Avenue, Market Street, Walnut Street, West William Street, Bridge Street, Cedar Street, Riverside Drive and Buffalo Street, among others.
Race organizers encourage all motorists who will be traveling between Bath and Corning on Sunday morning to use Interstate 86 and avoid state Route 415.
For more information about the Wineglass Marathon weekend, call 607-654-7601, or go to wineglassmarathon.com.
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Pikuniku is a hilarious puzzle platformer that asks players, “Should I kick this?” And the answer is always yes.
Charming design, clever dialogue, and general aloofness set Pikuniku apart from other puzzle-platformer video games. Developed by SectorDub and published by Devolver Digital, Pikuniku is a colorful, straight-forward game that never takes itself too seriously. As Piku, the red oval with legs hero of the story, it is up to you, to save the world from the evil Mr. Sunshine and his corn stealing ways.
Sounds easy, right? Well, actually, it is.
Simplicity is the star of Pikuniku and I mean that in every sense of the word. Geometric characters are sprinkled throughout a 2D world colored with a bright, bold palette found only in a kindergartener’s crayon box. The music, punctuated by single notes, is charming in its playfulness, reminiscent of MIDI music from games three decades its senior. The controls are just as basic, adding: a flimsy kick that you’ll use often to solve puzzles and irritate neighbors, an ability to roll into an oval for faster speeds, or a graceful swing from hooks with Piku’s ever-so-nimble legs. Boss battles are easy affairs, brought down only by trying to navigate the imprecise nature of Piku’s movement. (No, I meant to kick his feeble leg the other direction!) Because of Pikuniku’s clean design, I didn’t come across any game-breaking bugs or graphical hitches on either the PC or the Switch.
In fact, Pikuniku’s strength comes from simply being present in this ridiculous world. Despite all the platformer elements, Pikuniku is much more of an adventure game that relies on the player being nosey. Comedic dialogue carries the story and without it, Pikuniku would have been a much more tedious experience. Instead, Pikuniku expects its players to be trolls, kicking everything in sight — from an entire pottery store, to skulls, even to baby bird eggs — and it rewards this absurd behavior with trophies. I regret that Pikuniku didn’t lean into this mechanic more heavily, letting Piku be more of a menace than a robot kicking hero. I found myself wanting more of these small world-building additions but unfortunately, once the story kicked into high gear with boss battles, it lost much of the nonsensical nuance.
While Pikuniku wants you to explore the world at large and enjoy all that it has to offer, earning trophies for completing side quests along the way, the reality is: there isn’t much to do outside of the linear main questline. The linear story, coupled with the relatively short gameplay, does Pikuniku a disservice. What’s there is fun and engaging, leaning into the ridiculous physics of Piku and his bouncy friends just enough to make traversing the world interesting and at times, hilarious. However, if the game had offered more than the three-hour playtime, more secrets to explore than three map areas, and fleshed out other uses for currency and gear, it would have been a richer gaming experience.
To increase some of the time playing Pikuniku, the game adds 9 co-op levels for two players to solve puzzles with Piku and Niku respectively. While the co-op is challenging and fun, it suffers from the same issue as the solo campaign: I wanted more.
The most disappointing aspect of Pikuniku might be the “could have been.” When I demoed the beta version of Pikuniku back in 2017, the game felt more like what was promised in the trailers: political intrigue and covert operations wrapped in a playful bow of circles and cloud-shapes. Beating robots required feeding them paradoxes with dialogue choices. Mr. Sunshine was a more prevalent character in the town as opposed to the evil, unseen entity he’s become in the finished product. You weren’t sure which of the townsfolk you could trust and that made the colorful design all the more interesting because the cheery geometric shapes belied a darkness of distrust. As it is now, Pikuniku isn’t a bad game, not by any means, but I’m left with a hollow feeling wishing I had never played a game that didn’t pan out and might not ever be.
All in all, Pikuniku is a simple, entertaining game that left me wanting more. Had it been a mobile title, we might be praising the game’s mechanics and ingenuity and instead, I’m yearning for an update. As a game that launched on the Nintendo Switch and PC, it’s a fun time-waster that offers three hours of entertainment and a lot of laughs, which I would say is worth the $13 price tag, but I can’t imagine that either the solo story or the co-op levels offer much in the way of replay value. While I enjoyed the experience, I’ll just be over here hoping that SectorDub and Devolver offer gamers a bit more in the Pikuniku universe.


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Dr. Sergio F Castillo, MD is a Obstetrician / Gynecologist (OBGYN) - Gynecology practicing in Gretna, LA
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|University De Salamanca- Fac De Med- Salamanca- Spain||Other Degree||1975|
|Universidad De Salamanca, Facultad De Medicina||Medical Degree||1976|
|Residency - North Oakland Medical Center, Anesthesiology; North Oakland Medical Center, Obstetrics And Gynecology||Not Specified|
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Studio 38 have a new addition to their great range of Alkemy minis. This guy is definitely more than just a house cat.
As we have come to expect from Studio 38 this a nice sculpt with a really nice paint job which could easily find its way into the rpg dungeons even of people who don’t play Alkemy.
Do you all like this mini? Do you think it stands up to the other minis in the Alkemy range?


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Silver Glen Springs boasts what may be the clearest water of all the local “aquatic gems.” The surrounding recharge area has remained largely undeveloped within the sprawling Ocala National Forest. Turquoise waters sparkle above white sand and glimmering shells that create the “silver” in the springs’ name. Remains of a major Freshwater Timucuan Indian settlement are evident in shell mounds along the north side of the main springs. In the winter, schools of saltwater fish sometimes swim up the St. John’s River and crowd the relatively warm waters of the spring. Manatees also visit the springs on occasion. An average of 64 million gallons of water per day flow from two main areas, a roped off vertical cave where swimming is prohibited and a broad turquoise-colored pool were water gushes from below a limestone shelf.
The Silver Glen Springs Recreation Area also has a 1-mile long trail that takes hikers to the western shore of Lake George, the second largest lake in Florida and well worth the effort. Another short trail goes to an area of sand boils where spring water slowly bubbles up in numerous spots in the surrounding forest.
Extraordinary features of Silver Glen Springs include:
• a forest trail to the shores of Lake George, the second largest lake in Florida.
• a series of tiny springs bubbling up in the sands just a short hike from the main springs
• the truly remarkable underwater scenery around the main spring vents
Aquatic Gems Site.
Please visit video based version of the project at http://www.floridaaquaticgems.com/
Check out VIDEO HERE!
Salt Springs, FL 32134