What are some examples of mathematical models?
Though equations and graphs are the most common types of mathematical models, there are other types that fall into this category. Some of these include pie charts, tables, line graphs, chemical formulas, or diagrams.
What are the three types of mathematical models?
What are the different types of mathematical models? There are some main types of methods which are based on different mathematical means and tool – analytical, simulation, and empirical (statistical). Each type of methods has sub-types of approaches for model designing.
What is mathematical Modelling used for?
Mathematical modelling is the process of using mathematics to make predictions about the real-world, to understand situations and to assist in making decisions. It is the bridge between the real world and mathematics.
How is mathematical modeling used in the real world?
Mathematical modelling is capable of saving lives, assisting in policy and decision-making, and optimising economic growth. It can also be exploited to help understand the Universe and the conditions needed to sustain life.
What makes a good mathematical model?
A model should contain the essential structure of objects or events. 1) It should necessarily be incomplete. 2) It may be changed or manipulated with relative ease. 3) It is simplification/Idealization.
What are the 5 components of a mathematical model?
Components of Mathematical Model are variables or decision parameters; constants and calibration parameters; input parameters, data; phase parameters; output parameters; noise and random parameters.
What is a good mathematical model?
What is mathematical Modelling research?
Mathematical modelling is a technique for understanding the dynamics of a system and for predicting future outcomes within the system.
What is mathematical modeling used for?
Mathematical modeling is the process of using various mathematical structures – graphs, equations, diagrams, scatterplots, tree diagrams, and so forth – to represent real world situations. The model provides an abstraction that reduces a problem to its essential characteristics.
What are some examples of mathematical models in everyday life?
Any other ideas you may have! Mathematical models can also be used to forecast future behavior. Example: An ice cream company keeps track of how many ice creams get sold on different days. By comparing this to the weather on each day they can make a mathematical model of sales versus weather.
How do you use mathematical models to predict the future?
Predicting the Future. Mathematical models can also be used to forecast future behavior. By comparing this to the weather on each day they can make a mathematical model of sales versus weather. They can then predict future sales based on the weather forecast, and decide how many ice creams they need to make
How can mathematics be used in real life?
Mathematics can be used to “model”, or represent, how the real world works. Example: how much space is inside this cardboard box? So we have a (very simple) mathematical model of the space in that box. Accurate? The model is not the same as the real thing.
What are some examples of optimization mathematical models?
Such variables might include capacity planning, human resources planning, space planning, route planning, etc. Optimization mathematical models are typically used for such problems. These models often maximize or minimize a quantity by making changes in another variable or a set of variables.


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The 2016 Presidential Election has been largely uninspiring and demoralizing for the left-leaning side of the Democratic Party. If your top concerns include global warning, corporate greed, toxic chemicals, alternative transportation and urban community building, it's hard to feel like you've got a solid candidate at the table in Democratic Candidate Hillary Clinton.
Enter Naked Voting, the brainchild of progressive activist Aaron Freeman.
"Look, very few of us are feeling this election. It's hard to get behind a hawkish pant suit when you wear hemp.
Still, all of us who care for the planet know it could take less than 90 days with the nuclear codes burning a hole in his pocket for Trump to get wired up about someone's tweet and decide at 3 am that what he needs to do is fire off something nuclear.
Conway can't babysit him 24/7. And even she can't head him off most of the time.
We've got enough environmental crises on our hands as it is. We need more than 90 days to save the planet.
Knowing this, I knew the vote I needed to make but wasn't feeling so hot about it. I wanted to find some way to vote Hillary, and still feel like it was ME standing up for my priorities, to make my own statement."
Freeman's idea, to vote wearing just enough strategically placed kale leaves to keep him from getting arrested, struck a chord with his friends.
And the idea has caught on. Naked Voters have been showing up in early voting locations across the country, in all climates. Most are choosing kale for "coverage", but Swiss chard, collard greens, carrots and dandelions are also making a showing.
Naked Voting has become popular enough that it spawned an auxiliary idea.
Naked bikers across the U.S. now offer a lift to get others to the polls, a FreeRide. They offer rides to any who need transportation to vote (clothing optional).

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Serbian culture is rich in vibrant traditions and customs, and one of the most captivating aspects is the art of traditional folk dance. Among the many mesmerizing performances, the Serbian dancing lady holds a special place. This blog post delves into the world of the Serbian dancing lady, exploring the significance of this cultural icon, the intricate dance moves, and the enchantment it brings to audiences worldwide.
The Serbian Dancing Lady: A Symbol of Tradition and Grace
The Serbian dancing lady is an emblematic figure that represents the grace, beauty, and elegance of Serbian folk dance. These talented women carry on a legacy that spans generations, embodying the spirit of their ancestors and showcasing the cultural heritage of Serbia. They are known for their intricate footwork, graceful movements, and elaborate traditional costumes that reflect the region’s rich history.
Traditional Serbian Folk Dance: A Window into the Past
Serbian folk dance is a kaleidoscope of regional styles and variations, each with its own distinct charm. These dances play a vital role in preserving the country’s history and cultural identity. From the fast-paced kolo, a circle dance symbolizing unity and togetherness, to the graceful oro, a courtship dance with intricate partner interactions, Serbian folk dance offers a glimpse into the past and connects generations through shared traditions.
Mastering the Art: The Training and Techniques of Serbian Dancing Ladies
Becoming a Serbian dancing lady requires years of training, dedication, and a deep appreciation for the art form. Young girls often start learning folk dance at an early age, attending dance schools and workshops to hone their skills. They are taught the intricacies of footwork, body movements, and expressions that bring the dances to life. Through rigorous training, these dancers develop the strength, agility, and precision necessary to captivate audiences with their performances.
The Allure of Traditional Costumes: A Visual Delight
The traditional costumes worn by the Serbian dancing ladies are an integral part of their performances, adding splendor and cultural significance to the dances. These costumes vary depending on the region but commonly feature vibrant colors, intricate embroidery, and ornate accessories. From the flowing white dresses adorned with red and gold details in central Serbia to the richly patterned vests and billowing skirts in Vojvodina, the costumes enhance the visual appeal of the dances and showcase the unique regional characteristics.
The Serbian Dancing Lady Goes Global: Promoting Cultural Exchange
In recent years, Serbian folk dance, and the captivating performances of the dancing ladies, have gained international recognition. They have become ambassadors of Serbian culture, representing the country in various cultural festivals and events around the world. Through their performances, these talented dancers bridge the gap between different cultures, promoting understanding and appreciation for Serbian traditions. Their artistry captivates audiences globally, creating a lasting impression of Serbian heritage.
Celebrating Unity and Community: The Social Aspect of Serbian Folk Dance
Beyond the artistic expression and visual spectacle, Serbian folk dance plays a significant role in fostering a sense of unity and community. Dance gatherings, known as “svadbe” or weddings, are occasions where people come together to celebrate, connect, and share their love for the traditional dances. These events strengthen social bonds, creating a sense of belonging and cultural pride. The Serbian dancing lady becomes a central figure in these celebrations, leading the dances and inspiring joy among participants.
The Serbian dancing lady is a cultural icon that represents the beauty, grace, and tradition of Serbian folk dance. Through their meticulous training and mastery of intricate dance techniques, these talented performers bring the art form to life. With their captivating performances and vibrant traditional costumes, the Serbian dancing ladies promote cultural exchange

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The life of Bo Xilai, once a contender for the top leadership in the world’s second-largest economy, is one of great intrigue. A member of the Central Politburo and secretary of the Communist Party’s Chongqing branch from 2007-2012, he was ousted in China’s biggest political scandal in two decades last year following his wife’s murder of a British businessman, Neil Heywood.
It is important to know how one of China’s biggest political scandal in years unfolded:
June 2009: In the huge central city of Chongqing, Bo kicks off an unprecedented anti-Mafia campaign he called “Smash the Black”. It won him huge popular support, but also created political enemies. His critics later claimed Bo used the city’s police force as a personal army, framing his rivals, extracting confessions through torture and confiscating millions, if not billions of yuan.
September 2009: Xie Dajun, a mid ranking Chongqing official, commits suicide after being forced to cheerlead a campaign to “sing Red songs”. Senior Communist party leaders state that Bo was stirring up dangerous Maoist populism.
August 2011: Bo orders a wiretap on a phone call between Hu Jintao and Ma Wen, an anti-corruption official. When it came to light, internally, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection began to look into Bo’s affairs.
November 14, 2011: Neil Heywood, 42, a British businessman and family friend, arrives in Chongqing and is murdered by Bo’s wife, Gu Kailai. Initially, Bo’s police chief, Wang Lijun, works to cover up the crime.
January 28, 2012: Wang Lijun turns on his boss, telling him that his wife is a suspect in Mr Heywood’s murder.
February 6: Wang Lijun flees to the US Consulate in Chengdu, where he hands over details on Mr Heywood’s case to diplomats before being taken to Beijing by Chinese investigators. He is thought to have given them more evidence of Mr Bo’s wrongdoings.
March 9: Bo makes a bullish appearance at the National People’s Congress, telling reporters that “dirty water” is being tipped on him and that he “trusted the wrong person”.
March 14: Wen Jiabao uses his speech at the National People’s Congress to warn that China should learn lessons from Wang Lijun’s attempted defection.
March 15: Bo is dismissed as Chongqing party chief. He retains a seat on the Politburo, however. He disappears into the hands of investigators.
March 26: News that the Foreign Office has asked China to reinvestigate Mr Heywood’s death is revealed by the Wall Street Journal.
April 10: Bo is suspended from the Central Committee and the Politburo and is put under formal investigation for “serious breaches” of discipline. His wife is named as the prime suspect in Mr Heywood’s murder.
August 20: Gu Kailai is given a suspended death sentence for murdering Neil Heywood after a one-day trial.
September 19: It is revealed for the first time, on Xinhua, that Bo knew of his wife’s role in the murder as early as January 28.
September 24: Wang Lijun is sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in covering up the murder, but repeatedly praised for “exposing clues of major crimes by others”
28 September: Bo Xilai is expelled from the Communist Party, and will face justice, according to state news agency Xinhua.
26 October: Bo Xilai is expelled from parliament – removing his immunity from prosecution. The media speculation begins…
Bo’s court case has been described by observers as the ‘trial of the century’, although this hype may be overblown, since we have had the ‘Gang of Four’ cases, and importantly the PRC is only 63 years old. It may be premature to class it in this way, since this century, we have had the ‘My Dad is Lee Gang’, and the Liu Xiabo trials. However, commentators and the people of china wait with bated breath to witness its process and outcome.
His trial, in the past week, has produced a huge range of speculation of what his charges will be and when will it be, with many giving a start date of March. The English-language tabloid the Global Times, which is published by the party’s official mouthpiece, the People’s Daily – said the trial “is expected to open after the ‘two sessions’ in March”, sourcing the claim to someone close to the country’s “top judicial body”.
The uncertainty over Bo Xilai’s impending trial has fuelled comments from scholars such as Carl F. Minzer, on the lack of transparency within the Communist leadership. Chinese political scholar, Liu Junning, asserted on his weibo microblogging account that “a great nation such as China and we can’t find a more trustworthy source than rumours”. A common occurrence in many different areas in China.
There are, of course, many underlying questions. How did Bo Xilai’s son afford to go to top-dollar British and American universities? Was there extra-judicial power used in the crackdown on organised crime? What role did Neil Haywood have to play in Bo Xilai’s regime? All this, and then the Wang Lijun incident – what exactly was being hidden by Bo Xilai’s inner circle? This question, presumably, will be answered through the course of his ‘trial’ – even if not to the public ears, however this is unlikely due to the secretive nature of the Chinese government.
The fallout from Bo’s case is serious. With the start of the trial, more details will be made known to the public. For now, it should serve as a warning that China must beware of careerist politicians making use of people’s discontent for their own gain, undermining reform efforts and the rule of law in the process (Norman P. Ho: 2012). Thirty years of reform and opening up has brought China tremendous success, but also created many problems in society. Its people are desperate for solutions. Chinese leaders should heed the call for change and deepen their reform efforts.
Bo Xilai’s case has grabbed global attention and exposes a deep-seated rift between to top echelons of the Communist party. Bo has not been seen in public since last March and state run media has revealed little about what charges he might face.The case reveals the ending of a period of remarkable political stability, which although tainted by occurrences of corruption, has remained a strong foundation for the Chinese government. Politics will now be very important and how the new leadership under Xi Jinping deals with politics will be exciting to see.
Outside, the expected court room in Guiyang this week, the public support was evident to see “Party secretary Bo: corrupt politicians envy and hate you, the people love you,” said a red banner unfurled in front of the building. Despite opposition in the government, his supporters are some the people, which illustrates another conflict to the Bo Xilai saga. The Bo Xilai trial, when it finally unfolds, will be sure to attract significant media attention from around the world. Yet unlike with the Gang of Four trial, the Chinese government will do little to publicize the proceedings. If Chinese judicial history is any indication, the trial will be speedy and decisive, an expeditious execution of “justice” that will fit neatly into China’s current legal norms. For a “trial of the century”, it is sure to disappoint. And that, in China, is precisely the idea.
Norman P. Ho ‘Organized Crime in China: The Chongqing Crackdown’ in John Garrick, ed, Law and Policy for China’s Market Socialism (Routledge, Oxford: 2012) pp. 206-213.
Carl F. Minzer ‘China at the Tipping point? The Turn Against Legal Reform’ (2013) Journal of Democracy, Volume 24, Number 1, 65-72.
‘Bo Xilai scandal: Timeline’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-17673505 – 26 October 2012 [Accessed 3 February 2013].
‘Bo Xilai timeline: from Communist powerbroker to corruption charges’ – 28 September 2012 [Accessed 3 February 2013].
‘Rumours swirl around Bo Xilai trial’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-21227101 – 28 January 2013 – [Accessed 3 February 2013].
‘Bo Xilai corruption trial not likely until after March, reports say’
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/28/bo-xilai-trial-after-march – 28 January 2013 – [Accessed 4 February 2013].
‘Top China Leader Faces Trial’
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444712904578023884222854230.html – 28 September 2012 – [Accessed 3 February 2013].
‘Dead end trail to Bo trial in China’s south’
‘China to Hit Bo Hard, Official Signals’
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323539804578261453715554418.html – 25 January 2013 – [Accessed 4 February 2013].
‘China’s ‘Trial of the Century’ Will Be a Dud—and That’s the Point’
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/02/chinas-trial-of-the-century-will-be-a-dud-and-thats-the-point/272973/ – 7 February 2013 [Accessed 7 February 2013].
For a more in depth analysis, please check out a fascinating Channel 4 ‘Dispatches’ documentary entitled ‘Chinese Murder Mystery’ available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iwNSJ_IG1c. Or for a brief analysis, watch the Wall Street Journal Documentary on the scandal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqaQcOS7juU.


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“[ruby-gnome2-devel-en] reorderable treeview and rows-reordered
signal” on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:29:42 +0100,
Vincent C. [email protected] wrote:
I use a reorderable Gtk::TreeView. I want to call a method when the list
is reordered. I connect the rows-reordered signal of the model (a
I can reoder the list but it seems that the rows-reordered is not send.
I post an example (see attachment).
How can I call a method when the list is reordered?
Use ‘row-inserted’ and ‘row-deleted’ instead.
Note that this signal is not emitted when rows are
reordered by DND, since this is implemented by removing
and then reinserting the row.


Chairlift - Bruises
is the name of the band and song
go here: http://www.allmyliesarewishes.com/20080116/tv-commercial-music-apple-macbook-air-song/
The song is "New Soul," the debut single from Yael Naim.
The new nano chrome theme song is by CHAIRLIFT the song is called BRUISES.
The song is "New Soul" by Yael Naïm
The song is "New Soul" by Yael Naim.
The song from the Apple MacBook Air commercial is "New Soul" by Yael Naim.
New Soul by Yael Naïm
I'm pretty sure it was made by apple, so unanswerable.
Sounds like Zach Braff to me.
Justin Roberts-Apple Tree song, btw i thought it was Zach Braff too.
The song is called "New Soul" and the artist is Yael Naim.
Amos Lee.....and he is an incredible artist
"Sweet Pea" off the "Supply and Demand" CD
Asteroids Galaxy Tour "Around The Bend" http://www.whatisthatsong.net/commercials/apple.html
Robert Loggia plays the trainer in the Apple TV commercial.


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Saudi bumps up oil supplies
Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia showed no sign of cutting back supply in June following last month’s Opec agreement to rein in production, instead raising output by 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) from May to 10.1 million bpd (mbpd), an industry source said. After reducing output in May to 9.8 mbpd from April’s 30-year high of 10.1 mbpd, the world’s largest oil exporter raised production again in June, the source said.
- Saudi’s Prince Al Waleed bin Talal becomes Twitter’s second largest investor
- World Bank loans Egypt $550M to clean up the countryside
- Oprah snubs BDS over Israeli diamonds
- Tourism is the real target of the Tunisia attacks: industry set to suffer
- FIFA scandal probe: No deaths in 2022 World Cup construction, Qatar says


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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian carmaker Sollers will buy out Japanese auto maker Mazda's 50% stake in their joint venture car assembly plant in Vladivostok, Sollers said on Thursday. In a results statement on Thursday, Mazda said the deal would be worth one euro, bring it the right to buy the asset back for the same amount within three years. Mazda, which took 1.8% of the Russian car market last year, said in March it would stop supplying parts to the plant and production would eventually cease, as it joined some Western manufacturers leaving Russia over its actions in Ukraine.
Russian energy giant Rosneft said on Tuesday that international major BP should rethink its decision to leave Russia and return to its operations in the country, promising more dividend pay-outs. Rosneft's Chief Executive Officer Igor Sechin said last week that BP is entitled to $700 million in second-half 2021 dividends, which Rosneft transferred into special "C" accounts in Russia, while BP remained Rosneft's "shadow" shareholder. Many Western companies, including oil majors, have left Russia since Moscow sent its armed forces into Ukraine on Feb. 24.
In this piece, we will take a look at the fifteen biggest gas companies in the world. If you want to jump ahead to the top five companies in this list, then take a look at 5 Biggest Gas Companies in the World. The Gas Industry: An Analysis The ongoing crisis in Ukraine and the […]

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New Trent has made some amazing portable battery chargers and cases for both iOS and Android devices, so when they recently released the iZen Hardshell Power Case for the iPad (3rd generation and 2nd Generation) I had to get my hands on one to test it.
I believe this is the only product that doubles as both an iPad case and an external battery pack for the iPad combined. You get a case with a removable 14000mAh Li-Ion battery which when fully charged gives your iPad an extra 10-12 hours of battery life on top of it’s normal built in battery. This means on a single charge you can use your iPad on a full 19 hour flight to Europe from the U.S.
Video Review of the New Trent iZen Power Folio Case:
Now the case itself is for the iPad, but many smartphones including the iPhone or various Android models can plug into the case and be charged from it. The New Trent iZen Power Folio Case offers 80% additional battery for the iPad, greater than 800% battery life for the iPhone and over 600% battery life for Android smartphones. They currently list the following Smartphones as compatible but almost any smartphone should be able to be charged:
- Apple: iPhone 5 /iphone4s/ iPhone 4/ iPhone 3Gs/ iPod Touch/Classic/Nano
- Samsung Galaxy Note/Galaxy S3/Galaxy S2 / Galaxy Nexus /All other Samsung cell phones
- HTC Evo Shift 4G/Incredible S/Sensation XL /Thunderbolt / EVO 3D / EVO 4G / All other HTC cell phones.
- Motorola Razr/Atrix / Bionic/ Droid X , X2/ triumph/All other Motorola cell phones
- Blackberry Tour/Storm 2/Curve/ Bold/ Blackberry cell phones
The first thing I did when I got the New Trent iZen case was take it out of the box, install the removable battery and plug it in to charge it.
It did come nearly fully charged so only about 15 minutes of charging and it showed a green light on the side indicating a full charge. (it is orange while charging).
After the battery case was fully charged I plugged in my iPad and let it start burning through battery life. First off you notice when you plug the iPad in and turn on the New Trent iZen Power Folio case it starts charging your iPad and it just keeps it charging/charged for hours and hours.
I ran movies on it and literally had it going non stop for over 8+ hours and it still had 99% battery life when plugged into the iZen Power Folio case. As mentioned in my video review the case delivers in several ways.
- Clear Increase in iPad Usage Time
- Fast recharge of iPhone or Android Smartphone
- Stand olds it at several angles (horizontal only though)
The product is incredible but as mentioned does add a bit of weight to where you won’t want to hold the iPad in your hands for very long, it is ideal if you are working or using your iPad on a desk or a tray and not having to hold it. One thing I wish is that New Trent threw in a small maybe 6″ connector for the iPad 2 / iPad 3 (separate cables) so you can have a much shorter cord that connects between the USB connector which plugs into the battery and the bottom of your iPad. The typical Apple power cords for iPad 2 and the new ones for iPad 3 are just too long and leave a lot of cable dangling, a small 6″ cord would have been more than sufficient since there is only a few inches between the bottom of the iPad and the plugin connector on the iZen battery case.
Regardless of the few quips about cord length or weight of holding it for long periods of time in your hands, this solves my issue of my iPad battery life dying too quickly and you don’t have to lug a separate battery pack because your battery back is now also your iPad case!
I highly recommend you follow New Trent on Facebook as they always broadcast offers, specials and sometimes invite others to participate in beta testing of new products which is always fun.
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Sunlight has an important role and benefits for the survival of humans and other living things on earth, but unfortunately, there are many people who often avoid exposure to the morning sun for reasons of fear of black or skin cancer.
Avoiding sun exposure is not always good for health, in fact, sunlight is a natural source of vitamin D, apart from food, which is useful for skin health, kills germs that stick to the body, dispels stress, improves sleep quality, and has several other benefits.
A number of studies have shown that sun exposure actually provides so many health benefits. So, what are the most important benefits of staying a few minutes in the sun for our health?
Here are some of them:
1. Source of Vitamin D
The body will produce vitamin D with the help of sunlight. Vitamin D from direct sunlight can increase the absorption of calcium in the intestines to strengthen bones.
The ideal length of time for sun exposure is 10-20 minutes to get adequate amounts of vitamin D, scientists recommend basking in the morning sun, 3-4 times per week.
2. Treating Cancer
Daily sun exposure can treat cancer, scientists claim. In addition, that consuming foods rich in vitamin D can also stop the growth of cancer cells, the scientists added.
The main function of vitamin D is to provide protection against types of cancer such as lung, prostate, and skin cancer, prevent osteoporosis, rickets, and diabetes as well as lower blood cholesterol levels and fight heart disease.
3. Overcoming Depression
Being in a long time without exposure to sunlight can cause a person to experience depression, in this case referred to as seasonal affective disorder. Symptoms shown in addition to depression, they also develop other symptoms such as loss of energy or lack of energy and loss of interest in active activities.
People with symptoms of depression can reduce these symptoms by simply being exposed to sunlight. Exposure to sunlight can cause the release of endorphins in the body.
Endorphins are natural anti-depressant compounds that the body has and are very beneficial in dealing with cases of seasonal depression.
The seasonal affective disorder does stem from a lack of sunlight for a long period of time, but it can be treated specifically with “solar” lights that mimic actual sunlight.
4. Strengthen the immune system
A substance in the body called melanin can convert sunlight into metabolic energy by simply being exposed to sunlight can strengthen a person’s immune system.
In addition, thanks to sunlight the body can produce more white blood cells and gamma globulins which help fight infections and various diseases caused by bacteria, fungi, and viruses.
5. Better sleep quality
When sunlight hits the eye, a direct signal is sent to the brain via the optic nerve and further increases the production of a chemical called melatonin. This compound, with sufficient amounts in the body, can actually help improve the quality of a person’s sleep for the better at night.
Research shows that vitamin D derived from direct sunlight can improve the quality and quantity of sleep at night and vice versa vitamin D deficiency is also associated with sleep problems.

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Parkinsons News Today keeps you up-to-date with research into Parkinsons disease as it emerges. We brought you daily coverage of experiments into the basic biology of Parkinsons, results of clinical and pre-clinical trials, and key findings from Parkinsons research around the globe.
We look forward to bringing more such news to those with Parkinsons, their family, friends and caregivers throughout 2020.
Here are our 10 most-read stories of 2019, with a short summary of what makes each one relevant to the Parkinsons community.
No. 10 Active Form of Vitamin B12 Found to Prevent Neurodegeneration in Study of Animal Models
A study found that an active form of the vitamin B12 called AdoCbl can ease the effects of dopamine loss that occurs in Parkinsons disease. Using cell lines and several animal models, researchers showed that by reducing LRRK2 enzyme activity, AdoCbl limits the death of dopamine-producing nerve cells, thereby preventing the appearance of symptoms associated with neurodegeneration. Overactivity of LRRK2 is linked to the development of a hereditary form of Parkinsons. AdoCbl is already an FDA-approved compound, and could be used as a basis to develop new therapies to combat hereditary Parkinsons associated with pathogenic variants of the LRRK2 enzyme, according to Iban Ubarretxena, director of theBiofisika Institute and a study co-author.
No. 9 Onstryv Now Approved for Parkinsons Patients in Canada
Canadian Parkinsons disease patients now have access to Onstryv (safinamide), also known as Xadago. Onstryv increases the amount of active dopamine in the brain by both preventing the enzyme that breaks dopamine down from doing so, and by blocking that enzyme from entering cells. Other available treatments cause debilitating fluctuations between normal motor function (called on episodes) and poorer motor function (off periods) as their effects ebb and flow. Four placebo-controlled Phase 3 trials showed that the combination of Onstryv and levodopa led to more on and fewer off periods, and improved motor function in patients. The approval of [Onstryv] in Canada is a step forward for patients who need new treatment options for Parkinsons disease, said Roberto Tascione, CEO of Zambon, one of the companies involved in commercializing this medication.
Xadago was approvedby theU.S. Food and Drug Administration in March 2017 to improvemotor functionin Parkinsons patients who experience off periods while on treatment withlevodopaand/or Lodosyn (carbidopa).
No. 8 Plant Antioxidant Seen to Aid Mitochondria and Ease Motor Problems in Early Parkinsons Study
A pre-clinical study conducted in China showed that alpha-arbutin, an antioxidant found in plants such as the blueberry, might restore mitochondrial function in nerve cells and ease the motor disabilities associated with Parkinsons disease. Treatment with alpha-arbutin partially restored mitochondrial function in nerve cells undergoing oxidative stress (mitochondria act as a cells power house). It also restored these cells ability to remove toxic waste products. Feeding alpha-arbutin to flies carrying a mutated gene known to trigger Parkinsons significantly eased several Parkinsons-like symptoms. Naturally derived-antioxidants might serve as a new class of therapeutic options for [Parkinsons disease], the researchers wrote.
No. 7 Stem Cell Transplants Could Significantly Improve Parkinsons Treatment, Study Suggests
Replacing damaged cells in Parkinsons disease with dopamine-producing stem cells could easemotor symptoms and reduce or eliminate the need for pharmaceutical medicines. As current disease therapies lose their efficacy over time, stem cell therapy might revolutionize Parkinsons treatment, its researchers said.A single surgery could potentially provide a transplant that would last throughout a patients lifespan, reducing or altogether avoiding the need for dopamine-based medications, said Claire Henchcliffe MD, PhD, and Malin Parmar, PhD, co-authors of a study on the benefits of stem cell therapy. However, there are several biological, practical, and commercial hurdles that need circumventing for this to become a routine therapy, according to the editors of theJournal ofParkinsons Disease.
No. 6 Bacteria in Gut Can Promote Parkinsons by Altering Brains Immune Reactions, Study Says
A study found evidence of interaction between the brain and the gut in Parkinsons, in which Gram-negative bacterial infections in the gut trigger an immune response that damages nerve cells. Gut microorganisms are known to communicate with the central nervous system, andstudies suggest that harmful proteins related to Parkinsons may spread to the brain from the gut.Scientists at theUniversit de Montral showed that Gram-negative bacteria, particularly those related to gut infections, triggered an immune response in cells taken from mice. They then showed that mice bred without thePINK1 gene (making them resistant to Parkinsons-like symptoms), when infected with these bacteria, displayed an immune response that led to such symptoms. Mutations in the PINK1 gene cause damage to the mitochondria in brain cells, and are linked to early onsethereditary Parkinsons. The work provides evidence that intestinal infection acts as a triggering event in Parkinsons, andhighlighted the relevance of a gut-brain connection in this disease.
No. 5 Next 20 Years Expected to Bring Message of Hope to Parkinsons Patients, Review Study Finds
By reviewing the past 20 years of research into Parkinsons disease, two scientists see a strong potential for breakthroughs in how this disease is approached over the next 20 years. The review cited developments in better animal models, greater understanding of molecular mechanisms and risk factors, and advances in available and potential therapies as reasons for hope. Among highlights of many advances listed are: 1) the adaptation of existing medicines used in other diseases to treat Parkinsons (drug repurposing); 2) targeting non-motor features such as cognition, speech and balance difficulties that often precede motor symptoms; 3) the use of nanoparticles to block the formation of toxic alpha-synuclein clusters; and, 4) emerging evidence of a link between harmful gut bacteria and brain inflammation. The review also stressed the importance of future trials to test combination therapies.
No. 4 Physical Activity, Coffee, Moderate Alcohol Consumption Protect Against Disease Progression, Study Reports
Good news for lovers of sports, caffeine, and happy hours all of these things, in moderation, may help slow the onset of symptoms of Parkinsons disease. Although how exactly these lifestyle factors affect disease progression remains poorly understood, they correlate strongly with better patient outcomes. Conversely, smoking, heavy drinking and no consumption of alcohol at all were linked to considerably worse outcomes. The study, published in the journalMovement Disorders, needs to be replicated to strengthen the usefulness of its findings. Nonetheless, the work suggests that multiple lifestyle factors potentially modify the rate of symptom progression, its researchers wrote.
No. 3 Dietary Supplement Eases Parkinsons Symptoms, Improves Dopamine Function, Study Shows
The antioxidant dietary supplement N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) may improve dopamine function and ease Parkinsons disease symptoms, according to one study. The body uses NAC to produce an antioxidant called glutathione (GSH), which it uses to prevent the oxidative stress that leads to cell death. Damage due to oxidative stress within dopamine-producing neurons is a key clinical feature of Parkinsons. A trial (NCT02445651), conducted by researchers atThomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, showed that NAC supplementation significantly eased both motor andnon-motor symptoms among 42 Parkinsons patients (21 men and 21 women). These results need to be confirmed in larger and placebo-controlled studies, but offer an encouraging start to a potential low-cost therapy.
No. 2 Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Added Falls, More Sleep Problems, Depression, Study Shows
Low levels of vitamin D were associated with more falls, and greater problems withinsomnia, anxiety, anddepressionin people withParkinsons disease, according to a study by Chinese researchers. Vitamin D deficiency has often been seen in people with Parkinsons, but its relationship to the disease remains controversial. This study, by researchers at theSecond Affiliated Hospital of Soochow UniversityandSoochow University, is one of the few to measure both motor and non-motor outcomes. By conducting detailed clinical evaluations in 182 Parkinsons patients, as well as 185 healthy controls, the group found that low levels of vitamin D were more common in Parkinsons patients than in healthy people, and that vitamin D supplements may ease the diseases nonmotor symptoms.
No. 1 Oral Magnesium Compound Able to Reach Brain Seen to Slow Motor Decline, Neuronal Loss in Early Study
Our years most-read story was of an early stage studyreporting that a type of oral magnesium could enter the brain and ease motor symptoms and nerve cell loss in a mouse model of Parkinsons disease. Mice given magnesium-L-threonate, which can cross the blood-brain barrier (a semipermeable membrane that protects the brain from the outside environment) reduced the loss of dopamine-producing neurons, slowed the decline in motor function, and limited the oxidative stress that is associated with Parkinsons. It is important to note that while magnesium-L-threonate provided therapeutic benefits, magnesium sulfate the first choice as a clinical magnesium supplement did not. [T]he combination of [magnesium] with an agent that promotes its transportation to the brain is essential for the neuroprotection of this element, the studys scientists wrote.
AtParkinsons News Today we hope these stories and our reporting throughout 2020 help to better inform and improve the lives of everyone affected by Parkinsons.
We wish all our readers a happy 2020.
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While preparing to leave his post as President Obama’s head speechwriter, a position he has held for the past eight years, Jon Favreau ’03 reflected on his time at the White House in an interview on NBC’s TODAY show. Having started his tenure at just 22 years old, Favreau is among the youngest to ever hold the position of chief speechwriter for the president.
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How’s this for a scoreline: Diego Maffia 96 points, Ross Sheppard High School 88 points?
At the Western Canada Basketball Tournament in Kelowna, B.C., Maffia threw it down like a boss, singlehandedly outscoring Ross Sheppard, as Victoria’s Oak Bay High School cruised to a 114-88 win over their Edmonton opponents on Saturday.
Yes, 96 points. By one player. At an elite tournament.
“I’m so shocked,” Maffia told Global News after the game. “I still really can’t believe what happened.”
“It was something I’ve never seen before, and I’ve been around basketball for, gosh, 35 to 38 years,” said Oak Bay coach Chris Franklin. “It was quite remarkable.”
Franklin said after watching Maffia sink bucket after bucket in the game for seventh and eighth place, his fan instincts started battling his coaching instincts. He started wondering how many points the 6-foot-1 senior point guard had.
“It was always a game within reach for the other team, so you’re partially worried about the final outcome,” said Franklin. “But after a while, you’re kind of curious on what [his point total] is because you don’t really know. You know it’s a big number, but you don’t really know.”
Franklin said Maffia’s teammates started feeding him the ball constantly in the final six or seven minutes, as “they wanted to see a teammate do well when something special is happening.”
Prior to Saturday, the tournament record for most points in a game was 60 by Alex Dewar of Marion Graham Collegiate in Saskatoon. Not anymore. Now it’s 96, a record that will likely never be broken. Notably, seven-foot centre Kelly Olynyk of Kamloops, who now plays with the Miami Heat in the NBA, once held the record at 59 points.
Maffia said “in the third quarter, there was a point where we called a time out and I asked one of my teammates [how many points I had]. I knew the record was 60 and I wanted to have 60. He turned to me and said ‘You have 73.’
“I started laughing because I didn’t know that. And then I started trying to make every shot I could.
“I’m definitely going to frame this scoresheet,” added Maffia. “I’m shocked.”
The game was for seventh and eighth place in the eight-team tournament.
“This is one of the most prestigious tournaments in Western Canada,” said Franklin. “Every team is good.”
Diego Maffia was 30-for-61 from the floor, including 15 three-pointers. At the free-throw line, he was 17-for-19. He also had eight rebounds, two assists, eight steals and a block.
In the first quarter, Maffia scored 27 of Oak Bay’s 29 points. The other two points? Scored by this brother.
Lucas Maffia was Oak Bay’s second-leading scorer with nine points. For Ross Sheppard, Max Petryk led the Thunderbirds with 27 points.
“When I saw (the first-quarter results), I knew we were in for something special,” said tournament co-director Don Walker.
In Oak Bay’s two previous tournament games, Maffia had 47 points in a 97-89 loss to Vincent Massey of Winnipeg on Thursday, and 38 points in a 84-71 loss to Salmon Arm, B.C.
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Today, TikTok is introducing Re:Make – a celebration of the iconic advertising campaigns that have shaped our industry and influenced culture. The creator platform has partnered with a few select brands and creative agencies to reframe, reimagine and remake some of the greatest advertising stories – as TikToks, of course!
“We’re excited to be partnering with three legendary brands, creative agency BBDO and The Hive (Mars Wrigley’s in-house social team), to revisit some of the most celebrated campaigns in advertising history, and to see TikTok creators breathe new life into these beloved brands’ award-winning creative,” said Kinney Edwards, Global Head of Creative Lab, TikTok.
TikTok has positioned itself as the platform where stories start and creativity thrives. It’s home to a new generation of creative community that has evolved the platform into a culture creation engine. Thanks to our creators, these timeless stories can be told and retold in exciting new ways.
The first brands to join the Re:Make program are SKITTLES, SNICKERS and Old Spice, who have each partnered with TikTok creators to reimagine iconic ad campaigns as TikToks.🙂 Explore #TikTokReMake
In 2010, Mars partnered with creative agency, BBDO, and launched the famous “You’re Not You When You’re Hungry” SNICKERS campaign with a Super Bowl ad starring Betty White. In the original spot, we can see a “hungry” Betty White playing football, poorly, only to be tackled to the ground by the other team. After some witty banter, she’s offered a SNICKERS bar and transforms back into the “non-hungry” player.
The ad sparked a conversation across pop culture news outlets for months following the game and was named one of the top five favorite Super Bowl ads of all time by USA Today in 2021. The campaign has since become a global platform activated in more than 70 countries worldwide and has won 47 Cannes Lions.
The classic campaign is reimagined in TikToks by creator @rosssmith, alongside his grandmother “Granny” — a duo beloved by the TikTok community.
“When we first suggested recreating the iconic SNICKERS campaign to BBDO Worldwide CEO, Andrew Robertson, and CCO, David Lubars, they said ‘yes’ on the spot,” said Katie Puris, Head of Global Brand and Creative, TikTok. “And let’s be honest, if you can get David Lubars to agree to your idea, which is actually his idea, it must be a good idea.”
“It was great to work with TikTok and our agency partners at BBDO New York to reinvent the classic SNICKERS spot “Game” with Betty White,” added Chris Brody, Mars Wrigley Brand Communications Architect. “I think we can all agree that the insight around ‘You’re not you when you’re hungry’ is just as relatable now as ever, and we can’t wait to see how the TikTok creators evolve the concept of ‘feeling out-of-sorts’ when you are hungry in their own unique ways.”
In 2007, Mars released one of the most acclaimed TV ads in history: Skittles’ “Touch.” With its dark, poignant humor, it quickly became a fan favorite for the industry. In the original spot, our main protagonist has some sort of “Midas Touch”, where instead of turning things into gold, he can turn them into Skittles. While everyone around him finds this amusing, we quickly see that it’s actually not as much fun as it sounds.
TikTok Creators each brought their own magic touch to the concept. Animated dance video creator @maddiwinter used her signature animations to recreate the Skittles “Touch” effect in everyday objects, while popular science creator @nickuhas dreamed up a colorful experiment with a dark twist.
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First released in 2010 and since racking up over 100 awards globally–including no less than 37 Cannes Lions–this remains one of the most talked-about ads of all time. The original spot featured former footballer-turned-model Isaiah Mustafa, known as “Old Spice Man,” confidently addressing the camera while moving through a series of cool, manly scenarios–stepping from a bathroom to a yacht to riding a horse on the beach–all in a single take without breaking eye contact.
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Mumbai: Firing a fresh salvo at Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday asked him to follow the views of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Hindutva.
“Though the country is facing a pandemic, how can one indulge in politics? Shiv Sena's Hindutva is being questioned,” the Chief Minister said in his Vijayadashami address without naming the Governor.
“You are talking about our Hindutva. So in Maharashtra, you are imposing a ban on beef, but in Goa you are okay with beef. Is this your Hindutva?” Thackeray said, attacking the BJP for allegedly having double standards.
Mentioning the speech of Bhagwat, who is the head of BJP’s ideological mentor RSS, Thackeray said, “The RSS chief said Hindutva has been narrowed down to only observing puja rituals. Those who wear black cap like him should understand this if they have brains. I have no happiness in shutting down places. Lifting of restrictions is being done cautiously and gradually.”
Speaking at the RSS's annual Vijayadashami rally in Nagpur yesterday, Bhagwat had said the meaning of Hindutva has been "distorted" by appending a ritualistic connotation to it.
“The Sangh does not use it to refer to this misconception. To us, it is the word expressing our identity along with the continuity of its spirituality based traditions and its entire wealth of value system in the land of Bharat," the RSS chief had said.
Earlier this month, the Chief Minister and Governor engaged in a bitter war of words over reopening of places of worship in the state, with Koshyari, in a sarcastic jibe, questioning if Thackeray had “turned secular”.
“I wonder if you’re receiving any divine premonition to keep postponing re-opening (of places of worship) or you have suddenly turned ‘secular’ yourselves, the term you hated?” Koshyari had said in a letter.
The governor had also said that it is "ironical that while on one hand, the state government permitted the opening of bars, restaurants and beaches, our gods and goddesses have been condemned to stay in the lockdown."
Responding to Koshyari's letter, the Maharashtra CM had said that he does not need anyone’s certificate for "Hindutva" adding that he would take a decision on the issue after careful consideration.


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I do some 3D modeling, texture art, screenshot/photo edits, and some other assorted things.
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A Bolt From The Blue
by David Tristram
The cast of 'A Bolt from the Blue' and a scene from the play with Ted Nugent and Edward Jones in disguise
Edward Jones worked for a utilities company performing maintenance on electricity pylons. For fifteen years Edward had performed high altitude tasks without incident. Then one day, on his forty-fifth birthday, something occurred which would radically change the rest of Edward’s life. He was struck by lightning. There was no warning; no brooding storm; no rumble of thunder. Out of a clear blue sky he was hit by a bolt of lightning which sent him hurtling to the ground some sixty feet below. Edward was lucky to survive such a dramatic incident but it was not long before he was fit and well again and once more scaling pylons as if nothing had happened. "Better do this job whilst I'm still able", though Edward. "After all I'm not getting any younger". How wrong can you be?
This zany, fast moving, hilariously funny play, follows the fortunes of Edward Jones when the full effects of his accident become apparent. You’ll laugh and cry as a cast of ten enact the adventures of Edward as he struggles to come to terms with his life changing experience.
Cast and Crew
| Female Narrator
Director: Dave Baldwin
|Stage Manager||Richard Worreall|
|Lighting||Dave Shaw & Rhodri Morris|
|Costume and Props||Stella Truscott|
|Special Effects||Clive Watkins|
Dates and Venues
|25th & 26th March 2011||Upton Bishop Millennium Hall|
|1st April 2011||Tarrington Village Hall|
|2nd April 2011||Fownhope Village Hall|
|8th April 2011||Woolhope Village Hall|
|9th April 2011||Goodrich Village Hall|
|15th April 2011||Burghill Village Hall|
|16th April 2011||Brockweir McKenzie Hall|
KAREN RICHARDSON'S REVIEW FROM THE WOOLHOPE HERALD
Edward Jones was just an ordinary man, doing ordinary things — until
the day before his fortieth birthday. What happened next was, quite
literally, incredible. It defied belief. It defied logic. It defied the
fundamental laws of science and nature. But it happened. And it came
like a Bolt from the Blue.
Once again, Bare Bones provided an absolutely hilarious evening of
entertainment with their wonderful performance of Bolt From the Blue,
an adaptation of a David Tristram novel of the same name. A weird and
very quirky comedy (invisible dogs, crows harpooned to trees,
exploding fruit flies), with sound effects to make you jump out of your
seat. The cleverest thing about this play was that it still remained very
poignant, despite men in pink trouser suits! With twenty different
characters, but only a cast of thirteen, everyone had to keep on their
toes, but all were ably assisted by the two narrators, Amanda Watkins
and Dave Baldwin who set the scenes and moved on the plot with
wonderful comic timing.
So what did happen that fateful day, before Edward Jones’ 40th
Birthday? Basically, he got struck by lightning while up a pylon eating a
ham sandwich! Then he fell into a slurry pit!! Not his day really.
Fortunately, the local farmer was at hand, (played by Gordon Beard,
though many of us thought Norman Williams had joined the cast), so
Edward was soon in hospital being resuscitated with a pair of irons!
Gordon Stewart as the smooth talking charismatic Dr Rogers was a joy
to watch, and immediately brought to mind Lesley Phillips of Carry On
fame. Such a contrast to Edward’s gormless wife Mary, (played
beautifully by Denise Hall), who seemed to have little idea of the
seriousness of her husband’s accident, or the fact that he was missing an
eyebrow! All she seemed worried about was whether or not he could
guess what she had bought him for his birthday. "Is it an eyebrow?"
may have amused the audience, but it didn’t seem to amuse the wife!
Five years on, and Dr Nugent, the ‘bald’ hair specialist is trying to solve
the mystery of Edward’s disappearing bald patch. Howard Jones as Ted
Nugent was just wonderful, and the interplay between Ted and Edward
is an essential part of this play. When Ted seems to have trouble
telling Edward why he now has a full head of hair, Edward demands he tell
him in a nutshell what the problem is. As the doctor continues to
procrastinate, an increasingly Eustrated Edward shouts "I meant a
peanut shell, not a coconut shell". So what do you do when told you
are getting younger by the day? How does one cope with such life
changing news? Well dress up in a pink trouser suit of course! Yes,
undoubtedly one of the most visually hilarious scenes of the
night saw our patient and the doctor meet up in the park,
disguised as I am not sure what but Edward in a pink trouser suit
and Ted in a frothy chiffon number brought the house down.
At the same time, a mis-understanding between Edward’s
wife and her brother,(the ever versatile Mr Stewart), about
a missing trouser suit and a cross dressing husband, meant the
audience struggled for breath between the roars of laughter.
Another visual masterpiece was the sight of Jane Jones,
(as Sarah, the local witch), taking her collar and lead for a walk,
(remember that invisible dog I mentioned — an overdose of banana
extract apparently). A very clever piece of casting for those who saw a
previous Bare Bones production of Sylvia. In the final scene, where Edward
discovers that one of Sarah’s many experiments did in fact work, it would seem
nothing could stand in the way of true love? Sadly a happy ending was
not to be, as Sarah then explodes, just like her fruit flies! As for the
astonishing final twist in this wonderful play, well that certainly
got the audience scratching their heads, but I think we all got there in the end!
Benjamin Button may have been a Hollywood blockbuster, but Bolt
from the Blue was surely a Woolhope winner!


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Another 23 people, including a staff of deputy commissioner office and a bank official, have been infected with coronavirus in Thakurgaon.
With the new cases, the district's confirmed coronavirus cases have risen to 545 till Monday evening, UNB reports, quoting Civil Surgeon Mahfuzar Rahman.
Two staff of Haripur and Baliadangi upazila health complex, were among the newly-infected patients.
Meanwhile, 94 more samples have been sent to Dinajpur M Abdur Rahim Medical College Hospital on Monday for test.
So far 3,984 samples have been tested in the district.
Bangladesh’s officially confirmed coronavirus cases went up to 260,507 with the detection of 2,907 new patients in 24 hours until Monday.
Besides, the death tally rose to 3,438 with 39 new deaths in the country.


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I started my vat with three mokume shibori scarves I stitched over the last two weeks. Mokume takes a lot of time but I love the result so much.
The scarves are made of vintage cotton, softened by time and lots of washing and have a size of 120 x 35 cm (47 x 13 in). As soon as I can muster the courage to ask the price they deserve, I will put them up for sale. Though I am playing with the thought of adding a few simple blue stripes and sew them into a quilt top, keeping them.
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Complexity in a theoretical model may or may not be associated with a high level of arbitrariness, depending on how the model is constructed. In this paper I use examples from cardiac electrophysiology to illustrate two techniques for maintaining significance in complex simulations. First, the approaches of analysis and synthesis are compared as methods of constructing models of complex systems. When a model is constructed by synthesis of known principles, facts, and subunits, it may have any degree of complexity without losing significance; the same is not true for analysis models. Significance can also be maintained by assembling a limited model to test a specific hypothesis of mechanism.


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It’s been more than a decade since we started the magical fairy tale journey that is The Bachelor. Over the past 17 seasons, we’ve seen so many hunks hand out roses that our memory of original flower boy Alex Michel is hazy, but for host Chris Harrison, Season 1 feels like it was just yesterday.
“I’ll never forget the final day we were at the house in Malibu and [Alex] goes, ‘Chris, who do you think I should pick?’” the King of Dramatic Pauses reminisced on the June 17 episode of daytime talk show Katie. “I’m like, ‘Really? We’ve done all this and this is what it’s coming down to: a coin flip?’”
Honestly, a couple coin flips might really spice up The Bachelorette but that’s beside the point. In Alex’s case, Chris told him exactly who to pick.
“I thought Trista [Rehn] of course,” he dished Monday. “[There was] the chemistry and they seemed so perfect together and I knew her to be a great woman.”
Despite his grunt of affirmation, Alex confessed his love for contestant Amanda Marsh less than an hour later. Surprise, surprise the relationship didn’t last proving once and for all that you do not contradict Mr. Christopher Bryan Harrison in matters of the heart.
As for Season 1 runner-up Trista, she couldn’t be happier with how things worked out. As ABC is sure we’ll never forget, Trista’s one of the few contestants who got hitched after meeting firefighter beau Ryan Sutter as the first Bachelorette.
And what about Alex? Well, sounds like he’s no longer returning Chris’ phone calls.
“He’s kind of gone off to live his life,” the host explained, somehow holding back tears. “We do owe him a debt of gratitude. He kicked this whole thing off.”
Sure, that’s what we owe him.

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How much do you spend each week (or month) on entertainment? How many times do you go on family outings to have fun with your children, only to realize that you’ve spent a week’s worth of grocery money on a single night? It can be a frustrating time, but we all need a little entertainment in our lives to keep us going. Sadly, home entertainment can be costly—but only if you don’t know where to look.
Instead of buying things such as movies and series on DVD, BluRay or even online, why not invest in a subscription service? You can pay for a subscription to a service like Amazon Prime or Netflix if you want the latest movies and series on-demand, and you only have to pay a small monthly fee that costs roughly the same as a movie or cinema ticket. Instead of heading out to the theaters, why not have a comfortable family night in with some microwave popcorn, fast food and a movie through a subscription service?
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On the topic of subscription services, it’s actually very easy to accidentally pay too much money for something. For example, if you plan to get a Netflix subscription, then keep in mind that there are several different “tiers” you can purchase. Some of them include watching on multiple devices or getting 4K quality video instead. If you don’t have a 4K TV or multiple devices, then you only need to get the cheapest subscription.
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There’s a photo of Philip Johnson shot in 1964 in which he is sitting, cross-legged, on a tatami mat on the floor of the pavilion he designed for the pond on his New Canaan property. In the photo Johnson looks to be in the midst of a picnic. There are a bowl of leafy salad, half a cantaloupe and a bottle of wine. Open-faced and beaming, the foremost modernist architect of his time appears sublimely relaxed and at ease, afloat in a bucolic idyll of his own design. From that spot Johnson could survey the splendor of his land, a forty-seven-acre parcel he acquired in pieces gradually beginning in 1946 with his partner of forty-five years, art critic and curator David Whitney. It was on this land that he would break ground on the Glass House, his private residence and also an archetype for modern architecture for decades to come.
Independently wealthy from a stash of Alcoa stock he received from his father, and older than his peers by the time he earned his architecture degree from Harvard—he’d already served as curator at the Museum of Modern Art—Johnson approached his Glass House and its lush grounds as a lifetime opus, playing the role of architect and client simultaneously. In shaping them he relied on influences from the areas of study that intrigued him, including history, art, pop culture and landscape design.
The vista he would have taken in from the location featured in the 1964 photo, perhaps one of the most dramatic on the property, consists of a tumbling cascade of rocks framed by tall trees and spilling downward toward the pond across the face of a sixty-five foot slope from the foundation of his Glass House. The house appears to hover atop a promontory he built to achieve as deep a viewshed as possible into the distant woodland that abuts the pond.
This view and many others are among the visual highlights in store for visitors during a special series of new tours at the Glass House focusing on architecture, landscape and art.
Among the stunning views are the allée of maples and the viewshed of trees.
“Johnson was familiar with the open landscape of Ohio where he grew up, but he loved New England and especially Connecticut,” says Maureen Cassidy-Geiger, one of the guides for the new tours. She is a former curator for the Frick Collection and a member of the faculty at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum/Parsons The New School for Design.
A formal protectorate of the National Trust for Historic Preservation since 1986 when Johnson turned it over, the Glass House and its surroundings remain very much as they were up until Johnson died in 2005 at age ninety-eight. (Whitney followed later the same year.) Together with Whitney, Johnson practiced a form of landscape design in which he edited out—rather than added in—trees, shrubs and plants, some of them native, some of them not, in order to elevate each of the vistas to the level of high art.
The view from the promontory under the Glass House—one among many that are at once serene and arresting—is just as much the work of his deft hand as the eleven architectural structures he designed on the site, and yet it appears entirely naturalistic, the epitome of a rambling English manor. In truth, the effect was achieved after much debate. Johnson and Whitney are said to have argued so intensely over each of the individual trees that would be cut down that on the day the tree removal team arrived, the men took up separate posts and shouted directions to the crew through megaphones.
The manicured lawn around the Glass House, and the pavilion and Lincoln Kirstein Tower.
In many ways Johnson predicated his design on organizing principles such as procession, compression and release—meaning that he directed, with visual cues, both the eye and the moving body through a series of spaces shaped by the elements within them. The driveway under the pine canopy, for instance, eventually spills a visitor out into the open meadow down below.
The tours will encourage visitors to see Johnson’s structures within the context of the surrounding landscape. Through a series of “pause points,” they will have the chance to linger in order to “notice, discover and study the view,” according to Cassidy-Geiger.
One pause point is the pristine swimming pool, a shocking shot of turquoise in the manicured green “lawn-carpet,” (the term used on the tour) and the rectangular concrete deck that glances off its circumference. The geometric construction is a bold reference to Russian art of the 1930s and ’40s. The lawn on which the pool and deck sit is the only grass on the estate that Johnson insisted be frequently mowed.
Another pause point is the pond pavilion, with its mossy patina. Then there are the Lincoln Kirstein Tower, which Johnson called “the staircase to nowhere,” along with the stone wall that widens on one end, and the rock outcropping down near the grove of skunk cabbage and willows, which serves as a place to sit and ponder a gurgling brook. “He wanted to be the master of all he could see, to infinity,” says Cassidy-Geiger.
Views of the Glass House from a meadow studded with cattails
During the detailed two-hour tour of the grounds, guests will be allowed to venture to at least two spots previously unvisited by the public: Calluna Farms (Calluna meaning “heather”), an 1890 farmhouse and gardens Whitney bought in 1981 and restored and used for his experimental plantings, and Grainger, a 1735 timber-framed house that served as a hot-weather retreat for Johnson and Whitney. Grainger’s exterior is painted in a black-matte paint custom-made by Donald Kaufman and Taffy Dahl, and it features both an etched-glass window by Michael Heizer and a stone-walled garden to which Whitney transferred the peonies and irises he originally planted at Calluna.
Adjacent to Calluna is a flat garden, like a multicolored tapestry, of succulent hens-and-chicks—Sempervivum—that is planted inside a perimeter centered with an asymmetrical crucifix. All of it is constructed of the Stony Creek rose granite Johnson used in 1978 when he designed the iconic AT&T Building on Madison Avenue in Manhattan.
After a two-hour stroll around the grounds the architect called home for nearly sixty years, it will become readily apparent to a visitor that, though he may not have been a native, Johnson was able to thrive in his adopted homeland because he was free to contrive his surroundings into his very own Shangri-La. Says Cassidy-Geiger, “It is handcrafted by man and yet it looks like the work of God.”


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A talented New York Jets rookie has seemingly just undergone season-ending knee surgery.
The video documented a medical professional removing some of the bandaging around his surgically repaired knee and replacing it with fresh gauze.
It appears that shortly after posting this clip to social media, Hall ended up taking it down.
The Jets Medical Gameplan, Breece Hall’s Recovery Timeline
Hall hurt his knee during the Week 7 road trip to play the Denver Broncos on October 23. In the second quarter, Hall seemed to land awkwardly on his knee and stayed on the ground.
The Jets’ medical team immediately rushed to his side and the stud rookie would eventually need to be carted off of the field due to the injury.
Gang Green confirmed the next day that the former Iowa State product had suffered a torn ACL.
“Our docs are very optimistic that these guys are going to come back full strength next year and hit the ground running.”
There is a belief in some circles that if you delay surgery for certain athletes with certain injuries you can speed up the recovery time on the backend.
Breece Hall Changes Jets Offensive Dynamic
Breece Hall was a home run hitter for the Jets and the leading favorite for Offensive Rookie of the Year prior to getting hurt.
Through the first seven games of the 2022 season, Hall transformed into a superstar:
- 681 total yards from scrimmage
- Five total touchdowns on 99 touches
- Averaged 5.8 yards per rushing attempt
- Averaged 6.9 yards per scrimmage touch
Hall was the Jets’ offense and everything they did revolved around him. So when he went down in Week 7, it was up to offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur to figure out how to adapt to life without him.
It was a struggle in that first matchup with the New England Patriots. Gang Green only had 15 carries in the entire contest and they got away from the run game inexplicably early.
There are a lot of reasons you can point to for that kind of lackluster performance.
It was the first game after the Hall injury so everyone with the Jets was still trying to figure everything out.
Once the Hall injury news was confirmed the Jets traded for James Robinson from the Jacksonville Jaguars. Unfortunately because of timing and logistics, he didn’t have much of an opportunity to get his feet wet before he was thrown into the deep end of the pool.
However a week later everything clicked for the Jets during their upset win over the Buffalo Bills.
Heading into this Patriots rematch, Robinson has gotten two games under his belt with the Jets and he experienced the bye week.
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This offense won’t be the same without Hall in it, but the Jets have found a successful formula to get them through 2022.


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With all the key teams from cities around the USA from the 1990's this classic game has two awesome leagues to play in the United States Football Conference (USFC) and the American All-Star Football Conference (AAFC)! In the brilliant Football Fury you must take your selected team on an epic journey through the worlds of football, using the amazing plays and tactics that will make you a true champion of the sport!
Nintendo Super NES fans out there will love this great! If you're liking this but would prefer more sporting classics then why not take a shot at more titles like Ring King, Tehkan World Cup and the badass Street Football!
Football Fury is an online retro game which you can play for free here at playretrogames.com It has the tags: sports, football, and was added on Feb 08, 2015. It has been played 3762 times and is available for the following systems: snes / sfc / Nintendo Super NES You can also play Football Fury unblocked.

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