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Master of Engineering Structures
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Course overview
- 1 year full time / 2 years part time
- On Campus (Parkville)
- Available to domestic and international students.
- Start Year Intake - March and Mid Year Intake - July
Deepen your engineering expertise with the Master of Engineering Structures at Australia's leading university.* Learn to design, plan and construct sustainable, resilient structures that can withstand extreme events.
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Be guided by specialists in infrastructure design, including earthquake and blast-resistant technologies. You'll also learn from a dynamic mix of in-house and guest seminar experts on leading structural research topics including: sustainable construction and harnessing geothermal energy for greener and cheaper heating.


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Posted: Jan 31, 2018
January 31, 2018--Mount St. Mary's senior Brenden Chavis has been named the Northeast Conference Field Athlete of the Week. Chavis won the weight throw at the George Mason Patriot Games this past Saturday.
Chavis lengthened his lead in the weight throw with a toss of 17.13m (56' 2.5") to take home the gold medal at George Mason. His mark is an automatic qualifier for the IC4A Championships, and he owns nearly a meter lead over Wagner's Lutfi Pocesta on the NEC leaderboard in the weight throw.
The Mountaineers return to action at the Akron Invitational this weekend.


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Every time I set out just lately she appears with absolutely no warning. "You can't do this" she shouts. "You are exhausted, stop!".
Nora makes me wonder why I run. Why do I bother, when I know I'm not really getting any better at it?
She is also really good at interpreting my parkrun times. "What do you think you are doing here? See all these people, they have club vests. They are proper runners. Not like you. You can't run fast, just look at your time from last week. You can't run well. This is why you are injured. Maybe you should walk it today instead? Oh, and start at the back where you belong."
I think she may have a point. So, every week I position myself somewhere near the back.
Nora doesn't just appear when I run. Sometimes she visits me at home. Like a good friend popping in for a cuppa.
"Oh, haven't you done any housework this week? That's a big pile of laundry, why haven't you ironed it? What about your children, it's the holidays, shouldn't you be taking them out somewhere?"
Nora likes Pinterest, Instagram and Facebook. She likes all the people there with beautiful homes, people who take their children on fabulous holidays and people who are actually good at their hobbies.
Nora says I'm very selfish for ignoring all my real responsibilities. I'm also a terrible wife for leaving my family to it while I enjoy my increasingly long training runs. She says that my husband will be in a bad mood with me if I don't get home quickly, and all my children will remember this for the rest of their lives as the time mum cared more about a 13.1 mile race than she did about them.
Nora makes me feel very guilty indeed. But what if she's right?
Then, this weekend, something changed in me. At parkrun I got chatting to a couple of other parkrunners before the start. One was wearing a club vest and his PB was similar to mine. We both decided to run with the 31 minute pacer (although Nora mentioned that it would be OK if I just stayed a few places behind, like last time, because I couldn't catch up).
So that's what I did. All the time not quite catching up. It was a hot day and I found the run hard. Nora said I should probably aim for a 32 minute run. Take it easy. "You don't want to hurt your foot again do you?" But, my foot felt fine. Actually better than fine. So much so that at the final turn for the finish I could see the 31 minute pacer. Nora was shouting at me "No! Stay behind the pacer, she is a proper club runner, not a pretends one like you". "But I've worked hard to get this close," I said, "I can do this!"
So instead of tucking in behind someone with a slower pace like I usually do, I ran past them. I ran past them all and then...
I sprinted past the pacer. Me! Nora had given up. She couldn't keep up with me.
Afterwards, when Nora had regained her power of speech, she said I should probably go straight home. Before my family missed me. So off I went.
At home, the teenagers had only just woken up. The teen girl gave me a (very random) high five and asked me how I'd got on. DH was mowing the lawn and minding his own business. Actually, come to think of it, nobody had died and they all seemed pretty happy
It was at this moment that I realised what an idiot I had been by listening to Nora. Nora, who is no more than a voice in my head. Telling me how I think I ought to behave.
The thing is this has nothing particularly to do with running, I reckon we all have a Negative Nora in our heads from time to time.
It's really easy to get sucked in to what we see on social media, how we think our houses, families and lives should be. But, life really isn't like that, is it?
Comparison is the thief of joy. It really is.
And as for Nora? Well, I suppose this won't be the last I hear from her, it's normal to doubt yourself from time to time (and she's great at school gate mummy guilt as it goes), but I'm glad we've had words. It's cleared the air.
|My post parkrun breakfast, not Nora's.
Probably not Pinterest-worthy but it tasted nice.


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Have a Heart and Sign This Petition
On such a loving and caring day, take your Valentine's Day spirit and apply it to the welfare of the animals. This article that links to this video featuring Bob Barker makes a compelling case to sign the petition against Walmart, and to help the pigs. The video is gut-wrenching and heart-breaking. This isn't an isolated case either – it's happening at overwhelming rates around the world. I just hope by signing petitions like this one, we're taking steps in the right direction. Last I checked, they still need 64,000 signatures. So, have a heart and sign this petition.


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Security is ever-changing, so we pride ourselves on staying ahead of the curve.
It's why we focus on attaining not only certifications and accreditations that are respected and recognised throughout the industry, but those that we can constantly develop, expand and fine-tune.
This ensures that we're always ready to surmount the latest challenges, run with the latest thinking, and home in on the latest breed of threats and risks.
Always-evolving expertise
Between us, our engineers, architects and consultants hold well over 20 industry-recognised certifications and accreditations – and this will grow as we respond to our customers' evolving needs for up-to-the-minute security, data and privacy expertise.
We are certified in everything from overall organisational security posture, to the specifics of design, software and applications, vendor- and technology-specific coding skills, audit and assessment, privacy and data protection, and enterprise-grade secure architecture.
Here are the certifications and accreditations that mean you can have confidence in our people and the services they deliver.
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Photo Challenge: From a High Angle
Photography Challenge, week #5
From a High Angle
I've had a pretty busy week and nearly forgot about the challenge, so I'm a little later than I would have liked, but better late than never, right?! :)
I just started giving my "baby" full sandwiches (as opposed to one cut into triangles) and he enjoyed posing for me...
Me: "Ok, now sit right there so Mommy can stand on this chair and take some pictures of you."
|Son thinking "oh, boy! not again!"
Me: "Ok, now take a big bite and look up at Mommy."
Son thinking "How's this?"
Me: "Wow, that was a big bite! Now take another smaller bite."
"That's good!"
Me: "Ok. Now look up and smile."
Me: "Oops! Mommy's flash didn't go off. Let's try again!"
Me: "Yes, that's good!"
Son thinking "Are we almost done? My sandwich is almost all gone."
Son: "Aahhh!!!! It's breaking! Mommmmyyyy!!!!"
And so our photography session ended...
Next Week: From a Low Angle


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Nǐ shuō zhōngwén shuō de hěn hǎo
You speak very good Chinese
How should you response if someone compliments you like above? You will probably say
谢谢 (xièxiè): Thank you
Next time try the following instead 哪里,哪里 (nǎlǐ, nǎlǐ)
哪里 (nǎlǐ): where
It literally translates to "Where? Where?", and it is a polite way of responding to a compliment. It is also like saying "Where is my Chinese good?"
Using 哪里,哪里 instead of 谢谢 has two advantages. Firstly, people will think that your Chinese is actually really good. And more importantly, humility is valued highly in Chinese culture.
Another polite way to respond to a compliment is 不敢当 (bù gǎndāng)
不 (bù): no; not; do not
敢当 (gǎndāng): dare
It literally translates to "do not dare", and it is like saying "I wouldn't dare to accept such a compliment".


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I believe my classmates to be determined, skilled, and ambitious.They are Goal-oriented and thriving for a better future. My classmates are courageous student's who take chances in life to reach every peak of there personal horizons within oneself. My classmates are future doctors, business personnel, attorney's and the next new innovative interventionist. My classmates are not just classified as classmates they are my associates in study of recreating education and hypothisis, my classmates are "WE" and we are the next generation of a new world order.
i think that my classmates are people that are trying to achieve something for their selves in order to help out others. I take on-line course from out of state, as do most of the other students in my classes, so we're from diverse backgrounds, and a large range of age groups that attend. The other students are willing to work with each other, and aren't afraid to critic another students work, or help them with it.
Although I have not met my classmates at Grand Canyon University yet, I can imagine what they will be like. Nursing is a very competitive program and a minimal amount of applicants were accepted. With that being said, I imagine my classmates to be very determined individuals with a competitive drive that will lead all of us to achieving high grades and getting the most out of our nursing education.
My classmates are various ages, various ethnicity. They come from all walks of life and live in many different cultures and communities. They are all nurses who are passionate about their profession. They are all willing to put the time and effort to better educate themselves to better the world of medicine. They are all driven to be successful . They are caring, compassionate nurses.
My classmates were very mature and kind. They also worked well in group activities, thus, my classes worked efficiently. When a teacher asks questions, most of my classmates were eager to give answers. Overall, they showed me how different a college classroom is compared to high school classes.
My classmates now were different from the ones I had in high school. They are more educated and passionate to learn. In high school, the students didn't care about their future. So for me it was really amazing to know how many students wanted to succeed in life.
The other students that I have encountered at Grand Canyon University are a diverse of group of individuals haling from all walks of life; many nationalities, many age groups, and many different reasons for seeking higher education.
Most of the students are friendly and have respected my beliefs and opinions, vice versa. However, many students were so determined and motivated to do great in classes and help their peers as much as they could.
i am an online student. Many of the students that are in my different classes have always been very nice and helpful. We often trade numbers, because we come from different parts of the country (which is cool).
Every student at Grand Canyon University is friendly. Because of the size of the school, its easy to run into your friends and get the chance to meet new people from different backgrounds.


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Join Oneshi Press tonight on Jayel Draco's Twitch channel after 5:30 for a spooky Halloween live-stream! There will be creeeeepy music, wiiiiild costumes, terrrrifying decorations, and even scaaaary art! Jayel will be making LIVE commissions, drawing you or a friend of yours as a classic Halloween ghoul! So come get a picture of your mom as a mummy, your dad as Dracula, your girlfriend as a ghost, or your…zizter as a zombie! (Hey, [...read more...]


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Monday, 19 September 2011
Delicate surgery
I'm not sure which gave me more pleasure - seeing the care with which they approached the task of pruning some of the Silver Birch to safeguard them against further wind damage and improve their health, or seeing the six remaining huge Leylandii stumps winched onto a trailer and out of my life (and garden!) forever.
There are many people around who call themselves "tree surgeons" but from what we've seen in a lot of gardens most of them are not much more than butchers with chainsaws. Mike, Nona and Rob are in a class of their own and nothing was too much trouble for them.
Including moving their wonderful shredding machine into the Coppice and covering the whole area with bark chips to enable us to get onto the soil without making it look like a set from Saving Private Ryan. Mike also brought us a load of bark which LP bagged up in record time, it will be spread around at a later date.
Upon close inspection it was found that the Silver Birch with the squirrel box was badly rotted and the main trunk likely to fall in a year or two. The tree was left with a few odd branches in situ but we've subsequently decided to take the rest of it down ourselves; it will never recover to a good shape and it's not like we are short of Silver Birch.
Although you're not meant to move a nest box we don't feel there was any choice and Mike carefully relocated it to a big tree in the Coppice which the squirrels are often seen in. This was a great opportunity to look inside the box and to everyone's surprise we found it half full of dry, clean, beautifully sweet smelling hay. The consensus was that the box is probably being used as a daytime drey, this certainly wasn't anything anyone had ever seen a bird build. It's new position is higher off the ground, very secure, and clearly visible from the house. Fingers crossed .....
The recent winds proved nearly too much for a badly mishapen cherry tree hiding in the shrubbery. The weight of a huge branch growing out almost horizontally had started to split the main trunk and whilst the original plan had been to see if the tree could be salvaged it was in such a state that felling made more sense. It is always sad to have to cut a mature tree down but it was in a lousy shape, too near the house, and we can always plant a replacement in a more appropriate location.
The same decision had been made about a Silver Birch near the log store. I think LP rather enjoyed getting on the end of a rope because Rob was somewhere down the A66 with a trailer load of tree stumps. Fascinating and very impressive to watch these big trees being brought down bit by bit,with each branch taking a zip-wire ride to the ground.
A long day but an extremely satisfying one, and another few logs for the fire.
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Cripes! I was going to say that after the pond excavation you've not rested with tackling your trees, but looking at the date of 19 September and realising that's two weeks ago I dread to think how much you've done since and haven't yet told us about!ReplyDelete
I hope winter is long and hard — perhaps that will force you to have a break and take it a bit easier {g}
Morning kiddo, thanks for the comment. Yes, blog-lag is a but excessive right now, but I'm trying to get caught up.ReplyDelete
I absolutely DO NOT want a long and hard winter - do you really want half my new planting to die of cold and dehydration before it's had a chance to get well established?
Of course I don't want your planting to suffer — but I also don't want you keeling over either!ReplyDelete
Don't worry, little Elf-friend, they make 'em tough in the Shire!ReplyDelete
I love receiving your comments, sometimes they are the only way I know I am not talking to myself . . . 😊 and I always try to respond to each and every one. So thank you.
(comments are currently moderated, I will free them from Comment Prison as soon as I see them 😱 )


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At a time that South Africa and indeed the whole continent are engulfed in football, Rape cases are threatening to overtake and score more headlines than football itself.
In my earlier write-up, I had examined the dangers and the frequency at which girls, old women, grandmothers are raped in South Africa.
But more alarming statistics are coming up on rape, giving my beloved South Africa the inglorious title of the headquarters of Rape in the World.
Could you imagine that an average of 150 rape cases are committed in an hour? This staggering figure is an estimation of: The 144 rapes reported to the police every day. The Medical Research Council's latest finding reveals that only one in 25 women in Gauteng reports rape. These two totals add up to 3 600 rapes a day.
The rage of Bredasdorp residents over the gang-rape, murder and mutilation of 17-year-old Anene Booysen is at the centre circle as many have condemned the gang-rape and murder of Anene.
Independent Newspapers visited Anene's family at the Simunye RDP development outside Bredasdorp yesterday.
Wilma Brooks, Anene's aunt, wept when the question of Anene's injuries arose. After half a minute's silence, she spoke.
"Her throat had been slit, all her fingers and both legs were broken, a broken glass bottle had been lodged in her, her stomach had been cut open… That which was supposed to be inside her body lay strewn across the scene where they found her."
Anene was left for dead at a construction site near her home. It's believed her attackers had followed her as she was walking home from a sports bar on Friday night. She was taken to hospital in Bredasdorp, transferred to Worcester and later to Tygerberg, where she died on Saturday afternoon.
Independent Newspapers found Anene's mother, Corlia Olivier, at a relative's house.
With tears in her eyes she spoke of her relationship with her daughter, who worked as a cleaner for Asla Construction.
"We were mother and daughter, but we were also best friends. She was so helpful – with her around I didn't need a man in the house. She worked hard and helped to buy food, we shared everything."
After years of separation due to financial difficulties, Olivier and Anene had been living together in their newly built RDP house for just two months.
"She was everything to me, and such a joyous person. I can't recall that I ever lost my temper with her. She was just too sweet," said Olivier.
On the morning after the attack Olivier visited her daughter at Otto du Plessis Hospital in Bredasdorp.
"From the moment I entered, I could hear her screaming: 'Mother, mother please help me' – without her knowing that I had come. I walked up to her bedside and saw what they had done to my girl."
Mom and daughter shared their final words there, before Anene was transferred to Worcester.
Today Anene's room remains as she left it: meticulously tidy, with Michael Jackson posters on the wall and flowers everywhere.
"At night when it gets quiet and I am alone is when I will miss her the most. We always used to joke that we don't need a TV, because we had each other.
"I think I may have to get one now," said Olivier.
I spoke to some girls on why they think that boys and men old enough to be their fathers indulge in this criminal act. Dorothy said that those who commit rapes are animals, cowards.
"They don't need to be brutal. If they ask nicely, girls will open up for them. After all, an average South African girl loves toi-toi", she said.
SA girls are not like Nigerian girls. They are bold and willing to make friends and go all out to give and satisfy their partner.
It takes as little as buying beer and steaks. Timi Ebikagboro, a Nigerian Journalist also blamed the girls for wearing revealing and short skirts which leaves nothing to imagination.
They roll their waists enticingly and provoke some men who cannot control themselves. The love for alcohol, smoking and drugs, no doubt, plays a major role in this dastardly act. For me, RAPES are committed by APES. Period!.
Attention LASTMA!
Almost everything is good and well done here in South Africa. But there are still many that need the urgent attention of Nigerians. No matter how beautiful and organized South Africa is, we still remain their big brother. That is why we also deceive ourselves with bogus titles that we are the giant of Africa.
To some extent, we are Giants. A country that is so richly endowed with everything but majority still wallow in poverty, gropes in darkness and enriches only few deserves to be given the tag of a giant.
My heart bleeds every day of my stay here in South Africa because of the care of their leaders for the poor.
But we wallow in emptiness when a few drive big expensive cars on bad roads, where mansions are built in flooded areas, and generators pollute the air endangering human lives and the innocent poor.
South Africans are still using right hand drive. That means no hand signal. I have escaped brushes not knowing where the vehicle is coming from. Their traffic control is almost perfect. Vehicles are positioned at almost every junction.
Drivers dread them. I hear they help sustain South Africa's economy as they dish out tickets with heavy fines to overzealous drivers. Speed limits are adhered to and they clamp fines with the help of monitors that abound everywhere. But they still need our help.
And that is where LASTMA is needed. They have no discipline over making calls while driving. It is not a crime. From what I have seen, it appears to be a crime if you are driving and not making calls.
I once told my driver that LASTMA would impound his vehicle when I realized I was not in Lagos. Whoever introduced LASTMA had good intentions.
Good things hardly last in Naija before they are abused or infected. The once effective LASTMA are going the way of the police. They have been compromised by commuters. Trailers ply the roads with worn-out tires and no road signs to indicate they are long vehicles.
Once a vehicle breaks down in Lagos, they make bonfire on the middle of road in place of C-caution sign. Trees are uprooted and planted on the roads. Trailers park indiscriminately on express roads defying Government warnings.
Go to Mile 2 and Warf and see with your eyes. The beautiful work of directing traffic and easing traffic logjams have been relegated. Instead, officials now work in liaison with touts, drivers and conductors. They use the touts as their toll operators.
Most of them hide to arrest an offender instead of helping out the driver. Before I moved over to South Africa, a LASTMA official was almost knocked unconscious while chasing a vehicle whose driver was making a call. Tanker drivers are above the law. Tell them to do the right thing, they go on strike.
Out here, tankers and abnormal vehicles operate in the night. Filling stations get their fuel supplies from under-ground operations. Gases are supplied for domestic use through the same method.
There are no electric poles sparking lights and consisting danger, yet there is constant light. I am sounding like a broken calabash.
The thought of coming home with those multiple problems and traffic, hooting of car horns, sleep without electricity, drive through valleys in the name of potholes is driving me crazy. There is this urge to think twice on the offer of my South African female friend to consider staying back. Ummmmm!
What do I do? Anyway, we need leaders to show us the light so that we can find our way. It is not too much to ask.


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The B(0)AT2 protein is a product of the SLC6A15 gene belonging to the SLC6 subfamily and has been shown to be a transporter of essential branched-chain amino acids. We aimed to further characterize the B(0)AT2 transporter in CNS, and to use Slc6a15 knock out (KO) mice to investigate whether B(0)AT2 is important for mediating the anorexigenic effect of leucine. We used the Slc6a15 KO mice to investigate the role of B(0)AT2 in brain in response to leucine and in particular the effect on food intake. Slc6a15 KO mice show lower reduction of food intake as well as lower neuronal activation in the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMH) in response to leucine injections compared to wild type mice. We also used RT-PCR on rat tissues, in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry on mouse CNS tissues to document in detail the distribution of SLC6A15 on gene and protein levels. We showed that B(0)AT2 immunoreactivity is mainly neuronal, including localization in many GABAergic neurons and spinal cord motor neurons. B(0)AT2 immunoreactivity was also found in astrocytes close to ventricles, and co-localized with cytokeratin and diazepam binding inhibitor (DBI) in epithelial cells of the choroid plexus. The data suggest that B(0)AT2 play a role in leucine homeostasis in the brain.
Solute carriers (SLCs) comprise the largest group of transporters in humans and there are currently 52 SLC families. They are embedded in cellular membranes and transport numerous molecules; defects in many of the genes encoding SLCs have been connected to pathological conditions, and several SLCs are potential drug targets.
The SLC38 family has in total eleven members in humans and they encode transporters called SNATs. In paper I and paper II, we reported molecular and functional characterization of Slc38a7 and Slc38a8, two of the previous orphan members in the family which we suggested to be named SNAT7 and SNAT8, respectively. Using in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry, these transporters showed similar expression pattern and localized to neurons in the brain For functional characterization proteins were overexpressed in X. laevis oocytes and an Uptake Assay and electrophysiological recordings showed preferred transport of L-glutamine, L-histidine, L-alanine, L-asparagine, L-aspartate and L-arginine for SNAT7. A similar pattern was seen for SNAT8 in a slightly different order of affinities. We classified SNAT7 as a system N transporter and SNAT8 as belonging to system A, and suggests that SNAT7 and SNAT8 could play a role in the glutamine/glutamate(GABA) cycle (GGC) in the brain.
Furthermore, we studied the vesicular B0AT3 (Slc6a17) transporter in paper III, and the sodium-coupled amino acid transporter B0AT2 (Slc6a15) in paper IV. Tissue expression studies showed similar localization of Slc6a17 and Slc6a15 mRNA using in situ hybridization and real-time PCR. In paper III, vesicular localization of B0AT2 was shown in both excitatory and inhibitory neurons. When challenging the monoaminergic system with drugs both Slc6a17 and Slc6a15 were upregulated. Suggested roles for the transporters are thereby in synaptic remodeling by regulating the availability of free amino acids used as precursors needed in neurotransmitter synthesis. Moreover, in paper IV, immunohistochemistry showed B0AT3 localization to neurons, astrocytes and epithelial cells of the choroid plexus. Leucine injections caused a smaller reduction of food intake as well as higher neuronal activation in the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus in Slc6a15 KO mice, compared with wild type mice. This suggests B0AT2 involvement in the anorexigenic effects of leucine.
The Solute Carrier (SLC) superfamily is the largest group of membrane-bound transporters, currently with 456 transporters in 52 families. Much remains unknown about the tissue distribution and function of many of these transporters. The aim of this thesis was to characterize select SLCs with emphasis on tissue distribution, cellular localization, and function. In paper I, we studied the leucine transporter B0AT2 (Slc6a15). Localization of B0AT2 and Slc6a15 in mouse brain was determined using in situ hybridization (ISH) and immunohistochemistry (IHC), localizing it to neurons, epithelial cells, and astrocytes. Furthermore, we observed a lower reduction of food intake in Slc6a15 knockout mice (KO) upon intraperitoneal injections with leucine, suggesting B0AT2 is involved in mediating the anorexigenic effects of leucine. In paper II, we studied the postnatal, forebrain-specific deletion of Slcz1, belonging to the SLC18 family, in conditional KO mice (cKO). We observed a decreased response to diazepam and a higher neuronal activity in cortex and hippocampus of cKO mice, as well as an impairment in short-term recognition memory. Intracellular expression was found in neurons but not astrocytes with IHC, indicating SLCZ1 is implicated in neuronal regulation of locomotion and memory. In paper III, we performed the first detailed histological analysis of PAT4, a transporter belonging to the SLC36 family, involved in the activation of mTOR complex 1 on lysosomes. We found abundant Slc36a4 mRNA and PAT4 expression in mouse brain, using ISH and IHC. We used IHC to localize PAT4 to both inhibitory and excitatory neurons and epithelial cells. We also found both intracellular- and plasmalemmal expression and partial colocalization of PAT4 with lysosomal markers. Lastly, in paper IV, we provided the first tissue mapping of orphan transporter MCT14 (SLC16A14). Using qPCR, we detected moderate to high Slc16a14 mRNA in the central nervous system and kidney. We found widespread Slc16a14 and MCT14 in mouse brain using ISH and IHC. We also found MCT14 to have intracellular and plasmalemmal expression in mainly excitatory but also inhibitory neurons, as well as epithelial cells. We found MCT14 to be most closely related to MCT8, MCT2 and MCT9, suggesting a similar role for this transporter.


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Amazing membership platforms have to be simple enough to work with when membership websites are established, but need to offer the room for all these sites to grow as they achieve success. Inside this MemberMouse Overview, we will discuss the pros and cons of utilizing MemberMouse for WordPress membership websites, and how MemberMouse fits the needs of different users. Wishlist WordPress
Getting Started
The neat thing about this is you are able to alter the registered URL, so if you would like to utilize MemberMouse on a website before visiting a production website, you can enroll the staging website URL and completely setup your site and associates for launch, then migrate to the URL into the live site. Once your site URL is registered in your MemberMouse accounts, you can then download the MemberMouse plugin in your dashboard and install it in your WordPress website. From there, you are ready to begin configuring your site.If you don't want to establish the website yourself, then you can buy Quick Start support out of MemberMouse for $299, which includes a WordPress installation (optional), MemberMouse installation after a consultation telephone, and an optional migration of membership data from an present site. Wishlist WordPress
MemberMouse Overview
MemberMouse is a WordPress membership plugin that integrates with any WordPress site. In addition, MemberMouse can offer upsells to members, or mechanically provide downsells to customers that want to cancel so as to improve customer retention and optimize earnings. MemberMouse additionally allows members to upgrade or downgrade memberships .You can take a look at a full feature listing from MemberMouse to all of the juicy details in one place, or visit our overview of some MemberMouse features.
Configuring MemberMouse
MemberMouse creates several webpages when installed (similar to an eCommerce plugin), such as voucher pages, login/out pages for members, and much more. It is possible to customize these pages so as to test the most effective approach for your store, but I decided to first get set up.You are able to check out your membership dash when you log in to observe some compacted information about your website, but since I haven't set anything up yet, I headed down to the General Settings menu to see what choices I had.Under general settings, I navigated to"Other Settings" and managed to alter what members see when logged in, including the page they are redirected to and whether to display protected menu items (by way of example, if you're protecting products from non-members). One setting that many of you will Discover interesting is the"Access Sharing Security"This little box allows you to restrict the number of different IP addresses may log in to your website using the very same credentials in a 24-hour period. I would allow more than one IP address if members utilize a computer and a cellular device to look at your content. That way they do not get frustrated by being locked out of your site when using another device. For some membership websites, the ability to limit login information is non-negotiable, therefore MemberMouse becomes an appealing choice.MemberMouse also lets you create Employee users under General Settings to ensure support or sales personnel can log into your website and member centre in order to create or assist members, but do not have access to site configuration options. When sales or support people log into, they simply have access to the"Manage Members" menu, MemberMouse Dashboard, and Task Logs.As a last note on installation, MemberMouse includes a couple of built-in widgets which you can use to exhibit content throughout your site. For example, the"Protected Content" widget may exhibit upcoming content to associates based on which membership level accessibility they have so they understand what to anticipate (date could be included too ). Wishlist WordPress
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Creating Products with MemberMouse
One word of warning for those trying MemberMouse: watch the tutorial movies. I make a habit out of jumping into using a new plugin without first reading documentation or viewing movies, but I ended up going back and forth between the goods and memberships which I generated and wasted time. Usually documentation is excellent for when I get stuck rather than as a starting point, but I was not sure why memberships and products were separated in the way they were.MemberMouse assigns membership access to unique goods. If you're new at this, it may seem redundant to separate memberships out of products initially; nonetheless, this allows you far more flexibility in pricing your membership solutions. You may produce a"Bronze" membership access level and connect it to multiple products, such as a normal product (at one cost ), a discounted merchandise (using a promotional cost ), and an affiliate product (with a price for users known as an affiliate). After watching the videos and understanding that this arrangement, I really liked the flexibility offered by separating membership accessibility from goods.Products are created under Product Settings. Both virtual and physical products are handled from precisely the same page, and after your goods are set up, you can then create membership access levels and assign them to your own products. To begin, assign your"Associated accessibility" to your merchandise to"none" because you'll be setting up memberships later.With MemberMouse, you are able to create sign-up fees or trial intervals. If you allow"Trials", you may optionally set a cost for a trial period (which can be $0), then decide how long trial period will operate. If you merely want to use this to get a lump-sum payment, then you can set a one-day trial then start the membership. This isn't perfect, because the monthly fee won't be shown immediately at checkout since only the signup fee is revealed, but it works well enough that it shouldn't be a problem. Your product description must explain billing and fees anyway.You might also make products"shippable" to take advantage of the restricted shipping approaches available in MemberMouse for memberships which involve physical goods. Wishlist WordPress
Creating Membership Access with MemberMouse
After products are created, you may then create membership access levels to connect to any of your membership solutions. These membership levels will establish the content restriction principles for members. However, you can also edit the accessibility rules on a per-post or even per-page basis.When you make a membership level, you can assign that accessibility level to a particular product. This is what I was talking about in terms of flexibility — you can assign an access level to as many products as you want, so if you provide promotional pricing for email subscribers or testimonials from the affiliates, you can tie the identical access to each of the products.You'll also select which classes will be protected for that entry level in the exact same screen. Multiple article categories can be chosen for accessibility. As a default option, access will be limited for the whole article for every single post in the category. However, it is possible to get around this to exhibit post excerpts and teasers with Smart Tags. Access can also be set on a per-post or per-page foundation whilst editing a page or post. The article / page editor is also where you'll manage content dripping. Dripping is elastic and super-simple, as you can specify a delay in accessibility for every membership level concerning days.Once content dripping is installed, you can view schedules for each membership level below Product Settings > Content Dripping Program to find a general view of if each access level can see content. This webpage will also enable you to mass edit access rights for each membership level, and customize content dripping occasions for each access level. It's really helpful for those that already have a good deal of content generated, and only wish to assign trickle occasions and access rights from 1 display.Not certain how it will look to each member? MemberMouse includes a cool feature where you can preview content from a particular entry level's point of view, and even from many of days into the membership (to determine the way your content dripping will affect what members see). Look at the top of your display when previewing your own site.
MemberMouse Smart Tags
Before you start setting up your site to sell membership products, you will want to check out some of the built-in shortcodes for MemberMouse, known as Smart Tags. It is possible to use smart tags to insert purchase links for your products, selectively restrict (or remove restrictions from) certain parts of content to make excerpts, and display member data. By way of example, you can show a member's name on emails or welcome pages, content based on their membership level, or show content based on which affiliate referred the member to your website.Bright tags also let you insert hyperlinks that enable members to handle their own subscriptions, upgrade memberships, or even buy new goods. As you're able to personalize the member's"My Account Page", you are able to indent bundles for many members, or dynamically display upsells for each membership level.
Selling Bundles
MemberMouse has another sales option of which you may take advantage. Members cannot buy more than 1 membership degree using MemberMouse. However, you can use a different content restriction instrument, known as a bundle, to supply a topic-based membership. This is also how you're able to offer upsells to present members. You may assign many goods to a package in the exact same manner that you can assign multiple products to a membership access level. Packages permit you to expand the content access that a product provides when used in this way.Because Packages are tied to products in the same manner as membership accessibility, bundles can also benefit from content dripping. The benefit to using bundles is that members may purchase more than one bundle at a time.
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Selling and Handling MemberMouse Memberships
When you are done learning about smart tags, setting up goods, access levels, and articles dripping, you will want to sell the memberships you've created. While MemberMouse automatically produces a lot of pages, it doesn't create a catalogue or sales page. For me personally this is a good thing, since I believe selling memberships to potential users needs long-form content anyway — members probably are not going to visit your site and navigate for memberships straight away.To market memberships, you'll need to create pages or posts with buy links. It's possible to replicate purchase links from your merchandise settings for each item, or generate a purchase link using a smart tag if the connection has been posted in your WordPress website (that is what we've done in the screenshot). You might even use MemberMouse's built-in button styles instead of the ones out of your theme (mine are a bit lackluster since we're using the default theme).
MemberMouse costs are dependent on the amount of consumers for your membership site, yet MemberMouse is not a true SaaS solution, as the MemberMouse plugin runs on your servers. You install the plugin on your site, but will also have a MemberMouse accounts; your site then checks in with the MemberMouse licensing server to send data on site usage. Because this is a"check in", your website doesn't require MemberMouse's licensing servers to conduct the membership part of your website. Because of this, website performance is entirely determined by your own hosting and environment.MemberMouse pricing ranges from $20 per month for 1,000 users up to premium and professional plans at $300-600 per month for sites with over 100,000 users (support is included for all programs ). You can try MemberMouse free to get a 14 day trial before committing to using it. Each pricing grade provides distinct benefits (such as premium support starting with innovative plans), but here is a rough breakdown of price based on number of users.
Managing Members
Among the great things about MemberMouse is that members may manage themeselves, which can help free up time you would otherwise spend on site administration. You could also personalize the member"My Account" page to mechanically upsell your products for you, or to attempt to conserve sales if members want to cancel. The members center is geared towards automating and simplifying your website management, which can save huge amounts of time for sites with tens of thousands of members.If you'd like to downsell members who'd prefer to cancel, you also are able to make the most of the MemberMouse Save the Sale page, which lets you produce a downsell which will be shown to members that are looking to cancel a membership. When members do cancel, you can opt to difficult cancel the membership, which blocks access into the members area and logging in, or you can pause the membership. When a member violates their accounts (or you opt to place cancellations to membership pauses), their registration is actually frozen so they have access to any content that has been released up to that point, but are removed from the drip program and cannot get any new content. Wishlist WordPress
Billing and Payments
Billing is extremely flexible with MemberMouse, and bicycles are completely customized. You can bill in terms of days, weeks, months, or even years, and enter the cycle of your choosing (ex: 3 weeks, 1 year, two weeks, etc). Additionally, you are able to bill a one-time fee for memberships (though I would recommend avoiding this unless you're just starting out, as you'll always have to pursue new associates, which sort of defeats the purpose of some recurring billing version ).You can even use coupons with MemberMouse, and determine whether to apply them to the first billing cycle or the lifetime of the membership. Coupons can provide a percentage a dollar-amount reduction. Coupons are also created to provide an entirely free membership, or you could create a membership for a customer yourself and deductions which membership instead. Coupon usage can be limited to certain products or a number of uses.The very best part about charging is that you may control recurring billing activities, like refunds, directly from MemberMouse instead of logging into your account with your payment processor. Finally, MemberMouse integrates with several popular payment providers, such as Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.net, Braintree, and ClickBank. It's possible to use one on-site payment method, for example Stripe or Authorize.net, and at the exact same time use PayPal or ClickBank to supply up to three payment options.As cards are tokenized and saved for associates, MemberMouse can also help automate late payment handling to save your client control staff time and keep your revenue stream flowing. When MemberMouse detects that a card was diminished , it marks the member's account as overdue, then sends the manhood and email asking him to login and upgrade the card info in the accounts. The member can then update billing information from the"My Account" page. The penis is then instantly charged the amount as a result of member account is reactivated.
MemberMouse is not really designed to become an eCommerce system, but it does allow you to sell some physical goods through your site and also to sell physical goods with subscriptions, such as magazines (although I think it does a much better job with virtual products compared to physical products). When you create your goods, you indicate it as"shippable", subsequently put up fundamental shipping rates (such as regular and expedited shipping).Personally, I'd only include shipping as part of the membership pricing per month (and promote this actuality!) To simplify my store management, but the shipping methods can be useful for selling'swag' items and other physical products for your site.
MemberMouse has a few integrations built in to assist you with your site administration. First, email is critical for communication and engagement. Instead of set up an internal email program, MemberMouse integrates directly with email advertising companies like MailChimp and AWeber. It is possible to use this integration to manage your relationship with members having an email platform you are already familiar with, and transferring members between automatic lists to save you time.MemberMouse also incorporates with iDevAffiliate to handle affiliates for your membership site. When clients have been sent from an affiliate, this can be mentioned in the member accounts, and you can choose to dynamically display content or provides to members according to what affiliate referred them to your website.
Speaking of Developers
If you're an advanced user, or possess a developer on staff, you can further automate a good deal of MemberMouse functions. Besides smart tags (shortcodes in WordPress lingo), there are lots of actions and filters available, as well as a well-documented set of global purposes for use in templates and other custom code. However, these push notifications may also be used to trigger actions in third-party integrations (i.e., sending data to an accounting system). This usually means that MemberMouse can always be the heart of information to your membership-based small business.MemberMouse additionally has an API that developers can use to integrate MemberMouse with outside systems, which isn't the case with all plugins. This allows you to create, get, and update information about members.
MemberMouse includes email support with all programs, also provides some other tools for users. Total documentation can be obtained, and has been pretty helpful for me. Some documentation includes movie walkthroughs, and all settings and functions are recorded. I just used the support desk time for an problem with the smart tag library, and received a response for the question I filed in the morning later the exact same day, and got a followup email to let me know the problem would be resolved within the next release.In addition, there's developer documentation available for site customizations. If you're running a membership site with thousands of associates, odds are you own a developer on retainer or a single on team, so having docs useful for tweaks and customizations is a plus. Wishlist WordPress
MemberMouse Review
MemberMouse offers enormous functionality and will make it possible for you to see to your membership website like a business instead of a hobby. Since it is intended for sites with tens of thousands of associates, this should not come as a surprise. Establishing a site and fundamental content restriction is simple (especially with the assistance of this"Getting Started" videos), but much more personalization is possible in case you're eager to make a time investment in website optimization and setup. There is definitely a learning curve involved in using MemberMouse, but it's in proportion to the amount of performance you get out of the plugin, as it has almost everything you could want in a membership platform.
MemberMouse makes it easy to improve the Lifetime Value of your members by giving the ability for one-click sales. By eliminating obstacles to purchase for existing members, you are able to radically increase conversions. When members have been logged in, buy links simply open a pop-up confirming the order will be charged to the card on the account to make the purchase essentially a one-click sale (account info is already prepopulated with the payment information tokenized in the customer account). As you've already gone through the time and expense to acquire these members, up-selling them is made as easy as possible to generate additional revenue and to help them locate different goods.Another interesting feature is the capacity to email purchase links to members, so that when the link is clicked, members are logged in and sent to a pre-populated cart to again remove as many obstacles as possible to purchase.The degree of support MemberMouse provides was interesting for me personally, as many membership alternatives offer you the plugin / integration and support, and that's it. The Fast Start agency is a white-gloved install and installation, which is supplied by some other services, but MemberMouse also provides a list of recommended contractors, and supports current users to become affiliates to promote the services. Developer resources are also a excellent improvement, and help you to customize, tweak, or expand your use of MemberMouse past WordPress. Wishlist WordPress
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7 Celebs That Also Have Successful Music Careers
Once someone gets bitten by the acting bug, they usually have to sample the fashion bug, the perfume bug and of course, the singing bug! Some celebrities get into music and do extremely well. Others, well, they simply flop. But hey, having a great acting career is something, right? Let's take a look at some of those who did hit it big in music!
Toni Braxton
Toni Braxton has always been on the map in one way or another, but as an actress (both as a true actor and a reality star) she is just as famous as she is for her angelic voice. Haven't caught her in anything on TV? Check out Twist of Faith for her most uplifting role yet!
Gwyneth Paltrow
This beautiful actress who has graced the big screen with her amazing talent, hit pay dirt when she tried out her pipes in the professional music scene. Her thing is typically country music, but she has gone in a few different directions – all successfully.
Reba McEntire
While this fiery redhead did things backwards, the fact still remains that she is both the queen of country music, as well as a hit on television. It just so happens that her music career came first. Either way, she's a massive success!
Jamie Foxx
This is one fox you can catch in the movies and on stage! Jamie Foxx has been a well-known actor for quite some time now, hailed for his performance in the movie "Ray" in which he played the part of Ray Charles". However, once Kayne West took him on in his hit song, "Gold Digger", Foxx has a successful music career all his own.
Jennifer Lopez
Contrary to what you may believe, Lopez did not get recognized for her singing voice first. As a young woman she was but a mere fly girl on the old but popular show, In Living Color. And who doesn't love her performance as Selena? Either way, it was her voice that really took her places, and continues to do so.
Kevin Bacon
Kevin Bacon and The Bacon Brothers may not be a well-known success story, but they have been rocking for many years .Their specialty now is twangy country music. And of course we can still catch the steamy baconator on his excellent movies!
Ryan Gosling
Although many people aren't aware that this smoking hot stud is also the lead singer in the successful band "Dead Man's Bones", he has been rocking out since 2008. It really shouldn't be too surprising though. He had his childhood debut on the Mickey Mouse Club with Justin Timberlake and Britany Spears!


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June 6, 2014, Moscow. — On June, 7, Aeroflot flight SU7150 will head to Sao Paulo, Brazil with the Russian national football team on board comfortable Airbus A330 aircraft.
Aeroflot as an official partner and the carrier of the Russian national football team opted for a direct flight to Guarulhos airport, Sao Paulo. SU7150 will be the longest of all flights currently operated by the airline — over 14 hour in-flight.
Airbus A330-200 will carry 55 passengers including team members, coaching and administrative staff as well as the necessary sports and medical equipment.
Taking into account the sports regimen and the range of flight, the athletes will be offered a special menu developed in compliance with advices of The Russian Football Union specialists.
«The support of the Russian sport is a long tradition and a part of our history and corporate philosophy. Our airline has accumulated vast experience and earned a high reputation providing services to global sporting events,» said Vitaly Saveliev, Aeroflot's CEO.
Aeroflot is Russia's flagship carrier and one of the largest airline groups in Europe. In 2013, its 90th anniversary year, Aeroflot carried 20.9 million passengers (31.4 million passengers as Aeroflot Group including subsidiaries), a record for any Russian airline. A proud member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance, Aeroflot and its partners serve more than 1,000 destinations in 178 countries worldwide. Aeroflot operates one of the most modern and youngest fleets in Europe, numbering 158 Airbus, Boeing and Sukhoi airliners with an average age of 4.3 years. Aeroflot is among the global leaders in aviation safety. The company's European Community Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft (SAFA) Index, which is the main globally recognized safety parameter, is comparable to global peers. The first Russian carrier to enter the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) register, renewing its registration for the fifth time in 2013, Aeroflot has successfully passed the IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO) and is fully ISO 9001:2008 compliant. In 2013 Aeroflot was named by SKYTRAX as the Best Airline in Eastern Europe for the second time. Find more at www.aeroflot.com.


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Casting is announced for the UK professional premiere of IT'S ONLY LIFE, opening at the Union Theatre this summer. The production will run for 4 weeks from Wednesday 13th June to Saturday 7th July 2018.
The cast includes: Noel Sullivan (ROCK OF AGES, PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT), Jennifer Harding (FUNNY GIRL, LEGALLY BLONDE) and Jordan Shaw (FOLLIES, TICK, TICK... BOOM!). They are joined by recent graduates Will Carey and Sammy Graham.
IT'S ONLY LIFE is a musical revue featuring the songs of John Bucchino. His songs have been recorded and performed by Judy Collins, Patti LuPone, Yo-Yo Ma, Audra MacDonald, Liza Minnelli, Art Garfunkel and many others. Conceived by director Daisy Prince and the award-winning songwriter, IT'S ONLY LIFE is about longing, fulfillment, loss, triumph and ultimately wisdom.
According to the New York Times, Bucchino's 'flowing, finely made piano ballads describe an urban life in which relationships come and go in cycles of yearning, fulfillment, heartbreak and healing' - where romantic love is anticipated with 'high expectations, high anxiety and open hearts.' The show won LA's 2008 Ovation Award for Best Book/Lyrics/Music for an Original Musical.
Creative team:
Director: Tania Azevedo (THE TOY BOY DIARIES, PAPER HEARTS)
Musical Director: Nick Barstow (WONDERLAND, THE BURNT PART BOYS)
Choreographer: William Whelton (PIPPIN, HAIR)
Designers: Justin Williams and Jonny Rust
Lighting Designer: Clancy Flynn
Casting Director: Jane Deitch
Produced by Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment
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Dwane Thomas is a Latin magician: he's spent over 15 years turning students into Latin speakers and readers. His secret? He's one of those unique teachers who makes learning difficult subjects fun and enjoyable. Thousands of children have already been transformed through his magic: let yours be next.
Visual Latin includes:
- 3 videos per lesson covering Grammar, Sentences, and Reading
- PDF Worksheets
- Weekly Quizzes
- Quizlet Vocabulary Flashcards Online
- Teacher's Guide with Scope and Sequence
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Jason has several meanings pertinent to the Doctor Who universe and the real world. They are listed below in alphabetical order by surname. If no surname is available, alphabetization occurs by the disambiguation term — that is, the bit between the parentheses in a title like Waitress (Vincent and the Doctor).
This is a disambiguation page.
It points to other pages that have similar names. If you followed a link here, please fix it to point to one of the pages listed below.
In-universe Edit
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- Jason (Death-Dealer) (AUDIO: Death-Dealer)
- Jason (Conundrum) (PROSE: Conundrum, Head Games, Happy Endings)
- Jason (Cuckoo-Spit) (PROSE: Cuckoo-Spit)
- Jason (The Ultimate Adventure), a companion of the Doctor (AUDIO: The Ultimate Adventure, PROSE: Face Value)
- Jason (Winner Takes All) (PROSE: Winner Takes All)
- Jason (The Invertebrates of Doom) (PROSE: The Invertebrates of Doom)
- Jason (A Wing and a Prayer) (COMIC: A Wing and a Prayer)
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- Jason Corey (AUDIO: The Destroyers)
- Jason Clearfield (PROSE: The Crawling Terror)
- Jason Dungeon (PROSE: The Pictures of Emptiness)
- Jason Harris (COMIC: Bizarre Zero)
- Jason Kane (introduced in PROSE: Death and Diplomacy)
- Jason McCray (PROSE: Fear Itself)
- Jason Overton (TV: The Christmas Invasion)
- Jason Venezia (GAME: Evacuation Earth)
Behind the scenes Edit
Actors Edit
As first name Edit
Guest Edit
- Jason Mohammad, a newsreader for BBC Wales, who has appeared in several episodes of Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures
Featured Edit
- Jason Connery, who played Jondar in TV: Vengeance on Varos
- Jason Medwin, who played the Sunroof Screamer in TV: Dead of Night
- Jason Pitt, who played Lee McAvoy in TV: Forest of the Dead
Monster specialists Edit
- Jason McNamara, who played a CCPC in K9 and Green Hand in TV: The Last Precinct
Extra Edit
- Jason Brooks, who played the Press Secretary in TV: The Middle Men
- Jason May, who played the scene-of-crime officer in TV: Everything Changes
- Jason Morell, who played the Vicar in TV: The Next Doctor
Vocal Edit
- Jason Watkins, who portrayed the White Guardian in AUDIO: The Destroyer of Delights and The Chaos Pool
As surname Edit
- Neville Jason, who played Prince Reynart in TV: The Androids of Tara
Production Edit
Television Edit
- Jason Devlin, who was a boom operator on TV: Adrift
- Jason Gill, a costume assistant for Doctor Who
Prose Edit
- Jason Arnopp, who wrote PROSE: Prime Five and PROSE: Christmas Every Day
- Jason Loborik, a writer of several Doctor Who stories
Comics Edit
- Jason Loborik, a comic writer of many Doctor Who stories
Audio Edit
- Jason Haigh-Ellery, the Managing Director of Big Finish Productions and co-producer of their Doctor Who audio stories
Print Edit
- Jason Quinn, a Chief Sub for Doctor Who Magazine
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As your phone, I know a lot of your secrets. A lot.
Me and the laptop and the TV, we call them "screencrets"—secrets only your screens know. Like how much TV you've been bingeing on...exactly how late you slept in the other Sunday…and the most embarrassing thing you ever googled. (Don't worry, your screencrets are safe with me.)
But I'm not here to talk about your screencrets, of which there are too many to count. I'm here to talk about one of my own.
You see, staring at screens like me for too long…well, it could lead to a condition called dry eye. Dry eye can make your eyes feel dry (duh), but it can also make them watery, or red, or itchy, or gritty, like there's a tiny piece of sand stuck in there. Dry eye can even make your vision go all blurry from time to time.
Sound familiar? Millions of Americans report symptoms consistent with dry eye have—but only a fraction see an eye doctor about it. Maybe they think it's just part of getting older, I don't know. It's a shame, because seeing an eye doctor is such a simple thing…why don't more people do it?
As your phone and, more importantly, as your friend, I urge you to screen responsibly. Take breaks from all that screen time. And see an eye doctor on the regular. Because those funny feelings in your eyes could be dry eye…and they could get worse over time.
The laptop and the TV didn't want me to write this editorial, but I love you too much not to write it. And I hope you love your eyes as much as I love you.
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our God. For such we sind to be the tenor os the covenant: " I will be their God, and they shall be "my people (e)." And, as I formerly observed, this covenant is unalterably consirmed, by the shedding of Christ's blood; so that every believer may now triumph in the reasoning of the apostle,—He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, and who gives us his broken body and shed blood to seast upon, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
4. It is also a seast of love. The Jewish passover, which was an eminent type of it, was a seast of love as well as of remembrance; for it was celebrated by the whole nation of the Jews, assembled together in one place i plainly intimating, that they were one body united together m love. But the Lord's Supper is much more a seast of love; for it is a memorial of the unexampled and astonishing love, which the Son of God expressed in laying down his lise for us; and surely, on our parts, it ought to be kept with the warmest gratitude and affection. Our hearts should burn with' love to him, who loved us, and Vashed us from our sins in his own blood. But besides* this, it is also a seast of love, as it is most signisicant of that Christian charity and love which the guests should bear to one another; for they all sit at one table, and eat of the same bread, and drink of the same cup. Nay, by this solemn action, they declare their love to each other, as children of the same divine samily, and' members of one mystical body, of which Christ is the Head ; and therefore they ought to be united together in the tenderest bond of sympathy and affection. Happy are they who abdund in this grace. The God of love and peace shall be with them.
5. And, lastly^ It is a plentisul seast, and freely givenj the provision of a God, who delights to exercise loving-kindness in the earth, and will supply all the wants of his people, according to his riches in glory
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by Christ Jesus. There is bread enough in your Father's house, and to spare; enough to answer every exigence, to satisfy every desire, and to sill up every capacity of enjoyment: for it hath pleased the Father, that in Christ should all sulness dwell, and out of his sulness you may all receive, and grace for grace. If then you will come with enlarged hearts, hungering and thirsting aster Christ, you shall be abundantly satissied with the goodness of his house, even of his holy temple. And sinally, This spiritual seast, as it is sull and satisfying, so it is freely given. How simple and generous is the invitation to it?" Ho, ** every one that thirsteth, come ye to the watersk "and he that hath no money, come, buy wire and ** milk, without money and without price. Who"soever will, let him come, and take of the water *i of lise freely." Though it was dearly purchased by your Saviour, yet he osiers it to you in the kindest and most encouraging manner: " Behold," says he, ** I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear **' my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him and he with me,"
III. And this brings me to consider, thirdly, The erftertainment provided in it, or on what communicants are invited to seast at the table of the Lord.
In general, then, they are to seast on a crucisied Redeemer, his broken body, and his shed blood* Now, the sufserings of Christ, when contemplated by saith, afford the most delightsul entertainment to a believer.—For,
1. He sees, in them, that divine justice is sully satissied, and provision made for his pardon and justisication. "In Christ," says the apostle, " we have "redemption through his blood, even the forgive-: ness of sin." Nay, divine justice itself is concerned, upon the account of Christ's death, to pardon the iniquities of his servants. "If," says the apostle , " we consess our sins, he- is- saithsul and just forgive us our sins;" just, not indeed with regard gard to us, for his grace is unmerited and free ; but just, with regard to the death of Christ : for he having paid the debt, the discharge must injustice follow. Now, what a feast is this to a convinced and humble foul? Son, be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven thee. What a refreshing cordial is this? What joy must spring up in the mind, when the sweetness of pardoning mercy is insused into our cup of consolation?" Blessed is he," says the Psalmist, "whole "transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered: "Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth not "iniquity."
2. Another fruit of the sufferings and death of Christ, that we are here invited to seast upon, i» peace with God; for this inseparably accompanies the ^former• "Being justisied by faith," says the apostle, " we have peace with God through our "Lord Jesus Christ." And what a blessed privilege is this! how divinely sweet and ravishing to the soul! To be reconciled to God, who is the best of friends, and whose savour is better than lise; and not only to be reconciled, but to be assured of his savour, of his dearest.and tenderest love: What more canst thou desire? What greater comfort, what more satisfying joy, than to be aY.e to say with the Psalmist, " This God is my God for ever and ever,' and "he will be my guide even unto death?" ** Yea, "though I walk through the valley and shadow of "death, lie will be with me; his rod and his staff "will comfort me."
3. From thence, as another part of your entertainment, there results peace and tranquillity of conscience. This is one of those precious legacies which Christ bequeathed to his disciples when he was leaving the world: "Peace," says he, "I leave with "you, my peace I give unto you." This peace is such as the world can neither give nor take away; for it arises from a sense of our reconciliation to God, and the assurance of an interest in his loveBut what this is, how pleasing and delightsul to the
£ 2 soul> foul, is better selt than it can be expressed. Peace in the conscience is a cordial inexpressibly delightsul. When the peace of God is shed abroad in the heart, the pleasure of it passeth understanding. In a word, it is the bread ^nd the water of lise j it exalts the foul to a taste of celestial enjoymenj, and consers a sense of internal security, which the wicked cannot seel. And hence, says the Psalmist, when reflecting on the goodness of God in granting liitn this peace, " Re"turn unto thy rest, O my soul, for the Lord hath "dealt bountisully with thee."
4. Another fruit of Christ's death and sufferings, on which believers are invited to seast, is communion and sellowship with God. There is nothing that has a greater tendency to sweeten human lise, than the intercourse of one friend with another. What then can be imagined more pleasing to the soul, than the friendship of God, and communion with him? Now, this also is provided as a part of the devout communicant's entertainment at the table of the Lord; for there he is admitted to see the King in his beauty, and the land that is asar off. He tastes that the Lord is gracious, and seels his love shed abroad in his heart; and he can therefore say with the Church, " I ** sat down under his shadow with great delight, and "his fruit was sweet to my taste. He brought me *} into the banqueting-house, and his banner over.mc "was love." Nay, such is the happiness which the people of God sometimes experience in communion with him at his table, that they are made to say with the disciples on the mount, " Lord, it is good for "us to be here :" and as Jacob did of Bethels " Surely ** the Lord is in this place; this is none other but "the house of God, this is the gate of heaven." And indeed, my brethren, when the soul is savoured with such near and intimate communion *as this, it enjoys a kind of heaven upon earth; it tastes the food of angels, and receives as it were the sirst fruits, in the joysul hope of reaping the sull harvest.
These then. are a few of the rich and invaluable blessings purchased by the death os Christ, and which are provided for your entertainment, who are sincere and faithsul communicants.
But again, you are likewise to feast upon his death, as it is the new testament in his blood, i. e. a ratisication of the new testament or covenant, by this facred fymbol,—the shedding of his blood. Thus, we sind, the apostle to the Hebrews represents the death of Christ, in allusion to a testamentary disposition or settlement, which of necessity requires the death of the testator (a). Hence, the1 precious fruit* of the death of Christ, and all the blessings which he has bequeathed to the heirs of promise, are by this means unalterably consirmed and secured to them; and in scripture they are called the sure mercies of David: nay, all the promises are faid to be in him, Yea, and in him, Amen, to the gloiy of God.
Many other views of our Redeemer's death might have been given you, as a suitable and pleasing entertainment at a communion table. I might nave observed to you, that, by his death and sufferings, he is made a persect Captain of falvation, and a molt compassionate and mercisul High-priest; for in that he himself suffered, being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted. I might have observed farther, that, by his death and sufferings, he merited his triumphant entrance into the highest heavens, and that, not only in his own name, but to take possession of the heavenly glory, as our Head and Forerunner. And, sinally, that, in virtue of his blood filed upon the cross, he makes effectual and never-ceasing intercession at his Father's right hand. But on these, the limits of this discourse will not allow me to insist.
I only add, that believers in Christ are called toi seast upon his death, because, by this one offering, he hath for ever persected them that are fanctisied r and as he has purchased all that is necessary to makeyou persecti fo he is invested with full power and au.E 3 thority (*> Heb. ix. 16, if.


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A WIRRAL man appeared in court accused of robbing six convenience stores armed with a fake gun.
Wayne Jackson, 18, of Ganneys Meadow Road, Woodchurch, stood before Wirral magistrates' court on Saturday charged with six counts of robbery.
He was also charged with six offences of possessing an imitation firearm while committing an offence, three counts of possessing a knife and one count of possessing an offensive weapon. Jackson was remanded in custody to appear before Liverpool Crown Court on June 8 for a case management hearing.
Wayne Jackson, 39, of Newport Close, Prenton, and Sean Flaherty, 25, of Carr Bridge Road, Birkenhead, will also appear on that date accused of taking part in a robbery at McColl's store in Holmlands Drive, Prenton, last Wednesday.


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Zurab Azmaiparashvili: "Nobody wants for the head of FIDE to be someone who got there by means of dirty ways"
Just two months are left until the start of the 43rd Chess Olympiad: Batumi will welcome the strongest players on the planet from September 23 to October 5, Georgia will be visited by approximately 4 000 guests from 189 countries. The World Chess Federation – FIDE - and the Continental presidential elections will be held during the Olympiad days. The FIDE presidential elections are in the spotlight: It is known that after Kirsan Ilyumzhinov's 23-year rule, FIDE will have a new leader. There are three candidates: Deputy President, Greek Georgios Makropoulos, Russian Arkady Dvorkovich and English Nigel Short.
The FIDE Presidential Board recently had a meeting in Bucharest, Romania. The European Chess Union president (who is the only candidate for the European Chess Union presidential elections), the director of the NNLE "the Organizing Committee of the 2018 World Chess Olympiad" Zurab Azmaiparashvili talks about the topic and different Olympiad related subjects.
ECU: Zurab Azmaiparashvili Is The Only Presidential Candidate
ECU: Zurab Azmaiparashvili Is The Only Presidential Candidate


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Fires when a document is made floating and provides access to the created documents host window. This allows subscribing its DocumentManager to existing event handlers. This event is in effect in the DocumentsHost mode.
public event DocumentsHostWindowEventHandler RegisterDocumentsHostWindow
event Public RegisterDocumentsHostWindow As DocumentsHostWindowEventHandler
The event handler receives an argument of type DevExpress.XtraBars.Docking2010.DocumentsHostWindowEventArgs containing data related to this event.
If the FloatingDocumentContainer property is set to DocumentsHost, when a document is undocked from the main form and made floating, it is placed within a special container (IDocumentsHostWindow object) which possesses its own DocumentManager (accessible via the IDocumentsHostWindow.DocumentManager property). This DocumentManager does not handle those events that the main form's DocumentManager handles. The RegisterDocumentsHostWindow event is fired when a document is made floating and provides access to the created documents host window via the DocumentsHostWindowEventArgs.HostWindow property. This allows you to get access to its DocumentManager via the IDocumentsHostWindow.DocumentManager property and subscribe its events to the event handles of the main form's DocumentManager. To unsubscribe event handlers from the DocumentManager when the documents host window is closed, use the UnregisterDocumentsHostWindow event.
You can also use the CustomDocumentsHostWindow event to provide a custom documents host window for floating documents in the DocumentsHost mode.


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Remove all non-printable ASCII Characters from filename
October 31, 2011 3 comments
Sometimes I get some crappy zipped/rared/whatever packages that contain filenames that are not UTF-8 encoded, mostly from old package programs used on the Windows platform. What happens is that those packages will unpack just fine, but more often than not you end up with filenames that contain non-printable characters. PITA if there's a lot of them. tr to the rescue!
ls -1 | while read file; do N=$(echo $file | tr -cd '\11\12\40-\176'); mv "$file" "$N"; done
What this does is basically:
- get every filename in the current directory and toss it to tr
- the -c and -d options used like this command tr to only output characters that we actually specify
- the quoted argument tells tr to only retain the octal characters 11, 12 and 40 to 176. Octal 11 is Tab, 12 is linefeed (technically, this should be omitted from a filename, but I also use this to filter textfiles, so it comes in handy and is of no real harm here). 40 to 176 are the standard keyboard characters from space to ~, which we actually like in our filenames.
- finally, we move the garbled filename to the new, cleaned up version.


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Many companies, throughout the years, have failed because they failed to innovate and change. Many great market leaders, like Kodak, even held in their hands the future of their industry, and still refused to embrace it. Change is always difficult for someone of something in a position where status quo is providing awesome returns. It takes courage to innovate, and that's why it is so difficult.
The CompTIA Security+ certification is a fantastic example of a cyber-security certification that has stood the test of time, due to consistent change and innovation from its creating body, CompTIA. The Security+ certification is among the big three certifications by CompTIA. CompTIA created the certification to address a specific market segment of cyber security, as opposed to being an all-around cyber security certification. By targeting a market segment, CompTIA has had the ability to keep a clear focus on the certification's objectives, and the decisions that they have made, in regards to serving that market segment, have always, therefore, been a little more focused. One could argue that because CompTIA chose to serve an entry level security market, of people transitioning from systems administration and network administration, over to security and information assurance, this is the reason the certification has done so well in maintaining presence, growing and keeping its credibility for so long.
Over the years the CompTIA Security+ certification has maintained its leadership position within its market segment because CompTIA made smart decisions and anticipated evolution within the market. From some of these changes, one could gather that CompTIA has kept its focus on market credibility, as opposed to, perhaps the more business attractive general adoption and growth. Whereas some other certifications changed over the years to seek to become the "overall best in a category", CompTIA decided to hold and focus on its segment, and the results have paid off for those who have achieved and continue to achieve the certification.
Here are some of the changes that have played a role in the Security+ certification maintaining its credibility over the years.
- Maintained entry level information security market segment focus
- Shifted from lifetime certification to expiration model with re-cert
- Added Continuing Education Units re-certification model
- Continually updated the exam question pool to ensure accuracy
- Shifted from terms and Q&A based to scenario and skills know-how based exam
- Added scenario and skills simulation to ensure know-how
- Increased the difficulty of the exam to keep it credible
- De-restricted learning methods and training vendors ensuring that many sources of training were readily and easily available
As you can see, CompTIA's focus was less on profit and reach, and more on the quality of their product. They also kept training restrictions very liberal, thus allowing an abundance of study guides, textbooks and of course, free online Security+ training. By keeping the focus on their product, they were able to maintain a great reputation with this entry level certification, since 2001. That is definitely an impressive run of success.


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05 August 2019
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday described the scrapping of Article 370 of the Constitution which gave special status to the state as the "blackest day in Indian democracy".
Parliament which gave a lot to Jammu and Kashmir "has snatched everything from it like thieves", the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader said in an audio message on Twitter.
"Today is the blackest day in Indian democracy. The Indian Parliament just like thieves today snatched everything it has given," she said. The former Chief Minister had been under house arrest since Sunday evening.
She said the security forces were increased in Jammu and Kashmir in recent days on the pretext of security threats to the Amarnath Yatra and tourists from Pakistan.
"Such a big country got frightened ... and made Kashmir an open jail so that no one can raise voice against the illegal proposal," she said.
The PDP leader said that "we had good relations which the government" but said this had changed just like Israeli government changed it to illegal occupancy.
"Today people of Jammu and Kashmir are forced to think that the decision of our leaders to reject Pakistan and join India was not right.
"The conditions with which we joined them have been broken by India. For the respect and dignity of Kashmir, we have no other way," she added.
Earlier, after Union Home Minister Amit Shah proposed to revoke Article 370, the PDP leader took to Twitter saying the decision will have "catastrophic consequences".
"Decision of J&K leadership to reject two nation theory in 1947 and align with India has backfired. Unilateral decision of GOI to scrap Article 370 is illegal and unconstitutional which will make India an occupational force in J&K," she tweeted.
"It will have catastrophic consequences for the subcontinent. GOI's intentions are clear. They want the territory of J&K by terrorising its people. India has failed Kashmir in keeping its promises," she said.


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Construction of link road between Hulhule-Hulhumale of the SinaMale' Bridge has finished work by 82 per cent.
Housing Development Corporation (HDC) said the road that is to be linked along with the link road will be widened.
The highway project is to be constructed by a Chinese company, Hunan Construction Engineering Group. Hulhule-Hulhumale link road is a 4km long highway which includes 4 lanes for transportation.
HDC indicates that Hulhumale will become a city of over 200,000 in population in the near future and highlighted the importance of sea transport as well as road transport. HDC added that roads that are upgrading will be finished along with the completion of SinaMale' Bridge.
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