Optical trapping has been used to manipulate and assemble small objects within a focused laser beam. Herein, we apply optical trapping with the fabricated gold nanodisk arrangement at the glass/solution interface, where the trapped Au nanoparticles dynamically evolve outside the focus, presenting swarming behavior. At the individual particle level, we observe the trapping and arrangement of Au nanoparticles between the nanodisks with a largely enhanced confinement, which is attributed to immobilization by scattering force and repulsion due to dipole-dipole interactions between the nanoparticles and nanodisks. At the ensemble level, we demonstrate the formation and switch between bidirectional swarming and unidirectional swarming of Au nanoparticles , depending on the laser focusing positions relative to the nanodisks. The fabricated nanodisks give an asymmetric environment for assembly expansion due to its phase-mismatched scattering with nanoparticles, disturbance of correlated motion, and asymmetric far-field scattering. The repeated evolving and scattering processes during assembly evolution amplify the asymmetry, leading to the unidirectional swarming. This can be regarded as dynamically and adaptively evolving optical swarming. Our findings provide valuable insights into optical manipulation techniques coupled with fabricated nanostructures, expanding the possibilities for optical trapping and related research beyond the irradiated area at interfaces.


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US and British intelligence confirms the movement of Russian troops towards the Ukrainian border.In Canada, they named several options for military assistance to Ukraine / ua. depositphotos.com
Canada is considering augmenting its military mission in Ukraine amid US and British intelligence on alarming movements of Russian troops along the Ukrainian border.
This is reported by The Globe and Mail , citing two informed sources.
The newly appointed Minister of Defense of Canada, Anita Anand, allows the transfer of several hundred additional troops in support of Canadian soldiers who are already in Ukraine as part of a military mission.
https://www.unian.net/player/GRs4PJF2Canada is considering options to strengthen its military mission in Ukraine
Other options include redeploying a warship to the Black Sea or redeploying some of the CF-18 fighters currently in Romania.
It is noted that any military reinforcement sends a clear signal to Putin regarding the consequences of a probable invasion of Ukraine.
The situation on the border of the Russian Federation and Ukraine
On November 11, Bloomberg published an article discussing the risks of a full-scale Russian attack on Ukraine. The agency noted that in the circles of American and European diplomats, they are seriously worried about the current movement of Russian troops towards the Ukrainian border.
Moscow itself denies this , calling the autumn redeployment of troops a “show of force.”
In early November, information began to appear in the Western media with reference to satellite imagery data about the active movement of the Russian military to the border with Ukraine.
At the same time, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine denied this information.
This is the second likely wave of aggravation on the Russian-Ukrainian border since March 2021. However, according to Bloomberg, so far the concentration of Russian troops takes place mainly at night, while in the spring the Kremlin openly threatened to attack, putting political pressure on Ukraine, the EU and the United States.
Russian (Ukrainian) Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said that the threat of a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine by Russia does exist, but Kiev (Kyiv) is doing the necessary work to prevent such a scenario from being realized.
UNIAN… come on! Kuleba is not the ‘Russian’ foreign Minister! Skip the Horilka for a coffee! 🤣
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(S02E10) When HBO failed to renew Carnivale for a third season a few years back I was absolutely outraged. Carnivale was like a lover to me. Sexy, intelligent, mysterious, and beautiful in a bright but dirty way - all attributes of a good mate in my book.
To this day, it remains the only show I ever coordinated a watch party for which is saying a lot because I like a lot of shows, and I still quote Brother Justin's "Be Still!" line when I want someone to shut their mouth. Needless to say, I was pretty much heartbroken when the show was cancelled but I didn't go down without a fight.
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Heather Small is set to perform alongside The Stereophonics and Feeder in two weeks for a free bank holiday concert. The gig, which will take place in the Millennium Stadium (Cardiff), is to celebrate the success of the Welsh Rugby team at the Grand Slam 2008 earlier this year. Tickets are free and were released via Rugby clubs across Wales from Friday 16th May - they sold out in the first 10 minutes.
But there is good news, it will be televised so everyone has a chance to watch!"The hour-long programme will be first screened on S4C on Thursday, 29th May at 8.25pm and shown again on Sunday, 1st June at 7.30pm. The programme will also be available to watch simultaneously on the S4C website.
"The Stereophonics are to perform at a free concert at the Cardiff Millennium Stadium on Bank Holiday Weekend, to help celebrate Wales' Rugby success at the 2008 Grand Slam.Other Welsh artists including Feeder, last year's X Factor runner-up Rhydian Roberts as well as former M People singer Heather Small will also appear at the event alongside the national Welsh Rugby team led by Captain Ryan Jones.The concert will take place on Bank Holiday Monday, May 26, with free tickets being distributed via local rugby clubs across Wales from this Friday (May 16).WRU chief executive Roger Lewis said in a statement today: "This is the opportunity for the supporters to salute the players and coached who delivered so many victories for Wales this past season."We were determined that entry would be free because we want as many people as possible to show their appreciation and we would particularly like to thank each of the many high profile music and entertainment acts that have already shown their support.
"When Wales last won the Grand Slam event in 2005, 20,000 fans were joined by the team and the Prince Charles for a similar party. " - Uncut.co.uk


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Featuring the iconic work of artist Kansai Yamamoto
BY Paul Pastore May 15, 2017
At present, not many are familiar with the name Kansai Yamamoto, but he is the man responsible for some of the most iconic looks of the seventies. Kansai is a designer who pioneered bringing Japanese fashion to western consumers, long before the conception of Comme des Garçons. He showed his first collection in 1971 in London and made his American debut soon after.
Kansai’s designs were novel at the time and quickly propelled him to fame. He worked with David Bowie to make all of the costumes for the late singer’s Ziggy Stardust alter-ego and for his 1973 Aladdin Sane Tour. The most recognizable Kansai creation might be the massive black jumpsuit that the Starman wore in the early ’70s, but the designer had a hand in most of Bowie looks from that era.
Kansai has been missing from fashion’s radar for decades; he has been mostly inactive since the late nineties when he choose to focus on event design. Last night, however, he made a major comeback via the form of a collaboration with Nicolas Ghesquière for Louis Vuitton Cruise 2018. Kansai sat front row at the show, wearing a bright red suit, and beaming. The 2018 collection was a tribute to Vuitton’s longtime affiliation with Japan and it made its debut on a runway that jutted out of a cliff at Kyoto’s I.M. Pei-designed, Miho Museum.
There were other references in the collection itself to the country’s most iconic films, but the standout looks were those emblazoned with Kansai’s signature graphics, which are representations of Samurai and motifs drawn from Kabuki Theater. When he first entered the world of fashion, the designer would also often use red in his collections, which can be seen frequently in his Vuitton collaboration. Red has deep significance in Japan, symbolizing vitality, power, and the life-force energy that in the west is commonly called the ‘soul’.
Some of our favorite moments in the collection were the super Kawaii (meaning ‘cute’ in Japanese) bags, bearing imagery designed by Kansai, which we have a hunch will be as coveted as those from previous LV collaborations with Japanese artists Murakami and Kusama.
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In relation to the forthcoming May 2010 National Elections in the Philippines, a convoy of people – unarmed men and women civilians, journalists and lawyers – aiming to nominate a main challenger to a gubernatorial seat and known leader of a clan in Maguindanao – southern part of the country – were barbarically and brutally killed. Women were even raped and disgraced.
The Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Aquino immediately ordered a thorough investigation of the massacre and declared a state of emergency in the provinces affected in the southern Philippines – Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat and Cotabato City.
Wittnesses pointed the mayor and son of the leader of the leading patriarch clan in the province as the mastermind and one of the hundred men involved in the massacre.
That the bloodbath made possible was partly and indirectly the responsibility of the government – the Comelec (Commission on Election). By moving the Comelec Satellite office from Cotabato City to Maguindanao also means that a political candidate has to be registered in the latter city in where the perpetrators reign. It is well known in the area that they have money, power and private armies to protect their ”territory”.
According to a Philippine journalist and a blogger Jun Mercado:
It all began about three weeks ago with a Commission on Elections (Comelec) Resolution directing the transfer of the Comelec Satellite Office from Cotabato City to the Provincial Capitol in Maguindanao.
Then another resolution was issued, this time directing all candidates in the province to file their certificates of candidacy at the provincial ‘capitol.’
These resolutions looked innocent when read and seen outside the provincial’s concrete political context.
Anyone in the place knows that the said resolutions follow the logic of the local politics and the control over the Comelec on the ground.
Comelec cannot feign ignorance of these realities nor washes its hands in the ensuing massacre in Maguindanao.
The concrete experiences of 2004 and 2007 elections and the participation of Comelec in the province are too gross to ignore.
There is a reason and definitely politics in the physical shifting ‘capitol’ sites in the province. There is a need to locate the ‘capitol’ in a place to ensure total control.
Still the fact remains that the perpetrators are the prime responsible for the massacre. Whether or not that the main suspect is an allied to the president of the Philippines definitely does not excuses him from the crime.
This massacre – totally ignoring the basic human rights – is unacceptable in the present civilized modern world. The perpetrators does not deserved to be called humans.
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By Grant Bissell
St. Louis (KSDK) - For some shoppers, finding a great deal is like hitting a walk-off homerun.
A local Sears store is tantalizing bargain-hunters with a closeout sale, advertising discounts from 30 to 60 percent.
But not all the deals at the Crestwood Sears store are what they're cracked up to be.
We wanted to know just how much you could save by shopping the closeout sale, so we sent a hidden camera in to find the deals. But, we found in some cases shopping this sale could actually cost you more.
Some of the exact same items were cheaper at another Sears store just down the road.
The Crestwood Sears location is in its final days, so everything's being sold for what may seem like huge discounts.
Shoppers usually hope to save on the big ticket items, so our first stop was the TV department where everything was marked 30 percent off.
We found a Samsung 3D TV marked down by nearly $1,000.
Then there was a Craftsman lawnmower advertising savings of nearly $170, and a Kenmore refrigerator going for just under $1,100, $500 dollars less than originally marked.
To compare these deals, we checked out the same items at the Sears in South County, and what we found was a surprise.
That Samsung TV that seemed deeply discounted at Crestwood was actually going for about $270 less at South County.
And that lawnmower? You can get it at South County for $20 less.
We found out a liquidation company is running the sale at the Crestwood Sears, and that company is in charge of setting prices.
Saint Louis University marketing professor Jim Fisher says that's typical for a store that's closing, and customers should do their homework before hunting for a deal.
"They should not hold onto the naïve assumption that all the items being sold at the liquidation sale are at a deep discount or are even on sale at all," said fisher.
But we did find some savings at Crestwood.
Remember that Kenmore refrigerator? If you buy it at South County you'll pay nearly $80 more.
And if you need men's shirts and ties, Crestwood will save you some cash. Name brands are going for about $5 less at the closeout sale.
Fisher says the bottom line to saving is doing your homework, staying focused on the items you need, and not buying into the sale hype.
"If you believe that now is the time to act and I'm never going to have a sale of this dimension in the future, you're probably wrong. There'll be other opportunities and other savings coming down the road.
The Crestwood store is set to close in early May.
If you head there looking for deals, remember all sales are final, you can't use coupons and if your item isn't working when you leave the store, you're out of luck.
The good news is, all items are being sold with the manufacturer's warranty.

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GWO has been the subject of several other research reports. Veritas Investment Research restated a sell rating on shares of Great-West Lifeco in a research report on Friday. Scotiabank dropped their price objective on shares of Great-West Lifeco from C$41.00 to C$38.00 in a research note on Monday, May 2nd. National Bankshares dropped their price objective on shares of Great-West Lifeco from C$39.00 to C$38.00 in a research note on Wednesday, April 20th. Barclays dropped their price objective on shares of Great-West Lifeco from C$45.00 to C$41.00 and set a hold rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 12th. Finally, CIBC dropped their price objective on shares of Great-West Lifeco from C$39.00 to C$38.00 and set a neutral rating for the company in a research note on Friday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of Hold and an average target price of C$39.64.
Shares of Great-West Lifeco stock opened at C$33.97 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of C$36.22 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of C$37.61. The company has a market cap of C$31.62 billion and a P/E ratio of 10.11. Great-West Lifeco has a fifty-two week low of C$33.37 and a fifty-two week high of C$41.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 31.93, a quick ratio of 12.57 and a current ratio of 14.96.
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 31st were issued a dividend of $0.49 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, March 2nd. This represents a $1.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.77%. Great-West Lifeco’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 58.33%.
In other news, Senior Officer Paul Mahon sold 62,260 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$40.18, for a total transaction of C$2,501,507.18. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 218,906 shares in the company, valued at approximately C$8,795,292.83.
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Great-West Lifeco Inc, a financial services holding company, engages in the life and health insurance, retirement and investment services, asset management, and reinsurance businesses in Canada, the United States, and Europe. The company offers a portfolio of financial and benefit plan solutions for individuals, families, businesses, and organizations; life, disability, critical illness, accidental death, dismemberment, health and dental protection, and creditor insurance products; and retirement savings and income, annuity, and other specialty products.
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Those who have been obsessed with console gaming their whole lives have most likely gone through an Atari phase, where they found themselves digging on the simple graphics, strange game mechanics and large library of titles.
But now that we have emulators most gamers would rather have thousands of games sitting on their hard drive than a physical collection cluttering up their homes. But what if you want that console feel without all the clutter?
You need the Harmony Cartridge, which is basically an SD card adapter for the Atari 2600 console that lets you play every game in the library via one cartridge. So you still get the old console feel you love without the clutter.
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Tracking dynamics of glass formers and modifiers via correlation maps of molecular dynamics simulation
R Dongol and TM Zhang and K Rajan, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 103, 5638-5653 (2020).
In this study, we describe a method to construct a correlation map that captures the evolution of species-specific dynamic information through the spatial correlation of high-dimensional time-series molecular dynamics (MD) simulation dataset for a series of borosilicate glasses. The correlation is based on 'displacement' between a pair of atomic configurations determined by the root mean square distance (RMSD) metric. We implement the correlation map as a quantitative visualization tool that provides a compressed representation of a high-dimensional molecular dynamics dataset to inspect various physical aspects and capture distinct atomic dynamics-from large fluctuations to small local oscillations-for high-temperature melt, linear cooling, and low- temperature equilibration processes during molecular dynamics simulation of glasses. We capture species-specific dynamics using this method that show different cooling dynamics for different glass formers and modifiers, especially the onset of slow dynamics and the variation of atomic dynamics at high temperatures. Furthermore, we show that the species-specific atomic dynamics have structural origins that depend on the composition of the simulated borosilicate glasses. The correlation map serves as a visualization tool to rapidly survey changes in atomic configurations during different simulation conditions.
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A new history of Waterford Crystal
There is no better word for it than alchemy – the art of turning sand into exquisite glass. The first published history of Waterford Crystal should be obligatory reading for every budding entrepreneur. In a nutshell, this is a tale of how centuries of superb Irish craftsmanship went to the wall thanks to decades of well-meant but inept management and corporate greed.
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Polycythemia: Any condition that causes an increase in red blood cell production by the bone marrow will cause an elevated hematocrit. A serious form of this is called poylcythemia vera, other conditions include living in high altitudes, tumors, heart&lung problems, etc. Specific treatment depends on the underlying cause. Do you know the official diagnosis? A more specific answer can be provided if you do. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Uc flare. symptoms bleeding for about a year. 1 bm a day, less than a spoon blood. Hemoglobin 15. Is this loss too much? Starting treatment next week.
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W/u & phlebotomy: You should go to see a hematologist to get more work-up to find out the cause of your polycythemia and you definitely will need to get phlebotomy now. If this is a bone marrow problem- phlebotomy is the treatment. If this is caused by other conditions- like lung, kidney/liver problems, drugs etc- the treatment is to fix the underlying condition. Go to see a hematologist-or er if you have symptoms. ...Read more
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An FBI warning that a demonstration by Donald Trump’s supporters could turn violent reached the U.S. Capitol Cops the day before the lethal assault, however top officials in charge of securing Congress that day did not see it, they informed legislators on Tuesday.
The officials told 2 Senate panels looking into failures ahead of the Jan. 6 attack that the intelligence they got did not prepare them for numerous Trump backers, numerous operating in groups and using tactical equipment, storming the structure.
They gave contrasting accounts of discussions ahead of the attack on whether to employ National Guard assistance and what if any function issues about maintaining the look of an open Capitol building played in the security failure.
Among the four, former Capitol Police chief Steven Sund, told senators that he did not see a publication released by the FBI‘s Norfolk, Virginia workplace on Jan. 5 warning law enforcement agencies that extremists were preparing to dedicate violence.
” None of the intelligence we got anticipated what in fact happened,” Sund said, describing scenes in which Trump fans attacked authorities, smashed windows and charged through the Capitol chanting “Hang Mike Pence.”
” We appropriately prepared for a mass demonstration with possible violence,” Sund said. “What we got was a military-style coordinated


Channel 4 has appointed a former Yahoo! executive to the new role of director of new media and technology. John Gisby joins Channel 4 from Yahoo! Europe, where he was vice-president of media and former managing director for the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Jon Gisby was previously director of strategy and new business at Freeserve and began his career as a strategy consultant.
“I’m excited by the challenge of helping transform Channel 4’s proposition,” he said. “Channel 4 has a powerful and trusted brand, an unrivalled relationship with young audiences and a creative culture that places a premium on innovation — there’s no reason why it can’t have the same impact and success in new media that it has enjoyed in TV for the past 25 years.”
He will report directly to chief executive Andy Duncan. He replaces Any Taylor, who left Channel 4 in July to join television production company All 3 Media.
The new media division will also assume management responsibility for technology. Channel 4 is in the process of outsourcing its playout operations to Red Bee Media, the former BBC subsidiary that provides similar services for the BBC and Virgin Media among other clients.


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De Blasio's first month in office has seen the city drop its appeal against the controversial policing practice of stop-and-frisk, major new benefits added to the city's living wage policy and ambitious plans to create and fund universal pre-kindergarten.
Asked to asses how he's doing, de Blasio seemed pleased with his administration's progress, and said the unifying theme of all initiatives is aimed at addressing the city's gap between rich and poor.
"We've got a lot of momentum for our agenda," he said, "And we have very consistently gone after issues that defined inequality crisis in the city."
The mayor also recapped his encounter with a groundhog Sunday during a Groundhog Day ceremony, during which de Blasio dropped a scrambling Staten Island Chuck.
"That is a feisty groundhog there," he said.
Bill de Blasio says that a crackdown on jaywalking is not part of "Vision Zero" agenda - says it's up to local precincts.— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 3, 2014
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North Carolinas Senate delegation has renewed warnings over a proposal to leave the U.S. tobacco industry unprotected in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and one member is warning he could muster the votes to derail the proposed agreement.
With the Export-Import Bank future still in doubt, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Thursday Democrats would sign on to a Republican-led discharge petition for the embattled export-credit agency.
Many things will change in the House when Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, resigns at the end of October, including employment prospects of his current staff.
Congress averted a government shutdown Wednesday, but allowed another funding deadline to pass unfulfilled.
Cory Booker stood on a platform with eight other senators, holding back his desire to hug them all.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce plans to shatter its previous political spending records during the 2016 elections in a campaign aimed not only at defeating Democrats but also at winning back the soul of the Republican Party.
With the tumultuous race for the White House and the Senate majority up for grabs, races for governor have been barely a sideshow this election cycle.
Just 91 House Republicans voted with every Democrat to keep the government open after midnight Wednesday thats three out of every eight members of the conference.
Its been a wild couple of days for Rep. Trey Gowdy.
In theory, Democrats should be poised to play offense in a Senate election where they must hold onto only 10 seats while Republicans defend 24. But a huge, early spending blitz by GOP party committees, candidates and outside groups may upend expectations in contested states from Illinois to Nevada.
Forceful questioning of then-Secret Service Director Julia Pierson helped Rep. Jason Chaffetz earn the notice he needed to grab the House Oversight and Government Reform gavel in the 114th Congress.
Outrage over Capitol Hills meddling in the District of Columbias affairs could soon come full circle.
Four times a year, when campaigns reach their quarterly fundraising reporting deadlines, email inboxes across the country start to flood with pitches that seemingly become more shameless each time.
Rep. Ron DeSantis, the Florida Republican who is one of nine founding members of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus, said at a campaign event Sunday hed be open to supporting an outsider for speaker when the House meets to vote for a new leader Oct. 8.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee wants to hear directly from Secretary of State John Kerry about the situation in Syria, as Russia has begun to conduct airstrikes.
What do you do if youre being sexually harassed in your office? one user asked Monday morning on the anonymous Capitol Hill social-networking app Cloakroom.
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued two urgent recommendations that the Washington, D.C., Metro system be placed under federal oversight in the wake of safety issues.
In this weeks edition of Office Space, Rep. Charles B. Rangel, D-N.Y., shows off African statues, fake fruit and a George W. Bush talking doll.
Rep Luis V. Gutierrez, one of Congress most outspoken advocates for immigrants, on Wednesday called for expanding the Affordable Care Act to cover all of the estimated 11 million undocumented migrants in the United States.
Sen. Rand Paul on Tuesday said fellow Republican presidential candidate Ted. Cruz is done for in the Senate.
Ward Baker has a tough act to follow: his own. As the National Republican Senatorial Committees political director during the last election cycle, the former Marine helped orchestrate a stunning nine-seat GOP gain, seizing Senate control for the first time since 2006.


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Suddenly, a Hesitation About Splurging
On a sun-splashed day in Southampton this month, Harald Grant, a Sotheby’s real estate agent, showed his top listing for a hedge fund client.
The client himself was not touring the jaw-dropping 11-acre Old Trees estate, with its 2 swimming pools, 21 bedrooms and sweeping view of Lake Agawam. Instead, he had sent a representative, a fast-talking young woman with jewels on her fingers and a cellphone pressed to her ear.
“So, asking is 48 million,” she said. “Magnificent.”
But unsold. There have been several low-ball offers over the past year, Mr. Grant said, mostly from hedge fund executives and other Wall Street barons.
A few years ago, as markets boomed and the new hedge fund rich banked paydays that surpassed $1 billion, Old Trees, with its Gatsbyesque allure, might have been snapped up by a brash executive looking to crash the old money gates of Southampton.
But a cautiousness has begun to creep in, brought on by recent turmoil in the markets, uproar over a lavish birthday party for the private equity executive Stephen A. Schwarzman, and calls from Capitol Hill to increase taxes on hedge funds and private equity billionaires.
In August, leading hedge funds showed a loss of 2.5 percent, according to the HFRX index compiled by Hedge Fund Research. On the surface, it does not seem like a lot, given the billions of dollars that hedge funds have accumulated. Yet it was the largest monthly reversal since a 3.8 percent decline in April 2000. Taken together with larger downturns at several prominent funds, the number represents a stark reminder that the fast and easy returns of recent years are on the wane.
“People just don’t feel euphoric, and they don’t want to be high profile any more,” said Dolly Lenz, a high-end real estate broker at Prudential Douglas Elliman, who said she began to see this reserve from her hedge fund clients in July. “They are no longer seeing new highs every month. They may have the same net worth, but it’s all about euphoria and confidence. These are trade-up purchases; no one really needs them.”
It is not just Old Trees. Ms. Lenz cited a growing number of luxury properties that have not found a buyer, most prominently a $70 million penthouse at the Pierre Hotel.
An early sign of this modesty came in the spring, when Lloyd C. Blankfein, the chief executive of Goldman Sachs, rescinded an offer to buy Old Trees after a small news item about the deal appeared in The New York Post. After his $54 million bonus last year, such an outlay might have seemed ostentatious. Mr. Blankfein declined to comment.
There certainly has not been a moratorium on big-ticket real estate purchases: Sanford I. Weill, the former chief executive of Citigroup, was recently reported to have paid $42 million for an apartment at 15 Central Park West. Mr. Blankfein himself bought an apartment there for a reported $27 million last year.
All the same, some in the hedge fund industry describe a subtle psychological shift as the markets have softened. They say that the change will become more pronounced if funds show a loss for the year, eliminating the 20 percent cut of profits that executives receive when funds show a positive annual return. What’s more, having finished down one year, funds could find it difficult to recapture higher ground, especially in a choppy environment.
So the pressure begins to build, and eventually, said Andy Kessler, a former hedge fund manager, “you stop spending.” Why? Fear, mostly.
“You worry about redemptions,” Mr. Kessler said, “you worry about margin calls, and you worry about working for free. Down 7 percent may be no big deal, but when your investors say, ‘Get me out,’ you have to sell everything.”
After years of eye-popping returns, sudden losses can be wrenching. Aware of the psychological impact that high-pressure trading can have, several funds have retained psychologists to counsel stressed managers.
“It has been a very challenging period for these people,” said Jonathan F. Katz, a psychologist who works with large hedge funds. “I have seen people shaken, their confidence eroded. They are upset and depressed.”
Such anxieties become all the more acute when taken with the boundless spending habits developed at the height of the hedge fund bubble.
As an example, Mr. Katz cites a client who, in the middle of the market turmoil in August, found himself closing on an expensive apartment in Manhattan.
“All of a sudden, two or three of his major positions were down,” Mr. Katz said. “He was on an emotional roller coaster. He had put himself out there, and now he felt horrible because he had lost his firm tons of money.”
Such distress can result in what some call a social contagion, as hedge fund executives let their woes at work affect their personal lives. Investors have said that their golf scores soar, that they lose their appetites and wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat.
To be sure, many investors are cool headed enough to not let inevitable setbacks derail them. But others find it hard to keep their sense of self insulated from losses.
“Some people are debilitated by it,” said Ari Kiev, a psychiatrist who works principally for SAC Capital, the hedge fund founded by Steven A. Cohen. “You can’t sleep; you can’t eat; you have catastrophic thoughts about losing your house.”
A prominent hedge fund investor, who like the other executives who discussed their anxieties asked not to be identified, spoke of a crisis of confidence. “It’s an intellectual destabilization,” he said. “All of a sudden, your funds are down 5 percent and the S.& P. is down 1 percent. Once you were master of the universe, but the market makes you humble.”
Like the most visceral fears, this apprehension is about the unknown. Liquidity is drying up, as is confidence, and many are bracing for the worst.
The misgivings are at odds with the calm and the Old World charm of an estate like Old Trees. Mr. Grant, the real estate agent, highlighted details of the Georgian mansion, built in 1911 as a summer house for the architect Goodhue Livingston. The house has 12-foot ceilings, original detail and the aura of the Astors, the Phippses and other elegant families from New York society that were frequent guests.
The hedge fund executive’s representative, who declined to give her name, took it all in and had a question. “Can you have a Jet Ski on the pond?” she asked, pointing to the serene Agawam.
Alas, no, said Mr. Grant. Rowing is the preferred means of locomotion on the lake. Fifteen minutes later, she was gone.
How many $100-million-a-year executives are willing to make such an extravagant purchase in these buttoned-down times?
“I know he can afford it,” Mr. Grant said of his latest prospect, a hedge fund executive whom he would not identify. “It’s just a question of whether he decides to buy it.”


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Systems Affected (standardized):
disturbed/waste areas, rangeland, forest/woodland, cropland/pastureland
Regions(s) present (updated by AB):
NE, NW, SE, SW
Forms dense thickets that invade pastures and crowd out native species. forms impenetrable thickets in pastures, fields, and forest edges. It restricts human, livestock, and wildlife movement and displaces native vegetation.
Source? likely to be reintroduced:
R. multiflora has been commonly used in many countries as a rootstock for other roses. In some regions it now occurs relatively widely, so its further spread within these countries is always possible. Most R. multiflora plants develop from seeds that fall relatively close to the parent plant. Plants can also spread locally to form large thickets by layering, the rooting of stem tips when they contact the ground.
Forms dense thickets that invade pastures, crowding out native species and restricting human, livestock, and wildlife movement. Commonly used as a rootstock for ornamental roses.
Native Regions in OK:
Current and past designations:
KS, MO, OKPS, TX
Present in OK?
Present in Bordering States?
TX, NM, KS, MO, AR, LA
Has Legal Status in BS?

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Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/743/15731
Them & Us
The average turnout in the police commissioner elections was 15%. The previous record low was 24% in the 1999 European elections. Let's not forget that next time the politicians try to say a strike ballot is unsound because of a turnout of under 50%!
Even those who did go to the polling station didn't all vote. Many took the opportunity to spell out what they thought of the elections. One of our favourites from a Socialist Party member in Lincoln:
"Reasons why I'm spoiling my ballot paper
1) the £5,000 deposit needed to stand
2) none of the candidates will reverse cuts and privatisation
3) none of the candidates will reveal the full costs of the G4S contract, let alone cancel it
GENERAL STRIKE NOW!"
As part of its Breadline Britain series, the Guardian has analysed the grocery buying habits of people across the UK. Since 2010 consumption of fat, sugar and saturates has soared, particularly among the poorest households. This is undoubtedly because of food poverty - prices in the UK increased by 26% from June 2007 to 2011 while incomes have fallen in real terms.
Low income households are choosing things they think are cheaper and more filling - meaning high-fat, processed foods like instant noodles and tinned pies. In contrast, the number of people who regularly achieve "five-a-day" fruit and vegetables has declined by 900,000 over the two years to May 2012.
A study by Newcastle city council showed that that the poorest areas are facing the biggest cuts.
The most deprived borough in the country, Hackney, east London, is seeing council cuts of £266.17 per person from 2010 to 2013. Liverpool (deprivation ranking five) council's budget is being cut by £252 per head.
Forty three of the 50 highest cuts budgets belong to Labour councils - so why don't they refuse to administer these cuts and set needs budgets, based on the needs of the people in the area and appeal to the trade unions and community to back up their campaign for government funding?
Even before the Health and Social Care Act was made law, private companies were making a killing from our NHS. For example, hospitals have to buy in all their equipment. Research by Ernst and Young has shown that a huge amount of money is wasted in this procurement process and many trusts are being hugely ripped off. Out of ten trusts examined, the prices paid for the same box of medical forceps varied from £13 to £23. An identical box of blankets was bought for between £47 and £120! So much for the private sector increasing efficiency and giving us the best price.
Ed Miliband, desperate to convince anyone who may still be clinging to the idea of 'Red Ed' that it's unjustified, has told us all who his real idol is - Margaret Thatcher. He thinks he has as much right to claim the mantle of Thatcher as Berlusconi has to that of Julius Caesar.
He particularly admires her "conviction". Yes, conviction to privatise public services like transport and council housing and attack workers' trade union rights. We can see the similarities.
Maude's gravy train
Tory cabinet minister and chief union basher Francis Maude is once again on the expenses gravy train. In the face of widespread outrage at Maude's previous inflated expenses claims, David Cameron promised that Maude would "no longer claim any money for his second home".
As soon as the glare of publicity faded, however, Maude shoved his head back into the trough; claiming almost £20,000 in expenses for his second home since the new, supposedly strict, MP's expenses regime was introduced. Almost half of workers in Britain earn less per year than Maude has claimed!
In The Socialist 21 November 2012:


Actresses Will Wear This Color to the Golden Globes in Protest of Harassment in Hollywood
We’re calling it now: the biggest trend on the 2018 Golden Globes red carpet will be all-black.
According to People, several major actresses including presenters and nominees Emma Stone, Jessica Chastain, Meryl Streep are gearing up to wear black at the awards show as a symbolic form of protest against harassment in Hollywood.
“All female actresses attending the Globes are protesting by just wearing black gowns,” a source told People, while Claudia and Jackie Oshry also confirmed the news on The Morning Breath.
Of course, this isn’t the first time Hollywood is banning together to support a social cause. In 2017, many celebrities supported the American Civil Liberties Union and wore blue pins in front of the cameras to demonstrate their support for the organization, which fights to support and defend the rights granted in the U.S. Constitution.
However, the black dress movement is particularly pressing considering it follows several sexual harassment allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. The producer was accused of misconduct by multiple women in The New York Times and The New Yorker, and actress like Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Cara Delevigne, and Salma Hayek-Pinault have revealed their own harrowing experiences with Weinstein.
It’s likely that many of the female presenters set to take the stage in January will participate and protest by wearing all-black.
Click here to see the full list of 2018 Golden Globe nominees—and catch the show, hosted by Seth Myers, on Jan. 7, 2018 on NBC.


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Objective: Long-term proton pump inhibitor(PPI) therapy may increase the risk of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth(SIBO). Few studies on the effect of on-demand and continuous PPI therapy are available in elderly. To investigate the prevalence of SIBO and the effect of on-demand and continuous PPI therapy on SIBO in elderly. Methods: A total of 200 elderly outpatients admitted to Department of Gastroenterology at the Second Medical Center of PLA General Hospital were enrolled and divided into 3 groups: continuous PPI group, on-demand PPI group and control group. SIBO was diagnosed according to methane and hydrogen lactulose breath test (LBT).The prevalence of SIBO in the 3 groups was analyzed. Results: The prevalence of SIBO was 71.5% in 200 elderly. PPI therapy and diabetes mellitus (DM) were independent risk factors for SIBO. The prevalence of SIBO was 77.1% (108/140) in elderly who underwent long-term PPI therapy and 58.3% (35/60) in those without PPI therapy (P<0.01).The prevalence of SIBO was significantly higher in continuous PPI therapy group than that in on-demand PPI group and control group(88.6% vs. 65.7% and 58.3%, all P<0.01).However, no significant difference was found in the prevalence of SIBO between on-demand PPI group and control group (P>0.05). In elderly who underwent long-term PPI therapy, the prevalence of SIBO increased significantly if administration time was longer than 61 months. Conclusions: SIBO usually occurs in elderly patients who receive continuous PPI rather than on-demand use. If elderly require long-term PPI therapy, on demand administration is suggested as long as primary diseases are properly treated.
目的： 长期维持质子泵抑制剂（PPI）治疗可能增加小肠细菌过度生长（SIBO）的风险，极少有研究关注老年人按需和长期维持PPI治疗对SIBO的影响。应用甲烷氢乳果糖呼气试验（LBT）研究老年人SIBO的患病率，探讨按需和长期维持PPI治疗对老年人罹患SIBO风险的影响。 方法： 回顾性分析2016年9月—2019年3月解放军总医院第二医学中心消化内科门诊的200例老年人，分为长期维持PPI治疗组、按需PPI治疗组和对照组，应用LBT检测SIBO的患病率，分析比较三组的SIBO患病率。 结果： 200例老年LBT受试者，SIBO患病率为71.5%（143/200）。PPI治疗和糖尿病（DM）是SIBO的独立危险因素。接受PPI治疗的老年人SIBO患病率为77.1%（108/140），未接受PPI治疗的老年人SIBO患病率为58.3%（35/60），差异有统计学意义（P<0.01）。长期维持PPI治疗组SIBO患病率显著高于按需PPI治疗组和对照组（88.6%、65.7%和58.3%，P值均<0.01）。按需PPI治疗组与对照组相比，SIBO患病率差异无统计学意义（P >0.05）。长期PPI治疗的老年人，PPI治疗时间>61个月者SIBO患病率明显升高。 结论： 老年人长期维持PPI治疗增加SIBO患病风险，而按需PPI治疗则不会增加其风险。因此如果老年人必须接受长期PPI治疗，在原发病许可的前提下，尽量按需服用，而不是每日持续服用。.
Keywords: Aged; Methane and hydrogen breath test; Proton pump inhibitors; Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth.


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I've now done a handful of craft shows and I've discovered the key to a great craft booth setup
Seriously. The night before setup I charged my iPod (yes, it's old, but it works), I even uploaded some new songs. I also realized that my set-up playlist is almost the same as my workout playlist. *shrug*
Then, the unthinkable happened.
I was working on these last night - so purrty!
These are a custom order to a lovely lady in southern California who heard about my shop from a friend who was wearing a pair of my big crochet hoops.
Word of mouth is great! Plus, I've gotten such a great response on instagram (@thebkloop) that I'll be making more of these - - in more fun colors. But, what colors??
Do you see my bowl? It's in the second row, on the right :D
I love bowls.
Side note: I haven't done a post on some of the handmade awesomeness I've come across recently, so that'll be coming up later this week.
End of summer is basically holiday prep time (it may sound crazy, but once halloween arrives its getting close to the end of prep time). Even though as a consumer I can't deal with seeing holiday decrations for sale at the same time as back-to-school items - when you make, and sell, carefully handmade items, it pays to be prepared.
I've been in a new-meets-old kind of mood. It all started with these great crocheted mandalas and granny circles I made but I wanted to do something different than make placemats or hot pads (does any one REALLY use placemats any more...anyone? really? Just wondering).
Anyhow, I've had 6 or so embroidery hoops sitting around that I picked up at a local thrisft shop. I'm not entirely sure why I bought them in the first place but I finally found something awesome to do with them.
I never realized the impact that a bowl could make until I got this in the mail a couple of weeks ago:
Meet "Blankie." Well loved for years, moved around, taken to college and then, one day, showed up in my mail box. An earlier email from the owner said "Here's blankie... Salvageable?"
While I as getting everything ready, I noticed a faint pattern
When was the last time you were really proud of yourself? I mean, really proud - like this proud:
Yup, that's my son. He just finished that dinosaur puzzle pretty much by himself.
If you haven't felt that feeling lately, maybe it's time to find something new and challenging. And when you succeed give yourself a thumbs up, and maybe even a glass of chocolate milk.
And anything else you want because the bowls have arrived – and there are, of course, more where they came from. Some greys, a few moody blues and some bright picnic colors will all be arriving in the coming weeks.
Where can you use a crocheted bowl? Anywhere!
For various reasons, my grandmother no longer travels.
She is a woman, named Birdie who no longer flies (or takes any other transportation that will carry her outside of her about-town radius from her home). Well, a little while back I made some butterfly earrings for a friend - if you follow me on instragram (kuumba60) you probably saw this photo:
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Disney Ariel The Little Mermaid Disney Parks Exclusive Christmas Ornament
Ariel The Little Mermaid Ariel is bearing gifts with Sebastian in this Disney Parks exclusive Christmas ornament Made of resin approx 3-1/2" tall. Comes with storage box. This is a pretty hard to find Disney collectible and would make a great gift for any Disney fan.
The ornament is in very good condition and it has beautiful artwork, color and design. Very nice collectible and nice addition to any Disney Christmas ornament collection. Box has some shelf wear.


The average child views more than 40,000 commercials a year, and all that exposure may have contributed to America’s growing childhood obesity epidemic. After an in-depth look at the relationship between food advertisements and food consumption, a team of researchers from the University of Liverpool confirmed ads have a negative impact on children’s eating habits. Their findings, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, demonstrate how food advertisements go beyond influencing consumers what brand to choose, but also the amount they eat.
For the study, researchers scoured over 22 studies that were designed to examine the link between unhealthy food advertisements and food consumption. Participants were both children and adults. They measured the food consumption of those who were exposed to ads through the television or internet, and compared them to the food consumption of those who weren’t exposed to such ads. Children who were exposed to unhealthy food advertisements experienced a significant increase in their food consumption. When researchers looked at whether television ads had a greater effect than internet ads, they found no difference. Unhealthy food ads did not have the same impact on adults.
"Through our analysis of these published studies I have shown that food advertising doesn't just affect brand preference — it drives consumption,” said the study’s lead author Dr. Emma Boyland, a researcher at the University’s Institute of Psychology, Health & Society, in a press release. “Given that almost all children in Westernized societies are exposed to large amounts of unhealthy food advertising on a daily basis this is a real concern.”
In a recent study conducted by the National center for Education Statistics, researchers found if a child watched more than one hour of television a day, they were 39 percent more likely to become overweight and 86 percent more likely to become obese by the time they reached first grade.
"Small, but cumulative increases in energy intake have resulted in the current global childhood obesity epidemic and food marketing plays a critical role in this,” Boyland said. “We have also shown that the effects are not confined to TV advertising; online marketing by food and beverage brands is now well established and has a similar impact.”
Childhood obesity rates have more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the last 30 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Foods high in calories, sugars, salt, and fat, but low in nutrients are highly advertised and marketed to target children and adolescents, while healthy food advertisements are less prevalent. Boyland believes her team’s findings should serve as an impetus for change and hopes it will lead to strategies that’ll reduce children’s exposure to food advertising altogether.
Source: Boyland EJ, Nolan S, Kelly B, et al. Advertising as a cue to consume: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of acute exposure to unhealthy food and nonalcoholic beverage advertising on intake in children and adults . American Journal of Clinical Nutrition . 2016.


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MULTAN-The black coats observed strike on Monday against Quetta terrorist attack and brought out rallies in Multan, Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Rahim Yar Khan and other cities of South Punjab region.
The protesting lawyers marched on roads and carried out non-stop sloganeering against the terrorists. They were holding placards and banners inscribed with their demands regarding immediate arrest of the culprits.
President High Court Bar Multan Jamshed Hayat Sheikh said that the lawyers took to the roads on the call of Pakistan Bar Council to get their protest registered against terrorists attack on lawyers. He said that the terrorists could not intimidate the lawyers and they would continue to discharge their noble obligation of dispensation of justice. He said the brave lawyers are ready to face any challenge including that of terrorism. Political worker also joined them to express solidarity with legal community.
359 ELECTED UNOPPOSED ON RESERVED SEATS
AS many as 359 candidates have been elected unopposed on reserved seats in local governments in Multan district. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) sources disclosed on Monday that out of total 925 reserved seats in Multan district, at least 359 had won unopposed while the election to the remaining 566 seats would begin from September 1. Sources further revealed that the election for seats in district council and Municipal Corporation will take place on September 1, municipal committees September 2 and union councils September 3. The results will be declared on September 4 while the winners will take oath on September 10.
Sources further revealed that out of 359 unopposed candidates, as many as 109 were women, 102 youth, 97 labour and 51 minority. Similarly, the candidates against youth, labour and minority candidates in municipal committee Shujabad have been elected while the election to the woman councillor seat will be held later. In municipal committee Jalalpur, the minority candidate has been elected unopposed while the election to woman and youth councillor will be held.
No candidate for the labour seat submitted nominated papers in this committee.

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MINNEAPOLIS – Jerry Kill has worked hard to embrace his epilepsy, becoming an outspoken advocate for research of the condition that can include seizures without a moment's notice.
Now that the season is in full swing, Kill is trying to keep the focus on his team – even after another seizure caused him to miss the second half of a victory over Western Illinois on Saturday.
Kill declined to speak directly about his health at his weekly press conference on Tuesday, trying to turn the page and get his team prepared for San Jose State this weekend.
"I've done talked about all those other things enough," Kill said. "This game's not about a head football coach. This game is about the players and that's how we'll approach it today."
Kill suffered his fourth game-day seizure in three seasons during halftime of the game against Western Illinois. It was the third time he hasn't been able to finish a game because of it.
While the seizures can be shocking and unsettling to witness in person, it appears the Gophers have steadily adapted to their coach's situation.
They are no longer fazed by hearing that their coach is on his way to the hospital and no longer distracted when they look over to the sideline and Kill is nowhere to be found.
"We're used to the routine, as bad as that sounds," defensive back Brock Vereen said. "There's a sense of confidence in our staff and knowing that as bad as it may look sometimes, he's going to be fine."
The Gophers were able to steel themselves on Saturday and respond against an overmatched opponent, turning a tight game into a runaway in the second half as they cruised to a 29-12 victory.
As they have before, Kill's long-time assistants stepped into bigger roles and made the transition so seamless that some players weren't even aware that Kill wasn't around.
"That's not to take away what coach Kill does with us," Vereen said. "But these coaches have been with coach for a while. We've been with coach for a while. If you were in there at halftime, you would never know there was an issue going on."
Kill is on record saying he believes it is unacceptable to consistently miss portions of game due to seizures.
He's said, most recently with the Star Tribune in August, that he would walk away if he ever came to the conclusion that the stresses of the job and the physical toll it was taking was too much for him to bear. But he gave no indication that he was anywhere near that point on Tuesday, when the team started preparing for San Jose State.


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Erasmus mobility statistics 2011 - 12
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AFTERSHOCKXL podcast hosted by Steve 'Gorilla' Grillo
AFTERSHOCKXL 22Feb19 podcast [S01E24] hosted by Steve ‘GORILLA’ Grillo
Join Steve “GORILLA” Grillo, the renowned veteran of the Howard Stern Show, as he once again mixes it up this week with the imitable Ralph Sutton host of the SDR podcast ( http://www.thesdrshow.com/ ) , the mirthful Gentleman Hell’s Kitchen Landowner Mr. Mike C. & the resourceful Roy McDonald, CEO of Briteshot Co. ( https://www.briteshot.com/ ) as they chat up a maelstrom of hilarious NYC banter.
The show was recorded at the modern, full service ProMedia NYC studio in Midtown Manhattan (www.promedia.nyc ) on 22Feb19.
The Sound Engineer is the most excellent
Max Aharon ( https://www.facebook.com/maxaharonbass ) ;
Music Supervisor & Music Director Chris Munger (www.mungermusic.com);
photos by #boboruns
Executive Producer: Bobby Zou (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbyzou) .
the upcoming talk show @promedianyc
Richard Prinzi of F Sharp Tax [OFFICIAL SPONSOR]
Roy McDonald of Briteshot [OFFICIAL SPONSOR]
Warsteiner Beer USA (sponsor)
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Antidiarrheal and Antimicrobial Activities of Bark and Leaf Extracts of Xylocarpus granatum Koenig
Objective: To assess the antidiarrheal and antimicrobial activities of ethanolic extracts prepared from bark and leaf of Xylocarpus granatum. Materials and methods: The effect of ethanolic extracts of bark and leaf of Xylocarpus granatum was studied at doses of 500 mg/kg and 1000 mg/kg body weight in 5% gum acacia against castor oil induced diarrhea in rats. The antimicrobial activity of crude ethanolic extracts of bark and leaf of Xylocarpus granatum was studied at concentrations of 50 Î¼l of 10 mg/ml, 100 mg/ml and 300 mg/ml of extracts dissolved in 50% dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) solution in water against three species of Gram positive bacteria, two species each of Gram negative bacteria, fungi and yeast by agar cup-plate diffusion method. Results: The ethanolic extracts of bark and leaf showed antidiarrheal activity in castor oil induced diarrheal rats in a dose-dependent manner. The extracts showed antimicrobial activity against some of the selected species of microorganisms. Conclusion: The ethanolic extracts of bark and leaf of Xylocarpus granatum showed potential antidiarrheal activity against castor oil induced diarrhea in rats in a dose-dependent manner. The bark extract showed antibacterial activity (Gram positive) and antiyeast activity.
Xylocarpus granatum, Antidiarrheal, Antimicrobial, Purging Index.
Pharmacy and Pharmacology
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A Buckinghamshire road was partially blocked due to a bin lorry fire this morning.
The fire took place Long Marston Road between Long Marston and Cheddington.
No one is hurt but the road is partially blocked - with Buckinghamshire Council saying they were going to clean and sweep the road.
A Buckinghamshire Council spokesman said: "Long Marston Road between Cheddington & Long Marston is partially blocked due to fire in Aylesbury Vale area waste vehicle. Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service & Thames Valley Police are at scene, expect disruptions and please avoid area if possible.
"Crew & vehicle safe but waste emptied in road to avoid fire getting out of control. Clean up and road sweep will be completed to ensure no waste left behind. Apologies for the inconvenience and thanks for your patience."
Later the council added: "The waste was cleared about 10:15 and the sweeper is out there now giving a final clean. Thank you for your patience."
Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service said they were called to the fire at 8.18am this morning.
The fire service said: "One appliance and crew from Aylesbury and one from Leighton Buzzard attended. Firefighters used one hose reel, a haydrag and a thermal imaging camera."
It is the second fire in a bin lorry in the county in recent weeks - with firefighters called to deal with a fire caused by an Xbox controller in a bin lorry in Padbury.


Introduction to Regina’s Commercial Real Estate Market
Welcome to the bustling city of Regina, where Commercial Real Estate in Regina options are as diverse as the vibrant community itself. Whether you’re a small business owner seeking an office space that inspires creativity or an entrepreneur in need of a warehouse to store your growing inventory, this prairie province is brimming with opportunities to suit every need.
In this blog post, we will delve into the dynamic world of commercial real estate in Regina and explore the various types of properties available. From trendy coworking spaces that foster collaboration to sprawling industrial complexes that accommodate large-scale operations, there’s something for everyone in this thriving market.
So grab your virtual hard hat and let’s embark on a journey through Regina’s exciting commercial property landscape!
Types of Commercial Properties in Regina
When it comes to commercial real estate in Regina, there is a wide array of options available for businesses looking to establish their presence in this thriving city. From warehouses to office spaces, the choices are diverse and varied.
One popular type of commercial property in Regina is industrial warehouses. These spacious buildings provide ample storage space for businesses involved in manufacturing, distribution, or logistics. With easy access to major highways and transportation routes, these warehouses offer convenience and efficiency.
For those seeking office spaces, Regina offers a range of options as well. Whether you’re a small startup or an established corporation, you can find office spaces that cater to your specific needs. From modern high-rise buildings with state-of-the-art facilities to cozy heritage properties that exude charm and character, there’s something for every business.
Retail properties are also plentiful in Regina’s commercial real estate market. Whether you’re looking for a storefront on bustling Albert Street or prefer the quaint vibe of Cathedral Village, there are various locations suited for retail businesses. From standalone buildings to shopping centers and malls, entrepreneurs have plenty of choices.
Another type of commercial property gaining popularity in Regina is mixed-use developments. These versatile properties combine residential units with retail or office spaces under one roof. This concept not only provides convenience but also creates vibrant communities where people can live, work, and play all within close proximity.
In addition to these main categories, other types of commercial properties such as restaurants/bars/pubs and medical/healthcare facilities also exist throughout the city.
With its growing economy and strategic location at the heart of Saskatchewan province,
Regina continues to attract businesses from various industries seeking prime commercial real estate opportunities.
Whether you’re an entrepreneur starting out or an established company looking to expand,
the diverse range of commercial properties available ensures that you’ll find something suitable
to meet your specific requirements


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Related Paintings of Pierre Auguste Renoir :. | At the Inn of Mother Anthony | La loge or lavant scene | Bust Portrait of a Young Woman | On the Terrasse | Femme cueillant des Fleurs |
Related Artists:John Hamilton Mortimer
ARA (1740-1779) was a British Neoclassical figure and landscape painter and printmaker, known for romantic paintings set in Italy, works depicting conversations, and works drawn in the 1770s portraying war scenes, similar to those of Salvator Rosa.
Mortimer became President of the Society of Artists in 1774, five years before his death, at age 39.
John Hamilton Mortimer was born on 17 September 1740 at Eastbourne. Not much is known about his family, other than that his father was a customs officer, a dealer in flour and owner of several mills. By 1757, while he was still young, he was studying in London at the Duke of Richmond's Academy. During this time he became a friend of Joseph Wright, a fellow student at the Academy - a friendship which would endure throughout Mortimer's life. Mortimer is also known to have had some professional relationship with the artist Samuel Ireland, who was involved with etching Mortimer's work. At the St Martin's Lane Academy his fellow students included Thomas Jones and William Pars. In 1759 Mortimer won a first prize for a study after Michelangelo's Bacchus and a second prize for a life drawing.
He began to display his works on a regular basis from the early 1760s onwards. He became an active member of the Society of Artists and President of the Society in 1774.Theobald Michau
Michau (1676 Tournai - Antwerp 1765) was a conservative Flemish painter of landscapes, more famous in his own time than he is today. He was a pupil of Lucas Achtschellinck.
Subjects of the country festivals (Kermesse) that were popularized by David Teniers, father and son to the extent that paintings and tapestries showing such rustic themes were called Tenieres. Michau painted designs and perhaps provided full-scale cartoons for tapestry weavers, for surviving records of the Brussels tapestry workshop of Pieter van der Borcht record Teniers peints par le fameux Sr Michau, such Teniers-like subjects painted by "the famous Sieur Michau".
Among his work, on wooden or copper panels, in public collections are the Summer and Winter landscapes in Vienna
Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV
Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV (June 4, 1884 - August 3, 1940, Bangalore Palace), also known popularly as Nalwadi Krishna Raja Wadiyar was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Mysore from 1902 until his death in 1940. He is regarded as one of the most celebrated rulers among the Indian States when India was still under British rule. At the time of his death, he was also one of the world's wealthiest men, with a personal fortune estimated in 1940 to be worth $400 million which would be equivalent to $56 billion in 2010 prices.

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His body is a machine, his skills are unbelievable and one day he might move to Barcelona or Madrid. But for the moment he must stay and learn mor
Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid are said to be on the trail of the £60million-rated Bale, while Man United would be knocking on the door if he became available.
Van der Vaart, 28, has two years left on his contract and he intends to use that time to turn Bale into one of football’s all-time greats.
The Dutchman said: “He might need to go one day but for the moment it is about learning.
“His body is a machine, his skills are unbelievable and one day he might move to Barcelona or Madrid. But for the moment he must stay and learn more.
“We’ve already seen how he can turn games but he must play more big games and prepare himself for whatever the future might hold.
“Watching the likes of Gareth has confirmed I made the right decision leaving Madrid to come here. He is part of the new skilful, more technical approach to the Premier League.
“Teams like Swansea are showing where the game is going. It is a pleasure to be here. I play well when I am happy and I am very happy with Spurs. It was a dream for me to play for Real Madrid, now it is another dream for me to win the title with Spurs – and the FA Cup.”
Van der Vaart believed he was a Madrid player for life until Jose Mourinho decided the former Hamburg star’s time at the Bernabeu was up.
He said: “Jose is a great manager and he said, ‘Listen to me and you will win things’. I went away for a few days and returned and I was told I was going to Spurs. I still have a house in Spain.
“You can say coming here and being managed by Harry Redknapp was a culture shock. I had heard rumours about Liverpool and Arsenal wanting me but Spurs went the extra yard.
“I had been told also by friends what Harry was trying to achieve here. I wanted to be part of it. I like the way we play. My style is to win – but also entertain. We are doing both here.
“I love the club. The manager makes it like a big family, everyone likes him and I want to stay.”
Spurs go to leaders Manchester City today knowing that defeat would leave them eight points behind Roberto Mancini’s men.
Van der Vaart added: “We must win, simple as that. We can’t go for a draw. We are a different side to the day they beat us 5-1.
“We were still under a cloud over the future of Luka Modric. It isn’t an excuse but one of the reasons we lost.
“We all thought he would go, particularly to Chelsea. But we stayed firm and showed our ambition – it showed the club wants to go places.”

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