SolupHred is the first phenomenological predictor that considers protein environment pH when calculating aggregation propensity of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins (IDPs).
Polypeptides are exposed to changing environmental conditions that modulate their intrinsic aggregation propensities. Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) constitutively expose their aggregation determinants to the solvent, thus being especially sensitive to its fluctuations. Accordingly, IDPs aggregation is strongly modulated by factors extrinsic to the sequence, such as ion concentration, ligands, or pH (Uversky, 2009). However, this effect has been traditionally disregarded or barely parametrized in state-of-the-art aggregation predictors.
In a recent work, we elaborated a phenomenological model to predict IDPs aggregation as a function of pH, based on the assumption that protein lipophilicity and charge are both dependent on the solution pH (Santos et al., 2020). SolupHred exploits this model to predict IDP’s pH-dependent solubility by implementing a pH-dependent lipophilicity scale (Zamora et al. 2019) based on implicit solvation calculations together with the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation to estimate the polypeptide lipophilicity and net charge. SolupHred is the first computational tool dedicated to this task.
Under the "Submission" section, users may upload a file or paste the sequence(s) in FASTA format. Next, select the pH range for the analysis and the desired pH interval or step size (default is 0.5) and click Submit. Users may alternatively select to predict solubility at a specific pH by clicking the checkbox and choosing a pH for the analysis.
Users can also pre-populate the application form with alpha-synuclein by clicking the Example button.
SolupHred will treat introduced sequence(s) as disordered over the analysed pH range. Recently, Santos et al. 2020 developed an algorithm to explore the pH-dependent folding and unfolding of IDPs.
SolupHred will display two clickable links with a json file and a zip folder containing all calculations and generated files (including graphs, tables).
The primary output is an interactive table with the scores computed by SolupHred, with clickable identifiers that will show the corresponding figure for each entry. Graphs represent solubility variations across the pH range, with colored regions showing the pH range with 10% of the maximum (blue) and 10% of the minimum solubilities (red). Alternatively, predictions for only one sequence will directly display the graph in the primary output. Graphs will not be generated when 10 or more sequences are introduced.
Columns description in the online output and the downloadable summary table:
ID: Sequence identifier, tag line.
Maximum pH: pH within the analysed range where solubility is maximum.
Maximum solubility: Maximum solubility score.
10% maximum: The pH interval that accounts for the 10% maximum solubility, followed by the mean solubility within the interval.
Minimum pH: pH within the analysed range where solubility is minimal.
Minimum solubility: Minimum solubility score.
10% minimum: The pH interval that accounts for the 10% minimum solubility, followed by the mean solubility within the interval.
pI: Isoelectric point.
Length: The length of the introduced disordered region.
Additionally, the ZIP file contains a CSV summary table with an extra column:
pH:solub Scores: The solubility calculated for each pH.
SolupHred architecture limits individual jobs to 5.000 sequences at 29 pHs or a similar load. For more extensive calculations, the user should split the queries into smaller jobs.
The solubility equation implemented in the SolupHred webserver was originally developed in Santos et al., 2020. To develop the equation, we model the role of lipophilicity and the net charge on the pH-dependent aggregation of three variants (wild-type, acid and basic) of the N-terminus moiety of the measles virus phosphoprotein (PNT), a canonical IDP. The main trait of this training set was that the three proteins shared the same sequence, only reverting the charge of specific ionizable residues; in such a way that their recorded experimental solubility fluctuations along the analysed pH interval were directly connected to the protonation state of their residues. By parametrizing this experimental dataset, we sought to build an empirical equation to model the pH-dependent aggregation of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) based on the assumption that both the global protein charge and lipophilicity depend on the solution pH. This simple phenomenological approach showed unprecedented accuracy in predicting the dependence of the aggregation of both pathogenic and functional amyloidogenic IDPs on the pH (Santos et al., 2020).
SolupHred is designed to profile the solubility of an IDP along a continuous pH interval, assuming that the analysed protein is completely unfolded. The presence of native structures may impact the prediction since structural elements reshape the physicochemical and solvent exposition of the polypeptide chain. Thus, SolupHred is not intended to analyse folded proteins.
Importantly, IDPs could undergo disorder-to-order transitions in the assessed pH interval and the appearance of a pH-conditioned secondary or tertiary structure could affect the accuracy of the prediction. In the absence of experimental data on the disordered state of the analysed protein, we suggest using a pH-dependent disorder predictor (DispHred).
1.- Pintado, C.; Santos, J.; Iglesias, V. and Ventura, S. SolupHred: A Server to Predict the pH-dependent Aggregation of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins. Bioinformatics 2020, btaa909. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btaa909
2.- Santos, J.; Iglesias, V.; Santos-Suárez, J.; Mangiagalli, M.; Brocca, S.; Pallarès, I.; Ventura, S. pH-Dependent Aggregation in Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Is Determined by Charge and Lipophilicity. Cells 2020, 9, 145. doi:10.3390/cells9010145
3.- Uversky, V. Intrinsically disordered proteins and their environment: effects of strong denaturants, temperature, pH, counter ions, membranes, binding partners, osmolytes, and macromolecular crowding.The Protein Journal 2009, 28:05–325. doi: 10.1007/s10930-009-9201-4
4.- Zamora, W.J.; Campanera, J.M.; Luque, F.J. Development of a Structure-Based, pH-Dependent Lipophilicity Scale of Amino Acids from Continuum Solvation Calculations.J Phys Chem Lett 2019, 10, 883-889. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00028
5.- Santos et al. DispHred: A server for the prediction of pH-dependent order-disorder transitions of intrinsically disordered proteins from the primary sequence. IJMS 2020, 21, 5814. doi: 10.3390/ijms21165814


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STP104 Essential Design and Development Tools—and They’re Free
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Tuesday, March 27
Expo Hall: Tools & Platforms Stage
Shrinking budgets and constrained resources have made it more important than ever to make the most of the resources you have when designing learning experiences. Thankfully, the increasing availability of cloud-based applications and other free tools makes it easier than ever to create and develop learning experiences that don’t have to cost a bundle.
This session will focus in on some of the most popular and useful free tools that will ensure you can design and manage your projects quickly and easily. You’ll not only leave with a list of tools you can use immediately, but you’ll also learn how to use them and see practical applications for each of them. Curated from a list of over 460 resources, there is something here for everyone.
In this session, you will learn:
- Over 25 categories of free tools that can be useful for instructional design
- How to use key tools from these categories within your project design
- Which tools will help you manage your project development process
- How get the most from these tools to develop and deliver quality learning experiences
- How to identify free tools that will provide the biggest impact to your budget
Novice to advanced designers and developers.
Technology discussed in this session:
A wide range of free design and development tools.
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Tracy Parish is an education technology specialist for a regional health centre in the Greater Toronto area. She has a diverse educational background of computer programming, adult educational, and eLearning design and development, leading to an instructional design career. Tracy has over 15 years of experience in instructional design, development, and project management, as well as LMS implementation and administration. She is an active Articulate Community Hero, co-host of the Toronto Storyline User Group, and the webcast Nerdy Shop Talk, the Social Media/Marketing Director for the Canadian eLearning Conference, and a moderator of the weekly Twitter event #lrnchat.


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Detroit, Michigan — Automotive supplier Federal-Mogul Corp. has reported a fourth-quarter net loss after a $304 million one-time impairment charge caused by a drop in the value of some of its product lines.
The suburban Detroit supplier’s fourth-quarter net loss was $239 million, or $2.42 a share, compared with a profit of $45 million, or 45 cents a share, a year ago. Revenue rose 5 percent from the fourth quarter of 2010 to $1.7 billion.
Removing one-time items, Federal-Mogul reported a profit of $51…

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REV grad Zach Kirtley’s professional baseball dreams about to be realized
By Gabriel Rizk
Redlands East Valley graduate Zach Kirtley has been a starter at St. Mary’s College for the last three years and is projected to be taken in the first 10 rounds of the 2017 Major League Baseball First-Year Players Draft.
Zach Kirtley grew up a New York Yankees fan, but spent many a summer night of his youth at Angel Stadium.
It was a surreal thrill for the 2014 Redlands East Valley graduate when he got the call on Wednesday to work out for the Angels as a prospective draft pick.
“It went well,” Kirtley said of the workout. “It’s awesome to have a local team interested and any time you get an opportunity you want to make the most of it, so I made sure I did.”
The Angels are just one of many teams thought to be interested in drafting the junior second and third baseman out of St. Mary’s College in the 2017 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft that begins on Monday.
UCR’s Ryan Lillie, CBU’s Garett King, top area college prospects for MLB draft
Inland prospects expected to be selected in Major League Baseball draft
Kirtley says he’s spoken with all 30 MLB teams and has been invited to workouts by the New York Mets, Tampa Bay Rays, San Francisco Giants and Oakland A’s, the latter of which he attended on Friday.
“It really picked up this year. This is all brand new to me,” Kirtley said. “Out of high school, I wasn’t heavily recruited, I wasn’t looked at by any pro teams. After a few good seasons and a lot of hard work it all came up pretty quickly and it’s a lot of […]

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The cities of Lincoln and Omaha want to remind those with live Christmas trees to recycle them again this year.
This year marks the 17th year Lincoln has recycled trees.
Residents will be able to drop off their trees from December 25 through January 11 in Lincoln and until January 12 in Omaha.
Officials ask that all wires, lights, nails, and ornaments be removed from the trees before residents dropp them off.
The cities mulch the trees and then the mulch is offered free to residents.
Lincoln Drop-off Sites
Ballard Park, 3901 N. 66th
Pentzer Park, 26th and Fair Streets
University Park Place, 50th and Garland
Holmes Lake, west side of the north softball field
Sawyer-Snell Park, 2nd and South Streets, west of Fire Department building
Tierra Park, 29th and Tierra Drive
Woods Park, 31st and J Streets, southeast corner of lot
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Here are all of the free giveaway minifigures that will be at San Diego Comic-Con:
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Today is the final day for folks to enter to win through Comic-Con’s Exclusives Portal: https://www.comic-con.org/cci/2018/exclusive-merch-time-slots. Eligible members log in to their Comic-Con Member ID account, and click the link under the “Exclusives” tab to submit interest. The Exclusives Portal closes on July 12, 2018 at 12:00 PM (PDT) and then participants will be selected by random drawing on July 13th.

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Macellum Advisors: Christopher & Banks Board Is Dead to Us
Macellum Advisors own 5.1% of Christopher & Banks, having been active since April. The stock is off 25% since then. The fund sent a letter to the apparel retailer today, outlining the fact that the board is a bunch of fools, being asleep at the wheel while running this primer retailer into the ground.
The board has let down Macellum, its shareholders and Christopher & Banks CEO LuAnn Via. Macellum wants board representation, which it’s been denied. Thus, Macellum has no choice but to vote against each and every board member for re-election at the upcoming annual meeting.
The West Coast port strike is no longer a usable excuse for the company’s shitty performance. It needs to get itself sold. Macellum wants to open up the company to strategic alternatives.


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Scottish Ed Sheeran fans should look out their rain jackets.
Those heading to his Glasgow gig tonight are set for a soaking with forecasts of thunderstorms and heavy downpours.
The global superstar is gearing up for a run of three sold out gigs this weekend at Hampden Park Stadium, playing to around 100,000 fans.
Yellow warnings for rain are predicted across much of Scotland with the Glasgow venue set to take a battering from the elements.
Experts are warning of a risk to life where the rain falls the heaviest, as some communities could be cut off due to heavy rain.
The Met Office is predicting balmy temperatures reaching 25 degrees.
A spokesperson from the Met Office said: "There will be cloud bubbling up with heavy showers developing by late morning.
"There will also be some thundery downpours in places, with localised flooding and hail.
"It will be very warm and humid with temperatures reaching 25 degrees."
Humid conditions will break around tea time, with thunderstorms set to pour down on fans until around 10pm tonight.
Rainy conditions will linger over the city right through till Saturday evening, meaning revellers heading to tomorrow night's gig will need to pack an umbrella too.
The Shape Of You singer is kicking off his world concert tour in Glasgow with support from chart-topper Ann Marie.


MIAMI – While passenger airlines have been pummeled throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, cargo airlines have seen growth, highlighting the importance of the busiest cargo airports in North America. Cargo levels year-over-year increases have been significant with a 12.5% surge in July.
Perhaps the freight hub most equipped for such increases is Memphis International Airport (MEM) in Tennessee, home to the FedEx Express World Hub with 24.3 million pounds of landed cargo.
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Antioxidant effects of tocotrienols in patients with hyperlipidemia and carotid stenosis
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Antioxidants may have a role in the prevention of atherosclerosis. In the present trial, we investigated the antioxidant properties of Palm Vitee, a γ-tocotrienol-, and α-tocopherol enriched fraction of palm oil, in patients with carotid atherosclerosis. Serum lipids, fatty acid peroxides, platelet aggregation, and carotid artery stenosis were measured over an 18-month period in fifty patients with cerebrovascular disease. Change in stenosis was measured with duplex ultrasonography. Ultrasound scans were done at six months, twelve months, and yearly thereafter. Bilateral duplex ultrasonography revealed apparent carotid atherosclerotic regression in seven and progression in two of the 25 tocotrienol patients, while none of the control group exhibited regression and ten of 25 showed progression (P<0.002). Serum thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, anex vivo indicator of maximal platelet peroxidation, decreased in the treatment group from 1.08±0.70 to 0.80±0.55 μM/L (P<0.05) after 12 mon, and in the placebo group, they increased nonsignificantly from 0.99±0.80 to 1.26±0.54 μM/L. Both tocotrienol and placebo groups displayed significantly attenuated collagen-induced platelet aggregation responses (P<0.05) as compared with entry values. Serum total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglyceride values remained unchanged in both groups, as did the plasma high density lipoprotein cholesterol values. These findings suggest that antioxidants, such as tocotrienols, may influence the course of carotid atherosclerosis.
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HampusA wrote:How much differs subsonic vs sonic flows?
Well, flyn is correct, but I would like to add that the main difference I see is that at subsonic the air has "time" to move away from the wing or object, while at supersonic it hasn't.
Picture yourself as an atom, floating in the air. If you were to be "touched" by a wing moving at subsonic speeds, the waves created in the air by the leading edge of the wing would reach you before the wing does. So, you would move away from the edge of the wing and "follow" its contour.
If this wing moves at supersonic speeds you wouldn't receive any "warning" to move away before the wing or object hits you.
This is what creates a shock wave in front of objects moving at supersonic speeds: it is the result of the atoms of air being pushed away "directly" by the object, instead of being pushed around by the surrounding molecules, as they "usually" do.
At least that's how I've seen this business all my life.
Thanks, a very nice explanation.
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A long-running mystery surrounding the disappearance of an Idaho City man more than six years ago may be closer to a solution: The Boise County Sheriffs Office announced Thursday that a suspect has been charged with the first-degree murder of Steven Kalogerakos.
Michael Stephen Dauber, who last year was mentioned publicly as a person of interest in the missing-person case, was arrested in Nampa Wednesday night and booked into the Canyon County jail on a Boise County hold, according to Canyon County records.
Boise County Sheriff Ben Roeber announced the murder charge Thursday afternoon, saying Daubers arrest is the culmination of an investigation that has occurred over the past six years involving the Idaho City Police Department, Boise County Sheriffs Office, Idaho State Police and the FBI.
Roeber didnt say whether Kalogerakos body had been found, and he said the county prosecutor has asked that no further information will be released in the case in order to protect against any likelihood of materially prejudicing the prosecution of this case.
Kalogerakos, then 42, was last seen on Christmas Day 2007, according to the Idaho State Police Missing Persons Clearinghouse. He was reported missing in January 2008, according to Thursdays Boise County news release.


Sensor auditing is an important component of statistical process monitoring (SPM). The sensors generate a wealth of information. This information is used for monitoring and controlling the process. Misleading information can be generated if there is a bias change, drift or high levels of noise in some of the sensors. Erroneous information often causes control actions that are unnecessary, resulting in the deterioration of product quality, safety and proﬁtability . Identifying failures such as a broken thermocouple is relatively easy since the signal received from the sensor has a ﬁxed and unique value. Incipient sensor failures that cause drift, bias change or additional noise are more diﬃcult to identify and may remain unnoticed for extended periods of time. Consequently, early detection and diagnosis of such faults followed by timely reporting of the analysis can assist plant operators in improving product quality, process safety and proﬁtability.


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City of Brampton staff, both current and former, have been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing following an investigation by police into a secret staff bonus program, much to the confusion of council.
Last June a staff report revealed that hundreds of thousands of dollars, to the tune of $1.25 million according to initial reports, were paid out to city employees without council knowing.
There was public outcry after the audit’s findings were revealed, which prompted council to vote unanimously for an investigation by police into possible criminal wrongdoing.
Now the investigation report has come back stating that the bonus payouts, referred to as Outside Policy Requests (OPR), were not criminal.
City councillors voiced their confusion in a meeting on Wednesday, wondering how and why new reports surrounding the investigation contradict the original findings revealed in June.
“I’m surprised that they’re saying now that this program was approved by council when we were told initially by staff that it wasn’t,” said Regional Councillor John Sprovieri.
The initial internal audit report in June stated that a total of $1.25 million had been paid out to non-union staff between January 1, 2009 and May 14, 2014, with payouts as high as $95,000 in some cases.
The latest investigation found that $614,155 was actually paid out to 167 employees, half of what was initially reported.
But city council says the new report raises more questions than answers. Regional Councillor Martin Medeiros is calling for an external investigation, voicing concern over the fact that the program operated for so long, seemingly without council’s knowledge.
“I don’t want this simply brushed under the carpet,” said Medeiros at Wednesday’s council meeting.
Back in June when the initial probe was to be voted on by council it was suggested that Peel Regional Police relinquish the case to an outside body in order to avoid any conflicts of interest.
Police Chief Jennifer Evans told the Guardian that “Peel Regional Police conducted a thorough and impartial investigation which determined there was no criminal wrongdoing. I am confident in that.”
The latest report clears staff of any criminal acts and revealed that the expenditures were approved by council through the city’s budget process that takes place annually. Council argued that if this were the case, budget line items were not revealed, giving no indication that they were approving such a program.
The issue will be debated over the coming weeks of council, though it isn’t clear what actions–if any–council plans to take.


Atrium Felicity shopping centre in Lubin, Poland designed by Chapman Taylor
Size: 75,000 sq ft.
Opened: March 2014.
Sectors: Retail and Leisure.
Includes: 120 shops, 15 cafes and restaurants as well as 100 parking spaces.
Opened in March 2014, Atrium Felicity is a ca.75,000 sq ft Retail and Leisure complex that hosts 120 shops, 15 cafes and restaurants as well as 100 parking spaces.
It is located in the largest city of eastern Poland along one of the major road arteries. The building is slightly elevated in order to use the height difference along the entire length of the plot which allowed for a portion of underground parking.
Chapman Taylor Dusseldorf and Warsaw created the masterplan of the complex, as well as the interior design and lighting concept in cooperation with Berlin and London-based lighting designers, Scott Lighting.
The centre is anchored by a ca.20,000m² hypermarket, a ca.12,600m² DIY store, and a ca.3,500m² electronics store. Also located on site is a 9 screen cinema which is only the the 2nd in Poland to offer the new 4D experience.
The centre has been certified by BREEAM.


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Iowa girls' state soccer: Des Moines Christian falls to Davenport Assumption in Class 1A title game
In its first state tournament, Des Moines Christian's girls' soccer team came just shy of winning its first state championship.
The sixth-seeded Lions lost 2-0 to four-time reigning champion Davenport Assumption in Friday's Class 1A state girls soccer championship. They played the top-seeded Knights close for all 80 minutes, with a last-minute goal swelling the gap to two.
"I think we were competitive. It just seems like we ran out of gas a little bit," Des Moines Christian head coach Dan Webster said. "Davenport Assumption, they're a great team. There's no shame in this loss. Absolutely no shame. We pushed them to the end.
"I legitimately thought we had a shot all the way through."
This is the fifth straight girls' state soccer title and ninth in its past 10 tournaments for Assumption (17-5).
Sam Scodeller registered the Knights' first goal in the 26th minute, making a nice move to evade Des Moines Christian's goalkeeper and send one home. From there, Assumption's stellar defense held the Lions (18-3), who had scored 89 goals so far this season, at bay.
More:Iowa girls state soccer: Des Moines Christian, Assumption advance to Class 1A championship game
Then, with 25 seconds left, Scodeller scored again when Des Moines Christian was in desperation mode, trying to secure the equalizer.
"We're lucky. We're really lucky to be here," senior midfielder Megan Miller said. "It's our first time in the state tournament, so the fact that we got here is super special and I think it's something that we'll all remember for the rest of our lives. We came up short, which is obviously really disappointing, but we're thankful to be here.
"All good things come to an end, but the fact that the season is over really, it's sad. Because we all love each other."
Miller and Webster are confident the future is bright for the Lions program. Webster said there are 23 sophomores and freshmen currently in the program.
More:Girls' state soccer: Des Moines Christian, Gilbert, Nevada, Assumption advance to Class 1A semifinals
"We have a strong core coming back," he said. "We're obviously losing some great leadership on the team that'll be hard to replace. But I think we have a really solid foundation moving forward."
Matthew Bain covers recruiting, Drake basketball and pretty much anything else under the sports sun for the Des Moines Register and USA TODAY Network. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.org and follow him on Twitter @MatthewBain_.


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- Here is my video, with my super adorable helper!!!: Homemade Vegetable Soup
- Here is the recipe that I got my main idea from: Garden Vegetable Soup by Alton Brown
I will have the Enchiladas up [most likely] tomorrow as we plan to have them for dinner tonight. That recipe was the most requested for the week!

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I’m having a bit of a review week but I couldn’t resist writing about this great new series, the first part of which was on BBC2 tonight. At the risk of sounding sad, I’d been looking forward to it all day – Andrew Graham-Dixon, Giorgio Locatelli and Sicily all in one! I love Graham-Dixon’s programmes and have been known to say that I’d like to come back as a female version of him in my next life, travelling the world looking at art. But then I have a passion for travelling the world in this life and always with an eye to the food of wherever I am. And one of the most exciting places I’ve been to is Palermo, which is where our two travellers in this new series went tonight.
And after all that anticipation? Well, it was all justified – this is a sensationally good programme. There was Andrew bringing art to life and understanding in his own inimitably engaging way; Giorgio buying food in the Vucciria market and then cooking wonderful dishes, including a caponata which saw them putting this together while discussing Elizabeth David’s recipe in Italian Food (one of my favourite dishes), and Giorgio talking about ‘cooking with all the senses’, his passion for what he was doing wonderfully apparent.
But they didn’t just look at art and cooking, the programme explored the politics of modern Palermo where a restaurant owner is in hiding, his life in danger for standing up to the Mafia; they visited a puppet theatre and local artists who are putting their own slant on the Mafia in a way that wouldn’t have been possible twenty years ago.
What holds it all together and makes the programme so great to watch is the easy chemistry between the two men: they obviously enjoy each other’s company and it’s like watching two friends having a good time together. Often, these set-ups seem forced, conversations staged, but Graham-Dixon and Locatelli manage to present a relaxed, engaging but totally authentic exchange of ideas and passions. It’s very enjoyable watching them together … and this programme definitely deserves a second look on iPlayer.

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Puffed rice is made by heating rice grains under high pressure. It is an ingredient of many Indian snacks such as: Bhel Puri, Ladoo, breakfast cereals. This rice can be eaten on its own right out of the pack. It does not lose its nutritional properties when blowing.
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A concentrate of a delicious fruit drink, very popular in Arab countries. It is characterized by a deep red color and a sweet taste.
It is a natural addition obtained from some varieties of acacia tree. Arabic gum is odourless, colourless and tasteless. Arabic gum is used in food processing for thickening, emulsifying and stabilizing food such as sweet syrups, ice creams and candies.
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Maggi Masala noodles with a bold masala flavour.
Coriander is used in Asian as a spice for various meats, pâtés, sauces, vegetable marinades, mushrooms, vodkas, liqueurs, wine.
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It’s mild, nutty flavour gives the curry a delicious taste, making it one of the most commonly used lentils in Indian cooking. It can be served with rice or Indian breads like roti, naan etc.
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In the dynamic landscape of modern interior design, a captivating trend has emerged, breathing fresh life into traditional concepts – the sliding glass barn doors. These doors stand as a testament to the marriage of functionality and aesthetics, embodying the heart of contemporary living. With a nod to their rustic origins, sliding glass barn doors seamlessly meld the vintage charm of rural barns with the sleek elegance of contemporary architecture. They transform mere doorways into focal points, commanding attention with their unique fusion of transparency and ruggedness. The translucent expanse of glass, framed by robust metal or wooden accents, grants an unobstructed visual connection between spaces, fostering an open and airy ambiance that can instantly elevate the mood of any room.
Beyond their undeniable visual allure, these doors also boast unparalleled practicality. In a world where space is a premium, sliding glass barn doors offer a space-saving solution that traditional hinged doors cannot rival. Their ingenious sliding mechanism sidesteps the need for clearance space, enabling seamless integration even in compact settings. This adaptability extends their utility to various applications – from partitioning off private sanctuaries within an open-concept loft to concealing pantries in the bustling hubbub of a kitchen. The versatility of sliding glass barn doors extends to their vast array of design possibilities. Tailored to suit diverse interior aesthetics, they come in a spectrum of styles, textures and finishes, rendering them a perfect canvas for self-expression. Frosted or etched glass variants extend a sense of privacy while maintaining a connection to adjacent areas, while stained glass options infuse an artistic flair, casting mesmerizing patterns of light that dance across surfaces. Homeowners and designers alike find solace in the freedom to customize these doors, channeling their artistic inclinations into the very architecture of a space.
Moreover, sliding architectural glass barn doors transcend their functional role, inviting an interactive element into everyday living. The tactile pleasure of sliding these doors – a seamless transition that engages both sight and touch – creates an engaging experience that transcends the mundane act of entering or exiting a room. They invite curiosity, sparking conversations and enhancing the overall engagement of inhabitants and visitors alike. In the ever-evolving realm of design, the sliding glass barn door stands as a true embodiment of the heart of modern living. Its fusion of aesthetics and practicality, its ability to transform spaces and experiences and its unwavering adaptability to diverse interior styles all contribute to its status as an icon of contemporary interior design. As we continue to embrace innovation while cherishing the echoes of tradition, these doors serve as a reminder that even in the most functional aspects of our living spaces, artistry and ingenuity can flourish.

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Bishop Bernard Fellay, head of the Society of Saint Pius X, told the magazine he had also barred Richard Williamson from making public appearances without his permission.
The British-born bishop “must now study the historical facts and correct his false statements,” Fellay said. “The quicker the better.”
He had “forbidden public appearances without authorisation,” he added.
Fellay also said Williamson was ousted as the head of an Argentine seminary on January 31, 10 days after Swedish television broadcast an interview in which he said Nazis never used gas chambers and that only up to 300,000 Jews died in the Holocaust.
“I asked him right away, after I saw the interview, to correct this stupidity,” Fellay said.
The television interview was conducted in November but broadcast on January 21, just three days before Pope Benedict XVI decided to lift Williamson’s excommunication.
With the pope coming under widespread fire since the decision, the Vatican has said Williamson must “unequivocally and publicly” change his views before he can be admitted to office in the Church.
Williamson on Friday told Der Spiegel he would reexamine the historical evidence.
“If I find proof I would rectify (earlier statements)… But all that will take time,” he said.
Williamson and Fellay were among four bishops whom the pope welcomed back into the flock in an attempt to heal a decades-old split with traditionalists who did not accept the reforms of the Second Vatican Council of the early 1960s.


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Taiwan mountain challenge attracts 730 cyclists from 42 countries
Taipei, Oct. 22 (CNA) A total of 730 cyclists from 42 countries are expected to compete in the 2019 Taiwan KOM (King of the Mountains) Challenge set for Oct. 25, organizers said Tuesday.
The Taiwan KOM Challenge, currently in its 8th year, is part of the Taiwan Cycling Festival. It is also considered one of the world's toughest uphill bike races, according to the Tourism Bureau, one of the event organizers.
The 105-kilometer race begins in Qixingtan scenic area on the Pacific coast at sea level, before climbing 87 kilometers through the majestic Taroko Gorge to Wuling at 3,275-meters, near Hehuanshan, the highest point accessible by public road in Taiwan.
This year, 488 of the 730 cyclists set to participate are foreign, said Chang Shi-chung (張錫聰), deputy director-general of the Tourism Bureau, marking the third consecutive year more than half the participants have been from overseas.
The race will feature cyclists from top UCI WorldTeams, such as Nathan Haas and Steff Cras, two-time Olympic Champion Marianne Vos, and defending champion John Ebsen, who also won the event in 2012 and 2014.
Top Taiwan cyclists Feng Chun-kai (馮俊凱) and Peng Yuan-tang (彭源堂) are also slated to compete.
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February 1991: Sunny
"Off to the Gouda cheese factory. Actually it was more of a small farm."
Parades in the Holland sun certainly build a hunger for cheese. At the farm, they showed us the cheese making process - it takes 20 liters of milk to make a 2 kilo ball of cheese. We bought the end product of 40 liters, one plain Gouda and one variety called Dynamite which was flavored with fresh finely chopped stinging nettles. Anyone familiar with stinging nettle will know it carries quite a punch. The nettle cheese was delicious. A few years back we tried to find some nettle Gouda. We did find some, alas we suspect that the nettles were dried or cooked as there was no dynamite sensation at all.
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GRAND HAVEN – A judge set bond at $500,000 for two West Michigan men accused in a $9 million Ponzi scheme.
Jeffrey L. Ripley, 59, of Sparta, and Danny Lee VanLiere, 60, of Grand Rapids, were arraigned this afternoon by Grand Haven District Judge Richard Kloote.
Kloote set a March 20 hearing for the defense and prosecutors to discuss this case before a probable-cause hearing.
The state Attorney General’s Office, which investigated the case with the state Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation, filed 32 charges against each suspect. The most serious charge, racketeering, carries a potential 20-year sentence.
The government said that 140 victims lost from $3,000 to $600,000 after being promised “huge” returns on their investments. Many of the victims were elderly, and included those who lost life savings, authorities said.
The suspects are held in the Ottawa County Jail


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Combining Amsterdam roots with the designer’s African Heritage, Daily Paper aims to present timeless streetwear. Imagined in an olive green hue, the Pondo gilet is decorated with a tonal hand-drawn monogram pattern and completed with an embroidered logo on the chest.
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An exquisite blue and white large Delft charger showing a deer in a clearing in the forest. The deer is painted in a roundel at the center of the charger. Around it are two circles of scrolling leaves. The overall effect is beautiful.
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The technique of making Delft was first described in writing by Gerrit Paape in “The Delft Pottery Maker” written in 1794. Dedicated to Lambertus Sanderus, the owner of De Porceleyne Claeuw (The Porcelain Claw). Delft faience began in the 17th century. Much of the finest Delft was produced in the Dutch city of Delft. The Delft potters began to coat their pots completely in white tin glaze. They then began to cover the white tin-glaze with clear glaze, which gave depth to the fired surface and smoothness to cobalt blues. Over time they created a good resemblance to porcelain. By circa 1650 the technical skills of the potters and painters were much improved, and Delft began its golden age.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Karen E. Lynch
Specialist in Social Policy
The Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) is a flexible source of funds that states use to support a wide variety of social services activities. States have broad discretion over the use of these funds. In FY2009, the most recent year for which expenditure data are available, the largest expenditures for services under the SSBG were for child care, foster care, and special services for the disabled.
Full-year FY2013 appropriations have yet to be enacted. However, a six-month continuing resolution for FY2013 (P.L. 112-175) provided funding for the SSBG through March 27, 2013. The continuing resolution (CR) maintained SSBG funding at the FY2012 rate of $1.7 billion, the same level of annual funding the block grant has received since FY2002. The CR also maintained a provision, included in annual appropriations laws since FY2001, allowing states to transfer up to 10% of their Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grants to the SSBG.
In addition to annual appropriations, the SSBG occasionally receives supplemental appropriations to assist states and territories in responding to natural disasters, including in FY2006 and FY2008. More recently, the Obama Administration requested that Congress provide $500 million in supplemental funding for the SSBG to support states affected by Hurricane Sandy. On December 28, 2012, the Senate approved this request as part of a disaster supplemental package (H.R. 1 in the 112th Congress, as amended). However, the House took no action on this bill, as amended by the Senate, prior to the end of the 112th Congress.
Meanwhile, as part of a separate budget reconciliation process, the House approved a bill in the 112th Congress that included provisions to permanently eliminate the SSBG. This bill, The Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012 (H.R. 5652), was reported out of the House Budget Committee (H.Rept. 112-470) on May 9, 2012, and agreed to by the House the following day. However, the bill was not taken up by the Senate prior to the close of the 112th Congress.
Under current law, the SSBG is permanently authorized in Title XX of the Social Security Act (SSA). The 111th Congress amended Title XX of the SSA in the health care reform legislation signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA; P.L. 111-148). This law inserted a new subtitle on elder justice into Title XX, which was itself re-titled as Block Grants to States for Social Services and Elder Justice. The health reform law also amended Title XX by establishing two demonstration projects to address the workforce needs of health care professionals and a new competitive grant program to support the early detection of medical conditions related to environmental health hazards. The purpose of this report is to provide background and funding information about the SSBG; the report does not provide detailed information on other programs authorized within Title XX of the SSA.
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In August 2017, after the voluntary retire of Roger Millay, Willis Tower Watson announced that Michael J. Burwell would be taking his place as their Chief Financial Officer. Roger Millay is a tough leader with impeccable leadership, and social skills that have been a crucial part at Willis Tower Watson and the company is definitely bound to feel his absence.
However, with well over three decades of expertise in finance and professional services, Michael J. Burwell is just the right person to replace Mr. Roger Millay, and the company board members are quite positive about the leadership transition. The executive team at Willis Tower Watson has also shown great enthusiasm to having him join the establishment. Willis Tower Watson is a worldwide advisory, solutions, and broking company that is at the forefront of the industry. It is located in London, United Kingdom.
Michael Burwell is a graduate of the University of the State of Michigan where he left with an accounting degree. Burwell has gone to achieve success, power, and respect very much over the years. From working as a subordinate to finding his way to the top of the leadership chain, his work speaks for itself. Leadership seems to be a calling to him, having been on leadership positions in the past eleven years.
For thirty-one years, he has been part of the Price Waterhouse Coopers’ employee society. He has worked at Price Waterhouse Coopers as a chief financial officer and climbed the ladder to vice chairman in the same corporation and eventually added the title CFO of the same agency to his resume. On top of that, he has also taken on the task of Head of Transaction Services in the United States and Head of Global Transformation. Burwell’s diligence and valuation have also earned him eleven years of service in the field of auditing and another twelve years in giving transaction advisory services.
WTW is a company with over forty thousand employees from all over the globe, Burwell is set to do a tremendous job owing to his vast experience, and the whole industry is excited to see the influence he is going to bring at the company. See Related Link for additional information.
Michael J. Burwell is the new Chief Financial Officer of Willis Towers Watson having been appointed to the position on Oct. 2, 2017. He replaced Roger Millay who retired voluntarily on the same day. Burwell is a Certified Public Accountant with a Michigan State University Bachelor of Arts Business Administration degree. He also carries with him a wealth of experience in the field of financing.
Burwell has about 31 years of experience working in professional services and finance the majority of which came from his stint in PwC (Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP) in various senior leadership positions. In the last 10 years, he served PwC in the following critical positions: Transaction Services Head in the United States, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer also in the United States, and Global Transformation Head. Aside from his extensive experience in financing, Burwell also brings with him 12 years of Transaction experience in PwC and 11 years of experience in auditing also in the same company. In his work, he also assisted corporations with their valuation and pre-merger due diligence.
PwC admitted Burwell to the partnership in 1997 where he started the company’s Transaction Services practice which is based in Detroit. His working stint in Detroit was successful inducing PwC to appoint him as head of the company’s central region. Burwell eventually took over the leadership role of all the transaction services of PwC all over the United States. Burwell also served the company as its senior relationship partner during his stint with PwC.
Upon his appointment to the CFO post at Willis Towers Watson, its Chief Executive Officer, John Haley said that he is confident that Michael Burwell’s expertise in transformation, transactions and finance will be used to guide the company’s integration efforts and its growth. He added that this will enable WTW to achieve its full potential. On his part, Burwell stated that he is honored to be given this opportunity to join Willis Towers Watson. He added that he was impressed with every interaction that he had with the company. Burwell also said that the company’s commitment to clients, its strength of leadership, and its inclusive and collaborative culture have impressed him. See This Article to learn more.
Willis Towers Watson is also a major player in the field of financing all over the world. This company is a leader in global broking and solutions and in global advisory. Burwell’s role as its new CFO will undoubtedly strengthen its leadership role in the field of financing and financial advisory.
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The world has entered uncharted territory in its battle against the deadly coronavirus, the UN health agency warned, as new infections dropped dramatically in China on Tuesday but surged abroad with the US death toll rising to six.
Globally, the virus has killed more than 3,100 people and infected over 90,000 even as a clear shift in the crisis emerges, with nine times as many cases recorded outside China as inside, according to the WHO.
China has imposed draconian quarantines and travel restrictions to keep large swathes of the population indoors for weeks, a strategy that appears to have paid off as new cases have been falling this month.
While Italy has locked down towns, other countries have stopped short of imposing mass quarantines and instead have discouraged large gatherings, delayed sporting events and banned arrivals from virus-hit nations.
South Korea, Iran and Italy have emerged as major COVID-19 hot spots, which is believed to have started at a market that sold wild animals in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year.
South Korea, the biggest cluster outside China, approached 5,000 cases on Tuesday as 477 new infections were reported, with two more fatalities taking its death toll to 28.
“The entire country has entered a war with the infectious disease,” South Korean President Moon Jae-in said.
China is even importing infections now, with 13 so far, including eight Chinese nationals who had worked at the same restaurant in northern Italy’s Lombardy region.
“We are in uncharted territory,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.
“We have never before seen a respiratory pathogen that is capable of community transmission, but which can also be contained with the right measures.”
Community transmission means infections within a population are not imported from another virus-hit area.
The United States is now facing a potential epidemic, with six people dying in the northwestern state of Washington, where officials warned residents the battle against the disease was shifting from containment to mitigation.
“The risk for all of us of becoming infected will be increasing,” said Jeff Duchin, a health officer in King County where five of the deaths occurred.
The county has more than two million residents and is home to Seattle, a major commercial and transportation hub in the Pacific Northwest region.
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The White House, which has been accused of downplaying the threat from the virus, continued to strike a bullish tone.
Vice President Mike Pence declared that a treatment “could literally be available by this summer, or early fall”.
He was likely referring to remdesivir, an antiviral drug developed by the pharmaceutical firm Gilead that has already been used to treat one US patient and was moving toward two expansive final stage trials in Asia.
Pence also announced American pharmaceuticals were forming a consortium to fight the virus, and that South Korea and Italy would screen all their airline passengers bound for the US.
Despite its world-class hospitals and cutting-edge research, the US is viewed as vulnerable to an epidemic because of glaring disparities in healthcare availability, with nearly 28 million people without coverage.
– China cases down –
China reported 125 new cases on Tuesday, its lowest daily increase in six weeks, with all but 11 infections in Hubei province, of which Wuhan is the capital.
The nationwide death toll rose to 2,943 with 31 more deaths, all in Hubei.
Chinese officials have touted progress in the battle against the epidemic, which has hammered the world’s second-largest economy and threatened to cut into global growth.
Stock markets tanked last week but rebounded on Monday after governments and central banks said they would step in if needed to soften the blow.
Australia’s central bank slashed interest rates to a record low on Tuesday.
Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from G7 countries will hold talks on the issue on Tuesday.
– Hotspots elsewhere –
UN medical experts arrived in Iran on Monday to help tackle the world’s second-deadliest coronavirus outbreak, with 66 fatalities and more than 1,500 infections.
China has also sent experts to Iran, while Germany, France and Britain have pledged emergency medical supplies including testing equipment, body suits and gloves.
In Italy, tourist hotpots including the Duomo in Milan reopened to visitors but access was limited to avoid overcrowding.
Italy, Europe’s worst-affected country with around 1,700 infections, said Monday its deaths from the virus had jumped 18 to 52.
The WHO says the virus appears to particularly hit people over the age of 60 and those already weakened by other illnesses.
Its mortality rate is between two and five percent — higher than the seasonal flu.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There will be a new requirement for anyone over the age of 12 who attends KC Bier Co.’s Oktoberfest.
Those in attendance will need to show proof of vaccination or the results of a negative COVID-19 test to get into the two-day event at Crown Center, even though the event will be held outside. The test cannot be administered before Sept. 29. Children under the age of 12 are encouraged to wear a mask when they aren’t seated, eating or drinking.
KC Bier Co. said it made the decision to ensure that all staff, volunteers and guests feel comfortable and are as safe as possible.
Oktoberfest is modeled after the festival in Germany. It will feature authentic German-style bier from KC Bier Co., food, music, and activities. There will also be bench seating for more than 1,800 attendees.
The festival is scheduled to take place Oct. 1 from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. and Oct. 2 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Tickets are on sale and start at $10.
COVID-19 forced organizers to cancel the festival in 2020 .


NSF recently announced three promotions in the Drinking Water Treatment Program. The reorganization will streamline DWTU operations, allowing for additional focus on new services and international expansion.
Rick Andrew has been promoted from technical manager to operations manager of the DWTU program. Andrew, a seven-year NSF veteran, will manage the day-to-day operations of the DWTU certification and testing business. Reporting to General Manager Tom Bruursema, Andrew will participate in business planning and business development activities for the program, and will manage the department’s technical and business unit managers.
A 12-year NSF veteran, Dave Bentley has been promoted from DWTU business unit manager to technical manager. In this role, Bentley will be involved in selecting representative test models for certification, and will work with task groups striving to improve the standards. Bentley will also provide technical training for the department and participate in the development and revisions to DWTU certification policies.
Business Unit Manager Tara Sniezek now supervises all of the DWTU certification project managers. Sniezek, who has been with NSF for five years, will provide the necessary training , professional development and supervision of the program staff, while ensuring client satisfaction and meeting department and corporate goals.


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14k Yellow Gold Round Angel Post Earrings
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Charming and inspirational etched angels adorn these lovely 14k yellow gold round earrings. Post earrings are 8mm long and are held in place by pushback clasps.
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Klowden Mann is very pleased to present Altered Artforum a special exhibition of work by David Lloyd, featuring 15 works on paper which take recent Artforum covers as the starting point for a mixed-media one-way collaboration between Lloyd and the artists featured on the covers. The exhibition will be on view from September 10th through October 15th—in conjunction with Srijon Chowdhury’s Since The Garden on view in the main galleries—with an opening reception for the artists on Saturday September 10th, from 6-8pm.
Founded in 1962 and published ten times per year since, Artforum is considered by many to be the publication with the definitive mark of legitimacy in the art world. As Lloyd says, “Every artist wants to be on the cover of Artforum, and if they tell you they don’t, they’re full of shit. It’s a grand gesture in the art world to say that you’ve made it.” Given that recognition
however, the works are more humorous and celebratory than cynical. Lloyd creates an invitation to collaborate with artists who have achieved the career hallmark of an Artforum cover, and coopts Artforum's logo—with its status as a symbol of institutional authority and approval—for his own work. The original covers are collaged upon with images ranging from the art historical to the popular, painted and drawn upon, and scraped, with text crossed out and redrawn. In one instance, a cover featuring a painting from On Kawara’s “Today” series has been scratched out, with the date replaced by Lloyd’s birthday. Lloyd’s vibrant colors and energetic compositional choices transform the magazine cover space as an arbiter of importance and fashion into a place for artistic agency and collaborative play.
David Lloyd graduated with a BFA from CalArts in 1985, and began his career with a series of intelligent, near-humorous abstractions, turning towards the incorporation of imagistic referents several years later. Recent paintings have moved back and forth between abstraction and recognizable image, with compositions that utilize those forms as parts of the same visual
language rather than opposing ideas. Lloyd has shown in California at Klowden Mann, East Side International, Otis College of Art and Design, Margo Leavin Gallery, Gallery Paule Anglim and the Orange County Museum of Art as well as many others, and at Metro Pictures and Milk Gallery in New York. His work has been written about extensively, and he is included in the collections of the Orange County Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, and the Getty.


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Check Out Our Seed Library
ROPL’s Seed Library provides flower and vegetable seeds to the community for free! Patrons can "check out" seeds by visiting our Seed Library nook, which is located by our north entrance. We ask that seeds are "returned" by harvesting seeds from a plant or two that you grow. Have seeds to donate? Drop them off anytime, but make sure they are labeled "FOR SEED LIBRARY."
Our Seed Library is an important library resource that helps to promote food independence, seed diversity, maintaining heritage varieties, and the saving of seeds that are adapted to the local climate and growing conditions. Seed libraries share the wonder of growing your own food or plants from seed! Seed saving and sharing is a money saving, sustainable practice that is hundreds of years old, connects us to the past as well as the earth, and is a great way to give back to the community. And it's fun! Questions? Call the Adult Services Desk at (248) 246-3727.
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In addition, ROPL is taking part in the One Seed One State program run by the MI Seed Library Network. This year's seed that you can pick a packet up of is the 'Grand Rapids' Lettuce! A brochure for how to nurture this lovely green is available next to the packets, we ask that you only take one packet per household, or family group.
‘Grand Rapids’ lettuce was developed by Eugene Davis of Grand Rapids, who became known as the “father of forced lettuce’ in the late 1800s. Extremely cold-hardy, ‘Grand Rapids’ lettuce is credited with establishing the greenhouse winter lettuce industry in Grand Rapids that supplied the Great Lakes region and beyond for decades. Still popular, ‘Grand Rapids’ lettuce is in the pedigree of many crisphead varieties1
1“MI Seed Library Network – Connecting Seed Libraries across Michigan.” MI Seed Library Network, One Seed One Stat, MI Seed Library Network, https://miseedlibrary.org/?page_id=389.

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Building Your Baby From the Ground Up
I meet with a wide range of patients—from factory workers to athletes, young families to the elderly. Yet there is something particularly special about working with infants. Reaching and wriggling as they yearn to discover the world, their reflexes and seminal movements are nothing short of awe-inspiring.
Upon birth, babies begin a developmental journey that transforms them from immobile infants to bipedal toddlers within 12 to 18 months. This crucial window is their opportunity to move in innate, prescribed ways in a sequence optimized for building neuromotor coordination. With this highly evolved pattern, infants gain sustainable stability, coordination, and subsequent mobility that lays the foundation for their biomechanical future.
Informed by the models of the Vojta Method and Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization, the foundational concept that infants are soft-wired to develop in a predictable way has shaped my clinical lens and illuminated to me the critical importance of proper movement during infancy.
In my clinical practice, I examine and check infants with developmental delays. Although I enjoy this work, it is difficult to see parents’ frustration and overwhelm at a child’s atypical movements, not to mention the developmental setbacks for the infants themselves. I can’t help but ask, “How can we prevent the problem before it begins?”
That question has led me to realize that there is a troubling lack of knowledge about how to best support an infant on his or her biomechanical developmental journey. Some foundational concepts have yet to reach mainstream consciousness.
To simplify my clinical recommendations, I give my patients, friends, and family these three pieces of advice: forgo all infant orthotic devices, get on the floor, and educate your village of caretakers.
Avoid Infant Orthotic Devices
This recommendation is the one that surprises people the most: to forgo implements designed to contain or artificially support infants. The kind of devices I’m referring to include common registry gifts like fixed-foam infant seats, walkers, ExerSaucers, jumpers, and oversize pillows used to prop up infants. I call such items Infant Orthotic Devices, or IODs. Though such products are common, bolstered by claims from manufacturers that they “help” infants learn to sit and walk, I advise parents to forgo them entirely.
Most noticeably, IODs restrict an infant’s natural movements and compromise the developing neck and spine. With aberrant stress placed on their joints, ligaments, muscles, and bones, babies are less able to act out the predictable neurological movements described by Vojta. Infants in IODs are also deterred from receiving the right sensory input at the right time, and may experience misordered sensorimotor input. This lack of coordinated sensory input and motor output may cause them to develop altered movement patterns that could follow them as they grow.
Research shows that infant walkers, in particular, can cause developmental delays, altered motor patterns, or at the very least do not help the child. In fact, the American Academy of Pediatrics has gone so far as to recommend a ban on the manufacture and sale of mobile infant walkers because of safety concerns. In addition, in an interview with the Chicago Tribune, Mary Weck, clinical coordinator of physical therapy at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago, states, “No equipment enhances a child’s motor development.”
Nevertheless, manufacturers of infant orthotic devices continue to make widely-accepted claims that such devices benefit infants by “helping” them learn to sit and walk. Remarkably, infants don’t need any help in this process, and by “helping” them with an IOD, we may be altering their natural progression.
“Baby’s development is like the opening of a flower bud. It gradually unfolds,” as Marianne Hermsen-van Wanrooy so poetically states in the introduction to her foundational book, Baby Moves. “If we open its petals unnaturally, we interfere with the growing process and the flower becomes distorted.”
What we must remember is that motor development must be allowed to be a gradual process. It takes a typical infant 12 to 18 months to be able to walk. I encourage you to see and celebrate the micro-milestones, as well as the big ones, once the child has reached them on his own.
Get on the Ground
In light of research linking IOD use to motor developmental delays, I urge my patients, friends, and family to forgo these devices altogether and opt instead for something that is free and commonly available: the ground.
When infants spend time on their backs and on their tummies, they benefit from the opportunity to move naturally— and that alone propels them to eventually crawl, sit, and walk. It is in this process of moving in reaction to the sensory input of being on the floor that appropriate coordination of movement and muscular co-activation occurs. Without each link, occurring in sequence, the chain of motor development becomes skewed and altered patterns are more likely to occur.
Like skipping a chapter in a book, using IODs makes an infant jump ahead in their development. In so doing, however, a child will miss the important storyline of their developmental journey.
Educate Your Village
More research is needed to investigate the effect of IODs on infant motor pattern development. In this article, we extrapolate the existing research on infant walkers to include other pieces of equipment that provide artificial support to infants’ limbs and spine. Acknowledging the gap in research, I stand by this extrapolation because I have observed and cared for the dysfunction caused by these devices in my own clinic.
Whether it’s turning in the direction of a sound, reaching for an object, or taking a first step, these soft-wired neuro-sensorimotor sequences require no technological intervention, only free-range interaction with a flat surface in a safe environment.
Give your baby the benefit of a nurturing developmental environment wherever she or he spends time. You can find educational materials and posters on our website (building yourbaby.com) to share with your village of caretakers.
The old-is-new, less-is-more approach I propose here maintains that a minimalistic and evolutionary model of infant motor pattern development is best, and that the less technology we use to help our children walk, the better and stronger they will be.
As a father and as a clinician, I understand the desire to see a child thrive. That is why it has become my mission to educate and empower parents, clinicians, and caretakers to set their children up for biomechanical developmental success.


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Smithsonian Brings Star Trek Enterprise Back To Life
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Stuck in a Smithsonian basement for years, the Star Trek Enterprise has finally been promoted after getting a fresh coat of paint.
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum announced that the studio model used in the original “Star Trek” series would now display at the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall.
As the post states, it was a painstaking effort to refurbish the model to its old glory days, which also includes a new lighting system that visitors can enjoy at various times of the day: 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and at 3:00 p.m. local time.
YouTube channel TrekCore was in attendance this week and shot this video with conservator Malcolm Collum who explained a bit more on decisions that affected the Enterprise’s light system.
As CNET reports, the ship was donated back in 1974. Since that time it’s been hanging around the basement gift shop as if it weren’t some magnificent symbol of where millions of fans have gone since the show debuted.
The jubilation coincides with the museum building’s 40th anniversary. And we can think of no better way to highlight the museum’s ongoing efforts.
This one ship took a massive amount of work, which even included x-ray analysis of the model.
With great care the team has taken decades off the outer coat and restored the Enterprise to its classic finish.
We can almost hear Captain Kirk say, “Mr. Sulu, take us out.”
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“When people are living with a chronic condition like diabetes, it can be a challenge to cover medication costs,” health minister Sharon Blady said in a release. “Adding these new drugs to the formulary will help Manitoba families address those costs and let them focus on other priorities as they receive the care they need.”
Two of the new drugs being added to the formulary are Komboglyze and Levemir, which are used for the treatment of diabetes.
“We commend the Manitoba government for its decision to expand the medications covered by the pharmacare program. This is great news for people living with diabetes in Manitoba,” Andrea Kwasnicki, Manitoba regional director for the Canadian Diabetes Association, said. “By expanding pharmacare, people living with diabetes and their health-care providers will now have additional choices to help better manage their diabetes.”
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Of the 94 drugs added, 80 are generic medications. The minister noted these additions are expected to save Manitoba families $3.9 million a year and coverage for the new drugs.
Over the last 12 years, approximately 4,000 new drugs, including those that treat cystic fibrosis, lung cancer, pulmonary embolism and schizophrenia, have been added to Manitoba’s world-class pharmacare program, minister Blady said.

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Nov. 3, 2007
- UNM looses to UNLV for the first time since dropping a 2-0 match to the Rebels on Oct. 18, 2003 in Albuquerque. It is their first loss in Las Vegas since a 2-0 defeat on Nov. 10, 2002.
- The overtime loss to the Rebels is just the second time UNM has lost an overtime game in head coach Jeremy Fishbein's tenure at New Mexico. The only other time New Mexico had lost an OT game under Fishbein was against San Jose State in 2005. UNM is now 17-2-12 in overtime games since the start of the 2002 season.
- Tonight's loss is just the third time UNM has surrendered a lead in Fishbein's tenure. UNM is 74-3-7 when scoring first under Fishbein.
- With a 9-4-1 record on the year, New Mexico has the most losses in the regular season since posting an 8-9-3 mark in 2003.


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To start earning you simply need to acquire your own NFT Dog, which could be either minted in DApp or bought on the NFT Marketplace. While being outside with their Dog users will receive WLD Token. It is an In-Game currency that is used for purchases and sales on the NFT Marketplace, earning income and lots of other features that will be added to in the near future.
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Turkey says it has completed preparations for a military operation in northeast Syria after the United States began pulling back troops, opening the way for a Turkish attack on Kurdish-led forces long allied to Washington.
But US President Donald Trump warned he would "obliterate" the NATO ally's economy if it took action in Syria that he considered "off limits" following his decision on Sunday to pull 50 American special forces troops from the border region.
The US move will leave its Kurdish-led partner forces in Syria vulnerable to an incursion by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK), which brands them terrorists because of their links to Kurdish militants who have waged a long insurgency in Turkey.
"The TSK will never tolerate the establishment of a terror corridor on our borders. All preparations for the operation have been completed," the Turkish Defence Ministry said on Twitter early on Tuesday.
"It is essential to establish a safe zone/peace corridor to contribute to our region's peace and stability, and for Syrians to achieve a safe life."
A Reuters witness said there was no sign of military activity on Tuesday near the Turkish border town of Akcakale, across from Syria's Tel Abyad.
US forces evacuated two observation posts at Tel Abyad and Ras al Ain on Monday, a US official said.
Trump's warning on Turkey's economy appeared aimed at placating critics who accused him of abandoning the Syrian Kurds by pulling out US forces.
The decision drew criticism from Democrats and a rebuke from some of Trump's fellow Republicans in Congress, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
"As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I've done before!)" Trump tweeted.
His remarks met an angry response in Turkey, including from opposition party politicians such as Iyi Party leader Meral Aksener, who said it was a day to put aside domestic politics.
"Threatening Turkey's economy is a diplomatic catastrophe," she told her party's MPs in a speech in parliament.
"The best response to this insolence is to go into the east of the Euphrates and break the terror corridor."
The Kurdish-led forces, who have been Washington's most capable partners in fighting Islamic State in Syria, have denounced the major shift in US policy as "stab in the back".
Mustafa Bali, an official with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), said the continued Turkish military build-up on the border, together with information about further mobilisation of Turkey-backed Syrian rebels, indicated "an attack is imminent and we expect it soon".
The United States expects Turkey to take responsibility for captive Islamic State fighters in northeastern Syria if Ankara's planned incursion seizes areas where the detained militants are held, a senior State Department official said.
The captives are held in SDF facilities south of a safe zone initially proposed by Turkey.
Russia, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's strongest foreign ally, said it was not told in advance by the United States or Turkey about any agreements they had about plans to pull US troops from the northeast, adding it was watching the situation very closely.
Iran, another Assad ally, voiced opposition to any Turkish military operation in Syria.
"Such an action will not only not end Turkey's security concerns but will lead to widespread material and human damage," Iran's foreign ministry said.
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"Brian Banks" star Sherri Shepherd talked with Access Live about getting her first leading role in the upcoming film. She shared how having a comedic background made it hard for her to book a serious role. Her best friend Niecy Nash recently received an Emmy nomination and she couldn't be happier for her pal. "Brian Banks" is in theaters on August 9th.

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