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Philadelphia refinery workers sue over abrupt closure, layoffs
The proposed class-action lawsuit filed by workers allege that Philadelphia Energy Solutions failed to provide a notice a 60-day notice of layoffs before it abruptly closed the plant after a devastating fire.
Two Philadelphia Energy Solutions employees have sued the company, alleging that it failed to comply with city and federal laws before they were abruptly sacked last week after a devastating fire June 21 that crippled the South Philadelphia refinery.
Nathan Rutkowski, of Westmont, and Martin Harper, of Media, filed the suit in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia on Friday, alleging that PES failed to comply with federal and city Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Acts (WARN). Those laws require larger employees to give workers at least 60 days notice of a layoff, allowing them time to adjust and seek alternative jobs.
The lawsuit seeks class-action status, and was filed by Benjamin F. Johns, a partner with Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLP in Haverford.
PES’s 1,100 employees were told Wednesday that the company would close in early July because of damage sustained after the June 21 fire; some nonunion workers were discharged immediately, as of Monday. They were offered no severance. Most refinery workers initially learned of the closure from news reports followed by an announcement from Mayor Jim Kenney’s office.
“Unfortunately, it was not feasible for PES to provide earlier notice because the business circumstances that followed the fire and explosion were not reasonably foreseeable,” the company said in a notification to employees who lost their jobs, explaining why they were not given 60 days’ notice.
The refinery had been struggling financially even before the fire and explosion prompted a decision to close. It has not declared bankruptcy.
The lawsuit by the two employees, who are inspectors, alleges that the company’s failure to comply with the warning notices deprived them of "some transition time to adjust to the prospective loss of employment, to seek and obtain alternative jobs and, if necessary, to enter skill training or retraining that will allow these workers to successfully compete in the job market.”


I'll disagree with that as a categorical declaration - "useless."It's a 5.7, useless for SD and basically a toy to play with that takes expensive often unavailable ammo
My wife finds the FNH Five-seveN much easier / comfortable to shoot than a 9-mm pistol. Loaded with a full mag, it's 20+1... and that's with a flush-mounted mag, not an extended mag. Even fully-loaded, it's very lightweight and easy to handle. Low recoil means staying on target.... with 20 rounds to spare. It won't be a good day for a bad guy on the receiving end.
That said... the dude in the video claims that their new pistol "solves the problems" of the 5.7 cycling. Ummm..... what problems? My FNH 5.7 has 1,600 rounds through it (not a huge number) without a single malfunction. And I've never heard of any problems with the 5.7, functionally.
I am skeptical about a multi-part / moving parts barrel.
The ammo has been scarce and expensive lately. I bought my stash for $20 / box. Though, we may see increased supply and lower prices, as this caliber seems to be gaining popularity lately.


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For those who have ever worked in a restaurant, you are most likely acquainted with the grease trap. Grease traps are required at restaurants to guarantee that the oil, fat, and grease from cooked food is appropriately disposed of after being prepared. Although having a grease trap in a restaurant is essential, it is also critical to get it cleaned regularly for various reasons.
Read this blog: How to Choose, Use, and Clean a Restaurant Grease Trap
Sulfuric acid is generated in grease traps if food waste is left in them for an extended period. If this chemical is not removed from the tank regularly, it may cause harm to the tank itself.
The Smell of Rotten Eggs
Grease traps must be cleaned out regularly since they are clogged with food scraps. A lengthy period may be required before the decaying stench may be detected within the restaurant. This stench will undoubtedly offend the majority of restaurant customers.
With time, it becomes more difficult to clean.
The longer you wait to clear out a grease trap, the more difficult it may get to clean it. It is true for most things in life. This is especially true for food waste, which may solidify and cling to the tank’s walls, making cleaning the tank over a lengthy period challenging to do.

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Proud to announce that Dr. Deepa Ganesh is the first gynecologist in South India to perform hysterectomy surgery using CMR Versius Robotic Surgical System.
You all may be aware that Laparoscopic hysterectomy surgery is a much better option than traditional incision based hysterectomy surgery as it offers several advantages including:
- Smaller incisions are done to perform the surgery.
- Key hole surgery involves making only one hole on the belly button to perform the surgery, effectively making the surgery ‘scarless’.
- Shorter recovery time
- Shorter hospital stay after surgery
- Minimal pain and blood loss
- Very minimal risks of post operative complications.
How Robotic Hysterectomy surgery is is even better than laparoscopic hysterectomy surgery?
Advanced technological evolutions have paved way for safer surgical procedures over time and robotic hysterectomy is one of them. Robotic surgeries offer several advantages to the performing doctors as well as the patients. Following are the benefits of robot assisted hysterectomy surgery over laparoscopic surgery:
- Detailed 3D visualization of the interior parts of the body. This offers doctors a great detail of information when working on the tiny organs inside the body and making even more tiny procedures on them.
- Great dexterity – In conventional laparoscopic surgery, the movement of the devices are restricted (compared to the movement of robotic arms). This helps the surgeon reach hard to reach places with ease.
- Greater precision – Detailed visuals and highly controllable arms offer very high precision when operating ensuring near zero errors or scarring. This brings down the post operative care to near zero. Less pain to go through after surgery and even quicker healing can be expected.
How is a Robotic Hysterectomy surgery performed?
- The abdomen area of the patient is well cleaned and disinfected.
- Whole body anesthesia is given to the patient after going through the past medical history of the patient.
- A Catheter is used to empty the bladder of the patient.
- Small incisions are made on the body (typically 5) through which the parts of robotic arms are inserted into the body.
- Gas is injected into the body to create room to perform the surgery.
- The surgeon then sits in front of an advanced computer and works with the arms provided at the computer. (Instead of standing beside the patient to perform the surgery). This is kind of remote operation being performed on the patient.
- One assistant or another doctor or trained nurse stays with the patient helping the doctor performing the surgery.

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Wondering what to buy at Costco if you’re aiming for a healthy, plant-based diet? These 15 vegan Costco finds can help you stock up the healthy, budget-friendly way.
Did you know that Costco can offer you a wealth of wholesome plant-based food staples at a significant savings? Yep, in fact half of the world’s cashews–a cornerstone food in my pantry–are sold at Costco! This big box store is one of my favorite grocery stores, and I make the journey to my local Costco several times a year to stock up on a few of my favorite foods. Not only do they sell everything, Costco also runs great deals when you buy frequently used items in bulk. One of the things that I love most about Costco is that they have a 14% markup rule. That means they refuse to mark up any item more than 14% of what they originally paid for it. If you are interested in shopping at Costco but don’t have a membership, you can always tag along with a friend or neighbor with a membership.
Costco is a wholesale seller and the second largest retailer in the United States, behind Walmart. Wholesalers are typically the middlemen when goods are sold; however, Costco broke the chain and decided to sell directly to consumers, which makes things cheaper for customers. While they may be famous for their enormous muffins and giant bags of chips, Costco also offers a wide variety of organic and plant-based products. A lot of the products sold by Costco are Kirkland brand (Costco’s private label brand).
Costco also has a sustainability pledge. Costco’s webpage says, “For Costco to thrive, the world must thrive—we are committed to doing our part.” Some of Costco’s current sustainability practices include LED upgrades, skylight insulation, and electric ovens. They are also piloting electric tractors, yard trucks, and bakery ovens; and evaluating the feasibility of installing electric vehicle charging stations for members.
I’m sharing some of my favorite plant-based Costco products in these categories: produce/refrigerated, frozen, beverages, snacks, and pantry foods. I always have these staples on hand for cooking and snacking. Remember to make sure you appropriately store your Costco items that come in bulk size to avoid food waste. Prices noted below reflect the recent prices collected during a survey at Costco. These may change over time and location. Have fun shopping!
Top 15 Best Things to Buy at Costco: Vegan Edition
Note: Prices noted below reflect the recent prices collected during a survey at Costco. These may change over time and location.
Produce and Refrigerated Foods
1. Organic Bananas
Costco runs a great deal on bananas, which make the perfect addition to smoothies, yogurt parfaits, and baked goods. To avoid food waste, pick out green bunches and use them up before they become overripe; you can freeze them to use in smoothies and bread later.
2. Organic Hummus
Who can live without hummus? This classic hummus is a great staple to stock in your fridge to use on sandwiches, with pita or chips, to top salads and grain bowls, or as a quick snack with veggies.
3. Baby Spinach
I love getting a Costco pack of spinach to use in salads, green smoothies, cauliflower lasagna, and pasta. Green leafy vegetables, rich in essential nutrients, are an important part of your healthy plant-based diet, too.
4. Frozen Blueberries
This large bag of frozen blueberries is an essential element in my freezer! When fresh blueberries are out of season, I turn to frozen berries. Berries have been found to be beneficial for brain health. I like to add them to smoothies, overnight oats, yogurt parfait, chia pudding, salads, grain bowls, and more!
5. Frozen Veggie Mix
This classic frozen veggie mix is ideal for keeping on hand for a variety of dishes, especially when fresh is not available. No chopping or dicing required! You can use these vegetables as a side dish, or add it to soups, stir-fries, curries, grain bowls, and fajitas.
Price: $12.99 (case)
If you love to sip on kombucha as much as I do, you know how pricey it can be! That’s why I love this Costco Kombucha, which is such a great deal. Plus, those live bacteria can help foster gut microbiome diversity.
7. Multi-grain Tortilla Chips
This large bag of multi grain tortilla chips, which is packed with whole wheat and seeds, is perfect for snacking and entertaining. I like to serve them with my homemade hummus or fresh salsa. Keep leftovers fresh by sealing the bag.
8. Canned Peaches
Price: $12.89 (8 pack)
I always stock canned peaches in my pantry. Sure, fresh are the best, but they are only available for such a short time. Canned is next best! Canned peaches can be a great start to so many dishes: Gingered Pancakes with Peach Topping, Peach Olive Oil Cobbler, and a Peach Yogurt Parfait, for starters. You’ll find that when you have canned peaches on hand, the sky is the limit–you can add them to smoothies, salads, cereals, and more.
Price: $12.99 (case)
You will always find applesauce in my pantry, as it’s such a healthy, convenient snack, and also a great baking ingredient. You can use applesauce in baked goods, such as bars, cookies, cakes, and breads. I love that this applesauce has no sugar added—the only ingredients are water, apples, and vitamin C.
10. Dave’s Killer Bread
If you’re looking for a good deal on hearty, delicious, whole grain & seed bread, look no further than Dave’s Killer Bread by the two-pack at Costco. Rich in fiber, B vitamins, and minerals, this whole grain bread is a great family-friendly choice for sandwiches, avocado toast, stuffing, and beyond. Store one loaf in the freezer to avoid food wastage.
11. Almond Butter
Almond butter is always in my pantry. It’s our go-to for toast, crackers, sandwiches, and cooking. My Apple Oatmeal with Quinoa and Almonds is one of our favorite healthy recipes featuring almond butter. You can also use almond butter as a dip for fresh fruit, veggies, and tortilla chips. Yum!
12. Old Fashioned Quaker Oats
Oats are a necessary addition to your Costco shopping list. There are so many health benefits for including oats in your diet, including lower heart disease risk and better digestion. Sure, you can make the most amazing porridge and overnight oats, but they are also good added to baked goods, vegan meatballs, and side dishes. Even homemade dog biscuits!
13. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
I recommend extra virgin olive oil as your number one healthy cooking oil in the kitchen. You can use it for sautéing, grilling, and roasting veggies, pasta dishes, salad dressings, and even desserts, like my Peach Crisp. Remember to keep your olive oil out of direct light and use it up quickly to preserve its flavor and nutrition.
14. Canned Black Beans
Price: $8.79 (case)
Black beans are one of the most versatile foods you can stock in your kitchen. Rich in protein, fibers, essential vitamins and minerals, and phytochemicals, research shows you should be including more pulses like black beans in your diet. Just open and dump canned black beans into grain bowls, salads, wraps, tacos, casseroles, side dishes, shepherd’s pie and more!
15. Whole Raw Cashews
Cashews are a treasure for a plant-based kitchen! Sure, these earthy nuts are good in trail mix, baked goods, oats, and salads, but did you know that you can turn cashews into the best ever cashew cheese or cashew Parmesan cheese in minutes? Yep! You should always keep a big bag of cashews on hand. Plus, tree nuts like cashews are good for keeping your heart healthy.
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When a Scoutmaster suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed on a nearby trail, Scouts Drew N. and Jacob E. ran to his aid.
The Scouts, who are from the Boy Scouts of America Mount Baker Council, were working as lifeguards at their local Scout camp and had to run barefoot along a gravel trail to reach the spot where Scoutmaster Bill Hoffman had collapsed.
Upon arriving at the scene, the Scouts discovered that Scoutmaster Hoffman did not have a pulse, and they immediately put their Scout training into action to provide CPR. Because he had suffered cardiac arrest, they worked on providing aid to Hoffman for 12 minutes while waiting for medics to arrive.
“He flat-lined, his heart stopped, they couldn’t find a pulse,” Tracie Hoffman, his wife, said. “It’s a miracle story. It really is. They gave me my husband back.”
“It’s just really intense to think about this guy was clinically dead and he’s back now,” said Drew.
Jacob credited his Scout training for helping him be prepared to save a life.
“Be prepared,” he said. “It’s nice to be prepared. Having lots of training is good.”
Jacob had completed a CPR refresher course just two weeks prior.
The Scoutmaster, who doctors say should make a full recovery from this incident of cardiac arrest, has two Eagle Scout sons and has been part of Scouting for 33 years. He was thankful for the boys’ dedication to learning lifesaving skills.
“In seeing Jacob and Drew enact this, it was so rewarding to Bill that he wants to thank them for taking it seriously,” Tracie said. “[They] gave four children their father back.”
To learn more about how Drew and Jacob put their Scouting skills to use to save the life of a Scoutmaster who suffered cardiac arrest, be sure to see the full story at KomoNews.com.


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That’s right. I thought I’d end up as an academic. It was my impression that unless you made it big as a novelist that’s the only thing you could do with writing. And I thought it would be an easy road.

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List of things you may want to know about for exam 2 see disclaimer from exam 1 document Learning Classical conditioning What is it What are NS US CS UR CR Pavlov and little albert experiment 0 Types of Learning 0 Classical conditioning learning to link two stimuli in a way that helps us anticipate an events to which we have a reaction 0 Operant conditioning changing behavior chocies in response to consequesnces O Congitive learning acquiring new behavior and information through observation and information rather than by direct experience Ivan Pavlov39s Discovery 0 While studying salivation in dogs Ivan Pavlov found that salivation from eating food was eventually triggered by what should have been neutral stimuli such as I Just seeing the food I Seeing the dish I Seeing the person who brought the food I Just hearing the persons footsteps Before Conditioning 0 Neutral stimulus I A stimulus which does not trigger a response Before Conditioning 0 Unconditioned stimulus and response I A stmulus which triggers a response naturally before Without any conditioning After conditioning Conditioned stimulus is after association with and unconditioned stimulus comes to trigger a unconditioned response John B watson and Classical Conditiong Playing with Fear 0 In 1920 9 month old little Albert was not afraid of rats 0 John B Watson and Rosalie Rayner then clanged a steel bar everytime a rat was present to albert 0 Albert acquired a fear of rats and generalized this fear to other soft and furry things Before Conditiong 0 NS Rat no fear 0 US Steel bar bit with hammer UR fear 0 NS US Natural reflex fear 0 CS Conditioned reflex fear Higherorder Conditioning 0 The learned association NS US can be transferred to a similar stimulus CS CS 0 Little Albert generalized his fear response from the rat to other furry animals Operant conditioning What is it difference from classical Reinforcement vs punishment Positive vs negative 0 Operant Conditioning 0 Involves adjusting to the consequences of our behaviors 0 So we can easily learn to do more of what works and less or what doesn39t work 0 We may smile more at work after this repeatedly gets us bigger tips 0 We learn how to ride a bike using the strategies that dot make us crash 0 Operant and Classical Conditioning are different formas of associative Learning 0 Classical conditiong o Involves respondent behavior reflexive auto reactions such as fear or craving 0 These reactions to unconditioned stimuli US become associated with neutral thengtgtgt conditioned stimuli o The experimental neutral stimulus repeatedly presesdes the respondent behavior and eventually triggers that behaviors O Operant conditioning o Involves operant behavior chosen behaviors which quotoperatequot on the enrironment 0 These behaviors become associated with consequences which punish increase the operant behavior 0 The experiment consequence stimulus repeatedly follows the operant behaviors and eventually punishes or reinforces that behavior 0 Reinforcement O Refers to any feedback from the environment that makes a behavior more likely to recur o Reinforcers 0 Positive reinforcement o Encourages behavior by adding a desirable O Negative reinforcement o Encourages behavior by removing an aversive unpleasant stimulus 0 Positive example You drink a couple beets and feel happy and relaxed o The addition of the happyrelaxed feeling makes you more likely to drink beer in the future Negative example You take an aspirin your headache goes away 0 The removal of pain makes you more likely to take aspirin again 0 In both cases the behavior is likely to reoccur 0 Why we might work for money 0 If we repeatedly introduce a neutral stimulus beofre a reinforcer this stimulus acquires the power to be used as a reinforcer O A primary reinforcer is a timulus that meets a basic need or otherise is intrinsically desirable such as food sex fun attention or power 0 A secondary conditioned reinforcer is a stimulus such as money which has become associated with a primary reinforcer money buys foods builds power 0 A Human Talent Responding to Delayed Reinforces o If you give a dog a treat ten minutes after they did a trick you ll be reinforcing whatever they did right before the treat Dogs respond to immediate reinforcement o Humans can link a consequence to a behavior even if they aren t linked sequentially in time The piece of paper money can be a delayed reinforce paid a month later yet still reinforcing if we link it to our performance 0 Delaying gratification a skill related to impulse control enables longerterm goal setting How often should we reinforce 0 Do we need to give a reward every single time Or is that even best 0 In continuous reinforcement giving a reward after the target every single time o The subject acquires the desired behavior quickly In partialintermittent reinforcement giving rewards part of the time o The target behavior takes longer to be acquired but persists longer without reward less prone to extinction Which Schedule of Reinforcement is this Ratio or Interval Fixed or Variable o Rat gets food every third time it presses the lever 0 Getting paid weekly no matter how much work is done 0 Getting paid for every ten boxes you make 0 Hitting a jackpot sometimes on the slot machine 0 Winning sometimes on the lottery you play once a day Checking cell phone all day sometimes getting a text Buy eight pizzas get the next one free Fundraiser averages one donation for every eight houses visited Kid has tantrum parents sometimes give in o Repeatedly checking mail until paycheck arrives Operant Effect Punishment Punishments have the opposite effects of reinforcement These consequences make the target behavior less likely to occur in the future When is punishment effective 0 Punishment works best in natural settings when we encounter punishing consequences from actions such as reaching into a fire 9everity of punishments is not as helpful as making the punishments immediate and certain Summary Types of Consequences 0 Cognitive Learning 0 Latent Learning 0 Rats appear to form cognitive maps They can learn a maze just by wandering o Latent learning refers to skills or knowledge gained from experience but not apparent in behavior until rewards are given 0 Latent learning Observational learning bobo doll experiment 0 Learning Rewards and Motivation 0 Intrinsic motivation refers to the desire to perform a behavior well for its own sake The reward is internalized as a feeling of satisfaction 0 Extrinsic motivation refers to doing a behavior to receive rewards from others 0 Intrinsic motivation can be reduced by external rewards 0 Learning by Observation 0 Can we like the rats exploring the maze with no reward learn new behaviors and skills without a direct experience of conditioning 0 Yes and one of the ways we do so is by observational learning watching what happens when other people do a behavior and learning from their experience 0 Skills required mirroring being able to picture ourselves doing the same action and cognition noticing consequences and association 0 Albert Bandura s Bobo Doll Experiment 1961 0 Children watched adults behave aggressively with an inflated doll 0 These kids were then put in a room with toys and acted out the same behaviors they had seen 0 Children who saw adults being non aggressive or be punished for their aggression were less likely to copy the behaviors o Mirroring in the Brain 0 When we watch others doing or feeling something neurons fire in patterns that would fire if we were doing the action or having the feeling ourselves 0 These neurons are referred to as mirror neurons and they fire only to reflect the actions or feelings of others 0 Mirroring Plus Vicarious Reinforcement o Mirroring enables observational learning we cognitively practice a behaviorjust by watching it o If you combine this with vicarious reinforcement we are even more likely to get imitation 0 Monkey a saw Monkey B getting a banana after pressing four symbols Monkey A then pressed the same four symbols even though the symbols were in different locations Memory Recall vs recognition vs relearning Atkinson Shiffrin model what is it What are components Alan Baddeley model of working memory what is it Components Effortful processing what is it Examples HM what happened What did we learn from it 0 Models of memory formation 0 The AtkinsonShiffrin Model 0 Stimulis is record and held in our sensory memory 0 Some of it is put into the short term memory 0 Info moves inot long term memory 0 Working Memory 0 Visual and auditory repeating of the info 0 Certain executive focuses parts and pulls it into the long term memory 0 DualTrack ProcessingExplicit and implicit memories 0 Explicit are fast esperiences that we can consciously know and recall 0 Implicit are memoires that are formed without going through all of the stages We are not fully aware of them 0 Automatic Processing 0 Some memoires go straight into IM that icnulde 0 Procedural memory Conditioned associations Space 0 Time Frequency 0 The encoding and processing memory 0 Sensory memory 0 Refers to instant very brief recording of info I Echo or image 0 34 second echo 0 129th ofa second image 0 Evidence of Visual Sensory Memory 0 George Speling Experimwent39s 0 Shows that 120th of a second view of a grid 0 Encoding Memory Capacity of Short Term and Working Memory 0 George Miller 0 We hold info for 72 seconds 0 Varies from person to person 0 Duration of short Term Memory STM 0 Lloyd Peterson and Margaret Peterson wanted to know the duration of short term memory 0 People were triples of consonants eg VMF 0 To prevent rehearsing the subjects had to do a distracting task 0 People were then tested at various times to recall 0 Result after 12 seconds most memory of the consonants had decay and could not be retrieved o Encoding Effortful Processing strategies 0 A way to encode information into memory to keep it from decaying and make it easier to retrieve O Effortful processing is known as studying o Chunking Why are credit card number broken into groups of four digits Four chucks are easier to encode memorize and recall than individual digits Organizing data into manageable units Works even better if we can assemble information into meaningful groups 0 Mnemonics What are the order of operations 0 Think back to math class 0 Please excuse my dear aunt sally o Is a memory trick that connects information to exhibition memory strengths such as imagery or structure 0 HierarchiesCategories We are more likely to recall a concept if we encode it in a hierarchy branchingnested set of categories and sub categories Below is an example of a hierarchy using some of the concepts we have just seen 0 Rehearsal and distributed practice Massed practice refers to cramming information all at once o It is not time effective The spacing effect You will develop better retention and recall if you use the same amount of study time spread out over many short sessions The testing effect Henry roediger found that if you distributed practice includes testing having two answer questions about the martial you will learn more and retain more than if you merely reared o DeepSemantic Processing when encoding information we are more like to retain it if we deeply process even a simple word list by focusing on the semantics meaning of the words 0 Making Information personally meaningful We can memorize a set of instruction more easily if we figure out what they mean rather than seeing them as set of words Actors memorize lines and students memorize poems more easily by deciding on the feelings and meanings behind the words so one line flows naturally to the next In self reference effect relating matieral to ourselves aids encoding and retention Now try again but this time consider how each word relates to you 0 Memory storage Capacity and location The brain is not like a hard drive The brains long term memory storage does not get full it gets more elaborately rewired and interconnected Process known as long term potentiation o Emory of a particular kitchen table may be a linkage among networks for kitchen meal wooden home legs sit o The end of long term memory is death 0 Double receptor sites I Electron microscope image a shows just one receptor site grey reaching toward a sending neuron before long term potentiation I Image b shows that after LTP the receptor sites have double This means that the receiving neuron has increased sensitivity for detecting the presence of the neurotransmitter molecules that may be released by the sending neuron o Explicit Memory Processing I Retrieval and use of explicit memories is directed by the frontal lobes I Encoding and storage of explicit memories is facilitated by the hippocampus Held here to be viewed before moved to other parts of the brain during sleep 0 Implicit memory processing I The cerebellum 39little brain39 Formats and stores our condition responses I We can store a phobic response even if we can39t recall how we acquired the fear I The basal ganglia next to the thalamus controls movement and forms and stores procedural memory and motor skills We can learn to ride a bicycle even if we can39t recall having the lesson 0 Emotions and Memory I Strong emotions especially stress can strengthen memory formation I Flashbulb memories refer to emotional intense events that become burned in as a vividseeming memory I Note that flashbulb memories are not as accurate as they feel 0 Memory retrieval I Recall Short term memory capacity abt 72 bit of information decays rapidly long term recall can be aided through effortful processing I Recognition the average person can view 2500 new faces places later can notice 90 percent accuracy which ones they39ve seen before I Relearning some people are unable to form new memories especially of episodes although they would not recall a puzzle solving lesson they might sight solve the puzzle faster each lesson 0 Retrieval Cues I Retrieval challenge memory is not stored as a file that can be retrieved by search alphabetically I Instead it is stored as a web of association 0 Conceptual o Contextual o Emotional I Memory involves a web of associated concepts 0 Retrieval is affected by activating our associations I Priming is the activation unconsciously of a particular associations in memory 0 Triggers a thread of associations that bring us to a concept 0 Our minds work by having one idea trigger another this maintains a flow ofthought o The power of Priming I Priming has been called quotinvisible memoryquot because it affects us In the case of tree bark vs dog bark The path we follow in our thoughts can be channeled by priming We may have biases and associations stored in memory that also influence our choices 0 Primed with money people do not share 0 Primed with Santa Claus led kids to share 0 Primed with a missing child poster more liking to see adult to child talking afar would be considered kidnapping Context dependent memory Part of the web of associations of a memory is the context 0 AKA more than just the info itself We retrieve a memory more easily when in the dame context as when we formed the memory StateDependent Memory Memories can also be tied to the emotional state we were in when we formed the memory Mood congruent memory refers to the tendency to selectively recall details that are consistent with one current mood 0 When mad at your romantic partner you remember all the things they ve done to annoy you 0 When happy with your partner you remember all the good times you ve had The serial position effect Priming context cues are not only the factors which make memory retrieval selective o The serial position effect 0 Refers to the tendency when learning information in a long list to more likely recall the first items and the last items The brain and the two track Mind the case of henry malison 39HMquot The removal og HM39s hippocampus ended his seizures bnut also ended his ability to form new explicit memories HM could learn new skills procedures locations of objects and games but had no memory of the lessons or the instructors o What is the important difference here The Two Types of Amnesia Retorgrade amnesia refers to an inability to retrieve memory of the past 0 Head injury 0 Temporary Anterograde amensia refers to an inability to form new long term declarative explicit memories 0 Brain damage 0 Will not get better RA old memories inaccesiblegtgtgtgtgtgtgt AA No post trauma memories Storage Decay 1022015 1248 AM Material encoded into long term memory will decay if the meory is never used recall and restored Decay is LTP in reverse or like pruning Unused connecions and networks wither while well used memory traces are kept I Decay tends to level off 0 Memory for both nonsense syllables and spanish lesson decays rapidly o What hasn t decayed quickly tends to stay intact long term 0 Tip of the tongue Retrieval Failure I Sometimes the memory does not decay but what does are the assoications to the memory I quotI know what namequot I To prevent retreval failure when storing you build multiple associations and linking images to it 0 Why is our memory full of errors I Memory gets forgotten and constructed I They are altered when we recall them 0 Reconsolidate I Later infor alters earlier memories I No matter have accurate you think it is it is full of alterations o The misinformation effect I ncoporation misleading info into ones memory of an event 0 Implanted memories I In elzabeth loftus people were asaked to provide details of a incident in child when they had been lost at the mall I Even though no incident actually happened most people believe that it happened 0 d ja vu I Already seen 0 The feeling that you39re in a situation that you39ve seen or have been in before 0 We feel certain a source of amnesia o A memory the we think is from our long term memory 0 Familiarity and recognition kick in and our brain tells us that this is a past experinceor it kicks in too soon 0 Constructed memories and Children I Kids have underdeveloped frontal lobes more prone to implanted memories I Imagined events are hard to differentiate from experienced events I When interviewing kids don t LEAD them be nonsuggestive in questions 0 Recovered memories of past abuse I Can people recover repressed memories I Abused memoires are more like burned in I Forgotten memories can reappear spontaneously through cues o Improveing memory to improve grades I RETRIEVAL CUES I Meaningful depth I Mnemoics I Multpie study sessions I Space further and further apart I Activating your retrieval cues I Test yourself Thinking language Problem solving what are strategies we use What are obstacles in the way we think language what is it What are components How does it develop Characteristics of chimp language ability Confirmation Bias 0 Confirmation bias refers to our tendency to search for information which confirms our current theory disregarding contradictory evidence 0 Natural tendency quotIf I m right then fact C will confirm my theory I must look for fact quotCquot 0 Scientific practice quotIf I m right then fact D will disprove or at least disconfirm my theory I must search for fact D 0 Confirmation Bias Test Hypothesized rulefact everyone who drinks alcohol at this party is at least 21 years of age Other problem Solving Habits 0 Mental Set 0 The tendency to approach problems using a mindset procedures and methods that has worked previously 0 Fixation o The tendency to get stuck in one way thinking an inability to see a problem from a new perspective The availability heuristic 0 We use to estimate the likelihood of an event based on how much it stands out in our mind how much it is available as a mental reference The overconfidence error 0 In judgements refers to our tendency to be more confident than correct 0 We over estimate the accuracy of our estimates predictions and knowledge Belief Perseverance Error quotMy mind is made up do not confuse me with the facts 0 Belief perseverance is the tendency to hold onto our beliefs when facing contrary evidence 0 We interpret information in a way that fits our beliefs We disregard contrary information as wrong or biased O Stereotypes are maintained by this error people often disregard examples contradicting stereotypes 0 Framing 0 Is focus emphasis or perspective that affects our judgements and decisions 0 Do other species think If thinking consists of understanding concepts including words numbers and qualities then many creatures can memorize the names of many objects Parrots can speak the names birds can sort objects by shape color and type Alex the African parrot could add numbers and answer complex questions such as quotwhat color bigger quotTell me the color of the object that is the bigger of these two If thinking consists of solving problems with insight devising behaviors that were not trained and putting strategies together in new combinations then chimpanzees demonstrate advanced problemsolving After putting down a short stick that could not reach a fruit a chimp jumped up suddenly to use that short stick to reach a longer stick Do Animals Use LANGUAGE Language consists of the use of symbols to represent transmit and store meaninginformation Symbols include organized patterns of sounds visual representations and movements Meaning includes concepts quantities plans identity feelings ideas facts and customs Uses of Language We can hear about and understand phenomena we have never expe enced We can make plans and have others carry them out We can know what another person is thinking more directly than just by observing their behavior How do we learn language Language Development Language Development is an Amazing Process Around 1824 months old human children experience a vocabulary boom From a handful of words mom dad hungry etc to thousands of words o This vocab acquisition is not only massive it is rapid Children may learn a word by hearing it only once Children can learn words and meanings while simultaneously following social rules for speaking and listening Learning not to say bad words Explaining Language Acquisition Nature and Nurture The Role of Genes We seem to have an inborn genetic talent for acquiring language though no particular kind of language is in the genes The Role of Experience We also seem to have a quotstatisticalquot pattern recognition talent Infants quickly recognize patterns in syllable frequency and sequence preparing them to later learn words and syntax
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Our wedding is very quickly approaching! Now that our guest list has been set and the RSVP’s are confirmed, I thought that it would be good to share what we sent to our people! All of our cards were designed by my awesome studio-mate Jim of NonStop Design and they were printed as 5×7 cards. We like the idea that in the end they’ll be a set of matching cards.
Save the Date Cards
We chose to send out Save the Date cards eight months before our wedding. We wanted to do this for a few reasons:
1) We were pretty darn excited when we got our venue and date set!
2) We wanted to let people know that our wedding is going to be on a weekday so this may mean taking a day off work for those regular-hour-working-folk.
3) We wanted to let people know that it would be an adults only wedding so should they have kids, they would have enough time to organise childcare for that day.
In the summer we did a portrait session with my favourite photographer, Chris Buck. We wanted something fun and quirky. We ended up choosing the portrait below from that day for our Save the Date cards. I love it so much. This card was printed as a flat 5×7 so the image was on the front and the text was printed on the back.
We mailed our out invitations in the middle of January for our April 1st wedding. We wanted to give people lots of time and warning for what to expect. We gave everyone basically 1 1/2 months to send us their RSVPs. We chose to forgo traditional RSVP reply cards and instead created an email address for this purpose. I liked doing it this way because now we have everyone’s email address so can send out a mass email closer to the date with more information.
The initial draft of our invitation was nothing what I envisioned for it. So I told Jim that we wanted: colourful, fun and not-so-serious nor wedding-like. This is what he came up with. For the cover of the invitation, we used a portrait that the awesome Mexican photographer Fer Juaristi took of us this past summer. The rest of the invitation was all about colour. As you already know, creating our guest list was important to us – we want no one in the room who we do not know and we really wanted to emphasize that on the invite. We also wanted to mention that it would be a cocktail reception but not to let our people think that we were cheaping out on the food! We included a link to a web page that we created to include more information about things like accommodations and parking. I think that it’s important to educate your guests on all aspects of the wedding so that good times will be had by all. I love that the design and format matches the Save the Date card, although the invitation is a folded 5×7 card. (And top secret: the floral design that Jim created may or may not match the decor that will be up at the wedding.) 😉
After Party Cards
Our wedding is obviously not like regular weddings (and we would have it no other way!). Our actual wedding reception ends quite early since it is on a weekday. Because of this, we are hosting an After Party at one of our favourite bars in Toronto. We had a separate 4×6 card made with all of the information for that that we slipped inside of the invitation. Again, I told Jim to design this card with colour and fun in mind and also that he could be even less formal with this one. So of course, he included sugar skulls on it!
All in all, I love the cards that we sent to our friends and family. I think that people also liked receiving them because every time I go to someone’s house, I see one stuck to their fridge. I am starting to get seriously excited about this wedding. Less than a month to go!

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Athens Photo Festival 2018
Athens Photo Festival 2018 is accepting submissions from emerging and established artists and photographers from all over the world, for the 2018 exhibition programme. The selected projects will be exhibited from 6 June to 29 July 2018 at the Benaki Museum, one of the most prestigious museums in Greece.
The 20 shortlisted artists – selected by the curatorial committee of the festival – will have the chance to participate for free to the International Portfolio Review in Athens.
DEADLINE: 4 April, 2018


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“Are you sure this trail is only 5 miles round trip? I feel like we’ve been walking forever.” I questioned Rach as she gingerly leapt from boulder to boulder that protruded from the Sabino Canyon creek bed.
“That’s what the website said…let me check when we get to the other side of this creek.”
Rach pulled her phone out once she had reached the sandy shoreline and looked up the Seven Falls trail information.
“Oh shoot…” Rach quietly whispered.
“What is it?” I asked.
“Well, it seems I didn’t read the entire post about the trail. It’s only 5 miles round trip if you take a tram to the trailhead from the parking lot. We walked from the parking lot so I think that adds another 4 miles….Whoops!” Rach nervously exclaimed.
“We’ve come this far, might as well keep on walking. I just wish we would have brought more food than 2 granola bars and some trail mix.”
Rach and I have been working quite a bit here in Arizona and last week we finally had a day off together. We decided to head down to Tucson to check out Sabino Canyon and 7 falls. Unfortunately, our plans for a short 2 hour hike turned into a much longer time commitment but I must say even though we doubled our planned hiking distance the views at 7 falls were completely worth it.
Sabino Canyon is located just east of Tucson and offers a wide variety of hiking trails. However, the actual trailheads are located at varying distances from the two parking lots which is where the tram ride comes in handy. For $4 apiece we could have taken a tram to the 7 falls trailhead which, in the end, would have saved us about 4 miles of walking. Unfortunately, we missed this memo. The two miles to get to the trailhead traverse a stereotypical Arizona landscape past cacti and red dirt but follow along a paved road which hinders any sense of seclusion. The actual 7 falls trail produces much more inspiring views. It winds through a stunning landscape saturated with saguaro cacti, a bubbling creek, and shear rock walls eventually ending with 7 cascading waterfalls. Once at the falls we took our time eating what little snacks we had packed and hiking up to some of the higher water features. The view really was spectacular.
However, after soaking in the glittering views of the falls and in our attempts to ward of extreme hanger we hiked as fast as we could back to the car where our actual lunch patiently awaited us.

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How Honda Hybrid Cars Work
Honda hybrid cars work from two different systems: Traditional Honda hybrid systems and Honda Plug-In hybrid systems. Both hybrid systems, however, mix electric power with gasoline power. So, if you’re looking for an environmentally friendly and fuel efficient car around Troy, then it’s worth knowing how your next Honda hybrid car works.
Honda’s Two Hybrid Systems
- Honda Plug-In Hybrid Systems – Honda Plug-In Hybrid Systems are a step in a new direction. Plug-In Hybrid cars work on electric for an extended period. Later, in extended range driving, the gasoline engine kicks in, working with the electric motors. If you’re looking to experience Honda’s innovative plug-in hybrid systems, keep your eyes open for the Honda Clarity Plug-In.
- Traditional Hybrid Systems – This system uses a set of motors. During ordinary driving to work in Troy, the gasoline engine flips on the generator. The generator then produces electricity for the hybrid motor. During extended range driving, the gasoline power works in tandem with the hybrid car’s electric system, thus improving the vehicle’s fuel efficiency. You’ll find traditional hybrid systems in Honda vehicles like the Honda Accord Hybrid.
Which Honda Cars Rely on Hybrid Technology?
- Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid
- Honda Insight Hybrid
- Honda Civic Hybrid
- Honda Accord Hybrid
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The Streets Do Flow
A series of print based works.
The Streets Do Flow is a collaboration with Laura Mansfield.
The work developed from documenting and recording the thoughts and perspectives of local Newcastle running club Wallsend Harriers, about their journeys through the city.
Using these recollections, an alternative map was constructed of Newcastle and its surrounding area, in which the runner’s local knowledge of the city as their training ground dictated all the routes, pathways and landmarks.
Alongside the map, which was designed and transformed into a billboard poster for the city centre, a series of text pieces edited from quotes made by the runners’, were placed over eight consecutive days in an advertisement space of a local newspaper, The Journal.
Both works were also exhibited as part of Hit the Ground, a group exhibition at the Hatton Gallery, Newcastle. At the launch of the exhibition a folded ‘hand-map’, with an edited text of a single journey taken by a runner through the centre of Newcastle, printed on the back of A2 section of the billboard sheets, was distributed to the public. All three works were made in collaboration with designers Studio Dust.
Commissioned by The Great North Run Cultural Programme 2009.

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• The width of the path must suit the layout and garden size along with accommodating the expected traffic flow.
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• Using design features to indicate destinations – places where the visitor is invited to pause and look around.
• The use of the right material such as flagstone or slate that fits in with the landscape aura and design.
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When you enter the Redwood forest at Warburton East in Victoria, it's like entering an enchanted world. Walk among the rows and rows of tall, straight redwood trees reaching skyward and occasionally you will find an amazing nest made from fallen sticks from the trees. Is it the nest of a magical dragon that lives in the forest? The nests, which add a wonderful fantasy mood to the forest, are made by artist David Digapony.
Warburton East, Victoria, Australia
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A Missouri woman accused of shooting a McDonald’s restaurant employee has been charged, officials said.
Terika Clay, 30, of St. Louis, was charged with first-degree assault and armed crime after she allegedly shot an unidentified employee after an argument over the discount on french fries escalated, FOX 2 reported in St. Louis.
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by Top Speed (Jul, 2006)
97 As a basis for the Type-R, Honda has already released the Type-S Civic, with sportier suspension, steering and overall improved handling.
by Top Speed (Jul, 2006)
Instead of that, they are engineered to create one of the best driving experience by use of a responsive steering, intuitive handling.
Road Tests Real world tests of the Honda Civic Type-R
Data points Key details of the Honda Civic Type-R
In The News From around the web
Firmer steering, a quicker ratio and stiffer steering box mountings all provide pin-sharp responses to steering wheel input, while the fuel tank's central location beneath the cabin floor helps to lower the centre of gravity and reduces the body's inertia moment. Further development of the Type R unit means more useable torque, as the switch to high-lift, long duration valve timing (the cam change) now takes place at a lower 5,200rpm, and continues all the way to 8,000rpm.
No, the most disheartening thing is that Honda is going to offer a stripped-down, 90-pounds-lighter Type R with no audio system, no rear parcel cover, no engine undertray, and reduced sound insulation. After all, the U.S.-market Civic Si has pretty nice sport seats, virtually the same engine, and pretty hard-core handling characteristics itself.
Honda’s Type-R philosophy is focused around offering a driving experience similar to that given by racing cars and making the driver part of the machine by giving him high levels of feedback from the vehicle such as sound, steering response and handling. While supercharged engines could easily produce more power, NA engines deliver their power smoother and put it to ground more effectively.
by RAY HUTTON |
Car & Driver News
The new Type R was presented in vivid yellow as a concept car, simply because the production version will not be available in Europe until the end of this year, after lesser three-door versions have appeared. The power supply is unchanged — a high-revving but naturally-aspirated 2.0-liter i-VTEC engine.
Specifications Full list of technical specs
power & handling
|Power-to-weight ratio||15.06 lb/hp|
|Maximum hp||198 HP @ 8,000 RPM|
|Maximum torque||143 ft-lb|
|Steering system||Rack and pinion|
|Valves per cylinder||4 valves|
|Curb weight||2,981 lb|
|Top speed||145 mph|
|1/4 mile||14.9 s|
|Top gear time||1:33.50|
|Tsukuba circuit time||1:12.22|
|Hockenheim short lap time||1:21.30|
|# of gears||6 gears|
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IGC publishes Q2 outcomes, reveals promising outcomes from scientific trial of THC drug for Alzheimer’s signs – India Globalization Capital (IGC)
India Globalization Capital, Inc. (AMEX: IGC) announced its financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2021 on Friday Revenue of $ 56,000 versus $ 125,000 in the same period in 2020. The Bethesda, Maryland-based company found that its revenue for both quarters was mostly from its Life sciences Segment that included the sale of products such as lotions, gums and alcohol-based hand sanitisers.
Financial highlights in the 2nd quarter
- Net loss for the quarter was $ 4.3 million, or $ 0.08 per share versus a net loss of $ 1.65 million, or $ 0.04 per share, for the same quarter last year;
- Selling, general, and administrative expenses increased to approximately $ 4.1 million second quarter of 2021 of $ 1.48 million for the corresponding period of 2020;
- Research and development costs were $ 276,000, compared to $ 219,000 in the second quarter last year;
Operational milestones in the 2nd quarter
- On September 7, 2021, the company announced the Completion of Phase 1 clinical trial of IGC’s new investigational drug, IGC-AD1, based on tetrahydrocannabinol (“THC”), which is designed to relieve certain symptoms of people with Alzheimer’s disease. Based on this study and subject to FDA approval, the cannabis-based investigational drug IGC-AD1 was generally safe and well tolerated by the Alzheimer’s study participants. The company is Preparing an INDA filing with the FDA for a Phase 2/3 study of the use of IGC-AD1 to treat symptoms related to Alzheimer’s disease.
- On 17.09. it filed a provisional patent application (IGC-513) in the US Patent and Trademark Office to treat neuropsychiatric symptoms associated with dementia using a dosage pattern of IGC-AD1. to treat which was used in the recently completed Phase 1 Alzheimer’s study.
- On October 5th, 2021, the company received a Good Manufacturing Practice Certificate for its hemp processing facility in Vancouver Washington where it makes tinctures, lotions, gums, and other topical and consumable products.
- In the six months ending September 30, 2021, the company received approximately $ 4.1 million in net proceeds from equity issues. Received an offer “in the market” with The Benchmark Company, LLC on January 1st, 2021 to issue and sell up to $ 75 million of common stock in the company with a par value of $ 0.0001 per share.
India Globalization Capital’s shares traded 0.71% lower at $ 1.39 per share during the pre-market session on Monday.
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By Sami Zaptia:
London, 11 March 2018:
Most Libyan militias involved in illegal migration activities are nominally affiliated to official state security institutions, the UN Libya Experts Panel report states in its section on human trafficking and financing of armed groups.
‘‘Armed groups, which were party to larger political-military coalitions, have specialized in illegal smuggling activities, notably human smuggling and trafficking. The drastic rise in the numbers of migrants starting in 2014 indicates that illegal migration in Libya is not the preserve of isolated armed groups but of much larger coalitions. Most armed groups involved in these illegal activities were nominally affiliated to official security institutions. In 2014, the number of migrants that took the central Mediterranean route (great majority through Libya) was 170,664, compared to 45,298 and 15,151, respectively in 2013 and 2012.
Role of SDF and links with smugglers
The Special Deterrence Force (SDF) is an armed group affiliated to the Government of National Accord’s Ministry of Interior, with policing and security functions, including investigation of human traffickers and the arrest of illegal migrants.
Testimonies of migrants, originating from Eritrea, reveal that when they reached Tripoli from Bani Walid in July 2016, they were arrested by SDF. They confirmed that, once arrested by SDF, they were handed over, against payment, to various migrant smuggling rings for onward journeys to Zawiyah and Sabratha.
Some were handed over to the Mitiga detention centre, while others were taken to the Tajura and Abu Slim detention centres. These three centres are theoretically subordinated to the Ministry of Interior’s Department Combatting Illegal Migration (DCIM). The group detained in Mitiga had to pay the SDF between 300 and 400 USD each, for their release and transfer from Tripoli to Sabratha.
Four Bangladeshis told the Panel that they landed in Tripoli from Dhaka on 15 July 2015, holding valid Libyan work visas. On arrival, SDF seized their passports and detained them for three months in Mitiga. They were subsequently transferred to Sabratha, and sent on boats against their will to Europe after being extorted of 300 USD paid in cash to the SDF elements.
The Panel is assessing whether the SDF’s leadership was aware of collusion and trafficking being conducted within its ranks.
Role of Eritrean smugglers
In Tripoli, a well-structured network of smugglers coming from East Africa has operated since 2008. Multiple testimonies collected and corroborated by judicial authorities indicate that the leadership is composed of two Eritreans living in Tripoli, Ermias Ghermay and Abd al-Razzak Fitwi.
They play a key role in organizing the smuggling from the migrants’ homeland to Italy against substantial payments. Interviewees claimed that Fitwi acts as a broker and receives up to 1,500 US dollars per person, to release the migrants held in the official detention centres in Tripoli and to send them to Sabratha.
An armed group member from Tripoli, told the Panel that Fitwi and Ghermay paid substantial fees to prominent armed groups to pursue their activities and to guarantee their safety. They also have private detention camps in Tajura, Abu Slim and Gargaresh guarded by Africans. From there they transport migrants to Sabratha or Zawiyah.
Use of State detention facilities for trafficking
The Directorate Combatting Illegal Migration (DCIM) is responsible for 24 detention centres and employs 5,000 staff. Under Libyan legislation, the migrants are detained because they are considered as illegal aliens, subject to investigation by judicial authorities.
According to international agencies, the DCIM has no control over its detention centres. The administration is almost non-existent, and records on the migrants, who have been detained, are poor. A minister of the GNA admitted in a discussion that the armed groups are stronger than the authorities in handling the flows of migrants. Several migrants also confirmed that the local armed group controlled the centres they stayed in.
Smugglers in Sabratha
Sabratha is the main departing point of migrants to Italy. The city is divided between two competing armed groups involved in migrant smuggling. The eastern zone is under control of Mosab Abu Grein al Wadi armed group. The western zone is held by Ahmad al-Dabbashi’s Martyr Anas al-Dabbashi Brigade.
Anas al-Dabbashi Martyr Brigade
The commander of Anas al-Dabbashi Martyr’s Brigade, Ahmad al-Dabbashi (alias al- ‘Amu), was the main smuggler in Sabratha from 2014 until he was ousted in October 2017. West African migrants rescued in Lampedusa in April 2017 testified in Italy on al-Dabbashi’s modus operandi.
The interviewees were forced to call their families to transfer money to specific bank accounts located in Europe, Africa or the Middle East. From October 2016 to April 2017, they had to pay up to 2,000 USD each for their travel. The money was extorted by armed guards composed of Libyans, Nigerians and Gambians. The African guards work for three months to pay their own migration to Europe. The interviewees sailed, on 13 April 2017, with two of their former guards from Sabratha to Lampedusa.
The Panel is investigating the GNA’s creation and financing of the anti-illegal migration unit, “Brigade 48”. Although it was supposedly under the Ministry of Defence and the Chief of Staff, sources stated that al-Amu’s brother, Mohamed al-Dabbashi, headed it. In summer 2017, al-Dabbashi’s brigade had apparently shifted from trafficking to policing migrants for the GNA’s account.
Furthermore, several open sources reported an alleged deal with al-Dabbashi to contain the migration flows from Sabratha. Although the information was denied, it triggered violent clashes between competing armed groups involved in smuggling. Ahmad al-Dabbashi was defeated and escaped Sabratha on 6 October 2017. The PC dissolved the Brigade 48 on 16 November 2017.
Role of Mos’ab Abu Grein
Mos’ab Abu Grein (alias “The Doctor”), a leader of al-Wadi Brigade, operates in the eastern part of Sabratha. He is connected to a network of smugglers composed of Salafi armed groups in Tripoli, Sebha and Kufra. The Panel interviewed three different Eritrean migrants who reported that they were taken from SDF’s Mitiga detention centre to the Abu Grein facility in Sabratha in July 2016. They were detained in a hangar with African guards from where Abu Grein organizes departures on inflatable rubber boats to Italy.
The interviewees said they paid Abu Grein 1,500 USD cash via a Nigerian broker to cross the Mediterranean. According to official sources, Mos’ab Abu Grein enjoys impunity for his activities in migrant smuggling because he collaborates with the SDF to counter drug traffickers, consumption of alcohol and combats alleged links of Sabratha and Zawiyah traffickers to listed entities such as ISIL.
Abu Grein and Dabbashi have been in close competition, both seeking to monopolize the trafficking in Sabratha. From 21 September, Abu Grein supported the anti-ISIL Operation Room (AIOR) to combat the Brigade 48 armed group. The Panel notes that the warring parties, the AIOR and the Brigade 48, were officially financed by the GNA until the conflict broke out in Sabratha.
Al Nasr Brigade and the Coast Guards
Between Tripoli and Sabratha, Zawiyah port plays a distribution role. According to interviews of migrants and judicial reports, ‘Al Nasr Brigade’ 56, headed by Mohamed Koshlaf, and Zawiyah Coast Guards, was connected to Ahmad al-Dabbashi’s organization. Several migrants paid 100,000 to 150,000 Francs CFA57 to a Burkinabe broker operating between Koshlaf and the migrants.
Other interviewees, who travelled in April 2017, asserted that their group left Zawiyah by night, crammed on a 10-meter inflatable rubber boat. While at sea, men with an official boat and wearing Coast Guard uniforms stopped them. They shot in the air and extorted the passengers’ money and valuables. When the boat arrived at calling distance off the Italian shores, the same official boat returned to seize the rubber boat’s engine. Similar incidents have been reported previously.
Brigade Subul al-Salam
Eritrean and Ethiopian interviewees described their transfer, in January 2015, from the Sudanese border to Al Kufra. An Eritrean fixer, called Afra Waiki, transported and handed them over to an armed group, Brigade Subul al-Salam, affiliated with the LNA and under the command of Abd al Rahman Hashem from the Zway tribe in al-Kufra.
The interviewees said they were put in a prison where the guards were dressed in police uniforms and driving official police cars. For their release, each migrant had to transfer up to 300 USD to a foreign bank account. In July 2015, they could continue their travel to Bani Walid driven by another Eritrean fixer known as Wadi Isaaq.
Role of Tebu armed groups and Sudanese armed groups
Sources indicated active involvement of Tebu and Darfuri armed groups, supported by Darfuri mercenaries in the south, in migrant smuggling. They operate particularly in the Tamassa region, in the south west of Jebel Arrush, Murzuq and al Kufra. The Tebu manage their own warehouses for migrants while Darfuri armed groups provide protection and escort to the traffickers.
Recent developments have shown attempts to counter the groups involved in migrant smuggling. In September 2017, an armed group called the ‘Suqur al Sahara’ headed by the Tebu commander, Barka Shedimi, claimed the closure of the borders with Niger, Sudan and Chad to halt human trafficking. Similarly, a coalition of armed groups linked to Murzuq Municipality also created their own border protection force. The Panel is investigating these decisions, particularly the political and the financial motivations behind them”.

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New York Lifts Garbage Disposal Ban
NEW YORK (AP) _ The familiar whine and grind of garbage disposals may soon be heard in New York City kitchens: The ban on the noisy devices was lifted Saturday.
Disposals had been illegal in 70 percent of the city, including all of Manhattan, since the 1970s. City officials voted over the summer to lift the ban and Mayor Rudolph Giuliani signed the new bill several weeks ago, effective Saturday.
But New Yorkers aren’t exactly lining up to have the noisy machines installed. City Department of Environmental Protection head Joel Miele said projections were that only 32,000 new sinks per year _ about 1 percent of the city’s total_ would be grinding away perishable garbage.
In the past two decades, disposals were allowed only in areas where storm and sewage drains were separate _ about 30 percent of the city, including most of Staten Island and small sections of Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx.
Because much of the city has an antiquated sewage system, installing a garbage disposal will be expensive. The units, installed, can cost from $300 to $700.
For some New Yorkers who have lived without them for years, the devices brought excitement.
Harry Brownell, 71, had a free disposal installed in his Brooklyn apartment about 20 months ago as part of a city test prior to lifting the ban.
``I think it’s great! I’m just amazed how we got along without them for so long,″ Brownell said.


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The word kasha /каша. I know it, but it doesn’t bring up very defined memories of a specific dish. I can only link it to texture and consistency. In my mind it’s something like a very thick soup, with many different ingredients. It’s not specifically sweet or savory, as far as I can recall it. The word poor-men’s-food comes into mind. Unlike other dishes from my past, kasha apparently hasn’t left a strong imprint in my head. Which is strange, because my food memory is very actively present in my daily life, and has always been. Either I didn’t like it, or we didn’t eat it a lot. I’m not sure.
I recently bought this big jar of buckwheat because it’s said that it’s a good addition to a vegetarian diet. It’s high on proteins, and that’s what’s often lacking in a vegetarian diet. I didn’t know how to prepare it though. That’s why I first tried to find out what it was. I became really curious when I saw that most dishes that included buckwheat, were described as kasha. But if I somehow knew kasha, why didn’t I remember the buckwheat at all? It’s a pretty specific type of ‘grain’, that one can’t overlook. No aha-moment here, only vague memories. So my search continued.
Apparently buckwheat isn’t a wheat. I don’t know if I am the only one in the world that didn’t know this, but in case you didn’t as well, I’ll tell you what it is. Buckwheat is part of a herb and is considered a pseudo-cereal, like quinoa and amaranth for example. The herb itself is related to rhubarb. And the triangular shaped buckwheats are the seeds from the herb. Because it isn’t a wheat, it’s a great addition for those of you that don’t (want to) tolerate gluten. Because it’s – tadaa – gluten free! It’s a great replacement for rice in sweet and savoury dishes.
And then kasha. I bought two types of buckwheat. One that said ‘raw buckwheat’ and another one that said kasha or ‘roasted buckwheat’. The roasted ones, could be used as peanuts, with a drink, the description said. But all the recipes described kasha as a dish, as a porridge like dish. In my memory, kasha was a dish as well. Apparently both the roasted buckwheat as the roasted buckwheat porridge are described as kasha. This is how it’s used in American English and this use originates from Jewish immigrants that introduced the word. In the Eastern- and Middle Europe kasha has a broader meaning though, and can refer to any kind of porridge containing any kind of cereal. It’s even the oldest known dish from that part of Europe! It makes me wonder whether porridge in general isn’t the oldest know dish in the biggest part of the world? Anyway, it was time for me to rediscover it again, this kasha now that I know it’s origin and history.
Buckwheat porridge – breakfast kasha
This morning I decided to try making a kasha in the Slavic European kind of way, so not only with buckwheat, but also with other types of cereals. It took me 10 minutes before taking a shower to prepare and 2 minutes after my shower to finish it off. So it was really easy to prepare and it tasted mighty good. The roasted buckwheat gave it a much stronger flavour than regular porridge. It also had a little bit more of a bite than regular porridge. I served it with little pieces of pear. Definitely something we will make more often during this – hopefully cold – winter.
What to get (2 pers.):
– 50gr buckwheat (raw)
– 1/2L milk (I used the regular one, but if you are hard-core, you can replace it with a nut or grain milk)
– 3 tbsp steel cut oats
– 3 tbsp barley flakes
– 1 tbsp chia seeds
– 2 tsp honey
– 1/2 tsp cinnamon/pumpkin spices
– 1 tbsp sultana’s
– 1 tbsp goji berries
– 1 tbsp sunflower oil
– 1 tbsp topping material (whatever you want, I used: slices of pear, roasted buckwheat, almond slices & cacao nibs)
What to do:
First thing you need to do is to quickly roast your raw buckwheat. Place the sunflower oil in the pan in which you are going to make the porridge and quickly add the buckwheat when the oil is hot. Stir it around a couple of times. It will turn more brownish and you will start smelling the buckwheat. Then add the milk to the pan and put it to boil. When it’s boiling you can add the oats and barley and the spices. Stir while it’s cooking on a slow fire. You will soon see your milk thicken up. Then add the sultana’s, goji berries and honey and let it cook a little bit longer, while stirring. When it’s almost at the right consistency, you can cut down the fire and leave it for 15 or 20 minutes to settle. When you are ready to eat, you can quickly warm it up and serve it in a nice bowl with the toppings on top.
It’s really a perfect winter breakfast and the buckwheat will keep your appetite satisfied for a long while. As mentioned, I prepared everything before I had my morning shower and finished it off afterwards. Ideally you would also make time for the porridge to settle a bit before you consume it. You can either prepare it on the evening before or first thing in the morning. For me first thing in the morning works well, because I’m not allowed to eat anything in the first hour after I take my morning medicine. You can just adapt it to your schedule and options.


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Monday, July 10, 2017
Downtown Phoenix has grown by leaps and bounds over the past ten to fifteen years as the university presence gets bigger and bigger. Quite a few of these "school" buildings are clad in copper which makes them very distinctive. I've mentioned before that Arizona State University is the dominate player in the valley but, the University of Arizona is also operating in the downtown area. This building is the U of A's Health Sciences building.
Some of the buildings on the downtown campus are shared by both colleges but, I only saw the U of A sign on this one. In fact, you can see a big "A" stuck in one of the windows.
All of these buildings with the copper siding are interesting architectural works. I wonder if any of the architects are ASU or U of A graduates! That would seem very appropriate.


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Jemma Salume's studies in mythology and desire to engage with the Marvel canon's Dr. Strange are two aspects of this artist that make her an immediate draw for me.
Add to this the concept of Mos Def as a Sorcerer Supreme. OMG!
I wish her all the best in the future. Not only is she a talented artist, but appears to have a cunning sense of humor as well. I will buy her a (drink or comic of her choice), should we ever meet. Then, we'd chat about Dr. Strange for a while.
Boo and Yah!
Also; Wanderer is actually being written. But so are about four other projects, two of which I'm being paid for. So, the going is slow. The holidays are a time of celebration and writing for me. More will make it out of my subconscious and into my keyboard this week. Hang in there. For reals.

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The Faculty of Education is pleased to felicitate the numerous researchers who were awarded open Tri-Council and provincial research grants for their work in the 2014-2015 competition year.
Please find below a complete list of each grant's principal investigator, co-applicant(s), and title:
McGill’s First Peoples' House, Social Equity and Diversity Education Office, Participatory Cultures Lab, and the McCord Museum are pleased to announce STILL DANCING, a free public event in support of a national inquiry into the missing and murdere
An optional info session with Sylvie Wald, McGill’s EETC coordinator, will be held Oct.
To read Dr. Duncan Pedersen and Dr. Laurence J. Kirmayer's editorial for McGillReporter, please click the following link: http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2015/10/global-mental-health-at-mcgill-advancing-a-social-cultural-and-ecosystemic-view/
PhD Oral Defense: Effects of Mannan-oligosaccharides and xylo-oligosaccharides on the chicken gut microbiota
PhD Oral Defense of Mohsen Pourabedin, Department of Animal Science.
On Thursday, October 15 at 3:30pm, the McGill Library and Archives will be presenting the results of the Library Feasibility Study project to re-imagine the McLennan-Redpath Complex.
Chelsea Barton, a Schulich School of Music organ student of Professors Hans-Ola Ericsson and Hank Knox, placed third in the final round of the International BACH | LISZT Organ Competition, which is organized by the City and Cathedral of Erfurt in cooperation with the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar. Because of the diversity and the importance of historic and modern instruments on which the competitors perform, this current competition is of world-wide importance to organists.
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221. Low-Cost High-Pressure Clinical-Scale 50% Parahydrogen Generator Using Liquid Nitrogen at 77 K
Benjamin Chapman, Baptiste Joalland, Collier Meersman, Jessica Ettedgui, Rolf E. Swenson, Murali C. Krishna, Panayiotis Nikolaou, Kirill V. Kovtunov, Oleg G. Salnikov, Igor V. Koptyug, Max E. Gemeinhardt, Boyd M. Goodson, Roman V. Shchepin, and Eduard Y. Chekmenev; Analytical Chemistry; (2021); DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c00716
We report on a robust and low-cost parahydrogen generator design employing liquid nitrogen as a coolant. The core of the generator consists of catalyst-filled spiral copper tubing, which can be pressurized to 35 atm. Parahydrogen fraction >48% was obtained at 77 K with three nearly identical generators using paramagnetic hydrated iron oxide catalysts. Parahydrogen quantification was performed on the fly via benchtop NMR spectroscopy to monitor the signal from residual orthohydrogen–parahydrogen is NMR silent. This real-time quantification approach was also used to evaluate catalyst activation at up to 1.0 standard liter per minute flow rate. The reported inexpensive device can be employed for a wide range of studies employing parahydrogen as a source of nuclear spin hyperpolarization. To this end, we demonstrate the utility of this parahydrogen generator for hyperpolarization of concentrated sodium [1-13C]pyruvate, a metabolic contrast agent under investigation in numerous clinical trials. The reported pilot optimization of SABRE-SHEATH (signal amplification by reversible exchange–shield enables alignment transfer to heteronuclei) hyperpolarization yielded 13C signal enhancement of over 14,000-fold at a clinically relevant magnetic field of 1 T corresponding to approximately 1.2% 13C polarization—if near 100% parahydrogen would have been employed, the reported value would be tripled to 13C polarization of 3.5%.


b'Automotive | Engineer Innovationengineering challenge by simulatingAs a result, design engineers can the pulse aspect and allowingreplace any surface and continuously engineers to visualize itsre-run the same simulation. By repercussions on the airflow. accessing templates from within the system, they do not even have to open Enabling speedy innovation Simcenter STAR-CCM+ or see the When we test different geometries insolver. In this way, the CFD team the wind tunnel, we learn whetheriterates in step with the design they are better or worse than the priordepartment as aerodynamic shapes design, but we only rarely understandare assessed for performance. exactly why, says Cusdin.Promising geometries are sent to the wind tunnel and possibly reassessed Understanding the vortex created bythrough CFD. Designs are released for the front wing is particularly importantmanufacture only when results from because the rest of the car depends onthe wind tunnel match those from that; yet CFD has been rather poor atsimulation.capturing the wake structure at the front of the car. In accordance with Formula One regulations, the wind tunnel car is a However, Siemens PLM Software60% scale model. Because of the fast introduced a turbulence model withintesting cycle and shape complexity, the latest enhancements for Simcentermost wind tunnel model parts are STAR-CCM+ and now we can look at all the vortices shed off the front, side and rear and clearly see how these react with the field downstream.The CFD team aims to calculate and recalculate design changes within a few hours so that clear information is available for designers.Our simulation pipeline is very simple, says Cusdin. Other CFD software requires extensive coding, but we only write code for each new set of environmental parameters.This is the unique advantage of Simcenter STAR-CCM+ and it means that we can create templates for the design team.65'


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Addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences. The initial decision to take drugs is voluntary for most people, but repeated drug use can lead to brain changes that challenge an addicted person’s self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs. These brain changes can be persistent, which is why drug addiction is considered a "relapsing" disease—people in recovery from drug use disorders are at increased risk for returning to drug use even after years of not taking the drug.
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Cocaine is a stimulant drug that causes dangerous physical effects such as rapid heart rate and increased blood pressure. Cocaine is extremely addictive due to its short half-life and method of action. It keeps a steady stream of dopamine in the brain while users are high, preventing further dopamine production and closing down dopamine receptors. When withdrawal sets in, the brain starts to crave the lost dopamine the drug once provided, making it extremely hard to recover from.10
Rehabs.com is a comprehensive guide for the entire treatment process - from spotting issues to find and enrolling into rehabillation. Yet it’s more than that; it’s also an extensive educational resource that includes up to date statistics, policy and regulation information as well as a section on careers in the industry. If that’s not enough, this site also cover a list of hot button issues that can be found on the blog and in the infographics library.
Drug addiction recovery is a long-term process, and those who attempt to overcome their drug problems must be prepared for a challenging struggle. In the end, persistence and determination will make all the difference, and if people recovering from substance use disorders are strong enough to stay the course, a happy, healthy, drug-free future will be within their grasp.
The U.S. National Library of Medicine states that there is no hard, fast rule on how long it takes for an individual to become dependent on drugs or develop a drug addiction. The length of time can depend on the type of drug you’re using, the amount of the drug you take, and whether you abuse a combination of drugs (including alcohol). Other factors, like your physical and psychological health, can also influence drug dependence. Certain drugs, like cocaine, meth, heroin, and prescription drugs in the benzodiazepine family, are known to cause physical and psychological dependence very quickly. For some users, the signs of drug tolerance and physical dependence can develop after only a few uses, while others may take weeks or months to become addicted.
This is an ongoing debate in the medical community, but it is generally agreed that there is no one cause for the development of addiction. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, contributing factors may include a genetic predisposition to develop addictive tendencies, an environment that is permissive of drug abuse, access to illicit substances, and certain developmental issues. The existence of a Dual Diagnosis is one of the biggest risk factors for the development of addiction. Heroin Withdrawal | First Week In


Senator Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr. (R-Merrick) today helped celebrate the grand opening of First National Bank of Long Island’s new Bellmore branch.
Senator Fuschillo, along with Assemblyman Dave McDonough (R-North Merrick), Town of Hempstead Town Clerk Mark Bonilla, and Town of Hempstead Councilmembers Angie Cullin and Gary Hudes, congratulated bank President Michael Vittorio, Branch Manager Julie Freund, and the rest of the staff and wished them many years of success. The new branch is located on Bedford Avenue in downtown Bellmore.
Senator Fuschillo (third right) is pictured as he congratulates First National Bank of Long Island President Michael Vittorio (center) and Branch Manager Julie Freund (second left) on the grand opening of their new Bellmore branch. They are joined by (l-r) Councilman Hudes, Councilwoman Cullin, Assemblyman McDonough, and Town Clerk Bonilla.