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Summary. The positive-feedback action of oestradiol-17β on LH release was studied in gonadectomized male and female and intact male marmoset monkeys. Positive feedback was observed in normal intact males in response to a single subcutaneous injection of 35 μg oestradiol benzoate. The sustained elevation in oestradiol-17β levels achieved by the injections resulted in a marked suppression of circulating testosterone concentrations. Subcutaneous injections (0·5 mg/injection) of testosterone or dihydrotestosterone to gonadectomized males and females immediately following and 8 h after oestradiol benzoate failed to inhibit positive feedback. Similar treatment with progesterone (0·0 mg/injection) tended to standardize both positive and negative components of the feedback response. In contrast, progesterone implants (achieving progesterone concentrations similar to those obtained with the injections), maintained during and for 8 days before the oestradiol benzoate treatment, effectively inhibited positive feedback. LH responses to the various treatments were similar in gonadectomized males and females. These data suggest a relative unimportance of testicular secretions in suppressing oestrogen-induced LH release in the adult marmoset and indicate similarities between the control of positive feedback in male and female primates.
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J. E. Hindle and J. K. Hodges
Summary. 14C-Labelled oestradiol-17β and progesterone (50 μCi each) were injected i.v. into an adult female white rhinoceros and all urine and faeces collected separately over the next 4 days. The total recovery of injected label was 61%, 25% being present in the urine and 36% in the faeces. Of the radioactivity recovered, 69% was excreted on Day 2 of the collection period. Repeated extraction of samples obtained on Day 2 showed that, of the radioactivity in faeces, 92·4% was associated with unconjugated steroids whereas in the urine the proportion of conjugated and unconjugated steroids were similar (41·2% and 51·4% respectively). After phenolic separation of urinary steroids, HPLC followed by derivatization and recrystallization techniques identified progesterone as the major component of the unconjugated portion with 4-pregnen-20α-ol-3-one as the principal metabolite in the conjugated fraction. Pregnanediol was not present. Oestrone appeared to be the most abundant oestrogen metabolite with smaller but significant amounts of oestradiol-17β and oestradiol-17α in the unconjugated and conjugated fractions respectively. Small amounts of progesterone were found in the faecal extract in which the radioactivity consisted mainly of oestradiol-17α and oestradiol-17β. The results have established the major excreted metabolites of oestradiol-17β and progesterone in the white rhinoceros and the development of more appropriate assay methods for monitoring ovarian function in African rhinoceroses should now be possible.
Keywords: metabolism; oestradiol-17β; progesterone; urine; faeces; rhinoceros
J. K. Hodges and J. P. Hearn
Summary. Subcutaneous injections of oestradiol benzoate in oil, resulting in a sustained elevation of circulating oestradiol levels, induced an initial suppression of LH secretion, followed by a positive discharge of LH in castrated male and female and in intact male marmosets. Oestrogen-induced LH release (producing maximum LH concentrations 24 h after the injection) was observed in 75% of castrated males and females. A positive discharge of LH occurred in 50% of intact males 28–36 h after oestrogen administration.
J. Rosenbusch, A. Bellmann, and J. K. Hodges
In this study, the molecular masses and isoelectric characteristics of pituitary LH and FSH in two species of callitrichid primate, the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) and the cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus), were determined. Comparative data for urine samples from Callithrix jacchus are also presented. The separation of gonadotrophins from pituitary extracts and urine was performed under nonreducing conditions using SDS–PAGE and isoelectric focusing procedures. Hormone activity in gel eluates was determined by in vitro bioassays for LH and FSH and by a microtitre plate enzymeimmunoassay for LH. The molecular masses of pituitary and urinary proteins were between 36 and 37 kDa for LH and FSH, and were similar in both species. A dimer form of pituitary LH with a molecular mass of 33 kDa was also found in the cotton-top tamarin, but not in the marmoset. Guanidine–HCl dissociation of gonadotrophins from marmoset and tamarin pituitaries before electrophoresis gave proteins of 16 and 28 kDa, and 16 and 25 kDa range, respectively. Isoelectric focusing revealed numerous peaks of bioactivity for both LH and FSH, indicating the presence of multiple molecular variants (isoforms) of each hormone. In both species pituitary FSH eluted over a narrower and more acidic pH range than LH. Isoelectric focusing profiles for pituitary and urinary LH in the marmoset were similar (pH range 5.0–8.5), whereas urinary FSH demonstrated a more acidic profile than the pituitary protein. These results give comparative information on the properties of New World primate gonadotrophins, which should be useful in studies of their physiological action and in aiding the development of improved reagents and assays for their detection.
M. Heistermann, S. Tari, and J. K. Hodges
Measurement of immunoreactive progesterone, pregnanediol and oestradiol in faeces collected throughout ovarian cycles in three species of callitrichid primates is reported. Faecal hormone concentrations were compared with plasma progesterone profiles during PGF2αcontrolled (n = 7) and natural (n = 8) cycles in Callithrix jacchus and Saguinus fuscicollis, respectively, and with urinary oestrone conjugates during five cycles in Saguinus oedipus. Unconjugated steroids, which predominated over enzyme hydrolysable conjugates in samples from all species, were used to generate cycle profiles. According to results from HPLC, oestrone and oestradiol accounted for virtually all oestrogen immunoreactivity, and oestradiol most often predominated, whereas large amounts of nonspecific immunoreactivity were detected by both progesterone and pregnanediol assays. Faecal progestins were excreted in a cyclic manner in all species; luteal phase values were on average five- to tenfold higher than corresponding follicular phase values. Significant increases in mean amounts of faecal progestins were seen within 48 h of the post-ovulatory rise in plasma progesterone. Although a similar trend was also seen for faecal oestradiol, a clear and consistent luteal phase increase was seen only in Callithrix jacchus and this generally occurred later than that of progestins. The results indicate that faecal progestin analysis provides a useful method for noninvasive reproductive assessment in callitrichid primates. In particular, measurement of immunoreactive pregnanediol enables a multispecies application of a single assay methodology for comparative studies on callitrichid reproductive function.
J. E. Hindle, E. Möst, and J. K. Hodges
Summary. The development of a sensitive enzyme-immunoassay for 20α-dihydroprogesterone (20α-DHP) and its use in determining reproductive status in black and white rhinoceroses is reported. 20α-DHP in hydrolysed urine diluted in parallel to standards, and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) confirmed the presence of 20α-DHP and the absence of pregnanediol-3α-glucuronide (PdG) in urine collected from rhinoceroses after oestrus. Conjugated oestrone was identified by HPLC as the major urinary oestrogen in the black rhineroceros and conjugated oestradiol-17β was the most abundant in the white rhinoceros. In African species, the black (Diceros bicornis), and northern (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) and southern (Ceratotherium simum simum) white rhinoceroses, excretion of 20α-DHP and oestrogen followed a cyclic pattern. Excretion of 20α-DHP was low before mating, at the time of peak oestrogen excretion, but high after oestrus. In the black rhinoceros, the follicular phase was 3–4 days and the luteal phase was 18 days, suggesting a cycle of 21–22 days. The interoestrus interval in the northern subspecies of white rhinoceros was 25 days, which correlated well with the interval between peaks of oestradiol-17β excretion. The interval between urinary oestrogen peaks in the southern subspecies of white rhinoceros suggested a cycle length of 32 days. This paper provides the first description of the pattern of excretion of urinary oestrogens and progesterone metabolites in African rhinoceroses.
Keywords: ovarian cycles; enzyme-immunoassay; urine; steroid metabolites; rhinoceros
C. A. Niemuller, H. J. Shaw, and J. K. Hodges
The development of an enzymeimmunoassay for 5β-pregnanetriol and its use for non-invasive monitoring of reproductive cycles in Asian elephants is described. Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GCMS) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) confirmed the presence of 5β-pregnane-3α,17α,20α/β-triols as the two most abundant urinary progesterone metabolites. The assay developed used the antiserum anti-5β-pregnane-17α,20α-diol-3α-γl glucuronide but was designed to measure the free steroid in urine samples after hydrolysis and extraction. HPLC confirmed the presence of immunoreactive pregnanetriol in urine, but indicated that the measurement was nonspecific. Immunoreactive pregnanetriol concentrations were significantly correlated with the concentrations of both progesterone (r = 0.98, n = 269, P < 0.01) and 17α-hydroxyprogesterone (r = 0.95, n = 205, P < 0.01), the metabolic precursor of pregnanetriol. The mean ± sem deviation of cycles as determined by measurements of plasma progesterone, 17α-hydroxyprogesterone and urinary pregnanetriol, respectively, were 15.54 ± 1.5 (n = 23, where n = number of cycles), 15.21 ± 1.7 (n = 15) and 15.45 ± 0.94 weeks (n = 20). These results demonstrate that it is possible to monitor ovarian function in Asian elephants by the measurement of urinary immunoreactive pregnanetriol concentrations.
P. M. Summers, Caroline J. Wennink, and J. K. Hodges
Summary. A single intramuscular injection of 0·5 μg cloprostenol was not luteolytic on Day 6 or 7 of the ovarian cycle (N = 3), but was luteolytic in some animals (3/5) on Day 8 and 9 and luteolytic in all 23 animals treated between Days 10 and 17 of the ovarian cycle, and in 7 animals treated between Days 19 and 43 of pregnancy. Luteal function was monitored by measurement of progesterone in peripheral blood using a simple and rapid non-extraction assay. There was a dramatic fall in peripheral blood progesterone to <10 ng/ml within 24 h of cloprostenol injection; progesterone remained at this low level until the day after post-treatment ovulation. The interval from cloprostenol injection to ovulation in animals treated between Days 8 and 17 was 10·7 ± 0·3 days. A similar interval was found in pregnant animals. Embryos recovered from the uterus after cloprostenol treatment were morphologically normal (23/24).
J. K. Hodges, Cilla Henderson, and J. P. Hearn
Summary. Concentrations of progesterone, 17α-hydroxyprogesterone, oestrone and oestradiol-17β in peripheral and utero-ovarian vein blood were measured during the first 60 days of pregnancy. The same hormones were also measured in peripheral blood samples from non-fertile cycles. Peripheral levels of 17α-hydroxyprogesterone, oestrone and oestradiol increased gradually during early pregnancy whereas concentrations of progesterone declined. The patterns of secretion of progesterone, 17α-hydroxyprogesterone and oestrone, but not oestradiol, were significantly different in fertile and non-fertile cycles by 15 days after ovulation.
Comparison of hormone values in peripheral and utero-ovarian vein samples from ovaries with and without corpora lutea (Days 7, 9, 13, 21, 40 and 60 of pregnancy) showed that: (a) progesterone was secreted by the corpus luteum until at least Day 40 by which time there was also placental secretion; (2) although 17α-hydroxyprogesterone was secreted by the corpus luteum, the relative contribution of luteal and placental secretion after Day 21 was not clear; (3) oestrone secretion by the corpus luteum was no longer detectable by Day 40, but placental oestrone secretion appeared to be present by this time; (4) the corpus luteum did not secrete significant amounts of oestradiol at any stage of early pregnancy, although there was evidence for placental secretion by Day 40.
These results suggest that progesterone secretion by the corpus luteum of early pregnancy continues beyond the time when oestrogen secretion has declined. The corpus luteum to placental shift in the marmoset appears to occur at a later stage of pregnancy than it does in the macaque monkey and probably also in man.
J. K. Hodges, Heather Brand, Cilla Henderson, and R. W. Kelly
Summary. The levels of immunoreactive oestrone, oestradiol-17β and oestriol in plasma and urine were measured during early, mid- and late pregnancy in the marmoset monkey. In plasma, unconjugated oestrone remained <2% of total (conjugated plus unconjugated) oestrone throughout gestation, whereas unconjugated oestradiol-17β increased from 3% of the total value in early and mid-pregnancy to 35% in late pregnancy. The reversal in the unconjugated oestrone: oestradiol-17β concentration ratio from early (12:1) to late (0·15:1) pregnancy occurred despite the continuing predominance of oestrone in terms of total hormone. Total oestriol was measurable but in relatively low concentrations. Oestradiol conjugate was the predominant urinary oestrogen metabolite measured at each stage of pregnancy. The pattern of urinary oestrone and oestradiol-17β reflected plasma levels of total hormone, rather than unconjugated hormone, showing no further increase after mid-pregnancy. In contrast, oestriol increased throughout pregnancy and to a proportionately greater extent than oestrone or oestradiol-17β, but at lower absolute levels.
High-pressure liquid chromatography of urine extract indicated the presence of considerable amounts of oestrogen immunoreactivity not accounted for by oestrone, oestradiol-17β and oestriol and with a retention time similar to that of 16α-hydroxyoestrone. Gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy provided further evidence to suggest that 16α-hydroxyoestrone is an abundant urinary oestrogen metabolite during pregnancy in the marmoset monkey.


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Strong winds are predicted for this weekend, the tail-end of an Atlantic storm…
Time and again I was seeing that if I could handle the winds of the current storm, they would end up blowing in some great gift… Challenging situations create the force needed to bring about change. The problem is that we generally use all the stirred up energy intended to bring about change, to resist change. I was learning to sit quietly in the midst of the howling winds and wait to see what constructing action was being asked of me.
Michael SInger, The Surrender Project
We treat desire as a problem to be solved, address what desire is for and focus on that something and how to acquire it, rather than on the nature and the sensation of desire……. I wonder sometimes whether with a slight adjustment of perspective it could be cherished as a sensation on its own terms, since it is as inherent to the human condition as blue is to distance? If you can look across the distance without wanting to close it up, if you can own your longing in the same way that you own the beauty of that blue that can never be possessed? For something of this longing will, like the blue of distance, only be relocated, not assuaged, by acquisition and arrival, just as the mountains cease to be blue when you arrive among them and the blue instead tints the next beyond. Somewhere in this is the mystery of why tragedies are more beautiful than comedies and why we take a huge pleasure in the sadness of certain songs and stories. Something is always far away.
Rebecca Solnit, A Field Guide to Getting Lost
It was in the process of asking that I came upon a truth:
that the unknown is an answer.
That there are answers upon answers,
and sometimes no questions at all.
Mary Oliver, Breakage
La ruta nos aportó otro paso natural.
The path provides the natural next step.
Spanish palindrome – reading the same backwards as forwards. It is on the subject of pilgrimage or life’s journey , which, as we walk, returns us to our origins
Some of these old teachings are very beautiful. The fundamental insight is that we are always whole and alive, even right in the midst of difficulties. We thus loosen our identification with our story as something solid, as a permanent sense of agitation, weakness or illness.
A monk asked, “How can a person escape from birth, old age, sickness and death?”
Lingyun replied, “The green mountain is fundamentally unmoving,
But the floating clouds pass back and forth”
(Little is known of Lingyun Zhiqin, a disciple of Chinese Zen Master Guishan Lingyou (771 – 853). “Birth, old age, sickness and death” are shorthand for all the difficulties of life and its overall unsatisfactory nature).
A dreary rainy day here in Ireland, after weeks of sunshine. The temptation is to keep ones head down, moving quickly from place to place. However, positive emotions are linked to paying attention and appreciating whatever is around us – grey or bright – noticing the small details in every moment.
God and the sacred, the enchanted and the luminous, are not “over there” somewhere. They are all right here, where we are. May we get back to the ordinary, the breath by breath, and the living in each moment fully. Inhabiting each moment and seeking the wonder therein. The refusal to let life descend down to a cycle of the mundane, the insistence of seeking awe in the ordinary – this is the beginning of spiritual life.
This is the wisdom of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, among so many others, who said “Indifference to the sublime wonder of living is the root of sin”
Sin, for Heschel, is ultimately not about eating this or not eating that, praying in this temple or that temple, but a losing of that sublime wonder of being truly alive. That is the ultimate sin, the only sin. Yes, there are religious commandments to observe. But the goal of religion remains to cultivate that sense of wonder, awe, and radical amazement.
Omid Safi, The Spirituality of the Ordinary Is Luminous

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GALLIPOLIS — Ohio Valley Symphony audiences are in for a double delight when guitarist Tim Berens and double bassist Frank Proto team up for a concert April 27 on the stage of the historic Ariel Opera House stage. The 7:30 p.m. concert is led by guest conductor Peter Stafford Wilson and features a premiere by noted American composer Frank Proto.
Grammy-nominated Proto is a prolific composer covering a variety of genres including operas, concertos, chamber music, young peoples and pops compositions, jazz (notably a concerto for Doc Severinson) and now, a special composition for The Ohio Valley Symphony. Proto has written for other greats such as Duke Ellington, Roberta Peters, Cleo Laine, Dave Brubeck, Richard Stoltzman, Sherill Milnes and many others. A long time composer for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra with over 25 works for them, Proto has also been commissioned by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and his works and recordings have been heard world wide.
Proto’s long time friend and collaborator, Tim Berens, will join him onstage for this world premiere of Suite Español after Falla for guitar, double bass and orchestra. Berens will showcase his many facets of talent as a soloist, narrator and arranger and the second half of the program is music he has arranged including a recent OVS premiere of Simple Gifts written for The Ohio Valley Symphony. Berens has a masterful turn with classical pieces adding a jazz flavor as evidenced by his treatment of Faure’s Pavane and Sicilienne (also a premiere). His musical rendition of a true life story his arrangement of Zawinul’s Birdland will lift everyone’s spirit, supporters say.
Maestro Peter Stafford Wilson is in his seventeenth season as music director of Ohio’s Springfield Symphony winning international attention to the organization. The series, “Night Lights,” has enjoyed increasing sales and attendance and he and the orchestra are the recipients of an ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming. Wilson enjoyed a long tenure with The Columbus Symphony Orchestra serving as associate conductor leading the ensemble on many classical and pops concerts and he won awards for his programming for the youth orchestra as well.
The OVS is devoted to bringing great music played by great artists to the Ohio Valley region – and making orchestral music easy to love. The doors are open and the public is welcome to attend OVS rehearsals for free at 7-10 p.m. on Fridays and 1-4 p.m. on Saturdays on concert weekends. Open rehearsals are a wonderful way for young and old alike to listen to live symphonic music when schedules and timing do not allow them to attend concerts. They also offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse of what goes into preparing an orchestral performance.
Concertgoers — new or veteran — have another chance to learn more about the music with a free pre-concert chat in the third-floor Ariel Chamber Theatre, the pre-concert talks are interactive and informal and begin at 6:45 p.m.
Tickets for The Ohio Valley Symphony’s concerts are $24 for adults, $22 seniors and $12 for students. Tickets are available on the website at arieloperahouse.org or ohiovalleysymphony.org or at the box office. Funding for The Ohio Valley Symphony is provided in part by the Ann Carson Dater Endowment. The Ariel is located at 426 Second Ave. in downtown Gallipolis and is an ADA accessible facility.


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Actor/Comedian Doug Benson will do a live recording of the 'Doug Loves Movies' podcast.
What began as a bunch of comedians telling jokes under a bridge, is now entering it's seventh year. The Accidental Comedy Fest returns this Labor Day Weekend, bringing together some of the most popular performers across the country with the absolute best of Cleveland's talent for an affordable, five-day festival at Hilarities.
Returning is Doug Benson's Doug Loves Movies
podcast, plus, the raunchy and popular Cum Town
podcast, from Nick Mullen, Stavros Halkias and Adam Friedlan, is also making an appearance at this year's fest.
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Accidental Comedy released its first wave of performers to Scene
, including national acts like Ramon Rivas II, Liza Treyger, Clayton English, Joyelle Johnson, Sean Patton, Deb DiGiovanni, Billy Wayne Davis, Nore Davis, Felonious Munk, Jim Tews, Ryan Dalton, Amy Miller, J Smitty, Dewayne Perkins, Joe Kwaczala, Nicole Aimee Schreiber, Rashida Sheedz Olawiyola, Jennifer McAuliffe, Andrea Guzetta, Mandal, Dan Alten, Sam Ike and Jermaine Fowler of Superior Donuts
and Sorry to Bother You
Local acts include Mike Polk Jr., Bill Squire, Juanda Mayfield, Joshua Morrow, John Bruton, Cody Cooper, Jimmie Graham, Martin Malloy and Mary Santora.
Additional national acts have yet to be released, but watch for exclusive updates on our site.
Accidental Comedy Fest VII takes place Aug. 29-Sept. 2. For ticket information, visit the Hilarities at Pickwick and Frolic website here
Learn more about this year's batch of Accidental Comedy performers right here


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The brand’s signature bangle gets a necklace companion.
Tiffany & Co. Names New Creative Director
Ruba Abu-Nimah, former creative director at Revlon, will guide the jeweler’s artistic vision.
Ruba Abu-Nimah, a former senior vice president and creative director at Revlon, joined the jeweler earlier this month, Tiffany confirmed to National Jeweler.
She will report directly to Alexandre Arnault, Tiffany’s executive vice president of product and communications.
Abu-Nimah is a graduate of Parsons School of Design-The New School.
Previously, she’s held creative director positions at Elle magazine, Bobbi Brown, and Shiseido, as per her LinkedIn profile.
However, their optimistic outlook comes with a hint of caution due to a number of factors out of their collective control.
Buyers may be excited about online diamond deals, but there are uncertainties surrounding the authenticity and clarity of the diamonds.
The tome offers an appreciation for the stone through the voices of celebrities, designers, and other diamond lovers.
Brush up on the finer points of customer budgets, recruiting new employees and driving traffic to a new website with this quick test.
One of the highlights of the JCK show in Las Vegas has always been the Italian Pavilion, buzzing with excitement and elegance.

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The Last of Us Part II: It’s finally arriving!
By Sairam Hussain Miran 27 Sep, 19
After announcing it in December 2016, Naughty Dog and Sony waited till the State of Play Event in September 2019 before finally putting a calendar date on the most anticipated game of the year; The Last of Us Part II will finally be available to play on 21st February 2020.
Moreover, PlayStation also revealed a 3-minute long trailer that had us all on the edge of our seats with every passing second!
The trailer starts off with a scene where we get to see a rare, warmer side of Ellie letting her guard down and expressing her feelings. Gradually, the video progresses to somewhat of a calm pre-chorus before we finally find ourselves amidst the action, bloodshed and one very mysterious, intriguing gunshot that disappears into the dark. But that’s not even the best part.
As Ellie struggles with fighting off a lethal zombie on her own, she gets help from an unknown character behind the scenes, who puts his hand on her mouth, silencing her gruesome screams. She turns around. Goosebumps. A face very familiar to LOU fans, with his NaughtyDog-perfected neckbeard, says, “You think I'd let you do this on your own?"
If you have not figured it out yet, or are having a hard time believing it; See for yourself who that familiar face is!
(Trigger warning: Violence)
The story will take place in Seattle, 5 years after the events of the original Last of Us. Ellie promises to “Kill every last one of them”, taking a stance like that of Arya Stark in a way. One thing is clear: She wants revenge. And she won’t stop until she gets it.
As evident from the rising action in the fast-paced trailer, it is captivating how the Last of Us storywriter Neil Druckmann confirmed earlier that although the prequel was based on the theme of Love, Last of Us Part II will largely revolve around Hate. It will be interesting to see how Naughty Dog executes this contrasting theme.
Recalling the 2017 trailer, Naughty Dog also revealed four new characters: Yara, Lev, Emily and an unnamed character played by voice actress Laura Bailey. Reports also suggest Joel will take the back seat while Ellie of course, stays on the frontline.
The hype of this game can be further indicated by the number of awards it has won before it has even been released! In particular, PlayStation Blog awarded it the Most Anticipated Game of the Year in 2017 and the game bagged Most Anticipated Game award at The Game Awards.
With the advent of new characters, the redemption of old ones and a new and more exciting storyline, the Last of Us is likely to win Game of the Year 2020 as well according to experts and bloggers. Of course, we can never know for sure before the game is finally released in February.
Mark your calendars, get ready for a journey like never before and expect an emotional roller coaster, because The Last of Us Part II will be available to play exclusively on PlayStation 4 on 21-2-2019.

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Water splashed up over Brittany’s lap, running down over her already soaked shorts. More liquid sat in the bottom of the canoe, the level rising with every new dousing.
“Left,” she cried. “Go left.”
The canoe went right, against all her efforts to turn it left. Smack, another rock hit the hull. Water slapped her in the face and her anger grew. If they capsized it would not be her fault, but it would take two to get them through and right now Eric was not helping. The cutest, most athletic looking guy on the trip, Eric had promised he knew how to handle a canoe. “Well,” she thought. “He lied.” She should have gone with Sam. Another rock loomed up ahead to the right.
“Go left,” she yelled. “Left!”
“What,” Eric yelled back.
“Left!” Thunk, they hit the rock. This time the canoe tilted precariously, threatening to spill them into the cold mountain water. “Too late.” she mumbled.
“What,” Eric called.
“Nothing,” she said. Another rock was coming into view. They were almost through the rapids. “Just one last rock, Lord,” she prayed. “Help us through.” In desperation, she reached out with her paddle and used it to push the canoe clear of danger. They shot through the last bit of rough water and into an open, more peaceful stretch of river.
Brittany sighed in relief. “Thank You, Lord.” Never again would she believe a cute guy, who said he knew what he was doing, just to soothe his ego. This guy had a big one. “The only canoeing he’s ever done was in his grandmother’s bath tub!” she thought.
“Hey! We made it,” Eric’s voice rung out in triumph. The canoe began to rock. Brittany looked back to see Eric standing with his paddle above his head in victory.
“Sit down,” she yelled. “Oh no!” The canoe tilted again, suspended at an unnatural angle, and then capsized. Cold water hit her in the face. “I hope he had his life jacket on,” was her last thought before her head went under, then bobbed to the surface seconds later.
She could see the canoe drifting toward shore where the rest of their party was waiting for them. Several objects were bobbing around in the water, drifting down stream. “I told him to tie his stuff down, but he just didn’t listen.”
She turned in the water trying to catch sight of him. He was not visible. A knot of fear rose in her throat. “Where is he?” She quickly removed her life jacket, kicked off her shoes, and began diving. She came up for air and looked around again. Suddenly she saw a tuft of blond hair bob to the surface a few feet ahead of her. She swam toward it in with a few swift, strong strokes. Grabbing him around the chest, she pulled him to the surface and swam toward shore. Blood oozed from a wound on the side of his head. “The canoe must have hit him when we capsized,” she thought. “Lord, give me strength to get to shore.”
When she reached the beach, others were waiting to take over. Someone did CPR while someone else put pressure on the wound. “If he would have just kept the life jacket on…,” she thought, as she sunk to the ground in exhaustion. She lay on the warm sand not caring if she ever opened her eyes again.
"He’s coming around,” she heard someone say. “He’s breathing on his own now.”
“Good,” she thought. “Now I can sleep.”
“Are you all right,” She opened her eyes to see someone kneeling beside her.
“Hi Sam,” she said. “I’m fine, just tired. Did you rescue my stuff?”
“There was nothing to rescue and you know it,” said Sam. “It was tied securely to the canoe. In fact, I had a hard time getting your knots undone.”
“How much gear did Eric lose?” she asked. She raised herself up on her elbows, remembering what had happened. “Is he okay?”
“He’ll live,” said Sam. “But remind me not to take him on another trip without giving him some lessons first.”
“Just don’t ask me to take him in my canoe.” she said. “Are you shipping him out to a hospital?”
“Ya, we’re just lucky someone’s cell phone actually worked.” Sam said. “Search and Rescue is flying in with a helicopter to pick him up. They should be here soon.”
“I’d better get into some dry cloths,” she said. “I’m getting cold.” Brittany got up and brushed the sand off her wet shorts.
“Brittany,” Sam said.
“Yes?” she could hear hesitation in his voice. That was unusual for Sam. “What is it Sam.”
“I have to admit,” he paused, took a breath, then continued. “I was jealous when you chose to double with Eric.”
“Jealous?” She stared at Sam. Was he saying what she thought he was?
“I like you Brittany, I always have. I… I…,” his voice broke. “I was worried about you... Brittany, I … well… I...”
“You what Sam?” Hope rose inside her. Sam had always been a dear friend. She knew she loved him when they were still in junior high. He was a good man who loved the Lord.
“I love you Brittany, and I don’t want to share you any more,” he said.
“What does that mean Sam?’’ she asked. “You don’t want to share me, I mean?”
“Will you… will you… marry me?” he finally got the words out. Brittany threw herself into his arms, tears streaming down her face.
“Absolutely,” she said. “Absolutely.” Well, maybe the trip down the rapids with Eric had been worth it after all.


Davis high’s robotics team; A hidden gem
January 11, 2022
Davis High has a prized tradition of excellence, and one club takes that tradition makes it their own- Robotics.
Davis High’s Robotics club has an impressive track record- 9 time state champions, 2 time world champions and have been among the top 5 teams in the world for the past 10 years.
The competitions that have brought them this prestige are, according to 11 year robotics teacher Mr. Leifson, “…very similar to what I would compare to a regular season for a basketball team. We will have somewhere between 6 to 8 matches, per team, and this year we have 7 teams.”
In an average day in the club, students spend their time making robots as well as “…spend[ing] the day programming and learning how to program and learning how to control the robots. So everything we do in class is focused on automation and control,” says Liefson.
“A normal day is building robots and tuning whatever we have, and programming and doing autons… and scrimmaging,” adds club president Brittany Evans.
The robotics club is programming completely automatic robots, and some have pretty unique skills.
“I made a rubber-band shooting robot,” says Liefson, “I drove it into the main office and started attacking the office staff.”
On top of just having some fun, the robotics team is winning consistently with impressive gender diversity.
“We have a lot of female participation, and I think that sets us up for a massive amount of success because women are such a powerful force and other people aren’t tapping into it the way we have been able to figure out to,” states Liefson.
Student flock to football games, but very few within the student body are aware of the amazing successes of the robotics club.
“I don’t know why people don’t know who we are, or that we exist,” Liefson says, “We have one of the top robotics clubs and one of the top engineering programs in the state of Utah and somehow kids don’t know about it.”
“It might be because we’re a club and it’s after school and it’s not with sports,” suggests Evans.
Liefson sums up the clubs’ legacy best- “We definitely hold up a lot of the tradition that Davis has of achieving excellence. We win, and we win a lot.”


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Is ‘growing pains’ the worst diagnosis ever? Article from Horley Spinal Health
Phil Mitchell, from Horley Spinal Health, is here to advise on growing pains and the solutions that he offers in his local clinics.
According to the NHS growing pains are common and although they can be very painful, they are harmless. The cause is unclear but they can run in families.
They are not serious and are NOT caused by growing!
NHS advice for helping children with growing pins is to gently massage the legs, use a hot water bottle and wear supportive shoes. They note that having a warm bath before bed may help.
We see many children in clinic with ‘growing pains’ and the good news is they can definitely be helped.
What we commonly see is that low vitamin D is a major factor, alongside the neuro-mechanical dysfunctions that can be helped by our hands on treatment. Vitamin D is widely deficient in the UK due to our low levels of sunshine and our avoidance of sun exposure, especially in children.
A study from France in 2014 of 33 children with growing pains showed that there was an average level of Vitamin D that was below normal. This was 37.5 nmol/l (below 50 nmol/l is deficient in the NHS guidelines). The researchers then gave the children high doses of Vitamin D and after three months this improved the levels up to 85 nmol/l. In this short space of time the average pain scale measurements went from 7.5/10 down to 2.7/10, and 8 of the children were pain free.
A study in Turkey also found a 60% reduction in pain levels in a three months study of Vitamin D supplementation in children.
Vitamin D is also crucial in helping to grow strong and healthy bones, for a healthy immune system, inflammation regulation and energy levels and we find it helps many of our adult patients as well.
For more information please contact me at the clinic, we offer FREE checks for children when mentioning RaringtoGo, so you can come in and see how we could help.
Philip Mitchell BSc Hons, Doctor of Chiropractic and Clinical Director.
About our clinics
At Crawley and Horley Spinal Health clinics, we offer Chiropractic, Spinal Therapy, and Low-Level Laser and have on-site x-rays. We also offer the pioneering MBST Cell regeneration therapy for arthritis, disc injuries, tendonitis and sports injuries, osteoporosis, and wound healing. Visit the MBST website at www.mbstmedical.co.uk for more information.
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The second in my fairytale series. This one has a contemporary theme. Here Hansel and Gretel are two rejected orphans of Belarus with birth defects, photographed by Robert Knoth and exhibited in the World Press Photos of 2006.
“It is not known for certain whether exposure to radiation can be linked to such conditions, but the Belarus government estimates a 250 percent increase in birth defects after the 1986 nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, just across the border in Ukraine.”
I drew parallels with the Hansel & Gretel story and set out to include not only the elements of the dark shadowy forest but also the Chernobyl Plant Smoke stack in the background.
Original Photographer won an Honorable Mention in the Portrait section of the 2006 World Press Photography Prize: Robert Knoth, The Netherlands, TCS/Castrasto for Greenpeace International.
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Stu and I have been focused in the last two weeks at gaining a greater understanding of PTSD: how it affects our Veterans, what programs and supports exist, what is missing, and why.
No small feat. And no short blog could even scratch the surface of these issues, but we are throwing our hats in the ring. We are running in shirts emblazoned with “Raising Awareness for PTSD” – and we are starting with our own awareness. We sadly have an unfair advantage in our starting point, Stu much more so than me. He has seen and experienced things first hand that I am thankful I have not, and I will not and cannot speak to his story. I just know that as I engage in researching PTSD, as I read the stories and the articles, I see my partner through different eyes.
As I undertake this greater awareness of PTSD in an academic, theoretical and practical manner, I realize my awareness of it in a personal way. I am reminded of my army brat, base-life in the 80s and 90s – of elementary and high school friends whose parents went away on deployment and came back changed – and the anguish and confusion felt.
Only now do I have a context for my recollection of whispers in the playground at CFB Kingston, when we’d gossip about René’s dad who had come back but wasn’t allowed to live with them anymore, or Michelle’s Dad who “just wasn’t the same” after Rwanda. We used terms like “mental” and “pitiful”. It was 1993. I was 13. I had no idea. I can’t speak to the tools, resources, programs or support systems available to René’s and Michelle’s families or the THOUSANDS like them. But I can speak to the attitude in the schoolyard. It was one I still, unfortunately, butt heads with in the Legions and over beers with “the old boys”. There is still a horrible, misinformed, misguided and dangerous impression out there that the condition of PTSD only afflicts men and women of weak character. I cannot state emphatically enough that this is not true. I know this from what I have learned; academically, theoretically, practically and personally. Any awareness of PTSD has to start from this point.
There are men and women of strong, courageous, proud and noble character out there, doing amazing things to raise awareness of PTSD, and openly discussing their own experiences with the disease. I am so grateful for the work they do and the opportunity to learn from them. By way of an introduction to these amazing people, I would highly suggest the TVO film “War in the Mind” – which “documents the struggles and battles these heroes face against this disabling and destructive disorder, which remains largely under-acknowledged by the Canadian military. Interwoven throughout is a critical analysis of the historical and scientific aspects of PTSD and examination of possible treatments for it”.
These struggles need to be acknowledged and discussed. And those charged with supporting our Veterans need to be continually challenged to do their job. For Stewart and I, this is goes further than the shirts on our backs.
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Paul Schmitt & Terry Kidwell rebuild the original Kidwell Rountail from 1985. This board was a game changer. First Pro signature board ever. Also the first pure freestyle board. And the first year the highback was introduced. A pivotal time for snowboarding. Huge respect to both of these guys. -TR
Click on the KNOWMAG ART below and toggle to page 49 to check a short story preview to an ongoing FYi x ENDVR collaboration on board design. Prototype v2.0 is in the works now. Stay tuned for more info. -TR
30 Years ago the first Snowboarding World Championships was held at Soda Springs in Tahoe. That was also the event that Tom Sims built the first [snow] halfpipe ever. Last weekend was the 30 yr. anniversary of that event, which was marked by the Tom Sims Retro World Championships! Legends came out of the woodwork including; Jeff Fulton, Scott Clum, Terry Kidwell, Chris Roach, Scott Downey, Bob Klein, Kevin Delaney, Keith Kimmel, Evan Feen, Shawn Farmer, Dennis Nazari, Mike Chantrey, even Dave Weaver ..and more. I used to travel, ride and compete with these guys. We all shared the first chapter of snowboarding together. We took it for granted at the time, but I think we all realize now how great it was to be part of something that really redefined who we are. Snowboarding literally changed our lives. We had a fantastic weekend, recreating the Super G and ditch,err I mean halfpipe of 30 yrs ago. A bunch of old guys charging on 25-30 year old equipment! (Imagine going 50mph on 30yr old plastic bindings that broke a lot when they were new!!) The event also marked the on-snow memorial for Tom Sims. He would have been stoked on the turn-out and all the old Sims boards put back into action in his honor. [Thanks Tom!]
Instant flashback running into all these vintage boards at the show. Just as I was thinking ‘wow, did Kidwell sell off his whole quiver?’, I turned the corner and ran into TK himself. I’ve pretty much ridden versions of every board here. Was pretty cool to see a collection like this.. makes it feel like yesterday. TR
I recently got the opportunity to get back to my roots, and drop in on Tom Sims in California. The first time we rode together was back in 1984. Here we are 27 years later..
Chapter 1; East vs. West, 1983 – 1990
Chapter 1 wasn’t even old school – it was pre-school. This was the stage when snowboarding really was an ‘alternative’ sport. People didn’t even know what it was, and every lift line was fifty questions… Riding style and equipment was evolving constantly and dramatically. ‘Magazines’ were really underground newsletters.. and you pretty much knew everybody in the scene. Everyone involved was pioneering a new learning curve. We were the first generation, and we had no idea snowboarding was headed where it is today.
Circa 1985, Mt. Bachelor in Bend Oregon – This is a shot of my original crew, Mike Myers and John Glorioso. Unloading some fresh 1500fe swallowtails from the back of the International. Recent innovations included p-tex, metal edges, and the ‘high back’. Check out the above board review – the bit in the last paragraph describing ‘rocker’! (It took another 22 years to go full circle and realize that was actually a good idea). [Note: Shaun White wasn’t even born yet.]
Way back, before working with Jake, I was riding for Tom. In those days it was East vs. West, Burton vs. Sims, and Jake vs. Tom. Competition was king, and the two reigning teams; Sims and Burton were battling..
The ’88 U.S. Open was my first Men’s Pro Worldcup, at the invincible age of 17. In the above shot pushing nearly 60mph in the downhill. Note the strategic duct tape wrap on my boots – the high wrap on the front boot for enhanced high speed stability… errr. The board was a hand-made protoype DH competition model with virtually no tip or tail at all. This was crazy progressive in the day. I got it the day before the event – and only had time to ride it for a few runs that morning before dropping in for the race. This was the 1st board that was stable cruising big turns at 40+ mph. I remember making the first few turns and just thinking, ‘whoa! this is the next level’.
Check out the roster of characters from the 1988 U.S. Open at Stratton…
Mt. Bachelor was the west coast epicenter at the time. ‘Locals’ included Craig Kelly, Chis Klug, Rob Morrow, Sean Dillard, Scott Downey, Shannon Melhuse, Mike Renquet, Sanders Nye, Todd VanBelkum, Chris Karol, Kris Jamieson… and the list went on. A regional competition was practically a world cup with the local talent stack up. We owned the mountain, and were all pushing each other. Looking back, those were the golden years of snowboarding progression.
Check out the progression from ISM to TWS snowboarding in just 3 years. I got the cover of issue #3 in ’88 riding a horizontal lam. 1650 ‘kidwell’ roundtail.
Pre-1990 there were no sponsored ‘free -riders’. Everything was driven by contest results. The below shots show the vertical lam. kidwell, next to what looks like a 1610 Blade. The halfpipe shot is riding the kidwell in spring 1989.
This last shot from 89/90 was riding a 1712 Blade, with the black carbon base. I had been training GS that day, and hit this one jump for the photog. on the way to the lodge.
The next year Sims Snowboards activities were frozen by the courts during a legal dispute with Vision Street Wear. Sims never really recovered, and this marked a pivotal change in the industry/marketplace. Tom Sims played a huge role in the formative years of our sport, and deserves more recognition than he gets. Note to modern groms; respect your heritage. You would not be doing what you’re doing today without the generations of progression that came before you.

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Neil Kilkenny felt North End were more than worthy winners as they came out 1-0 victors away to Peterborough United.
It was PNE's 100th game under manager Simon Grayson, and his side made sure it was one worth celebrating as the all-yellow Lilywhites took all three points at the ABAX Stadium and speaking to PNE Player, Kilkenny was quick to praise his team’s performance.
“It was a good performance from the lads, I think we deserved it, and we had a lot of chances but we didn’t finish them off.
"The last ten minutes they came at us, but we defended well, and overall we deserved the win.”
Jermaine Beckford scored the only goal of the game, his first for the Club since joining on loan in November and it was strike partner Kevin Davies who set up the goal for the 31-year-old and ‘Killa' was delighted that one of the frontmen got on the scoresheet this afternoon.
"We created a few chances but sometimes Kev isn’t greedy enough in front of goal, he had some chances to shoot today but was laying them off but it was great for one of them to get on the scoresheet today and they move onto the next game now.”
To hear more from Kilkenny go to PNE Player to watch the full interview.


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The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) has slapped penalties of AU$126,000 on mobile service providers Amaysim Australia and Lycamobile. The Australian consumer watchdog alleged that the duo offers unlimited data to its customers despite having data caps on the advertised plans.
Amaysim and Lycamobile Penalized AU$126,000 Each
Mobile network providers Amaysim Australia and Lycamobile have already paid a total of AU$126,000 each in penalties. The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) had served the pair infringement notices. The charges included alleged false or misleading representation about their mobile phone plans. The ACCC alleges that the two companies separately advertised that their mobile phone plans offered “unlimited” data to consumers on social media. It was learned that each of their plans indeed has a maximum data allowance. Hence, customers who subscribed to the advertised plans would be subject to additional charges if they exceeded those capped amounts. The ACCC claimed that the messages conveyed by such ads were in breach of Australian Consumer Law and misled consumers.
According to ACCC Chair Rod Sims, the consumers seeing the word ‘unlimited’ in the ads would expect no additional fees charged for their mobile data, irrespective of their data usage. He claimed that without any explanation of the limits of the data plans, it was easy to be misled by such advertisements. Additionally, he stated that the telecommunications industry had been put on notice earlier for the same issue. Their advertisements were mandated to be clear and transparent, without including tall claims such as ‘unlimited’ that didn’t mention a clear, prominent disclosure of any exceptions applicable to the offer.
Not the First Fine for Amaysim and Lycamobile
However, this is not the first time both companies have landed in hot water with the ACCC for their misleading conduct. In 2018, the ACCC took legal action against Amaysim. Back then the claims alleged that Amaysim was making false and misleading ads about discounts being offered on the company’s energy brand, Click Energy. At the time, the ACCC had denounced Click Energy’s advertising as being among the worst practices it had ever seen in retail electricity.
Meanwhile, Lycamobile had also been previously fined in 2018. The mobile service provider had failed to comply with the Telecommunications Consumer Protections Code. It had been slapped with an AU$12,600 fine after it did not lodge its annual TCP Code compliance documents in accordance with the rules of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). The ACMA Acting Chair Creina Chapman had called the lodging of the requisite documents an important industry obligation and Lycamobile was in clear violation of the TCP code by not furnishing them.
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Paint-a-Palooza! June 11-14; 1-4pm In this colorful camp we will explore a variety of painting media and techniques, including watercolors, mixed media, paper, and acrylics, to create beautiful masterpieces on canvas, tiles, and paper.
The Mayflower Arts Center is pleased to unveil its SEVENTH season with OVER 24 fun and creative camps and workshops for artists of ALL AGES! Each art camp is designed to heighten the imaginations of our artists through creative and technical exploration, incorporating techniques learned through both individual and collaborative works. At the conclusion of the camp, each artist will have the opportunity to present and exhibit their creations in a Gallery Exhibit/Artist Reception on Friday evening. The Gallery Exhibit will be open to the public. Friends and families are always encouraged to attend. Select artworks will be on display at the conclusion of the camp season in our Kids Art Show: The Best of Summer Art Camps Exhibit, August 10-24.


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Hey, my loves!<3 I made a one day trip with my grandma – or as I call her Grosi, which is the typically swiss word for grandma – to Tessin and even Italy by train.
Tessin is a canton of Switzerland which is in the south and borders on Italy. It’s so beautiful there and it actually looks like you are somewhere in Italy or Spain. The architecture is very Mediterranean and you see palm trees everywhere.
I haven’t been there for a while actually. We always drive through the Tessin when we go to Italy tho. When I was younger I used to live there on the weekends. Because my dad had to work there so my mom and I would visit him on the weekends.
We drove from Zurich to Chiasso, from Chiasso to Lugano, from Lugano to Bellinzona, from Bellinzona to Locarno, from Locarno to Dal Domodossola in Italy with the panorama train, from there to Brig then to Bern and back to Zurich.
In Lugano, we had a little stay, walked along the lake and ate lunch.<3
It was such a great time we had. It was just me and my grandma. We just felt like doing something together since my Mom and my youngest brother left to Malaga in Spain and my other brother and Dad flew to Mykonos.
Also, it was super beautiful to just watch out of the train window all day long, looking at the wonderful nature and especially lakes and mountains of Switzerland.<3 And as always my grandma and I had great talks together!<3

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Chinese Ruins in Cape Breton?
Over a year ago, Dr. Sandra Barr participated in the filming of a documentary on the supposed Chinese ruins in Kellys Mountain in Cape Breton Island described by author Paul Chiasson in his book "The Island of Seven Cities". The documentary entitled "Mysterious Ruins: Cape Breton", produced by Ellis Entertainment Corporation, aired for the first time on the History Channel on December 11th.
Dr. Barr and archaeologist Dr. Stephen Davis (Professor Emeritus, Saint Mary's University) were invited to participate to provide expert opinion on the evidence (or lack thereof) for the existence of the ruins, which Paul Chiasson claims were made by Chinese visitors prior to the arrival of Columbus in the Americas.
During the filming of the documentary it was apparent to both Dr. Barr and Dr. Davis that no evidence exists on Kellys Mountain for the supposed "ruins", and both said so in the documentary, but their explanations are mostly ignored in the film. In particular, the rectangular supposed foundations for Chinese buildings are remnants of drilling platforms during exploration of the area in the late 1980s for possible development of a quarry on the mountain, and the supposed Chinese road was made by a bulldozer. Such basic facts were not included in the documentary, showing once again that one should not necessary believe everything one sees or hears in the media!


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- Demonetisation failed to make any negative impact on Thane’s realty, rental market
The overall slowdown in the market coupled with the demonetisation decision last year apparently failed to make any negative impact on the property market in the Thane district last year with registrations showing a Northward movement in the volume of registration of transactions.
- Biodiversity centre in Airoli to open this Sunday
NAVI MUMBAI: The state mangrove cell is set to throw open the much-awaited Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Centre at Airoli along the Thane Creek on April 30. A first of its kind centre on the western coast , the Rs 15-crore project in its first phase will have multi-sensory and mechanical exhibits of animals, besides audio-visual presentations. One can see how a crab looks like from different angles and hear what a bird sounds like in the marine interpretation centre. Mangroves can be experienced through multi-sensory and mechanical exhibits. Besides, turtles, crabs and flamingos can be seen in the backyard of the centre. According to officials, the marine museum which is part of the second phase of the project will be the first museum dedicated to preserving skeletal remains of marine mammals. The marine museum, which will be set up in the centre premises, will have skeletons of two dolphins and a 29 feet whale in the second phase of the project soon. Divisional Forest Officer Makarand Godke said, “Besides interactive display of coastal marine species, visitors can also see two live flamingos and two turtles.” Original mangrove nursery, crab pond, board walk can be viewed adjacent to the centre located underneath Airoli-Mulund Bridge. The project is funded by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), an international agency and the state government. “MMRDA has sanctioned Rs 10 crore which could be spent for the second phase of the project. A flamingo sanctuary has also been planned here,” said MS Bothe, Range Forest Officer. State forest minister Sudhir Mungatiwar will inaugurate the centre on Sunday. The centre will house several features related to green cover and marine life. Some of them include coastal interpretation room, marine interpretation room, interactive display, souvenir shop. The outdoor atrractions will have mangrove nursery, crab pond, board walk, creek view, flamingos
- Bandaru opens refurbished Hubballi, D’gere ESI hospitals
Hubballi: The sub-regional office of Employee’s State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) in Hubballi will soon be upgraded into a regional office besides upgrading the 50-bed ESI hospitals in Hubballi and Davangere to 100-bed hospitals, said Bandaru Dattatreya, Union minister for state labour and employment. Speaking after inaugurating the upgraded 50-bed ESI hospitals in Hubballi and Davangere here on Friday, the minister asked the authorities to send a proposal to upgrade the sub regional ESIC office in Hubballi. His assurance came in response to the demands put forth by Dharwad MP Pralhad Joshi and district minister Vinay Kulkarni, who were present at the function. In future, both Hubballi and Davanagere ESI hospitals will be upgraded to super speciality hospitals with upgraded medical facilities under a PPP model so that the labour class can get effective treatment for cancer, kidney and heart ailments, the minister said. On filling up vacancies at ESI hospitals, the minister ordered the commissioner and director of the ESI, Karnataka, to submit a detailed proposal in this regard. The Union minister appealed to chief minister Siddaramaiah to form an ESI Corporation committee soon to utilise the funds released by the centre to the states. “This is the fourth time I am requesting the Karnataka CM on this, but he has not formed the committee yet. Because of the delay, the labourers of the state are being denied many benefits,” he added. Former CM Jagadish Shettar was present.
- 7th pay commission: Fitment committee seeks more time to submit final report
BHUBANESWAR: The fitment committee constituted by the state government to recommend modalities for implementation of the 7th pay commission for its employees and pensioners sought 45 more days to submit its report. “The fitment committee is trying to build consensus about the representations made by different employee unions; so that all discrepancies can be avoided in implementing the 7th pay commission. We have decided to seek some more time to submit the report,” development commissioner, R Balakrishnan, who is the chairman of the committee, told reporters after a meeting here. The committee that was constituted in October, 2016 was supposed to submit its report on February 28, which was extended by two more months (till April 28). According to sources, the state government is likely to implement the pay commission recommendations before Dasahara. The employee’ unions of the state government are eagerly waiting for implementation of the 7th pay commission. Nearly 4 lakh employees and more than 2 lakh pensioners are going to benefit of any hike. Though there was no specific allocation in the 2017-18 annual budget for the 7th pay commission implementation, it had earmarked Rs 47,466 crore towards administrative expenditure that includes salary and pension. Sources in the finance department said that the state government would have an additional financial burden of Rs 5,000 crore for implementation of the pay commission recommendations.
- PCMC standing committee makes a provision of Rs 25 lakh for rail track between Pune and Lonavla
PUNE: The standing committee of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has made a provision of Rs 25 lakh for laying the third rail track of the Pune-Lonavla section in the twin township limits. An additional provision of Rs 21 crore has been made for transport utility Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML). Committee chairperson Seema Savale recently approved the annual civic budget and forwarded it to the general body. She directed that the civic administration to also prepare a performance budget. Former municipal commissioner Dinesh Waghmare had presented the draft annual budget to the standing committee on April 18. While the actual provision for PCMC is Rs 275 crore, the committee made a nominal provision of Rs 25 lakh. BJP party leader Eknath Pawar said that the proposal will be first approved at the standing committee and forward it to the general body meeting in May. The state government had directed the Pune Urban Transport Project to bear 50% of the project cost on the lines of Mumbai Urban Transport Project. It said that the Pune Municipal Corporation, PCMC, the Pimpri Chinchwad New Township Development Authority and the Pune Metropolitan Regional Development Authority should share the cost on pro rata basis, i.e. in proportion to the length of the route in their respective jurisdictions. The length of the railway route in PCMC limits is 16.71 km and covers five railway stations.


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Sunday, March 19th, 2017
Au-Rene Theater at the Broward Center
201 SW 5th Avenue, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33312
During An Afternoon of Laughter and Reflection, Burnett will take questions from the audience, show video clips from her shows in a format that harkens back to the legendary openings of The Carol Burnett Show where her studio audience had an unfiltered opportunity to engage Carol with questions and receive spontaneous answers. I love the spontaneity of these evenings, said Carol. I never know what anyone is going to ask, or say, or do, so it keeps me on my toes!


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This book examines how non-economic inter- and intra-group relationships were reflected in residential patterns around the first decade of the 21st century in Whitechapel, an old yet attractive absorption neighbourhood in east London, UK. It sheds light on different levels of organisation that shape urban space and suggests an integrated understanding linking socio-cultural-religious norms and the urban environment that could be extrapolated to other cities. It studies core methodologies through joining of detailed, primary empirical research, collected through direct engagement with the communities of interest, with a wider theoretical and modelling framework. This study identifies the main engines of organised neighbourhood change and the difficulties of planning. It deals with individuals in the housing market and sheds light on similar processes occurring in other city centres with diverse population groups. Based on residential records at the resolution of single family and apartment covering a period of 17 years, the study reveals and analyses powerful mechanisms of residential relations at the apartment, building and the near neighbourhood level. Taken together, these revealed mechanisms are candidates for explaining the dynamics of residential segregation in the area during the period 1995 to 2012. Whitechapel's communities are extremely diverse, composed of 27 ethnic and religious groups and sub-groups. The residential preferences of group members are highly affected by the need to live among "friends" – other members of the same group. How is it that the area has been so attractive for so many people to live in, whilst at the same time being so diverse that people cannot achieve their stated preferences to live amongst 'friends'?
Horizontal examination: Micro-Segregation mechanism in the diverse area of Whitechapel -- Vertical examination of residential patterns in Whitechapel -- The role of Community housing in generating nests of residualisation -- Effects of identity and belonging on residential experiences, perceptions and practices of the undocumented population in Whitechapel -- Whitechapel Road: Between Group Behavior and Planning Policy


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Confessions of the Law Makers :
We have Gove , as mentioned above : Mr Gove told the Mail: "I took drugs on several occasions at social events more than 20 years ago. At the time I was a young journalist. It was a mistake. I look back and I think I wish I hadn't done that. (I bet you didn't wish that at the time, MIchael )
International Development Secretary Rory Stewart, who is one of those standing against him, has already apologised for smoking opium - a class A drug in the UK - at a wedding in Iran 15 years ago.
And Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt - another candidate - told the Times he had drunk a cannabis lassi while backpacking through India. (Just once ?
Dominic Raab, who has previously admitted smoking cannabis (
Anne Widdicombe was another confessionist , a few years ago.
I dare say the journalists who so diligently write down the errors of others, are squeaky clean
If the information that I was given 20 yrs ago was correct, when Gove was into his cocaine, so was everyone else in London at the time, including those who worked on the side of the law at varying levels !

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MapPedometer is a Google Maps Pedometer which allows you to calculate the distance traveled for running, walking, cycling, or other activities.
By marking points along the Google map, the website will compute the distance of your route.
Route distance is displayed in miles or kilometers.
Creating a new route
Click on this Home page
link to open the home page in a separate window.
- Enter a location in the location field and click Find to locate a position on the map. The
Map Pedometer will update the Google map to display your new location.
- Points on the map are created by clicking on the map.
- Click a location on the map to mark your first point.
- Click additional locations on the map to draw your route. The Google Pedometer automatically computes your distance.
- Click on the miles or kilometers radio box to switch the Google Pedometer between miles and kilometers.
- Select Run/Walk, Cycle, Drive, or Straight line to modify the way the map route is computed between marked points.
Saving a route
- After you enter your route, you can save your route for future use.
- Register and Log in to the site if you would like to easily retrieve all of your saved Map Pedometer routes in the future.
- Click on the Save Route button to save the route.
- A popup dialog will confirm that the route has been saved and it will list the map route link.
- Your saved route has a unique route number that is shown at the end of the link.
- After saving your route, the page will refresh and the direct link to your route will be shown in your browser's navigation bar.
- You can share your route with others by copying the saved route
link and sharing the link via email or by posting the link on your
Loading a route
- On the Home page, enter the saved route
number in the "Route #" box and click on the "Load route" button.
- The saved route will load and will be displayed.
- Clicking on a saved route link will take you directly to the
saved route without requiring you to enter the route number.
Elevation graphs / Altitude graphs
After saving your Map Pedometer route, you can view an elevation/altitude graph on the
My Routes page. Now you don't have to wonder whether you will encounter any large hills on your running, walking, cycling, or hiking route. The map elevation graph gives you a clear indication of where the hills are and the total elevation increase or elevation decrease along your route. The Elevation/Altitude graph displays the elevation in feet or meters for your selected route. The units in the Elevation/Altitude graph can be changed by selecting "Miles" or "Kilometers" in the heading column of the route table. The Elevation Graph will update dynamically whenever you select a route from the route table.
Elevation statistics data is listed above the elevation graph. The elevation statistics include the elevation change, elevation increase, and elevation decrease of the selected route. The up elevation and down elevation statistics are calculated using a threshold mechanism which will ignore minor elevation changes. This algorithm helps provide a more accurate assessment of the actual up/down elevation changes encountered during a route. For example, a road that is virtually flat may repeatedly rise and fall by a few feet. Our up elevation and down elevation algorithm will ignore these minor elevation changes and only include elevation changes above a predefined threshold.
Elevation/Altitude graphs are also available on the Map Pedometer home page. While creating your Map Pedometer route, you can view
an elevation graph corresponding to your route. Click on the "Elevation Graph" link which is located at the top left of the map. A graph of the current route will be displayed. After changing the route, click on "Update" in the dialog title bar to update the graph. Click on the "X" in the dialog title bar to hide the graph.
Sharing routes / Embedding a route on your website
- Do you have a website or blog? Are you a member of a running club, walking club, biking/cycling club or exercise club?
If you have a website or blog, you can easily embed your Map Pedometer route so that a route map is displayed directly on your own website.
Visitors to your website can zoom the map in or out and scroll the map in all directions.
Clicking on the embedded route will display the route on the Map Pedometer home page.
- Visit the Share Map Routes page for instructions on how to place a map on your website.
- Would you like to share your Map Pedometer routes links? Visit the Share Map Routes page
to create route links and share them via Facebook or email.
- Visit the Print Map Route page to print your map route. Routes will
be displayed without navigation bars, ads, or forms.
- Click and drag the last point marker to move the point's
location. This is an easy method of adjusting the last point
of your route.
- Enable Street View to see a street level view of the last selected point (when available). Once enabled,
the resizable street view window will be updated as you add new points to your route. The street view indicator (pegman)
can also be dragged to any location with an available street view.
- Normally, points that you enter must be connected by roads.
The "Straight line" mapping option allows you to create a route
directly between two points. You may switch between
"Run/Walk", "Cycle", "Drive", and "Straight line" options at
any time while adding new route points.
- Click on the "Add reverse route" button when you would like to
complete your route by returning to your starting point. The
added points will be along the path of your outgoing route points.
- Distance markers allow you to see the mile or kilometer distance
along your route.
- Predefined map sizes are selectable by choosing a map size from
the map size dropdown list.


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Thanks to the blog team for inviting me to be the guest blogger this week. I wasn’t going to mention the fact that this will be the very first blog post I’ve ever written in my life to them, but hopefully I have a few readers out there besides just my mother (Hi Mom!).
Some of these video game characters may be familiar to you, but hopefully you’ll meet someone new today and try a game you’ve never played. Read on and use the comments at the bottom to share YOUR favorite video game characters. We want to know these things about you too!
The character that you can literally make into whatever character your big heart desires! Little Big Planet was the first game I bought for my PS3 and my very first experience playing a game with friends who live in other parts of the world. We were chatting, helping each other get through levels, and showing off our cute Sackboys and Sackgirls. It’s easy to customize your Sackthing with the hundreds of virtual costume pieces and stickers you receive from Story Mode (or you can purchase familiar game character costumes from the PSN Store). Sometimes I get so carried away with all of the decorating that I forget to actually play the game! I am hooked on Media Molecule‘s LBP, LBP 2 and LBP Karting, and I can’t wait to see what characters this game studio comes up with next.
Playing Tomb Raider as Lara Croft was my first experience playing a video game as a female character. This was a pretty epic moment for a girl who has been playing video games since 1985 as male characters. When PlayStation launched, Tomb Raider was the first game I played, and my friend and I literally watched the sun set and then rise the next day playing this game. Lara Croft represents that strong, independent, intelligent and gorgeous woman that I think some of us women would love to be a little more like. She was absolutely inspiring for me as a teenage gamer starting to think about who might be behind this character, creating the art & story, and what it must be like to work in this industry.
If you haven’t played Battle Cats yet, it’s a free application for both iOS & Android users and perfect for any cat-ladies out there like me (or anyone, considering I learned of this app from all of the guys on my team who couldn’t stop playing it themselves. I’m pretty sure they aren’t cat-ladies)! I have logged in every single day since downloading this game in an attempt to add to my virtual kitty arsenal. God-Cat is always there in every battle just in case you run into trouble; you can call on him for a miracle. From the moment I laid my eyes on God-Cat, I have to admit I’ve had a little bit of a crush. You can’t deny the allure of that body, the cuteness of his face, and the handsome blue hair flowing in the battle breeze. Do you believe?
Triple Town Bears
The video game character we love to hate! But they are so darn cute; even if their only goal is terrorizing the neighborhood, I can’t help but adore them. I play Triple Town on my iPhone, iPad, and on Facebook and never play in “Peaceful Valley” where there aren’t bears! The bears make this game for me, creating a challenge to keep those cuties contained and hopefully turn them into churches. Hallelujah! Remember the old days of Tetris, when you would close your eyes and that was all you could see or think about after playing for too long? That’s what these bears do to me… I start thinking in 3s everywhere I go, imagining random objects will turn into something else if they are sitting too close to two more of the same thing. I may not actually pull my car too close if there are only two cars sitting at a red light in front of me. You never know! My Triple Town Bear that I got from the Spry Fox team at PAX last year has prime real estate on my desk where I keep him away from your neighborhood. You’re welcome!
I have so many favorite PopCap characters, but this time we’ll leave Sophie, Bjorn and those cute ‘lil Chuzzles out of it. This is all about Sunflower. This character emits sun and lights up right before she spreads that sunshiny love. She is a requirement in Plants vs. Zombies day levels, as sunshine is your currency to buy plants with (Do I really need to explain this? If you don’t know, you should probably go out right away and get this game before Plants vs. Zombies 2 is released this summer!). Did you know she makes an appearance in more than just our lovable Plants vs. Zombies game? You can now find Sunflower on Facebook in PvZ Adventures and don’t forget to download Zen Studios: Pinball FX2 and grab the Plants vs. Zombies table launched last year. Sunflower is the star of this show (Co-Co-Co-COMBO!) and definitely worth a nudge! She always brings a smile to my face, hence my little collection of Sunflowers keeping my window sunny even on rainy Seattle days. Someday when she’s back in stock, this WILL be added to my collection from the PvZ Store!


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It’s hard to believe that launch day is already behind us. We’re still flying high! Pierre gave out tastes of his cool and refreshing Fonio Mango Salad to throngs of visitors to the new Harlem Whole Foods Market in New York City on Friday July 21st. We sold out of the first delivery pretty quickly, but they’re back in stock now.
We were too beleaguered with customers to take pictures, but we’ll be back soon, and we promise to try to post pics. Pierre said that what tickled him most was seeing babies taste his salad and break out into huge smiles, reaching for more!

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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) for disinfection of oral wounds. In vitro study
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The aim of this in vitro study was to compare the antimicrobial effects of photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT), an ordinary antiseptic (chlorhexidini digluconas), and an antibiotic therapy (bacitracinum zincicum and neomycini sulfas) in vitro.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an area of great interest for its potential use as an antimicrobial therapy. It is currently a popular topic in modern medical literature. PDT is, according to recent publications, advantageous over other types of therapies because it acts nonspecifically and it is impossible to develop resistance to the therapy.
Materials and Methods
We investigated the antibacterial effect of these three forms of antiseptics on the selection of G+, G-, aerobic, and anaerobic bacteria that exist in the oral cavity and are involved in the formation of periodontal diseases.
Results & Conclusion
We found that the PACT device did not have a sufficient antimicrobial effect in vitro. In contrast, the disinfection agents containing chlorhexidini digluconas were effective and may be a safe, non-specific alternative to antibiotic treatments. Promising results from some clinical studies can have different mechanism of action as disinfection.
KeywordsLaser Chlorhexidin Photodynamic therapy Antibiotics Disinfection Ozonization Oral cavity
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- Katie O’Riordan, Oleg E. Akilov, Tayyaba Hasan PhD, The potential for photodynamic therapy in the treatment of localized infections. Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114-2698, USA; Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy (2005); 2, 247–262CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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- D. Torres-Lagares, J. L. Gutierrez-Perez, P. Infante-Cossio, M. Garcia-Calderon, M. M. Romero-Ruiz, M. A. Serrera-Figallo: Randomized, double-blind study on effectiveness of intra-alveolar chlorhexidine gel in reducing the incidence of alveolar osteitis in mandibular third molar surgery.; Int. J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. (2006) 35: 348–351PubMedCrossRefGoogle Scholar
- Aysin Dumani, Oguz Yoldas, A. Sehnaz Isci, Fatih Köksal, Begüm Kayar, Esra Polat Disifection of artificially contaminated Resilon cones with chlorhexidine and sodium hypochlorite addifferent time exposures; Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Path ology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology (2007) 103(3): e82–e85CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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[ Mathematics 256 home page ]
Fourth laboratory - Fall 2002
Due: Friday, November 1, 2001 at 11:30pm
For technical reasons, while working on
this lab, you
must not reload or leave this page within
your web browser. If you do leave and want to come
back again, you should quit your browser and
restart it, either from the background menu or
a terminal window.
your answers frequently by using the submittor
at the end of the page.
The section of the text relevant to this lab is 10.4.
Note the following useful facts:
1. If A is a nonsingular matrix and g is a constant
vector, the steady-state solution of the system
x' = A x + g is x = -A-1 g.
2. The general solution of the system
x' = A x + g can be written
x(p)(t) + c1 x(1)(t)
+ ... + cn x(n)(t) = x(p)(t)
+ P(t) c
where x(p)(t) is a particular solution and P(t) is
the matrix whose columns are the fundamental set of solutions
x(1)(t), ... x(n)(t) of the
homogeneous system. Thus the
coefficients in the solution for the initial condition
x(t0) = x(0) can be obtained
by solving the system P(t0) c = x(0)
Lead in the Body
When lead enters the human body (whether in food, air or water) it
first goes into the blood, and from there to the bones and teeth, where it
can remain for a long time, and the soft
tissues where it can cause damage. This may be modeled by a
"three-compartment model" involving three dependent variables
representing the amounts of lead in the three compartments:
soft tissues (y2), and
bones (y3). The rate at which lead transfers
from compartment i to compartment j is proportional
to the amount yi in compartment i, with
a coefficient denoted by aij. There is no
direct transfer between the bones and soft tissues, so
a23 and a32 are zero. There is
from the blood and soft tissues to the external environment through
urine, hair, nails and sweat, corresponding to coefficients
a10 and a20. If f(t)
is the rate at which lead enters the blood from the environment,
we get the 3 x 3 linear system
We measure time in units of years, and
amounts of lead in micrograms.
The rate constants for a healthy adult have been estimated as
Mr. Jones has just retired from his job as a factory worker, in
which for 40 years he was constantly
exposed to high lead levels. He now has
2000 micrograms of lead in his blood. He will not have any significant
exposure to environmental lead in the future, but the lead in his bones
is still a
This lab uses two Java applet tools: a matrix calculator and
a solution grapher.
The matrix calculator below computes inverses,
eigenvalues and eigenvectors of 3 x 3 matrices, multiplies a matrix
and a vector, and solves the
matrix-vector equation Ax = b. You can change the entries
in the matrix A and vector b by clicking on them
- Press the Invert
button to see A-1.
This requires the matrix to be nonsingular.
- Press the Eigen button to see the eigenvalues, with
an eigenvector below each eigenvalue.
- Press the Solve button to see the solution
of Ax=b. This requires the matrix to be nonsingular.
- Press the Multiply button to see the product
- You can keep three different matrices A, B, C and three
different vectors a, b and c.
To switch among them, click on the name to choose another one.
The buttons always operate on the currently-chosen matrix and
- The Copy button copies the latest result (if any) into
the currently shown matrix or vector.
An inverse matrix will be copied into the current matrix.
For the result of Eigen, the three eigenvectors are copied
into the columns of the current matrix. In the case of complex
eigenvalues, the real part of a complex eigenvector is copied into
one column and the imaginary part into the next column.
For the result of Solve, the solution vector is copied into
the current vector.
The plotter below can be used to plot any function of the form y =
+a3 exp(r3t) or its
Enter the coefficients, enter the initial and final values of t,
and click the "Plot y" or "Plot y'" button. The values of y (or
y') for t running between the
initial and final values are shown. If you click on the graph,
the coordinates of the point where you clicked are shown near the top left
of the graph.
How much lead did Mr. Jones accumulate in his bones?
- Using the eigenvalues and eigenvectors
of A, find the general solution of the homogeneous system.
Enter in Question 1 the eigenvalue closest to 0.
Note how much closer to 0 this is than the other eigenvalues: the terms
corresponding to the other eigenvalues will decay toward 0 quite quickly,
but this one will decay very slowly.
- Suppose f(t) is the constant
1000. Find the steady-state solution by solving a system
Ax = b. Enter in Question 2 the steady-state
value of y1.
- Solve another system of equations to obtain the solution with initial
condition corresponding to no lead in the body at time 0.
- Plot y1, y2 and
y3 for t from
0 to 40, and find the values at t=40. Enter in Question 3 the
value for y1 at t=40.
- What constant value of f(t) would have produced Mr. Jones's
current value of y1= 2000? Enter this in Question 4.
- Using this f(t), what are the current values of
y2 and y3? Enter the current value
of y3 in Question 5.
- At what time t did y2 reach 90% of its
current value? Enter this (to 3 decimal places) in Question 6.
- Find the solution starting with the current values at t=0, and
assuming no further exposure to lead in the environment.
Enter in Question 7 the amount of lead that will be in Mr. Jones's
blood one year from now.
- Even with no further exposure to lead in the environment,
y3 continues to increase for a while.
Enter in Question 8 the value of t (to 3 decimal places)
y3 reaches its maximum (considering the present
Despite what it shows for Question 7 in the table above, do NOT work
out y1(2) there. Instead give y1(1), as indicated in the story above.
There is no reason in principle that
you will not be able to submit your answers from
home, but we cannot guarantee success.
If a submission from within the Mathematics Department system
is not successful, tell the TA.
Send questions about problems with submitter to
the lab TA
Send mathematical questions about the labs to
the professor in charge of Math 256:

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Five experts from the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) have released a new report as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreed to by Iran and the P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) moves from negotiation to adoption. The authors of the report – Middle East Security Program Director Ilan Goldenberg, Energy, Economics, and Security Program Director Elizabeth Rosenberg, Adjunct Researcher Avner Golov, and Research Associates Nicholas Heras and Ellie Maruyama – lay out a comprehensive strategy and concrete recommendations for how the U.S. can maximize the opportunity presented by JCPOA.
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Warrington indie pop band The A.V. Club have entered a new phase with their brand new single ‘Mistakes’, out Friday 5th March.
Thriving since their very beginning, The A.V. Club have been dropping carefully crafted indie pop bops since early 2020. Their exciting blend of nostalgic electro sounds with modern indie-pop vibes has captured the attention of many, including John Kennedy who tipped them as a ‘One To Watch’ on his Radio X show last year. After an extremely well-received EP ‘Youthful Illusions’, the band swiftly followed it up with singles ‘Over U’ and ‘Real Love’, quenching the thirst of their ever-increasing following.
The Warrington quartet are now back with their first offering of 2021, in the form of new single ‘Mistakes’. The single’s hooky synth melodies and catchy chorus pair to create a bittersweet, soaringly cinematic listen. Dubbed as an anthem for reckless young lovers, ‘Mistakes’ follows the story of a person living with regret over a past relationship, reflecting on their heartache and the resulting emotions of letting someone they loved go for no real reason other than being young and reckless. It’s a relatable story; something more people will have experienced than they care to admit.
‘Mistakes’ was written in just a couple of hours, while singer Joe was waiting to go on a night out during the brief period of time the first lockdown was lifted. The full demo, including all instrumentation, was tracked by Joe at his home studio, before it was completed by the full band at Matchbox Studios. Fans of Fickle Friends, Sea Girls, Wallows, Valley, The 1975 and Swim Deep will find their new favourite band with The A.V. Club.
‘Mistakes’ will be available on all streaming and purchasing platforms on Friday 5th March 2021.
Alonna did a write-up on the realese. See below what she said: The A.V. Club’s newest track, Mistakes, found its way onto our desk, and I was blown away. So there I was, it was a normal Friday night, and I was watching reruns of Deal or No Deal, (remember that show? No? Oh okay) when I was given the privilege of being able to listen to the new track by The A.V. Club, which by the way, love the name! Without hesitation I turned off Howie Mandel, and all my lights and away I went, on a lyrical trip with The A.V. Club!
The song is very reminiscent of Sam Smith meets The 1975, and I love this fusion. The catchy pop tune makes you want to get up and dance, while the powerful vocals tell you a story about the narrator promising to not make the same mistakes again. The track itself is a wonderful whirlwind that’ll have you dancing AND missing your ex, but don’t take my word for it, listen to Mistakes by The A.V. Club here: https://open.spotify.com/track/51xLdaiMhIH5HRyDXqjMnB?si=xld_vCWJT5mRdrYPFo5Xdg
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Start a new series of posting. Same song but different style (covers of the original one). First to come is my favourite song, Rolling In the Deep originally by UK singers Adele~
My favourite singer! Adele rules with Rolling In the Deep!
Linkin Park really make it theirs~
Sam Tsui made a tried on this song!
One of my favourite flavour for this song. And Haley my only IDOL.!!
Three different style of singing a song. Which one is the best? I would choose Haley for sure!
Hamba rasa mmang nyanyi different dari Adele and she give such flavour to that song!


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