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Veteran right-hander Edwin Jackson received minor league offers from two teams before electing to reunite with one of his many previous teams – the Diamondbacks – back in February, Zach Buchanan of The Athletic reports (subscription link). The Mets were the other club in on Jackson, according to Buchanan.
To call the 36-year-old Jackson “well-traveled” would be an enormous understatement. Had he signed with the Mets and then earned a spot on their roster (very likely as a reliever), they would have been 15th team for which he has pitched in the majors. Jackson already set the record when he took the hill for Toronto, his 14th MLB employer, last season. Buchanan’s piece, which is worth checking out in full, details the unusual journey the well-liked Jackson has taken thus far.
Heading into this season, whenever it starts, Jackson is likely to open with Triple-A Reno, according to Buchanan. He does have a late-spring opt-out in his contract, though it’s possible MLB will delay that deadline. It also may not behoove Jackson to take advantage of the clause, considering he lives in Arizona and stumbled in the bigs a season ago. In 67 2/3 innings divided between Toronto and Detroit, Jackson put up a 9.58 ERA/7.65 FIP with 6.92 K/9 and 4.26 BB/9.


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USA (MNN) — The deadline for discounted registration for Urbana 12 is closing in.
Urbana 12, a missions conference hosted by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship for students, will be held December 27-31 in St. Louis, Missouri.
Starting July 1, prices will go up by $100. The cost of registration for Urbana 12 is currently $339 for students and $439 for non-students.
Nikki Toyama-Szeto with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship says, “Urbana is a non-profit conference, and we do a lot to just try to keep that price down because we want as many people as possible to get exposed to God’s invitation and a picture of what He’s doing around the world. So you’ll get a subsidized rate if you can register by June 30th.”
The conference is looking to draw around 18,000 students from 120 different countries this year.
According to Toyama-Szeto, “It’s folks who have set aside five days of prime vacation time to say, ‘I’m open to what God has to say. Lord, speak to me.’ It’s a time to worship together, to study Scripture, and to hear some fantastic speakers.”
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship recently released the list of speakers for Urbana 12. The line-up includes names like David Platt, author of the book “Radical;” Calisto Odede, Senior Pastor of Nairobi Pentecostal Church; and Chai Ling, Founder of "All Girls Allowed."
Along with individual speakers, there are specific seminar series within Urbana 12 to meet the gifts and interests of every student. You can learn to apply missions in a home-based setting with the Missions in Every Sector series, or attend the Ready to Go series if you’re already convicted to go overseas with the Gospel message.
The exhibit hall featuring between 200-250 exhibitor organizations allows students to be matched up with outlets for their gifts and talents in spreading the Gospel.
“There are some people who have expertise like lawyers, doctors, teachers, where that feels real obvious about how you can apply that in a missional context,” says Toyama-Szeto. “But there are others with degrees like interior design or photography or social work where the question is 'How can I use that to build God’s kingdom?' On that exhibitor floor, you get matched up with people who are answering that question with their lives.”
The Urbana conference take place once every three years. If you’re between the ages of 17 and 29 and want to learn more about missions with the message of Christ, the time to register for Urbana 12 is now.

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AbstractThe Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay, TX Pre-Construction, Engineering and Design: Hurricane Coastal Storm Surge and Wave Hazard Assessment (S2G) includes flood hazard assessment for over 100 km of levee/floodwall/gate coastal storm risk management systems. The focus of the flood hazard assessment was to compute coupled water level and wave response near the structures, runup, and overtopping rate, combined hydrostatic and hydrodynamic pressure distributions on walls, overtopping nappe characteristics and other pertinent responses stochastically. Joint statistical analysis of forcing parameters, including epistemic uncertainty, was conducted to compute hazards. Design was based on varied confidence levels and thus reflected uncertainty. The approach brought high-fidelity components together to produce accurate probabilistic coastal flood hazard assessment.
Recorded Presentation from the vICCE (YouTube Link): https://youtu.be/U_dFfj2oJ2A
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Press play now on the 64th installment of our #FemaleFridays playlist. This week we have Baby Tate on the cover to promote her newest track "Sl*t Him Out Again" which features up and coming Georgia rapper Kali. This track is the remix to the original "Sl*t Him Out" that came out in February. This song is definitely one for the true freaks only!
Next up we got "Play Me" by LightSkinKeisha. YOU MUST BE CRAZY TO THINK YOU CAN PLAY HER! The visual for this track also dropped, and it's super cool since they made it exactly like an episode of "MTV Cribs". This is a song you play after a man thinks he can play you... BOY BYE! She sings:
"You must be crazy to think you can play me/Better play it safely, small talk don’t faze me!"
KenTheMan had to drop something today, 3/04 since she wouldn't be her if "the mack ain't macking". IYKYK! That something just so happened to be a two song EP, called Hard On A 304. If you didn't know, 304 is a code word for hoe. The first track on the project is called "Feelin Sexy" and I am obsessed! KenTheMan just has that energy that gives you unbeatable confidence:
"Make his baby momma wanna block me/Bitch just jealous, hoe can't match my style."
"Drillie Go Lightly" by Millie Go Lightly is up next! The UK star hopped on a drill track to let you know just how good the cowgirl can ride it. This song is a bit different than what we are used to coming from her, but the way Millie's voice slides on the track is FIRE. It's like when you find that hidden gem that you never knew you needed.
Oakland rap duo Su'Lan has released two tracks as of lately, and I'm loving "6pm On Melrose". This song is one to get you to stand up from your seat and start dancing. The song is a west coast bop for sure, but anyone can enjoy the song.
"BITM" by Brooklyn rapper Leikeli47 is the newest single off her upcoming project Shape Up. The album is being released on 3/15 and will also feature her last single "Chitty Bang". BITM stands for Bitch I'm The Man, and she's here to remind you that! Check out the music video for this track as well, which shows some dope live footage from a NYC show.
Karlae has linked up with Lil Yachty for her latest offering called "Blind". As she gets ready to release her new EP entitled Enter, she has began to drop tracks off for the fans. The Young Stoner Life rapper spoke about the song in a press release:
"Blind" is for the ones that have fallen but can still get up. It’s letting someone know, ‘Yeah, I fell for you but that doesn’t mean I can’t still get up on my own.’”
Grammy nominated artist Tiana Major9 slows things down a bit with "2 Seater" featuring Smino. I'm surprised that she hasn't released an entire album yet, but then again I'm sure Tiana is taking her time and making it perfect. While we wait for that, we can count on her new EP Fool Me Once to drop next week with new songs for us!
The flow queen Erica Banks is back with a new track "Slim Waist". The music video shows her looking sexy as f**k as the cashier with her friends! In the track she brags about her slim waist:
"I got a slim waist, body tight, what the body like?/Freak hoe with a mouth, what the pussy 'bout?"
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Human-Generated and Machine-Generated Ratings of Password Strength: What Do Users Trust More?
Keywords:Password strength, password meter, user perception, trust, human-generated, machine-generated, ratings
Proactive password checkers have been widely used to persuade users to select stronger passwords by providing machine-generated strength ratings of passwords. If such ratings do not match human-generated ratings of human users, there can be a loss of trust in PPCs. In order to study the effectiveness of PPCs, it would be useful to investigate how human users perceive such machine- and human-generated ratings in terms of their trust, which has been rarely studied in the literature. To fill this gap, we report a large-scale crowdsourcing study with over 1,000 workers. The participants were asked to choose which of the two ratings they trusted more. The passwords were selected based on a survey of over 100 human password experts. The results revealed that participants exhibited four distinct behavioral patterns when the passwords were hidden, and many changed their behaviors significantly after the passwords were disclosed, suggesting their reported trust was influenced by their own judgments.
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Fannie Sperry Steele’s namesake, a vintage fifth-wheel camper, is a collaboration of artists, with Art of the Cowgirl Founder Tammy Pate at the helm. Tammy’s love for vintage campers lends itself perfectly to this Art of the Cowgirl Fellowship fundraiser.
The petite white and turquoise retro trailer features a vivid, hand-painted mural inspired by Fannie, Montana’s lady bucking horse champion, on the outside and an eclectic, bespoke, cowgirl-themed interior with pieces donated by cowgirl artists from around the country. She is ready to hook up and head out to the gorgeous mountains of Montana.
Drawing will be done after the Elite Horse Sale June 27th, 2021 at Gallatin County Fairgrounds Bozeman, MT. The winner need not be present to win, though pickup or shipping arrangements will need to be made.


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In the haunting tradition of Joe McGinniss's Fatal Vision and Mikal Gilmore's Shot in the Heart, True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa weaves a spellbinding tale of murder, love, and deceit with a deeply personal inquiry into the slippery nature of truth.
The story begins in February of 2002, when a reporter in Oregon contacts New York Times Magazine writer Michael Finkel with a startling piece of news. A young, highly intelligent man named Christian Longo, on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list for killing his entire family, has recently been captured in Mexico, where he'd taken on a new identity -- Michael Finkel of the New York Times.
The next day, on page A-3 of the Times, comes another bit of troubling news: a note, written by the paper's editors, explaining that Finkel has falsified parts of an investigative article and has been fired. This unlikely confluence sets the stage for a bizarre and intense relationship. After Longo's arrest, the only journalist the accused murderer will speak with is the real Michael Finkel. And as the months until Longo's trial tick away, the two men talk for dozens of hours on the telephone, meet in the jailhouse visiting room, and exchange nearly a thousand pages of handwritten letters.
With Longo insisting he can prove his innocence, Finkel strives to uncover what really happened to Longo's family, and his quest becomes less a reporting job than a psychological cat-and-mouse game -- sometimes redemptively honest, other times slyly manipulative. Finkel's pursuit pays off only at the end, when Longo, after a lifetime of deception, finally says what he wouldn't even admit in court -- the whole, true story. Or so it seems.
Inhaltsangabe: Michael Finkel was a top New York Times Magazine journalist publicly fired and disgraced for making up a composite character for a big investigative news piece about Africa. This book is about how this brilliant, high achieving journalist found himself at that point in his life. But in parallel it's also about Christian Longo, a man accused of the multiple murder of his own wife and three children. After the deaths, Longo fled to Mexico, where he passed himself off as Michael Finkel, New York Times journalist. These two weird stories come together as Finkel in turn becomes fascinated (perhaps obsessed) with Longo the accused murderer, who while in prison and during his trial would talk only to Finkel. Who is using whom...?
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…”Improved use of technology by law enforcement: In 2011, at the Sheriff’s Office Crime Lab, there were approximately 7,200 requests for lab services from law enforcement agencies across the county. The Sheriff’s Crime Lab is unique compared to most other labs, because places an emphasis on processing DNA in property crime cases. Studies have shown that in communities where DNA analysis is used to investigate property crimes, there’s been a reduction in violent crime as well…”
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ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Abbott /quotes/zigman/216393/quotes/nls/abt ABT +0.05% has entered into an agreement with the University of North Texas Science Center, one of the nation’s leading forensics institutions, to evaluate the company’s award-winning PLEX-ID(TM) instrument for use in analyzing human remains to support missing persons and human trafficking investigations. UNT Health Science Center works closely with state and federal law enforcement agencies and identifies a large percentage of human remains found in the United States every year.
Streck Inc.’s Philisa Thermal Cycler, shown here, can greatly accelerate DNA testing. Matthew Kreifels, right, is Streck Inc.’s molecular technology project manager. From left are the men who invented the device: Hendrik Viljoen, Joel TerMaat and Scott Whitney. Their idea for the device was born about eight years ago when the three were academics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.


Beginning a four game road trip in Minnesota the Capitals looked to rebound from a disappointing loss to the Coyotes on Sunday. Against the Wild Washington’s offense returned to form and powered the Capitals to a convincing 5 to 2 victory.
Here’s Tuesday night’s Plus/Minus:
Plus: Washington improved its record to 6-1 when scoring the first goal of a game. Despite recent struggles this team remains dominant when starting off on the right foot.
Minus: The Capitals went without a power play goal once again. After starting the season as one of the best man advantage teams Washington has cooled off considerably to start November.
Eleven more notes on the game.
- Earlier today Tom Wilson’s twenty game suspension was reduced to 14, allowing him to immediately make his return to the lineup against in Minnesota. In 16 minutes of ice time Wilson had a sizable impact on the game.
- The Capitals started the contest well and it resulted in an early tally. Lars Eller possessed the puck around the offensive zone with speed before dishing it to Dmitry Orlov, who beat Devan Dubnyk high.
- Minnesota’s offense awoke and began to push back immediately. With the Wild beginning to put the puck on net, including a pair of posts from Jared Spurgeon and Jason Zucker, Washington was forced to scramble for a few shifts.
- But before the end of the first Wilson tallied his first of the season for a two goal lead. Orlov rushed down the left wing with the puck before passing to Wilson who tucked it home before colliding with Dubnyk (earning his first penalty minutes too).
- 37 seconds into the second period Eric Staal put the puck past Pheonix Copley with his right skate while on the man advantage. The goal was immediately waved off because of a kicking motion, keeping the Capitals ahead by two.
- Three minutes later Andre Burakovsky buried a net mouth scramble for his second of the season. Brett Connolly and Eller worked the puck to the crease from behind the net before Burakovsky backhanded it beyond Dubnyk’s grasp.
- Midway through the contest Minnesota would finally got on the board. At the conclusion of a Burakovsky penalty Mikko Koivu picked up the puck in the slot and beat Copley with a quick wrist shot which brought Xcel Energy Center to life.
- Feeding off that energy Marcus Foligno and Wilson squared off at center ice immediately after Koivu’s goal. Both forwards landed blows in the brief bout before they came crashing to the ice together. The second period would end with Washington still ahead by two tallies.
- In the final frame Orlov added his second of the game courtesy of Alex Ovechkin’s prime feed from the wing. With Wilson crashing the crease hard Dubnyk had no chance to stop the defenseman’s blast.
- T.J. Oshie then gave Washington its fifth when he hammered home a Nicklas Backstrom pass to put the game out of Minnesota’s reach. On an odd man rush up ice Backstrom looked off both Wild defenders before putting the puck on a platter for Oshie to finish.
- With less than six minutes to play Matt Dumba scored with the Wild on the power play. With Zach Parise providing traffic in the crease Dumba’s shot took a Minnesota bounce and squeaked through Copley’s left side. Despite the late goal against the Capitals’ goalie had a strong performance, ending the evening with 26 saves (.928 SP).


In an affidavit to a group of Republican activists critical of Haley, Will Folks states he had "romantic encounters" with the state representative in her Cadillac SUV, his apartment and her Statehouse office. He said the physical relationship ended in June 2007, when he began dating the woman who is now his wife.
"Rep. Haley specifically requested that I notify her in the event this relationship was getting serious so that she could 'back off,"' the statement reads.
Haley's campaign again denied all of Folks' claims, which were made without any proof.
"There is something about the days just before an election that make certain people want to get back in the newspapers," said Haley campaign manager Tim Pearson. "These accusations weren't true in June, they aren't true now, and those who continue to be fixated on this nonsense really should look into getting some professional help."
Folks, 36, provided the three-page affidavit to the two-week-old group calling itself Conservatives for Truth in Politics, which is questioning Haley on various issues. It was sworn before a South Carolina notary public and signed by both but is not filed in any court.
The conservative group is clearly critical of Haley but says it will not endorse her or her opponent, Democratic state Sen. Vincent Sheheen. Lobbyist Larry Marchant, who came forward to say he had a one-night stand with Haley in 2007, told The Associated Press he, too, will provide an affidavit to the group.
"I have determined that your request for the production of a 'signed and sworn affidavit' attesting to the veracity of my previous public comments is reasonable," Folks wrote in an e-mail to the group's co-founder Cyndi Mosteller, former vice chairwoman of the state Republican Party and former Charleston County GOP chairwoman.
Haley, a 38-year-old married mother of two, has repeatedly vowed she has been faithful over 13 years of marriage. Folks' allegations, first made on his website in May, appeared to only bolster her tea party-backed campaign against what she's characterized as an establishment political system.
The detailed claims come as a new poll by Winthrop University shows Haley with a 9 percentage-point lead over Sheheen -- 46 percent of likely voters said they plan to vote for her, compared to 37 percent for Sheheen; 13 percent say they're undecided.
Folks, a former spokesman for Gov. Mark Sanford, said in his statement that he worked for Haley from early 2007 until March 2008 as a consultant. He said they first kissed in early 2007 outside a bar in downtown Columbia after an evening with friends, then parked behind a neighborhood center at a local park.
He said they usually met at a bar in a neighborhood near the University of South Carolina or another restaurant in Columbia. Folks has said he came forward with his allegations to preempt the work of political operatives and reporters about to expose the 2007 relationship with Haley, his favored candidate and former employer.
He said he believes e-mails addressing the allegations could be found on Haley's computer hard drive. She has allowed reporters to review thousands of e-mails, which spanned several months earlier this year, from one of her legislative e-mail accounts.
The affidavit was first reported online Tuesday by the Charleston City Paper.
Folks wrote they had an "inappropriate physical relationship" and gave no solid proof. He did make public phone records that detailed lengthy, late-night calls between the two.
Marchant, who is married, resigned from a rival primary campaign. Though he came forward with an allegation of his own tryst with Haley, he also said he had no proof. He said he spoke up after rumors in political circles resurfaced following Folks' claims, and Haley's statements that she had been faithful to her husband prompted him to confess to his wife.
Haley responded in speeches and campaign ads talking about the rougher side of campaigning.
"I've seen the dark side of our state's politics, and I know the bright side of our state's people," Haley said in one spot, with images of husband Michael and their two children. "I have a vision of what South Carolina can be."


Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: bicycle helmet laws, bicycle injuries, bicycle safety, bicycling injuries, Bike accidents, bike helmets, child cyclists, children and cycling, cycling, cycling injuries, helmet laws, helmets, mandatory helmet laws, transportation, urban cycling
Pinka Chatterji and Sara Markowitz, “Effects of Bicycle Helmet Laws on Children’s Injuries.” NBER Working Paper No. 18773. February 2013. JEL No. I0,K0
Cycling is popular among children, but results in thousands of injuries annually. In recent years, many states and localities have enacted bicycle helmet laws. We examine direct and indirect effects of these laws on injuries. Using hospital-level panel data and triple difference models, we find helmet laws are associated with reductions in bicycle-related head injuries among children. However, laws also are associated with decreases in non-head cycling injuries, as well as increases in head injuries from other wheeled sports. Thus, the observed reduction in bicycle-related head injuries may be due to reductions in bicycle riding induced by the laws.
State University of New York at Albany Economics Department
Department of Economics Emory University
The auto industry loves mandatory helmet laws.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Arizona, bicycle, bicycling, bicycling by children, bicycling safety, Bike accidents, child cyclists, curb-cut jungle, industrialized cyclist, kids on bikes, Mesa, pdf, police reports, Safe Routes to School, suburban areas, suburban cycling, suburbia, traffic accidents, transportation, urban cycling
Especially in suburban areas. Here’s Mesa, AZ 2005.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: bicycle infrastructure, Bike accidents, Canada, cycle tracks, cycling, risk, Teschke, toronto, traffic accidents, transportation, urban cycling
Objectives. We compared cycling injury risks of 14 route types and other route infrastructure features.
Methods. We recruited 690 city residents injured while cycling in Toronto or Vancouver, Canada. A case-crossover design compared route infrastructure at each injury site to that of a randomly selected control site from the same trip.
Results. Of 14 route types, cycle tracks had the lowest risk (adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 0.11; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.02, 0.54), about one ninth the risk of the reference: major streets with parked cars and no bike infrastructure. Risks on major streets were lower without parked cars (adjusted OR = 0.63; 95% CI = 0.41, 0.96) and with bike lanes (adjusted OR = 0.54; 95% CI = 0.29, 1.01). Local streets also had lower risks (adjusted OR = 0.51; 95% CI = 0.31, 0.84). Other infrastructure characteristics were associated with increased risks: streetcar or train tracks (adjusted OR = 3.0; 95% CI = 1.8, 5.1), downhill grades (adjusted OR = 2.3; 95% CI = 1.7, 3.1), and construction (adjusted OR = 1.9; 95% CI = 1.3, 2.9).
Conclusions. The lower risks on quiet streets and with bike-specific infrastructure along busy streets support the route-design approach used in many northern European countries. Transportation infrastructure with lower bicycling injury risks merits public health support to reduce injuries and promote cycling. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print October 18, 2012: e1-e8. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2012.300762)


We are looking for an SC cleared Project Manager with proven experience of organising and managing complex large scale events including conferences and exhibitions in a corporate and agency environment for 500+ delegates. You will work within the National Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters (CTPHQ), the Project Manager will be responsible for providing support to the Senior National Coordinator (SNC) and the Strategy Performance and Planning team (SPP) for the successful planning, delivery and events management of a large International Conference to be held in June 2021. You will be directly accountable to and line managed by the Head of Strategy Performance and Planning, and work to fulfil the identified work strands to achieve and host a successful conference.
This role is working from home & based in London.
Must have an in-depth knowledge of all elements of event production
Must understand the processes and timelines associated with managing events
Experience of working within a project and programme management environment.
Knowledge of or direct experience in applying programme and project management approaches such as MSP and PRINCE2.
Experience with ITIL or Service Support management Desirable Experience & Knowledge
Experience of establishing and implementing reporting and change control mechanisms in a project and/or programme or business environment.
Previous experience of working in (local) government, a security agency or policing is desirable.
You will be responsible for:
The day-to-day maintenance of the conference planning and programme and coordination of delegate attendance.
Associated project management products; project plans; risk and issue registers - tracking and monitoring updates and managing escalations.
Managing the end-to-end delivery of specific project work packages associated with the conference delivery as directed by the SNC and Head of SPP.
PRINCE2: Practitioner (or recognised industry equivalent qualification).
Relevant degree or Events Management Qualification
If you meet the experience required above please apply/call/mail me ASAP for the full spec/more information. Thank you


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Afghanistan - Valg 2005: Stærke opfordringer til at afgive stemme!
AFGHANISTAN: Electorate urged to vote despite risks
IRINnews.org, 17. september 2005
Der er mange steder i Afghanistan stor usikkerhed op til søndagens parlaments- og regionalvalg. Der er de sikkerhedsmæssige aspekter, der optager sindene, fordi Taliban har truet med at gennemføre aktioner for at forhindre valgets gennemførelse. Alle myndigheder og andre, der støtter den demokratiske udvikling i Afghanistan anbefaler at møse massivt op til valgstederne, og ikke underkaste sig den pression, som eksempelvis Talibans udtalelser udtrykker.
"Do not be intimated or frightened by the empty threats of those who attempt to influence your vote. The vote is secret. You can and should vote, at your own free will, for whomever you believe will best serve you and your community," Bismillah Bismal, chairman of the Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB) said in the Afghan capital on Saturday on the eve of election day.
Of a total of 22 million Afghans, some 12.5 million eligible voters are expected to vote for the 2,700 candidates standing for the 249-seat Wolesi Jirga (lower house of parliament) while more than 3,000 hopefuls are putting themselves up for the 420 seats available in 34 provincial councils.
All eligible voters in possession of a Voter Registration Card (VRC) will be able to cast their ballot at any polling station in the province where they live from six in the morning to four in the afternoon. Separate male and female polling stations have been set, staffed by 160,000 officials.
But on Saturday, several places were still reportedly without polling booths or ballot papers. "Preparations for tomorrow are well on track and we are hopeful, we will be able to conduct elections in all 398 districts of Afghanistan," Peter Erben, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) at JEMB said. "No doubt, tomorrow will be a challenging day, both in terms of security and election arrangements," said Erban.
The distribution of election material, flown in from Austria and the United Kingdom, was in the final stages, according to the JEMB. Delivering ballot papers to more than 27,000 polling stations, in every corner of this mountainous country with few roads, has been a huge logistical challenge - donkeys, camels and horses have been used, along with vehicles and aircraft.
More than 30,000 Afghan police backed by another 10,000 troops have been deployed to boost security. In addition, more than 30,000 foreign troops are assisting in ensuring voters are safe.


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Every print sold comes with a free copy of the accompanying book 'A Common Place', which includes reproductions of all the artworks and poems created for the project
Gail was paired with Gillian Colhoun for the Common Place project.
Gillian: Gail and I live 500 miles apart. She's in metropolitan East London. I’m in the north of Ireland surrounded by rolling drumlins and a hyper-verdant colour palette - the counterpoint to Gail’s normal subject matter. Quite quickly we agreed to explore the theme of solitude through contrast. I addressed it as something familiar and comforting, while Gail depicted Borough Market, not as its normal bustling and busy self, but as a strange and other worldly empty shell.
Life had been so chaotic during lockdown that my body was yearning for peace and contemplation. Near my house, I can make a short journey up a grassy lane, pass through a rusty old gate towards my favourite egg-shaped hill. There, I can sit in silence, take a breath and enjoy the sometimes-view of the Mourne Mountains. My sestude is a testament to the restorative power of that solitary experience.
By emphasising the contrast in our two places, looking for areas of tension and relief, we hoped to find a simple balance.
A Time of Quiet, by Gillian Colhoun
There is freedom in hiding plainly In private corners
of blissful silence
Where restless journeys back and forth Prompt breathless questions in and out.
On velvet hills laden with thistles Cloudy thoughts circling above my head Transition into beautiful conversations with myself.
Where mountains whisper goodbye and hello Using misty cloaks of anonymity to disappear and reappear

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Rotating Cu anode Rigaku R-Axis IV++ systems.
We use this X-ray diraction setup to determine the strucures of macromolecules.
Bruker AVANCE III-800 NMR.
We use NMR to study the structures, dynamics and interactions of macromolecules in solution.
Multiple angle light scattering (MALS, DAWN HELEOS-II), coupled to size exclusion chromatography (ÄKTA Pure FPLC, GE healthcare).
This equipment allows determining the mass of proteins, of complexes and of nano-particles with high sensitivity and accuracy.
Electron Microscope Zeiss Ultra 55.
This is one of several scanning electron microscopes (SEM). It is employed to visualize surfaces of specimens at ultra-high resolution, such as the interior of cells after being cryo-fractured.
Electron Microscope Tecnai F20.
This is one of several transmission electron microscopes (TEM). This microscope can also work in STEM mode. It is employed for single particle reconstruction as well as for STEM-tomography.
Computer Station for Single-Particle Reconstruction from cryo-EM data.
Single particle reconstruction is a CPU-intensive process. Rather than using a computer farm, it is now possible to use GPU cards. The four NVIDIA GPU cards in this computer contain >10,000 cores that offers a computing power matching that of a large computer cluster.
Spinning-Disk Confocal Microscope.
This microscope enables acquiring images at both high-resolution, and high-throughput. We use it to image libraries of cells in which proteins of interest are fused to fluorescent reporter proteins.
Tecan EVO 200 Robotic System.
We use this robot to perform a number of tasks automatically. These include handling of yeast collection arrays on agar plates and in liquid, timecourse measurements of OD, fluorescence, and more generally liquid handling tasks with 96 and 384 multi-well plates.
A Mosquito and a Dragonfly robotic systems from TTP labtech.
Protein crystallization is streamed by the use of these systems that allow efficient setting of crystallization experiments in a 96-well format.
Time-resolved confocal microscope (PicoQuant).
This microscope is equipped with single-photon detectors and a fast counting card, thus allowing recording bio-molecular dynamics at the single-molecule level on timescales ranging from nanoseconds to hours.
Custom-built TIRF Microscope.
This type of microcopy allows visualizing individually fluorescently tagged molecules with high resolution in time and space, making it possible to track single molecules in living bacterial cells.
Applied Photophysics Circular Dichroism Spectrophotometer.
This instrument provides information on secondary and tertiary structures of proteins. It is used to monitor protein folding, stability, and conformational changes.
Zetasizer Nano Light Scattering.
We use this machine to determine the size distribution of macromolecules such as nucleic acids, proteins, or viruses in solution.
Super Resolution Microscope (STORM/PALM).
This microscope enables visualizing molecules in situ at resolutions beyond traditional optical microscopy.
Xradia Micro-CT X-ray Tomographic Microscope.
We use this instrument to examine ultrastructures in macroscopic biological samples.


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Businessman in drug raps arrested over alleged 2016 rape case
August 15, 2017
A businessman who is one of those implicated in the smuggling of P6.4 billion worth of shabu is under custody of the National Bureau of Investigation over a rape case.
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said the arrest warrant against Kenneth Dong was issued last June 30, 2017 by Paranaque City Regional Trial Court Branch 195.
The alleged rape happened in April 2016.
This took place as the NBi filed charges against Dong and eight others for drug trafficking regarding the P6.4 billion worth of shabu found in two Valenzuela City warehouse.
Aguirre said the NBI would inform the court about Dong's arrest.
"If there are further proceedings, then the Senate has to address subpoena to the NBI," he said.
Dong's lawyer Karla Frias said Dong is innocent. "My client is innocent. He is not hiding. The charges were never denied," she said.
NBI deputy director for intelligence Vicente De Guzman said the case against Dong surfaced in their background check on Dong who has been testifying in the congressional inquiries on the drug smuggling issue.
"This is a distinct and separate case; it involves a personal offense and has nothing to do with Senate investigation," he said in a press conference. DMS
- US STATES BANNING ABORTION A VICTORY FOR CONSERVATIVE or A LOST OF WOMEN’S RIGHT
- WHO: MASS VACCINATION NOT REQUIRED FOR MONKEYPOX AT THIS TIME
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Eni, PetroVietnam Ink Offshore Exploration Contract
Eni said on Thursday it had signed a new offshore exploration contract with PetroVietnam as the Italian oil and gas group moves to strengthen its presence in Vietnam.
Eni said it had signed a Product Sharing Contract with state-owned PetroVietnam for exploration in the Phu Khanh Basin which will last 7 years.
Asia represents a new frontier area for Eni which currently produces more than half its oil and gas output in Africa.
(Reporting by Stephen Jewkes)

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Currie, Lauchlin Bernard. Memorandum on Confidence, Box 72, Folder 2, Item 3, Marriner S. Eccles Papers. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/archival/1343/item/461073, accessed on August 8, 2022.
Handwritten note in upper left corner of first page. Document 5 from Lauchlin Currie Memoranda Index.
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Actor Cesar Montano supports call to pursue peace in south
COTABATO CITY (07 February 2015) — Actor Cesar Montano has called on the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to persist in pursuing peace.
In a visit today to the site of the January 25 deadly clash in Barangay Tukanalipao, Mamasapano, Maguindanao, he told reporters that war is never an option and that everyone must support the ongoing peace process.
“Dito po sa nangyaring ito, maliwanag na hindi lamang mga sundalo ang involved dito, kundi ang mga civilian din. Ang mga kabataan din ang nasasaktan. Ang giyera hindi po talaga kasagutan yan para magkaroon ng kapayapaan,” Montano told reporters here.
ARMM Gov. Mujiv Hataman has named the actor as ARMM Peace Ambassador for his involvement in efforts to promote peace and understanding in Mindanao.
On Friday, Montano joined hundreds of advocates in a walk for peace (Yapakapayapaan) event organized by the ARMM government in Cotabato City to underscore the call for peace. Montano played the lead role of a Moro in the 2001 award-winning war-drama film Bagong Buwan.
Earlier, Hataman called for calm and sobriety as authorities investigate the unfortunate and violent incident.
“Paghihiganti ang tawag kung ikaw ay nananawagan ng katarungan na hindi nakabatay sa katotohanan. Alamin muna natin ang katotohanan bago tayo manghusga. Hindi kapayapaan ang tawag kung hindi ito nakabatay sa katarungan,” he said.
Four civilians, including a five-year old girl, were killed in the encounter while six others were injured. More than 6,000 residents in six barangays in the municipality have also been forced to flee their homes, and classes in 13 schools have to be suspended, affecting more than 6,000 students.
In a flag ceremony at ARMM’s seat in Cotabato City last Monday, Hataman said the ongoing peace process between the government and the MILF presents the most durable solution to the conflict in Mindanao as he offered his condolences to the families of all those killed in the encounter. (Bureau of Public Information)


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In this workshop students learn how to use MIND MAPPING TECHNIQUES to enhance their learning. The workshop will be tailored to your needs; typically students explore how they can use mind mapping to:
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High school students throughout Broward County have been unpleasantly surprised recently, when, after parking their cars on campus, they have found citations on their windshields because they didn`t have parking decals.
``We can`t afford to pay tickets,`` said Joe Staffa, 17, a senior at Deerfield Beach High School, as he held a $2 citation in his hand. ``We don`t have a lot of money, and it`s just not fair.``
Although Staffa and others denounced the ticket action as a harsh new policy, school officials said the decal requirement is a longstanding rule that hadn`t been strictly enforced until recently.
Among the high schools feeling the increased scrutiny of student parking are Miramar High, Fort Lauderdale, Northeast, Plantation, and Taravella in addition to Deerfield Beach. All of those schools require students to pay for on-campus parking privileges.
Most school officials said the policies are nothing new. The money, they said, is needed for upkeep of the lots.
``I don`t think it`s right for the taxpayers to have to foot the bill for maintaining student parking areas when there`s (bus) transportation already provided,`` said Plantation High Principal William Hanes.
Students who live at least two miles from school can ride the school bus, according to School Board policy.
Said Hanes: ``Those who live less than that (distance away) and decide they have to drive their cars should take the expense for the burden they create.``
That is the stand the School Board has taken on the matter, said Chairperson Toni Siskin.
``I was surprised at first to find out that schools were charging students to park on campus,`` Siskin said. ``But obviously, the amount of mess (school officials) find on the parking lots far exceeds what can be taken care of on any normal custodian`s day. It`s part of school-based management. We don`t interfere.``


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MographPlus has a nice tutorial on using the Car Paint Shader in Arnold for 3ds Max, to create realistic car paint materials. It even comes with free project files so you can follow along.
Download the free project files from MographPlus here.
Please note that this is a more advanced tutorial and is designed for users with a solid foundation in Arnold for 3ds Max.
Arnold is an advanced Monte Carlo ray tracing renderer built for the demands of feature-length animation and visual effects. Originally co-developed with Sony Pictures Imageworks and now their main renderer, Arnold is used at over 300 studios worldwide including ILM, Framestore, MPC, The Mill and Digic Pictures.

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Organobromine (Brorg) compounds, commonly recognized as persistent, toxic anthropogenic pollutants, are also produced naturally in terrestrial and marine systems. Several enzymatic and abiotic bromination mechanisms have been identified, as well as an array of natural Brorg molecules associated with various marine organisms. The fate of the carbon-bromine functionality in the marine environment, however, remains largely unexplored. Oceanographic studies have noted an association between bromine (Br) and organic carbon (Corg) in marine sediments. Even so, there has been no direct chemical evidence that Br in the sediments exists in a stable form apart from inorganic bromide (Brinorg), which is widely presumed conservative in marine systems. To investigate the scope of natural Brorg production and its fate in the environment, we probed Br distribution and speciation in estuarine and marine sediments using in situ X-ray spectroscopy and spectromicroscopy. We show that Brorg is ubiquitous throughout diverse sedimentary environments, occurring in correlation with Corg and metals such as Fe, Ca, and Zn. Analysis of sinking particulate carbon from the seawater column links the Brorg observed in sediments to biologically produced Brorg compounds that persist through humification of natural organic matter (NOM). Br speciation varies with sediment depth, revealing biogeochemical cycling of Br between organic and inorganic forms as part of the burial and degradation of NOM. These findings illuminate the chemistry behind the association of Br with Corg in marine sediments and cast doubt on the paradigmatic classification of Br as a conservative element in seawater systems.
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- Environmental Chemistry
- Environmental Science(all)
- Atmospheric Science


It’s Butler v Cottrell for a place in the Women’s Singles Final
Another big day of action on the Gold Coast as we wind our way towards the blockbuster final two days of the 2023 Australian Open on Thursday and Friday.
Frankland River’s Serge Ansquer played his semi-final match-up against Jake Fehlberg today and was unfortunately unsuccessful, going down 21-14 against the 2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist.
The run of our Women’s Pairs combinations also came to an end with Commonwealth Games champions Kristina Krstic and Ellen Ryan falling to Brianna Smith and Emma Spicer.
Better news in the Over 60s competitions – in the Women’s event two WA linked teams progressed directly by winning their section. Maggie Newton (Leeming) and Lily Leach (Sorrento) drew their first match, but progressed courtesy of going undefeated in the section, and Manning’s Kerry Rush combined with Victoria’s Victoria Hudson to advance winning all three matches.
Lisa Featherby and Linda Warburton have advanced to the knockouts courtesy of the second chance qualifiers, however in a quirk of the draw, the pair will meet fellow West Aussies Newton and Leach in the first knockout round tomorrow.
In the Men’s Over 60s Pairs, while none of our WA pairs won their sections today, joining our section winners from yesterday through second chance qualifying are Gordon King and Grant Nicol who get in by one shot, as well as Jim Newton and Peter Flack, and Jim Ricci with Victorian Owen Landry from yesterday’s matches. That;s bring the WA linked total to 8 Men’s Over 60s Pairs combinations advancing to the knockouts.
More action tomorrow…
Exciting times at 9.45am Perth time tomorrow as Laura Butler stakes her claim for a place in the final of the 2023 Australian Open Women’s Singles. Standing in her way is one of the most decorated young women in the sport, Kelsey Cottrell. Butler is in fine form having already eliminated Bolivia Millerick, Kristina Krstic and Chloe Stewart on her way to the semi-final.
With Butler and Cassandra Millerick both still going in both the Singles and the Fours, some scheduling changes will need to be made, as Butler’s fours crew of Stewart, Katelyn Inch and Olivia Cartwright are due to play Millerick’s crew of sister Bolivia, Kira Bourke and Jessie Cottell.
The Over 60s Men’s and Women’s Pairs knockout rounds commence today with WA players, as mentioned above, littered throughout the draw.
In a jam packed Wednesday, the Under-18 Boys’ Singles sectional rounds also commence with South Perth’s Callum Alberti and Harvey’s Cam Wellington looking to make their mark.
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A fungo bat is used by the coach to hit ground balls or fly balls to his team. All throughout high school and college many players use fungo bats to play fungo golf. This is when each person has a fungo bat and a baseball and they pick out targets around their field or complex and basically play it in the same manner as golf. Fungo bats should not be used to hit a pitched baseball because they are much weaker than normal bats and will break much much easier.
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Chris Coste, a former catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies who coaches at Division III Concordia, in Moorhead, Minn., agreed. “When baseball is every single day, you’ve got to do things differently,” he said. “In the big leagues, they get so many ground balls during batting practice that infield is more for the fans and more for the scouts and things like that. At this level, we need it, and we love doing it.”
As to who created the first ever fungo, baseball fans may never know. The word fungoes and fungo batting have been referenced since the early 1800's, but nobody has been able to pinpoint the original source. Baseball fans and historians both agree that the creator of the first ever fungo is somewhat of a mystery. Here at JustBats, we may not know who created the first ever fungo, but we are sure glad that they did!
If your high school or travel team has at least two coaches, you can use what Bates calls a two-fungo drill. One coach can hit to third and second, while the other hits to short and first. If catchers are finished working with the pitchers, they can feed balls to the fungo hitters. The idea is for the third baseman to practice turning a 5-4-3, with the first baseman moving up toward second base about 60 feet instead of 90, with a net behind him to catch overthrows. The shortstop works on throwing across on 6-3s.
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If you have attended a Major League Baseball game in the last 15 years, pregame infield practice, known simply as infield, may be unfamiliar. All but abandoned by the early 2000s, the ritual lives on at the C.W.S. and at college stadiums all over the country. On Monday night, the routine will be repeated before Virginia takes on Vanderbilt in the first game of the finals.
Break your team up into 2 or 3 teams. If you do 2 teams you’ll need 8 or 9 on a team with a player for each defensive position. If you only have 8 on a team you can eliminate either the pitcher, catcher, or one outfielder based on what is a priority for your team that day. If you only have 12-15 players on your team break it up into 3 teams of 4-5. Then place two of the teams on defense and one team hitting fungoes. No matter what, have the teams and batting orders pre-made before practice. This will eliminate unnecessary downtime during practice.
If fungoes are a ball tossed into the air by a batter and then struck as it comes down then a fungo bat is a baseball bat used for hitting fungoes. To go into more detail, a fungo bat is a long, lightweight baseball bat used by coaches (or parents) during pregame hitting or practice to help them hit grounders and pop flys with more consistency and less fatigue. To be one of the best in baseball, countless hours of practice are a must and fungo bats are intended for both infield and outfield practice. Plus, they help tremendously with control and accuracy so that coaches and parents can place a ball where they want when they want.

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Intro: The Missouri Republican Party took the State's Ethics Commission to Court today.The Party claims the Ethics Commission violated the state's Sunshine Law when it voted on campaign contribution limits in a closed session last week.
Carly Robertson has more from the Capitol:
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Governor Matt Blunt and Attorney General Jay Nixon both face having to return contributions
From the state capitol, I'm Carly Robertson.


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Bad sleep may fuel health disparities in America, reports Vox.
Research shows black Americans on average simply don’t sleep as well white Americans do. They don’t sleep as long, they don’t sleep through the night as often, and they suffer more heavily from sleep apnea, a potentially life-threatening disorder. Other minority groups, such as Latinos and Asian Americans, also sleep more poorly than white Americans. But the differences are starkest in black communities.

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Earthquake fault long thought dormant could devastate Los Angeles, researchers say
Scientists citing new research say an earthquake fault along the Los Angeles coast, previously believed to be dormant, is active and could cause a destructive 6.4 magnitude earthquake if it ruptured.
And if it linked with other faults, it could trigger an earthquake in the magnitude 7 range, according to a team of researchers from Harvard, USC and the U.S. Geological Survey.
The fault, known as the Wilmington Blind-Thrust fault, stretches for about 12.5 miles, running northwest from Huntington Beach, directly beneath the Los Angeles and Long Beach harbors, past the east side of the Palos Verdes Pensinula and out toward Santa Monica Bay.
Researchers have known for decades that the fault existed, but it was long thought to be dormant and therefore of no concern for the residents of Los Angeles.
However, a new report, led by, a doctoral student in the structural modeling and earth resources group at Harvard, has found that the Wilmington Blind Thrust Fault is in fact alive and kicking and could affect the overlying ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
“It doesn’t rupture frequently, but it’s like a sleeping giant beneath the harbor, “ Wolfe said. “Just because it’s slow, doesn’t mean it’s not dangerous.”
A blind-thrust fault is so named because the fault itself doesn’t reach the surface of the Earth. There are no hills, cracks or breaks to indicate its existence.
Scientists knew the Wilmington fault was there because it sits below the Wilmington Oil Fields and data collected by the oil industry revealed folding in deep layers of rock that indicated the existence of a fault. However, the tell-tale folding of the rock did not appear to extend to more shallow layers of earth. Therefore, the data suggested that the fault had gone dormant at least 2 million years ago.
Then, about 10 years ago, a scientist at the USGS who was studying the architecture of groundwater reservoirs discovered that, in fact, there did appear to be some folding in the rock in more shallow layers than the oil industry researchers would have looked at.
Further research revealed that he was right. The folding in both the deep rock and the very shallow rock appeared to be caused by the same fault. That meant the Wilmington fault was still active.
Wolfe said that the fault is very slow moving and could be expected to rupture sometime in the next 3,000 to 5,000 years.
“It makes you wonder how many other faults are in California that are not detected and slow moving,” Wolfe said. “The San Andreas fault is the most noteworthy, but many other of faults in California capable of generating damage.”
The Wilmington fault runs near another notorious fault, the Newport-Inglewood.
That fault unleashed the 1933 Long Beach earthquake, which killed 120 people and prompted some of the state’s first seismic building regulations.
The Newport-Inglewood has long been considered one of Southern California’s top seismic danger zones because it runs under some of the region’s most densely populated areas, from the Westside of Los Angeles to the Orange County coast.
Research published in 2017 found the fault may be even more dangerous than experts had believed, capable of producing more frequent destructive temblors than previously suggested by scientists.
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BEVERLY, MA. — The Norwich University women’s ice hockey team tied Endicott College 2-2 on Monday night at the Raymond J. Bourque Arena in non-conference action.
Junior Amanda Conway (Methuen, Mass.) scored her team-leading 18th goal of the season, while senior forward Jessica Piracini (Arlington, Mass.) scored her first goal of the season to lead the Cadets’ offense on the day. Sophomore Samantha Benoit (Bow, N.H.) notched two assists as well for Norwich.
Norwich (12-3-1) fell behind 1-0 in the first three minutes, but the Cadets rallied to score two straight goals and take a 2-1 lead late into the third period. However, Endicott scored the equalizer with 3:03 left in the game.
Endicott (8-3-4) took the lead on Madison Huber’s goal at the 2:16 mark of the first period with Mackenzie Mallett picking up the assist.
Conway scored at the 6:33 mark with Benoit picking up the assist. Piracini gave the Cadets a 2-1 lead at the 15:31 mark with Bryn Labbe (Calgary, Alberta) and Benoit notching assists.
Ashlie Jones scored on assists from Lauren Ferraiuolo and Courtney Sullivan to knot the game up late. Neither team was able to score in the overtime forcing the two teams to settle for a draw.
Sophomore goalie Emily Lambert (Riverview, Mich.) made 29 saves for Norwich in net.


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Yoga is the perfect exercise partner to running. Doing yoga in conjunction with running can make you a better runner. The right yoga poses help ease pain, eliminate physical stress and make it easier to run efficiently. Combining yoga with running builds up strength and flexibility, working your hamstrings, hip flexors, core and quads. So if you’re a runner what yoga poses should you be doing?
1 Downward and Upward Facing Dog
One of the best yoga poses for runners is the classic downward and upward facing dog. Whilst downward facing helps to stretch the hamstrings and the calves, upward helps to expand the chest and the shoulders, which can contribute to better breathing.
2 Twisting Chair
The twisting chair pose involves bending your knees as if sitting in a chair, pressing your palms together and rotating to the right, and then to the left. This pose should be held for between five and ten breaths and can really do wonders for your core, your glutes and your arms.
3 Head to Knee
The head to knee pose is another classic pose that involves a lot of stretching of the legs which is perfect for easing the aches and pains of a runner. The great thing about the head to knee pose is that not only does it relax your legs, but it also relaxes your entire body.
4 Figure 4
The figure 4 pose is the best pose to do if you want to concentrate on stretching and bringing relief to the outside of your hips and your inner thighs. These can be problem areas for runners, so by learning to complete this pose effectively you can put your body in better shape for potentially punishing distances.
5 Seated Wide Angle
This pose is great for if you are seeking something a little more intense for your hip muscles and to relieve built up hamstring tension without having to put too much strain on your lower back. Any poses that can be done in a seated position will always be less taxing on the back.
6 Low Lunge
The low lunge, or lizard pose as it is sometimes known, is fantastic for runners as stretches both the front and the back of the legs as well as opening up the hips and helping to strengthen your core.
7 Half Lord of the Fishes
The half lord of the fishes is not only one of the best-named yoga poses, it is definitely one of the best for runners! Making sure to twist from your belly, not your neck, the pose helps to open up the shoulders, hips and neck and helps to stretch your IT band.
8 Reclining Pigeon
The reclining pigeon pose is the perfect pose to practice if your life is split between sitting in an office during the day and running at night. It helps to gently stretch all of the vital running muscles and gets you ready for a training session free from injury.
9 Cow Face Pose
It might sound like an insult, but the cow face pose is actually a great seated pose that you can do to open up the outside of your hips and relieve some of the pressure that might build up as a result of your running.
Now all you runners out there have a great excuse to do exercise other than pound the pavement.


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Since 1961, a fourold increase in application of fertilizers in the United States has helped to double crop yields. Nutrients not used by crops are often transported to aquatic ecosystems adjacent to agricultural fields. In the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley, nutrients enter agricultural drainage ditches and are transported to receiving water bodies, eventually reaching the Gulf of Mexico. The annual occurrence of a hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico is caused by nitrogen loads from the Mississippi River Basin. Objectives of these studies were: (1) evaluate how organic carbon amendments affect nitrate-nitrogen removal in agricultural drainage ditch systems, (2) determine effects of organic carbon amendments and flow rate on nitrate-nitrogen removal in a semi-controlled field setting using experimental drainage ditches, and (3) assess relationships between organic carbon and nitrogen content of overlying water, pore water, and sediments of drainage ditches throughout the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley. In laboratory experiments, nitrate-nitrogen removal in dissolved and particulate organic carbon treatments was greater than 90% compared to as low as 60% in control treatments. The optimal carbon-to-nitrogen ratio of organic carbon amendments for efficient nitrate-nitrogen removal was 5:1. Studies in experimental drainage ditches revealed that flow substantially lowered the ability of organic carbon amendments to remove nitrate-nitrogen with a maximum percent nitrate-nitrogen reduction of 31.6% in a dissolved organic carbon treatment, although implementation of low-grade weirs in experimental drainage ditches did result in removal of nitrate nitrogen in all treatments and at all flow rates. Examining the nitrogen and organic carbon contents in agricultural drainage ditches throughout the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley revealed that organic carbon content in overlying water, pore water, and sediments is lower than observed in other wetland-like ecosystems and indeed may be limiting denitrification and other nitrogen removal processes. Increasing organic carbon content overall could be achieved by using organic carbon amendments, but this body of research highlights that additional studies are necessary to ensure successful implementation of organic carbon amendments that reach their greatest potential as a management practice to effectively remove nitrate-nitrogen in the realistic settings of agricultural drainage ditches.
Faust, Derek Ronald, "Optimizing Carbon to Nitrogen Ratios to Improve Nitrogen Removal in Agricultural Drainage Ditches" (2016). Theses and Dissertations MSU. 3406.


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Matt Damon is joining the club of actors-turned-directors. Like his pals George Clooney, Ben Affleck and Denzel Washington, the Academy-Award winner is set to direct a feature film, a drama written by The Office star John Krasinski.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Damon will also star in the film, (which is said to be similar to the inspiring legal drama Erin Brockovich) about a traveling salesman (Damon) who arrives in a small town only to have his life changed. Written and produced by Krasinksi's production company, Sunday Night, the movie is expected to have a spring 2012 start date with Warner Bros.
Damon, 41, has been reportedly looking for a potential directorial debut vehicle for a while now. He also has another film -- Father Daughter Time: A Tale of Armed Robbery and Eskimo Kisses -- greenlit for production at Waner Bros., but sources say he will helm the untitled Krasinski drama first.
In addition to his directing plans, Damon is scheduled to star in Liberace, his good friend Steven Soderbergh's biopic of the flamboyant pianist for HBO Films.
When he finally sits in the director's chair, Damon will have all eyes on him, since Clooney (Good Night, and Good Luck, The Ides of March) Affleck (Gone Baby Gone, The Town) and Washington (Antwone Fisher) were all critical hits. Can Damon successfully transition into a director as well?

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This mug was created for the exhibition « Modern Paris 1905-1925» at the Petit Palais from 14 November 2023 to 14 April 2024.
The mug is printed with a detail from the work by Robert Delaunay (1885-1941), Paris. The woman and the Tower (detail), 1925 (Oil on canvas. H. 207,5; W. 52,5 cm. Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie. © Photo BPK, Berlin, dist. Rmn-Grand Palais/ Image BPK).


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World champion Becky James won sprint bronze in the Track World Cup at Manchester.
James defeated Olympic champion Anna Meares to add bronze to the team silver she claimed on Friday evening.
It was a repeat of the 2010 Commonwealth Games final, where the then 18-year-old Briton pushed the Australian close.
This time it was the Abergavenny ace who came out on top by winning 2-0 with her boyfriend George North, the Wales and British Lions rugby union wing, watching on.
James was last season’s emerging star after winning two gold medals at the Track Cycling World Championships in Minsk.
However, in a re-run of the world sprint final with Kristina Vogel, the Welsh woman was beaten 2-0 by the eventual German winner to fall into the ride for third.
Vogel accounted for both Britons in the sprint competition, having beaten Jess Varnish in the quarter-final.
Meares was beaten 2-0 by Hong Kong’s Lee Wai Sze in her first global competition since the London 2012 Olympics.
The Australian had an enduring rivalry with Victoria Pendleton, who has now retired, and now faces a challenge from another in James.
“In the semis, Kristina Vogel was just unbelievable, she was so strong and completely had the legs on me," said James.
"I thought I had nothing to lose in the final so I just went up and raced as best as I possibly could.
“It was mainly focusing on the tactics in the race. I wanted to get two solid races from both the front and the back.
"I went in focusing on the tactics and came out with the best outcome I could have, so I’m really happy with that.
“Today was about focusing on the tactics for me. I wanted to get a solid ride from the front and a solid ride from the back.
“Whatever the outcome was, I just wanted to get the racing right.
“To come away with two really good races and a bronze medal I’m really happy.
“It’s amazing having Anna back. She’s such an incredible rider.
“She’s only just coming back, but there’s nothing better than getting a good win in.”
Cardiff's Owain Doull, who was in the victorious men’s team pursuit squad on day one, finished fourth in the men’s point race in which Ireland's Martyn Irvine claimed victory by winning the last of 12 sprints in the 30km event. Newport’s Jon Mould (Wales-Team USN) did not finish.
Joanna Rowsell won her second gold medal from two events,
Rowsell, who won the team pursuit on day one in a squad which included Welsh teenager Elinor Barker, triumphed in the three-kilometre individual pursuit in three minutes 34.904 seconds, beating Australia’s Rebecca Wiasak (3mins 36.830secs) in the final.
The result will give the London 2012 team pursuit champion a boost after a broken collarbone and tonsillitis, with the non-Olympic event a target at next summer’s Commonwealth Games.
Rowsell was thrilled with the result.
The 24-year-old from Cheam in Surrey said: “It is better than I could have ever hoped for.
“I missed the World Championships on the track last season to focus on my road racing – I won the national (road time-trial) title and after that everything went wrong, it was just disaster after disaster, setback after setback.
“The second half of the road season was about getting fit for the track and that went completely out of the window. I have done no races since I broke my collarbone at the beginning of August.
“I’m just so pleased that I managed to get some fitness. To come here and win two gold medals, I’m absolutely over the moon.
“I’ve got a lot more to come this track season.”
Katie Archibald, riding for Scotland-Braveheart.com, took bronze in 3:37.093 after a well-paced ride against Eugenia Bujak of Poland.
The Pole led in the early stages and had the Scot in her sights, but Archibald won by more than three seconds at the finish to prove her credentials for Glasgow 2014.
Archibald won the European team pursuit title in Apeldoorn, Holland last month alongside Rowsell and the 20-year-old with pink hair is proving a revelation in the endurance events.
Archibald was in her rivals sights before her pace-setting allowed her to triumph.
“I was really happy,” said Milngavie’s Archibald, who won scratch race bronze on day one.
“I could hear the commentator and three laps into it I was thinking profane things. It was a case of not panicking.
“I played it out and kept my aerodynamic fingers crossed.”
The presence of Rowsell, Archibald and their team pursuit colleagues Laura Trott, Dani King (both England) and Barker (Wales), plus riders from Canada, New Zealand and Australia should make the Commonwealth Games competition intriguing.
World champion Jason Kenny only manage fourth in the men's keirin, while Jon Dibben finished fifth in the men's omnium, won by Jasper De Buyst of Belgium.
Dibben was fifth in the sixth and final discipline, the one-kilometre time-trial, in 1:04.563.


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Detroit — More than 90 percent of respondents to a survey of plastics industry professionals said supplier collaboration is essential to driving value in their business.
Some 76 percent agree that the future development of sustainable products to meet consumer demand can only be done through supply chain collaboration.
Those findings were published at NPE2018 in a Plastics Industry Materials & Technology Trends report conducted by the research division of Plastics News.
The report was designed to uncover key business issues impacting the plastics supply chain, explore the changing preferences of brand owners and consumers, and gain insight into the evolving role of material suppliers.
"From a timing perspective, it was important to produce this report to coincide with one of the premier plastics trade shows in the world to show what has changed in the industry since the last NPE in 2015," said Kelley Trost, research director of Plastics News.
The report was based on an April 2018 survey of 634 plastics business professionals and was sponsored by Nova Chemicals Corp.
Key findings include:
• The highly visible role of materials suppliers. Suppliers are expected to understand customers' needs, enhance supply and delivery services, develop high-quality products and provide advanced technical support. Ninety-two percent of respondents say that supplier collaboration is critical to driving value in their business, while 73 percent agree that the success of their business is directly related to their materials suppliers' success.
• The impact of an evolving market. Changing consumer preferences, demographics and brand owner demands are challenging suppliers, converters and plastics packaging manufacturers to realign product offerings, technological capabilities and growth strategies to be competitive.
• Adapting to a changing supply chain. From product design, component specification and supplier selection, to the manufacture of high-performance products, the value chain from chemicals to plastics has become increasingly complex. To meet this challenge, companies are focusing on operational excellence, driving innovation and collaboration.
• The shifting focus on sustainability. "Recycling technology" tops the list of technologies that need to be enhanced to better meet the growing demand for recyclable packaging.
"We had an excellent response to the survey," Trost said. "The broad cross-section of participants and high percentage of in-depth answers to the open-ended questions provided great insight into the industry today, such as companies' priorities and challenges, and what they need to stay competitive in the global market."
More than half of the respondents were plastics processors. Others included original equipment manufacturers, suppliers, mold makers, distributors and brand owners.
"The results of this survey are timely and shed light on the state of the industry," said Alan Schrob, marketing group leader of rigid products for Nova Chemicals. "There are important lessons that companies should take advantage of to stay ahead of the curve."
Copies of the complete report are available from Plastics News' Data Store.


Sophia Bush To Portray A Character On 'This Is Us' Season 4!
According to ET, Sophia Bush has joined the fourth season of the popular TV show, This Is Us and her role is pretty mysterious! Apparently, she is set to be a guest star on the current season and this follows her last big TV role on Chicago PD as a cop.
At this point in time, Deadline reports that Sophia’s storyline is set to be centered around the character of Kevin, played by Justin Hartley.
And since at the end of the last season’s finale he made it clear that he wanted to meet the one for him and start a family, it would make sense that maybe Bush will play his love interest.
After all, a flash-forward scene also shows him in a happy relationship and with a child!
Creator Dan Fogelman was at the winter Television Critics Association press tour this past weekend when he told the media that ‘The story of who's the mother of Kevin’s child and all pf that journey will be a story in the second half of the season, and there will definitely be an answer by the end of the season.’
However, he did not address the questions on whether Bush's character is Kevin’s baby mama or not!
Meanwhile, it was revealed that Pamela Adlon is also set to show up on the series this season and that her character will be linked with Randall, played by Sterling K. Brown.
About his upcoming storyline, Brown told the press during a panel that it will be ‘quite compelling and it allows us to deliver further into Randall's mental health and how he takes care of himself, what is right and what is wrong about how he takes care of himself and how he could do a better job at that.’
What role would you like to see Sophia Bush portray on This Is Us?


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In this project, a detailed comparison is carried out between established (‘lift up’, ‘push up’ and ‘ease down’) as well as novel (‘inflate’) erection methods for strained grid shells by means of FE simulations and a 3D-scanned scaled physical model in order to evaluate key performance criteria such as bending stresses during erection and the distance between shell nodes and their spatial target geometry. These investigations were carried out on a case study of a dome with a 30m span, 10m pitch and constant double curvature. A detailed description is provided of the developed simulation approach, which makes particular use of contact springs for a structural system subject to large deformations, in the SOFiSTiK FE software environment. It is shown for the ‘lift up’ and ‘push up’ methods, that maximum bending stresses are most likely to occur during the erection process and not during end-state static load cases. This risk of beam-overstressing for existing erection methods along with challenges caused by modern safety restrictions, scaffolding costs and build duration can be drastically reduced or even eliminated by making use of inflated pneumatic cushions for the erection of strained grid shells. Furthermore it is argued that the use of pneumatic falsework has the potential to once again facilitate large-span () strained grid shell structures such as have not been realised since the likes of the extraordinary “Multihalle Mannheim” (Happold and Liddell ). It is claimed that the overriding constructional benefits of strained grid shells, such as low material usage and fabrication simplicity, are undermined by the methods typically used for their erection.
stiffening and at the same time cladding surfaces. In this project, we study the structural behaviour of an elastic hemispheric gridshell braced with a membrane layer. Different connection configurations between membrane and grid have been analysed and the results have been compared with traditional bracing systems.
Keywords: elastic gridshells, bracing membrane, hybrid structure, active-bending, finite-element-modelling
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