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If you would like support in maintaining balance, clarity, and relaxation, this is the class for you! You can also enhance your creativity with this relaxing evening meditation. Monday, April 22, 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm in Banker’s Hill. Please arrive early for parking. There is free street parking at meters after 6pm. Classes are $20 per session. Cash or Venmo is accepted at the time of class.
Meditation helps clear the mind, calm the body, and lets our creativity emerge. This is a style of meditation made for the Western mind. We will work with the breath, relaxing the body, and a gentle guided visualization. No prior experience needed and we sit in chairs, not on the floor for this style of meditation. | 2019-04-19T06:19:24 | http://auroralove.life/event/group-meditation-relaxing-calming-max-meditation-3/ |
If you suffer from a lot of discomfort and pain in your lower back and tend to find yourself sitting at a desk all day, slumped over a computer, you may want to may want to look into getting a new desk chair. There are quite a few good ones out there, ranging from the affordable (under $100) to the slightly-more-expensive ($1500+). Perhaps the best of the best of desk chairs for back support today, is the Herman Miller Embody, a sturdy, high-end chair created to bridge the gap between nature and our workspaces.
The Embody is a work of art, built with a frame of solid aluminum, graphite and titanium. Herman Miller wanted to create a chair that didn’t just alleviate the problems of sitting, but actually counteracts them, and this goal is evident in the Embody’s design. Meant to replicate the feeling of floating, it features a unique external frame that is meant to mimic your spine; this helps support your back, reducing the compression and tension in your spine. It also increases blood and oxygen flow, which in turn relieves stress.
Backfit Adjustment: The back features the Backfit system, which curves the backrest to match your spine’s natural curve. The Backfit system automatically conforms to your back as you move, staying aligned with your spine and keeping your back neutral and supported – without manual adjustments. This encourages mobility, which Herman Miller says is great for boosting creativity and keeps your mind fresh throughout the day.
Layers of Intelligence: The Embody seat is comprised of four different support layers—each with its own set of material properties, and each created with a different manufacturing process, all working together, orienting themselves to your shape with a degree of fidelity so high they even accommodate pockets. These layers were designed for airflow, keeping you cool and comfortable as you sit.
Pixelated Support: You feel Embody’s Pixelated Support the moment you sit down—a sense that you are floating, yet perfectly balanced. Thanks to a dynamic matrix of pixels, Embody’s seat and back surfaces automatically conform to your body’s micro-movements, distributing your weight evenly as you sit. This reduces pressure and encourages movement, both of which are key to maintaining healthy circulation and focus.
While the Embody is no doubt a bit pricey for a chair, it’s a solid, all-around fantastic desk chair for back support and pain relief – and if we ever get the chance, we’ll be upgrading our office. | 2019-04-26T12:10:02 | https://gearforlife.com/best-office-chair-support-herman-miller-embody/ |
This mini- mani includes pushing back of the cuticles and polish only. Perfect for ladies & gents on the go!
This wonderful manicure starts with soaking of the nails, all cuticle and nail care, followed by a soothing steam towel treatment. Also included is a nice relaxing hand and arm massage. Includes regular polish.
The sugar scrub pedicure comes with two yummy scents to choose from. We start by exfoliating your legs to give your skin that extra glow. This pedicure is followed with steamed towels and a nice massage to create that baby smooth look & feel. Polish is included.
This soothing pedicure is perfect for those wanting some TLC on their legs and feet. This soothing pedicure offers all the basics foot care with some added extras. Honey is full of antioxidants and reduces inflammation. The steamed towels create a nice soft soothing feeling as the lotion and honey soak in. We guarantee you’ll love this pedicure.
If you’re looking for the ultimate pampering, then this is your pedicure. Complimentary drinks are included. This deluxe pedicure comes with foot care, steamed towels, mask of your choice, massage and a dip in the paraffin wax. HEAVENLY!!!! Regular Polish included! | 2019-04-23T10:03:07 | http://www.southernswingsnailbar.com/nail-feet-care/ |
This shade is handmade to order using a quality wallpaper. A orange background with a black and brown leopard pattern. The pattern continues right around the lampshade and top and bottom edges are hand rolled so that the pattern continues beyond the edge. | 2019-04-20T10:15:36 | http://amanolampshades.co.uk/product/orange-leopard-animal-print-handmade-wallpaper-lampshade-12in30cm/ |
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Santa lost his presents. Help him get the presents back.
Run and avoid bad snowmen and save Christmas.
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Intel says that it’s working to update all of the processors it has introduced in the last few years. “By the end of next week, Intel expects to have issued updates for more than 90 percent of processor products introduced within the past five years,” the company said in a statement yesterday.
Unfortunately, Meltdown and Spectre impact a ton of different products—cloud services, computers, phones, and browsers. Luckily, in many cases, consumers won’t have to do much to secure their devices and services; they’ll just need to keep an eye out for updates and install them when they become available. In some cases, you may simply be out of luck.
Apple said on its support page that it mitigated the Meltdown vulnerability in its December 2017 macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 update and will release an update to address Spectre soon. The company said it is continuing to “develop and test further mitigations for these issues,” which it says will be released in later updates.
This Apple security update appears to confirm that the issues are fixed in High Sierra, Sierra, and El Capitan.
Microsoft typically puts out its security updates on Patch Tuesday (which is coming next week) but has some emergency patches out now.
Microsoft says Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 all need updates (the update for Windows 10 is here). Most Surface users receive auto-updates and information about those updates is available here.
Unfortunately, users who are running Windows on machines not manufactured by the company will also need a firmware update, and the release of those will vary based on the manufacturer. Microsoft recommends contacting the device manufacturer for information, which... good luck, I guess.
There’s also another weird wrinkle in the Microsoft update process—some anti-virus software might mess with the updates.
Security architect Kevin Beaumont is running a helpful spreadsheet that shows which anti-virus vendors are compatible with the Microsoft update.
To be protected against Meltdown and Spectre, you need Chrome OS 63, which rolled out in December 2017. Some older devices will get patches soon, while others aren’t getting patched at all. You can check your specific device here (look out for end of life, or EoL, in the auto-update column or the ‘KPTI eventually?’ column—it means your device probably isn’t gonna get a patch).
There aren’t patches for Ubuntu yet, but those are coming soon.
“The original coordinated disclosure date was planned for January 9 and we have been driving toward that date to release fixes. Due to the early disclosure, we are trying to accelerate the release, but we don’t yet have an earlier ETA when the updates will be released. We will release Ubuntu Security Notices when the updates are available,” Ubuntu said.
Apple said its December 2017 iOS 11.2 update mitigates the Meltdown vulnerability, so update your device if you haven’t already. Apple’s tvOS 11.2 also included a Meltdown patch. The company said that “Apple Watch is not affected by Meltdown,” so no patch for watchOS is required.
Updates to address Spectre are forthcoming, the company said, while warning users to avoid downloading apps from unknown sources.
“Since exploiting many of these issues requires a malicious app to be loaded on your Mac or iOS device, we recommend downloading software only from trusted sources such as the App Store,” Apple said.
“On the Android platform, exploitation has been shown to be difficult and limited on the majority of Android devices,” Google said.
The company pushed out a patch to manufacturers of Android phones in December 2017, but the Android security update process can be notoriously slow because manufacturers all have their own update schedules, and some old Android devices might not get updates at all. However, older Android devices that haven’t been updated in a while are also likely vulnerable to a host of other bugs—they’re not likely to be targeted with a Meltdown or Spectre exploit when an attacker could easily choose a less complex method.
Android users with Pixel or Nexus devices will get their patches sometime this month, according to Google. Nexus users need to accept the update; Pixel users will get it automatically but need to reboot their devices for the update to complete.
“We have had no reports of active customer exploitation or abuse of these newly reported issues,” Google noted.
Chrome 64 is scheduled for release on January 23 and will include protection from Meltdown and Spectre exploits.
In the meantime, Chrome has an optional feature called site isolation that can offer some protection but might also cause performance problems, particularly in Chrome on Android. Site isolation sandboxes websites into different processes, which “makes it harder for untrusted websites to access or steal information from your accounts on other websites,” according to Google.
“With Site Isolation enabled, the data exposed to speculative side-channel attacks are reduced as Chrome renders content for each open website in a separate process,” Google explained.
If you’re okay with trading performance issues for better security, you can enable site isolation here.
An update for Safari has not yet arrived, but Apple promised one that will protect against Spectre will land “in the coming days” for both the macOS and iOS versions of the browser.
Mozilla rolled out Firefox 57 in November 2017, which contains what the company calls a “partial, short-term mitigation” for the vulnerabilities.
Updates are available for both Edge and Internet Explorer 11.
This is where stuff with Meltdown and Spectre gets really messy—but also where consumers will see the least impact.
Most AWS instances are already secured, Amazon said in a security bulletin. However, customers do need to take some action to secure their data.
“While the updates AWS performs protect underlying infrastructure, in order to be fully protected against these issues, customers must also patch their instance operating systems,” Amazon explained.
Like AWS, most of Azure’s infrastructure has already been updated, Microsoft said.
“Some aspects of Azure are still being updated and require a reboot of customer VMs for the security update to take effect. Many of you have received notification in recent weeks of a planned maintenance on Azure and have already rebooted your VMs to apply the fix, and no further action by you is required,” Microsoft added.
Some Google Cloud products are already secured, while others require customers to take action—particularly Google Compute Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine, Google Cloud Dataflow, and Google Cloud Dataproc. | 2019-04-18T10:20:12 | https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2018/01/check-this-list-to-see-if-youre-still-vulnerable-to-meltdown-and-spectre |
How to Select the Best Fire Alarm.
With a fire alarm, you will be able to detect when there is an outbreak of fire in your house. Selecting the proper fire alarm has been a lot easier than before. With the technological advancement, using a fire alarm is no more compared to the study of rocket science. However, the choice of the right fire alarm still needs some considerations you need to look into. It will be easy to find the best fire alarm when you follow these tips below.
Always check if the fire alarm is wireless or wired. With the development of the transmission industry, data transmission no longer require a physical connection. The latest invention is the fire alarm that is wireless, easier to install, unlike the traditionally hard-wired fire alarms. Those fire alarms which are wireless are always installed with a few basic tools. As a wireless fire alarm tends to cost more, their easy installation can make it even cheaper than the hard-wired fire alarms.
Remember to confirm the fire alarm’s basic requirements before you make a purchase. A fire alarm should have the following features; a water sprinkler, internal siren, control panel, fire detector, a keypad, warning dials and a yard sign. Remember to choose the alarm system having the above features.
Considering the type of fire alarm is also essential. Ideal fire alarms will incorporate the living standards you want as well as the valuables you are securing. Two types of fire alarm exist. The first type of fire alarm is that which are off-site situated and are controlled by an external station like the police, fire personnel and agencies that are paid to watch over. Besides, there also exist the fire alarms that are non-monitored. They don’t inform the authorities; however, give an alarm signal in case of a situation.
The fire alarm you wished to be installed for is also affected by the pricing. However, fire alarms have gotten a lot cheaper and many people buy these systems for their homes.
The security your home will get is more valuable to you than the high price of a decent fire alarm. Even when the alarm systems are priced more expensively, some homeowners will appreciate the price. One of the latest fire alarm is that which feature one button and is equipped with smoke activation. The activation and deactivation of the fire alarm is done with just one single button.
Those big homes having many valuable properties need to use specialized security companies that will help in installing the security systems to achieve their satisfaction. When a large area to be covered is big, these companies will deal with the installation process, as both wiring and programming always tend to be a daunting task. | 2019-04-24T14:10:02 | http://johnantammyknudsen.us/doing-tips-the-right-way/ |
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Alpine Lake makes you enjoy your desktop having beautiful wallpaper.
Alpine Lake Animated Wallpaper creates a beautiful scene where is so quiet. This cozy and wild land is inhabited by bears and deer, and the lake is full of fish. Day is slowly turning into night and a full moon slowly rises over the mountains. Some birds are flying in sky. This is a peaceful place where make you forget the busy work. When you have a rest at your office, the Alpine Lake Animated Wallpaper will appear on your desktop, and then you will feel the peace that it brings to you.
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To fuse...or not to fuse?
Add fuses in your power lines?
Or do you not use fuses?
The great fuse debate rumbles ever onwards...so let's see who uses fuses and who doesn't.
Please join in, it will be interesting to see the outcome of this.
I will admit that after thirty years or so of building subs, I've never yet used a fuse in any of them. However, now I'm getting all modern and installing a LiPo battery in the submersible, I'm fitting fuses for the first time. I've heard so many horror stories of what damage an abused Lipo battery can do, that this time I'm going to use them.
after a longer period of absence in this forum due to pleasant familiar circumstances (I have become a happy grandfather) and a lot of other activities I will post some comments to this theme that has been discussed with passion also in several German forums. There are guys who use fuses and others who refuse to do because they claim that a fuse will be an unreliable component.
First of all I must confess that I am a definite supporter of the application of fuses in the power supply distribution of the submarine and I will try to explain the reasons that are as convincing as the reasons for the application of fuses in your domestic electric installation.
The purpose of a fuse is to protect your circuitry from excessive overcurrents that may burn off your cabling and may cause even a fire. In general a fuse cannot serve as a component that is able to prevent damage to electronic devices as their internal components like transistors will be destroyed much quicker than the fuse. This is often misunderstood.
A fuse must be selected carefully and matched to the wire sizes so that the fuse will blow earlier than the cable will start to glow and burn off.
At least you should apply a central fuse just in series to one of the battery terminals so the extreme current in case of a short within your circuitry will be interrupted just close to the power source. Keep in mind that without fuses a burning cable could even set your car or your house on fire!
Some modellers complain that fuse holders will be a source of trouble due to contact problems so they refuse the use of fuses. But such contact problems can be avoided basically by soldering the fuse to the wires that shall be protected. I use these flat fuse inserts you will find in many modern cars and solder the wire ends to the flat tabs of the fuse and isolate them with shrinking sleeves. This have been proved safe and reliable for many years (now 20 years for my older model of the German class 206A). You can get these fuses in many ratings (e.g. 3A, 5A, 10A, 15A, 20A, 25A, 30A) and their time behavior is relative slow blowing so that they can withstand short pulses of overcurrents.
I found your post very interesting, tomorrow I shall commence wiring in the cylinder in my X craft, and I'll be using the same fuses as you mentioned...we call them 'spade' fuses.
Thank you Richard for your congratulations, yes, it is a really wonderful feeling (as you already know from your seven grandchildren) and since our little grandson Niklas was born we have a lot of pleasure with him. As our son and his wife live in a neighbour village only 2 miles away we are often together and see him growing.
Yes Richard, these are the spade fuses I use for my models and they are well suited for soldering the wires to the fuse terminals to avoid contact problems of fuse holders.
You wait until it's Christmas time again...seven presents for the grandchildren can get expensive! | 2019-04-23T04:31:38 | http://www.theassociationofmodelsubmariners.com/t1189-fuses-the-great-debate |
Labor Day Weekend, August 31st – September 3rd, is almost here! While the holiday signals an end to the Summer season, there’s still a lot to celebrate. We’ve come up with a few ways you can make the Labor Day Weekend in Kentucky great. Take advantage of a day off from work and celebrate by exploring the Bluegrass State.
What better place to celebrate the end of summer than Kentucky’s Bourbon Trail? If you’re spending Labor Day Weekend in Kentucky, plan a tour of some of the biggest names in Bourbon distilling. Distilleries like Maker’s Mark, Woodford Reserve, Bulleit and more form The Kentucky Bourbon Trail. The mapped trail helps you explore the finer tastes of the state. Be sure to pick up your Bourbon Trail Passport at your first stop!
Even though August can be pretty hot in Kentucky, you can still spend the long weekend enjoying the summer nights under the stars. The state has many wonderful camping areas, especially in and around Daniel Boone National Forest. The Red River Gorge is a great place to settle down and explore the outdoors for a few days. It even has some gorgeous waterfalls and rivers to cool off in!
Falling Rock Park in Lagrange, KY is a large, retired rock quarry that has been turned into a swimmer and scuba diver’s paradise. Come spend the day floating happily in the blue water or jump from the cliff walls to make a splash. The quarry is exclusively for those of 18 years of age and older and strictly prohibits alcohol. It’s a great spot for grown-ups to soak up some sun and enjoy the last days of summer.
While the state of Kentucky has many, many amazing things to offer, we also have a ton of great cities nearby. This Labor Day Weekend, grab some friends and plan a day trip or even an overnight trip to one of our neighboring states. For example, visit King’s Island and explore downtown Cincinnati, adventure down to Nashville for some great music, or wander up to Indianapolis to visit some museums. | 2019-04-20T14:26:14 | http://selectmyspace.com/4-ideas-for-a-great-labor-day-weekend-in-kentucky/ |
Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 3/22/15 – 3/28/15.
One thing that I really enjoy doing to keep up with the testing community is reading over Tweets after major testing conferences.
#Testbash 2015 looked like an incredible event based on the posts and slides that I read over.
I thought I would save some of you time and list out some of my favorite Tweets that I read from the conference. In true Twitter fashion, posts below are from latest to earliest.
While this post is long, I hope you enjoy reading over the list as much as I did. There are some great nuggets of information. I am curious to know what some of your favorite posts might be!
Thank you to all the testers that took the time to live tweet at the event.
Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 3/15/15 – 3/21/15.
Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 3/8/15 – 3/14/15.
Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 3/1/15 – 3/7/15.
The format is simple: bring your laptops. We will build a cucumber framework from scratch. Here we will walk folks through the process from the ground up; creating a project, directories, gherkin scripts, and create some step definitions. Time permitting maybe even launch a browser and hit a web page.
Don’t forget to bring your laptop as this is meant to be an interactive and hands on experience for the evening where YOU build the framework.
Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 2/22/15 – 2/28/15. | 2019-04-24T14:58:21 | http://blog.testingcurator.com/2015/03/ |
As the winter draws to a close and summer begins to call, it�s time to get back to nature and go trekking. If you�re tired of the usual trekking destinations, then check out these Scandinavian trails and witness nature like never before.
Without question Sweden�s best known trail, Kungsleden stretches for 440 km over the Arctic Circle and offers plenty for the traveller. There are several interesting sites here, but the best is between the Nikkaluokta and Abisko villages, and you can also hike up to Kebnekaise, Sweden�s highest peak.
This trail is most notable for the land, as it rises one centimetre a year, and it is also the location of the Skuleskogen National Park, where you can enjoy gorgeous, natural vistas.
Northern Sweden has a lot trekking destinations, but the south has many to offer too, not the least being Skaneleden. The trail is comprised of four routes encompassing 1000 km, and it is rich in birds and wildlife.
Situated near Stockholm, it�s not just a great place to go trekking but also staying overnight in cabins. The trail spans 400 km and goes through forests, farms and villages.
The Hardangervidda boasts of over 30 huts and almost numberless trails, and it�s the place to be if you are serious about trekking. There are short trails available, but be prepared to spend 7 to 12 days hiking if you want to go through everything.
This is one of the most popular trekking destinations in Norway, surrounded as it is by majestic mountain ranges and alpine lakes. Walking is fine, but most finish up the trek by riding the boat at Memurubu, and it�s a sight to behold.
Often called the perfect fjord, Keipane seemingly has a bit of everything. Surrounded by towering mountains and waterfalls, it�s the perfect place to go trekking and get away from it all. There are walks to Vesterasfjellet and Losta, as well as Geirangerfjord views.
This isn�t just a haven for trekkers but also one of the few places on Earth where you can see musk oxen in the wild. In addition, the trails aren�t that difficult to cross and won�t tax you.
The best view here is at the trail leading to Patchellhytta Hut, and you can use that hat as a starting point for other destinations like the majestic Sunnmore Alps. Note though, that this valley is quite challenging so only serious trekkers should try this.
Hanging 600 metres from the waters of Lysefjord, the view on Pulpit Rock is one of the best in all of Scandinavia. If your idea of a great trekking experience includes stunning views of nature, be sure to include Pulpit Rock in your destination. Once you�ve decided where to go trekking, remember to get Globetrekkers travel insurance. The last things on your mind when travelling are accidents and other problems, but you can never be sure so it�s best to get Globetrekkers travel insurance. | 2019-04-21T07:07:16 | http://globetrekkers.com/blog/10-most-spectacular-trekking-areas-in-scandinavia.html |
The History screen lets you easily locate entries you've created in the past.
Tapping a month will display all the days of the month with entries, and tapping a day will show the entries created for that day.
You can modify an entry by selecting it, changing the necessary fields, and pressing the Save button to apply the changes.
An existing entry can be removed by pressing the Delete button in the top right corner of the screen. | 2019-04-19T23:17:54 | https://cashtrails.com/guide1x/ch13_history |
Scenario Focused Engineering – Build the Right Thing. Every Time.
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We will lead your entire team, from marketing to engineering, through a two-day experiential workshop, at your location with your customers and your problems.
After our workshop, your team will have a renewed focus on how to efficiently build the right thing. You will have a healthier team unified around common goals, and instead of fire fighting, your entire team will be able to focus on what’s really important. | 2019-04-19T03:00:20 | http://thesfegroup.com/ |
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I've Been Stupid, but Not THAT Stupid!
I've done my fair share of stupid things over my life.
When I was 5, my father told me to stop jumping around the bathtub, but I ignored him. I slipped and hit my head on a ceramic soap dish, which busted into a dozen pieces. I should have been hurt, but my hard, dense noggin didn't even sustain a bruise.
In my teen years, with my testosterone raging, I did many more stupid things — mostly with my father's cars. I delighted in smoking the wheels off our 1979 Ford Pinto — it was one of the few equipped with a powerful six-cylinder motor — as I mimicked Jim Rockford maneuvers. And I nearly had a head-on collision with our parish priest while cutting through the church parking lot to avoid a red light.
As I sped onto Baptist Road, I was horrified to see, in my rear-view mirror, that Father Kram had turned around and was in hot pursuit. He caught up with me a few miles later, recorded my license plate number, tracked down my name at the police department, then let me have it on the way into Mass the following Sunday.
To be sure, much of my stupidity revolved around cars — such as the time, in my late 20s, when I was duped by what I later learned was a convicted con man. I was broke and had to sell an MGB convertible I had recently restored. The fellow looked it over and told me he would buy it if it checked out with his mechanic.
He looked 40-ish and had arrived in a brand-new Infiniti. His clothes were impeccable. He was masterful at telling me exactly what I wanted to hear. I handed him the keys without hesitation.
The next day, when I arrived home from work, however, my garage door was open, my British sports car gone. As it turns out, the fellow didn't drive my car to his mechanic. He drove it to a hardware store, where he had a key made.
If only that had been the peak of my stupidity — but I was just getting warmed up.
Shortly after buying my first house in my early 30s, I built a planter in front of the house. I tore out some old shrubs and came across a nest of very aggressive ground bees.
The fellow at the hardware store told me to pour a half-cup of gasoline into the hole. I figured if a half-cup was good, two full cups would be better. And what good is gasoline if you don't ignite it?
I lit a match, but before I could throw it into the nest, I heard "Wooooooooooof!"
You see, "Wooooooooooof!" is the sound gasoline makes when it ignites. It ignites because gasoline gives off fumes and gasoline fumes ARE FLAMMABLE! I barely managed to douse the incredible flame before it caught my house on fire.
To be sure, I have done my fair share of stupid things over the years: poor financial decisions, bad career moves, pursuing women who were bad for me.
So why would I publicly share some of the many stupid things I have done?
Because as stupid as I have been, I never once fell for the many promises, deceptions and outright lies of ObamaCare before it was foisted on the nation.
I have been stupid, but not THAT stupid. | 2019-04-21T08:17:56 | http://www.caglecartoons.com/column.asp?columnID=%7B8430EEE8-9A69-4CDE-B055-171DC8A88607%7D |
In the plant kingdom a variety of chemical constituents occur in a glycoside form (conjugation with sugar). Glycosides are important, secondary metabolites. The structural diversity is a result of the vast amount of varieties and stereochemical configurations of the sugar component. Aglycones belong to terpenoid, steroid, flavonoid, quinonoid, lignan, other simple phenolics, and isothiocyanate. However, biological activities of glycosides are, in many cases, susceptible to the nature of sugar moieties, even though their aglycone is the same.
This encyclopedic reference work on pharmacognosy covers the study of those natural substances, principally plants, that find a use in medicine. Its popularity and longevity stem from the book’s balance between classical (crude and powdered drugs’ characterization and examination) and modern (phytochemistry and pharmacology) aspects of this branch of science, as well as the editor’s recognition in recent years of the growing importance of complementary medicines, including herbal, homeopathic and aromatherapy.
Manuscripts which detail routine extract pharmacology or trivial evaluation of known compounds (for example antioxidant effects of flavonoids) will not be reviewed and are outside of the scope of the journal.
Using original sources, this significant text looks at the transformation of Chinese medicine from a marginal, side-lined medical practice of the early twentieth century, to an essential and high-profile part of the national health-care system under the Chinese Communist Party. The political, economic and social motives which drove this promotion are analyzed and the extraordinary role that Chinese medicine was meant to play in Mao Zedong’s revolution is fully explored for the first time, making a major contribution to the history of Chinese medicine.
Plants dominate today’s biosphere. Because of their numbers, diversity, and ubiquity (on land and in water), plants are by far the most important primary producers on Earth. Through photosynthesis, plants control our atmosphere and capture the incident energy from the Sun, which provides nearly all of the chemical energy required to support the entire food chain that makes up the vast biodiversity of life on Earth.
Plants support not just the food and planetary conditions required for life, they provide a staggering array of natural products that are the basis of many of our medicinals, dyes, spices, plastics, and fine chemicals. The products of photosynthesis are also harvested to provide the fibers with which we make clothing, paper, and lumber. Photosynthesis by plants provides sources of fuel, both fossil (such as coal) and so-called biofuels (such as ethanol).
A convenient source of information for workers in analytical chemistry, experimental biology, physics, and engineering, this Second Edition stands as a quick reference source and clear guide to specific chromatographic techniques and principles- providing a basic introduction to the science and technology of the method, as well as additional references on the theory and methodology for analysis of specific chemicals and applications in a range of industries.
The Journal of Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants is an essential reference filled with recent research and other valuable information associated with herbs, spices, and medicinal plants. The Journal serves as a focus point through which investigators and others may publish material of importance to the production, marketing, and utilization of these plants and associated extracts. The journal covers the following topics: growth, development, horticulture, ecology, physiology, genetic, chemistry, and economics.
Journal of Fruit and Ornamental Plant Research (J. Fruit Ornam. Plant Res.) is a bi-annual, which publishes original papers, short com-munications and reviews covering theoretical as well as practical aspects of fruit and ornamental plant sciences. Papers are published in English.
IUFS Journal of Biology is a semi-annual, peer-reviewed journal in English and publishes original research articles, reviews and short communications in the field of biological sciences. The journal therefore welcomes papers on biology ranging from molecular and cell biology, biochemistry and physiology to ecology and environment, also systematics, microbiology, toxicology, hydrobiology, radiobiology and biotechnology.
The Russian Journal of Plant Physiology (Fiziologiya Rastenii) is the most popular journal in phytophysiology in the former Soviet Union. It embraces the full spectrum of plant physiology, bringing together the related aspects of biophysics, biochemistry, cytology, anatomy, genetics, etc. The journal publishes experimental and theoretical papers, reviews, short communications, and descriptions of new methods. Regular space is devoted to chronicles from Russian and international symposia, anniversary articles, and reviews of new books. Some issues cover special problems of plant physiology, presenting collections of papers and providing information in rapidly growing fields. The journal is a valuable resource for university and research departments, libraries, scientists, and post-graduates as a regular and reliable source of information.
Institute of Plant Protection – National Research institute, Polish Academy of Sciences – Committee of Plant Protection and Polish Society of PlantProtection.
This journal is a continuation of Prace Naukowe Instytutu Ochrony Roślin and Annals of Agricultural Sciences – Series E – Plant Protection.
original research papers,short communications and invited reviews dealing with entomology andapplied zoology, phytopathology, herbology, plant protection technique, and ecological implications of biological, chemical and integratedplant protection methods.
Plant Physiology (ISSN 0032-0889, online 1532-2548) is published monthly, in three volumes per year, by the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB), and is produced by Dartmouth Journal Services, Waterbury, VT. The online journal is the journal of record.
Established in 1926, Plant Physiology® is an international journal devoted to physiology, biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, genetics, biophysics, and environmental biology of plants. Plant Physiology® is one of the world’s oldest and most well-respected plant science journals.
For information about institutional subscriptions, contact Suzanne Cholwek at ASPB Institutional Subscription Services. For information about the prices for individual subscriptions, which are available to members of the American Society of Plant Biologists, contact ASPB Member Services. You may also update your mailing address for subscriptions or membership contact information.
The Journal of Chinese Medicine is the foremost Chinese medicine journal published in English. It is a valuable resource for students and professionals in the field of Chinese medicine, is distributed worldwide, and is used as textbook material in colleges throughout the English-speaking world.
Readership: Practitioners, students, researchers in the field of acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, tuina and shiatsu, Chinese medicine colleges, medical libraries.
Frequency: Three issues per year (February, June, October).
Manuscripts reporting results of descriptive, historical and experimental studies on any aspect of botany, and soil or plant biology, and at the scale of organism, population, community, ecosystem and landscape are solicited, as well as manuscripts on ecological theory.
Phyton, International Journal of Experimental Botany also publishes Symposium proceedings, thesis and comments on recent papers in the journal.
Manuscripts can be written either in English or Spanish.
The International Journal of Green Pharmacy (ISSN-0973-8258) is published Quarterly by the B R Nahata Smriti Sansthan, Mandsaur, MP, India.
The journal provides immediate free access to its scientific contents and does not charge the authors fee for submission, processing or publication of the manuscripts. Manuscripts could be submitted online from www.journalonweb.com/ijgp. | 2019-04-21T07:41:25 | http://pharmacognosy.in/2011/03/ |
Some of our top performing representatives got invited to attend the Regional Leaders meeting this year. This meeting is something we look forward to every year because it gives recognition to the leaders in our business, while giving us the chance to network with some of the top performers in our organization. This year it was kept at the Hyatt Regency in Orange County.
The Regional SoCal leaders meeting is only 1 out 7 meetings kept every year across the country. Over 300 of the top representatives are invited. We had the pleasure of having 8 of our leaders attend the meeting this year. One of our representatives, Harris Siddiqi thought it was great that he go to see the “ top performers in our organization go into depth about the fundamentals within our business” He went on to share how “it was a huge opportunity to network and link with people who could not only be potential future business partners but also help you get ahead in the organization”. What Harris said he mainly took away from the meeting was to “Set, goals, make structures, and be accountable”.
The meeting also had a surprise visit from one of our clients AT&T. They came to thank us for all of our hard work and share their goals for 2019. They also congratulated us for being able to expand from 12 Sam’s club to 589 in the span of 7 months. Some of the other speakers at this meeting included the local owners and managers and they impacted us on topics like team identity, training, and road trips. There were also 9 people promoted to managers which was a great thing to witness.
Overall the meeting was a success. We got to learn and observe a lot. We hope next year to be able to bring even more of our representatives with us and to continue performing great within our region. | 2019-04-25T21:39:28 | http://sacramentomarketinginc.com/regional-2019.html |
Internal Limited-Submission Deadline: Friday, August 24, 2018 by 5:00 p.m.
Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Eligible projects usually result in articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, or editions. Summer Stipends are awarded to individual scholars; organizations are not eligible to apply. Projects must incorporate analysis and not result solely in the collection of data. Summer Stipends support projects at any stage of development. NEH invites projects related to its Standing Together initiative, which encourages projects related to war and military service. In response to the destruction of cultural heritage materials worldwide, NEH encourages applications for projects that study, document, or create digital representations of lost or imperiled cultural heritage materials. The Summer Stipends program will give equal consideration to all applications in accordance with the program’s review criteria, whether or not they respond to the Standing Together initiative or focus on lost or imperiled cultural heritage materials.
Please review the NEH Summer Stipend guidelines for examples of projects that are not supported by NEH. Guidelines, along with FAQs, application materials, and sample application narratives can be found at the NEH website.
As a taxpayer-supported federal agency, NEH endeavors to make the products of its awards available to the broadest possible audience. The goal is for scholars, educators, students, and the American public to have ready and easy access to a wide range of NEH grant products. For the Summer Stipends program, such projects may include digital resources, websites, and the like. For projects that lead to the development of websites, and the like. All other considerations being equal, NEH gives preference to those that provide free access to the public. Details about access and dissemination matters can be found in the application guideline pdf. Those with questions are encouraged to contact Summer Stipends staff at [email protected].
All applicants must have completed their formal education by the application deadline. U.S. citizens are eligible to apply. Foreign nationals who have been living in the U.S. or its jurisdictions for at least three years immediately prior to the application deadline are also eligible. Adjunct faculty members, academic professionals, and unaffiliated scholars may apply directly to NEH; please consult the NEH guidelines for details. Applicants who have satisfied all requirements for a degree but are awaiting its conferral may apply, but require additional documentation; see the NEH guidelines for details. While applicants need not have advanced degrees, individuals currently enrolled in a degree-granting program are ineligible to apply.
Individuals who have held or been awarded a major fellowship or research grant or its equivalent within the last three academic years prior to the deadline are eligible. Everything else being equal, though, the program will give preference to applicants who have not received such support. (A “major fellowship or research award” is a postdoctoral research award that provides a stipend of at least $15,000. Sabbaticals and awards from an individual’s own institution, and stipends and awards from other sources supporting study and research during the summer, are not considered major fellowships.) If you have received any fellowships or research awards within the three years prior to the deadline, please indicate on your résumé the total amount of each award or grant.
Completed applications are due in the IPRH office no later than Friday, August 24, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. Send all materials as a pdf attachment to [email protected]. All applicants will be contacted no later than Monday, September 10; applicants who are chosen as campus nominees must submit their materials to the NEH by September 26.
Following their selection, U of I nominees must submit their complete applications to NEH using Grants.gov. Campus nominees who have never registered as individual applicants on Grants.gov will need to register at grants.gov and enter this “Funding Opportunity Number”: 20180926-FT. NEH recommends completing the registration at least two weeks prior to the deadline. Applications materials are available from and may be completed online at the Grants.gov Workspace.
Applications are due to NEH by September 26, 2018. Applicants who have already registered at Grants.gov as individuals need not re-register to submit Summer Stipend proposals. It is recommended, however, that previously registered individuals check their accounts prior to the submission deadline to confirm that their accounts are active and the passwords have not expired. NEH also recommends submitting by noon Eastern time on the day of the deadline.
Nominees will also need to download the Grants.gov application package from the program resource page or to access it through Grants.gov Workspace, and should ensure that all appropriate application forms contained therein are completed as indicated in the guidelines and uploaded to Grants.gov as part of their application. Applicants should read carefully about the four acknowledgment emails they should receive (typically within 24 hours of submission) and verify that they have received all four. Applicants will be notified of the results of their applications by email in March 2019. Notice will be sent to the email address supplied in the application. All applicants may obtain the evaluations of their applications by sending an email message to [email protected].
Information about the NEH Summer Stipends can be found at the NEH site. Please check the Frequently Asked Questions section for a detailed discussion of the awards and the application process. To see previously funded projects, click on the Sample Application Narratives (available as pdfs).
Because of the large number of applications, NEH staff members are not able to read and comment on draft proposals. NEH staff will, however, answer specific questions and concerns that arise in preparing your proposal and about your eligibility. Staff members may be reached at (202) 606-8200 and at [email protected]. (Hearing impaired applicants can contact NEH via TTY at 1-800-877-8399.) Applicants are encouraged to review the samples of previously funded applications, as well as the broader list of projects.
U of I faculty members who are planning to submit an application may contact IPRH Deputy Director Nancy Castro with questions regarding the internal application process.
Please be aware, also, that the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, through the Office of Research Advising and Project Development (RAPD), offers summer proposal writing groups for those preparing applications for the fall. They are also glad to meet individually and/or provide feedback on drafts via email. Interested parties may contact Maria Gillombardo, Research Development Manager - RAPD, at [email protected].
For more information about the NEH Summer Stipends internal Urbana Campus nomination process, please contact Nancy Castro at [email protected] or 244-7913.
Deadline: August 24, 2018, 5:00 p.m. | 2019-04-19T20:31:24 | https://www.iprh.illinois.edu/fellowships/neh/index.html |
perception swelling to river banks.
Eira Needham lives in Birmingham, UK. She has been a teacher, carer, herpetologist, crafter and poet. Her poetry is eclectic and been published in print and online. Recent publications/acceptances include Joyful! Victorian Violet Press, Westard Quarterly, Yes Poetry, and Leaf Garden. She will have her first chapbook published in 2011. | 2019-04-21T09:18:53 | http://www.thelivesyoutouch.com/touchjournal/Issue08/Gift_Wrapped.html |
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Sound perception via mechano-sensation is a remarkably sensitive and fast transmission process, converting sound as a mechanical input to neural signals in a living organism. Although knowledge of auditory hair cell functions has advanced over the past decades, challenges remain in understanding their biomechanics, partly because of their biophysical complexity and the lack of appropriate probing tools. Most current studies of hair cells have been conducted in a relatively low-frequency range (<1000 Hz); therefore, fast kinetic study of hair cells has been difficult, even though mammalians have sound perception of 20 kHz or higher. Here, we demonstrate that the magnetic force nanoprobe (MFN) has superb spatiotemporal capabilities to mechanically stimulate spatiallytargeted individual hair cells with a temporal resolution of up to 9 μs, which is equivalent to approximately 50 kHz; therefore, it is possible to investigate avian hair cell biomechanics at different tonotopic regions of the cochlea covering a full hearing frequency range of 50 to 5000 Hz. We found that the variation of the stimulation frequency and amplitude of hair bundles creates distinct mechanical responsive features along the tonotopic axis, where the kinetics of the hair bundle recovery motion exhibits unique frequency-dependent characteristics: basal, middle, and apical hair bundles can effectively respond at their respective ranges of frequency. We revealed that such recovery kinetics possesses two different time constants that are closely related to the passive and active motilities of hair cells. The use of MFN is critical for the kinetics study of free-standing hair cells in a spatiotemporally distinct tonotopic organization. | 2019-04-20T02:29:38 | http://cheongroup.co.kr/res/res_hi.asp?page=1&bidx=823&SFIELD=>XT=&gbn=A06&bcat=&bgbn=R |
A Trust is a legal arrangement whereby Trustees are appointed to look after assets for nominated Beneficiaries.
and, where possible, tax efficient.
There are many reasons why people choose to set up a Trust. Establishing a Trust enables you to transfer assets of your choice to the Trust during your lifetime, which can be a tax efficient manoeuvre. For example, transferring assets worth £325k now, and surviving 7 years, can result in an Inheritance Tax saving of £130k. The Trust can also receive the balance of your estate after your death if you have not transferred all assets during your lifetime. By stipulating the terms of the Trust, you are able to direct how your assets are to be used, and who is to benefit from them.
In a traditional legacy left by your Will, you have no control over how that gift is used. For example, would a spendthrift beneficiary use the funds in a prudent manner, such as a deposit for a house, or would the legacy be spent on something you consider less worthy?
If your child is declared bankrupt or gets divorced, a Will legacy may be demanded by creditors or claimed by a former spouse. Whilst a Trust is not beyond challenge, it is, nonetheless, a form of defense against claims by third parties.
Rather than leaving your estate in specific shares to specific beneficiaries after your death, some of whom may be more financially secure than others, the Trustees can exercise their discretion when distributing income and capital, and can include other family members, such as grandchildren, who may be born after your death.
Placing an asset within a Trust during your lifetime can result in a saving of Inheritance Tax, subject to the timing of the transfer, whereas assets that remain in your personal ownership will be included in the assessment of the value of your estate.
Inheritance Tax is currently charged at 40% of the total value of worldwide assets which exceed the Nil Rate Band threshold of £325,000. So, should the value of your assets be, say, £500,000, current legislation would impose a tax liability of £70,000. However, had you transferred assets of £175,000 or more to a Trust seven years before your death, this payment could have been avoided.
Again, subject to your personal circumstances, under current legislation, it is possible to avoid the family home from being taken into account by the Local Authority, should you require long term residential or nursing care, if your property is held within a Discretionary Trust.
Setting up a trust or need friendly help and advice about the various options, please call us on 01376 349366 to book a consultation. | 2019-04-21T04:06:36 | https://www.braintreewills.com/trusts/ |
After following the Setup instructions, we'll add two States to the StateNavigator array in App.js. There's one State for the 'hello' scene and another for the 'world' scene. We'll give each scene a title that iOS will display in its navigation bar. The Navigation router manages the stack as a 'breadcrumb trail'. Named after the trail of breadcrumbs Hansel and Gretel dropped to remember their journey back, each breadcrumb in the trail represents a scene in the stack. We'll enable the breadcrumb trail by setting trackCrumbTrail to true on the 'world' State.
We push scenes onto the stack by navigating to States. We want to display the 'hello' scene first so we'll start by navigating to the 'hello' State.
The Navigation router displays the scene we return from the renderScene function of the 'hello' State. The scene consists of a button that says 'Hello'. When pressed, we want to push the 'world' scene onto the stack. We'll access the stateNavigator using the React Context API and navigate to the 'world' State inside the onPress handler. The navigate function accepts navigation data as the second parameter. We’ll use it to pass across a size of 20 to the 'world' scene.
We build the 'world' scene inside the renderScene function of the 'world' State. We'll destructure the size from the incoming navigation data and assign it to Text component’s font size.
We pop scenes off the stack by navigating backwards. How far we navigate back determines the number of scenes popped. We'll change the 'world' scene so that it renders a button instead of plain text. Inside the onPress handler, we'll call the navigateBack function passing in a distance of 1. Because the Navigation router uses the underlying native APIs, you can also return to the 'hello' scene using the back button on Android or by swiping/pressing back on iOS. | 2019-04-23T22:02:43 | https://grahammendick.github.io/navigation/documentation/native/hello-world.html |
An ailing chimpanzee who refused to eat and could barely move somehow found the strength to let out a great big smile for an old human friend who paid her a visit.
The touching 2016 footage, which is currently making the rounds again on social media, shows Mama, a terminally ill 59-year-old chimpanzee, lifelessly laying inside her enclosure at the Royal Burgers Zoo in Arnhem, a city in the Nederlands.
However, a visit from Mama's old friend, Professor Jan van Hooff, who met her in 1972 while setting up the zoo's chimp colony, proved to be just the dose of medicine the sick animal needed.
In the sweet clip, van Hooff approaches Mama and begins gently stroking her side.
While at first Mama doesn't react to the professor's presence, the moment she realizes who he truly is her face lights up in the most heart-warming fashion.
Sadly, Mama died about a week after the touching moment took place -- but her memory lives on in those who worked closely with her.
"She had an exceptionally strong and dominant personality so that no man who wanted to come to power could do so around her," said Frans de Waal, a behavioral scientist who worked with Mama. "She also brought consolation when there were tensions and mediated conflicts."
"She will be sorely missed, also by me, because I have rarely seen such an admirable character in both humans and apes." | 2019-04-25T14:57:15 | https://www.aol.com/article/lifestyle/2017/10/19/dying-chimpanzee-smiles-one-last-time-during-old-friends-visit/23249161/ |
I think I've read one too many depressing books about tough childhoods this year, because that combined with raising my own babies has me thinking about what I can do as a parent to help them feel safe and secure- both physically and emotionally. I'm not saying I do all or any of these things perfectly, but they're on my radar as I try to become the parent I want to be and that my boys deserve.
1- Follow through. If I tell my kids I'm going to do something, I'd better do it. Milo has forever been so trusting of me. When he was a baby and I'd tell him I'd be right back with something, he'd wait patiently until I went back. I realized then and there that I could never betray that trust. If I say I'll check on them, I do it. If I say they can have a drink after I finish something, I deliver. To me, this has been a way to build trust in a simple sense that will develop a lot deeper as we all get older.
2- Self esteem. This is something I've struggled with and I'm hypersensitive about it. I want them to know how loved and adored they are regardless of mistakes, outward appearance, struggles, talents, etc.
3- Spirituality. I think spirituality is a journey for every person on this earth, and I think you can be a devout anything and still have huge character flaws (I know I do). Above all, I want them to know that they're loved children of God. Everything else will fall into place.
4- Eye contact. They need to know that they matter. They alone have special rights to me and my attention and I will always honor that. "Can you play with me" will always be answered with a resounding yes (even if it's accompanied with "in x minutes").
5- This will always be a place of non judgement. I know my kids will make mistakes. I'm sure they will make big ones. I want them to know they can talk to me and I'll always be ready and waiting with love and constructive help when they're ready for that part.
6- Stability. We live and breathe by a routine and at this point doing otherwise would be an injustice to us all. We're flexible, and our routine is ever-evolving. But knowing what to expect works wonders for all of us.
As Milo gets older and more aware, parenthood becomes bigger and bigger to me. He's only 3-almost-4 right now, and I feel like there are too many things to prevent and teach. The best I can do is love my boys and teach them to be good, kind, charitable people. I can't keep out all the bad, but I can fill them with everything good I know. | 2019-04-22T20:24:19 | http://www.thehansentribe.com/2017/01/things-that-matter.html |
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We have some great shows planned for the fall. Check the dates page for details!
The Return of the Kings: The Kings are back to Imperial pursuits.
After a self-imposed mini-exile (circa 5/13/2003 to 5/14/2003), the Kudzu Kings of Oxford, Mississippi have reforged themselves: crazy as ever, and with just a wee bit more finesse than you (might) remember. Core members Tate Moore, Robert Chaffe, and Kudzu Dave Woolworth are reunited with original lead guitarists Max Williams and George McConnell. Drummer Kenny Graeber rounds out the sextet. Rock solid and Real Country. Why are they classified as a jam band, anyway? (most songs under 5 minutes and with a hook). I guess you need to be there.
Songs about the South: songs about dogs, beer, and relationships gone south. Count on nothing but fun and the ridiculous banter that is the earmark of the consummate (un)professionals of Funktry. Yes, folks, Funktry is a music classification, or at least band members say that with conviction.
It has been a few years since some things have happened, but you can still hear tales of flying golf carts, late night chicken fight races on the asphalt, and skinny dipping with St. Bernards to name a few.
True stories, and some of the stories are in song form.
The Kings have returned. It is time, New Orleans. We will see you there. | 2019-04-21T02:19:20 | http://kudzukings.com/update.htm |
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The British Thematic Association is a national organisation composed of and supporting theme based collectors and exhibitors from across the UK, Europe and the world. We are affiliated with the Association of British Philatelic Societies and the American Topical Association.
Our aim is to give support to those wishing to embark on or expand a theme-based collection, whether it consists purely of stamps or postcards, or includes a wide range of additional material including postal history, postmarks and ephemera.
On this site you will find news from the BTA, updates about events and exhibitions, useful information about theme based collecting and a whole lot more. Please bookmark the site or get in touch to become a member of the Association. | 2019-04-24T05:58:53 | https://www.britishthematic.org.uk/ |
Graduating Summer 2019? Beat the queues and graduate in style!
[Family Photography Belfast] This is me!
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Community is a fun slide set that creatively shows the connections between people in a community, especially in the community of the Church. This set could be great for announcement and sermon slides.
What is Genesis about? What can we really take from the first chapter of Genesis? How do we understand Genesis 1 as we consider our relationship with God? | 2019-04-21T00:30:46 | https://sermons.faithlife.com/search?kinds=sermon%2Cillustration%2Cmediapack&q=%28topic%3A%22relationship%22+OR+tag%3A%22relationship%22%29 |
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Extreme hill climb in Sweden and Ler, Norway 2013. Roar Johansen in Thunderbolt making it look easy in his turbo powered LS3 beast. | 2019-04-20T14:31:31 | https://www.neverontv.com/1200-hp-extreme-hill-climb-formula-offroad-2013/ |
If you are an architecture buff or have a curiosity about the many different cultures and ethnicities which make up Malaysia, then a visit to the Taman Mini Malaysia cultural park near Melaka is definitely recommended.
The Taman Mini Malaysia is a theme park of sorts located near the town of Ayer Keroh, a few kilometers outside Melaka. The park showcases the traditional architecture and way of life of the 13 states of Malaysia by way of its interesting exhibits, which consist of various traditional Malaysian homes found in the 13 diverse states of the Malaysia union.
Every Malaysian state has its own regional or group style of house with preferred details. While some homes are built on stilts, others are topped with elaborate roofs to block out the heat and others equipped with one or more decorated stairwells. Malaysian homes built on stilts are known as Rumah Panggung, and are largely evident in the many kampungs of Sabah. Similarly traditional homes found in Melaka are known as Rumah Limas and are famed for their elaborate and tiled stairways.
The interior of the many showcase dwellings at the Taman Mini Malaysia Park are further adorned with various native arts and crafts to illustrate the culture and heritage of each state. Additionally, the homes are also inhabited by life-like figurines outfitted in traditional wear, so that along with architecture visitors can also peruse various other aspects of life of the many diverse regions of Malaysia.
The Taman Mini Malaysia certainly provides an interesting platform for displaying the indigenous lifestyles and abodes of the various peoples of Malaysia. In addition to its attention-grabbing displays, the park also offers various traditional and cultural performances as a part of its endeavor to showcase the native way of life prevalent in the various different regions and states of Malaysia.
The Taman Mini Malaysia is a free attraction, which is open to the public daily. Visiting hours are from 9 am to 5pm. | 2019-04-18T18:49:30 | http://blog.malaysiajao.in/2013/09/the-taman-mini-malaysia.html |
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Nuair a ghlacas leis an ngradam don Bhlag is Fearr A Bhain Úsáid as an nGaeilge i 2009, chanas 'An Poc Ar Buile' don slua. Ní raibh mé ar ais ó shin!
Fuaireas an broisiúr inné le h-aghaidh comórtais liteartha an Oireachtais agus tar éis dom é a scrúdú ó chlúdach go clúdach, thugas faoi ndeara go raibh an chomórtas blagála a cuireadh tús leis trí bliana ó shin ar iarraidh.
Tá cineál díomá orm – ach ní fheadar an bhfuil aon ionadh orm. Bhuaigh mé an chomórtas an chéad bhliain agus bhíos an sásta le sin, dheineas moltóireacht an dara bliain agus ní ró shásúil a bhí an eispearas sin ach an oiread. Ní h-é nár bhuaigh mé an chomórtas ach nár mhothaigh mé go raibh aon spéis á chur sa chomórtas ag muintir an Oireachtais féin Go deimhin, ba bheag an poiblíocht a tugadh do bhuaiteoirí an chomórtais aon bhlian – agus mar sin ní nach íontas nár lean Oifig Ghaeilge DIT leis an urraíocht fhial a bhí ar bun acu ar an gcomórtas.
Rud éigean eile, ní doigh liom go raibh an bhlagáil ar a chompórd i measc na gcomórtas liteardha. Is meán nua go fóill an bhlagáil agus níl a fhios agam an féidir litríocht a thabhairt air go fóill ar aon dul le ficsean. É sin ráite, tá sé chomh bailí blagáil a chur i measc na gcomórtas liteardha is atá sé aistí innealtóireachta, scrioptanna teilifíse nó aistí ar ábhair spioradálta. (san aiste sin moltar don scríobhnóir ós cionn 30,000 focal a chur ar phár – is mór an méid paidreacha é sin agus ní fheadar an léifear choiche é?).
An rud a thuigim le comórtais liteardha an Oireachtais go bhfuil sé nios mó mar gheall ar dhaileadh airgead i measc an chiorcail órga ná mar atá sé faoin ealaíon nó an litríocht ann féin. Ní fheadar arbh fhiú don Oireachtas an t-airgead a chuirtear ar fáil don duaischiste a laghdú go mór agus é sin a chaitheamh ar mhargaíocht ceart a dhéanamh ar na duais-iarrachtaí?
Anocht atá fíor ghradaim bhlagála na tíre á mbronnadh, na Irish Blog Awards, agus tá, a bhuí de mo shean chara ó laethannta Choláiste Íosagáin Conn Ó Múineacháin (Edgecast Media), gradam ann don bhlag is fearr a bhaineann úsáid as an nGaeilge. Tá iGaeilge ar an ngearrliosta ach tá amhras orm go n-eireoidh chomh maith leis is ar eirigh le dhá bhliain anuas nuair arbh é an blag seo a thug an svae leis. Tá blaganna eile ar an ngearrliosta – agus cinn nach iad – tar éis caighdeán na blagadóireachta as Gaeilge a fheabhsú go mór. Léithéidí ‘Grá Faoi Ghruaim’ , Idirlíon.org, Aonghus fánach atá ag déanamh an charghas ar an idirlíon is Dennis lena ‘nótaí imeallacha. Tá Scott de Buitléar i mbun blag spéisiúil freisin, Dialann Scott, agus cá bhfios ach gur ag an scríobhnóir seo a bheidh an bua trathnóna?
I bhfírinne ní miste liom cé a bhuann fhaid is go bhfásann an blagaisféar Ghaelach leis. Níl a dhothain blagadóirí ag baint úsáide as an nGaeilge ar líne agus is cinnte gur sa treo seo a chaithfimíd diriú sa todhchaí. Is maith an rud é go bhfuil an t-aitheantas seo á fháil ag an mblagáil i nGaeilge ó na Irish Blog Awards agus tá creidiúint nach beag ag dul go dtí Damien Mulley, eagraí na ngradam, as a thacaiocht. Ní gá a rá nach bhfuil Damien ag fáil aon chabhair ó Fhoras na Gaeilge (a tharraing siar, gan choinne, ó urraíocht ar ghradaim d’iriseoireacht trí Ghaeilge na micléinn le déanaí dá chuid iarrachtaí!
Ar aon nós, tá fás agus forbairt á bheartú agam ar iGaeilge go luath. Bígí ag faire ar an spás seo….
Foilsiú: 19/03/2011 . igaeilge a d’fhoilsigh. Ranganna: An Ghaeilge, Cultúr. Clibeanna: Irish Blog Awards, Oireachtas na Gaeilge.
Díreach tar éis filleadh ón Oireachtas agus is fiú a rá gur bhain mé sult as – fiú má chreidim go fóill go bhfuil alán rudaí i leith na féile ar cheart a fhorbairt go práinneach faoi mar a bhíos ag rá libh san imlitir dheireannach.
Is é an rud mar gheall ar an Oireachtas go gcasann tú le do cháirde atá ag troid an dea throid i dtrínsí eile – leithéidí Darach O Scolaí a sheol leabhar alainn eile ó Leabhair Breac, Ceadtach Mac Rí na gCor le Maidhc P. O Conaola nó na Deartharacha Fanzini nó muintir Mhic Giolla Bhríde – bhí an chéad albam ó Dhoiminic (in éineacht le Greagoir O Labhruidh) á sheoladh ann, Guailibh a Chéile, dluth dhiosca a dheineann ceiliúradh ar an gceangal laidir idir sinn is ár gcomh Ghaeil trasna Sruth na Maoile. Bhí go leor eile ann, go h-áirithe thíos i bhforhalla an INEC áit go raibh ‘Aonach na Gaeilge’ agus leithéidí Scrabble á dhíol ag Glór na nGael nó BábagoBaby nó An Spailpín Fánach is a chuid t-léinte is eile.
Maidin De Satharn b’é ceann de na príomh ocáidí Seimineár Chonradh na Gaeilge. Abhar an tSeimineáir: An Straitéis 20 Bliain: Reiteach an Scéil? Na cainteoirí: Pádraig O hAoláín, Udarás na Gaeltachta; Muireann Ní Mhoráin (An Chomhairle Um Oideachais Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta/COGG) is Fergal O Cuilinn (Comhluadar). Chuir sé íontas orm, áfach, agus an tAire Ghnóthaí Pobail, Comhionannais agus Gaeltachta, Pat Carey, thíos staighre san óstán céanna, ná raibh seisean ag caint ag an ocáid seo, ós rud é gurb é a sheolfaidh an Straitéis i gceann, deirtear linn, trí sheachtain nó mar sin.
Seans go gcuirfeadh an tAire spéis i rudaí a dúradh ag an Seimineár: Bhí ráiteas amháin a rinne Donncha O hEallaithe a chuir íontas orm féin: Dar le Donncha, niorbh é Colm McCarthy agus an Bhord Snip Nua a mhol go mbainfí feidhm na fiontraíochta den Udarás ach Roinn na Gaeltachta féin. Anois má tá sin fíor, tá go leor ceisteanna le cur, an príomh cheann: cén taobh ar a bhfuil an Roinn sa chluiche seo? Más ar thaobh coilliú an Udaráis atá an Roinn, ar cheart do Ghaeil a bheith ag cosaint na Roinne mar atá leithéidí Guth na Gaeltachta. Gan fiontraíocht a bheith faoi chúram an Udaráis, d’fhagfaí an Ghaeltacht ina thalamh bánaithe mar is cinnte nach lonnódh leithéidí Enterprise Ireland oiread is tionscnamh amháin sa Ghaeltacht. Ní spéis le Fiontar Éireann bailte beaga is ceantair imeallacha.
Mar ar tugadh chun solais anseo den chéad uair roinnt seachtainí ó shin, ní raibh an t-údarás i measc na n-aisínteachtaí forbartha a fuair cuireadh chun cruinnithe ón dTaoiseach. Fiú go raibh Fás ar an liosta in ainneoin go bhfuil sé fógraithe go poiblí go mbeidh áisínteacht nua scileanna ann san Athbhliain. Deirtear linn gur léirigh an tAire ‘dóchas’ nach ngearrfaí buiséad an Udaráis sa Bhuiséad agus é faoi agallamh ar TG4 oíche Déardaoin – ach cad is fiú dóchas an Aire nuair a chuirtear i gcomórtas é leis imeallú shoiléir atá déanta ar UnaG ag an dTaoiseach féin? Beidh le feiceáil teacht na Nollag!
Tá Conradh na Gaeilge chun comhdháil a eagrú ag an Oireachtas chun ‘Straitéis 20 Bliain na Gaeilge’ a phlé.
Go n-éirí go breá leo.
B’fhearr liom go mbeadh ceist eile á plé.
Ceist níos práinní dar liom.
Táimid ar an dé deiridh thuaidh is theas, faoi luí na bíse ag ciorruithe eacnamaíochta, fiacha troma, dífhostaíocht, éagóir agus inimirce.
Ba bhreá liom díospóireacht a bheith ag an Oireachtas faoin saol a bheas ag na Gaeil sa ré barainne atá anois ann.
Shíl mé riamh agus mé ag fás aníos gur Gael-Linn an eiseamláir do gach eagras Gaeilge.
Dream a fuair airgead éigin ón stát ceart go leor ach a bhí dírithe go mór mór ar fhiontair a chur sa tsiúil a shaothródh ioncam don eagras féin – crannchur, díol ceirníní, nuacht-fhíseáin, scannáin, drámaíocht agus go leor eile.
Fiontraíocht an dúshraith a bhí ag an eagras Gaeilge áirithe sin.
Anois, i ré seo na héigeandála eacnamaíochta, caithfidh na heagrais Ghaeilge agus na fiontair Ghaeilge agus na cumainn Ghaelacha agus na hionaid Ghaelacha tabhairt faoina n-atheagrú féin le go mbeadh siad saor ó dheontais stáit.
Nárbh fhiú straitéis 5 bliana a ullmhú chun go mbeadh gach eagras Gaeilge ag cruthú 50% dá n-ioncam iad féin faoin bhliain 2015 seachas iad a bheith ag brath ar dheontais rialtais?
B’fhiú sin a phlé ag an Oireachtas.
Cé gur ceist é ar chóir é a phlé ag an Oireachtas i mbliana – agus ag Oireachtais roimhe seo – tá ceannasaíocht na Gaeilge chomh coimeádach sin nach féidir leo todhchaí gan deontas a shamhlú. Ní doigh liom go mbeidh gá leis an samhalaíocht i bhfad eile mar tá na mictíre anois ag an doras….
Bhí sé d’adh orm casadh le Seán Tadhg O Gairbhí, iar eagarthóir an ‘sean’ Foinse, thíos staighre ón Seimineár agus d’fhiafraigh mé de cad é an cúram a bhí aige na laethannta seo. Is cosúil gur mise an duine deireannach atá ar an eolas nó tá Seán Tadhg anois ag cur comhairle ar an Aire Carey. Sin cara amháin sa chúirt ag lucht gnímh na Gaeilge. Ní raibh an seans agam plé a dhéanamh leis faoina thuairim ar na ‘nuachtáin’ nua i saol na Gaeilge, ó chuir Foras na Gaeilge chun báis Lá Nua agus Foinse (mar a bhí), nó tháinig an Aire ar an láthair.
Táím tar éis corr alt a sholathar do Ghaelscéal le déanaí agus bhí altanna agam i Foinse anuraidh – tacaím le nuachtáin Ghaeilge mar bhunphrionsabal – ach mothaím go bhfuil an plot á chailiúint go fóill ag Gaelscéal go h-áirithe. Is é feile an Oireachtais deireadh seachtaine mór shaol na Gaeilge agus ní raibh tagairt don Oireachtas ar phríomh leathnach an nuachtáín nó fiú san Eagarfhocal. Bhí an eagarfhocal dírithe, den chuid is mó, ar mhasla a ghlac an t-eagarthóir don téarma ‘Irish language enthusiast’ i bpreas ráiteas ó Shinn Féin. Anois níl aon bá agamsa le SF agus is minic ar cháin mé an pháirtí in eagarfhocal nuachtáin – ach seo an rud, is ceist fánach is imeallach é seo le h-ainm nuachtáin, murab ionann agus colúnaí, a cheangal leis. Nuair is eagarthóir nuachtáin thú, tá dualgas ort guth shainiúil a chruthú don nuachtán san eagarfhocal agus, ar uaireannta, d’fhéadfadh sé titim amach go dtrasnódh an rud a dhéarfadh an nuachtán ina ghuth féin agus an rud a dhéarfá id ghuth. Dá mba rud é go raibh an oiread san dúil ag an Eagarthóir an pointe sin a dhéanamh, d’fhéadfadh sé colún a scríobh ar an gceist ach, ar ór ná ar airgead, níor cheart do an eagarfhocal a fhagaint faoi na maslaí a mhothaíonn sé féin. Nó má dheineann sé amhlaidh, bíodh sé cinnte gur ceist níos tabhachtaí atá i gceist ná an lipéad a luaitear le cainteoirí Ghaeilge. Is cainteoir Ghaeilge mé ach, freisin, is ‘Irish language enthusiast’ mé. Más é sin mar a fheiceann domhan an Bhéarla mé, is beag éifeacht a bheidh ag eagarfhocal i nGaelscéal chun an léargas sin a athrú. Ní h-é seo an chéad uair don eagarfhocal i nGaelscéal bheith dirithe ar cheisteanna fánacha is imeallacha – níl sé cúpla seachtain ó shin ó bhí an eagarfhocal ag gearán faoi claonadh a bhí tugtha faoi ndeara aige sna meáin Bhéarla ar nós RTÉ is an Irish Times bheith ag moladh d’fhir óga bheith ag liostáil i bhfórsa choimhthíoch ar nós Arm na Breataine. Ceist é seo a eiríonn mionlach dhaoine tógtha faoi – mionlach de mhionlach – agus is ceist amaideach é le plé in eagarfhocal nuachtán Ghaeilge nuair atá ceisteanna i bhfad Éireann níos giorra den scórnach le plé.
Is cinnte gur scrígh mé féin cúpla eagarfhocal a chuaigh thar fóir le mo linn i Lá/Lá Nua. Ach níor phléigh le ceisteanna fánacha ar bhonn rialta – riamh ar éigean – mar is nós, is cosúil, don eagarfhocal i nGaelscéal. Agus má bhí mo thuairimí féin le craobhscaoileadh agam, dhein mé an obair sin faoi m’ainm féin seachas faoi bhrat an nuachtáin.
Ní thuigim cén fath nach bhfuil lucht bainistíochta an nuachtáín, leithéidí Máire Ní Thuathail is an Connacht Tribune, tar éis comhairle a chur ar an t-é atá ag scríobh na h-eagarfhocail seo smacht de shórt éigean a bheith aige ar a pheann – ar son an nuachtáin agus ar son na Gaeilge.
Ceist eile ar cuireadh orm i gcaitheamh an deireadh seachtaine: Cén sórt díolachán atá ag Gaelscéal? Níl a fhios ag éinne mar ní chreidim go bhfuil an nuachtán cláraithe le ABC – cé gur luaigh an Fhoras é sin mar choinnioll liomsa agus mo chomhleacaithe nuair a rabhmar san iomaíocht don chonradh a bhuaigh Torann na dTonn Teo (comhlacht úinéireachta Gaelscéal). Agus é á cheistiú ar an bpointe seo le déanaí ar An Ghlór Anoir, dúirt Ciaran Dunbar, eagarthóir an nuachtáín, ná raibh na figiúirí ós a chomhair agus é ag caint ach go raibh sé féin agus lucht an nuachtáin is Foras na Gaeilge sásta go raibh na ‘targaidí’ a aontaíodh á aimsiú acu. Ní chreidim focal de. Ní chreidim nach bhfuil a fhios ag eagarthóir nuachtáin an líon cóipeanna a dhíolann an nuachtán ar an meán agus dar liom is eolas é sin ar cheart a roinnt leis an bpobal ós rud é gur airgead phoiblí atá ag maoiniú an nuachtáin. Mo bharúil féin, is é go bhfuil díolachán Gaelscéal thar a bheith lag. Seachas canncráin ar nós mé féin, ní bhionn daoine ag caint faoin ‘scéal’ i nGaelscéal. Fágtar beartanna móra den nuachtán gan díol sa siopaí im chomharsanacht féin. Ar ndóígh is beag margaíocht atá á dhéanamh ar son an nuachtáin. Ní h-é nach bhfuil súáilcí ag an nuachtán – tá colúnaithe maith a dhothain ag scríobh ann, leithéidí Eoghan O Néill agus Páidí O Lionaird is Conn O Múinneacháin – ach níl an nuachtán ag aimsiú an bhuille nó níl fíú i ngiorracht scread ásail do. B’é eagrán na seachtaine seo, eagrán an Oireachtais, an eagrán dheireannach a thógfaidh mise im láímh mura dtugtar comhairle dom go bhfuil feabhas súntasach tagtha air. Mo bharúil féin, go bhfuil sé in am anois stiur cheart a chur ar Gaelscéal ionas nach ndéanfaidh sé staicín aiféise den tuairim gur cheart nuachtán Ghaeilge a bheith ann ar chorr ar bith.
Ní raibh sé i gceist agam dul ar strae mar sin (DAS chuala mé mo chéad eagrán de ‘Ar Strae Sa tSaotharlann’ inné ar mo shlí go Cill Airne – tá clár eolaíochta RnaG, curtha i láthair ag Conn O Muineacháin agus Risteard O Coistealbha, ana thaithneamhach ar fad agus é chomh éagsúil ó ghnath stuif RnaG) – ach ós rud é go bhfuilim ag tracht ar na meáin Ghaeilge agus a gcur chuige don Oireachtas, is fiú a lua gur ábhar mór díomá dom é ná raibh Corn Uí Riada á chraoladh ag TG4 aréir. Tar éis go raibh sé á chraoladh le cúpla bliain anuas – idir 2007 agus 2009 – bhí mé imithe i dtaithí air agus chreideas gur maith ann é – cé go raibh lochtanna is lochtanna súntasacha ar an gcur i láthair. Ba cheart é a dheanamh agus é a dhéanamh i gceart. Tá’s agam go raibh TG4 ag craoladh na Rialacha Idirnáisiúnta idir an tír seo agus an Astráil ó Pháírc an Chrócaig aréir ach, mar phríomh urraí na Sraithe, ná raibh deis ag TG4 a chur in iúl do na h-eagraithe gur cheart am nó dáta an dara chluiche a athrú dá mba rud é go raibh sé ag teacht salach ar chlúdach an staisiún ar an Oireachtas? Is é pobal na Gaeilge sprioc phobal TG4 fiú is go bhfuil ar an staisiún lucht féachana a lorg sa phobal mhór lasmuigh de phobal na Gaeilge. Nior cheart pobal na Gaeilge a fhágáil in áit na leathphingine agus TG4 sa tóir ar an bpobal mhór.
Foilsiú: 31/10/2010 . igaeilge a d’fhoilsigh. Ranganna: An Ghaeilge, Cúrsaí Reatha, Cultúr. Clibeanna: an Roinn Ghnóthaí Pobail Comhionannais agus Gaeltachta, an tAire Pat Carey, Donncha O hEalaithe, Foinse, Gaelsceal, Oireachtas na Gaeilge, TG4, Udarás na Gaeltachta.
Seo chugainn Oireachtas na Samhna – i mbliana, den chéad uair le fada, ní bheidh aon imeachtaí Oireachtais ar bun le linn mí na Samhna de bharr nach gcuirfear tús leis an mhí sin go dtí an Luan – agus tá na sluaite ag druidim le Cill Airne d’fhéile mhór Ghaeilge na bliana seo. Trath go raibh, bhíodh breis is deich lá san Oireachtas ach le h-imeacht na mblianta tá sin laghdaithe go mór. I gCorcaigh na dTonn dhá bhliain ó shin bhí an fhéile ann, le féile a mhair ó Domhnach go Domhnach agus ina raibh féile ealaíon, peil is iomáint, comórtas fichille agus go leor eile. Anois samhlaím nach dtugtar áird ach do na comortais sean nóis, idir amhránaíocht is rínce, is fágtar comórtais eile ar nós na h-agallaimh beirte, na luibíní, na seóanna aonair, na sceitseanna in áit na leathphingine. I bhfirinne is é an t-ól agus an craic an áit a bhfuil an fíor aicsean sna éagráin is déanaí den Oireachtas. An leagan ‘McDonalds’ den Oireachas atá againn anois agus, nach cuma, nó de réir gach tuairisc tá an t-aos og ag baint an taithneamh as.
Beidh mé féin ag an Oireachtas amárach ar feadh seal agus, b’fhéidir, arís ar an Satharn. Chuir mé mo loistín – a d’ioc mé féin as murab ionann agus go leor eile a bhionn ag an Oireachtas ar Junket de short amháin nó eile [m.sh Comhaltaí Fhoras na Gaeilge] – ar ceal inné nó thuigeas nach mbeadh ar mo chumas nó nach mbeadh an fonn orm an deireadh seachaine a chaitheamh ar an bhféile.
Nior mhiste liom cúpla uair a chloig a chaitheamh ann – blaiseadh de chomórtas ar nós na hAmhráin Nua Chumtha nó na Luibíní – agus táim ag iarraidh, gan amhras, cóip de ‘Scrabble’ as Gaeilge a cheannach ó Ghlór na nGael. Ba mhaith liom freisin dluth dhiosca nua Doiminic Mac Giolla Bhríde agus Greagóir O Labhruid (a bheidh á sheoladh ar an Satharn), a cheannach. Ach Club na Féile is an craic sin go léir – ní bheidh mé ann, go raibh maith agat.
Dream eile nach mbeidh ag an Oireachtas, is cosúil, isea Morning Ireland, an clár is mó éisteoirí sa tír. Le seachtain anuas rinneadh an clár a chur i láthair ó Fhéile Opera Loch Garman agus ó Fhéile Snagcheol Chorcaí ach is cosúil nach bhfuil aon áit ar sceideal MI don fhéile ealaíon is fad bhunaithe sa tír. Nuair a chuir mé an cheist ar shuíomh Morning Ireland, dúradh liom ‘we’ll try to cover it in our programme’. Is féidir linn a rá, is dócha, gur seo an rud a bheimís ag súil leis ó RTÉ ach is léargas é seo ar an easpa cumarsáide a dheineann pobal na Gaeilge leis an domhan lasmuigh an oiread is gur cur síos é ar an mbealach a fhéachann mór shruth an Bhéarla orainn.
ALARUM: Timpeall ar 7.40rn ar maidin inniu (Dé hAoine), bhí mír faoin Oireachtas ar Morning Ireland. (beidh sé le h-íoslódáil mar phodchraoladh níos déanaí ar maidin). Nach mise a bhí dána agus amhras a léiriú i leith MI! Ritheann sé liom go bhféadfadh sé tarlú gurb é an cheist a chuir mise a spreag MI chun an mír a dhéanamh. Bhí an cuma air go raibh an mír curtha le chéile go tapaidh – agus d’úsáideadh ceann de na pointí a luaigh mé im cheist – gurb é an tOireachtas an féile ealaíon b’fhaide bhunaithe – chun an mír a chur i láthair. Is cuma, i bhfírinne, ba mhaith ann é mar mhír don Oireachtas chun an rún faoin bhféile seo a scaoileadh leis an bpobal mhór. Ag an am chéanna bheinn ag súil go mbeadh míreanna ar RTÉ News, TV3 is eile trathnóna inniu – an mbeidh? Sin ceist eile.
ALARUM EILE: Tá sé ráite liom, go neamhbhalbh, nach mo idirghuí ar shuíomh Morning Ireland a chinntigh go mbeadh mír ar an Oireachtas ar an gclár sin. B’shin a dúradh liom nuair a fhreastail mé ar an Oireachtas ar feadh cúpla uair a chloig inniu (Dé hAoine). Is cinnte nár mhaith liom an creidiúint a ghoid ón gcomhlacht, Stillwater, a shill allais agus iad ag lorg an mhír ar an seó seo. Ní dócha go raibh idirghabhail iGaeilge ina chonstaic – ach is é an pointe atá ar chúl na pointí sin, dá suaraí iad, a thabhairt chun solais go gcaithfidh gach duine ar suim leo an Oireachtas agus cultúr na Gaeilge a bheith ag tapú gach deis i gconaí chun í a chur ós comhair an phobal is leithne. Is rud í le bheith brodúil aistí – agus ní ar ár leas go mbeidh sí ina rún. Mar sin, maith sibh Cilian is Natasha is eile ag Stillwater. Lean leis an dea obair i ngort na poiblíochta!
Tá an cosúlacht ar an scéal nach bhfuil aon bhuairt ar an Oireachtas faoin easpa seo. Tugann an fhéile a shlua féin leis i gcónaí, cuid de phobal na Gaeilge agus dream suntasach de thaistealaithe ar ‘gravy train’ na Gaeilge. Bhí Ostán an Gleneagle lán go béal ón dtaca seo anuraidh ag lucht an Oireachtais féin agus ní fhéadfadh an ghnathchosmhuintir a shrón a fháil isteach i seomra leapan san ostán sin, is dócha, don bhliain seo chugainn (i gCill Airne arís) agus an bhliain dar gcionn ar ais i Leitir Ceanainn. Ní thuigim faoin spéir cén fath nach féidir an tOireachtas a bheith sa Ghaillimh nó i mBaile Atha Cliath seachas sa dhá chúinne is iargúlta sa tír murach gur ceist éigean faoi na costaisí atá ann.
Sea is canncrán mé. Bím ag gearán. Dhéanfainn féin cur síos orm féin mar an bhuachaillín a thugann faoi ndeara go bhfuil an Impire lomnocht agus a dheireann ós árd é murab ionann agus an ‘Sea-drong’ atá bailithe timpeall ar an Impire agus beo ar gach fhocal uaidh.
An t-aon chúis go mbím ag gearán mar seo mar go bhfuil meas agam ar an Oireachtas. Bhí mé páirteach ann go minic, agus mo mhuintir, agus mo shean mhuintir. Tá súil agam a bheith páirteach ann arís ach tá gá le stopadh leis an gcrapadh leanúnach atá ar bun ag an fhéile agus go ndéanfaí féile mór uileghabhalach di mar a bhí i gCorcaigh agus, i mblianta roimhe sin, i mBéal Feirste. Ba cheart go mbeadh a fhios ag pobal Chill Airne go bhfuil an fhéile ar siúl agus go bhfuil sin le tabhairt faoi ndeara timpeall an bhaile. Ba cheart go mbeadh suaitheantas an Oireachtais le feiscint in áíteanna ar nós an Ghaillimh, Cill Chainnigh, BAC, Ceatharlach is Béal Feirste arís.
Agus rud eile de, fhaid is atáím i mbun an ghearáin, dhá bhliain ó shin nuair a bhíos ag freastal ar an Oireachtas i gCorcaigh, rinne mé forlíónadh ar leith dhá theangach don Evening Echo faoin bhféile agus tuairisciú iomlán gach lá ar feadh seachtaine le linn na féile. Anuas ar sin rinne mé blag le físeáin ar an Oireachtas. Cuireann sé íontas agus díomá orm nach bhfuil a leithéid ar bun ag lucht an Oireachtais féin i gCill Airne i mbliana. Ba cheart do TG4 – agus beidh mé á thogáil seo ag an mBórd nuair a bheidh mé ag freastal ar an gcéad cruinniú – ábhar a thaifeadadh ag an Oireachtas agus a chraoladh ar an staisiún ar feadh na míonna ina dhiaidh. Idir amhráin sean nóis is amhráin nua chumtha, idir agallaimh, lúibiní is scéalta is seóanna aonair, tá an t-ábhar ann. Rinne mé an obair seo dhá bhliain ó shin ar bhonn deonach chun dúshlán a thabhairt do na craoltóírí is don Oireachtas féin – is léir gur shuigh siad ar a dtónacha agus nár ghlac leis an ndúshlán. Léargas é suíomh nua an Oireachtais, atá fós ag caint faoin Oireachtas a bheith ar bun i gCill Airne agus síneadh a bheith curtha leis an spriocam do na chomórtaisí, ar an easpa cumarsáíde seo.
Tá Oireachtas na dTeachtaí Dála, na Seanadóirí agus an Uachtaráin ainmnithe mar gheall ar Oireachtas na Gaeilge. Is é seo an áit chruinnithe do phobal na tíre. Is é tús agus deireadh na bliana é againn. Ba cheart meas dá réir a thabhairt don fhéile agus í a scaoileadh óna laincisí. Scaoil amach an Oireachtas!
Foilsiú: 28/10/2010 . igaeilge a d’fhoilsigh. Ranganna: An Ghaeilge, Cultúr. Clibeanna: Morning Ireland, Oireachtas na Gaeilge, RTÉ. | 2019-04-21T02:49:30 | https://igaeilge.wordpress.com/tag/oireachtas-na-gaeilge/ |
With four extra pages compared to 2016 and over €80,000 to be won the new edition of the Iverk Show prize list is packed with competitions for everyone. The prize list gives the schedule of classes and events due to take place at the show.
Launching the prize list chairman Robert Dowley said that while it was difficult to improve on last year’s very successful event he was confident that we have put together an even better programme. With some new events and most of the old favourites the show promises to once again achieve the objectives of its founders in 1826.
With the support of Glanbia the ‘Iverk Show Food Market’ is set to take centre stage. Hosted by Chef Adrian and the ICA and sponsored by FloGas and NordMende the All Ireland Home Cook Champion 2017 final will be a spectacular competition. Finalists have already qualified in Kilkenny and at Ballymoney and Clonakilty shows.
Now in its fifth year and already established as one of the biggest cattle competitions in the country is the Aldi, ABP sponsored Irish Angus bull calf championship final.
Nissan are back in the show jumping Grand Prix as is Investec Wealth and Investment All Ireland broodmare final. There will be a new novice class for working hunter horses.
The highlights in the cattle section are the Johnson Hygiene Championship, the Ulster Bank inter breed beef championship and the Dawn Meats non-pedigree heifer.
There will be 41 classes in the Red Mills poultry marquee housed in beautiful new KLP aided cages. There will be hard, soft and heavy feathered birds as well as water fowl and bantams.
Entering the show grounds you will see the fruit, vegetable, eggs, flowers and honey classes. Beside these will come the backing section with of course the Iverk Produce great cherry cake competition.
The arts, crafts, photography and flower arranging classes both adult and young people are testament to the creative skills of the exhibitor. Many are just brilliant.
Last year the fashion marquee was packed to the doors and Anne Marie and her helper promise even better this year.
Talking about fashion, ladies would you like to win an overnight, dinner, B and B in the five star Merrion Hotel in Dublin with some spending money in Louise Kennedy’s? And if you are under 18 months of age make sure your parents turn you out at your best as there are prizes for all that take part in the Bonny Baby competition.
Your day would not be complete without a visit to the vintage section. It will rekindle memories for many of you.
You will find the full show Prize List on our website www.iverkshow.ie or contact 051 644621Make sure you put the 26th August in your diary now – a day not to be missed. | 2019-04-25T06:13:04 | https://www.iverkshow.ie/latest-news/packed-prize-list/ |
Sonnet 24 is very difficult to follow even when translated. We are meant to picture the speaker and the addressee staring into each other’s eyes and each seeing his own reflection. The speaker is able to see through the eye of his own reflection into his own heart, where the image of the addressee is enshrined.
eye has acted like a painter and engraved your beautiful image on the canvas of my heart. My body is the frame that holds this picture; to draw that picture with perspective, realistically representing depth, is the highest skill a painter could have. Only via this painter—my eye—can you find the image of you that dwells continually in my heart: Your own eyes are the windows into my heart. Now look at the favors our eyes have done for each other: My eyes have drawn your shape, and your eyes are windows into which I can look to see my own heart, into which the sun also likes to look, taking a peep at your reflection. Yet my eyes lack a certain skill that would grace the others they already have: They can only draw what they see; they don’t see into your heart. | 2019-04-22T02:52:18 | http://www.sparknotes.com/nofear/shakespeare/sonnets/sonnet_24/ |
Charlotte Lily is fast becoming one of the North West’s most promising songwriters, as featured on BBC Introducing.
19 year old acoustic singer Charlotte Lily is fast becoming one of the North West’s most promising songwriters. She has featured on BBC Introducing and has received their support lately in for her recent singles Courageous, Easily and Deleted Messages.
Charlotte is making a name for herself in the Lancashire area through busking and performing at festivals.
Charlotte has recently worked on a track with Danton Supple, who has worked with Coldplay and Morrisey to name a few and headlined a performance at the Renaissance in Manchester with more appearances scheduled this year. | 2019-04-23T09:03:50 | http://www.g-festival.co.uk/charlotte-lily/ |
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As Senior Director, National Great Strides at the CF Foundation, Robin leads the national Great Strides walk program. Prior to joining the national team in Bethesda, Md., she worked for nearly nine years at the Delaware Valley Chapter in various roles, but most recently as Associate Executive Director. Originally from Huntingdon, Pa., she has a B.A. in Corporate Communications from Susquehanna University and is the mother of two children, Maxwell and Sydney. In her spare time, Robin enjoys spending time with her family, summers on the lake, vacationing at the beach, and watching home improvement shows on HGTV. | 2019-04-22T15:56:54 | https://www.cff.org/CF-Community-Blog/Authors/Robin-Paterson/ |
What's next from the biggest cruise lines in the world? The following is an yearly rundown of maritime vessels on request for real brands, for example, Norwegian and Royal Caribbean, redesigned to incorporate two new ships as of late declared by cruise industry mammoth Carnival.
For the coming year, the real issue in journey deliver building is the improvement of new Princess and Norwegian vessels went for the Chinese market. Additionally eminent is the landing of the biggest ships ever for MSC Cruises, Seabourn and Silversea.
Among the most complex voyaging machines worked by man, maritime journey ships take years to build, so any new requests put in the coming months likely won't be filled until 2020 at the soonest. We'll keep on updating this page as new requests are declared.
Carnival Horizon (Carnival Cruise Line); Passengers: 3,954; Maiden voyage: March; Notable: Sister ship to Carnival Vista. | 2019-04-24T14:12:03 | https://www.cruisemapper.com/news/1874-new-cruise-ships-in-2017-2018 |
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I was delighted to read in Eureka Street Ruby Hamad’s passionate protest that she and other Muslims should not constantly be called to account for the vicious behaviour of IS. Still less to be stigmatised until unnamed Muslim leaders disowned it. I was disconcerted to see so many Eureka Street readers appeared to agree with the demands against which she protested.
Both Ruby’s complaint and the responses to it reminded me of the attitudes taken to Catholics in an earlier generation. The popular charges against Catholics were honed in the Great War and particularly by the referenda on Conscription. They combined suspicion of anything Irish in the aftermath of the 1916 Uprising and more traditional judgments of Catholics on the basis of their beliefs and practices. The case went something like this.
The Uprising was seen as a traitorous blow to the English war effort which indicated a broader Irish disloyalty to the Crown. Archbishop Mannix’s leadership of the opposition to conscription and his outspoken criticism of the treatment of Ireland by the English Government fuelled further attacks on the patriotism of Australian Catholics, most of whom were of Irish descent. This charge echoed the broader historical attack on Catholics in England that their subjection to the Pope was incompatible with their loyalty to the King. So they and their Bishops were called on to declare their loyalty.
Of course, the fire was also fed with other dried out chestnuts. Catholics, after all, were responsible for the Inquisition, the Crusades, the St Bartholomew Day Massacre, witch burning, the later Falangist regime in Spain, and other Evil Acts. Their leaders were called on to abjure them, too. Totally and repeatedly – no room for muttering about historical context. And of course then there were such Evil Catholic Practices as clerical celibacy practiced publicly on the city streets, clerical tyranny as displayed by a lunatic parish priest in Bandiwallop West, the ringing of the Angelus bells early in the morning, running their own school system and having the temerity to expect that good Australians would tolerate being nursed by Catholic Nuns during the flu epidemic.
And then there was Papal Infallibility, which meant that all Catholics were bound to accept every Papal statement, no matter how taken out of context. Since these included Papal condemnation of charging interest on loans and of democracy, Australian Catholics were also demanded to abjure these statements that subverted the Australian way of life.
And so it went on. This anti-Catholicism as I knew it from family stories, personal experience and reading, was only a ripple from a stone long since thrown into the water. It was not shared by most Australians and was no more than an irritant in daily life that was vanquished every time a Catholic boxer beat up his opponent, Catholic footy clubs thrashed those run by the Masons, and my school team beat the Nobs. Of course, Catholics responded with anti-English and anti-Protestant prejudice, demanding that English non-Catholics agree to returning Our Churches and repent of the wrongs done to Ireland.
It was only later that I worked out what was going on. In times of anxiety some people identified Catholicism and the Irish people in which it was embodied as Evil. They justified that belief by finding texts to which they gave decisive authority that commanded unpatriotic and brutal actions. They then postulated that all Catholics gave those texts the same authority that they themselves gave them, and must be in favour of brutal and unpatriotic attitudes and brutal actions. That allowed them to ostracise individuals and whole communities on the strength of being Catholic. Our stigma could be washed off only when the Pope and Bishops around the world repented again and again of their beliefs and condemned every outrage committed by the Irish or Catholics generally.
I thought then, and think now, that it would have been nice if people chatted with local Catholics and asked us what we believed instead of telling us. But that was not how it worked.
Anti-Catholicism like anti-everything-else, still exists in pockets. Now Anti-Islam is all the go. It works in the same way. People attribute Evil to a religion and to peoples who embody it, confirm their prejudice with selected texts, make these texts central for all Muslims, and hold communities and individuals, whether secular or religious Muslims, accountable for the evil done by other Muslim groups unless they provide them with authoritative disclaimers. All is done from a pulpit high above the people talked about.
So we Micks who remember our own history know what you experience, Ruby. We share your outrage and admire your courage in voicing it. We would have liked to invite you to join the club. But in Australia today you, not we, are the club.
I appreciate that Fr Andy is attempting to assist a fellow writer who feels that she is unjustly tarred with the same brush as the IS Terrorists. However, I feel that Fr. Andy's defence falls a little short of the mark and does not give the respondents' comments to Ms Hamads' article due credit. Several respondents cited the fact that there is a deep concern about persecuted non-Muslims in Majority Muslim States, which cannot in any way be compared with the plight of Muslims in majority non Muslim countries like our own. The Islamic theology towards the fate of the infidel (or kafir) is generally not conciliatory (there is no equivalent of baptism by desire in Islam, whereby in Catholicism, non-Christians can be saved), and therefore persecuted non-Muslims are dependent on the goodwill of moderate Muslims to provide the necessary conciliation. For a respected figure like Ruby to wash her hands of the issue is simply not an option. Also for the record, the Uprising in Ireland was in 1916, not 1915. To compare anti-Islam to anti-Catholicism fails to really hit the mark, and is not comparing apples with apples.
The ink hasn't even dried on our history, Andrew, and we have forgotten it. It really is distressing to note that many of those now vilifying Muslims are the grandchildren of Irish Catholics who once suffered the same treatment. I feel sure they have no idea of what their grandparents had to endure.
It is ridiculous to conflate irrational anti-Catholicism of yesteryear with today’s valid concerns about Islamic violence. Of course the majority of Muslims are peaceful and decent citizens. However over the last two decades 99 per cent of terrorist murders have been committed by Islamic militants in dozens of countries worldwide. In France over 750 Muslim neighbourhoods are now officially designated as no-go zones by the French police, and other European countries have similar problems. It was the heads-in-the-sand politically correct brigades who were responsible for the horrific sexual abuse of children in Rotherham, UK, where about 1400 children were raped and sexually abused over a 16-year period, often by gangs of older men. According to the Jay Report, the authorities constantly underplayed or ignored the problems, and the reason was because of the race and religion of the perpetrators; the majority of perpetrators were Pakistani Muslim men, and the vast majority of their victims were poor working class white girls. This elevation of offence-avoidance above truth occurs because of people wanting to be seen to be tolerant rather than doing what was right. But that is nothing more than the vices of Pride and Cowardice at work.
Ruby Hamad is to be commended. As an Alawi, a member of a group on the islamic State's "exterminate now" hit list, she could quite easily claim she was "different" and join in the hate campaign against what is, basically, a deviation from Sunni Islam. I am surprised, so far, no member of the Saudi ulema has come forward to condemn IS's deviation from orthodoxy and to label them "kafir" (unbelievers). This tells me a lot about the Wahhabi creed of Saudi Arabia and its hierarchy. Perhaps there is a certain ambiguity about this stance? Whether Islam is a religion of peace or a religion of war, the evidence being the early, more "spiritual" suras in the Quran against the later, more "earthy" revelations when the fugitive community was established as the ruling elite in Medina with the Prophet as Imam (Head) of both Church and State combined, is an argument you have to know an awful lot about Islam to participate in. Most ES readers would be right out of their depth here. IS has radically changed the situation. Good, believing Muslims, who are no threat to anyone, like Irfan Yusuf, or heroic opponents of IS and all it stands for, like Jamal Rifi, have spoken. They need to take the lead here as part of the ongoing dialogue.
Good article but I find the last paragraph a bit Polyanna. It shocks me to see repeatedly how many Catholics have forgotten this part of our history.
Andrew, as always this is absolutely brilliant. In many ways, there are strong parallels between antisemitism among Christians for the past 2000 years, Islamophobia in the West since the rise of Islam, and anti-Catholicism in the English-speaking world since the Tudor era. Not being either a Jew, a Muslim, or a Catholic myself, I believe it's up to guys like myself to take the lead in challenging this bigotry, rather than members of the groups who are the objects of the bigotry.
Thank you Andy! I teach English to refugees, most of whom here are Muslim. In conversation a little while ago, one of them from Pakistan said that groups like ISIS and the Taliban claim to be Muslim - But They Are Not! All the ones I know are lovely; but if course, I talk to them!
I think it may be helpful if Muslims condemned terror simply,unequivocally and often, so as to create and confirm a culture of non-acceptance of violence, that may penetrate the minds of their mis-guided youth and the mis-guided critics of Islam.
I too remember those times, as a very young protestant I was appalled then as I am today. Anxiety can be a justification for worry but not for forgetting; the new commandment to love God, to love our neighbour as we love ourselves.
This is a painfully apposite article. Through university classes I have worked with many Muslims from many different places. Their faith is reflected in their lives and interactions in multiple and enriching ways. For them to be stigmatised for the actions of a few is unfair and unworthy of us as an immigrant, multicultural society society. Ten years or so ago when some people in classes began criticising Islam in florid terms I found myself saying something like you have said. It is appalling that it still needs to be said. Thank you again. PS I am neither a Catholic nor a Muslim.
A thought-provoking article; well done. A problem of course is that there ARE significant amounts of truth behind many inter-community fears and hostilities, including all those nasty things you mention that the Catholic Church really has done over the years to many, not to mention the heap of nasty things Islam has done including to Christians (and probably to a lesser extent vice-versa).The Irish DID have an up-rising against the British in 1916 , the year of "the Somme" etc (and one suspects with a lot of emotional sympathy among the Australia-Irish generally). So there is very frequently some or even a lot of truth behind "bigoted" feelings and painful personal and inherited psychological wounds that are easily opened up. And the Germans did do some pretty bad things in Belgium in August 1914, including burning down Louvain and its Catholic University. As an aside, Crown Prince Ruprecht of Bavaria who very effectively commanded the German 6th Army, including against Australians, was the hereditary pretender of the Jacobite cause and a very good Catholic...the Brits seemed to miss that in 1914! The point i suppose is that people are complex and the realities of not only their experiences and realities but those of their ancestors have to taken into account in understanding them. And it is important to understand why people react in the way they do.
I feel your historical analogy is more than a little flawed, Fr Andrew, and thus quite invalid. Unlike Catholicism in Ireland under the invasion of Protestant English rule (and the run-off from that in Irish migrant communities in British controlled colonies), the Muslim community in Australia is not living in its homeland, invaded by the Christians and thus moved to murder in defence of their rights and religious heritage. Your argument is the simplest of logical fallacies- non sequiter.
An excellent article, the forc eof which as increased for me by having watched 'Living with the enemy' on SBS last nigh. The onus should not be on the majority of Muslims to 'prove' over and over that they are not terrorists.
Father Hamilton SJ, Anti Catholicism is no mere antiquity of "earlier generations".[Charles Chiniquy.Maria Monk et alii.
Thanks for a timely and cogent reminder that the targets of fear and loathing shift over time. Historical amnesia is rife, as is the refusal of many people, including some who comment in these pages, to see parallels. I have lived long enough to experience the creation of several categories of enemies, and, over time, the eventual incorporation of them into the mainstream, after which too many then join the majority in denigrating and excluding a new 'Other'. I hope more readers will take this history lesson to heart and reflect on their own prejudices. Thanks Andrew.
I understand that when it is suggested to people with "a drinking problem" that they attend meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous they are advised to "look for the similarities not the differences" in the stories that recovering alcoholics share at meetings. People who have no desire to stop drinking see only the differences not the similarities. Those who do want to stop will recognise their own drinking experiences in the stories told This may not happen right away but eventually the penny will drop. They will admit they too like the speakers are powerless over alcohol and if they want to live happy and productive lives they must stop - completely. My take on Andrew's article is similar to the AA advice. If I can look at the similarities between the way Muslims are being treated in Australia with the way Catholics have been treated in the past, then I might have more identification with their plight and be willing to reach out to them in friendship and understanding. "We fervently wish to have a frank conversation with all people of good will,..., even those who hate the Church, so we can build peace with all" Gaudium et spes..
I've often thought of this parallel between present 'Islam' and past 'Roman Catholicism' in Australia. Islamophobia has the same agenda of collective blame as 'No Popery'. In West Wales when the IRA killed Lord Mountbatten in 1979, the local paper ran the sub-header 'Pope must act now'.
According to the Bible, the first Words God spoke, and thus the First Commandment ever given, were 'Fiat Lux' 'Let there be Light'. Billions of years later the Sun formed, giving off the photons we see as light. Billions of years later again the human mind evolved, and by its light we can see what is needed for all the human race to live in peace and harmony, for the benefit of all concerned. All we have to do is curtail the impediments that block that light and allow it to shine in the dark places of our souls that give birth to the prejudices and intolerance that blight our lives.
We are going through difficult times. It is very important that we stay calm, but we must be vigilant. We are Christians, and we should instruct our selves about the teachings of Islam. Read the Qur'an and Hadith in English, there are many books written by Christian converts from Islam who are experts on the Qur'an. Then we will understand what is wrong with the world. Sadly it may be too late.
Ron Cini gave very sage advice when he wrote that we should read the testimonies of converts from Islam to Christianity. The following youtube video from a former Muslim, "Brother Rachid", makes compelling viewing IMHO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxzOVSMUrGM The video's title is "A Message to President Obama from a former Muslim". The grave problem that many people refuse to face is that the Qu'ran and Hadiths contain multiple passages that can in no way be seen as anything but calls to brutality and violence. The "taken out of context" defence does not wash. The first biography of Mohammed by Ibn Ishaq's tells of him leading battles and ordering his men to decapitate captives. There are no such passages in the New Testament. The twisting of individual verses from the New Testament to justify violence and brutality are obviously not consistent with Christ's words and deeds. He preached love and forgiveness for one's enemies. Even from the cross, he forgave those who put him there, i.e. all of us, the fallen and sinful humanity that we are. This is in stark contrast to the Mohammed who is proclaimed by Islam's religious authorities, both ancient and modern.
Father Hamilton SJ. I would prefer scientific survey research, Australia wide, for assertions that Anti-Islam is "all the go" and other ensuing gratuitous generalizations re Anti Islamicism, among average Aussies today. Yes I suggest this, even as isolated pockets of such exist, and anti terrorist legislation appears being passed very soon through Parliament-eg, re internet terrorist skullduggery.
Great article, ludicrous comments. Commenters want to believe the worst, and have 'researched' their answers from Anti-Islam websites, same tired old arguments get trotted out time and time again. I am appalled at the ignorance, and yes exactly the same sentiments that refused to allow Catholics the same rights, that expected Catholics to become 'white' and unfortunately, the high profile ones have become part of the hideous ruling elite. They betray us as Catholics, they are ignorant of our history, and they have lost that identity that Mannix cemented together. Ironically, it was only by his efforts that we established an educated Catholic class that enabled them to be in a position of power today. I am disgusted with them. I am disgusted at the ignorant rabble making their monstrous comments here, and the overtly racist 'aussies' now making life hell for Muslims. Racists have now emerged from under their rocks to torment Muslims because they have been sanctioned by our leaders.
Andrew I have been thinking the same thing as you have written about for some time. Add also that our religious women wore distinctive clothing, that for many 'Micks' Ned Kelly was a freedom fighter and away we go. Thanks.
Thanks Andrew for reminding us of the anti Catholic prejudice of yesteryear and its anti Protestant response from Catholics. And yes the recent anti Moslem attitudes being stirred up by our politicians is similar. Racism also follows the same pattern as has anti boat people propaganda. There are votes to be got in all of these. The targets are all presented as "evil". Such campaigns always arouse the latent prejudices within each of us. As followers of the man from Nazareth we have to learn to be tolerant understanding and just, recognise what's happening and refuse to be led.
Thank you, John Ryan for introducing me to "Brother Rachid". By mistake I got on to Anti-Islam is the new Anti-Catholic. I will definitely pass on Brother Rachid to as many Christians as possible.
An error in Wikipedia list of converts! Former President of Albania, Ramiz Alia,. as did former notorious president Enver Hoxha [Communist leader of Albania 1944-1985] remained an atheist communist. The latter officially declared Albania an atheist state. While Hoxha forbade and persecuted religion in Albania, destroying Mosques churches murdering priests and bishops, Ramiz Alia, under revolutionary pressure, ushered in anticommunist reforms. [Incidentally, Hoxha died in paranoid dementia in 1985] . In sweet Irony, while only 15 percent of the approximately three million inhabitants are Albanian Catholics, the vast majority are Muslims. Nevertheless, tens of thousands of people cheered the 77-year-old pontiff Francis during his one-day visit. Further the Pope considers Albania “for many countries a model on which they can orient”. Reason for this model is the coexistence of Muslims, Catholics and Orthodox without major conflicts.
St John Paul visited in 1993.
Thank you Margaret King and Father John George for further clarifications on this issue. A special thank you to Father Andrew Hamilton for detailing the malice which has often been used before for political gain (and distraction). It is not mere childish naivety to believe that talking to each other, sharing information and asking questions, will help break down the barriers built by those with vested interests.
If the Catholic Church followed it's mandate seriously - and practiced it - there would be no need for communism and no need for armed uprisings by angry young men (IS) to step in to counteract the forces of greed and imperialism in the world. Thomas Aquinas wrote "Greed is a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things."
HH, the church is a vineyard - not a corporation, company or political party. The Pope has called for people to stop the type of divisive language typical in your comments.
"Anti-Catholicism like anti-everything-else, still exists in pockets"[tut tut Fr Hamilton].
"Anti-Catholic assumptions have become deeply rooted among substantial sections of the public. Since the emergence of the new liberal anti-Catholicism in the late 1970s, a whole generation has grown up regarding these opinions as normal and customary, a familiar part of the social landscape for anyone born since about 1970. E.g bishops hate women and gays, priests molest children, and the Church supported the Holocaust: everybody knows that. These prejudices are particularly entrenched in the mass media, so powerfully that they are scarcely even recognized as prejudices. The ideas are in place, ready to be mobilized with very little provocation."
I have picked up the Koran and read the first couple of pages. It goes to great lengths to profess that Jesus Christ is not the Son of God. I have a problem with this anti Christ attitude to the divinity of Christ. Perhaps this is where the problem lies. I am not aware of any other religion that preaches against Christ in its Religious texts, not in the Old testament, in buddist text or hindu texts or any other religious texts.
Regrettably right on the target! About fifteen years ago I first began to teach graduate classes with quite a few students from Muslim countries. Discussions about different policy preferences were sometimes upset by what they heard being said about Islam.
I thought I had heard some of this before. It brought back memories of common abuse hurled at Catholics, usually behind their backs, in the Protestant community in which I grew up.
It was a relief when this nonsense stopped somewhere in the 1960s but dispiriting to see it return, just as virulently inappropriate, but with another target.
As a practising dissenting Protestant in all but religious belief I am delighted that you have called this out. Extremely timely!!
100 years ago, when Catholics were widely described as "idolaters" and traitors owing alleigance to a foreign power (Rome), it would have been inconceivable for a Catholic to become prime minister. We need to tell the story of Catholic (and Protestant) integration, so that young Australian Muslims are not afraid to enter public service and ultimately to take the highest political office in the land.
In an advanced society we have liberty and equality. Most of the worlds violence is caused by people treating other people not as their equals. Freedom must be defended if it comes under threat from political, religious , criminal or commercial tyrants.
False ideas about Islamic teaching are still promulgated in these comments, despite the very sound article by Andrew Hamilton. Islam has no organized "church" and its name is at present being used by various interests. Muslim have to struggle against this.There is plenty of information out there which is not hate speech. John Morrow's book quoted below is one useful starting point.
Morrow. John Andrew. The Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad with Christians of the World.
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I’ve never done one of the “What’s In My Bag” posts because I rarely have that much in my purse. Living in a small town and working from home means I rarely have a need to overload my bag like I do every time I head out of town. So I thought it’d be fun to do a “What’s In My Carry-On” post since I have way more in there!
I always have at least one notebook, a planner, and my travel journal along with at least two pens (usually like five or six because I’m convinced I’ll lose one, the ink will run out on one and one just won’t work for some reason or another.) My notebook is usually used for blog and business ideas that I have because I seem to have my best ideas when I step away from work. My travel journal is actually a new addition so I stop forgetting what we did on the trip!
My iPad Mini, iPod and headphones are a must. Most of my time on the plane or during a layover is spent reading magazines or books, listening to music, or listening to audiobooks so these are my go-tos for entertainment. Also? A must-have for planes with screaming children or people that are a little too chatty!
Hair-ties, contacts case, glasses, hand-sanitizer, lotion, lip balm, and a small thing of body spray. I’ll usually toss in a travel-size deodorant if I remember, too. Glasses and contacts are pretty obvious because I’m pretty much blind without them, but the rest is mostly to freshen up after long flights or layovers. Especially when we arrive in Mexico because customs can take forever there and it’s usually fairly warm.
My wallet with my passport in it and gum are always in there, too. Gum is a staple for me since my ears and planes are not friends. Although not pictured, tissues are another thing I usually have. I remember our wedding trip to Jamaica and on the way to the resort, I had a bloody nose due to the changes in altitude. Not fun when all you have is cheap napkins from the plane! Sometimes I’ll have nuts to snack (especially when traveling internationally and having no idea how long customs will take) along with a water bottle that can be refilled.
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That little case with the camera on it is so adorable!
I have 2 cases to hold two different supplies of girly things! A thirty one organizer with coupons & a notebook & a calendar.
I normally keep tons of pens in my purse as well. I was shocked because I had none in them when I just cleaned out my bag last night. This is because they run away!
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The Walt Disney Company was recently named one of the Most Admired Employers for 2017. The consulting firm Morning Consult ranked Disney number 2 among the 3 age groups surveyed (millennials, Gen Xers, Baby Boomers). Over 220,000 US adults were asked if they would be proud to work for a company in the survey.
Disney’s place on this list is consistent with other conducted this year as Disney ranked 9th and 5th on similar surveys conducted by LinkedIn and Fortune earlier this year.
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Antonin Scalia made history when he became the first Italian-American appointed to the Supreme Court.
Scalia, who died Saturday was the son of an immigrant from Sicily, and his biographer, Joan Biskupic, says the judge was always proud of his Italian heritage.
He was born in Trenton, New Jersey, but moved to Queens as a young boy. His neighborhood was full of immigrant families: Italian, Irish, German, Jewish. His father, Salvatore, refused to speak English to anyone until he had mastered the language, but once he did he went on to get a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Learning was critical: His dad became a Romance language professor; his mom an elementary teacher.
Scalia’s Italian heritage was also probably what got him through a smooth confirmation back in 1986, according to Biskupic, a judicial affairs reporter for Reuters.
Then, as now, Supreme Court appointments could be very controversial. Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts was planning to give the conservative Scalia a hard time, recalls Biskupic, until he was reminded how many Italian Americans lived in his state.
His appointment meant a huge amount to the Italian-American community, which in the 1980s still heard slurs about possible ties to organized crime.
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My Dad would always ask this question, knowing darn well what the answer was before he even asked it. Chris and I hadn’t talked in a long while.
And that, in and of itself, was extremely unusual. There was a period of time when Chris and I would have called each other three or four times throughout the day to share a joke, tell a story, or just chat. Chris Beatty and I had been the best of friends for many years. The type of friends who were completely inseparable. We spent nearly every night we could hanging out, going to country concerts, and commiserating over our inability to talk to women. Now, it had been months since I had even heard from Chris. We let a disagreement get the best of us, and now it was showing our worst.
“You know, you really should call him. Life’s too short,” my Dad would always say. I had no idea at that time just how short life could truly be.
But I was stubborn and I was afraid to admit that I had made a terrible mistake and sinned against my fellow man—and not just any fellow man. My best friend. I was too arrogant to pick up the phone and call him. I let anger consume me for no reason other than haughty self-righteousness, and it was tearing my heart to pieces. I was too ego-conscious to drive over to his house and say I was sorry. I was too focused on myself to focus on God and what He wanted me to do to repair this friendship. And I let self blind me to everything that was important in life.
Even in the immediate aftermath of my Dad’s death, I had people telling me that my God could take horrible situations and make something good out of them. That even in the midst of tremendous, lifelong heartache, God can create brightness. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, God would be able to take this pain and bring His people closer together.
Chris: I was driving home the night I got the call. In her most comforting, yet emptied and wounded tone, my mom asked me if I could pull off to the side of the road because she had something ‘very important’ to tell me. This was a tone in which I have never heard from my mom’s voice, so I ‘pulled off’ the highway and prepared myself for the coming words that would change my life, forever.
For those of you that don’t know, Ty and I met each other in Mrs. Hopkin’s 2nd grade class at Fairfield North Elementary. Since 9th grade, we have been best friends, and often mistaken for lovers by many. I guess going out with your buddy for ice-cream on a Friday night might’ve been the wrong play when trying to pick up girls. Ty and I share countless memories, many of which his dad played a part in.
Of all the memories, my personal favorite was when Ty and I started a business one summer, called Beatty & Bradshaw Landscaping. Scotty let me use his truck to pull out all the stumps and bushes from the ground. He also let us use his chainsaw, flame thrower, pressure washer, and Cub Cadet riding mower! I forgot to mention, all his tools were brand name and looked legit, which in turn, made us feel like real men.
*Side note: During our 2 years as business owners, Beatty & Bradshaw Landscaping had 1 client and 2 total invoices. We later liquidized all assets of the company and took up poker instead. That, too, was a failed venture.
Admittingly, I am a prideful person. Prideful to the point in which I squandered a lifelong friendship with Ty over something trivial. During our 2-year sabbatical from each other, a lot happened in our lives. We got real jobs; we each bought houses; I got married. In planning my wedding, there were some important questions…location, church, venue, colors, wedding party, honeymoon, etc. Up until that point, I had one obvious choice as my best man. Despite desperate attempts from my future wife and family to bring us back together, my pride restricted my ability to pick up the phone and make things right with Ty. As the wedding planning proceeded, Ty was not my best man. He nor his family were invited to celebrate the best day of my life. That decision was a life lesson that I learned the hard way.
Anxiously dialing Ty’s number, a number I had dialed so many times before, a calmness and a sense of compassion that only God can give someone filled my entire body. I heard Ty’s voice, but it was just his voicemail. I have no recollection of what I said, but in my most sympathetic tone, I asked him to call me.
It was the next day, I was about to walk into my office, and I saw those 7 familiar numbers pop up on my phone that I had answered so many times before. I can’t recall what Ty even said to me, but it didn’t matter. Differences aside, I knew this was the moment that Ty needed his brother. I cancelled all my meetings and raced to his house, which I realized was the same yard where we completed our 2 landscaping jobs at Beatty & Bradshaw Landscaping. Talk about poetic justice.
I remember apprehensively walking up to his door and thinking about what I wanted to say and how I was going to say it. How do you approach someone who you’ve known since you were 7, yet completely shut out of your life for the past 2 years, who just tragically lost his father?
God has a great way of working things out for you when you put your trust in Him. I walked inside and Ty greeted me with the most exposed, regretful, and heartbroken hug I’ve ever received. I spent so much time rehearsing what I would say and how I would apologize. Instead, we hugged each other and sobbed in each other’s arms for what seemed like an hour. It was at that point that every chain and shackle had been lifted off both of our stubborn hearts.
My greatest life lessons have always been learned the hard way, and this was no exception. It took a tragedy to bring my brother and I back together. Since that day, Ty and I have picked up where we left off; going to Red’s games, eating at Buffalo Joe’s and ordering extra blue cheese, singing every word to “We Rode in Trucks,” in Scotty’s GMC Silverado, and yes, still going out for Graeter’s black raspberry chip ice cream. In fact, we recently checked off a life-long bucket list item the other night when we went to go see Garth Brooks in concert. It was such an honor to share that experience together because we both had that same dream since we were 7 years old.
Pride blurred my vision, causing me to view myself in a distorted reality. Pride shields sin as strength and steadfast. I am so thankful that my God forgives me for my transgressions. If someone tells you that a burnt bridge will never be built again, or forgiveness isn’t possible, I can tell you differently, in ways not a lot of people can. While Ty and I will never get those 2 years back, I’m excited to open new chapters where I can be a part of the memorable moments in his life.
I know Scotty is smiling up there seeing his two boys back in action again.
Thanks, Scotty. I love you, man. I’ll thank you again in person one day, but until then, Seeya Bub.
Ty: Dad, Your death created a lot of heartache in my life that still continues today. But I’m also amazed how God was able to take this horrible situation and shine a light in other areas. I know that you are happy looking down and seeing Chris and I have mended our friendship. If it was possible, I think we’ve become even better friends than we ever were, because we know what truly matters—and Dad, you taught us that. You taught us that forgiveness isn’t an option, and that love for your fellow man is what matters at the end of this life. Chris and I are both able to cherish the example you set for what it means to be a friend to someone, and we are thankful that you are still watching over us, at times laughing with us and other times at our stupidity. I have no doubt that God has his hand over our friendship, and I have no doubt that you are there right next to Him, watching along and smiling at your boys. We miss you terribly, Dad, but we will see you again soon when we can all laugh together forever and ever. Until then, seeya Bub.
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Is Protein Powder For Teens Safe?
If you are the parent of an athletic teen, you may have been asked (or begged!) to purchase protein powder so your teenager can bulk up or increase muscle mass. You are likely wondering whether these supplements (usually mixed into a smoothie) are really needed—or whether protein powder for teens is safe.
1. Real food is preferable.
Most nutritionists agree that protein powders for teens, while generally not harmful, are unnecessary.
Teens on average need 1 gram of protein per kilogram (kg) of body weight per day, says Dr. Casares. While highly competitive teen athletes might need more, Dr. Casares recommends that you consult a dietician to determine whether protein powders are necessary, and in what amounts. She warns that excess protein can overwhelm the kidneys and liver.
But even then, Stoernell says your best bet is to get protein directly from real foods. Beans, lentils, soy products, chickpeas, hemp seeds, and even powdered peanut butter and dried milk powder added to smoothies are superior alternatives to protein powders.
2. Protein powders are not FDA regulated.
Before recommending protein supplements for teenage athletes, Dr. Jacqueline Winkelmann, a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital of Orange County, warns parents that contamination is a risk.
“The FDA does not regulate protein powders, and studies have found many contaminants, including heavy metals—lead, arsenic, and other chemicals” in them.
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The Old-timer Museum Nová Bystřice is the first and largest museum of Canadian and American old-timers in the Czech Republic.
An exhibition area of 1,500 square meters will take you to the period of the largest boom in the automotive industry in America, to the times when Henry Ford launched the first car production in the world.
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US telecommunications incumbent AT&T has announced that it is collaborating with the City of San Jose in a public-private partnership which aims to foster the creation of a smart city.
In April of this year, the mobile operator and public representatives from the City of San Jose publicly disclosed that it had agreed on a strategic collaboration for the deployment of small cells. However, it has now been unveiled that AT&T will now deploy an extensive network of small cells to enhance existing voice and data capacity.
ICT analysts have projected that this development will lay the foundation for mobile 5G services, which the US operator expects to begin introducing in the city in the first half of 2019. In addition to this, it has been reported that AT&T and San Jose plan to engage in a pilot to trial a multitude of AT&T smart cities solutions, which they say could include LED smart lighting public Wi-Fi, AT&T digital infrastructure and structure monitoring.
Mayor of San Jose, Sam Liccardo expressed his delight at the collaboration and said the partnership would help accelerate the city's efforts towards becoming a world-leading ‘smart city'.
The Mayor said, "Upgrading San Jose's broadband infrastructure are key to building a smarter city, advancing our long term economic competitiveness, and connecting residents who lack access to affordable, high-quality internet service. We're excited that San Jose residents will soon be able to take advantage of AT&T's enhanced network and look forward to continuing our partnership with AT&T to lay the foundation for next generation connectivity."
Michael Zeto, VP of AT&T IoT and General Manager of Smart Cities, added: "Cities are often tasked with finding solutions to issues like traffic jams, energy consumption, public safety, and many others. San Jose and AT&T are exploring how a smart cities environment will put residents first by solving challenges that are most important to them. | 2019-04-21T20:31:47 | http://www.smartcitiesworldforums.com/news/smart-cities-north-america/5g-iot-na/916-us-operator-partners-with-san-jose-to-create-smart-city |
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Over the past few years, I have committed a cardinal sin in blogging. I have simply not blogged enough. I might as well have just TWEETED my thoughts. It’s taken me until now to realise that this blog is a tool that should be treated more valuably and with more respect. I LOVE talking to the world and although some of my close friends might disagree, I don’t do it enough! Why do we settle with just talking to the people around us – the ones in our lives? Just imagine how quickly we’d advance as a planet with all seven billion people talking to each other! OK, extreme I know, but I’m a dreamer and I like to dream BIG.
This blog so far has concentrated on all things CRICKET but with cricket season here in the UK coming to a close, my attention is turning back fully to the other things that interest me including music, films, celebs, current affairs, food, make up, hair products and styles, nail art and varnish, fashion and matters close to my heart.
Us women are very curious creatures. We love to know about what’s new and popular. We love to read about tried and tested products and scrawl the internet for ideas of how to mix up our styles, ready to impress our partners/co-workers or even just to test and stretch our creativity. Anyone who knows me or follows my @LilMissAshes persona on Twitter knows that I am a woman of many words. I have my opinions and often think I know what’s best. I will therefore be metaphorically throwing this blog into a blender to see what comes out. | 2019-04-23T15:52:16 | https://lilmissashes.com/2015/09/30/393/ |
radishes (with greens), beets, lettuce, cabbage, chard, dill, small potatoes, arugula.
I tossed spelt pasta with wilted arugula (in garlic and olive oil), some romano cheese, and nate’s “meat” balls. I really wished I had pine nuts, but I guess I’m all out.
The CSA is on the other side of my house from work now that we’ve moved offices, so it takes about an hour to get there. which is a huge bummer. I might work from the other office on wednesday but I don’t really want to! Anyway, I’m hugely excited that the season has started.
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• Joomla is a complete Content Management System (CMS). The CMS is what enables a way to make sure that pages on your website are easy to update as well as maintain. One of these examples includes removing or adding pages as well as dividing content into the different categories. There is some significant advantages when compared to creating websites in Dreamweaver or standard HTML.
• One of the other stand out advantages of Joomla is that it is an open source and free product. What this means is you will never have to pay a fee when it comes to licensing which is standard practice for the commercial products associated with BIF companies. In addition, because Joomla is classified as an open source it also is associated with a large pool of different community sources that offer support and assistance at any time of the day or night. This community is available in every country and there are several groups that consist of the local users that support Joomla with additional add-ons and Forums. You can find a forum on the Joomla.org site which contains 200,000 members that all provide their own input along with support in regards to ensuring Joomla remains one of the very best CMS platforms around.
• Another great reason to choose Joomla is that it is a simple task to extend functionalities. It is very easy to create anything with the assistance of Joomla’s infrastructure. This could be a basic brochure website, a fully comprehensive shopping cart or a membership site that is interactive. This is possible due to the fact that Joomla offers over 5700 extensions, available for just about every use. Some of these include video plug-ins, shopping carts, image galleries, forums, and a variety of tools associated with project management and so much more.
• Another stand out advantage of Joomla is that ACL.Joomla offers access restriction systems. There happen to be various users levels along with different access control degrees. You can apply access restrictions for every module or content item. In the latest Joomla version (1.6), the system is even more powerful and this version is already well ahead when compared to a popular alternative such as WordPress.
• Joomla is also known as SEO friendly and is compatible with all the different search engines. However, if your website is highly complex, it is in some cases necessary to make use of SEO plugins such as SH404.
There are several web-application which are commonly used when it comes to developing a website. Joomla out of all the other applications is in the top 3 in demand when it comes to CMS platforms. Joomla can be used for basic sites, presentations, marketing portals, ecommerce sites, newspapers and a lot more.
You can also find extensive information about Joomla when you search on the various search engines. You can forget about thinking that a web-development company is going to cost you a lot of money when you let them know about your plans to achieve the a website that matches up to your needs. This is simply not true. Creating a desirable website when you make use of Joomla can translate into the very best way in which to save you on a lot of money.
The reason for this is that it facilitates Rapid Website Development. It also offers open-source as well as minimizing the “code maintenance” costs.
Step 1: Create a website structure.
Step 4: Add modules to your Joomla website.
A Joomla website only needs 4 main pieces to operate succesfully: Articles, Menus, Modules and Templates. There could be a 5th piece here, Extensons. But, extensions are by no means required to run a successful Joomla website. I’ll cover extensions in a future tutorial.
For the sake of this tutorial, we’ll be looking at a completely vanilla Joomla installation. Don’t worry, you’ll be able to follow along just fine if you’ve already installed the sample data.
If you haven’t yet planned out the organization of your site, then stop here, get a pen and paper, and sketch up a rough outline like the example below. Focus on the main menu for the top tier, with each box being a menu link representing different sections of the site. If you’ve already done that, then way to go! You just knocked out one of the 4 steps without even knowing it!
Now that you have a general idea of your site’s flow, let’s head back into the Joomla administration panel.
All of your site’s content will be stored in what Joomla calls “articles”. First, we need to create article categories. Go to Content > Category Manager. You should see a default category named “Uncategorized”. You can use that for static pages like About Us, Our Services etc.. Named categories are useful if you’re planning on having a lot of articles, like a blog site or news site would. Don’t worry about category descriptions, most Joomla sites don’t display them on the front-end. Let’s create a category called Latest News, which will be appear like a blog in the front-end.
Once you have a your categories in place, we can create articles. Press the Articles tab or go to Content > Article Manager & press the New button. All you need to do here is 1) add an article title, 2) select a category, then 3) add your article text. I usually create a “Welcome” article to serve as the home page, and an “About Us” article; both uncategorized. I’ll also create a few articles to place in the Latest News category. When you’re done, press Save and close the article. Congratulations, we’re half way through! Only 2 steps to go.
Select the Menu Items tab. If left alone, this Home menu item will display your featured articles in a blog layout. You can easily change that if you wish to display a single article as your home page. Simply click on Home then press Select next to the Menu Item Type field. In the popup window, select Articles > Single Article. Next, on the right under Required Settings, press the Select/Change button. In the popup window, choose the full article you wish to display as your home page.
Let’s create some more menu items. This is a good time to refer back to your organization chart from step 1. Let’s create a link to our “About Us” article. Select New and follow the same steps as we did for the Home page, choosing the Article layout and selecting an article. We’ll create one more item to house our Latest News category. For this we’ll choose the menu type under Article > Category Blog.
The last step is to place the menu on the site. Joomla templates use modules to place content in various positions on the page. Go to Extensions > Module Manager. Press New and select Menu from the Module Type popup window. Give it a title like Main Menu, and press the Hide Title button.
Next, select a module position for the menu. It’s important to know that each Joomla template has a unique system for naming it’s module positions. Some templates make it obvious, like “top” while others can be more discreet in their naming conventions, like “position-1.” Refer to your template’s module positions guide for the exact name. If you don’t have a guide handy, use this little trick I included at the bottom of this article.
I’m using the “Beez2” template for this tutorial, which tends to be on the discreet side of module naming conventions. Let’s place the menu in the Top, named “position-1” . Set the Status to Published, and select the Main Menu name under the Basic Options. Then press Save & Close.
Let’s add one more module. Go back to the Module Manager main screen and press New. This time, select Latest News. This module will display the titles of the most recent articles from a category. Give it a name, and select a position. I want this module to appear on the right side of the home page: position-7 in the Beez2 template. Under Basic Options, I’ll choose my Latest News category. (FYI: hovering over the labels usually shows a tooltip about each item). Lastly, I only want this module to appear on the Home Page only. So, on the Menu Assignment section, select the option “Only on the pages selected”. Under the Main Menu tab, uncheck everything except the Home Page then press Save.
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I’ve tried to avoid stepping on others toes, but alas, with my big feet I felt I needed to add the Physics Higher Past Papers and Marking Instructions (MI) as well as the PA/Exam/External / Course Reports.
These papers and marking instructions are reproduced to support SQA qualifications, please check the conditions of use and ensure they are not used for commercial benefit.
This document was created in order to make it easier to find past paper questions both for teachers and students. I will do my best to keep this document up to date and include new past paper questions as they become available. – C Davie Glenrothes High School.
Below are the Revised Higher Past Papers, the content is very very similar to the new National (CfE) Higher, although the marks would be different. These were the last past papers with half marks!
These are the traditional Higher Past Papers (once also known as revised!) Remember some of this material is no longer on the syllabus, and some is relevant to National 5.
Below is a work in progress of old papers. I am not sure if I’ve overlapped some but I’ll eventually get it all sorted!
From National Parent Forum of Scotland This great little pdf file gives some ideas of suitable questions from the traditional Higher papers that are suitable for the new National Qualifications.
Thanks to Mr John Irvine for filling in most of the gaps in the Exam Reports, and to Mr Stuart Farmer for making it a full house, only a few left to fill. PLEASE can I recommend that both teachers and students READ the Report after tackling the past paper. The course reports give really good background and information about how candidates performed in the exam and what messages you should learn from them. Believe it or not, candidates often make the same mistakes every year! The reports are designed to help you learn from this.
Please also note that some of the National Higher content was once in the AH course, so it is worth checking these papers for some additional practice.
I’ve added some info in here until Mr Mackenzie’s fab site is back up. Thanks to Mr Mallon, the originator of online resources!
All the best with your revision!
I’ve got copies of the papers and stuff. I’m trying to get them uploaded.
Hi there, love this page – is very helpful for all my students!
and also that the Revised Higher specimen paper you have posted is actually from back from 2000 and not the one from 2011ish (available on Mr Mackenzie’s site!) – can’t remember when they changed the courses, I was still a pupil myself then!!
Thank you I will make those changes as soon as possible. I ought to have renamed everything with my own numbering. The SQA never kept a constant naming system for their papers.
I was also going to try to scan some “GREEN” higher papers pre 1991 for the Higher papers before one of the many revisions!
I don’t think I can compete with Mr Mackenzie, the ultimate site.
Sounds amazing! Love this site as it has all the reports – have no clue how you managed to gather them all, just a shame it looks unlikely we’ll ever see any of the SQA MI from pre-2000, some great questions in those papers. | 2019-04-22T22:01:31 | https://www.mrsphysics.co.uk/higher/higher-past-papers/ |
Just like the first time she had visited, the darkness of the forest whispered and the wind sliced through the air like a scythe.
Mimizuku, who hadn’t stepped into the Forest of Night since a while before, thought that something seemed a bit strange. She knew right away what it was. It was the feeling of her steps on the ground. She was wearing shoes.
She wasn’t really sure whether it was normal or not for her to wear them.
you think so?” Mimizuku said, turning to Fukurou.
She wanted to say so many things to him, that she was sorry his painting burned, to thank him for showing it to her, that he was an idiot for erasing her memory. However, she decided that a lot had happened that night, and she would tell him everything tomorrow.
She was happy that there was a tomorrow to look forward to.
The first thing that Fukurou had said to her was something like that. Mimizuku tilted her neck at his words, but then smiled.
“I’ll go wherever you go! We’ll always, always be together!” Mimizuku said brightly.
Fukurou let out a small breath.
“Yeah, that’s true, I guess,” Mimizuku nodded, smiling. She understood the difference in their lifespans. She knew that they could live eternally together. But still… “Even so, I’ll always be by your side.” Mimizuku then smiled sympathetically. “I won’t force you to eat me, but… if you let me become a grandma, then I definitely won’t taste as good. But if I ever die, then I’ll go back to the dirt.” Mimizuku looked up at Fukurou’s beautiful eyes. “If I ever die, I’ll return to the dirt of this forest. I’ll turn into dirt, then into a flower, and I’ll always be blooming by your side… We’ll always, always be together…” she vowed, whispering.
Fukurou gazed at Mimizuku silently for a long time.
“… Do as you like,” he simply said in a low voice.
With just those words, Mimizuku was happy.
This is what he meant by “allowances,” wasn’t it?
She finally understood everything that Kuro had said.
Eventually, Fukurou stopped and sat at the roots of a giant tree to rest his large wings.
“S-sleep!? I… I’ll sleep too…” Mimizuku decided, rolling up into a ball by Fukurou’s side. She became small as she had done long before, but Fukurou’s wings acted as cushions for her, and she was able to sleep with similar comfort to the giant bed in the castle. | 2019-04-20T16:19:29 | https://englishtopik.ru/kougyoku-izuki-mimizuku-and-the-king-of-night-epilog/ |
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Genetic influences underpinning complex traits are thought to involve multiple quantitative trait loci (QTLs) of small effect size. Detection of such QTL associations requires systematic screening of large numbers of DNA markers within large sample populations. Using pooled DNA on SNP microarrays to screen for allelic frequency differences between groups such as cases and controls (called SNP Microarray and Pooling, or SNP-MaP) has been validated as an efficient solution on both 10 k and 100 k platforms. We demonstrate that this approach can be effectively applied to the truly genomewide Affymetrix GeneChip® Mapping 500 K Array.
In comparisons between five independent DNA pools (N ~200 per pool) on separate Affymetrix GeneChip® Mapping 500 K Array sets, we show that, for SNPs with minor allele frequencies > 0.05, the reliability of the rank order of estimated allele frequencies, assessed as the average correlation between allele frequency estimates across the DNA pools, was 0.948 (average mean difference across the five pools = 0.069). Similarly, validity of the SNP-MaP approach was demonstrated by a rank-order correlation of 0.937 (average mean difference = 0.095) between the average DNA pool allele frequency estimates and the allele frequencies of an independent (CEPH) sample of 60 unrelated individually genotyped subjects.
We conclude that SNP-MaP can be extended for use on the Affymetrix GeneChip® Mapping 500 K Array, providing a cost-effective, reliable and valid initial screen of 500 K SNP microarrays in genomewide association scans.
The post-genomic era signals increased confidence in the possibility of locating quantitative trait loci (QTLs) that underpin the heritability of common complex disorders. However, problems still remain and progress towards reliably detecting QTLs for complex disorders, for which multiple genetic and environmental risk factors are responsible, has been slower than expected . Hypothesis-driven candidate gene studies are important, but with approximately 25,000 genes in the human genome it is often difficult to predict how variation in gene product will affect a particular phenotype. Moreover, it may be a mistake to limit the search for QTLs to the 2% of the genome that codes for proteins, rather than using a genomewide strategy that considers non-coding as well as coding DNA sequences . Linkage designs represent a genomewide approach but are limited to detecting QTLs of relatively large effect size [3, 4]. Association designs are needed to provide genomewide searches for QTLs of small effect size but hundreds of thousands of DNA markers genotyped on samples of thousands of individuals are needed to detect QTLs of small effect size .
Microarrays that permit highly multiplexed genotyping greatly reduce this genotyping burden. Several companies have developed microarrays to meet the need for genomewide association analysis (most notably Affymetrix™ and Illumina™). In each case, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are the marker of choice because they are bi-allelic, abundant throughout the genome and relatively stable from generation to generation . Alleles of SNPs close together on a chromosome will be correlated (that is, in linkage disequilibrium) and thus they are also likely to be associated with a QTL in between them, known as indirect association [7, 8].
The number of SNPs required for an indirect genomewide association study depends on several factors, including recombination frequencies, effect size, and sample size. It is estimated however, that approximately 500,000 'randomly chosen' SNPs or approximately 250,000 well-chosen 'tag SNPs', which take into account patterns of linkage disequilibrium, are adequate to capture nearly all common variation in Caucasian, Han Chinese, and Japanese populations [10, 11].
With the advent of microarrays that genotype hundreds of thousands of SNPs, genomewide association studies are becoming a reality. For example, microarrays have been instrumental in genomewide association scans that discovered an intronic SNP in complement factor H (CFH) causing age related macular degeneration , and a non synonymous SNP in IL23R – a gene encoding a subunit of a proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-23 receptor – that confers susceptibility to Crohn's disease . However, these associations involve large effect sizes with odds ratios greater than 3.0; very large samples will be needed to detect smaller QTL effects.
The solution appears simple: Use microarrays to genotype large cohorts for hundreds of thousands of SNPs. However, despite the high throughput of SNP genotyping microarrays and the low cost per genotype, the cost of individually genotyping a sample of even 1000 individuals remains prohibitive outside of large-scale consortia. Until genotyping becomes even cheaper, one solution is to screen the genome using DNA pools on microarrays to nominate SNPs. DNA can be pooled for large samples of cases and controls or the low and high extremes of a quantitative trait and the pooled DNA can be genotyped on SNP microarrays, a method we call SNP M icroarrays a nd DNA P ooling (SNP-MaP). The technique of DNA pooling has been validated using both microsatellites [e.g., [14–17]] and SNPs [e.g., [18–25]] on several genotyping platforms, including the Affymetrix 10 K microarray [26–32], 100 K microarray , and one half of the two-chip 500 K microarray set . The main advantage of DNA pooling is that it provides average allele frequency estimates for a group rather than genotyping each individual in the group and then averaging their allele frequencies statistically. The main limitation is that individual genotypes and haplotypes cannot be extracted because the DNA of individuals is pooled.
The confirmation of previously identified associations with rheumatoid arthritis have demonstrated the feasibility of SNP-MaP case-control study designs for detecting susceptibility alleles to complex diseases . Furthermore, substantive studies have already used pooled DNA across a variety of microarray platforms to detect novel SNP associations. SNP-MaP has been used as an initial screen in the identification of four susceptibility loci for mild mental impairment , 11 SNPs associated with reading ability , and several SNPs, including an intronic SNP from the diacylglycerol kinase eta (DGKH) gene, associated with bipolar disorder . These studies were performed using Affymetrix 10 K, Affymetrix 100 K and Illumina HumanHap550 microarrays, respectively. Moreover, the Affymetrix GeneChip® Mapping 500 K Array set has already been used to allelotype DNA pools in substantive research, implicating a KIBRA-encoding locus in memory performance .
In this report we evaluate the applicability of DNA pools on the first truly genomewide, commercially available genotyping platform, the Affymetrix 500 K GeneChip®, which affords significantly greater coverage of all common variation than do 10 K and 100 K arrays . Although already employed in substantive research, three subtle but potentially detrimental changes differentiating the Affymetrix 500 K GeneChip® from its validated 10 K and 100 K predecessors, deem validation of the full 500 K set with pooled DNA desirable. These changes are: 1) the introduction of two new restriction digest endonucleases, NspI and StyI; 2) a decrease in feature size from 8 μm to 5 μm; and 3) a reduction from 40 to 24 probes per SNP for 90% of the 500 K microarray.
To ascertain the reliability and validity of genomewide screening using DNA pools, we assayed five previously validated, independent DNA pools (N ~200 independent individuals per pool) separately on Affymetrix GeneChip® Mapping 500 K Array sets. To assess reliability, the allele frequency estimates were compared across the five DNA pools. To assess validity, the average allele frequency estimates across the five pools were compared with a CEPH sample of 60 individuals from the HapMap project previously genotyped using the Affymetrix 500 K GeneChip®.
All five DNA pools produced similar detection rates with the 500 K GeneChip®; rates varied from 87.9 to 97.5% for the Sty array and 92.3 to 97.9% for the Nsp array. These detection rates for the 500 K GeneChip® were similar to those from our previous work using pooled DNA on the 10 K and 100 K GeneChip® platforms [29, 32, 33] and only slightly less than for individual genotyping of the reference DNA sample provided by Affymetrix (99.3% for Sty, 98.9% for Nsp).
Rather than deriving separate RAS scores for sense and anti-sense quartets, allele frequencies can be estimated more reliably using a composite measure. Thus, allele frequency estimates were calculated using a modified form of the RAS score algorithm (RASav-all) based upon an average of all quartet measures.
Reliability was assessed by correlating allele frequency estimates across the five DNA pools using the Pearson correlation coefficient (r), as well as calculating their average absolute differences. As can be seen from Table 1, estimates of allele frequency across the 500 K microarray are highly reliable (N = 457,607 – 487,666 SNPs for which 70% of quartet measurements were available). The average correlation among the five DNA pools was 0.956 and their average absolute difference was 0.066.
Reliability of allele frequency estimates in DNA pools for SNPs on the Affymetrix 500 K microarray.
Values are mean Pearson correlation coefficients (r) between the 5 DNA pools using the average of all quartet estimates (RASav-all). 'Worst' and 'Best' refer to the 10 bivariate comparisons between the 5 DNA pools and 'Average' is the average of these 10 correlations. Values in parentheses are mean absolute differences between DNA pools. 'All SNPs' includes all SNPs on the array (including rare and non-polymorphic SNPs) for which 70% of quartet measurements were available (N = 457,607 – 487,666 across both microarrays). 'MAF > .05' only includes SNPs with minor allele frequency greater than .05 (N = 428,179 – 456,241 across both microarrays).
It is possible that these estimates of reliability are inflated by the inclusion of low frequency alleles; particularly in the case of non-polymorphic alleles when all SNPs are considered. To control for this we re-ran these analyses using only SNPs with MAF > .05 (N = 428,179 – 456,241 SNPs). Table 1 indicates similar results for correlations (0.948) and mean differences (0.069).
Because we employ multiple biological replicates (constructed singly) without technical replicates it is difficult to decompose variance attributable to microarray measurement and pooling construction. However, a recent paper using one microarray of the two-microarray Affymetrix 100 K set has estimated that the microarray component of variance is up to seven times greater than that of pool construction (variance due to microarray ≈ .00126 vs. variance due to pool construction ≈ .00018; [see ]). Given the relationship between 500 K and 100 K performance (see below), we would expect to see similar estimates of microarray variance for the 500 K microarray.
To assess validity, we compared our estimates of allele frequencies from pooled DNA with individual genotyping data from an independent sample of 60 CEPH individuals. All the CEPH individuals (as well as Han Chinese, Japanese and Yoruban populations) have been genotyped for SNPs on the Affymetrix 500 K microarray; these data, which have been acquired using multiple genotyping platforms, are available for download from the HapMap project . Considering the small CEPH sample size, Table 2 indicates that the SNP-MaP approach exhibited reasonable validity, reflected by high correlations (0.926 on average for both arrays) and modest mean differences (0.100) between each pool and the CEPH population, with similar results for MAF > .05. We found no difference between array-type (Nspl or Styl) on indices of reliability or validity, regardless of whether all SNPs or just common SNPs (MAF > .05) were included.
Validity of allele frequency estimates in DNA pools for SNPs on the Affymetrix 500 K microarray.
Values are average Pearson correlation coefficients (r) between the allele frequency estimates DNA pool and an independent population (CEPH) of 60 individuals. 'Worst' and 'Best' refer to the 10 bivariate comparisons between the 5 DNA pools and 'Average' is the average of these 10 correlations. Values in parentheses are mean absolute differences. 'All SNPs' includes all SNPs on the array including rare and non-polymorphic SNPs (N = 470,512 – 487,666). 'MAF > .05' only includes SNPs with minor allele frequency greater than .05 (N = 440,401 – 459,418).
As expected, validity was further improved when all five DNA sub-pool estimates were aggregated, supporting the use of multiple DNA sub-pools in SNP-MaP studies . After excluding SNPs whose average minor allele frequency across the five pools was less than .05 or which had fewer than four pools, SNP-MaP estimates correlated 0.937 (mean difference = 0.095) with the CEPH population (N = 412,626 SNPs). Standard errors of the mean (SEM) across at least four replicates were small (approximately 60% of the data exhibited SEMs < 0.025 and 90% of the data exhibited SEMs < 0.045) but were predictive of validity, with smaller variance across replicates indicating greater accuracy. We estimate that with at least 4–5 biological replicate DNA pools, the SNP-MaP method has 80% power to detect allele frequency differences between case and controls on the order of .043 for rarer alleles (.05 < MAF < .10) and .095 for common alleles (.45 < MAF < .5).
After the removal of rare alleles (MAF < .05), the average correlation between the allele frequencies of two simulated biological replicate DNA pools – each containing the individual genotypes of 30 unrelated individually genotyped CEPH individuals – was calculated as 0.959. This provides an expected correlation between two pools containing independent samples and no technical variance (microarray or pool construction). Although the difference between 0.959 and 0.948 (our observed estimates of reliability) is small, with a p-value of 0.01 it is significantly different, however; this significance should be interpreted with caution as this is likely to reflect the sheer immensity of SNPs correlated and does not act as a summary statistic that can be used to quantify case-control allele frequency differences across the microarray.
Because the Affymetrix 500 K GeneChip® Mapping Array shares 27,281 probe-sets with the 100 K GeneChip®, we investigated how similar the two platforms performed with the same DNA pools on the same SNPs. Overall, the 500 K platform performed slightly less well than the 100 K platform both in terms of reliability and validity. Using RASav-all, indices of reliability (between DNA pool comparisons) for the 100 K microarray ranged from .958 to .977 (mean = .967), whereas for the 500 K these correlations ranged from .933 to .949 (mean .940). This trend was mirrored in terms of validity when comparisons with the CEPH population were considered (data not shown).
The ability to screen common SNPs for allele frequency differences with DNA pools is now feasible on a genomewide scale using the Affymetrix 500 K GeneChip® Mapping Array. We allelotyped five previously validated DNA pools on the 500 K microarray and show high reliability and validity for more than 500,000 SNPs.
It is important to note that estimates of reliability and validity, although high, were lower than those obtained using the 10 K and 100 K platforms . Comparing our previously published results for the 100 K platform versus the present results for the 500 K platform, the average reliability correlation was 0.969 for the 100 K vs. 0.948 for the 100 K (average absolute difference: 0.054 vs. 0.069); the average validity correlation was 0.939 vs. 0.916 (average absolute difference: 0.081 vs. 0.104). A reduction in both feature size and in the number of features per SNP may be accountable for this decline in performance from the 100 K array to the 500 K array. Nonetheless, the performance of the 500 K array is adequate, especially in comparison to the basic sampling variation seen in our artificial pools using the individually genotyped CEPH sample where no measurement error was present. Concerns may arise with Affymetrix's latest release, the SNP array 5.0, which sees all SNPs from the two-chip 500 K set, along with 420,000 additional non-polymorphic probes which may be used to assess copy number variation, contained within a single microarray. As our analysis currently employs mis-match probe data, it remains to be seen if the reduction in the number of features per SNP required for such multiplexing will further reduce the reliability and validity of pooled DNA allele frequency estimates.
Thus, we conclude that allele frequency estimates from DNA pools appear reliable on the 500 K platform as well as 100 K and 10 K platforms to screen for allele frequency differences between groups. Despite the reliability and validity found for pooled DNA, three limitations of this study should be mentioned, which put these results in an even more favourable light. Firstly, in terms of validity, these data are uncorrected for differential hybridisation kinetics, which can result in unequal representations of SNP alleles [27, 31, 33, 41, 42]. This is unimportant for individual genotyping as allele-calling algorithms routinely process – and, in the case of homozygotes, actually benefit from – discordant allele fluorescence values. If DNA pooling is used to estimate absolute allele frequencies, certain estimates will be biased when unequal allelic representation occurs. However, DNA pooling is rarely used to estimate absolute allelic frequencies. DNA pooling is usually used to assess relative differences between groups such as cases and control; previous reports of differential hybridisation indicating that the proportion of SNPs exhibiting differential hybridisation (likely to result in type I and type II errors) is small, suggests all pools are subject to similar technical variation and thus allelic bias. A suitable next step however, is to identify the specific SNPs that exhibit large differential hybridisation and either omit these from subsequent analysis or correct in the appropriate manner [e.g., k correction; see [42, 43]].
Secondly, the CEPH population that we used to determine validity is a relatively small sample, which will have undoubtedly reduced estimates of validity. Thirdly, reliability was assessed as the average difference between just one pool and another, rather than the difference between groups using multiple sub-pools for each group. It is therefore likely that our estimates of reliability are conservative underestimates, as may be inferred by the distribution of small SEMs.
DNA pooling involves several limitations. With DNA pooling it is not possible to extract individual genotypic information to allow analyses of individual differences or haplotypes. In addition, once individuals have been pooled they cannot be 'unpooled', thus tethering tests of allele frequency differences to the phenotype used for pooling . However, these issues are offset by the considerable financial benefits of DNA pooling.
As with individual genotyping, issues of multiple testing and false positive results are critical for genomewide association analyses using SNP microarray. As one might expect, replication has been demonstrated to improve estimates of allele frequency, and therefore may be used to reduce, although by no means eliminate, the dilemma posed by false positive results . Although no consensus has yet been reached as to the fairest method of analysing the enormous volume of data generated by genome-wide studies, especially for identifying QTLs of small effect size, progress with regard to high-throughput microarrays is being made . Regardless of which statistical procedures are agreed upon that demonstrate adequate association, the ultimate criterion for association must be independent replication. The expense of individually genotyping large samples using SNP arrays makes replication of genomewide association scans unlikely. However, because DNA pooling is relatively inexpensive, SNP-MaP strategies will facilitate replication on a genomewide scale.
With results for reliability and validity similar to those previously demonstrated on 10 k and 100 k arrays, we have shown that the SNP-MaP approach can be applied to a 500 k platform. We conclude that the Affymetrix 500 K GeneChip® Mapping Array can be used in SNP-MaP studies to provide an efficient, reliable, and valid genomewide screen of allele frequency differences between groups, thus facilitating the detection of SNPs of small effect size.
Five independent pools of DNA were created from a sample of 1028 white Caucasian individuals (538 females and 490 males) randomly selected from a representative community-based sample of more than 14,000 children in the Twins Early Development Study, which we used in a SNP-MaP study of cognitive ability and disability with the 10 K microarray .
DNA samples were extracted from buccal swabs , quantified using a spectrophotometer (260 nm) and diluted to a target concentration of 50 ng/μl. Each sample was subsequently quantified in triplicate using fluorimetry (employing PicoGreen® dsDNA quantitation reagent, Cambridge Bioscience, UK) and samples that were accurately quantified (± 0.5 ng/μl) were accepted for pooling. Each individual's DNA was randomly assigned to one of five DNA pools, thus providing five independent pools with 204–206 individuals. Each individual contributed 79.1 ng of DNA to a DNA pool. Each pool concentration ranged from 13.33 to 13.57 ng/μl.
Because pooled DNA can be used only to estimate allelic frequency, not genotypic frequency, we refer to allelotyping rather than genotyping. Each of the five DNA pools was allelotyped using the GeneChip® Mapping 500 K Array set in accordance with the standard protocol for individual DNA samples (see the GeneChip® Mapping 500 K Assay Manual for full protocol). Each microarray was scanned using the GeneChip® Scanner 3000 with High-Resolution Scanning Upgrade, which was controlled using GeneChip® Operating software (GCOS) v1.4. Cell intensity (.cel) files were analyzed using GTYPE. Each of the five DNA pools was assayed on a separate microarray set; for quality control checks, a reference DNA individual provided by the manufacturer (sample number 100103) was also assayed on a separate microarray set.
Relative Allele Signal (RAS) scores, calculated using the 10 K MPAM Mapping algorithm, have been shown to be reliable and valid indices of allele frequency in pooled DNA [26–32]. Provided by Affymetrix, the GTYPE user's manual contains a full description of the Affymetrix Mapping GeneChip® probe-sets and how they are used to calculate RAS scores. Briefly, a RAS score for each SNP is derived from multiple 'quartet' measures. Quartets contain four 25 bp sequences (probes) with variations on the central base. The central base of the probe-set corresponds to two perfect match (PM) probes and two mismatch (MM) probes for each allele of the SNP, allele A (PMA and MMA) and allele B (PMB and MMB). There is a 90:10 split between 6 and 10 quartet measures per SNP on the 500 K microarray set. These quartets occur either exclusively on the sense or anti-sense strand, or on both strands. The distribution of quartets relative to the SNP site varies from SNP to SNP but can include up to seven quartets up or downstream of the SNP site ('off-sets') including the SNP site itself ('zero offset') on a single strand. After subtracting the average mismatch intensity ( M M ¯ MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfKttLearuWrP9MDH5MBPbIqV92AaeXatLxBI9gBaebbnrfifHhDYfgasaacH8akY=wiFfYdH8Gipec8Eeeu0xXdbba9frFj0=OqFfea0dXdd9vqai=hGuQ8kuc9pgc9s8qqaq=dirpe0xb9q8qiLsFr0=vr0=vr0dc8meaabaqaciaacaGaaeqabaqabeGadaaakeaadaqdaaqaaiabd2eanjabd2eanbaaaaa@2F03@ ) from each PM probe, a RAS score for each quartet is generated by calculating the ratio of A to A+B fluorescence values. If M M ¯ MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfKttLearuWrP9MDH5MBPbIqV92AaeXatLxBI9gBaebbnrfifHhDYfgasaacH8akY=wiFfYdH8Gipec8Eeeu0xXdbba9frFj0=OqFfea0dXdd9vqai=hGuQ8kuc9pgc9s8qqaq=dirpe0xb9q8qiLsFr0=vr0=vr0dc8meaabaqaciaacaGaaeqabaqabeGadaaakeaadaqdaaqaaiabd2eanjabd2eanbaaaaa@2F03@ > PMA OR M M ¯ MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfKttLearuWrP9MDH5MBPbIqV92AaeXatLxBI9gBaebbnrfifHhDYfgasaacH8akY=wiFfYdH8Gipec8Eeeu0xXdbba9frFj0=OqFfea0dXdd9vqai=hGuQ8kuc9pgc9s8qqaq=dirpe0xb9q8qiLsFr0=vr0=vr0dc8meaabaqaciaacaGaaeqabaqabeGadaaakeaadaqdaaqaaiabd2eanjabd2eanbaaaaa@2F03@ > PMB, PM fluorescence values for that allele are set to 0. In such instances ratios produce monomorphic RAS scores. If M M ¯ MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfKttLearuWrP9MDH5MBPbIqV92AaeXatLxBI9gBaebbnrfifHhDYfgasaacH8akY=wiFfYdH8Gipec8Eeeu0xXdbba9frFj0=OqFfea0dXdd9vqai=hGuQ8kuc9pgc9s8qqaq=dirpe0xb9q8qiLsFr0=vr0=vr0dc8meaabaqaciaacaGaaeqabaqabeGadaaakeaadaqdaaqaaiabd2eanjabd2eanbaaaaa@2F03@ > PMA AND M M ¯ MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfKttLearuWrP9MDH5MBPbIqV92AaeXatLxBI9gBaebbnrfifHhDYfgasaacH8akY=wiFfYdH8Gipec8Eeeu0xXdbba9frFj0=OqFfea0dXdd9vqai=hGuQ8kuc9pgc9s8qqaq=dirpe0xb9q8qiLsFr0=vr0=vr0dc8meaabaqaciaacaGaaeqabaqabeGadaaakeaadaqdaaqaaiabd2eanjabd2eanbaaaaa@2F03@ > PMB, no interpretable signal is obtained (because the denominator is 0). In such instances the quartet was not used in subsequent analyses. Only SNPs that retained at least 70% of their available quartets were used in subsequent analyses (i.e., 5/6 or 7/10 quartets). Approximately 96% of SNPs are retained using this criterion, depending on the successfulness of the assay.
Allele frequency estimates for the 500 K microarray set were calculated manually from the raw probe intensity data exported as a .txt file, for reasons outlined previously . In this study, however, we used a modified version of the RAS score algorithm that is based on an average of all quartet measures (RASav-all) rather than deriving separate RAS scores for sense and anti-sense quartets. The rationale for using RASav-all was twofold: Sense and anti-sense measures should not differ systematically and a composite measure should be more reliable.
Reliability was assessed in relation to the average correlation between the 5 DNA pools across all SNPs. Validity was assessed by comparing average allele frequency estimates across 5 DNA pools to those from the independent sample available from HapMap and NetAffx™ . The sample included 60 unrelated individuals from CEPH trios (30 mothers and 30 fathers) who were genotyped using the Affymetrix 500 K GeneChip® for the HapMap project .
To evaluate the level at which the observed SNP-MaP inter-chip reliability might compare to an ideal individual genotyping scenario, a simulated pooling experiment involving unrelated individuals was conducted using the genotypes of CEPH parents deposited in HapMap. Two independent pools were constructed: one comprising 30 CEPH mothers, the other 30 CEPH fathers. The allele frequencies of the pools were calculated separately and then correlated with each other using SPSS.
Sophia J Docherty, Lee M Butcher contributed equally to this work.
This work was supported in part by the U.K. Medical Research Council grant G0500079, Wellcome Trust grant GR75492, and grant HD49861 from the U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
SD wrote the manuscript and co-analysed the data. LB ran the microarrays, co-wrote the manuscript and co-analysed the data. LS co-wrote the manuscript and co-analysed the data. RP is principal investigator, conceived and designed the study and co-wrote the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. | 2019-04-19T17:09:17 | https://bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2164-8-214 |
Students are required to take various tests as an eligibility criterion for studying abroad. The tests you would need would depend upon the country and course of your choice. These tests act as a guide to the educator (universities where you apply). They provide a clue to the educators about the various facets of the student's personality like reasoning ability, analytical thought process, language, maturity, etc., and plays a major role in the admission decision-making process.
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Budget travelers to Curaçao will find no lack of cheap lunch joints in Willemstad. We’ve already written about some of our favorites in Punda, and there are plenty of others that we didn’t get a chance to try out. But as the sun goes down, these shops tend to close up. So what are the cash-strapped do for dinner? Cooking at home is a reasonable solution, but that’s no fun. The best option is to hunt down a food truck.
Food trucks can be found all over Curaçao, dishing out delicious meals at cheap prices to those who have no need for niceties like silverware, plates, tables and waiters. Slop it into a styrofoam container, grab a plastic fork, hock down on the nearest curb, and fill your belly. That’s possibly not the most appealing description of a dining experience, but some of the best meals we’ve eaten on Curaçao have come through the window of a truck.
If you only check out one food truck during your time on the island, make it the BBQ Express, currently found on Caracasbaaiweg. (I think this one’s location is more permanent, but other trucks seem to switch spots with casual frequency.) I ordered a serving of the ribs, which came with fries and noodle salad, and cost me about seven bucks. Despite my having ordered a “small” portion, this was a huge slab, dripping with sauce and falling off the bone — the best ribs I had during our time here. That’s no faint praise, considering that ribs are a Curaçao specialty.
The trucks are mostly a night-time phenomenon, but there’s one in Pietermaai which operates during lunch time. This white wagon also serves up local specialties like goat stew — ask what the daily special is. I had a breaded fish filet, served with the usual sides. Again, incredibly good value, but you should be prepared to wait in line!
Generous portions of meat and fries aren’t the only things you can find at Curaçao’s food trucks. Often, we would pull over on the way home from the beach to pick up a refreshing drink. There are a number of trucks selling batidos: fruit shakes made with milk and sugar. Our favorite is found on the road to Soto (location), where we often stopped, and tried just about every conceivable combination. Mango-Pineapple was my favorite. No, Strawberry-Banana. No Passionfruit-Melon. The guys are super nice, and there’s a cute garden where you can sit and enjoy the drink.
You can also find trucks selling fresh coconuts. We got addicted to coconuts during our time in Sri Lanka, and were thrilled to find them on Curaçao, as well. After a day in the sun, nothing is as replenishing and refreshing as cold, pure coconut water.
Meals on Wheels - Curaçao's Food Trucks Budget travelers to Curaçao will find no lack of cheap lunch joints in Willemstad. We've already written about some of our favorites in Punda, and there are plenty of others that we didn't get a chance to try out. But as the sun goes down, these shops tend to close up. So what are the cash-strapped do for dinner? Cooking at home is a reasonable solution, but that's no fun. The best option is to hunt down a food truck.
Yum, yum! It all looks good! I personally don’t mind casual eating, especially when the food is great!
Those ribs do look delicious and at those prices are a good budget buy too. Food trucks were popular in Sicily when we were there in May last year. | 2019-04-25T02:39:44 | https://curacao.for91days.com/meals-on-wheels-curacaos-food-trucks/ |
Scientists from a leading university in Scotland are heading up a pan-European project to create the most advanced, autonomous, cognitive robot which could help to dramatically reduce the cost of underwater monitoring operations and maintenance within the oil and gas industry.
The team from the Ocean Systems Laboratory (OSL) at Heriot-Watt University is designing a new approach to computational cognition for use in Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), with the aim of significantly improving the inspection, repair and maintenance reliability of vehicles used for underwater monitoring.
The system, named PANDORA: Persistent Autonomy through learNing, aDaptation, Observation and Re-plAnning will be trialed on three different AUVs in Scotland and Spain covering in-lab and deep water conditions, to test the system on vehicles and monitor their ability to operate in ‘real’ environments, overcome challenges, accommodate hardware failures and seek alternative missions when idle.
Following the Deep Water Horizon crisis in 2010, calls were made to dramatically improve the type and intelligence of vehicles used for underwater inspection and intervention, to reduce the opportunity for events of that scale to reoccur.
The European Commission issued a call for ideas on ways to increase the thinking capacity of robots supported by the provision of significant funding for viable projects. Identifying the opportunity to put their expertise to the test, the team of scientists, headed up by Professor David Lane, Founder of SeeByte, a Heriot-Watt spin out company, applied to the Commission with a comprehensive, three year research plan to create and develop Pandora for global commercial use. Their plan was the highest praised out of all responses and the team was duly awarded €2.8M (£2.3M).
Professor Lane explained the background to the project: “The issue with autonomous robots is that they are not very good at being autonomous. They often get stuck or ask for help and generally only succeed in familiar environments, when carrying out simple tasks. Over the next three years, our challenge is to develop a computational prpgramme which will enable robots to recognise failure and have the intelligence to respond to it.
Libor Král, Head of Unit, Cognitive Systems and Robotics, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission, said: “PANDORA is a particularly exciting robotics project undertaken by top European experts.
The project is being run in partnership with five universities across Europe – Instituto Italiano di Tecnologia, University of Girona, King’s College London and National Technical University of Athens, with steering committee members from BP and SubSea7.
More information can be found at http://osl.eps.hw.ac.uk/. | 2019-04-19T16:33:13 | http://persistentautonomy.com/?p=441 |
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The most recent copy of the Communications of the ACM focusses on many aspects of Blogging. There are articles in it looking at several aspects.
Kumar et. al have looked at things like Geographical distribution of bloggers – and some demographics of blog users (for example, they have found a cluster of UK blogs about Harry Potter – run by 43-48 year olds). Much of the data that they used was drawn from LiveJournal – which typically attracts “Social/ diary” type blogs.
Cayzer, looked at Semantic Blogging – focussing on how information is shared in a large corporation (in this case Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol), and how a blogging type environment might enable the searching and archiving of this material. They are also interested in the Semantic Web – and are developing tools to concentrate on the metadata of entries (or, as they call them “Snippets”).
Blood looked at communities and how they develop online – her website includes her blog – and information about assorted other articles she has written. The article in the ACM looks at the changing technology – and how this has influcenced community development.
All of these (and more) are in the December 2004 issue of Communications of the ACM. | 2019-04-22T04:04:19 | https://emmadukewilliams.co.uk/2004/12/13/communications-of-the-acm/ |
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What is Reflux and What is LPR?
Reflux refers to the back flow of stomach contents. Normally, once the things that we eat reach our stomach, digestion should begin without the contents of stomach coming back up again. The term LPR refers the the back flow of food or stomach acid all the way back up into the larynx (the voice box) or the pharynx (the throat). LPR can occur during the day or night, even if a person who has LPR hasn't eaten a thing during the last couple of hours.
How Do I know If I Have LPR?
Chronic hoarseness, throat clearing, and cough, as well as feeling a lump in the throat or difficulty swallowing, may be signs that you have LPR. Some people do have heartburn too. Some people have hoarseness that comes and goes, others have a problem with too much nose and throat drainage, that is, too much mucus or phlegm.
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The ’03 editions of the Honda Accord have been plagued with issues and many car owners have started to replace key components. The transmission in V6 engine compatible builds is prone to some issues. If you’re seeking a used parts source to buy from online, you can find 2003 Honda Accord transmission for sale inventory right from this Got Transmissions website.
There are some important things to know before shopping for any replacement Accord transmission. Honda has used three different gearboxes within the production schedule of 2003 vehicles. The first edition is found inside of the DX vehicles. This is known as the first-speed overdrive. This automatic transmission is mostly paired with the four-cylinder 2.4 motors. These gearboxes have less reported issues compared to the other units.
Because there are three transmission units in the ’03 Accord, a buyer must know what type is needed for replacement. Aside form the five-speed automatic DX editions, there are the LX and EX units offered. The LX relies on the five-speed manual which is very similar to the overdrive edition in the DX Accord. The six-speed manual is one of the editions that has received some of the most complaint requests during car ownership. These are found attached to the V6 engines in most EX models.
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Honda issued a parts recall for the V6 VTEC compatible transmissions in 2004. This recall was offered to car owners experiencing issues with standard usage of the manual transmissions. The direct problem that Honda acknowledged in the recall was due to heat buildup that caused chipped gears. Too high of heat from the engine often caused transmission gear breakage. This was usually identifiable with loud noises coming from the transmission assembly during vehicle use.
While the Got Transmissions inventory for sale is inspected and certified, there are some companies selling untested ’03 Honda Accord gearboxes online. Some car owners went to dealerships and received oil jet kits to prevent the heat from becoming an issue in the transmission gears. This was not an official fix for the problem and buyers should beware when researching automatic or manual transmissions for Honda Accord vehicles under recall.
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Foote was one of two sons and two daughters of Henry Dade Foote, Sr. (1882-1941), a timber businessman, and the former Lois Jeannette Ray (1886-1974). The Foots resided in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, but moved to Alexandria prior to 1919. Lois Foote was a native of Americus in Sumter County in southwestern Georgia. George Foote's brother, Henry, Jr. (1912-1955), was born in Hattiesburg and died in Alexandria; a sister, Ray Foote Schlaben (1914-2006), was born in Hattiesburg and lived after her marriage in Edinburg in Hidalgo County in south Texas, where she is interred.
The obituary of his friend, former Alexandria Mayor William George Bowden, Jr. (1921-2005), indicates that Foote and Bowdon first met c. 1935, by which time Foote was a student at Bolton High School, from which he graduated in 1936, three years before Bowdon. Foote worked as a lifeguard during summers in the middle 1930s at Magnolia Park in southern Grant Parish north of Alexandria. According to copy desk editor Wallace Anthony (1936-2010) of The Alexandria Daily Town Talk, the chilly waters of Hudson Creek at Magnolia Park were dammed to form a large swimming pool. A bathhouse, snack bar, and as many as thirty summer houses were subsequently added. The park had shade from pine and beech trees. The pool had concrete walls. A wooden-gated dam included a large wooden water wheel placed as it developed for aesthetic reasons.
Judge Foote graduated from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. During World War II, Foote served in the United States Marine Corps, with two and a half years in the Pacific Theater of Operations He attained the rank of colonel. While still a captain, he was awarded the Silver Star for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity" on July 21–22, 1944, while as part of the Third Amphibian Tractor Battalion, he engaged in action against Japanese forces during the assault on enemy-held Guam in the Marianas Islands.
Foote received his legal training after the war at Tulane University Law School in New Orleans and was admitted to the practice of law in 1947. For three years he was a Rapides Parish assistant district attorney. He became the full-time city judge in 1955, a post he held until 1985. Judge Foote was particularly known for his commitment to juvenile justice and his role in the founding of the Renaissance Home for Youth, a juvenile offender facility located west of Alexandria. Joining Foote in 1972 in co-founding the Renaissance Home were Guy Humphries, a Louisiana 9th Judicial District Court judge who died three months before Judge Foote, and Dr. Glenn Bryant, the former pastor of the large Emmanuel Baptist Church, a Southern Baptist congregation in downtown Alexandria.
Foote was a long-term member of the First United Methodist Church of Alexandria, at which he was the chairman of the building committee that constructed the sanctuary on Jackson Street, and a Sunday school teacher. He was affiliated with Rotary International and the Boy Scouts.
Foote was married for sixty-five years until his death to the former Antonia "Toni" Voelker (1924-2017), whose family in 1936 became the John Deere dealer in Alexandria. The Footes had seven children: Evelyn Neill Marriott (David); George M. Foote (Jane); Edward S. Foote; William Ross Foote (Elizabeth); A. Lee Foote (Naomi); R. Hale Foote (Beth); and Ray A. Foote (Diana). Foote's surviving sister was Jane Ann Foote Culpepper (1926-2017), whose third husband was Judge William A. Culpepper of Alexandria, who served one four-year term on the state 9th Judicial District Court and twenty-two years on the Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeal for the Third Circuit, part of the time as chief judge. He also instituted the United Way in Alexandria and in 1973 chaired the Alexandria Charter Commission.
Judge Foote also had twenty-eight surviving grandchildren and twenty-two great-grandchildren. The Footes' oldest child and only daughter, Neill, and her husband, David Cannon Marriott, are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah. They have ten children. An eleventh child, Judge Foote's namesake granddaughter, Georgia Marriott (1980-2002), was struck by a truck and killed while she was riding her bicycle near the Indiana University campus in Bloomington, at which she was studying violin.
Foote's son, W. Ross Foote, served for thirteen years prior to 2004 on the Louisiana 9th Judicial District Court and then returned to his Alexandria law firm, Smith Foote. Since 2010, Ross Foote's wife, George Foote's daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Erny Foote, a native of Lafayette, has been a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, an appointee of U.S. President Barack H. Obama, sponsored by then U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu. Prior to her appointment to the federal judiciary, Elizabeth Foote was engaged in the full-time practice of law as a partner at Smith Foote. From 1978 to 1979, she was a law clerk for Judge William Culpepper.
Judge Foote was a close friend and Bolton classmate of Howard B. Gist, Jr., the Alexandria city attorney during three municipal administrations prior to 1973. Like Foote, Gist attended Washington and Lee and the Tulane Law School. Both were veterans of the War in the Pacific but in different branches of the military. Both were avid fishermen and hunters in the community.
Alexandria businessman Edwin Caplan said upon the news of Judge Foote's death at the age of ninety: "He made a difference in everything he did and every life he touched. [If one's] purpose in life was to set a good example ... George Foote certainly excels at that."
↑ In Memoriam: Alexandria City Court Judge Edward E. Roberts, Jr. (died 2001). lasc.org. Retrieved on June 6, 2014.
↑ Lois Jeannette Ray. records.ancestryl.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2014.
↑ Ray Foote Schlaben. findagrave.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2014.
↑ Henry Dade Foote. records.ancestry.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2014.
↑ Magnolia Park brings back memories. Alexandria Daily Town Talk (August 16, 2003). Retrieved on February 7, 2018.
↑ 6.0 6.1 In Memoriam: Retired Alexandria City Court Judge George M. Foote. lasc.org. Retrieved on June 6, 2014.
↑ George M. Foote: Awards and Citations, Silver Star. Projects.militarytimes.com.
↑ Richard P. Sharkey, "Retired Judge Humphries, Co-founder of Renaissance Home, dies in Alexandria", The Alexandria Town Talk, March 23, 2010.
↑ Antonia Foote Obituary. The Alexandria Town Talk (November 22, 2017). Retrieved on February 7, 2018.
↑ Judge William A. Culpepper's first wife was Thelma Gilham Polk Culpepper (1921-2000).
↑ 9th JDC Holds 2002 Opening of Court Ceremony. lasc.org. Retrieved on June 6, 2014.
↑ Rachel Sterzer. "New auxiliary leader: 'Stand forth' and share testimony of faith: New leader is fortified by her knowledge of the gospel", July 6, 2013. ldschurcnnewsarchive.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2014.
↑ LSU Law Center Honors 2012 Distinguished Alumnus and Distinguished Achievement Honorees at Awards Brunch. law.lsu.edu. Retrieved on June 6, 2014.
↑ Howard Battle Gist, Jr.. The Alexandria Town Talk (August 21, 2011). Retrieved on October 13, 2014.
↑ It is unclear if Judge Foote is related to the southern author Shelby Foote (1916-2005), a native of Greenville, Mississippi, who also carried the middle name "Dade"; so did Shelby's father and Judge Foote's father. There was also a "George M. Foote" (1873-1935) who served prior to 1920 as the mayor of Gulfport, Mississippi.
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AMHERST, Mass. – A pre-game ceremony honoring seniors Maeve McNamra and Meghan Sullivan kicked off a Saturday afternoon at LeFrak Gymnasium that finished with the Amherst College women's basketball team defeating Middlebury College 72-62 in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) action.
Sullivan had a double-double with eleven points and ten rebounds and McNamara added seven points as No. 4 Amherst improved 21-2 (8-1 NESCAC). Middlebury drops to 18-6 (5-5 NESCAC) after the Mammoths outscored them 26-12 in the third quarter to overcome a one-point halftime deficit.
The two senior captains have been a part of two NCAA national championships, three NESCAC titles and three Final Four trips. They have compiled an incredible record of 117-4, a .967 winning percentage, and a conference record of 37-2. Both of them are also about to be named NESCAC All-Academic for the third consecutive season.
Hannah Fox '20 scored a game-high 21 points, hitting 3-6 from behind the three-point line. Madeline Eck '20, the newest member of the Amherst women's basketball 1,000 point club, added 20 more points to her total with a 10-18 day from the floor. Eck also dished out five assists, as did Sullivan, who had a pair of blocks and a steal in the win.
Sullivan gave the Mammoths the lead for good when she hit a three-pointer with 6:52 remaining in the third quarter to put the Mammoths up 40-38. That sparked a 20-7 run with Amherst taking a ten-point lead on a layup by Sullivan.
Courtney Resch '22 hit a three-pointer during the spurt and then hit three free-throws to end the quarter when she was followed on a long-range attempt. Fox hit a triple to open the fourth quarter and the lead stayed in double-digits for the rest of the game. Resch finished with six points, four rebounds, four assists, a block and a steal. Cam Hendricks '20 had two blocks and two dimes to go with six points of her own.
The first half was about two distinct runs, one by the Panthers to take a double-digit lead, and the second by Amherst to climb back and tie the game at 29.
Amherst led 9-6 halfway through the first quarter, but were held without a point for the final 5:02 of the period and nearly a minute and a half into the second quarter.
Middlebury shot 53% in the first quarter and got seven points from Colleen Caveney as they built a 17-9 lead, then grew it to 21-9 with a layup by Catherine Harrison and a pair of free throws by Emily Wander early in the second.
Eck stopped the run with a jumper to cut the deficit to 10 points and Amherst shot 53% themselves in the second quarter, ripping off a 17-5 run until they tied the game on a jumper by Fox with 2:09 to play.
Caveney answered with a three-pointer and the Panthers took a slim 32-31 lead into the break. Caveney had 12 points while Eck (10 points) and Fox (11 points) were both in double-figures in the first half for Amherst.
The Mammoths held Caveney in check in the second half, as she finished with 14 points on the night. Maya Davis and Betsy Knox had ten points apiece and Kira Waldman was in double-figures with 11 points.
Amherst finished the game shooting 46% from the floor and 35% from three-point land. They held a 36-32 lead in points in the paint, though Middlebury had the advantage in bench points (14-7), rebounds (35-30) and second chance points (18-9).
While Middlebury will get ready for the NESCAC tournament next weekend, Amherst has one regular season game to be played, a home make-up against Hamilton. That game is set for this Tuesday at 7:00 PM. | 2019-04-22T14:32:10 | http://athletics.amherst.edu/sports/wbkb/2018-19/releases/20190209pvuyb7 |
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