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Four years after its launch, the two-minute film ‘Redraw the Balance’ which provocatively captures how young children define career opportunities as male and female continues to generate interest.
A version has just been created in Denmark. Filmed in Helsingør near Copenhagen, a class of 6-year-old students is asked to draw a picture of a captain on a ship and an engineer, before being introduced to a real captain and engineer. Made for international container logistics company Maersk, the film shows gender stereotypes are ingrained from a very early age.
In China, the British Council made a version with Chinese children being asked to draw a surgeon, racing driving and naval officer.
Over in Canada, the Greater Victoria School District in British Columbia visited a Grade 3 classroom to find out what Canadian children think about gender stereotyping in the workplace.
As well as inspiring versions in Denmark, China and Canada, the exercise has been recreated by the United Nations and referenced by UN Women, OECD, UNESCO, World Economic Forum and many others.
Education and Employers launched the original Redraw the Balance film during International Women’s Day in March 2016.
66 children were asked to draw a picture of a firefighter, a surgeon and a fighter pilot. 61 drew men, five drew women. They were then asked if they would like to meet real-life versions of their drawings. Returning to the classroom in their uniforms, revealing themselves not to be teachers were Tamzin Cuming, NHS Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Homerton University Hospital, Lucy Masoud, Fire Fighter, London Fire Brigade and Flt Lt Lauren an active RAF pilot.
The film was shot on location at Whitstable Junior School in Kent with 20 children between the ages of 5 and 7. It was produced for the charity pro-bono by MullenLowe and the team included Richard Denney, Executive Creative Director, Kat Encanto and directed by Matt Huntley. They also produced individual pieces on the three women about their experience of working in roles traditionally dominated by men, the barriers they overcame and the challenges they still face.
Redraw the Balance with Mandarin subtitles
The film has now been viewed over 100 million times worldwide and shows how volunteers from the world of work visiting primary schools can help challenge ingrained social, ethnic and gender stereotypes, broaden horizon and raise aspirations. If you would like to volunteer or if you are a school looking for volunteers just visit Primary Futures.
The film has been shared extensively on social media including being retweeted by Emma Watson and Sir Ken Robinson and featured on Yang Lan’s TV show, Her Village which has over 200 million viewers in China. It won a silver award at the Campaign Big Award in Cannes and two Effie gold awards – the Effie awards are regarded by advertisers and agencies globally as the pre-eminent award in the industry.
Drawing the Future
The level of interest in the film which showed the career aspiration of 66 children in one school led Education and Employers to undertake a major international study on the aspirations of primary aged children. With its partners TES Global, the NAHT, OECD Education and Skills, and UCL Institute of Education asked children aged 7-11 to draw pictures of what they to when they grew up.
20,000 children took part from 20 countries and their responses were used as the basis of the Drawing the Future report, published to coincide with the World Economic Forum in 2018.
Its key findings included that:
- Gender stereotyping about jobs is set from a young age and it is a global issue
- The patterns of jobs chosen by seven-year-olds are similar to those selected by 17-year olds
- Family, TV, radio and film have the biggest influence on children’s choices
- There is a need for greater access to career role models from a young age
- Children’s career aspirations have little in common with projected workforce needs, which could have serious economic implications
- Children in some developing countries often aspire to more professional jobs than those in some affluent countries.
The New Zealand Government has recently replicated the survey – the country didn’t take part in the original and was keen to better understand the career aspirations of their 7-13 year-olds. Based on Drawing the Futures’ research format and methodology the report, ‘Drawing the Future: Exploring the career aspirations of New Zealand children’, was formally launched at Parliament by the New Zealand Education Minister, Chris Hipkins. The survey, the first of its type conducted in New Zealand, found clear patterns of bias along ethnic, gender and socio-economic lines which limit children’s horizons and aspirations. And there were marked differences between the jobs girls and boys aspire to with 10 times more girls than boys wanting to become teachers and 4 times more boys than girls aspiring to become engineers (civil, mechanical or electrical).
At the launch event, children were asked to draw one of six jobs, selected for showing the most gender bias – builder, dancer, navy officer, teacher, doctor or games developer – before meeting people with those same jobs.
Education and Employer CEO Nick Chambers said, “It’s great to see the fantastic reach and sustained impact of Redraw the Balance and how the film continues to strike a chord around the world. Demonstrating in simple terms the power of ingrained assumptions helps tackle gender stereotypes in careers and inspire the next generation to fulfil its potential.”


Only in the early days of electrification that we're experiencing now could a machine like the 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ be built. Fully electric with 750 horsepower and 450 miles of range, GM's big three-row EV has a 200-kilowatt-hour battery, rides on 24-inch wheels, and doubtlessly weighs close to five tons. It's a rolling business suite, and at launch, it'll be the electric luxury barge to beat.
When you can spec a 40-speaker sound system and an Executive Second-Row Seating Package with fold-down trays, massaging chairs, personal 12.6-inch monitors, and a host of USB-C and HDMI ports for in-car entertainment, you know it's fancy. GM's Super Cruise hands-free driving system also comes standard for three years, and even with the Escalade IQ's impressive powertrain specs, the act of driving really seems secondary. As proof, the electric Escalade gets the 55-inch diagonal infotainment display from the Celestiq, which stretches all the way from one A-pillar to the other.
The interior as a whole takes cues from modern architecture with the aim of making the already-huge cabin feel bigger than it is. There's a fixed-glass panoramic roof, which does a lot of the lifting. Then Cadillac incorporates subtle touches like intricately laser-etched wood throughout the cabin that show just how much special attention was paid to the Escalade IQ.
"Those are some of the details, even when you see the production vehicle, the gaps, the flushness, we sweat every single one of those details," said Mandi Damman, Escalade IQ chief engineer, to The Drive. "That was different, because usually we'd be starting from a Chevy full-size SUV, and we'd be limited. This was really a blank sheet of paper, what would you do to take this to the next level of luxury. So we were able to finesse a lot of those things and pour our hearts into getting this right."
Outside it takes styling cues from the Lyriq and the aforementioned $340,000 Celestiq sedan. The rear end ditches the combustion-powered Escalade's full-height vertical taillamps for something more segmented. On the mechanical side, it gets two single-motor drive units with distinct ratios. Suspending the whole thing are active air springs and GM's latest adjustable magnetic dampers. It may not look like it, but the IQ's 24-inch wheels are fitted with 35-inch tires. This helps disguise its truly massive 136.2-inch wheelbase, which is a little over two inches longer than the current ICE-powered Escalade ESV (that's the extended version).
To say the electric Escalade is unprecedented is virtually indisputable. It's an absolute monster. Ever wanted a car that says "1000" on the back of it? This is your machine. It demands to be taken seriously just as a matter of its specs, but it has a few interesting features to lighten the mood as well. Thanks to four-wheel steering, it can "crabwalk" like the Hummer EV, a feature Cadillac calls Arrival Mode. The automaker effectively says this feature was included just to show off. When not being used for this purpose, the four-wheel steering also reduces the vehicle's turning circle considerably, of course.
The silliest feature included has to be the descriptively named Low Ride Mode. Thanks to the adaptive air suspension, Cadillac says the car can be raised an inch or lowered two inches for practical purposes. Low Ride Mode is not just practical, however. It allows the Escalade IQ to be driven at low speeds with the suspension fully lowered. Put all of this together, and the truck can be driven dropped on the ground and sideways from the factory, just because Cadillac thinks it's cool. Maybe you do too.
Similar to other GM EVs, the Escalade IQ will offer one-pedal driving and a paddle behind the steering wheel which can be used to variably apply regenerative braking without touching the actual brake pedal. Its charging speeds are typical of other modern EVs, with 14.8 miles of range per hour from a basic 240-volt 7.7kW charger, 37 miles per hour with a 19.2kW 240v charger, and up to 100 miles of range in 10 minutes with a high-speed DC faster charger, although the latter rate depends on the battery's state of charge.
Max power can only be uncorked when the car is set to Velocity Max mode. In all other situations, it will have to make do with 680 horsepower as opposed to 750. That's still about as much as a supercharged Escalade V, and when you really want to scurry away from a stoplight, you can engage Velocity Max and hit 60 mph in less than five seconds.
Useful features like a large 12-cubic-foot frunk round out the package. Cadillac has also indicated that the automaker's nearly autonomous driving system, Ultra Cruise, could be available in the future.
Pricing for the base Escalade IQ is far steeper than its ICE-powered cousin. A short-wheelbase, gas-powered Escalade starts at $82,690. The Escalade IQ will cost $130,000 before any options are added.
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San Maurizio is also synonymous with refined and avant-garde technology for events, celebrations and conferences of all kinds with catering and banqueting services.In the White Space, which accommodates up to 120 people, you can organise meetings under the frescoed ceiling of the ancient monastery church, also used as an art exhibition centre.For meetings up to 60 people the new Violet Space is also available, placed in part of the eighteenth century farmhouse.For more intimate meetings of up to 40 people, we can offer you the intimacy of the Cloister Space, a little gem where wisdom and the art of meditation promote strategic decisions.
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Amateurs comb data to find proof of undiscovered worlds
Los Angeles | Amateur astronomer William Bianco doesn't huddle over a backyard telescope to hunt for undiscovered planets. He logs onto his computer.
Bianco, who was mesmerized by the intricacies of the universe as a young boy, is part of a growing online community that sifts through mountains of data collected by professional scientists in search of other worlds.
While Bianco has yet to make a landmark discovery, he savors the rush of teetering on the cutting edge of research.
Never before have amateur astronomers had so much unfettered access to celestial data once available only to scientists with huge telescopes. In the latest frontier of astronomy, professionals are increasingly enlisting the aid of novices with personal computers to help pore through images and data - all in pursuit of the next great breakthrough.
"We're in the golden age of astronomy," said Bianco, who keeps his day job as a political science professor at Indiana University.
Thanks to technology, novices are effectively turning from lonely skywatchers to research assistants. Even before the rise of virtual astronomy, amateurs did everything from tracking asteroids to detecting supernova explosions to eyeing new comets.
In 1995, neophyte stargazer Thomas Bopp gained fame for co-discovering what would be known as Comet Hale-Bopp. Two years ago, in what was billed as the first such find by an amateur in 65 years, Jay McNeil of Kentucky took a picture of a new nebula - an illuminated cloud of gas and dust lit by what is believed to be a newborn star.
Since the late 1990s, virtual astronomy has boomed. One of the earliest online citizen scientist projects was SETI(at)home, which distributed software that created a virtual supercomputer by harnessing idle, Web-connected PCs to search for alien radio transmissions.
While the SETI project hums in the background as a screen saver, the newer efforts require more human thought.
Bianco belongs to an Internet project called Systemic, which boasts 750 amateur planet hunters. Astronomers have already discovered more than 200 planets in far-off solar systems using traditional methods, yet there are likely more out there.
Participants download software and rifle through data that measure the tiny gravitational wobble in a star's motions in search of planets that orbit stars other than our sun. Users also try to decode simulated data of planetary systems invented by the project managers - a task that will help the professionals better understand real extrasolar planets.
Own planetary system
To participate, users select a star - real or simulated - and adjust other variables such as a planet's mass and orbital period by moving a slider back and forth on the screen. The goal is to design a planetary system that best fits the data and then publish the answer online.
So far, online users have pinpointed hundreds of potential candidates, but only about five might actually be real, said Systemic project head Greg Laughlin, an astronomer at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
"It's not an aimless game," he said.
Although the Systemic Web site provides the search tools, it doesn't promote any of the discoveries, Laughlin said. Amateurs who want to publicize their find need to look for another outlet, such as a scientific journal to get credit.
Laughlin is no stranger to Web-based astronomy. He helped start another project in which amateurs point their telescopes at potential extrasolar planetary systems and look at dimming starlight to learn about a planet's size and composition. Unlike Systemic, users have to buy expensive equipment - including telescopes and cameras - to participate.
Before Internet-based astronomy, it took a long time for novices to report their discoveries. High-speed, always-on Internet access has blurred the line between the professionals and amateurs, said Terry Mann, president of the Astronomical League, made up of more than 240 U.S. amateur astronomy clubs.
"Amateurs can do real science. We can actually help," Mann said.


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Debbie over at Debbiedoos is one of the most creative and inspirational decorators I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. Dare I say, the new Martha Stewart - only much, much better! She just posted something that I will have to copy in my gues bathroom. While at Hobby Lobby the other day, I fell in love with some French accents that I thought would look great in my guest bathroom - one room that desperately needs upgrading.
I think this idea would look fantastic as a chair rail, possibly along the top of the walls. Thoughts?
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“President Obama swished and dished in the city Wednesday to net some serious dough at a trifecta of basketball-themed fund-raisers — but a gimpy knee was expected to keep him from playing above the rim,” the New York Daily News writes. “Obama’s latest trip to the political ATM that is the Big Apple featured cash grabs — more like cash dunks — with NBA stars and a $20,000-per-person dinner co-hosted by the one-and-only Michael Jordan. The ‘Obama Classic,’ as the $3 million night at Lincoln Center was dubbed, included a $250 per-fan autograph signing and a $5,000-per-baller skills camp."
“A veteran Wall Street executive who performed an independent review that exonerated the Obama administration’s program of loans to energy companies contributed $52,500 to re-elect President Barack Obama in the months since completing his work, according to an Associated Press review of campaign records. The executive defended the integrity of his conclusions and said he decided to donate to Obama after his work was finished,” AP writes.
Bill Clinton favorability scores in the NBC/WSJ poll are very high, higher than Obama, Biden, Romney, Ryan, etc. And today the Obama campaign is out with an ad with a full-throated endorsement by Clinton of Obama’s economic philosophy.
USA Today: “The commercial is the latest attempt by Obama to associate himself with a popular president who enjoyed a good economy on his watch. Entitled ‘clear choice,’ the new commercial is airing in New Hampshire, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Iowa, Colorado, and Nevada."
USA Today looks at how the Obama campaign is trying to make the most of the Akin controversy.
Reuters does a similar story.
“The Congressional Budget Office made it official today, projecting a $1 trillion-plus budget deficit for the fourth straight year,” USA Today writes. “The CBO said this year's red ink will total $1.1 trillion for fiscal year 2012, which ends Sept. 30. Republicans quickly jumped on the new deficit projection, blaming President Obama while promoting GOP candidate Mitt Romney.”
The New York Daily News: “The nation’s top military official scolded a group of veterans for criticizing President Obama in a new online documentary, saying in an interview that he is ‘disappointed’ by their partisan comments.”
USA Today: “Israel is unlikely to provide much if any advance notice to the United States if it attacks Iran's nuclear facilities, Middle East experts say. … In the past, Israel has given the Americans ‘very general notice,’ said Yoram Peri, director of the Israel studies program at the University of Maryland. ‘They would never talk in advance.’ For example, Israel unilaterally attacked nuclear facilities in Iraq in 1981 and Syria in 2007 and didn't give the United States advance warning.”

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Triton Community Ed expanding reach to district communities beginning with senior citizen group
Triton Community Ed is starting a new program this month for senior citizens that will move between the three communities in the Triton School District.
O.A.S.I.S (Older Adults Sharing Ideas and Socializing) will have its first meeting on Jan. 14 in West Concord. The group will meet from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the temporary library location at 207 W. Main St. Beth Hanggi from New York Life in Dodge Center will explore issues for seniors around long-term care options.
The group will meet the second Monday of each Month and the locations will rotate between Claremont, Dodge Center and West Concord, Triton Community Education Director Kristine Faber said.
Each month there will be time to ask questions of the speakers, socialize and enjoy coffee and treats, Faber said. While not required, she said, pre-registration is requested if possible so that there will be enough refreshments and materials available. Cost for pre-registration is $1 each meeting and $2 at the door.
Faber said that O.A.S.I.S will be a “casual, social gathering” for seniors, a “time to get together.”
Programs have been scheduled through June, she said, with a break in July and August. If there is an interest, she said, it will continue with the next school year.
In February, librarians from Dodge Center Public Library will talk about resources available to seniors.
Dodge Center meetings will be at the Annadine.
In March, the group moves to the Claremont City Hall where Jana Nawrocki from State Farm will answer questions about beneficiaries on insurance and Medicare Part D and car and homeowners insurance. It’s back to West Concord in April where Master Gardener Marian Kleinwort will talk about container gardens for vegetables as well as flowers. This session will be at City Hall.
The second meeting in Dodge Center will be in May, again at the Annadine, when Branden Strong from the Triton Public Schools will talk about the types of computer sage scams that target senior citizens.
Final session of the school year will be at the Claremont City Hall when Nan Babcock talks about keeping bees and making honey in Dodge County.
“All the cities have been super responsive and welcoming,” Faber said. Faber said she would like to expand the Community Ed offerings in both Claremont and West Concord beyond the senior citizen program. Getting 4H clubs in each of the three towns is one of her goals, she said. She also would like to have an art club or crafting in both towns.
Getting volunteers to help with the programs and finding the space for them are among the challenges, she added.
To register for the senior citizens program, offer suggestions for other programs or volunteer to help contact Faber at the Triton Community Ed office at 507- 418-7550.


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WHAT President Rodrigo Duterte said was that China would not allow its nationals to fish within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone since Beijing treats Manila as a friend.
Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued this clarification Thursday, June 27, after he watched and read the transcript of the interview with the President.
"After watching the President's interview and reading its transcript, I have evaluated that it appears that what the President meant was China would not allow their nationals from fishing in our EEZ since they treat us as their friends, knowing that permitting their fishermen to fish in our EEZ would only result in an unwanted hostility leading to an armed confrontation," Panelo said.
Panelo said he had already sought clarification from the President, and the latter confirmed that he was merely emphasizing China's vow to stop its citizens from conducting fishing activities within the Philippine waters.
"In order to be certain of my evaluation of the interview of the President, I asked him about it earlier this evening. He confirmed that indeed that was what he meant," he said.
"He explained that his first visit to China resulted into a modus vivendi where China which claims ownership of Reed Bank, by virtue of historical right, would allow our fishermen to catch fish there, a place declared to be within our EEZ," the Palace official added.
Duterte's recent statement has prompted Vice President Leni Robredo and Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio to say that allowing Chinese nationals to fish within the Philippinez' EEZ was "unconstitutional."
Panelo, however, stressed that the public just got confused about the President's remarks.
"In fact, it seems that every one, not just the media, misconstrued President Duterte. I myself responded to this question raised by the same reporter, which was based on a wrong conjectural premise, and now obviously a misinterpretation of [Duterte's] quick retort," he said.
The President's remarks came in the wake of the June 9 allision between a Filipino fishing boat and a Chinese trawler near Recto (Reed) Bank.
Recto Bank is within the Philippines' EEZ and is part of the West Philippine Sea. China, however, is also claiming ownership of the area.
On June 9, the Chinese vessel rammed and sank the Filipino fishing boat F/B Gem-ver which was anchored near Recto Bank. The Chinese immediately left the area and abandoned the 22 Filipinos, who were rescued later by Vietnamese fishermen.
Duterte has downplayed the incident and refused to invoke the Permanent Court of Arbitration decision on July 12, 2016, which ruled that China had violated the Philippines' sovereign rights and that its nine-dash claim has no legal basis.
Panelo refused to comment further, pending the results of separate investigations conducted by Manila and Beijing into the incident.
"The fact is - we do not know if Chinese nationals were fishing there at the time of the maritime incident. Everything is purely speculative at this stage. Even during the allision, facts remain unclear if the Chinese vessel was fishing or only exercising their right of innocent passage," he said.
"It is thus prudent and in the best interest of all parties, to just wait for the results of the formal investigation," he added.
He assured the public that the President would not relinquish "as he is not relinquishing or waiving" the sovereign rights over the country’s EEZ in the disputed South China Sea.
He noted that Duterte had even urged China to participate in the drafting of a code of conduct in the contested waters.
"The Filipinos can rest assured that the President’s actions are all in accord with his Constitutional mandate to serve and protect the Filipino people," Panelo said.
"Maintaining peace and accord among all nations, as well as avoiding knee jerk and reckless undertakings in disputed areas, are only two of the many carefully studied moves of the President, in obedience to the said constitutional command," he added. (SunStar Philippines)

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Meralco Bolts-Pilipinas will settle for fourth place after falling against the Seoul SK Knights in a close contest, 91-87, at the bronze medal match of the 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup.
One day after losing to powerhouse squad Petrochimi of Iran, the Filipinos dropped another close one after keeping in in step against the South Korean side who played with only one import.
The Bolts took the lead midway in the third quarter and were actually able to enter the final frame with a slim advantage, but the hot-shooting Knights got ahead after back-to-back threes by Choi Wonhyuk and never gave it back.
SK Knights’ DaJuan Summers led the Seoul-based club to win third place in the tournament with 26 points, seven rebounds, and four assists while battling foul trouble. Four Korean locals finished in double-figures as An Youngjun, Choi Wonhyuk, Lee Hyeonseok, and Kim Minsoo combined for 55 points in the win.
Meanwhile, Meralco’s replacement import Diamond Louis Stone broke out for 32 points and 13 rebounds to lead all scorers in the game. Despite his slow start, Allen Durham finished with 21 points, nine rebounds, and five assists, while locals Nino Cañaleta and Baser Amer had 15 and 12 points, respectively.
The Meralco Bolts will return to Manila as they resume their Governor’s Cup campaign in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
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Normally with questions like this, there is no one right answer, but on this occasion you're in luck because at least part of the answer is clear and unequivocal and, in my opinion, beyond dispute.
When I was young piano student growing up in Dublin, my piano teacher Prof Anthony Glavin, a Chopin specialist at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, introduced me and my family to the recordings of a wonderful Hungarian pianist by the name of George Feyer. What was unusual about Feyer was that he was a classically trained pianist with the most incredible technique that enabled him to play blisteringly fast passages with a seemingly effortlessly light touch.
Feyer turned to 'light' music upon graduating and released a series of top-selling "Echoes of..." records on Vox Records. (e.g. Echoes of Paris, Echoes of Italy, Echoes of Latin Americ, etc.). Basically he would take well known tunes and string them together into elaborate medleys that would show off his technique. We would often listen to his records in awe.
But a little known fact about Feyer is that when he was a child he hated piano practice so much that his mother (herself a piano teacher) used to tie his legs to the piano stool to stop him from running away.
Now, in today's climate of political correctness I am not for one second advocating that parents should choose to tie their children to the piano stool.
However, I am 1,000% certain that if Feyer were still alive today, he would tell you that his mother did him and the rest of the world the most wonderful service by insisting that he continue with his piano studies. Not only did Feyer's obviously profound love of piano and music shine through his playing and bring joy to countless fans around the world, it was also through his piano playing that he was able to support his family through what was at times a very difficult life.
You can read more about George Feyer here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Feyer_(pianist). To hear his playing, just search on George Feyer on YouTube. (Echoes of Latin America Side 2 is an excellent place to start).
But what about you and your child?
Well, I can tell you from experience that the vast majority of piano students want to give up their lessons / practice at some stage. I myself as a child /t eenager went through at least five significant phases of wanting to give up piano lessons, and I can honestly tell you that STARTING ME ON PIANO LESSONS AND SUBSEQUENTLY NOT LETTING ME GIVE UP WAS THE GREATEST THING MY PARENTS EVERY DID FOR ME (and they were very good parents).
So the answer to the question, what do you do when your child wants to give up piano really falls into two parts:
Part 1: Firstly remember that as the parent, YOU are the one responsible for making important decisions for your child - decisions that the child cannot possibly have sufficient insight to make for themselves. - THE DECISION IS YOURS AND YOURS ALONE. That is the unequivocal part.
Part 2: Now that you have made your decision, you'll need to consider how best to implement it. While I do have some suggestions, ultimately this second part is up to you (but hey, at least I've helped you with the most important part, i.e. making the right decision).
Every parent and every child is unique. As long as your decision and the method you choose to action it are out of love for your child, your child will thank you one day, believe me.
My next article will delve more into Part 2, i.e. some of the things you can do to encourage and support your child in their piano lessons and piano practice.
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As some of you know, I’ve been working on a little comeback to our friend Zimmie’s article on the state of DJing. In the meantime, my friend Apathy put me on to a nice article that should spark some good conversation. This one was written by Bob Lefsetz of Variety.com. He basically states that the attention span of today’s consumer has grown way too short to handle an album, and points to Katy Perry’s latest sales figures as an example.
“What kind of screwed up world do we live in where Katy Perry’s new album “Prism” sells only 287,000 copies in its debut? One in which everybody’s interested in the single, and no one’s got time to sit and hear your hour-plus statement.” READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE
Definitely some valid points. For me however, once I turned from a fan to a fan/DJ, I felt like my chances of ever enjoying an album again were ruined. Besides the fact that as a DJ I’m able to hear many songs from an album before it ever drops, I also now grasp the concept that albums are based around singles and often surrounded by filler. Because of that info, I feel like I’m way too bias to ever judge an album the same way as I could when I was 16. In other words, I’m the wrong person to discuss whether CDs are still a good idea….but I’ll take Mr. Lefsetz word for it. And I definitely wanna know what you all think.

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Down 3-0, Raptors change lineup for Game 4 against Cavaliers
Miles is making his first start of the Eastern Conference semifinal while Ibaka is back after not starting Game 3. Guard Fred VanVleet is coming off the bench as is center Jonas Valanciunas, who started the first three games.
DeRozan sat out the entire fourth quarter of Game 3, and he Raptors played better without one of their All-Stars. Toronto tied the game with eight seconds left before James hit a buzzer-beater for a 105-103 win.
DeRozan scored just eight points and shot 3 of 12 in Game 3. He’s averaging 18 in the series after scoring 26.7 points per game in the first round against Washington.

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Below are a few myths and details about laser hair removal that will help you decide whether you need to choose the procedure or not to say goodbye to unwanted body hairs permanently.
Myth: Laser Hair Removal is Not Safe for several Skin Types.
Fact: Hair removal using laser is just a quite safe procedure that rarely causes any serious complications or lasting side effects. However, it’s pertinent to mention here that the safety of procedure depends on the type of laser system that your provider uses for removing hair. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved certain laser systems keeping because the safety of patients. As long as a physician is having an FDA-accredited laser system you will find minimal likelihood of developing any problems during and after the treatment.
Myth: Lasers Can Cause More Hair to Grow.
Fact: Lasers never cause more hair to grow. If which was true, countless thousands of people seeking surgical hair transplant might have preferred undergoing a few laser sessions on the scalps. Nevertheless, some lasers stimulate hair growth when used to deal with fine hair 激光脫毛優惠. Having that said, everybody has their own hair growth pattern that keeps changing over time. It can alter anytime because of any internal or external factor. Some people start shedding hair with age while others will grow more hair with time because of hormonal changes. So it’s possible to never claim that if a laser session hair will never regrow, but blaming laser for growth of new hair is nothing more than a myth.
Myth: Lasers are equally effective for several hair types
Fact: Laser hair removal may not be equally effective for several considering the fact that everybody has different hair type and texture. Lasers work best on thick, coarse hair as compared to light colored fine hair. Besides that, your skin type and color also plays a vital role in determining the effectiveness of the treatment. Dark, thick hairs on light tone are best targeted by all kinds of laser.
Myth: Lasers will expose you to Harmful Radiations
Fact: All of the FDA-accredited laser systems for removing unwanted hair have now been cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration for not emitting harmful radiations. Laser beams work by transferring heat energy to the hair follicles to heat them up to a certain level where their ability to cultivate again is permanently disabled.
Myth: One Long Session can give Lasting Results
Fact: If you believe so, sorry you have been strongly mistaken or misguided. It is literally not possible to remove all hair from a certain area in one single session. No matter what speed and energy you employ or how long you extend the session, it’s impossible to permanently damage the roots of all of the hairs because area. Hairs on the human body grow in various cycles and in various timings. Although some hairs are actively growing, there will be others in dormant state. Laser beams target only the hairs which are actively growing on the human body and not the follicles which are about to sprout new hairs. You will require multiple sessions – at the very least 6 to 7 sessions – to have the most results.
Myth: Laser Hair Removing involves lots of pain and discomfort
Fact: A lot of people do feel discomfort during the therapy but it’s never unbearable. Most of the individuals have reported the discomfort due to laser treatment just like pinprick sensations while others find it to cause mild sensations just like snapping rubber band on the skin.
Myth: Lasers offer guaranteed permanent hair removal
Fact: While a lot of the candidates experience significant decrease in hair growth after having a few treatment sessions, some need as much as 10 to 12 sessions to have desired results. But you can never expect guaranteed permanent hair loss in the treated areas. Everybody has his/her own hair growth pattern that keeps changing over time. So there is a chance that you may start growing hair again in the treated area because of hormonal changes or some other factor. But which should not be studied as laser hair removal does not deliver. It’s without the doubt the most effective hair removal technique being practiced all around the world.

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Investigating the antioxidant properties and rutin content of Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) leaves and branches
The present study focused on the antioxidant properties and rutin content of leaves and branches of Hippophae rhamnoides L. (Sea buckthorn) in Turkey. Dried leaves (leaf tea), processed (PB) and unprocessed branches (UB) of Sea buckthorn (SBT) were extracted with ethanol and prepared in forms of aqueous extract (AE). All samples were analyzed for their contents of rutin, total phenolics (TPC), total flavonoids (TFC) and total antioxidant capacity by using DPPH and CUPRAC methods. TPC of leaves from ethanolic extracts (EE) were significantly higher than UB and PB extracts. The DPPH scavenging activity of extracts ranged from 41.93 ± 3.57 and 132.43 ± 6.57 mg trolox equivalent (TE)/g, and the antioxidant capacity measured with CUPRAC method were in between 129.4 ± 18.1 and 538.5 ± 34.8 mg TE/g. Both EE and AE of leaf samples had significantly higher rutin content compared to the UB and PB samples. Taking the high antioxidant and rutin content of leaves into account and with respect to their positive health effects, consumption of SBT as a herbal tea should be investigated.
Keywords: Sea buckthorn, Hippophae rhamnoides, leaves, antioxidant, phenolic profile, rutin content

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A new report released this week raised fresh doubts about a key aspect of the US strategy in Afghanistan: building the Afghan security force. In Kabul, CNN's David Ariosto headed out on patrol with members of the force to get a first hand look at the training and patrolling effort.
By Senior State Department Producer, Elise Labott
Today Moroccans voted in a referendum on new constitution which King Mohammed VI has promised will if approved usher in an era of greater freedoms.
I just returned from Morocco, where there is some reason to be hopeful that amid the uncertain course of the Arab Spring, there may be some blossoms of progress.
While I was there King Mohammed VI unveiled the new constitution, developed in coordination with a variety of political parties and civil society groups. The new, elected government that would result from this constitution would be accountable to parliament, have an independent judiciary and provide equal rights for women and minorities.
The U.N. Security Council is planning to tackle the Syrian crisis on Wednesday, an effort to grapple with nearly three months of anti-government demonstrations and a brutal regime crackdown against the protesters.
The 15-member body will be briefed by a U.N. official on the subject and huddle over a new proposed resolution on the situation in the country.
A recent French-British resolution failed to please Russia, one of the permanent members of the council, and some other members. As a result, diplomats have tweaked the resolution language to make the measure palatable to Russia and all members.
It was not clear precisely when a vote on the resolution would happen, though Britain and France have said they would like it to take place by Friday. FULL POST


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Critical Analysis of Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers
The formalism of “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” hides the more troubling features of the poem and aides the theme of Aunt Jennifer’s ordeals in marriage to the more poetic subject of the divine existence of art. The first verse of the poem defines the fearless tigers Aunt Jennifer creates in needlepoint. But their freedom and dignity is contrasted in the second verse to the restrictions of marriage, symbolized by the wedding band that weighs down Aunt Jennifer’s fingers as she sews. Another major criticism is that the themes are resolved in the final, third, verse: Even death will not free Aunt Jennifer from her ordeals, but the tigers she has created will continue to appear “proud and unafraid.”
It has been detected that Uncle causes Aunt Jennifer anxiety, and that he is dominating her through his mastery. Therefore, Uncle is unfair. Yet, Uncle is identical with Aunt Jennifer’s wedding ring. It is not clear whether the speaker is trying to make clear that marriage is cruel. The first line of the second stanza states that Aunt Jennifer is occupied with wool. Wool is a material that often comes from sheep. Sheep is a term which is frequently used to describe people who are conventional or traditional. Marriage itself is a resolution and a tradition. Perhaps, Aunt Jennifer is anxiety-ridden, because of her choice to be old-fashioned and get married into a domineeringassociation.
The poem has received wide critical appreciation. Adrienne Rich’s poem “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” is a poem of struggle. The conflict is what takes place within Aunt Jennifer, the craving to break away from the society in which she lives. The poem is convincing because of the struggle between what Jennifer wishes her life to be and what it really is. The narrator occupies the reader with the description: tigers prance across a screen, and sets this image in contrast to the image of Aunt Jennifer’s fingers with the massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band.
There is a direct link between revolt and repression, between the individual and the social, between the personal and the political. This is also the beginning of Rich’s life, long subject of feminism. This poem cries out for a determination for Aunt Jennifer to throw off the destruction of social and political chains which held women in their homes and tied to husbands they no longer wished to serve.
The poetic devices used in this poem are mainly Alliteration, Rhyme, End Rhyme and Couplet.
Sound Devices add sparkle and interest to poetry, allowing a rhythm to form about words, making the reading memorable. Alliteration, rhyme in couplets, and end rhyme are the most common forms of poetic devices found in the poem “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers”, by Adrienne Rich.
Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.An example of Alliteration is: “Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her wool”. The repeated “f” sounds in “fingers fluttering” make the poem pleasant to read aloud as the recurrent consonant sounds allow the worlds to appear perhaps, spirited, continuing the mood from the first stanza.
Rhyme can be defined as the occurrence of similar or identical sounds at the ends of two or more words. An example of Rhyme would be: “Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen, bright topaz denizens of a world of green.” The rhyme is also set up in the words “screen” and “green” as they share similar sounds “ee”.
Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers has a non-stop rhyme pattern at the end of each line, also known as end rhyme, adding a rhythm that continues throughout the piece.
An EndRhyme is arhyme that occurs at the ends of lines.
Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen,
Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.
They do not fear the men beneath the tree;
they pace in sleek chivalric certainty.
Screen, green, tree, and certainty all have the same similar sounds at the end of each line. This end rhyme adds a playful rhythm, continuing the melody of the first stanza.
A couplet isa rhymed pair of lines.
Some examples are: “They do not fear the men beneath the tree, They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.”
Every line in the poem Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers has its place to a couplet. Couplets are more related to the form of the poem. However, they also have a relationship with rhyme. Yet again, the continuous couplets, thus continuous rhyme, add a free and playful rhythm, which praises Adrienne Rich’s theme.
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Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh!" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you."
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DUCC response to the European Commission's Roadmap on the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS)
FEICA Regulatory Affairs Manager Dimitris Soutzoukis, as Vice-Chair of DUCC, shared the attached comments with the European Commission.
DUCC appreciates the European Commission efforts to build the CSS initiative based on the deliverables of the chemicals industry to secure and protect human health and the environment, by contributing to the European Green Deal. Further, DUCC calls for a CSS initiative that provides realistic objectives and acknowledges the industry efforts to achieve a safe, sustainable, innovative and competitive chemicals industry in Europe.
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Local Disaster Response Planning
select a community within the United States from your risk profile assignment. Using the community that you have selected, pick 1 of the hazards that was identified in the community’s risk profile, (see attatched paper) and write a hazard-specific emergency response plan that includes the following components.
Assignment Guidelines address the following in 4-5 pages:
Who will comprise your planning committee? Explain.
Identify public and private sector partner agencies and elected officials (if any) that should serve on the planning committee.
What are the component parts of the plan (be specific and detailed)? Explain.
What participating agencies may be more or less involved in which parts of the plan development? Explain.
Are there subject matter experts (SMEs) or other entities that should be involved in any one specific area of the plan development? Explain.
Based upon the emergency management concept of incident management that includes the phases of preparedness/mitigation, response, and recovery, identify the actions that will need to be taken in each phase as they relate to the hazard you have selected.
Identify the major challenges that the community and responders will encounter when responding to the hazard.
What solutions exist (e.g., mutual aid, contract services) to overcome those challenges? Explain in detail.
What should be the short- and long-term recovery goals of the community following this event’s occurrence?
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Chicago is among the largest cities in the United States. The Chicago port is a huge infrastructure in the city and is critical in the movement of goods in and out of the city. The Chicago port conducts a lot of business on a daily basis, and there is massive movement of traffic in and out of the harbor. It, therefore, becomes necessary to come up with an emergency plan to be well prepared in case a hazard occurs.


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Dream players and coaches said that this year would be different all offseason, and although it’s still early, they’ve certainly passed the “eye test” so far. Monday’s practice was upbeat and included the entire roster other than forward Erika DeSouza (who is now in town with the team).
That’s quite a contrast from last season’s camp, where training sessions often included head coach Marynell Meadors spending the vast majority of her time trying to explain the ins and outs of the game to an incredibly young and inexperienced team. Meanwhile, many of the veteran players didn’t even make it to the camp until just before the season started due to their playing commitments in Europe.
“The first day [of practice] was amazing,” said guard Ivory Latta. “Today was great, too. Just the enthusiasm everyone has, we just keep picking everyone up. Everyone seems to enjoy each other.”
One similarity does remain from last year’s expansion team, as the whole side is trying to get to know one another all over again with just five players returning from the 2008 team. But this time around, that might not be such a bad thing.
“We’re new to them, they’re new to us,” said Meadors. “It’s like having an expansion team but with a lot more talent.”
The coach appeared downright giddy after just two practices, and it didn’t take her long to explain the biggest difference between the 2008 and 2009 editions of the Dream.
“We’ve got talent,” said Meadors. “They’re tall, they’re strong, they’re athletic, they’re good basketball players.”
The team might be getting along well, and surely the ability is there to have some success, but Atlanta has a tall mountain to climb to truly put last year’s disastrous 4-30 mark behind them. For the head coach, they need to begin that climb by getting some stops.
“We were last in defense last year, and we’re going last to first on defense,” Meadors said. “That’s what our goal is. Our defense last year was absolutely horrible. We are definitely trying to improve our defense so we can be a better team.”
COMPETITION FOR MINUTES …
Last year, Ivory Latta was handed the reigns to the team early in the season, and some would argue she was already guaranteed such a role before the 2008 year even began. This season it’s a different story for the combo guard. She’s competing for playing time with veteran Nikki Teasley, the newly signed Coco Miller, and guard/forward Izzy Castro Marques.
“That’s just something I take day-by-day,” said Latta. “If I do start that’s great, if I don’t that’s great also. I can come off the bench and bring the energy, or I can start with the energy. No matter what happens I’m still gonna bring it.”
It’s a similar situation in the post, where a plethora of players are fighting for playing time. One would think that six-time WNBA all star Chamique Holdsclaw would lead the way at that position in her return to the league, but after that it’s anyone’s guess.
Last year’s first-round pick Tamera Young showed flashes early last season, but didn’t respond well to being benched midway through the year and never recovered. McCoughtry is also a strong candidate to start from day one, and seems to be fitting in quickly with the team. Don’t forget about Sancho Lyttle, who many think is ready to break out if given an increased role in Atlanta. Tireless worker and spirited leader Jennifer Lacy is also back in the fold, and Meadors loves Marques, with whom she worked during her time with the now-defunct Miami Sol.
Then there’s DeSouza, who was Atlanta’s only consistent low-post force last season, but missed the majority of the season with a leg injury. She will spell Michelle Snow at the center position and also compete for minutes at power forward.
“I don’t remember having the same starting lineup game-to-game last year,” Meadors said. “What you’re going to see this year is more consistency. I can be more consistent with starting lineups and roles of people and times that they play, simply because I know what they’re bringing. The young team we had last year, you never knew.”
DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK …
Dream fans and players rejoiced after the signing of one of the better known players in women’s basketball in forward Chamique Holdsclaw. But no one was happier than Holdclaw herself, who makes her return to the league after a two-year hiatus. Holdclaw’s career was previously marred with personal problems, including her being diagnosed with clinical depression in 2004. She had seemingly capped off her star-struck career when she retired abruptly while playing for the Los Angeles Sparks early in the 2007 season.
But she has no regrets about coming to Atlanta to begin playing WNBA basketball again.
“This is probably one of the greatest basketball decisions I’ve made, besides going to the University of Tennessee,” Holdclaw said. “I could have went to different teams but this is where I wanted to be. I feel like I have to go out there and do my best because this is something I chose.”
However, snagging Holdclaw was only the conclusion of a long and arduous process. Questions regarding ‘Mique’s return began to arise during the regular season last year, when she was spotted at multiple games at Philips Arena. Many of us media types were speculating about a Holdsclaw signing last season as well, although the Dream were justifiably mum on the issue. But behind closed doors, it was a different story.
“They were always trying to recruit me,” said Holdclaw. “They were trying to get me to come back for the second half of last season.”
After one of the many tough losses the team suffered, Meadors made it clear that the team wanted Holdsclaw in a Dream uniform.
“I was just outside the locker room after a tough one they lost,” recalled Holdsclaw. “I talked to coach Meadors and told her, ‘you just need to get those kids to finish under the basket.’ And she just looked at me and I was like ‘well, I can finish.’ She told me ‘when you’re ready to get back out there let me know.’ That was when I really started thinking about if I wanted to do this.”
Holdsclaw has lived in Atlanta for the last several years, and after attending those games last season, she started to get the itch to make her return. And she credited the fan base as one of the reasons for her comeback.
“I think the fans, in going to the games last year, it reminded me of my early years in D.C. when we led the league in attendance, we just had some good fans. That was the feel that I got,” she said.
The two met again in November after Holdcslaw had knee surgery. Meadors made it clear that Atlanta wanted the 6-foot-2 forward, but that she didn’t have to feel pressured to come back. Soon after, Holdsclaw put pen to paper on a contract with Atlanta.
Getting back on the court will still be an adjustment for the 32-year old, who last played a WNBA game in June of 2007.
“When I walked away I never thought I’d be back,” she said, “I’m just really excited to have this opportunity.”
But ‘Mique hasn’t been off the court altogether. She spent the past two seasons playing in Europe, and believes she was able to fine-tune her game during that time.
“Everyone knows I can score, but I think playing in Europe I really developed other areas of my game,” she said. “I just want to go out there and be that all-around player. I want to be able to walk off the court every night and say I had fun and we worked hard. You can’t just work hard and be miserable, you’ve got to enjoy it.”
McCOUGHTRY IMPRESSES …
The No. 1 overall pick of the WNBA draft will surely need some time to acquaint herself to professional basketball, but Angel McCoughtry’s ability was on full display this week.
She highlighted Monday’s practice by picking point guard Nikki Teasley’s pocket in the backcourt while the team practiced its transition offense and defense, which resulted in plenty of hoots and hollers from her teammates.
“A lot of people look at her on the floor and they think she’s not very big, but she’s built very well,” Meadors said. “She’s smart on the court. She plays beyond a rookie mentality, I think.”
KEEP IT LOCKED …
There seems to be a lot to be excited about with the Dream this year, folks. I’ll be back with another update from training camp next week. In the meantime, always feel free to drop me a line with comments, suggestions, and the like. Stay tuned!
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4 edition of Physiological and pathological aspects of eye movements found in the catalog.
by W. Junk Publishers for the Commission of the European Communities, Distributors for the U.S. and Canada, Kluwer Boston, Inc. in The Hague, Boston, Hingham, MA
Written in English
|Statement||sponsored by the Commission of the European Communities, as advised by the Committee on Medical and Public Health Research ; edited by A. Roucoux and M. Crommelinck.|
|Series||Documenta ophthalmologica., v. 34|
|Contributions||Roucoux, A., Crommelinck, M., Commission of the European Communities., Commission of the European Communities. Committee on Medical and Public Health Research.|
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|Number of Pages||448|
|ISBN 10||9061937302, 9061938821|
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This resource includes descriptions, functions, and problems of the major structures of the human eye: conjunctiva, cornea, iris, lens, macula, retina, optic nerve, vitreous, and extraocular muscles. A glossary is included. There also is a test for color deficiency and three short quizzes. Despite having no intrinsic interest in sleep, he began working with Nathaniel Kleitman, a physiologist who is regarded as the "father" of modern sleep research -- his book, Sleep and Wakefulness (), was a landmark text in the field. Kleitman assigned Aserinsky to study eye movements in sleeping infants, but his attention soon shifted to.
The Neurology of Eye Movements by R. John Leigh, M.D. and David S. Zee, M.D. F.A. Davis Co., Philadelphia. $ This book is authored by two neurologists at Author: Henry S Metz. Types of eye movement. Visual system Human eye Eye movement The aim of this page is top give a brief description of the different main types of eye movements and their function. The spatial and temporal sampling ability of the human eye limits the manner in which we extract visual information from events in the world. Because visual acuity.
Comparison between eye and camera: Eye Camera Diaphragm to control the amount of light that gets through to the lens the pupil, at the center of the iris, in the human eye. the shutter in a camera Method of sensing the image the image is focused on the retina film or sensor chip is used to record the image Method of focusing the focal length of. Eye movement research from a range of disciplines is presented in this book. Contributions from all over the world examine theoretical and applied aspects of eye movements, including classical biocybernetic models, physiology, pathology, ocular exploration, reading, ergonomics/human factors, and microcomputer calibration Edition: 1.
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Book Title Physiological and Pathological Aspects of Eye Movements Book Subtitle Proceedings of a Workshop held at the Pont d’Oye Castle, Habay-la-Neuve, Belgium, March 27–30, Sponsored by the Commission of the European Communities, as advised by the Committee on Medical an Public Health Research Editors.
Roucoux; M. Crommelinck Brand: Springer Netherlands. Get this from a library. Physiological and pathological aspects of eye movements: proceedings of a workshop held at the Pont d'Oye Castle, Habay-la-Neuve, Belgium, March[A Roucoux; M Crommelinck; Commission of the European Communities.; Commission of the European Communities.
Committee on Medical and Public Health Research.;]. Get this from a library. Physiological and Pathological Aspects of Eye Movements: Proceedings of a Workshop held at the Pont d'Oye Castle, Habay-la-Neuve, Belgium, MarchSponsored by the Commission of the European Communities, as advised by the Committee on Medical an Public Health Research.
[A Roucoux; M Crommelinck] -- This volume contains the. Reulen J.P.H., Barker L. () The Measurement of Eye Movement Using Double Magnetic Induction.
In: Roucoux A., Crommelinck M. (eds) Physiological and Pathological Aspects of Eye Movements. Documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series, vol Cited by: The Neurology of Eye Movements, edition 5, has two interrelated parts.
The first comprises a modern synthesis of the anatomical, physiological, and pharmacological substrate for eye movements, including current views on the reflexive and voluntary control of by: Physiological and Pathological Aspects of Human NK Cells The first surface cell marker that clearly identi fy NK cell precursors is CD (Bennet et al.
The analysis of eye movements is done off-line by a graphic unit. Analogue signals are converted into digital signals using a sample frequency and are subsequently filtered to a lower frequency by a low-pass filter.
The eye movements are recorded in darkness, under laboratory lighting, and between targets. Current Oculomotor Research: Physiological and Psychological Aspects. Eds W Becker, H Deubel, T Mergner.
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Thus, we opted to use the Eyelink TM video-tracker, which has been extensively used in multiple laboratories to measure fixational eye movements in normal controls [55,59, 60].
There are four basic types of eye movements: saccades, smooth pursuit movements, vergence movements, and vestibulo-ocular movements. The functions of each type of eye movement are introduced here; in subsequent sections, the neural circuitry responsible for three of these types of movements is presented in more detail (see Chapters 14 and 19 for further discussion of Cited by: Documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series Physiological and Pathological Aspects of Eye MovementsAuthor: M.
Sanders. Fixational eye movements in normal and pathological vision Susana Martinez-Conde Department of Neurobiology, Barrow Neurological Institute, W Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZUSA Abstract: Most of our visual experience is driven by the eye movements we produce while we ﬁxate our gaze.
Physiology (/ ˌ f ɪ z i ˈ ɒ l ə dʒ i /; from Ancient Greek φύσις (physis), meaning 'nature, origin', and -λογία (-logia), meaning 'study of') is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system.
As a sub-discipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemical and physical. 1. Eye Movements Anatomy, Physiology and Clinical Implications 2. Introduction 3.
Eye movements Outline for the session To understand and describe The extraocular muscles and neural circuitry involved in moving the eyes. The different types of eye movements: their purpose, neural structure, and how they differ.
In organs such as heart or skeletal muscle that perform mechanical work, increased functional activity clearly is associated with increased metabolic rate.
In nervous tissues outside the central nervous system, electrical activity is an almost quantitative indicator of the degree of functional activity; and in structures such as sympathetic ganglia and postganglionic axons, increased Author: Donald D Clarke, Louis Sokoloff.
accurate view of the relationship between eye movements and reading 1. Prior to aboutresearchers tended to focus primarily on the observable surface aspects of eye movements in reading and there were few attempts to use eye-movement data to infer underlying cognitive processes in reading 2.
However, recent research on. The book provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art overview of current research on cognitive and applied aspects of eye movements. The contents include peer-reviewed chapters based on a selection of papers presented at the 11th European Conference on Eye Movements (Turku, Finland ), supplemented by invited : Hardcover.
When an eye movement is planned, one copy of the movement command goes to the eye muscles, and the other goes to an area of the visual system called the comparator. The comparator also compensates for retinal image changes caused by eye movements, thus inhibiting any attempt by other parts of the visual system to interpret such changes as.
Neurodegenerative disorders consist in heterogeneous group of neurological conditions characterized by a wide spectrum of clinical features resulting from a progressive involvement of distinct neuron populations. Oculomotor abnormalities take a key place in the clinical picture of these disorders because the neurodegenerative processes involve the brain circuits of eye Author: Roberto Rodríguez-Labrada, Yaimeé Vázquez-Mojena, Luis Velázquez-Pérez.The mouse may thus possess a sufficient number of building blocks to make the scientific investigation of the fundamentals of minimal consciousness of relevant interest.
Physiological, psychopharmacological, and pathological evidence supports the concept of an implication of cholinergic systems in cognitive functions and conscious awareness.1. Medial rectus - oculomotor nerve, adducts eye. 2. Lateral rectus - abducens nerve, abducts the eye. 3. Superior rectus - oculomotor nerve, elevates eye when abducted.
4. Inferior rectus - oculomotor nerve, depresses eye when abducted. 5. Superior oblique - trochlear nerve, depresses eye when adducted. 6.


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While scientists are still trying to determine exactly how many of theses species exist, we do know that many of these sharks lose their lives from getting caught in fishing nets. Not only does it significantly reduce their population, it compromises the fragile ecosystem around coral reefs. Many new laws and regulations are being put into place to protect this ever important fish.
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In this paper, the design of an automatic motioninverter control system for agricultural tractors has been discussed.
The objective of this system is to perform a fully automatic symmetric motion inversion (e.g., from a forward speed of 10 km/h to a reverse speed of − 10 km/h). The device used to control the inversion is electro-hydraulic reverser, constituted by two clutches, driven by a proportional electro-hydraulic valve (EVP) and a directional electro-hydraulic valve (EVD). The design of a motion inverter is a nontrivial task, since it is difficult to find a good compromise between speed (the inversion must be completed in a short time) and comfort (bumps and oscillations on the longitudinal speed must be minimized). All the subtasks of the inversion control systems are considered: The design of an inner loop for the control of the EVP current, the open-loop switching strategies, and the design of the outer control loop, which regulates the vehicle speed. The control strategies are experimentally validated, and satisfactory results are obtained.


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Quick test paint with minimal references.
Here’s a quick sketch I made on my Cintiq. I actually have a bunch of other finished art, but it’s all for my website, and I don’t want to post it yet.
Today’s drawing is of Hawk from the new book That’s Not Bunny! Drawn on my cintiq.
These are some random sketches I did based off the shape of Kermit’s head.
There is currently two art commissions and an animation that I’m waiting to be able to release, so expect those sometime in the future.
Also, I have completed an image for my new website, and have designed a good portion of the website itself. I don’t want to show the image yet, though. And I’m not sure when the new site will be finished. I am planning to create a short animation for it, and that may take a while.
Here’s an old Minecraft commission I came across and thought I’de post. I haven’t had enough time to sketch lately, but I have started working on some content for my new website, and I really like how it’s looking so far.
Here is some more random sketches, and a logo I did for a Minecraft server. I also completed the animated trailer for the server, it has not been released yet.
I decided to try putting a textured background on a bottom layer before sketching, and I really liked it. Gives the sketch a little texture, and lets me add white highlights to the sketches.
The Silhouette (which I spelled wrong) is basically me just taking a brush and scribbling around, then sketching over it. I’m not sure I’m too happy with the finished drawing, but I do like some of the designs on it.
Some random sketches I did on my Cintiq. For some reason I decided to do them in blue.
For some reason, no matter how I draw an eye, it always ends up looking amazing to me. Even tried blindfolding myself and drawing one… turned out great. So if you learned anything from this post, it’s that if you want to draw something, but aren’t good at drawing, just draw an eye. It’ll be great.
And yes, that monkey is drinking tea.
Just a random sketch I did this week.
I made a logo for my Interstellar Marines squad, using a new technique that I created for drawing fur in vector form. The hilarious part is that the original export ended up being 3073 x 3073 Pixels, and I found out later that it had to be a max size of 3072 x 3072… 1 pixel off. Must be a sign.
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Book Review #713
Big Anthony And The Magic Ring by Tomie dePaola
Rating: two stars (out of four)
This was a fairly entertaining read. I enjoyed seeing what kind of trouble Big Anthony would get himself into and how Strega Nona would save him...once again. I would recommend.


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CDK4/6 Inhibitor Use May Expand in HR+ HER2– Breast Cancer
Daniel G. Stover, MD, describes how findings from the phase 3 NATALEE trial may support expanding the portion of patients who receive CDK 4/6 inhibitors as a treatment for hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.
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Daniel G. Stover, MD, suggests that stromal tumor infiltrating lymphocytes may serve as a biomarker of immune activation and can potentially help optimize therapy with microtubule-targeting agents for patients with metastatic breast cancer.
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Biochemistry graduate student Xiaofei “Fay” Lin (Hoffmann group) wins Audience Choice Award at the 5th Annual Grad Slam Final Competition.
Lin gave her prize-winning three-minute talk titled “Decrypting the Immune System Code” at the final competition on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, at the California NanoSystems Institute auditorium. The graduate students who participated in the competition were celebrated at a reception following the event.
UCLA’s Grad Slam is an annual campus-wide competition that involves graduate students giving three-minute talks describing their research in layman’s terms to a panel of judges. A video of Lin’s talk can be viewed here. Over 250 faculty, students, and researchers attended the event and over 300 viewers watched the live webcast. Audience Choice is awarded to the talk that receives the most votes from the audience.
The 11 finalists spanned disciplines from across campus including nursing, molecular biology, medicine, immunology, biochemistry, biomedical physics, english, spanish, pharmacology, and social sciences. “It was such a rewarding experience to compete among such a diverse and talented group of scholars and connect with the overall UCLA campus,” Lin said. “Representing the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department was a great honor.”
Lin is a graduate student in the UCLA Biochemistry, Molecular and Structural Biology Program. She received a B.A. degree in biology from New York University, and is now working towards her Ph.D. in the laboratory of Prof. Alexander Hoffmann (UCLA Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics) as a Cellular and Molecular Biology Trainee. In 2018, Lin received national recognition as a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention recipient.
Biochemistry graduate student Xiaofei “Fay” Lin giving her award winning 3-minute pitch titled “Decrypting the Immune System Code”.
Lin (center) with Dean of UCLA Graduate Division Robin Garrell (left) and President of the UCLA Graduate Student Association Michael Skiles (right).
Chemistry & Biochemistry graduate students Katherine Bay (Houk group) and Jennifer Ngo (Orin group) were semi-finalists in the competition which is comprised of preliminary and semi-final rounds, culminating in a final competition and reception.
2019 UCLA Grand Slam Winners – Nyasha Mafora (1st place), Allison Daly (2nd place), Joseph Friendman (3rd place), Xiaofei Lin (Audience Choice) – with Dean of UCLA Graduate Division Robin Garrell (far left) and President of the UCLA Graduate Student Association Michael Skiles (far right).
This year’s first place winner, Nyasha Mafora (Biomedical Physics), will receive a $5,000 fellowship and advance to a UC-wide competition that will be held in San Francisco on May 10, 2019. Second and third place winners received fellowships in the amounts of $3,000 and $2,000 respectively, and Lin received the Audience Choice award of $1000.
The competition not only helps foster the important career development skill of articulating graduate research in an understandable and engaging way to those inside and outside the academic community, but it also highlights the excellence, importance and relevance of UCLA graduate students and their research.
UCLA’s Graduate Division and Graduate Student Association organize the yearly competition to encourage graduate students to learn to convey their research and ideas in a manner that anyone can understand and appreciate.
Article by Penny Jennings, UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, firstname.lastname@example.org. Talk photo courtesy of Fay Lin. Posed photos by Reed Hutchinson.


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Here is a list of experts from McGill, the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and the Lady Davis Institute of the Jewish General Hospital available for comment on your stories for World AIDS Day:
A research team led by Dr. Robert Hess from McGill University and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) has used the popular puzzle video game Tetris in an innovative approach to treat adult amblyopia, commonly known as “lazy eye”. By distributing information between the two eyes in a complementary fashion, the video game trains both eyes to work together, which is counter to previous treatments for the disorder (e.g. patching).
After 14 years in senior university administration, Dr. Rima Rozen will return full-time to her work in research and teaching as the James McGill Professor of Human Genetics and Pediatrics, when her current term as Associate Vice-Principal (Research and International Relations) ends on January 31, 2013.
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), commonly known as lupus, is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks healthy tissue such as the skin, joints, kidneys and the brain, leading to inflammation and lesions. The disease affects about 1 in 2000 Canadians, particularly women. Previous research has suggested that lupus patients have an increased risk of developing cancer, particularly lymphoma. Lymphoma is a type of blood cancer that occurs when cells called lymphocytes, which usually help protect the body from infection and disease, begin growing and multiplying uncontrollably leading to tumor growth.
Message from Normand Rinfret, Director General and CEO It is with great pleasure that we announce the appointment of Dr. Nadia Szkrumelak to the position of Chief of the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Szkrumelak is a graduate of McGill University, and has been a member of the Department of Psychiatry at the MUHC since 1984.


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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Italy was one of the worst-affected European countries. The rapid surge of cases and the limited capacity of intensive care unit departments have posed a serious threat to the Italian national health system. In this paper we describe the first response and the main measures carried by Italian policy makers, as coordinated by a governmental committee of public health experts, which have succeeded in preventing the pandemic from turning into a disaster. Early closure of the school, quarantine measures and lockdown were put in place and the response of the population has been good overall. Despite the Italian health care system of universal coverage is considered the second-best in the world, during phase 1, the Italian decentralisation and fragmentation of health services probably restricted timely interventions and effectiveness. In northern Italy, Lombardy, Emilia Romagna, Piedmont, and Veneto, which reported most of the Italian cases, carried out different strategies against COVID-19, with great differences in testing, quarantine, and public health procedures. The improvement of the epidemiological situation has allowed an easing of the restrictive measures, with a progressive restarting of work activities. The government and technical-scientific bodies have prepared health strategies to support a possible second epidemic wave in the autumn.
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START: Talking Treats - The Moderation Conversation
Feb 27, 2023Episode 26
This webinar is brought to you by the START campaign. A public health awareness campaign from safefood, the HSE and healthy Ireland and the public health agency and department of health in Northern Ireland. In this webinar we're focusing on the topic of how best to moderate our children's treat food consumption. It is hosted by Jen Hogan, joined bysafefood's chief specialist and nutrition Joanna De Silva, child and adolescent psychotherapist, Dr. Coleman Noctor and HSE clinical lead on obesity Professor Donal O'Shea.