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In the Star Trek episode "Space Seed", Khan was a genetically engineered human who, in the wake of the eugenic wars, was exiled to a distant planet. This Khan is a sensitive observer of the human condition, who at one point, asks Kirk if he has ever read Milton. Kirk, in turn, laments, "Yes, I understand." Khan, of course, was a sensitive and wise commentator on the perils and potential of genetics.
There exists a second Khan, however, and his vengeful wrath has been visited upon me. This post concerns that second Khan who, unlike the first Khan, is neither sensitive nor wise. The first Khan expounds on the terrible responsibility his position has left him in. The second Khan expounds on dating and eugenics. A few samples of this second Khan's "science" in action follow. Excerpts taken from the links above:
Khan on dating:
A few points need to be made clear: males do not exhibit statistically significant racial preferences by and large. That's somewhat shocking to me. I'm not surprised that older subjects have weaker biases, I suspect frankly they're more realistic and don't want to narrow their options anymore than they have to. Finally, I'm totally confused as to why hotties would be less race conscious; you would figure if hybrid vigor is real that the marginal returns would be greatest for the fuglies (specifically, assuming that fugitude correlates with individual mutational load and hybridization would be better at masking that load). But the most relevant demographic point is that these are Columbia University graduate students. In other words, a cognitively & socially elite sample.
This selection makes me smile a bit as I am a member of the "elite" population he is writing about. Which is a nice compliment, if a bit at odds with his contention that I am a "Left Creationist", but then who I am I to judge?
I won't say much here, except that the second Khan's interpretation of the phenomena of dating among "elite" graduate student bears no resemblance to actual facts on the ground. Which, when it comes to his interpretations of human behavior is par for the course. This is actually one of his better efforts, much worse follows:
Khan on eugenics:
if homosexuality is predominantly biological, and if we could predict and "correct" (or abort) this likelihood at the fetal stage I have little doubt that the majority of parents would opt to prevent their child being homosexual. That being said, a minority would not, and I am willing to bet that a hard core of "naturalists," generally conservative and motivated by deep religious beliefs, would avoid these screens on principle. Not only do I suspect that Down Syndrome children in the future will be born predominantly to religious and social conservatives, but I suspect that a disproportionate number of homosexuals might!
I'll let this one speak for itself.
Yesterday I wrote a perfectly mild blog post which argued two obvious and non-controversial points. First, there is a gap between science as it is practiced and science as it is reconstructed in reports. Second, the gene is not a unitary monolith, but rather a mutable concept which has changed form over the last one hundred years. Further, there are disciplinary differences in representing the gene which inform the course of inquiry within those disciplines. In short, "gene" is a concept with multiple, overlapping meanings and deployments, mainly dependent upon disciplinary focus. Far from suggesting the gene is uninteresting, I suggested that it is far more complex and subtle than commonly given credit for in its unitary formulation. Within the various questions and currents of genetics are any number of fascinating and powerful questions to be asked.
Disciplines such evolutionary psychology, sociobiology, and to a lesser extent, population genetics, I argued, rely on the conception of the gene put forth by Johannsen in 1909. Johannsen argued that the gene should be considered as a unit of transmission divorced from its chemical composition. The important intellectual move made by Johannsen was developing a concept that address the complex phenomena of transmission without connecting them to the elementary phenomena which are assumed to effect the actual transmitting. Hence, when the molecular program came in and effected the modern synthesis, it was very quickly realized that the molecular did not simplify and explain Johannsen's concept, but rather added a layer of complexity. In the manner of all interesting science, it brought not answers, but new and sharper questions about the relation of elementary to complex phenomena.
Now, this should be no surprise to anyone with even cursory knowledge of the history of genetics, which Khan apparently lacks. The modern synthesis is built on the combination of two disparate conceptions of the gene. This is the import of the word synthesis in the phrase "the modern synthesis."
The history of psychology makes an interesting comparison with the development of the gene concept. One hundred years ago Wundt and Kulpe had a sharp disagreement over the nature of psychology centered around the relation of the elementary phenomena studied by the experimental faction to the complex phenomena studied by Wundt's faction. Both authored books titled Grundriss der Psychologie in the same year! But, I'll write about psychology at a later date.
For next time I will dig deeper into the second Khan's theory of eugenics (dating I'll leave to someone else) and shake out the ideology from the science. We shall find how how much of the first Khan's statement, "Improve a mechanical device and you may double productivity, but improve man and you gain a thousandfold", exists in the second Khan's science.


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I am still adding my link to Laura's blog "I'm an Organizing Junkie", as a way to support her but there's no way that I can look through all the blogs participating, there's just too many and not enough time in the day for me LOL
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Brigadier General CSA Francis Asbury Shoup
Location: Conwell Cemetery, State Rd. 121, Laurel (Franklin County, Indiana)
Installed: 2006 Indiana Historical Bureau, Franklin County Historical Society, and Indiana Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans
This marker contains inaccuracies. Read the report here.
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Remembered for service in Confederate States of America army, 1861-1865, and "Shoupade" fortification design; fought in battles of Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Atlanta. Advocated recruitment of African Americans for CSA army. After the war, he was a university professor, published author, and Episcopal rector.
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Born near present-day Laurel 1834. Attended Indiana Asbury University, Greencastle. Graduated 1855 from United States Military Academy at West Point. Served in Federal army 1855-1860; resigned to pursue law career. In Indianapolis circa 1860. Died 1896; buried at Sewanee University Cemetery, Tennessee.
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Remembered for service in Confederate States of America army, 1861-1865, (2) and "Shoupade" fortification design;(3) fought in battles of Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Atlanta.(4) Advocated recruitment of African Americans for CSA army.(5) After the war, he was a university professor, published author, and Episcopal rector.(6)
Born near present-day Laurel 1834.(7) Attended Indiana Asbury University, Greencastle.(8) Graduated 1855 from United States Military Academy at West Point.(9) Served in Federal army 1855-1860; resigned to pursue law career.(10) In Indianapolis circa 1860. (11) Died 1896; buried at Sewanee University Cemetery, Tennessee.(12)
(1) Raab states that Shoup made Brigadier-General, September 13, 1862. James W. Raab, A Dual Biography: General Lloyd Tilghman & General Francis Shoup (Murfreesboro, Tenn., 2001), 149, 169. (B00039) The two following sources give the date as September 12, 1862: General Clement A. Evans, ed., Confederate Military History Extended Edition (North Carolina, 1987, orig. 1899), 16: 209; (B00565) Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Gray, Lives of the Confederate Commanders (Baton Rouge, 1959), 275-76. (B00529)
(2) Raab, Dual Biography, 153-54, 157, 210. (B00039) Evans, Confederate Military History, 208-10. (B00565) Warner, 275-76. (B00529)
(3) Raab, Dual Biography, 191, 193-95, illustration on 196. (B00039)
Shoup states in a published paper, that General G. W. Smith named Shoup's fortifications along the Chattahoochee River "Shoupades." "Dalton Campaign "Works at Chattahoochee River" Interesting History, " Confederate Veteran, 3:9 (September 1895), 263. (B00530)
Sherman mentioned strong fortification along the Chattahoochee River. William T. Sherman, Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman (New York, 1990), 535-36. (B00531)
William Scaife provides a brief "Study" of the battle for Atlanta, which states the importance of the fortifications in Johnston's defense of Atlanta. William R. Scaife, "The Campaign for Atlanta, " www.state.ga.us/civilwar/atlanta.html (accessed January 26, 2005). (B00534)
(4) Raab, Dual Biography, 160-64, 175-81, 185-202. (B00039) Confederate Veteran, 2:5 (May 1894), 137-40. (B00537). Confederate Veteran 2:6 (June 1894), 172-74. (B00535). Confederate Veteran 3:9 (September 1895), 262-65. (B00530) Shoup's journal after the fall of Atlanta is reprinted in War of the Rebellion Official Records Series I (Washington, 1901), 39:803-08. (B00543)
(5) Raab, Dual Biography, 202-209, (B00039) prints part of Shoup article on black recruitment originally published in Richmond Whig, February 20, 1865; New York Times, February 26, 1865, (B00683) under a general heading "From the South, " quotes Shoup from the Richmond Whig article, and others, in a section on recruitment of blacks/Negro Soldiers for the Confederate army. The Confederate "Congress approved the incorporation of blacks into the army on March 13, [1865]." Raab, Dual Biography, 208. (B00039) Shoup requested to command black troops March 1865. Raab, Dual Biography, 209. (B00039)
(6) After the war, Shoup taught at University of Mississippi, 1865-1875 "physics, astronomy and civil engineering until 1867; then metaphysics, aesthetics, logic, and political philosophy. Shoup took orders in the Episcopal Church, 1868. In 1869, he became Professor of Mathematics at the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. He left in 1875, serving as rector at churches in various locations. Shoup returned to the University of the South in 1883 as professor of mathematics, physics, and engineering. Historical Catalogue of the University of Mississippi (Nashville, 1910), 20-21; (B00541) Dumas Malone, ed., Dictionary of American Biography (New York, 1935), 17:130-31; (B00528) Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 (Chicago, 1963), 482; (B00532)
Rev. Francis A. Shoup, D.D. was listed as Rector of the Columbia Institute, Columbia, Tennessee. Confederate Veteran 2:6 (June 1894), back cover. (B00535)
Books that Shoup authored include Infantry Tactics (1862); Artillery Division Drill (1864); Elements of Algebra (1874); Mechanism and Personality (1891). Magazine articles he wrote included "How We Went to Shiloh, " Confederate Veteran, May 1894; "Vicksburg, " Confederate Veteran, June 1894; "Dalton Campaign", " Confederate Veteran, September 1895; "Uncle Tom's Cabin 40 Years Later, " Sewanee Review. He also authored a pamphlet on proposed Negro troops in the Confederate army: Policy of Employing Negro Troops (1865).
Who was Who in America, 482;(B00532) Dictionary of American Biography, 17:131;(B00528) Encyclopedia of the American Civil War, 1781.(B00684).
(7)Most sources give his birth date as 1834. Raab, Dual Biography, 155; (B00039) Malone, ed., 17:130; (B00528) Who Was Who, 482; (B00532) Richard Owen, Generals at Rest: The Gravesites of the 425 Official Confederate Generals (Shippensburg, Penn., 2001), 231. (B00529)
However, his grave marker pictured in Owen, p. 231, indicates 1835; this date might have come from his wife, who is indicated as the source for his biographical sketch (in which there are several date errors) in the Historical Catalogue of the University of Mississippi, 20-21. (B00541)
Laurel did not exist in 1834. Nearby, the Conwells Mills post office was established May 31, 1832. This post office was changed to Laurel on July 26, 1837. J. David Baker, The Postal History of Indiana, 2 vols. (Louisville, Ky., 1976), 2: 919, 966.
(8)Shoup's name is included in Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the Indiana Asbury University for 1848, 1849, 1850 (Greencastle, IN, 1848, 1850, 1851), 13, 11, 10. (B00539)
One author lists alumni who served as generals in the military. Shoup is listed as "ex-1851." George B. Manhart, DePauw Through the Years, (Greencastle, 1962), 1:Appendix G, 563. (B00533)
(9) Confederate Military History, 16: 208; (B00565) Gerard A. Patterson, Rebels from West Point (New York, 1987), 162; (B00542) "Examination at West Point, " New York Times, June 2, 1855. (B00545)
(10) Confederate Military History, 16: 208; (B00565) Malone, ed., 17: 130; (B00528) Who Was Who, 482; (B00532) Raab, Dual Biography, 155-56. (B00039)
(11)US Census 1860, Schedule 1, Third Ward, Marion County, Indiana, enumerated June 19, 1860, p. 103 (B00540) Raised Independent Zouaves company 1860 in Indianapolis after John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. Malone, ed., American Biography, 17:130. (B00528) Visited Charleston, S.C. 1860, then Florida 1861 to enlist in Confederate Army. Raab, Dual Biography, 155-56. (B00039) Indianapolis Daily Journal, January 30, 1861, (B00537) indicated that Shoup had resigned his command in the Independent Zouaves, a voluntary military company, and gone to Florida. Ibid., October 19, 1861 (B00536) lists Shoup as one of "four former residents" who "are now in the ranks of the army of traitors under Jeff. Davis." Raab, Dual Biography, 155-56, (B00039) indicating that his source is Shoup's personal letters, mixes summary and quotations, to provide some of Shoup's rationale for joining the Confederacy: Shoup was convinced that "the election of Lincoln would lead to a war of the sections' " and he "had a great horror of abolitionism" (155). Given his military training, Shoup knew he would have to serve in the military on one side or the other: "My whole nature rebelled against the Republican party and it seemed to me that the one thing to do was to change my residence' " (155-56). Shoup moved to the south before South Carolina seceded, even though he believed that he had "prospects of high command" in the north (156). Shoup attended the Secession Convention of December 1860 in Charleston, S.C. (156).
For descriptions of the political climate in Indiana just before the Civil War see: Lorna Lutes Sylvester, "Oliver P. Morton and Southern Politics, " Indiana University PhD History, chapters 1 and 2 (1968) (B00584). For the national picture see: Steven A. Channing, Crisis of Fear (New York, 1970) (B00585), pp. 286-93. For an explanation of the huge impact of John Brown's raid see: Clement Eaton, A History of the Southern Confederacy (New York, 1954), 1-7. (B00586)
(12) Raab, Dual Biography, 212-13; (B00039) Who Was Who, 482; (B00532) Malone, ed., American Biography, 17: 130-31; (B00528) Owen, Generals at Rest, 231. (B00529) His grave marker reads: "Rev. Francis Asbury Shoup, D.D. - Priest - Mar. 22, 1835 "Sept. 4, 1896." See note (7) preceding regarding birth date.


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Officials in Michigan's most populous county reversed course and certified its election results Tuesday evening, just a few hours after a surprising party-line deadlock suddenly cast the certification of more than 800,000 votes in doubt. Wayne County voted overwhelmingly for President-elect Joe Biden.
The two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers — a bipartisan foursome tasked with approving the results from a heavily populated swath of Michigan that includes Detroit — initially blocked the move to certify the votes, asserting discrepancies with the poll books in certain Detroit precincts.
That meant an extremely rare 2-2 tie, which would have been sent up to the Board of State Canvassers to decide. The deadlock even earned a celebratory tweet from President Trump, who lost Michigan and the presidential election but has refused to concede. The tie did not last long, however.
It stood for just about three hours under withering criticism, as residents made their complaints clear during a public comment period and local and national leaders lambasted the two members' decision online.
Wayne County Commission Chair Alisha Bell, for one, called it "an appalling outrage."
"They are denying justice and insulting and disregarding the will of Wayne County voters. They have neglected their responsibility by politicizing the certification process," Bell said in a statement issued Tuesday, adding that she was "disappointed in the two Republican members, Monica Palmer and William Hartmann."
Every court on the Detroit election results has ruled that Trump's claims of error were baseless. Had the Board of Canvassers disenfranchised 1.4 million Wayne County voters over partisan politics, it would have been an historically shameful act.
— Mayor Mike Duggan (@MayorMikeDuggan) November 18, 2020
It's plain and simple, folks. The Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers put politics above their duty to our residents. Suggesting that all of Wayne County can be certified, EXCEPT for Detroit, is horrifying racist and a subversion of our democracy.
— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) November 17, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden carried 68% of the vote in Wayne County. And in Detroit specifically, where Palmer and Hartmann focused their objections to the results, more than 78% of the city's population is black — a point that was not lost on critics.
During the Zoom meeting for public comment directly after the board's initial vote, the Rev. Wendell Anthony, head of the Detroit branch of the NAACP, called the two members a "disgrace."
"You have extracted a Black city out of a county and said the only ones that are at fault is the city of Detroit, where 80% of the people who reside here are African Americans," he told the two Republican board members, according to The Associated Press. "Shame on you!"
The deadlock dissolved later that evening, however, as Palmer and Hartmann reversed their votes with the reassurance of a comprehensive audit of the vote tally. With their approval, the election results in Wayne County were certified unanimously.
The dust-up in Wayne County unfolded amid a nationwide effort by Trump and many of his GOP allies to push back on the results of the election. The outgoing president has claimed widespread voting fraud, without evidence, in the several of the states that he lost, including Michigan.
On Wednesday, the president reiterated his claim that a "giant scam" robbed him of a victory in the state. "I win Michigan!" he tweeted.
He and his allies, however, have repeatedly failed to produce evidence supporting their allegations of election fraud.
That failure has spelled trouble in court for his campaign to get the election results overturned. In Michigan, an appeals court on Monday unanimously ruled against a Republican bid to invalidate the vote in Wayne County. The decision backed a lower-court ruling that found the allegations to be simply "not credible."
And the legal setbacks for Trump haven't been confined to Michigan's borders, either. As NPR's Pam Fessler explains, similar efforts challenging the vote in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Wisconsin have failed to gain traction.
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Should I Become An Entrepreneur?
When to become an entrepreneur is a common quandary for many. For whatever reason, this issue has come up a great deal recently (recession-driven workforce dislocation?), so I thought I'd share a few thoughts that might help frame this critical decision.
I have concluded that being an entrepreneur is an irrational state of being. If human beings were purely rational, evaluative, value maximizing individuals (see HBS Prof Michael Jensen's paper on self-interest and human behavior), they would not start companies. If they sat down and did the expected value calculation by laying out the probability-weighted outcomes of being an entrepreneur as compared to taking a safe job, it would not pencil out.
Yet, entrepreneurship is not simply a rational journey. It is one that is defined by passion and personal satisfaction that transcends purely financial analysis. And, of course, there is always the hope for the big payout, no matter how long the odds.
Despite popular wisdom to the contrary, age is not a major factor in the decision to start a company. The Kauffman Foundation reports that the median age of founders is 39 - right at the midpoint of a typical professional career - and 69% are 35 or older. Another study by Washington University professors of 86,000 science and engineering graduates showed that age was not a significant predictor of becoming an entrepreneur.
So when should you become an entrepreneur. Here are the kinds of questions you should ask yourself:
- Do you have an idea that no one can talk you out of? When you bounce your start-up idea off your spouse, friends and trusted advisors, are they able to raise enough objections that you begin to doubt whether the idea has merit. Getting honest, objective advice can be hard because the people you are likely to go to care about you and may be afraid to tell you what they really think for fear of offending you. Thus, you need to get feedback from objective parties (e.g., advisors, experts, prospective angel or VC investors with whom you don't have a deep personal relationship).
- Do you have a partner you trust with complimentary skills? Starting a company is a lonely adventure. Having a partner that you can trust and whose skillset and experience is complementary to yours can be a huge functional and emotional benefit.
- Are you prepared to endure with modest or no salary for a few years? Founding a company often means making personal sacrifices and below-market cash compensation. All the talk about "lean start-ups" (which I'm a big fan of) sometimes obscures the practical reality of what it means to eat through your personal savings.
- Are you bored with your current work environment/life situation? There is nothing boring about being an entrepreneur. More apt adjectves might include stimulating, engrossing, obsessive, exhilarating, nerve-racking - but not boring. If you are tired of viewing your work as a chore and if every day is a bit of a grind, then entrepreneurship is for you. I find that the intrinsic motivation behind an aspiring entrepreneur is sometimes the simplest - because it's fun. Seeking fun can transcend all other factors.
- Do you perform best in the absence of structure? In my book, Mastering the VC Game, I describe a metaphor for the three stages of a start-up: the jungle, the dirt road and the highway. In the earliest stages of a venture - the jungle - there are no clear paths available and the skills required are to thrive in the midst of the chaos. For those who possess that makeup, being a start-up executive is an excellent fit. But for those that like clear paths with little uncertainty and a great deal of structure - the highway - an early-stage venture will feel like a very uncomfortable environment.
Reflecting on these questions, I find it intriguing to reflect on what kind of environment - either from the perspective of parents raising their children or policy makers thinking about encouraging entrepreneurial ecosystems - can be created to foster more entrepreneurship? HBS Professor Noam Wasserman is writing a book called Founding Dilemmas which is coming out later this year (I've read early drafts and believe it will be a must-read for entrepreneurs). In it, he quotes career guru Dr. Tim Butler who points out that signals from parents, mentors and local leaders have a large influence on whether people chose to become entrepreneurs. "We receive very powerful messages [from those around us] about what's important, what success is, what failure is, what counts for achievement and what doesn't. "
Celebrating entrepreneurial success stories in our culture and putting folks like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Larry Page (the new Google CEO!) and even more accessible, local heroes on magazine covers and in front of audiences is obviously a huge factor. Every college kid in America looks at Mark Zuckerburg and thinks, "Why not me?" Why not, indeed?
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I first tried Patty & Bun when they were doing a residency at The Endurance. The burgers were a perfect middle-ground between the higher-end burgers that Hawksmoor and Goodman sell - you know, that uniform puck of a patty, the sharp slice of cheese, crisp vegetables - and the sloppier, dirtier, Meat Liquor-esque burgers. Now they've opened a no reservation 30-seater on James Street; the Ari Gold cheeseburger is a favourite, the Smoky Robinson following close behind.
Peruvian food had a bit of a moment. Ceviche opened up in Soho, which I've still not managed to visit, but I did get along to Lima in Fitzrovia for a work lunch. Most of the menu was littered with ingredients I didn't recognise and the dishes were excitingly vibrant, the ceviche in particular a highlight. I loved their crockery.
Mishkins was a slow burner for me. When they first opened I enjoyed my meal there enough. The Jewish-style food wasn't something I'd encountered before; it was all very new to me and slowly but surely I found myself visiting more often. I'm a sucker for their cured herring on beetroot with pickled cucumbers. Their offering at Feast (Islington Square) was an English muffin stuffed with salt beef and pickles and it was one of the best dishes I ate that day.
One of the best lunchtime scoffings I've had this year was at Noodle Oodle. Although they refused us water unless we bought bottled, I still loved their hand pulled noodles topped with crisp-skinned roasted duck; tender juicy meat, still on the bone for maximum flavour and that sweet, lacquered skin, nestled within silky noodles with decent pull.
Best Sunday pub lunch I've had this year goes to The Thatched House. Out of my comfort zone in West London, I hiked out to Ravenscourt Park for a post-veganism treat from Osh, who manages it and the excellent Ship in Wandsworth. I've long pooh-poohed roast dinners in pubs, finding that the meat is always grey / tough / not enough of it, or the vegetables are watery and unimaginative; here we found the roast sirloin beautifully cooked, the vegetables plentiful. Any pub that serves cauliflower cheese as well as 3 other vegetables gets my vote. Preceded by a perfect Scotch egg and finishing with an outrageous sticky toffee pudding, I waddled home with happy memories.
Back Eastwards in Hackney, we visited Little Georgia several times. For dinner, a sharing platter of vegetable salads, cheesy breads and meats were bargainous and tasty. Georgian food was novel and exciting, often heavily flavoured with dill and garlic. One of my sandwiches of the year was a lunchtime offering from them; fresh herby focaccia stuffed with salty cheese, hams and vegetables, it was bigger than by face and, toasted, was a melty tasty feast. At under a tenner I felt like I was robbing them.
I haven't been great at keeping up with new openings. While the masses flocked to openings like MEATMarket, Dabbous, Ben Spalding at John Salt (who is now not at John Salt...), Brasserie Zedel and Bubbledogs&, I felt a bit ambivalent with the hype surrounding them and chose instead to re-visit places I knew I loved.
I guess a lot of it has to do with how much disposable income you have. I went back to The Ledbury in August, my 6th visit in total. I knew it wouldn't disappoint me, you see, and when you spend a pretty monumental amount of money on a meal, if it is sub-standard it is pretty crushing. The Ledbury was as good as ever; no finer Saturday afternoon is to be had than spending a sunny lunch on their terrace.
Barrafina's quail with aioli still remains to this day a dish I drool at the memory of. I tormented myself with memories of this during my vegan trial. The queues as yet still haven't put me off; I've never queued less than 45 minutes for a meal there, but queue I will.
Koya is still one of my favourite places to eat. The simple, utilitarian dining room, with shared tables and communal chopstick pots is always packed full of noodle slurpers. The specials board has gone from strength to strength this year, but no more so than when James Lowe collaborated with them for a couple of days; tiny prawns to be eaten whole, in fennel sauce was a highlight.
Pitt Cue was where we chose to eat after our vegan bout ended. During the summer, their trailer on the Southbank provided light relief from the queues of Soho. The Trailer Trash - a pulled pork burger with pickles and a round of deep-fried macaroni cheese - shortened my life expectancy by at least a year. When we visited in December, again we queued for 40 minutes and it was worth every one of them. Cured belly pork with cranberry ketchup made my head swim. Bone marrow mash with an intense gravy was as delicious as ever. Pork ribs were smoky but retained bite; none of that fall-off-the-bone sticky sweetness I dislike in many barbecue restaurants.
And it's about time I ate some of my words, at least. When I first visited Duck Soup for lunch in September 2011, I liked the food but was lukewarm at best, finding it expensive and the portions a little meagre. Two visits at dinner later has changed that; I still find it expensive, having spent at least £40 a head both times while being restrained in ordering and foregoing dessert, but nevertheless the dishes have been delicious and the wine unusual - both times we were besotted with a vin nouveau from Puzelat-Bonhomme.
It was this logic I applied to multiple visits to 10 Greek Street, visiting twice for lunch and then once for dinner. It was the latest visit that made me finally give up on them, having been served a gritty mushroom dish that had to be sent back.
Disappointment of the year was a lunch at Roganic. I visited when Ben Spalding was cooking and I liked my meal there. I liked that the dishes were inventive, the foraged herbs foreign to me. This time, post-Ben, I found the atmosphere cold and uninviting. Each dish was introduced with pomp, our conversations interrupted and with a little awkward squirming as the waiters endeavoured to get the dish descriptions across. Each dish certainly looked beautiful but when we emerged from the restaurant, one of the party observed that she barely remembered any of the dishes; indeed, I only remembered the dishes I disliked (two of ten) with any vividness.
For me, 2013 doesn't hold a year of Michelin star collecting. I've found myself slightly jaded with high-end food; I simply enjoy myself more in a more casual environment. Budget allowing, I will of course go back to The Ledbury as it's my One True Restaurant Love but otherwise you'll find me covered in burger grease, splattered in ramen stains with a little fried chicken in my hair.


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Honorary Graduates
Twelve key figures received Honorary Degrees at the University of Exeter this July. Honorary Graduands were selected from the fields of medicine, media, law and faith to acknowledge the major contributions they have made within their fields and to society as a whole. They joined more than three thousand students in ceremonies from 21 to 27 July 2009.


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Jamaican Black Castor Oil with Vitamin C&E
This creamy rich texture comes from a special formula infused with fiber strengthening ceramides and Jamaican Black Castor Oil using nano-technology. This special blend will repair and restore hair and scalp health by detangling and strengthening hair fibers and cleansing the scalp without stripping moisture.
Cleanses hair and scalp gently. Detangles coils & curls and reduces combing damage thereby strengthening hair for longer hair lengths.
Rub ample amount of shampoo between palms and gently lather through wet hair. Massage hair and scalp, leave on for five minutes and rinse thoroughly. Repeat if necessary.
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Magnetic Hematite and Turquoise Bracelet
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As a Reiki Practitioner I love to use crystals in my healing sessions. My two favorite crystals are Hematite and Turquoise. To share in the healing qualities of these two crystals I am sharing my favorite Reiki Infused bracelets, necklaces, earrings, pendulums & rings. I wear hematite in my Reiki Sessions because of its grounding effects, protection from negative energies and because it keeps me centered on my own life path. I also place hematite stones on my client's Solar Plexus to focus energy on their personal will power and to help them manifest their intentions. Hematite is associated with grounding, karma and past lives.
Turquoise, known as the "Stone of Heaven" builds a bridge between the wearer and the spiritual realm. Whereas hematite is keeping me grounded, wearing Turquoise during a Reiki Session helps me to connect with Light Beings and Spiritual Guides that assist in each Reiki Healing. Turquoise also balances and aligns all chakras, relieving one of depression and negative thoughts. Stones can be placed on each of the client's chakras during the session.
Wear my jewelry and know you are being healed. Before wearing hold the piece in your cupped hands for about 5 minutes and feel the heat coming from them. Now place your intention into the jewelry. Wear the piece and witness miracles!
Each jewelry piece in this collection is Reiki Infused with the following Reiki Symbols.
Cho Ku Rei – The Power Symbol
Sei He Kei – The Emotional Symbol
Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen – The Distant Healing Symbol
Raku – The Grounding Symbol (Distant and past Life Healing)
Mei Ku Do – Karmic Blockage Vaporizer
Dai Ko Myo – Danichi Naorai Power Symbol


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Astronomers have used data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to study the properties of dark matter, the mysterious, invisible substance that makes up a majority of matter in the universe. The study, which involves 13 galaxy clusters, explores the possibility that dark matter may be more "fuzzy" than "cold," perhaps even adding to the complexity surrounding this cosmic conundrum.
For several decades, astronomers have known about dark matter. Although it cannot be observed directly, dark matter does interact via gravity with normal, radiating matter (that is, anything made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons bundled into atoms). Capitalizing on this interaction, astronomers have studied the effects of dark matter using a variety of techniques, including observations of the motion of stars in galaxies, the motion of galaxies in galaxy clusters, and the distribution of X-ray emitting hot gas in galaxy clusters. Dark matter has also left an imprint on the radiation left over from the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago.
However, astronomers have been struggling for decades to understand the detailed properties of dark matter. In other words, they would like to know how dark matter behaves in all environments, and, ultimately, what it is made of.
The most popular model assumes that dark matter is a particle more massive than a proton that is "cold", meaning that it moves at speeds much smaller than the speed of light. This model has been successful at explaining the structure of the universe on very large scales, much bigger than galaxies, but it has problems with explaining how matter is distributed on the smaller scales of galaxies.
For example, the cold dark matter model predicts that the density of dark matter in the center of galaxies is much higher than in surrounding regions close to the center. Because normal matter is attracted to the dark matter, it also should have a strong peak in density at the center of galaxies. However, astronomers observe that the density of both dark and normal matter in the center of galaxies is much more evenly spread out. Another issue with the cold dark matter model is that it predicts a much higher number of small galaxies orbiting around galaxies like the Milky Way than astronomers actually see.
To address these problems with the cold dark matter model, astronomers have come up alternative models where dark matter has very different properties. One such model takes advantage of the principle in quantum mechanics that each subatomic particle has a wave associated with it. If the dark matter particle has an extremely small mass, about ten thousand trillion trillion times smaller than an electron's mass, its corresponding wavelength will be about 3,000 light years. This distance from one peak of the wave to another is about one eighth of the distance between the Earth and the center of the Milky Way. By contrast, the longest wavelength of light, a radio wave, is only a few miles long.
Waves from different particles on these large scales can overlap and interfere with each other like waves on a pond, acting like a quantum system on galactic rather than atomic scales.
The large wavelength of the particles' wave means that the density of dark matter in the center of galaxies cannot be strongly peaked. Therefore to an observer outside a galaxy these particles would appear fuzzy if they could be directly detected, so this model has been called "fuzzy dark matter". Because the normal matter is attracted to the dark matter it will also be spread out over large scales. This would naturally explain the lack of a strong peak in the density of matter in the center of galaxies.
This simple model has been successful at explaining the amount and location of dark matter in small galaxies. For larger galaxies, a more complicated model of fuzzy dark matter has been needed. In this model, massive concentrations of dark matter can lead to multiple quantum states (called "excited states"), in which the dark matter particles can have different amounts of energy, similar to an atom with electrons in higher energy orbits. These excited states change how the density of dark matter varies with distance away from the center of the galaxy cluster.
In a new study, a team of scientists used Chandra observations of the hot gas in 13 galaxy clusters to see if the fuzzy dark matter model works at larger scales than that of galaxies. They used the Chandra data to estimate both the amount of dark matter in each cluster and how the density of this matter varies with distance away from the center of the galaxy cluster.
The graphic shows four of the 13 galaxies clusters used in the study. The clusters are, starting at the top left and going clockwise, Abell 262, Abell 383, Abell 1413, and Abell 2390. In each of these images, X-ray data from Chandra are pink, while optical data are red, green, and blue.
As with the studies of galaxies, the simplest model of fuzzy dark matter — where all particles have the lowest possible energy — did not agree with the data. However, they found that the model where the particles had different amounts of energy — the "excited states — did give good agreement with the data. In fact, the fuzzy dark matter model may match the observations of these 13 galaxy clusters just as well or even better than a model based on cold dark matter.
This result shows that the fuzzy dark matter model may be a viable alternative to cold dark matter, but further work is needed to test this possibility. An important effect of the excited states is to give ripples, or oscillations, in the density of dark matter as a function of distance away from the center of the cluster. This would produce ripples in the density of normal matter. The expected magnitude of these ripples is less than the current uncertainties in the data. A more detailed study is needed to test this prediction of the model.
A paper describing these results was recently accepted for publication in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and is available online. The authors are Tula Bernal (National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City), Victor Robles (University of California, Irvine), and Tonatiuh Matos (National Polytechnic Institute).
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, manages the Chandra program for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, controls Chandra's science and flight operations.


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Deekay 'Mr Gedeme' resurfaces with a banger!
Here's a brand new single titled 'Alele' and it features arguably the hottest new acts in the game – Mayorkun & Dremo
'Alele' is a very catchy single, with Mayorkun on the hook, Deekay & Dremo lacing the verses. Produced by Runtinz, mixed & mastered by Indomix
Deekay is popular for his trending 2014 single – REPETE & signing to HKN Music in the same year.


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It's been a while since we've seen a dynamics plug-in that fully embraces the power of digital, but Compassion is here to rectify the situation with its incredible array of features.
It's the most configurable dynamics plug-in we've encountered, offering compression, expansion/gating, transient shaping, and limiting/clipping. It's got over 80 parameters that can be used to approximate the sound of any compressor, reckon DMG. It's in VST, AU and RTAS formats.
Thankfully, you can treat it as a normal compressor to begin with, with the advanced controls hidden. In this mode, you'll see familiar knobs for Threshold, Ratio, Attack, Release, Dry/Wet mix and Makeup gain. There are automatic options for release time and makeup gain, and you can enable an external sidechain.
There are several visual feedback aids: a knee/transfer graph; a rolling display showing how the waveform is compressed in real time; level meters with gain reduction; and, most unusually, a graph showing the response of the attack and release curves.
Flick through the presets and you'll see the graphs change, indicating the flexibility of the advanced mode. There are only 15 presets, but Compassion also offers over 30 Mods, which are partial presets that alter only certain parameters, ie, the ones responsible for the compressor's character (you can save your own, too).
So, you can dial in the threshold, attack time, etc, then try out Mods with names like Classic FET, Classic Opto and British Type 1. They absolutely sound the part.
At the top of the interface is a toolbar with eight slots for preset comparison, which is handy, although we'd prefer eight buttons to the less immediate dropdown menu. The toolbar is also where you'll find the button for revealing the advanced parameters. Let's give it a click…
Manual intervention
In the advanced view, the lower half of the GUI shows small panels for paging through and tweaking parameters related to attack, ratio, etc. Each can be 'maximised' to show all related parameters at once.
It's all a bit overwhelming at first - we strongly recommend reading the manual, downloadable from DMG Audio's site, as it gives a clear explanation of each parameter.
The shape of attack and release curves can be modified extensively, with the results shown on the Response Graph. For instance, increasing Attack or Release Type can give a more squashy, delayed reaction to the input.
Likewise, the Knee Graph can be radically reshaped. The knee can be softened, a ceiling set so that compression is relaxed above a certain level (great for explosive drum sounds, allowing the transient to 'poke through'), and hysteresis dialled in, which you'd use to prevent 'chatter' in gating/expansion.
Over-easy compression can be dialled in using negative ratios and/or the Bleed control, which causes the compression amount to gradually increase above the threshold.
The attack and release times go right down to 0ms. With ultra-fast times, the sound can get rather gritty, as expected, but there are smoothing controls in the Global Parameters to effectively reduce any undesired distortion.
Go global
Other highlights of the Global Parameters are an RMS control for adjusting between peak and RMS tracking, Lookahead up to 180ms and mid/side operation. There's also an oversampling option; however, we found that it subtly dulled the treble of any signal passing through the plug-in.
If you use Compassion on, say, drum overheads, drum buss and master buss, the net effect of this is a little too noticeable. DMG Audio is aware of the issue and says they'll look into it.
One aspect that shouldn't be overlooked is the optional transient shaper/clipper/limiter section. The transient shaper sounds superb, and is ideal for restoring snap or suppressing sustain of over-compressed sounds. In some mixing situations, we discovered that transient shaping was in fact what we needed, so we ended up using this instead of compression.
The Clip Limiter offers clipping, limiting, or a 'blend' between the two, with a Softness control.
Putting Compassion to work in real-world mixing situations, we were surprised at how quick it was to get the desired results. We could use the presets/Mods to get going, and the advanced controls to tune the response to fit the sound in our head. You're essentially building the right compressor for the job.
The GUI is well designed given the underlying complexity, and you don't need to learn all of the advanced controls to create effective custom setups.
Feel the pump
The range of compression styles you can dial in is vast, ranging from super-precise, clean digital on through to outrageous, pumping analogue tones.
Impressively, we were able to create compression effects that we couldn't recreate with any of our other dynamics plug-ins; for example, we hit upon a drum buss setting that somehow thickened and enhanced the low end in a most pleasing and appropriate manner.
And the over-easy style of compression is great for bigging-up complex signals so that they sound massive and in-your-face yet still coherent.
Breaking the chains
Compassion's sidechaining goes beyond that of most dynamics plug-ins. First, there's an EQ section consisting of high- and low-pass filters with adjustable slope - they can be switched for shelving types too. You also get a bell peak.
Here, you've already got a highly flexible system for fine-tuning which frequencies Compassion responds to. You can also mix noise into the sidechain signal, for a looser, more analogue response. External sidechaining is possible, too, of course.
There's a Main EQ section too, which affects the audible signal (and, optionally, the sidechain signal), and it has the same EQ options, and again, the option to inject noise, which can enhance pumping compression effects. You can even apply a low-pass filter to the dry signal, so that you can mix in the uncompressed bottom end to restore low-end thump.
Perhaps most advanced is the Split EQ feature, which uses a linear-phase filter to split the dry and wet signals according to your main EQ settings. As the manual explains, this facilitates using Compassion as a dynamic EQ, or even using multiple instances to build a multiband processor.
However, for multiband work, we found this approach unwieldy and would rather use a dedicated processor.
Compassion's extreme flexibility and superb sound make it suitable for all occasions, from individual instruments and voices on through to busses and mastering. We particularly enjoyed using it on drums, since this instrument offers so much scope for dynamic reshaping.
So can you ditch your other compressors? While Compassion is a splendid go-to plug-in, we don't think it negates the value of owning others, especially ones with a specific sound that you know you can reach for. Still, it'll be interesting if more Mods become available that mimic certain compressors.
Experienced engineers should definitely check Compassion out. It's also great for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of dynamics processing on a fundamental level, as you can learn a lot by tweaking the under-the-hood parameters.
Beginners could, in theory, stick to the simple mode, but we think they'd be best off learning a less complex plug-in inside out.
Compassion could've turned out to be a baffling boffins' curiosity, but DMG Audio has done a superb job of making a complex concept accessible, and with a stellar sound to boot.
Now listen to our audio demos to hear Compassion in action:
Drumkit - dry
Drumkit - Drum Punch preset
Drumkit - Smooth preset cranked
Drumkit - Main Buss preset
Acoustic guitar - dry
Acoustic guitar - Smooth preset cranked
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Accredited Buyer Representative Manager
Geared toward real estate firm brokers, owners or managers who want to incorporate buyer representation into their daily practice. Designees have taken and passed both the ABR and ABRM course and provided documentation of past management experience. Offered through the National Association of REALTORS® Real Estate Buyer's Agent Council, 430 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611 (800) 648-6224. www.REBAC.net
Accredited Residential Manager
The certification awarded by the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) to specialists who manage residential properties. For more information, contact IREM at 312-329-6000. www.irem.org
Certified Auctioneers Institute
The Certified Auctioneers Institute is the most prestigious designation awarded in the auction industry. For more information visit the National Auctioneers Association.
Certified Commercial Investment Member
CCIMs are recognized experts in commercial real estate brokerage, leasing, asset management, valuation, and investment analysis. The CCIM designation is offered by the Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute, 430 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611 (800) 621-7027. www.ccim.com
Certified Affordable Housing Member
Awarded by the Columbus Board of REALTORS® to members who have committed their time and obtained experience in working the affordable (priced $125,000 and below) housing market. For more information, contact Lynn Hackworth at the CBR, (614) 475-4000
Certified International Property Specialist
REALTORS® who hold the CIPS designation have been involved in a number of international real estate transactions. The CIPS designation is offered by NAR's International Section, 430 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611 (800) 354-2831
Certified Property Manager
REALTORS® who earn the CPM are property management specialists who have successfully completed intensive training in a variety of property management skills and situations. The CPM is offered by the Institute of Real Estate Management, 430 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611 (800) 837-0706. www.irem.org
Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager
The CRB designation is recognized in the real estate profession as the symbol of management excellence and is awarded to brokerage owners and managers. The CRB designation is offered by the Real Estate Brokerage Manager's Council, 430 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611 (800) 621-8738. www.crb.com
Counselor of Real Estate
Real estate professionals who hold the CRE designation provide objective real estate advice to investors, builders and financial institutions. The designation is awarded to all members of The Counselors of Real Estate, an NAR affiliate that offers membership by invitation only, on either a self-initiated or sponsored basis. Members include practitioners of prominent real estate, financial, legal and accounting firms, as well as government and academic leaders. The Counselors of Real Estate is located at, 430 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611 312/329-8428. www.cre.org
Certified Residential Specialist
Residential salespeople who hold the CRS designation specialize in listing properties, selling, and investing, as well as mortgage financing and computer applications. The CRS designation is offered by the Residential Sales Council, 430 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611 (800) 462-8841. www.crs.com
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The e-PRO Certification Program is designed to keep agents on top of changes and help them thrive in the world of online real estate. For more info, visit www.epronar.com
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Awarded to appraisers whose education and experience exceed state appraisal certification requirements and is supported the National Association of REALTORS®.
Green Designation
A sustainable property designation, the NAR Green designation is an educational program for residential, and commercial REALTORS® and property managers. For more information visit www.greenresourcecouncil.org.
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Awarded to REALTORS® who complete the 90-hour course which provides sound fundamental training in the critical skills and knowledge areas of the real estate business. Awarded by the Ohio Association of REALTORS®, 200 East Town Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215 (614) 228-6675. www.ohiorealtors.com
Leadership Training Graduate
Awarded to REALTORS® who have completed courses in personal and professional development. Offered by the Women's Council of REALTORS® (800) 245-8512. www.wcr.org
Member Appraisal Institute
MAI professional membership designation is held by appraisers who are experienced in the valuation of commercial, industrial, residential, and other types of properties and advise clients on real estate investment decisions. Offered by the Appraisal Institute, 875 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 2400, Chicago, IL 60611-1980, (312) 335-4100. www.appraisalinstitute.org
Residential Accredited Appraiser
Members who hold these accreditations are state certified appraisers and must meet a specific number of hours of experience and education that exceed the state requirements. NAR's Real Estate Appraisal Section is located at 430 North Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60611 (800) 874-6500 ext. 8393. www.realtors.org and put 'RAA' in the Search field.
Real Estate Buyers Council
Designates members of the Real Estate Buyers Council which focuses on all aspects of buyer representation. For more information, contact REBAC at (800) 648-6224. www.rebac.net
Realtors Land Institute
RLI was established in 1944 as a trade association for REALTORS® who specialize in the brokerage of land and currently serves over 1600 members in the United States, Canada and Mexico. There are five land categories that RLI members specialize in: 1) Brokerage of farms and ranches; 2) Brokerage of undeveloped tracts of land; 3) Brokerage of transitional and development and; 4) Subdividing land and wholesale brokerage of lots; and 5) Site selection and assemblage of land parcels. Members may earn the Accredited Land Consultant (ALC) designation which only 1000 members have earned since its inception. Contact 800/441-LAND (5263). www.rliland.com
Short Sales and Foreclosures Resource
REALTORS® with the SFR certification can be a trusted resource for short sales and foreclosures. Their ability to close short sales and foreclosures depends in part on the confidence in seeing these transactions through. This award is presented by National Association of REALTORS®. For more information e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com, call 877/510-7855 or visit www.realtorSFR.org.
Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS®
The SIOR designation recognizes a specialization in commercial real estate. To earn the designation, members must complete two educational courses, provide five years of documented, full-time work experience and meet a specific dollar-volume in sales and number of transactions annually, as set by the local SIOR® chapter. The SIOR is offered by the Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS®, 700 11th St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 449-8200. www.SIOR.com
Senior Real Estate Specialist
This course of study addresses the special needs and concerns of maturing Americans when buying or selling residential or investment properties. For more information, contact the SENIOR Advantage Real Estate Marketing Program, P. O. Box 1260, Murphys, CA 95247, (800) 500-4564. www.seniorsrealestate.com
Transnational Referral Certification
Offered by NAR, this certification prepares REALTORS® to make and receive referrals using the Transnational Referral system developed by the National Association of REALTORS® and the International Consortium of Real Estate Associations (ICREA).


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Google has been trickling out info about what they're actually fixing in the G1 firmware updates. Before RC29, users were able to bypass the phone lock using safe mode. RC29 also brought WebKit up to date, presumably patching the bug [Charlie Miller] found. RC30 takes care of root console problem. Unfortunately there are very few details as to what or how particular items were broken. This release method leaves much to be desired; having the official Android Security Announcements group be the absolute last place to get security news is asinine.
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15 million DKK for vaccine against pregnancy related malaria
Every year, 10,000 pregnant women and up to 200,000 newborn babies are killed by the malaria parasite. Doctors all around the globe have for years been looking in vain for a medical protection, and now researchers from the University of Copenhagen have found the biochemically weakness of the lethal malaria parasite. With a grant of 15 million DKK (approximately 3 million USD) from the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation and close corporation with two Danish biotech companies, the researchers can now start developing the vaccine and take it through the first trials to test its safety.
The malaria parasite travels via the spit of an infected mosquito to the liver of the new host, where it spreads to the red blood corpuscles and starts to reproduce itself.
"Pregnant women and children below the age of five years are particularly vulnerable to malaria because of the parasite's survival mechanisms. The parasite has a protein hook designed to attach it to the placenta and this leads to amnesia of the mother who in worst case can die or deliver prematurely. This increases the maternal mortality - and infant mortality," explains Associate Professor Ali Salanti from the University of Copenhagen's Centre for Medical Parasitology who manages the project.
The parasite cheats the immune system
The body's immune system normally attacks any foreign body but since our spleen constantly filters our blood and removes ruined or deform blood cells, the body's natural defense does not need to check the blood. And the malaria parasite exploits this fact.
An infected red blood corpuscle is more stiff than in its normal state and this would usually trigger the spleen to destroy the cell and parasite, but the malaria parasite has an advanced arsenal of protein hooks. With these hooks the parasite attaches itself to the inner side of the blood vessel and even if our immune system succeeds in defeating one hook, the parasite has 60 different hooks, which again differ from one malaria parasite to another.
Vaccine development is tricky
Researchers have for years been looking for a vaccine which can attack the malaria parasite's specific placenta hook. This is tricky not least due to the fact that the parasite's hooks are long proteins which are difficult to produce artificially in the lab when developing of a vaccine.
After intensive research efforts, the researchers have now succeeded in identifying a fragment of the placenta hook (VAR2CSA) which not only is crucial for the parasite's ability to attach itself to the placenta, but also is possible to produce artificially for a vaccine.
"A vaccine must stimulate the immune system to quickly attack something foreign in the body. Therefore, it was a matter of finding the part of the placenta hook, which the parasite cannot manage without and which we could target a vaccine against," says Associate Professor Ali Salanti.
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With the 15 Million DKK from the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation, Ali Salanti and his colleagues collaborate with the biotech companies ExpreS2ion Biotechnologies and CMC Biologics A/S to develop a method for mass production of the vaccine.
Once this has fallen into place, the researchers can start up the clinical trials on animals and human beings. If the trials are successful the parasistologists from the University of Copenhagen and their partners will make a significant contribution in reaching the UN's Millennium Development goal number 4 and 5. These two goals encourage every country in the world to work on lowering global child mortality with two thirds and maternal mortality with three quarters.


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Prepare for Another Dwayne Johnson Action Thriller With 'Red Notice'
Dwayne Johnson is well on his way to leading his very own action cinematic universe. The Rock has two major action films on the way this year, one that finds him going head-to-head with giant mutant zoo animals, and another where he leaps into a massive burning building. But is that really all you've got Hollywood? The Rock is bored and needs more insane action in his life. Enter: Red Notice.
Universal and Legendary have just nabbed the rights to a new Johnson action vehicle, reuniting him with his Central Intelligence and Skyscraper director Rawson Marshall Thurber. We got our very first peek at their Skyscraper during the Super Bowl, so if that's any indication, Red Notice will be a wild action thrill. The film is expected to center on two leads, and the studios are currently looking for the right actor to star opposite Johnson.
As far as the plot, nothing is known yet, but as The Hollywood Reporter notes, the title refers to the highest INTERPOL notice and is the closest thing to an international arrest warrant in use today for wanted criminals. So you can expect Johnson to be playing an INTERPOL agent. Will his co-star be the criminal? Perhaps a partner for another buddy action comedy à la Central Intelligence?
What we do know is Johnson is getting big bucks for the movie, and I mean big. Already one of the highest paid working actors – last year he was second only to Fast and Furious foe Vin Diesel – Johnson will paid $20 million for Red Notice, the very first time he'll cash in on such a massive paycheck. The movie is expected to cost roughly $125 to $150 million with production expected to kick off next spring, followed by a release in 2020, according to Deadline. Johnson's three upcoming action films, plus his Jungle Cruise movie, and his Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle sequel spell out a very Rock-centric next few years. Watch out, Tom Cruise, Johnson is slowly taking over the action genre.
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The Vietnamese Mekong Delta is one of Earth's most agriculturally productive regions and is of global importance for its exports of rice, shrimp, and fruit. The 18m inhabitants of this low-lying river delta are also some of the world's most vulnerable to climate change.
Over the last ten years around 1.7m people have migrated out of its vast expanse of fields, rivers and canals while only 700,000 have arrived.
On a global level migration to urban areas remains as high as ever: one person in every 200 moves from rural areas to the city every year. Against this backdrop it is difficult to attribute migration to individual causes, not least because it can be challenging to find people who have left a region in order to ask why they went and because every local context is unique.
But the high net rate of migration away from Mekong Delta provinces is more than double the national average, and even higher in its most climate-vulnerable areas. This implies that there is something else – probably climate-related – going on here.
In 2013 we visited An Thạnh Đông commune in Sóc Trăng Province aiming to collect survey data on agricultural yields. We soon realised that virtually no farmers of An Thạnh Đông had any yields to report. The commune had lost its entire sugarcane crop after unexpectedly high levels of salt water seeped into the soil and killed the plants.
Those without a safety net were living in poverty. Over the following weeks hundreds of smallholders, many of whom had farmed the delta for generations, would tell us that things were changing and their livelihoods would soon be untenable.
In 2015-2016 disaster struck with the worst drought in a century. This caused salt water to intrude over 80km inland and destroyed at least 160,000ha of crops. In Kiên Giang (pop. 1.7m), one of the worst affected provinces, the local net migration rate jumped and in the year that followed around one resident in every 100 left.
One relatively low profile article by Vietnamese academics may be a vital piece of the puzzle. The study, by Oanh Le Thi Kim and Truong Le Minh of Van Lang University, suggests that climate change is the dominant factor in the decisions of 14.5 per cent of migrants leaving the Mekong Delta.
If this figure is correct, climate change is forcing 24,000 people to leave the region every year. And it's worth pointing out the largest factor in individual decisions to leave the Delta was found to be the desire to escape poverty. As climate change has a growing and complex relationship with poverty, 14.5 per cent may even be an underestimate.
There are a host of climate-linked drivers behind migration in the Delta. Some homes have quite literally fallen into the sea as the coast has eroded in the Southwestern portion of the delta – in some places 100m of coastal belt has been lost in a year.
Hundreds of thousands of households are affected by the intrusion of salt water as the sea rises and only some are able to switch their livelihoods to salt-water tolerant commodities. Others have been affected by the increased incidence of drought, a trend which can be attributed in part to climate change, but also to upstream dam construction.
Governments and communities in developing countries around the world have already begun taking action to manage climate change impacts through adaptation. Our recent research in Vietnam flags a warning about how this is being done.
We show that a further group of people are being forced to migrate from the Mekong due to decisions originally taken to protect them from the climate. Thousands of kilometres of dykes, many over four metres high, now criss-cross the delta.
They were built principally to protect people and crops from flooding, but those same dykes have fundamentally altered the ecosystem. The poor and the landless can no longer find fish to eat and sell, and the dykes prevent free nutrients being carried onto paddies by the flood.
All this demonstrates that climate change threatens to exacerbate the existing trends of economic migration. One large scale study of migration in deltas has found that climate factors such as extreme floods, cyclones, erosion and land degradation play a role in making natural resource-based livelihoods more tenuous, further encouraging inhabitants to migrate.
To date, traditional approaches to achieving economic growth have not served the most vulnerable in the same way they have served those living in relative wealth. This was demonstrated most dramatically by the revelation that the number of undernourished people on earth rose by 38m last year – a shift for which climate change is partly responsible. This took place despite global GDP growth of 2.4 per cent.
It is with these failures in mind that society must prepare an equitable and sustainable response to climate change and what seems a looming migrant crisis.
Alex Chapman is research fellow in human geography, University of Southampton and Van Pham Dang Tri is head of the department of water resources, Can Tho University. This article was originally published on The Conversation.