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This year's Art of Taste festival draws expert chefs from across the world to The Resort at Pedregal. Sonya Coté is coming to Los Cabos from Austin, Texas and bringing her expertise in catering. Sonya is owner and chef of Cote Catering, Austin's premier frame to table catering team. To Chef Sonya Coté, cooking is more than just putting food on a plate — it's about creating edible pieces of art and educating future generations on the importance of utilizing locally-grown and raised ingredients for freshness and nutrition. After earning a degree in graphic arts from the Art Institute of
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Here in the United States, we know the names. Michael Brown. Eric Garner. Tamir Rice. Walter Scott. Freddie Gray. Rekia Boyd. All African Americans killed by police.
But we don't know the names of Eduardo de Jesus Ferreira — 10 years old and shot by police who mistook a phone for a gun. Or Alan de Souza Lima — who at 15 was filming his friends laughing and joking and unwittingly captured his own death seconds later in a hail of bullets. Or Claudia da Silva Ferreira, a 38-year-old mother who was wounded in a police shootout, tossed out of the unsecured back door of a police vehicle and fatally dragged 1,000 feet.
These last three cases took place in Brazil, but we ought to know their names, too. Because each name now marks an individual tragedy that we've become too familiar with — the killing of a human being by police, sometimes unarmed and not involved with crime. And it is more than a national problem.
A report we released last month on state laws in the United States and a new report documenting cases in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, show practices that fly in the face of international standards guiding the use of lethal force by police.
The U.N. Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials state that law enforcement can't use firearms against anyone except in self-defense or the defense of others against the imminent threat of death or serious injury. Furthermore, international law enforcement standards require that force of any kind, including deadly force, may be used only when there are no other means available that are likely to achieve the legitimate objective..
However, in both the United States and Brazil we see that this is not the case. The laws of both lands are unnecessarily broad, and do not take into account whether or not a suspect or prisoner presents a threat. This creates an environment that could allow for any number of circumstances in which an unarmed or non-threatening person, sometime already surrendered or wounded could be killed, and no one could be held accountable for it.
In fact, our review of the patchwork of U.S. state laws governing the use of lethal force found that, appallingly, all 50 states and the District of Columbia fail to comply with international law and standards on the use of force and firearms by police.
Nine states and the District of Columbia currently have no laws whatsoever on the use of lethal force by law enforcement officers, and 13 states have laws that do not even comply with the lower standards set by U.S. constitutional law. Only two states — Georgia and Tennessee — require training on the use of lethal force.
What we see in this country has parallels with Brazil. The new report details some cases in which people were killed by police after already being wounded or surrendering. In other cases, there was no warning given, or the victim was killed while running away.
A heavily militarized police presence, to be ramped up in the poorest neighborhoods in advance of next year's Olympics, has only deepened the divide in trust between the police and those they are meant to protect. Between 2005 and 2014, police killed 5,132 people in the city of Rio de Janeiro while on duty. Last year, more than 15 percent of all homicides in Rio de Janeiro involved police on duty. Compounding the unacceptably high rates of police killings is the fact impunity seems to prevail when it comes to Brazilian police killings.
And in both countries, it is overwhelmingly young black men who pay the price. In Rio, 79 percent of those killed by police between 2010 and 2013 were black men. In the United States, there are, shockingly, no official national statistics tracking police use of force, including police-related deaths or injuries, but estimates of people killed annually by law enforcement range from 400 to 1000.
According to the limited government data available, African Americans are disproportionately affected by the use of lethal force. The African-American population of the United States is 13 percent but makes up 27 percent of those killed by law enforcement.
Police have a difficult and often dangerous job. But they have a duty to carry out this role in a manner that ensures full respect for the right to life and security of all people — no matter the color of their skin or whether they're suspected of a crime.
Reform is needed immediately. Lives are at stake. Laws must protect people from fearing for their life at the hands of the very officers sworn to protect them. Laws regarding lethal force must be brought into compliance with international law and standards before more lives are lost.
Steven W. Hawkins and Atila Roque are executive directors of Amnesty International USA and Amnesty International Brazil, respectively.


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Humira Side Effects Lawsuit
Humira Side Effect Lawsuit
Our interpretation of research done by researchers at the Dallas-based Baylor Research Institute, leads us to believe in our opinion that Humira and other popular psoriasis drugs may put patients at an increased risk of heart attacks, stroke, and consequent death. The disclosure came a few months after the FDA issued a safety alert on 14 April 2011, linking the drug to a rare type of blood cancer in children and young adults. Humira, a TNF inhibitor, carries black box warning about fatal blood cancer and fungal infections.
The FDA permitted Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories to market Humira, brand name of adalimumab, in 2003 as a medication for severe rheumatoid arthritis. The drug, the first human monoclonal antibody, has been approved for use only in cases where other anti-rheumatic drugs are found to be insufficient. In 2007, the FDA allowed Humira to be used for the treatment of severely active Crohn's disease in adults. However, a number of studies have linked the drug to serious blood disorders, fungal and virus infections, liver injury, central nervous system problems leading to demyelinating disorders, cardiac failure, and tuberculosis. It suppresses TNF, a cytokine produced by white blood cells, which renders the immune system ineffective in the fight against new infections.
Humira Complaints and FDA Warnings
In 2005, the FDA disclosed that it had identified at least nine cases of neurological disorders caused by Humira within the first two years of its introduction. Two of these complaints were related to optic neuritis, inflammation of a nerve, resulting in pain and loss of function. According to a research report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on May 17, 2006, Humira side effects put users at the risk of developing certain types of cancers.
In September 2008, the FDA issued a public health alert informing doctors about the risk of fungal infections caused by Humira side effects. The drug neutralizes tumor necrosis factor-alpha, a protein responsible for bone, tissue, and cartilage inflammation. It leads to weakening of the immune system, which makes patients using Humira vulnerable to fungal infections.
In August 2009, the FDA added black box warning on Humira alerting consumers and healthcare experts about potential risk of lymphoma, melanoma, and other cancers in children and young adults caused by the drug. The label changes came after the FDA extensively investigated reports of adolescent and child cancer caused by the drug. It found that patients developed cancers about 30 months after Humira therapy for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, psoriasis, and inflammatory bowel disorder.
In April 2011, the FDA confirmed that it had received 43 reports linking side effects of Humira and TNF-blockers to Hepatosplenic T-Cell Lymphoma, a cancer of white blood cells, in children and young adults.
Humira Side Effects
Fungal Infections
Humira side effects cause serious fungal, virus, bacteria, and protozoa infections. Patients using the drug are likely to suffer from respiratory tract infections, pneumonia, bronchitis, urinary tract infections, prosthetic and postsurgical infections, digestive tract infections, and other invasive opportunistic infections. Tuberculosis is the most reported infection linked to the drug side effects. According to the post-marketing surveys, Humira users are prone to serious infections, such as septic arthritis, erysipelas, and cellulitis.
Nervous System Side Effects
Use of Humira and similar TNF blockers leads to nervous system problems, such as headache, confusion, skin sensations due to peripheral nerve damage, multiple sclerosis, and subdural hematoma or blood swelling. Rare cases of hypertrophic pachymeningitisa and demyelinating disorders caused by the drug have also been reported.
Oncologic Side Effects
A number of studies and safety reviews have linked Humira to carcinoma, lymphoma, melanoma, and other oncologic side effects. It can cause breast, skin, and uterine cancers and acute myelogenic leukemia. The FDA has received many reports of cancer of the white blood cells in young adults using the drug.
Musculoskeletal Problems
Humira musculoskeletal side effects include myasthenia, myalgia, bone disorders, muscle cramps, bone necrosis, pyogenic arthritis, back pain, joint pain, nonspontaneous fracture, and tendon disorder.
Respiratory Problems
Humira consumers are likely to suffer from respiratory side effects, such as upper respiratory tract infections, asthma, bronchospasm, sinusitis, and lung disorder. The drug also leads to flu-like syndrome, difficulty in breathing, decreased lung function, pneumonia, pulmonary fibrosis, and other interstitial diseases.
Gastrointestinal Side Effects
Humira have been linked to gastrointestinal carcinoma, nausea, and abdominal pain. The post-marketing reviews documented other Humira gastrointestinal side effects, such as hepatic necrosis, gall bladder inflammation, gallstones, esophagitis, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, and gastrointestinal disorders.
Cardiovascular Side Effects
Humira side effects result in cardiovascular problems, including congestive heart failure. Using the drug for a longer period can cause hypertension, chest pain, arrhythmia, coronary artery disorder, palpitation, pericardial effusion, tachycardia, and other vascular disorders.
Other Humira Side Effects
Humira causes dermatologic side effects, such as red rash, inflammation of body tissue, and herpes zoster or eruptions along a nerve path.
Humira endocrine side effects include parathyroid disorder.
Hematologic side effects of Humira create acute blood disorders, such as agranulocytosis, granulocytopenia, hypertriglyceridemia, polycythemia, and leucopenia.
Ocular side effects of Humira include cataract.
Humira Lawsuit
Abbott Laboratories is facing a number of Humira Lawsuit, alleging that the failure on the part of the manufacturer to warn physicians and consumers adequately about possible side effects resulted in plaintiffs suffering from serious injuries and permanent nerve damage. In June 2011, a Tennessee resident filed a Humira lawsuit against Abbott in a Memphis court, claiming that Humira side effects caused him to suffer from histoplasmosis, a life-threatening fungal infection. The lawsuit came a month after an Illinois woman sued the Humira manufacturer for optic nerve damage and vision problems caused by drug side effects. In April 2011, another Illinois woman filed a Humira lawsuit alleging that she suffered from permanent nerve damages after using the arthritis drug for three months. A number of law firms are also working on product liability Lawsuit against Abbott covering injuries caused by Humira side effects, such as nerve damages, cancer, vision problem, infections, bone disorders, and other health problems.


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Business Library Card
If your business is located within the City of Oak Creek, you are eligible for a free library card. For further information regarding how to get a business library card and borrowing/restrictions, click here.
Rooms, Technology, and Equipment
The Oak Creek Civic Center has a multitude of rooms available for rental – whether it is a small 2-person meeting or a large presentation with 150 people. The rooms are typically equipped with phone conference equipment (the smaller meeting rooms) and projection monitors that can be hooked up wirelessly or using HDMI/VGA cables. Rooms must be reserved up to 2 weeks in advance.
To get more information on the rooms available, go to the Meeting & Study Rooms page.
Wi-Fi is available throughout the building – there is no password required.
Printing/copying is $.15 per page for black and white, $.30 per page for color – 8.5" x 11" paper ONLY. Scanning to an e-mail address or a flash drive is free.
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Take classes to sharpen your technology skills as well as a host of other business, accounting, finance and other entrepreneurship skills with Gale Courses. A valid Milwaukee County Library card is required.
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Oak Creek Library offers a variety of print materials that can help with everything from starting a business or non-profit to professional development. Some examples include*:
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Latitude: 54.9445 / 54°56'40"N
Longitude: -1.9745 / 1°58'28"W
OS Eastings: 401730
OS Northings: 561095
OS Grid: NZ017610
Mapcode National: GBR GCN8.BB
Mapcode Global: WHB2F.MZYB
Entry Name: Oaklands
Listing Date: 18 June 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1045394
English Heritage Legacy ID: 240430
Location: Broomhaugh and Riding, Northumberland, NE44
County: Northumberland
Civil Parish: Broomhaugh and Riding
Built-Up Area: Riding Mill
Traditional County: Northumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northumberland
Church of England Parish: St James, Riding Mill
Church of England Diocese: Newcastle
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House, now divided into two, c.1860 by Thomas Wilson for himself. Squared
stone with ashlar dressings; slate roof. Free Gothic style. North front
2 storeys, with attic over central part, 3 sections. Centre section has
gabled projecting porch at right. Panelled double doors under shouldered
lintel and circular overlight, framed by pilasters and moulded arch; much
carved ornament. Staircase to left gives varied floor levels. One- and two-
light windows with varying Gothic treatment, the upper ones in half dormers
hipped at left, elaborately-oranmented at right; string courses. Left
section has projecting gabled right bay with diaper pattern in tympanum over
first floor windows; at left remains of servants' wing. Projecting gabled
right section has massive stack and a trefoil-headed window on each floor to
right. Right return has trefoil-headed windows mostly in large single-storey
bay at left and 2-storey canted right bay. Cast-iron balcony with spiral
standards on rear elevation.
Interior: Central hall has open well-stair with closed string, moulded
balusters and handrail, and trefoil-pierced spandrel pieces. Intermediate
iron standards have fleur-de-lys heads and plain tie rail. Doors with trefoil-
headed panels and other contemporary fittings.
Oaklands appears to be the prototype, both in style and plan, for Wilson's
more grandiose Shotley Hall (1863).
Listing NGR: NZ0173061095
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
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Writing Historiography Essays in History Extension
Here is a sample question that follows the format of Section 1 in your HSC:
Section I
25 marks
Attempt Question 1
Allow about 1 hour for this section
In your answer you will be assessed on how well you:
➢ present a detailed, logical and well-structured answer to the question ➢ use relevant issues of historiography
➢ use relevant sources to support your argument
Using the Source, answer the question that follows.
| | |History is always an attempt to explain the sequence and connection of events, to explain why, after the events of 1789, there| |followed the Revolutionary Wars, the execution of the King, the Jacobin dictatorship, the Terror and the Thermidorian | |Reaction. Not why they had to follow — that is prediction in reverse, and the historian has no business with prediction—but | |why in fact they followed. | | | |Now, the moment the historian begins to explain, he is bound to make use of general propositions of all kinds — about human | |behaviour, about the effect of economic factors and the influence of ideas and a hundred other things; It is impossible for | |the historian to banish such general propositions; they are smuggled in by the back door, even when he refuses to admit it. He| |cannot begin to think or explain events without the help of the preconceptions, the assumptions, the generalization of | |experience which he brings with him — and is bound to bring with him — to his work. When Mathiez for example began to work on | |the history of the French Revolution, his mind was not a blank, it was full of views and prejudices about revolutions and | |their causes, about the way people behave in times of revolution, about how much importance to attach to economic, how much to| |intellectual factors. The historian gives a false account of his activity if he tries to deny the part a general ideas and | |assumptions play in his work. | | | |In such work it is obvious that the first rule of the historian must be to keep a critical eye on his own assumptions and | |pre-conceptions, lest these should lead him to miss the importance of some piece of evidence, the existence of some | |connection. His whole training teaches him to break down rather than build up generalizations, to bring the general always to | |the touchstone of particular, concrete instances. His experience of this discipline and its results makes him cautious and | |sceptical about the possibility of establishing uniformities and regularities of sufficient generality to bear the weight of | |the conclusions then built up on them. Probabilities, yes — rules of thumb, the sort of thing you can expect to happen—but not| |more than this... | | | |Bullock, A. (1959), The Historian's Purpose |
Question 1 (25 marks)
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Rotoworx 330
Semi-rotary converting system
The Rotoworx 330 product range is an economic, standalone, modular converting and finishing solution designed to make short-run label conversion and finishing less costly. It is complete with product unwind, semi-rotary die-cut, lamination, matrix rewind and two product rewind modules. It has a maximum web-width of 330 mm (13 in.) and an operating speed going up to 50m/min. (~160 fpm).
The extremely small footprint and the short web path, in combination with a homing cycle and on/off impression die station, result in minimal waste during job changeovers and roll splices. Re-registration is possible within one or two repeats.
*Please note that we are continually developing and improving our products. As such, the image and information on this page is subject to change.
- Product unwind
- Semi-rotary die-cut
- Flexo-coating station
- Lamination
- Matrix rewind
- Two product rewind modules
- Maximum web width of 13"
- Operating speed up to 16 fpm
Cost-Effective Features for Short Run Operation
These characteristics minimize waste during job changeovers and roll splices
- Small footprint (37 sq.ft.)
- Short web path (11.5 ft)
- Homing cycle
- On/off impression die station
- Reregistration possible within 1 or 2 repeats
Any optional module can be integrated in a specific configuration to meet your requirements
- Corona treatment unit, either double side or single side
- Contact web cleaner, either double side or single side
- Flexo coating station with UV or IR hot air dryer
- Flexo printing or spot coating station in register with printing and UV or IR hot air dryer
- Cold foil attachment for flexo print unit
- Shear slitting
- Razor blade slitting
- Full rotary die cutting station in register with printing
- Shingling conveyor with carry cart and counter
- Rotary screen unit with UV dryer in register with printing
- Flat screen unit with UV dryer in register with printing
- Flat bed hot stamping
- Flat bed die cutting unit in register with printing
- Visual inspection camera
- 100% inspection camera system
- Rotary hot stamping
- Digital mono color ink jet print head
- Roll loading/unloading cart for unwind and rewind
- Pneumatic roll loader for unwind stand
- Maximum mechanical speed of 250 ft/min (76 m/min) in rewinding/coating mode
- Maximum operating speed of 160 ft/min (50 m/min) in semi-rotary mode
Unwind capacity
- 760 mm (30 in)
Web width
- Minimum 50 mm (2 in)
- Maximum 343 mm (13.5 in)
Die Cutting Repeat Size
- 203 mm (8 in) to 559 mm (22 in)
Flexo Module Repeat Size
- 610 mm (24 in)
- Top side lamination 510 mm (20 in) capacity
Die cut
- Semi-rotary die cutting +/- 180 μ (0.007 in) in registration accuracy
Slitting module
- Underscore
- Crush slitter
- Dual product rewind 610 mm (24 in) capacity each
- Matrix rewind 610 mm (24 in)
User interface
- Self-explanatory, touch screen, all controls, centralized
Support service
- Remote operation and diagnostics via secure internet connection
Contact us to find out how Gonderflex can help you.
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Semi-rotary Die Station
The semi-rotary die-station is complete with sensing technology to electronically re-register to incoming pre-printed material, using a magnetic cylinder and flex tooling for fast changeovers and reduced tooling costs. The die tool anvil system has an off impression mode to reduce waste during changeovers and make ready.
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Variable Repeat Flexographic Station
We've integrated a flexographic module into the Rotoworx system, in order to provide the versatility and cost-effectiveness of flexography, in conjunction with semi-rotary die-cutting.
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Patented ISO-Tensioning System
The system features a field-proven web transport, with high registration accuracy of +/- 180 microns (0.007 in) and a repeat size from 203 mm (8 in) to 559 mm (22 in). Tensioning for each module is controlled independently, which is particularly useful when running sensitive films, difficult matrixes or when through cutting.
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Graphics User Interface and Remote Diagnostics
A password-protected user interface, with representations of the machine, facilitates the input of all necessary run parameters and settings. The operating manual, troubleshooting guide and diagnostics are all accessible via this touch screen. The machine can also be run and diagnosed remotely, through a secure internet connection.
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Distortion Compensating Software
Rotoworx's proprietary and user-friendly distortion compensating software aims to cut back expenses associated with re-toll for die-cutting. It maximizes the use of your pre-existing flexible dies by allowing their use on the Rotoworx magnetic cylinder. A full-rotary flexible die purchased for your other presses can thus be placed directly in the Rotoworx and the job manager interface will compensate its distortion requirement.
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Terri Wilson
Baker City, 1958-2017
Terri Lynne Wilson, 59, died Dec. 15, 2017, at her home in Baker City.
Her memorial service will be Saturday, March 3, 2018, at the Harvest Church, 3720 Birch St., in Baker City. The time of the service will be announced later.
Terri was born on Nov. 16, 1958, at Spokane, Washington, to Roger and Cathy Landis Decker. She attended Marysville High School in California and Wallowa High School, where she graduated in 1976. In 1980, Terri graduated from Eastern Oregon State College. She also attended the University of Idaho, Oregon State University and Portland State University.
In 1978, she married Warren J. Wilson in Wallowa. Terri was both an educator and a volleyball coach at the Wallowa School District, where she retired in 2011 after 30 years.
Terri enjoyed traveling, camping, family time, reading, and sports. She was a member of the Wallowa Assembly of God, Oregon Athletic Coaches Association, and Oregon Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Her greatest accomplishments included being awarded OSAA Volleyball Coach of the Year in 1997 and 2002, and National Federation of State High School (NFHS )Coaches Association Volleyball Coach of the Year in 2008. She also coached the Wallowa High School volleyball team to an undefeated season and state championship title in 1997. Terri was also the OSAA long jump state champion in 1976.
Survivors include her husband, Warren Wilson of Baker City; son, Jeromy Wilson, his wife, Jennifer, and their sons, Jace, Joel, and Jaxon of Heppner; daughter, Amanda Johnson, her husband, Brett, and their sons, Emmett and Murphy of Baker City; and son, Andrew Wilson, and his son, Adrian, of Chandler, Arizona.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Roger and Cathy Decker.a
To light a candle in memory of Terri, or to leave a condolence for the family, go to www.grayswestco.com.
Jeffery Givens
Baker City, 1952-2017
Jeffery Lynn Givens, 65, of Baker City, died on the morning of Dec. 18, 2017, surrounded by family and friends.
A memorial service will be Saturday, Dec. 30 at 11 a.m. at the Baker City Christian Church, 675 Highway 7, with Pastor Jesse Whitford officiating.
Jeff was born on July 22, 1952, at Ontario. He was raised by his parents, Dick and Louise Cole. Jeff grew up in a large combined family with a total of 11 children. He was a fantastic brother, uncle, friend, father and husband. He co-owned a family construction business in Baker for more than 30 years and was well-respected in his career.
He was a friend to the golf community and longtime member of the Elks Lodge. He was a proud father to Linzie Sawyer (Givens) and Cody Givens. He was married to the love of his life, Sigrid Johnson, for 40 years.
Jeff was a strong, confident man with so much to offer to those who truly knew him. He was amazing in so many respects, especially as a caring and thoughtful father and grandfather. Jeff had four beautiful grandsons, — Liam, Simon, Austin and Miles. His grandsons will now grow up with family and friends sharing tales of Jeff's hilarious character and hearing stories of their Grandpa Jeff. He had such a funny, sarcastic personality with a strong stubborn streak. He was proud of his family and they were so proud of him.
J eff will be forever in our hearts and missed everyday by those that loved him, his family said. May Jeff rest in peace, love and faith while we miss him terribly on Earth. We love you, Dad, Jeff, Grandpa.
Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one's choice through Gray's West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814. To light a candle for Jeff or to leave a condolence for the family, go to www. grayswestco.com


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Chikara Official Pheromone and Do Male Pheromones Affect
Chikara Official Pheromone: Do Male Pheromones AffectResearch into male pheromones tends to focus on two different areas. The first is identifying the impact of pheromones on hormone levels, which documents their role as primers of human sexual behavior. Primers create the optimum hormonal conditions for human reproduction by causing long-lasting shifts in female hormone levels. For instance, exposure to male pheromones helps regulate women's menstrual cycles, which makes conception more likely. A primer role for human male pheromones is important to the perpetuation of the human species.
This particular study, researchers found that women paid more attention to men who were wearing very small amounts of AND. The concentration of the male pheromone aftershave the men applied was too small for the women to consciously detect via the sense of smell. Interestingly, the researchers also found that the female brain processed the sensory input from AND at twenty times the speed of other substances. They also found that a small proportion of women-roughly 10%-were exquisitely sensitive to this male pheromone. It was at the spur of the moment that we ventured to write something about Pheromones. Such is the amount of matter that is available on Pheromones.
However, unlike in the animal kingdom, where sexual activity results from a combination of the right chemical messages and access, sexual behavior in humans is a complex phenomenon. Cognition (thoughts) and emotions or feelings play important roles in determining whether sexual behavior occurs. So several studies have focused on the impact of human male pheromones on the brain activity and feelings of women.
- However, far more interesting to most people is the potential role of male pheromones as triggers or releasers of sexual activity in women.
- The role of pheromones as triggers for sexual activity in lower mammals and other species is well known.
One study showed that exposure to very small amounts of a male pheromone, androstadienone (AND), was associated with psychological arousal. It's important to note that psychological arousal is different than sexual arousal. When it's used in the psychological sense, 'arousal' means heightened attention and focus. While psychological arousal is necessary for sexual arousal, it certainly doesn't always lead to it. In other words, women have to pay attention to something to find it sexually arousing, but they don't become sexually aroused by the vast majority of things to which they pay attention.
Another study using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) scans to study human male pheromones found evidence that exposure to the pheromone AND excited the brain areas associated with sexual function. Another important distinction is that, when it's used to refer to brain activity, 'excitation' means increased electrical activity. Excitation in this context is different than the notion of sexual excitation. Again, while excitation of these parts of the brain is necessary for sexual activity, increased electrical activity doesn't always lead to sexual behavior.
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You can Find Colognes that Contain Pheromones in Specialty Stores OnlineHowever, there are some new companies that sell low-quality products. People who buy pheromone products from such stores are disappointed and say that pheromones don't work. The good news is that pheromones DO work, and if you choose your store carefully, and get pheromone products produced by trusted manufacturers, you can expect excellent results.
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You Have Several Options When Selecting the Right Pheromone Product for YouPheromone colognes and oils usually contain androstenone, which creates a dominant and aggressive aura, androsterone, which creates an aura of safety and reliability, and androstenol which creates aura of youth and health, and can make you more approachable. There is also an option to use an unscented pheromone and mix it with your current perfume and cologne. The initial stages of this article on Pheromones proved to be difficult. However, with hard work and perseverance, we have succeeded in providing an interesting and informative article for you to read.
There are many pheromone colognes and oils being sold today on the Internet. Here are five most popular pheromone products: Chikara Cologne Originally named Chikara 7, after the number of pheromone compounds, this product contains the three pheromones found in most pheromone products: androstenol, androstenone and androsterone, as well as four new ingredients never before used in perfumery. The total guaranteed pheromone content per bottle is 10 mg. Chikara is great on it's own, but it can also be combined with other products, especially those with more androstenone. This product is also available in gel packs.
Scent of ErosThis product contains androstenol and androsterone. It is popular among younger people. Androstenol is a unisex pheromone that signals youth and it is useful for breaking the ice and getting conversations going. Androsterone is a masculine pheromone. Some people say that Scent of Eros can only get you friends, but this depends on your attitude and the way you use it. The facts on Pheromones mentioned here have a consequential impact on your understanding on Pheromones. This is because these facts are the basic and important points about Pheromones.
Liquid TrustLiquid Trust contains oxytocin - hormone that controls the level of trust in people. Oxytocin makes people more willing to bond with others. Liquid Trust Body Spray is created to increase trust in the wearer. This product is applied every morning after showering along with a favorite cologne or perfume. The first impression is the best impression. We have written this article on Pheromones in such a way that the first impression you get will definitely make you want to read more about it!
New Pheromone Additive (NPA)NPA is one of the most effective pheromone products on the market. It should to be added to d youville college or after shaves because it is very concentrated. NPA contains androstenone. It has an unpleasant pheromone smell. Recommended for more experienced users. .
Primal InstinctThis is a very strong androstenone product. There is greater risk of overdose, so it is advised not to apply too much of this product. Very often, even one drop is too much for some men. There are two versions of this oil-based pheromone product - scented and unscented. Users should be aware that this product is not recommended for young men. We do not mean to show some implication that Pheromones have to rule the world or something like that. We only mean to let you know the actual meaning of Pheromones!
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Lovely post! And what a camera in the last pic ÖReplyDelete
I so love the first picture - gorg!! :)ReplyDelete
wow. this is so cool. the photos are great.ReplyDelete
Love the white, lace and specially the 'relax' mood of the models ... they look cool.ReplyDelete
lucky u sweetie u get to have invitations like these and actually you deserved it! Lovely and amazing shoot...nice post and pictures! :) Loving the white shirts of the models!ReplyDelete
babes + bikes? what's not to love? :)ReplyDelete
I'm a tad jealous that you were invited and I was not. I feel so out of the loop, haha!ReplyDelete
Glad that great photos came out of it though!
oohh it is all about the white, very hard to style! but it looks amazing, it is all about the different fabrics and texturesReplyDelete
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This must have been a great opportunity for you! It looks such an amazing photo shoot:)The photos are great!
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So pretty! I'm a lover of all things white!ReplyDelete
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I love all the white!!!ReplyDelete
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White looks so good in summer!ReplyDelete
Oh wow, what an amazing opportunity! Now if only I could figure out a way to wear white without getting food all over myself :pReplyDelete
thank u for leaving such a sweet comment on my blog...
and i like how the pictures n dresses are all whitry white:)
Beautiful pictures. It sounds like you had a great day. I love all of the pretty white clothes.ReplyDelete
nice pics, liiike the first one!!!ReplyDelete
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Ha @ forgetting about the 4 feet 11 Twin Ducks...one of many wishes.ReplyDelete
Your photos probably look like they were better than theirs...were they, hehe :)? It's a pretty collection
Looks like fun!! Thanks for sharing!!ReplyDelete
So sultry! Gorgeous photos.ReplyDelete
That's cool you got to be a part of the action behind the scenes!ReplyDelete
these photos are so lovely! i really like the white theme running through themReplyDelete
It looks great, can't wait to see results!ReplyDelete
Very cool!! You take some great shots!ReplyDelete
everyone looks so awesome there, i like all the white!ReplyDelete
That looks like so much fun! I love going to photo shoots when I'm not working on one.ReplyDelete
xo Mary Jo
You always take such great photos! Nice behind-the-scenes look at the shoot.ReplyDelete
Great pictures! That is a great opportunity you had!!ReplyDelete
You and your fabulous life. :)ReplyDelete
I love the white dresses in these photos. STUNNING.
Wow, that must've been an amazing experience!! Sounds like so much fun. And beautiful pictures too!ReplyDelete
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love the lastpics !ReplyDelete
I love all the crisp white clothes mixed with the shiny metal of the motorcycle and car. Gorgeous!ReplyDelete
The pictures look so great!ReplyDelete
ohhhh so fun! loving all the white!! so gorg!ReplyDelete
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This is great! Lucky you!ReplyDelete
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That's a really nice bike--and an interesting obelisk. I'm glad you had a nice time that afternoon.ReplyDelete
absolutely love the photos! Must be soo nice to attend events like these! i love the second to the last photo ! Looks like what I'll see in a magazine! <3ReplyDelete
absolutely love the photos! Must be soo nice to attend events like these! i love the second to the last photo ! Looks like what I'll see in a magazine! <3ReplyDelete
Your photos are well taken. Are you a photographer? Oh I love an all white ensemble :)ReplyDelete
i love the pictures! nice post! BTW i nominated you for an award! check this out: http://whatsrealityallabout.blogspot.com/2011/07/one-lovely-blog-award.htmlReplyDelete
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What a fun shoot! You got some great photos!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousWednesday, July 13, 2011
Oh! You always make me envy you with your special fashion week/celebrity invitations! Maybe I should hop on a plane and make my way to Canada!ReplyDelete
Have a great week! :)
Love the photo's btw.
Those white dresses are so beautiful! Nice photos!!ReplyDelete
That's awesome that you got invited to the photo shoot. Looks great!ReplyDelete
great post! lovely white dresses!ReplyDelete
love the all white looks and the girls on motorcycles.ReplyDelete
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- 1 cup raw cashews
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- 1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum
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Prior to starting her own business, Linda was the Senior Manager of Quality Metrics and Analysis at DSC Communications. Linda has more that forth years of experience in real time software engineering, quality, project and risk management and metrics. She has worked as a Software Engineerin, Systems Analyst, Software Process Engineer and Manager of Production Software.
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Ecommerce lead generation is in the same family as lead generation for finance, automotive, and [insert 20th century industry].
But lead generation for ecommerce is leaner and more agile than just about everything else we call lead generation. Wikipedia's explainer on lead generation highlights just how much of an outlier ecommerce is compared to its predecessors:
A lead is usually allotted to an individual to follow up on. Once the individual (e.g. salesperson) reviews and qualifies it to have potential business, the lead gets converted to an opportunity for a business. The opportunity then has to undergo multiple sales stages before the deal is won.
Yeah, not so much for ecommerce. After all, ecommerce stores bend over backwards to avoid putting prospects through "multiple sales stages" before they convert. Chances are that your products, prices, store, and mindset are designed to trigger sales rightnow.
Passing leads on to the sales team? Please. Let's pass them on to the checkout page.
This post is going to explain why lead generation for ecommerce is unique, and then look at six tips for generating leads — and sales — for your online store.
What is Ecommerce Lead Generation?
Lead generation in ecommerce is different than lead generation in other industries. For starters, the "e" in ecommerce means there probably isn't a physical store to visit. What's more, the deliberation involved with buying a car is much greater than the deliberation involved with, say, buying a sweater. In ecommerce, lead generation might start with a Facebook ad and end 90 seconds later on a checkout page.
Regardless of industry, a lead is somebody who has shown an interest in your brand, products, or services. There are lots of different actions people could take to be considered a lead. A lead for the automotive industry might have played around in a virtual showroom designing their dream vehicle. Lead generation in finance might involve interacting with an online loan calculator. And of course people who visit a car dealership or bank branch could also be considered leads.
It's unlikely that a car dealership would ever get a newsletter signup, shoot out a 10% off discount code via email, and close a deal later that day. But that's exactly how it works in ecommerce, where lead generation moves at digital speeds. Visitors at your store aren't interested in a long-term investment like someone buying themselves a car or signing up for a 15-year loan.
So when you read about lead generation tactics that require "multiple sales stages before the deal is won" — yeah, you can probably ignore that.
Alright, so we have an idea how lead generation in ecommerce differs from lead gen in other industries. Now let's dig into six tactics for generating leads and turning them into customers.
1. Take advantage of cookies
Let's start with one that is more valuable for ecommerce than just about any other industry: taking advantage of visitors' cookies.
In a very real way, every visitor to your website is a lead. You can retarget visitors on Facebook, Instagram, and AdWords based on nothing but the cookies they receive when they land on your site.
These cookies let you retarget people who have visited your store – people who, by definition, have shown interest in your products. When you retarget someone on Facebook, you are an few clicks away from a sale. When a bank retargets someone on Facebook, they are several minutes away from someone completing an application that will trigger a drawn-out sales process.
Cookies aren't perfect. Lots of people block cookies, plus cookies eventually expire. But cookies are still a valuable lead generation tool that let you take advantage of ecommerce's quick sales cycle.
2. Build your social following
If visitors are leads because they have shown interest in your brand and put themselves within moments of a purchase, the same can be said of your social media followers.
The distance between your leads and a sale is way smaller than the distance between a wannabe homeowner and a house. As a result, social media is a tool that ecommerce can use in a way that traditional industries simply can't.
This is why ecommerce lead generation is unique: Someone following you on social media or visiting your website has put themselves within a couple clicks of a purchase. Traditional lead generation requires filling out forms, downloading content, and so on. Clicking the "Follow" button removes a lot of that clutter.
So get followers! There are a number of plugins out there to increase your social media visibility on your website:
Not on that many social channels? You're not alone — neither are some huge brands. Just promote whatever you can…
Oh, and go ahead chuck those same social media links into your newsletters, as well. MailChimp makes this exceptionally easy. Just drag this little guy into your email template..
And then pick the channels you want to promote…
Also, while we're talking social media, make it as easy as possible for people to get back to your store — and back within range of a purchase. Platforms like Facebook and Twitter give you chances to send people from your social media profile right back to your store.
All of your followers are one good post and a few clicks away from a conversion. Their proximity to a conversion is at least as close as a more traditional lead who downloaded a white paper. In addition, you have a direct line of communication with them. Marketers in other industries would give their right arm to be able to publish a good photo and have people pull out their credit cards.
3. Offer discounts and deals
Leads are valuable for your store. So it's a good idea to return the favor and give something valuable to your potential leads.
One effective way to do this is offering discounts and other goodies to people who are willing to fork over an email. In exchange for an email address, you could offer free shipping…
Special offers…
Or straight cash on the next purchase…
Popups might not be popular, but free stuff is. Hooking up a visitor with a freebie is a great way to generate a lead. There are numerous plugins you can use to trigger these sort of email-for-discount lead generation layers.
4. Get Those Emails
As we can see in all of these lead generation discounts and deals, the goal is to get an email address and nothing else. This is another example of how different ecommerce lead generation is compared to other industries.
For example, in enterprise software, lead generation tactics would never start and stop with an email address. When you have to pass your leads on to the Sales team, it looks like this:
Unlike other industries, ecommerce lead generation doesn't require getting a visitor's life story. Just get the email and get straight to their inbox with your deal, products, and content.
Getting an email right away is also huge for reactivating customers who abandon their baskets before pulling the trigger on a purchase. Basket abandoners are already leads and have even flirted with a purchase. If you have their email address, you can help push them over the finish line.
Shopify lets you customize your abandoned cart rules and messages:
Thanks to freemium email marketing software like MailChimp, email marketing is cheap, if not free. You aren't paying per click like you are with social or search ads, and because the recipient has given you their email, they have expressed at least some willingness to engage with your brand. In other words, they won't mistake you for a spammer.
Some ecommerce marketers fret about their emails ending up in Gmail's "Promotions" folder. Don't lose sleep over that. Emails that land in the promotions folder are less likely to annoy your leads, plus it's not like Gmail hides promotion emails. They are just filed away. The promotions folder won't destroy your lead generation email campaigns.
5. Take Care of SEO
With ecommerce lead generation, you don't need collect a dozen pieces of information. You don't need to hold a lead's hand during a multi-week sales process.
But you do need to get them to your store. After all, lead generation tactics like offering discounts and collecting email addresses won't work if, you know, there aren't any visitors at your store. And SEO can be vital for generating traffic that you can turn into leads and, hopefully turn into sales.
It's a huge perk of ecommerce lead generation that you don't have to write white papers or hold webinars, which are often required to generate leads in other industries. But still keep an eye on SEO. Your product descriptions, metadata, and blog posts should all be treated as lead generation magnets.
There is lots of helpful content out there about how to optimize your store's SEO.
6. Design for Lead Generation
There are some simple design steps you can take to support your lead generation efforts.
For starters, incorporate calls to action. CTAs are anything that encourages your visitors to do something — anything, in other words, that invites your visitors to take an action. Use CTAs. Lots of them.
There is a reason that just about any section you add to a Shopify store lets you easily add a CTA button:
Let's look at Hubspot, which literally wrote the book on lead generation. Heck, HubSpot wrote an ebook about writing an ebook about lead generation. In other words, they know a thing or two about lead generation. And their homepage is littered with CTAs:
Pay attention to your favorite stores and see what kind of CTAs they use. You'll find lots of active verbs and not a lot of adjectives. Keep it short and punchy to peak your visitors' interest and get them clicking.
Along with CTAs, another good lead generation tool is exit intent layers. Unlike the layers we looked at earlier — you know, the ones offering deals when someone lands at your store — exit intent layers fire when someone is leaving your store.
There are lots of different kinds of lead generation exit intent layers. Sometimes companies will use the layers as one last chance to offer visitors content:
You can also incorporate lead generation exit intent layers disguised as games. Here, for instance, a layer floats in from the side whenever a visitor is about to exit.
This looks like fun — and all you have to do to play is give your email! Once you do that, the wheel activates and you can redeem your prize. The visitor gets 10 percent off, you get their email.
Conclusions on Ecommerce Lead Generation
Alright, so now we know why lead generation for ecommerce is unique. We also have some concrete steps we can take to optimize our own lead generation efforts. Before you take off to start generating a bunch of new leads, here are a few key takeaways:
- Ecommerce lead generation is different than lead generation in other industries – and that's a good thing for us! Collecting a lead's email puts you a couple clicks away from a sale. Gaining a social media follower does the same thing. Ecommerce moves at warp speed.
- You can adapt your lead generation tactics to take advantage of ecommerce's short sales cycles. Instead of asking for a visitor's email, name, company, industry, country, and so on, just get that email. You can also offer deals at different stages, such as when a visitor gets to your site or when they abandon a basket.
- SEO and page design are vital even if they seem like no-brainers. Making sure that visitors can find your website – and making sure there are plenty of CTAs to click on when they get arrive – will enhance your lead generation efforts.
What to learn more?
7 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Ecommerce Store
15 Ways to Increase Social Media Engagement Quickly
The Beginner's Guide to Dropshipping SEO
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Tuna sashimi
A simple, beautiful way to kick off a dinner.
I think there's a perception that in order to make Japanese food you have to have studied for years and hand-forged your own knives from scratch. Watching a sushi or teppanyaki chef at work, it seems like there's a level of technical skill involved that's too high to contemplate reproducing at home.
While I don't really want to be frantically flipping bits of omelette directly from the grill into my guests' mouths (well, most of the time), there are some Japanese delicacies that you can make at home without any fuss. All you need to make this tuna sashimi is a sharp knife and some good tuna. Everything else is optional.
By good tuna I mean very, very good, which means sashimi-grade. It's expensive but you don't need much. For two people I only buy a tiny brick, about 100g (4oz), and it's enough, a simple and elegant way to kick off any dinner.
Because there's no cooking, I get a bit whimsical in the presentation department. I serve a dressing in a shot glass to be splashed across the plate by each diner, a tiny mound of fluorescent-pink pickled ginger straws, and provide little bowls of coriander (cilantro) leaves and black sesame seeds for both flavour and decoration. If you are a more practical person than me, feel free to dispense with any or all these embellishments.
Tuna sashimi
Perfect, fresh tuna with a shot glass of dressing for each diner.
100g (4 oz) sashimi-grade tuna
2 teaspoons rice wine vinegar
2 teaspoons mirin
1 teaspoon sesame oil
small piece of fresh ginger, cut into fine shards
If serving the dressing in shot glasses, measure 1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar, 1 teaspoon mirin and ½ teaspoon sesame oil into each glass. Add a few shards of ginger to each glass and serve alongside the tuna.
If you prefer to just dress the tuna before serving, mix the dressing ingredients in a small bowl and drizzle over.


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More news from the Stag-O-Lee HQ
posted May 25th, 2018We have a few more releases out now... more info under Releases/Details at the top of the page...
The Graveyard Tramps Eat The Forbidden City Dog Food (double-10")
The Weekend Starts Here - Vol. 1/Early Mod Tunage (limited 10")
Shake Your Bones - Stag-O-Lee DJ Series Vol. 2 (double 12")
Beat From Badsville - Vol. 4 CD
Shadrach & Boomstix! - Exotic Blues & Rhythm 9+10 CD
All available at good record shops or direct at www.stagoleeshop.com - which has just re-opened.
Very difficult...
posted March 7th, 2018... to keep this site updated. I managed to put the new and latest releases into the details and listing sections of this website.- check the RELEASES section!
There is more stuff in the pipeline - best to keep on top of the news via facebook.
What's happening...
posted October 13th, 2017until the end of the year at Stag-O-Lee headquarters?
Well, we just released Cut 3 in the highly acclaimed Buzzaw Joint series (LP) and the first volume of Coolsville (10"), a new series compiled by the Stay Sick crew of Brighton UK.
And here's what's scheduled in the next few months:
Marcel Bontempi - Haunted House/The Clock Strikes Three. A brand new 7" which will be out in time for Halloween - October 30.
Katanga! - Exotic Blues & Rhythm Vol. 1. A limited reissue of the long deleted first volume of our exiciting series. 700 copies all on clear vinyl. Scheduled for end of October.
Buzzsaw Joint - Cut 4 / Juke Joint. The fourth volume on 12" vinyl is a wonderful trip into the land of exotica and popcorn. My fave in the series. Should come out end of November.
Buzzsaw Joint - Cut 3+4. As usual we combine two vinyl volumes onto one compact disc. This time it will feature 34 (!) tracks and over 79 mintes of music. End of November.
That's it for 2017. Stay tuned and join us on facebook for all the latest news!
Stag-O-Lee is busier than you think!
posted August 4th, 2017A little update on the Stag-O-Lee activities. The following titles have been released in the meantime and should be available everywhere (well, almost everywhere):
Slow Grind Fever – Vol. 7 LP
Automatic City - Bongoes & Tremeloes LP+CD/CD
The Crazy Rhythms Of Mata Hari – Stag-O-Lee DJ Set #1 2-LP
Summertime - A Journey To The Center Of The Song 10"
Caribbean Audio Odysee - Vol. 2 10" and Vol. 1+2 CD
You find more info and tracklisting on these releases in the Releases section under Details.
And this is what we have scheduled for release until the end of this year:
Next in line is the first volume of Sicksville (more info soon) on limited edition 10" as well as Songs From Satan's Jukebox – the first of two volumes, also on 10" and limited as well.
We are already working on Buzzsaw Joint – Cut 3 on 12" vinyl and a 10" of the first volume of Coolsville, the sister series of Sicksville.
We will release the career overview by a band called Mudlow (from Brighton) on vinyl and CD (extended edition) titled Waiting For The Tide To Rise. Halloween will see the release of a new 45 by the mighty Marcel Bontempi, accompanied by a scary masterpiece of a video.
Buzzsaw Joint Cut 4 will see the light of day at the end of the year, as usual with a CD version combining Cut 3 with Cut 4.
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Your Beautiful Brain
Dispatches from the frontiers of neuroscience.by Bill Retherford '14JRN Published Winter 2016
Breakthroughs could happen sooner, however. Some of the Alzheimer's medications available now "probably work," says Kandel, except for one obstacle: "By the time patients see a physician, they've had the disease for ten years. They've lost so many nerve cells, there's nothing you can do for them." Possibly, with earlier detection, "those same drugs might be effective." That's not a certainty, insists Kandel, only a "hunch."
Years ago, Kandel had another hunch — that age-related memory loss was not just early-stage Alzheimer's, as many neuroscientists believed, but an altogether separate disease. After all, not everyone gets Alzheimer's, but "practically everyone," says Kandel, loses some aspects of memory as they get older. And MRI images of patients with age-related memory loss, as demonstrated by CUMC neurology professor Scott Small '92PS, have revealed defects in a brain region different from those of the early-stage Alzheimer's patients.
Kandel also knew mice didn't get Alzheimer's. He wondered if they got age-related memory loss. If they did, that would be another sign the disorders were different. His lab soon demonstrated that mice, which typically have a two-year lifespan, do exhibit a significant decrease in memory at twelve months. With that revelation, Kandel and others deduced Alzheimer's and age-related memory loss are distinct, unconnected diseases.
"I think we have at least fifty years before we can explain every aspect of human behavior."
Then Kandel's lab (again, with assistance from Small) discovered that RbAp48 — a protein abundant in mice and men — was a central chemical cog in regulating memory loss. A deficit of RbAp48 apparently accelerates the decline. Knocking out RbAp48, even in a young mouse brain, produces age-related memory loss. But restoring RbAp48 to an old mouse brain reverses it.
Now what may be the eureka moment — this from Gerard Karsenty, chairman of CUMC's department of genetics and development: bones release a hormone called osteocalcin. And Kandel later found that osteocalcin, upon release, increases the level of RbAp48.
"So give osteocalcin to an old mouse, and boom! Age-related memory loss goes away."
The same may prove true in humans. A pill or injectable could work, says Kandel: "Osteocalcin in a form people can take is something very doable and not very far away." In less than a decade, age-related memory loss might be treatable. "This," he says, "is the hope."
As the ambitions of neuroscientists accelerate, the field has moved its goalposts to a faraway place. "We're trying to understand behavior," says Bruno. "Behavior is not straightforward. It's an incredibly ill-defined problem."
Behavior encompasses everything. Perception, emotion, memory, cognition, invention, obsession, infatuation, creativity, happiness, despair. To completely understand how the brain governs behavior, to neurologically plumb the wisps of human thought, one must unshroud innumerable obscurities at the subcellular level. "How do you define happiness or beauty? Somehow it's based on connections in the brain," says Jessell. Always, it gets back to the ever-pinging networks: "Without knowing the links between these eighty-six billion neurons that exist within the human brain, we don't have a hope of understanding any aspect of human behavior."
Decipher those links, and we will have figured out how we figure things out. How brain connections, for instance, ignite love connections. We could, conceivably, fathom ourselves practically down to the last neuron. Says Axel: "Do we understand perception, emotion, memory, cognition? No. But we're developing technology which might allow us entry into these arenas for the first time. Perhaps we will get there. Perhaps."
"We are tackling infinity," says Bruno. "Behavior is this infinite space of ideas. Oh, probably not truly infinite. We're finite beings. Only so many neurons are in our heads. But think about all you can do, and the vast realm of possibilities you can react to. Think about how large a set that is. I mean, you can't count all of those things. The range of human possibility is staggering."
Acknowledge this, and one could easily argue we've barely begun to know the brain. "We really are at the very beginning," says Bruno. "How far along? I'd say 5 percent. We're trying to tackle a collection of problems and questions that put us on the 5 percent end."
Learn the rest — the remaining 95 percent — and we will quite literally understand ourselves. But this will take time. "We have a very fragile understanding of the principles by which these things work," says Jessell. "I think we have at least fifty years before we can explain every aspect of human behavior." Or possibly longer. Says Kandel: "On this — to have a satisfying understanding of the brain — I think we're a century away."
So little is known. Almost everything we learn is something new. What now? Tackling infinity, of course. "What could be more important," says Axel, "than to understand the most elusive, the most complex, the most mysterious structure that we know of in our universe? That's pretty damn important." The answers, always within, now lie ahead.


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Twenty-eight track & field student-athletes set to graduate this week
Commencement ceremonies will be held Wednesday through Friday
LBSU track & field has 28 all-conference performances at Big West Championships
Five athletes earn multiple All-Big West accolades
49ers finish strong with four individual victories on final day of Big West Championships
LBSU men finish second, women take third
Barnard wins steeplechase on first day of Big West Championships
Senior establishes meet and school record in women's steeplechase
LBSU heads to Irvine for 2012 Big West Track & Field Championships
49ers will compete for conference title, May 11-12
2010: Multiple All-Big West performer ... Finished second in the 400-meter hurdles at the conference championships ... Was also a member of the 4x100 relay team that claimed runner-up honors and the 4x400 squad that placed third ... Advanced to the second round of the NCAA West Preliminary meet in the 400H ... Ran a lifetime-best 50.24 in the finals of the Big West Championships ... That mark also ranks second in school history ... Competed in the 200m and 400m at the MPSF Indoor Championships ... Scored for the 49ers with a seventh-place finish in the 400 (48.31).
Riverside CC: Competed two years in track and field at Riverside Community College ... Finished second in the state in the 400 hurdles in 2008 ... Established a school-record 51.10 as a sophomore ... Also won the event at the Southern California Championships.
High School: Two-year letterwinner at Martin Luther King High School in Riverside ... League champion in the 110 hurdles, establishing a school-record 14.7 as a senior ... Tabbed the team's most valuable athlete in 2007.
Personal: Majoring in creative writing.
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Pregnant women who hire birth assistants, known as "doulas", are complicating NHS care ...
... the helpers are complicating the level of care provided.
The Royal College of Midwives say "doulas" are taking over duties that should only be carried out by trained midwives.
But the helpers maintain their role is limited to providing their clients with emotional and practical support.
Bridget Baker, from Doula UK, and Denise Linay, from the Royal College of Midwives, spoke to Channel 4 News about the issue.
Bridget Baker said that doulas were important for those do not have pregnancy support.
"A doula is a lay person who is a companion during a birth and pregnancy and also works with a woman post-natally to support the mother as her own mother may have done if she was around," she said.
... We train doulas to accept that they have boundaries and they shouldn't overstep them."
Denise Linay from the Royal College of Midwives:" ... a lot of our members do give accounts of situations when the doula can be quite obstructive and quite antagonistic to the midwife by not allowing the midwife to speak directly to the woman, by challenging any advice that the midwife is giving.
"In one extreme case we heard in a home confinement the doula wouldn't actually let the midwife into the room ..."
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10 music production tips for the aspiring producer
10 music production tips for the aspiring producer
May 15, 2016 in Latest News
Becoming a music producer is a process that manifests differently for everyone who tries it. Some spent hours learning in their bedroom while others went through online music production program to learn the ins and outs of the business. Whether you're new to the home studio environment or consider yourself a veteran of the craft, self-taught or schooled, there are tips and tricks to save time and cash and kick your game up a notch.
Never before has home music production been so accessible and affordable. For many, that low bar of entry results in a clumsy stumble into the world of self-production. This list of ten production tips might give you a fighting chance.
- Check your mix at very low volumes. When you listen quietly you should hear what is most important in the song.
- Listen to pop music. Leave your ego at the door. One can learn something from anything. There is something to be said from learning from music that millions of people listen to. You didn't get in this business to record music for yourself.
- Use a sample or a loop. Sampling or looping doesn't make you any less of an artist. It's the song that matters. It's the music. It's the emotion.
- Listen to music you don't understand or like. We bet you'll find something in there you like and eventually you may really like that artist.
- Use whatever DAW you want to. At the end of the day, it clearly doesn't matter.
- The final song is what is important. Not how it was made or what compressor or preamp you used. The emotion and energy of the song is what's most important. Find it. Exploit it.
- Find a rule. Then break it. Learning the rules are a fundamental. But mastering rules are knowing when to break them.
- Don't worry about analog or digital. The only one who knows the difference is you. Some amazing records were recorded with analog gear. Some amazing records were recorded with digital gear. The song will be good or bad on it's own.
- Pick up a book on music theory. It's not the end of the world to not read music. Hell, Paul McCartney can't read a note. But music theory is a language. And you can communicate better knowing some.
- Know when to say when. At some point you hit diminishing returns. Recognize that feeling. Embrace that feeling. And move on to something different.


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New bearing development from SKF that promises improved speed, reduced friction, better reliability, and longer service life for pumps.
Often to be found at the heart of a process or manufacturing operation, the ubiquitous pump is frequently taken for granted, being expected to operate continually while receiving minimal maintenance over the course of its life. A pump's performance will change over time, depending upon its operating conditions, its materials of construction, hydraulic design and mechanical robustness. From the perspective of mechanical design, bearings – and more particularly the type of pump motor bearings selected - will have a considerable impact on a pump's long term reliability, its energy efficiency and life expectancy.
A class above
Pump bearings can be subjected to high axial loads, high operating temperatures and mechanical vibration; in a high-intensity process or manufacturing environment, they are also likely to receive marginal lubrication. If these bearings are not able to fulfil one of their design functions, to minimise friction, this can result in power loss, excessive heat generation, increased noise or wear and early bearing failure. Where pump bearings are concerned, a combination of difficult operating conditions and fundamental design flaws may result in reduced uptime, poor or deteriorating performance and shortened service life.
Industrial pumps are some of the most common applications for angular contact ball bearings, and these are generally used in small and medium sized pumps due to their high speed capability and low friction. They are also used when high axial load capabilities are needed for greater pump operational reliability. SKF recently released an improved SKF Explorer class single row angular contact ball bearing that delivers a number of benefits for those designers and operators of pumps and compressors who seek to reduce the total cost of ownership of this type of equipment through improved reliability and energy efficiency.
Speed it up
Featuring a redesigned brass cage that delivers reduced noise and vibration levels and improved robustness, the 40° contact angle bearings significantly increase the limiting speed, up to 30% compared to the previous design. The new cage geometry and the use of stronger brass material reduce cage contact forces and increase cage strength, ensuring greater tolerance of shock loads d vibration, while delivering the significantly higher speed capability even under severe operating conditions.
In addition to the redesigned 40° contact angle, a new contact angle of 25° is also offered, giving the bearing a further 20% increase in speed over that of the 40° version, while enabling higher radial loads to be accommodated. In each case, the ball-to-cage contact arrangement allows cooler running and greater temperature stability, while noise and vibration levels can be reduced by 15% in both the 40° and 25° versions.
Sealed variants of these bearings are also available for applications that may be more difficult to maintain, preventing contaminants from entering the bearing during installation and subsequent operation. Sealed SKF single row angular contact ball bearings have an attractive combination of design features such as low friction non-contact seals that ensure the same load carrying capacity as open variants.
These sealed units are ready-to-use, being filled at the factory with the correct quantity of high quality grease, under clean conditions.
Sealed SKF single row angular contact ball bearings are suitable for bearing arrangements where, due to limited space or for cost reasons, external seals are not practical. Moreover, their favourable design characteristics save space axially, enabling a more compact machine design.
Match made in heaven
In terms of applications, for multi-stage centrifugal pumps the new 25° contact angle standard offers an upgrade to the hydrodynamic/floating radial bearings that typically support the predominantly radial loads in these units. For double-suction impellers or closed impeller pumps, the 25° standard provides cooler running, substantially reduced vibration levels and extended service life in applications with high radial loads.
By combining these two bearing angles the robustness of fluid handling applications or electric motors with vertical shafts can be improved. Bearing arrangements that include a 40° contact angle unit taking the main load, with a 25° unit acting as a back-up bearing offer this improved robustness for applications where the axial load is predominantly in one direction, resulting in longer service life.
SKF Explorer class bearings are the result of years of development and accrued expertise in bearing design, tribology, metallurgy, lubrication and machining techniques. The new 40° and 25° SKF Explorer class single row angular contact ball bearings are an attractive option for both manufacturers and operators of pumps who seek cooler running, energy efficiency and longer life bearings that will enhance brand reputation.
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