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Serum retinol-binding protein 4 is not increased in obesity or obesity-associated type 2 diabetes mellitus, but is reduced after relevant reductions in body fat following gastric bypass
J. Gómez-Ambrosi (1,5), A. Rodríguez (1,5), V. Catalán (1,5), B. Ramírez (1,5), C. Silva (2,5), F. Rotellar (3,5), M. J. Gil (4,5), J. Salvador (2,5) and G. Frühbeck (1,2,5)
(1)Metabolic Research Laboratory and (2) Departments of Endocrinology, (3)Surgery and (4) Biochemistry, Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and (5) CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain
Revisão:Clinical Endocrinology
Data: 1/Ago/2008Cirurgia Geral e Digestiva Bioquímica Clínica [ES] Endocrinologia e Nutrição [ES]
Controversy exists regarding the elevation of serum retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4) in human obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). In the present study, we have compared serum RBP4 in lean and obese patients with or without T2DM, and analysed the effect of weight loss on serum RBP4.
Forty-two Caucasian subjects were included in the study. Serum RBP4 was measured by ELISA and Western blot. In addition, serum RBP4 was measured in 21 morbidly obese patients before and after 4, 8 and 15 months of weight loss following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP).
No significant effect of either obesity or diabetes on serum RBP4 was observed. Serum RBP4 concentrations (measured by either ELISA or Western blot) did not correlate with body mass index (BMI), body fat or any indicator of glucose metabolism or insulin resistance. Weight loss following RYGBP did not modify serum RBP4 at 15 months (P = 0.472). However, the variations in serum RBP4 were significantly associated with the reduction in body fat (r = 0.48; P = 0.026). Patients loosing over 20% of fat mass (n = 11) showed significantly different RBP4 concentrations compared to those individuals exhibiting smaller adiposity reductions (n = 10) (-11.0 +/- 6.4 vs.+5.8 +/- 3.6 mg/l; P = 0.036). Furthermore, RBP4 levels were significantly reduced at 4 (P = 0.006) and 8 (P = 0.015) months only in those patients loosing over 20% of fat mass.
Serum RBP4 concentrations are not increased in obese patients with or without T2DM. A decrease in RBP4 levels was only observed after surgically induced weight loss accompanied by relevant reductions in body fat. RBP4 might be considered as a dynamic marker of negative energy balance being reduced during weight loss when a negative energy balance threshold is reached. Furthermore, RBP4 variation in the first month after RYGBP may be a predictor of weight loss success.
CITAÇÃO DO ARTIGO Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2008 Aug;69(2):208-15
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Bid to halt hotelier's private prosecution of bank officials fails
AN attempt to halt a Dublin hotelier's private prosecution against officials at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC) for alleged deception has failed.
Mary Kelly and Declan Buckley, who has since retired from the IBRC, face a possible prosecution at Dublin District Court, which has been brought privately by businessman Patrick Halpin.
Mr Halpin is a director of Crossplan Investments Ltd and Elektron Holdings Limited, of Aberdeen Lodge, Park Avenue, Sandymount, Dublin.
IBRC (now in special liquidation) appointed a receiver to both his companies – which are involved in the hotel business, including the Merrion Hall boutique hotel in Dublin 4 – as a result of alleged default of loans of €23m.
However, Mr Halpin claims that both Ms Kelly and Mr Buckley represented to him that IBRC was prepared to continue in a process that would allow Elektron Holdings Ltd to stay trading, on February 17 last year.
An attempt had been made in the High Court to halt Mr Halpin's action on the grounds that it was frivolous and vexatious.
Yesterday, at Dublin District Court, Judge John O'Neill was told by a lawyer for the defendants that the High Court had extended a stay on the prosecution until October 15.
A written High Court judgment is to be given next week and the issue of costs is to be dealt with, the lawyer told Judge O'Neill.
However, Mr Halpin, representing himself, told Judge O'Neill that this was "slightly misleading" and contended that the High Court last week had ruled in his favour and the case was listed again next week for the written decision to be given. He also contended that Mr Justice Gerard Hogan has not quashed the district court proceedings.
"He has ruled on four or five points in our favour," he also said, adding that the stay on the case until October 15 has been in place in the event that there is a Supreme Court appeal.
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Lille were unlucky to lose to Amiens – Osimhen
uper Eagles striker Victor Osimhen believes Lille's 1-0 loss away at Amiens on Saturday was not a true reflection of the game, positing that they deserved at least a point from the encounter.
Hoping to maintain a 100% percent start to the season, the young forward led the line again for Lille but they were undone six minutes to half time when midfielder Boubakar Soumare received a straight red card.
Despite been reduced to 10 men, the visitors kept their cool but were eventually broken 20 minutes from time when the VAR awarded Amiens a goal which meant Lille fell for the first time after two league outings.
Osimhen, who featured for the entire match duration and earned a game rating of 6.7, told AOIFootball.con afterwards that his side did enough to snatch at least a point but the numerical advantage gave the hosts a slight edge.
"It was a tough match for both teams, playing 10 men against 11 for more than 50 minutes was difficult but we kept our composure. In football these things happen so we must move on from it.
"Now we return to training and focus on the next task ahead because the league is a marathon and every moment counts for us," Osimhen concluded.
Despite firing blanks, the 2015 FIFA U-17 golden boot winner remains in the Top Five scorers' chart with two goals, one behind the trio of Memphis Depay, Moussa Dembele and Habib Diallo who all have three from two matches.
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Vieira to Arsenal fans: Sacking Unai Emery won't solve problems
Patrick Vieira has urged Arsenal fans to "get behind" Unai Emery and says a change of manager will not fix the club's problems.
The Gunners have slipped eight points adrift of the top-four after winning just one of their last six Premier League fixtures.
The dismal run under former PSG and Sevilla boss Emery has sparked speculation over his future, less than 18 months after he replaced Arsene Wenger in the Emirates hot-seat, reports metro.co.uk.
But Gunners legend Vieira has backed Emery to turn things around at Arsenal and urged his former club to be patient.
"It's true Arsenal are going through a tough spell," the former Arsenal captain said. "But I haven't watched all their matches, so I can't talk about their game.
"They have a coach who is qualified and who works well. When a club is having a difficult time, it's important to be united.
"I think he has enough experience to get them through this difficult spell. We have to get behind him and give him time to change things.
"I am not sure a change of manager will fix the problems."
Gary Neville, the former Manchester United and England defender, also believes Emery deserves more time at Arsenal.
He told Sky Sports: "Arsenal are what they are. They're a frustration. Emery is being put under big pressure.
"I know that Emery is a great coach and following on from Arsene Wenger was never going to be easy. Great coaches will come into Arsenal and struggle to change things there.
"We've seen that at Manchester United when Sir Alex Ferguson left. Ferguson and Wenger were the leaders at those clubs. It's going to take time and there needs to be patience shown at Arsenal.
"Manchester United and Arsenal are both big clubs, huge clubs, and they will get back, the cycle will turn."
Messi'll stay for another five years – Barca president
Barcelona's President Josep Maria Bartomeu has predicted that Lionel Messi will remain as club "leader" for another five years.
Due to a release clause in his contract, Messi is able to end his long-term association with the Catalan giants in the summer.
However, Bartomeu feels that the 32-year-old, who netted another hat-trick for the Spanish giants at the weekend, has the characteristics to stay at Camp Nou until at least 2024.
Bartomeu is quoted by Sky Sports News as saying, "Surely it will be the wish of all parties, if he feels strong and ambitious, to extend this contract indefinitely.
"Ultimately it is he who must decide. He has earned the right to decide when he will stop playing football. But like he said a few weeks ago, he wants to finish his playing career at Barcelona.
"Over the next two or three seasons, our leader will continue to be Leo Messi. There's no doubt that he is still young, still strong. He is still ambitious. So Leo Messi will still play with us for the next two, three, four or five years. I have no doubts about that."
Messi has previously been linked with a return to boyhood club Newell's Old Boys.
United players organise Dubai training camp
Several Manchester United players have organised their own training camp in Dubai during the forthcoming international break.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has given players not on international duty some time off and a group have taken it on themselves to organise the trip, taking a couple of members of United's coaching staff with them to lead sessions on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,reports Skysports.
Some of the squad will remain in Manchester and train at Carrington during the break, so whether it's the wind and rain of the Aon Training Complex or the blue skies of Dubai, the idea is to build on the industry of the last international break, which resulted in a spirited performance against league leaders Liverpool.
Dubai has become an important base for United this season with Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matic and Luke Shaw all undergoing fitness and rehab programmes there in recent weeks.
Arsenal insist Unai Emery is 'the right man for the job'
Arsenal have given Unai Emery a public vote of confidence, backing him to turn their fortunes around but adding a clear caveat that the team's form must improve.
Emery's position has come under scrutiny after a turbulent start to the season that has brought a run of one win in six Premier League games. They are eight points behind fourth-placed Manchester City and nine short of Leicester, who beat them 2-0 on Saturday and sit in second place.
There is an appetite at boardroom level to give Emery, who replaced Arsène Wenger in May 2018, significantly more time but concern is growing that Arsenal risk falling well out of the running for Champions League qualification and it is unlikely the slide would be allowed to continue indefinitely, reports The Guardian.
On Monday the club's head of football, Raul Sanllehi, and the managing director, Vinai Venkatesham, told a meeting of 200 club staff at the Emirates Stadium that the manager retains their faith.
"We are as disappointed as everyone else with both our results and performances at this stage of the season. We share the frustration with our fans, Unai, players and all our staff as they are not at the level we want or expect," read a precis of their comments, circulated by the club and issued in both men's names.
"Things need to improve to meet our objectives for the season and we firmly believe Unai is the right man for the job, together with the backroom team we have in place. We are all working intensively behind the scenes to turn things around and are confident we will."
The implication is that Emery, who spent Monday at a UEFA Elite Club Coaches Forum in Nyon, must get a tune out of his players soon if the club's tone is not to shift. Successive matches against the bottom two, Southampton and Norwich, after the international break offer scope for at least a short-term upturn, as did an improved first hour at the King Power Stadium. But the atmosphere among fans is tense and those at the meeting, which was planned and not a reaction to recent events, also heard an appeal for unity.
"We never take our fantastic support for granted," the statement attributed to Sanllehi and Venkatesham said. "We hope we can all stick together and get behind the team in this challenging period, as together we are stronger."
Those words could be interpreted as an appeal directed towards, among others, the fans who jeered Granit Xhaka off the pitch during last month's draw with Crystal Palace.
Xhaka's reaction led to a chain of events that have included the midfielder being stripped of the captaincy and effectively declaring himself unavailable to play. He has largely kept his counsel since but told the newspaper Blick, in his native Switzerland, that he is now happy to come back.
"I feel that the incident has been dealt with and I'm ready to return," Xhaka said. He also made clear his views on the reaction inside the stadium that led him to gesture and swear towards the crowd. "It was very hurtful and frustrating," he continued. "I can't understand a reaction like it even now, especially the vehemence of it and the extreme hostility directed against me.
"If the team and I don't play well, we have to listen and work on it. But insulting and swearing at your own captain will cause upset and a bad atmosphere for the team you are actually supposed to be supporting. That makes no sense to me and weakens the team's spirit.
"Let's face it, we're talking about football and a captaincy. I know that means the world to a lot of people here in London. But we're at a point now where I have to say clearly that we ought to take stock and make sure things are not getting completely out of hand."
Xhaka will spend the next week with Switzerland, who face Georgia and Gibraltar. On his return Emery, who last week suggested the midfielder might not play for Arsenal again, will have to decide whether his reintegration is a realistic prospect.
It's make-or-break for U-23 team
…as Amapakabo gets Okechukwu, Awoniyi boost for Zambia
After a disappointing 1-0 defeat suffered against Cote d'Ivoire in the opening match of the ongoing U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, the Nigerian U-23 team players are sentenced to win their second group match today against Zambia.
The competition also serves as the qualifier for the football event of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and a win is required for the team to bounce back on track in the race for the three tickets to the games.
On the other hand, a draw could place the country's chances on a cliff hanger while another defeat will send the team out of the competition and out of the contest for a berth at the Tokyo Games football event.
Already, Coach Imama Amapakabo has received boosts for Tuesday's battle with the arrivals in camp of team captain Azubuike Okechukwu and star forward Taiwo Awoniyi.
The absence of the duo was greatly felt in the opening game of Group B that the defending champions lost by the odd goal to Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday, and Amapakabo is confident their arrival will spur his squad to a better performance against the Zambians.
"I am happy we now have Awoniyi and our captain, Azubuike. They are integral to the team and were influential in our qualifying matches. We will throw everything into the game against Zambia because we have left ourselves no choice at this point.
"I believe we have the team to not only overcome Zambia but go all the way in the tournament. We stumbled against the Ivorians but we have learnt from that and we now look forward to rescuing our campaign against the Zambians and South Africans."
Former U-17 World Cup winner Awoniyi, who plays for FSV Mainz 05 in the German top division, landed in Cairo late on Sunday, while Turkey-based Okechukwu, who also captained the Class of 2015 and to the gold medal in Senegal, arrived in the early hours of Monday.
Okechukwu's midfield partnership with Kelechi Nwakali was impactful in the handsome home wins over Libya and Sudan in the qualifying series, while Awoniyi got the important opener and also created chances in the defeat of Sudan that landed the Olympic Eagles in Egypt.
Nigeria take on Zambia at the Al Salam Stadium in Cairo on Tuesday in a game they must pick up the maximum points to return to contention for a place in the semifinals of the competition, ahead of their clash with South Africa on Tuesday.
Only the top three finishers at the U-23 AFCON will qualify to fly Africa's flag at the Men's Olympic Football Tournament in Tokyo, Japan next year.
Sports Minister to adopt 8-year-old boxer, Shekinah
Minister for Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, has pledged to adopt an eight-year-old Nigerian female boxer, Shekinah, after watching the youngster displaying her talent at a championship in Lagos.
Dare stated this while posting a video of the female boxer named Shekinah training with her coach. In the video posted by Mr Sunday Dare, it can be seen how hard the coach of the girl was training her and she was also responding in a superb fashion.
Dare on his Twitter handle explained that he has spoken with Shekinah's father in Lagos on how she can help her develop her talent.
Dare also made it clear that he has spoken with the coach of the young female boxer Sulaiman with the option of getting her adopted.
The minister said: "Amazing stuff, brilliant boxing. The gold is in the child. I spoke with her father, Quadri in Lagos and her Coach Sulaiman 'Energy' to find out about her. We will follow up on her and get her adopted.'
Since Sunday Dare replaced Solomon Dalung as Sports Minister , he has demonstrated many times how ready he is to take Nigerian Sports to a great height.
He has also made it clear that his major focus is not on football but all the Sporting activities in Nigeria.
AFCON qualifiers: Eagles' camp bubbles as 14 players train in Uyo
- Chukwueze, Aribo, seven others to arrive today
The Super Eagles' camp in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State came alive on Monday as 14 players including captain Ahmed Musa trained ahead of Wednesday's African Cup of Nations qualifying match against benin Republic slated for Godswill Akpabio Stadium on Wednesday.
The Media Director of the Nigeria Football federation Ademola Olajire said in a press statement that that apart from Musa, goalkeepers Ikechukwu Ezenwa, Daniel Akpeyi and Maduka Okoye, defenders Kenneth Omeruo, Chidozie Awaziem, Olaoluwa Aina, Jamilu Collins and Oluwasemilogo Ajayi, midfielders Alex Iwobi, Ramon Azeez and Wilfred Ndidi, and forwards Samuel Kalu and Victor Osimhen were the other players who trained on the grounds of the Ibom Meridien Hotel and Resort on Monday evening.
Olajire also revealed that nine other players wetre being expected on Tuesday morning are defenders William Ekong and Abdullahi Shehu, midfielders Mikel Agu and Joseph Ayodele-Aribo, and forwards Moses Simon, Samuel Chukwueze, Paul Onuachu and Emmanuel Dennis.
Coach Gernot Rohr will have the full complement of his squad in training when they file out for the evening session at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium.
Meanwhile, Rohr has called up Enyimba FC defence stalwart Ifeanyi Anaemena as replacement for Bryan Idowu.
The NFF said Idowu pulled out of the AFCON qualifiers because he was yet to retrieve his international passport which he submitted for renewal and the document is not ready for him to travel to Nigeria for the encounter.
Anaemena was impressive for the Eagles B in their 2020 African Nations Championship qualifier against Togo at the Agege Stadium last month, and has also been a key player for Enyimba, two –time CAF Champions League winners, as they reached the group phase of this year's CAF Confederation Cup competition.
Pinnick gives Rohr conditions for contract renewal
…says coach must stay in Nigeria, monitor league for talents
The Nigeria Football Federation has said it is opened to renewing the contract of Super Eagles Manager Gernot Rohr if the German tactician was ready to accept a new condition of service.
There have been insinuations the NFF is not ready to renew the coach's contract when it expires next June but President Amaju Pinnick has downplayed that saying they are opened to continue working with Rohr only if the German will agree to new clauses that would be inserted into a contract they are about to table before the German.
Pinnick said Rohr must be ready to stay and work in Nigeria instead of living in France and saunter into the country only when the Eagles have engagements.
He said the coach must also be ready to watch league games so as to discover talents that will eventually make the grade for the national team.
"He needs to move around, watch some of the league games. We are not saying take a player from here and bring him to the Super Eagles immediately," he said in a live interview with Channels Television on Monday morning.
"Rohr's contract is due for renewal in June and we don't have any issue with him at the moment," Pinnick stated in a live interview with Channels Television on Monday morning.
"Contracts are classified documents . What we are going to do is strengthen the clauses in his contract. We are going to domesticate Gernot Rohr in Nigeria and domesticate him to our leagues, that's just it."
Delta Principals' Cup: Zenith Bank boosts last four teams with new kits
Sponsors of the ongoing Principals Cup Football Competition for secondary schools in Delta State, Zenith Bank, has boosted the morale of the semifinalists in the 2019 edition of the competition.
The semifinals of the developmental tournament take place on Wednesday in two different centres in the state.
The last four teams – Zappa Secondary School, Asaba from Oshimili South LG, Destiny Secondary School from Ughelli North LG, College of Commerce from Warri South LG and Okotie-Eboh Government School from the Sapele LG- are to get new set of Zenith Bank branded jerseys. Twenty pairs of quality boots were given to all the teams in the last eight stage.
Head of the Technical Committee of the competition, Lucky Sunday, said the gesture was not a new thing.
Sunday said: "We did the same thing in the quarterfinal and also in the opening ceremony. Twenty pairs of boots and 20 jerseys were given to each of the teams that took part in the opening ceremony. We will do the same for the two teams that will qualify for the final.
"Zenith Bank and Delta State Government have been wonderful to these young lads. They are all eager to play and win. For us, the motive is to make these players get used to the proper way of getting involved in football in all aspects."
The semifinal pairings will see Zappa at war with Destiny secondary school at the Kwale Township Stadium while the encounter between College of Commerce and Okoti-Eboh Government school will take place at the Ughelli Township Stadium.
The two matches take place simultaneously at 2pm on Wednesday.
The Commissioner for Basic and Secondary School Education in Delta State, Chief Patrick Ukah, expressed delight over the progress of the competition
"I am happy about the general operations of the competition and this is because we have capable hands in all areas in the Local Organising Committee," Ukah said.
The competition, revived three years ago courtesy of a partnership arrangement between the Governor Ifeanyi Okowa administration and Zenith Bank, started in September with over 850 registered schools.
The final of the competition is scheduled to take place at the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba on November 21.
D'Tigress players storm Maputo
D'Tigress camp came alive on Sunday as players and coaches reported to their base in Maputo for the 2020 pre Olympics qualifiers coming up in Mozambique between November 14 to 17.
The team comprising of returnee, Atosu Upe, 2019 Afrobasket Most Valuable Player Ezinne Kalu, Promise Anumakara, Atonye Nyingifa, Sarah Imovbioh and Evelyn Akhator were received by the coaching crew led by Otis Hughley.
Elo Edeferioka who was called up by Otis to replace Elizabeth Balogun who could not make the pre-qualifiers has also reported to Maputo.
Others who reported to camp include Jasmine Nwajei, Adaora Elonu, Aisha Balarabe, Ify Ibekwe, Victoria Macaulay and Pallas Kunnayi-Akpannah who may be making her debut for Nigeria if selected in the final 12-man roaster.
Nigeria is grouped alongside Host- Mozambique and DR Congo in Group A while Senegal will compete against Angola and Mali in Group B.
The team will have its first training session on Monday ahead the event starting on Thursday, 13th of November.
According to FIBA, three teams from Africa will join 14 other teams from Europe, Asia and the Americas to fight for the 10 slots on offer at the Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
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Hey everyone! A week late and a dollar short, but here it is: my RDPR Season 7 FINALE RANT! Last of it's kind, first of it's stature, forever drowning in a sea of sequins, glitter, and forehead black-spray-paint (courtesy of Ginger Minj). So join me now, won't you, for the most unnecessary rant yet (which is really saying something considering the superfluous nature of this beast). ON WITH THE BREAKDOWN:
For this Very Special RPDR Rant I will first breakdown the Eliminated Queens based on their Runway Power Rankings (mostly because they were given such little screen time during this recap that their looks were all we could judge them on):
1. Coming in at Number 1 is the bitch who should have come in at Number 1 (in the competition): KATYA. Sure, there may be a little bit of bitter bias here, but there is also truth: her look was AMAZING. It was striking, editorial, flashy in all the right ways, and just felt original and flawless. The black and white zig-zag pattern inlaid under the red sequins created such a powerful image that she kind of blew away her fellow contestants (and that's saying something- most of these queens looked FANTASTIC). I'm also going to take this time to say: DAMN YOU RU! You played with my heart this finale and if you had just slightly more gall you could have redeemed this entire season if you had only gone through with crowning Miss Katya. That little water stunt was PERFECTION and had the entire bar I was watching with screaming so loudly the walls shook, and then booing/laughing so loudly they shook even more. Katya is, probably, the queen who will come out of this season the True Winner. And she deserves nothing less because she is PERFECTION. And she really needs to pee on Mother Ru.
2. Coming in Number 2: Miss TEMPEST DUJOUR. Now, hear me out: out of all the queens that night no one showed so much marked improvement in her craft than Tempest did with this surprisingly wonderful look. It was campy, well thought-out/executed and played to the Dear-God-That's-Severe nature of her face. She looked like a Medieval Painting of the Virgin Mother burst forth in a shower of butt plugs to grace the stage, and I was living for it. On the show she was such a disaster, but here she actually managed to showcase at least a modicum of her supposed seamstress credentials that were completely absent from her time in the competition. So she gets kudos for a great outfit and further boosts for such a massive improvement.
3. Please welcome Miss JAIDYNN DIORE FIERCE to her rightful place as Number 3! I loved the rich deep green of her sequin dress (that highlighted every curve and swerve of her body). Her presentation with the claw mark was sexy, and her hair/makeup were FLAWLESS. Bitch worked it that night and made it even more frustrating that she didn't wait two more seasons to compete. With the added experience and confidence she could have taken this competition by storm and won the crown.
4. Number 4: Another surprise: Miss KANDY HO. Yes yes yes. BOY was this girl a Forgettable Snooze-Bore Coma Generator 3000 on the show. And her looks were always a little off. And her makeup was always surprisingly sloppy and beardsy. But here? With what I have to believe was the team of makeup artists she spoke of during her ten seconds of interview later in the show? She looked downright amazing. Her hair was hysterical (like a fabulous dark chocolate poop swirl) and her dress was flowing, elegant and classic. When she twirled and nestled into a seated position at the end of the stage I looked at Jon and went "Seriously, give her credit- that Ho really sold that outfit." So congrats Miss Ho, you managed to capture my attention for the first time all season.
5. Number Five Clucking Alive: It's MISS FAME. I actually loved this look. Her makeup and hair were as flawless as we've ever seen, the dress outlandish, sci-fi fun and it fit like a glove. It wasn't my favorite look of the night but it was attention grabbing and did her claim-to-Fame proud (I'm sorry, I'll stop).
6. Next up it's MAX! I wish I could say I was in love with this look, but overall I was merely happy with it. I was hoping for something far more flashy and over-the-top from her. Instead we got a wonderfully editorial look that felt like The Riddler had sex with Tilda Swinton in a Circus Tent and gave birth to La Roux as a Ringmaster. Obviously awesome, but a little overshadowed by her fellow (in my opinion less original or talented) queens.
7. Coming in at Number 7: KENNEDY DAVENPORT. I can't get the image some redditor created with this look out of my head: it shows the toy cars taken from Pandora's Season 2 reunion outfit and sent them careening onto Kennedy's hair, loop-di-loop around the swirl and launch out. It gave me a snort and I enjoyed it very much. Thank you Nameless Reditor. As for the rest of the look? I guess I just have to say I don't see what everyone else does in this queen. I didn't like a single look from her all season. And I wasn't all that amazed by this either. She looked GREAT. She really did. They all did. But there were just too many things going on in too many different styles and eras that it ultimately came off looking messy.
8. Next up it's Miss JASMINE MASTERS! She looked wonderful. Better than she ever did on the show. This is mostly because she was covering up her abs and finally had great padding. One of my biggest problems with her on the show is how she looked like a hollywood actor in the 80's who dresses up as a woman to go undercover but its so hysterically bad and unconvincing that half of the humor derives from the fact that everyone still seems to be hoodwinked regardless. She suffered hardcore from Man In A Dress ALA Milan Syndrome. But here? Good makeup, good earrings, pretty dress, good padding. A little boring, but at least she looked good!
9. MRS. KASHA DAVIS! While more cohesive and classier than Kennedy Davenport, Mrs. Davis was merely good. She looked stunning and it suited her, but I just wasn't all that blown away by it. Just because it has sequins, girls, doesn't mean it's over the top enough for a RPDR Reunion. And BOY was it similar to Kennedy's, right down to the fringe on the bottom. The only reason it's lower than Davenport, though, is because Kennedy's hair made her look far more memorable.
10. Sadly I must place Miss TRIXIE MATTEL at Number 10. I love me some Trixie. Sure, she didn't get much further after her return. Sure, all that potential and supposed sense of humor was lost in translation (or on the editing room floor) for this competition. But I saw enough of what she does outside the show to realize how amazing this queen truly is- which is why it pains me that I was so uninspired by this look. I get it, Miss Mattel, you wanted to go FULL TRIXIE for the reunion. But in the end it was so much happening at such a concentrated, unedited level it was just relatively unpleasant to look at. I am the last person who thinks Trixie should fundamentally change her aesthetic- but I'm the first to suggest that she needs to learn the vital tool of EDITING before she can really be the superstar she has every right to be.
11. In last place comes Ms. SASHA BELL (whose name I had to look up as I typed this just to be reminded since she's about as memorable as The Silence from Doctor Who). She looked FAR better here than she ever did on her short run this season- but that's not saying much. The wig was boring, the dress was cheap and the overall application looked like a bargain-bin Roxxxy Andrews.
NOW- on to the TOP 3!
• Ginger Minj: After watching an overall amazing runway with the eliminated queens out pops the Glamour Toad herself . . . with the overall effect of a fizzled-out fire cracker. It was standard Minj. Boring, predictable, yet polished and well presented. ALL her looks of the night came off this way. And that's ultimately, to me, what sealed her fate. Out of all the queens this season Minj showed the least amount of growth. You could argue this is because she was strong to begin with but that's only half-true. She didn't need a single ounce of growth in her performance abilities. She could out-act and perform in circles around nearly all the other queens (more on that "nearly" in a moment). But that's it. She had PLENTY of room to grow in her visual versatility and makeup application. And yet she didn't. Not one ounce. Couple this with the fact that all her lipsynch tricks were old-hat at this point (due to two factors: she doesn't have that many tricks and the audience had already seen them due to her three previous LSFYL) and there just wasn't enough there to counter-balance the sheer level of Bitch that she presented in the final episode before the reunion. Her lipsynch was fun. It was high energy. It was funny. It just wasn't enough.
The girl is a Rock Star. I'd pay to see her live and shower her with dollars. But she just wasn't the Next Drag Superstar. A friend of mine took the words right out of my mouth recently: Minj lost this season because Bianca Del Rio won last season. And Minj was too similar to Bianca (while being a mere shadow of Bianca in nearly every way). However she has a bright future ahead of her. She's young (29 is too young for The Bitter Old Lady Brigade, bitch) and the sky's the limit. So carry on, Ms. Toad! CARRY ON! PS: anyone else living for her tiny metal feet during her interview? That's got to be the most hilariously unintentional addition to an outfit in RPDR Herstory. BIONIC MINJ! Now you can wash it in the sink! (Archer reference).
• Pearl: Pearl was never going to win this. While I love her to death she just wasn't versatile enough and her "wake up Pearl" storyline felt forced and false. She never needed to "wake up." She needed a kick in the ass to get her into the competitive spirit, but sleepiness was never her problem. And while her looks were nearly always my personal favorite- they definitely all were of a very specific aesthetic. There was no versatility there and it was the most apparent in her (gorgeous, flawless, yet predictable) reunion looks and performance. It was all just . . . . so . . . Flazéda. I *did* end up loving her Sleepwalker Lipsynch but it was also the shortest and most boring of the three. Honestly there just isn't much to say about Pearl in this reunion. I love the bitch. She's talented and funny as fuck and I can't wait to see her live. Needless to say she has a fan in me- but it was ultimately so obvious that she wasn't winning this season that she came off as nothing more than lovely eye-candy to look at while Violet took the crown.
• Violet: Violet earned her crown and then some this reunion. Everything she did and said was confident, polished and FLAWLESS. Each look was wildly different from the next and yet absolutely STUNNING. And her performance? Ginger Minj should takes notes from Violet on how to move and properly build momentum in a lipsynch. Ginger was HIGH OCTANE from start to finish, which is interesting, but every good tale benefits from a build-up and a climax, and if you are running 100mph the entire time there is no chance for this kind of story to unfold. Violet's dance/striptease, on the other hand, did just that. She oozed grace and confidence and sensuality in every single move she made and with every layer she discarded added a new level of energy and movement. Ultimately it all came to an exciting crescendo that had the whole bar out of their seats. Violet proved in this reunion that she is far, far more than just a walking vogue magazine. She's a genuinely talented performer as well- something we just didn't have the opportunity to see on the show and I'm glad they altered the format of the reunion to convey. By the time Violet's name was called out it was already a forgone conclusion in my mind. Every moment after her Lipsynch was simply another second of waiting to hear her called forth. So CONGRATS to the newest champion VIOLET CHACHKI! Long may she sparkle!
Final notes:
• Katya will WIN the All-Stars or I will slap a ho. Probably a Kandy Ho.
• Thank you all so much for putting up with these rants. They were so much fun to write and let me get all this off my chest. Love you all!


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The Flying Fish has something for everyone
Seafood fans know they're in for a treat when the catch of the day catches their eye before they even make it to the table. This month, The Flying Fish will be celebrating their eighth anniversary in North Myrtle Beach.
First-time guests will notice right away that the restaurant also is a market, with some of that day's haul on display, including entire fish on ice gazing woefully through the glass. This fresh food is one of the many reasons The Flying Fish is so popular, with the business promising less than 48 hours between boat and plate.
Three floors of dining make up this seafood extravaganza, with the market and full bar on the entry level. During the daily happy hour from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., there are a number of discounted appetizers available only at the bar, so during this time many adults will choose to remain there. Otherwise parties are taken up or down, or even outside if they prefer.
The lunch and dinner menus are a wonderful celebration of fresh seafood. Starters begin with favorites like hushpuppies and fried pickles, then take it up a notch with goat cheese oysters, seafood nachos and the restaurant's delicious rendition of fried green tomatoes.
Entrees include the recently caught fish guests walk past on their way in for the market price. The seafood will be prepared in one of three ways then topped with your choice of a sauce and served with green beans and rice. During lunch, this fresh food also can be made into tacos. The Flying Fish also gives some more leeway to their customers in the Build Your Own Boil section, where guests can choose their favorite seafood to make their perfect Lowcountry boil.
Some sandwiches are available during both lunch and dinner, and include the popular Soft Shell Crab BLT served between two slices of jalapeno cornbread for a unique take on a beloved sandwich. Shrimp and grits, jambalaya and lobster ravioli are part of The Flying Fish specialties, while a few steak and chicken options are available for the landlubbers.
Given the restaurant's location and fresh-food reputation, it can become busy very fast. However, despite the noise and bustle, it becomes noticeable that the crew works efficiently and effectively. Once orders have been placed, the food arrives at the table with surprising speed, a testament to how well prepared they are behind the scenes.
The fish served in this marketplace and restaurant may be fresh off the boat, but the service is far from wet behind the ears. Part market, part restaurant, dining here is a fun and refreshing experience, whether you're from the area or not. The Flying Fish is definitely a catch worth keeping.
What | The Flying Fish Public Market and Grill
Where | 4744 Highway 17, North Myrtle Beach
Hours | 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. daily
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From Making It, To Making It Work – Software as a Service
For me, the most fascinating thing about being in the group communication and collaboration industry is not the technology – It's actually watching the market evolve and adapt to change.
As an example, for many years technology manufacturers focused almost exclusively on developing new and more advanced hardware. After all, manufacturing facilities are expensive, which made the barrier to entering these markets high, plus it required the intellectual property associated with technology production, which added a competitive edge. Within the audiovisual industry, there was a time when simply making a projector lighter, brighter or with a higher resolution was a big deal and a serious competitive advantage – Not any longer.
Fast forward to the present day and manufacturing is relatively easy by comparison. Today, there is a large manufacturing capacity within the technology industry. Many of the manufacturers in the market use the business model of replicating, in mass with speed, an existing product as a competitive strategy; a strategy that will only accelerate with the implementation of 3D printing. This trend towards mass production benefits the consumer as it drives price down, however, as the time between innovation and replication shrinks manufacturers struggle to be profitable.
So, where will the profits come from if there is little margin left in making the product? In an attempt to solve this problem, many of the innovative producers are moving from making it, to making it work. What does that mean? Intellectual property and managed services are now the name of the game.
Recently, LifeSize reorganized to focus on a "software as a service" (SaaS) model. This move is an acknowledgment that the days of highly profitable videoconference infrastructure sales are a thing of the past. The same is true in the interactive whiteboard space. Once a hardware centric offering with free software and updates, companies like SMART Technologies are now moving to the SaaS model. SMART's most recent innovation SMART kapp is a Cloud based collaboration service with a high-tech flipchart as the interface.
This trend is not only within the audiovisual industry either; recently I read an article that GM was in court arguing that its customers buy the vehicle (the hardware), not the software that allows it to operate. The software GM argues, is simply licensed for use according to the terms and conditions of the End User License Agreement (EULA). In other words, your vehicle may soon be like your cell phone. You buy the hardware but you can't use it without the operating system and the carrier's network.
Hardware, it seems, in many industries is fast becoming simply an access point to a piece of software that will either provide a service or simply permit the hardware to function. This new model provides an on-going revenue base for the manufacturers with software renewals and/or subscription service fees. For the consumer, it can offer conveniences such as flexible cloud-based access, automatic software updates and infrastructure management outsourcing. However, for businesses, it will require a shift in thinking as they build strategies around managed services. And, a fiscal change in how they budget and purchase managed services instead of capital assets, which are now migrating from the Balance Sheet to the Profit and Loss Statement and becoming ongoing operating expenses.


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Yamayra Cirino Hundley, 46 of Hamden died peacefully on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at the Connecticut Hospice, Branford after a long illness, and with her loving family by her side. Yamayra was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico on January 17, 1971, a daughter of José Augustin and Matilde Peréz Cirino of New Haven. She had resided in Hamden for the past twenty five years, She was a marketing and salesperson and later account manager for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield for nine years until 2005. Yamayra is also survived by three sons, Joseph Bryce Hundley, Jalen Eric Hundley and Julien Reece Hundley of Hamden, one sister, Claribel Cirino of Hamden, her maternal grandmother Juana Pinet of Loiza, Puerto Rico, and many loving aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
Yamayra's family will receive relatives and friends on Sunday, December 10th from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Washington Memorial Funeral Home, 4 Washington Ave., North Haven, A funeral service will take place at the funeral home on Monday, December 11th at 10:00 a.m. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven. www.washingtonmemorialfh.com
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1. Find an error message.
2. google that error message in quotes.
If 2 fails, google substrings of the error message.
Only after several failed iterations of this process should you bug your cool programmer friends. You'll be glad you did. They'll be glad you did.
And, if you actually needed to ask your cool programmer friends for help (or discovered the answer yourself in spite of failed searches) you should make a public blog post with the error message itself in the title and the entire problem you experienced (with solution) in the body.
In this way, you are improving the internet and making the next guy's life easier. Also, writing about the solution will help you remember it yourself next time, so it's a double-win.


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Today is the day that the most incredible and magnificent sense of high-fashion, inspirational and creative style is coming back on TV for the last time. It's Gossip Girl Final Season. I couldn't resist to see my favorite photos of the previous seasons waiting for the new episode! I admire the style of "Blair Waldorf" and "Serina van der Woodsen" but I love Lily's (Bass). I think she represents the chicest approach of Fashion. The stylish choices of every outfit indicate the all time classic chic style combined with a more contemporary, fresh and revival approach. Her jewelry always make a statement.
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Anticipating that the hacker honeymoon is over, Apple has shared some OS X Lion seed code with experts with a history of cracking their code, according to VentureBeat.com.
With Microsoft being almost the sole target of security experts (nee hackers) for so very long, the move by Apple can also be seen as an interior acknowledgment that they may be seen more like a monolithic ecosystem worthy of taking down a peg.
It's hard to say that the most monetarily valuable tech company is "maturing," but that's what it seems like when they let the lions in the tent, as it were.
Dino Dai Zove and Charlie Miller have Tweeted that they are among the invitees to see Lion.
Wholly apropos since their latest book was titled "The Mac Hacker's Handbook."
And, in a way, the fact that secretive Apple has made the cultural decision to make this move begs the question even further of "When will Apple have to break apart?"


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Pasque Flower is one of my favorite flowers up here in the Colorado Rockies. When she lifts her beautiful head up toward the sky, spring is on her way and winter can go to rest. Also called Wind Flower, Pulsatilla, or Meadow Anenome (from the Greek word for wind) she is one of the first perennial flowers to bloom in the spring, growing anywhere between 5,000 and 11,500 ft. The delicate, hairy, lavender flowers appear before the leaves of the plant.
Medicinal Properties
Pasque Flower is a powerful plant. She is a wonderful nervous system remedy, an anti-spasmodic, and great healer for high blood pressure, poor circulation, shock, nerve pain, headache, and hormonal fluctuations. In addition, Pasque Flower can support a person who is feeling anxious, vulnerable or frail.
Pasque Flower was used by the Ponca and Omaha Indians to treat sores and wounds, including those of the eyes.
Pasque Flower wants to be taken seriously, she only can be taken in VERY small tinctured, or homeopathic dosages. Pasque Flower is potentially dangerous in normal herbal doses. Pasque Flower essence or the homeopathic remedy should never be taken without consulting a qualified health practitioner. For adults only! I personally take 1-3 drops DILUTED in fresh well water, no more than twice a day.
Pasque Flower is known to slow the heart rate when ingested and symptoms of overdose are nausea, gastric distress, low blood pressure, eruptive rash, and in rare cases, convulsion.
Harvesting and Preparing
The medicinal properties should be extracted from the fresh herb, the dried flower has lost her medicinal potency. The fresh herb and seeds can be irritating to skin, mucous membrane, and eyes. Use caution when harvesting fresh Pasque Flower. I harvest the whole plant in flowering stage. Some people include the root, I personally don't.
To make a tincture I fill a jar with Pasque Flower and top it off with organic grain vodka. I let the tincture sit for several months and then add agave nectar to my liking.
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Up to 75% of stage IV melanoma patients develop brain metastases during the course of their disease. Brain metastases are associated with a median overall survival of only 3-6 months. Although there is concordance in the mutational landscape of intra- and extracerebral metastases, patients with brain metastases do not sufficiently respond to most therapies. This indicates specific resistance mechanisms.
To identify new prognostic and predictive biomarkers and to uncover mechanisms responsible for the different biological behavior in melanoma brain metastases, we have already established a worldwide unique cohort of 27 pairs of intra- and extracranial metastases with a complete clinical follow up as well as 40 melanoma intracerebral metastases for validation. In order to identify proteins and pathways that are responsible for the different biological behavior, we will
(1) identify differences in epigenetic modifications of genes by executing an Illumina 450k methylation array.
(2) simultaneously characterize differences in messenger RNA expression executing RNA-Seq by using the Illumina TruSeq RNA Access-protocol.
(3) validate identified differences in gene modification/messenger RNA expression and signaling pathways by conventional immunohistochemistry and correlation with clinical outcome.
(4) execute functional in vitro experiments that include standard cell culture methods to elucidate differences in survival, apoptosis, autophagy, cell cycle, migration, invasion, and colony formation.
Scientific Goals
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- Discover new prognostic markers as well as novel molecular targets for future therapeutic approaches to treat melanoma patients with brain metastases.


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C04283v1 Master of Engineering ManagementAward(s): Master of Engineering Management (MEM)
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Load credit points: 72
Course EFTSL: 1.5
Location: Shanghai, China
This course is only offered offshore. It is available in Shanghai. The language of tuition is Modern Standard Chinese.
This course is offered through the Sydney Institute of Language and Commerce, Shanghai University.
Career options
Course intended learning outcomes
Admission requirements
Recognition of prior learning
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Articulation with UTS courses
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The Master of Engineering Management (MEM) is an opportunity for engineers, technical specialists and non-technical professionals to build and stretch their managerial skills and integrate their business and technical knowledge.
The MEM has been specifically designed to emphasise the interface between engineering, technology and management. The integration of carefully tailored coursework and an independent project delivers graduates who understand the professional, societal and environmental context and have developed a range of management and engineering capabilities to respond to it.
Career options
The MEM program provides an opportunity for those who aspire to excellence to challenge themselves at the master's level, deepen their skills and knowledge and gain a competitive edge in the industry.
Course intended learning outcomes
|Engineering and IT take place within the larger context of society and the environment, which encompasses social, economic and sustainability needs
|Identify, interpret and analyse stakeholder needs
|Establish priorities and goals
|Identify constraints, uncertainties and risk of the system (social, cultural, legislative, environmental, business etc.)
|Apply principles of sustainability to create viable systems
|Apply systems thinking to understand complex system behavior including interactions between components and with other systems (social, cultural, legislative, environmental, business etc.)
|Engineering and IT practice focuses on problem-solving and design where artifacts are conceived, created, used, modified, maintained and retired
|Identify and apply relevant problem solving methodologies
|Design components, systems and/ or processes to meet required specification
|Synthesise alternative/innovative solutions, concepts and procedures
|Apply decision-making methodologies to evaluate solutions for efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability
|Implement and test solutions
|Demonstrate research skills
|Abstraction, modelling, simulation and visualisation inform decision-making, and are underpinned by mathematics, as well as basic and discipline sciences
|Apply abstraction, mathematics and/or discipline fundamentals to analysis, design and operation
|Develop models using appropriate tools such as computer software, laboratory equipment and other devices
|Evaluate model applicability, accuracy and limitations
|Graduates must have capabilities for self-organisation, self-review, personal development and lifelong learning
|Manage own time and processes effectively by prioritising competing demands to achieve personal goals (Manage self)
|Reflect on personal and professional experiences to engage in independent development beyond formal education for lifelong learning
|Engineering and IT practice involves the coordination of a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary activities to arrive at problem and design solutions.
|Communicate effectively in ways appropriate to the discipline, audience and purpose
|Work as an effective member or leader of diverse teams within a multilevel, multidisciplinary and multicultural setting
|Identify and apply relevant project management methodologies
|Graduates must possess skills, knowledge and behaviours to operate effectively in culturally diverse workplaces and a changing global environment
|Be able to conduct critical self-review and performance evaluation against appropriate criteria as a primary means of tracking personal development needs and achievements
|Appreciate ethical implications of professional practice
|Understand cross-cultural issues (regions or workplaces)
|Be aware of global perspectives (needs, rules/regulations and specifications)
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised bachelor's degree, or an equivalent or higher qualification, or submitted other evidence of general and professional qualifications that demonstrates potential to pursue graduate studies.
It is a requirement that the bachelor's degree was completed with no more than 25 per cent of subjects failed.
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
International students
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Recognition of prior learning
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If you were watching last night's game between the Giants and the Panthers, you saw the spectacular debut of running back Andre Brown. Brown rushed for 113 yards and two touchdowns in New York's 33-7 win against Carolina.
(By the way, that's the same stat line Willis McGahee had Monday in Atlanta.)
Thursday marked Brown's first career start, but it was a long time coming. Brown was first drafted by the Giants in 2009, yet before last week, he never had positive rushing yardage in an NFL.
If you're an astute Broncos fan, maybe you remember Brown for his on-and-off-the-roster saga here in Denver in 2010.
That season, he was claimed off waivers by the Broncos after being cut by the Giants at the end of training camp. He spent five weeks with the Broncos — time split between the active roster and the practice squad — and was active for three games.
The Broncos cut him in October of that year, and he (briefly) spent time in Indianapolis and Carolina before winding up back on the Broncos practice squad in November.
That second stint in Denver lasted less than a week. Mike Shanahan signed him to Washington's active roster. And now, he turns up — in a big way — back in New York.
It's really a heck of a story.
A couple of Brown's former Broncos teammates, Lance Ball and Knowshon Moreno, said today they were happy to see Brown finally finding success in New York.


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By: Christina E. Rodriguez
Melanie Maldonado, a doctoral student at Northwestern University, found herself digging up her ancestral lines to fulfill her great-grandmother's dying wish of finding her long lost brother. She interviewed family members, like aunts and uncles, to ask them about their memories in Puerto Rico and sifted through documents she had collected.
"[My great-grandmother] met her brother once and all her life she kept looking for him," she said. Finally, Maldonado found him.
She didn't stop there, though. Maldonado continued to interview her family members and ask about others that they remembered. She ended up tracing her family back to Northern Spain during the late 1700s.
The trek to finding family blood lines might seem out of this world to some, but many Latinos want to dig and find out where it is they really come from, why they look the way they do and if by chance they have a certain blood line they always claimed to have, like the uncle that says, "We're tall because we have German blood!" This just leads to the real question: Where do your raíces actually lie?
Dr. Carolyn Ybarra, Ph.D., a California-based genealogist specializing in Latino ancestral lines, said that interviewing older family members is exactly where someone would want to start, for either branching out in a family tree or searching for genealogical roots. "This gives you the basic information on names and places where you need to locate records," she said. Ybarra holds a doctorate in cultural anthropology from Stanford University and teaches genealogy.
Carlos N. Olvera, professional genealogist and president of the Dana Point Historical Society in Dana Point, Calif., says that in order to uncover useful information you should start by tracing your family tree back three generations. However, he warns that researching public records from the last 70 years may be challenging because personal information is not available past 1930 due to privacy laws and regulations.
In order to find your family members in a genealogical search, it is important to know as many specific details as possible. For example, Maldonado said that while looking for her own family ties, as well as those of other friends, she asked about births, deaths, marriages, ethnic strains, jobs and military history. When it comes to searching for family members, names, dates, gender and location are most important. Although dates and location may be approximate, all those categories help when doing an Internet search.
"The key is to obtain enough information on the person so that you can be sure you are locating the correct person in the records," said Ybarra. "It's important not to assume you have the right person just because the name matches."
A lot of times, baptismal certificates, especially for Catholic Latinos, are more reliable than birth certificates. For practical reasons, families found it easier to baptize a child at their local church than to get them to the city hall and register their births. Additionally, baptismal certificates are typically more readily available.
According to Olvera, the documentation also serves as clues for your next step. "What is unique to Catholic Church records, like for a baptism or marriage, is that the individual is named, as well as the parents and grandparents," he said. "As you go back each subsequent generation, you always have two names to compare and to ensure you haven't started tracing a wrong family. Also, in these records, if an individual is from outside the parish area, it is usually annotated where they are from, which is a very good clue for where to look next."
At times, the path to find a Latino surname may look formidable particularly when that surname is common. But there are still ways to overcome this challenge especially if you find out what your historical blood lines are. When European explorers came to the New World, said Olvera, they intermarried citizens of the new land and the same thing happened with the settlers that followed. Furthermore, on their way to the continent many Europeans stopped at the Caribbean islands, where they first spread their name around.
"In Mexico," says Olvera, "the people were always recognized in a caste system, showing their blood line. So [for Spaniards, the Native population and people of African descent], there was a specific word for each percentage of blood mix. This continued until the late 1800s when Mexico separated itself from the Church." Terms like castizo, criollo, mestizo were all bloodline classifications.
When searching, keep in mind that the people who wrote names down, i.e. census takers, might have done it phonetically. Instead of Olbera, they may have written Olvera or instead of Rodriguez, they may have spelled it as Rodriques. So, the farther back the search goes, the more spelling differences there may be.
With time and effort, it is possible to trace back several generations. To ease the strain of keeping all your collected material organized, it might be easier to pick a starting point or an end point. Above all else, when drawing out your family tree, especially in fairly large families, this same little trick can prevent the headache of keeping your ancestors in order.


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Anton R. TAJANLANGIT
Anton is a well-experienced piano and voice teacher, accomplished pianist and composer/songwriter who has extensive knowledge of music theory and digital music transcription and production, using tools like MakeMusic Finale and Logic Pro X. He also dubs in video production and image manipulation, making use of Adobe's Creative Suite CS6.
He has been Musical Director of several projects and international singing competitions. He has prepared numerous piano students for the bi-annual London-based Trinity College of Music exams, taking them to earn distinction marks time and again.
He believes that all music originates from the human soul, and he intends to tap into the vast musical resources a human being possesses in order to get brain waves transformed into tuneful sound waves.
He also believes in his heart that music can be taught to anyone who desires enough to learn it.


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Beverly Graves
Why is it so important to attend conferences, especially when the media sends out reports such as the following? "U.S. Jobless Rate Hits Four-Year High"-A sharp drop in factory jobs caused U.S. non-farm payrolls to plunge 113,000 in August as the jobless rate jumped to a four-year high of 4.9%, the Labor Department reported. Analysts surveyed by BridgeNews had projected an 18,000 decrease in payrolls and an unemployment rate of 4.6%.
Or still another report from The Conference Board, which looks promising at first, "Conference Board Sees Growth Next Year," until you read the rest of the article. "What is disturbing is the fact that the reacceleration in economic growth will do little to fundamentally improve the corporate cost or profitability picture. This leaves the U.S. in a condition of 'local vulnerability'-in this case to higher inflation and more business restructuring. The true recession, therefore, is ahead." Gee, great.
However, this is why attending conferences is so important. Here you gain not only the advantages of networking, but you can stay abreast of what's going on in your industry. Two good conferences are coming up that would fulfill just this purpose: Coating 2001 and Finishing Tech 2001.
According to a survey conducted by executive career-management web site Execu-Net.com, executives rely most often on associates when hiring.
According to the web site's founder, Dave Opton, "Executives turn to their networks first because personal recommendation and referral is the most trusted source of talent. Networking requires time and energy, but it's without a doubt the most effective career-management tool available."
As reported in Industry Week, the ExecuNet.com survey also found:
- 56% of executives review fewer than 25 resumes for each opening, while 28% review 25 to 50; and 16% review more than 50.
- 86% do not trust resume content to be truthful.
- 69% of companies interview between four and six candidates.
So, you may want to think about attending that next conference.
For more information on Coating 2001, go to http://www.finishing.com/coating.


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The Online Pump Magazine
Process Diaphragm Pump by Lewa Ensures Compliance with High Hygiene Standards in Powdered Milk Production for Baby Food
Manufacturers of milk-based food for babies and small children have to uphold the highest purity standards in their products, as well as consistent quality and optimal process safety in the plant.
There is significant risk of hygienically unsuitable system components recontaminating the end product. This is why there are strict standards regarding hygiene and material approvals for production systems. For even better compliance with these requirements, Hochdorf Swiss Nutrition AG., a Swiss producer of infant formula and follow-on milk, has acquired a new, hygienic high-pressure pump for conveying the manufactured milk concentrate reliably and safely as well as for metering and further processing precise quantities. Unlike the plunger pump previously in use, the hermetically sealed diaphragm pump does not require plunger flushing. This substantially lowers the risk of the system recontaminating the end product. The company decided on a Triplex G3F process diaphragm pump in an aseptic design with a collecting pipe and pressure transmitter solution from Lewa GmbH. It is designed for the pressure necessary for spraying the concentrates in the spray tower and also stands out thanks to its hermetically sealed diaphragm pump heads, its high-power drive unit and its low noise emissions. The unit has been in continuous operation without errors since April 2017 and the risk of recontamination has been substantially lowered.
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Growing up in a cozy seaside community above her family's bakery, 12-year-old Polly has always been a romantic. After she reads Pride and Prejudice, though, her yen for successful love stories spills over into daily life, and she determines to spend her summer matchmaking among the locals. Of course, everything goes horribly awry, and Polly is forced to confront the impact of her meddling: "This isn't your dumb Green Gables or England or whatever. This is real life!" says her furious best friend. To better emulate her favorite book's "enchanting heroine," Polly narrates in a mannered, archaic voice ("I vow to call you on the morrow!") that may try some readers' patience but provides comedic moments in her mixed metaphors and the curt responses she receives: "Put a cork in it," growls her sister. The plot is as light as pastry filling, but young romantics may recognize themselves in Polly and in her puzzlement over the way love and attraction happen in the twenty-first century, beyond the pages of books.
Okay, this book is silly at best. The way Polly talks is annoying and incredibly stupid. It is not funny and there does not seem to be any point to it.
She is just a pretentious shallow and immature little girl, and I as a reader kept wondering why she is supposed to be the protagonist of this story. Of course the pace is slow and there isn't much of a plot, but the stupidity that is Polly goes beyond anything.
It seemed to me that this girl was so incredibly messed up with her selfishness and her meddling for such a young child, that she would become the worst kind of adult. The fact that both the author and her parents view her monstrous behaviour as cute and treat her with tolerance and smiles, made me hate them as well.
This book gets two points for the most beautiful cover ever, and for a very sweet boy who appears to be the only normal character in this book and for some reason wants to go out with Polly (obviously that means he is not that normal after all). It is also full of delicous smells, which made my mouth water.
I wanted to read this book for its references to Jane Austen's books and Green Gables.
These books are ashamed, I am sure, that they were mentioned in this book at all.
Rating: 2/5


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Police in New Jersey say the same person may be responsible for white powder that was mailed to several office and government buildings around the state.
The most recent incident occurred in Wayne this week when the discovery of the powder forced the evacuation of a Motor Vehicle Commission office. The substance was determined to be baking powder.
In the last two weeks, Wayne's police station and courthouse and an MVC office in Trenton have received similar envelopes.
An investigator for the U.S. Postal Inspection Service tells The Record of Woodland Park that the envelopes appear to have been mailed by the same person.


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Can you believe that it is December already? We're sure that you have a list as long as your arm of things to do over the coming weeks, but if you have a small business we encourage you to set aside some time to prepare your website for the festive season.
In this post we're sharing some ideas of how you can update your business website during the month of December and we're asking the question: Is your website ready for Christmas?
Internet activity is at its highest from November through to mid January and adding a little 'sparkle' to your website during December will make it more interesting and engaging for your customers and potential customers. You could fully embrace the festive spirit and deck your site with boughs of holly, or you could simply update it with details of your Christmas products, your opening hours over the holiday period, or a festive blog.
Here are our top tips to make your website ready for Christmas:
➢ Add a festive message and graphic to your homepage to wish all your customers a Merry Christmas. Or add a photo of your staff wearing Christmas jumpers or Santa hats with a brief message! Just don't forget to remove the text/photo after Christmas!
➢ If you're trading at a Christmas Market make sure you add the information to your website so that your local customers know about it, but remember to remove the details after the event!
➢ Add your Christmas/New Year opening hours to your website so that your customers know exactly when you will be open and closed. Just don't forget to change them back to your normal hours in early January!
➢ If you're selling specific Christmas products in your shop or via your online store add them to your website. (If you have an e-commerce site make sure that you're clear about Christmas posting deadlines). Don't forget to remove the products after Christmas!
➢ If you're a retailer and if you're having a 'Sale' after Christmas make sure you add a banner to your homepage with the details, but remember to remove this after the 'Sale' has ended!
➢ If you're a restaurant or hotel offering a Christmas menu or taking bookings for Christmas parties or New Year's Eve, then make sure you add the details to your website. Don't forget to remove all mentions of Christmas once the festive season is over!
➢ If you have a blog section on your website you could write a 'review of the year' post which could include an update on all your business activity over the past year, or you could add photos from your staff Christmas party, or share a Mulled Wine recipe!
Don't forget that Google and other search engines love websites that are updated frequently; adding fresh content shows them that your website is active and this will help your chances of ranking higher in searches.
If you're too busy running your business to make these updates to your website we can do it for you. Our web maintenance service fee is £50 or $90 per hour for adhoc requests (minimum 2 hours. Squarespace websites only) and we can usually update your website within 24 hours, if not sooner. Please contact us if this is something that you're interested in – we'd love to help.


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George Pindar School converted to Academy status on 1 March 2019
What Academies must publish online
This page explains how George Pindar School complies with the legislation, by showing where the items can be found on our website.
Last Audit: April 2019, for October 2018 Guidance
School contact details
your school's name
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your school's postal address
your school's telephone number
the name of the member of staff who deals with queries from parents and other members of the public
the name and contact details of your special educational needs (SEN) co-ordinator (SENCO) if you're a mainstream school
Admission arrangements
Community schools and voluntary-controlled schools
If the local authority decides your admissions write that parents should contact the local authority to find out about your admission arrangements.
Ofsted reports
You must publish either:
a copy of your school's most recent Ofsted report
Either/or - see below
a link to the report on the Ofsted website
Exam and assessment results
Key stage 4 (end of secondary school) results
You must publish the following details from your school's most recent key stage 4 results:
progress 8 score
attainment 8 score
percentage of pupils who got a good pass (grade C or above) in English and maths - from January 2018 you should publish the percentage of pupils who achieved a strong pass (grade 5 or above) in English and maths
percentage of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) combination of subjects (this means pupils who got a GCSE grade C or above in English, maths, 2 sciences, a language, and history or geography) - during the transition to the new GCSE grading scale we will base the EBacc pass level on grade 5 or above for reformed subjects and grade C and above for unreformed subjects
student 'destinations' (the percentage of students who continue in education or training, or move on to employment at the end of 16 to 19 study)
Performance tables
You must include a link to the school and college performance tables service.
You must publish:
the content of your school curriculum in each academic year for every subject
a list of the courses available to pupils at key stage 4, including GCSEs
how parents or other members of the public can find out more about the curriculum your school is following
Behaviour policy
You should publish details of your school's behaviour policy.
The policy must comply with Section 89 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006.
Read advice on developing and publishing your school's behaviour policy.
School complaints procedure
You must publish details of your school's complaints procedure, which must comply with Section 29 of the Education Act 2002. Read guidance on developing your school's complaints procedure.
You must also publish any arrangements for handling complaints from parents of children with special educational needs (SEN) about the support the school provides.
Pupil premium
You must publish a strategy for the school's use of the pupil premium. You no longer have to publish a 'pupil premium statement'.
For the current academic year, you must include:
your school's pupil premium grant allocation amount
a summary of the main barriers to educational achievement faced by eligible pupils at the school
how you'll spend the pupil premium to overcome those barriers and the reasons for that approach
how you'll measure the effect of the pupil premium
the date of the next review of the school's pupil premium strategy
For the previous academic year, you must include:
how you spent the pupil premium allocation
the effect of the expenditure on eligible and other pupils
Pupil premium funding is allocated for each financial year, but the information you publish online should refer to the academic year, as this is how parents understand the school system.
Year 7 literacy and numeracy catch-up premium
If your school has received year 7 literacy and numeracy catch-up premium funding, you must publish:
your funding allocation for the current academic year
details of how you intend to spend your allocation
details of how you spent your previous year's allocation
how last year's allocation made a difference to the attainment of the pupils who benefit from the funding
Special educational needs (SEN) and disability information
You must publish an SEN information report on your school's policy for pupils with SEN and should update it annually.
You should update any changes occurring during the year as soon as possible.
The report must comply with:
Careers Information and Guidance
Equality objectives
Public bodies, including local-authority-maintained schools, are covered by the public sector equality duty in the Equality Act 2010. This means you have to publish:
Details of these publishing obligations are set out in Equality Act 2010: advice for schools
Governors' information and duties
You must publish:
details of the structure and responsibilities of the governing body and its committees
information about each governor's:
Charging and remissions policies
You must publish your school's charging and 'remissions' policies (this means when you cancel fees). The policies must include details of:
Values and ethos
Your website should include a statement of your school's ethos and values.
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Annual Report and Accounts
Trustees Information and Duties
Requests for paper copies
If a parent requests a paper copy of the information on your school's website, you must provide this free of charge.
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Helping your child with his feelings
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Many blind children feel upset, frustrated or sad when they notice they are blind and cannot do all the things other children can do. If you are part of a parents group, other parents may be able to tell you how they answer their children's questions. It may help you to talk about it ahead of time so you can be ready for your child's questions.
A blind child may express his feelings by insisting that he wants to see, or by insisting that he will be able to see when he gets bigger. He may ask you why he is blind.
Your child may become really angry and he may show his anger by his behavior and the way he acts with his family.
As you answer your child's questions, reassure him and praise him for all the things he can do. If he knows he is cared for and his feelings are understood, it will be easier for him to accept his blindness.


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Best of C-VILLE 2016: Vote for Darling!
Linnea White
We're so excited to be nominated for C-VILLE Weekly's Best Of C-VILLE 2016! Thank you to everyone who nominated us. We are officially on the ballot for Best Secondhand Clothing Store & Best Place for A Date-Night Outfit. We've been so honored to carry the title Best Consignment Shop this past year, and need your help to keep it this year. Thank you for all of your support! We appreciate your votes! Voting is open through July 2, so visit http://www.c-ville.com/vote/retail/ to vote for Darling under Best Secondhand Store in the Shopping category.
Here are the easy steps to cast your vote:
- Visit http://www.c-ville.com/vote/retail.
- Create a log-in, or log in if you are already registered (which you are if you nominated us!).
- Vote for Darling in the Shopping category for Best Secondhand Clothing Store and Best Place for a Date-Night Outfit.
- You are allowed to vote one time each day, so be sure to log back in regularly to keep voting for us and watch our progress!
Spread the word! Share this post! Share our post on our Facebook page! We need everyone's help to WIN the title Best Secondhand Clothing Store in Charlottesville for a second consecutive year!
Thank you, darlings!
xo, Linnea & Megan


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With this sort of disorientation it feels as if there is a body that is now still, and a second body that hasn't stopped spinning yet. As you gain your baring, it feels as if that "other" body comes back inside.
A similar thing happens to me (and I think most people) when I am laying down very relaxed and still. I feel my body start to move around slowly, even though I know I'm not actually moving. I can control it, but it requires that I relax first, it feels like I'm letting myself drift.
Well this feeling of the body drifting out is an important aspect of Baguazhang, Taijiquan, and Internal Martial Arts practice in general. When I soften my movement to the point where I feel like I'm continuously melting, as I turn side to side it feels like my body keeps turning even after I have stopped. If I follow the "other" body, my solid body will lose its integration, so the correct response is to stop and re-integrate. Then I can turn the other way and repeat the experience on the other side.
When doing a form, or practicing push-hands, or even fighting, we control this 'other' body, circling it around and even throwing it like a light silk blanket over our opponents.
A significant number of martial arts techniques gain efficacy through disorienting the opponent in one way or another. Likewise, a significant amount of training is designed to familiarize us with strange sensations and orientations so that when they happen in a fight we don't get disoriented.
There have been a few studies that show taijiquan training improves balance in older people. I like to point out that his is "fallout" from, or a "sidecar" to, the main project of martial training and cultivating weakness, but never the less it is a nice benefit.


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2018-2019 Alberta World Cup
Academy Coaches
Chris Jeffries | High Performance Program Director
Hometown: Ottawa, ON
Years coaching the Academy: 8
Career Highlights:
- 2006 Olympian
Favorite Place to Ski: Gatineau, QC
Favorite Recovery Meal: Pasties!
Interesting Fact about Chris: He has two children!
Allison McArdle | High Performance Coach
Hometown: Mount Beauty, Vic, Australia
Years coaching: 16 some part-time and some full-time
Career Highlights:
- winning the Blåbär Loppet at the Vasaloppet in 2002
Coaching Highlights:
- Coach Australian team World Junior/U23 Championships in Liberec, Czech (2013) where Australia fielded its first ever woment's relay team at a World Championships.
- Team Manager Australian team World Championships Val di Fiemme (2013) where Australia lead the first lap of the men's ream sprint in Semi Final A!
- Being part of the Ski Tour Canada! What a great experience to be working with the Australian team but watching Canadian athletes I had worked with represent their country and, finish all 8 stages. Amazing!
- Many more moments not on as grand a scale including the "great toque catch with Sam Hendry", special handshakes with the twins and watching younger (12-14 y.o) push themselves to new limits! Coaching is really the best job!
Favorite Place to Ski: Falls Creek, Australia!! Ramsau, Austria
Favorite Recovery Meal: Home made energy balls and anything with Vegemite
Interesting Fact about Allison: Contrary to the stereotype of Aussies living in the Bow Valley, I grew up skiing (at Falls Creek), I have never worked as a "lifty" or worked in a bar (my mum still think I'm a ski bum though 🙂
Coaching Philosophy: I love helping athletes put the pieces of the puzzle together to become the best person they can be. Being a successful athlete is more than being physically fit and strong. You need to be mentally tough, be injury free and most of all, having fun! I have a nerdy love for functional movement and physical literacy, so I enjoy making athletes move in many different ways and doing weird stuff that takes them out of their comfort zone!