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In this deck from 2018 Swiss HPC Conference, Christian Kniep from Docker Inc. presents: State of Containers and the Convergence of HPC and BigData.
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Hey everyone.
I have used the tool combine on two datasets that did not have the same spatial resolution. I can see that "Combine" has chosen the bigger cell size as the output raster spatial resolution.
How has combine calculated the output raster value for the raster that had the small cell size? I cant see anything about it in the combine tool help.
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There are over 750,000 cases of sepsis reported each year. The sepsis in these reported individuals accounted for 215,000 deaths despite the sepsis treatment available. Sepsis infections is very common in elders due to their worn out immune system not being able to fight the bacterial infection. If an elder person has sepsis infection due to bed sores caused from nursing home abuse, there may be means for a lawsuit. Contact our office now at (800) 606-1717 to learn your legal rights.
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Co-Stars Yoo Seung Ho And Kim So Hyun Name Each Other As Their Ideal Types
In a recent V Live broadcast, Yoo Seung Ho, Kim So Hyun, and Bae Yoo Ram took time to talk about their MBC drama "Ruler: Master of the Mask" and to communicate with their fans.
The two co-stars first talked about their most recent kiss scene in the drama and Kim So Hyun said, "It wasn't awkward at all. I feel like Yoo Seung Ho and I are very in sync when we act."
Yoo Seung Ho continued, "She did really well," which drew laughs from the other two actors, "As long as Kim So Hyun's okay with it, I'd like to work with her again but on a drama set in present day."
He then confessed suddenly, "My ideal type is Kim So Hyun."
Kim So Hyun added, "A lot of my fans want me to date Yoo Seung Ho after I become a legal adult. My ideal type is also Yoo Seung Ho."
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Stainless Steel Bistro Tables
- steel containing chromium that makes it resistant to corrosion
- In metallurgy stainless steel, also known as inox steel or inox from French "inoxydable", is defined as a steel alloy with a minimum of 10.5 or 11% chromium content by mass. Stainless steel does not stain, corrode, or rust as easily as ordinary steel, but it is not stain-proof.
- A form of steel containing chromium, resistant to tarnishing and rust
- (Stainless steels) Steels that are corrosion and heat resistant and contain a minimum of 10% to 12% chromium. Other alloying elements are often present.
- A bistro, sometimes spelled bistrot, is, in its original Parisian incarnation, a small restaurant serving moderately priced simple meals in a modest setting. Bistros are defined mostly by the foods they serve. Slow-cooked foods like braised meats are typical.
- A small restaurant
- a small informal restaurant; serves wine
- (table) postpone: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
- (table) a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs; "it was a sturdy table"
- Postpone consideration of
- Present formally for discussion or consideration at a meeting
Bistro Cooking
Bistro is warm. Bistro is family. Bistro is simple, hearty, generous cuisine-robust soups and country omelets, wine-scented stews and bubbling gratins, and desserts from a grandmother's kitchen. Researched and written by Patricia Wells, author of The Food Lover's Guide to Paris and The Food Lover's Guide to France, together with over 220,000 copies in print, here is a celebration of the no-nonsense, inexpensive, soul-satisfying cuisine of the neighborhood restaurants of France.
BISTRO COOKING contains over 200 scrumptious bistro recipes made lighter and quicker for the way we cook today. Warm Poached Sausage with Potato Salad. Benoit's Mussel Soup. Guy Savoy's Fall Leg of Lamb. Beef Stew with Wild Mushrooms and Orange, Chicken Basquaise, Pasta with Lemon, Ham, and Black Olives, L'Ami Louis' Potato Cake, Provencal Roast Tomatoes, Pears in Red Wine, and Golden Cream and Apple Tart.
Throughout, lively notes and sidebars capture the world of bistro owners in the kitchen, les grands chefs, and more. Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club. Winner of the 1989 IACP Seagram Food and Beverage Award. Over 166,000 copies in print.
In this warm look into the world of French bistro food, eminent food writer Patricia Wells reveals her love for this simple, robust cuisine in a collection of recipes garnered from France's best bistros. From Warm Potato Salad with Herbed Vinaigrette to Lamb Stew in White Wine to Pear Clafoutis, Wells admits her preference for hearty, homey bistro dishes. Through clearly written recipes, Wells encourages cooks to buy the best ingredients and turn them into fragrant, warming dishes. Each recipe has a note telling where it came from and alluding to its flavor. Pithy quotes throughout the book relate to bistro style--in cooking, serving, and eating--and historical quotations give a cultural connotation. Wine choices reach deep into the heart of France, from a crisp white from Provence such as a Chateau Simone with lamb, to a good Cotes du Rhone (Cru du Coudelet) with guinea hen. From the introduction to the last dessert recipe (for Prunes in Red Wine), Bistro Cooking is sure to please not just the novice in the kitchen, but the experienced cook as well. --Susan Loomis, Amazon.co.uk
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Water droplets on a stainless steel table top. Rain stopped drinking. Taken outside a cafe bar as part of the Scott Kelby World Photo Walk Day in Gunwharf Quay.
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Elyse Grasso wrote:> > So far they don't seem to think they have the worse side of the bargain.Ah, I see. That does sound like a pretty reasonable deal, then. But, can none of them ever leave the planet, not even for, say, tourism? -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42


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for this entry.
Max is uber cool. You should be reading Max regularly. I am trying to get her to convert one of her scripts to a novel because it is freaking brilliant and funny (it is the kind of brilliant and funny that makes me wish I had written it, it is that good). Y'all go tell her to snap to it. (I am evil, yes.)
On Friday, I got to hold the first copy of my book. The color is a lot greener in real life than the jpeg that the publisher had sent to me, and it's really gorgeous. Seriously, I love it. I scanned it in, but it still doesn't do it justice. They did a double pass on the red, which means it's really rich, and I didn't have a clue how that would make a difference until I saw it, but it does. And they've embossed everything on the front — even the danger sign and Harley's quote inside that sign. It feels really nice. Tactile, and inviting. I have to say, I am really incredibly happy with it. I think it'll pop out at people when they pass by. Here's a scan of just the front page:
And here's the whole cover (front/back) — this is a "flat" that they sent me. (Why yes, I am going to frame it. I barely refrained from tattooing it on my forehead.)
Then today, I found out that I had a starred review in Library Journal, which is just extremely cool. I'm really stunned at this, to be honest. Here's the review, if you're interested:
Causey, Toni McGee. Bobbie Faye's Very (very, very, very) Bad Day. Griffin: St. Martin's. May 2007. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-312-35448-0. pap. $12.95. F
Cajun beauty queen Bobbie Faye Sumrall is having a bad day: after a burst water pipe breaks her sorry-excuse-for-a-trailer in half, she accidentally robs a bank, tries to free her good-for-nothing brother from kidnappers, takes a hostage (also accidentally), flees with him through the treacherous swamps of Louisiana, eludes an angry bear as well as her disgruntled cop ex-boyfriend, hotwires a speedboat, and kills a dangerous snake with her knife. And the day isn't even over. This hyperpaced, screwball action/adventure with one unforgettable heroine and two sexy heroes is side-splittingly hilarious. Causey, a Cajun and a Louisiana native, reveals a flair for comedy in this uproarious debut novel, the first in a three-book series. Readers who like the humor of Harley Jane Kozak's Dating Dead Men, Lisa Lutz's The Spellman Files, and Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series will be thrilled to meet Bobbie Faye. A most entertaining addition to any fiction collection. [Two trailers for the book are available at www.tonimcgeecausey.com.—Ed.]—Shelley Mosley, Glendale Community Coll. Lib. Media Ctr., AZ
Then I got to have a long late lunch / early dinner with my friend Emile Staat, whom I never get to see enough, and it was just a perfect day. I want to seal it and frame it and keep it, ya know? I hope you all are having wonderfully perfect days, too.


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Even the body is a state of consciousness only;
it is not an object which exists ultimately.
It appears to be there, but it is really not there.
This 'you' and 'I' and all that are phantoms.
You have made a gulf of difference between You
and I, which is not really there. It is a mistake
that the mind makes. Just as in dreams
persons are there, but are really not there, they
are only split parts of the same mind, one
appearing as the I, the other appearing as you
and both are integrated in the single mind in a
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Facets of Spirituality
Complied by S. Bhagyalakshmi
Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1986


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This week I celebrated my birthday with the perfect present — an invitation to spend two days at Cleveland Amory's Black Beauty Ranch. As the largest animal sanctuary in the United States, the ranch is the forever home to abused and abandoned horses, donkeys, cows, camels, goats, sheep, an unexpected newborn lamb, pigs, wild boar, elands, ostriches, tigers, bobcats, chimpanzees, capuchin and macaque monkeys, two kinds of gibbons, bison, a baboon and an Asian water buffalo. The twenty-four hours I spent with these animals and their caregivers proved a gift beyond measure.
This two-part blog (today and next weekend) is the story of how the joy one person found with animals changed the world — and how reconnecting with Cleveland's legacy has reminded me that joy is a circle that unites us through the giving and receiving of it.
Family is where you find it — whether it comes with four legs or two, wings or fins. My parents lived this philosophy, and they passed it on to me. At the end of many of my father's movies, he brought home whole menageries of animals who were "no longer needed" -- three ponds of goldfish, an aviary of parakeets, a garden of turtles and, at one point, even two very loud peacocks! All this and our beloved dogs, too! As a little girl, my nighttime prayers began: "God loves. . ." followed by everyone we could think of beginning with the five immediate members of our family — my parents, my brother and his wife, and me. Next came our dogs, followed by "the birds and the fishes and the turtles and the animals". Only then did we include more people. And most of them weren't related by blood. I had countless "aunts" and "uncles" — dear friends that we considered family. Two of my favorites were my Auntie Martha and Uncle Cleveland.
They were also my self-appointed godparents, whose legacy to me (and, in Cleveland's case to the world) was their love for animals.
In some ways, Cleveland Amory might have seemed an unlikely candidate to become the "founding father of the modern animal protection movement." A Harvard-educated social historian, satirist, author and self-proclaimed curmudgeon, Cleveland's impassioned advocacy on behalf of animals began when he was invited to a bullfight and became so disgusted that he threw a seat cushion at the matador's head and then stormed out of the arena. He eventually joined the board of the Humane Society before starting the Fund for Animals in the late 1960s. He was never afraid to use his own celebrity or his friendships with many famous and powerful people to advocate for animals. It was hard to say no to Uncle Cleveland, who was smart, funny, charistmatic, and passionate about his cause.
I just knew Uncle Cleveland and Auntie Martha as the grownups who put animals ahead of people, and who thought it utterly normal that I spent long hours lying on the carpet of their New York apartment playing with their two Siberian Huskies. I was enthralled by their trips to Africa teaching people to shoot animals with cameras instead of guns on the first photo safaris. After Cleveland founded the Fund for Animals, I proudly pasted the Fund's clever Support the Right to Arm Bears bumper sticker on all my notebooks, and loved to wear my Real People Wear Fake Furs button.
My parents didn't always know what to do with their activist daughter. When I was 10, I was invited to one of my parents' many visits to the White House. My mom and dad, who had known many Presidents and First Ladies, thought it would be a great honor for me to meet President Nixon. Consequently, they were not at all pleased when I told them I refused to shake the President's hand because he was responsible for the Vietnam War. My mother almost swallowed her head when she saw that I'd put on my copper POW bracelet with my best dress. In the end, my parents won out: I shook President Nixon's hand and didn't wear the bracelet. Although Mr. Nixon turned out to be a very nice man, I learned then and there that my parents would never wear their beliefs on their sleeve as Uncle Cleveland did, when he spoke out against animal abuse and was fired on the spot from his 11-year tenure on the Today show.
As a young person, I sometimes judged my father's fear that had haunted him since the 1950s, when he became caught up in the McCarthy witch hunt after being named a Communist. When I worked for a left-wing political organization as a teenager, my dad warned me to be very careful not to get put on any "lists" myself. I scoffed at his worry and idolized Lillian Hellman, who famously stood up to McCarthy and his henchman by declaring that she would "never cut her conscience to suit this year's fashion". But after thirty years of adulthood, of gradually letting pragmatism and anxiety about what others think temper, or even tamp out, my youthful passion for justice and social change, I understand all too well how fear can seem a lot more prudent and necessary than love when you have bills to pay and people to please.
Earlier this year, I decided to take a course in Sacred Activism taught by Andrew Harvey and Diane Berke. I thought it might be the opportunity to find a way to tie my longtime spiritual practice back into my youthful passion for activism. I needed to feel more connected, to figure out a way to give back.
While driving my beloved back roads home from Dallas to New Mexico I listened to the course as an audiobook. After Diane read a wonderful Mary Oliver poem about animals, the workshop attendees had been asked to share their own stories about their sacred encounters with animals. As a lifelong animal lover, I began to revisit many of the powerful connections I have had with animals — swimming with dolphins in the open sea, the stories of my rescued dogs, my lifelong love affair with horses. But the story I would have shared with the group was actually not about animals at all — rather because of them.
In 1974, not long after my parents' divorce, Martha and Cleveland invited my mother and me to spend the holidays with them in New York. My previously formidable mother had been devastated when my father left her after 23 years of marriage for the glamorous actress who would come to call herself my wicked stepmother. No longer Mrs. Vincent Price, my mother found herself in her mid 50s starting over alone with a precocious and often wild pre-teen. She spent much of that first year very ill and struggling to regain her equilibrium. That trip to New York proved a turning point for both of us.
There were so many wonderful moments — not the least of which was going with Cleveland to run with rescued wolf cubs on a wintry Long Island beach. But even more memorable was our New Years Eve, which began at the Broadway production of Gigi. I sat next to Uncle Cleveland, who patted my head during the entire length of the song "Thank Heaven for Little Girls." After the show, we went to the Algonquin Hotel, where Martha had lived during its Dorothy Parker heyday, for dinner, before watching the ball drop. But after midnight struck, when we tried to hail a cab to go home, we had no luck. So Uncle Cleveland decided to go get the Fund for Animals car, which was parked at a nearby garage.
A little while later, he pulled up at the Algonquin in the converted Checker Cab that had been painted with the Fund for Animals logo in their black-and-white color scheme. We hadn't driven two blocks, when Cleveland realized that other people, thinking he was a cab, were hailing us for a ride home. So, he spontaneously decided to pick one of them up . . . in exchange, he told them up front, for a donation to the Fund for Animals.
I will never forget the next few hours — my uptight and fearful mother rendered first mute then gradually blossoming into joy in the presence of Cleveland's confident enthusiasm. As we crisscrossed the park while Cleveland picked up and dropped off people, each time he shared a different story about the animals that the Fund was saving. As my mother, Martha and I watched every single person light up at the thought of helping animals, I remember thinking that, even in this big city seemingly full of strangers, animals connected everyone in joy.
At about two AM, Cleveland dropped us off, but the next morning he told us that he had kept driving until the wee hours of the morning talking to people about the Fund and getting their donations.
That memory made something click in me, and completely spontaneously, I decided to call Black Beauty Ranch.
It was a place I had always wanted to visit. Auntie Martha and Uncle Cleveland gave me my copy of Black Beauty, a book I had loved as a child. A line from the book served as Cleveland's inspiration for the ranch's name: "I have nothing to fear. And here my story ends. My troubles are all over, and I am home. . ."
When I was in high school, Cleveland heard that 577 burros in the Grand Canyon — abandoned descendants of the pack burros used by the National Park Service — were going to be killed by the US Government because they were overgrazing. Outraged, he organized a two-year operation to airlift every single one of those burros out of the canyon and save their lives. Many of those burros ended up at Black Beauty Ranch, but one of them found a special place in Cleveland's heart. Most of the burros felt utter terror of being airlifed out of their home, but from the beginning one female burro seemed to realize that the man with the unruly mane of hair in charge of it all had come to help. She attached herself to Cleveland, and he named her Friendly. Throughout his life the two had a very special bond.
This video shares their story:
My desire to visit Black Beauty Ranch and its current residents — animals and humans — came about as I pictured the cerebral, successful man I knew as my Uncle Cleveland, sharing his passionate joy for animals with total strangers on that night. I knew how animals had changed Cleveland's life, and I realized that, when my life had had less work in it, my free time had always been spent with animals. I hadn't needed to create a Daily Practice of Joy, because riding horses, hiking with dogs, milking goats provided far far more than the recommended daily allowance of joy in my life.
From the moment I rounded a corner on the one-lane tree-lined country road that led to Black Beauty Ranch and saw fields of yellow flowers stretching as far as my eye could see filled with peacefully grazing horses, donkeys, and cows, my eyes welled with tears and my heart swelled with joy.
This, I thought to myself, is what I hope heaven looks like.
In next week's blog, I will share all the joy I found in my two-day visit to Black Beauty Ranch.


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In 2012, "Csilla's" progeny continued their successes, while being shown sparingly in Conformation (Show) we had some nice wins, and several puppies demonstrated their versatility in both Hunt/Field and Obedience.
"Indy" started out the year with two nice wins; a 1st Award of Merit at his debut Specialty Show appearance, and a nice Best of Breed (5 pt GCh Major) the following month. We had three new Junior Hunters ("Mila", "Arrow" and "Szikla") and "Seger" finished his Championship title from the Bred-By-Exhibtor Class while "Zali" rounded out the versatility with her Rally Novice title.
"Csilla" also earned her Rally Novice and Canine Good Citizen title (along with new CGC's "Seger" and "Zene"), all while finding time to whelp a gorgeous litter in September 2012 (Jack/Csilla).
Thank you to our extended family of fabulous owners who have contributed to this year's successes; we look forward to another great year in 2013!
Conformation (Show)
Show Champion
* CH Moonlight's Old Time Rock'n Roll, JH "Seger" (Rocky/Csilla) *
Antelope Valley Kennel Club (November): "Seger" was Winners Dog and Best of Winners and Best Bred By Exhibitor for a MAJOR to finish his Championship title.
Suffolk County KC & Westbury Kennel Assoc. (September): "Landon" was Select Dog.
Santa Ana KC (September): "Seger" was Winners Dog & Best of Winners, along with Best Owner Handler.
Superstition KC (March): "Seger" was Winners Dog & Best of Winners, while sister "Zene" (Rocky/Csilla) was Winners Bitch.
Lost Dutchman KC (February): "Enzo" (Dallas/Csilla) was Winners Dog & Best of Winners.
Sporting Dog Association of AZ (February) : "Indy" goes Best of Breed (entry of 27) earning his second 5 POINT GCh. MAJOR.
Sporting Dog Association of AZ (February) : "Seger" (Rocky/Csilla) was Reserve Winners Dog to the Major.
South Coast Vizsla Club Specialty Show (January) : "Indy" (Rocky/Csilla) receives the 1st Award of Merit (22 Specials entered) at his first Specialty Show (14 mos. old).
Three (3) Junior Hunters
* Moonlight's Rock of Ages, JH "Szikla" (Rocky/Csilla) *
* Moonlight's I Love Rock'n Roll, JH "Mila" (Rocky/Csilla) *
* Moonlight Rock You Like A Hurricane, JH "Arrow" (Rocky/Csilla) *
Irish Setter Club of S CA (November) : "Szikla" earns his final Junior Hunter leg towards his title with perfect 10/10 scores!
South Coast Vizsla Club (February) : "Arrow" earned his final Junior Hunter leg towards his title; and "Mila" earned two (2) Junior Hunter passes to complete her title entirely owner handled. Both pups plan to go onto Senior Hunter! Happy Hunting!
Two (2) New Rally Novice Titles
* CH Tamaron Okos Piros Csilla, RN JH "Csilla"
* Moonlight's Lovers Rock, RN "Zali" (Rocky/Csilla) *
Nassau Dog Training Club (September) – "Landon" earns Leg 1# (and a 2nd Place score) towards his Rally Novice (RN) title.
South Coast Vizsla Club (April) – "Csilla" earns Leg 3# and another 1st Place to finish her Rally Novice (RN) title. She also earned Leg #1 towards her Novice Obedience title (CD).
Golden Spike Dog Obedience Club (March) – "Csilla" earns TWO (2) legs towards her Rally Novice (RN) title; including a 1st Place with score of 98/100.
Golden Spike Dog Obedience Club (March) – "Zene" earns the first leg towards her Beginner Novice Obedience (BN) title.
Silver Bay Kennel Club (February) – "Zali" earns her final leg and earns her Rally Novice title! Congratulations Team Zali!
Canine Good Citizens
Three (3) New Canine Good Citizens
* CH Tamaron Okos Piros Csilla, RN JH CGC "Csilla" *
* CH Moonlight's Old Time Rock'n Roll, JH CGC "Seger" (Rocky/Csilla) *
* Moonlight's Rock'n Ow't, JH CGC "Zene" (Rocky/Csilla) *
Malibu Kennel Club (December) Canine Good Citizen Test – "Csilla", "Zene" and "Seger" earn their CGC titles!


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Marketplace multivendor with single product function // ITALIAN SPEAKER DEVELOPERS NEEDED!
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Hello! I am looking for a developer for a marketplace like this: [login to view URL] with a function to sell one time without the seller having to create a store but only a single page site.
The seller would have a simplified interface where he can see the product and simple statistics like clicks.
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In it's 4th event held at Biggs Park Mall, the Comic Book Toy and Collectibles Show will return to Lumberton, NC on December 20-21, 2014. Come check out comic books (gold, silver and current), toys (action figures and vintage), collectibles, sports cards, military memorabilia, coins and more!
Sports Card, Comic Book & Toy Show at Biggs Park Mall
A sports card, comic book and toy show will be coming to Biggs Park Mall in Lumberton, NC on December 21-22, 2013. Stop by the mall to shop for sports cards (old and new), comic books (gold, silver and current), toys (action figures and vintage), sports and military memorabilia, coins and more! This is the...
Pictures from the 2013 Veteran's Day Event
Thank you to everyone who came out for our 2013 Veteran's Day Event at Biggs Park Mall in Lumberton, NC. We got lots of great photos from the event and of the performances and speakers. Thank you to our Veterans for their service, and thank you to everyone who participated in the event!
Veteran's Appreciation Day Event
Biggs Park Mall will have a Veteran's Appreciation Day Event at the mall in Lumberton, NC on November 9th. The event will take place from 11A – 3P. We'll have food on hand, special appearances by local celebrities, including Miss Fayetteville, and entertainment provided by The Gaddis Girls and an Elvis impersonator.
Send Holiday Cheer to Troops with PostNet and Military Moms
PostNet has partnered with Military Moms, a nonprofit created to support the families of military personnel, to provide cards for anyone to write thoughtful messages to soldiers stationed far from home this holiday season. Stop by PostNet, which is at Biggs Park Mall, located at 2914 North Elm Street in Lumberton, to send your warm...


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Stratford-upon-Avon Canal Walk
42 km / 26 miles
Warwickshire, W Midlands
A towpath walk linking the River Avon in the south to the Worcester & Birmingham Canal at Kings Norton.
Map and details from the website below.
Publications, Badges and Certificates:
You can use the interactive controls to zoom in and out and to move around the map, or click on a path or a marker for more info.(interactive map help)
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Rights of way data from selected Local Authorities.
Large scale digital mapping is provided by John Thorn.
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Israel can do no wrong.
Even before the Somali-esque Israeli pirates boarded the aid flotilla at night in international water armed with weapons and wearing armour, the outcome was decided. They would haul the boats to Israel and sort through the aid packages, deport the activists, and declare themselves victims once again. Supporters of Israel would beat their chests and talk of hatred and anti-Semitism, even though they aren't the only Semites in the world. How does anyone not understand?
Israel was chosen by God to be his people. All Jews are "The Chosen," which suggests that any non-Jew has no value, especially those who resist them. This idea is a part of the Jewish narrative from earliest history, but the great irony is that they learned how to fully implement this narrative from the pure "Aryan Racism" of Hitler.
Gaza is a concentration camp: no one gets in or out without Israeli consent; the entire population receives minimum supplies of food, medicine, building materials, and other necessities of life at the will of Israel. Military incursions occur to keep the populace in order. The suffering and degradation inside Gaza is of no importance to Israel, because the people of Gaza have no value to them. Only the land does.
We hear constantly about the terrorism of Palestinians against Israel, but never does Israel acknowledge its own role in the history of terrorism as a tool to grab Palestinian land in the creation of their "god-given" land. Here on YouTube if you can face the truth. Israel as the model for modern terrorism.
Religion can be a dangerous thing in the hands of elitists. Zionism is the extension Israel's self-determined superiority, an aid to the theft of land and resources from any non-Israelite, an affirmation that all that Israel does is right whether it is human rights violations, disregard for International law, the need to ignore all human suffering outside its ever-expanding borders.
No wonder the U.S. is such a close ally of Israel; they share the same approach to "manifest destiny."
Call me names if you will; unless you offer solid argument I don't care what you have to say.


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Most Underrated Hip-hop Albums of All TimeChris-1 All those classic great albums like illmatic and paid in full dont count as this is underrated not greatest.
The Top Ten
It's only underrated if you think Lupe is a good constructionist of lyrics.
He's not. - Satire
Eminem's 4th best album after mmlp,sslp and Tes. Whats sad is that even eminem hates this album.
How can you underrate an album that gave us "beautiful". People actually never try to understand what a person is going thru. M sorry for people who always want the best.
Just listen to the song "BEAUTIFUL" I am sure you all will love it such a masterpiece it is and you will never get tired of it. Such an inspirational song
This is given loads of hate compared to his other albums, even from the man himself but there were some beauties on this album especially Beautiful and Crack A Bottle. Also 3AM, Stay Wide Awake, Old Time's Sake and Deja Vu deserve credit but I can see why the accents put people off this album.V 12 Comments
I don't see how all these albums that are clearly NOT underrated are on this list. Relapse, Stillmatic, and The 18th Letter? They've all gotten their fair share of recognition and critical success (well, somewhat for Relapse). Infinite however, was released 19 years ago, sold less than 1,000 copies, still is relatively unknown, and didn't do so well with the critics. But, it's a great album and (in my opinion) one of Eminem's best. - Lasvegasxavier
Infinite is actually very good, the lyrics are unbelievable!
Hands Down, most underrated album
Aww this one is UNDERRATED and it's always last place when it comes to Eminem albums... This may not be as good as the others but it's not badV 2 Comments
Nah this album is hot garbage
Great album, but not underrated.
The Contenders
Not underrated but not overrated ether but good album
Severely underrated
Stillmatic is Nas' second best album behind Illmatic. Better than all of Jay-z and eminem's albums
Better Than "I Am..." And "Nastradamus" But Not As Good As "It Was Written" And Definitely No Where Near As Good As "Illmatic" - 12ccV 1 Comment
One of the most solid albums to come out of the 90's.
This was lyrically his best album. People don't understand he nearly completely killed all of the tracks on the album. How can anyone say this album wasn't awesome after listening to this masterpiece?
When Im Flowin has to be one of the greatest rap songs of all time!
An underrated album from a criminally underrated rapper. - arbeZameniCV 1 Comment
This album is topclass! No further comments
Clever, creative lyrics and beats.
It's almost embarassing that people would put an album (relapse) on here because it had ONE good song. Sure, Beautiful is great but it can't alone make an overall mediocre album great. Eminem's last good album was The Eminem Show.
I'm a huge eminem's fan, but Infinite and Relapse are not underrated. Revolutionary? Yes it is, because in this album most of the songs are good and tops with Dancing With The Devil ( underrated ).
Dare you say relapse only had one good song that is beautiful. The rhymes schemes on relapse are untouchable
overrated - SatireV 2 Comments
Hot record really slept on. Should be in the 30-40 greatest hip-hop albums of all time list but usually gets left much lower by people. - Chris-1
These cat's know how to spit. 2nd only to Outkast in the south. - NeHiVikings
This album is dope to mob to
Royce is underrated so as Eminem so as bad meets evil
Most of juvenile's albums are underrated, especially reality check. They say juvenile is, "too regional". Jazz originated in new orleans too. Can you imagine if it had been dismissed as "too regional"?
Lots of underrated southern rap albums.There are those overrated ones like tha carter 3 but the south has some good stuff. - Chris-1
Not a bad song on here, no other rap artist manage to combine that guitar riff with great lyrics, that can always paint a picture. Never gets old.
Fort Minor is sick! Love all the songs and its unfortunate most people never heard it. Also lp is good
Almost everyone I talk to has never heard of this.Thats a crime this is a classic top 100 lp. - Chris-1
I was surprised at how good freeways debut was it is a near-classic album. - Chris-1
I'm surprised this isn't #1 because most people think it's not his best album and some of these tracks have a message in them and a few tell a story. 8/10
People think recovery sucks even though he has 2 extremely popular songs: love the way you lie and not afraid
Recovery is unappreciated and underrated
Overrated, only good song is Not AfraidV 3 Comments
the whole album is so dope - numetalhead
This is a pure classic.. I promise you wont be dissapointed! - djphilgood3
I was impressed with Will's versality on this album.. It wasnt just party tracks but songs with a message.. One of my favorites!
Most People Don�'t know even know him, One Of The Greats In Rap History.
This album is one of the best horrorcore albums ever. Sick beats, different lyrics and unique flow. Tech also have the albums: Absoulute Power, K.O.D. and Everready wich all are on my top 30
Tech N9ne=King Of The Underground
In my opinion Big L is the second best rapper to ever live, right after Tupac - KrazzyMadd
Every track is legendary
Experimental hip-hop from one of MF DOOM's many nicknames. I conider it a underground classic. Totally mental beats, wicked lyrics!
Good album, but how in the world is this underrated?
Gugu gaga
Best Album from most underrated rapper of the world!
Great album, but this is underrated. Actually, hmm... I guess it is underrated.
It went platinum in 4 days.
Awesome songs, The haters just suck. Fly, Right Thru Me, Your Love are awesome meaningful songs. Unlike Stupid Hoe, Starships.
I like the album but I wouldn't include it on this list, because it is more of a pop than a hip hop album. Underrated nevertheless. - Martin_Canine
This is terrible
She's the best female rapper out there.. and no one is taking her seriously.. except for some rap artists
Decent album
AKA is super underrated. we know he's not American but that doesn't mean he's nothing, he's actually quite good
Matter of fact,everything about AKA is underrated
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Friday, May 13: The Step Forward Tour
Raising money for children in Haiti in need of prosthetics
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Concert revenue will benefit Friends of the Orphans for St. Damien Hospital in Haiti to provide prosthetics and rehab to amputee victims from the earthquake.
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Blake Lively likes to wear suits.
She's been rocking them a lot lately, and she looks amazing every time. Because she's Blake Lively.
However, people have been left kind of confused by the fact that she's pretty much only worn a three-piece for the last few months.
Instagram page @fashion_critic_ recently shared a photo of Blake wearing a custom, light pink three-piece suit from Ralph Lauren Collection and wrote: 'It's suit number 1,356 for Blake Lively's promotion of A Simple Favor. This time custom pink Ralph Lauren Collection.'
Blake had no time for the shade, and commented on the picture: 'Would you note a man wearing lots of suits during a promo tour?
'So why can't a woman? Just sayinnnn. No double standards ladies.'
The fashion critic immediately responded to explain that she admired Blake's 'total commitment to wearing suits on this promo tour' and apologised that her humour 'didn't translate'.
Blake called a truce, replying: 'Nothing but love…I don't expect everyone to like it. Fashion that creates a difference of opinions is the fun part. I totally understand the missed humour. I do the same thing sometimes.
'Just lookin' to encourage women to do what men do without being teased for it. ???????? Yes, even in a space as material as fashion. It all starts somewhere…♥♥ and everyone's voice counts.'
It's not the first time she's defended her sartorial choices, though. Last month, after a social media user urged her to fire her stylist, Lively — who famously dresses herself for press events — responded: 'Thank you for the tips, sir. Alas, I've tried to fire @blakelively so many times. But that b—h just keeps coming back. She won't leave me alone.'
As it turns out, the wardrobe switch-up is actually part of a cunning PR stunt for her new movie, in which Blake's character, Emily, wears a lot of suits.
And for every person that hates the look, there's another out there who really can't get enough.
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England Squad For T20 matches against Australia and India
England is all set for 4 t20 blast against Australia and India. They are currently playing 5 match ODI series against Australia. England Team management has announced 14 members squad for the upcoming VITALITY IT20 matches.
Team News :
- All-rounder Ben Stokes has been left out of the squad for all t20 matches against Australia and India.
- Curran Brothers, Sam and Tom are included in the squad.
- Jake Ball has been recalled while Mark Wood has been given the rest for the four games – one with Australia and three against India.
- David Malan, Sam Billings, Liam Dawson and James Vince were dropped out from the squad.
- Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali missed the previous t20 games are set to return in the squad.
- Stokes is undergoing treatment for a torn left hamstring because of which he was out of the second.
- Test against Pakistan. But he would be travelling with England squad as he continues to recover.
- Chris Woakes would also miss out with a knee injury.
England squad:
Eoin Morgan (C), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Jake Ball, Jos Buttler (WK), Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, David Willey.
T20 Fixtures :
England v Australia
27 June – Edgbaston (11:00 pm IST)
England v India
3 July – Old Trafford (10:00 pm IST)
6 July – Cardiff (10:00 pm IST)
8 July – Bristol (6:30 pm IST)


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Sous Vide Canadian Bacon Recipe doesn't seem like a good idea at first. Even I was skeptical about using this method to prepare Canadian Bacon. I'm glad to say that I was wrong. Cooked low and slow overnight, it retains all of its juiciness, but gains an incredibly luxurious, buttery-soft tenderness as its connective tissue and muscles break down.
- 8 slices Canadian bacon or ham
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
Set your sous-vide water bath to 145°F (63°C)
Place ham in a heavy duty zipper-lock bag or a sous-vide bag
Add bagged ham to preheated water bath and cook for at least 6 and up to 12 hours.
Heat half the oil in a large skillet or griddle over medium-high heat until shimmering
Add ham and cook, pressing down with a stiff spatula or griddle press, until well-seared and crisp, about 2 minutes.
Do not sear second side. Transfer to a warm plate and repeat with remaining oil and ham. Serve immediately.


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Protective Effects of Ursolic Acid in the Kidneys of Diabetic Rats
Received Date: 23.06.2017
Accepted Date: 19.07.2017
Turk J Pharm Sci 2018;15(2):166-170
Diabetes, a heteregenous metabolic and chronic disease, is a growing health problem in most countries. It has been claimed that diabetes is associated with the increased formation of free radicals and decreased in antioxidant potential. Oxidative stress formed in diabetes may cause DNA damage in the tissues. Ursolic acid, a well-known pentacylic triterpene, is commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine due to its beneficial health effects such as antioxidant, anticancer, and antiulcer properties. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of ursolic acid in the kidneys of Wistar albino rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes.
DNA damage was evaluated in the kidney cells of rats using alkaline comet assays. Oxidative stress parameters such as CAT, SOD, GR, and GSH-Px enzyme activities and total GSH and MDA levels were also evaluated.
Ursolic acid treatment was found to significantly decrease DNA damage, GR enzyme activities, and MDA levels, and significantly increase GSH levels and CAT, SOD and GSH-Px enzyme activities in diabetic rats.
According to our results, it seems that ursolic acid may be beneficial against diabetes-induced renal damage.
Keywords: Diabetes, DNA damage, oxidative stress, kidney
Diabetes mellitus, a heteregenous metabolic and chronic disease, is caused by an absolute or relative lack of insulin. It is a growing health problem in most countries, especially in developing countries.1 Around 3% of the world's population has diabetes and it is concluded that it may exceed 5.4% by the year 2025.2 In Turkey, 7.4% of the population has diabetes, and it is also estimated that the number of patients will increase to 9.6% of the population by 2030.3
Studies on diabetes therapy have gained interest due to its unwanted effects on human life e.g. changing lifestyles lead to reduced physical activity, and increased obesity.3 Drugs used in diabetes therapy have higher costs, limited efficacy and/or significant adverse effects.4,5 As a result of these factors, patients with diabetes often use alternative therapy such as herbal medicines.6 Epidemiologic studies have associated diets rich in isoflavones with a lower risk of diabetes and diabetes-related complications.7,8 However, pharmacologic and toxicologic evidence validating the safety and efficacy of these medicinal plants is not readily available.9
For experimental diabetes model in animals, streptozotocin (STZ) and alloxan are the most frequently used drugs. According to the administered dose of these agents, syndromes similar to either type 1, type 2 diabetes mellitus or glucose intolerance can be induced. STZ enters the pancreatic b-cell via a glucose transporter 2 and causes alkylation of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).10 The potential problem with STZ is that its toxic effects are not restricted to pancreatic b-cells because it may cause renal injury and oxidative stress.11,12
Ursolic acid (3b-hydroxy-12-urs-12-en-28-oic acid), commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine, is a well-known pentacylic triterpene. Malus pumila, Ocimum basilicum, Vaccinium spp., Vaccinium macrocarpon, Olea europaea, Origanum vulgare, Rosmarinus officinalis, Salvia, and Thymus plants are the main sources of ursolic acid.13 It has various biologic effects including anticancer, antiulcer, antidiabetic properties due to its antioxidant activity. Ursolic acid has been suggested to increase insulin levels with the preservation of pancreatic b-cells and modulate blood glucose level in diabetic mice.14
In this paper, oxidative DNA damage in the kidney cells of STZ-induced diabetic rats were evaluated using alkaline comet assays. Oxidative stress parameters such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione reductase (GR) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activities, and total GSH and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels in the kidney tissues were also measured to investigate the effects of ursolic acid on diabetes-induced oxidative damage.
The study was approved by Ankara University Animal Ethics Committee (2015-12-138).
The chemicals used in the study were purchased from the following suppliers: normal-melting agarose and low-melting-point agarose from Boehringer Manheim (Mannheim, Germany); sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide, and potassium chloride from Merck Chemicals (Darmstadt, Germany); dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), ethidium bromide (EtBr), Triton-X-100, phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) tablets, STZ and ursolic acid from Sigma-Aldrich Chemicals (St Louis, Missouri, USA); ethylendiaminetetraacetic acid disodium salt dihydrate (EDTA-Na2), natrium lauroy lsarcosinate, and Tris from ICN Biomedicals Inc. (Aurora, Ohio, USA), SOD assay kit, CAT assay kit, GR assay kit, GSH-Px assay kit and GSH assay kit from Cayman Chemicals Co. (Ann Arbor, MI, USA), ketamin hydrochloride from Eczacıbaşı (İstanbul, Turkey).
Wistar albino rats (180-250 g, n=24) were used in all experiments. The animals were housed in plastic cages with stainless steel grid tops. The rats were maintained on a 12-h light-dark cycle, at controlled temperature (23±2°C) and humidity (50%). The animals were fed with standard laboratory chow and allowed to access feed and drinking water ad libitum. The blood glucose levels of the animals were measured before the experiments. The rats were treated humanely according to the Helsinki Declaration of 2008 and with regard for the alleviation of suffering.
Wistar rats were subjected to type 1 diabetes through STZ injection (60 mg/kg in freshly prepared PBS) as previously described.15 Two days later, blood was taken from the tails of the rats using a lancet to measure the blood glucose levels with a glucometer (Plusmed). Rats with a blood glucose level higher than 250 mg/dL were considered to be diabetic.
The rats were divided into four groups:
Group 1: Sham group (n=6). This group consisted of animals treated with oral saline alone.
Group 2: Diabetic group (n=6). This group consisted of animals in which only diabetes was induced and the animals were treated with oral saline.
Group 3: Ursolic acid-treated group (n=6). This group consisted of animals treated with a dose of 50 mg/kg b.w. per oral ursolic acid (in saline) for 28 days.
Group 4: Ursolic acid-treated diabetic group (n=6). This group consisted of animals treated with a dose of 50 mg/kg b.w. per oral ursolic acid (in saline) for 28 days following the induction of diabetes.
Ursolic acid dose (50 mg/kg b.w. per oral) was selected according to our unpublished studies. At the end of the experimental period, all animals were decapitated under anesthesia (90 mg/kg ketamine hydrochloride, i.p.). The kidneys were removed. The organs were examined for changes in size, color, and texture. The samples were kept in the dark at 4°C and processed within 4 hours for comet assays. The kidney homogenates were kept at -80°C for the determination of oxidative stress parameters.
Oxidative stress parameters were assayed in the plasma samples and in the liver homogenates. The liver tissues were weighed and extracted following the homogenization and sonication procedure.16
The determination of CAT, SOD, GR, and GSH-Px enzyme activities and GSH and MDA levels in the kidney tissues were performed spectrophotometrically using CAT, SOD, GR, GSH-Px, GSH, and MDA assay kits (Cayman Chemicals Co., Ann Arbor, MI, USA) at 540, 440, 340, 340, 420, and 535 nm, respectively. The results are expressed as mmol/min/mg for enzyme activities, µM for GSH levels, and nmol/g for MDA levels.
Kidney homogenates were used for the comet assays. The kidney tissues were carefully dissected from their attachments and totally excised. Preparation of a single-cell suspension from the organs was performed according to standard procedures.17,18 In brief, approximately 0.2 g of each organ was placed in 1 mL chilled mincing solution [Hanks' balanced salt solution (HBSS) with 20 mM EDTA and 10% DMSO] in a Petri dish and chopped into pieces using a pair of scissors. The pieces were allowed to settle and the supernatant containing the single-cell suspension was taken. The concentrations of renal and hepatic tissue cells in the supernatant were adjusted to approximately 2 x 106 cells/mL in HBSS containing 20 mM EDTA / 10% DMSO.
The alkaline comet assay technique of Singh et al.19, as further described by Aydın et al.20 and Bacanlı et al.21 was followed.
The dried microscopic slides were stained with EtBr (20 µg/mL in distilled water, 60 µL/slide), covered with a cover-glass prior to analysis using a Leica® fluorescence microscope under green light. The microscope was connected to a charge-coupled device camera and a personal computer-based analysis system (Comet Analysis Software, version 3.0, Kinetic Imaging Ltd, Liverpool, UK) to determine the extent of DNA damage after the electrophoretic migration of the DNA fragments in the agarose gel. In order to visualize DNA damage, 100 nuclei per slide were examined at 40x magnification. The results are expressed as percent of DNA in tail ('tail intensity').
Statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS for Windows 20.0 computer program. Differences between the means of data were compared using the One-way variance analysis (ANOVA) test, and post-hoc analysis of group differences was performed using the least significant difference test. The Kruskal-Wallis K test followed by the Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare parameters displaying abnormal distribution between the groups. The results are given as mean ± standard deviation. P values of less than 0.05 were considered as statistically significant.
The CAT, SOD, GR and GSH-Px enzyme activities and GSH and MDA levels in the kidney tissues were shown in the Table 1.
CAT, SOD, and GSH-Px enzyme activities and GSH levels were found to be significantly lower in the diabetic group compared with the sham group (p<0.05). CAT, SOD, and GSH-Px enzyme activities and GSH levels were significantly increased in the ursolic acid-treated diabetic group compared with the diabetic group (p<0.05). There were no significant differences between the sham and ursolic acid-treated diabetic group.
Renal GR enzyme activities and MDA levels were found to significantly increased in the diabetic group compared with the sham group (p<0.05). However, the levels were found to significantly decreased in the ursolic acid-treated diabetic group compared with the diabetic group (p<0.05). There was no significant difference between the sham and ursolic acid-treated diabetic group in terms of MDA levels (p<0.05).
Ursolic acid alone caused no significant changes in all studied oxidative stress parameters compared with the sham group.
The DNA damage expressed as tail intensity in the kidney cells of rats in comet assays is shown in the Figure 1.
In all samples studied, there were no statistically significant differences in tail intensity between the sham group and the ursolic acid-treated groups (p>0.05). The DNA damage was found significantly higher in the diabetic group compared with the sham group (p<0.05). Ursolic acid treatment in the diabetic group was found to decrease the DNA damage significantly (p<0.05).
In the present study, we evaluated the protective effects of ursolic acid against the renal effects of STZ-induced diabetes in rats. STZ is a pancreatic b-cell toxin that causes irreversible necrosis of b-cells.16 When injected into animals at different doses, it causes mild-to-severe types of diabetes according to the dose used.22
Multiple factors can cause oxidative stress in diabetes. The most important factor is glucose autoxidation, which leads to the production of free radicals. Other factors include cellular oxidation/reduction imbalances and reduction in antioxidant defenses including decreased cellular antioxidant levels and a reduction in the activity of enzymes that dispose of free radicals.23
It has been shown that oxidative stress exists in patients with diabetes, as evidenced by increased total antioxidant capacity in the saliva and blood of patients.24 MDA has been identified to bind and damage DNA. It is a direct product of lipid peroxidation. In different studies, it has been demonstrated that MDA levels were significantly increased in different tissues such as liver and kidney tissues.25,26 Increased MDA levels were shown in patients with diabetes27 and diabetic rats.28
Our findings are consistent with the data of some recent studies that showed changes in oxidative stress parameters in diabetes. In the present study, we observed that GR enzyme activities and MDA levels were significantly increased, and GSH levels and CAT, SOD, and GSH-Px enzyme activities were significantly decreased in diabetic rats.
Recently, there has been a growing interest in replacing synthetic diabetic drugs with natural antioxidants from plant materials.29 Phytochemicals with antioxidant effects include cinnamic acids, coumarins, diterpenes, flavonoids, lignans, monoterpenes, phenylpropanoids, tannins, and triterpenes.30 Wang et al.31 demonstrated that oleanolic acid (0.1 and 0.2%) and ursolic acid (0.1 and 0.2%) markedly suppressed renal aldose reductase activity and enhanced glyoxalase I activity, which contributed to decrease renal advanced glycation end products formation and improvedd renal functions. The impact of these two triterpenes on mRNA expression of renal aldose reductase and glyoxalase I revealed that the effects of these agents occurred at the transcription level. Low-dose ursolic acid (0.01% in food) administration in STZ-induced diabetic mice for three months, glomerular hypertrophy and type IV collagen accumulation in the kidneys were found to be markedly ameliorated.32 In a 16-week study on rats with STZ-induced diabetes, ursolic acid treatment prevented biochemical and histopathologic changes in the kidneys associated with diabetes such as alterations in renal function and increases in oxidative stress, NF-kB activity, and P-selectin expression in the kidneys.33 In our study, we found that ursolic acid regulated all of the alterations of oxidative stress parameters in diabetes. Ursolic acid treatment was found to significantly decrease GR enzyme activities and MDA levels and significantly increase GSH levels and CAT, SOD, and GSH-Px enzyme activities in diabetic rats.
Kushwaha et al.34 determined the DNA damage in lung, liver, aorta, heart, kidney, pancreas, and blood samples of experimentally-induced diabetic rats using comet and endonuclease III and formamidopyrimidine (fpg) modified comet assays. The authors found that DNA damage was significantly greater in the diabetic group compared with the non-diabetic group. In our previous study with ursolic acid, we reported the antigenotoxic effect of this phytochemical against hydrogen peroxide induced oxidative DNA damage in the human lymphocytes and Chinese hamster fibroblast cells.35 In the present study, DNA damage in diabetic rats was found to be greater compared with the sham group. Ursolic acid treatment was found to significantly decrease oxidative DNA damage in diabetic rats.
Our results are in accordance with previous reports about diabetes, its complications and the effects of natural antioxidants against diabetes. We conclude that ursolic acid treatment may be preventive against diabetes and its effects. Nevertheless, further in vitro and in vivo studies are needed to elucidate their efficacy, mechanism, and toxicity on diabetes treatment.
This work was supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Grant number: 114S919).
Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.


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Hiland senior Hunter Yoder continued to put together a memorable final cross country campaign at the Sandy Valley Cross Country Invite Saturday, Sept. 24, while East Canton ranaway with a title in the boys' race.
Yoder continued to amass a very nice resume on the season by placing seventh in a time of 17:54.
East Canton dominated the front of the race, with Demetrius Snellenberger taking first in a winning time of 16:07, while his teammates Kyeem Newell-Owens and Tony Capillo placed third and fourth respectively in times of 17:18 and 17:35.
Dalton's Mason Kutz was sixth in 17:48, while Sandy Valley was paced by Aleks Rymer's eight-place time of 17:58.
Newcomerstown's Jacob Robinson rounded out the top 10 in 18:15.
East Canton won the event with 63 points, while Newcomerstown was third with 87, behind Western Reserve's 69. Sandy Valley was fourth, Fairless fifth, Dalton sixth, Hiland seventh and Ridgewood eighth.
Other placers for Hiland in the 63-man field included Matt Troyer (36th/20:32), Alijah Chupp (40th/21:04), Alex Ventura (44th/212:17), Tyler Kuhns (49th/21:48) and Nathaniel Yoder (56th/22:57).
While the Lady Hawks didn't have enough runners to participate in the team game, senior Melissa Hostetler managed to cruise home in 12th in the girls small school; race in a time of 22:39. The winner of the race was Fairless' Sophie Wentling, who crossed the finish line in 20:36.25, just four-tenths of a second in front of teammate Ella Pumneo. Fairless also had great runs from Erycka Byer (4th/212:10), Lyndsay Cole (5th/21:18) and Kinsley Austin (7th/21:48).
Dalton's Latrice Schlabach placed third in 21:07, while her teammates Madee Kutz (8th/2158) and Lily Baechle (9th/21:59) also performed well.
Hiland's Brooke Miller finished 37th in 25:26 in the field of 59 runners, while Strasburg was led by Jewell Lewis' 35th place finish in 25:06.
Fairless easily won the event, finishing with a ridiculously low total of 19 points, while Dalton took second with 50 and Sandy Valley earned third at 50 points.


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Additional Information: This expressive mask comes from the Bete people of the Ivory Coast who live along the Sassandra River in large villages organized according to family lineages. Like neighboring peoples such as the We or the Dan and especially the We or Guere, whose influence can be seen in this mask, the Bete carve and use masks of extraordinary form and inventiveness to represent the untamed forces of nature that Bete identify as "Gle or Gre". This present mask has facial features that show Baule, Dan's and Wee influences. The face emphasizing a strong nose, pierced eyes, and mouth carved beard. The hat on the top offer anatural expression and the powerful form we've seen on this mask. Remains of the white pigment and dust on the surface of the mask indicate the long use and age of the mask.
or the performance purpose, The mask would be is surrounded by various material such as cowry shells, cotton cloth, pigment, iron bells, animal horn, bird feet, animal skin, vegetable fibers, which would add to the dramatic look expexted for such masks. In the past masks such as this were worn during periods of social strife and war, whereas today they are danced primarily during funerals or are present during judicial proceedings or at times will dance to simply entertain clansmen and villagers.
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It's still the 3rd in Japan, so, Happy 13th Anniversary to Arashi! \o/
Thank you, Arashi, for providing us great songs, singles, albuns, PVs, amazing concerts and DVDs during these last 13 years, making my days happier and brighter! ^.^ I hope there is a lot more to come! From A.Ra.Shi to Your Eyes, from all the singles, let's celebrate with 13 random PV gifs! \o/
Also, as a celebration, I am sharing the fanart above requested by me and made by nhbsakakude, based on Shinobu, an amazing ninja fic series by boblemon! Maybe some of you have seen it already on her fic community, but I am sharing it anyway, after all it's a celebration day! \o/
And if it is Arashi's CD Debut Anniversary, it means Riida's month has started! \o/ Let's hope for a great Ohnovember to all of us! \o/
Since it's their anniversary, I will start this post writing about their news as five!
Finally, it was announced that Arashi will be the hosts for this year's Kouhaku Uta Gassen together with Horikita Maki-san. There was a press conference in which they expressed their feelings related to the theme of the event this year – Uta de Aitai – "we want to meet you through songs". Riida also made it clear that he wants white team to win this year! XD
They will sure be busy at these last two months of the year – they will have Popcorn Concerts, the traditional end of the year's music shows (they are already confirmed at FNS and Best Artist) and with Kouhaku! I just wish they will take proper care of their health… Ganbatte, Arashi!
Since I mentioned Popcorn, the new album was out on October 31st and I loved it so much! *.* All the new songs are really good and the album really has a positive and up feeling to it! ^.^ I liked all the solos two, being Riida's and Jun-kun's ones my favorite! I know I will be called biased, but it is honest, I love Riida's voice and it is amazing in his "Two"! Jun-kun's solo is so much fun and it is addicting! No, it has not the most deep and meaningful lyrics, still, it makes me hyper and it gets stucked on my mind, so… I loved it! ^.^ From the new songs, I guess "Waiting for You", "Welcome to our Party" and "Up to You" are my favorite, but I really enjoyed all of them! ^.^
The CM for the new album was really fun and the booklet of the LE edition is precious, with a picture book with them as "corns"! XD The boys appeared at several TV shows to promote their album, and Jun-kun was in Sukkiri and News Zero! Also, the shopping photos were out, take a look!
Writing about their individual activities, I guess they are focused on their Popcorn Tour rehearsals! Except, maybe, Jun-kun and Aiba-chan that are also focused on filming their new dramas! Aiba-chan will be on a new winter drama at FTV, called Last Hope and he will be a doctor that can "hear and understand" his patients' hearts, with a mysterious past, I am really looking forward to it! ^.^
As for Jun-kun, it was announced that Lucky Seven will have a special that will be aired on January 3rd and they already started filming it! Ishihara Satomi-san will be one of the "villains" and, so, we have the "Kimi wa Petto" trio reunited again! ^.^ ! Oh, and Jun-kun said on his interviews and on his Enjoy that there are several action scenes, I am really looking forward to it! Of course, I was thrilled with this news since I loved Lucky Seven and I can't wait to see their team work again, especially more Shuntarou and Nitta! *.*
The boys keep appearing on several new CMs and Nino will even be featured on Guinness World Record since his Devil Character at Pocky CM was designed at the largest mosaic art using biscuit sticks! XD The work they did in the mosaic was amazing! ^.^ Jun-kun, Riida and Sho-chan are at the new Nissan CM, together with a cute little dog! The CM is really fun, especially because I love dogs! XDD
Still on the CMs subject, Jun-kun is featured at a new Meiji campaign, take a look!
Finally, writing about their regular TV Shows, although I am still worried about the ratings, for me, the shows have been really fun, all of them! ^.^
VS Arashi was back with the thrilling Bet de Arashi! The highlight for me, of course, was Ohmatsumiya playing cards and Riida being adorable! And Jun-kun's victory, of course, despite the fact that nobody had bet on him! XD The other highlights were the little kids and Nino's cute outfit plus Riida "fighting" with Haruna from Harisenbon!
On HnA, first, there was a Junba Share a House together with Naka Riisa-san, so, it was like Kaze Trio Share a House for me! XD And, after, thre was another Share a House with the five of them without guests, in which they watched not aired scenes and talked about old episodes. Although there were some vtrs, it was really fun! Watching them relaxing together and just being them! Of course, I must point out that my fangirl heart was extremely happy when Riida chose Jun-kun as the member whose room he wants to enter the most! Riida, you are a pervert… an adorable pervert! Unfortunately to you, Aimiya is protective of their Jun-kun! XDD And, this week, there will be a Matsumiya Share a House, featuring Jun-kun in a wig! XDDD
Shiyagare has been fun because the boys are doing several interesting activities! XD They became ninjas and samurais, they performed together with Takarazuka and they learned acting as mosquitos and other funny performances! XD Right now, they must be being impressed by Daigo's magic, but I will watch and comment about it later! ^.~
On a personal but still on a fangirl vibe note, I am addicted to Juntoshi doujinshi and I was extremely happy when these ones arrived, isn't the art so beautiful?! *.*
Thanks for boblemon who is helping me to feed my addiction! XD As always, she sent me, together with the doujinshi, a super cute fanart she made, this time, with the five of them! Isn't it adorable?! Thank you so much! *bows*
Finally, to finish this post, I want to thank the ones who commented on my last entry and who sent me messages! Your support and kind words are really important to me! Unfortunately, things are still difficult and the situation didn't change much… So, I will keep not being around so much… I won't write more because this is a celebration post, right?! ^.~
I wish you all a happy Ohnovember and thanks in advance for the ones who comment! ^.^
Credits: Colored Fanart requested by me and made by nhbsakakude and black and white fanart made by boblemon (so, please, don't copy nor share them and don't claim as yours). Gifs from tumblr and weibo, I didn't make any of them, they are not mine, all the credits to the gifs makers.


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Sounders could fall out of top 8 Wednesday
Seattle Sounders FC hasn't spent one day of its short and happy history out of the top eight teams in the MLS standings ... nor therefore out of playoff position.
However, that day could arrive as early as Wednesday.
The Sounders awoke this morning ranking seventh in the league's points race, and they could fall to eighth by early afternoon if D.C. United beats San Jose. (Update: Quakes 2, DC 1. See new post above.)
If that happens (Update: It didn't), then the Sounders would trickle down to ninth place on Wednesday if New England wins at FC Dallas.
And then they might have to wait awhile to do anything about it, because this week's MLS schedule brings the league's toughest challenge: a date at Columbus. And then the following week is a by week, when the Sounders won't be able to do anything but sit back and watch other teams turn their games in hand into actual points.
What's left for the Sounders is one game where they appear to be clear underdogs (at Columbus), one that seems about 50-50 (at Kansas City), and one they should be expected to win (home to Dallas). A win, a loss and a draw would end their season with 42 points.
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Nanny McPhee Returns (2010): United Kingdom/France/United States – directed by Susanna White
Rated PG by the MPAA – contains some crude humor, silliness
Not having seen Nanny McPhee, I knew little of what to expect from Nanny McPhee Returns. I knew that Emma Thompson was heavily involved with the production (she wrote and executive produced, alongside starring), and that Maggie Gyllenhaal was starring, so was mildly hopeful. Occasionally it pays off to be optimistic.
The film revolves around Isabel Green (Gyllenhaal) and her young family. Her husband (Ewan MacGregor) is off fighting in World War II, and the English countryside is the safest place to raise children. Her oldest is Norman (Asa Butterfield, already well established with roles in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and Son of Rambow). He's followed by Megsie (Lil Woods), and then the littlest one, Vincent (Oscar Steer).


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Asamoah Gyan, captain of Ghana's senior national team, Black Stars, has said he wants to be remembered for the number of goals he has scored for the country when he retires.
The former Sunderland striker has scored 51 goals so far for the national team, making him the all-time top scorer for Ghana.
He is also Africa's all-time top scorer at the Fifa World Cup with six goals.
The Kayserispor forward told Countryman Songo on Asempa FM's 'Fire for Fire' Thursday, 22 November 2018 that: "I've achieved a lot in my football career and there is a lot Ghanaians can remember me for. If for nothing at all, they can remember me for the goals I've scored for the national team, over 50.
"If somebody breaks that record in the next 20 years, fine, but for now, I'm the top scorer and I want to be remembered for that achievement."
Gyan further revealed his wish is to win the African Cup of nation before he retires.
"I go into a tournament to win the trophy but as you know, football is not like boxing where the victory depends on one person. In football, it is teamwork, and so, you can go into a tournament with a mindset that may be different from the others but I have the desire to win the AFCON," he said.


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Angels Landing Climber's Log
Xander Culver - May 30, 2018 10:50 pm Date Climbed: Mar 30, 2018Great sunset hike.
Awesome hike up for sunset. We had some solitude and enjoyed the summit once it got dark. The hike down in the dark was fun.
Super Dave - May 28, 2018 11:28 am Date Climbed: Apr 22, 2018West Rim Trail Grand Finale
Hiked the West Rim Trail down from Lava Point. Angel's Landing was the grand finale of a fantastic day. Loved the exposure and summit views. Trip Report
wilderleavitt - Jan 29, 2018 8:51 am Date Climbed: Jun 1, 1992Fourth Summit of Angels
Taking the family to the top of this classic climb. Awesome views.
wilderleavitt - Jan 28, 2018 6:03 pm Date Climbed: Jun 1, 1989First Summit of Angels
Amazing switchbacks and cable guided climb to the summit. First time using a cable anchored to the wall to make an ascent.
wilderleavitt - Jan 28, 2018 6:00 pm Date Climbed: Apr 1, 1992Third Summit of Angels
Excellent ascent with beautiful views and perfect weather.
wilderleavitt - Jan 28, 2018 5:58 pm Date Climbed: Jun 1, 1991Second Summit of Angels
Love using a cable anchored to the wall to make an ascent.
Scott - Jan 2, 2018 10:25 pm Date Climbed: Jan 1, 2018Angels Landing
January 1 2018
Today Kimberly, Kessler, Shaylee, and I climbed Angels Landing in Zion National Park. It was a perfect day and the temperature was perfect. As always, the climb was very scenic. It was a great way to start off the New Year!
November 3 1990
On this day I climbed it with the Skyline High School Alpine Club.
alynch - Nov 16, 2017 11:58 am Date Climbed: Apr 18, 2016Stunning
Hiked the trail to the summit on my birthday. Pretty alright way to spend it. Loved every second of the exposure and experience.
Deb - Nov 7, 2017 5:54 pm Date Climbed: Nov 7, 2017Zion with a Zygote
Took youngest daughter up the chain route; so crowded on a Tuesday. Fun scrambling regardless.
wyatt_meyers - Oct 24, 2017 2:57 pm Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2016awesome views
Early to avoid crowds. Slow hikers will hold you up on the chains and make the hike take way longer. Incredible views!
IronHiker - Sep 17, 2017 2:00 pm Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2017Super crowded
Started early but it was still crowded. Zion Canyon is out of control in the summer. Not so crowded in other parts of the park.
Kemp - Mar 29, 2017 1:42 am Date Climbed: Mar 20, 2016Crowded
Very overly crowded hike. Granted, it was spring break time.
kteichert - Feb 26, 2017 4:06 pm Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2008Wonderful View
Have done this one a few times. Just never realized there was a page for it.
wannabepeakbagger - Nov 25, 2016 7:46 pm Date Climbed: Oct 20, 2016Early morn
Caught the 2nd or 3rd shuttle of the day from the visitor center and was glad we didn't wait any later. Great weather for the hike. I feel the danger factor was overstated, but I guess that helps keep down the crowds a bit. Started to get pretty crowded by the time we were coming down.
secander - Aug 30, 2016 11:16 am Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2016Tourist Route
Up and down with my sister in 2 hours.