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The new Neymar Jr. skin coming to Fortnite has been leaked, ahead of its full release expected on April 27.
There’s more than just one skin though, with four skin styles in total, as well as pickaxes and gliders.
The Brazil and PSG superstar is getting kitted out in some unique gear. Rather than wearing the strip of his club or national team, he’s wearing Team Neymar logos.
But, the color of one of the skins is very clearly inspired by the yellow, green and blue of the Brazil flag and football team.
The first images of Neymar’s skins were leaked by Twitter user @ESFortniteBR.
As mentioned, there’s more than just these four skins too.
There are two pickaxes, two gliders, a golden ball and what appears to be a Confedrations Cup…


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Report on the first meeting on Tacler Platform with Quafety ScientistsAs anticipated in the last days (read here), the scientists of EU project Quafety are on the platform of Tacler July, on Friday from 2 to 3 pm (GMT +2), to discuss some topics that are being studied within the project.
A brief report of the first meeting which occurred on 11 July follows.
During the meeting, Dr Ana Amaro of the Catholic University of Portugal was interviewed on "Nutritional and functional quality of ready-to-eat rocket leaves as affected by processing, modified atmosphere and storage temperature".
From the interview resulted that the aim of the research group of Dr Ana Amaro within Quafety Project is the selection and the implementation of efficient techniques to assess the representative chemical and biochemical markers of nutritional and functional quality with the final objective of modelling and establishing the effect of different processing conditions on these relevant markers, such as total phenolics.
The discussion was especially focused on fresh-cut rocket, which is one of the most important fresh-cut leafy vegetables in Europe with lettuce, chicory, spinach, and corn salad.
Dr Ana Amaro explained that the most crucial operations affecting the leaves quality during minimal processing are washing, decontamination, centrifugation and packaging. These operations cause a mechanical damage to the plant tissue inducing microbiological, enzymatic, and physicochemical reactions that have a negative impact on the quality, and consequently on the shelf-life.
In her research, Dr Ana Amaro tested also the effect of storage conditions, such as modified atmosphere and temperature, on the shelf-life of quality. The Portuguese scientists found that the optimal MAP and storage temperature to preserve the phenolic compounds for 6-day shelf-life are 5% of initial oxygen level and 5°C. Moreover, they observed that in these storage conditions the antioxidant capacity and phenolic compounds increased from 2 to 6 days of storage, while vitamin C decreased after the first 2 days of storage.
You can find the full version of the interview and of the open discussion registering on www.tacler.com and visiting the Quafety section.
We wait for next 18 July at 2.00 pm (GMT+2) on Tacler platform for the second meeting with Dr Maria Luisa Amodio of University of Foggia (Italy). Dr Amodio will speak on predicting shelf life using external and internal markers: a case study on rocket leaves.
See you Friday 18th on Tacler!
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Occupying a prime location on the resort, within easy access of the Salobre Golf Resort hotel, and also close to the minimarket, Par 4 villa 12 is modern in design, and well appointed throughout, including the benefit of air-conditioning and a variety of everyday amenities to make your stay more comfortable. Located in the sought after Par 4 development this villa is a perfect choice for your villa holiday combined with a few rounds of golf. Complimentary fresh bread is delivered to the villa daily for all James Villas' guests.
If you would like to use the facilities within the Salobre Golf Resort hotel, a resort pass can be purchased for €45 per person, per day, subject to availability, which entitles you to access to the gym and fitness, hotel pools, and the kids club.
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UNITED STATES - With Covid-19 case numbers going up across the country, many retail stores are working to keep crowds down.
Starting on Saturday Walmart is beginning counting customers who enter and exit their store "out of an abundance of caution."
The retail giant says it is a way to keep their capacity at no more than twenty percent.
Other big name stores are also announcing changes in their retail operations due to the pandemic.
At Costco customers with some medical conditions were exempt from the store's mask policy, but now must wear a face shield to enter.
Bare shelves are being seen again in some retail stores, which is a reminder of the panic buying we saw in the early days of the pandemic.
Do you remember the limits on the number of products you could buy at one time? Now Walmart, Kroger, Wegmans, and Publix announced they are capping how many items customers can purchase, citing shortages of such items as toilet paper and sanitizing wipes.
Some stores are putting Black Friday deals online early in hopes of salvaging sales this holiday season.

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Craic of Dawn: While you were sleeping
The Sun reveals who'll sing the John Lewis Christmas advert, which is due to air for the first time tomorrow morning. The paper claims unknown Norwegian singer Aurora will sing a cover of Oasis' Half The World Away.
Yahoo News have posted a video of Jason Derulo taking part in James Corden's 'Carpool Karaoke'. They drive through Los Angeles before Jason gives Corden a dance tutorial.
Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel pranked his roomate by convincing him that their apartment is haunted. Aparantley, his roomate is a strong believer of ghosts. Entertainment.ie posted the clip.
The Daily Mail reports that Noel Gallagher makes snide comments about One Direction's Harry Styles in a recent interview with Esquire magazine. Noel said Harry Styles has nothing to say for himself, adding that he doesn't have the spirit or talent to be a real star.
The Daily Star uncovers a photo of Daniel Radcliffe's new shaven hair 'do. The actor cut his hair for his role in the new film, Imperium, where he plays an FBI agent who goes undercover as a neo-Nazi. A long way from Harry Potter.
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Lucas Alexander Whitley is active in all areas of representation (including speaking, licensing, brand, film and television deals) and operates with individuality and commitment. Small enough to be friendly, big enough to operate effectively in a global market, always imaginative, we not only look for the best deals for our clients but also plan their long term careers.
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Massage therapy franchise leases space in Stuyvesant/Gramercy area
Scottsdale, AZ. Start spreading the news: People in New York, New York, will soon have another place to receive massage and spa services. Plans are under way for Massage Envy Spa, the pioneer and national leader of professional, convenient and affordable massage and spa services, to open its first location in New York, New York, early next year.
Massage Envy Spa franchisee John N. Vatistas has signed a lease in the Stuyvesant /Gramercy community. The new Massage Envy Spa location will include 3,400 square feet at 312 East 23rd St., between 1st and 2nd Avenue.
This location is set to open early next year and will employ approximately 20 to 25 massage therapists and other essential staff. This will bring the total number of operating clinics in New York to 29.
“I am incredibly excited to open New York City’s first Massage Envy Spa location,” said Vatistas, a Staten Island, New York, native. “We look forward to serving the people of New York City and bringing them affordable and accessible massage therapy and skin care treatments.”
Vatistas, who built his real estate brokerage company from the ground up in 2005 and became the world’s largest Sotheby’s International Realty franchisee, recently joined Massage Envy Spa as a multi-unit franchisee. In addition to the New York City clinic, he has committed to developing five additional clinics in Massachusetts.
“We’ve been looking to expand into New York City for quite some time–and finally found the right location and the right franchisee to make it happen,” said Lori Merrall, Massage Envy Spa’s national director of franchise sales. “We believe New York City residents, as well as commuters, will welcome us with open arms and appreciate the services we offer to help them maintain a balanced lifestyle focused on wellness.”
Today, there are nearly 900 locations operating in 48 states, making Massage Envy Spa the largest system of franchised massage clinics in the industry. The company also is the world’s largest employer of licensed/registered massage therapists with at least 21,000 therapists providing more than 16 million massages a year to a total of more than 1.3 million members.
Over the next several years, Massage Envy Spa is seeking to expand across the country. To fuel this growth, the company is looking for specific franchisee candidates who have the ability and the desire to learn and follow a system that ensures value and customer satisfaction. Qualified franchisee candidates should have business sales or management experience, but do not necessarily need to have a massage therapy or spa operations background. They also should possess a minimum net worth of $500,000 and liquid assets of at least $150,000. Depending on the real estate, Massage Envy Spa franchisees can expect their initial investment to range from approximately $331,485 to $825,623, including the franchisee fee.
About Massage Envy Spa
Massage Envy Spa, based in Scottsdale, Arizona, is the leading provider of therapeutic massage in the U.S. The national franchise is dedicated to providing professional and affordable therapeutic massage and spa services to members and guests with busy lifestyles at convenient times and locations. Founded in 2002, Massage Envy has nearly 900 locations in 48 states. In addition, the average unit volume for a Massage Envy is $1.3 million. Through its national partnership with the Arthritis Foundation, Massage Envy has raised more than $1 million in two, one-day Healing Hands for Arthritis events. The company was recently ranked number 81 in Entrepreneur’s 2013 Franchise 500 and number 29 in its Fastest Growing Franchise rankings. Massage Envy is a member of the International Franchise Association (IFA) and was named a 2013 Military Friendly Franchise. For more information, visit MassageEnvy.com.

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Music Mundial Fake News is false information about music which is spread online to deceive people.
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Music Mundial Fake News is a phenomenon that has taken over the global music scene in recent years. The rapid spread of misinformation, misrepresentations, and false stories about music-related events have caused a great deal of confusion amongst consumers. These pieces of fake news often masquerade as genuine news, leading many to believe what they hear even if it’s actually not true. Fortunately, there are ways to identify fake news and protect yourself from being fooled by it.
Music Mundial Fake News has become so widespread due to the nature of the music industry and its many genres. With quickly changing trends and technologies making sure it is up-to-date with all the latest news can be time consuming and difficult for any consumer. This makes it more likely that a fake story will be accepted as truth, as most people won’t have time to fact check everything they hear.
No matter how confusing things may seem at times, there are some easy ways to identify Music Mundial Fake News. Spotting writing with perplexity or burstiness can be a good sign that what you’re reading isn’t entirely true. Additionally looking for stories from multiple sources can help verify whether or not what youre hearing is accurate information or not. Lastly double checking facts with trusted sources such as government sites is also a great way to make sure the news you are hearing is actually true.
Music has been a part of human life since ancient times. It is an incredibly powerful tool for expressing emotions and conveying messages. It has the power to evoke different feelings, inspire people to act, and even influence how we perceive our surroundings. Music impacts society in various ways, from helping to define culture and providing entertainment to driving social change and inspiring creativity.
One of the most important ways in which music impacts society is its ability to spread news. Music can be used as a medium for spreading both positive and negative information, which can have a significant impact on how people view the world around them. For example, music can be used as a tool for promoting certain ideologies or values, while also being used to spread fake news.
The global reach of fake news has become increasingly evident in recent years, with its spread being aided by technology and social media platforms that make it easier than ever before for false information to travel quickly around the world. This has had a huge impact on societies across the globe, with people becoming more vulnerable to believing false stories or narratives. Governments have been attempting to take steps to regulate fake news by introducing laws and regulations governing what information can be disseminated online, but this alone is not enough individuals must also be educated about recognizing false information when they encounter it and understanding how it can affect them and their communities.
Fake news is defined as any type of false or inaccurate information that is deliberately presented as factual or true in order to mislead or deceive readers. Fake news can come in many forms such as fabricated stories, manipulated images or videos, misleading headlines, exaggerated claims, hoaxes and conspiracy theories. Fake news often exploits peoples emotions by playing on fear or anger in order to manipulate them into believing something that isnt true. It has become increasingly common over the past few years due to changes in technology which make it easier than ever before for individuals or organizations with ill-intentions to create and disseminate false information quickly across the globe without any obstacles.
The effects of fake news on society are far-reaching it has become increasingly clear that consuming false information can have psychological implications such as anxiety or depression due to feeling overwhelmed by the amount of conflicting stories being presented online. Additionally, fake news can lead people down a path of distrusting all forms of media which could lead them towards believing only one narrative which may not necessarily be accurate or true this could potentially create divisions within communities if certain groups of people begin believing only one version of events or stories without considering other points of view.
There are numerous tactics used by those who are attempting to spread misinformation across the internet these include creating websites that appear legitimate but contain false information; using bots on social media platforms; amplifying certain perspectives while downplaying others; manipulating search engine results; creating sensationalized headlines; presenting biased data sources; using clickbait titles; and creating conspiracy theories without any evidence backing them up. It is important for individuals to be aware of these tactics so they are able to recognize when they are being exposed to false information online. Additionally, learning about how different sources present their data (such as whether they list their references) can help individuals distinguish real from fake news when consumed online.
Music and Fake News Relationship
Music has long been used as an effective tool for communicating messages, both true and false. Unfortunately, in recent years it has become a popular medium for spreading fake news. This is especially true when it comes to genres such as Rap and Hip-hop, as they often contain lyrics that are open to interpretation. For example, a rap artist may make a statement about a political issue that could easily be misinterpreted or taken out of context in order to support an existing narrative.
This is not to say that all music genres are guilty of spreading fake news, but it is important to recognize the potential dangers of misinterpreting lyrics or taking them out of context. It is also important to note the correlation between musical genres and the creation and dissemination of fake news. Certain genres such as Pop and Rock are more likely to contain content that could be seen as politically charged or controversial than others. As such, these types of music can be used as a vehicle for the spread of false information if listeners are not careful when interpreting lyrics.
Effects on Society
The effects of fake news on society can be far-reaching and devastating. Misinformation can lead to the spread of false beliefs or opinions about certain topics, which can then lead to biased decision making and civil unrest. This can have serious consequences on society as it can lead to intolerance towards certain groups or individuals based on inaccurate information. In addition, it can also create division among people who may otherwise be able to get along peacefully if there was no false information circulating about them.
Another effect of fake news is the way it alters opinions and thought processes by providing people with incomplete or skewed data that is often presented in an overly sensationalized manner in order to grab attention. This often leads people to draw conclusions based on incomplete information, which can have serious repercussions if their conclusions are wrong or misguided due to the misinformation they have consumed.
Role of Artists & Public Figures
Artists and public figures who use their platforms for communicating messages have a responsibility when it comes to disseminating accurate information. Unfortunately, many times artists will use their music as a platform for spreading false information in order to create impactful messages. For example, some rap songs have been known to make claims about certain political figures or issues without ever providing any evidence or sources for those claims which makes them susceptible to being taken out of context by listeners who may not know any better.
In addition, some artists have also been known to use their songs in order to express controversial views that could potentially contribute towards creating an atmosphere of hostility amongst different groups within society based on inaccurate information being repeated over time through popular music outlets such as radio stations and streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music.
Counteracting Fake News
In order counteract this issue various government measures have been put into place in order reduce the amount of false information circulating in society from various sources including music outlets like radio stations and streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music.. Additionally, tips such verifying sources before believing any claims made online or from other media outlets can help protect people from being misled by false information circulating in popular culture.. Finally, media literacy courses available both online and offline provide valuable tools for teaching people how spot misinformation when encountered online or otherwise so that they do not fall prey believing untrue statements..
FAQ & Answers
Q: How does music impact society?
A: Music plays an important role in influencing the values, beliefs and behavior of individuals and society as a whole. It’s a powerful tool for expression, conveying messages and emotions, providing entertainment, and promoting social change. Music can also have a psychological effect on people by affecting their moods, emotions, and thoughts.
Q: What role does music have in spreading fake news?
A: Music can be used as a platform to spread false information by creating songs with lyrics that are based on false claims or inaccurate data sources. Artists may use this tactic to create attention-grabbing songs that draw in listeners with their catchy melodies and controversial lyrics.
Q: What media tools are used for spreading false information?
A: False information is spread primarily through online sources such as social media platforms, websites, blogs, videos, and news outlets. These tools are often used to circulate misleading content quickly and to large audiences.
Q: What techniques are used to propagate wrong data sources?
A: Misinformation tactics include using deceptive language or phrasing to distort the truth or twisting facts to fit a narrative. Other tactics include using out-of-context statements or quotes, manipulating images or videos, or providing biased interpretations of events.
Q: How can we counteract fake news?
A: Governments have implemented various measures to control the spread of distorted information such as establishing regulatory standards for media outlets or introducing legislation that holds social media companies accountable for false content posted on their platforms. Individuals can also take steps to identify whether an information source is reliable by checking multiple sources before sharing any information online and being aware of common misinformation tactics.
Music mundial fake news is a serious problem that can have dangerous consequences. It is important to be aware of the potential risks of false information and verify the accuracy of any news related to music before sharing it. Additionally, a culture of skepticism and critical thinking is needed to ensure that people can make informed decisions about what they view and share. With these safeguards in place, we can prevent the spread of fake news and protect ourselves from its damaging effects.

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CCF was actually slightly higher on my list before this reranking, and it's an incredibly charming movie that I loved from my first viewing. But Vertigo, while it took me years of watching to really fall for it -- not to mention understand it -- is one of Hitchcock's masterpieces, and unquestionably his most visually stunning film. It's just freaking gorgeous. It has to win.


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If you want to visit the Studio, you can email Katie at firstname.lastname@example.org to check to see if there is space available on the date you want to visit and if the show will be live that day. She will also email you the location, guidelines for the visit and helpful tips as well.
There are a few things to keep in mind when visiting the studio as we have had a lot of visitors since 2.0 we had to come up with some studio visit guidelines. They are outlined below.
- Space is limited- Our studio is very small so please don’t bring extra people unless we know about them ahead of time.
- In studio Guests- If there is an in-studio guest for the show on the date of your visit we may need you to leave before the guest arrives (usually around 5:45). Primarily because space is limited and often guests bring their publicists.
- Arrive a little before 5pm if you want to talk with DNR and take pics. Once the show starts we don’t take breaks so it is hard to do those things. Also, Derek needs to run out as soon as the show ends to catch his train home so there isn’t time then.
- Please turn off/silence cell phones while in studio.
- Please let us know before the show starts how long you plan on staying. If you have to leave before the show ends that way it doesn’t catch us off guard. Also, if we want to bring you on air with us it helps to know how long we have you.
- Last but not least, we are happy to have you visit and we hope you have a good time.

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We can’t believe it… the sun is actually out!
In lieu of the sunshine this #FashionFriday we want to show off some lovely vibrant shirts from A Fish Named Fred. For those who aren’t afraid to expand their wardrobe now is the time for crazy patterns and lively colours! The beauty of these shirts is that you can honestly wear them for any occasion. It all comes down to how you style it! Going to a formal event or a casual day out? Why not spice it up with these fantastically crafted shirts?
It wouldn’t be A Fish Named Fred if there weren’t any fish patterns, would there?! The Aquarel Fish shirts are available in Navy and White. We think they’re very dashing and would certainly add something new to the ensemble. The adorable and vibrant fish pattern really highlights the brand’s focus on details proving how even the minute details make all the difference.
If you’re looking to expand your wardrobe by introducing colours, but don’t fully feel ready to embrace the bright yellows and reds, we’ve got just the thing for you.
Here we have a white shirt that features a fun variety of fishes! All of A Fish Named Fred’s shirts are unique and fun, we honestly cannot decide which is our favourite…
The more muted blue actually gives the overall ensemble a fascinating look.
Best of the Blues? Now, who says blue can’t be vibrant? Especially with such intricate original designs! The cooler blue shade acts as a balance to the design and further brings out interesting aspects of the patterns. From butterflies, fishes and geometric circle patterns, A Fish Named Fred know how to pull off spring and summer aesthetics perfectly.
We know these shirts are a bit “out there” but we can’t help but love the boldness of each design. Pair them off with jeans, or shorts to really put a new spin on your spring closet. If you have any questions on how to style them, we are here to help!
So why not have a look yourself? Our John Douglas Showrooms on Chestergate are adding new SS17 stock every week and we’re certain we’ll find something just for you this spring. We look forward to seeing you!

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Solar Energy Facts – 50 Interesting Facts About Solar Energy
Solar Energy facts – 50 Interesting facts about solar energy. Solar energy is the energy from the sun, and it is renewable source of energy. The Energy comprises of heat and light and takes nearly 8 minutes 19 seconds to reach Earth. Global Warming is taking on Earth, with the increase in consumption of non-renewable energy sources, pollution and green house gasses and adding to the global warming. Countries are coming up together to fight global warming and innovate ways to produce clean and green energy. Solar energy is one of the green energy and its usage is increasing tremendously over the past years. Let’s explore more facts about solar energy.
Facts About Solar Energy
Solar energy is the energy from the sun, and the most interesting fact is that it is free of cost.
60% of the solar panels in U.S. were built in the past 3 years.
The world leader is renewable energy is China, followed by United States.
China, U.S. and Japan accounts for about 2/3 of the global solar market.
Solar energy travels 93,000,000 miles from the sun and takes 8 minutes and 19 seconds to reach Earth.
Solar energy is the renewable source of energy, is the energy that is renewable that it can be used again and again without the fear of running it out.
Solar energy is the cleanest source of energy, requires no maintenance and easy to install.
Solar energy is made of radiant heat and light and can be harnessed with technologies like photovoltaic, solar architecture, solar heating, artificial photosynthesis and solar thermal electricity.
The amount of solar energy that Earth receives every hour is enough to fulfill the needs of entire population for 1 full year.
A sunny location receives an average of about 5.5 hours of sunlight per day every year, and a cloudy location on average receives 2.5 hours of sunlight per day of each year.


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*Photo Credit: Columbia’s notable white oak tree as taken by Frank Kaputa of the CT Notable Tree Project
Columbia, CT’s Notable White Oak
Since Columbia is the hometown of Eric’s Tree Service, it was only natural for us to want to see which of Columbia’s trees made the Connecticut Notable Tree list. This large white oak tree was nominated by Diana Perkins in 1985. The tree measures 197 inches in circumference and stands 65 feet tall, supported by its visually characteristic trunk.
A Mighty Presence
With autumns that offer shades of burgundy leaves and wood that remains the first choice for barrels used in the wine and whiskey aging processes, the white oak (Quercus Alba) is both a beautiful and beneficial family of trees. They are abundant in northeast America and have lengthy life spans ranging on average from 300 to 600 years. Of all oaks, which include over 600 species, white oaks remain the tallest, with the highest reach being noted at over 144 feet. The mass and height of these trees provide many small animals with solid shelter during the rough portions of winter. Lateral and staggered branches extend for a wide canopy. It is not uncommon for these impressive trees to be just as wide as they are tall. Columbia’s white oak is noted having an average spread of 75 feet — even wider than its 65 foot height. These trees have a deep root system that can withstand the effects of droughts and the family loves slightly acidic, rich, and moist soil.
Uses Throughout History
As part of its rich history, it should be noted that the USS Constitution was built with white oak and other oak lumber. Launched in 1797, this commissioned naval vessel is still afloat. This can be attributed in large part to the extraordinary strength of the wood. It is often used for hardwood floors and a slew of furniture pieces.
The white oak is the state tree of Connecticut, Maryland, and Illinois. This deciduous species has prevailed through history and has become a staple in our environment. In Connecticut history in particular, the large white “Charter Oak” is a symbol of independence and freedom. As the story is told, Connecticut’s royal charter was hidden in the trunk of the large Hartford oak tree to prevent its confiscation by the English. The famous Charter Oak appears on the state’s quarter as well as a symbol in many state organizations, financial institutions, and businesses.
Keeping Your White Oak Tree Healthy
Though durable, common infestations to the leaves, stems, and bark can occur among this species. This range of pests includes eastern and forest tent caterpillars, gypsy moths, borer insects, and sucking insects such as oak leaf aphids. The caterpillars weave webs that cause defoliation to the leaves while they feed. Adult borer insects lay eggs in the oak, leaving larvae in holes along the wood and, in turn, causing disruption to the tree as a whole. Oak Leaf Aphids tend to do little damage unless in large populations. In large masses, they feed on the plant sap on the undersides of the oak leaves which causes discoloration. leaf curl, and defoliation.
To keep your white oak tree at its healthiest, consult Eric to set up an annual maintenance plan. Yearly tree trimming, pruning, and maintenance tree services will keep your mighty white oak standing tall for years to come.


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Influenza – a viral infection that many people think is barely different from the common cold – is actually caused by a different strain of virus and poses a much greater threat to health, especially in children and the elderly.
Unfortunately, the currently available vaccines only offer protection from specific types of the flu, reduce the likelihood of the need to seek medical attention by only 40 per cent, and need to be administered every year.
This picture, however, might soon change, as a group of researchers, reporting in the journal Nature Immunology, have recently discovered that a particular type of immune cell is capable of protecting against all types of the illness for good.
“Influenza B immunology particularly has remained largely understudied because it doesn’t have pandemic potential,” said senior author on the paper Prof Katherine Kedzierska from the University of Melbourne. “However, it is a serious virus that can lead to death and severe illness, mostly in children, and was one of the missing pieces of the universal flu protection puzzle.”
Having regard to the previously established involvement of killer T cells in the body’s fight against the flu, the researchers used mass spectrometry to identify their common epitopes (the parts of antigens recognised by the immune system), or viral targets, present in the blood and lungs of infected patients.
Results showed that killer T cells latch onto the epitopes of all three (A, B, and C) strains of the infection, meaning they could probably be harnessed to formulate a universal vaccine which does not require annual top-ups.
“Our study introduces a new paradigm whereby [killer] T cells confer unprecedented cross-reactivity across all influenza viruses, a key finding for the design of universal vaccines,” wrote the researchers in their paper.
Given the success, the obvious next step for the team will be to use their (already patented) findings to bring the proposed vaccine to the world, hopefully in the near future.


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Lavoisier, Marie (1758–1836)
Lavoisier, Marie (1758–1836)
French scientific collaborator of her husband Antoine Lavoisier, the founder of modern chemistry. Name variations: Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze; comtesse de Rumford; countess of Rumford; Madame de Rumford. Born Marie Anne Pierrette (also seen as Pierette) Paulze in 1758; died on February 10, 1836; daughter of Jacques Paulze and Claudine (Thoynet) Paulze; had three brothers; married Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794), the founder of modern chemistry, in 1771; married Benjamin Thomson, count of Rumford, in October 1805.
In an arranged marriage, Marie Lavoisier and Antoine Lavoisier enjoyed a relationship which developed into a successful scientific collaboration, but they were caught up in one of the most dramatic events in modern European history. Marie survived the French Revolution, which cost her husband his life, but was imprisoned for several months at the height of the Terror.
The 1788 dual portrait of the Lavoisiers by the great French painter Jacques Louis David, now in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, enlivens a moment in time of historic importance to modern civilization. The painting was completed only months before Antoine published his crowning scientific achievement in February 1789, Traité élémentaire de chimie (Elementary Treatise on Chemistry), the volume which laid the foundations of modern chemistry. The portrait gives every sign of presenting not Antoine Lavoisier as its leading figure, but rather his wife, who occupies the foreground of the canvas and is shown as small, somewhat plump, with a long, straight nose and lips that are tightly closed. In contrast to Marie, whose pose has been called protective and maternal toward her husband, Antoine, a wealthy and powerful member of the new nobility, is depicted as diffident and even docile. Some see the portrait as an indicator of the painter David's growing anti-establishment attitudes; others ask if it hints at tensions beneath the surface of a couple known to be close. Regardless, the portrait reveals two major figures in the intellectual life of France as they wished to be seen, at a time when their nation was poised on the brink of revolution.
Both Marie and Antoine Lavoisier were born into the highest reaches of the French bourgeoisie. Marie's father Jacques Paulze was director of the royal tobacco commission. After her mother Claudine Thoynet Paulze 's death, Marie was brought back to Paris from the convent where she had been sent for her education and served as hostess of her father's lavish entertainments. With her striking blue eyes, brown hair, and perfect complexion, she was both feminine and charming by age 13.
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier was born in Paris in 1743, more than a decade before Marie. He was a handsome man whose papers were brilliant analyses of various scientific problems, including the nature of thunder, the aurora, and the then still-prevalent belief, which he refuted, that by means of repeated distillation water was converted into earth. Where science was concerned, he was the man to watch in French intellectual life. By the time of his marriage to Marie, he would also be a wealthy man, having become a full titular member of the Ferme Générale (General Farm), the lucrative system of taxation carried on by a few privileged families on behalf of the French crown. Antoine's scientific interests left him little time to mix with fashionable women but through Jacques Paulze, who was also a member of the General Farm, Antoine met his daughter Marie. Antoine (15 years her senior) felt at ease in the company of the 13-year-old, who despite her age listened with interest as he talked about his scientific projects and displayed her musical talents on the harp and harpsichord while they spent many evenings in each other's company.
There was, however, another with interest in marrying Marie. The count of Amerval, a relatively impoverished 50-year-old aristocrat, hoped that by marrying her he would enter into a union that would be to his financial advantage. Marie's mother's uncle, the Abbé Terray, who was controller general of finance and the individual in charge of the General Farm tax system that provided the Paulze family's wealth, attempted to pressure Jacques to approve the marriage. Revealing the independent spirit that would characterize her long life, Marie called Amerval "a fool, an unfeeling rustic and an ogre." Jacques refused to grant permission for his daughter's marriage to a much older (and financially pinched) suitor, despite the fact that by doing so he risked losing his lucrative post as tobacco commission director. Jacques kept his job and, to forestall more meddling by his powerful uncle-in-law, he made clear his approval of Marie's marriage to Antoine.
The marriage contract, which was signed on December 4, 1771, stipulated that Marie would bring a dowry of 80,000 livres ($3,200,000). The groom brought much greater wealth into the marriage, which guaranteed that the couple's annual income would be about 20,000 livres ($800,000), providing for a life of considerable luxury. After their marriage ceremony (which took place on December 16, 1771, in the chapel of the Hôtel des Finances on the rue Neuve des Petits Champs), the couple moved into a house bought for them by Antoine's father on the fashionable rue Neuve des Bons Enfants, near the gardens of the Royal Palace. Antoine's father then bought him a title of nobility in 1772.
Although Marie was very likely pregnant in 1774, the couple remained childless. This allowed Marie, who was interested in her husband's scientific work, both the time and energy to assist him in his research. By 1775, when Marie was 17, she was already being referred to in correspondence as Antoine Lavoisier's "philosophical wife." By 1777, she was being tutored in chemistry by her husband's disciple and collaborator Jean Baptiste Bucquet. She learned English, a language her husband would never master, and translated many chemical works for him not only from English but also from other languages. Of her published translations, the most important is Richard Kirwan's 1787 Essay on Phlogiston, which appeared in Paris during 1788 and includes a few notes by Marie as well as commentaries by her husband and other French chemists who effectively refuted Kirwan's erroneous theories. She also studied drawing with the painter Jacques Louis David and made sketches of the Lavoisier laboratory.
One of her most important achievements was her assistance to Antoine in the preparation of the plates for his epoch-making book, Elementary Treatise on Chemistry (1789). She was often in his laboratory, assisting him by recording his scientific observations in large registers that served as raw data for his articles and books. An enthusiastic conversationalist and correspondent as well as a competent editor, Marie Lavoisier played a major role as an effective disseminator for the doctrines of the new chemistry that grew out of her husband's experiments.
After the couple moved to an apartment in the Arsenal where Antoine held the post of Régisseur des Poudres that placed him in charge of the French monarchy's production of gunpowder, Marie often presided over intellectual soireés, to which were invited many of Paris'
most brilliant scientists and artists. A testament to the intensity with which the couple carried out their scientific pursuits, their laboratory was immediately adjacent to their apartment. Often working together with Marie, Antoine arose at six in the morning and worked until eight; they returned to the laboratory in the evenings, working there from seven until ten. At least one full day of the week—"the day of happiness"—was devoted entirely to scientific experiments.
In addition to the hours spent investigating the basic mysteries of chemistry in their laboratory, much of Antoine's time went to his job as director of the state gunpowder administration. When he took over the newly established agency in 1775, France was producing less than half of its annual requirements of gunpowder. Antoine's thorough reforms of the organization brought rapid improvements, and, by the time the American Revolution began in 1776, the French found it possible to supply the American rebels with sufficient powder to continue their resistance against the British crown. As quantities increased, prices dropped, and the quality of the gunpowder also improved markedly. Antoine wrote with pride in April 1789: "One can truly say that North America owes its independence to French gunpowder." He was often assisted and encouraged by Marie while carrying out this work, which at times proved life-threatening. In October 1788, while both of them were in a mill observing the grinding of a new type of gunpowder, the mill exploded, killing one of the organization's directors and a young woman standing nearby. Both Lavoisiers had been positioned behind a barrier at the time and consequently were not injured.
The Lavoisiers were in no immediate danger at the start of the French Revolution in the spring of 1789. In fact, Antoine's public record, as a highly respected government administrator and scientist as well as an advocate of economic and social reform, was exemplary. He had started a model farm to demonstrate the advantages of the latest techniques of scientific agriculture as early as 1778, was a member of the provincial assembly of Orleans, and participated in various schemes of local improvements, and during the famine of 1788 advanced money without interest to several towns for the purchase of barley to alleviate suffering. Once the revolution began, he was called on to participate in various reform efforts, including the creation of a new system of taxation, and served on committees overseeing changes in public education, public hygiene, coinage, and the casting of cannon. He was also a leading member of the commission appointed to create a system of uniform weights and measures, a reform effort that resulted in the establishment of the metric system.
At first optimistic in his assessment of the revolution, in a letter dated February 5, 1790, Antoine Lavoisier informed his American friend and fellow scientist Benjamin Franklin that as far as he could judge, he regarded "our Revolution … as completed." From the very start of the revolution, however, the situation in Paris was precarious for members of the privileged elite classes like the Lavoisiers. In early August 1789, after a boat loaded with gunpowder was seen being prepared to leave the quay on the Seine near the Arsenal, suspicious local residents became convinced that this was evidence that the Régisseurs des Poudres were trying to deny the Paris populace access to gunpowder, thus threatening their ability to defend their newly acquired freedoms. A mob formed at the Arsenal demanding the arrest of Antoine and one of his colleagues, both of whom were taken to the Hôtel de Ville (City Hall). Fortunately for Antoine, he secured his release with a sufficiently convincing explanation of the situation, which was that the boat contained low-grade gunpowder for export, and another vessel, loaded with high-grade powder, was soon expected to arrive on the Seine from the factory at Essonnes. This began to calm frayed tempers, and after another tense day, when both Antoine and Marie found themselves to be virtual prisoners at the Arsenal, the mob dispersed.
During these increasingly troubled years, Antoine, assisted by Marie, continued to carry out his scientific investigations. Two sketches made by her (1790 and 1791) show experiments on human respiration and are of both artistic and scientific interest. No doubt because she had studied with Jacques Louis David, Marie Lavoisier's sketches depict her husband in bold Davidian poses that celebrate political republicanism as much as they depict prosaic scientific reality. Her sketches illustrate the ways in which politically inspired modes of representation could also be utilized when depicting other, quite different, forms of human activity.
By 1792, with the rapidly increasing radicalization of the French Revolution, Antoine Lavoisier had become an object of suspicion. As a Tax Farmer and prominent member of the Ferme Générale, he was linked to one of the most hated aspects of the Old Regime's discredited system of privilege and exploitation. Even his many years of work at the Arsenal as head of the government gunpowder monopoly were now open to criticism. The politician Jean Paul Marat accused Antoine of putting the city of Paris in prison as well as impeding the city's air circulation by means of the mur d'octroi (toll-house wall) erected at his suggestion in 1787. In August 1792, the Lavoisiers had to leave their apartment and laboratory at the Arsenal because mob violence made living there unsafe. In November of that year, the revolutionary government of the Convention ordered the arrest of the former Farmers General. Antoine was tried by the revolutionary tribunal at the height of the Terror in May 1794, and the perfunctory proceedings against him and 31 others took only a few hours to conclude. Of the 32 tried, 28 were found guilty and sentenced to death. In the afternoon of the same day, May 8, 1794, Antoine and the others who had been convicted, including Marie's father Jacques Paulze, were guillotined at the Place de la Revolution, now the Place de la Concorde. Without ceremony, the victims were buried in anonymous graves in the cemetery of the Parc Monceaux. The following day, Joseph Lagrange remarked: "It required only a moment to sever that head, and perhaps a century will not be sufficient to produce another like it."
Soon after the execution of her husband and father, Marie Lavoisier was arrested and jailed along with other heirs of dead Tax Farmers. Two months later, she wrote abjectly to her local revolutionary committee to declare her belief in the ideals and principles of the revolution and the French Republic. By this time, the dictator Maximillien Robespierre had been guillotined, and the Reign of Terror was over. In August 1794, she was released from prison. Now destitute, she had to be supported by a former servant who took pity on her plight. Although traces of the trauma she had endured would mark her personality for the rest of her life, over the next few years Madame Lavoisier slowly put the pieces of her shattered existence back together. With the end of the terrorist phase of the revolution, she inherited the bulk of her husband's wealth and began once more to entertain Parisian society. During this difficult period of adjustment, she carried on an intense love affair with an old family friend who was 20 years her senior, Pierre Samuel Dupont, a relationship that appears to have begun in the final, chaotic months before her husband's trial and execution. Although their strong personalities made a permanent stable relationship virtually impossible to achieve, even after their liaison had ended Dupont remained emotionally attached to Marie. In 1799, at the time of his departure for America, he addressed her in a letter which he never sent: "my dear lady, your name will always be linked with mine." (In the New World, Dupont had an immensely successful business career as founder of the chemical company that still bears his family name.)
In October 1805, Marie Lavoisier married Count Rumford, whose title was Bavarian but who was in fact a colorful Massachusetts-born scientist named Benjamin Thomson. His accomplishments included service as a colonel in the British Army during the Revolutionary War. One of the most highly regarded scientific investigators of the day, Count Rumford studied the nature of light, demonstrated the mechanical nature of heat, and made practical discoveries in the area of the rational use of foods and fuels, resulting in more nourishing soups for feeding the poor and greatly improved fireplace designs. In a letter describing Lavoisier soon after he met her in 1801, Rumford praised "this amiable lady … [who is] … very sociable … [and who] … lives in elegant style, and is hostess to the greatest philosophers and the most eminent scientists and writers in Paris. And above all, she is kindness itself."
It soon became obvious to all of Paris that this union—of two highly intelligent and strong-willed individuals, both of whom were middle-aged and set in their ways—was very much a mismatch. Lavoisier lived to entertain friends in her charming house, surrounded by an English garden, in one of the most elegant districts of Paris. Rumford, on the other hand, desired the peace and quiet of his laboratory and his beloved rose garden. Both were stubborn and unwilling to compromise on even the most trivial matters, and they argued much of the time, sometimes in public. After he forbade the porter to let his wife's friends enter the house (forcing them to speak with their hostess through the mansion gate), she got her revenge by pouring boiling water over his exquisite rose bushes. After four years characterized by little wedded bliss, the marriage ended in 1809 with an amicable separation that left the oft-poor but famous scientist Rumford with a handsome financial settlement of between 300,000 and 400,000 francs.
For the next 27 years, Madame de Rumford, as she continued to be known, devoted herself entirely to entertaining her friends in grand style. In the words of historian François Guizot, she chose to entertain her distinguished guests—scientists, artists, and high society—with "a rather singular mixture of rudeness and courtesy." Most of her visitors were flattered to receive her invitations and usually ignored the fact that "her language could be brusque and she was subject to authoritarian whims." For a number of years before he was forced to return to America, one of her most favored party guests was her old lover Pierre Samuel Dupont. Several years after his return to the States, Dupont died in Wilmington, Delaware, of a chill caught while helping to put out a fire at his son's gunpowder works.
As Lavoisier's friends of the past began to die, she lived more and more alone. A relic from the Old Regime, she became ever more eccentric, a nature often commented on by the younger generation of French writers and intellectuals. The Delahante brothers, descended like Antoine Lavoisier from a family of pre-revolutionary Tax Farmers, wrote about their visits to her home on the rue d'Anjou. They began by noting the striking David portrait of Antoine and Marie Lavoisier, going on to describe Marie:
This old Turk [who] was all that remained of the beautiful young woman depicted by David: it was Madame de Rumford, with her aged, masculine face, coiffed and rigged out in the most bizarre way. She greeted us in her abrupt manner, which was not unkind, asked us to sit down, and began asking us questions about our studies and pastimes…. After a few minutes she would suddenly get up from the love seat and go and stand with her back to the fireplace … pull up her skirts from behind as high as her garters and leisurely warm her enormous calves…. She often gave elegant balls that we enjoyed more than the visits, in spite of her active surveillance and the severity with which she chased us away from the buffet to have us dance the quadrille.
Marie Lavoisier died on February 10, 1836, having played an important role in the birth of modern chemistry. She had lived under and survived the various political and other vicissitudes of seven constitutions and eight forms of government in a turbulent era of French history.
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How often does psychotherapy make people feel worse?
Study provides welcome data on important topic.
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We hear a lot about the unwelcome side-effects of psychiatric drugs, but not so much about the fact that therapy can also leave people feeling worse than they did already. Data is thin on the ground, but best estimates suggest that between 5 to 10 per cent of therapy clients experience a worsening of their symptoms. Now a study in The British Journal of Psychiatry has provided further evidence, from the clients’ perspective, about the prevalence of harmful therapy outcomes, with around 1 in 20 of thousands of participants saying that they had experienced “lasting bad effects” from therapy.
Mike Crawford and his colleagues surveyed nearly 15,000 people who were currently receiving, or had recently ended, out-patient therapy for depression or anxiety via the National Health Service in England and Wales. Of the 14,270 people who answered the question about potential adverse effects of therapy, 763 said that they agreed strongly or slightly that their therapy had resulted in lasting bad effects, a proportion the researchers described as a “substantial minority”.
The most common form of therapy was CBT but other therapies the participants had received included psychodynamic therapy, counselling and solution-focused therapy. The survey suggested that no particular therapy approach was more often associated with bad outcomes. However, participants who said they were unsure what kind of therapy they’d received or who said they’d received an “other” form of therapy (not listed on the survey) were more likely to report bad effects, as were those who indicated they hadn’t been given sufficient information about therapy before it started.
Participants from ethnic and sexual minorities were also more likely to report lasting bad effects – the researchers don’t know why this might be but they said it may indicate a need for more emphasis on “cultural competence” in therapists’ training.
Therapeutic harm is a difficult issue to study – among other things, it’s possible that any symptom deterioration would have happened anyway (of course this problem of interpretation also works the other way in that any symptom improvement may actually have been quicker without therapy). But nearly all psychologists are in agreement that adverse effects from therapy are a real risk, and that we need to know more about how commonly they occur and how to reduce the likelihood of them happening. This study therefore provides some welcome data on an important topic.
Indeed, Crawford and his team point out that well over a million people in England have received psychological treatment for common mental disorders in recent years, which means (based on the new data) that “thousands of people could have experienced negative effects from treatment”. The researchers advised that “clinicians delivering psychological therapies should ensure that people feel that they have sufficient information about treatment before it starts and obtain informed consent to treatment by ensuring that people considering psychological treatment for their condition are aware that there is the potential for both positive and negative effects.”
Crawford, M., Thana, L., Farquharson, L., Palmer, L., Hancock, E., Bassett, P., Clarke, J., & Parry, G. (2016). Patient experience of negative effects of psychological treatment: results of a national survey The British Journal of Psychiatry, 208 (3), 260-265 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.162628


This report describes the activities and summarizes the rsults of the first implementation phase of the trasnational project "Adaptation of the qualifications to the technological and organizational changes in the textile and clothing sector". This project is promoted by Carpi Formazione and financed within the European Union's Leonardo da Vinci Programme (see the following chapter).
Specifically, the phase described in the first three chapters has brought about the recognition and analysis of the main professionals working in the textile and clothing field (knitwear and garment making divisions). This was carried out in the zone of Carpi and in the textile zones of the countries that are partners in the project (the zones of Igualada in Spain, Cholet in France, Nottingham in the United Kingdom).
Thid first phase also resulted in the homogenization of the tasks and of the key skills of the profiles noted in the various zones by "professionals areas". Another results of the first phase was the final draft of a "professionality map" of the professional profile hypothesis that can be recognized and extended on a European basis for the textile and clothing field.
The fourth chapter completes the report and takes into consideration the training needs identified by the analysis. It does this by describing, on a macro-project level, several training courses which, when redesigned in detail so as to adapt them to the needs and to the specific situations of the individual zones, will constitute the first adaptation of skills. These training courses will be tested during the project's third year in the partner countries' textile zones.
Therefore, the report can be placed in a context of "initiating a European process that will allow the comparison and dissemination of key skills and the best tools for acquiring them, evaluating them, and certifying them" as hoped in the White Book "Teaching an Learning - Towards the Cognitive Society", 1995, published by the European Commission.
In this context it is proposed as a basic information tool in support of the training course designer and teachers working in the member countries' trainig and educational institutions for the textile and clothing field. It is also proposed as an action for raising the quality of the training offered, of the transparency, and of the corresponding possibility of certification of professional qualifications throughout the Europea Community.


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The North East boys varsity soccer team started the season by defeating Iroquois, 5-2.
The Pickers took a 1-0 lead on Joe Neff’s shot from near midfield, which was mishandled by the goalie. Iroquois tied the game up a few minutes later but Neff answered with a hard shot from the right side that beat the goalie.
Ethan Sowers assisted on both goals. Iroquois scored late in the first half for a 2-2 tie.
North East took control in the second half when Pete Seymour put home a rebound from Brandon Garski shot for a 3-2 lead. Colin Gregory crashed the net and put one home for a 4-2 lead. The Pickers finished the scoring with Pete putting home a corner kick from Justin Eby. Josh Eby had a strong showing in goal, making some key saves.
Next up, North East defeated Meadville 4-2 at home. Jake Smith got the scoring started early in the first half. Meadville tied the game up a few minutes later. The Meadville goal scorer tried to show up the North East defense and the boys took it personally and scored 3 straight goals in the first half.
Neff scored his third goal of the season with a hard blast to beat the goalie. Justin Eby scored his first goal of the year for a 3-1 lead. Smith rounded out the scoring for the Pickers with a penalty kick before the half, making the score 4-1.
Meadville scored halfway through the second half to make it a 4-2 game but the North East defense of Trung Kitchener, Ryan Roggie, Josh Kitchen and Sowers would not let them any closer. Josh Eby had another fine performance in goals. Next up is McDowell and then Region play begins against Central Tech. The Pickers will play region foe Saegertown on September 20 at home.

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BACKROOM DEAL: CONGRESS OKS ABANDONING HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE WASTE IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND IDAHO, THREATENING DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES
PROVISION ATTACHED TO DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL WOULD REVERSE TWO DECADES OF NUCLEAR WASTE CLEANUP POLICY
STATEMENT BY GEOFFREY FETTUS, NRDC SENIOR PROJECT ATTORNEY WASHINGTON
(October 8, 2004)--Congress today sent a bill to the president that would reverse more than two decades of nuclear waste cleanup policy without public hearing or debate. Legislators included a provision (Section 3116) in the 2005 Defense authorization bill that would change the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, allowing the Department of Energy (DOE) to reclassify lethal high-level radioactive waste in South Carolina as "waste incidental to reprocessing." The language, which was written by DOE and originally added by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), would allow the agency to abandon millions of gallons of highly radioactive waste in leaking tanks in South Carolina and Idaho, and would set a precedent for the massive cleanup of radioactive waste in the state of Washington. The following is a statement by Geoffrey Fettus, senior project attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council:
"Over the strong objections of several states, two tribal nations, many legislators and the general public, Congress is trying to throw out more than two decades of nuclear waste cleanup law, in flagrant disregard of public health. Congress did this behind closed doors, with no debate or public input, attaching it to an unrelated bill, one designed to support our troops.
"In order to give the Energy Department authority it couldn't get from a court of law, Congress has placed critical South Carolina and Idaho drinking water sources at risk of radioactive contamination.
"Legislators from Idaho and South Carolina are jeopardizing the health of their own constituents by allowing the Energy Department avoid cleaning up millions of gallons of highly radioactive waste in corroding tanks next to drinking water supplies.
"This back-room legislative fix would leave a legacy of radioactive contamination that could endanger drinking water for millions of Americans."
DOE is responsible for cleaning up 253 underground tanks containing approximately 100 million gallons of high-level radioactive waste in Washington, Idaho, South Carolina and New York. In July 2003, the chief federal district judge in Idaho ruled that DOE's reclassification scheme was unlawful. The court ruling prohibited DOE from arbitrarily "reclassifying" high-level radioactive waste as "waste incidental to reprocessing" and abandoning it beneath a layer of grout in corroding tanks. DOE appealed the federal district court decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco. Oral argument was just held in Seattle on October 5, 2004. Six states (South Carolina, Washington, Idaho, New York, Oregon and New Mexico) supported upholding the district court ruling. Congress has now passed legislation that threatens that ruling for Idaho and South Carolina.
(For a pdf of the judge's July 2003 decision, go to http://www.nrdc.org/media/docs/030703.pdf.
For more information on the issue, go to an NRDC backgrounder on the case.)
The Natural Resources Defense Council is a national, non-profit organization of scientists, lawyers and environmental specialists dedicated to protecting public health and the environment. Founded in 1970, NRDC has more than 1 million e-activists and members, served from offices in New York, Washington, Santa Monica and San Francisco. More information is available at NRDC's Web site, www.nrdc.org/.


New MacBook Air Announced as First Apple Silicon Mac With M1 Chip and Fanless Design
Apple today introduced a new MacBook Air as its first Mac with a custom Apple Silicon processor known as the M1 chip. The new MacBook Air is up to 3.5x faster than the previous-generation MacBook Air, with up to 5x faster graphics performance.
Key features of the new MacBook Air:
- Apple-designed M1 chip with 8‑core CPU and 8‑core GPU
- A completely silent, fanless design
- Up to 3.5x faster CPU, up to 5x faster graphics, and up to 2x faster SSD
- Up to 9x faster machine learning
- 13-inch Retina display with True Tone and P3 wide color gamut support
- Up to 2TB of SSD storage and up to 16GB of memory
- Up to 18 hours of battery life
- Two Thunderbolt 3/USB4 ports
- Magic Keyboard, Force Touch trackpad, and Touch ID
- Wi-Fi 6
The new MacBook Air along with new 13-inch MacBook Pro and Mac mini models are available to order now on Apple.com and through the Apple Store app, with the first deliveries and in-store availability to begin November 17. The new MacBook Air continues to start at $999 in the United States, with $899 pricing available for students and other educational customers.
The first three Macs with M1 chips mark the beginning of Apple's transition away from Intel processors in Macs. Back in June, Apple revealed its plans to begin using its own custom Apple Silicon processors in Macs, promising industry-leading performance per watt. At the time, Apple said that the transition would take about two years to be completed.
In the interim, Apple teased new Intel-based Macs in development, including an updated 27-inch iMac released in August. Apple said that it will continue to support and release new versions of macOS for Intel-based Macs for years to come.
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Some Apple employees are concerned about the usefulness and price point of the company's upcoming mixed-reality headset, The New York Times reports.
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Apple changed the strategy for iOS 17 later in its development process to add several new features, suggesting that the update may be more significant than previously thought, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports.
In January, Gurman said that iOS 17 could be a less significant update than iPhone updates in previous years due to the company's intense focus on its long-awaited mixed-reality...
Apple today released tvOS 16.4, the fourth major point update to the tvOS 16 operating system that came out last September. Available for the Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD, tvOS 16.4 comes two months following the release of tvOS 16.3.
The tvOS 16.4 update can be downloaded over the air through the Settings app on the Apple TV by going to System > Software Update....
Apple showcased its mixed-reality headset to the company's top 100 executives in the Steve Jobs Theater last week, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
In the latest edition of his "Power On" newsletter, Gurman explained that the "momentous gathering" is a "key milestone" ahead of the headset's public announcement planned for June. The event was intended to rally Apple's top members of...
Apple today published a support document explaining why it decided to release a standalone Apple Music Classical app for classical music.
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The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max will use a new ultra-low energy microprocessor allowing certain features like the new capacitive solid-state buttons to remain functional even when the handset is powered off or the battery has run out, according to a source that shared details on the MacRumors forums.
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Kim Kardashian and her friend dressed up as Cher and Sonny Bono when they celebrated Halloween this past weekend.
And the best part was that Cher responded … positively!
That’s not all! Kim and sister Kourt also went as another pop legend duo … Madonna and Michael Jackson.
Talk about a great set of costumes, although I think I’m quite on par with the Kardashian’s with my costume!


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Rovers still keen on misfiring Santa Cruz
Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean is still determined to tie up a permanent deal for on-loan striker Roque Santa Cruz, despite the Paraguayan's failure to find the net since returning to Ewood Park.
Santa Cruz, 29, was a fan favourite during his first spell at Blackburn - scoring 25 goals in 57 appearances for the club - but he failed to replicate that form after moving to Manchester City in a £17.5 million deal in 2009 and has continued to struggle since returning to Rovers in the January transfer window.
The former Bayern Munich man has now gone eight games without a goal for Blackburn and has just one Premier League strike to his name in the past 16 months.
But despite Santa Cruz's poor form and fitness, Rovers will still be looking to make the striker's loan move permanent in the summer, if they can can thrash out terms with City.
The Paraguay international's £90,000-a-week wages are thought to be a sticking point with the Ewood Park hierarchy, but Kean hopes to overcome any financial obstacles to sign Santa Cruz, whose goal drought he believes will end soon.
"He has been banging them in in training and he probably just needs one to bobble off his shin and he will be off and running." Kean said.
"We would love to sign him. He wants to stay. But we tried to fix a price with City and they wouldn't do that."


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Tales of Graces f
I continue to work my way through Tales of Graces f. Mainly, it’s just making me miss Tales of Vesperia. I really wanted the PS3 version of Vesperia to launch in North America with more content than the 360 version I played. I could easily play through that game a few more times, but I was holding out hoping to get my hands on the updated version. Apparently, it’s not coming out here like so many “Tales” games. I like Graces but it’s just not drawing me in as quickly or as easily as Vesperia did originally.
Total War: Shogun 2
I’m not a very big (or good) real-time strategy player. I first discovered this playing Shogun:Total War back in 2000. Ever since Shogun 2 was released, however, I’ve had my eye on it. It just went on sale this week and I grabbed it and its first expansion content for $10. As predicted, I lose almost every battle. Fortunately I can ask the computer to simulate battles, making the game play much more similarly to a “Civilization” game. I’m much better at that. I only played for a couple hours to test my spirit in battle. My spirit faltered.