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Composed by Morton Gould; arranged by Bill Finegan and Glenn Miller.
Recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra for Bluebird on April 18, 1939 in New York.
Glenn Miller, first and solo trombone, directing: Bob Price, first trumpet: Dale McMickle and Legh Knowles, trumpets; Al Mastren and Paul Tanner, trombones; Hal McIntyre, first alto saxophone; Wilbur Schwartz, alto saxophone and clarinet; Al Klink and Gordon “Tex” Beneke, tenor saxophones; Stanley Aronson, alto saxophone; J. Chalmers MacGregor, piano; Arthur Enns, guitar; Rowland Bundock, bass; Maurice “Moe” Purtill, drums.
The story: I have written often about the excitement I feel when listening to a band, an instrumental soloist or a vocalist when they are in the midst of “happening.” By that I mean when they are just beginning to demonstrate greatness. This recording was made when the early stirrings of greatness were to be heard in the music of Glenn Miller’s band in the spring of 1939. Before then, Miller had a good band, though however well they played, they had not yet begun to really be successful in a big way with audiences. The process of building their success took place through the first half of 1939, starting slowly, and accelerating greatly through the early summer, when they were appearing and and broadcasting on radio over NBC on a sustaining (unsponsored) basis from Glen Island Casino in New Rochelle, New York. Musically, the Miller band kept getting better through this period as well.
The Miller band in the Bluebird recording studio in Manhattan on April 4, 1939, the day they recorded “Moonlight Serenade.” Front, L-R: Stanley “Moose” Aronson, Willie Schwartz, Hal McIntyre, Al “Mose” Klink, Tex Beneke; middle: Paul Tanner, Al Mastren, Frankie Carlson, Rolly Bundock; back: Mickey McMickle. Note that Klink is playing alto saxophone.(1) Carlson, who was Woody Herman’s regular drummer, was subbing as Miller awaited the arrival of Moe Purtill.
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra were rehearsing in the Haven studio on West 54th Street in Manhattan the afternoon of March 1, 1939, Miller’s 35th birthday. Prior to that, he and his band had been playing rather unremarkable series of one-night stands for several weeks. The last date they had played was on February 26, at the Ritz Ballroom in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The dates from February 27 through March 2 were open. At that moment, the prospects for success for the Miller band were not particularly bright. Then, something happened that in retrospect started to change Miller’s fortunes for the better. Mike Nidorf (2), Miller’s liaison with General Amusement Corporation (later General Artists Corporation) (GAC), Miller’s booking agent, brought him the news that the band had been booked for a location engagement lasting several weeks at Glen Island Casino in New Rochele, New York, starting on May 17. That venue was valuable to any band that played there because of the NBC radio network connection there which allowed frequent nationwide radio broadcasts. The amount of good publicity for those bands and their music that resulted was immense. This was a major breakthrough for Miller.
Parleying the Glen Island engagement into another major booking for the Miller band, Nidorf sold them to Frank Dailey at the Meadowbrook Ballroom in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, playing-up the idea that he could pre-empt what was hoped to be the breakout success for the Miller band at Glen Island Casino. They opened at the Meadowbrook on either March 5 or March 7 and stayed there until April 20. Through that engagement the Miller band was broadcast (on a sustaining basis) over the NBC Blue radio network on Sundays at midnight, and Thursdays and Fridays at 11:30 p.m. On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, they were broadcast over the Mutual radio network. These broadcasts were having an effect: more people were becoming aware of who Glenn Miller was and what his music sounded like.(3) (Above left: The interior of the Meadowbrook Ballroom.)
The music: Morton Gould (1913–1996) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist. He was a child prodigy who was always adept at improvisation at the piano and writing musical compositions. His first composition was published when he was six. Gould studied at the Institute of Musical Art (predecessor to the Juilliard School of Music) in New York. In the early 1930s, he worked in a wide variety of venues in New York playing piano. When Radio City Music Hall opened on December 27, 1932, Gould, then nineteen years old, was hired as the staff pianist. By 1935, he was conducting and arranging orchestral programs for New York radio station WOR, one of three flagship stations for the Mutual Broadcasting System (4), and began to become known to a national radio audience by combining popular music with classical music. Although Gould got his start and created his public persona on radio in the 1930s and 1940s, he also composed music for Broadway, for feature films and for television. (5)
Gould also composed symphonic pieces. One such was his American Symphonette No. 2, which was completed in 1936. “Its second movement, entitled Pavane, took on a life of its own, and kept getting faster and faster and getting further away from its original feeling… as various bands converted it into a swing instrumental. ‘Glenn Miller did a jazz/swing version which was quite different, but very exciting, and an awfully good arrangement… When I first heard it, I said ‘What is it? But I thought it was a hell of a good performance.'”(6) (Above right; Morton Gould – 1941.)
The Miller recording performance is indeed very good, and it reflects Miller’s insistence on perfection. At this phase of what eventually became Glenn Miller’s great civilian band, he had a tendency to really lean on his sidemen to achieve letter-perfect performances. Consequently, the music, as beautifully performed as it is, is a bit stiff. Nevertheless, this recording has a period charm that is beguiling.
The arrangement, which has always been attributed to Bill Finegan, sounds to me like it is much more the work of Glenn Miller than of Bill Finegan. Miller did not hesitate to revise the work of his arrangers in this early period, sometimes quite extensively. (Below left: editor-in-chief, Glenn Miller.)
The adjectives minimalist, repetitive and catchy certainly apply to the first and third choruses of this arrangement. The performance starts with an introduction that includes Chummy MacGregor’s piano, Moe Purtill’s choked high-hat cymbals, and the straight-muted brass. The first chorus of this AABA 32-bar song is played with Miller’s signature reed sound, Willie Schwartz’s clarinet blended with Al Klink’s tenor saxophone playing the melody, with those straight-muted brass adding a sonic and rhythmic contrast for the first 16 bars. The muted brass play the secondary melody on the bridge or B segment against low, humming saxophones. On the final A section of the first chorus, the format of the first sixteen bars is repeated. This is all done very simply and predictably: Miller’s intention was to make sure the listener heard the melody and heard the essence of his signature reed voicing through the first chorus.
The second chorus, surely one of Miller’s best efforts, begins with a totally different sound, that of the clipped open brass, moving up in register, undergirded by the three open trombones, which make very interesting oo-ah sounds as tenor saxophonist Tex Beneke begins to play his solo. This background scheme is followed through the first eight bars of Beneke’s solo, and then repeated in the second eight with the trombones adding a subtle but effective growl. (Below right: bassist Rolly Bundock, drummer Moe Purtill and pianist Chummy MacGregor – 1939.)
The next sixteen bars presents another Miller device, one that would be used to great effect in his soon-to-be-recorded “In the Mood,” that of an ensemble that builds intensity by using dynamics. The open brass, played gently and quietly, but rhythmically, set up a riff. Then the reeds, by contrast, come in, warm and smooth. All the while, the instruments are being played ever louder, until the climax is reached by the entire band playing forte, with drummer Moe Purtill capping the roar of the band with a few well-placed cymbal swishes.
The third chorus reprises the sounds of the first chorus, with a brief trombone solo by Miller himself (played with a straight mute), just enough to add a new sound to the music. The performance dwindles dynamically into the quiet ending, provided by the muted brass and the almost inaudible final bass note, provided by Rolly Bundock.
The first chorus of this performance has always suggested to me the music of swing era eccentric, Raymond Scott. The second and third choruses are vintage Miller.
P.S. Morton Gould composed “Pavane” using the title “Pavane,” as used most memorably by Maurice Ravel to identify his iconic composition Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une Infante Defunte). Somewhere along the line between the original title and Miller’s Bluebird record, a second “n” was added.
Composed by Morton Gould, arranged by Glenn Miller and Bill Finegan. The original arrangement was reconstructed by Billy May.
Recorded by Billy May and the Swing Era Orchestra on July 8, 1970 for Capitol in Hollywood.
Billy May, directing: John M. Best, first trumpet; Clarence F. Sherock, and Uan Rasey, trumpets; Francis “Joe” Howard, Dick Noel and Lew McCreary, trombones; Wilbur Schwartz, first clarinet and alto saxophone; Abe Most, alto saxophone; Justin Gordon and Plas Johnson, tenor saxophones; Jack Nimitz, alto saxophone; Ray Sherman, piano; Jack Marshall, guitar; Rolly Bundock, bass; Nick Fatool, drums.
If anyone understood Glenn Miller’s approach to music, it was Billy May. May worked in the Miller band for almost two years, during the time of its greatest success. He played trumpet, often taking jazz solos. He also wrote a good many arrangements for the band. But it is unlikely that he ever played “Pavanne” while he was a member of Glenn Miller’s band. That tune was arranged and recorded in the spring of 1939, some eighteen months before May arrived on the Miller scene. Big bands during the swing era, especially successful ones like Miller’s, had a voracious appetite for music. Consequently new tunes/arrangements were constantly being added to the band’s book, and old ones retired. (7) Nevertheless, when May reconstructed the Miller/Finegan arrangement and then led a band of swing era veterans on this recording of it, the resulting music reflected not only the character of the Miller original, but the spirit and skill of this band of master musicians. The brilliant high-fidelity stereophonic sound also allows the listener to have a much more vivid listening experience.
The signature Miller reed sound in this performance was handled by clarinetist Willie Schwartz, who had played on the original recording, and tenor saxophonist Justin Gordon. Bassist Rolly Bundock, who also played on the original, can be heard in this recording much more clearly and distinctly. His work with the other members of the rhythm section is more relaxed and flowing than in the Miller recording. The first trumpet part in this performance was played by John Best, a Miller alumnus summa cum laude, who had his own sound and rhythmic approach, both of which reflected a deep swing sensibility. (Above left Miller alumni at a Swing Era Orchestra recording session in 1970: L-R: Rolly Bundock, Billy May, Willie Schwartz and John Best.)
The tenor saxophone solo in the second chorus is by Justin Gordon, whose sound and feel for the music was quite different from Tex Beneke’s in 1939. The sound of the building open brass together with the fluid reeds after Gordon’s solo is a joy to hear. Particularly effective is how bassist Bundock and drummer Nick Fatool dig in and swing mightily as the ensemble builds to its climax.
The brief trombone solo in the third chorus was played by Joe Howard.
The recordings presented with this post were digitally remastered by Mile Zirpolo.
Notes and links:
(1) Al Klink joined the band in late January of 1939. He was asked to play alto until an opening on tenor came up, then he could switch to tenor, his preferred horn. It appears that Klink did play alto for about three months, until shortly before Stanley Aronson left the band on April 21, 1939. Therefore, it is likely that Klink played tenor saxophone on this recording.
(2) Miller hired Mike Nidorf as his personal manager at the end of 1939, at the time he and his band began to be featured on their own CBS network radio show, Glenn Miller’s Moonlight Serenade, sponsored by Chesterfield Cigarettes.
(3)The details of the Miller band’s activities in the period from February until May of 1939 come from: Moonlight Serenade …A Bio-discography of the Glenn Miller Civilian Band (1972), by John Flower, (44-60). Hereafter Flower.
(4) The other two major radio stations that affiliated with WOR in 1934 as flagship stations for the Mutual Broadcasting System were WLW in Cincinnati and WGN in Chicago.
(5) The basic outline of Morton Gould’s early career was extracted from the Wikipedia post on him.
(6) The Swing Era 1938-1939 (1970), notes on the music by Joseph Kastner, (55).
(7) Known performances of “Pavanne” by the Miller band, other than the Bluebird recording made on April 18, 1939, include one broadcast from Glen Island Casino in the summer of 1939, and two that were broadcast in the early days of Miller’s tenure on his Chesterfield radio show, on January 18 and March 7, 1940. (Flower: pages 60, 84, 120 and 144.)


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Guanacaste and the Nicoya Peninsula from the Surf Spot N° 1 Ollie’s Point up to N° 41) Las Pangas – Playa Montezuma: you can catch the best waves from September until March. Even though there are waves all year round these are the best months for the region since winds blow in from the east during this time of year. These winds are known as off shore winds. It’s also the best time to get access to the area since the rainy season is from the months of March through to September and most of the surf spots are only accessible with the use of a 4 x 4 vehicle. The Pacific North coast is blessed with off shore winds and is notorious for easily trapping Northwest swells. When these two elements come together they form a most magical coast line.
1) OLLIE’S POINT (BAHIA POTRERO GRANDE):
It is one of the most well known places in the North Pacific; many surfers agree that this is the best right in Costa Rica. It is a completely perfect right point, with off-shore winds almost all year round. Access: Only by boat from Playas del Coco. Tide: Works very nicely with low tide and up coming tide. It also works with high tide, depending on the movement of the sand produced by the mouth of the river and the rain. Swells: North and Northwest. Bottom: Sand and rocks. Feet: 2 to 8. Season: December to March. Stars: 4.
2) WITCH’S ROCK (PLAYA NARANJO):
Located in Santa Rosa National Park. Named accordingly because of the sounds that can be heard inside the cracks of this huge rock, which sound similar to the screams of a witch. This rock is located in the north end of Playa Naranjo. To the side of the Naranjo River, there is a small section of river rocks. Crocodiles have been seen at the river mouth and out in the ocean. This beach is known for its perfect peaks and its off-shore winds. With north swells and an off-shore wind it becomes a magical place. Access: By road 4 x 4. Tide:works well with a rising tide. Swells: Works with waves from north to northwest. Bottom: Sandy. Feet: 2 to 8. Season: December to March. Stars: 4.

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On today’s date in 1974, prime minister John Diefenbaker was sworn in as an MP for the 12th consecutive time—a Canadian record, to which he would add another victory before his death five years later.
First rejected by voters in Prince Albert, Sask., in federal elections in 1925 and 1926 – plus provincial elections in 1929 and 1938 and a municipal bid to be that city’s mayor in 1933 – Diefenbaker’s “perseverance in winning the party leadership was outstripped only by his determination to gain public office in the first place,” according to a 1956 story published by CBC News.
“He finally gained office on his sixth try, as MP for Saskatchewan’s Lake Centre riding, in 1940.”
In 1945 and 1949, Diefenbaker was re-elected in Lake Centre; however, he “almost quit politics after the federal Liberals re-drew electoral boundaries and eliminated his riding,” CBC reported in 1956. Despite the political struggles, he was elected in 1953 in Prince Albert, which he represented for more than a quarter-century.
Three years later, after three failed attempts, Diefenbaker was elected as the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. He became Canada’s 13th prime minister in 1957 and served until 1963.
He would remain as an MP until three months before his death on Aug. 16, 1979.
In 1980, Canada’s Post Office Department (now Canada Post) commemorated Diefenbaker on a 17-cent dark-blue stamp (Scott #859).
Printed by the Canadian Bank Note Company, the stamp was designed by Ottawa artist Bernard Reilander based on photographs of Diefenbaker taken while he was prime minister. The design was steel-engraved by Yves Baril.

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Commute to Downtown Syracuse
Most errands require a car.
Oak Crest Courtyard has a Walk Score of 32 out of 100. This location is a Car-Dependent neighborhood so most errands require a car.
This location is in Syracuse. The closest park is Camillus Park.
Nearby schools include Stonehedge Elementary School, West Genesee Middle School and West Genesee Senior High School.
The closest grocery stores are ALDI Camillus, NY, GREEN PLANET GROCERY and Tops Market.
Nearby coffee shops include Dunkin' Donuts, Dunkin' Donuts and Starbucks. There are five restaurants within a 15 minute walk including The Wildcat - Camillus, Mark's Pizzeria and Azteca Mexican Grill.
Oak Crest Courtyard is near Lewis Park, Stone Thrower's Park and Burnet Park.
Explore how far you can travel by car, bus, bike and foot from Oak Crest Courtyard.
This location is in the city of Syracuse, NY. Syracuse has an average Walk Score of 57 and has 145,170 residents.


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The latest recording emerges after British spy chiefs raised the UK threat state to "severe" amid fears that al-Qaeda was planning a fresh wave of attacks on western targets, including and a plot to hijack an Indian passenger jet and crash it into a British city and attacks using female suicide bombers.
In the audio recording, released by Qatar-based Al Jazeera television, a voice purported to be bin Laden, says: "The message sent to you with the attempt by the hero Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is a confirmation of our previous message conveyed by the heroes of September 11.
"If it was possible to carry our messages to you by words we wouldn't have carried them to you by planes," bin Laden added in a message he said was directed "from Osama to Obama".
David Miliband, the British Foreign Secretary, said the fact that bin Laden had apparently claimed responsibility for the Yemen-back Detroit plot demonstrates "the links that can exist between different terrorist groups".
MI5 was told by Indian authorities last week about a suspected plot by militants linked to al-Qaeda in Pakistan to hijack an Air India or Indian Airlines flight from Mumbai or Delhi.
The warning is thought to have led spy chief to raise Britain’s terror threat level.
Terror experts within the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre, a unit of MI5, now believe that an attack against the UK is "highly likely".
The warning of female suicide bombers came from US officials, who warned they may have a "non Arab" appearance and be travelling on Western passports.
At least two are believed to be connected to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula which dispatched Nigerian Abdulmutallab, who is charged with attempting to blow up a Delta Airlines plane as it approached Detroit on a flight from Amsterdam with almost 300 people on board.
Abdulmutallab, who tried to set off a bomb in his underwear, has warned his FBI interrogators that up to 20 "more like me" may be preparing further attacks.
Richard Clarke, a former chief White House counter terrorism adviser, said: "They have trained women.
"There are others who are still out there who have been trained and who are clean skins – that means people who we do not have a record of, people who may not look like al-Qaeda terrorists, who may not be Arabs, and may not be men."
Security sources said that it was "inevitable" that al-Qaeda would eventually turn to using women with a western appearance to carry out suicide attacks.
Officials said that airliners and all forms of transport could be targeted as well as sports stadiums, ports and power stations.
Although female suicide bombers have been used to carry out attacks by al-Qaeda in Iraq and Palestinian groups in Israel, none are thought to have been used against European or US targets before.
It has also emerged that two male Arab nationals were refused permission to board planes from Heathrow Airport to the United States earlier this month after their names appeared on a US "no fly list".
The first incident happened last Saturday when British officials refused to allow an Egyptian man permission to fly on American Airlines flight 113 from Heathrow to Miami.
The following day a Saudi Arabian passenger was stopped from boarding United Airlines flight 929 to Chicago. Officials said the man was sent back to Saudi Arabia by British immigration officials.
Both men were denied permission to board the US-bound flights after their names were "flagged" as being linked to potential Islamist terror groups.
Washington officials said the men were part of a surge of people named on its "no fly" list who have attempted to board flights to or in the US in recent days.
In two other cases involving people on the no-fly list, a man in Nairobi, Kenya was kept off a flight last Sunday that would have connected in Amsterdam to Dallas, and a passenger attempting to fly on an American Airlines flight to Los Angeles was stopped in Saint Maarten, in the Caribbean, before he could board a connecting flight to San Juan, Puerto Rico.
American officials say there were two additional incidents, in Minneapolis and in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in which people on the no-fly list were denied boarding, questioned and then allowed to leave the airport without being detained.
Mr Clarke, who was talking to ABC news in the United states, added: "What we don't know is whether this is because everyone is doing a better job of enforcing the no-fly list, or because the list has been expanded, or because the terrorists are attempting to probe our security."
A US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations report has also revealed that around 70 American citizens, some ex-convicts, have disappeared into Yemen and Somalia and pose a Jihadist threat to the US.
The latest revelations follow the decision by the Joint Terrorism Analysis centre (JTAC), which is based at MI5's headquarters in London, to raise the UK threat state from substantial to severe – a move which indicates that a UK-based attack is now "highly likely".
The threat is believed to come from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsular. Whitehall sources said that the group had demonstrated that it had both the "intent and capability" to mount an attack against a western target.
The decision to raise the threat level was made following briefings to the Prime Minister by the heads of the security services MI5, MI6 and Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ), the covert listening agency, and a meeting of the Government's Cobra emergency committee.
It is understood that the threat state was raised because of the increases in "terrorist chatter" picked up by GCHQ in the last month – a development corroborated by officials on Capitol Hill.
World Foreign ministers are preparing to meet in London this week for two conferences to discuss the threat of terrorism in both Yemen and Afghanistan.
But Whitehall sources were insistent that there was no specific intelligence which suggested that either conference was a potential target.
Announcing the raise in threat level, Alan Johnson said on Friday night that "there is no intelligence to suggest than an attack is imminent".
He added: "We still face a real and serious threat to the UK from international terrorism so I would urge the public to remain vigilant and carry on reporting suspicious events to the appropriate authorities and to support the police and security services in their continuing efforts to discover, track and disrupt terrorist activity."
But Patrick Mercer, the Tory chairman of the Commons Counter Terrorism Sub Committee, described the governments warnings as "vacuous".
He said: "Without any information about what to do or how to do it, then informing us of the threat level is meaningless."
Gordon Brown warned earlier this week that "a number of terrorist cells are actively trying to attack Britain and other countries."
His speech to the House of Commons came after he received a briefing on the latest intelligence at a meeting of the Cabinet's National Security Committee.
Mr Brown said the failed attack over Detroit signalled "the first operation mounted outside Arabia by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula."
He also talked about the increased threat from Somalia in east Africa and the Sahel in West Africa, adding that there would be a greater degree of intelligence sharing with foreign countries.


The Siemens Industry Automation Division has developed a new communication processor for telecontrol applications based on Simatic S7-1200 controllers. Simatic CP 1243-1 DNP3 from the TeleControl Professional product range connects the controller to a control center, such as a process control system, via DNP3 (Distributed Network Protocol).
The new communication processor Simatic CP 1243-1 DNP3 connects Simatic S7-1200 controllers to a control center or process control system via DNP3 (Distributed Network Protocol) in telecontrol applications.
A typical use case for this is the transfer of measured values in widely spread outdoor areas to a central station, for example in sewage and water treatment plants, district heating networks and pump stations, as well as in oil and gas supply, energy distribution and transportation systems.
Simatic CP 1243-1 DNP3 transfers measured values, setpoint values and alarms to the control station cyclically or event-based. In the STEP 7 engineering tool, the user simply selects the data to be transferred from the Simatic S7-1200 CPU and specifies the required communication parameters. Communication with the control center is based on the established telecontrol protocol according to DNP3 specification 2 (2007/2009) including security mechanisms for secure data transfer via wide area networks. In addition to data transfer, the communication processor also has an e-mail function, for example to inform maintenance staff automatically about previously defined events, such as threshold values being exceeded.
Simatic CP 1243-1 DNP3 can buffer up to 64,000 values with time stamp in order to prevent data loss when a connection fails. When the connection is re-established, the buffered values are automatically transferred to the control center in the right chronological order. Comprehensive diagnostic options, locally via LEDs or in the STEP 7 engineering tool, offer the user fast and clear analysis of the station status. The communication processor is connected to the local communication network in the outdoor area via Ethernet interface. Appropriate transmission components, such as the Scalance M874 industrial router, are available for remote communication from the local network to the control station.
Further information on the Sitrans Connection app can be found at www.siemens.com/industrial-remote-communicationFollow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/siemens_press
The Siemens Industry Automation Division (Nuremberg, Germany) supports the entire value chain of its industrial customers – from product design to production and services – with an unmatched combination of automation technology, industrial control technology, and industrial software. With its software solutions, the Division can shorten the time-to-market of new products by up to 50 percent. Industry Automation comprises five Business Units: Industrial Automation Systems, Control Components and Systems Engineering, Sensors and Communications, Siemens PLM Software, and Water Technologies. For more information, visit http://www.siemens.com/industryautomation
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Social learning among robots has recently been the focus of researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) where they announced a significant breakthrough that robots can learn from one another.
It seems that thanks to AI once the robot “knows” how to physically interact with objects, it can begin to learn more complex tasks.
But don’t be afraid of that!
Actually a robot can only transfer its skills to other robots like different body shapes,strengths..
Sure this is officially the the first step toward independent social learning in robots.
If you consider farmers are like data scientists. To make decisions, they ferret out meaning from a sea of data.
That data must me correlated to environmental conditions like temperature, rainfall, salinity, nitrogen, pests, commodity prices, and other variables.
What that data often shows is trouble: increasingly costly or scarce water supplies, new and more voracious pests, herbicide-resistant weeds, and extreme weather. All of this can result in lower farm yields and higher costs.
Today it is very common that industry players are taking an interest in artificial intelligence.
For us AI is one of the major factors that enabled the digital ransformation of our own industry supply chain.
We automated, digitalized and set up analytics tools using collected data from the field.
These tools are systems, algorithms that get closer and closer to AI, that is to say that allow the understanding of what happened, of what’s happening and of what is going to happen in the nearest future to come in our production line or in our factory.
The most important areas in industry for AI are with complex automation processes and decision-making where much of the work is normally tedious and repetitive, but still requiring a very significant level of judgement.
The result is usually a partnership between a humans and the AI, where the final call is still made by engineers.
In our company we are proud to apply that!!
We have seen that AI, which was supposed to be a failure, is coming back with gusto on the back of multi-sensor robotics and possibly androids with quantum computers.
There is some mysterious counter-intuitive behaviour in the subatomic world which seems to suggest inanimate objects do sense the external world. It would be nice to know the views of experts from different fields, such as math, science, psychology, sociology, cosmology on this intriguing subject.
One possibility that comes to mind is that probability is actually such a model, as it does incorporate randomness.
While Google did announce it’s entry into hiring and recruitment with Google Hire, it recently announced the introduction of AI technology in Google Hire.
It seems that AI can reduce the conventional hiring complications by 80%.
I think that this is a very complex matter… we should see how it will works and what is the hiring errors percentage.


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Beware Of Scam Alert- EFCC Warns Nigerians
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has warned Nigerians to beware of a scam alert that purportedly emanated from the EFCC HELP DESK Headquarters, Jabi-Abuja.
In a statement by its Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, on Monday, the Commission maintained that it has no such desk and that any information which supposedly emanated from the said EFCC HELP DESK did not originate from the EFCC.
“For the avoidance of doubt, EFCC has no such desk, and any information which supposedly emanated from the said EFCC HELP DESK, did not originate from the EFCC.
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Covert Narcissism- What Makes it so Tricky to Identify
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When someone talks about narcissism or describes someone as a narcissist, there is a good chance that many people will imagine a person who is loud, proud, and not afraid to let you know what is on their mind. This person might also be thought of as an arrogant or entitled individual with a tendency to be demanding and sometimes even demeaning. This person is most likely what is commonly referred to as an overt narcissist. In psychology, when behaviors are externally visible and easy to spot it is referred to as “overt.” The opposite of this is of course “covert,” meaning that things are happening more internally and are much less visible or obvious to others.
Covert narcissists can be difficult to identify as they are known for hiding the typical signs and symptoms of narcissism that we associate with the grandiose/overt narcissism. This is part of why it is sometimes even referred to as “the vulnerable narcissist” or “closeted narcissist”. They may be harder to spot as they can appear to be shy or modest and not match the typical charismatic and aggressively self-absorbed profile that is commonly associated with this person. This is part of what makes Covert narcissism so tricky to identify. This does not mean that they are necessarily any easier to live with or that the harm they cause is any less detrimental. To learn more about what sets covert narcissists apart from their overt counterparts and what makes them so challenging to spot, please read on!
The concept of narcissism has gained lots of traction in the past few years and has become something of a buzzword in everyday conversations to describe someone who is self-centered or arrogant. The reality is that Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), is a serious mental health condition that must be diagnosed by a clinician and is actually fairly rare, affecting less than 5% of the population, according to the Cleveland Clinic’s department of Psychiatric Research. To be diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder, one must have at least five of the following nine traits present according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual on Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition.
1. Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates
achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as
superior without commensurate achievements).
2. Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power,
brilliance, beauty, or ideal love.
3. Believes that he or she is “special” and unique and can only
be understood by, or should associate with, other special or
high-status people (or institutions).
4. Requires excessive admiration.
5. Has a sense of entitlement (i.e., unreasonable expectations of
especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with
his or her expectations).
6. Is interpersonally exploitative (i.e., takes advantage of others
to achieve his or her own ends).
7. Lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the
feelings and needs of others.
8. Is often envious of others or believes that others are envious
of him or her.
9. Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes.
Narcissistic Tendencies vs. Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Now here is where things can get confusing. Even if a person does not meet the criteria to be diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder, they can still possess several of the aforementioned traits and can be described as “narcissistic.” Individuals who are exhibiting narcissistic behavior differ from individuals with NPD based on the frequency, intensity, and duration of their behaviors. With that said, individuals who only possess some narcissistic traits can still come across as self-centered, manipulative, and insensitive, and can also be challenging to deal with. For the purpose of this article, we will be using the term “narcissist” to describe anyone that displays narcissistic behaviors at times. Narcissistic traits and full NPD can occur in both covert and overt forms. The purpose of this article is not to diagnose NPD vs 'traits only, but rather to shed light on how covert narcissism presents, since many folks are more familiar with overt narcissism.
Covert vs. Overt Narcissism:
The primary reason that covert narcissism is often so challenging to detect is due to the fact that the traits of covert narcissists are less obvious and more subtle. It is no secret that overt narcissists tend to be in very visible places such as leadership roles that require a tremendous amount of self-advocacy and power. The covert narcissist is usually not the loudest person in the room, and might never brag about their accomplishments in such a clear way. Instead, the covert narcissist might come off as self-effacing and withdrawn, which might cause one to dismiss the possibility that this person is truly a narcissist.
The behaviors and techniques employed by a covert narcissist are often described as passive-aggressive and subtle but manipulative. When dealing with a covert narcissist, it is important to remember that although their behaviors may be subtle, the emotional harm they can cause is anything but. Because of this, gaslighting, minimizing and denying are often observable behaviors of a covert narcissist on the defense. The psychology community is still beginning to understand what makes covert narcissism so tricky to identify in individuals compared to overt narcissism.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder Vs. Narcissistic Behavior
The chart below lists the nine characteristics of Narcissistic Personality Disorder as defined by the DSM-5 with examples of how each trait might appear in a covert narcissist compared to an overt narcissist.
1. Has a grandiose sense of self-importance
May be outwardly confident to the point of vanity.
May minimize their positive attributes to a point of self-deprecation while seeking compliments and validation.
2. Obsession with power, success, brilliance
May speak loudly and frequently about their accomplishments and greatness.
Although they may be introverted, they may tend to focus on their own accomplishments and agenda in private conversations.
3. A Strong sense of superiority
May have no problem letting someone know why someone is flawed and inferior to them.
May feel little remorse for ghosting or avoiding a person deemed to be inferior or less important altogether.
4. Requires excessive admiration
May actively seek validation and appear vain or conceited.
May seek subtle but frequent reassurance of their positive attributes. This can come off as deceivingly modest and humble.
5. Has a sense of entitlement
May be very vocal about their position at work or impressive social connections.
May take manipulative measures to achieve the outcome they believe they deserve.
7. Lacks empathy
May treat others with condescension and say or do hurtful things with little remorse.
May ignore the feelings and emotional needs of other people by being dismissive and emotionally unavailable.
8. Is often envious of others or believes that others are envious
of him or her.
May spend a large amount of time trying to one-up others.
May resort to “silent treatment” or other emotionally manipulated and withdrawn actions if they experience envy.
9. Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes
May strive to create a grandiose public image and make unreasonable demands on subordinates.
May expect others to care for them and solve their problems. Passive aggressive in the face of confrontation.
A Few More Behaviors Unique to Covert Narcissist:
May present with an outward sense of inferiority and be prone to self-deprecation.
May spend more time alone and struggle to build social and intimate relationships.
May react to challenging situations by crying, withdrawing or stonewalling.
May be frequently suicidal and use emotional distress as leverage to obtain their desired outcome during an interpersonal conflict
May have a tendency to identify as a martyr or victim when faced with a challenging or undesirable outcome.
May give frequent gifts and kind gestures in an effort to alter situations and gain a desired outcome in a subtle manner.
May use passive aggressive behavior is often used to gain upper hand and establish superiority
Covert Narcissism, Next Steps:
Because covert narcissism can be so difficult to detect, it is often challenging to deal with. If you feel that you have someone in your life who matches this description of a covert narcissist and you find yourself struggling, please know that you are not alone. Consider reaching out to an experienced therapist that can help you identify if the person in your life might have narcissistic traits and what that means for your own wellbeing. You may also benefit from joining the Life After the Narcissist Support Group
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The police in Akwa Ibom State announced it has arrested 34 suspected cultists in the state.
The Police Spokesperson in Akwa Ibom State, CSP Nnudam Fredrick, disclosed this in a press statement released on Friday in Uyo, the state capital.
He said 34 suspected cultists were arrested after the police stormed and raided black spots in Uruan Local Government, Ibom Plaza and 101 Estate in the Uyo Local Government Area.
He revealed that following the recent ban on cultism in the state by the Governor, the Commissioner of Police, Emohimi Edgal directed Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) to comb their areas thoroughly and clamp down on cultists and their activities.
He said: “The Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State, reiterates that in the coming days, additional bites would be given to the law against cultism.”
“In that regard, he has enjoined the Area Commanders, DPOs and Tactical teams to intensify the fight while the State Intelligence Bureau (SIB) personnel are to infiltrate these groups to identify the members and sponsors for possible arrest and prosecution,” he added.
He also called on Akwa Ibom residents, to support the Police in the fight against cultism, for the common good.
Following a recent resurgence of cult activities and restiveness in the state, Gov. Udom Emmanuel, on Monday, signed the ‘Cultism and Other Violent Behaviour (Prohibition) Order 2020.’
The new law banned the recognition and operations of 65 cult groups and other secret societies in Akwa Ibom state, with effect from 16th March 2020.
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How Our ‘Extremist’ Neighbour Pakistan Banned Triple Talaq in 1961
While it took India time to come around, 22 Muslim nations in the world abolished triple talaq a few decades ago.
In a historic verdict on 22 August, the Supreme Court of India struck down the validity of triple talaq with a 3:2 majority. The SC bench declared the practice “un-Islamic, retrograde, unworthy” and said that it “violates right to equality”.
While it took India more than a few years to come around, several Muslim nations in the world – 22 to be precise – abolished triple talaq a few decades ago. Included in this list is India’s estranged neighbour and infamously “extremist” nation, Pakistan.
Pakistan abolished triple talaq when it issued its Muslim Family Law Ordinance in 1961. The country revisited its marital laws after controversy erupted in 1955, when the then Prime Minister Muhammad Ali Bogra married his secretary without divorcing his wife. The consequent protests compelled the government to put together a seven-member Commission to take a look at Marriage and Family Laws.
One of the key recommendations of this Commission was that the utterance of talaq thrice in a single session, should be counted as one. In other words, triple talaq or "instant" talaq should become invalid.
The Commission further recommended that for the divorce to be effective, the husband must pronounce talaq in three successive tuhrs, or the period between two menstrual cycles. These recommendations were presented in 1956. In 1961, Section 7 of the Muslim Family Law Ordinance was dedicated to talaq. It had six sub-sections, they are as follows:
- After pronouncing talaq, a man has to provide notice to the Chairman of the Union Council, informing him of his decision, and also supplying a copy to his wife.
- Failure to do so could invite punishment up to one year or a fine of Rs 5,000.
- A talaq is not valid until 90 days after the man provides a notice to the chairman.
- The chairman is obligated to commence arbitration proceedings for reconciling the couple within 30 days of receiving the notice.
- If the wife is pregnant, the talaq won't be effective until after 90 days or the pregnancy, whichever comes later.
- “Nothing shall debar a wife, whose marriage has been terminated by talaq effective under this section, from marrying the same husband, without an intervening marriage with a third person, unless such termination is for the third time, so effective.”
Point six implies that nikah halala was also decreed unconstititional. In 1971, when Bangladesh won its independence, it inherited this historic marriage ordinance.
Other key Islamic countries to abolish triple talaq include Egypt, the first nation to reform its divorce system in 1929; Tunisia, that decreed in 1956 that no divorce outside a court of law would have any validity, and Turkey, which adopted the modern Swiss Civil Code in 1926, among others.
Incidentally, Sri Lanka too, which has a significant Muslim minority (like India), has adopted a model of laws that effectively abolished triple talaq. According to the Marriage and Divorce (Muslim) Act 1951, a man who wishes to end his marriage, can only do so by giving a “notice of his intention to the Qazi”. The Qazi then attempts reconciliation between the couple, and the reconciliation period is of 30 days. If the differences are not met, the husband is permitted to pronounce talaq, but only in the presence of two other witnesses and the Qazi himself.
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Shopping in London
Shopping in London has almost unlimited possibilities. There you can buy everything. About 50% of the European and American goods that you can buy in London right now, most likely, will appear only after six months or a year in the rest of Europe. The capital of Great Britain is crowded with small designer boutiques, department stores, and luxury boutiques.
There is a sea of luxury goods in London, a lot of individual extra-class services, craftsmen who make custom-made piece goods: fashion designers and tailors on a Savile Row street, manufacturers of hats from Chelsea, shoemakers, sewing shoes manually at the Jermyn street, etc.
Oxford Street has the world’s largest Topshop store and a lot of luxury boutiques of famous brands. In addition to a huge selection of fashionable and inexpensive clothes, there is a beauty salon and a candy store, — and Rihanna and Kate Moss sometimes come here for shopping. Here is also the most famous umbrella store — the James Smith and Sons at the crossroads of New Oxford Street and Bloomsbury, which has been operating on this site since 1867. From the street, it looks like Victorian London-style decoration.
Luxury boutiques are focused on Picadilly, with over 350 stores including the famous Marks & Spencer. In addition, you should go to Bond Street, Knightsbridge and Harrods — there is the most exclusive assortment of famous brands like Armani, Prada, Dior, Ralph Lauren, Louis Vuitton, etc.
Covent Garden districts are known for its exclusive shoe stores. There are also many designers shoes on Carnaby Street.
On Regent Street, there are a lot of original products and stores where you can buy clothes and jewelry from local designers, and exclusive fabrics.
The secret street Hatton Garden, hidden from the eyes of tourists, in a historic corner of London, famous for its jewelry stores. A great place to buy and repair all kinds of jewelry.
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Libеrty — this shopping center is more like a museum. It is located in a wooden mansion of the 19th century, in the interior — old fireplaces, huge mirrors in carved frames and luxurious stairs. There are exceptionally luxury boutiques where you can buy unique perfume from a local perfume store.
Bicester Village is located in Oxfordshire, an hour’s drive from central London. There you will find more than 130 boutiques of the most luxurious designer brands. It presents men’s and women’s clothing, shoes, accessories from leading British and international brands such as Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood, Church’s, Gieves & Hawkes, Smythson, Anya Hindmarch, Mulberry, Matthew Williamson, Salvatore Ferragamo, Temperley London, and many others.


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Players from Midstate schools won all three Miss Basketball awards on Saturday.
Riverdale senior Alexa Middleton won Class AAA, Cannon County senior Abbey Sissom won Class AA and Jackson County senior Jaycee Coe won Class A.
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The 2010 Jim Calhoun Charity All-Star Game is Saturday at Mohegan Sun Arena, 7:30 p.m.. It is the fifth game in history of the bi-annual event, which began in 2002.
Tickets are $22 and $29. Call 800-745-3000 or visit the Mohegan Sun box office. Ticket revenue goes to the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center at the UConn Health Center.
The game has always featured many of the former UConn greats, from Ray Allen to Caron Butler to Khalid El-Amin and on. While organizers are not permitted to announce the pool of players (a quirky NBA rule), a similar group is expected at this year's game.
An autograph session will follow the game, which is part of the Jim Calhoun Celebrity Classic weekend. That event has raised over $3 million for the Pat and Jim Cardiology Center at the UConn Health Center since 1999.


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This year we are doing dine arounds! Innovative is providing shuttle busses to 4 local restaurants. Each of the restaurants will have a host - one of our keynote speakers who will also be starting the day's sessions on Tuesday. If you are participating, please meet at the conference registration desk at 4:45pm.
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Aldis is the capital city of the central nation in Green Ronin’s Blue Rose RPG, and as you might expect, Aldis: City of the Blue Rose has a lot to offer for GM’s looking to run adventures set in a single location.
Urban adventures are a unique beast. The best of them provide you with an entire city to play around in, showing the nuances and character of a single location–but they’ve got to be broader and sometimes more functional than a dungeon. After all, in a city you need your market districts and a place for the Thieves’ Guild to hide out, and so on.
Blue Rose, then, provvides an interesting look at urban adventures with Aldis: City of the Blue Rose. It casts the focus on relationships of all kinds, whether friendly or antagonistic, romance or rivalry, you’ll find a great guide to ensuring that your players are connected to a location in this supplement. This can be handy information to have, even if you’re not playing Blue Rose–the book’s focus on relationship and location give you the tools you need to make your characters care about something in your game world.
And once they care about a place, you’ve got them bought in. Then you can threaten it with invasion, riots, political upheaval, and so on. It’s all about finding the things that make your players care–something romantic fantasy tends to do rather well.
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Welcome to Aldis: City of the Blue Rose! This beautiful, full color sourcebook lavishly details the capital city of the central nation in the Blue Rose RPG, providing players and Narrators alike the tools needed to tell stories using the city as a focus. From the intrigues of nobles in the High Ward to the entertainments in the Middle Ward to the roughest parts of town found in the Outer Ward, this supplement details people, important sites, and historical events of the City of the Blue Rose. Romantic fantasy narratives frequently remain focused around singular locations, giving time and opportunities for heroes to develop friendships, romances, and rivalries with the people to be found there, and this sourcebook provides everything to allow players in a Blue Rose RPG campaign to do just that!

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Conformational ensembles, also known as structural ensembles are experimentally constrained computational models describing the structure of intrinsically unstructured proteins. Such proteins are flexible in nature, lacking a stable tertiary structure, and therefore cannot be described with a single structural representation. The techniques of ensemble calculation are relatively new on the field of structural biology, and are still facing certain limitations that need to be addressed before it will become comparable to classical structural description methods such as biological macromolecular crystallography.
- 1 The purpose of conformational ensembles
- 2 Ensemble calculation techniques
- 3 Availability of structural ensembles
- 4 Limitations
- 5 References
The purpose of conformational ensembles
Ensembles are models consisting of a set of conformations that together attempt to describe the structure of a flexible protein. Even though the degree of conformational freedom is extremely high, flexible/disordered protein generally differ from fully random coil structures. The main purpose of these models is to gain insights regarding the function of the flexible protein, extending the structure-function paradigm from folded proteins to intrinsically disordered proteins.
Ensemble calculation techniques
The calculation of ensembles rely on experimental measurements, mostly by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy and Small-angle X-ray scattering. These measurements yield short and long-range structural information.
Short-range structural information
- Chemical Shifts (CS)
- Residual Dipolar Couplings (RDCs)
Long-range structural information
- Paramagnetic Relaxation Enhancements (PREs)
- Nuclear Overhauser effects (NOEs)
- SAXS topological restraints.
Constrained molecular dynamics simulations
The structure of disordered proteins may be approximated by running constrained molecular dynamics (MD) simulations where the conformational sampling is being influenced by experimentally derived constraints.
Selection of conformers describing the experimental data
Another approach uses selection algorithms such as ENSEMBLE and ASTEROIDS. Calculation procedures start by generating a pool of random conformers sampling the conformation space. Theoretical parameters are calculated for each conformer and the selection algorithms create the final ensembles by selecting a set of conformers that are fitting to the experimentally derived constraints.
Availability of structural ensembles
Since the calculation of ensembles rely on lower resolution techniques, the Protein Data Bank is not accepting these models. Recently the Protein Ensemble Database (pE-DB) was released, which is an open access online repository of the structural ensembles and their underlying experimental data. The availability of the ensembles should facilitate the development of validation and evaluation protocols improving the quality and predictive power.
Several slightly different ensemble may describe the experimental data equally well, and currently there are no methods to discriminate between ensembles of equally good fit. This renders the identification of the 'best' ensemble impossible.
- Fisher, CK.; Stultz CM. (June 2011). "Constructing ensembles for intrinsically disordered proteins.". Curr Opin Struct Biol. (3). 21 (3): 426–31. PMC . PMID 21530234. doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2011.04.001.
- Varadi, M.; S. Kosol; P. Lebrun; E. Valentini; M. Blackledge; A.K. Dunker; I.C. Felli; J.D. Forman-Kay; R.W. Kriwacki; R. Pierattelli; J. Sussman; D.I. Svergun; V.N. Uversky; M. Vendruscolo; D. Wishart; P.E. Wright; P. Tompa (January 2014). "pE-DB: a database of structural ensembles of intrinsically disordered and of unfolded proteins.". Nucleic Acids Res. 42 (1): D326–35. PMC . PMID 24174539. doi:10.1093/nar/gkt960.
- Dyson, HJ; P.E. Wright (March 2005). "Intrinsically unstructured proteins and their functions". Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 6 (3): 197–208. PMID 15738986. doi:10.1038/nrm1589.
- Tompa, P. (June 2011). "Unstructural biology coming of age.". Curr Opin Struct Biol. 21 (3): 419–425. PMID 21514142. doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2011.03.012.
- Communie, G.; J. Habchi; F. Yabukarski; D. Blocquel; R. Schneider; N. Tarbouriech; N. Papageorgiou,; R.W.H. Ruigrok; M. Jamin; M.R. Jensen; S. Longhi; M. Blackledge (2013). "Atomic Resolution Description of the Interaction between the Nucleoprotein and Phosphoprotein of Hendra Virus". PLoS Pathog. 9 (9): e1003631. PMC . PMID 24086133. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003631.
- Kurzbach, D; G. Platzer; T.C. Schwarz; M.A. Henen; R. Konrat; D. Hinderberger. "Cooperative Unfolding of Compact Conformations of the Intrinsically Disordered Protein Osteopontin". Biochemistry. 52 (31): 5167–5175. PMC . PMID 23848319. doi:10.1021/bi400502c.
- Allison, J.R.; P. Varnai; C.M. Dobson; M. Vendruscolo (December 2009). "Determination of the free energy landscape of alpha-synuclein using spin label nuclear magnetic resonance measurements". J Am Chem Soc. 131 (51): 18314–26. PMID 20028147. doi:10.1021/ja904716h.
- Krzeminski, M.; J.A. Marsh; C. Neale; W.Y. Choy; J.D. Forman-Kay (February 2013). "Characterization of disordered proteins with ENSEMBLE.". Bioinformatics. 29 (3): 398–9. PMID 23233655. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/bts701.
- Jensen, M.R.; L. Salmon; G. Nodet; M. Blackledge (February 2010). "Defining conformational ensembles of intrinsically disordered and partially folded proteins directly from chemical shifts.". J Am Chem Soc. 132 (4): 1270–2. PMID 20063887. doi:10.1021/ja909973n.

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Tar Heels prove they can win without Lawson
Thu Nov 29, 2007
Carolina nation can exhale. Ty Lawson will play Saturday at Kentucky. "I'm definitely playing Saturday," Lawson said late Wednesday night after the Tar Heels' 66-55 win over Ohio State in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Lawson said he could have played against the Buckeyes, but moving laterally on defense was still an issue during the day. So, he said, with some more time off and a bit more ice, he'll be good to go.
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When I saw this jersey at Beverly’s, I couldn’t resist. This is perhaps the neatest fabric I have ever found. I highly doubt anyone could resist. When it comes to jersey, I really like applying Simplicity’s 2956 pattern, from the Project Runway line. Not only is it tailored for jersey, but it also provides some flattering silhouettes. I really wanted to take advantage of the print’s pattern. In the end, I had a difficult time trying to force a hem into the dress. Seeing as it wasn’t fraying, I decided it was best to just leave the raw edge like that.
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NASA is in the process of testing the world’s largest rocket core stage, which is part of its Space Launch System (SLS) program designed to carry astronauts to the moon and eventually on further to Mars. But the project has been troubled, running over deadlines and over budget. Now, NASA has announced it will be performing a second hot fire test of the mighty SLS engines.
The hot fire test is the culmination of a test fire series called the Green Run, in which the core is powered up and the engines are fired together for the first time. The first hot fire test took place several weeks ago, but although the engines did fire successfully, they only fired for around one minutes instead of the planned eight minutes. Early data from the test indicated that the engines were shut down by automatic safety parameters after there was an issue with the power unit’s hydraulic system.
NASA says that there are no repairs required to the SLS hardware, so it now wants to try the test again. “Inspections showed the core stage hardware, including its engines, and the B-2 test stand are in excellent condition after the first hot fire test, and no major repairs are needed to prepare for a second hot fire test at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi,” the agency wrote in a blog post.
The plan is to conduct another hot fire test for the full eight minutes, which simulates the amount of time that the engines would be firing for in a real launch. NASA says that the test can provide additional data on the operation of the engines and reduce risk for future missions using SLS, such as the upcoming Artemis missions to the moon.
No firm date has been set for the second hot fire test, but it could be as early as the end of February.
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Spiral -What are the Blade Children? - Ayumu Becomes a Suspect
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Ayumu and a police investigator discuss her suspicion: that Ayumu killed a girl.
Ayumu Narumi is investigating the disappearance of his older brother, Kiyotaka. When his search leads him to a shadowy organization known as the Blade Children, Narumi becomes implicated in the group's criminal dealings and finds himself accused of murder. With the help of his journalist friend Hiyono Yuizaki, Narumi sets out to prove his innocence, unravel the mystery of his missing brother and figure out why the Blade Children have become inextricably linked to his destiny.


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Signed and dated by the artist, WF Thomas, it was one of many lots from the Bob Monkhouse archive of comics and comic artwork to have been offered by CBA in recent times. It sold at £720.
Two bound volumes of Dandy were among the day’s best-sellers and made notably higher than predicted sums.
Sold at £2500 was a volume containing 25 issues from the year 1948, when, because of continuing wartime paper shortages, the comic was still being published fortnightly – alternating with the Beano.
Sold at £4100 was a volume of 52 issues from the year 1951, among them the 500th birthday number. It was described as bright and fresh with creamy white pages.

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Physiotherapy is really a recommended treatment plan for people enduring chronic pains such as for example arthritis rheumatoid, fibromyalgia, and also problems associated with particular conditions, like hyperthyroidism. It really is shown to be helpful in reducing discomfort and restoring the “normal” or better quality of life.
Allow me to share other benefits are you able to get from physiotherapy.
Proper breathing is essential whenever coping with pain. Whenever anxiety attacks at the height of one's many pain that is intense, you need to make certain you are breathing properly to ensure organs within you will be able to work properly. With appropriate respiration, oxygen is distributed within your body. To understand about click resources and click resources, visit the internet site Discover More. • Home visits
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The experts consider the body that is entire of individual facets of an illness or injury. You will find various approaches that the physiotherapist can apply and additionally they consist of:
Advice and training: these are people who can give you some advice that is general the things that affect the everyday living like posture, the correct way to raise heavy things, most readily useful holding strategies an such like to be able to stop accidents.
Physical working out, tailored exercise and movement advice: they are able to recommend exercises that can help within the improvement of the overall health as well as mobility. This can help in the strengthening of very certain areas of the body.
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There are lots of other methods that the physiotherapist may use as well as include hydrotherapy or aquatic along with acupuncture.
Just how a physiotherapist can be found by you
There are a variety of avenues which you can use so as to discover the physiotherapist that is ideal. In certain places, maybe you are needed to create a recommendation from your GP, although some you are able to just refer your self. Your GP can suggest the most useful destination getting therapy. Usually, the personal physiotherapist takes any direct referrals.
The areas where you are able to access a physiotherapist is through voluntary sector, patient teams, charities, occupational health solutions an such like. In certain areas, you can find figures funded by the government that provide the solutions totally free, but they normally have very waiting that is long, therefore might not be actually well suited for your needs specially when you've got an urgent situation.
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I am looking for a wireless access point for my home network with 2 radios (2.4 and 5), to be connected to my main router with Gigabit wire. Wi-Fi 6 is not required, but could be an option.
Which of GL.iNet routers are most suitable for this purpose?
Which of them can support multiple SSIDs on one radio (e.g. for IoT, TV, guests, etc)?
Which of them can map these SSIDs into separate VLANs, to be passed to the main router?
Any of them should technically provide the platform to do it but be aware Multiple SSIDs, multiple VLANs aren’t supported ‘out of the box.’ You’d have to get into OpenWrt’s LuCI admin interface to set it up (install it via GL GUI → System → Advanced Settings).
The underlying OS, OpenWrt 21.0x, currently uses IPTables so passing firewall chains as you describe are able to be done but you’d have to spend some time testing, tweaking, inquiring on the OpenWrt Forum.


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The pizza has flipped from one side of Washington Road to the other.
Last week, as owner Nick Dzendzel was closing the doors of The Upper Crust restaurant on Towne Centre Drive, Pizza Joint employees and contractors were putting the final preparations on the Augusta business' second restaurant in the old Fat Man's West building on Washington Road in Evans.
After almost seven years in business, The Upper Crust opened its doors to the public for the last time Oct. 30.
Owners were clearing the restaurant of supplies Tuesday.
The sign out front announces that the building is for sale or lease.
"We did good business here and enjoyed Columbia County and Evans," Dzendzel, the restaurant's owner, said. "We just didn't do quite the business to support the real estate."
Dzendzel said the restaurant earned "marginal profits," but it did not make sense to continue to operate the business at those profit levels.
Dzendzel, a Hilton Head Island, S.C., resident, said an upscale restaurant would have a better chance for success at the former pizzeria location.
Dzendzel owns three other Upper Crust restaurants, all in South Carolina: on Hilton Head Island, in Bluffton and Charleston.
He said the Evans restaurant, his fourth, is not closing but moving.
Dzendzel said he is "90 percent certain" the move will mean a second location in Charleston.
"It's all worked out for the best," Dzendzel said. "We've met so many great people, great customers. It just had to end."
An employee of Pizza Joint who answered the phone at the new Evans location said staff were busy Tuesday preparing the restaurant for a Saturday opening.
As of Thursday, the sign out front still read Fat Man's West.
Pizza Joint owner Michael Schepis did not return calls for comment as of press time.
Also closing in recent months in the Evans Towne Centre was Castaway's Restaurant in the Publix shopping center.
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We can always trust Neena Gupta to be absolutely frank and honest when it comes to speaking about her personal as well as professional life, right? Be it about her asking for work, or talking about how she dealt with raising her daughter, Masaba Gupta, as a single mother, she has such gems of wisdom that she so nonchalantly throws in. Now, again, she put out a video on Instagram as part of her series that’s called ‘Sach Kahoon Toh‘ where she drops truth bombs like it’s hot!
In this session, she speaks about something very personal. She talks about how when women fall in love with married men, it causes her a lot of mental trauma when they refuse to separate from their wives. She says that she herself has gone through this in her life, and speaking from personal experience, she urges her followers to be vary of such complicated relationships. Neena Ji was in a relationship with West Indian cricketer Vivian Richards in the 1980s, with whom she had Masaba. But she raised her daughter on her own, and didn’t marry him. She later married Vivek Mehra, a chartered accountant in 2008.
Here’s her video:
Well, we are sure her words might have resonated with someone, somehwere.
On the work front, Neena Ji just gave us a smashing performance in the recently released Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan and we can’t wait to see her on the big screen again. Until then, we love watching her share her thoughts on her Instagram!


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Belgium which is officially is the Kingdom of Belgium is a federal state in Western Europe which covers an area of 30,528 square kilometres and has population of 11 million people. Belgium is a founding member of the European Union and hosts it’s headquarters.
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Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) is set to go down this Friday night (July 23, 2021) with the “VanZant vs. Ostovich” pay-per-view (PPV) card going down on FITE TV. The event will feature a rematch between former UFC Strawweight combatants Paige VanZant and Rachael Ostovich. Before the two rivals square off again in a bareknuckle brawl, let’s dive in and dissect the main event, as well as all of the main card action, which features the return of Britain Hart taking on Jenny Savage.
Paige VanZant vs. Rachael Ostovich
VanZant and Ostovich both had up-and-down careers inside the Octagon, with VanZant starting her run red-hot before fizzling out in 2020, losing three of her last four bouts. As for Ostovich, she never really garnered much momentum and could never find her groove to rack up enough consecutive wins to get her anywhere. The two first crossed paths in 2019, with “12 Gauge” earning a submission (armbar) victory over the Hawaiian-born fighter in the second round. That was VanZant’s lone win inside the Octagon in last four attempts. As for Ostovich, she hasn’t tasted victory in four years, losing her last three fights under the UFC banner.
But, it’s a new day for both ladies because Ostovich will try her hand at bareknuckle boxing for the first time in hopes of a fresh start to her combat career after being released by UFC in Dec. 2020, while VanZant is still looking for her first win under the BKFC banner. Paige came up short in her BKFC debut in February of this year, losing to Britain Hart via unanimous decision. But don’t fret, “12 Gauge” should get back in the winner’s podium in this fight. When it comes down to the details, VanZant is simply a better fighter than Ostovich in all facets of the fight game; however, she will be relegated to using only her fists in the rematch. Furthermore, she already has one bareknuckle fight under her belt, so those jitters don’t exist for her. As for Ostovich, she has yet to take part in such fight — at least professionally (and that we know of) — so it will be something new for her face to feel. With the added confidence that VanZant has to top it off to superior striking technique, she should be able to get the job done here.
Winner: VanZant via decision
Arnold Adams vs. Michael Terrill
Former BKFC Heavyweight champion Arnold Adams will return to action, looking to jumpstart his road back to gold. A veteran of the BKFC promotion, Adams is 4-1 with the company and is coming off a stellar knockout win over Bobo O’Bannon at BKFC 16. He will be taking on England’s own bareknuckle star Michael Terrill, who has yet to taste defeat in these types of bouts. This will be Terrill’s first fight in three years since he is coming back from retirement. Terrill is a former kickboxer with crisp striking and power for days. Though his will be his BKFC debut, don’t expect jitters from him because fisticuffs are nothing new to the long-time combat veteran. While he already has a name and following on the European circuit, Terrill would love nothing more than to make a splash stateside. The winner of this Heavyweight slugfest will likely get a shot at current division kingpin Joey Beltran, who Adams already has a win over.
Winner: Terrill via knockout
Britain Hart vs. Jenny Savage
Hart made a statement by spoiling VanZant’s debut earlier this year, bringing her BKFC record to a perfect 2-0. You would think that defeating by “12 Gauge,” Hart would get a bit more push (at least a co-headlining spot), but that’s just not the way combat sports work these days. VanZant is the biggest name — and highest paid fighter — on BKFC’s roster so the promotion is trying to get everything it can out of her as one of its biggest stars. Plus, Paige already has the name value and in the fight game we all know how much weight that carries. No fret, Hart is determined to keep trucking along in search of her third straight win under the BKFC umbrella. After a sub-par career in MMA where she wants 2-4, Jenny Savage earned a new lease on her combat life in the bareknuckle arena, winning her debut by destroying Sheena Brandenburg in two rounds at BKFC 15 in Dec. 2020. A win over Hart gets her closer to an even bigger fight, perhaps against the winner of the headlining act.
Winner: Hart via technical knockout
Taylor Starling vs. Cassie Robb
Starling is coming off an impressive win over Charisa Sigala at BKFC 16, which saw the ladies steal the show in a back-and-forth bloody brawl for the ages. To say these warriors left it all in the ring would be an understatement because reports show they combined for more than 500 strikes. Starling is in search of her second straight win under the BKFC banner when she takes on Robb who, well, didn’t exactly have the best of success in the MMA world, amassing a horrid record of 2-11. She is also currently on a six-fight losing streak. She also has a loss to UFC’s own Laura Sanko, which was the first fight of her combat career under the Invicta banner. In short, Robb hasn’t proven to have much to offer her foes in the fight game, but she can turn it around the bareknuckle world. It’s doable because with bare fists exposed anything can happen. One well-placed punch can clean anyone’s clock and for Robb getting a win is of the utmost importance here. She won’t be fighting for a title anytime soon, but all she is looking for is a trip back to the winner’s circle, something she hasn’t seen since 2017.
Winner: Starling via decision