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Lucas Delezene with Homo naledi fossils.
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New Analysis Finds the Ancient World Populated by Diverse Hominin Species
New analysis of fossils from a recently discovered human ancestor, Homo naledi, reveals that it evolved parallel to Homo sapiens in South Africa, a finding that potentially redraws the human family tree.
Luke Delezene, assistant professor of anthropology in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas, has been a key part of the international research team studying Homo naledi since the fossils were found in the Rising Star Cave in 2013 near Johannesburg, South Africa. An expert in hominin dental anatomy and morphology, Delezene helped verify in 2015 that the remains were a previously unknown hominin.
The latest analysis, published this month in eLife, was the result of work done last summer on the Homo naledi remains found in a second chamber of the cave. The remains were deposited in the cave between 236,000 and 335,000 years ago, much later than researchers expected, indicating they lived in South Africa around the same time as Homo sapiens and Neanderthals roamed the Earth.
“Three years ago this species was totally unknown,” Delezene said. “And now naledi fossils outnumber those of other species of Homo in South Africa. Now, with two large samples of Homo naledi teeth that are practically identical anatomically, we can start to tell the story about how Homo naledi and Homo sapiens evolved in South Africa.”
Homo naledi has an exceptionally small brain — less than half the size of a modern human — a short stature and curved fingers. These features are common in hominins before 2 million years ago. Previously, it was commonly believed that no small-brained hominin species could have survived this late against the intensifying competition from larger-brained humans, with their advanced social and technological behaviors. This discovery indicates that diverse hominins populated the world through much of the last half million years, from small-brained and small-bodied species like Homo naledi to those like modern humans and Neanderthals, who had much larger brains and bodies.
Where Homo naledi belongs on the human family tree, however, is currently debated. Delezene points to its unique mix of modern and primitive anatomical traits – fairly modern wrists and elongated legs and primitive traits like small brains and large wisdom teeth.
“Homo naledi teeth are not like those of living humans; neither are they like the teeth seen in the earliest species of Homo that are nearly 2 million years old,” Delezene said. “The shape of their premolars and molars are quite different from all other hominins, which suggests they adapted to a different dietary regime than other species of Homo, including us.”
Others at the U of A will be looking at the microwear on the teeth to get a better idea of what they did eat. “We have a tremendous opportunity, with these teeth, to tell the story of Homo naledi, but it’s going to take time,” Delezene said.
The team has divided the analysis by anatomical structure, and plans to “write articles as quickly as we can.” The biggest challenge, Delezene said, is that “we have so much material coming out of the ground so fast, we have trouble keeping up.”
The new discovery and research was done by a large team of researchers from the United States, South Africa, Australia, Europe and more than 30 international institutions.
source: University of Arkansas


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The bog exhibits
the Schloß Gottorf
worth a visit. Not only will you find a number of bog bodies,
but the dramatic head of Osterby
Man as well.
a closer look at three of the exhibits:
Damendorf Man died about 300
B.C. and was discovered thousands of years later in the Eckernförde
district of Germany. Unlike some other bog bodies, he was flattened by the
weight of the peat. Only his skin, nails, and hair (as well as his leather
belt and shoes) were preserved. As Glob wrote, "The rest of him has
completely disappeared as if by magic. A split nearly an inch long in the
region of the heart may indicate how he was killed."
Discovered in 1871 in a fen
near Kiel (Germany), Rendswühren Man died when he was 40-50 years old.
Here is how P.V. Glob in The Bog People described the
well-preserved man lay an an angle in the bog, face
downwards. He was naked, except for the left leg, on which lay a piece
of leather, with the pelt facing inwards, bound with leather thongs in a
sort of cross-gartering. Clothing, however, consisting of a large
rectangular woolen cloth and a cape made of pieces of skin sewn
together, covered the man's head, which had a triangular hole in the
forehead as though from a powerful blow.
well preserved human body naturally aroused much interest and before
being dispatched to Kiel it was exhibited on a farm cart in a nearby
barn. During this period visitors helped themselves lavishly to
souvenirs both from the body itself and from the clothing. The dead man
became the first bog man to be photographed--being stood up on the tips
of his toes for the purpose. Preservation of the body was carried out by
smoking, for other methods of conservation were not then
However, the star of Landesmuseum's
collection of bog bodies is Windeby I.
Discovered in a small German bog in
1952, the Windeby find consisted of two bodies. The better preserved proved to be a
teenager (originally thought to be female, but DNA tests have revealed
that it is male) who was killed some 2,000
years earlier and buried in the bog. P. V. Glob (who believed that Windeby
I was female) in his classic work The
Bog People described her this way:
"She lay on her back, her
head twisted to one side, the left arm outstretched.
Between it and her hip was a large block of stone. The right arm was bent
in against the chest, as if defensively, while the legs were lightly drawn
up, the left over the right. The head with its delicate face and the hands
were the best preserved; the chest had completely disintegrated, and the
ribs were visible. The lower abdomen had also gone. The hair. reddish from
of the bog acids but originally light blond, was of an exceptional
fineness but had been shaved off with a
razor on the left side of her
head. Here it was less than a tenth of an inch long. On the right side of
the head, in contrast, it was cut to a length of an inch and three
quarters to two inches. The skin, where present, was well preserved. The
bones, though much calcified, still retained their shape."
one knows if Windeby I was killed (some scientists believe that she may
have died of natural causes), but it is clear that someone wanted to keep
her at the bottom of the bog: the body was kept at the bottom of the bog with
birch branches and rocks. Clearly, the people who buried Windeby I never wanted to see him again.
The head was reconstructed to
determine what the person might have looked like when alive. A photo
of the reconstruction is on exhibit as well.

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Caribbean Migration to Western Europe and the United States features a diverse group of scholars from across academic disciplines studying the transnational paths of Caribbean migration. How has the colonial path of the Caribbean influenced migration with regard to power relations, ethnic identities and transnational processes?
Through a series of case studies, the contributors to this volume examine the experiences of Caribbean immigrants to Spain, France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands as well as the United States. They show the demographic, socioeconomic, political and cultural impact migrants have, as well as their role in the development of transnational social fields. Caribbean Migration to Western Europe and the United States also examines how contrasting discourses of democracy and racism, xenophobia and globalization shape issues pertaining to citizenship and identity.
Contributors: Elizabeth Aranda, Mary Chamberlain, Michel Giraud, Lisa Maya Knauer, John R. Logan, Monique Milia-Marie-Luce, Laura Oso Casas, Livio Sansone, Nina Glick Schiller,Charles (Wenquan) Zhang and the editors.
In this illuminating study, Gelien Matthews demonstrates how slave rebellions in the British West Indies influenced the tactics of abolitionists in England and how the rhetoric and actions of the abolitionists emboldened slaves. Moving between the world of the British Parliament and the realm of Caribbean plantations, Matthews reveals a transatlantic dialectic of antislavery agitation and slave insurrection that eventually influenced the dismantling of slavery in British-held territories. Focusing on slave revolts that took place in Barbados in 1816, in Demerara in 1823, and in Jamaica in 1831–32, Matthews identifies four key aspects in British abolitionist propaganda regarding Caribbean slavery: the denial that antislavery activism prompted slave revolts, the attempt to understand and recount slave uprisings from the slaves' perspectives, the portrayal of slave rebels as victims of armed suppressors and as agents of the antislavery movement, and the presentation of revolts as a rationale against the continuance of slavery. She makes shrewd use of previously overlooked publications of British abolitionists to prove that their language changed over time in response to slave uprisings. Historians previously have examined the economic, religious, and political bases for slavery's abolishment in the Caribbean, but Matthews here emphasizes the agency of slaves in the march toward freedom. Her compelling work is a valuable analytical tool in the interpretation of abolition in North America, uncovering the important connections between rebellious slaves on one side of the Atlantic and abolitionists on the other side.
Escapes from Twilight Zones
Drawing on both personal experience and critical theory, Carole Boyce Davies illuminates the dynamic complexity of Caribbean culture and traces its migratory patterns throughout the Americas. Both a memoir and a scholarly study, Caribbean Spaces: Escapes from Twilight Zones explores the multivalent meanings of Caribbean space and community in a cross-cultural and transdisciplinary perspective.
The Concheros Dance in Mexico City
In Carrying the Word: The Concheros Dance in Mexico City, the first full length study of the Concheros dancers, Susanna Rostas explores the experience of this unique group, whose use of dance links rural religious practices with urban post-modern innovation in distinctive ways even within Mexican culture, which is rife with ritual dances. The Concheros blend Catholic and indigenous traditions in their performances, but are not governed by a predetermined set of beliefs; rather they are bound together by long standing interpersonal connections framed by the discipline of their tradition. The Concheros manifest their spirituality by means of the dance. Rostas traces how they construct their identity and beliefs, both individual and communal, by its means. The book offers new insights into the experience of dancing as a Conchero while also exploring their history, organization and practices. Carrying the Word provides a new way for audiences to understand the Conchero's dance tradition, and will be of interest to students and scholars of contemporary Mesoamerica. Those studying identity, religion, and tradition will find this social-anthropological work particularly enlightening.
Writing Animals into Latin American History
Contributors. Neel Ahuja, Lauren Derby, Regina Horta Duarte, Martha Few, Erica Fudge, León García Garagarza, Reinaldo Funes Monzote, Heather L. McCrea, John Soluri, Zeb Tortorici, Adam Warren, Neil L. Whitehead
Does a civil society actually exist in Cuba today and if so what is its nature and role? In seeking answers to this hotly contested and highly politicized question, Alexander Gray and Antoni Kapcia have assembled an impressive and diverse group of contributors.
The essays in The Changing Dynamic of Cuban Civil Society range from general discussion of the private sector to case studies about volunteer work, religious entities, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Since the fall of the Soviet Union and the economic crisis in 1990, the Cuban state has experienced severe challenges, and individuals have been forced to respond in unexpected ways to ensure their economic survival. Avoiding polemics and preconceptions, this volume brings a fresh and welcome perspective to one of the most vexing issues in Cuban society today.
British Guiana's Struggle for Independence
Informed by the first use of many British, U.S., and Guyanese archival sources, Palmer's work details Jagan's rise and fall, from his initial electoral victory in the spring of 1953 to the aftermath of the British-orchestrated coup d'état that led to the suspension of the constitution and the removal of Jagan's independence-minded administration. Jagan's political odyssey continued--he was reelected to the premiership in 1957--but in 1964 he fell out of power again under intense pressure from Guianese, British, and U.S. officials suspicious of Marxist influences on the People's Progressive Party, the popular nationalist party founded in 1950 by Jagan and his activist wife, Janet Rosenberg. But Jagan's political life was not over--after decades in the opposition, he became Guyana's president in 1992.

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Purpose: The study aimed to compare the psychosocial development of young adult survivors of childhood cancer (YACCS) with a norm group of young adults from the general population. Methods: From 2017 to 2020, 558 YACCS (18–30 years, 51% female, 10.9% CNS cancer) who participated in the Dutch Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (DCCSS) LATER cohort (diagnosed 1963–2001) part 2 completed the Course of Life Questionnaire (CoLQ), assessing the achievement of milestones. Items were grouped into the scales autonomy, psychosexual, and social development. Differences between YACCS and norm group were examined with ANOVA and Cohen’s d (CoLQ scales) and with logistic regression analysis and odds ratio (OR) (CoLQ items), for the total group and YACCS of CNS cancer. Results: The total group of YACCS did not report a less favorable psychosocial development than the norm group. YACCS of CNS cancer scored lower than the norm group (p < 0.001) on the scales autonomy (d = − 0.36) and psychosexual (d = − 0.46). Additionally, on half of the items of autonomy (0.25 ≤ OR ≤ 0.34), psychosexual (0.30 ≤ OR ≤ 0.48), and social (0.23 ≤ OR ≤ 0.47) development, YACCS of CNS cancer were less likely (p < 0.01) than the norm group to have achieved the milestones. Conclusion: Overall, psychosocial development of YACCS was as favorable as the norm, but YACCS of CNS cancer were at risk of an unfavorable psychosocial development in all domains. Monitoring psychosocial development should be included in the standards of psychosocial care, especially for CNS cancer patients and survivors, to be able to trace delay. Personalized interventions should be offered to improve the psychosocial development in an early stage.
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Sophie Lisa Beresford: "Zeros + Ones" Arbeit Gallery, London, UK
Image: Sophie Lisa Beresford Pizza Shop Dance, 2008, Single channel video, 4 min 6 sec. Courtesy of the artist and Workplace Gallery, UK.
Sunday 15 December 2013
Screenings from 2.00-7.00pm
Arbeit Gallery 4 White Post Lane, London E9 5EN
Sophie Lisa Beresford, Jenna Collins, Oliver Evelyn-Rahr & Geraldine Gallavardin, Choterina Freer, Sonia Hedstrand, Joey Holder, Anna Kinbom, Sands Murray-Wassink, Benjamin Orlow, Adrianna Palazzolo, Daniel Shanken, Nicola Woodham, Rut Karin Zettergren.
Zeros Ones brings together 14 artists using video, sound and performance to question power struggles in technology. 22 years after Donna Harraway's publication of A Cyborg Manifesto which launched the Cyberfeminist movement, this show looks at its relevance today in work that celebrates and questions science and technology.
Broken narratives, multiple identities, consumerism, low-fi, CGI, techno, retro, resourced, revamped, personal stories, and the new aesthetic are all present within the featured artists work. These artists come from various European cities and much of the interaction between them takes place over the internet through Skype, email, social networking, and video-file sharing.
Sophie Lisa Beresford
15 Dec 2013
Bounce, 2010 Single Channel Video 0 min 42 sec (SLB0086)
Pizza Shop Dance, 2008 Single Channel Video 4 min 6 sec (SLB0001)
Workplace Gallery is a contemporary art gallery run by artists.
Based in Gateshead UK, Workplace Gallery represents a portfolio of emerging and established artists through the gallery programme, curatorial projects and international art fairs.

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You should strive for as much separation and hardware redundancy as possible when connecting each cluster node to shared data storage. This approach provides the following advantages to your cluster:
The best assurance of high availability for your clustered application
Good failure isolation
Good maintenance robustness
Oracle Solaris Cluster is usually layered on top of a volume manager, mirrored data with independent I/O paths, or a multipathed I/O link to a hardware RAID arrangement. Therefore, the cluster software does not expect a node ever to ever lose access to shared data. These redundant paths to storage ensure that the cluster can survive any single failure.
Oracle Solaris Cluster does support certain configurations that use a single, dual-port HBA to provide the required two paths to the shared data. However, using a single, dual-port HBA for connecting to shared data increases the vulnerability of your cluster. If this single HBA fails and takes down both ports connected to the storage device, the node is unable to reach the stored data. How the cluster handles such a dual-port failure depends on several factors:
The cluster configuration
The volume manager configuration
The node on which the failure occurs
The state of the cluster when the failure occurs
If you choose one of these configurations for your cluster, you must understand that the supported configurations mitigate the risks to high availability and the other advantages. The supported configurations do not eliminate these previously mentioned risks.


The main characteristic of a counter-cultural icon is that they are constantly finding ways to adapt without stooping to conformity. New styles are explored and new methods are employed, but the driving vision and artistic integrity of such an individual never changes. Counter-culture icon Yoko Ono embodies this very principle with the release of her latest album, Yes, I’m a Witch Too.
Yoko Ono Still Going Strong
Ono’s album, released on February 19, features not only Ono’s timeless talent, but collaborations with other well-known artists such as Death Cab for Cutie and Moby. Ono also collaborates with her son, Sean Ono-Lennon and frontman of Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, on the eerie track “Dogtown.” The collective creativity in this album is almost unreal, and the result is both astonishingly eclectic and highly original.
Collaborating with New York DJ Danny Tenaglia in “Walking on Thin Ice,” Ono makes a bittersweet, orchestral piece with dreamy, psychedelic vocals and strings that all work together in a sentimental, grandiose fashion. Ono collaborates with glam band, Sparks, in “Give Me Something,” which sounds almost like a scene from an opera, with its sporadic, intense vocals and minimalist piano instrumentation.
“Approximately Infinite Universe” with Blow Up takes on a different style. The track is practically a classic rock song, with its grungy guitar solos and rhythmic clap percussion. Perhaps one of the most interesting collaborations is with Miike Snow in “Catman.” Ono and Snow share vocals in this song, which features Snow’s signature bizarre electronica influences and synthesized backup vocals.
Even if an artist is most famous during one era, it doesn’t mean they can’t be equally influential in other eras. Yoko Ono is no exception. The greatest artists are always relevant, and no matter what time they are in, or what time they come from, they will always have a hand in the shaping of current and future artistic movements.
To listen to Yoko Ono’s latest album on SoundCloud.


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VIA Metropolitan Transit officially introduced the first of more than 400 new compressed natural gas (CNG) buses on Thursday, signaling a historic conversion of the agency’s fleet and VIA’s salute to Earth Day.
The change to cleaner, “greener” buses is part of VIA’s multi-year plan to significantly reduce vehicle emissions, decrease operating costs and allow VIA to carry out planned service enhancements. Once complete, the transformed fleet will bring a 97% reduction of nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions and will further the agency’s role as an industry leader in environmental stewardship.
“Today, we celebrate the move toward a new, environmentally sustainable era in public transportation for our region,” said VIA President and CEO Jeffrey C. Arndt. “VIA’s conversion to an all-CNG fleet is where the rubber meets the road for VIA’s commitment to drive innovation and [to] connect our region with a cleaner, ‘greener’ future.”
The move affirms VIA’s focus on environmentally sustainable mobility in the region. A new, 10-pump CNG fueling station will be the largest in the nation once it’s completely operational later this year.
The new buses, manufactured by Nova Bus, are 40 feet by 102 inches, with a 67-passenger capacity. The more modern, much quieter models feature a complete suite of technological systems including GPS locating, cameras for enhanced safety, automatic passenger counters to streamline boarding and a public information system for real-time passenger stop alerts.
They will replace aging buses in the current fleet, which are between 12 and 15 years old. VIA will replace more than half of its existing fleet by late summer 2017, with the ongoing fleet conversion expected to be complete by 2020. The annual fuel cost savings once the new fleet is completed is estimated at $8.5 million.


The Festival reaches its climax with the annual Festival Mass in St Michael & All Angels Church, led by the Bedford Park Festival singers and instrumentalists. Preacher: Father Kevin Morris.
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Re: ToneMatch and External Effects
i have T1 & T4 and run single and twin L1 MKll set ups for different gigs.
in my view there is no real comparison between the two mixers. T4 is much better with the exception we have lost independent volume control over auxiliary music / backing track input.
That single thing is the only thing I hate with a passion but have learned to live with it and stay close to the mixer to be able to adjust.
supposedly, when adjusting the master out the balance between music and mic is supposed to change in harmony but in my experience the mic drops further than the music when lowering and more than the music raising - just my experience.
since the T4 firmware update I have been able to sell my stomp box effect pedal as the T4 can be tweaked to some great effects.


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American side San Diego Legion has confirmed the signings of Blitzbok Cecil Afrika and Springbok Bjorn Basson for the 2021 Major League Rugby season.
Bjorn Basson will start on the left wing in one of seven changes to the Kings starting lineup to face Benetton Treviso in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.
Bjorn Basson will make his first start for the Kings in one of three changes to their starting XV for the clash against the Dragons in Newport on Saturday.
The Kings have named a 27-man squad for their overseas Pro14 openers against Zebre and the Dragons.
Former Stormers wing Bjorn Basson is reportedly exploring the possibility of joining the Kings ahead of the 2018-19 Pro14 season.
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Yolanda Adams and CeCe Winans to sing tribute to Whitney Houston on CBS
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Oct. 08, 2012) — Four-time GRAMMY® winner Yolanda Adams and 10-time GRAMMY winner CeCe Winans are the latest performers announced for"We Will Always Love You: A GRAMMY® Salute To Whitney Houston." They join previously announced performers, five-time GRAMMY winner Celine Dion, GRAMMY and Academy Award® winner Jennifer Hudson and seven-time GRAMMY winner Usher, for the one-hour special that will celebrate Houston's life and artistry through performances and interviews with various artists paying homage to the six-time GRAMMY winner, and will include Houston's own most memorable performances of her career. The show will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 surround sound on Nov. 16, 10 p.m. ET/PT, on the CBS Television Network. (www.cbs.com), and will tape on Oct. 11 at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE.
"We Will Always Love You" will include highlights of nearly all of Houston's GRAMMY telecast performances, her classic performance of the national anthem at Super Bowl XXV in 1991, and her first-ever television appearance on "The Merv Griffin Show" in the early '80s, among other iconic performances and exclusive interviews. The special will also feature other artists sharing their memories of Houston, as well as additional highlights of her career.
The first-ever definitive single disc collection of Houston's greatest hits, I Will Always Love You — The Best Of Whitney Houston, will be released on Nov. 13 and features 18 tracks, including two never-before-released songs. Additionally, an official Houston photo tribute book, Whitney: Tribute To An Icon, will be available for sale on Nov. 27.
Houston was one of the biggest pop stars — male or female — of all time, selling more than 170 million combined albums, songs and videos, and garnering six GRAMMYs and two Emmy®s, as well as countless otherawards and accolades. She graced the GRAMMY stage eight times over the years — one of a few artists who has had the distinction of performing the most times on the annual telecast. Most recently, she appeared as a presenter at the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2009 (ultimately presenting Jennifer Hudson with her first GRAMMY for Best R&B Album).
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COQUITLAM, B.C. — A teenaged hiker has died after becoming lost in a rugged area north of Coquitlam, B.C., and falling into a steep gully.
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An estimated 500 fall graduates will participate in commencement ceremonies scheduled for 2 p.m. Dec. 17 at the Colorado Springs World Arena, 3185 Venetucci Boulevard.
Both undergraduate and graduate students will participate in the ceremony that will feature comments by Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak, CU President Bruce Benson, and Becky Medved, a 1987 MBA graduate. The CU Board of Regents will also award an honorary doctorate of humane letters to Robert Berliner, a Los Angeles attorney.
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Id2 influences differentiation of killer cell lectin-like receptor G1(hi) short-lived CD8+ effector T cells.
ABSTRACT: CD8(+) T cells play a crucial role in the clearance of intracellular pathogens through the generation of cytotoxic effector cells that eliminate infected cells and long-lived memory cells that provide enhanced protection against reinfection. We have previously shown that the inhibitor of E protein transcription factors, Id2, is necessary for accumulation of effector and memory CD8(+) T cells during infection. In this study, we show that CD8(+) T cells lacking Id2 did not generate a robust terminally differentiated killer cell lectin-like receptor G1 (KLRG1)(hi) effector population, but displayed a cell-surface phenotype and cytokine profile consistent with memory precursors, raising the question as to whether loss of Id2 impairs the differentiation and/or survival of effector memory cells. We found that deletion of Bim rescued Id2-deficient CD8(+) cell survival during infection. However, the dramatic reduction in KLRG1(hi) cells caused by loss of Id2 remained in the absence of Bim, such that Id2/Bim double-deficient cells form an exclusively KLRG1(lo)CD127(hi) memory precursor population. Thus, we describe a role for Id2 in both the survival and differentiation of normal CD8(+) effector and memory populations.
Project description:CD8+ T cells play a crucial role in the clearance of intracellular pathogens through the generation of cytotoxic effector cells that eliminate infected cells and long-lived memory cells that provide enhanced protection against reinfection. We have previously shown that the inhibitor of E protein transcription factors, Id2, is necessary for accumulation of effector and memory CD8+ T cells during infection. Here we show that CD8+ T cells lacking Id2 did not generate a robust terminally-differentiated KLRG1hi effector population, but displayed a cell-surface phenotype and cytokine profile consistent with memory precursors, raising the question as to whether loss of Id2 impairs the differentiation and/or survival of effector-memory cells. We found that deletion of Bim rescued Id2-deficient CD8+ cell survival during infection. However, the dramatic reduction in KLRG1hi cells caused by loss of Id2 remained in the absence of Bim, such that Id2/Bim double-deficient cells form an exclusively KLRG1loCD127hi memory precursor population. Thus we describe a role for Id2 in both the survival and differentation of normal CD8+ effector and memory populations. Gene-expression analysis of Wild-type, Id2KO, Id2KOBimKO and BimKO effector CD8+ cells on day 6 of Listeria infection. 2 or more replicates per sample were analyzed.
Project description:As acute infections resolve, most effector CD8(+) T cells die, whereas some persist and become memory T cells. Recent work showed that subsets of effector CD8(+) T cells, identified by reciprocal expression of killer cell lectin-like receptor G1 (KLRG1) and CD127, have different lifespans. Similar to previous reports, we found that effector CD8(+) T cells reported to have a longer lifespan (i.e., KLRG1(low)CD127(high)) have increased levels of Bcl-2 compared with their shorter-lived KLRG1(high)CD127(low) counterparts. Surprisingly, we found that these effector KLRG1(low)CD127(high) CD8(+) T cells also had increased levels of Bim compared with KLRG1(high)CD127(low) cells. Similar effects were observed in memory cells, in which CD8(+) central memory T cells expressed higher levels of Bim and Bcl-2 than did CD8(+) effector memory T cells. Using both pharmacologic and genetic approaches, we found that survival of both subsets of effector and memory CD8(+) T cells required Bcl-2 to combat the proapoptotic activity of Bim. Interestingly, inhibition or absence of Bcl-2 led to significantly decreased expression of Bim in surviving effector and memory T cells. In addition, manipulation of Bcl-2 levels by IL-7 or IL-15 also affected expression of Bim in effector CD8(+) T cells. Finally, we found that Bim levels were significantly increased in effector CD8(+) T cells lacking Bax and Bak. Together, these data indicate that cells having the highest levels of Bim are selected against during contraction of the response and that Bcl-2 determines the level of Bim that effector and memory T cells can tolerate.
Project description:During infection, naive CD8(+) T cells differentiate into effector cells, which are armed to eliminate pathogens, and memory cells, which are poised to protect against reinfection. The transcriptional program that regulates terminal differentiation into short-lived effector-memory versus long-lived memory cells is not clearly defined. Through the use of mice expressing reporters for the DNA-binding inhibitors Id2 and Id3, we identified Id3(hi) precursors of long-lived memory cells before the peak of T cell population expansion or upregulation of cell-surface receptors that indicate memory potential. Deficiency in Id2 or Id3 resulted in loss of distinct CD8(+) effector and memory populations, which demonstrated unique roles for these inhibitors of E-protein transcription factors. Furthermore, cytokines altered the expression of Id2 and Id3 differently, which provides insight into how external cues influence gene expression.
Project description:It is unclear where within tissues subsets of effector and memory CD8 T cells persist during viral infection and whether their localization affects function and long-term survival. Following lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection, we found most killer cell lectin-like receptor G1 (KLRG1)(lo)IL-7R(hi) effector and memory cells, which are long-lived and high proliferative capacity, in the T cell zone of the spleen. In contrast, KLRG1(hi)IL-7R(lo) cells, which appear terminally differentiated and have shorter life spans, were exclusively localized to the red pulp. KLRG1(lo)IL-7R(hi) T cells homed to the T cell zone using pertussis toxin-sensitive chemokine receptors and appeared to contact gp38(+) stromal cells, which produce the chemokines CCL19 and CCL21 and the T cell survival cytokine IL-7. The transcription factors T-bet and B lymphocyte-induced maturation protein-1 controlled effector CD8 T cell splenic migration. Effector CD8 T cells overexpressing T-bet homed to the red pulp, whereas those lacking B lymphocyte-induced maturation protein-1 homed to the T cell zone. Upon memory formation, CD62L(+) memory T cells were predominantly found in the T cell zone, whereas CD62L(-) cells were found in the red pulp. Thus, effector and memory CD8 T cell subset localization within tissues is linked to their differentiation states, and this may identify anatomical niches that regulate their longevity and homeostasis.
Project description:Adipose regulatory T cells (aTregs) have emerged as critical cells for the control of local and systemic inflammation. In this study, we show a distinctive role for the transcriptional regulator Id2 in the differentiation, survival, and function of aTregs in mice. Id2 was highly expressed in aTregs compared with high Id3 expression in lymphoid regulatory T cells (Tregs). Treg-specific deletion of Id2 resulted in a substantial decrease in aTregs, whereas Tregs in the spleen and lymph nodes were unaffected. Additionally, loss of Id2 resulted in decreased expression of aTreg-associated markers, including ST2, CCR2, KLRG1, and GATA3. Gene expression analysis revealed that Id2 expression was essential for the survival of aTregs, and loss of Id2 increased cell death in aTregs due to increased Fas expression. Id2-mediated aTreg depletion resulted in increased systemic inflammation, increased inflammatory macrophages and CD8+ effector T cells, and loss of glucose tolerance under standard diet conditions. Thus, we reveal an unexpected and novel function for Id2 in mediating differentiation, survival, and function of aTregs that when lost result in increased metabolic perturbation.
Project description:The transcription factor inhibitor of DNA binding (Id)2 modulates T cell fate decisions, but the molecular mechanism underpinning this regulation is unclear. In this study we show that loss of Id2 cripples effector differentiation and instead programs CD8(+) T cells to adopt a memory fate with increased Eomesodermin and Tcf7 expression. We demonstrate that Id2 restrains CD8(+) T cell memory differentiation by inhibiting E2A-mediated direct activation of Tcf7 and that Id2 expression level mirrors T cell memory recall capacity. As a result of the defective effector differentiation, Id2-deficient CD8(+) T cells fail to induce sufficient Tbx21 expression to generate short-lived effector CD8(+) T cells. Our findings reveal that the Id2/E2A axis orchestrates T cell differentiation through the induction or repression of downstream transcription factors essential for effector and memory T cell differentiation.
Project description:The transcription factors E2A and HEB (members of the E protein family) have been shown to play essential roles in lymphocyte development, while their negative regulators, the Id proteins, have been implicated in both lymphocyte development and in the CD8(+) T-cell immune response. Here, we show that E proteins also influence CD8(+) T cells responding to infection. E protein expression was upregulated by CD8(+) T cells during the early stages of infection and increased E protein DNA-binding activity could be detected upon TCR stimulation. Deficiency in the E proteins, E2A and HEB, led to increased frequency of terminally differentiated effector KLRG1(hi) CD8(+) T cells in mice during infection, and decreased generation of longer-lived memory-precursor cells during the immune response. These data suggest a model whereby E protein transcription factor activity favors rapid memory-precursor T-cell formation while their negative regulators, Id2 and Id3, are both required for robust effector CD8(+) T-cell response during infection.
Project description:As acute infections resolve, effector CD8(+) T cells differentiate into interleukin-7 receptor(lo) (IL-7R(lo)) short-lived effector cells (SLECs) and IL-7R(hi) memory precursor effector cells (MPECs) capable of generating long-lived memory CD8(+) T cells. By using another SLEC marker, KLRG1, we found that KLRG1(hi) effector cells began appearing early during infection and were committed to downregulating IL-7R. Unlike IL-7R(hi) MPECs, KLRG1(hi) IL-7R(lo) SLECs relied on IL-15, but IL-15 could not sustain their long-term maintenance or homeostatic turnover. The decision between SLEC and MPEC fates was regulated by the amount of inflammatory cytokines (i.e., IL-12) present during T cell priming. According to the amount of inflammation, a gradient of T-bet was created in which high T-bet expression induced SLECs and low expression promoted MPECs. These results elucidate a mechanism by which the innate immune system sets the relative amounts of a lineage-determining transcription factor in activated CD8(+) T cells and, correspondingly, regulates their memory cell potential.
Project description:CD8+ T cells responding to infection differentiate into a heterogeneous population composed of progeny that are short-lived and participate in the immediate, acute response and those that provide long-lasting host protection. Although it is appreciated that distinct functional and phenotypic CD8+ T cell subsets persist, it is unclear whether there is plasticity among subsets and what mechanisms maintain subset-specific differences. Here, we show that continued Id2 regulation of E-protein activity is required to maintain the KLRG1hi CD8+ T cell population after lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection. Induced deletion of Id2 phenotypically and transcriptionally transformed the KLRG1hi "terminal" effector/effector-memory CD8+ T cell population into a KLRG1lo memory-like population, promoting a gene-expression program that resembled that of central memory T cells. Our results question the idea that KLRG1hi CD8+ T cells are necessarily terminally programmed and suggest that sustained regulation is required to maintain distinct CD8+ T cell states.
Project description:During an immune response, CD8 T cells fall along a gradient of memory potential, but the regulators of these fate decsisions are not well understood. We utlized Id3-GFP and Id2-YFP reporter mice to elucidate the role of Id3 and Id2 during early CD8 T cell differentiation by gene expression. Id3-GFP hi Id2-YFP int or Id3-GFP lo Id2-YFP hi OT-I cells were sorted into trizol at day 6 of VSV-OVA infection and analyzed by microarray

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Shaw confirms $184M upgrade in facilities
Published 3:07 pm Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Shaw Industries Group confirmed this week that it is investing $184 million in its manufacturing facility in Andalusia, where fiber used to manufacture carpet is created.
The Star-News first reported the investment in April, when the company filed for and received the abatement of taxes associated with the construction from the City of Andalusia, the Covington County Commission, and the State of Alabama.
Shaw officials said the project includes construction of new and expanded building assets, and installation of substantial amounts of new manufacturing equipment. The company is based in Dalton, Ga.
“These investments will ensure the long-term viability of this critical operation within Shaw’s portfolio of manufacturing facilities. They are designed to improve the plant’s ability to compete successfully in the marketplace for the short and long term,” Shaw Chairman and CEO Vance Bell said.
“This facility upgrade will utilize state-of-the-art technology and innovative processes that will be industry-leading in cost and quality,” he added.
The changes will improve efficiency and production as well as ergonomics and safety for the more than 1,000 associates who work at the Alabama plant, Shaw said. Additionally, improvements to chillers and the use of new equipment stand to improve energy efficiency.
Demolition work is under way at the facility, and new equipment is set to be in place and operational by mid-2018. The facility will remain operational throughout the transition.
“Shaw’s significant new investment in its Andalusia manufacturing facility is a welcome development that positions the plant for the future and demonstrates the company’s confidence in its large Alabama workforce,” Gov. Kay Ivey said.
“We look forward to working with Shaw to help its Covington County operation not only succeed but also thrive.”
Shaw, a company in the portfolio of famed investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, joins a list of other established firms making major investments to upgrade or expand their Alabama facilities in 2017.
“We’ve made it a priority in Alabama to assist companies like Shaw that are reinvesting in their facilities and upgrading their operations to enhance competitiveness and efficiency,’ said Greg Canfield, secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce.
“This project shows Shaw’s commitment to its Andalusia facility, and it will benefit employees there for the long haul.”
Ron Fantroy, the manager of Shaw’s Plant 65/Andalusia, said the major investment in the facility illustrates the company’s continual effort to improve operations and employ advanced manufacturing techniques to meet the needs of associates and customers.
Shaw said its operations are more complex than ever. As a result, almost every job at Shaw — from designers and data scientists to machinists and managers — requires a higher skill level than in the past. Shaw said it benefits from a talented, well-trained associate base in Covington County, where it is the county’s largest employer.
“Shaw is involved in an array of education programs – from kindergarten to college, from reading to robotics – to help support the development of a highly skilled workforce necessary for 21st Century jobs,” Bell said.
Andalusia Mayor Earl Johnson said many work to put the project together.
“Shaw had other options, and in making this decision, we are pleased that they will be part of our community for years to come,” Johnson said.
Greg White, chairman of the Covington County Commission, said Shaw’s project provides “a long-term stability that most communities could only hope for.”
Rick Clifton, president and CEO of the Covington County Economic Development Commission, said the Alabama team working on the project included the Alabama Department of Commerce, Southeast Gas, the PowerSouth Energy Cooperative, and the City of Andalusia.
“This is an example of a public/private partnership that has made Shaw a part of our community for more than 35 years,” he said.
Shaw employs approximately 1,000 associates at Plant 65.


Michelle Davis is sick of fraudulent phone calls.
Just last week, she answered the phone to someone claiming she'd won the Publisher's Clearing House sweepstakes.
“He was like, 'You won $3.5 million, and oh, for a bonus, you get a new 2020 Mercedes E-Class,' and I'm like, oh wow!” Davis said.
Davis knew immediately the phone call wasn't legitimate. She says she'd never entered the contest to begin with.
“I figured out right off the bat that it was all fake, it was a fraud," Davis said.
Instead of hanging up, she kept the man on the phone to find out more. He said his name was John Anderson and gave her a phone number along with a winner number.
After he told her what she'd won, he told her she'd have to pay a $575 processing fee. He assured her the fee was refundable.
When she told him she didn't have the money, he told her to try to figure out how to get it.
“He said, we'll take down all my information and call me back next week. I said 'Okay, I will.' So, one of my coworkers called that number from my office phone and he actually answered.
That is his number and she said, 'Oh, we missed a phone call from this number,' and he said 'No, you didn't,' and he hung up," Davis said.
Davis wants to use her experience to warn others. She says while she was on the phone, she knew someone out there could potentially believe this kind of fraudulent call.
“I just feel sorry for those people that fall for it," Davis said.
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It’s always a pleasure when a remix comes out that is quite unexpected such as this here… Benny Bennassi decided to remix the classic reggae song “Jamming” and it is definitely something to look forward to. Think reggae meets big room progressive house. Very dope!
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Larry Page is an American entrepreneur and computer scientist. He is one of the co-founders of Google, along with Sergey Brin. Page is the sixth-richest person in the world with a net worth of $121 billion. From a very young age, he was attracted to computers and knew that he wanted to invent things. At the age of 12, he decided to start his own company. Today, Google is one of the biggest companies and is often referred to as the “most powerful company in the world”. Larry Page is considered to be one of the pioneers of the Internet. Here’s his inspiring success story.
|Full Name||Lawrence Edward Page|
|Date of Birth||26 March 1973|
|Age||49 (As in 2023)|
|Net worth||$83.7 Billion|
|Organizations founded||Google, Alphabet Inc.|
|Parents||Gloria Page, Carl Victor Page|
|Siblings||Carl Victor Page, Jr.|
Larry Page was born on March 26, 1973, in Michigan. His father was a computer science professor at the Michigan State Univeristy while his mother worked as an instructor in computer programming. In an interview, Page described his childhood home as “a mess with computers and technology magazines all over the place. During his youth, he was an avid reader and also played several instruments. While growing up, he studied music composition which influenced his obsession with speed in computers. In his elementary school, Page became the first kid to submit an assignment from a word processor. At the age of six, he first became attracted to computers and played around with first-generation computers.
From a very early age, he wanted to invent things and became interested in technology and business. Page started to take everything apart in his house to see how things worked. At the age of 12, he decided to start his own company. After school, Page attended the University of Michigan and graduated with a degree in computer engineering. While attending college, he created an inkjet printer with Lego blocks. In addition, he also proposed the idea of replacing the bus system with a rapid-transit system which consists of a monorail with separate cars for each student. After college, he attended Standford University and received a master’s in computer science.
After developing Google at Standford University, Larry Page and Sergey Brin made it available on Standford’s website for Internet users. In 1998, they incorporated Google with the domain name Googol. Page became the CEO of the company while Brin was the company’s president. By June of 2000, Google indexed one billion internet URLs and became the most comprehensive search engine on the Web. At the age of 30, Larry Page became a billionaire. In 2005, Google acquired Android. By 2011, Google had a $180 billion market value and more than 24,000 employees. Sundar Pichai is the current CEO of Google. Today, Google is one of the most powerful companies in the world. Larry Page’s hard work and passion helped him build Google.
Larry Page’s success story
From a very young age, Larry Page became attracted to technology and pursued his dreams. His success story is very inspiring. He, along with Sergey Brin, started Google in their college’s dorms and built a multi-national company. Hard work is the key to success. It teaches us determination, perseverance, and passion. Page believed in his dreams and trusted himself. Secondly, we should always learn from our mistakes and never give up. We should always be passionate about our goals and work towards them.
Larry Page’s Leadership Role at Google
Larry Page played a pivotal role in Google’s early development and growth. As CEO, he was responsible for setting the overall direction and strategy of the company. Page was known for his focus on innovation and his willingness to take risks to pursue new ideas. He was also instrumental in developing Google’s corporate culture, which is known for its emphasis on collaboration and creativity.
Page had a hands-on approach to management and was known for being deeply involved in the company’s product development. He often worked closely with engineers and product teams to shape the direction of new products and features.
In addition to his role as CEO, Page was also involved in various philanthropic and charitable endeavors through the Larry Page Family Foundation and the Page Foundation. He has supported a range of causes, including education, the environment, and global health.
Google To Alphabet Inc.
Google became Alphabet Inc. in 2015 as part of a restructuring of the company. The goal of the restructuring was to give more independence and autonomy to the various subsidiaries of Google, allowing them to operate more like standalone companies. This was seen as a way for Google to continue to innovate and grow as a company, while also allowing it to pursue new ventures and businesses outside of its core search and advertising operations.
Under the new structure, Google became a subsidiary of Alphabet, and Larry Page, one of the co-founders of Google, became the CEO of Alphabet. Sundar Pichai, who had previously been the senior vice president of products at Google, became the CEO of Google.
The restructuring allowed Google to focus more on its core search and advertising business, while also giving it the flexibility to explore new areas of growth through its other subsidiaries. It also made it easier for investors to understand the financial performance of the various businesses within the company, as they were now separate entities under the Alphabet umbrella.
Interesting Facts About Larry Page
- Larry Page is an avid collector of electric vehicles, and owns a number of rare and unique electric cars and motorcycles.
- Page is a proponent of using technology to solve global problems, and has supported a number of charitable and philanthropic causes through the Larry Page Family Foundation and the Page Foundation.
- Page is a member of the Board of Directors of the XPRIZE Foundation, an organization that promotes innovation through high-profile competitions.
- In the early days of Google, Page and co-founder Sergey Brin were known for their informal management style and penchant for pranks. They once placed a toy dinosaur on the roof of the Google offices to see how long it would take for someone to notice.
- Page is a strong believer in the power of technology to change the world, and has said that he wants Google to “organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.”
Frequently Asked Questions
Larry Page received his bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the University of Michigan and his master’s degree in computer science from Stanford University.
Larry Page stepped down as the CEO of Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, in 2018 and became a technical advisor to the company. He is no longer actively involved in the day-to-day operations of Google, but remains a shareholder and member of the board of directors of Alphabet.


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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver confirmed "Chinese interests" asked for the league to fire Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey for his tweet in support of pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong.
"We said there's no chance that's happening—there's no chance we'll even discipline him," Silver said at the Time 100 Health Summit, per Time's Sean Gregory.
Silver previously said in a statement he respected the delicacy of the Hong Kong issue to Chinese people but that the league wasn't going to punish players or team personnel for expressing their opinions on the matter.
Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta attempted some damage control after Morey's since-deleted tweet, writing the team didn't share his opinion or consider itself to be a political organization.
Although Morey remains at his post, his job in Houston could still be in jeopardy based on how far-reaching the effects of the saga have been. Silver said Thursday, "The financial consequences may go on and be fairly dramatic."
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was sharply critical of Morey, telling reporters he "wasn't educated on the situation at hand and he spoke."
James followed up with a statement on Twitter to say he was referring to the impact felt by those in the league:
ESPN's Rachel Nichols reported Silver held a meeting with players from the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles when they were in China to play a pair of preseason games. According to Nichols, "several players" argued the league likely would've fined or suspended a player who did something to hurt the NBA's bottom line as much as the Hong Kong tweet has.
Dave McMenamin of ESPN also reported one Lakers player lost a $1 million endorsement deal with a Chinese company as he was traveling to the country.
Morey didn't intend to spark an international incident but did so anyway. Members of the Rockets and players the team might target in free agency probably won't forget Morey's role in the narrative, which could make his position extremely difficult going forward.


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- The legal talent marketplace Priori announced Wednesday that it closed a $15 million A-1 financing round led by Eagle Proprietary Investments that it will use to scale operations amid “unprecedented in-house client demand.”
- The company also announced a roughly 250% increase in revenue during the last year for its flagship Marketplace product that matches in-house teams with outside counsel.
- The platform now features more than 8,000 attorneys across all 50 states and 55 countries and is expected to keep growing.
Priori’s new funding round and the growth of its flagship Marketplace product highlight the strong demand among legal departments for tech solutions that help connect them with outside counsel for a range of needs.
Priori’s clients range from Fortune 50 enterprises to leading technology companies, and the attorneys on its platform represent law firms of a wide array of sizes and cover more than 700 practice proficiencies, according to the company’s press release.
Priori highlights that its data and technology-driven matching approach helps in-house teams save significant time in searching for outside counsel and pay far less for law firm services.
The company said the $15 million it raised will fund “go-to-market strategies, fuel new product development and increase functionality of its existing products.”
“The funding will also be used to substantially grow headcount across all functions – including sales, marketing, engineering, and operations,” Priori said.
Beyond raising additional funding since its Series A financing of $6.3 million announced in 2020, the company has added new investors in its latest round.
They include Eagle Proprietary Investments, as well as Thomson Reuters Ventures, The LegalTech Fund, Thirty Five Ventures, Peak6 Strategic Capital and Soma Ventures.
“We have added capital partners with deep legal industry experience to accelerate our growth and enhance our technology to add more value to in-house teams and law firms,” said Basha Rubin, Priori’s CEO and co-founder.
Existing investors Bridge Investments, Great Oaks Venture Capital, HearstLab, Mindset Ventures and Jambhala also participated in this funding round, the company said.
“Priori digitally transforms the interactions between corporate legal departments and outside counsel, and we are excited to work together to help accelerate their trajectory as leading innovators in the legal tech industry,” said Tamara Steffens, managing director at Thomson Reuters Ventures.


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Oil ended on a mixed note Thursday, with global Brent crude prices lower, but the U.S. benchmark futures contract settling higher on its expiration day, as traders weighed a report that China may ease quarantine restrictions on visitors to the country.
West Texas Intermediate crude for November delivery
rose 43 cents, or 0.5%, to end at $85.98 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange on its expiration day. December WTI crude
the new front-month contract, lost a penny to settle at at $84.51 a barrel.
November natural gas
was down 1.9% at $5.358 per million British thermal units, the lowest finish since March 29, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
Crude-oil prices had climbed on Wednesday as data showed a drop in U.S. crude inventories, while President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced the release of a further 15 million barrels of crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the final tranche of an 180 million barrel release authorized in March.
“Given that this volume is part of the previously announced larger release, the impact on the market is minimal. This is reflected in price action with WTI settling 3.3% higher yesterday,” said Warren Patterson, head of commodities strategy at ING, in a note. “This latest release will do little to offset the impact of OPEC+ supply cuts.”
OPEC+ — made up of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its Russia-led allies — agreed earlier this month to cut production by 2 million barrels a day beginning in November. However, the size of the actual reduction is expected to be around half that size since several members were already producing below their quotas.
Bloomberg on Thursday reported that Chinese officials were debating whether to ease quarantine requirements for visitors to the country. China currently requires incoming visitors to quarantine for seven days in a hotel room followed by three days at home where they remain subject to monitoring and testing.
An easing of the quarantine rule would be an incremental change but it may signal the potential for a revival of economic growth. The country’s zero-COVID policy has resulted in massive lockdowns and other restrictions that have served to crimp demand for crude and energy.
“China had been expected to ramp up oil imports as it agreed to export 113 million barrels of oil products between now and the end of the year; there has, however, been little sign of increased spot purchases by the world’s second largest consumer,” said Harry Altham, an energy analyst at StoneX Group, in a note.
“By reviving an economy beset by COVID restrictions, such moves could provide a lifeline to China’s struggling airline industry,” he wrote.
Still, Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets UK, said that “reality is it’s unlikely to make much difference given that as the weather gets colder, COVID infection rates are only likely to increase.” That makes “this tinkering pretty much irrelevant,” he said in a market update.
Meanwhile, natural-gas futures fell to another multi-month low on Thursday, with the front-month contract ending at its lowest since late March. Prices on Wednesday at their lowest since late June.
The Energy Information Administration on Thursday said U.S. natural gas in storage rose by 111 billion cubic feet in the week ended Oct. 14. Analysts surveyed by the Wall Street Journal, on average, had looked for an injection of 102 billion cubic feet.
“Fundamental tightness, which drove U.S. natural gas prices higher this summer and left prices vulnerable to geopolitical premiums driven through Europe by Russia’s war in Ukraine, have seemingly subsided,” said Christopher Louney, commodity strategist at RBC Capital Markets, in a note dated Thursday.
“Now is a more seasonally calm period, production has grown, [liquified natural gas] outages have provided a breather, and recent storage injections have outpaced seasonal norms, pushing gas into the $5 range,” he said. “This is a bit low in our view, and we absolutely cannot write off coming winter volatility.”


On Saturday morning, as The Chronicle shot photographs on South State Street just outside the UM School of Art and Design’s Work Gallery, a young pair walked past: “Ann Arbor is not a photo opp,” said one. “It is if you’re not from around here,” replied the other.
It wasn’t clear if they meant The Chronicle, or Randy Tack, who works with Eastman Kodak as a cinematographer, training people to use 16mm cameras. Tack was setting up a shot with some folks who’d responded to an announcement for Stop By Shoot Film, a program specifically designed to introduce people to the cameras.
The vignette they were working on Saturday morning involved a skateboarder who glides past a young woman who was standing amongst some slightly larger-than life straw men.
Tack explained that Kodak, as a sponsor of the Ann Arbor Film Festival, used the Stop By Shoot Film program as a way to promote one of the festival’s main formats: 16mm. The vignettes that he helps people make shooting out on the street will be included in a DVD that the festival produces. Tack drove to Ann Arbor from Rochester, New York, where Eastman Kodak is headquartered.
A second Stop By Shoot Film crew was working outside the Michigan Theater later in the day, and documented the arrival of the Art Car, which was created in connection with the Midwest premiere of Harrod Blank’s film “Automorphosis.” The film looks at the automobile as a vehicle for creativity. The car was designed and created by Blank in collaboration with Zack Jacobson-Weaver, materials fabrication coordinator at UM School of Art & Design. Construction took place from Wednesday night through Saturday at the school’s studios.
The Art Car arrived at Michigan Theater about an hour before the scheduled showing of “Automorphosis,” driven by Blank with Michael Flynn as a passenger. Flynn said he’d helped only a bit with the construction of the car.
When a community standards officer (parking enforcement) from the city of Ann Arbor strolled over to the car, there was momentary uncertainly about whether the Art Car would be given a parking ticket. But the officer quickly established that his only concern was that the car blocked sight lines to the stop sign at Liberty and Maynard. Blank complied with a request to move the vehicle 10 feet backwards.
Perhaps by now you’re wondering where Harrod Blank slept while he was in town. Answer: at the home of Susan Wineberg and Lars Bjorn, who have hosted film festival folks for the last three years. They said they had not seen much of Blank, because he’d been working pretty much straight through on the car construction.
The Ann Arbor Film Festival continues on Sunday, March 29, its final day, with programs in the early afternoon, plus a presentation of awards starting at 6 p.m.


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Thursday, March 4, 2010
Cosmopolitics CD release
- Friday, March 5, 2010, 10 p.m.
- Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass., Lawrence
- 21+ / $4
Tommy Dimmel shares his theory on how Cosmopolitics are pushing the evolutionary envelope
During his weekly dinners at Ixtapa, Luke Stone developed a curious habit.
The Lawrence drummer made it a custom to pick up two Britney Spears stickers from a vending machine on the way out the door. He put them on his practice pad at home, inspiring him to practice his rudiments.
“She’s a big influence of mine — physically,” Stone says. “Is that weird?”
Musicians like Stone — who spend hours and hours woodshedding each day — have a unique distaste for pop stars like Spears. The floozy who spends more time shopping than rehearsing gets the fame and fortune, while the guy who’s mastered his instrument plugs away in his small college town for audiences who can’t figure out how to dance to his mathematically complex beats.
Stone’s band, Cosmopolitics, fits the profile of the latter. But while his group may be small potatoes in the national sense, it’s connecting with local listeners like Tommy Dimmel in a cosmic sense.
“They’re one of the best bands in the country right now,” says Dimmel, a friend of the group who plays drums for the Brody Buster Band.
“When people are (at their shows) and they get it, it’s one of those sort of magical evenings. Somehow the intention behind their music produces certain sonic vibrations which act as catalysts to chemicals inside people’s brains and they start firing off neurons and tryptamine compounds and whatnot.”
Dimmel says he considers Cosmopolitics “important players in the game of evolution.” He attends the group’s shows faithfully and praises its ability to push boundaries, even going so far as to say that he’s “robbing musicians like the Cosmopolitics” by playing in a workaday blues band.
“I’m under the suspicion that we’re living in a period of history that requires that people do things that have meaning of some type,” Dimmel says. “I see the Britney Spears-type of stuff as what the CIA would have called ‘useful idiots.’”
Not noodling around
Like their prog-rock forbearers in the ’70s, Cosmopolitics’ sole intent is to make music that blows minds. It’s an endeavor that’s fraught with challenges, perhaps none more so than getting people to dance in time signatures with 13 beats. Then again, people don’t go to a King Crimson concert to get their groove on, so maybe there’s hope yet.
Cosmopolitics’ new disc, “Mental Hygiene,” lives up to its title with a brain-flossing brand of instrumental fusion-rock inspired by acts such as Yes, Rush, Mr. Bungle and Genesis.
Just don’t call Cosmopolitics a “jam band.”
“Don’t ever even mention Phish and our band in the same sentence,” Stone asserts, shortly before revealing that he spent 12 years of his life obsessed with the band.
“If you compare yourself to Phish as a band, you’re a nerd, and you need to go home.”
In many ways, Stone is a musician defined by his contradictions. He loves Phish, but he wants no part of the hippie dippy noodle-jam scene. He hates the idea of “jam” bands, but he recognizes that those are the people who come to his shows.
“Your audience defines you as a jam band,” Stone says. “If you have a lot of hippies at your show, you’re a jam band. I’d say we’re in the jam scene, but we’re not a jam band. Our music is too composed.”
Cosmopolitics’ chartable compositions stem from the brain of bandleader Matt Gader. An equally accomplished drummer and guitarist, Gader is a prolific riff-machine who thinks in complex meters and three-part movements. His favorite Phish songs are 15 minutes long, and he’s the proud owner of a potent collection of Steve Vai DVDs.
“I see the world of progressive rock as unlimited,” says Gader, who plays guitar for Cosmopolitics and drums for Sonic Sutra. “I never think that there’s nothing new you can write, because you can take it in so many directions.”
Sober, clothed, more productive
With bassist Andy Kroeker and keyboardist Ken Lovern helping Gader realize his wildest musical fantasies, the Cosmopolitics bandwagon has been rolling for nearly five years now. The group has toured in Colorado and California, but its most memorable show occurred three years ago in its own backyard.
Booked for a prime 2 a.m. appearance at the Wakarusa Music Festival, the group was informed shortly before midnight that the music was being shut down due to curfew. So Cosmopolitics promptly did what any resourceful and slightly intoxicated festival act would do: The members stole a generator and set up shop in the campgrounds.
“We had at least 200 people circled around us,” Stone recalls. “We’ve played for people in California that are like, ‘Dude, we saw you set up in the campground at Wakarusa.’”
The show ended around 4 a.m. — approximately the time when a caravan of nudists joined the party.
“The sausage fest pulled into the station and then we left,” Kroeker recalls. “I had checked out long before then. We got pictures, so I know it happened.”
That experience aside, Cosmopolitics typically performs in a much more sober state.
- Thursday, March 11, 2010, 10 p.m.
- Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass., Lawrence
- 21+ / $5
“You can get a buzz on, but you don’t want to be hammered,” says Lovern, who also plays in Ken Lovern’s OJT, a local organ-jazz trio. “Learning to feel those weird time signatures naturally has been one of the most exciting things about this band for me. At some point they all start to feel just like music. Some take longer than others.”
Each member of Cosmopolitics dabbles in numerous projects. Lovern and Stone recently teamed up to form Sequel (a tribute to Medeski, Martin and Wood), and Stone is firing up an old-school funk band called Fuzz Nasty.
Rest assured that neither will be performing Britney Spears songs.
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NYC Parks Events Calendar
Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.
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Thursday, July 16, 2015
at Pier I (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Robbi K presents interactive concerts suited for dancing to jazz, pop, and world music grooves for today’s kids and parents.
Category: Concerts, Festivals, Kids, Theater, Free Summer Concerts, Waterfront
at Van Cortlandt Classic Playground (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
at South Plaza (in Union Square Park), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Back to Summer in the Square by popular demand, Hot Peas ‘N Butter is a unique children’s musical group that incorporates elements of traditional Latin music, Afro-Caribbean rhythms, jazz, folk, and rock.
Category: Concerts, Kids
at West Side Seating Area (in Union Square Park), Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music students will provide the soundtrack for lunch in Union Square Park held every week at noon in the west side seating area. (Free:…
at Bryant Park Lawn (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
at Astoria Park Lawn (in Astoria Park), Queens
Sunday, July 19, 2015
at Rockwood Drive Circle (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
The Bronx Arts Ensemble is a professional performance ensemble with a year-round schedule of chamber music and orchestral concerts, as well as special programs for families and schools.
Category: Concerts, Free Summer Concerts


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A. Nevskogo St. 7
The restaurant Ukraina is situated on the territory of the namesake hotel and restaurant complex, in Simferopol’s very heart. Its menu consists of classical European dishes, whose taste can be set off by carefully selected wine from restaurant’s extensive wine list.
Guests can take seats in a main room, designed in the Empire style with its typical elegant forms and rich colors, or in a VIP-zone, designed in the neo-baroque style. The main room can accommodate up to 80 people and the VIP-zone offers 20 seats.


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Welcome aboard to this spacecraft that brings different kinds of experience. In order to bring out the sentiment of space travel, marbles with sharp and clear black and white tones are applied at the ticket box lobby and reassembled futuristic cyber images; in addition with a series of grilles features and light troughs on ceiling, here comes the presence of being on board of a spaceship.
The closer customers getting to theatres, the higher ratio of black materials are applied in the interior, finally it becomes totally grey and black theme inside theatres; the geometric blocks features with wall lights are informing audiences that their trip to the universe has begun.
The design with theme mentioned above is basically presented by fixture with gloss finished masonry that consists of several colours and streamline forms, which is aimed to use the brightness and contrast to present the perceptiveness and creativity in the future world. White and black marble finishes are applied all over the ticket box counter, walls and floor finish in order to create the contrast and brightness, as well as the paths for flow of movement by the horizontally circular setting and the zigzag setting on vertical planes. The monochrome and streamline application has also been put on the ceiling that is presented by the bulkheads and series of air con louvers. Along with long strips of LEDs inlay the lanes of ceiling features, efficiency of lighting and decoration has been pushed to the limit.
The marble flooring patterns are actually guideline for the customers’ movement and action. The interlocking curvy lanes of black and white marbles formed a set of tracks for customers to follow while moving forward to different areas inside the cinema. Meanwhile these tracks also assembled several sets of concentric circles that customers could gather and wait within, just like a minimized plaza. Just as kind of road marking in a space station, the paths pattern should be located even on the ceiling. The inorganic bulkheads, air con louvers and LED stripes took another roles of noticeable curvy paths that lead people to their destinations. The geometric ticket box counter is the window that draws customers’ attention with the reflecting horizontal lines of marble finishes, thus customers are receiving the counter’s welcome messages in the first place. Communication between cinema and customers can be done by forms and colours.
The project is finished in 2016 at Shenzhen, China.

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