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Reasonably finding ways to curb population overgrowth, the Assam Cabinet on Monday announced that no government jobs will be given to persons having more than 2 children.
Coming into effect from January 1, 2021, the important decision was taken as per the small family norm, reports India Today.
Along with this, a New Land Policy was also adopted, in which three bighas of agricultural land will be given to indigenous people.
The country's dropping global indicators approve of a small family norm and the Assam cabinet has been one of the first state governments to announce a rule regarding the number of children one can have after starting a family.
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Here in Indiana, the fight against livestock or solar farms seemed to have moved to the county level. Interest groups are mobilizing to remonstrate against agriculture. Farmers and landowners can do a few things to improve their chances of obtaining the necessary county zoning approval for a new project.
Transparency. Be open with county officials regarding your project. Explain what you want to do, when you want to do it, and answer questions to the best of your ability. Do not mischaracterize your intended project. If you can't answer a question, direct the county official to contact your attorney and/or consultant.
Education. Many people today do not understand what a modern livestock farm or solar project looks like. In some cases, offering a tour of an existing facility can be helpful. Some remonstrators may withdraw their opposition to your project if they better understand how the facility will work, how it protects against environmental impacts, and how it will boost the local economy. Farmers Deliver is a program that provides additional information on the economic impact of livestock farms in Indiana and Nebraska. Of course some remonstrators will never change their point of view, but it can still be advantageous to educate them as best you are able. Education is also a general best management practice to be a good neighbor.
Support. The importance of having supporters attend relevant zoning meetings cannot be overstated. This may balance against the remonstrators who attend such meetings to express opposition to an agricultural project. The goal is to have the county officials decide the matter based on its merits.
Preparation. I've written about how to prepare for zoning meetings before. In addition to the tips in that article, remember you are creating a record for any potential appeal down the road. Thus, even in the face of stiff vocal opposition, you should introduce all the evidence and testimony you had originally planned.
Being prepared at the county level is one step you can take to improve your chances of success.
*This post is not legal advice. If you have zoning questions, you should contact an attorney.*


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Animal-free foie gras could be headed our way! Paul Shapiro, co-founder and CEO of The Better Meat Co., announced plans to introduce meatless foie gras this spring. Foie gras is considered one of the world's cruelest food products, and a vegan alternative could help alleviate suffering for countless geese and ducks. Shapiro stated:
Because it is so controversial, and because it has been the subject of litigation and legislation throughout the world, it makes sense for us to create a version so that people who enjoy eating foie gras can experience that same joy without all the suffering.
The Better Meat Co. creates vegan products using its mycelium-derived Rhiza protein. Mycelium is the root-like structure of mushrooms. The Better Meat Co. uses the versatile protein to create a variety of delicious animal-free products, such as bacon, steak, and even caviar. According to Shapiro, the new mycelium foie gras—which will be available as a mousse and pâté—will reach restaurant menus first, so keep an eye out!
Foie Gras
Considered a "delicacy" by some, foie gras is made from the enlarged livers of ducks or geese. "Foie gras" is French for "fatty liver." Sold for upwards of $50 per pound, the dish is produced by cruelly force-feeding ducks and geese so their livers become diseased and swell up to 10 times their normal size. Force-feeding involves ramming a metal or plastic foot-long pipe down birds' throats and pumping their stomachs full of food. The birds undergo this abuse two to three times a day for several weeks until they are slaughtered.
Take Action
Mercy For Animals is currently working with a coalition to ban the sale of foie gras in Portland, Oregon. Learn more here.
We can all make a huge difference for animals simply by choosing plant-based foods. Check out ChooseVeg for plant-based recipes, news, and so much more.


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The Sharka Sessions
Simon's latest loops project "The Sharka Sessions" is a collection of drum and percussion loops. The loops were sampled straight from the tracks of the Chaka Chouka album "Sharka".
They contain elements of reggae, Moroccan music, funk, rock and Simon's unique palette of creative influences.
This is a unique collection of loops not only for the content but also for the context. The Sharka album was recorded during the first lockdown in 2020. Based on a drum and percussion loop that Simon had put on hold for a rainy day, he wrote "Gnaoua Reggae" on guitar and melodica in his studio in Meknès, Morocco. Mouna Eddrou, a French–Moroccan singer added her vocals and the Chaka Chouka sound was forged. The album project "Sharka" was born.
Four months later, with hundreds of files pinging back and forth across the Mediterranean, an album was complete.
The fact that the loops are sampled from an album adds an element of musicality to them. There is an emotion and energy that can't be generated in loops that are recorded in the studio with no musical context.
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Reggae drums including one-drop, steppers and ska beats. Layered percussion found in old-school reggae.
Moroccan drums and percussion including gnaoua, El twet, Aissawa, Hamadcha, chaabi and rai styles.
Funk and rock drums.
The Sharka Sessions project contains almost 7.8G of material! This includes:
127 drums and percussion loops and 235 Mb of sound effects samples and hits.
Each loop contains:
- a full mix (wet and dry). These mixes allow you to have a quick listen to the full loops and to fly this into a project to get you up and running and creative!
- separate drum kit and percussion section mixes. These mixes allow more flexibility than the full mixes and allow you to start arranging the composition.
- Simon's mixes. These mixes have been put together by Simon and combine certain elements of the loop. Great for ideas!
- sound effects samples. These are the dub effects used by Simon in the original track projects.
Similar in structure to Simon's "Total Groove" loops project, the Sharka Sessions is both a comprehensive and varied set of loops and samples and also a powerful and intuitive song writing tool.
Because of the size of the project file, the Sharks Sessions is not available for direct download but if you are interested in the loops or in a possible collaborative project with Simon then please contact him here.
Feel free to also visit his Youtube page where you'll find videos of Simon and Mouna playing as well as loops and songs. Please subscribe to his channel if you like what he does!


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I am sure many Audlemites have noticed the new mural of the history of the Williams emporium. The photo below shows the man (Grandfather) that bought the till, as well as Megan giving a driving lesson to husband Derek. Apparently coming from Salford (the one next to Manchester!) he had not learnt to drive! Other illustrations yet to be explained! The old sepia like photograph just showing in the top left also includes a man with an impressive beard – Judy's great grandfather.
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They claim there's many fish during the ocean – plus there is no place most populated versus water of internet dating! Though there's countless possibility, options and opportunities at adore on the web – it is all-too-easy to gather reduced in the crowd. That is where locating the perfect Tinder openers are very important in securing your opportunity of linking with a person on internet romance app.
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A further hike in the price of fuel is expected tonight because the Price Stabilisation Fund is almost depleted, Kibris Postasi reported.
The fund, which is almost exhausted because of both political decisions and unplanned reverses to the economy, cannot meet the four percent increase in the oil market.
Should the Council of Ministers decide to increase fuel prices yet again, it will be for the fourth time in the past two months.
If the fund's resources are not touched, it is expected that 95 octane fuel will rise to 7.20 TL/litre; Euro Diesel is expected to rise over 6.80 TL.
The Council of Ministers has increased fuel prices on May 7, May 28 and June 21.
With the last hike in June, the prices were as follows:
95 Octane: 6.96 TL
98 Octane: 7.09 TL
Paraffin: 6.37 TL
UPDATE: As anticipated, following a meeting of the Council of Ministers, another price increase to fuel was announced, Kibris Postasi reported. The decision came into effect as of midnight last night.
The new prices are as follows:
98 Octane unleaded petrol 7.60
95 Octane unleaded petrol: 7.45
Euro diesel: 6.91
Paraffin: 6.67
There were three price hikes to fuel on May 7, May 28 and June 21.


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The American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A's) announced changes to its national board of directors—and new members include new board chair Sharon Napier and Vita Harris.
The membership-based U.S. trade association for the advertising and marketing communications industry, announced changes to its National Board of Directors.
The officers, who have been selected by the Board's nominating committee, include C-Suite leaders from member agencies of all sizes and disciplines, who have demonstrated their commitment to serving the best interests of the 4A's members across the marketing industry.
Napier, executive chair and founder of Partners + Napier, a Project Worldwide agency, has been named to a two-year term as 4A's board chair, a post previously held by Barry Wacksman, chair and co-founder Proto, who remains on the board as past chair. Napier has been a director since 2005 and for the past four years has served as co-vice chair of the board. She was previously secretary-treasurer of the organization.
"I've always believed in the power of creativity to change the world—and the last two years have shown just how powerful agencies can be," said Napier in a statement. "Together, we've turned every curveball into an opportunity to help our clients succeed. In this new role, I look forward to furthering the 4A's mission as we enhance our value for members and drive the industry forward. My many years with the 4A's as a board and agency member have taught me that when we work together as an industry, we are unstoppable."
Harris, global chief strategy officer at FCB Global, has been named co-vice chair after joining the board in early 2021.
"I am honored to have been asked to serve our industry in this capacity—and I am looking forward to partnering alongside the 4A's board to do so," said Harris in a statement.
Abbey Klaassen, president, business leadership, East region at dentsu, has been re-elected for another one year term as co-vice chair after serving for the past two years in this role. Christine Fruechte, CEO of Colle McVoy, will continue to serve as secretary-treasurer.
The 4A's welcomed new directors to the board, including Christoph Becker, global chair of integration at Edelman and Joe Maglio, CEO, McKinney as members-at-large, and Aaron Walton, CEO and founder of Walton Isaacson as a member in the Western region.
"I'm thrilled to partner more closely with Sharon and Vita in their new roles and to continue collaborating with Abbey, Christine and Barry as officers of the executive committee of the board," said 4A's president and CEO Marla Kaplowitz in a statement. "We're also excited to welcome Christoph, Joe and Aaron—an impressive group of industry leaders who are passionate advocates for the industry. I look forward to working with our entire board of directors, as we continue our mission to enable members' business transformation with what they need to compete—and address the critical challenges and opportunities facing our industry."


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Blue Water Mutual Aid is a network of St. Clair County residents who work within Port Huron and surrounding areas to address needs and work to inform others about the systemic problems that our community and society experience.
We believe that many problems in society can be addressed by community organizing; similar to how people come together in the face of urgent crisis, but on a sustained and consistent basis. Put simply, we are a coordinated group of neighbors that believe wealth inequality, skyrocketing costs for basic needs, climate change, white supremacy, patriarchy and corporate/government exploitation we learn about daily is the crisis. Rather than rely on the government or charitable groups to save us, our networks work to address local issues today and help educate community members about why our people – and all people – deserve more.
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Tehran University has expelled a young Christian woman activist without explanation. Fatemeh Mohammadi, a Christian convert who also goes by the name Mary, announced her expulsion on Twitter last month, International Christian Concern reports.
Great Revival Sweeping Through Iran As Hundreds Of Thousands Come To Jesus Christ
Mohammadi, a former prisoner, was arrested by NAJA (Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran) on July 9, 2019. She was arrested after a woman, Mousavi, harassed her because of her dress code and injured Mohammadi's face. Mohammadi went to a police station to file a complaint against that woman but she was arrested instead.
The attacker claimed that she is "enjoining good and forbidding wrong" which Iranian authorities considered positive roles in helping others to take the straight path and abstain from reprehensible acts.
A witness reported that Mohammadi was sitting in the bus when a Chador-wearing woman, Mousavi, insulted her and advised her to wear her headscarf properly. Mousavi attacked Mohammadi, pushed her chest with her hand, and beat her face until her nails were covered in blood.
All Muslim Family Members Accepted Jesus As Saviour As Jesus Healed Their Mother Of Cancer
The bus driver stopped the bus and they went to the police station branch 119. She filed a complaint against Mousavi, but police let her go and arrested Mohammadi. She was released on bail on July 10.
Mohammadi, a Christian convert and former prisoner was also arrested on November 18, 2017. She was detained in Tehran and was transferred to Evin prison.
On April 7th, 2018, Mohammadi, who was 19 years old at the time, was sentenced by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran, presided by Judge Ahmadzadeh, to six months' imprisonment on charges of "membership in proselytizing groups," "Christian activity," and "acting against national security through propaganda against the regime." She was released from Evin Prison's women's ward after completing her sentence.
Over 75% Christians In North Korea Die In Persecution
According to the Human Rights Activists News Agency, Fatemeh has since been having challenges gaining a student ID card at the beginning of the term. This made her ineligible to sit for classes.
This expulsion makes her ineligibility official. Iran has a long history of preventing individuals belonging to religious minorities from completing a university education.
In Iran, it's illegal to convert from Islam and illegal to share your faith. Consequently, church services in Farsi (Iran's national language) are not allowed. Converts from Islam face persecution from the government, and house church participants risk the constant threat of arrest.
Christianity Is Spreading In My Country: Iran's Intelligence Minister Laments
Fatemeh and Christians like her in Iran live in a society governed by Islamic law, which means the rights and professional possibilities for Christians are heavily restricted. As an Islamic Republic, Iran seeks to control the consciences of individuals and uses harsh methods to prevent religious freedom.
Although the Iranian government insists that it offers religious freedom, persecution watchdog groups and human rights agencies have said the Islamic regime is very hostile toward minorities, including Christians, Baha'is, and others.
Iran ranks 9th on Christian support organization Open Doors 2020 World Watch list of the 50 countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian.
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Testing Times for Gene Therapies
We are ready for gene therapy, but the accessibility and streamlining of gene testing needs to be improved
At a Glance
- Gene therapy in ophthalmology is starting to come of age, with the first clinical agent having now reached Phase III trials
- But before therapy can even be administered, gene testing has to be performed first. Today, this process is still cumbersome, confusing and time-consuming
- As ever-more genes (like the Wnt gene family) are uncovered that can cause retinal disease, the need for gene testing is only going to increase
- The entire process needs to be streamlined by reducing the costs involved, and enabling patients to access them more easily
My personal interest in gene therapies goes back to my PhD, when I worked on a gene therapy using recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) for autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (RP). This was a really exciting time in molecular research as it was around the first time that people were really looking at ways to utilize viruses for therapeutic purposes, rather than trying to figure out how to combat them. After my PhD, I completed my fellowship in Michigan at Associated Retinal Consultants, the same group where Albert Maguire had completed his fellowship. Albert and his wife Jean Bennett received their funding to start RPE65 gene therapy treatment for Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA) at this same institution (1). Excitingly, this involved the same viral vector that I had worked on as a graduate student. During my fellowship I was lucky enough to be part of a huge pediatric retina group, and the more I studied the Wnt gene family, the clearer it became that Wnts play a very important role in normal retinal development and maintenance. It struck me that if we could understand how they work and what they do in the retina, we could modulate their function as therapy – and that is my big focus: I study Wnt signaling and look at how this can be manipulated to develop effective gene therapies for Wnt-associated vitreoretinopathies.
Getting it into the clinic
I believe that there will come a time when tailored genetic interventions to fix genetic mutations for the treatment of retinal diseases will be commonplace. Gene therapy – at least for the eye – has mostly been performed with AAV vectors, and today we have gene therapies for retinal disease in late-stage clinical trials: RPE65 gene transformation for LCA and RP, and there are two ongoing clinical trials evaluating the use of RS1 as replacement therapy for congenital X-linked retinoschisis (2,3).
When it comes to gene therapies in the clinic, my "pie in the sky" ideal scenario is one where the patient comes into the clinic, we perform a genome screen to figure out the problem, and then tailor the treatment to them. Why is this "pie-in-the-sky?"
Because today, the biggest thing holding back the advance of gene therapies into routine clinical practice is gene testing, which for many, is cumbersome, confusing and time-consuming, for reasons which I will now explain.
In my opinion, although the majority of ophthalmologists appear excited by the potential of gene therapies, they don't want to be burdened with gene testing at this point, and this definitely has something to do with the ease and efficiency of being able to order genetic testing. Here in the US, if you ask the vast majority of clinicians whether they perform gene testing, they will say, "No I don't. One, it is cumbersome to my practice. Two, it is not going to change how I manage my patients." This needs to change. Gene therapy and gene testing go hand-in-hand; once we have gene therapy we will have to have a way to expedite gene testing. For this system to work, we need the process of gene testing to become streamlined, and for this system to not be cost-prohibitive as it is to some extent now.
Jumping through hoops to obtain a test
I am blessed to be a research-based ophthalmologist, as I can perform a lot of gene testing in-house. But this is also a curse because when I'm not able to do so, there's a multitude of obstacles that get in the way and hoops that have to be jumped through, just to do a test. Patients have to go down the pathway of seeing multiple physicians and getting authorization from their insurance providers. Once the patient reaches the right physician, the physician has to take time out, go online and find a laboratory that will perform the required test, and then find out the logistical and methodological aspects of getting it done – all alongside preparing strong clinical documentation supporting the need for testing. Going down this pathway means that a lot of patients – I would estimate around four in every five – are lost.
With genetic testing, reluctance can also be an issue when patients and parents sense that there are going to be difficulties or obstacles to getting their result. Although you will always have those few patients who may be reluctant to undergo gene testing due to the "fear" of finding out something is wrong, or concern over what it will do to their insurance premiums, the vast majority of patients – at least here in the US – do want to undergo testing: in my clinic, I've never had a parent who did not want their children to be tested for Wnt or Wnt-associated mutations. The "want" is there, we just need to overcome the difficulties and obstacles to
genetic testing.
Overcoming obstacles
But how can we overcome these difficulties? The cost of gene panel testing – whether it is covered by insurance, a health service or the patient – needs to be low enough for a patient to afford it. Going back 15 years, the high costs were somewhat justifiable because of the lack of testing facilities and technologies available, but now, we have so many new ways to do genetic analysis that high-throughput total genomic screening is possible: cost shouldn't be a barrier anymore. Sample collection also needs to be accessible. In an ideal world, when a patient comes in saying "I have night blindness," you should be able to grab a cheek swab, or a blood sample, and send it to a large central hub that performs the tests and returns the information. Now, I don't believe that it's possible for every institution to perform their own genetic testing for all genetic diseases: diagnostics centers are needed. We – and our technicians – should be easily able to obtain a sample and send it to a central location with a simple instruction such as "LCA panel" without delay or causing a backlog in the clinic.
So what should an ophthalmologist who wants to maximize the amount of gene testing they perform do? My recommendation depends on the situation: the hospital's configuration, location and available resources. Physicians and ophthalmologists in a University or hospital setting often have access to a strong genetics department: the pipeline for testing is there, and essentially, all that is needed is to strike up a rapport and maintain a good working relationship. Those in private practices may have to be more proactive, and collaborate with other colleagues to facilitate the required authorizations. The current dogma is basically to find somebody else who specializes in that the area and go to them. However, there are several helpful (if under-promoted) resources available to help with access to gene testing. The NIH's Genetic Testing Registry website (4) is one example: you simply put in the gene of interest and the website directs you towards laboratories who can perform that testing.
Looking to the future
Cataloging patients is also a key resource that I think should be more commonplace: there is so much to learn, and we as physicians do not take enough advantage of this. My group has a biobank: I set it up in 2003, and after only a couple of years, we had such volumes of data that we could start to see patterns emerge, and start making sense of the data. And the data started to guide our treatment and management of patients. The data from the biobank led to a number of research studies, and five years ago, we opened the Pediatric Research Retina laboratory at Oakland University. Our biobank now has samples from over a 1,000 children with various Wnt gene family mutations, and we have a number of ongoing projects including researching oxygen-induced retinopathy and neuroprotection of retinal cells. I currently hold patents that relate to different ways of manipulating Wnt signaling, enabling us to modulate neuroprotection, angiogenesis, inflammation, and even perform diagnostic procedures, and so far our preclinical data have been promising. Our hope is that we will be able to start a Phase I trial in the next year looking at Wnt-associated vitreoretinopathies. Although the trials are aimed at obtaining key safety data, we anticipate that we will get some clues regarding efficacy too. Looking to the future, our central aim is to manage children and young adults with vitreoretinopathies, but we are hoping that our work will eventually have a wider applicability. Currently, large volumes of patients with these retinopathies fall under the radar; these diseases are considered to be rare and "big pharma" just isn't interested unless there is potential to expand it into something larger. If we show that we can manage capillary dropout, promote angiogenesis, and prevent neurodegeneration with gene therapy, we will be opening the doors to much broader therapeutic spectrums, including therapies for diabetic changes and vein occlusions.
Kimberly Drenser is a Consultant Ophthalmologist at Associated Retinal Consultants and is the Director of the Pediatric Retinal Disease Molecular Genetics Laboratory and Director of Ophthalmic Research at Beaumont Eye Institute in Royal Oak, Michigan, USA. Kimberly is also a consultant and a member of the data safety and monitoring board at Spark Therapeutics.
- AM Maguire et al., "Safety and efficacy of gene transfer for Leber's congenital amaurosis", N Engl J Med, 358, 2240–2248 (2008). PMID: 18441370.
- Clinicaltrials.gov, "Study of RS1 Ocular Gene Transfer for X-linked Retinoschisis", (2016). Available at: clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02317887. Accessed September 26, 2016.
- Clinicaltrials.gov, "Safety and Efficacy of rAAV-hRS1 in Patients With X-linked Retinoschisis (XLRS)", (2016). Available at: clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02416622. Accessed September 26, 2016.
- GTR, "Genomic Testing Registry", (2016). Available at: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gtr/. Accessed September 26, 2016.
Kimberly Drenser is a Consultant Ophthalmologist at Associated Retinal Consultants and is the Director of the Pediatric Retinal Disease Molecular Genetics Laboratory and Director of Ophthalmic Research at Beaumont Eye Institute in Royal Oak, Michigan, USA. Kimberly is also a consultant and a member of the data safety and monitoring board at Spark Therapeutics.


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Content & DNS
Internet content: Content is king in today's Internet. Most of the traffic exchanged in the Internet relates to content whose popularity changes very fast over time. Users define which content is « hot », while distributed applications and the content replication platforms that sometimes host them ensure scalable content delivery to end-users. To understand where Internet content is and how it is being distributed, we need to map the content infrastructure, and how different applications rely on the content infrastructure to make their content available. In this work, we rely on active measurements to map the infrastructure hosting content in the Internet. This is joint work with Bernhard Ager, Georgios Smaragdakis and Wolfgang Mühlbauer.
DNS in the Wild: The Domain Name System is nowadays being (mis)used by CDNs to map user resquests to appropriate servers. DNS is therefore the central mechanism through which the location from which content is obtained is being chosen. Despite its widespread use for several decades, the behavior of DNS deployment within ISP networks is still poorly understood. In this work, we measure the performance of DNS from a large set of vantage points inside commercial ISPs. This is joint work with Bernhard Ager, Georgios Smaragdakis and Wolfgang Mühlbauer.
Software-defined Networking
OpenFlow: The granularity at which routing paths are computed today is static. Destination prefixes are used as the main granularity at which packets are handled in the Internet. OpenFlow aims at giving more flexibility in the way traffic is handled, by allowing data forwarding decisions based on any subset of the packet header, or even the content of the packets. Together with our lab in the US, we are investigating several questions related to the granularity at which data forwarding should be done, and where a given forwarding granularity should be used inside the network. This is joint work with Anja Feldmann, Nadi Sarrar, Robert Sherwood, and Xin Huang.
Scalable routers: As virtual routers become more popular, virtualization platforms need to be able to scale their forwarding. We present a method to scale virtual routers based on TCAMs. We rely on a merged data structure that enables the sharing of prefixes from several FIBs in TCAMs. This is joint work with the group of Gaogang Xie, Laurent Mathy and Kave Salamatian.
BGP dynamics: In order to decrease the amount of exchanged routing messages and transient routes, BGP routers rely on MRAI timers (RFC4271) and route flap damping (RFC2439). These timers are intended to limit the exchange of transient routing messages. In practice, these timers have been shown to be partly ineffective at improving convergence, making it even slower in some situations. In this work, we propose to add timers to routing protocols that enforce an ordering of the routing messages such that path exploration is drastically reduced while controlling convergence time. Our timers, called MRPC (metrics and routing policies compliant), are set independently by each router and depend only on the metrics of the routes received by the router as well as the routing policies of the router. No sharing of information about routing policies between neighboring ASs is required by our solution. This is joint work with Marc-Olivier Buob and Anthony Lambert.
Scalable route redistribution inside large ASs: The number of routes to be redistributed inside large transit ASes closes the million. Not only does the storage and propagation of this information poses serious scalability issues, but the way routers select routes will increase in complexity, requiring more sophisticated techniques than the current BGP in order to let each router leverage the routing information available to the AS. This is joint work with Cristel Pelsser, Mickael Meulle, Iuniana Oprescu, and Olaf Maennel.
Routing and traffic interactions between ASs: The behavior of a single AS is relatively well understood. Much less is known about how neighboring interact. In this work, we quantify routing interactions between two particular Ass. This is joint work with Renata Teixeira and Christophe Diot.
Modeling the Internet-wide routing of the Internet: Not much is known today of how BGP routes are propagated across the Internet. Before trying to change the interdomain routing architecture, one should know what aspects are important in the routing design. We thus aim to find out what are the important aspects when trying to reproduce the result of the route filtering and propagation of the BGP routes across the whole Internet. For that purpose, we build models of Internet routing and try to use them to infer general properties of the routing system, e.g., what level of detail is necessary, how optimal the current routes are. This is joint work with are working with Wolfgang Mühlbauer, Olaf Maennel, Anja Feldmann and Mickael Meulle.
Internet reachability
Bogon filtering: ISPs often use filters to protect themselves and their customers from non-legitimate prefixes (often called bogon prefixes). Unfortunately, some ISPs still do not configure their filters via the lists published by the RIRs. Instead, they choose to manually configure filters. As allocated address space changes over time, bogons become legitimately announced prefixes. However, not all filters by all ISPs are updated at the appropriate time. The goal of our work is to develop a methodology that detects where wrongly configured filters exists, so that ISPs can be contacted and asked to update their filters. This is joint work with Randy Bush, Olaf Maennel, and Matt Roughan.
Internet optometry: Bogon filtering is one particular reachability problem. When trying to assess the status of reachability of arbitrary subsets of the address space, limitations in terms of visibility of measurements are particularly annoying. BGP for example is biased towards the customer-provider part of the Internet, and publicly available BGP observation points are mostly located in the core of the Internet, not the edge. This means that we have a very partial view of how well reachability works in the Internet. In this work, we try to identify the biases that affect visibility of reachability in the Internet and develop methodologies to counter those biases. This is joint work with Randy Bush, Olaf Maennel, and Matt Roughan.
Network topology
Topological properties of the AS-level Internet: The current AS-level Internet topology is believed to have properties like power-law in the node degrees, a loose hierarchy due to peering relationships. Part of this topology is unknown, as only limited obervations of BGP paths are available. The true properties of the AS-level Internet might thus never be known. Still, obtaining a better understand of the AS-level graph is important to understand its evolution. In this work we try to understand the properties of the AS-level Internet by studying topology generators and how different the properties of the generated topologies are compared to observed ones. This is joint work with Hamed Haddadi, Damien Fay, Andrew Moore, Richard Mortier, Almerima Jamakovic, and Miguel Rio.
Internet traffic
Multi-scale properties of Internet traffic: During the 90's, several scaling behaviors have been identified in Internet traffic, including self-similarity, long-range dependence, and cascades. Because different behaviors occur at different and sometimes overlapping timescales, distinguishing them requires much methodological care. Wavelet-based estimators like the Logscale Diagram and the Multiscale Diagram have been invaluably useful. However, when scaling properties mix with non-stationary behavior, biases may happen and mislead the traffic analysis. In this work, a new methodology that distinguishes between different types of scaling processes has been developed. Thanks to this methodology, different scaling behaviors have been identified in flow arrivals.
Traffic models over the AS-level topology: Most of current traffic models deal with the dynamics on a single link. Understanding the relationship between the control plane and the data plane requires that we have means to simulate how the traffic gets spread over the global Internet. This is clearly a long-term goal to be able to reproduce both the control plane and the data plane. Short-term goals of this project is to first find ways to model how the traffic on the AS topology changes over time.
Traffic engineering
Traffic engineering with BGP: BGP has not been designed to be used as a mechanism for traffic engineering. However, its flexibility on the selection of routes makes it possible to adjust routing to fit traffic engineering goals. In this work, we have developped traffic engineering techniques for small and large networks. We have also evaluated the effectiveness of different types of traffic control: outbound traffic control is far easier than in the inbound direction. This is joint work with Cristel Pelsser, Bruno Quoitin and Olivier Bonaventure.
Geolocation of Internet hosts: IP Geolocation consists in finding the geographic location of an IP address in the Internet. There are two methods: passive (geolocation databases) and active (active measurements). Geolocation databases are known to have limited accuracy, while active measurements place burden on the network and require distributed measurements infrastructures. Both methods have limited accuracy, but their actual accuracy has been understudied in the literature, especially for geolocation databases. In this work, we investigate the accuracy of geolocation databases based on ground truth information, and find that their accuracy is very limited at the country-level. This is joint work with Ingmar Poese, Bamba Gueye, Benoit Donnet and Mohamed Ali Kaafar.


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Brothers of Brazil – "Brothers of Brazil"
Album Reviews | Oct 3rd, 2011
Record Label: Side One Dummy
Genre: Samba Punk
Band Link: brothersofbrazil.uol.com.br
Buy on Amazon.com
It's obvious that Side One Dummy is trying to find another hidden gem like Gogol Bordello. Brothers of Brazil is a samba/bossa nova/punk influenced band that sounds like something you might hear at a Casino pool in Vegas. The group consists of a singer/acoustic guitar player and a drummer who looks like he was in Total Chaos.
I have to say that Brothers of Brazil is something I haven't really heard before. This isn't just your typical bossa nova music, these guys have a bit of an attitude to it. The band played the Warped Tour I believe which makes me wonder how they went over with the crowd. This seems like the type of band that you either like or dislike. I think I like this band but some of the songs tend to get annoying or boring for me. I feel like Brothers of Brazil would benefit with having more people in the band. The music seems too stripped down to me. I have to listen to this album a few more times to really get a grasp on it. With it being Fall now, my mood isn't really on tropical style music these days.
Bottom Line: Unique band that will either be loved or hated.
Notable Tracks: Punch You, I Love The French, Take The Money and Run Away to Rio
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06 Oct Modern Power Sockets From Backa Palanka
Executive Directress, Jovаnа Jаkovljev, and her father, engineer and General Manager, Djura Jakovljev, are main movers and conceptual authors of production of the branded electrical installation material in their company "Nopal luks" from Backa Palanka, which employs 130 persons.
Jovana Jakovljev is a member of the Association of Business Women of Serbia and winner of the award "Success Flower for a Dragon Woman 2012" in the category "the best model of women employment".
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In 1968 the well-known Paris art publisher Pierre de Tartas, whose portfolio included Maurice de Vlaminck, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Raoul Dufy and Kees Van Dongen, commissioned Leonor Fini to illustrate a de luxe portfolio edition of Paul Verlaine's poetry collection Parallèlement, first published in 1889. Parallèlement was a perennially popular subject for illustration, largely because it includes the two lesbian-themed cycles 'Les amies' and 'Femmes', so it is not hard to see why Leonor was an obvious choice for the Pierre de Tartas edition, and why she readily agreed.
The style of her Verlaine illustrations is quite different from other illustration work she was creating at the time, colourful, loosely-drawn and, for Leonor, rather pretty. She created fifteen colour lithographs for Parallèlement, plus two for the covers. Six are folded double-page illustrations.
It's interesting to compare the Parallèlement illustrations with Leonor Fini's paintings from the same period, also on lesbian themes. 'La peine capitale' (capital punishment) of 1969, for example, includes a significant interaction between the confident woman with her legs open and a clearly phallic goose, neck bent down as it contemplates the open legs and the knife being held rather too close. The colours are very similar to the Verlaine lithographs, but compared with the softness and comfort of the Parallèlement interactions the implications of 'La peine capitale' are much more threatening.
The Pierre de Tartas/Leonor Fini edition of Parallèlement was produced in a limited numbered boxed portfolio edition of 290 copies.


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Background & Aims: The protease plasmin is an important wound healing factor, but it is not clear how it affects gastrointestinal infection–mediated damage, such as that resulting from Clostridioides difficile. We investigated the role of plasmin in C difficile–associated disease. This bacterium produces a spore form that is required for infection, so we also investigated the effects of plasmin on spores. Methods: C57BL/6J mice expressing the precursor to plasmin, the zymogen human plasminogen (hPLG), or infused with hPLG were infected with C difficile, and disease progression was monitored. Gut tissues were collected, and cytokine production and tissue damage were analyzed by using proteomic and cytokine arrays. Antibodies that inhibit either hPLG activation or plasmin activity were developed and structurally characterized, and their effects were tested in mice. Spores were isolated from infected patients or mice and visualized using super-resolution microscopy; the functional consequences of hPLG binding to spores were determined. Results: hPLG localized to the toxin-damaged gut, resulting in immune dysregulation with an increased abundance of cytokines (such as interleukin [IL] 1A, IL1B, IL3, IL10, IL12B, MCP1, MP1A, MP1B, GCSF, GMCSF, KC, TIMP-1), tissue degradation, and reduced survival. Administration of antibodies that inhibit plasminogen activation reduced disease severity in mice. C difficile spores bound specifically to hPLG and active plasmin degraded their surface, facilitating rapid germination. Conclusions: We found that hPLG is recruited to the damaged gut, exacerbating C difficile disease in mice. hPLG binds to C difficile spores, and, upon activation to plasmin, remodels the spore surface, facilitating rapid spore germination. Inhibitors of plasminogen activation might be developed for treatment of C difficile or other infection-mediated gastrointestinal diseases.
Original language | English |
Pages (from-to) | 1431-1443.e6 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Gastroenterology |
Volume | 159 |
Issue number | 4 |
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Publication status | Published - Oct 2020 |
- Fibrinolytic System
- Liver Enzyme
- Microbe
- Pathogenic Bacteria
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Activation and inhibition of the Plasminogen/Plasmin system
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Australia)
1/01/17 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
The role of Clostridium difficile spore interactions with the host in gastrointestinal infection and disease
Lyras, D. & Rood, J.
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Australia)
1/01/16 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging
Whisstock, J., Abbey, B., Nugent, K., Quiney, H. M., Godfrey, D. I., Heath, W., Fairlie, D., Chapman, H., Peele, A., Davey, J. & Wittmann, A.
30/06/14 → 31/03/21
Project: Research
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Gordon Research Conference on Proteases and Their Inhibitors
Ruby Law (Invited speaker)
5 Jun 2022 → 10 Jun 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
Histology Platform
Camilla Cohen (Manager)
Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences Research PlatformsFacility/equipment: Facility
Monash Micro Imaging
Stephen Firth (Manager), Alex Fulcher (Operator), Oleks Chernyavskiy (Operator), Margaret Rzeszutek (Other), David Potter (Manager), Volker Hilsenstein (Operator), Juan Nunez-Iglesias (Other), Stephen Cody (Manager), Irena Carmichael (Operator), Betty Kouskousis (Other), Sarah Creed (Manager) & Giulia Ballerin (Operator)
Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences Research PlatformsFacility/equipment: Facility
Ramaciotti Centre for Cryo-Electron Microscopy
Georg Ramm (Manager), Simon Andrew Crawford (Operator), Hariprasad Venugopal (Operator), Joan Marea Clark (Operator) & Gediminas Gervinskas (Operator)
Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences Research PlatformsFacility/equipment: Facility


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Options abound when it comes to buying property in Florida, including homes on the ocean or a little further inland. One city to seriously consider is Palm Coast, which is located on Florida's east coast, on the A1A River and the River to Sea Preserve. It offers the best of all worlds, with its size of over 70,000 and its beautiful scenery. Here are the top 10 reasons to shop at this location.
1. Proximity to Big Cities
It's not far from some of Florida's largest cities, including Orlando (82 miles away), Gainesville (also 82 miles away), and Jacksonville (58 miles away). It's also close to Daytona, which is 37 miles to the south, and St. Augustine, which is 37 miles to the north.
2. Close to key attractions
It is also close to some wonderful attractions. For example, since Orlando is only 82 miles away, it's an easy day trip to enjoy the city's theme parks and other attractions.
3. Things to do
Palm Coast residents have plenty to do and see without leaving the city. There are Jack Nicklaus-designed golf courses, fishing expeditions on the Intracoastal Waterway, tours of formal gardens, birding on the Great Birding Trail, and explorations of wildlife areas and wetlands.
4.Quiet and peaceful
While Palm Coast provides easy access to cities and attractions, it is secluded and therefore doesn't have the hustle and bustle of a larger location.
5. No state income tax
Florida is one of the few states that does not have state income taxes.
6. Great schools
The nine elementary schools, six middle schools, and four high schools serving the Palm Coast area are highly rated and offer various options, including public, charter, and private education.
7. Beautiful houses facing the sea
In Palm Coast, there are many waterfront homes that offer fun, relaxation, and beauty. These range from those in the ocean to locations along the Intracoastal Waterway.
8. Mild climate
The area offers a mild climate year-round and pleasant sea breezes to cool you down in the summer.
9. Reasonable prices
Home prices in Palm Coast are reasonable, with numerous options in the $200,000 to $300,000 range.
10.Highway access
It's easy to get in and out of the city thanks to the close proximity of Interstate 95.
Palm Coast is an ideal place for all ages and stages of life. It's in a booming real estate market, and now is a great time to buy in this thriving area.


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Baku, Azerbaijan, July 6
By Seymur Aliyev - Trend:
A very controversial referendum, on which the majority of the population refused to accept the terms of resumption of financial aid put forward by the European Commission, the ECB and the IMF, has ended in Greece.
The ambiguity of the referendum for Azerbaijan lies in the first place in the fact that the government, which calls into question the previously concluded agreements on the projects to supply Azerbaijani gas to Europe, has strengthened considerably in Greece. On the other hand, it is an indication that many countries in Europe have had enough of the power of the EU hegemons.
Today one can unequivocally say that Athens will not withdraw from the EU. Tsipras' left-wing government has been "blackmailing" Europe for a long time, showing a rapprochement with Russia. However, it is no secret for anyone that in today's conditions, Moscow cannot help financially even its strategic allies, not to mention the new "friend" candidates. Greece understands that as well, therefore, the strongest factor was used - the people. In fact, it was a demonstration of capabilities of the national protest not against any individual EU measures, but against the European Union itself as a whole.
The reaction came in fast. Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi urged the EU to resume contacts with Greece after holding the referendum there. Regardless of the results of the referendum, it is necessary to return to negotiating table, the prime minister said. In addition, the Greeks themselves said that they intend to negotiate with the creditors within 48 hours.
As for the projects to supply Azerbaijani gas via Greece, the situation here is a bit different.
First, Greece only offers its territory for laying the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline and doesn't participate in the construction. Second, there are no Greece companies among the shareholders of the gas pipeline where such largest energy giants as BP, Statoil and SOCAR are represented.
Third, there are international contracts on all the work carried out in Greece and any attempt to revise them will lead to the international arbitrage and major expenses - which is extremely disadvantageous for Athens right now.
Fourth, probably the most important factor is that the construction of the pipeline can open thousands of jobs in Greece, which is currently very important for the country. Thus, there is no point to expect threats for the projects on Azerbaijani gas supply to Europe.
As for the political side of the issue, Greece showed that the united Europe is not only Germany and France, but also other countries. Moreover, it is a direct hint to Berlin and Paris: before dealing with the problems of "other countries", they would better get things straight within the EU.
In principle, it is the problem of not only EU, but any other similar union. For example, the sanctions imposed on Russia, affected its other partners in the Eurasian Economic Union as well which caused their discontent.
In general, all the ongoing processes show the rightness of the independent policy, distancing from the unions and other associations which force countries to undertake others' obligations and reduce the sovereignty, flexibility of policy and economy of any state.
Azerbaijan can serve as an example of the country pursuing such independent policy. Many, especially, the European Union are not comfortable with this. However, namely Greece and its people yesterday showed that not everything happens as EU or other major global players like.
Edited by SI
Seymur Aliyev is the head of Trend Agency's Russian News Service


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Group Meeting Materials
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[Group] Membership
This area if for describing the requirements, if any, of how to join the group. If it is open to all, just put the contact information or sign up form. Feel free to re-name this ara to be appropriate to the group.
How We Communicate
This area if for information about communication tools such as email, listservs/forums or Teams Channels, etc. Feel free to re-name this area to be appropriate to the group.
Message Boards
Relevant Resources
This area if for more evergreen resources like toolkits, downloads and relevant quality foundation stuff.
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Group Meeting Materials
This area is for past recording and meeting materials. It should autopopulate. Update this introduction text before publishing.
Looking for a different event or meeting? Visit the Past Recordings and Meeting Materials page.
Helpful Information
Phone, if applicable
Phone, if applicable
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Optional Area
May change grid to 2 column if this is not needed
May change grid to 2 column if this is not needed