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Scientists have developed a blood test that may reveal changes in the brain caused by Alzheimer’s disease. The technique, tested so far only in mice, predicts the amount of amyloid plaque (formed from clumps of proteins that kill surrounding cells) in an animal’s brain. The research, detailed in a report in the current issue of the journal Science, holds promise for the development of predictive methods to diagnose the disease years ahead of the onset of clinical symptoms.
David Holtzman of the Washington University School of Medicine and colleagues worked with mice that had been genetically engineered to develop an Alzheimer’s-like disease. They measured the amount of amyloid-b (Ab) protein in the animals’ blood and found that it did not correlate to the extent of plaque formation in the brain, which is also the case for humans. But when they treated 49 animals with an artificial antibody known as m266, they found that their levels of Ab increased dramatically within as little as five minutes. Moreover, the increased blood levels correlated with the amount of amyloid in two regions of the brain affected by Alzheimer’s, the hippocampus and the cingulate cortex. According to study co-author Ronald B. DeMattos of Washington University School of Medicine, "a simple injection of m266 altered the metabolism of Ab and unmasked important correlations with brain pathology."
Whether the results will apply to humans suffering from Alzheimer’s disease remains unclear. Even if the test does work, it can only diagnose patients who have already started to accumulate amyloid. But as Holtzman notes, "such a test also could distinguish individuals suffering from dementia caused by Alzheimer’s from those with other types of dementia, and may help us evaluate an individual’s response to particular medical therapies."
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More and more automobile companies are focusing on body parts made of carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP). However, manufacturing and repair costs must be further reduced in order to make CFRP more economical in use. Together with the Volkswagen AG and five other partners in the project HolQueSt 3D, the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) has developed laser processes for the automatic trimming, drilling and repair of three-dimensional components.
Automated manufacturing processes are the basis for ultimately establishing the series production of CFRP components. In the project HolQueSt 3D, the LZH has...
Reflecting the structure of composites found in nature and the ancient world, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have synthesized thin carbon nanotube (CNT) textiles that exhibit both high electrical conductivity and a level of toughness that is about fifty times higher than copper films, currently used in electronics.
"The structural robustness of thin metal films has significant importance for the reliable operation of smart skin and flexible electronics including...
The nearby, giant radio galaxy M87 hosts a supermassive black hole (BH) and is well-known for its bright jet dominating the spectrum over ten orders of magnitude in frequency. Due to its proximity, jet prominence, and the large black hole mass, M87 is the best laboratory for investigating the formation, acceleration, and collimation of relativistic jets. A research team led by Silke Britzen from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, has found strong indication for turbulent processes connecting the accretion disk and the jet of that galaxy providing insights into the longstanding problem of the origin of astrophysical jets.
Supermassive black holes form some of the most enigmatic phenomena in astrophysics. Their enormous energy output is supposed to be generated by the...
The probability to find a certain number of photons inside a laser pulse usually corresponds to a classical distribution of independent events, the so-called...
Microprocessors based on atomically thin materials hold the promise of the evolution of traditional processors as well as new applications in the field of flexible electronics. Now, a TU Wien research team led by Thomas Müller has made a breakthrough in this field as part of an ongoing research project.
Two-dimensional materials, or 2D materials for short, are extremely versatile, although – or often more precisely because – they are made up of just one or a...
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- TheStreet.com•7 hours ago
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Share prices generally move in tandem with analyst recommendations. As analysts raise their next-12-month target prices, stock prices may also increase.
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Video: IoT and Cloud Computing Meet ASHRAE to Deliver Productivity and Energy Savings
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I was admitted to the hospital the night before my C-Section - so THEY could regulate my blood sugars. After going low (allowed no food or drink)and hitting 55 or so, I asked to take a glucose tablet and was told they’d have to call my endo. 30 minutes later, I’m down to 50, and they’d have to ask my endo… After he told them to leave me alone and let me do my own thing (God bless him!), I thought we were all good!
Next day, (sugars were 60 - 80 all night), RIGHT BEFORE surgery (nonemergency, BTW - the doc just knew she was getting big (9 lb. 6 oz) and wanted to go ahead and schedule the C-Section), I felt flushed and dizzy, so I checked my sugar. It was 256! The nurses had been literally SQUEEZING saline from the IV into my arm to get me “well-hydrated” prior to surgery… or so I thought. About the time I saw the high number, a nurses’ aid walked in, looked at the IV bag and said, “She’s diabetic, isn’t she? Who put this bag of dextrose up here?”
They’d been pumping me full of sugar! When I tried to tell them that they’d have to postpone the Section, they refused. (Mind you, I’d not been given anaesthetic or anything at this point, they simply did not want to reschedule the surgery…) I told them that if my sugar was high, hers would be LOW… “No, honey, they’ll take care of all that in surgery - you just don’t worry yourself over it…”
Yeah. Her sugar was 17 when she was born… and when I complained the doctors had the nerve to say it was my fault. (My sugars were over 200 maybe ONCE throughout the pregnancy) “Well, even though you have done really well controlling your sugars, you can’t have the control of a nondiabetic - It’s the effect of the sugars over the duration of your pregnancy that caused her to go low…”
A WEEK in NICU. Thank God she survived it… I knew from researching the subject, glucose levels in the mother throughout pregnancy affect the size of the baby, but her levels AT THE TIME OF BIRTH affect the baby’s sugar levels at birth. The baby’s pancreas works overtime to try to bring down the glucose in her environment, then suddenly is removed from that influx of sugar and her levels plummet…
As much as I’d love to have another child - (I had a BLISSFUL pregnancy - healthiest I’ve ever been!) - I doubt that I will, and part of the reason is my concerns about the ignorance of the hospital staff toward diabetes and their unwillingness to listen to the person who’s had it for 20 plus years and studied up on it as if – perhaps? – her life depended on it???

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Hester publishes article on baroque poetry about Christopher Columbus
This essay examines Girolamo Graziani’s well-received epic poem, Il Conquisto di Granata (The Conquest of Granada, 1650), as a compelling piece of an Italian genealogy of New World Italian epic poetry, to which corpus the Conquisto belongs, despite its title. Indeed, in a convenient reworking of the historical timeline, the Columbus of this work returns to Spain from his first voyage to the Americas in time to fight the Moors of Granada, and he plays a decisive role in their defeat. The poetic project of the Conquisto incorporates three main aims: to address and remedy criticisms leveled against earlier Italian epic poetry about the New World, to establish Columbus as the narrative and ideological link between Conquest and Reconquest and, more broadly, to maintain the international status of Italian letters at a time when deeds and facts—expansion, colonialism—come to define the prestige of European proto-nations.
Hester, Nathalie. “Baroque Italian Epic from Granada to the New World: Columbus Conquers the Moors.” The Discovery of the New World in Early Modern Italy: Encounters with the Americas in the 16th-18th Centuries. Eds. Elizabeth Horodowich and Lia Markey. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2017. 270-287.

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Heading into the July 4th weekend this summer, our team here at the Kentucky PFR Site was pretty uncertain about this crop. At that time, we had only received less than 1.0 in. of rain in the month of June, and the heat was starting to take toll on our young crop. Luckily the good Lord and Mother Nature turned things around and we harvested a bountiful crop this fall!
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There are several winter annual weeds that emerge in fields every fall that can cost you money and time in the spring. Arguably, the most troublesome is marestail. Although it has the ability to germinate throughout much of the year, it’s the ones that germinate in the fall that are some of the hardest to kill.
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We experienced quite the planting season this year with heavy rainfall events occurring in much of our marketing area, resulting in significant replant of corn and soybean acres. Though the decision-making process and additional work seemed difficult at times, your efforts were not lost. Most replant stands that I have evaluated are looking very good and progressing nicely toward the genetic and yield potential of each hybrid and variety. With that said, I wanted to share with you some observations I have made in respect to the sulfur (S) nutrition in many of the fields I have observed.
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Here in Missouri we have welcomed the month of June with open arms! With daily highs in the triple digits, it’s finally feeling more and more like summer. As planting season winds down, we finally have an opportunity to protect the crop we have worked so hard to get in the ground. I wanted to take this opportunity to relay some information on the pests I’ve been seeing out in the field so that you’ll be prepared if you come across them.
I feel like this year has been a big set up. We had excellent planting conditions in late March and early April, and we were able to get a lot of crops planted. Then Mother Nature took a turn for the worst, and the following three weeks were cold, wet, and cloudy. Much of our corn struggled to emerge and lacked the early season vigor I would typically like to see. However, we were only accumulating five to ten growing degree units (GDUs) per day, so it was somewhat expected. Seed treated with Beck’s Escalate™ yield enhancement system really had an advantage this year! Now that the weather has warmed up and we’ve started seeing the sun again, the corn that wasn’t underwater for too long is starting to look much better. Most of my service calls recently have been in regards to soybeans, or really the lack thereof. Even though each field has the potential to be completely different, I have started to notice a pattern. There have been two major culprits of soybean loss this year: PPO or Group 14 herbicides (especially in soybeans that were treated with ILeVo®) and slugs.
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Planting is in full swing at Becks Practical Farm Research (PFR)® site in Kentucky! As I write this article on April 28, 2017, we are 80 percent complete with corn planting and 45 percent complete with soybean planting. Although we had gotten off to a great start this year, Mother Nature started throwing mixed weather our way as of late and the fluctuation in temperatures and precipitation we experienced could possibly cause some issues.
As I write this, it’s raining outside. We are fortunate to receive rainfall because our soil moisture content was very low across much of the state, as we experienced very little water recharge this winter. However, with the blessing of soil moisture comes the frustration of having time to adequately prepare our ground for planting. In reduced and no-till systems, we rely on burndown chemical applications to clean our fields of weeds. The forecast indicates that we may experience rainfall at relatively consistent intervals in the near future. Frequent rainfall events, cooler temperatures, and poor drying conditions all make it difficult to get things done.
With spring officially upon us, we’re all ready to fire up our corn planters except Mother Nature doesn’t seem to want to cooperate. With rainfall totals nearing double digits and more in the forecast, many of us are wondering when we will be able to get the 2017 season underway. The one thing I keep asking myself, however, is are our fields ready for our planters?
Beck’s has set itself apart from other seed companies in the industry by providing farmers with the ultimate, unbiased agronomic resource – the Practical Farm Research (PFR)® Book. Beck’s has six locations across five states in the Midwest with a combined total of over 700 acres devoted to testing products and practices to determine what works the best and will consistently provide farmers with the highest return on investment. All of this is done with the sole purpose of helping farmers succeed.
As I have been talking with wheat farmers over these past few weeks, many have expressed a number of concerns. First and foremost, they have been concerned about their wheat growth stages advancing too rapidly. Other concerns include insects coming out of dormancy earlier than usual and the risk of some crop diseases, that generally die with a good freeze, resurfacing and leaving a longer window for infection.
As we continue to test new products that are new to the market or improved upon, Escalate’s unique blend is always evolving. Escalate has been tested over multiple years at a number of Beck’s Practical Farm Research (PFR)® sites and has delivered extraordinary results.
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Landry’s, Inc. is an American privately owned, multi-brand dining, hospitality, entertainment and gaming corporation based in Houston, Texas. Landry’s, Inc. owns and operates more than 500 restaurant, hotel, casino and entertainment destinations in 35 states and the District of Columbia. The company also owns and operates numerous international locations. Landry’s is among the nation’s largest and fastest-growing restaurant corporations. The company’s headquarters are located in the Uptown/Galleria area of Houston.

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Somebody once said No Man Is An Island,
But I'm on this Island immersed in desolation without you,
For all I need is you, my love, no matter where the Island floats,
No matter how much the Sun laughs that I'm no longer with you,
Come to my Island, explore every rock, every ledge and every shore, submerge
yourself inside the roots of this Eerth, look at how beautiful it is.
Do not sail away again for I won't know where you've gone,
The Wind will search for you, but only whisper the echo of my cry for your name.
You're the air that I breath, the fertile soil of my Island, the spring beneath the rock;
I am bound to this land and I've got nowhere to go.
The night and the still sound of the Ocean waves understand my pain,
The Moon cries next to me and the Trees sing her name.
The night begans to fill with stars to soothe my loneliness.
Fall from the sky on this starry night into my Island, my love, for all I need is you.
The Moon and stars give no meaning to time, waiting for your Sail to return,
They know all I need is you, my love; for you are my Island.


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Permanently Closed - Mission Beach Cafe
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This restaurant has closed down. Open Table wasted my time by having it in its list, confirming my reservation & sending me a text message two days before the reservation to reconfirm it.
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL, CONSIDERING THE RESTAURANT IS OUT OF BUSINESS.
MUCH BETTER THAN SOME SAN FRANCISCO RESTAURANTS THAT WERE OPENED JULY 4TH?
I was very disappointed that the res
Closed for the 4th of July. Why would you still allow reservations if you’re closed???
IT WAS CLOSED!! SO ANGRY SINCE WE HAD TO PAY AN EXPENSIVE UBER TO GET THERE!!!!!
This restaurant is now closed
This restaurant has been closed down, as of the date of my reservation on Friday, June 7, due to health inspection violations!! I do not know why it is still listed here and how or why they played it off as if I actually was able to complete my reservation. They need to be removed.
Came here for weekday breakfast with a friend as it’s impossible to weekend brunch due to the lines. I was pretty disappointed ... we each got quiches which were soggy (I know it’s not fair to compare to Tartine quiche - gold standard!) and I couldn’t even finish eating it it was so unappetizing. Also ordered pastries as that’s what they make in house ... blueberry muffin was fluffy and truly the only delicious item we ordered ... cinnamon
Bun felt stale and was loaded with raisins (hate raisins!) and really felt more like a bear claw or Danish than a cinnamon bun or roll. We took two bites and left it. Coffee was so so ... there is SO much good local coffee in SF it would have been nice to have something local offered, French press or pour over style instead of diner coffee that’s been sitting in the reheater. Server was sweet and attentive (hooray and points for that), but the overall restaurant is looking pretty tattered and dirty. Sadly, I’m done w Mission Beach - there are too many other good options in the Mission.
We made a reservation on Open Table but then arrived and the host told us they couldn't access the reservations and we had to wait about 15 min for a table. The table was crammed between two others and the service was really slow. Food was a little overpriced for the quality and quantity.
This was a good restaurant, but no longer. We should have turned around and run, not walked out, when we were greeted by a surly waiter that proceeded to seat us near the bathroom in an empty restaurant. Everything got worse from there. The food was just dead and grey. What a horrible experience.
Nice place for dinner. We went early and it was not crowded, food was great, fast service.
Food was awesome
This is my parents first time trying brunch in America. They really enjoyed it and the truffle fries were so so great.
Willing to come visit again
The french toast was amazing! My friends who ordered the benedict and avocado toast enjoyed their meals as well. Highly recommended.
They are very accommodating, great service, and the most amazing eggs Benedict
Food & ambiance are excellent...would not hesitate to return.
Awesome food, great casual and cozy ambient, at reasonable price in the heart of SF
Food is too complicated and the three menu items we had really didn’t work. Too many ingredients that end up in a mishmash. Had to send cold french fries back.
First off, I just love when someone meets you at the door points to a table and doesn't even as if you have a reservation or not. It was Christmas Eve and you would think they would be a little more friendly. We were a part of 4 and we basically had to pick our table.
Waited for a very long time for the server to arrive. When he finally did, I asked about something on the menu and he started telling me that he is a server at another place near by and how there item I asked about was better. Gee, great up selling.
When we finally ordered, then we waited and waited and waited for our dinner to arrive. Still the tall guy with a beard and beanie who we first met as we came in, never left behind the counter to check on tables. He just kept going in and out of the kitchen. And our poor server to his credit had all the table and no help. I could go on, but why, you get the point.
For me, I will not gi back there again. Maybe they had an off night, but all the years I have worked in food establishments, you should always be prepared for the holiday diners!....
Menu was eclectic with choices for nearly everyone. I ordered a beet and mango salad that was very good, even though some of the mango slices were a bit tough. Main course was a beef pot pie that came with another salad. I wish I had known that so I wouldn’t have ordered the first salad. I had ordered a chicken pot pie but was served the beef. Because it was Christmas Eve I just let it go. Staff was rushed and bare bones. It’s a great neighborhood eatery with fresh, tasty food. Not sure I would make a special trip to eat there though.
Muy buen sitio para desayuno/brunch. Carta extensa y buena comida a precios razonables.
Not sure what has happened, but Mission Beach Cafe use to be a fantastic restaurant. They use to have the best burger in town! Sadly, not anymore. The food was mediocre at best and they really need to invest some money into repairs and maintenance of their restaurant. The tables/chairs look worn out and the bathroom could use a coat of paint. Unfortunately, the whole experience was sad. I understand they have a really great brunch, but I wouldn’t coke back for dinner again.
Great evening with friendly and personable service. Food was delicious and wine selections were inviting.
Best French Toast in the world! And the Giant Mimosas are wonderful! Can’t wait to go back.
The restaurant was empty (only one other table the entire night), probably because it was the weekend after Thanksgiving. The truffle fries and lamb were delicious but the Brussels sprouts were not that great - sauce was meh. Loved the service! Would love to go back for brunch as I’ve heard great things!
The food is excellent, as is the service. However, the two times I’ve tried to make a reservation here for dinner, Open Tabke gave me two choices (5:30 and 9:30] on a Saturday night even with three or four days’ notice. The place was empty last Saturday night and that should not be as the food is excellent.
Dinner with friends and MBC never disappoints. Ravioli, scallops, rabbit pie and seafood stew were all wonderful. Service was pleasant and attentive. Pies were delicious as always.
The food, service etc. was fine, no real complaints although it was nothing special. I was really disappointed that the menu on the website isn't the same as the menu they're serving at the moment - I had chosen to visit here for one specific (vegan) item on the menu that wasn't on the menu anymore (and I asked they couldn't do it) and there was actually only one single vegan option on the menu which was a healthy veg filled option, when I was really looking for a treat... like the non vegan options (or the vegan options on the old menu)...
All the breakfast dishes we got were great - best egg benedict ever (with crab and artichokes)
I have been going to Mission Beach for quite a while, mostly for lunch. It can be VERY busy at lunchtime and it is utterly crazy at the weekends for brunch.
We went for dinner on a Tuesday night, the place was quiet and the food good. It is so, so difficult to find a quite place for dinner.
Wine list was good, menu was good too. We shall return on Tuesday nights. Please don't come on a Tuesday night because you will spoil it for us!
Great rabbit pot pie. Savy bits of rabbit with a super yummy flaky crust.
Outstanding meal. Fabulous waitress.. loved being there..
Wonderful brunch in the heart of the Mission. They have a half Benedict option where you can pick one type of Benedict and then get two additional sides like avo toast, potato salad, roasted potatoes, side salad, biscuits, etc etc. perfect for a hungry gal who can’t decide on just one dish! The location is also perfect to spend the morning/afternoon around the Mission and Dolores Park afterwards. Highly recommend! Also very friendly, kind, attentive staff
This was our second time here, and MBC did not disappoint! Attentive and friendly service, good espresso and coffee, delicious meal. My husband loves their bacon, which is why we came here for our anniversary brunch. We’ll be back!
We have been to MBC before, but not for quite a while, and when we got halfway through this meal, we were asking ourselves, "Why don't we come here more often?"
Our food was excellent — we started with the delicious roasted Brussel sprouts. My partner had the king salmon, which I tried and was very tasty. I don't often order red meat, but I had the petit filet, and I have to say, it was one of the best I have ever eaten. Practically melted in my mouth, perfectly cooked, with a delicious mushroom sauce. I had a very nice wine, fairly priced as was the entirety of the meal. When our server came back and asked if I'd like another glass of wine, I asked if there was any chance I could get just half a glass, and she kindly indulged me. I love it when a restaurant will do that, as another full glass is often a bit more than I want (or need!)
Our server was an absolutely delightful and personable young woman who made the meal even better, putting us in a good mood from the moment we walked in the door. We'll be back!
Great place to kickback and have a relaxed meal. Service staff very friendly and gets it right. Awesome neighborhood gem.
Absolutely love this place. Consistently good, elegant and unpretentious.
Decent food and drinks but service was the worst I have seen in a long time, at any place whatsoever. Everything took forever and the waiter was either just lying to us on multiple occasions, or was really clumsy. Who knows...
The server was welcoming, good range of choices for lunch, delicious eggs benedict. The music was a little loud and the server turned it down at our request. It was a Tuesday and we didn't feel rushed. I wouldn't go during peak weekend brunch hours as there's often a wait.
We enjoyed breakfast at Mission Beach Cafe. The food was incredible - we had the beach burger, the brioche French toast, and the eggs/bacon. We loved every bite. The service was fine, but could have been a bit more attentive. I think our server may have just been a little too busy, but it wasn’t a big deal, as we always had what we needed.
A reliable, nice neighborhood place to get a very good meal.
Permanently Closed - Mission Beach Cafe offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (415) 861-0198.
Permanently Closed - Mission Beach Cafe is rated 4.2 stars by 780 OpenTable diners.

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The World On Fire: The Science By Oliver Rosengart
World On Fire: The Science is a free 45-minute film on the science of global warming and energy.
It is an educational film on a high school level. It describes the science of the causes and effects of global warming and the present and future sources of energy. The parts are:
The positive and negative aspects of each energy source and each method of producing power are described.
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Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a human commensal that has been well known for decades of causing re-current and almost untreatable infections due to their capability of forming biofilms in order to evade the effects of antimicrobials, generating a tolerance against them. A major cause of death in patients infected with Influenza A virus is due to the development of secondary bacteria pneumonia caused by S. aureus. It has been unclear how certain human commensal organisms transform from being harmless and asymptomatic to becoming invasive and capable of causing harmful disease until interkingdom signalling was discovered. However, despite awareness of existence of this type of signalling, the apparatus of how it functions in pathogens such as MRSA is currently relatively limited. The aim of this project was to investigate the host-signals that trigger biofilm dispersal in MRSA via interkingdom signalling. S. aureus strain EMRSA-15 was cultured and 24 h biofilms were grown in TSB, TSB + 2% NaCl and TSB + 1% glucose solution. Determination of optimum conditions for growth of MRSA biofilms was measured using 0.25% crystal violet staining. Following determination, 24 h static biofilms were all formed and varying dilutions of CACO-2 cell lysate (1 in 10, 1 in 100 and 1 in 1000) were added to the biofilms and incubated at 37°C and 39°C, with planktonic bacteria then quantified at 620nm and biomass measured following addition of host-signals. In this report, it’s demonstrated that growing MRSA in TSB + 1% glucose produces the greatest biomass over TSB and TSB + 2% NaCl. Additionally, this report shows the MRSA biofilms dispersed in response to the treatment of cell lysate and a febrile-range temperature – representing a host response to a viral infection - in some cases, with each dilution of cell lysate and different incubation temperatures causing varied effects on biofilm dispersal. These results reveal a certain level of insight into MRSA’s behaviour towards the presence of host-signals, and offer a baseline knowledge for future interkingdom signalling investigations to be carried out involving MRSA. There was a high level of variability in the data, with the addition of different dilutions of cell lysate and a febrile-range temperature showing mixed trends.
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Grains make up a significant part of most doggy diets. Couscous is a grain attributed with several health benefits for humans but is it just as healthy for dogs? Can dogs eat couscous?
The simple answer to these questions is yes, couscous is a safe healthy choice of whole grains to feed your dog (If you are after grain free, look here). However, as with anyone considering feeding human food to a dog, you might want to learn a bit more about the effects of feeding your dog couscous. Read on to get a better idea of how couscous in a dog’s diet will affect your pet.
What is Couscous?
Couscous is a whole grain that is made from the semolina of durum wheat. It is a staple in North African cuisine, similar to rice. Arabic countries and other Mediterranean countries use a similar process with different grains. Bulgur is a similar staple grain, for example. As mentioned, couscous is made from durum wheat so it is not gluten-free.
Is Couscous a Healthy Food for Dogs?
Couscous is a safe option if you are looking for a grain for your dog’s diet. The composition of couscous is not heavy on a dog’s stomach and can easily be mixed with other foods. However, if you are looking for a gluten-free alternative for your dog, couscous won’t work. Couscous is made from wheat and is therefore not gluten-free.
A notable nutrient in couscous is selenium. Selenium helps with the proper functioning of cells. Selenium is also said to have properties that help to prevent cancer. So, selenium could be one of the benefits of feeding your dog couscous. However, moderate the amount of couscous in your dog’s diet. Large amounts of selenium are considered toxic for dogs.
Other nutrients found in couscous are magnesium, vitamin B and dietary fibre. Magnesium is required for providing cells with energy. Your dog needs magnesium for all its cells tasks. Vitamin B is also important for the healthy functioning of cells and the conversion of nutrients into energy. Dietary fibre is necessary for a healthy digestive system.
Couscous is also known to have a higher level of protein as compared to other grains. Considering its properties, couscous is a healthier choice of grain for a dog’s diet compared to less nutritional grains such as white rice.
How to Add Couscous to Your Dog’s Diet
Introducing a new food to your dog’s diet should be done gradually. As a pet owner, you first need to know how your dog’s digestive system will react to the new food. It is easiest to monitor the effect of a new food when only one new food item is added to their diet. To start adding couscous in their diet, mix in a few tablespoons into their regular meals. A sudden significant chance in a dog’s dietary composition will upset their stomach. Dogs need more time to adjust to new foods than humans do.
Once you are sure that couscous is not causing any gastrointestinal upset in your dog, you can increase the serving amount. If couscous is replacing another grain, gradually reduce the serving amount of the replaced grain while you are increasing the couscous.
A good indicator of the health of a dog’s digestive system is its stool. If you see any significant negative changes in Fido’s stool, discontinue feeding the new food. Finding the right food composition for your dog may take some time. Just remember to make changes gradually and continuously monitor their digestion.
How to Cook Couscous for Your Dog
Couscous needs to be cooked before it is fed to your dog. Luckily, cooking couscous is quick and easy. Most of the couscous that you find in the supermarket only requires to be steeped in hot water for 2-5 minutes. To add more flavour and to sneak in extra nutrients, try steeping your couscous in homemade chicken or beef broth.
Couscous alone is not a complete meal for your dog. A well-balanced doggy diet consists of mostly protein with the addition of grains and some vegetables. Couscous can be mixed with any protein source and vegetables. You can try lean proteins such as chicken and lamb. Beans and beef work just as well. You can also choose to mix the couscous with canned dog food. There is no rule that says homemade dog food cannot be mixed with pre-prepared dog food. Here are some ideas of other human foods that could be mixed with it to make a tasty meal.
When preparing homemade food for your dog, remember that it is to feed a canine and not a human. Seasoning a dog’s food with salt or other spices is not necessary. Most doggy digestive systems cannot process spices properly. Common flavour makers such as onions and garlic are even toxic for dogs. Also, avoid preparations that use a lot of oil and fat. Though an occasional teaspoon of olive oil can have some health benefits for dogs, oily and fatty foods are not recommended for your pooch.
If you are experimenting with which grain to include in your dog’s diet, give couscous a try. Couscous is a safe whole grain for dogs with nutritional benefits such as protein, dietary fibre, vitamin B, magnesium and selenium. Whole grains such as couscous, similar to brown rice, are a healthier alternative to feeding your dog white rice. Couscous is not a gluten-free option for gluten-sensitive dogs. Couscous is made of durum wheat and therefore contains gluten.
Serving your dog couscous alone does not constitute a healthy well-balanced diet. Despite the protein content of couscous, your dog still needs protein sources from animals to stay healthy. Add lean meats such as chicken or fresh salmon to the couscous. Animal proteins should make up at least half of the doggy meal. You can make couscous tastier for your dog by preparing it with a broth instead of with plain hot water. Also ensure the meal contains around 10%-20% of vegetables that are safe for dogs.


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It must be very exciting to not only tour Australia but to be also touring with The Maine?
Both are pretty neat! I hope the fuzzy animals outweigh the shitty spiders. It’ll be sick to finally meet people that like what we do in Australia. The first time in other continents is always wild.
Have you ever tried Googling the band name? Weirdest search result?
Nothing super out of the ordinary. We come up. Water park pictures come up. Sometimes pictures of Aaron Carter too, so that’s siiiiiiiick.
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Have you been happy with how your album Double Dare has been received?
Yeah, the album went over really well. I’m super excited because we just finished recording the second one before this UK headline tour we’re on now.
Stand out moment from being in the band so far?
You can’t ask me to pick one moment! That totally downplays the years of doing all this! Ask me this question next year.
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USA Network is in very early stages of developing a late-night talk show from Will Ferrell‘s Gary Sanchez Productions, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
The project, currently untitled, would be in the vein of morning talk shows but would air at 12:01 a.m., as TV Guide first reported. If it moves forward, it would mark USA’s first foray into the crowded late-night game, which already includes the likes of Jay Leno, David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O’Brien and Jon Stewart.
The Big Bang Theory‘s Rob Cohen and NTSF: SD: SUV’s Owen Burke will executive produce the project.
This marks USA’s desire to expand its focus from scripted dramas to comedies and reality programming. Later this year, the cable network will roll out unscripted series The Moment with Kurt Warner and The Choir. USA’s Modern Family acquisition will help serve as a launch pad for upcoming comedy pilots, including Paging Dr. Freed and Sirens.
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Four siblings between the ages of three and 12 died late Tuesday when a fire ripped through their home in Tarragona, police said on Wednesday. At least four others, including the father of the children, were injured in the blaze.
Firefighters said the mother was able to rescue one of her children – a two-year-old baby – while an 18-year-old was also able to escape from the burning apartment, which is located in the Tarragona neighborhood of El Vendrell.
“We don’t want to speculate what the causes were,” said Catalan interior commissioner Ramón Espadaler, who was on the scene Wednesday. “The mother is aware that four of her children have died, and is under psychological care.”
Firefighters were called to the scene at around midnight when the blaze broke out on the top floor of the four-story building.
The bodies of the children – ages three, five, eight and 12 – were recovered at the scene. The 51-year-old father was taken to Vall d’Hebron Hospital in Barcelona suffering from 11-percent burns to his body.


In partnership with Open Streets Detroit and Friends of Rouge Park, the City of Detroittoday announced the first-ever expansion of Open Streets programming to Rouge Park, taking place Saturday, July 21 from 1 – 5 p.m. Now in its third year, Open Streets Detroitallows participants to enjoy fun activities with the closing of streets around the park.
“What Open Streets Detroit has done in the southwest Detroit and Corktown neighborhoods was so fantastic, we wanted to duplicate the experience in different parts ofthe city where each neighborhood has its own unique personality,” said Brad Dick, Deputy Chief Services and Infrastructure Officer. “Having it in Rouge Park gives it a twist where people are able to enjoy great family activities within a park setting.”
Open Streets Detroit: Rouge Park will temporarily turn three miles of road in Detroit’s Rouge Park into a safe, open and car-free zone for local families and community members to run, bike, skate, shop and play together, with the route making a three-mile loop inside the park along Spinoza, Outer, and Rouge Park drives.
Rouge Park is the largest park in the city covering 1,184 acres. The park boasts two outdoor Olympic-sized swimming pools, an event center, campgrounds, a full golf course and driving range.
“Since launching Open Streets Detroit in 2016, our vision has been to work with otherDetroit neighborhoods to re-envision new possibilities for city streets and public spaces through Open Streets programming,” said Lisa Nuszkowski, project lead for Open StreetsDetroit. “We are currently seeking program partners to activate Rouge Park with a wide range of activities focused on physical activity, health and wellness, appreciation of nature, and arts and culture.”
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In addition to walking, biking, and running along the route, participants will have the opportunity to take part in free activities and programming. Open Streets Detroit is seeking program partners who can create family-friendly, participatory activities focused on physical activity, health and wellness, appreciation of nature, and arts and culture. Applicants are encouraged to submit programming ideas that are participatory and engaging for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities. Applications are available online at http://openstreetsdet.org/program-partners/ and are due on June 29.
Open Streets Detroit was launched in 2016 as part of an international movement to opencity streets to encourage healthy activities and foster increased interaction between neighborhood businesses and residents. During its first two years, Open Streets Detroitattracted more than 25,000 participants from Detroit and throughout the region.
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KABUL: After nearly a week of planning, 12 Afghan models walked the runway on Saturday as part of the country’s first fashion show to highlight the impact of the decades-long conflict.
Dressed in blood-stained shrouds to resemble war victims, two women and 10 men took part in the first round of “The Shroud Fashion Show.”
Event organizer Ajmal Haqiqi said there were plans to host similar events in the future.
“Through this event, we wanted to show the bitter and harsh reality of the ongoing situation in our country, to show the impact of suicide bombers, blasts and attacks,” Haqiqi told Arab News on Sunday. “We will hold more of such programs among the public, on the streets, and in this way draw the attention of our leaders and the world that Afghans more than any other nation badly need and deserve peace.”
Haqiqi Fashion, which he set up 13 years ago, is the country’s first modelling agency.
He said the main idea behind the event was to draw attention to the “war’s calamities.”
“People want and need peace. It was a campaign to emphasise peace, not on modelling or peace for modelling,” Haqiqi added.
Some Afghans went on social media to show their support for the event.
“Afghans are tired of the war and use any medium to show that,” school student Sayed Sameer posted on Facebook. “The fashion show was one way.”
There have been more than 40 years of fighting in Afghanistan, claiming the lives of an unknown number of people.
More than 100 civilians and members of the security forces died last week, according to estimates released by Tolo News on Saturday, and the US said in a February report that civilian casualties had seen a sharp uptick since peace negotiations between the Taliban and Afghan government representatives began in Doha last September.
According to a UN report, 3,035 Afghan civilians lost their lives last year. It blamed the Taliban for most of the deaths, but did not say how many insurgents and government forces had been killed during the same period.
The US, which has led a coalition of foreign troops since the Taliban’s ousting in 2001, has been trying for months to persuade the militants and the government to agree on a future political roadmap that would pave the way for the group to participate in an interim administration.
Later this week Turkey, at the request of the US, will host a major conference between the two sides to accelerate the peace process.
While Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s government has shown a willingness to attend the conference, the Taliban have yet to confirm their participation at the meeting, which is tentatively scheduled for April 16.
Ghani, whose second term will end in 2024, has vehemently rejected Washington D.C.’s proposal to form an interim government but, in recent months, it has offered to organize a snap election.
“One of our key goals was to draw the attention of participants in Turkey’s meeting that our only demand is peace,” Haqiqi added. “We want peace for everyone, not for our models alone.”


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The book begins by telling us what the Blue Zone is – a state wherein the US Marshals responsible for the protection of witnesses in the Witness Protection Program do not know where their charges are, or whether they are alive or dead. The novel begins with a prologue, in which an old man, evidently a powerful one, or one feared and respected, dies. The doctor attending him realsies that things will change, and reckons that all hell will now break loose. The significance of this opening scene is only made clear later in the book, when it is explained.
Next, we move to the US, where respected gold merchant Benjamin Raab is suddenly arrested by the FBI on suspicion of laundering drug money for Colombian cartels. However, in exchange for his testimony, Raab is offered a nominal stint in prison and placement in the Witness Protection Program. He and his family accept this, though not without doubts, fear and anger – all except Kate, the eldest daughter, who is twenty-three and independent, and who refuses to leave New York where she is a graduate student studying leukocytes for her PhD.
Kate receives letters and emails from her family, re-located and re-named, somewhere in the west of the US, and all seems well for a while: until Raab goes missing, the Raabs’ case agent is tortured and killed, and Kate herself is threatened. Eventually Kate and the reader finds out what Raab is after, and why – and that’s rather a shock.
This is a competent enough, if rather formulaic and over-the-top thriller, though unfortunately Kate is the only character sufficiently fleshed out enough to be a real person. Her study seemed realistic, as did her friendship with Tina and relationship with (and later marriage to) Greg Herrara. I also liked the fact that the Raabs and Greg are explicitly Jewish characters, with a feeling of community behind them.
It’s a fast-moving story, though Kate doesn’t take the danger she is in sufficiently seriously; information is wilfully withheld from the protagonists for what seem to be solely plot-related reasons; Greg’s revelation is easily guessable from the beginning, and so on. Things happen suspiciously conveniently – Sharon (Kate’s mother) is about to tell Kate something important, but she’s stopped before she can do so – it’s revealed that Sharon knew from the start about her husband’s antecedents, but did she not ever think it might be important to tell someone at the FBI when he went missing? The FBI agents responsible for the Raabs’ protection also don’t give Kate any tips on how she might make herself less vulnerable – even if she’s not in the Witness Protection Program officially, you’d have thought they’d have given her some advice.
Anyway, I quite enjoyed this, despite the cavilling above, as a dumb thriller, though I was conscious of how fabricated (and at times ludicrous) the plot was, and no amount of detail about cell biology or rowing could disguise that fact. So, not entirely recommended.
Gross has, apparently, co-written a few books with that prolific writer of thrillers, James Patterson – who seems to rarely write a book by himself nowadays. I’ve never read anything by Patterson, so can’t say whether this is better or worse than one of his thrillers, but does make one wonder about the disinterestedness of that “tense and chilling” quote on the front cover.


Each Tuesday, we bring you a Tip of the Week to make using your Quaver resources easier than ever!
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Today’s Tip is for users of ClassPlay – specifically our Seasonal Folk songs!
Have you discovered the Halloween folk songs in your ClassPlay library?
This Halloween week, you may want to introduce your students to the tale of the “old women all skin and bones” with our ClassPlay song, “Skin and Bones!”
First things first, let’s find “Skin and Bones” in ClassPlay:
- Log in to QuaverMusic.com with a Teacher Account
- Click the TEACHER TAB
- Choose CLASSPLAY, located on the Teacher Dashboard
- Click SEARCH ALL SONGS, and start typing “Skin and Bones”
- From the Song Hub, select LYRICS to introduce the song
Give this classic folk song a Quaver twist by using our animated LYRICS activity – students will love seeing the storyline played out, and even want to reenact it themselves!
Teacher Tip: To give the song a more eerie feel, you might ask students to play the recorder for the Ooooooooo lines.
This ClassPlay song also offers a great interactive ARRANGEMENT activity that helps you to lead your students through an exploration of the accompaniment parts of the song on Alto Glockenspiel, Alto Metallophone and Bass Xylophone.
Click ARRANGEMENT on the Song Hub to explore the many activities available here:
1) Rhythm Exploration
“Skin and Bones” is a great way to integrate Orff instruments into your curriculum! From the main screen in this ARRANGEMENT activity, you can help students learn the notes and accompanying phrases for each instrument.
Using the toggle at the bottom of the screen to switch between NOTES and GRAPHICS. To focus on a specific instrument part, select SOLO.
From this SOLO screen, you can even create a new rhythm with your students. Click NEW PART and simply drag and drop the symbols above, to create great your new rhythm pattern.
If you like the new part, click SAVE NEW PART. When finished creating new rhythms, select ALL PARTS to return to the three accompaniment phrases.
2) Body Percussion
Ready to transfer your rhythm to the body? Back on the main screen, click the yellow BODY PERC tab, located at the top of the screen, to explore body percussion movements. Select a movement, and an instructional cloud will appear with a movement idea. You can use this as a jumping off point to lead your students to create accompaniments with their bodies.
3) Explore Theory Concepts
From the same page, you might use the EXPLORE tab to talk about the musical ideas present in the song. This is a great way encourage creativity and critical thinking skills. Each example gets students thinking and applying musical concepts to the song. Activities include: creating a B section, playing at different tempos, creating movements and many more!
Teacher Tip: Get your students moving, and have them reenact the story by creating a graveyard scene with students as trees, tombstones, etc., an old man/woman and, of course, the “BOO” at the end. Students will have a blast moving, singing and getting into the Halloween spirit!
We’d love to see the festivities in your classroom this Halloween week! Share your boo-tiful lessons with us on Twitter or Facebook this week!


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Brooding portraitures: Stillness Visible
Verisimilitude, which is explained as ‘the appearance of being true or real’, according to the Oxford dictionary, is what Fahim Chowdhury has dexterously achieved in his portrait series done during the Covid crisis. Two years of uncertain existence as a freelancer made the artist look for an alternative to sitting close to a person and try a good likeness.
A good likeness is the starting point for Fahim. He explores the technique of verisimilitude in his attempt to continue his passion for capturing personalities and their mute expression. During the pandemic, in the changed circumstance, he used the digital means to get in touch with people he knew and used photographs they made available to him as his only reference to develop the current series.
To plunge beneath the thinness of image – as image easily becomes a screen through which to orient ourselves – is to wake up to what is made to accumulate at the bottom, or, to use another analogy, to locate the armature through which this young artist’s works on portraiture stand on a stable ground. If interpreted in relation to the mood he advances through most of these works, one would realize that they actually reside within an intangible locus called ‘memory’, which is also a source of knowledge. Therefore, they cannot merely be seen as the consequence of the engagement of a realist, or a naturalist, to use the more historically correct epithet.
“The visual is a space of appearance wherein the question of orientation, the ‘whither?’ or ‘where are you?’ questions are, invariably, already an essential part of what appears,” writes Hagi Kenaan in ‘The Ethics of Visuality: Lavinas and the Contemporary Gaze’. One may start from this idea of ‘orientation’ and become conscious about the fact that the artist obviously began his project, if one is to call it that, from the position of a realist, but he is inclined to advance a sentiment that has to do with memory rather than what is only possible through verisimilitude. It is through the ‘effect’ that we must begin unpacking these imageries. By taking our cue from Susan Sontag’s aphorism, ‘images don’t tell us anything, they remind us what is important,’ we can declare that Fahim Chowdhury attempted to continue to foster the relationship he had with all these people he depicted during a time when face-to-face encounter was either not allowed or posed contamination risk.
In Jean-Paul Sartres’ novel ‘Nausea’, its narrator Antoine Roquentin suffers from a curious problem. He lets the reader know that he has profound difficulty ‘recognizing or understanding the psychological expressiveness of the human face’. A face is not merely a face when we are able to glance at it as the thinnest of all images, a mask. However, when we feel that behind such a mask there lurks a person about which we know little, things start to take a ‘psychological turn’ and we grapple in the dark about what makes face-body nexus so elusive. This difficulty in recognizing the psychological expressiveness of human faces is linked to the problem of misrecognition – when faces do not reveal the true selves. This problem deepened over the past hundred years and we can safely say that in late modernity the separation of the face/mask from the person/body was complete. Fahim Chowdhury simply sidesteps such complexities and points to a stable element, which leads to, or the result of, solitary musing. So the ‘stillness’ – which is associated with a journey back to the self – is found beneath the surface, after one is through looking at the image.
Consequently, one is able to locate an atavistic quality in these portraitures. They can be interpreted as figures from a forgotten era, a throwback to a social reality, despite the absence of any reference to history or situatedness.
It is evident that Fahim Chowdhury is an accomplished draughtsman. Looking at the current bulk of works one realises how academic realism, or naturalism to be exact, can be instrumentalised to capture something that may even elude the sitters. One can assume that the brooding silence that lends a slightly otherworldly aura to them was made possible through the colour of the lead pencil. However, this materialistic interpretation seems way too inadequate in the face of the stillness that one can discover in these pictures, a type of commonality which is divorced from the idea of communality, but leaves one with some substances to speak about.
Mustafa Zaman is an artist, poet and curator based in Dhaka


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I once read that what you put up with, you end up with, and that one sentence never left me. I refuse to put up with shit because I refuse to end up with shit and that is all there is to it.
I’m headstrong, sarcastic, opinionated, loud, and every one of my thoughts is written blatantly across my face. This is probably why I’m still single. I’m good with that. What you don’t see at first glance is that I love SO hard and I will make an incredible wife…. to the right man
Some say I’m picky; I say that I have standards. Ladies and gentlemen, there is nothing wrong with either. There’s a chance I won’t find what I’m looking for and after much reflection, I know that I’m good with that life too.
1. I love hard and you should too
I refuse to just exist with someone. Carrie Bradshaw said it best. “I’m looking for love. Real love. Ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can’t live without each other love”
If you can’t be as loyal as an old dog, you’re barking up the wrong tree.
3. Kindness, Respect, and Manners
Please and thank you still go a long way with me. A person who is not kind to the waiter is not a kind person. Don’t put on a show for me and expect me to overlook your behavior towards people you don’t know.
I Just cannot!
5. A humble heart
Boastful and cocky are simply obnoxious.
6. I need you to need things from me
My soul feeds off of making others happy.
The ability to make me laugh is a requirement… so is the ability to laugh at yourself
8. Let’s talk about babies
I’m good with being a mom. I am also good if that is a title I never get. I need you to be daddy material but also be okay if it turns out to be just us.
9. A compassionate soul
There is no chance that I will be okay with putting in 100 percent while you consistently put in significantly less.
Flowers on a random Thursday will get you so many more brownie points than flowers on Valentines Day
12. Responsible and dependable
I handle my own shit and I am not looking to sign up to be a grown ass man’s momma.
13. An incomparable work ethic
I have one. Do you?
I need a man who can bring home the bacon and fry it too.
Just believe me when I say, I know what I bring to the table, and I’m not afraid to eat alone!
People settle for mediocrity in many aspects of their lives on a daily basis. We accept jobs we hate, we deal with friends who let us down and we let our significant others get away with sh*t. Why do people choose to be complacent instead of moving where there are better opportunities?
Life is just one big cost-benefit analysis; we make decisions by comparing the outcomes of different courses of actions. People assume that certain actions should not be taken unless the benefits outweigh the costs. It is the fundamental evaluation behind practically every decision a person will make in his or her life.
“It’s easier sometimes to be stuck in a familiar rut or habit, albeit a depressing one, than to look outside the habit and have a life that is more desirable.”
People are terrified of change, failure and taking risks. This is one of the main reasons people settle in life. It's not about unrealistic goals or perfection. It is about changing the things you can to be happy, not simply drifting along in life and complaining. It is far easier to settle than it is to leave our comfort zone. We create endless excuses to justify our complacency and all that it will result in is our looking back with regret and a slightly bruised ego, wishing we hadn't settled.
We settle in our relationships too because we are scared to be alone and lose the stability a relationship offers. Fear paralyzes people and holds them back. Many people suffer with tremendous amounts of self-doubt and are unable to believe they are good enough. There are always better options out there, but too many people have low self-esteem, which prevents them from realizing this. It's better to be alone than it is to want to be alone.
“Change the way you think, change the way you feel, raise the bar and don't settle for mediocrity.”
As technology evolves, our levels of patience have been dwindling. We lack fortitude as a society and unfortunately make the mistake of choosing the first option presented to us. Some people are tired of dating or being alone, so they pick up the first person that says the right thing. It takes time, effort and patience to find the right person. This also applies to life goals such as embarking on a new career path. Things worth having take a lot of time and effort, which many people do not want to exert either.
Although something may not be what someone really wants, it is likely that it has become a habit and it's more comfortable to maintain the status quo than to challenge themselves. You have to fight through all the obstacles that lie between where you are and where you want to be.
“The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for"
People are lazy; they don't want to have to make too much of an effort even though they are unhappy in their present situation. They lack the confidence, ambition and drive necessary to succeed. Many times, people get so frustrated with life that they feel that settling for something will create the happiness they desire. People will constantly complain about their present situations, but will do nothing about it. They have to want to change these things.
We use the past as a crutch to justify the reason we put up with different things. We need to stop trying to use the past to validate the present, if anything we should use it to motivate us to act differently.
“He that deserves nothing should be content with anything."
Mediocrity is a place where people often get stuck and do not know how to escape. This is a mindset that can only be changed with mind renewal. In order to move from this place, one must think differently, get rid of what hasn't worked, connect with those who can give sound direction, design a plan of action and put that plan in motion.
Life is way too short to settle for anything less than what we truly want. The only way to embrace your potential is to stop settling. We are only limiting ourselves and wasting our precious time. The moment we begin to settle in the most important roles of our lives is the moment we begin to die a slow death. Excellence is a place where people who refuse to settle for mediocrity live; it is where one reaps from all the hard work sown. It is a journey of continuous progression toward the goals in your life.

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June 25, 2007
The 'Blight' Excuse for eminent domain
Atlantic Yards Report
From the weekend edition (June 23/24) of the Wall Street Journal, in an op-ed headlined The 'Blight' Excuse (subscribers only), Carla Main observes that, two years after the controversial Kelo v. New London decision, which affirmed the use of eminent domain for economic development, states and courts have responded by curbing that option--but another remains:
Armed with a blight exception, private property in nearly all of the loophole states may still be condemned and ultimately used for economic development...
But what is blight? A half-century of experience has demonstrated only that it is in the eye of the beholder, or perhaps more to the point, in the eye of the power holder.
Now New York's blight law may not be as bad as, for example, that in New Jersey, where courts have begun to reform it. But it's still arbitrary.
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This family was closely associated with early Nonconformity in mid-Cardiganshire. Llwynrhys was a cruck-framed long-house built in the 15th century in the parish of Llanbadarn Odwyn ( Peate , Welsh House, 78-9). The house was licensed, as that of JOHN JONES, for Morgan Howell to preach there, 28 October 1672 (Richards, Wales under the Indulgence, 156); and about the same time an additional room was added at right angles to the house to serve, it is said, as the meeting house. Preaching continued there until 19 October 1735. The house became an irreparable ruin about 1918. John Jones (1640? - 1722) traced his descent, through his father, John ap Ieuan Lloyd, from the Clements, lords of Caron, and through his mother, Angharad, daughter of Ieuan ap Thomas, from Rhydderch of Glyn Aeron (Golden Grove book, Castell Gorfod transcript in N.L.W., xiv, L1671). His brother, JENKIN JONES, of Coed Mawr, Llanddewi-brefi (buried at Cardigan, 1705), was a prominent figure in that neighbourhood, and his distinctive signature is preserved on a large number of local documents for a period of over forty years. The DAVID JONES of Llanddewi-brefi who had a licence to preach in his own house in 1672 (Richards, loc. cit.) may have been another brother. John Jones is described as an elder-elect at Llanbadarn Odwyn in the letter which Henry Maurice wrote to Edward Terrill in 1675 (Broadmead Records, 512). In the Cilgwyn book (W. D. Jeremy's extracts) he is described as a ruling elder ('presb. gub.') between 1692 and 1698. In the ' Happy Union ' review of 1690-2, he is linked with Morgan Howell (above) as two ' ancient usefull men yt assist in ye work of the Gospell in Cardiganshire ' (Gordon, Freedom after Ejection, 146). He died aged 82 in 1722, and was buried in Llanbadarn Odwyn churchyard. His wife, Margaret, whom he married c. 1660, was probably a sister of David Edwards of Abermeurig (died 1716), one of the co-pastors of the Cilgwyn group of churches. She died 23 May 1700, in the fortieth year of her marriage, aged 69 (gravestone serving as a gatepost in Llanbadarn Odwyn churchyard). They are said to have had twelve children. Eight are named in the will of John Jones (2 March 1721): David the eldest; SAMUEL, to whom the lease of Llwyn-rhys passed after his father's death; Jenkin; EVAN; GWEN, wife of Morgan Pugh, probably a younger brother of Philip Pugh, senior (see article on his son); SARAH, a widow; Elizabeth; and ANNE, wife of Benjamin Edwards. JOHN JONES, junior, a surgeon, predeceased his father in 1714.
Family tradition makes him a captain in the first regiment of Dragoons soon after its formation, a friend of James II and of William III, with whom he had fought at the battle of the Boyne. He managed, however, to keep his name out of the public records. He is also credited with having secured, through his influence at Court, a special licence for his father to preach in his own house. This is an echo of the 1672 licence, granted when he could hardly have been more than 12 years old. According to the biographical dictionaries he was educated at a school conducted by his elder brother, Samuel, near Richmond, Middlesex. We know that he was his father's eldest son, and that he had a brother, possibly Evan, but certainly not Samuel, in London in 1714. Some of the pedigree books (e.g. the Golden Grove group), by making Samuel the husband of a [ Judith ] Weaver (1681? - 1719) [see Godwin, Judith ], betray confusion with Samuel Jones (1681? - 1719), schoolmaster at Gloucester and Tewkesbury. The only known contemporary reference to David Jones is by the bookseller John Dunton (Life and Errors, i, 181), who says that he was ' designed for the ministry but began to teach school and from that employment turned Author and corrector for the press.' According to the D.N.B. he went to France in 1675, and became secretary-interpreter to the marquis of Louvois. This statement is based on a misunderstanding of David Jones's title-page and preface to the Secret History of White Hall. What he says is that the author of the letters which he claimed to have arranged for publication, a kind of secret agent in the employment of an English nobleman, secured a position as English interpreter to Belou, clerk of dispatches to Louvois. Little reliance can be placed on the authenticity of this correspondence, and it is hardly sound to infer from it that David Jones was in France as early as 1675. His knowledge of French does suggest residence there. James Crossley (Notes and Queries, 3rd ser., x, 349) printed anonymous contemporary ' Lines on two Turkish Historians ' (1702?) which imply that he was well known as a bookseller's hack. Dunton describes him as ' honest and good-natured,' and adds that it was he who got him introduced to Roger Coke, grandson of Sir Edward Coke. He was living in Clerkenwell in 1696. It is difficult to compile a full bibliography of his writings, as he sometimes wrote anonymously, but his literary activity between 1697 and 1720 can be summarized thus: (1) The Secret History of White-Hall from the Restoration to the abdication of … King James, 1697; (2) A continuation of the Secret History … to 1696 … together with the Tragical History of the Stuarts, 1697, and 1717 (note that D. J. distinguishes between the Secret History and the Tragical History, acknowledging the latter as his own work); (3) The Wars and Causes of them between England and France … with a treatise of the Salique Law by D.J. and revised by R.C., 1698, reprinted in Harl. Misc., i, 297, 1808 ed., where it is dated 1697. S.T.C. (Wing) gives A Theatre of War between England and France …, 1698 (? the same work); (4) A compleat History of Europe … from … 1676 to 1697 …, 1698 (2nd ed., 1699); (5) A Compleat History of the Turks from … 705 to 1701 … with a Life of Mahomet (ded. to John, lord Cutts), two vols., 1701; (6) A Compleat History of Europe …, 1702; (7) The Life of James II …, 1702; (8) The Life of William III …, 1703 (3rd ed., 1705); (9) A Compleat History of Europe … from 1600 …, eighteen vols., 1705-20 (vol. vi a reprint of no. 4 above; a dedicatory epistle by D. J. in vol. xvi); (10) a translation of P. Paul-Yves Pezron, Antiquité de la nation et de la langue des Celtes, 1703, under the title Antiquities of Nations (ded. to Charles, lord Halifax), 1706; (11) The History of the … House of Brunswick-Lunenburgh … 1715 (2nd ed., 1716). He also published in 1699 Letters written by Sir William Temple during his being Ambassador at the Hague, and a French edition published at the Hague in 1700. In his preface to the Tragical History he states that he was entrusted with the revisal of Roger Coke's Detection of the Court and State of England. Coke was dead when Jones wrote the preface in 1697, and the latter may have revised the second edition of 1696. He certainly edited the fourth edition in 1719, bringing the narrative down to the death of queen Anne. On the authority of James Crossley, Gwynionydd, ascribes to David Jones biographies of Sir Stephen Fox, Dr. South, lord Halifax, and Dr. Radcliff. His literary activities seem to have ceased in 1720, and it is unlikely that he lived long after his father's death.
was ordained one of the co-pastors of the Cilgwyn church in 1709. He lived at Glyn near Llangeitho. Little is known of him. His uncle and co-pastor, David Edwards, left him books by his will, 1716, and in the following year he appears as a trustee of the marriage settlement of his cousin, Peter Edwards, and Diana, daughter of David Thomas, Llanrhian, Pembrokeshire. He died 1725 (will proved 20 July). He left his Greek and Latin books to his nephew Timothy Davis. By his wife Mary (died on the road near Cellan church when going to visit her daughter Mary in her new home at Blaenau, Cellan, 21 July 1740) he had five daughters - ELIZABETH, MAGDALEN, MARY, SARAH, and RACHEL. Magdalen (died 20 March 1755, aged 36) married Peter Davies of Caerllugest and Glyn (died 30 August 1766, aged 41, at Cefn-y-bedd, Brecknock, on his way home from the harvest in Herefordshire). It was he who gave land for building a chapel for the use of Daniel Rowland, who was married to his sister Eleanor. Mary married, at Llangeitho, 19 June 1740, her cousin Timothy Davis (above), one of the pastors of the Cilgwyn flock, and Sarah married (1747) David Jones, Derry Ormond, high sheriff of Cardiganshire, 1773.
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'Asia's Queen of Songs' was heart-broken over Eddie
MANILA, Philippines -- It wasn't until they conceived a child that their relationship came to a bitter end, Asia's Queen of Songs Pilita Corrales said of her love affair with veteran actor Eddie Gutierrez.
|Pilita Corrales and Eddie Gutierrez. Composite image
"We became pregnant, and he sort of didn't like the idea," Corrales said in an interview with "Pipol" that aired in 2001.
"'Why don't you just go to Japan and I will pay for the abortion?' [Eddie said] at that time. I said no. The moment he found out I was pregnant, that was it. We never saw each other again," Corrales said.
Now over 10 years since her first interview with "Pipol" anchor Ces Orena-Drilon, Corrales said that although Gutierrez was not ready to become a father at the time, he and his current wife, talent manager Annabelle Rama, have welcomed Ramon Christopher, Corrales' son with Gutierrez.
Ramon Christopher was already 16 years old when he saw his father, the singer said.
"Now, he's just like one of the children of Eddie and Annabelle, and the way Annabelle loves his children, and the children of Monching (Ramon Christopher) and everything, it's just like walang nangyari," Corrales told "Pipol" in an interview that aired Monday.
'I loved him'
With the dust having settled, Corrales recounted how her relationship with Gutierrez came to an end in 1971.
"We were doing a show in ABS-CBN called 'Stop, Look and Listen,' so we would be together all the time. And then we made movies together also, and I used to [do guestings] and everything," Corrales recalled.
But even as their romance bloomed, Corrales said Gutierrez also nurtured relationships with other women.
"I loved him. But at the same time he was going out with me, he was also going out with this and that and this and that. I was broken-hearted," Corrales said.
Eddie's 'true love'
Their eventual split over her pregnancy became the subject of nasty rumors, Corrales added.
"People woud say, 'I knew it -- that's why these people na kumakanta sa nightclub and everything, mga walang kwenta 'yun. Basta ano lang 'yan, anybody who comes okay lang sa kanila.' My mother used to be so hurt because it wasn't true," she said.
More than four decades since their separation, Corrales and Gutierrez cannot seem to escape their romantic history, as talks of their "great love" resurfaced when the bitter feud of Rama with former actress Amalia Fuentes kicked into high gear.
Fuentes, a former girlfriend of Gutierrez, claimed that despite his marriage to Rama, “ang one true love ni Eddie, and that is coming from him, is si Pilita Corrales."
For her part, Rama only conceded, "Pareho kaming dalawang Bisaya [ni Pilita]. Talaga namang minahal ni Eddie si Pilita."

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This is a scheme for residential development in which we have designed nine different dwelling types for a regular plot size. There are two basic building types: a multi storey L-shaped structure (two to four storeys), and a single storey house. The approach here achieves a range of different types and sizes of dwellings, which can also be adapted and extended during their lifespan to suit a household’s changing circumstances. The plots can be arranged to create a regular network of streets and squares with independent vehicular and pedestrian circulation routes. A typical 11 hectare site can accommodate at least 40 dwellings per hectare and has the potential to provide an increase in density of up to 92 dwellings per hectare without encroaching on the public squares which measure 42 by 42 metres. The public squares could contain small pavilions offering a variety of public facilities. The surrounding farmland is capable of producing sufficient biomass crop to provide each site with fuel for a district heating system, as well as parkland for recreation and leisure.


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February 3, 2012
Diaz-Balart introduces resolution condemning the murder of Cuban hero, Wilman Villar Mendoza
Washington, DC – Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) introduced a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives condemning the murder of Wilman Villar Mendoza and honoring his sacrifice in the cause of freedom for the Cuban people.
“Wilman Villar Mendoza was a pro-democracy activist in the Cuban Patriotic Union; he was also a husband and father of two young children. On January 19, 2012, he died at the hands of the brutal Castro tyranny after undergoing a hunger strike for protesting beatings, inhumane treatment, and abhorrent prison conditions. His “crime” was daring to demand basic human rights and liberty for the Cuban people. For that, he was arrested on November 14, 2011 and sentenced to four years in prison.
“This resolution is a tribute to Villar Mendoza, to the many other precious lives that have been lost throughout the Cuban people’s daily struggle against tyranny. I honor their sacrifices, and will continue to fight for the cause of a free Cuba so that the Castro dictatorship never again robs the life of another hero.”
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Lifetime Site Gets Vice-Presidential10/27/2004 5:01 AM Eastern
Lifetime Television’s Web site (www.lifetimetv.com) will post content from Edwards and Cheney.
No, not Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) and Vice President Dick Cheney, but Edwards’ wife, Elizabeth, and Cheney’s daughter, Liz.
The two women will discuss issues important to women and the 2004 election during interviews posted on the site beginning Friday, as part of the network’s yearlong “Our Lifetime Commitment: Every Woman Counts”public-advocacy campaign.
Lifetime will also continue to run public-service announcements urging women to vote until Election Day.


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Somebody shoot this fuckhead.
Social media and mass unemployment have led more and more teens and adults to suicide; while the increased levels of stress have become so overwhelming, a fake virus was needed to take the blame for it all.
The real pandemic that plagues our western society.
The disturbing truth behind big pharmaceutical companies.
A monopoly has been created on our food supply to tag along with the climate change hoax to rid the world of vital CO2 gasses.
Stimulus relief checks will be given through the Federal Reserve and will be based on your social credit score—how well you obey their new laws.
Would a VR interaction with deceased loved ones be beneficial to grieving families, or an unnatural hindrance to emotional growth?
The question of whether or not an agenda for a one-world government being a sinister conspiracy to reduce the population or merely an attempt to facilitate a natural evolutionary step still remains a mystery to many, but I believe I know their endgame.