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Vicarious somatosensory activations contribute to prosocial decision-making, new work led by investigators from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience suggests.
Previous neuroscience studies have shown that when we see somebody in pain our brain activates tactile and emotional regions as if we ourselves were in pain. This study from Selene Gallo (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, KNAW) asked whether altering activity in these tactile brain regions while witnessing the pain of others would alter people’s willingness to help.
The results are of great importance to understand our social human nature and to find treatments for pathologies, like psychopathic individuals.
Reducing Others Pain
Researchers from the Social Brain Lab, led by KNAW’s Valeria Gazzola and Christian Keysers, gave participants the opportunity to reduce the pain of a victim receiving a swat on her hand. They could reduce the pain by giving up money they could have otherwise taken home while their tactile brain activity was measured and altered.
The researchers used electroencephalography, a method to record electrical activity of the brain, in healthy human participants. With this method, they found that the activity in tactile cortices increased when participants increased their donation.
Later they altered brain activity by using neuromodulation. Normally participants gave more money when the victim experienced more pain.
But when interfering with tactile activity two related phenomena were observed: (a) people became less able to perceive in how much pain the other person was and (b) they no longer adapted their donations as appropriately to the needs of the other.
Tactile Cortices Social Function
The results suggest that our tactile cortices, primarily evolved to perceive touch and pain on our body, have an important social function.
They contribute to prosocial decision-making by helping to transform the sight of bodily harm into an accurate feeling for how much pain the victim experiences. This feeling is necessary to adapt our helping to the needs of others.
Providing a link between empathy for pain and prosocial behavior at the neural level is crucial to understand our social human nature and target pharmacological approaches to treat pathologies in which these mechanisms dysfunction, for example in psychopath individual or in children with callous unemotional traits.
The Gazzola lab is funded by the Dutch Science Foundation’s Innovational Research Incentives Scheme (VIDI), the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, the European Commission’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions, and the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología of Mexico.
Selene Gallo, Riccardo Paracampo, Laura Müller-Pinzler, Mario Carlo Severo, Laila Blömer, Carolina Fernandes-Henriques, Anna Henschel, Balint Kalista Lammes, Tatjana Maskaljunas, Judith Suttrup, Alessio Avenanti, Christian Keysers, Valeria Gazzola The causal role of the somatosensory cortex in prosocial behaviour eLife 2018;7:e32740 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.32740


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May 26, 2011 (Chinavestor) Chinese stocks continue to trade mixed in Asia. The Hang Seng Index (INDEXHANGSENG:.HSI) advanced 153.5 points or 0.7% while the Shanghai Composite Index (SHA:000001) fell 6.5 points or 0.2%. Both indices have traded in a narrow range lately as investors await for more clues about the health of the global economy.
U.S. listed large cap Chinese stocks advanced, helping the iShares FTSE/Xinhua 25 China Index (NYSE:FXI) to eke out a small gain. But smaller counterparts suffered sending the Guggenheim Small Cap China ETF (NYSE:HAO) lower for the day.
China Green Agriculture (NYSE:CGA), a Chinese fertilizer maker, fell 16.0% after a similar dive a day before. The company issued a statement that it does not comment on unusual stock price moves.

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Twitter Goes Nuts Over FBI Raiding Michael Cohen’s Office: ‘Says Who? Says the FBI, That’s Who’
A bombshell dropped this afternoon when it was reported that the FBI had raided the offices of longtime Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen, seizing documents and records related to a number of topics, including Cohen’s $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. The search warrant was obtained following a referral from Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is currently leading a probe of Russian election meddling and potential collusion between Trump campaign associates and Russian officials.
As you’d imagine, this news made Twitter go absolutely wild, especially since Trump essentially threw Cohen under the bus a few days ago when he said he had no knowledge of the hush payment made to Daniels over an alleged 2006 sexual encounter.
Below is a sampling of what Twitter offered:
So given this Cohen raid is an SDNY investigation referred by Mueller, and not a Mueller action, it would appear there is a SECOND criminal investigation into the president's inner circle.
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) April 9, 2018
Hey, tough guy….knock, knock. https://t.co/ocsZt4n8kO
— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) April 9, 2018
"Well, you'll have to ask Michael Cohen. Michael is my attorney. And you'll have to ask Michael Cohen." — Donald Trump, last week
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) April 9, 2018
Says who? Says the FBI, that's who https://t.co/11dFOquKcW
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) April 9, 2018
Trump on Thursday: Ask Michael Cohen!
Mueller on Monday: FBI Raids Michael Cohen's office.
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) April 9, 2018
u can thank people like Reince and Bannon for helping to block Michael Cohen from entering the senior ranks of the Trump administration, and by thank, I mean curse them to high hell
— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) April 9, 2018
Gonna be a ton of schadenfreude given how Michael Cohen behaves in public…
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) April 9, 2018
I bet Michael Cohen's office contains at least one photoshopped poster of Donald Trump dunking a basketball.
— Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) April 9, 2018
you, dumb: tweets NYT Michael Cohen office raid scoop
me, smart: tweets NYT Michael Cohen office raid scoop and adds "says who" joke
— Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) April 9, 2018
I just asked Sarah Huckabee Sanders about the NYT report of an FBI raid on President Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen’s office, she said the White House has no comment.
— Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) April 9, 2018
— Dan Abrams (@danabrams) April 9, 2018
I can only imagine Trump’s tweets about the FBI now that they raided his thug Michael Cohen
— Roland Scahill (@rolandscahill) April 9, 2018
Starr investigation began as billing records, ended with semen on dress, cigar sex and lying under oath.
Mueller began as Russian collusion and ended with… pic.twitter.com/Mmrp5bJRBD
— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) April 9, 2018
Stormy Daniels attorney Michael Avenatti had the following to say:
See below and review my comments and predictions last week on CNN and MSNBC. An enormous amount of misplaced faith has been placed on MC's shoulders IMO. If he does not hold up, this could end very very badly for DJT and others. F.B.I. Raids Cohen Offices https://t.co/ijYXxDpiGH
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 9, 2018
Meanwhile, Trump pal and Fox News correspondent Geraldo Rivera stated that this was bad news for the president because the FBI thinks there is probable cause a crime was committed.
Dramatic #Raid & #SearchWarrant on @MichaelCohen212 office means Feds think there is probable cause that crime(s) have been committed. Bad news for @realDonaldTrump because it’s never good to have your lawyer’s office raided. #NYT says it involves #StormyDaniels payment of hush $
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) April 9, 2018
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Left 4 Dead: Survivors Looks Bloody in Debut Trailer
A debut trailer has been released for the upcoming Valve and Taito developed Japanese arcade shooter Left 4 Dead: Survivors.
The trailer shows plenty of zombies being slaughtered with a variety of different weapons in an utterly grisly display – so it looks about standard as far as the series is concerned. I never envisioned Left 4 Dead as an arcade game but the more I think about it, the more brilliant it seems.
Have a look at the game in the trailer below.


Wallace Loh has responded after an angry mob of students descended upon his temporary residence today, demanding answers over the school’s proposal to build a $7.2 million dollar president’s mansion on campus.
The school is building the palace in the wake of desperate budget shortfalls and potential cuts from Annapolis. Maryland is cutting eight varsity sports next year in what Athletic Director Kevin Anderson has called “oh f***, I’m not getting a raise any time soon.”
Nonetheless, President Loh and the Board of Regents have insisted on the necessity of the mansion.
“My salary is X, my expenses are Y, as long as my mansion is built I do not care where the difference comes from. That is my entire involvement,” he was heard to say before the protests, while Mrs. Loh was watching the 2008 film Taken very loudly in the next room.


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Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy
Pharmacology, Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Biology, Botany, Human Physiology and Human Anatomy
Common Procedures: Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE), Immunohistochemistry, Chromatography, Protein purification, etc.
In vitro Protein Misfolding Techniques: Protein Misfolding Shaking Amplification (PMSA), Protein Misfolding Cyclic Amplification (PMCA), Real-Time Quaking-Induced Conversion (RT-QuIC)
Microscopy Techniques: Optical microscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy basics (negative staining), Scanning Electron Microscopy basics, Cryogenic Electron Microscopy basics
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- 01/2021 – 07/2021: Internship and Final Degree Thesis at the Prion Research Laboratory, CIC-bioGUNE. In vitro screening of potential dominant negative prion proteins as therapeutic strategies against prion diseases
- 01/2021 – 07/2021: Internship at Maria Arcocha Pharmacy, Bilbao. Production of simple pharmaceutical formulations for the treatment of common ailments
- 08/2021 – 12/2021: Laboratory technician at the Prion Research Laboratory, CIC-bioGUNE. Development of different procedures for high-resolution cryoEM structural studies of the prion protein amyloid.
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Puducherry: Opposition AIADMK on Tuesday protested government`s move to seek fresh applications for continuation of monthly assistance scheme covering aged persons, widows, destitute women and differently able persons in the Union Territory.
Addressing reporters here today, Secretary of the Puducherry unit of the AIADMK, A Anbalagan, MLA, alleged that the Department of Women and Children Development was now insisting on fresh applications including monthly income certificate from those already getting the monthly assistance.
`The 1.09 lakh beneficiaries are now apprehensive whether government was going to discontinue the scheme`, he said.
Anbalagan said government should continue to pay the assistance and wherever fresh applications were received the applicants can be screened and amount sanctioned.
`The present move to seek fresh applications from the beneficiaries already getting the money should be given up` he said.


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the head of Government of the city of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, reported that his team will get in touch with the companies that are part of the campaign against kidnapping attempts in the Metro, known as # Meestanllevando, to let”already proceed”.
The #MeEstánLlevando initiative came a few days ago in the city of Mexico. The statement that the campaign argues that this arises with the aim of “establishing a phrase that is recognized by all when a woman is in danger” as well as “put reflectors on its maximum power on the issue, being in the mind and in the voice of all s to raise awareness”.
This release is not signed by any person or organization.
Read: #VivasNosQueremos: women March against femicide and attempted kidnappings in Metro the head of Government was considered the messages placed in spectacular and furnishings of the capital of the country with the legend #MeEstánLlevando are part of a campaign against her.
“Surely is part of some opponents who don’t like that citizenship is supporting us,” said express question during his Tuesday press conference.
In addition, the capital President said that it was entrusted to the legal adviser of the city, Héctor Villegas Sandoval, contact with companies that are part of the campaign.
“We hope to actually see with the companies and that this campaign already leave in the city of Mexico”, said Sheinbaum Pardo.
Read: Release the two men accused of trying to kidnap a young woman in the metro placed messages in the parabuses Medical Center, spectacular urban furniture reads: “cries out, me being, to help you. To stop the kidnapping of women”. Social media the label #meestánllevando has been supported by men and women.
Being a phrase that is not signed, some users of social networks believe that it is a measure of the Mexico City Government and question its effectiveness.
Ah not for thus already solves the problem @Claudiashein @GobCDMX #meestanllevando pic.twitter.com/YIfHDgAw0p – Vivian Patron (@Vivi_Patron) February 9, 2019 Meanwhile in #CDMX… the cries for help, are part of the landscape. #MeEstánLlevando pic.twitter.com/qaOfywl4Q0 – Arthur (@ArturoAguirre) February 11, 2019 #Condesa #CDMX #meestanllevando #gobiernodemexico d is the best solution to what happens? Do not see more monitoring on the contrary I see more failures to act pic.twitter.com/WOiQnS4kAp – Abigail Solorio (@abisolrom) February 12, 2019-#MeEstánLlevando is not the first initiative that emerges as a protection option for women who face danger in the the city’s streets. A few days ago was born the #SafePlaces movement, which promotes women to safeguard in establishments such as restaurants, shops and galleries if they feel at risk.
Establishments wishing to join #SafePlaces must be registered on a list. The commitment of these places is to let women, give them a table and allow them to stay until the danger has passed and feel safe.
With information from Notimex.
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Semi-Driver Killed in Thursday Morning Crash on I-65 North Identified
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The semi-driver killed in Thursday’s 6 a.m. three vehicle collision on I-65 North near Old Hickory Boulevard in Madison is identified as Archie Lee Lester, 54, of Little Rock, Arkansas.
According to the driver of a 2007 Toyota Camry, Ayoub Riad, 45, he was struck by the driver of a full size white pickup truck which disabled his car in the middle of the interstate. Riad got out of his vehicle and ran to the shoulder. A short time later, the disabled Toyota was struck by the semi which overturned and caught fire. Lester died at the scene. Riad was not injured.
The driver of the white pickup truck did not stop. The pickup should have front end damage. Anyone with information about the driver or the involved hit and run vehicle is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 74-CRIME (615-742-7463) or log onto the Crime Stoppers website, www.NashvilleCrimeStoppers.com. Callers to Crime Stoppers can remain anonymous and qualify for an additional cash reward of up to $1,000.


Following the early success brought about by the Tabloid, Schneider and Baby designs utilised in 1914 and 15, it was time for Sopwith’s attentions to turn to a new design to meet the Royal Flying Corps needs. While those early designs had performed well they were still essentially a pre-war sports aircraft adapted to suit.
In June 1915, Thomas Sopwith himself made a visit to the front lines, in order to discuss with airmen what was required to make a good fighting aircraft. From these talks he was able to write a series of notes on what would make a good successor to some of the inferior types currently doing the job.
This new design, led by Sopwith himself and helped by RJ. Ashfield and Herbert Smith was a new bi-plane, it featured and in line 2 seat configuration and was powered by a 110 horsepower Clerget. One feature which made the Strutter a first was the inclusion of the Vickers-Challenger interrupter gear, in addition to the rear seat gunner, a first for a British aircraft. The Strutter was also one of the first aircraft to feature air brakes on the trailing edge of the wings.
Having a machine gun which could fire through the propellor would mean that Britain would finally be able to combat the much feared Fokker Eindecker designs, which had been the first to include the interrupter gear pioneered by Anthony Fokker. This technological advance led to complete air superiority for the Germans. With the period that followed being dubbed the “Fokker Scourge” by English media. This period is noted to have begun in July of 1915. The Strutter would be Sopwith’s first reply.
First taking to the skies in December 1914, the new aircraft had a distinctive support structure for the wings. With the traditional full length wing struts supporting the outer part of the wings, a half sized strut was used for the inner wings. These half sized struts were positioned on a 45 degree angle, joining at the fuselage near the cockpit. This distinctive look brought about the nickname from pilots and ground crew of the “1 and a half strutter”, it was soon adopted as the types name.
Following test flying the Strutter was delivered to the Royal Navy in February 1916 and the Royal Flying Corps later in the year. Soon enough the Strutter had become a hugely popular design, to such an extent that the production was soon outsourced to France and Russia.
No. 5 Wing of the Royal Naval Air Service were the first to have a complete flight of the new Sopwith and their initial missions were escorting bombers as well as carrying out raids themselves. The reason the RFC did not receive their orders until late was that production demand was so high some orders were sub-contracted to Proctor and Vickers, who did not get into their production at a high rate until August. As a result it was decided that some of the RNAS aircraft would be transferred to RFC, allowing 70 Squadron to be kitted out with the Strutter in time for the Battle of the Somme.
In July 1916 the Strutter became the first Sopwith to be involved in a dogfight, when a pair from No. 5 Wing spotted a formation of enemy aircraft near Ostend. They dived down to attack but shortly after starting the forward firing gun in one aircraft jammed, as did the rear facing gun of the other, providing a less than fair fight!
The Strutter performed well during this time, the Fokkers dominance had been overcome and the Sopwith’s increased performance led to long range patrols over German territory. However like many designs during the First World War, its time on top was short lived, by October 1915 the Albatros had appeared on the scene and completely outclassed the Strutters, even the fitting of an uprated 130hp engine did little to help the cause. They were simply too slow and the stable design made them unsuitable for dogfighting.
Efforts were made to “make do” with the Strutter though. One favoured method was to position underneath an enemy formation and make the enemy aircraft attack, then it would be up to the Strutter observers to shoot down the enemy fighters.
The Strutter was kept on as a reconnaissance aircraft, but suffered greatly during the “Bloody April” of 1917, with 43 Squadron suffering 35 casualties. Front line versions of the type were phased out during 1917 in favour of the Pup and Camel designs. After this withdrawal the aircraft remained in active service as part of Britain’s home defence Squadrons.
Though a large amount of the Strutters life was carried out in the Two Seater configuration there were a number of single seat variant, the first such design was the bomber version. This machine could carry four 65lb bombs internally, instead of the rear cockpit, small bomb-bay doors were fitted which were opened whenever the release mechanism was activated.
Though the Strutter was soon outclassed as a gun platform, that didn’t stop it gathering a number of aces, with the most impressive among them being Geoffrey Cock, who claimed 13 kills in the type:
Originally joining the 28th London Regiment in December 1915, Geoffrey Cock was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps in June 1916. Following training with 25 reserve squadron and gaining his wings, he moved to France with 45 squadron on the 14th October. He made quite a large impression during his time with the flight, of which all was on Strutters. In May 1917 he was promoted to the commander post of B flight.
He had to wait a little while for success to come to him though, with his first victory not being claimed until the 6th April 1916, though he did manage two at once! Two Albatros D.IIIs, one shot down and one driven out of control, at 10:30 near Lille, impressive given the Sopwith’s limitations.
What followed was something of a purple patch, with a further 11 victories being added to his tally by the 22nd July, all but one of these were Albatros fighters. Overall, 3 of the victories were confirmed as destroyed, with 9 of them being listed as driven out of control. The final victory in his list was a shared kill. These 13 victories made Cock easily the most successful Strutter ace, it is likely he would have added greatly to this list had he not been shot down and captured by German forces on the 22nd July.
After failing to escape prison, he was eventually brought back to Britain in December 1918 and rejoined the RFC, by then of course known as the RAF. By 1935 he was commanding 9 Squadron at Boscombe down, and retired in 1943 with the rank of Group Captain, quite the career.
1,439 Strutters were built in the UK, but this production was dwarfed by the French efforts which constructed 4,500 of the Sopwith machines. Despite this, and sadly, only four original aircraft remain:
Two can be found in France, one example, No.556 can be found at the Paris Air and Space museum at Le Bourget.
The other, No.2897 can be found with the Memorial flight, at La Ferte Alais, which after a long restoration flew again in 2012 and remains the only original Strutter in airworthy condition.
Another example, S85 can be found in the impressive aviation collection at the Brussels Army museum.
One last original, a machine from Argentina is apparently under restoration at the impressive Vintage Aviator Collection based in New Zealand, hopefully soon to join the French example in the skies.
As is the case with most First World War designs, there are a wide range of replicas of the Strutter around the world, in the UK there are replicas on display at Manston and the RAF Museum at Cosford as well as another under construction at East Fortune.
There are two flying replicas over the Atlantic as well.
An underrepresented type in terms of survivors then, but certainly due a minor resurgence in the next few years with the projects in New Zealand and East Fortune to look forward to.
The next look into the Sopwith company’s first world war will look at another type that came to the lines around the same time as the Strutter, the Sopwith Pup.
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- It is expected that the device will come with the changes in the designing setup.
- The smartphone will also come with the power of the Snapdragon processor.
- It features a 50 megapixel camera sensor.
The popular Chinese smartphone brand Oppo introduced the Oppo Reno 6 Series recently and now the company has confirmed to launch a special edition of the high-end variant of the smartphone series. The upcoming device will be dubbed as Oppo Reno 6 Pro+ Detective Conan Custom Edition and the same is confirmed to be announced next week in the market of China.
Apart from the name of the device, the company did not reveal any other information but it is expected that there will be changes in the exterior and the internal will be the same as the original version.
If you guys are unaware about the specification details of the original version then you can check it out below.
Oppo Reno 6 Pro+ is the most premium device of the latest smartphone series by Oppo. It is coming with a 6.55-inch full-HD+ OLED display with 90Hz refresh rate this device is also coming with a punch-hole set up at the top left corner of the screen. It is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 SoC, and that is paired with up to 12GB RAM along with up to 256GB storage.
It also features a quad camera setup on the back and that is in the combination of a 50-megapixel main sensor, along with a 16-megapixel secondary, a 13-megapixel tertiary, and a 2-megapixel quaternary sensor. At the front, the phone features a 32-megapixel selfie camera similar to the other variants.
It also comes with a 4,500mAh battery with 65W fast charging and the device is running on Android 11 out of the box.
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"Glee" throws lifeline to music industry
By Ann Donahue
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - To measure the impact of "Glee" on pop music in 2010, just remember this: The misfits of McKinley High now have a place in the history books above the Fab Four.
In October, recordings by the show's cast overtook the Beatles in terms of the number of songs placed on the Billboard Hot 100. As of December, "Glee" now has 102 songs on the chart -- and with at least a season-and-a-half to go that has already been guaranteed by Fox, it's a safe bet that the cast recordings will give Elvis Presley a run for the top spot in the record books with 108 singles. The show has become a single-selling machine the likes of which Ed Sullivan could only dream about.
And much like "The Ed Sullivan Show," "Glee" has become the go-to platform for contemporary superstar acts with new songs to hawk. This wasn't necessarily the case when the show debuted in May 2009. The best-selling digital single for the program's first season was a version of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" that tallied 1 million total sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Now, halfway through year two, the season's top seller is a rendition of Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream," with 286,000 copies sold to date -- and it bested "Believin'" in first-week sales by 214,000 to 177,000.
The contrast in styles between the two songs -- one a decades-old standard with recurring pop culture resonance, the other a track that hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 in August -- exemplifies the show's push toward offering more current pop hits faster to its track-happy core 18-49 viewing demographic.
"In many ways, 'Glee' was built on classic hits," the show's music supervisor PJ Bloom says. "We needed cultural staples to grab a broad audience -- and it worked."
The trend toward top 40 fare certainly helps the show in terms of relevance -- tween viewers who are baffled by a reference to "A Chorus Line" feel like one of the cool kids when they can sing along to Bruno Mars' "Just the Way You Are." According to Fox, "Glee" is the No. 1 show in the 18-49 demographic among women, and the show's push toward pop is a targeted move to keep these viewers happy.
"Now that 'Glee' is 'Glee,'" Bloom says, "we have the latitude to explore newer songs on their way to becoming hits and the ability to add to the hitmaking machinery."
Other of-the-moment songs featured on "Glee" since its second-season debut in September include Travie McCoy's "Billionaire" and Cee Lo Green's cleaned-up "Forget You." Continued...

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1. Each time you go you are now required to go over the range safety rules, no matter how many times you have shot there.
2. There is a "cease fire" line consisting of some engineer stakes and rope behind the rifle line that all persons must go if they declare a cease fire. A line for the pistol range is in the works.
This is all due to the sheer stupidity that Troy has had to put up with because of the bum rush on gun sales since Obama time. Hey, I am strongly for the right of all Americans to bear arms, but some people have no common sense. You wouldn't buy a car without learning how to drive, why would you think owning a firearm would be different. Some of the stories he related:
- People lock and loading and sighting in down range while others were still down there placing or pulling targets - bad
- Woman who never owned a weapon before went out and purchased a $2,000 AR style rifle and then proceeded to look down the barrel with her finger in the trigger guard, bolt forward and magazine in the weapon - really bad
- People trying to force the wrong sized ammo into their weapons because they bought "what was available" at Wally World instead of the correct type. - stupid
- People just being generally ignorant and rude to other - irritating
- An "expert" who has a NRA instructor certification is conducting a CCW class out there and bringing a bunch of students out there and tying up the ranges. He even makes them pay for their own range passes in addition to their class fee. Hey, I'm all for education, matter of fact this is what my rant is about, educating yourself before you own or carry, but come on, inconveniencing others at the expense of taxpayer money - obnoxious.
In more cheerful news, there are new benches installed that have plastic tops attached to the tables and seats. This should go a long way towards making shooting more enjoyable for everyone there. The benches were made by Boy Scout Troop 507, Good job scouts!!
Here I am zeroing in my AK from a few posts ago. Notice in addition to all of the black furniture I put on it, I have also acquired a UTG side mount rail for it and also am using a BSA red dot optic on it. I got the iron sights (Mojo brand rear aperture) and BSA zeroed in at 25 meters (battle zero range for 7.62x39 in an AK) and 100 meters, respectively.
Shooting the M91/30, big boom!


MISANO ADRIATICO, Italy – Davide Giguliano put his Ducati at the top of the charts during World Superbike practice Friday at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli.
Giguliano paced the second practice session Friday, leading reigning World Superbike champion Tom Sykes and Marco Melandri on the overall timesheet.
A red flag after the MV Agusta of Michael Savary caught fire saw a stoppage, with the session being stopped almost immediately for a second time after the Team Hero EBR machine of Aaron Yates stopped on track with what looked like an engine problem.
When the final 10 minutes eventually ran to completion a number of riders posted personal best laps, with the Ducati pairing of Giugliano and Chaz Davies elevating themselves into the top five with Giugliano at the top of the board. Davies was fourth overall behind Giguliano, Sykes and Melandri, with Loris Baz rounding out the fastest five riders on the day.
Melandri led the opening practice session ahead of Sylvain Guintoli, Davies, Sykes and Giguliano.


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HoodyBaby Debuts “First Class” Single Featuring Lil Wayne & Ludacris In Denmark [Video]
On June 5th, Young Money artist HoodyBaby performed live at the Forum Copenhagen in Denmark for a stop on Chris Brown’s European “One Hell Of A Nite” tour.
During his set, Hood debuted his upcoming single called “First Class” featuring Lil Wayne and Ludacris, which is set to appear on his Kitchen 24 (Slangin’ Off Key) mixtape.
You can check out some footage of HoodyBaby performing “First Class” live in Copenhagen after the jump below, courtesy of Young Ya$h ! Who is looking forward to hearing the full song?


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E1: 04: Foreign Currency Amount Incorrect in P0411(Supplier Ledger Inquiry)after Deleting Manual Payment Using Manual Payment Entry(P0413M)
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Markets have entered an 'age of anxiety'. I think we are going to see an extended period in which investor sentiment swings between extremes of optimism, anticipating a return to normality, and pessimism, worrying that the recent pandemic will have damaging economic, social, and political after effects that will persist longer than expected.
Investors should be diversifying their portfolios to deal with a coming era of heightened economic uncertainty and market volatility, but this does not mean that we are mired in a deep economic depression or extended bear market.
Quite the contrary. Investors with a long horizon should do well with equities. But - and this is an extremely important but - in the intermediate term it will be very difficult to generate meaningful returns in conventional asset classes.
Investors must make room in their portfolios for alternative investments because their ability to hedge can provide much needed downside protection and diversification during volatile times for equities.
Hedge funds have the potential to be an important alternative to fixed income particularly since government bond yields are at rock bottom and remain vulnerable to increasing inflation.
The pandemic is not only a once-in-a-lifetime shock to the global economy but also a critical inflection point for markets.
Although a new phase of monetary easing is underway, accompanied by fiscal stimulus, especially in the US, we are in completely uncharted waters. Market moves also have been unprecedented. Stocks plunged into a deep and sudden slide in March, only to rebound just as dramatically in April and May.
But does this mean we are back to normal? Of course not. We have yet to see the full impact of the pandemic on the economy.
Consequently, investors who believe that the downdraft in corporate earnings is only a brief interruption of the prior trend are opening themselves up to potentially significant risk.
The radical shift in the investment environment requires a change in investors' thinking. During the bull market, liquidity and low interest rates dampened volatility, so 'buying the dip' and sticking with high-momentum stocks were the keys to outperformance.
For the foreseeable future, though, I think that strategy will struggle, because uncertainty about economic fundamentals will outweigh liquidity and low interest rates.
Covid-19 is not the real issue - volatility and market disruption are. Covid-19 may have been the catalyst for the most recent bout of volatility and market disruption, but throughout the past four decades of financial history, one key role for hedge funds has been to provide diversification for investors' overall portfolios by dampening the downside.
It is fair to recall that hedge funds as a group underperformed over the past ten years, but, by definition hedge funds shouldn't be expected to outperform the indices in a bull market to the extent that they do hedge.


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Kings Cross is a place many people associate with journeys rather than as a destination in itself. But if you have a few hours to wile away waiting for your train or perhaps you want to explore a new area of London then this guide to kings cross is for you! Continue reading Eat, sleep, breathe Kings Cross, London
I love a walking tour but when travelling for business it’s hard to know when you will have the time which is why the free Melbourne walking tour was so appealing. No need to book just turn up at either 10:30 or 2:30 daily by the Redmond Barry statue outside of the State library of Victoria.
When we were just a Wandermust Couple, Wandermust Daddy and I loved a city break. I’ve lost count on how many we went on so we were determine to continue when we had children but is it possible to still enjoy a city break with babies?
From our own experience we have found the answer to be undoubtedly yes and as we have looked into it more we have discovered that there are loads of young families out there to inspire you with tales from cities. This round-up features contributes from some of my favourite family travel bloggers telling you about their favourite city breaks they’ve done in Europe with a baby with top tips and advice so you can go to!
PALMA, SPAIN, BY WANDERMUST FAMILY
Here’s what Wandermust Mummy has to say about visiting Palma with a six month old:
We loved a city break before parenthood and were determined to carry on doing them with the baby in tow. We have been to nine cities now, and have had great fun as a family (if you want to know how our travel has changed since having a baby or about why we travel with our baby you can read about it here) but last month we went on our first Winter city break as parents. Now we like going to cities in Winter. There are many plus sides – it’s out of season which means there are less people and its cheaper – Win Win! But is this still the case with a baby?
For us the answer was undoubtedly yes! But there are definitely things that you need to think about and prepare for to ensure you have a successful Winter City Break with a Baby. Here’s what we found: Continue reading Essential Information and Top Tips for Winter City Breaks with Babies
Henley upon Thames, mostly known for its regatta is a lovely town just a short train ride from London and is the perfect spot for a family weekend away. So here are my top things to do on a weekend away in Henley with a baby: Continue reading 48 hours in Henley with a baby – photo itinerary
I don’t know about you but when I use to book a city break I would get straight onto google – best restaurants, best things to do etc. Now we have a baby however our search terms have changed substantially … where can we buy x, is y available and what I found is that it is hard to find all the information in one place. That’s where I hope to come in! Here is my essential guide for visiting Rome with a baby including where you can buy essentials, details about changing facilities and accessibility of various locations and anything else that would be on use to parents travelling to Rome with a baby! Continue reading Essential guide for visiting Rome with a Baby
We recently spent some time in the beautiful Rome. Rome stole my heart when we first visited ten years ago so I was really keen to take Baby E to visit our favourite city. Part of me did wonder if we would have such a good time as parents. but Rome really is the perfect city break for families . So here are my top 6 reasons why Rome is the perfect city break for families: Continue reading Top Reasons Why Rome is a Perfect City Break for Families

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text: Gelareh Kiazand, based between Tehran and Toronto, was born in Iran in 1981, and studied in London and Toronto. She worked in Iran's film industry for six years, initially as a film photographer for Iran's feature films and later as a director of photography for documentaries. During her time in Iran, Gelareh was nominated three times for best film photographer, won best cinematographer at the Basij Film Festival as well as best documentary at the Tehran film festival. She was chosen, alongside others, to have her work in the top 100 photos exhibited at the Museum of Modern Arts in Tehran as well as Arles Photo Festival in 2017. In 2010 she moved to Afghanistan working as a creative director and filmmaker, directing a 130-part documentary series across Afghanistan. In 2013, her freelance career took shape as a camerawoman and producer, working for various outlets such as VICE, Paramount, PBS, ARTE, and academy award winner producers. This led her to become one of Iran's first female Director of Photography for a Cinematic feature film post revolution.


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Last week media vixen-turned-recording artiste Yanique Curvy Diva uploaded a steamy selfie on social media and it got the attention of Kranium who dropped the eye emojis – What’s with Jamaican men and the eye emoji, y’all remember when Usain Bolt slide into a married women DMs?
Anyways, the “Just The Style” singer’s seemingly innocent comment was picked up by Dancehall fans who had a lot to say.
“Kranium please leave from under the woman comment and don’t look at her,” one fan wrote. “Mr Kranium mine mi guh tell Vanessa Bling seh you deh itch up under Curvy Diva ino,” another fan added.
Last year, Yanique Curvy Diva and Kranium got up close and personal in the official music video for his “Last Night” single.

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The Thieving Tower is an enjoyable game for Mac where your goal is to climb walls, collect treasures, and win the heart of the princess from the top of a tower. On your way to the peak you'll need to avoid colliding with obstacles, gather as many items as you can, and attempt to overcome other players' highscores.
The app brings an impressive art style and nice background music, provides you with various game options (for setting up screen resolution, sound volume, etc.), and comes with a handy help guide. You can choose between three gameplay modes: Training Towers (you learn how to play), The Eternal Tower (unlimited level), and Ghost Race (against other users).
The game is simple to play, especially if you start off with the tutorials. The training levels teach you how to climb the wall using your mouse and provide you with info about the obstacles (archers, flying objects, etc.) that you may find on your way to the top of the tower.
Another thing I like about The Thieving Tower is that if offers you directions when climbing the walls of the towers. The app shows you in which angle it's safe to make your next jump without falling off the tower.
To conclude, The Thieving Tower is a fun and addictive game for Mac. The app brings unique graphics, lets you play for unlimited time without spending any money, and is suitable for users of all ages.

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Dungeon Legends 2: Tale of Light and Shadow by Dreaming Wizard Games, Łukasz Radziejewicz
Dungeon Legends 2: Tale of Light and Shadow is a grid-based 3D dungeon exploration game in the style of the classic Dungeon Master (and the more recent revival Legend of Grimrock).
Here, the traditional features of the subgenre are combined with the twist of “AI-assisted” dialogue in an effort to craft a new kind of dungeon-crawling adventure.
Same Old Dungeon, Different Day
The story of Dungeon Legends 2 is classic grim fantasy; a city has fallen under siege by undead horrors and the local scholars have determined that the only way to stop this enemy is to find a long-lost artifact, the Dragonblood Crystal, buried somewhere under an abandoned castle named Drakensburg.
The intro does a decent job of establishing the world, although I found the strange, whispered narration a little distracting. I also noticed some strange imagery, including a knight with a rather warped face that forced me to wonder if more than dialogue is AI-assisted.
For those familiar with grid-based adventuring games, Dungeon Legends 2 won’t be breaking new ground; the navigation and combat are unfortunately both unremarkable. The genre isn’t exactly built around creating a dynamic combat experience but Dungeon Legends 2 manages to push it into really rather bland territory.
Magic is more enjoyable than using weapons, offering an assortment of options for frying the many monsters scampering around the dungeon.
One interesting quirk is that the spells all have short cool-downs, but if you load the same spell into all four slots, each slot has its own cool-down, allowing for rapid-fire casting. I don’t know if this is intended, but it at least speeds things up.
Rat Kings and Bad Things
Speaking of unintended features, Dungeon Legends 2 has a fair few glitches both minor and troublesome.
An early quest had me retrieving a magical tree’s eye – don’t ask – from a rat king. The rat demanded a favor of his own before he would hand over the eye but as the conversation ended, I hit F12 to take a screenshot, and the hotkey opened up nearby storage: in this case, that of the rat king. I was free to withdraw the eye without consequences, allowing me to bypass his quest entirely.
The rat king offers other helpful services by way of glitch: he cannot die, but you can gain XP for damaging him with magic. He doesn’t seem to mind this, either, the accommodating fellow.
More egregiously, on reaching a new floor I found an intermittent glitch that caused the art splash screen to stay in place, preventing progress and forcing a restart.
Probably the most touted feature of Dungeon Legends 2 is its reliance on AI-assisted dialogue for some of its characters. I had a little fun toying with this and seeing how far I could push it; it turns out the aforementioned magic tree knows quite a bit about cars, The Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars.
It’s all a bit immersion-breaking but to its credit there seems to be some effort to contextualize out-of-universe information as coming from “beyond this realm.”
It’s an interesting feature but really only as entertaining as messing around with any AI-based text generation technology, and I feel like bespoke dialogue would serve this narrative more dutifully.
Dungeon Legends 2 is a strange creation; it has a couple interesting features, but the sum of its parts feels perfunctory and held back by an assortment of glitches.
The titular dungeons are made challenging more through an unnecessarily labyrinthine mess of tunnels than through clever puzzles and design choices, while the combat punctuating the exploration feels…well…lacking in punch.
If you’re looking for more grid-based adventuring then there is some classic exploration to enjoy here, but it will need a lot of polish before it can rival its predecessors.
Dungeon Legends 2: Tale of Light and Shadow is available via Steam.
Watch the trailer for Dungeon Legends 2: Tale of Light and Shadow below:

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In 1997, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that the state constitution guaranteed every child, no matter how wealthy or poor, the right to what it calls a “sound basic education.” The state wasn’t allocating enough money to achieve that goal, the court found, and would need to increase funding accordingly.
Twenty-five years later, Judge David Lee had enough.
Because North Carolina has failed for years “to remedy the constitutional violation as the Supreme Court ordered, this Court must provide a remedy through the exercise of its constitutional role,” he wrote in a November court order.
“Otherwise, the State’s willful failure to meet the minimum standards for effectuating the constitutional right to obtain a sound basic education will threaten the integrity and viability of the North Carolina Constitution.”
Lee further escalated matters by taking the unusual step of ordering the state’s budget director, controller, and treasurer to distribute $1.7 billion from the general fund to statewide education departments.
He acknowledged the separation of powers of the three branches of government — namely that the legislature, made up of elected representatives of the people, controls the public purse. Still, “the orders of our Supreme Court are not advisory,” Lee added. “This Court can no longer ignore the State’s constitutional violation.”
Nearly three decades after it began, a legal standoff over adequate funding for education has devolved into what some observers consider a state constitutional crisis. The drama in North Carolina, often referred to in shorthand as the “Leandro case” may be a particularly extreme example, but it still highlights the often grim state of how public education is financed in America.
Woes precede pandemic
While many Americans assume education funding happens at the community level, it’s actually a state matter, said David Sciarra, executive director of the Education Law Center, a national research and advocacy group.
“When you think about public education finance, you should be thinking about states and asking whether elected representatives are providing sufficient state funding to support a system that provides meaningful opportunities for all children,” Sciarra told MarketWatch. “And the answer is that the states have done, and continue to do, a wholly inadequate job of funding public education. This isn’t new. In many states, we’ve had decades of chronic and severe underfunding of public schools.”
Everything laid bare by the pandemic, Sciarra contends, from teacher shortages to low morale and questions about leadership, is “beside the point.”
Addressing those issues is “not going to solve the problem, and it’s going to continue to distract us from what needs to be done, which is to hold legislatures to account for the deplorable ways these schools are funded. We’ve got to reckon with this as a nation.”
The legal battle in North Carolina began in 1994, when representatives of five lower-income school districts filed a lawsuit against the state, charging that it was violating the constitutional right to a “sound basic education.” (Each state has its own constitutional language, including “thorough and efficient” in New Jersey, and “uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality” in Florida.)
But in the years after the 1997 ruling, North Carolina was repeatedly found to be out of compliance: failing to uphold its own constitution. In 2015, a judge ordered parties to come to “a definite plan of action,” and in 2017, all parties agreed to accept the recommendations of a consultant called WestEd, which worked with the input of two local policy groups to produce a report the following year.
WestEd’s plan laid the groundwork for a 2021 agreement that envisioned the state slowly ramping up its expenditures each year until 2028, when it would reach the funding level required by that agreement. That included $1.7 billion in additional funds in the Fiscal 2021-2023 budget.
But that budget, passed in November, didn’t include the additional educational funding, even as the state held a roughly $9 billion surplus in its general fund. Judge Lee issued his funding order the same month.
Undecided for 25 years
Melanie Dubis, a partner with North Carolina-based Parker Poe, has represented plaintiffs, including school districts, in the Leandro case for her entire legal career. In an interview, Dubis said she was proud to have been involved with a case of such significance, but frustrated that it had gone on so long without remedy.
“Now is the time,” Dubis said. “I mean that not just from a practical standpoint in terms of the state budget and the economy, but from a legal standpoint, now is the time. The case has run its course, and the issue is ripe for our state supreme court to decide: if not now, then when? Does the court have the authority to enforce its orders or is the judicial branch subservient to the legislature? I would say, if not now, potentially never. If the court cannot enforce this, then we are at the mercy of the legislature and there does not seem to be a legislative fix coming.”
One of the biggest sticking points in the standoff is the question of who gets to decide how public funds are spent.
“Our position is that the legislature decides how to spend taxpayer dollars,” said Pat Ryan, a spokesman for the Republican leader of the state senate, Phil Berger. Ryan told MarketWatch that the WestEd report is “a lobbying advocacy document. We never spoke to WestEd nor did they seek our input at all.”
In December, Berger and Republican House Speaker Tim Moore asked to be allowed to intervene in the case as defendants, after having consistently said that the executive branch, not the legislature, had spoken on behalf of “the state” in the case for years. Ryan called that “a source of frustration” for Republicans in the legislature.
Moore’s office didn’t respond to a request for comment. The governor’s education director didn’t respond to a request for comment.
Asked whether North Carolina adequately funds public education, Ryan said “we would say: yes.” He added, “Republicans in the legislature have long held the idea that money doesn’t buy outcomes. Also, Republicans have been in control of the legislature since 2011, and per-pupil funding has increased by 39% over that period,” a statistic he calls in line with the average increase across the nation.
Controlling the purse
In a November op-ed in the Charlotte Observer, Robb Leandro, one of the original plaintiffs in the dispute, wrote that “our case was never about politics. Neither party is wholly blameless or at fault, and when in power neither party has fixed the problem.” Leandro is now a partner at Parker Poe.
Yearslong battles over funding have been taking place in states both red and blue, including notable cases in Massachusetts, Washington state, Pennsylvania and Kansas.
Still, the Education Law Center’s Sciarra notes that “it’s typically states without broad-based income taxes” that are facing education funding challenges. In 2021, North Carolina reduced income taxes further, cutting the personal income-tax rate to 3.99% from 5.25% over six years, and is in the process of phasing out the corporate income tax altogether.
For Michael Rebell, a professor who litigated a decadeslong education funding lawsuit in New York state, one of the most “fascinating” things about the court challenges around the country is that it’s often Republican states where courts issue the strongest rebukes of the legislative branches, perhaps in part, he said, because funding is so low to begin with in those states.
“There’s a concept of ‘adequacy’ which means that in addition to the fact that kids in poor districts don’t do well, in a state like Kentucky the court determines no one is getting enough,” Rebell said in an interview.
The extent to which Judge Lee was willing to push the legislature in North Carolina is rare, Rebell said: usually all three branches of a state government agree on a path forward.
Still, it isn’t unheard-of for courts to take dramatic steps. In 2016, the Kansas Supreme Court threatened to shut down the state’s public education system rather than allow it to continue operating in a manner at odds with the constitution, which required the legislature to make “suitable provision” for funding.
Litigating as students fail
Kris Nordstrom, a senior policy analyst at the left-leaning North Carolina Justice Center, said the heart of the Leandro standoff now is about “whether or not another two or three generations of students are going to have to wait to get the schools they deserve.”
“There’s a big cost that we as a society incur by not funding this plan, by not allowing so many students to meet their potential,” he said.
Nordstrom, a specialist in public education issues, spent nearly a decade working with the North Carolina general assembly’s nonpartisan Fiscal Research Division. For him, the question of what he calls “what does our state constitution mean if one branch is allowed to pick and choose which parts they want to follow” is a lesser concern than the larger issue of paying to educate all children adequately.
In his December op-ed, Robb Leandro agreed:
“The investment we make in improving education for students in low-wealth counties today will be rewarded in the future with increased tax revenue and reduced spending on social programs,” he wrote, nodding to North Carolina’s strong fiscal position and surplus.
Bickering over who has authority over the case, Leandro said, “does little to help students in failing schools. Instead of wasting valuable time litigating over the court’s authority, the N.C. General Assembly should eliminate the need for a judicial order altogether by uniting to support the plan and committing the financial resources necessary for it to succeed.”


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Christian Brüggemann, 25, and two of his friends, all of them students at universities in
Germany, have created a Windows Phone app called Greenway that aims to prevent traffic jams and get you from Point A to B in the shortest amount of time.
While existing mapping apps such as Waze and Google Maps
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Greenway hopes to prevent backups from occurring in the first place by
using software to predict where drivers are heading. The approach is
part of a broader trend that has, for example, seen some insurers offer
rates tailored to a person's driving habits—after tracking their
movements via a GPS unit attached to the car.
The Greenway app, which is being tested by dozens of smartphone users
around Munich, Germany, has already gained some recognition by
clinching an environmental sustainability award (and a $10,000 prize) at
Microsoft's annual Imagine Cup
student technology competition in July. The Greenway group is now
trying to secure funding to bring its app to iPhone and Android
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Hanwha Vision has announced that it is expanding its range of AI cameras with new four and five-channel multi-directional cameras, powered by an AI engine, that provide operators with a 360° view and video analytics. According to the company, the solutions rapidly classify and detect people, faces, vehicles (including vehicle types) and licence plates, as […]
Hanwha Vision has been authorised by the CVE Program as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA).
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On June 6, more than 300 people attended SUS’ 35th Anniversary Gala to commemorate the organization’s history in partnering with New Yorkers living on the margins of society to help them live their best potential. The event was held at the New York Public Library in Manhattan.
The gala, sponsored by Lamb Financial Group, recognized corporate honoree The Home Depot Foundation for its shared commitment to support veterans’ reintegration into civilian life. At the event, Donna Colonna, CEO of SUS, acknowledged SUS’ partnerships with The Home Depot and other corporate, government and philanthropic partners as key in the organization’s growth in the past 35 years, and in years to come. Through its efforts in building public and private partnerships, SUS has served more New Yorkers in need of support and created platforms for important dialogue among key stakeholders. However, most important in SUS’ growth have been the partnerships that have formed with the individuals SUS supports through its programs and services.
In our short history, the community of SUS has been a catalyst for social change and has helped make a difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands of veterans and individuals and their families facing intellectual/developmental disabilities, mental illness, and HIV/AIDS, said Colonna. We have partnered with them by offering housing, employment, wellness and other life-saving opportunities. For SUS it’s about quality of life for all New Yorkers, by New Yorkers helping New Yorkers. I’s a community where everyone matters.
The event featured notable speakers representing the major industries in which SUS works, including Col. Anthony Henderson, Special Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff for Warrior and Family Support; Kristin M. Woodlock, Acting Commissioner for the New York State Office of Mental Health; Jill Gentile, Associated Commissioner for the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities; Tony Lemma, Regional Vice President of The Home Depot, and Andrew Hurwitz, SUS board chair and partner at the Entertainment Group at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz.
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First Team vs. Bedworth United (0 : 2)
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Bedworth cruised to a routine victory on Saturday, writes Stuart James, beating a lacklustre Sheffield FC side 2-0 at the Oval.
It was a game Club will want to forget about quickly, with the home side unlucky not to add more than the two they scored, after dominating the game from the off.
The hosts went close in the third minute when a Levi Rowley free kick struck the post, with Iyseden Christie's rebound header going over the bar, with the defence looking static.
United took the lead on 7 minutes, as a ball in by Kieran Brehon from the left was headed home by Jamie McAteer, after shrugging the attention of the defence.
It should have been two midway through the half, as Elliot Parrott ripped through the Club defence, curling his shot against the post.
Shortly after the veteran Christie showed some nifty footwork to ease through the Club defence, squaring the ball to Rowley with the off-balance striker's effort swinging off target.
Sheffield's best effort of the half came ten minutes before the break, as Ben Algar tore down the left-hand side to put in a dangerous cross, one which was backheeled acrobatically just wide of the upright by Joel Purkiss.
It was wrapped up in the 52nd minute as Club were caught flat at the back, Levi Rowley lobbed the advancing Brett Souter, to give Christie an easy tap in from ten yards out.
It was just a matter of closing the game down for Bedworth now, and limiting the visitors to just a couple of half chances, with Algar once again sending in a dangerous cross from which Richard Adams forced a good save from Adam Harrison.
The last threat from Club came in the closing stages of the game, as Jack Brownell tried his luck from 25 yards out, with his looping effort sent wide of the upright.
Bedworth United: Harrison, Smith, Brehon, Parrott, Cartwright, McAteer, Albrighton, Blackmore, Christie, Rowley, Blythe. Subs: Sturgess, Dudley, Bailey-Nicholls, Downie, Perkins.
Sheffield FC: Souter, Turner, Algar, Price, Smith, Adams, Gregory, Goodwin, Mawson, Purkiss, Gregory. Subs: Brownell, Ingham, Dawes, Tijani, Roney.
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Aside from the Magazine, going through the User Blogs is another way to keep tabs on the latest happening in the community. Throughout the year, it was filled with articles on new discoveries, thought-provoking opinions, and exciting exhibits that surely entertained, challenged, and inspired everyone. Let's take a look back at the fruitful year through the most popular user blogs of 2014.
Hundreds of thousands of photographs have been shared in the community for the past twelve months and we cannot help but commend those that really stood out and captured everyone's attention. Let's take a look back at this great year through this selection of landscapes and portraits that make up the most popular photos of 2014.
We are a community of talented and passionate photographers. There's no doubt about that but there are those who raised the bar high this year and continuously put everyone in awe with their amazing photographs and artistic experiments. We proudly present the most popular LomoHomes of 2014.
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IVCC has welcomed the WHO Pre-Qualification of Bayer’s Fludora™ Fusion, combining different modes of action, as another major step forward in malaria control and insecticide resistance management.
IVCC supported the development of this new indoor residual spray (IRS) product in field trials where the product was tested against various resistant mosquito strains and on different relevant surface types. The data generated demonstrated that Fludora™ Fusion provides robust and consistent results, matching the needs of malaria control programs across Africa.
Nick Hamon, CEO of IVCC said: “We were pleased to have been able to support part of the Fludora™ Fusion trial program and to see this milestone achieved. New vector control tools are desperately needed to combat resistance and this is another positive addition to the toolbox.”
IVCC’s David McGuire who, with other consortium partners PMI, Abt Associates and PATH, leads the $65.1m Unitaid funded NgenIRS initiative, added: “Fludora™ Fusion will be a powerful and timely addition to the range of new indoor residual spray products implementing partners can use across sub-Saharan Africa.Following the successful deployment of Syngenta’s Actellic® 300 CS and Sumitomo’s SumiShield® we now have greater choice of new generation IRS products that can support sub-national rotation of insecticides, a major weapon against the threat of insecticide resistance. The introduction of more products from different manufacturers has also created a competitive environment for third generation IRS that is driving down prices to affordable levels for malaria control programs and their donor partners.
Dr. Jacqueline M. Applegate, Head of the Environmental Science business unit at Bayer added: “We are very proud to have achieved WHO Pre-Qualification for Fludora™ Fusion; it reflects our long-term commitment towards supporting the elimination of vector-borne diseases. It is a clear example of our focus on applying science to advance life – malaria control programs will now have access to an additional safe, efficient and cost-effective solution to protect the millions at risk from the disease.”
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The 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Members of the NgenIRS project, along with a few thousand colleagues from around the world, met in New Orleans, LA for five days to share recent findings from world-class research on tropical medicine and hygiene, including malaria. Molly Robertson, Evidence lead for the NgenIRS project at PATH, along with Larry Slutsker, Director of Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases at PATH, co-chaired a symposium on indoor residual spraying (IRS) and drug-based malaria control. Symposium presenters reviewed observational evidence and modeling showing the benefits of combining IRS for malaria vector control with drug-based interventions, including mass drug administration (MDA) and seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC), for malaria parasite control. Diadier Diallo of MEASURE Evaluation presented research on IRS and SMC in the Segou Region of Mali showing that there was a 39 percent reduction in all-ages malaria incidence in areas that received both IRS and SMC compared to a 16 percent reduction in SMC areas and a 28% reduction in IRS areas. Other symposium presenters included Thom Eisele from Tulane University, Dorothy Echodu from Pilgrim Africa, and Ellie Sherrard-Smith from Imperial College.
NgenIRS partners from PATH also presented updated analyses on the cluster randomised control trial in Mopeia, Mozambique; the impact of introducing IRS in Mopti Region, Mali; and the reintroduction of IRS in Northern and Upper East Regions, Ghana. In Mozambique, preliminary results from active cohort surveillance based on spray status have shown a 17-month cumulative rate ratio of .81 (.77-.94). Interim analysis of case data from routine health systems reflect the same trends seen in infection data from the active cohort—a significant reduction in malaria incidence of approximately 19.4% to 25% in IRS vs. non-IRS clusters. In Ghana, preliminary analyses show clear correlations in time and space with indoor residual spraying of a 3GIRS product and reduced incidence of confirmed malaria cases from routine surveillance systems in the north of Ghana, where pyrethroid resistance is widely reported. Finally, in Mali, after introducing IRS into 4 districts of Mopti in 2017, rapid diagnostic testing (RDT)-confirmed malaria rates fell 37% compared to similar unsprayed districts. And after suspending IRS in Segou District in 2017, RDT+ confirmed malaria rates rose 125% compared to similar unsprayed districts. Final in-depth analyses on all of the aforementioned work will be forthcoming in 2019.
Symposium co-chairs and speakers show up in costume during the October 31st ASTMH session on combining IRS and drug-based interventions.

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The European Fee’s vitality plans will give member states “the monetary firepower” to guard susceptible households and companies over the winter, Ursula von der Leyen instructed Euronews in an interview following her annual State of the Union speech.
Earlier throughout that deal with, the Fee chief offered three proposals to deliver electrical energy prices down for Europeans together with a cap on the surplus revenues of non-gas electrical energy producers in addition to a windfall tax to recoup among the “extraordinary” earnings fossil fuels corporations are making.
She instructed Euronews that with these measures, the EU “now’s giving member states the monetary firepower to financially assist the susceptible households and susceptible companies.”
Based on the Fee’s calculations, these two measures ought to elevate greater than €140 billion.
These actions, she mentioned, would come on prime of different measures already rolled out resembling a compulsory fuel storage requirement which the vast majority of member states have already fulfilled and voluntary fuel use discount plans which are aimed toward guaranteeing the bloc can energy itself via the winter.
On the hotly-debated problem of a cap on fuel costs, she mentioned that the EU was negotiating with Norway, which at the moment provides extra fuel to the bloc than Russia.
She mentioned they’d began “to debate how we are able to have a standard method to steady, decrease fuel costs”.
However she additionally famous that “final however not least the large reform of the electrical energy market is the subsequent step to return” to decouple the value of fuel from the value of electrical energy within the EU.


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But I still had no idea how to get to that ending from my current state. I kept writing anyway.
Then, one day, I had a dream.
I’m no hippie, but I do believe that the unconscious mind wants to help you out and sends up dreams to help your waking mind access insights that’d otherwise remain buried. Also, I rarely dream about my own characters. I can count the number of times they’ve shown up on one hand–and they’re usually cameo appearances. So when I had this full-length dream that was nothing but my own characters, I took notice.
Instead of rolling over and forgetting the dream, I dragged my dream binder out from under my bed and jotted down the dream as best I remembered it. (Then I went back to sleep.)
When I got up in the morning, I re-read the dream. The strangest thing was that this newcomer character had the starring role in the dream–but he seemed to be taking the place of my protagonist! Though he looked like himself, the other characters treated him like my lead. And the way he reacted to the different places he traveled to sounded like my lead character talking. In the end, this character actually met my protagonist in-dream, and he was acting differently! That was an interesting conversation!
I thought about it a while, then realized: if I, in my novel, had my protagonist do the things and have the reactions I saw the newcomer have in this dream, there was a pattern here which, applied to the novel, could get me to the ending. Not only that, but it something I’d never thought of before–in fact, it was the exact opposite route I was planning on taking. But the more I reviewed the dream, the more I realized–yes, this could work!
So that’s the path I’m at now. After reaching the end of my last map, I have suddenly been handed a second, and it looks like I know the way to the end! Hallelujah.
“Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.” –Mark Twain

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We got our piano through the used deals section of the store where we bought it. There were so many to choose from and the kids had so much fun trying so many of it. We figured that the traditional piano is the way for the kids to start learning how to play and the teacher from the music store agreed.
We ended up getting the Wurlitzer. We also love the Kimball but our daughter said she like the feel and sound of the of the Wurlitzer.
Buying the piano is one of the good investments that we did for our kids. Both of them are now taking piano lessons that's why "Santa" decided to get the keyboard for them last Christmas. Below are some of videos of my daughter trying on the keyboard for the first time.
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My Katherine Mansfield Project | Kirsty Gunn
In 2009, Kirsty Gunn returned to spend the winter in her hometown of Wellington, New Zealand, also the place where Katherine Mansfield grew up. In this exquisitely written “notebook,” which blends memoir, biography, and essay, Gunn records that winter-long experience and the unparalleled insight it allowed her into Mansfield’s fiction. Gunn explores the idea of home and belonging—and of the profound influence of Mansfield’s work on her own creative journey. She asks whether it is even possible to “come home”—and who are we when we get there?
“My Katherine Mansfield Project is a book to be treasured by anyone who has left home and moved away… [it] is an enchanting – and at times haunting – essay, as well as a moving tribute to Mansfield. The publisher, Notting Hill Editions, specializes in ‘reinvigorating the essay as a literary form’, and Kirsty Gunn’s offering is a triumph of the genre. The book is also a lovely object, stitched with red ribbon, and with a dove-grey cloth cover stamped with striking white-and-red print. Inside, the page numbers are red and chapter titles have red embellishments. It is a tribute to the book as art form; for once, one really can judge a book by its beautifully produced cover.”
—Gerri Kimber, The Times Literary Supplement
Published by Notting Hill Editions
Nov 15, 2016 | 148 Pages | 4-3/4 x 7-1/2 | ISBN 9781910749043

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Children and Older People in Numbers
6th September 2019
There are two new editions of the Dudley Borough in Numbers infographic on the subjects of children and older people. The infographics give a visual representation of facts and figures about the borough across a range of key topics.
Loneliness and Isolation
7th January 2019
Visit our Loneliness and Isolation page to find out how this impacts on people’s lives and get a Dudley perspective on the evidence around this subject.


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Speech of Mr. Clayton, of Delaware, in the Senate of the United States on the fourth day of March, in reply to Mr. Grundy of Tennessee, Mr. Woodbury of New Hampshire, and others : the resolution of Mr. Foot, of Connecticut, being under consideration.
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Arlington’s newest addition to the Virginia Landmarks Register is the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington (UUCA), designed by noted modernist architect Charles M. Goodman. On September 18, 2014, the State Review Board and Board of Historic Resources approved the designation. This is the first step in the process of putting this modernist property on the National Register of Historic Places. (More information on the building and the hearing process can be found here.)
At least six Charles Goodman-designed buildings/sites are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including the original main terminal at National Airport (now known as Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport), which was designated in 1997.
The National Park Service now reviews this nomination for consideration of placement on the National Register of Historic Places. That decision is expected in 45-60 days.

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From Scratch: 546 Moons/Heart’Heart- Audio Described Arts Festival show
546 Moons Exhibition
Auckland Arts Festival and Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery present a survey exhibition on the sonic innovations and invented instruments of renowned avant-garde ensemble From Scratch, including six performances by the latest incarnation of the group.
Formed in 1974, From Scratch has performed to wide acclaim around the world with their distinctive invented instruments. Their timeless works span art, music, performance and film, inspired by an egalitarian approach to working, and with strong connections to the sounds, cycles and geological rhythms of their home in Aotearoa and the Pacific. The group’s much anticipated return includes an interactive survey exhibition and concert series fuelled with fresh directions and surprises.
546 moon cycles and still spinning! Percussion/performance group From Scratch presents early and new works fuelled by fresh collaborations with Nell Thomas and Daniel Beban (Orchestra of Spheres), NPME, Chris O’Connor, and Pitch Black. Rhythmic and instrument invention lie at the heart of From Scratch and have earned the group an international reputation. Their most memorable performances have been described as among the greatest in any art form to come out of this country. Come witness these mesmerising performances that are part sculpture, part music, part ritual. 1 hr 20 mins.
Touch Tour and audio introduction at 6pm.
Group transport from Awhina House to the venue and back can be arranged on request.
Nicola Owen and Te Uru gallery staff will give a guided tour of this exhibition, including the chance to touch and play instruments with a From Scratch musician.
After the tour, you will enjoy a music performance by From Scratch.
Tickets for people who are blind or have low vision are offered at a discounted rate of up to 80% at $20 each for the individual and one companion.
The organisers and the Blind Foundation can also help people plan their visit, arrange volunteer companions and transport options.
To request a booking form, email email@example.com. Book early as some events have limited capacity. Visit the Auckland Festival accessibility website for more information and to find booking forms, or phone 09 374 0310.


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One of the most vaccinated nations on earth is seeing increased public pushback over Covid-19 jabs, as demonstrators in South Korea are demanding accountability for deaths that they blame on the shots.
Protesters gathered in Busan on Sunday after a similar rally was held in Seoul on Christmas Day. Aggrieved demonstrators held up large portraits of deceased family members – like those typically displayed at funerals in South Korea – and testified as to how their loved ones died soon after being vaccinated against Covid-19.
Dozens of funeral portraits were displayed at Saturday’s demonstration at the government complex in Seoul. Protesters called for the government to identify the causes of adverse reactions and admit that vaccines are to blame.
More than 1,000 South Koreans died shortly after receiving Covid-19 shots, but the government has confirmed a causal connection to vaccines in only a few of those cases. In one of the rare instances where a serious adverse reaction was acknowledged, a nursing assistant was recognized in August as a victim of an industrial accident and awarded government benefits after suffering paralysis in the wake of receiving AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 shot.
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A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking
By Stephanie Kaza
“Living green” can be a powerful spiritual practice, an approach that offers a way to integrate living mindfully in the world while becoming active on behalf of the planet. The practice involves deep, reflective thought and the principle of harmlessness, coupled with an ecologically sound lifestyle. Stephanie Kaza shoes how “green practitioners” are “bringing their best ethical and spiritual attention to environmental concerns and trying to match their actions to their moral principles.” With the planet calling out for an end to the damage being done to it, and economies calling out for an end to excess and greed, the time is ripe for a new approach. Recognizing the impact that human activity has on all life, green practice means making a conscious effort to reduce the harm we cause; knowing that we cannot totally eliminate it, we develop compassion for Earth and for ourselves.
Green spiritual practice often leads practitioners to join with others who are working for solutions to environmental and social problems. Such uniting around a common cause can lead to learning to handle our own grief, doubt, and anger as we move forward into wholeness. As we develop an awareness of why we need to conserve energy, for example, we are led to “investigate the nature of desire” and to learn restraint and the art of contentment. Eventually, we come to invest in peace and to believe in our hearts that what we do really matters.
Stephanie Kaza is professor of environmental studies at the University of Vermont.


06 Oct The real Jewish homeland
Hint: It’s closer than you think.
Jon Stewart reveals that Halifax is the real promised land. Best quote:
What’s wrong with you two? You can’t even get along in Nova Scotia. It’s the most polite part of Canada.
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By Kyle LoJacono
Last year, the Wiregrass Ranch boys basketball team suffered a season ending loss 57-52 to Nature Coach in the district semifinals.
The Bulls (21-7) avenged that disappointment in the Class 4A-District 8 finals Feb. 12 by defeating the Sharks 59-52 to win the first district crown in program history.
“It’s really a great feeling to be able to come back and beat them my senior year,” said Wiregrass Ranch guard James Tringali. “We started out four years ago with only a couple wins and have gotten better each year.”
Four years ago the Bulls went 7-19, followed by a 9-17 campaign in the 2008-09 season and a 21-6 record last year.
The Bulls had to fight back from a 26-21 halftime deficit to claim the district crown. Nature Coast was leading 52-51 in the last two minutes when Wiregrass Ranch went on an 8-0 run to end the game. It is the first time the Bulls have defeated Nature Coast in program history.
Senior Michael Chase led the way for Wiregrass Ranch, pouring in 20 points, while pulling down a team-high nine rebounds and adding two blocks.
Senior Antwan Prince put up 17 points in the finals. Tringali had a team leading six assists while also posting 12 points, seven rebounds and three steals.
The Bulls will play in the first regional tournament game in program history on Thursday, Feb. 17 against Wesley Chapel High, which finished as the runner-up in the 4A-7 district tournament.
“That will be a fun game,” Tringali said. “They’re in another district, but they’re the closest school to us. We played them earlier this year and it’s always intense. It’ll be like a battle for Wesley Chapel.”
-All stats as recorded to Maxpreps.com by coaches.
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Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites.
Multiple severe rain events in western Med & N Africa
Between 23 October and 2 November 2021, a series of upper-level lows caused disturbances in the western Mediterranean/northern Africa area.
Storm Ahti causes damage in northern Finland
On 21 June 2021 Storm Ahti caused widespread damage and flooding in northern Finland.
Extensive DIBS in the Deformation Zone
In April 2020, pockmarked DIBS cloud, produced by a cyclone over the Mediterranean Sea, entered an elongated deformation zone - stretching from France to Turkey.
Aralkum Desert dust pollutes air in south-east Europe
High values of particulate matter (PM10) were recorded in the air in many places across South-East Europe on 27 March 2020.
Moderate stau on the Alpine southside
On 17 March 2019 Meteosat-11 captured imagery of stau clouds over the Alps.
Contrail shadows over the stratus
Unusually shaped shadow contours of high contrail clouds, casted over the wide stratus field, were explored through various VIIRS (i.e. FCI proxy) and SEVIRI products.
Intense Mediterranean cyclone's alpine crossing
A cyclone that intensified over Mediterranean waters took a very direct path over the Alps.
Severe flash floods in Mallorca
Overnight 9/10 October 2018 severe storms caused devastating flash floods on the Spanish island of Mallorca.
Synoptic dipole over Europe
A vivid cyclone-anticyclone duo dominated the synoptic situation over Europe on 18-20 September 2018.
Hot and dry in the Alps
After a break of a few days and snowfall in late August, heatwave conditions returned to the Alps in mid-September.
Devastating wildfires near Athens
In late July 2018 wildfires ripped through coastal areas in Greece, causing thousands to flee and a number of fatalities.