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Beginning in Fall 2020, all fellowship funds will be disbursed in lump sums, and will be placed in your student account. No checks or any other kind of fund disbursal will be used.
Impacts of receiving any type of fellowship funds:
- International students: All fellowship funds are taxed at the time of receipt (US Federal rules). It is possible, however, at the end of a year, when you fill out a 1042-S form, you may get some or all of those taxes refunded, depending on your circumstances. All students will receive information to fill in on a 1098 T form.
- Domestic students: All fellowship funds are taxed. You should report all fellowship funds received during the year when you fill out your IRS tax forms. You will be taxed at this time, as relevant to your personal income/tax situation. All students will receive information to fill in on a 1098 T form.
- Domestic students who receive Federal Financial aid: Be aware that receipt of any fellowship funds may impact your financial aid package.
Endowed Fellowships & Scholarships
Current students will receive an email from the Graduate Program Coordinator or Secretary with details about the fellowship/scholarship application requirements in late September. The deadline for the Kerr award application is October 15 of each year, and for all other award applications is December 1 of every year, regardless of day of week.
- The Malcolm and Ann Kerr Award for Excellence in Scholarship
- The George and Nancy Axinn International Scholarship
- The Milton H. Steinmueller Fellowship in Natural Resources and Environmental Policy
- The Harriette B. Sherman Scholarship in Recreation and Tourism Systems
- The Gilbert W. Mouser Scholarship in Conservation and Environmental Education
- Jon F. Bartholic Ensuring the Future of Michigan’s Natural Resources Fund
- Frank Fear Fellowship for Excellence in Community Engagement
Note that all award review committee members are appointed after applications are received so that we can avoid conflict of interest for review committee members and letter of recommendation writers.
Download Applicant Cover Sheet (fillable PDF)
Download Kerr Scholarship Cover Sheet (fillable PDF)
College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Fellowships
Dissertation Completion Fellowships (DCF) are need-based fellowships, and are intended for doctoral students planning to finish writing and to defend their dissertations during the semester for which they apply. DCFs are offered for each term (fall, spring, summer), with separate application deadlines for each application cycle. Students may apply for a DCF only after their comprehensive exams have been completed and all their data collected. This is the FINAL funding a student will receive from the college.
Submit your complete application to the CSUS Graduate Office or Secretary, who will forward to the Department Chair. Submit your complete application packet by the relevant deadline date below to give the chairperson time to review all applications and submit a letter to CANR by its deadline. Do not apply unless you and your advisor are confident that you will complete during the semester for which applied.
Remember to COMBINE ALL PAGES of the application prior to having any digital signatures added to the application cover form so that you submit a single PDF file. Follow all instructions carefully. Incomplete, uncombined, unsigned, or applications with items in the incorrect order will be returned to the applicant.
|DCF Term||Applications due to CSUS Graduate Office||CANR Deadline|
|Fall 2022||Friday, May 6, 2022, 5:00 pm||Monday, May 16, 2022|
|Spring 2023||Friday, October 7, 2022, 5:00 pm||Monday, October 17, 2022|
|Summer 2023||Friday, February 17, 2023, 5:00 pm||Monday, February 27, 2023|
|Fall 2023||Friday, May 5, 2023, 5:00 pm||Monday, May 15, 2023|
Download Instructions for Applying for a DCF (AY 2022-2023)
Download Dissertation Completion Fellowship Cover Sheet (fillable PDF)
Graduate Office Fellowships
GOF funds are available during fall and spring semesters.
The Fall 2022 application deadline is 5:00 p.m., September 21, 2022.
The Spring/Summer 2023 application deadline is 5:00 p.m., February 1, 2023.
Students may receive up to a maximum combined amount of GOF funds of $2,000 across their full degree program. A doctoral student who received a maximum of GOF funds as a CSUS master's student may be considered for an additional $2,000 maximum across the doctoral program.
Read instructions carefully.
Download GOF Fall 2022 Information & Application (fillable PDF)
Download GOF Spring/Summer 2023 Information & Application (fillable PDF)

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India, fresh off a dominant showing against Sri Lanka, now gear up to face the challenge posed by the New Zealand Blackcaps. After scoring his first hundred since 2019 in the Asia Cup game against Afghanistan, Virat Kohli is now back to his golden form in ODIs too. India vs New Zealand rivalry will be action-packed, so let’s take a look into both teams’ previous performances.
As India sets its sights on the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup, the team will be facing a formidable opponent in the form of the New Zealand Blackcaps in a home series. One player to keep an eye on is the rising star, S. Gill, who has been consistently impressing with his performances and is likely to secure a spot on the World Cup squad.
This series serves as a prime opportunity for players such as Gill, Siraj, Iyer and K. Yadav to showcase their skills and solidify their positions on the World Cup team. Additionally, India has made some changes to their lineup, with I. Kishan still in the ODI squad and S. Bharat coming in for K. Rahul.
The New Zealand team has new faces in the ODI squad, with T. Southee and T. Boult absent. M. Henry also has been ruled out due to injury. D. Bracewell returns to the team after an inconsistent presence since 2011. The absence of key bowlers will put pressure on bowlers like Sodhi, Santner and Ferguson.
Furthermore, D. Conway and Finn Allen are expected to provide a strong start, while D. Mitchell and T. Latham will be crucial in the middle order. G. Phillips brings a valuable asset to the lower order, with his ability to play the finisher’s role. M. Chapman, who averages 52.4 from 7 ODIs, could be expected to fill in for the absent Williamson.
Date & Timings
India and New Zealand will face each other in the 1st ODI of the 3-match series on 18th January at 1:30 PM IST. The lineups of the match will be available at 1:00 PM on the MyTeam11 app.
Venue & Pitch Report
The pitch in Hyderabad is known for being a flat track and is expected to produce high scores. Historically, the pitch has slowed down as the game progresses and the dry surface may assist spin bowlers in the second innings.
The weather forecast for the match day is clear and sunny, with a high temperature of 31 degrees Celsius.
ODI stats at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad:
Total matches: 5
Matches won batting first: 3
Matches won bowling first: 2
Highest total recorded: 350-4, IND vs AUS
Lowest total recorded: 174-10, IND vs ENG
Average 1st innings score: 283.6
Average 2nd Innings scores: 249.8
India: V. Kohli, R. Sharma
New Zealand: D. Conway, L. Ferguson
ODIs Head-to-Head Stats of India vs New Zealand
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|R. Taylor (1385 runs)
|J. Srinath (51 wickets)
|T. Southee (35 wickets
Here are the probable XIs for the 1st ODI between India and New Zealand.
India Playing XI: R. Sharma (c), S. Gill, V. Kohli, S. Iyer, I. Kishan (wk), S. Yadav, H. Pandya, W. Sundar, K. Yadav, M. Shami, M. Siraj
New Zealand Playing XI: F. Allen, D. Conway, M. Chapman, D. Mitchell, T. Latham (c & wk), G. Phillips, M. Bracewell, M. Santner, I. Sodhi, D. Bracewell, L. Ferguson
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Amels 55 meter motor yacht STEP ONE jointly listed for sale with Y.CO and Inigo Nicholson Yacht.
Built in steel by Amels Shipyard in 2012 after a design by Tim Heywood and naval architecture by Damen. Her most recent refit was in 2019 at the Thunderbolt Marine.
Twin M.T.U. 16V 2000 M70 1440Hp diesel engines allow a cruising speed of 13 knots with a maximum speed of 15.5 knots, giving her a cruising range of 4500 nautical miles.
Her spacious interior by Studio Laura Sessa can accommodate up to 10 guests in 5 cabins, consisting of one owners cabin on the main deck with an office and walk-in wardrobe, three doubles and a twin, all with en-suite bathroom facilities. For the crew, there is room for 13 berths in 7 cabins.
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Life insurance should be considered essential if you have a family and commitments, especially if you are the main provider. If you are the main provider and you should die then your family would not only have to cope with their grief, but also have to struggle to meet financial commitments with the loss of income. While life insurance is an added outgoing it can be worthwhile and if you go to an Agency they will be able to find you the cheapest life insurance policy suitable for your needs.
Typically, he cheapest life insurance is what is called term life insurance. Term life insurance is taken out solely to pay out a lump sum of money should you die. This can be invaluable to your family and gives you the peace of mind that at least they wont be left struggling to make ends meet financially. It doesn’t however pay out cash unless you die, but it is the cheapest and easiest to understand of all insurance policies. An online Agency will be able to get you the cheapest and most comprehensive coverage for a policy of this type.
Of course when taking out any form of life insurance you will need to know how much insurance you need, generally the amount that you should cover yourself for is around 6 times that of your annual income, or it should be enough to pay off your mortgage, plus a bit more. You should also take into account inflation and the needs of any children and they are growing.
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Nintendo has launched the “ultimate retro gaming experience”. The Nintendo Classic Mini: Nintendo Entertainment System has just been announced and will become available starting from 11th November this year. As you might guess from the name, this is a concentrated chunk of NES retro gaming updated for the HDMI TV age, with 30 NES games built-in.
Nintendo has styled the Classic Mini for maximum retro gaming nostalgia. The shrunken NES design is however fully updated for modern times. An HDMI cable is provided to connect the console to your TV. Power is via a USB cable (AC adapter not supplied).
On the front of the console you will find twin classic mini NES controller ports. These ports are compatible with Classic Controller or Classic Controller Pro pads for the Wii. Likewise, you can use the Classic Mini controller with your Wii U or Wii console to add authenticity to playing Virtual Console NES games. One Classic Mini controller is included with this console but you can add another for multiplayer on screen fun.
Important to the appeal of this device are the 30 included classic NES games. Please check out the table below to see if your favourites are included. Games can be resumed from multiple suspend points. If it wasn’t obvious already: you won’t be able to use old NES cartridges or original console accessories with this mini console.
Pricing for the Nintendo Classis Mini NES has been set at $59.99, additional controllers are $9.99. I am a retro gaming fan but think Nintendo could have pushed the boat out a bit more and introduced a mini console that replicated the SNES or N64 instead.


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The Welsh Rugby Union and Under Armour have revealed the new design for the Wales 2013 home shirt. And it’s not without a fair bit of controversy: check it out…
So there we are! Before we get into the really controversial aspects of this kit, let’s take the shirt on its own merits. And doing that, you have to say, this is a really, really smart offering from the WRU. Under Armour has different approach to what other brands are doing in terms of kit design, and where the likes of Canterbury are looking to more classic styles, as we saw with the recent England shirt, UA are unabashedly modern, and here it works.
There are plenty of clever details here that make the shirt stand out from traiditional Wales shirts , not least, the near-total absence of white. In the last few years, Under Armour Wales shirts have probably gone a bit overboard with the white, really, but here black and dark red are the colours of choice, with the contrast shoulder patches (also seen on this year’s Clermont kits) accented by the ‘dragon’s tail’ motif on the sleeve.
It’s very similar to the current Clermont kit actually, with the same combination of the ‘ArmourGrid’ fabric, that gives the jersey its hatching effect, and the ‘Function Panel’ design, where the kit is stitched together from numerous different panels to enhance freedom of movement. Mercifully, they’ve also got rid of the stupid ‘tongue’ on the front of the shirt from the 2011-13 model, which while looking fine with an UA logo on it on the RWC version, looked SHIT on the regular one.
The dragon theme from the sleeve continues on the front of the shirt, where we see a Dragon Scale pattern Armour Grip material that’s identical (but not nearly as garish) as the pattern on the sleeves of the current Wales 7s shirt. We also really like the side-venting, moving from black through grey to white, it adds a welcome splash of interest and colour to the shirt while also paving the way for what happens on the shorts, which, despite being a rugby shirt site, we can’t really ignore…
Yup, there’s no getting away from it, those shorts are unavoidably, inescapably, RED. We heard rumours that about this earlier today, and honestly, we were utterly horrified. Wales play in red shirts, white shorts – they dallied with black at the start of the 2000s, and it was a disaster, but red? RED!? We had visions of Liverpool, of Toulon – it was going to be AWFUL.
And yet… hats off to Under Armour, because we think they’ve done a pretty damn good job. Brilliantly, by fading from grey down to white on the panel of the shorts, they’ve managed to make it look less blocky and monotone, and have actually produced something that hits the sweet spot between keeping true to the norm while also pushing the boundaries.
Is it going to take some getting used to? Definitely. Is it bold and interesting. Definitely. Does it look good. We have to say, it really does. Top marks.
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NEW YORK (Feb. 22)
A proposal that the heads of all sovereign states in the world gather for a week’s super-summit meeting to re-evaluate the prospects for peace opened by new technologies was made here this weekend by Abba Eban, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel.
He made that suggestion at one of the sessions of intellectual leaders from all over the world, considering ways to follow up on the principles enunciated by the late Pope John XXIII in the encyclical entitled “Pacem in Terris.” Mr. Eban received a standing ovation from the conference after being interrupted a number of times during his address with tumultous applause.
Today, Mr. Eban conferred with Belgium’s Prime Minister Paul-Henri Spaak, discussing various issues of mutual interest between Belgium and Israel, touching particularly on Israel’s relations with the European Economic Community. Accompanying the Deputy Prime Minister at this conference was Israel’s former Ambassador to Belgium, Gideon Rafael.


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In Tom Hirschfeld's 1981 book How to Master the Video Games, he divides the included games into broad categories in the table of contents: Space Invaders-type, Asteroids-type, maze, reflex, and miscellaneous. The first two of these correspond to the still-used genres of fixed shooter and multidirectional shooter. Maze is also a modern genre.
Chris Crawford attempted to classify video games in his 1984 book The Art of Computer Game Design. In this book, Crawford primarily focused on the player's experience and activities required for gameplay. Here, he also stated that "the state of computer game design is changing quickly. We would therefore expect the taxonomy presented [in this book] to become obsolete or inadequate in a short time." Since then, among other genres, the platformer and 3D shooter genres, which hardly existed at the time, have gained a lot of popularity. As hardware capabilities have increased, new genres have become possible, with examples being increased memory, the move from 2D to 3D, new peripherals, online functionalities, and location-based mechanics.
The business of video games expanded in the 1990s and both smaller and independent publishers had little chance of surviving. Because of this, games settled more into set genres that larger publishers and retailers could use for marketing.


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Today, when the BBWAA elects either no one or, at best, two of over a dozen deserving candidates into the Hall of Fame, a lot of people will say they’re OK with that because it’s better to err on the side of caution than it is to allow a PED user to enter Cooperstown’s hallowed halls. When they say this, remind them of the following passage from page 28 of the Mitchell Report:
In 1973, a Congressional subcommittee announced that its staff had completed an “in depth study into the use of illegal and dangerous drugs in sports” including professional baseball. The subcommittee concluded that “the degree of improper drug use – primarily amphetamines and anabolic steroids – can only be described as alarming.”
Then remember — via Larry Granillo of Wezen-Ball from back in 2010 — that one Hall of Fame voter, Thomas Boswell of the Washington Post, has already said that he knows a current Hall of Famer used steroids. He said it on camera, in Ken Burns’ motherf—ing “Tenth Inning”:
“There was another player now in the Hall of Fame who literally stood with me and mixed something and I said “What’s that?” and he said “it’s a Jose Canseco milkshake”. And that year that Hall of Famer hit more home runs than ever hit any other year. So it wasn’t just Canseco, and so one of the reasons that I thought that it was an important subject was that it was spreading. It was already spreading by 1988.”
Steroid use in baseball was “alarming” as of 1973. As of 1988 a guy who is now in the Hall of Fame was taking “Jose Canseco milkshakes,” which clearly meant steroids.
There is nothing left to protect. The “caution” that will be lauded today when so many worthy candidates fail to be elected will be empty and meaningless at best, active perpetuation of a double standard at worst.
Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald reports that Marlins pitcher Dan Straily has been suspended five games and Don Mattingly one game for throwing intentionally at Giants catcher Buster Posey on Tuesday in San Francisco. Straily plans to appeal his suspension, so he will be allowed to take his normal turn through the rotation until that matter is settled.
Everything started on Monday, when the Marlins rallied in the ninth inning against closer Hunter Strickland. That included a game-tying single from Lewis Brinson, who pumped his fist and yelled in celebration. Strickland took exception, jawing at Brinson who was on third base when the right-hander was taken out of the game. Strickland went into the clubhouse and punched a door, breaking his hand.
The next day, Giants starter Dereck Rodriguez hit Brinson with a fastball, which prompted warnings for both teams. The next inning, Straily hit Posey on the arm with a fastball, which led to immediate ejections for both him and Mattingly.
Neither Rodriguez nor Giants manager Bruce Bochy were reprimanded, which is ludicrous because it was plainly obvious Rodriguez was throwing at Brinson. But neither team had been issued warnings. Essentially, Major League Baseball is giving free reign for teams to get their revenge pitches in. Furthermore, Straily’s five-game suspension is hardly a deterrent for throwing at a hitter. The Marlins could simply give Straily an extra day of rest and it’s like he was never suspended at all.
Beanball wars are bad for baseball. It puts players at risk for obvious reasons. When players have to miss time due to avoidable injury, self-inflicted (in the case of Strickland) or not (if, for example, Posey had a hand or wrist broken from Straily’s pitch), the game suffers because it becomes an inferior product. That’s, of course, second behind the simple fact that throwing at a player is a tremendously childish way to handle a disagreement. When aimed intentionally at another human being, a baseball is a weapon. That’s especially true when it’s in the hands of someone who has been trained to throw anywhere from 90 to 100 MPH.
Commisioner Rob Manfred has spent a lot of time trying to make the game of baseball more appealing, such adding pitch clocks and limiting mound visits. He should spend some time addressing the throwing-at-batters problem.


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Polyphasic sleep pattern has become a real sensation on the Internet, ever since there have been researches that implied that most celebrated minds of mankind use to sleep in several chunks. But what is polyphasic sleep? What effects does it have? Did Tesla and Da Vinci really sleep in such a manner?
Today we're answering all those questions.
What is Polyphasic Sleep?
Polyphasic is a sleeping pattern where a person sleeps multiple times throughout the day. These chunks of sleep are usually brief and can occur from 4 to 6 times a day. Don't get confused, polyphasic sleeping has nothing to do with oversleeping or sleeping disorders such as narcolepsy or hypersomnia.
With those sleeping disturbances, one sleeps excessively throughout the day and at night as well. In polyphasic sleep, a person would actually sleep for a total of 3 or 4 hours throughout the day but will divide that time into several intervals.
There are a lot of polyphasic sleep advocates that claim this way of sleeping has multiple benefits for us, especially on our cognitive level. On the other hand, there are other people that believe that not sleeping in a monophasic, regular way may lead to potential health risks.
While the truth is probably somewhere in the middle, it is interesting to know what are the things that made us link polyphasic sleep to some of the greatest minds that ever existed in human history.
Acclaimed Benefits of Polyphasic Sleep
According to people who practice polyphasic sleep, sleeping this way will:
- Make you more alert.
- Let you achieve a better mind clarity.
- Make your days longer since you won't be "losing" 8 hours on sleep daily.
- You might feel more rested.
*Note: It is not scientifically proven that you will feel more rested in the long run. However, due to a shorter sleep with a more condensed power of regeneration (a sleep-deprived brain would fall immediately to the REM phase, skipping the inefficient recovery phases of sleep), you might feel more rested after 40 min of sleep than after an 8-hour long sleep.
Some even claim that polyphasic sleep even reduced their sleep disorders such as nightmares, sleepwalking, or muscle soreness. We would call these too optimistic presumptions since we still need a proper amount of sleep in order to function properly (especially during the growth period kids go through).
However, you would surely see the benefits of such a way of sleeping after some time. Your body and brain would need a couple of weeks to get used to it, and the real effects of the polyphasic sleep should be seen only then.
The problem arises if your organism needs more sleep than usual. In that case, it might not be wise to experiment with this way of sleeping. Instead, it is better if you do a check-up and see if there's something causing your excessive sleepiness.
If you're completely healthy and are really interested in finding out how polyphasic sleep would affect you, do your research and pick the type of polyphasic sleep that suits you best. In the end, if most animals (dogs and cats included) sleep in polyphasic patterns and still manage to have some rest, there might be a slight chance that polyphasic sleep is a good fit for you too.

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OXFORDSHIRE NATURE PROJECT
SUPPORTING COMMUNITY ACTION FOR NATURE RECOVERY
The Oxfordshire Nature Project (formerly The Oxfordshire Treescapes project) has partnered with CAG Oxfordshire to continue its work with parishes and communities to help develop plans for nature recovery.
On this page, you will find information about how we can help you with your local plans for nature recovery.
What Nature Recovery Means, and Why It Matters
Nature (all living things, interacting with each other and the land) is vital for all aspects of our survival, prosperity, health and wellbeing. This includes the security of our food, water, economy, and resilience against global impacts such as weather extremes and climate change.
In ‘industrial UK’, we busily degraded our natural systems over centuries, and especially the last 70 years. Now England is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. Yet there is hope as we awaken to the impacts of this loss of biodiversity and realise the urgent and imperative need to allow our natural systems to recover.
Supporting groups with their nature recovery actions allows us to:
recognise and protect our local ‘Nature Treasures’
supply what ecosystems need to thrive
connect corridors of resilience and growth
The UK has national and international targets to protect 30% of land and sea by 2030, and to halt species decline, with a 10% increase in species abundance by 2042. This is a huge challenge, in which every local community will need to play its part – but it also comes with huge opportunities.
The Lawton Review (2010) taught us our nature areas must be: More, Bigger, Better, and Joined Up
Supporting parishes and groups is one of the most effective ways to promote stronger nature recovery work across our County. In the process it will provide great benefits to community life and relationships, social, mental and physical well-being, and local economies.
Who We Are
We are a dedicated group of ecologists, project managers, community advocates, and nature recovery enthusiasts working to equip and support parish and community groups with effective nature recovery planning and action. We understand how local communities work, and can help you access the resources you need to plan and develop nature recovery projects. We’re working with key Oxfordshire stakeholders including local authorities, universities, and nature groups on an integrated strategy. Our partners and stakeholders include:
County and District Coucils
Local Nature Partnerships
Health and social services
Enterprise and Funding Support
Network and Group support
Acedemic and Research
How Can We Help You?
To date, we have produced around 100 parish reports or maps, covering about 30% of Oxfordshire’s parishes. We have developed some great tools and resources particularly in mapping and planning, as well as offering friendly personal support to ‘bring these alive’ to help more people get going in this vital work.
We have expertise and resources to reach people and groups including:
promotional activities for awareness and envisioning;
‘hand-holding’ and sign-posting to relevant help as people take their first steps;
personal mentoring and troubleshooting;
facilitating peer learning and support through our Collaborate groups and other events;
helping evolve integrated strategy and advocacy through liaison with other key Oxfordshire stakeholders.
Have a look below through our bank of online resources and get in touch if you want to chat more.
These maps present opportunities to address the climate and nature crises in Oxfordshire by changing the way we manage our land. They show where hedgerows, woodlands, species-rich grasslands and tree-friendly, agroforestry farming systems might be introduced into Oxfordshire.
This guide offers a summary explanation of the treescapes included in the maps and the benefits they bring, together with some case studies of famers and landowners who have put them into action and further resources. It also includes a brief explanation of the mapping rules we have adopted.
OUR LAND, OUR FUTURE
This report sets out the land use changes needed between now and 2050 to achieve the Net Zero targets set by the Climate Change Committee. It also shows that by siting the right nature recovery strategy in the right place for the right reason, we can at the same time achieve a whole host of other benefits.
Scroll through for a selection of case studies. Find out how farmers are changing their practices to incorporate hedgerows, how a community created an orchard and how tree cover in urban areas is on the up.
If you would like to find out more about how we can help you with your nature recovery work please email: firstname.lastname@example.org
Trees and Nature Collaborate Group
If you would like to join our Trees and Nature Collaborate group to meet with peers from other Community Action Groups and those involved in nature recovery accross Oxfordshire, email: email@example.com to be added to the mailing list. There is also a Facebook Page you can follow. You can find out more about our collborate groups here
Join the mailing list
If you would like to be kept up to date with news from the Oxfordshire Nature Project, you can subscribe here to be added to our mailing list:
THE OXFORDSHIRE NATURE PROJECT BLOG
Read stories from our work over the last few years, Check out our Case Studies as well for detailed stories on naturescapes and the people behind them.


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Here, we describe a rapid reliable and simple procedure to determine the lowest temperature at which rats or mice show nocifensive behavior, i.e. the thermal nociceptive threshold (TNT). This method applies a slowly increasing thermal stimulus allowing precise and reproducible estimation of TNTs with minimum, if any, stress to the animals.
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Alshahrani, S., Fernandez-Conti, F., Araujo, A., DiFulvio, M. Rapid Determination of the Thermal Nociceptive Threshold in Diabetic Rats. J. Vis. Exp. (63), e3785, doi:10.3791/3785 (2012).
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Painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN) is characterized by hyperalgesia i.e., increased sensitivity to noxious stimulus, and allodynia i.e., hypersensitivity to normally innocuous stimuli1. Hyperalgesia and allodynia have been studied in many different rodent models of diabetes mellitus2. However, as stated by Bölcskei et al, determination of "pain" in animal models is challenging due to its subjective nature3. Moreover, the traditional methods used to determine behavioral responses to noxious thermal stimuli usually lack reproducibility and pharmacological sensitivity3. For instance, by using the hot-plate method of Ankier4, flinch, withdrawal and/or licking of either hind- and/or fore-paws is quantified as reflex latencies at constant high thermal stimuli (52-55 °C). However, animals that are hyperalgesic to thermal stimulus do not reproducibly show differences in reflex latencies using those supra-threshold temperatures3,5. As the recently described method of Bölcskei et al.6, the procedures described here allows for the rapid, sensitive and reproducible determination of thermal nociceptive thresholds (TNTs) in mice and rats. The method uses slowly increasing thermal stimulus applied mostly to the skin of mouse/rat plantar surface. The method is particularly sensitive to study anti-nociception during hyperalgesic states such as PDN. The procedures described bellow are based on the ones published in detail by Almási et al 5 and Bölcskei et al 3. The procedures described here have been approved the Laboratory Animal Care and Use Committee (LACUC), Wright State University.
TNTs of mice and rats are determined by using the incremental hot-plate analgesia meter [iHPAM, IITC Inc. Life Science (Woodland Hills, CA)]. The equipment consists of several components: an aluminum plate (10 x 20 cm) with the heating system underneath and a Plexiglas observation chamber above; a heat controlling unit, software for data acquisition (IITC Part # Soft Series 8), a PC (personal computer) and a footswitch for remote start, stop or reset control of the unit. The heating system also allows starting/stopping/resetting of the heating process manually through a keypad in front of the equipment. The iHPAM can be set to various heating rates, standby/cutoff temperatures.
1. Equipment Set-up
- Before testing animals, visually inspect the unit to corroborate the chosen heating rates (e.g., 6 °C/min), initial standby and final cut-off temperatures (e.g., 28 °C and 55 °C, respectively).
- Verify all connections. To keep electronic copy of the results, the unit must be connected to a computer running Software Series 8. Alternatively, hard copies of the results can be printed out via the serial port of unit.
- Test the equipment. Press the footswitch once to make sure the Software Series 8 records the data: initial standby, final cutoff temperatures and time in seconds required to reach the cut-off temperature.
- As a further control test, the investigators involved in the experiments may need to experience the device on themselves. Withdrawing the hand from the metal plate at the moment of pain perception (46-48 °C) must neither cause harm to the skin nor produce any later discomfort.
- Once the unit has been set and the results from steps 1.3 and 1.4 recorded they can be compared. This is helpful to detect potential problems that could invalidate the use of the unit. For instance, discrepancies between initial standby/final cut-off temperatures and the actual reading of the unit, and/or differences between temperatures displayed by the unit and the actual plate temperature required for hand withdrawal.
2. Testing Normal Animals
Either young or adult Wistar rats [post-natal (p) age 21-25 days], or mice (p21-25) of any genetic background or gender can be used. The mice used in our experiments are of the strain C57BL/6J.
- The night before the experiments to be performed, acclimate the animals by placing their cages on the bench where the iHPAM is placed. Two hours before performing the tests, turn on the iHPAM to familiarize the animals with the background noise of the unit. At this point, the iHPAM can be set up and tested to verify proper function (see Steps 1). Food and water is provided ad libitum throughout the test, except when the animal is in the observation chamber (see Step 2.1).
Note: It is important not to assume that the laboratory conditions in behavioral experiments are controlled by default. Special attention should be paid to genetic and environmental factors that may influence the outcome of the behavioral studies (reviewed in 7).
- Gently place a normal mouse/rat in the Plexiglass observation chamber on top of the heating plate of the unit. Allow the animal to acclimate to the warmed surface (set at 28 °C) until the animal shows a comfortable behavior.
Note: Under this conditions normal adult rats show an initial exploratory behavior, occasionally standing up towards the lid of the observation chamber while sniffing. After a few minutes, rats may show casual bouts of grooming and a relaxed behavior. Sometimes, rats lay with a relaxed body posture (prone extension) while casually sniffing the surroundings. Normal mice are usually more active than rats. However, mice show a relaxed exploratory behavior after few minutes in the observation chamber. It is exceptionally rare to observe either escaping behaviors (e.g., jumping, trying to escape from the observation chamber) or defensive attitudes (e.g., squealing). It is also important to note that mice can communicate pain from one mouse to another8. Therefore, it may be important to test mice placed in separate cages.
- Place mirrors in the back of the observation chamber, to permit observations at all angles. A tripod holding a digital video camera may be of help to determine the exact moment at which nocifensive (pain avoiding) behavior had occurred.
- Once the animal is comfortable in the observation chamber heat up the plate by pressing the footswitch. When the plate temperature heats up at a rate of 6 °C/minute, normal animals exhibit nocifensive behavior involving either hind-paw* usually temperatures raging from 46 to 48 °C3,5,9,10. Thus, the animal is typical removed form the observation chamber after approximately 3 minutes.
Note: Observing the typical nocifensive response of a rat or mouse i.e., hind-paw licking, while shaking and/or lifting, is enough to terminate the thermal stimulus. This is achieved by pressing the footswitch. At this moment, the software records the plate's temperature and the plate immediately cools down until standby temperature (28 °C) is reached (~0.5 min). This temperature i.e., the one that evokes any nocifensive reaction is regarded as the noxious heat threshold (TNT) of the normal (control) animal.
*Sometimes, particularly in mice, nocifensive behavior to noxious temperature may first be observed in one or both forepaws (e.g., licking while sitting), few seconds before hind-paws. However, fore-paw licking is a normal component of the grooming behavior. Hence, only hind-paw reactions are assessed. In occasions mice may groom their hind-paws as well. However, normal grooming do not last more than a few seconds, does not involve intensive licking and usually ends after cleaning its claws.
- Gently remove the animal from the plate and place it in its respective cage. The heat threshold measurement is then repeated for other control (normal) animal.
Note: TNTs can be determined in a single animal at intervals of 1-2 minutes without removing the animal from the observation chamber. TNT determinations in rats or mice can be repeated several times during several days. This is particularly useful to determine the mean TNT of an individual animal as well as its variation with age.
- The TNT of control animals is expressed as the mean of three or more thresholds ± SEM.
- Statistical analysis of data obtained is performed to compare different treatment groups of mice or rats. Parametric procedures including Analysis of Variance may be appropriately used where data are normally distributed and where treatment groups are homoskedastic; when these conditions have been satisfied the following approaches can be applied. Analysis of Variance followed by the Newman-Keuls test to detect differences in multiple measurements i.e., repeated individual TNTs with/without treatment or at different time points (e.g., data in Figure 3). The paired Student's t-test may be used to compare two data groups i.e., TNTs before vs. after drug treatment; the unpaired t-test may be used to determine differences in TNT changes in drug-treated vs. vehicle-treated animals (e.g., data in Figure 4).
3. Testing Diabetic Animals
The streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rat is the most commonly used animal model to study mechanisms of PDN and to assess analgesic drugs and therapies11,12. Rats made diabetic by a single intraperitoneal dose of STZ (60 mg/kg) can be tested for thermal hyperalgesia during the 3rd week after onset of diabetes11. It is important to note that not all diabetic rats develop PDN. However, animals that do develop hyperalgesia (~50%) can be easily identified. Indeed, their TNTs are lower than normal*.
*To determine TNTs of STZ-diabetic rats, a starting plate temperature of 15 °C instead of 28 °C is used. The reason for these change is that most diabetic animals with PDN are expected to be hyperalgesic2,11. Therefore, they will have lower than normal noxious heat thresholds (e.g., <45 °C).
- A diabetic rat is placed in the observation chamber on top of the testing apparatus. The animal is allowed to acclimate to the plate surface until the animal shows a comfortable behavior.
Note: Typically, a diabetic rat does not show much of the normal behavior. Diabetic rats are usually hypoactive, lethargic; often showing restricted movements and slow grooming. It is rare to observe standings towards the lid of the observation chamber. After few minutes, diabetic rats may calmly stay in a corner of the chamber with casual sniffing of the surroundings.
- Once the diabetic animal is comfortable in the observation chamber, the plate is heated up as in Step 2.3 the diabetic rat may exhibit nocifensive behavior involving either hind/fore-paw. This usually happens at non-noxious plate temperatures (e.g., <45 °C), or after no more than 5 minutes in the chamber with the 6 °C/min temperature increase.
Note: The nocifensive response of a young adult diabetic rat does not differ from that of a normal rat. However, the lowest temperature evoking such behavior is significantly lowered.
- See Step 2.4
- The mean of more than three thresholds in the day of the experiment expressed as °C ± SEM is considered the noxious heat threshold of the diabetic animal.
Note: A similar paradigm to the one explained for normal or diabetic rats can be followed to determine the thermal anti-nocifensive effect of analgesics on heat thresholds.
4. Testing Analgesia
The anti-nociceptive properties of drugs (e.g., analgesics) as well as the determination of pharmacologic parameters such as the minimum effective dose can be easily obtained by using the steps explained above. It is predicted that proper doses of an analgesic administered to rats/mice would significantly increase their TNTs. This is particularly sensitive in animals with thermal hyperalgesia3. However, to avoid bias in the interpretation of the results, the investigators involved in the behavioral observation of an animal group must not know or be aware if the animals had been treated or not. Further, drugs to be injected by the observer may be prepared by another investigator and labeled A, B, C, etc. Dosage is provided in a printout, listing individual doses per identified animal.
Depending on the drug being tested, different doses of a potential analgesic may be administered to normal or diabetic animals 5-15 min prior behavioral tests. Proper controls must be included (i.e., age-matched animals injected with vehicle alone and/or diabetic rats without PDN) and tested using identical conditions (e.g., same starting temperature of the plate). Chronic effects of drugs can be tested as well.
5. Representative Results
The lowest plate temperature evoking nocifensive reactions in either hind-paw of young adult normal non-treated rats or mice were determined following steps 2-1 to 2-6. As shown in Figure 1, TNT of normal young adult rats and mice were 47.2 ± 0.2 °C and 47.5 ± 0.5 °C, respectively.
We have observed neither significant daily variation of individual's TNTs (Figure 2A) nor significant changes of TNTs among individuals of the same age (Figure 2B). TNT differences due to gender were not observed (not shown).
TNTs of young adult STZ-diabetic rats were determined in a similar fashion as for normal rats (Steps 3.1 to 3.3). However, the starting plate's temperature was set to 15 °C instead of 28 °C. The nocifensive behavior of STZ-diabetic rats was assessed at least three times in an individual and in a daily fashion starting eleven days post-STZ injection. As shown in Figure 3, a significant drop (p<0.01) in the TNT of STZ-diabetic rats becomes evident two weeks post-STZ injection. The mean TNT of STZ-diabetic rats was 45.6 ± 0.1 °C (n=16, pooled values from days 14-23).
Diabetic rats exhibiting significantly lower TNT than normal were considered to have PDN. These rats were used to test the acute anti-nociceptive properties of an analgesic (compound A). TNTs were determined in normal and diabetic rats injected with either a single dose of the compound or vehicle alone five minutes before the test. As shown in Figure 4, a single intra-peritoneal dose of the compound significantly increased TNTs of diabetic rats when compared to rats treated with vehicle alone (45.6 °C vs 47.6 °C, respectively). The anti-nocifensive effect of compound A was also observed in normal rats; although significant (p<0.01), it was less pronounced (47.4 °C vs 48.0 °C, respectively).
Figure 1. Determination of TNTs of normal young adult rats or mice: The TNTs of young adult rats (p21-24) or mice (p20-21) were tested in the iHPAM following the steps outlined above. A total of 12 rats and 25 mice were tested. Measurements were performed during several days and the results were pooled. Results are expressed as mean ± SEM. The minimum and maximum TNT values recorded in these rats were 46.2 °C and 48.6 °C respectively. In the case of mice, the maximum and minimum TNT values recorded were 48.8 °C and 44.9 °C, respectively.
Figure 2. Age-dependency of TNTs in rats and mice: A) Plotted are the TNTs of four normal rats (n=4) of 21 days of age determined at least three times daily during 5 days. B) TNTs of mice littermates determined once at indicated ages. The numbers on top of each determination point represents the number of littermates used.
Figure 3. Diabetic rats become hyperalgesic 3 weeks after the onset of diabetes: TNTs of six (n=6) age matched young adult STZ-diabetic rats were determined every day starting 11 days post-induction of diabetes. Shown are daily TNT averages (mean ± SEM). Diabetic TNTs determined between 11-13 days post-STZ injection were within the normal range (red line). Two weeks after STZ injection TNTs decreased significantly to 45.1 ± 0.4 °C, (p<0.05).
Figure 4. Acute anti-nocifensive effects of compound B in STZ-diabetic rats. Young adult normal rats (blue group n=12) and age matched STZ-diabetic hyperalgesic rats (green group n=6) were tested in the iHPAM after intraperitoneal injection of vehicle (dark bars) or compound A (light bars). The mean TNT ± SEM for each treatment (vehicle control or compound A-treated) are shown. Asterisks denote statistical differences (p<0.05).
Similarly to the classic hot plate test to quantify thermal hyperalgesia4,13, the assay of nociception described here permits a fast and reliable way to quantify nocifensive behavior in rats and mice. However, contrary to classic test, the incremental hot-plate method is non-invasive and virtually stress-free. Although some restrain is necessary to perform the test (i.e., the animal must be in the observation chamber), rats or mice are accustomed to similar areas (e.g., housing cages).
Under the conditions described, normal young adult rats and mice showed nocifensive behavior at temperatures surrounding 47 °C. Although these thresholds are slightly higher than those reported by other investigators3,5,13, our results are in agreement with the thermal nociceptive threshold of 46-48 °C observed in humans14, monkeys15 and other animal models10. The differences in TNTs from our studies and those published3,5,13 may be related to the age of the animals used. Indeed, thermal nociceptive thresholds are higher in young adult rats than those of rats that are 4 wk of age or older16.
In conclusion, following the steps outlined above, the incremental hot-plate analgesia meter allows determination of the thermo-nociceptive thresholds of normal/diabetic rats or mice in a reproducible manner. Further, upon administration of analgesics, particularly to hyperalgesic rats, an increase in the TNT can be statistically detected. This method can be useful to screen potential analgesics in mice and rats under conditions of minimal stress.
We have decided not to disclose the identity of the analgesic used in these experiments. Part of the results shown here has been presented in the 71st Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association (San Diego CA) and the 47th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (Lisbon, Portugal).
This work was funded by the American Diabetes Association (ADA), Grant JF1-10-14 (MDiF). We would like to thank the personnel of the Laboratory of Animal Resources at WSU. Authors gratefully acknowledge assistance with the statistical analysis of data from Neil Paton, Ph.D.
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Written in 1944, "The Glass Menagerie" was Tennessee Williams' first success, launching him on a career as one of the greatest American playwrights of all time. Today, 60 years later, there's still no denying the play's power and artistry, even in a less than ideal production by San Jose Stage Company. Instead of creating four complex characters, James Reese directs his talented cast in somewhat one-dimensional portrayals.
Part of the problem involves casting. Randall King, the company's artistic director, plays Tom, the quasi-autobiographical character who serves as narrator in this memory play. Perhaps a slightly younger actor would be more suitable, but the larger issue is that he is directed to play Tom as too much the drunkard. Moreover, Tom should be seen as a poet who happens to work in a warehouse, not as a warehouse worker who happens to write poetry.
Maureen McVerry plays his mother, Amanda, a Southern belle who married a telephone company worker who deserted her and their two children, leaving them in poverty in St. Louis. Amanda, one of the great female characters of the American theater, constantly tries to push her now-adult children, Tom and Laura (Chloë Bronzan), to better themselves. She also seems to live in the past, endlessly prattling about her genteel girlhood in the South, where she had gentlemen callers galore. But beneath the talking and the pushing there's a mother who genuinely loves her children. She wants them to do well, but she realizes they have difficulty coping with everyday life, and she's terribly afraid of what might happen to them. The youthful, vivacious McVerry needs to portray her as more faded, more caring and more despairing. She's not directed that way, but she's still the dominant character in this play.
Bronzan's portrayal of Laura is closer to the character. Painfully shy and self-conscious because of a limp, Laura has essentially retreated into her own world: a collection of tiny glass animals (hence the title) and some scratchy Victrola records that belonged to her father.
The most complete characterization comes from Bill Olson as Jim, the gentleman caller, one of Tom's co-workers at the warehouse. Unbeknownst to Jim, Amanda has invested much energy and emotion in his coming to the Wingfield home for dinner one night. She sees him as Laura's only hope. A friendly, talkative man, he sees the evening as just an opportunity for dinner and casual conversation. However, he's kind to Laura, bringing her out of herself more than anyone else, then unintentionally dashing her hopes.
Violinist Timothy Kovatch, playing music by Nick Flynn, adds to the atmosphere created by set designer Ching-Yi Wei, costume designer Michele Wynne, light designer Maurice Vercoutere and sound designer Andy Hohenner.
"The Glass Menagerie" is such a great, thought-provoking play that not even some directorial missteps can undermine it.
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FINAL — A big win for Kennedy, 63-31. The Lancers will face Shadle Park to determine the state champion tomorrow night at 7 p.m. Meadowdale will take on Holy Names to determine third and sixth places at 3:30 p.m.
Boys game final — Columbia River 52, Bellevue 51. Wow.
2:27 4th qtr — Madison hits a bucket from under the basket to make it 59-29. A happy-looking Williams takes a seat on the bench, replaced by senior Jamie Yellam.
3:54 4th qtr — O’Neill has fouled out, replaced by Hailey Helber. Allie Madison comes in for the Lancers. 56-29 Kennedy.
Update from the boys game — Bellevue has made up a lot of ground in an improbable comeback against Columbia River. Bellevue was down double digits with less than a minute to go. The teams are now playing in OT.
6:27 4th qtr — Meadowdale’s Michaela O’Neill hits a nice three-pointer practically from the sidelines to make it 51-26 Kennedy. O’Neill comes back for another bucket. 52-28.
End of the 3rd qtr — Kennedy 49, Meadowdale 21. It’s turning into a rout for the Lancers.
1:20 3rd qtr — Another effortless looking three from Fuller. And ANOTHER. Amazing — three in a row. And a wide open bucket from Brown on a Fuller assist. Kennedy, secure in a 25 point lead on a 15-1 run, has pulled some of its starters.
2:10 3rd qtr — A big three from Fuller has the Kennedy crowd in an uproar. The Lancers now hold an 18 point lead, 38-20.
3:37 3rd qtr — Brown is not happy about her second foul, but Meadowdale misses a tre to give Kennedy possession again. Goins gets the score. This is proving to be the difference in the game — Kennedy is more effective converting its possessions to baskets. 35-20.
4:33 3rd qtr — Alexis Nugent and Gabi Beyer score three (bucket for Nugent, free throw for Beyer) but Lemon scores again to mkae it 31-18. Fjortoft comes down the line for a nice two-pointer, and Kennedy takes a time out. 31-20.
6:30 3rd qtr — Fjortoft scores the first bucket of the half, and Brown and Lemon quickly respond with another four points. 29-13 Lancers.
Some halftime numbers: Meadowdale was 2/9 FG for a 22.2 percent shooting average. Kennedy was 6/21 for 28.6 percent. Fjortoft has put up seven points for the Mavericks. Yaz Fuller leads Kennedy with seven, Aminah Williams has six and Andrea Goins has four.
At the half — Kennedy 25, Meadowdale 11. This has been u-g-l-y. The Mavericks have made just two field goals in the game, one in each quarter. Kennedy hit only one field goal in the second period. The free throws are ridiculous (back with just how ridiculous in a few minutes).
2:12 2nd qtr — Meadowdale has missed the front ends of three 1-and-1s. Kennedy leads 23-9 and Yaz Fuller (2 fouls) is back in the game along with Jasmine Lemon (2 fouls).
Boys update — Bellevue and Columbia River tied at 20.
4:00 2nd qtr — Alexis Nugent ends a five-minute scoring drought for Meadowdale, but Kennedy gets two more free throws (these from Andrea Goins, who is 4-for-4 this quarter). Kennedy 22, Meadowdale 8.
5:27 2nd qtr — This has become an early parade to the free-throw line. Both teams have 9 fouls. Jennica McPhearson just hit 1 of 2 for Kennedy, which leads 18-6.
6:00 2nd qtr — Daidra Brown just missed two free throws. Last night, she made 10 straight in the 2nd half. Kennedy leads 15-6 with Fjortoft at the line. She missed the front of a 1-and-1.
7:11 2nd qtr — Fuller picked up her second foul quickly and goes to the bench. Allie Madison, who came in for Lemon, hits two free throws and is back at the line with Kennedy leading 14-6. Time out Meadowdale.
End of 1st — Williams nails a three-ball just before the end of the quarter as Kennedy opens up 12-6 lead. Meadowdale scored 1 point in the final 4:31.
1:10 1st qtr — The Lancers get their first lead (7-5) on a basket by Aminah Williams off a feed from Fuller. Fjortoft adds another free throw for Meadowdale and has all six of their points.
2:50 1st qtr — Kennedy trailed 5-0 (all five from Fjortoft) before Yaz Fuller got them on the board. Fuller followed with another driving basket and tacked on a free throw. It’s 5-5.
4:48 1st qtr — Fjortoft has 2 more free throws and Meadowdale has a 3-0 lead. Jasmine Lemon was just called for an offensivev foul, her second foul of the game, and she takes a seat.
5:39 1st qtr — Both teams are off to a slow start. Julia Fjortoft made 1 of 2 free throws for Meadowdale and Kennedy has yet to score.
Pregame — Introductions are just under way in the second semifinal of the 3A girls tournament between top-ranked, unbeaten Kennedy and No. 10 Meadowdale. The winner will play No. 5 Shadle Park of Spokane in tomorrow’s championship game. Shadle used some tough defense to down No. 7 Holy Names in the first semi, 43-28.


Thailand imposes nationwide curfew to curb coronavirus
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand will impose a nationwide night curfew from Friday to try to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the prime minister said on Thursday, adding that people had to adapt to survive.
The 10 p.m.-4 a.m. curfew, which will run indefinitely, is the latest measure by the government to curb gatherings and have people stay at home as much as possible.
Exceptions include those people transporting medical supplies and health workers travelling to and from work, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said.
“We prioritise health over freedom,” said Prayuth, a retired army general who seized power in a 2014 coup and was re-installed as a civilian prime minister after a disputed general election over a year ago.
“We might not feel as comfortable as before, but we all need to adapt for survival and have social responsibility, so that we can make it through this crisis.”
Prayuth also said he would ensure that hospitals get the supplies they need, describing medical staff as the “vanguard” against an “invisible enemy”.
In a televised address, Prayuth also asked all Thai citizens abroad to “delay” returning to Thailand until after April 15 in a bid to stop imported cases.
Since March 1, Thailand has seen rising numbers of cases who became infected abroad before returning to Thailand and has put nearly 2,000 people who came into contact with them into quarantine.
Last week, Thailand closed all border crossings for everyone except for Thai nationals, diplomats and their families, and foreigners with permits allowing them to work in Thailand.


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LONG as of the close of Friday August 27, 2021
Previous SGS Status
SGS is a Long-Term (weeks to months) Timer
Why Market Timing Is A Must
There is an excellent chance that the recent selling is done and indices resume their advance higher because fundamentally nothing has changed. The Fed's put is very much in and continues to be in for the foreseeable future. The recent selling, for the most part, has been done by passive investors following seasonality. They expect September and October to be bad months for stocks as they expected last May was time to "sell and go away". Indices also declined for a couple of weeks back in early May this year.
As of the close of last Friday (9/17), the value of SGS was calculated to be +51 and the status of SGS remains LONG.
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CHRIS Hughton admitted he was delighted at how his Blues players responded after their midweek mishap.
Blues corrected a lot of wrongs that were evident in the 3-1 loss at Leicester City.
Victory over Middlesbrough was deserved and the manager said: “You’re after a reaction every game.
“We were disappointed with the overall performance at Leicester. One thing we stressed was that we had to make sure we had more of the ball than we did at Leicester. We gave the ball away too much. Consequently they punished us.
“I thought we were a lot better on the ball and we used the front players to good effect and it was good to see them on the scoresheet.”
He dismissed the theory that Blues were up against it because of the volume of fixtures. “No, I think there has been a lot made of the fact that we have played so many games. We can’t deny that. Sometimes how you feel is a reflection of how you play.
“We finished the game strong and we didn’t see a tired-looking team at the end. You don’t look tired when you are winning.
“I think perhaps our form has dropped a bit, and that might have been a reflection of how people saw us. I think it’s more down to having to manoeuvre things in the team, we’ve brought in some loan players, we’ve had some injuries and the make-up of the team has changed a little bit. Sometimes it takes a little bit of time.
“But I thought it was a real good high-energy game. The players went about it, everything they did, really well. We need to take it forward.”


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Arizona’s Merrill Kelly hopes to emulate St. Louis pitcher Miles Mikolas.
Kelly, 30, reached Triple-A during five seasons in the Rays’ organization, went to South Korea and won 48 games over four years with the SK Wyverns.
Mikolas won 31 games in Japan with the Central League’s Yomiuri Giants from 2015 through ’17, then signed a $15.5 million, two-year contract with St. Louis and went 18-4. The Cardinals rewarded him with a $68 million, four-year deal covering 2020 through ’23.
“I definitely paid attention to him a lot last year,” Kelly said. “I was checking the box scores. My goal was obviously to come back, and to see him go to Asia and dominate the way he did, and come back and dominate the way he did … I was definitely rooting him on.”
Kelly helped SK Wyverns win last year’s title under ex-Kansas City manager Trey Hillman.
“It’s an experience that I can look back on 20 years from now and say I am really glad I spent four years there,” Kelly said.
Arizona general manager Mike Hazen said the team had scouted Kelly in Asia and liked “the mix of pitches, the stuff, strike-throwing ability.”
Kelly was drafted by the Rays out of Arizona State in 2010. Primarily a sinker/changeup pitcher with Tampa Bay, Kelly said he threw more four-seam fastballs and curveballs in South Korea. He added a cut fastball to better attack left-handed hitters and also saw his velocity rise to the low- to mid-90 mph range.
The departures of Patrick Corbin and Clay Buchholz as free agents created opportunity to join a rotation headed by Zack Greinke and Robbie Ray.
“We’re going to count on him,” Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said. “I encouraged him to embrace those expectations and understand that he’s ready for these types of challenges. I think he is going to have a good year for us.”
Briefly: Boston pitcher Steven Wright will sit out the first 80 games of the season after testing positive for human growth hormone, a second suspension for the knuckleballer who missed 15 games last year for violating baseball’s domestic-violence policy. … Major League Baseball is investigating whether Philadelphia’s Bryce Harper committed a tampering violation when he lobbied for Mike Trout, who isn’t a free agent for two more seasons, to join the Phillies. … The Yankees’ Luis Severino expects to resume a throwing program in two weeks. He will miss his scheduled start on Opening Day (March 28) because of right shoulder inflammation. … Right-hander Jose Leclerc and the Rangers have agreed to a $14.75 million, four-year contract, a deal that covers the closer’s arbitration seasons.
This post was originally posted at https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Arizona-s-Merrill-Kelly-hopes-to-emulate-13669150.php.


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BIGORANGE my cat seem sick all of a sudden
We have a nine month old Orange tabby cat, in the last day or so he has not been eating, seems sluggish, makes weird gaging coughing sounds, and seems to be losing weight. He has been eating alot of mice latly but this has not caused problems in the past dose this sound like a problem that a cat gets when digesting mice. Selena
It is possible that he may have a small bone caught either in his mouth or throat which may be causing him problems. If he continues not to eat for another day or so then i would definitely recommned that you get a vet to take a look at him. Don't let the not eating go on for too many days as he will be getting weaker.
Although cats do eat birds and mice etc sometimes if they do eat too many then the small bones can accumulate and cause problems. So it may be that your kitty is in this situation.
Hope he is better soon
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The Quantum Series, with a sleek, low-profile design and outstanding intelligibility, was the ideal choice for the new restaurant
La Estacion American Brasserie is a 240-seat, 10,000-square-foot restaurant and bar with four private event spaces and a large open kitchen. La Estacion is rapidly becoming the new go-to restaurant for Brightline’s guests (soon-to-be Virgin Trains USA), neighboring residents, and the professionals who work at Miami Central and the surrounding area. To ensure the finest background music, the restaurant’s management elected to deploy DAS Audio´s new Quantum Series loudspeakers.
Sound Investment Audio, a privately held consulting and AV systems design firm with offices in Chicago, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas, was contracted to handle the installation of the new sound system at La Estacion. David Asimos, Project Manager with the company, oversaw La Estacion’s sales, design, and build phases.
La Estacion has multiple areas designed to accommodate a variety of activities. As such, the new sound system, with a sleek, low-profile design and outstanding intelligibility, was specifically designed to accommodate individual control within these areas.
“La Estacion is one of Miami’s new hotspots for dining,” Asimos reports. “To ensure the best possible background music, we elected to install thirty DAS Quantum Q-23-T full range loudspeakers and eight Q-10 subwoofers. These loudspeakers are specifically designed for fixed-venue installations. They provide outstanding speech intelligibility and configurable response, making the Quantum Series ideal for spaces with complex acoustic conditions and immersive experiences.”
Asimos reports that La Estacion has multiple areas designed to accommodate a variety of activities. As such, the new sound system was specifically designed to accommodate individual control within these areas. “We needed a solution where the size—or low-profile design of the loudspeakers—was important, without compromising sound quality and intelligibility. For this application, DAS Audio’s Quantum Series was the perfect choice.”For many installation projects, the ability to receive accurate information in timely fashion is key to keeping a project on track. In this regard, Asimos rates DAS Audio very favorably. “DAS Audio’s customer and technical support services are fantastic,” he said. “I was very impressed with the company’s responsiveness and the fact that the information they provided resulted in the best solutions for this job.”
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Animal Kingdom , winner of the 2011 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), returned to Keeneland Oct. 22 from his home base at Fair Hill, Md., to continue preparations for a Nov. 3 run at the Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT) at Santa Anita Park.
With regular exercise rider David Nava aboard, Animal Kingdom came to the main track around 8:30 a.m. the morning of Oct. 23. Accompanied by a pony, he jogged up the stretch to the middle of the far turn and then turned in a strong gallop under stout restraint while going a little more than 1 1/4 miles on his own.
The Mile will be the 4-year-old colt's first start since February; he has not raced for trainer Graham Motion and Team Valor International since a Gulfstream Park allowance victory on the grass Feb. 18. A stress fracture of the ilium developed three weeks later and knocked him out of training for the $10 million Dubai World Cup (UAE-I), but the injury did not require surgery and healed with 30 days of stall rest.
Animal Kingdom, who resumed training in June and began breezing Aug. 21, is scheduled to have his final pre-Breeders' Cup breeze at Keeneland Oct. 26. He will then ship to California Oct. 27.
The son of Leroidesanimaux broke his maiden at the Lexington oval in his second start two years ago and trained there for nearly a month prior to winning the Kentucky Derby. He is a Team Valor homebred out of the Acatenango mare Dalicia and has a 4-3-0 record from eight starts with earnings of $1,967,500.


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The Electronic Health Record (EHR) is a longitudinal electronic record of patient health information generated by one or more encounters in any care delivery setting. Included in this information are patient demographics, progress notes, problems, medications, vital signs, past medical history, immunizations, laboratory data and radiology reports. The EHR automates and streamlines the clinician's workflow. The EHR has the ability to generate a complete record of a clinical patient encounter - as well as supporting other care-related activities directly or indirectly via interface - including evidence-based decision support, quality management, and outcomes reporting.
In this section you will find many resources that contribute to the ability for healthcare organizations to realize a longitudinal electronic record that spans across the continuum of healthcare.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released feedback reports covering the 2013 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) and Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program.
The ONC recently submitted their 2014 report to Congress detailing progress made on the HITECH Act, including, according to their news release, “health IT adoption, health information exchange, and use of electronic health information to advance better care and better health”.
In a news release sent out on Tuesday, October 7th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it would “reopen the submission period for hardship exception applications for eligible professionals and eligible hospitals to avoid the 2015 Medicare payment adjustments for not demonstrating meaningful use of Certified Electronic Health Record Technology (CEHRT).”


Long story short, I got a projector and I wanted to mount it so it displays in my living room. I’m in a 4th story apartment – I know, I know, I shouldn’t be drilling holes when I’m renting, but I’ve gotten pretty good at drywall repair and all this needed was two bolts.
Got out my stud finder, found what appeared to be a stud (the next one was 19″ or so down which was kind of odd), checked it for AC runs and everything looked to be good.
Then I tried screwing into the “stud”. I gave some new lag screws a try that were supposed to be self-drilling but they didn’t catch, so I grabbed a drill bit to do a pilot hole. Next thing I know, I drilled though what feels like a really thin metal plate. Something like 1/32″ maybe, I barely put pressure on the drill bit and it was through. Behind it is just empty space.
I’m really confused what I may have drilled into. There’s no ductwork that goes across this spot, but it is the bottom side of a little lofted area so there’s a floor on top of it. Maybe it’s fire resistant flashing? I’m not sure.
I’m hoping anyone has advice on what this might be. I really don’t think it was a protective plate since it took barely any effort to drill through. Any advice on where to find my stud would be great too, since I really don’t want to try to mount a projector with toggle bolts.


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Thick and fudgy mocha brownies with shiny paper thin tops, a hint of peppermint flavor, and a sprinkle of crushed peppermint candies.
‘Tis the season for all things peppermint and I’m not done yet. I’ve already shared my Dark Chocolate Peppermint Bundt Cake and my Triple Chocolate Peppermint Macarons, and now it’s time for these Peppermint Mocha Brownies. I guess my love of dark chocolate over white chocolate is abundantly clear at this point. Who’s with me?
These brownies are super easy to make – no stand mixer required. It all comes together in one big bowl, minus the one you’ll melt the chocolate and butter in but, eh details. Let’s get to it!
How to Make Peppermint Mocha Brownies
Preheat the oven to 350 and line a 9X9 baking pan with parchment paper. Leave an overhang of parchment so that the brownies can be easily removed from the pan for slicing once they cool.
In a double boiler, or a glass bowl over a saucepan filled with a couple inches of water, melt the butter and chocolate until smooth. Remove from heat and set aside.
In a large bowl, combine the eggs, egg whites, and sugar. Whisk for 3-5 minutes, until the mixture has lightened in color to a pale yellow. It’s very important to whisk for a long time, because it whips air into the batter, which does two things in this recipe.
- It acts as the leavening in these Peppermint Mocha Brownies, since we aren’t using any baking powder or baking soda and is what will help the brownies rise.
- The air that is whipped into the batter is what creates those shiny, paper-thin tops on the brownies.
Once the eggs and sugar has been whisked for 3-5 minutes, whisk in the vanilla extract and peppermint extract. Then, while continuing to whisk, pour in the slightly cooled butter/chocolate mixture. Whisk until combined.
Fold in the flour, cocoa powder, espresso powder, and salt using a rubber spatula. Fold just until combined, then pour into the prepared pan and spread into and even layer using an offset spatula. Sprinkle on the crushed peppermint candies and bake at 350 for 25-27 minutes.
The brownies may look slightly under baked in the center, but will continue to set as they sit in the hot pan on the counter. Let brownies cool completely, then remove from pan using the parchment overhang. Slice into 16 brownie squares, and serve. These Peppermint Mocha Brownies are amazing all on their own, but if you want to take them up a notch, serve them with a scoop of peppermint ice cream an a drizzle of hot fudge.Print
Thick and fudgy mocha brownies with paper thin shiny tops, a hint of peppermint flavor, and a sprinkle of crushed peppermint candies.
- 3/4 C Unsalted Butter (1 1/2 Sticks or 12 TBSP)
- 1 1/4 C Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
- 3 Lg Eggs, + 1 Egg White
- 1 1/2 C Granulated Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 tsp Peppermint Extract
- 3/4 C All Purpose Flour
- 1/2 C Cocoa Powder
- 1 TBSP Espresso Powder
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/4 C. Crushed Peppermint Candies
- Preheat the oven to 350 and line a 9X9 pan with parchment paper.
- In a double boiler or glass bowl over a saucepan filled with 2 inches of water, melt the chocolate chips and butter until smooth, remove from heat and set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, egg whites, and sugar for 3-5 minutes.
- Whisk in the vanilla and peppermint extracts.
- While continuing to whisk, slowly pour in the chocolate/butter mixture. Whisk until combined.
- Using a rubber spatula, fold in the flour, cocoa powder, espresso powder, and salt.
- Pour into the prepared pan, top with crushed peppermint candies, and bake at 350 for 25-27 minutes.
- Let cool, then remove from pan and slice.
*I like to use the soft, melt in your mouth peppermint candies over actual crushed candy canes.
*Brownies will keep on the counter covered for 2-3 days, or in the fridge for up to a week.
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