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New York state’s STD rates are higher than the national average for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis, and those elevated numbers are driven in large part by the epidemic in Queens. Though HIV rates are falling, it is still one of the most commonly diagnosed STDs in Queens, along with chlamydia and gonorrhea.
Jamaica Sexual Health Clinic offers services to those 12 and older without parental consent, and services are provided at little to no cost based on a sliding scale. If you are under 21, you can be tested for HIV and STIs, and older patients will be referred to other locations. The Diane L. Max Health Center is operated by Planned Parenthood and tests for STDs including HIV, herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia.
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Testing for STDs at home is safe, convenient, and private. Performed regularly, it can help you stay healthy and avoid unknowingly transmitting STDs.
You have many options for at-home STD testing. The best at-home STD tests are FDA approved and evaluated for safety and accuracy with fast result turnaround times and support from health care professionals.
At-home STD testing kits should include instructions for collection and test registration, along with materials such as containers and swabs to collect and send your sample to the lab. Most at-home STD tests offer results in about five days through a secure online patient portal.
Choose the STD testing option you’re most comfortable with:
At home: You can test for STDs at home using a kit and send your sample to a lab for analysis.
If you think you might have an STD, it’s best to get tested. STDs don’t go away if you ignore them; they’ll just get worse and could grow into more serious health consequences. If left untreated, some STDs can lead to issues like infertility and more serious infections. You can also spread STDs to sexual partners if you have an untreated infection.
Ask your health care provider for STD testing recommendations or follow CDC recommendations for STD testing.
You can request specific STD tests or a full panel. An STD clinic can recommend tests based on your sexual health and symptoms.
A routine STD panel may include:
A full-panel STD test adds:
The cost of an STD test will vary by location and test type. Some clinics, usually community or nonprofit clinics, offer free or low-cost testing. Labs, clinics, and at-home testing companies may accept insurance to cover or lower your cost of testing.
Lab testing fees range from $8 to $150. At home tests cost between $35 and $175 per test.
Appointment policies vary by location, so call ahead or check the clinic website before you head in for a test. Some clinics or testing centers accept walk-ins or have same-day or next-day appointments.
Your STD test results time will depend on the test. Some clinics offer rapid HIV testing, which can offer results in less than 30 minutes. Bacterial STD testing (chlamydia, gonorrhea, or syphilis) takes several days to get results, while viral STD testing (HPV, herpes, or HIV) results can take just one to two days.
Community-based STD testing organizations generate awareness and foster social change while providing access to testing and treatment.
If you’re concerned about visiting your regular doctor or can’t afford the cost of private testing, a community testing center may be able to help. While community testing centers may charge a fee for STD testing, it’s common to find free or low-cost testing from these resources:
The AIDS Center of Queens County has five sites across the area and serves thousands of residents. The clinics can each provide you with rapid HIV testing as well as screen for hepatitis C and STIs. Its goal is to educate and assist members of underserved communities, including LGBTQ individuals and people of color. Appointments are not necessary, and counseling is also available. The Jamaica site offers services Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
161-21 Jamaica Avenue Jamaica, New York 11432, 718-896-2500
This health center, operated by Planned Parenthood, can test and treat you for STDs including HIV, herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia. It provides condoms and other forms of protection as well as sex education and education about hepatitis vaccines. Services are offered on a sliding scale based on your ability to pay and either in-person or telehealth visits can be arranged. The staff is fluent in several languages including English, Spanish, and Russian. The center is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. To 6:00 p.m. 21-41.
45th Road Queens, NY 11101, 212-965-7000
Healthy Latino Community Incorporated is a nonprofit organization that works to educate and assist members of the Latino community who have an STD or are at risk of contracting one. If you need their services and have insurance, you’re instructed to call the primary care physician to schedule an appointment. If you do not have insurance, you can receive free STD testing by calling in advance and showing a driver’s license or passport as a form of identification. Lubricants, male and female condoms, and other sexual health products are available to you at all their locations. The hours are by appointment only.
90-37 Parsons Boulevard Jamaica, New York 11432, 347-752-0852
At Jamaica Sexual Health Clinic, services are available to you at little to no cost. Pricing is calculated on a sliding scale, and you can receive services even if you are unable to pay. The clinic treats patients 12 and older without parental consent. If you are under the age of 21, you can be tested for HIV and STIs, but if you are 21 or older you will need to consult the provider directory on the NYC Sexual Health Clinic page for alternate locations. Emergency contraceptives, PrEP, evaluations, and initial HIV treatments are available to you as well. Hours for the clinic are Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to noon and from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The clinic is only open from 8:30 a.m. to noon on the last Thursday of every month.
90-37 Parsons Boulevard 1st Floor Queens, New York 11432, 212-639-9675
The Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center offers a wide range of health services at its multiple locations throughout New York. Offerings include sexual health education, testing, and treatment. The clinic can also test you for HIV and HEP C and provide you with treatment if you test positive. Men who have sex with men and transgender individuals can also receive case management services that provide referrals for housing, entitlements, job placements, and other needs. The office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for in-person appointments, video visits, and telephone consultations.
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May 12, 2021 Philadelphia Gay News
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Many in the LGBTQ community are in a mental health crisis exacerbated by the pandemic. As more people are vaccinated and life begins to trend toward normalcy, people are also discovering how hard the pandemic has hit them personally and psychologically.
PGN has reported on the pandemic and its many stages for over a year.
Recent studies from The Williams Institute at UCLA and the Movement Advancement Project show that a year of isolation has impacted LGBTQ people more than their straight and cisgender peers, with the outcome being many more mental health problems.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), notes, “Although the full range of LGBT+ identities are not commonly included in large-scale studies of mental health, there is strong evidence from recent research that members of this community are at a higher risk for experiencing mental health conditions — especially depression and anxiety disorders.”
NAMI states, “LGB adults are more than twice as likely as heterosexual adults to experience a mental health condition. Transgender individuals are nearly four times as likely as cisgender individuals to experience a mental health condition.”
LGBTQ people were already disproportionately impacted by mental illness before the threat of the pandemic made so many financially vulnerable and threatened their physical health as well. PGN reported on the lack of access to regular health services as well as how both LGBTQ youth and LGBTQ elders were suffering from crushing levels of isolation, cut off from the communities that helped mitigate depression and anxiety.
Substance abuse also rose exponentially during the height of the pandemic while access to help was nearly non-existent. Now that the city and state are easing restrictions on in-person gatherings, 12-step groups — often a lifeline — may be more available.
Many people may not even know how much the pandemic has impacted their mental health and stability — or how their sexual orientation and/or gender identity puts them at greater risk for mental health crises overall.
For centuries, being LGBTQ has been associated with mental illness, criminality and a crossover sociopathology. Currently there are more than 50 anti-LGBTQ bills in state legislatures. The Equality Act has yet to be debated in the Senate, despite being passed months ago in the House and despite President Biden urging its passage in his State of the Union Address. The stigma that attaches to being LGBTQ is still being codified into law with no remedy, and the subsequent trauma may not even be acknowledged by most LGBTQ people — especially older queer and trans people who have been forced to adjust to discrimination and bigotry over decades.
Marginalization is a difficult path to traverse, and for LGBTQ people who are dealing with multiple areas of discrimination, it can be an ongoing source of trauma.
Trauma therapist and social worker Dr. Jennie Goldenberg has worked with LGBTQ clients for nearly two decades. Goldenberg explained that the interconnectedness of social stigma for being LGBTQ and the social stigma for being mentally ill makes seeking help for depression or other mental illness far more difficult than for a non-LGBTQ person.
“The stressors and stigma continue to be crushing, despite high-profile celebrities and political figures like Ellen or Pete Buttigieg,” says Goldenberg. “Because LGBT folks have significantly higher levels of anxiety and depression, due to their minority status, harassment, and so forth, the challenge is for mental health providers to step up.”
She said providers must “help clients recognize that a lot of their stress is due to environmental/macro-level homophobia and transphobia, rather than internalize the negative and hurtful messages of society as personal failure and self-blame.”
Self-blame is the reason many LGBTQ people still seek out conversion therapy, even though it has been widely debunked. A survey by The Williams Institute showed that nearly half a million Americans had undergone conversion therapy as minors. Living authentic and out LGBTQ lives comes with discrimination and stigma. The concomitant trauma means LGBTQ people suffer from more mental illness. Yet discrimination means less access to crucial health care.
Queer and trans people are more likely to contemplate and/or attempt suicide than their straight and cisgender peers across all ages groups. Recent studies suggest those numbers are as many as ten times that of non-LGBTQ people.
In a 2016-2017 survey from HRC, 28 percent of LGBTQ youth and 40 percent of transgender youth said they felt depressed most or all of the time during the previous 30 days, compared to only 12 percent of non-LGBTQ youth.
When noted New York City therapist Bob Bergeron committed suicide on New Year’s Eve in 2012, it began a dialogue on issues of aging and depression in the gay male community. Bergeron was handsome, accomplished, respected in his field and at the pinnacle of his career with a new self-help book on gay male aging about to be published. His family was supportive of him as a gay man, he had an active social life, was at the gym every day working out and was known to friends as being “relentlessly cheerful.” There were no signs he was planning to take his life.
Teresa Theophano works with older adults at SAGE (Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders) as a clinical social worker and is a co-editor of “Headcase: LGBTQ Writers & Artists on Mental Health and Wellness.” SAGE is America’s oldest and largest non-profit organization dedicated to LGBT older adults and aging. Theophano said, “Depression, anxiety, and social isolation are not uncommon among LGBT older adults. But seeking services doesn’t always feel safe for the aging population.”
Theophano explains, “While being ‘out’ as LGBT and living with a mental health condition can be challenging at any age, elders who came of age in a repressive and oppressive social environment may be all the more reluctant to seek care.” She adds, “This is exacerbated by the presence in their lives of family members, including caregivers, who may not be LGBT-affirmative.”
What can LGBTQ people do to mitigate this wave of mental health issues and the impact of the current pandemic-inspired depression and anxiety? Do an inventory of how you are feeling and seek help from a safe place where LGBTQ people are welcome, like the Mazzoni Center or private practitioners like Goldenberg.
New research out this month from the Yale School of Public Health found that LGBTQ community centers may be the best conduit for access to mental health resources for LGBTQ people, providing a safe atmosphere of community, understanding and help.
“Our findings suggest that LGBTQ community centers are vital to the mental health of this community,” said John Pachankis, Ph.D., the Susan Dwight Bliss Associate Professor of Public Health and director of Yale’s LGBTQ Mental Health Initiative.
If you are in crisis, call the Trevor Project hotline at 1-866-499-7386 or the SAMHSA’s National Helpline 1-800-662-HELP (4357). The Mazzoni Center also has counseling available: 1-215- 563-0652.


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Good rains, but mild weather could put a ‘chill’ on fruit production
COLLEGE STATION -- Recent rains greatly improved soil-moisture levels in many parts of the state, according to reports from Texas AgriLife Extension Service county agents.
However, many parts of the state remained critically dry, including the Panhandle, South Plains, Far West Texas, and parts of the Rolling Plains and Coastal Bend areas, according to the reports.
The more fortunate areas experienced mild weather and timely rains -- as much as 6 inches in some areas, with 1 inch to 2 inches more common. The warm weather spurred the growth of winter wheat and winter pastures. It also raised farmers’ optimism in those areas for summer grazing and the planting of spring row crops.
For fruit growers, the mild winter may not be a great blessing due to lack of chilling hours, though that remains to be seen, according to AgriLife Extension horticulturists.
Chilling hours refers to the minimum amount of cold weather that fruit trees such as peaches need before they will blossom in the spring and produce a crop, said Keith Hansen, AgriLife Extension horticulture agent for Smith County, Tyler. The amount of chilling hours needed depends upon the variety. There are low-chilling, moderate-chilling, and high-chilling varieties.
There are also different ways of calculating chilling hours, and some controversy as to which is the more reliable indicator, Hansen said.
One method involves counting the hours between 32 and 45 degrees, Hansen said. By this method, according to weather data collected at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Overton, the region has had 687 chilling hours.
Another method is simpler to calculate, only taking the number of hours below 45 degrees into account, including temperatures below 32, Hansen said. By this method, the East Texas region has received 746 chilling hours.
By either method, many of the varieties grown in East Texas are in fair shape, he said.
But there is yet another way of calculating chilling hours, the Utah model, which may spell trouble for some varieties, he said. By the Utah model, the hours above about 60 degrees are subtracted from the total, Hansen said.
“I think that may be where the concern is, with the warm weather we had in January,” he said.
AgriLife Extension district reporters compiled the following summaries for the period of Jan. 30 through Feb. 6.
AgriLife Extension district reporters for the Coastal Bend District, including Karnes County, reported some areas received great rains during the reporting period. Soil moisture levels improved, helping plans for row-crop planting within the next 30 days. The moisture, along with warm weather and sunshine, made excellent growing conditions for winter forages and clover. Cattlemen, however, were concerned that with the amount of clover growing there was high potential for bloat in livestock, and they were placing anti-bloat blocks in fields. In the region’s southern counties, drought conditions persisted. There was very little runoff and stock pond levels remained critical.
AgriLife Extension district reporters for the Southwest District, including Wilson, Gonzales, Guadalupe, and Bexar counties, reported as much as 2 inches of rain fell in some areas. The rain and warm weather greatly accelerated winter pasture growth. Topsoil moisture improved. Small grain pastures seemed to be slow going and were being moderately grazed. Winter wheat made good progress. Farmers were preparing to plant corn and sorghum. Trees were on the verge of budding. Lambing and kidding were under way. Livestock producers were maintaining herd numbers for now, and supplemental feeding of cattle continued in some areas.
Compiled from Texas A&M University and Texas AgriLife Extension Service reports.

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7 Tips For Designing the Perfect Dining Room Layout
Having an appealing dining room can make meal time more enjoyable. Choosing the right dining room layout is easy when following the tips in this article.
If there’s a room in your house to impress guests with and pull out all the stops, it’s your dining room.
This is your opportunity to go all out with your style; think luxury, chicness, and trends. You could invest in designing any room in your house, but the ones you entertain in are most important.
There are some basic guidelines when it comes to the dining room layout. Keep reading to find out how to follow them and take your space to the next level.
1. Table Shape, Size, & Placement
The style of table you choose depends on the format of your room. You want it to be big enough to fill the room, but not so big it’s dysfunctional.
Generally, if you have a long and narrow dining room, the table should also be long and narrow.
If your dining room is square shaped, you should do a roundtable or a short rectangle shaped one.
Choose which shape of the table is right for your size of the room. Then, consider how many people you want to serve on it. Most tables seat anywhere from 6-12 people, some even more!
If you have space, it’s recommended to choose the largest table you can comfortably fit. Designers will usually place the table symmetrically in the center of the room.
You can buy your furniture from a local department store or search online for vintage pieces that add a “one of a kind” element to your room.
2. Seating is Key
You want your guests to be wowed by your space but also comfortable. There’s nothing worse than a gorgeous chair set that no one wants to sit on!
Choose seats that are comfortable, but also compliment the theme of your room.
Pantone recently released the color of 2018 — ultraviolet — and it’s the perfect statement color for dining room chairs. Purchase chairs with velvet upholstery and your design could be straight out of a magazine.
Some popular dining room designs have chosen a mismatch of chair styles to give a whimsical and eclectic feel. If that’s not your vibe, consider choosing a separate style for the end chairs only.
And, it’s crucial that you don’t purchase chairs that are too big. Giving your guests’ ample elbow room will impact their experience greatly.
3. Make a Statement with Lighting
The days of dusty chandeliers on a golden chain are long gone. Today, there are so many gorgeous lighting options to choose from.
While you could do home renovations to increase natural light, choosing a new lighting piece is more cost-effective and less permanent.
Statement lighting can come in all types of forms. From gothic chandeliers to modern sphere bulbs to customized abstract art lighting.
The way you choose to light the space will affect the feel of the room. Designers usually opt for a warm or neutral bulb rather than a bright white one.
4. Use Art to Enhance Sophistication
High-end designer showrooms rarely include picture frames or personal memorabilia in dining rooms. This isn’t a coincidence; the dining room is a place that’s meant to make all guests feel welcome and not like they’re intruding.
Rather than having family portraits on the wall, consider hanging art.
This is an affordable way to change up the trends in the room. Home decor stores often have premade art canvases that are relatively cheap. Switch them in and out when you need a change.
You could also have a piece of art commissioned by an artist. While it’s costlier, you are more likely to get the exact style of art you want.
Mirrors are also a great wall decor option because they make the room look bigger and add a touch of glam to any space.
5. Every Room Needs Storage
What’s the point of purchasing gorgeous new dinnerware if you have nowhere to store it?
When you start investing in nicer plates, glasses, and cutlery for special occasions, they need a storage space that will prevent damage. For most, that’s a china cabinet or a buffet.
There are some beautiful buffet cabinets in the mid-century modern style that would look perfect in any contemporary dining room. Look online (www.eroomservice.com) for some truly unique pieces.
If your space isn’t large enough for a storage unit, consider placing a small bar cart in the corner of the room. It could at the very least hold fancier drink glasses and showcase any interesting bottles.
6. To Rug, or Not to Rug
Historically, dining rooms included rugs because they created warmth for the feet and added a sense of luxury that peasants couldn’t afford. These days, dining rooms can look great with or without them.
One benefit of having a rug today is that it protects the floor from scuff marks from the chairs and people’s shoes. It also acts as a design feature you can change up with your style.
Ensure the rug you choose is large enough that all chairs can be pulled out within its borders.
Choose a synthetic material rug for easy cleaning and stain resistance. Don’t be afraid to purchase additional stain protectant spray to keep your rug in good condition.
7. Accessorize with Trends
The truly fun part of designing your dining room is choosing the accessories.
You can change them up based on the season, the occasion, or the current trends. And, they don’t have to break the bank. There are tons of home decor stores with awesome clearance sections if you’re looking for a deal.
Here are some accessories you can change up whenever you like:
- Table Runners
Some of the chicest dining rooms keep the walls and bases neutral and then add colors and patterns in the accessories.
Ready to Design Your Dining Room Layout?
You don’t have to be a professional designer to have a perfect dining room layout.
Simply follow the guidelines above and incorporate your unique style. Sometimes the most beautiful rooms are the ones that make us the proudest because we designed them ourselves.
For more design tips, home decor guides, and other lifestyle hacks check out my blog.

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The National Zero Waste Council, an initiative of Metro Vancouver, is leading Canada's transition to a circular economy by bringing together governments, businesses and NGOs to advance a waste prevention agenda that maximizes economic opportunities for the benefit of all Canadians. By taking action on the factors that drive waste generation, the Council is supporting a high quality of life, environmental sustainability and economic prosperity while consuming fewer resources and less energy.
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FCM has been the national voice of municipal government since 1901. Our members include more than 2,000 municipalities of all sizes, from Canada's cities and rural communities, to northern communities and 20 provincial and territorial municipal associations. Together we represent more than 90 percent of all Canadians from coast to coast to coast. FCM brings local priorities to the national agenda, and we’ve secured historic federal investments in infrastructure, housing, rural broadband and more. Our national and international programs help build local capacity on everything from climate innovation and asset management to gender parity and reconciliation.
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The Société québécoise de récupération et de recyclage, RECYC-QUÉBEC, is a leader in responsible waste management in Québec. Created in 1990, we are a government-corporation that strives in making Québec a model for innovative and sustainable waste management. Our goal is to achieve a waste free society by promoting and developing source reduction, reuse, recovery and recycling, as well as conserving resources by creating added value from waste. Our mission is to promote a circular economy and fight against climate change by encouraging best practices in waste prevention and management.
The RCA’s mission is to promote, facilitate and advocate for a Circular Economy in Alberta through waste reduction and resource conservation. Through a consultative approach and support of the RCA Committees and partners (i.e., government, industry, stewardship organizations and other associations) and additional stakeholders, the RCA will pursue protection of the environment through resource conservation following the 3Rs hierarchy.
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D.C. Council member and mayoral candidate David Catania, at large independent, said that although he had some concerns with the city's fiscal 2015 budget, namely the 'yoga tax,' he said issues could be addressed in next year's budget discussions. (Associated Press)
D.C. Council member David A. Catania, at-large independent and candidate for mayor, poses with fitness studio owners and yoga instructors as he announces his plan to scrap a proposed "yoga tax" (Andrea Noble/The Washington Times).
D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (third from left) announces a lawsuit filed by the council against Mayor Vincent C. Gray, seeking to compel Mr. Gray to comply with the Budget Autonomy Act (Andrea Noble/The Washington Times).
Four of the 13 D.C. Council members will challenged Mayor Vincent C. Gray for his seat in this year's Democratic primary, including Muriel Bowser (fourth from left), Tommy Wells (fifth from left) and Vincent Orange (third from left.) (andrew harnik/the washington times)
D.C. Council member David A. Catania files paperwork at the D.C. Board of Elections for an independent run for mayor in November (Andrea Noble/The Washington Times).


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Arts and Culture in Sebring
Let ART be pART of your Visit!
There is a myriad of Art and Culture choices in the three main cities of Sebring, Avon Park & Lake Placid.
Lake Placid, the “Caladium and Mural Capital of the World,” also has the Caladium Co-op (Gallery) and Toby’s Clown School. Sebring’s Alan Altvater Cultural Center, along the shores of Lake Jackson, is the home of Highlands Lakeside Theatre, Highlands Art League’s Village Where Art Lives and the Highlands Museum of the Arts (MOTA), and the Civilian Conservation Corp Museum and the Military Sea Services Museum.
Grab your Art and Culture Passport and embark on your tour through Sebring for a chance to win a $500 VISA gift card.
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Based in Central Scotland, Direct Ecology carry out ecological surveys and assessments for a range of species and habitats. Work is undertaken throughout Scotland and other parts of the UK.
We are experienced at carrying out ecological survey and assessment for a wide range of species and habitats. We have a particular specialism in protected species, including bats. We provide practical, effective and innovative solutions which can be tailored to meet the needs of an individual project, and work to achieve project time-scales, targets and budgets.

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Study: People Who Use Reusable Shopping Bags Indulge
A new study out of Duke University shows people shopping with reusable bags often make surprising choices.
Bryan Bollinger is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business. He says they examined the habits of close to 900 families who shopped at a California supermarket. Bollinger says here’s what happened if they shopped with their own, reusable bag.
“So while you were more likely to buy organic versions of products and organic produce, you were also more likely to indulge yourself," said Bollinger.
Yes, shoppers treated themselves with ice cream, cookies, chips, you name it, if they used their own bag and also bought organic items.
Bollinger says the findings could be significant for store managers in encouraging shoppers to bring their own bags and in the placement of store products.
“From a consumer perspective, we are not telling consumers to either bring reusable bags or not. We would hope this finding doesn’t reduce the use of reusable bags. But you might take note of the fact that your behavior might change," said Bollinger.
Bollinger says even when they told people they were in a shopping environment and there was a reusable bag in their cart, "shoppers were more likely to buy indulgent items."
This report has garnered a lot of attention in recent days. It was used during the weekend of July 11-12, 2015 as a quirky news question on National Public Radio's news quiz show, "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me!"
The findings of the study - "BYOB: How Bringing your Own Shopping Bags Lead to Treating Yourself and the Environment," can be found in the Journal of Marketing, published by the American Marketing Association.


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Phytopathology 2015 Aug 10;105(8):1137-45. Epub 2015 Aug 10.
First, third, and fifth authors: Division of Plant Pathology and Crop Protection, Department of Crop Sciences, and second author: CLB-Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture and Forestry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany; and fourth author: Africa Rice Center, P.O. Box 33581, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Rice blast, caused by Magnaporthe oryzae, is one of the emergent threats to rice production in East Africa (EA), where little is known about the population genetics and pathogenicity of this pathogen. We investigated the genetic diversity and mating type (MAT) distribution of 88 isolates of M. oryzae from EA and representative isolates from West Africa (WA) and the Philippines (Asia) using amplified fragment length polymorphism markers and mating-type-specific primer sets. Read More

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Maria Helena rated it did not like it Nov 06, Open Preview See a Problem? I say that because it My kfry is: Any fan of contemporary romance with more than enough spice between the main couple will want to check this one out. Everett is intense, dynamic, and easily one of my favorite characters. And it was written with Oh No, They Didn’t and so much fire and explsed just need to know.
This made no sense. Kery writes scorchers with heart. If someone finds out that life is just now like grains of sands that will soon flow out of your hands and be done withthen its not only a battle that is fought by that one particular someone but also by those who love and cherish that someone. He could have been a plumber for all that matters and the plot would still be the same. The first chapter alone Yeah, it was a nice read and I understood where the author was going, but in the end I just didn’t connect with it.
As if his kiss gave her permission, she began to touch him everywhere, sliding her palms along the sides of his ribs, molding his back muscles to her palms, testing to see if the trail of hair down his taut abdomen felt as silky as it appeared. It was like a hand squeezed it, halting the brewing volcano of emotion in her chest. His to Command 4: Joy is also a cancer survivor. Thankfully, Everett is not easy to shake off. No, cancel Yes, report it Thanks! Nov 05, Elizabeth rated it it was amazing.
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Jou readingvixen l Goodreads. With a movie star hero, I wondered if he would be rich and arrogant. The guy pulls out a dildo and you say you’ve used it before then what exactly is there to act confused about?? I don’t want to give it away but pay attention! I would choose to be with you. From the insta-lust, the nonexistent chemistry, the weak attempt at ‘angst’ and expposed trying too hard sex talk.
Review: Exposed to You by Beth Kery
Joy is an artist and teacher, and she sometimes helps her uncle, a special effects makeup extraordinaire, on his movie shoots.
Joy is very close with her Uncle Seth, as her dad left the family long ago and her mom died of cancer when she was younger. I really enjoyed their story–they had major, major chemistry, but Joy did try my patience a time or two. keryy
She knows first hand how the burden of the disease affects family and friends and therefore did not want her only close family member, Seth to bear the burden yku her. Remember, Joy didn’t know it was Bety under all that makeup, so she’s a bit flabbergasted when he knows her name and reveals he was the stranger. Let me also note, while these are all stand alones, she previously published two books, Addicted to You and Bound to You under the pen name Bethany Kane.
Then there’s just the writingit’s not my favorite. Preview — Exposed to You by Beth Kery. I literally felt the heat sting my fingers as I turned the pages. Warm moisture seeped from her pussy, an answer to the call of his touch. From the insta-lust, th I started this in July.
While she is very open sexually, when Everett makes the sex more emotional it scares her.
I would love to hear your thoughts about the ending however. You want Joy to open up to Everett and she does, even though at times she bet scared expossd the emotions he manages to draw out of her.
I found it predictable and unbelievable, even in a fantasy betg that features a regular girl who gets with the movie star. Everett has been unlucky in love, but something tells him that Joy may be the one for him.
But remember, he belongs to me: I love Beth Kery as a storyteller, she gives you so much background on the characters that you really get to know them. While reading this i couldn’t get rid of the feeling that this book reminded me a little of Love Unscripted.
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Whenever I read a super sexy sex sceneswhich was pretty much all the sex that this book had to offerall I could say was” Damn!!!! In full sea creature prosthetics. Her fierce independence resulted in her choice to face the journey alone.
Fourteen months later, Joy has relocated to Chicago and undergone treatment for her cancer. The problem is two-fold: He arrowed his cock into her, all of his desire and need made manifest into hard, swollen flesh. I love me some good smut, sometimes you just need good smut.
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When Ukrainian perseverance meets inspiration and creativity, a unique product is born.
The "Ukrainochki" collection - is about women who do not give up in the face of difficult circumstances and continue to create amazing things. This collection includes unique cache-pot candles that are made and painted entirely by hand from plaster, soy wax, and natural aromatic blends.
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There is a new burger place in town – Congratulations Omer Siddiq (Class of 2017)
Pattysmiths is a premium burger brand out of Melbourne. Omer was visiting friends there and had a meal and decided it was the best burger he had ever eaten and that Canberrans deserved a chance to sample them as well.
When Omer Siddiq was a little kid his parents Khawar and Sammi, who owned Taj Agra Indian restaurant on Woolley St, would give him a five-dollar note and tell him to get out and go and find some chocolate to get him out of their hair.
“I’d head over to the servo and see what treasures I could find,” says Omer. “I’ve grown up in Dickson, I remember having my sixth birthday party at mum and dad’s restaurant.”
Khawar and Sammi still run Taj Agra, one of Canberra’s longest-running, family-owned restaurants, and Omer, is running his own, Pattysmiths, a hundred metres or so down the road.
“I’m definitely out of their hair now,” he says.
Pattysmiths is a premium burger brand out of Melbourne. Siddiq was visiting friends there and had a meal and decided it was the best burger he had ever eaten and that Canberrans deserved a chance to sample them as well.
So he postponed university studies and opened a restaurant on Cape Street, and has plans to open more in Canberra in the future.
He says the point of difference with a Pattysmiths burger is “real food”.
“I get vegetables in from a local guy who supplies the fresh food markets as well, it’s grown on a farm, harvested and brought here. Our beef and chicken, there are no preservatives, it’s fresh and local. It’s real food just served between two buns.”
Each patty, which is made from wagyu and angus beef, is handcrafted, using a heavy burger press to squash the meat. The method results in a deep caramelisation to the outside to the patty with soft, tender meat inside.
The restaurant has also been certified Halal as he is using a faux “chicken bacon” on the menu.
His favourite burger is the fried chicken burger with cheddar, slaw, chipotle aioli and trademark smoky barbecue sauce.
“And even though I’m not a great fan of vegetables, I do like our plant patty burger, that’s been really popular as well.”
As well as the burgers, there’s also a range of Alabama chicken and wings with a selection of rubs and sauces and fries that can be loaded with all sorts of condiments from jalapenos to spring onions.
Omer says he’s proud to be part of the new Dickson, with eateries opening along Cape Street, and developments happening in the DKSN precinct.
Content credit: Canberra Times, online news article dated 1 December 2020
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It's common for the military to simulate nuclear conflicts — but not to publicize them.
The Pentagon performed a training exercise last week in which it simulated a nuclear exchange with Russia, according to National Defense Magazine.
"They attacked us with a low-yield nuclear [warhead], and in the course of the exercise we simulated responding with a nuclear weapon," an official told the magazine under condition of anonymity.
It's common for the Pentagon to walk through simulated conflicts in order to fine-tune its official response, according to National Defense — but it's unusual to publicize the simulations.
And this particular exercise sounds important, with Defense One corroborating National Defense's claim that U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper personally took part.
National Defense contextualized the exercise as part of the Trump administration's efforts to modernize the military's nuclear stockpile and, chillingly, prepare to use it.
"The other side is building their nuclear weapons up, modernizing their stockpiles, and so this [U.S. modernization effort] is just a sensible response to that," the anonymous official said.
READ MORE: BREAKING: U.S. Nukes Russia in Simulation Exercise [NPR]
More on nuclear war: This Video Shows Horrifying Devastation of US-Russia Nuclear War
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Veve has been exploding in popularity this year. It has successfully landed large IP partnerships with Marvel, DC, and now with Disney. Veve is owned by the project Economi which launched its token OMI in 2019. This summer has proved to be a good one as it jumped up into the top 100 by market cap.
Veve offers a platform for NFT creators to purchase and trade digital assets. The platform uses Layer 2 blockchain technology to remove the costly transaction fees associated with minting and listing NFTs.
Its claim to fame was the partnerships it made with Marvel and Disney, in which it self-branded as the comic book NFT providers. The platform releases limited editions of popular comic books which can only be purchased on its platform.
The market for NFTs has slowed down over the last few weeks. Many speculate that the new rise of meme coins has taken the spotlight away from NFTs.
The NFT marketplace is still very much in its infancy and many believe the true utility and adoption of these digital assets has not yet been recognized. Actors, artists, sports players, and musicians have put their faith into NFTs and still continue to push new content into the space.
The addition of Disney to the NFT world will spread awareness to new audiences that look to collect the limited edition artwork of their favorite character. Disney’s target audience is (of course) children, but there are many adults that love the brand and are willing to pick up NFTs.
Disney is set to release these new NFTs on 12 November 2021 – which is Disney+ Day. The Disney brand is a powerhouse and contains many subsidiary companies such as Hasbro and Mattel which will be key to getting its foot in the door of the new digital world.
As many NFT enthusiasts are still spending thousands on pictures of dogs and monkeys, one can imagine that popular brands will have their own success in the market. Time will tell if Barbies start going for millions in the future.
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Super Falcons Protest Unpaid Bonuses, Refuse To Leave Hotel In France
The Super Falcons have refused to leave their hotel despite their elimination from the world cup holding in France, the players staged a protest insisting that they will not leave until all outstanding bonuses are paid.
This is coming after they lost 3–0 to Germany in the Round of 16.
The players told ESPN that they are refusing to leave until they are paid the bonuses they are owed from two games, against Gambia and Senegal, from 2-3 years ago.
The players revealed that they are owed bonuses from two games, against Gambia and Senegal, amounting to 2 million Nigerian naira (about $5,600 U.S.), although they have only been paid half of the stated amount.
The Super Falcons also claim they are owed five days of daily allowance while at the World Cup.
One of the players told ESPN,
“They paid us 1 million Naira and said that is all. We want them to pay the balance. Part of that money is from two years ago, the other is from three years ago. And they are also owing us five days’ daily allowance here in France.
“Before the World Cup, we asked them for a meeting so that we could discuss our World Cup bonuses, like they did with the men’s team last year. They ignored the letter and nobody said anything about it until now.”
NFA President Amaju Pinnick told ESPN that all the outstanding allowances have been paid. “We have paid them everything they are being owed,” he said.
“The only thing outstanding is the participation fee from FIFA, which is not expected to come until after the tournament. But they insist that they want to get paid, as they have spoken to players from Cameroon and France, who told them they have already been paid.”


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The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Saturday has obligatory a ban on all Indian content on their TV channels. Browse to understand the explanation for this call.No Indian content is going to be aired any longer on Pakistan’s TV channels. As rumored by Agence France-Presse, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has prohibited Indian content on Pakistani TV channels. On Saturday (October 27), the decision was given by Justice Saqib Nisar in Karachi throughout the hearing of a case filed by producers’ associations. The explanation for this ban is that the clashes between India and Pakistan over the development of Diamer-Bhasha dam in Pakistan’s side that is found during a terrorist being controversial by Delhi, reports Pakistan’s newspaper, Dawn.
One of the official’s of Pakistan Media administrative unit (PEMRA) knowing that justice Nisar gave orders to not air any Indian content on TV channels. Pakistan Cable Operators Association’s Chairman Khalid Arain aforementioned, “Ban on the all the Indian content isn’t the answer, rather we should always try and higher the standard of Pakistani TV shows.”
After the Uri Attack in 2016, Pakistani shows were prohibited from Indian tv. In fact, the ban was additionally obligatory on Pakistani artists operating in Indian films, like Fawad Khan, Mahira Khan, Ali Zafar, and others. The ban on Pakistani artists junction rectifier to a large impact on Karan Johar’s film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil that was regular to unleash throughout that point because it marked Fawad Khan within the lead role. Singers like Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Atif Aslam were additionally prohibited from singing for Hindi songs. Similarly, within the same year, Pakistan had prohibited Indian shows and screening of Indian films in theatres.

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Department of Social Services
Family Support Division
PO Box 2320
Jefferson City, Missouri
TO: ALL FAMILY SUPPORT OFFICES
FROM: KIM EVANS, DIRECTOR
SUBJECT: CHANGES TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) ABLE-BODIED ADULTS WITHOUT DEPENDENTS (ABAWD) AGE LIMIT AND EXEMPTIONS
MANUAL REVISION #
The Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) of 2023 adds three new exemptions to the ABAWD Work Requirement and gradually increases the upper age limit from 49 years old to 54 years old. These changes are effective 9/1/2023.
Three new Employment Assessment coding options have been created for the new exemptions:
- 40—Aged out of Foster Care, Under 25 years old:
- This exemption is for an applicant/participant who is 24 or younger and aged out of the foster care system of any state, district, territory, or tribal organization at age 18 or older.
- Verification is required.
Note: Exemption will be automatically ended, coding changed to non-exempt (code 22), and non-work months added (if applicable) when participant turns 25 years old.
- This exemption is for any participant who served in any branch of the United States Armed Forces, including Reserves/Guard, regardless of the conditions of their discharge or release.
- Verification is required.
- There has been no change to the definition of homeless. Refer to 1100.010.00 Definitions
- Status code: EXE
- Verification is not required.
Note: Code 15 is no longer to be used for homelessness. All participants currently coded 15 will be updated to 42. Coding will need to be reassessed at next mid-certification review, recertification, or reported change.
When a household member is eligible for more than one exemption, staff must select the exemption that is most beneficial to the participant for the duration of certification.
New Employment Assessment Statuses
In order to allow for verification to be requested and for the participant to be exempted from ABAWD requirements but still referred to SkillUP, two new statuses were created for use with the Aged Out of Foster Care and Veteran exemptions:
- AEX – ABAWD-Only Exemption
- Exemption verified
- PEN – Pending Assessment
- Pends the case for verification
Once verified, eligibility for the Foster Care or Veteran exemption does not need to be re-verified for subsequent applications or recertifications. When verification is received and the status updated to AEX, a comment must be entered on the Employment Assessment (EMPLOY/FMMS) screen to document how the exemption was verified.
Note: If verification is not provided then the eligibility system will update the coding to non-exempt (code 22) and, if applicable, either add non-work months or reject the member if they have already used their 3 non-work months.
- If a SkillUP exemption applies then a case should not be pended for verification on an ABAWD-only exemption.
Age Limit Increases
The age limit for the ABAWD work requirement will increase as follows:
- 18 – 50 years of age, effective 9/1/2023
- 18 – 52 years of age, effective 10/1/2023
- 18 – 54 years of age, effective 10/1/2024
The age limit increases apply at application/recertification, mid-certification review, and when adding a household member. Non-work months will not be automatically added for active participants. A participant’s work assessment code must be reviewed at every mid-certification review, recertification, or when the participant reports work activities or an exemption.
SNAP Manual Revisions
Updates were made to the manual sections listed in the Manual Revision section of this memo to remove references to the ABAWD age range, update links to re-named sections, update formatting, and to reflect current policy, procedures and terminology.
Additional updates were made to the manual sections below:
ABAWD Policy Updated:
- 1105.035.00 Work Requirement for 18- Through 49-Year-Olds
- Title updated to: Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) Work Requirement
- Updated age range and added future increases of upper limit
- 1105.035.15 Exemptions to Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents Training/Work Requirement and Verification
- Added new exemptions and verification requirements
- 1105.035.30 Evaluating Months for 18- Through 49-Year-Old Training/Work Requirement
- Title updated to: Evaluating Months for ABAWD Training/Work Requirement
- Added new exemptions
- 1105.035.35 Identifying and Tracking Non-work Months
- Added new exemptions
- 1105.015.10 Eligibility Unit Members With an Included (IC) EU Member Role
- Title updated to: Ineligible Members Included in the Household
- 1105.015.10.25 Failure to Meet the 18- Through 49-Year-Old (ABAWD) Work Requirement
- Title updated to: Failure to Meet the ABAWD Work Requirement.
- 1105.015.10.25.05 Eligibility Determinations for Failure to Meet the 18- Through 49-Year-Old (ABAWD) Work Requirement
- Title updated to: Eligibility Determinations for Failure to Meet the ABAWD Work Requirement
- 1105.025.05.05 EU Members Exempt From Work Registration
- Title updated to: Household Members Exempt From Work Registration
- 1105.025.05.15 EU Members Excluded From Work Registration
- Title updated to: Household Members Excluded From Work Registration
- 1105.035.05 Counties Waived From 18- Through 49-Year-Old Work Requirement
- Title updated to: Counties Waived from the ABAWD Work Requirement
- 1115.035.10.05 Ineligible EU Member Paying Dependent Care
- Title updated to: Ineligible Household Member Paying Dependent Care
- 1115.070.00 Income and Expenses From Disqualified/Ineligible Members for Failure to Obtain or Provide an SSN, Immigration Status, Not Meeting the 18- Through 49-Year-Old Work Requirement, or Comparable Disqualification
- Title updated to: Income and Expenses From Disqualified/Ineligible Members for Failure to Obtain or Provide an SSN, Immigration Status, Not Meeting the ABAWD Work Requirement, or Comparable Disqualification
- 1120.005.05 Food Stamp Program Explanation
- Title updated to: SNAP Program Explanation
System generated forms and notices have been updated to reflect these changes.
- Review this memorandum with appropriate staff.


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A talking body part, a character that is simultaneously alive and dead, a shape-changing setting, or time travel: although impossible in the real world, such narrative elements do appear in the storyworlds of novels, short stories, and plays. Impossibilities of narrator, character, time, and space are not only common in today’s world of postmodernist literature but can also be found throughout the history of literature. Examples include the beast fable, the heroic epic, the romance, the eighteenth-century circulation novel, the Gothic novel, the ghost play, the fantasy narrative, and the science-fiction novel, among others.
Unnatural Narrative looks at the startling and persistent presence of the impossible or “the unnatural” throughout British and American literary history. Layering the lenses of cognitive narratology, frame theory, and possible-worlds theory, Unnatural Narrative offers a rigorous and engaging new characterization of the unnatural and what it yields for individual readers as well as literary culture. Jan Alber demonstrates compelling interpretations of the unnatural in literature and shows the ways in which such unnatural phenomena become conventional in readers’ minds, altogether expanding our sense of the imaginable and informing new structures and genres of narrative engagement.
About the Author
Jan Alber is AIAS-COFUND (Marie Curie) Fellow at the Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies in Denmark. He is the author of Narrating the Prison: Role and Representation in Charles Dickens’ Novels, Twentieth-Century Fiction, and Film and has coedited several collections, including Stones of Law, Bricks of Shame: Narrating Imprisonment in the Victorian Age; A Poetics of Unnatural Narrative; and Postclassical Narratology: Approaches and Analyses.
"This book will be of particular interest to scholars of genre theory, frame theory, and cognitive narratology."—American Literature
"This is an excellent, well-written introduction to unnatural narratology and a useful starting point for non-specialists as well as narrative theorists."—J.J. Donahue, Choice
"A valuable contribution to the fields of narratology, literary theory, and literary history."—Felicitas Meifert-Menhard, AAA
"Jan Alber's book offers a remarkably persuasive discussion of the differences between fictional worlds and the actual one."—Thomas Pavel, Modern Philology
"A fascinating project. . . . Alber's book deserves to be recognized and read."—David Toomey, Kritikon Litterarum
"Unnatural Narrative provides students and lay readers with insightful interpretations of different unnatural narrative features in selected English and American literary texts and films, and can be highly recommended as an introduction to applied narratological analysis."—Roland Weidle, Anglistik
“Written accessibly, Unnatural Narrative will be of interest not only to experts but also to students and to lay readers who puzzle over postmodernist texts. It can also serve many students as an up-to-date pilot into the discipline of narratology.”—Leona Toker, author of Towards the Ethics of Form in Fiction: Narratives of Cultural Remission


The teenage brain is a double-edged sword: sure, teens can be reckless and more susceptible to addictive behaviors than adults are, but those same brain pathways may also help them learn better than adults do, a new study suggests. So teachers and parents might just have to take the good with the bad if they want well-educated kids.
Take the good with the bad
Teenagers are especially sensitive to the reward signals that shoot through the brain after accomplishing something, getting approval from friends, taking drugs, and playing video games. This isn’t all bad. Chasing those feelings might make adolescents lose hours hunting for "likes" on social media. But it can also make taking risks and exploring unfamiliar experiences a lot more worthwhile. This could be a clue that the carrot is better than the stick for getting teens to learn new information.
Scientists have thought for a while that the teenage brain might not just be an immature version of the adult brain, but one that’s specifically primed to take in new information. Only, they didn’t have much proof. So researchers led by Daphna Shohamy, a cognitive neuroscientist at Columbia University’s Zuckerman Institute, set out to understand just how rewards affect learning. She challenged a small group of 41 teens aged 13 to 17 years old and 31 adults aged 20 to 30 to two different memory tests. The teens out-performed the adults on both tests and used a region of their brain involved in memory — called the hippocampus — that the adults didn’t. Shohamy and her colleagues published their findings in the journal Neuron this week.
"It’s welcome to see adolescent learning as different from adult learning, and in some circumstances, potentially superior," says Linda Wilbrecht, a psychologist at UC Berkeley who wasn’t involved in the research.
The test itself was pretty basic. The study participants were presented with two different flowers and a butterfly on a computer screen. They had to choose which flower the butterfly would land on. Each time they guessed, they’d get feedback: either "correct" or "incorrect" would appear on the screen, along with a picture of a random object like a pen, or a watermelon (more on this later). About 80 percent of the time, the same butterfly paired with the same flower — but the other 20 percent it didn’t, resulting in an "incorrect" answer.
The researchers measured how many "incorrects" it took for the test-takers to readjust their answers. It took the teenagers longer than the adults, which, counterintuitively, means they learned the higher probability set of rules better, the authors explain. Not everyone in the field interprets the slower learning rate as a better learning strategy, but the teens were also more accurate than the adults were. That gives a lot of support to the authors’ argument that it’s a better learning strategy, says Jee Hyun Kim, a developmental psychobiologist at the University of Melbourne who was not involved in this research, in an email to The Verge.
Specifically primed to take in new information
What’s more, the teens didn’t just seem to learn better than the adults — they also learned more information. Remember those random objects that flashed on the computer screen with the "correct" or "incorrect" feedback after each question? Those turned out to be part of a second memory test where the participants had to decide whether or not they’d seen them before. The teens were much better at recalling that they’d seen the pen or the watermelon, for example, than the adults were — especially when they’d seen the object paired with the positive "correct" feedback. The researchers assumed that "correct" feedback felt rewarding to the test-takers, although they didn’t confirm that the study subjects preferred the positive reinforcement. The idea, though, is that the reward helped encode more information than just what the teens learned about the butterflies and the flowers.
To figure out why the teens were better at this, the scientists used a neuroimaging technique called fMRI to watch areas of the brain where blood-oxygen levels rose during the test. It’s a non-invasive indicator of brain activity — but has to be taken with a grain of salt. After all, a few years ago an fMRI study showed a dead salmon had brain activity. (Dead things, as a rule, don’t.)
But Kim says that the paper’s methods looked sound. The scientists found more activity in the hippocampus of teens than in the adults. Teens also seemed to have more of a connection between increased activity in the hippocampus and increased activity in the brain’s reward center — called the striatum. That the hippocampus might be the source of these age differences is "very interesting and is quite novel," Kim says.
Shohamy cautions this is just one study. But the results could have some pretty interesting implications for education. Based on what this tells us about teenage brains, teachers and parents might want to be sure they’re giving teens prompt, constructive feedback. And rewarding teens for getting something right rather than punishing them when they don’t could be extra effective at helping them remember what they learned.
"If you’re someone who focuses on learning and memory, like we do in my lab, then you don’t think of reward-seeking as necessarily a bad thing. You think of rewards as something that shapes — and can have a really important role in shaping — learning," Shohamy says.


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Serves: 4Hands-on: 15 minutesTotal: 15 minutesDifficulty: Easy
- 2 Tbsp. butter
- 1⁄4 cup chopped yellow onion
- 1⁄2 cup chopped celery
- 2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 tsp. ground cayenne pepper
- 1⁄4 tsp. dry mustard
- 1⁄2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 1⁄2 cups chicken stock
- 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
- 1⁄2 tsp. seasoned salt
- 1⁄2 tsp. ground black pepper
- 1⁄2 tsp. paprika
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Goodyear plans to spend up to £655 million annually over the next few years on global development – but is closing its Australian plant as part of its strategy to reduce high-cost manufacturing.
The tyre maker said it would push its high-end tyres in international markets and it sees many opportunities in emerging markets of China, Russia and Brazil.
“We anticipate capital investments totaling between £500 million and £655 million per year from 2008 to 2010,” said chief executive officer Robert Keegan.
Goodyear said it would invest up to £251million in China, £302 million in Brazil and Chile, and £251 million in Germany and Poland.
It also said it would spend £251 million to £352 million to upgrade four US plants over five years.
Goodyear Dunlop at Birmingham’s Ford Dunlop makes specialist tyres for motorcyle racing and motorsport racing and during the last two years there has been heavy investment in plant.
The site makes about 200,000 tyres annually and although low volume they are made by employees with special skills to serve the sport’s sector.
At Wolverhampton the plant makes rubber compound used in tyre manufacturing and it is sent out to Dunlop plants in Europe. Specialist truck tyres are also made at Wolverhampton.
The investments announced by Dunlop are much higher than expected.


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We describe in this chapter the basic concepts, theory and algorithms of modular and ensemble neural networks. We will also give particular attention to the problem of response integration, which is very important because response integration is responsible for combining all the outputs of the modules. Basically, a modular or ensemble neural network uses several monolithic neural networks to solve a specific problem. The basic idea is that combining the results of several simple neural networks we will achieve a better overall result in terms of accuracy and also learning can be done faster. For pattern recognition problems, which have great complexity and are defined over high dimensional spaces, modular neural networks are a great alternative for achieving the level of accuracy and efficiency needed for real-time applications. This chapter will serve as a basis for the modular architectures that will be proposed in later chapters for specific pattern recognition problems.
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The Alphabet in Crime Fiction is a Community Meme hosted by Kerrie at Mysteries in Paradise. This week’s letter is the letter “P”. Click HERE to see the contribution of other fellow participants to this week’s Crime Fiction Alphabet.
And my “P” is for Padura. Leonardo Padura was born in 1955 in Havana and lives in Cuba. He has published a number of short-story collections and literary essays but international fame came with the Havana Quartet, all featuring Inspector Mario Conde. Like many others of his generation, Padura had faced the question of leaving Cuba, particularly in the late 80s and early 90s, when living conditions deteriorated sharply as Russian aid evaporated. He chose to stay. And to write beautiful ironic novels in which Soviet-style socialism is condemned by implication through scenes of Havana life where even the police are savagely policed. The crime novels feed on the noises and smells of Havana, on the ability of its inhabitants to keep joking, to make love and music, to drink rum, and to survive through petty crime such as running clandestine bars and restaurants.
The Inspector Mario Conde Series:
Havana Blue. Bitter Lemon Press, 2007. (Original title, Pasado perfecto (Tusquets 2009), 1991). The publisher’s blurb reads: “Lieutenant Mario Conde is suffering from a terrible New Year’s Eve hangover. Though it’s the middle of a weekend, he is asked to urgently investigate the mysterious disappearance of Rafael Morin, a high-level business manager in the Cuban nomenklatura. Conde remembered Morin from their student days: good-looking, brilliant, a “reliable comrade’’ who always got what he wanted, including Tamara the girl Conde was after. But Rafael Morin’s exemplary rise from a poor barrio and picture perfect life hide more than one suspicious episode worthy of investigation. While pursuing the case in a decaying but adored Havana Conde confronts his lost love for Tamara and the dreams and illusions of his generation.” My review: Havana Blue (Original title: Pasado Perfecto) – Leonardo Padura
Havana Gold. Bitter Lemon Press, 2008. (Original title, Vientos de cuaresma (Tusquets, 2009), 1994 .The publisher’s blurb reads: “Twenty-four year old Lissette Delgado was beaten, raped, and then strangled with a towel. Marijuana is found in her apartment and her wardrobe is suspiciously beyond the means of a high school teacher. Lieutenant Conde is pressured by “the highest authority” to conclude this investigation quickly when chance leads him into the arms of a beautiful redhead, a saxophone player who shares his love for jazz and Japanese fighting fish. This is a Havana of crumbling, grand buildings, secrets hidden behind faded doors and corruption.” My review: Leonardo Padura – Havana Gold (Original title Vientos de Cuaresma).
Havana Red. Bitter Lemon Press, 2005. (Original title, Mascaras (Tusquets, 2009), 1997. The publisher’s blurb reads: “A body is found in a Havana park. A young transvestite dressed in a beautiful red evening dress, strangled. The victim had fled his family, finding refuge with Marqués, a forgotten man in his own country, an author and theatre director once condemned by his government for being a “heretical homosexual”, living alone surrounded only by books, his house in ruins. In the baking heat of the Havana summer Conde moves through a Cuban reality where nothing is what it seems, a dark, fascinating world of men and women born in the Revolution who live without dreaming of exile and seek their identity in the midst of disaster.”
Havana Black. Bitter Lemon Press, 2006. (Original title, Paisaje de otoño (Tusquets, 2009), 1998. The publisher’s blurb reads: “The brutally mutilated body of Miguel Forcade is discovered washed up on a Havana beach. Head smashed in by a baseball bat, genitals cut off by a blunt knife. Forcade was once responsible for confiscating art works from the bourgeoisie fleeing the revolution. Had he really returned from exile just to visit his ailing father? Lieutenant Mario Conde immerses himself in Cuba’s dark history, expropriations of priceless paintings now vanished without trace, corruption and old families who appear to have lost much, but not everything. Padura evokes the disillusionment of a generation who embraced the revolutionary cause and now struggles to survive in a decaying city threatened by hurricane Felix. Yet this novel is a eulogy to Cuba, to its music and sensuality, and to the great friendships of those who chose to stay and fight for survival.”
These first four titles are known as the “Havana Quartet”.
Adiós Hemingway. Canongate Press, 2006 (novella). (Original title: Adiós Hemingway (Tusquets, 2006), 2001. The publisher’s blurb reads: “When the skeletal remains of a man brought down by two buckshots forty years earlier surface on the Havana estate of Ernest Hemingway, ex-cop Mario Conte reluctantly accepts a reinstatement to investigate. As the truth of the night of October 3, 1958, slowly reveals itself, Conte must come to terms with his idealistic memory of Papa Hemingway on Cuba’s sun-drenched docks from when he was a child tagging along with his grandfather. Padura Fuentes weaves Conte’s world with that of Hemingway’s Cuba four decades earlier, a period marking the beginning of Hemingway’s decline. In the heat-and-rum haze, the eras and personas begin to merge in this evocative, compelling novel.”
Havana Fever. Bitter Lemon Press, 2009. (Original title: La neblina del ayer (Tusquets, 2009), 2003. The publisher’s blurb reads: “Havana, 2003, fourteen years since Mario Conde retired from the police force and much has changed in Cuba. He now makes a living trading in antique books bought from families selling off their libraries in order to survive. In the house of Alcides de Montes de Oca, a rich Cuban who fled after the fall of Batista, Conde discovers an extraordinary book collection and, buried therein, a newspaper article about Violeta del Rio, a beautiful bolero singer of the 1950’s, who disappeared mysteriously. Conde’s intuition sets him off on an investigation that leads him into a darker Cuba, now flooded with dollars, populated by pimps, prostitutes, drug dealers and other hunters of the night. But this novel also allows Padura to evoke the Havana of Batista, the city of a hundred night clubs where Marlon Brando and Josephine Baker listened to boleros, mambos and jazz.”
The Inspector Mario Conde books are translated from Spanish into English by Peter Bush, well known for his extensive work on Juan Goytisolo. He has also completed translations of Daniel Chavarria, Nuria Amat and Pedro de Alarcón.
(Information taken from Bitter Lemon Press and Canongate Books Ltd.)
See also: Leonardo Padura talks about Mario Conde
Leonardo Padura at Wikipedia in English.
Leonardo Padura en Wikipedia in Spanish
La información sobre Leonardo Padura y sus libros en español está disponible en la página de Tusquets Editores.
3 thoughts on “The Alphabet in Crime Fiction, P is for Padura, Leonardo Padura”
>José Ignacio – I like your choice for the letter "P." I have to admit, the Inspector Conde series is new to me, although I know about it. Your post, though, is making me want to try it. Thanks 🙂
>Good choice for a P-post. You have reminded me that I have "Havana Red" on my shelf, and I ought to read it for the global reading challenge, but I have a feeling it will demand some concentration so perhaps for the summer holidays.
>Margot, Dorte, thanks for your comments. Padura makes you feel day to day life in La Habana and the joy of living of their inhabitants under very difficult circunstances. A masterful chronicle of the failure of socialism.