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Clinical Cases in Metabolic Bone Disease Seminar
ANZBMS ASM, Darwin
Monday October 28th, 2019
Advanced trainees have expressed interest in having greater exposure to bone related education. Clinical case presentations that are stimulating, informative and interactive are an excellent teaching resource. It also provides an opportunity for trainees to present and have their work recognized by a national scientific audience. It is anticipated each case will spark lively discussion regarding complex areas of metabolic bone disease, engaging both clinicians and scientists. The clinical cases session aims to foster interest in the bone field amongst advanced trainees and senior clinicians and hopes to engage them into the wider clinician-researcher network.
The highest ranked abstracts submitted will be selected for oral presentation. Presentations will be adjudicated by a judging panel and a winner selected.
*Please note that for individuals not attending the ANZBMS ASM, a 1-day registration to the conference and ticket for the Clinical Cases in Metabolic Bone Disease Seminar must be purchased
Case Study Submission Deadline: SUBMISSIONS CLOSED
Advanced trainees are invited to submit cases for oral presentation in Darwin, in conjunction with the ANZBMS ASM, to be held on the evening of Monday October 28th, 2019.
A case summary (500-1000 words) detailing the clinical case, all relevant laboratory and medical imaging findings and a brief outline of the literature. 3-5 take home messages (dot points) should be provided at the end of the submission. This section must not exceed 1000 words. References should be cited where appropriate and are not included in the word count.
All case submissions will be de-identified regarding Trainee, Supervisors, Hospital and State before being sent on to the case selection committee.
Opportunity to publish your case study
The ANZBMS has partnered with the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research (JBMR) Plus, the premier open access journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) to provide the winner of the ‘Clinical Cases in Metabolic Bone Disease’ the opportunity to submit their case report for publication for FREE (publication fee of $2,500USD waivered). This is an incredible opportunity and we would like to the thank the Editorial Board and Editor-in-Chief, Professor Peter Ebeling AO, for this generation contribution to training physicians.
- Full name, current training hospital, contact details
- Name(s) of Supervisors and their signature approving the case submission
*It is preferred that a supervisor also attends the case presentation
- Summary and brief outline of literature
*Please do not include any details of authorship/institution/contact details on case summary pages
Please submit your clinical case via your online dashboard.
Upon submission, you will receive a confirmation email.
Successful candidates will be notified via email by Monday July 29th, 2019. Further details regarding presentation requirements will be provided directly to selected candidates.

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Throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Ralph Northam has leaned on his doctor demeanor and calm bedside manner to lead in a time of crisis.
In the early days of combating the coronavirus, Northam was a realist about the disruptions the novel pathogen would cause. An April report by The Associated Press drew national attention to his decisions to close schools early and to institute one of the longest stay-at-home orders.
“If someone comes in and has a life-threatening brain tumor, they don’t want me to sit there and say, ‘You know what, it’s going to be OK,’” Northam told the AP. “People want the truth.”
The truth trickled out on Wednesday. There is no time for calm. Virginia must improve its COVID-19 vaccine capabilities.
When inoculations began in mid-December for health care providers, the general public received a dose of hope that a real solution was within reach. But in the weeks since, reality has settled in. Virginia officials have been criticized for a slow-moving rollout of the initial batch of 482,000 doses.
“We’re making progress,” Northam said during a Wednesday press conference announcing plans to accelerate distribution. “But there’s no question that we need to speed the process up. We need to get more Virginians vaccinated.”
The spread of the virus is outpacing the administration of the vaccine. The end-of-year holidays and the New Year’s Eve celebrations are in the rearview mirror, but the aftereffects of gathering together are appearing in hospitals across the commonwealth. In the two weeks since Christmas Day, Virginia has seen COVID-19 case totals climb above 5,000 per day.
That spike in community spread is placing a strain on medical facilities and their already-exhausted staffs. On Thursday morning, the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association reported 3,000 patients hospitalized either with confirmed cases of COVID-19 or with pending test results. Roughly 1 in 5 of those patients (568) was in an intensive care unit.
“The virus is worse now than it has ever been,” Northam said.
As COVID-19 surges, the current rate of inoculations is falling well short of the desired timeline. Northam used his Wednesday press conference to lay out the mathematical hurdles. With roughly 8.5 million Virginians and two doses per person, 17 million shots need to be administered.
But until more shipments arrive, the state has a low bar of 14,000 vaccinations per day. The hope is for a stronger short-term target of 25,000 shots daily and an eventual long-term goal of 50,000 daily.
If most of the commonwealth is to be vaccinated by this summer, the pace has to quicken, period.
The appointment of Dr. Danny TK Avula, director of the Richmond City and Henrico County Health Departments, to lead the state’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution effort gives us hope that there will be a steadier hand going forward. And the urgency heard in the governor’s voice on Wednesday must be maintained until the mission is accomplished.
“You use it or you lose it,” was Northam’s Wednesday message to health care providers. “So I want you to empty those freezers and get shots in arms. When you have vials, give out shots until they’re gone. No one wants to see any supplies sitting unused.”
But the need for speed is met by a delicate balance of who gets vaccinated first. On Wednesday, the governor outlined greater specifics of the hierarchy of the distribution pyramid.
Roughly half of Virginia’s 8.5 million people are deemed part of phase one of the rollout. Around 500,000 fall into group 1A, which consists of health care personnel, residents in long-term-care facilities and others who face the greatest exposure risk to the virus. Another 1.2 million sit in group 1B, composed of first responders; teachers; child care workers; other front-line employees in fields such as grocery, transit or postal jobs; and adults age 75 and older.
Then, 2.5 million people sit in group 1C, which involves other essential workers from food service to information technology; adults older than age 65; and adults ages 16 to 64 with high-risk medical conditions. Then, the rest of the general public will be eligible.
We support this plan, but it has to deliver the solution that ends this pandemic: shots in arms. After months of promoting caution, government must pivot toward action.
As elected leaders, Northam and top health officials still will need to drill down on the messaging that has kept people safe. The need to wear masks, practice social distancing, wash our hands and avoid gatherings will not subside.
But telling people to stay home is a lot easier than mapping out who gets a shot when, or who wants or doesn’t want one. Enforcing the wearing of masks is a breeze compared to ensuring a vaccine is properly stored at a super-cold temperature, or figuring out how to use extra doses if appointments fall through.
While we respect the complexities of this rollout and we amplify the governor’s message to be patient, these vaccines are too valuable. We cannot afford to underutilize them.
“We really feel like we can be more expeditious and get more shots in arms,” Northam said. “That’s what will put this pandemic in the rearview mirror.”
We can’t just feel it. We have to know it and show it. There is no time for calm. It’s time to execute.
— Chris Gentilviso


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Oral & Maxillofacial surgery
The Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery provides the highest standard of surgical care for patients with benign and malignant tumors of the head and neck region, soft and hard tissue trauma of the oral and maxillofacial region, dentofacial and cleft deformities, and basic oral surgical procedures including removal of teeth and the placement of implants.
Services provided include:
Emergency surgical treatment of traumatic maxillofacial injuries
Emergency treatment of oral facial infections
Treatment for oral and maxillofacial pathology
Corrective surgery for facial dysplasia affecting the jaws
Sleep apnea treatment using surgical and non-surgical options
Maxillofacial reconstruction with bone grafts and soft tissue following trauma and ablative tumor surgery
Preprosthetic surgery including dental implants
Dental alveolar surgery (including wisdom tooth removal) with outpatient general anesthesia or IV sedation
Routine dental care or nonsurgical emergency dental treatment is not provided.
The department is also active in the management of:
Facial nerve injury
Temporomandibular joint problems that are amenable to surgical therapy
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The pebble, on the other hand, is said to praise an aggressive and possessive love that seeks to overwhelm the object of love. Songs of Innocence and of Experience is divided into two halves. These differing views can also be seen as the difference between masculine and feminine love. Within the songs, many are obviously, and some less obviously, paired. The poem suggests that with experience, we will come to the realisation that all love is self-centred. Blake was an ardent supporter of all radical movements that challenged the existing order in his time.
Yet, William Blake goes beyond this simple view. Posted on 2010-05-13 by a guest. Love, as seen by the pebble, is about seeking pleasure only for oneself. It gives the location of the clod, pleasantly singing his view while being trodden on by a cattle. This form of poetry has few structural or technical demands, but? We see love first through the lens of Innocence, and then through the lens of experience.
The poem can also be seen as a contrast of not only their conflicting views on love, but also their innocence and experience. Still, in spite of these other pursuits, few of his lingering life accomplishments can compare to his method of weaving words together into vivid images of deep subjects. We all have to work to get by. Though, his poems are short they contain so much information. They have known love and have suffered, but they still believe it to be beautiful and selfless. Succeeding the Songs of Innocence, Blake explores the themes of love and the human spirit through the personification of a clod of clay and a pebble in a brook. In hopeless situations and despair, love can be the saving grace, the silver lining behind the dark cloud — it is the antithesis of the evils in life, the creator of home.
How about a parent that works to provide for their family? The Pebble was selfish, and sought only to please itself. . We often want all their time and attention. Blake presents a balanced argument from both sides, leaving the choice of which is right to the reader. So sung a little Clod of Clay, Trodden with the cattle's feet; But a Pebble of the brook, Warbled out these metres meet Love seeketh only self to please, To bind another to Its delight, Joys in another's loss of ease, And builds a Hell in Heaven's despite.
With their respective perspectives, the clod comes across as innocent, young and naive, still believing in the power of love excellent, but I would say the clod represents an innocent…. There is a stark contrast between the two personified elements of nature. It is ready to sacrifice its comforts for another. This stanza seeks to define love in a particular way. The poem presents two contrary perspectives of love as both equally valid and mutually true. Nonetheless, the poem does not allow the reader to side completely with the Clod and its view of love.
What is certain, though, is that this poem is a vivid expression of two opposing views of love, and through wording, letter sounds, and contradictory phrasing, Blake does a superb job at highlighting those differences. However, that is only one way to look at it. The poem reminds us that people with an idealistic view of the world are those who will most be at odds with it. Traditional western morality often views the world through the lens of good versus evil. We think instead he wants to suggest there are two different aspects to love.
The reader is forced to resolve this paradox, and the techniques of the poem encourage the reader to privilege one of the perspectives presented, perhaps based on the reader? While love can be beautiful and heavenlike. On this basis it becomes clear that Blake is saying that only the dim-witted individual believes love is a holy thing, and that a person with any intelligence will know that love can be a cruel and destructive force. On the third line, there is an immediate change in focus from the Clod to the Pebble. The Clod and the Pebble by William Blake Poetry Foundation agenda angle-down angle-left angleRight arrow-down arrowRight bars calendar caret-down cart children highlight learningResources list mapMarker openBook p1 pin poetry-magazine print quoteLeft quoteRight slideshow tagAudio tagVideo teens trash-o. Heaven is mythically described as a place of peace and joy, whereas hell is an inferno of evil and suffering.
The two opposing views are kept well balanced throughout the poem, with Blake using a similar style of writing for the main stanzas. He ridicules the clod as much as he does the pebble, getting crushed underfoot by a stupid bovine for lack of ability to stand up for itself. It is hard, it has a definite shape and nothing can crush it underfoot. William Blake has portrayed the clods perception of love through personifications, symbolisms, choice of words and tone amongst many other techniques. That Blake chooses to end the debate with the Pebble's argument lends to this poem an interpretation that favors the Pebble's hardened point of view regarding love. The brook is a small river in which the water symbolically represents a connection between the realm of innocence, virtue and purity and that of experience, materialism and worldliness. Or another example, consider a small child that draws a picture for his or her mother.
His poem 'The Tyger' is in the compilation of 'Experience' poems which offer a darker perspective on life after learning. The personification of the Clod and the Pebble allows for Blake to reveal their contrasting personalities and their attitudes towards love. It seems that many people condemn the pebble while warmly embracing the viewpoint of the clod. The clod's song of love is full of optimism and hopefulness. Blake described pebble as a person who love had hardened him that he see the love is no longer a self sacrificing nature but rather a self centred love and pleasing oneself is much better than pleasing other love seeketh only self to please, to find another to its delight. This is an important question. Instead, it is about finding the right balance between Innocence and Experience.
Time had to have passed in order for it to be pushed into the ground in this manner, and although the experience does not sound pleasant, it is still an experience. The pebble on the contrary is hard and has a clear shape. Who looks forward to Monday morning? We hope you enjoyed our analysis of The Clod and the Pebble by William Blake. It holds the potential to become anything. The Bible was an early and profound influence on Blake, and remained a source of inspiration throughout his life. I was pretty proud of myself for seeing that one. Other contrast words in the poem are between Selfless and Selfish , Clod and Pebble , Sung and Warbled , Humble and Prideful , Cattle and Brook.

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The NHLPA said Illinois Judge Suzanne B. Conlon, citing a jurisdiction issue, threw out the lawsuit from Chelios, Trent Klatt and Dwayne Roloson filed against Saskin, former president Trevor Linden and former executive committee members Vincent Damphousse, Bill Guerin and Bob Boughner.
The NHLPA had argued before Conlon that the province of Ontario, not Illinois, was where Chelios should bring any complaints because "the union is based there, most witnesses live there, Canadian law applies and the case would be much cheaper in Canada," the NHLPA said in a statement Monday. Conlon ruled in the NHLPA's favour.
"We are obviously pleased that the court granted our motions to dismiss this lawsuit," Saskin said in the statement. "We have consistently told Chris Chelios and his lawyers that if they insist on pursuing his baseless claims, they should do so in Ontario."
The lawsuit filed last October asked the court to remove Saskin as executive director, alleging he has repeatedly violated the union's constitution along with Linden and other union members. The dissidents charged that Saskin was "improperly elected, he misrepresented salary figures during negotiations, and he illegally diverted tens of millions of dollars in union funds for his own benefit."


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Influenza vaccination may cut the risk of influenza hospitalizations by almost 50% in patients with diabetes, a study found.
Researchers estimated the average effect of influenza vaccination status in preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza hospitalization from the 2013-2014 to 2018-2019 seasons in hospitals and primary health care centers in Navarre, Spain. They used a test-negative case-control design in inpatients with diabetes to compare vaccination status during the six flu seasons between lab-confirmed influenza cases and negative controls. They also estimated the influenza vaccination effect in a cohort of nondiabetic patients. Children younger than age 9 years, health care workers, and nursing home residents were excluded. Results were published online on May 15 by Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Of 1,670 patients with diabetes who were hospitalized with influenza-like illness and were tested, 569 (34%) were confirmed to have influenza and the remainder were test-negative controls. About 62% of patients were ages 65 to 84 years. Renal disease was less frequent among influenza cases than in controls (22% vs. 30%; P=0.001), but no other significant differences were observed between groups. Among the case-patients, 71% had been vaccinated against influenza in any of the five prior seasons and 58% had received the current-season vaccine, compared with 82% and 68% of the control patients, respectively (P<0.001 for both). On average, the protective effect in preventing influenza hospitalization was 46% (95% CI, 28% to 59%) for current-season vaccination and 44% (95% CI, 20% to 61%) for vaccination in prior seasons only. Among patients with diabetes who had confirmed influenza, current-season vaccination reduced the probability of hospitalization (adjusted odds ratio, 0.35; 95% CI, 0.15 to 0.79). These effects were similar to those found in 3,501 nondiabetic patients, including in subgroups of those ages 60 years and older and those with chronic conditions.
Among other limitations, the study authors noted that they were unable to distinguish between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. They added that in the study location, vaccination was recommended in patients ages 60 years or older and in those with risk factors and that only inactivated trivalent vaccine was administered. Therefore, care must be taken when generalizing the results to other places with different indications for vaccination, different vaccination coverage, or other types of vaccines, the authors said.
The authors noted that influenza vaccination has a similar effect in patients with diabetes compared to patients with other chronic conditions, and vaccination received in recent seasons may retain some protective effect in patients who were not vaccinated in the current season, and that even if it fails to prevent influenza in diabetic patients, vaccination reduces the possibility of hospitalization.
“All these results support the benefit of influenza vaccination among patients with diabetes mellitus, which is of special interest since diabetes has been associated to an increased risk of influenza-related complications and deaths,” they concluded.


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By Katie Comer
For quite some time now visiting Dublin has captured my interest, so me and my boyfriend jumped at the chance to visit the city on our way back from Scotland. The city itself reminded me of Amsterdam, with its quirky shops and pubs, Dublin’s bustling metropolis is the heart of Irish culture.
For breakfast we visited PÓG; a whitewashed, minimalistic, chic café situated just off of Dublin’s famous O’Connell high street. It’s marble tables, wooden booth seats and blackboard style menus added to the cafés stylish aesthetic. Serving breakfast and brunch all day, their menu offers a tasty alternative to the usual high street eateries. They have moved away from traditional breakfast food and instead focus on delicious and wholesome vegetarian and vegan options.
From the menu, I tried the toasted brioche with whipped espresso mascarpone, banana and chia seeds, costing €6.50. Considering how flavoursome my breakfast was and how full I was once I had finished, I thought their menu was reasonably priced. The only negative observation I would have to make, would be at the price of their smoothies and juices, costing €6. They seemed pretty expensive considering that you could’ve bought brunch for that price. I had a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice, which was half the price and just as refreshing.
The trendy venue combined with its unique style of food makes this place a must visit, even if it is just for an artisanal coffee, I would highly recommend popping in.
A trip to Dublin would not be complete without visiting one of their many pubs. Situated just off of Grafton Street, Mulligan & Haines can be found on a small quaint cobblestone street. The pub had a quirky, Tudor style exterior, with shelving that stored old whiskey bottles leading to its doorway. Once inside the pub had a gothic feel, dark furnishings and dim lighting helped to maintain its cool and edgy vibe.
Their lunch menu was realistically priced, although we did end up choosing the most expensive item. The 8oz Irish beef burger with blue cheese was to die for- extremely tasty and very very filling! For €12.50, the burger came with blue cheese, salad, chunky chips and aioli. Like any city, alcoholic drinks are always pricey, and this place was not an exception. Their cocktail menu started at €11 onwards, so unfortunately, I did not have the sort of bank account or budget that would allow me to splurge on such a luxury. However, my glass of merlot accompanied my lunch very well. I got the sense that this was the kind of place that you could really appreciate in the evenings; it had a stylish bar and a sophisticated drinks menu to match.
If lunch doesn’t take your fancy, the dinner menu in my opinion looked far more appetising. I would honestly recommend visiting this pub, even if it is only for a drink, the atmosphere and decor is truly worth stopping in for.
For dinner we were initially unsure on where to go, as Dublin is an expensive city we wanted something that was within our budget but was also good value. We happened to stumble across Port House Pintxo whilst looking for Dublin’s famous Temple Bar. Set off of a cobblestone street, the restaurant was beautifully lit on the outside and had a cool retro urban feel once inside. Since it was such a warm evening, we decided to sit in the garden terrace. There were tea lights on the tables and string filament bulb lights hung above the terrace to create a cosy industrial feel.
Once sat we were greeted by a friendly waitress who recommended several different dishes that would complement our bottle of red. The tapas style restaurant was particularly appealing as we were able to share five tapas items and a bottle of red wine for €60. If that seems too pricey, the dishes were fairly large so even three to four items would be sufficient – we were just feeling greedy! Each dish was individually priced, so the cost of items varied depending on what you had. They had a huge selection of tapas, from vegetarian options to fish and meat, the restaurant offered something for everyone. Their drinks menu matched this, offering a vast assortment of wines you certainly weren’t stumped for choice!
If like myself you are a tapas enthusiast and enjoy sharing a selection of Spanish appetizers, then I urge you to pay a visit.

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Our hostels are just as diverse as the country itself. Depending on which place you choose, hostels await you directly on the beach or in the middle of an adventurous colonial city. All of them share a love for detail and a cheerful atmosphere. On our travels through Mexico, we have some places particularly close to the heart, where it is worthwhile to stay a while:
The Riviera Maya is the most famous vacation region in Mexico and offers bright white sandy beaches and sun all day. On the wild coast of Oaxaca, adventure seekers will find what they are looking for. The old colonial town of San Cristobal de las Casas is made for getting to know the real Mexico in a relaxed atmosphere.
Type of program
Riviera Maya, San Cristobal de las Casas, Puerto Escondido
4-7 hours per day, 5-6 days per week
Every 1st Saturday of the month
English or Spanish, Spanish course included
Shared room in hostel
Varies depending on the hostel
English-speaking contact person via WhatsApp
Mobile internet and WiFi in the hostel
From 910,00 €
Type of program: Hostel Experience
Program Location: Riviera Maya, San Cristobal de las Casas, Oaxaca, Puerto Escondido
Working hours: 4-7 hours per day, 5-6 days per week
Program start: Every 1st Saturday of the month
Duration: 1-6 months
Minimum age: 18 years
Language: English and Spanish, Spanish course included
Requirements: Open-minded and friendly
Accommodation: shared room in hostel
Meals: varies according to the hostel
Support: English-speaking contact person via WhatsApp
Internet: Mobile internet with sim card from WanderWorld Travel
Price: from 910,00 €
HOSTELS IN MEXICO
Mexico’s hostels all have a special character. Mexicans love bright colors and decorate for their lives. Accordingly, the hostels are also designed with great attention to detail. The walls are painted by young artists from all over the world, who stop for a longer time in one of the hostels.
Depending on the place, there are different types of hostels. In Puerto Escondido, the hostels are often located directly on the beach, there you will find cabañas built on the sand. In the towns and cities, the hostels are usually very central. In general, they are very green with beautiful courtyards and an outdoor area with sofas and hammocks.
The hostels in Mexico are very well equipped. You can find a kitchen where you can cook together. This not only saves money, but is also very sociable. Some even have a pool and a bar where one or the other party takes place.
In almost every hostel there is a program for the guests, which is often organized by the volunteers. There are game nights, pool parties, bar hopping, yoga classes and much more. Also, most hostels offer excursions in the region in which the volunteers can participate.
Tulum is our favorite place on the Riviera, so we’ve got plenty of gorgeous hostels for you to work in. If you’re looking for endless white beaches, crazy beach parties with international DJs and a hip vibe, you’ll find your happiness in Tulum. It’s rare to find such a laid-back vibe anywhere else. The town is full of backpackers from all over the world and has a lively bar and restaurant scene. That’s why it’s teeming with cool hostels just waiting for you. It’s made for an unforgettable work and travel adventure.
The hostels are located in the town of Tulum, which is about 5 km from the beach. Each hostel has bicycles that you can use to go to the beach or the ruins. There are restaurants and bars both on the beach and in town.
More information about Tulum can be found here.
SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS
If you want to get to know the everyday life and culture of a small Mexican town, you should come to San Cristobal. The city is located in the highlands of the southern state of Chiapas, surrounded by a fascinating landscape and many traditional villages. In the city there is something new to discover every day and also the surrounding countryside is perfect for excursions of all kinds. Here the Mayan culture is still very present, as many descendants of the Mayans live in the surrounding villages.
The hostels are very centrally located and beautiful. Guests come from all over the world and most stay longer than planned.
San Cristobal is a great place to experience Mexican life first hand. There are many young people living here who will integrate you into their circle of friends right away.
More information about San Cristobal de las Casas can be found here.
If you love the sea and like it more relaxed than turbulent, Puerto Escondido is the right place for you.
The city is almost perfect for an unforgettable work & travel adventure. You can work downtown, where many hostels and hotels are located. From here you can quickly reach the surrounding beaches and be surrounded by bars, restaurants and supermarkets. At the end of the long beach of Puerto Escondido is the district of La Punta with equally beautiful hostels. There are no paved roads here, but there are nice restaurants and a brilliant surf spot for beginners and pros. Surfers, globetrotters and adventurers from all over the world meet here.
Besides your work at the hostel you can book lessons at the many local surf schools, learn Spanish or just relax on the beach with cool people from all over the world. At the time of the surf contests it gets turbulent, because the international surf elite meets in Puerto. A lot of unforgettable parties are pre-programmed.
More information about Puerto Escondido can be found here.
YOUR CONTACT PERSON IN MEXICO
Silvia is originally from Munich and she liked it so much in Mexico during a world trip more than 15 years ago that she moved her life center to the Rivera Maya in Quintana Roo a few years later. She is very involved with the lived traditions and rituals of the locals. She knows the area very well and always discovers the beauty of the diverse nature and likes to share this with everyone who lands in Mexico for the first time. She speaks German, English and Spanish.
Silvia will take care of you during your orientation in Playa del Carmen. For questions of any concern during your stay in Latin America, an English-speaking contact person is available via WhatsApp in the same time zone.
For your work in a hostel you don’t need any special qualifications or experience. It is only important that you have a desire to learn and you are open to a new culture, people from all over the world and a new way of life. You should be motivated, work well in a team and be willing to share your living space with other people for a while. In return you can expect a unique community, a life in breathtaking nature and above all a lot of fun at work. Also, it is important that you are not too shy to do the tasks in a hostel. Everyone pitches in and if there is a lot going on, it can take a little longer.
The national language in Mexico is Spanish. You do not need to know Spanish to participate in the program. It is only required that you can speak English or Spanish to communicate with the other volunteers from all over the world and the hostel staff. At the beginning of the program, as the 1st project, a Spanish course is included. However, your language skills will also improve on the spot.
You will live in a shared room with other volunteers from all over the world. The room is usually located in the hostel where you work. Sometimes there is an extra apartment for volunteers near the hostel.
You usually share the room with your colleagues, but in smaller hostels you may also live with guests.
The room size also varies depending on the hostel, usually there are between 4 and 10 beds in your room.
You will have a well-equipped kitchen at your disposal, where you can cook together with the other volunteers. In some hostels there are one or even two meals per day for the volunteers, but we cannot guarantee this.
“The people of Latin America are unique! Both from their way of thinking and their way of life. Each culture has its peculiarities, but the warmth unites all.”
“I could write whole books about why Mexico is simply breathtaking. Rarely have I met such warm and hospitable people and you see everything in a much more relaxed and laid back way. I can definitely say that I fell in love with the country of Mexico and would go back anytime.”

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Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction
Magisterial, revelatory, and-most suitably-entertaining, What the Eye Hears offers an authoritative account of the great American art of tap dancing. Brian Seibert, a dance critic for The New York Times, begins by exploring tap's origins as a hybrid of the jig and clog dancing from the British Isles and dances brought from Africa by slaves. He tracks tap's transfer to the stage through blackface minstrelsy and charts its growth as a cousin to jazz in the vaudeville circuits and nightclubs of the early twentieth century. Seibert chronicles tap's spread to ubiquity on Broadway and in Hollywood, analyzes its decline after World War II, and celebrates its rediscovery and reinvention by new generations of American and international performers. In the process, we discover how the history of tap dancing is central to any meaningful account of American popular culture. This is a story with a huge cast of characters, from Master Juba (it was probably a performance of his in a Five Points cellar that Charles Dickens described in American Notes for General Circulation) through Bill Robinson and Shirley Temple, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and Gene Kelly and Paul Draper to Gregory Hines and Savion Glover. Seibert traces the stylistic development of tap through individual practitioners, vividly depicting dancers both well remembered and now obscure. And he illuminates the cultural exchange between blacks and whites over centuries, the interplay of imitation and theft, as well as the moving story of African-Americans in show business, wielding enormous influence as they grapple with the pain and pride of a complicated legacy. What the Eye Hears teaches us to see and hear the entire history of tap in its every step.


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WASHINGTON - A woman killed early Sunday in Southeast D.C. marked a grim milestone this weekend for the nation's capital: Six homicides in three days.
Police say they found 31-year-old Noelle Wilson of Northeast D.C. dead at the scene after a shooting around 2:54 a.m. Sunday in the 2300 block of Green Street, Southeast.
Wilson's killing follows three others Saturday in the District.
There was a fatal double shooting around 2:05 p.m. in the 1700 block of Irving St. NE.
Police say that's where they found 59-year-old Marcus Nelson and 39-year-old Simmeon Williams, both of Northeast DC, dead of gunshot wounds.
Another fatal shooting occurred minutes later around 2:15 p.m. in the 4500 block of Quarles St., NE.
Police say 25-year-old Darnell Mack, of Northeast DC, died at a local hospital after that shooting.
Officers did not provide a suspect description for any of the four killings.
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Soil ecology along an urban to rural gradient in the southern Appalachians
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The urban gradient paradigm was used to investigate the influence of the urban environment on soils in Asheville, NC. A transect of forested plots was established from Asheville, NC to the Pisgah National Forest. The objectives of this study were to: (1) characterize the nature of the urban to rural land use gradient,(2) determine the response of soil physical and chemical properties to an urban environment, (3) characterize the response of the soil nematode community to an urban environment (as an indicator of the soil food web), and (4) determine if urban influences on the soil physical, chemical, and biological environment translate into measurable ecosystem effects. Soil chemical and physical properties were monitored along the gradient. Urban influences on the soil environment were observed. Urban soils were drier, had less organic matter content and were warmer than rural soils along the transect. The soil nematode community assemblage was observed along the gradient. Nematode diversity was not affected by the urban environment. However, the functional composition of the nematode community was influenced by the urban environment. Predatory and omnivorous nematodes were less abundant in the urban soils. Total nematode abundance was also lower in the urban soils. Maturity indices of the nematode community did not strongly reflect this change in the trophic composition of the community. Two ecosystem processes were monitored in this study, leaf litter decomposition and net nitrogen mineralization. The decomposition rate of a standard leaf litter (Quercus prinus) was slower in the urban plots, as evidenced by the ash-free dry mass remaining in the litter through time and the calculated rate constant. Net N-mineralization rates were greater in the urban soils. While litter decomposition rates were not correlated with soil environmental variables, rates of net N-mineralization were influenced by both the soil physical environment and the composition of the nematode community along the urban gradient.


The pro-Romney super PAC Restore Our Future is out with a new ad, "Saved," that features the time when Romney helped track down the 14-year-old daughter of a Bain Capital colleague. The footage in the ad appears identical to a Romney for President ad released in 2007, during Romney's last run for president: same music, same images, and same narration from Robert Gay, the father of the missing girl.
In the ad, Gay says Romney "stepped forward to take charge" when he found out Gay's daughter had gone missing.
"He closed the company and brought almost all our employees to New York," he says. "He said I don't care how long takes, we're going to find her. He set up a command center and searched through the night."
Per an ROF official, the ad is airing in both Arizona and Michigan in advance of next Tuesday's primaries.
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TIME Utilizes Foursquare For Political Conventions
Badges supply users with editor-curated event suggestions, tips and more.
“The weird thing about going to conventions is that everyone from the political world is there, but no one really knows where everyone is, physically,” says TIME Washington Bureau chief and executive editor Michael Duffy. “Sometimes the hardest part about being there is finding where everyone is.”
In part to alleviate this issue, TIME partners with social check-in network Foursquare for the 2012 political conventions. At the Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL from August 27-30 and the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC from September 3-5, convention attendees can unlock TIME/Foursquare badges. These badges will offer editor-curated lists of venues, events and convention tips.
“We’re also working on ways to visualize this on TIME.com,” says Duffy. This visualization will take the shape of updates from reporters, politicos and convention notables as they check into Foursquare.
TIME already uses Foursquare for editorial purposes, linking magazine covers to historic U.S. locations. In addition to campaign reporting, TIME’s team will also use the Foursquare platform while on location at this week’s SXSW conference in Austin, TX.
“The great thing about political conventions is that 35 to 40,000 of your closest friends and political leaders are gathered in a relatively small space for a few days,” Duffy tells FOLIO:. “We’re trying to create a community of people with a common interest and keep them informed, which is what TIME has always done.”


Work continues this week on the Marion Orton Recycling Drop-off Center being built on North Street in Fayetteville.
Located on the south side of the street near the Scull Creek Trail crossing, the facility is named after the former Fayetteville mayor and 12-year alderwoman who organized the city’s first recycling center in the early 1970s.
Orton died in 2011 at the age of 83.
Brian Pugh, the city’s waste reduction coordinator, said the new drop-off center will be staffed by an attendant 40 hours per week and that informational signs will be placed at nearby apartment complex dumpsters to encourage residents to use the facility.
The center will be similar to the city’s only other recycling drop-off facility at 1420 S. Happy Hollow Road, and will include eight large containers for recycling glass, aluminum, plastic and paper products.
The project is funded in part by grants from the Boston Mountain Solid Waste District and the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, who contributed funds toward containers and planned educational kiosks for the facility.
The center is expected to open in mid-July.


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My neighbor and I were headed to our cars at the same time the other morning when she asked me what I had planned for the holiday. I joked that like most others, I didn't celebrate Thanksgiving anymore and I'd be Black Friday shopping at the dollar store.
She did not seem to think that was funny. She told me that she and her husband are very much against Black Friday shopping spilling over onto the Thanksgiving holiday, then drove off in a huff.
I didn't understand what had just happened until later, when another neighbor told me this Thanksgiving tale:
Apparently my neighbors decided they would camp out at a nearby Best Buy 10 days before Thanksgiving last year so they could get a spot at the front of the line when the store opened for the holiday sale. They left their house in the care of an elderly neighbor couple while they were gone.
On the way home from the grocery store that weekend, the elderly couple saw a homeless couple. One of them approached the car to ask for change. The elderly woman told him, “I'll do you one or three better. Get in the car.”
The homeless couple did and the four headed back to the neighborhood. The elderly lady used the spare key and opened the door to the neighbors' home she was watching. She ushered the homeless couple inside.
“Here you go,” the elderly woman told them as she tossed them the keys. “House is yours until the owners get back from their Black Friday sale.”
“Waitwaitwaitwait,” I said, interrupting my neighbor. “Wait. You let homeless people live in a neighbor's house? Isn't that some kind of crime?”
The elderly neighbor shot me a look.
“What kind of world are we living in when people freeze to death on the streets, while people with perfectly good homes live in tents in subzero temperatures so they can buy a TV?” she asked. “You know what I say? I say that if you can't be thankful for what you have, then why bother having it?”
“I hear you,” I told her. “But just because they don't celebrate Thanksgiving?”
“They're the stingiest people on our block. I've seen them yell at Salvation Army ringers for making too much noise! They won't help their fellow man, but they'll show off their greed? And on the one holiday of the year that's all about being thankful?”
Word got around, and other homeless folks who needed help merely swung by the house for a bath and a hot Thanksgiving meal from other neighbors who chipped in and made a huge feast. (Clearly the absent homeowners weren't very popular.) The next morning, they cleaned up the house and locked up.
The homeless squatters rolled out of our neighbor's house just before noon the Friday after Thanksgiving. The homeowners returned about 20 minutes later. They unloaded their new TV and disappeared into their home for only a few minutes before the male homeowner came over to the elderly neighbor to get the key back from her.
“Hey, did you see us on TV?” he asked. “You have to come over and see this TV! We got some discounted movies, too. ‘Anchorman!' Two and a half dollars.”
When she finished telling the story, I said to the elderly woman: “Wow. I can't believe you didn't get in trouble when you told them what you did.”
She gave me another glare. “What? You gonna tell somebody?”

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Sometime the data loss is inadvertent. In the BYOD era, people might leave their company without even realizing that they are taking information with them in the form of cloud or mobile apps.
Then there are those who do it maliciously, who might actually want to harm their employer or get a leg up in their new job with a competitor. But Osterman says that this is a relatively small group, amounting to about 5 percent to 10 percent of the total incidents of data loss.
Still another group takes data knowingly, but not thinking they are doing anything wrong. That could include salespeople, for instance, who feel entitled to take the contacts they worked so hard to develop, an asset they might feel that they own.
What to do about data loss
Experts say that the first issue to be settled is who owns the content. That's where employee contracts need to be established up front, so that everyone agrees about who owns Twitter followers, sales lists and other assets, Osterman says.
Next is to implement some sort of monitoring. That may be a behavioral analytics initiative to understand what employees are doing on a regular basis, making it easier to spot aberrant behavior. If there is a massive download from the CRM database at 2 a.m. on a Sunday, something might be off.
The easiest tech solution is to prevent copying data onto USB thumb drives. That was how both Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden stole military and government information that was later leaked to the media. There is technology to prevent it, or at least to alert management of the copy.
Firms are also advised to get a grip on shadow IT. Krishna Narayanaswamy, chief scientist with the cloud-security firm Netskope, says that a typical firm has more than 1,000 cloud apps running across all categories, but of those, maybe between 5 percent and 10 percent are known by IT. The rest are unknown.
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WASHINGTON – The Federal Trade Commission and 48 states on Wednesday accused Facebook of becoming a social media monopoly by illegally suppressing competition, buying up their rivals, and engaging in heated legal battles that could destroy some of the world’s most popular communications services .
Federal and state regulators, who have been investigating the company for over 18 months, said in separate lawsuits that the purchases of Facebook, particularly Instagram for $ 1 billion in 2012 and WhatsApp for $ 19 billion two years later, eliminated the competition that might one day have challenged the company’s dominance.
Since those deals, Instagram and WhatsApp have grown in popularity, giving Facebook control over three of the world’s most popular social media and messaging apps. The apps helped catapult Facebook from a company founded 16 years ago in a college dorm to an Internet powerhouse worth more than $ 800 billion.
Prosecutors asked Facebook to wind down Instagram and WhatsApp and set new restrictions on future business.
“For almost a decade, Facebook has been using its dominance and monopoly power to crush smaller competitors and eliminate competition, all at the expense of everyday users,” said Attorney General Letitia James of New York, who led the company’s investigation in several states in parallel with the federal agency .
The lawsuits underscore the growing bipartisan and international tsunami against big tech. Lawmakers and regulators have focused on the impact Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Apple are having on commerce, electronics, social networking, search, and online advertising to reshape the country’s economy. President Trump has repeatedly argued that the tech giants have too much power and influence, and allies of President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. make similar complaints.
The investigation led to a lawsuit by the Justice Department against Google two months ago, accusing the search giant of illegally protecting a monopoly. At least one more lawsuit from Republican and Democratic officials against Google is expected by the end of the year. In Europe, regulators are proposing tougher laws against industry and have fined billions of dollars for competition law violations.
The lawsuits against Facebook are expected to spark a lengthy legal battle. The company has long denied any illegal anti-competitive behavior and is expected to use its deep source of funds to defend itself. Few major cartel cases have focused on mergers that were approved years earlier. The FTC signed the Facebook contracts for Instagram and WhatsApp during the Obama administration.
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A lottery ticket sold in northern Iowa is a $2 million winner. Iowa Lottery spokesperson Mary Neubauer says the winning Powerball ticket for last night’s drawing was purchased at a Casey’s store in Osage.
“Whoever bought the winning ticket matched the first five numbers but missed the Powerball to win a million dollar prize initially, but the person added the Power, which multiplies any prize you win,” Neubauer said. “In the case of the million dollar prize, it turns it into $2 million.” No one has yet to come forward with the winning ticket.
The person or persons who’ve struck it rich in Osage will join other big winners this year from Johnston, Urbandale, and West Des Moines. “This is the fourth ticket purchased in Iowa to win at least $1 million this year and it’s the second just this month,” Neubauer said.
She’s advising the holder of the winning ticket to sign it immediately. “You put your name on the back of the ticket and it identifies the ticket as belonging to you, so if something were to happen to the ticket, if would have your name on it and be a little more protected,” Neubauer said. The individual holding the winning ticket must take it to Iowa Lottery headquarters in Des Moines to claim the prize. It was one of two tickets nationwide that won a $2 million prize in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing.
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The top-five team performances by the U.S. in World Cup history
The '06 World Cup was a disappointment bar an epic performance against Italy
The quarterfinal run in 2002 was galvanized by a stunning win over Portugal
The defeat of Mexico in '02 marked the end of El Tri's superiority in the rivalry
Yes, the list of choices is on the short side, but there have been a scattering truly outstanding team performances for the United States in past World Cups. Here are the top five:
The overall quality and outcome was underwhelming four years ago in Germany to be sure. But there was one memorable night, at least, a nine-man stand in Kaiserslautern that was nothing less than heroic.
Images of a bloody Brian McBride became the snapshot moment for this gripping, eventful first-round encounter, which kept Bruce Arena's team relevant in the tournament for the final first-round contest. The Americans had stumbled and bumbled in the opener against Czech Republic (a 3-0 loss) and faced the tallest of orders five nights later -- to get a result against Italy, a team that would ultimately march successfully to victory in Berlin.
Things were moving in the right direction against Italy until striker Alberto Gilardino got loose from his marker to give the Azzurri a 22nd-minute lead. Minutes later, however, defender Cristian Zaccardo flubbed a free-kick clearance into his own net and the result was the only goal Italy allowed at World Cup 2006. Minutes later, referee Jorge Larrionda dismissed Daniele De Rossi for a nasty elbow against McBride and Arena's men suddenly had a real chance.
It all went wrong when Pablo Mastroeni's crunching, needless tackle on Andrea Pirlo leveled the playing field. Eddie Pope joined Mastroeni on the dismissed list early in the second half, and the match became a rare 10-versus-9 affair.
From there, the Americans' gut-busting effort became the story. DaMarcus Beasley even scored against the run of play, although McBride was clearly offside on the sequence. Landon Donovan and Steve Cherundolo were utterly indefatigable in harassing the Italians and attacking selectively. Kasey Keller was predictably superb as the United States salvaged some pride that night at the Fritz Walter Stadium, draining some of the painful soreness from the opening loss. The 1-1 draw against Italy also set the stage for a meaningful first-round finale against Ghana.
Colombia was a dark horse favorite to win it all in 1994. The Americans, meanwhile, were seen as lightweights, probably undeserving of the automatic berth they received as hosts. So imagine the shock when the kids from America, many attached to minor league sides in a day before MLS existed, punctured the world order with a stunning 2-1 upset that evening in the Rose Bowl.
How did it happen? The plan arranged by Serbian tactician Bora Milutinovic, the U.S. coach, worked to perfection. Knowing that Colombia would be determined to barrel right down the middle, aiming to go through playmaker Carlos Valderrama, Milutinovic squeezed his team defensively, willing do concede the neglected wings.
Valderrama and Co. were stuck, rebuffed repeatedly by physical center backs Alexi Lalas and Marcelo Balboa. And when Columbian defender Andres Escobar recorded a notorious own goal, the South Americans were truly in a dogfight. (That own goal would turn tragic when, upon his return to Colombia, Escobar was murdered; it is widely believed the shooting was linked to his infamous own goal.) Earnie Stewart struck for a second U.S. goal and Balboa's near-miss on a spectacular long-range bicycle kick effort added extra decoration to the big night. Combined with the opening draw with Switzerland, the headline-making upset was eventually enough to move the United States into a second-round date with Brazil.
Most of America was still asleep when midfielder John O'Brien dropped jaws around the world, his point-blank volley crashing in against a stunned, vaunted generation of Portuguese stars. That early goal didn't just launch the first-round upset, it kick-started what is easily the finest overall World Cup yet for a U.S. side. (It finished with an oh-so-close, heartbreaking quarterfinal loss to Germany.)
So little had been expected of Arena's side in Asia considering the France fiasco of 1998; the Americans lost all three matches, scored just once and placed dead last among the field of 32. But Japan-Korea 2002 began unfolding as the Tournament of the Underdog, thanks in part to the American effort against the fancied Portugal.
And this was no fluke. Up-and-comers like Donovan and DaMarcus Beasley, probably too young to understand that they were supposed to be unnerved by it all, looked lively and brimmed with intent. The Portuguese, meanwhile, seemed casually over-confident. If Donovan's deflected cross needed some luck to create a 2-0 edge, the bold movement that made it 3-0 was a sublime arrangement. Tony Sanneh knew just what McBride was doing when he faded toward the near post but suddenly shed his defender with a darting dash to the back stick. He cleanly met Sanneh's perfect centering pass from the right, supplying the United States with an utterly unthinkable 3-0 lead before intermission.
Surely, Portugal would attack the second-half with a vengeance, especially after drawing one back before the break? But that never happened, as a well-organized U.S. defense acquiesced lots of possession but limited the truly dangerous chances in the eventual 3-2 victory.
A book has been written and a movie produced about this absurdly improbable moment. A team of amateurs was given no hope of matching England, the very inventors of the game and a 3-to-1 favorite to lift the trophy in the end.
But the scrappy part-timers turned the World Cup upside down that night with the 1-0 win in the Brazilian mining town of Belo Horizonte. It ranks in tournament lore right alongside North Korea's stunning 1966 win over Italy as the unlikeliest of upsets.
Immigrant Joe Gaetjens, quintessentially "American" as the son of a Haitian mother and a Belgian father, had studied at Columbia University and was presently employed part-time as a dishwasher. But he ruled the night, redirecting a 37th-minute shot to provide the U.S. lead. From there, a team of scrappers who had hoped only to limit the damage and avoid humiliation needed big effort and some good fortune to hold on desperately.
A result that shocked the world created barely a ripple here. The game did nothing to hasten soccer's slow march up the domestic sports totem poll, and the Americans wouldn't land in another World Cup for 40 years. Ironically, only decades later did Gaetjens and the events in Belo Horizonte reach a sort of iconic status; as soccer gained in popularity here, the legend grew.
Walter Bahr, who was paid $100 a week for World Cup duty in 1950, told the New York Times in 2009: "The older I get, the more famous I become."
The Americans' 2-0 win on June 17, 2002 in Jeonju looms large in reshaping the nations' bitter border rivalry. It was historic for the United States but absolutely devastating for El Tri, which could no longer claim supremacy over its formerly weaker neighbor.
The nations had met many times before but never in a match of such importance, in the elimination phase of a World Cup. President George Bush called before the match to wish the team luck; U.S. players asked, "Which president?" unaware that the President was caught up in it all, right along with so much of the country.
This was the neighbors' first World Cup meeting; a spot in the quarterfinals was at stake. Mexico bossed much of the first half, but El Tri still wasn't 100 percent in control. McBride supplied an early lead by capping a precision counter attack, one initiated on Claudio Reyna's well-timed surge up the right side.
In a tactical stunner, Reyna had lined up on the right in a 3-5-2, a move which seemed to flummox the Mexicans. After the break, it was Eddie Lewis on the left who mashed the pedal on another precision counter attack. Donovan's pace put him in position for a clinical header and the United States had a 2-0 lead in the 65th minute.
Reyna was brilliant all afternoon. Goalkeeper Brad Friedel was unwavering. Sanneh and O'Brien were having fantastic tournaments.
Mexican players stormed off the field in a maddened huff of frustration and disbelief. The Americans, meanwhile, began focusing on a quarterfinal date with Germany. "It's a great day for U.S. Soccer," Arena said afterward.
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Summer is fast approaching and it's time to curate the perfect playlist with which to beat the heat. I suggest you look no further than Haim's new songs. The three-piece sister band has been teasing a new album all year, and I've had the two tracks released so far, Summer Girl and Now I'm In It, on repeat. What's more, their music videos are epic too. Both are directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood, Boogie Nights). For a punchy pop hit, look no further than Australian singer E^ST's latest single Talk Deep. She's one to keep an ear on over summer and beyond, as she builds to the release of her debut album next year.
We ran a feature on it a couple of weeks ago and included it in our streaming guide last week, but HBO's adaptation of Philip Pulman's His Dark Materials is a masterpiece worth all the attention. From the opening scenes, I became immersed in Lyra's (Dafne Keen) world and was sold on the casting choice. It's the kind of show to get lost in, and one that blends escapist fantasy with carefully paced suspense. The CGI is great too and captures the characters' animal companions, or daemons as they are known in the show's universe, in startling detail. It's just a few episodes in on Sky's SoHo and their streaming service Neon.
If you've been anywhere on the pop music corner of the internet this week, you wouldn't have missed the latest development in Taylor Swift's rights battle with her former record label Big Machine. Swift posted online this week that her ex-label is barring her from performing her songs prior to "Lover" which she doesn't own the masters for. The saga began when Taylor was allegedly barred from bidding on her master recordings before the label was sold to music manager Scooter Braun. Even as an unashamedly massive T-Swizzle fan I'll admit the situation is a big contract law mess, but deeper analysis unveils systematic issues around creators' rights. If an artist as prolific as Taylor Swift doesn't own most of her work, who can?
Speaking of pop music news, there's a podcast for that. The New York Times Popcast is hosted by their music critics and deep dives into the big headlines from the pop music world. Hosted by Jon Caramanica, the show brings on fellow music journalists to give context and critique to trends in the music industry. My favourite aspect is that they don't just talk about their thoughts on a subject, they back it up with snippets from songs. Episodes worth checking out include one where they break down the still-prevalent misogyny in the country music industry, and the episode where they discuss whether Kanye West's move towards gospel music with latest album Jesus Is King is authentic.

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Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and Heidelberg University in Germany have shown that sex differences in animals vary dramatically across species, organs and developmental stages, and evolve quickly at the gene level but slowly at the cell type level.
Mammals have different traits depending on sex, like antlers in male deer. These are known as 'sexually dimorphic' traits, and include differences which aren't visible, such as in internal organs. However, researchers didn't know when and where sex differences emerge, and which genes and cells are responsible for them.
In this study, published today in Science, the researchers analyzed the activity of genes in males and females over time in humans and four species (mice, rats, rabbits, opossums and chickens), covering the development of five organs (brain, cerebellum, heart, kidney and liver), into adulthood in the animals and up to birth in humans1.
The researchers discovered that the organs which are different between the sexes vary across species. For example, the liver and the kidney were the most sexually dimorphic in rats and mice, whereas in rabbits, the heart was the most sexually dimorphic and liver and kidney not at all.
The researchers also found that, in all animals and humans, few sex differences occurred while organs were developing. Instead, they increased sharply around sexual maturity.
The researchers then investigated the genes responsible for sex differences, finding that different genes are 'sex-biased' (expressed differently depending on sex) across species. Only a very small number of sex-biased genes were shared across species, suggesting that sex differences have evolved quickly. The few genes that were shared were usually located on the sex (X and Y) chromosomes.
Although sex-biased genes differed between species, the study showed that the types of cells that are sexually dimorphic are the same across species. For example, in mice and rats, different genes were sex biased in the liver, but, in both cases, the sex-biased genes were active in the hepatocytes, the main type of cell in the liver. This may explain why there are sex differences in drug processing in the liver.
It was interesting to see that despite the fast evolution of sex differences, a few genes located on the X and Y sex chromosomes showed differences between the sexes in all mammalian species. These probably serve as basic genetic triggers for the development of traits specific to each sex in all mammals."
Leticia Rodríguez-Montes, PhD student at Heidelberg University, and first author
Margarida Cardoso Moreira, Group Leader of the Evolutionary Developmental Biology Laboratory at the Crick, and co-leader of the study with Henrik Kaessmann at Heidelberg University, said: "By taking an evolutionary approach, we've observed that sex differences evolve fast at the gene level but slowly at the cell level. This has implications for how we use animal models to understand sex differences in humans, as it's helpful to know that a particular cell type is sexually dimorphic across species, even if there are other differences.
"It was also surprising to us that there are so few sex differences until sexual maturity. We were expecting most differences to occur in adults because this is when sex differences are most visible, but we also expected to see a gradual increase in sex differences during organ development, instead of an abrupt rise around sexual maturity. This research is another piece in the puzzle of understanding why we are sexually dimorphic and how this impacts us."
Rodríguez-Montes, L., et al. (2023) Sex-biased gene expression across mammalian organ development and evolution. Science. doi.org/10.1126/science.adf1046.


Aker Kvaerner has signed a contract with MPF Corp Ltd. for delivery of drilling equipment to the Multi Purpose Floater (MPF) drillship. The drilling package is designed for world wide, harsh environment and ultra deepwater drilling operations. The contract is undertaken by the Aker Kvaerner subsidiary, Aker Kvaerner MH in Kristiansand. The delivery consists of a complete drilling equipment package; derrick and associated equipment, drillfloor and pipedeck equipment with control system, tensioning systems, mud handling equipment and subsea handling equipment.
Safety Alert: Acceptance of equipment for use on Singapore-registered ships. Applicabilty: Applicability: Owners and operators of all Singapore-registered ships The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA Singapore) has issued Survey Circular No.1/2012 detailing requirements for acceptance of statutory equipment for use on Singapore-registered ships. ‘Statutory equipment’ means life-saving appliances, marine pollution prevention, fire protection
Coastal Marine Equipment is continuing its success in supplying marine deck equipment for government and military projects with the latest being equipment for Austal USA’s Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) program. This is in conjunction with Austals’ Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV) program and Bollinger Shipyard’s Fast Response Cutters (FRC) program which are propelling Coastal Marine to be the leading deck equipment manufacturer for our military
Lloyd’s Register has designed the industry’s first reliability-based mechanical integrity (RBMI) software designed to address the maintenance needs of rotating and instrumentation equipment. The new modules integrate with the components of Capstone RBMI, allowing companies to combine the maintenance schedules for these types of assets into one program, driving greater efficiency into their processes.
Cameron won a $110m contract to provide 13 subsea trees, manifolds and related equipment for BHP Billiton's Pyrenees project offshore Northwest Australia. Cameron will provide engineering and project management services, 13 wellhead and subsea tree systems, control systems, several subsea manifolds and the associated flowline connection system, chokes and related equipment. Initial equipment delivery and installation is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2008
Three leading exponents of improved risk management in ports and container handling facilities have published recommended safety standards for container yard equipment. TT Club, PEMA and ICHCA International have identified additional safety devices that can be implemented on yard equipment, along with other operational changes in order to reduce injuries and fatalities as well as cargo, property and equipment damage.
Aker Solutions to supply a complete drilling equipment package for a deepwater drillship Jurong Shipyard is building for the Brazilian market. On 25 August 2012 Aker Solutions announced a contract to supply six drilling equipment packages to Jurong Shipyard. The contract included an option for an additional drilling package, which the customer now has exercised. The contract includes complete topside and subsea equipment (drilling riser and blow-out preventer) and its value has not been
Stephen Nelson appointed business development manager for Atlas Copco Construction Equipment. Stephen Nelson has been appointed to the position of business development manager at Atlas Copco Construction Equipment, Commerce City, Colo., effective Jan. 3. In his new role Nelson will report directly to Erik Sparby, president and general manager of Atlas Copco Construction Equipment. Nelson has more than 20 years of sales and management experience working in the construction equipment
Dresser-Rand has received orders to supply power generation equipment to the BP Deep Water Development Program in the Gulf of Mexico. The equipment is being supplied by Dresser-Rand's Norwegian operations in Kongsberg and Drammen is comprised of Dresser-Rand DR61G turbo generator sets powered by GE LM2500 gas turbines, which drive Siemens electrical generators. BP has placed security of supply orders at approximately $120 million for a total of 14 units
According to sources, a report says crew of sunken ferry may have been unfamiliar with equipment. A suggestion is being made that bridge crew on the Queen of the North were unfamiliar with newly installed steering equipment. A preliminary finding into the ferry sinking also says the crew was so unacquainted with the new electronic equipment's night settings that they turned off a monitor displaying their course.
FMC Technologies, Inc. to support Shell's ultra-deepwater project in the Walker Ridge area of the Gulf of Mexico. Stones is located approximately 200 miles (322 kilometers) off the Louisiana coast in approximately 9,600 feet (2,926 meters) of water.
Gulfstream Services, Inc. (GSI), an oilfield rental company providing high pressure equipment for the international oil and gas industry, has named Dale Broussard as Manager – Quality Assurance (QA) and Health, Safety and Environment (HSE), announced Gulfstream Services President Mike Mire
McMurdo, a business of the Orolia Group, announced that Smartfind M5 AIS Class A Transponder is now available. The Smartfind M5 Automatic Identification System (AIS) Class A Transponder, previewed at Marine Equipment Trade Show (METS) 2012 in Amsterdam
TTS Sets its sites on China to Achieve its Financial Goals TTS has set its sights on becoming a billion euro business and is focusing on China as a key growth driver. Through long-term joint ventures with state-owned Chinese concerns, TTS has established itself as the leading (and largest)
The naming of Service Support Vessel DP Gezina in Hardinxveld – Giessendam was performed by Mrs. Gezina Roelofs, and witnessed by the 200 guests attending the event. Mrs. Gezina Roelofs is the mother of the owner of Chevalier Floatels, Marcel Roelofs.
Aker Solutions today laid the foundation stone of a new plant in Paraná that will double the company's subsea production capacity in Brazil. The plant in the city of São José dos Pinhais in the Paraná state in Brazil will be operational in 2015
Since the integration of Ned-Deck Marine into the Palfinger Group in 2010, the Business Area Palfinger Marine said it has strengthened its position as a deck equipment supplier in the maritime, offshore and wind industries worldwide. Based on these developments
Oceanteam also says it continued its investment program in 2.000 / 4.000-ton modular carousel systems. Highlights for the first quarter of 2013: · Revenue from operations USD 16.5 million · EBITDA from operations is positive USD 7.2 million
Balance Point Control Ltd. (BPC), a Superior Energy Services, Inc. company, has developed the Concentric Snubbing Unit- 160 (CSU – 160) rig assist snubbing unit. According to BPC their new CSU-160 is the first fully remote-operated snubbing unit on the market
IHC Merwede delivered the Alberto Alemán Zubieta to Autoridad del Canal de Panama (ACP) in Panama City. The formalities were handled by ACP’s Contracting Officer, Mrs. Regina Donelson, after a successful trial period of 30 continuous days on the Panama Canal.
Robust automation, control and management system for marine renewable energy solutions. Eco Marine Power (EMP) and KEI System Ltd (KEI) of Osaka, Japan, announced today that they will release later this year, the Aquarius Monitoring and Automation System or Aquarius MAS – a marine
Dron & Dickson, specialist in design, supply and maintenance of hazardous area electrical equipment, has opened an office in Brazil creating the potential for future work in the area. The new base follows on from £10 million of contracts being secured in the region
Blast-One industrial solutions for OEM, shipyards, steel fabrication, and machine & equipment refurbishing open new manufacturing division. Ohio based Blast-One International recently opened its Blast-One Industrial Solutions (BIS) division centered in Burnsville, Minnesota
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Crowley Maritime Corporation’s liner services group is adding more than 3,000 pieces of cargo handling equipment to its diverse fleet. The additional resources will allow the company to better meet increasing customer demand throughout Puerto Rico


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Eyes: Corneal Ulcers
Article refereed by Drs Jeff Smith and Cameron Whittaker at the Animal Referral Hospital, Homebush, Sydney
A corneal ulcer describes an injury to the cornea which may or may not be infected.
The cornea is the clear tough part of the eye lying directly in front of the lens and pupil. It has a convex shape and its edge is attached 360 degrees to the white (sclera) of the eye. It is fed nutrients and kept lubricated and clean by normal tear production.
There is fluid behind the cornea pushing it outwards, giving it a convex shape. The space containing this fluid is called the anterior chamber.
The cornea is made of many layers of cells which are slowly replaced by new cells growing on the bottom layer. Older cells on the top layer naturally “wear off”
The cornea has to be clear. Otherwise, one would have trouble seeing out of the eye. In order to be clear, the cornea has no blood vessels within it. This is ok unless it is injured in some way. Whenever there is an injury in the body, blood vessels deliver “healing agents e.g. white blood cells, clotting products to get things repaired ASAP.
If the cornea is injured e.g. by a foreign body, chemical burn, it is very difficult for healing to take place because of the lack of blood vessels. If the wound becomes infected, bacteria can have a real “field day” as the corneal cells “taste nice” and there are no defences.
Some pets can develop a problem where the eye stops making tears. When this happens the cornea dries out as it has lost its source of lubrication and nutrition.
Some pets have eyelids which roll inwards instead of maintaining a nice straight edge. The hairs on the eyelid rub against the cornea and gradually wear away the cells creating an ulcer.
Cornel ulcers cause pain and the whole eyeball can become very inflamed. Often the pet squints and may try to rub the eye.
There may be a small area of “blueness” visible to the naked eye at the injury site.
Left untreated, corneal ulcers can rapidly enlarge and can even perforate the full thickness of the cornea. If this happens, the fluid in the anterior chamber leaks out and unless emergency surgery is performed, the patient can lose the eye.
Depending on how deep the corneal ulcer is, treatment will vary.
- Superficial non-infected ulcers are treated with drops to keep it lubricated and prevent infection
- If the ulcer is a result of Dry Eye or Entropion, correction of these problems is addressed first.
- Deep ulcers are operated on and depending on how severe they are, repair technics will vary:
1) Third eyelid flap
The third eyelid can be placed across an ulcerated cornea to protect it whilst it heals. Blood vessels on the inside surface of the third eyelid offer healing agents to the ulcer below.
2) Conjunctival graft
Deep aggressive corneal ulcers or injuries sometimes need a flap of conjunctiva (the loose tissue on the inside edge of the eyelids) stitched to the edges. This provides a good blood supply to the injury and gets things repaired quickly. When it has healed, the flap is trimmed off at its base leaving behind a small amount of scarring.
3) Grid Keratectomy
We often place a grid pattern around the ulcer and surrounding area using a sharp instrument to allow new corneal cells to run along and stick to the underlying surface. If this is not done, the ulcer may “fill up” and appear healed, but the new cells soon “slide off” as they have no “roots” to stay attached.


Alcatel Introduces Two New Budgeting Smartphones At IFA 2015
Alcatel, has gained my attention. At the IFA 2015 event they have launched two low-end smartphones under the OneTouch series i.e. the “Alcatel Pop Up” & “Alcatel Pop Star.” Both the variant looks amazing & have a decent configuration. Let’s have a detail look on both the smartphones.
Alcatel OneTouch Pop Star:
The Pop Star has a 3G & a 4G version. The 3G version has a 5-inches 720P HD display. It is powered with MediaTek MT6580 processor with 1GB RAM + 8GB ROM. It has an 8MP rear and 5MP Front/Selfie camera. The battery life is decent with 2, 000 mA battery, which can last till 8 hours.
The 4G version has the exact same specification, but is equipped with MediaTek 64 MT6735P processor, which ensures better performance than the 3G versions.
Alcatel OneTouch Pop UP:
The Pop Up is a better version than the Pop Star. It comes with 5.0-inch 720P HD display. It is powered with Snapdragon 610 processor with the clock speed of 1.4GHz & supported with 1GB RAM. It has a 13 MP rear & 5 MP front/selfie camera.
Black, Riva blue, amber orange, white & strawberry red color
Both the smartphones has a very decent configuration & can be a best choice for those who are looking up for a budgeting smartphone.


This week’s article spotlights disability as an axis of diversity. According to this article, 26% of adult Americans have at least one disability, yet data from 2004 suggest that only 4% of faculty members report a disability. Stigmas or biases, inability to fund graduate education while maintaining necessary medical care, lack of role models, and . . .
differently abled, accommodations, support.
Did you know that more than sixty-one million Americans have disabilities? Although legislative actions and conversations about the impact of living with disabilities are increasingly common in workplaces and social places, a study by Iezzoni et al. (2021) identified physicians’ perceptions of people with disabilities contributes to health care disparities. In a small national study, . . .
Beginning a new school year can be a moment for recognizing and challenging ingrained patterns and perspectives in order to create a more inclusive and welcoming campus community. One pernicious aspect of campus life is the pervasive ableism that often goes unacknowledged. Ableism refers to the beliefs, practices, and physical arrangements that disadvantage and stigmatize . . .
As we return to campus life, keeping everyone safe requires that we recognize how commonplace logistics and behavioral patterns can create difficulties and even barriers to full access and participation for those with disabilities. The University of Washington’s AccessADVANCE focuses on guidelines for making campus life more accessible for and inclusive of those with disabilities, . . .
This last month, President Biden signed an Executive Order Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) in the Federal Government. The premise is based upon public servants reflecting the communities they serve; this has parallels in academia as well. ADVANCE at Michigan Tech is very encouraged by these measures to assess DEIA in the workforce . . .
A statistical abstract report from the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics at the National Science Foundation highlights that women holding academic jobs in science, engineering and health fields increased from 26% in 1999 to 39% in 2019, and underrepresented minorities now hold 9%. While we should celebrate these improvements, the reality is that these . . .
Although navigating life through a pandemic has been difficult, ever wonder what navigating life with disabilities is like? Want to support colleagues with different abilities, but felt uncomfortable asking how? This article contains five questions answered by those with physical, cognitive, or mental disabilities as they navigate daily life. The article highlights the pressures disabled . . .
Disabilities, both visible and unseen, impact approximately 26% of the US population and research has shown that both graduation and retention rates for students with disabilities are lower than those of their peers. Faculty ranks are also impacted with only 3.6% of tenured faculty identifying themselves as individuals with disabilities. While efforts to include disability . . .