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In a recent study in Xi'an China, researchers developed an aptamer selective for CD123, a cell surface marker expressed on cancer cells in acute myeloid leukemia. They used this aptamer to demonstrate the ability of selective aptamers to deliver treatment directly to infected cells, enhancing anti-cancer drug activity and reducing off-target effects on normal cells. (4)
What is Theranostics?
As the name suggests, theranostics involves a blending of diagnostics and therapeutics, the use of diagnostic results to determine and apply patient-specific therapeutics. (2) In one sense, it is the new buzz word for personalized medicine, but it is gradually becoming much more. Some of the affinity reagents that have been utilized to detect biomarkers in vitro and deliver targeted treatment to specific patients are now being used to detect biomarkers in vivo and deliver targeted treatment to specific cells. The ability to selectively attack infected cells with minimal effect on normal cells is a huge advance in therapeutic treatment.
Cell Targeting with Aptamers
In part, the ability to target cells in vivo involves a class of affinity reagents called aptamers. Aptamers are short, single-strands of DNA or RNA (~30 to 100 nucleotides) that form unique secondary and tertiary structures which can selectively bind a specific target. A starting library of trillions of DNA or RNA sequences goes through several rounds of a process called SELEX to generate a smaller pool of target-selective aptamers. Next generation sequencing, bioinformatics analysis, and high throughput screening are used to narrow the pool to a handful of selective aptamer sequences. Aptamers can be highly selective for cells expressing a specific cell surface marker. Due to their small size and composition, they tend to be non-immunogenic and easily penetrate tissues, and sometimes cells. They are easily conjugated to fluorescent dyes or complexed with other molecules without compromising binding affinity. (1,3) These small, selective, easily-conjugated, non-immunogenic aptamers are ideal for in vivo cell targeting.
Aptamer Screening in Flow Cytometry
A major requirement of targeted drug delivery is cell selectivity. The best therapies will be highly selective for infected cells and have minimal effect on normal cell function. Flow cytometry is increasingly being applied to analyze aptamer selectivity for specific cell types and cell surface markers. In the CD123 study, fluorescein-labeled aptamer was incubated with CD123 peptide-, BSA-, IgG-, and trypsin-coated beads. The two selected CD123 aptamers demonstrated strong binding to the CD123 peptide and negligible binding to the common immune proteins tested. (4) While flow cytometry is a useful tool for aptamer screening, qualified aptamers can also be powerful diagnostic tools in flow cytometry and fluorescence-based imaging applications. (1)
Aptamer-Directed Drug Delivery
In order to deliver a therapeutic agent, it must somehow be complexed with the cell-selective aptamer. In the CD123 study, reseachers utilized an annealing ligand and two G/C-rich extender probes to build a targeted drug train, or TDT. First the aptamer (A) was bound to an annealing ligand (B). Probe 1 (C) and probe 2 (D) were then added, with Probe 1 annealing to both the ligand and Probe 2. Finally, the aptamer-probe complex was incubated with Doxorubicin (E), or Dox, a chemotherapy agent. The Dox intercalated with the DNA probes in the targeted drug train. (4)
Efficacy of Aptamer-Directed Therapeutics
The therapeutic effectiveness of the TDT was investigated both in vitro and in vivo. In order to evaluate in vivo efficacy, researchers injected tumor-bearing mice with free Dox, TDT, or saline. The TDT and free Dox groups saw a significant reduction in tumor size. The TDT group displayed the smallest tumors and longest survival, demonstrating enhanced therapeutic effects with targeted drug delivery. To investigate off-target effects in vivo, researchers assessed biomarkers in serum and major organs of treated, euthanized mice. Levels of inflammatory cytokines were increased in normal tissues from mice treated with Dox. Levels in the TDT group were comparable to the saline control group, demonstrating a reduction in effects on normal cells with targeted drug delivery. (4) This is one of many recent studies that have confirmed the utility of aptamers for targeted drug delivery. (1) Further studies, including pharmacokinetics and toxicity testing and clinical trials comparing aptamer-assisted methods to traditonal drug delivery, will be required to transition from the lab to the clinic.
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Image of stained melanoma cells courtesy of Julio C. Valencia, NCI Center for Cancer Research
- Chandola, C. et al. Application of aptamers in diagnostics, drug-delivery and imaging. Journal of Biosciences. 2016. 41(3):535-561. Application of aptamers in diagnostics, drug-delivery and imaging
- Collins Dictionary. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/submission/11018/Theranostics. Accessed December 6, 2017.
- Jayasena, S.D., et al. An emerging class of molecules that rival antibodies in diagnostics. Clinical Chemistry. 1999, 45(9):1628-50.
- Wu, H., et al. Novel CD123-aptamer-originated targeted drug trains for selectively delivering cytotoxic agent to tumor cells in acute myeloid leukemia theranostics. Drug Delivery. 2017. 24(1): 1216-1229


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Background: Stunting is a chronic malnutrition caused by prolonged insufficient nutritional intake due to feeding inappropriate to nutritional needs. Malnutrition in children increases the mortality in infants and children, causing susceptibility to illness and non-optimal posture in adulthood. Malnutrition problem, other than macronutrient deficiency, can also be caused by micronutrient deficiency. One of the micronutrients that have benefits and vital to the growth and development of human is zinc (Zn).
Objective: To analyze the correlation between normal plasma zinc level and length velocity in stunting children.
Methods: Observational analytical study with cross-sectional approach was conducted in 35 stunting children, aged between 1 and 2 years old in several community health centers in Surakarta from January 2019 to June 2019. The subjects underwent blood laboratory examination for plasma zinc level. All participants data was processed and statistical analyzed.
Results: Our study found a correlation (rk) value of 0.554, meaning there was a positive correlation between zinc level and length velocity, with moderate correlation power. The p-value was 0.001 (p < 0.05), which means that there was a significant correlation between normal plasma zinc level and length velocity in 1-2 years old stunting children.
Conclusion: There is a significant correlation between normal plasma zinc level and length velocity in 1-2 years old stunting children. Zinc supplementation and consumption of zinc-containing foods could increase growth in children with abnormal growth pattern without other abnormalities.
Keywords: Zinc, supplement, stunting, length velocity, micronutrient.
The nutritional status of children under 5 years old is highly influential in producing high quality human resource in the future. Nutritional status is associated with intelligence. Intelligence development in early years depends on nutrition consumption. The lower the nutrition consumed, the lower the nutritional status and children health. Nutritional disorder in infants and children, especially below five years old can cause problems in physical growth and intelligence. The growth of brain cells occur rapidly and will arrest or complete at the age of 4-5 years old. Rapid brain growth can only be achieved with good nutrition.1,2 Stunting children are more vulnerable to infectious disease, which contributes to the risk of decreased school learning quality and more absence from school.3 Stunting also increases the risk of obesity because people with short height have lower ideal body weight. Body weight increase of several kilograms can result in an increase of body mass index (BMI) over the normal limit. Prolonged duration of overweight and obesity can increase the risk of degenerative disease.4
According to WHO (2008), the number of stunting children in the world reached 21% and the condition of short stature children is the cause of 2.2 million children death throughout the world. Malnutrition in children can also be found in developing countries, including Indonesia.5
The growth phenomenon in adolescence demands high nutrition to achieve maximum growth because nutrition and growth have an integral relationship. Thus, inefficient nutrition during this period can lead to delayed sexual maturity and linear growth inhibition.6
According to UNICEF (2015), in 2014, there were 159 million out of 667 million children under 5 years old experienced stunting.7 The Basic Health Research (Riset Kesehatan Dasar; Riskesdas) divided the height-for-age indicator classification cited from the WHO into 3, i.e. very short (Z-score < -3.0), short (-3.0 ≤ Z-score < -2.0), and normal (Z-score ≥ -2.0). According to the data of Riskesdas 2013, the rate of stunting in children under 5 years old in Indonesia was 37.2% (18% very short and 19.2% short), 5-12 years old had 30.7% (12.3% very short and 18.4% short), 13-15 years old 35.1% (13.8% very short and 21.3% short) and 15-18 years old 31.4% (7.5% very short and 23.9% short). North Sumatera is one out of 15 provinces with higher very short prevalence in 5 – 12 years old children above the national prevalence, with the incidence of short stature of 18% and very short 19%.1
Nutritional problems can also be caused by micronutrient deficiency, other than macronutrient deficiency. The types of micronutrients that have benefits and are very vital in the growth and development of human are zinc and iron. Zinc is an essential micronutrient for human. This nutrient is the second most common after iron in the human body. Zinc is contained in several types of enzyme, and almost 100 enzymes in the body contained zinc.7 Zinc is especially needed for the process of growth acceleration, which not only caused by cell replication and nucleic acid metabolism, immune function, but also as a mediator of growth hormone activity. Zn supplementation has significant positive response on body weight and height increase and can increase linear growth in adolescence and stunted children.8,9
Cross-sectional observational analytical study was conducted in several community health centers in Surakarta from January 2019 to June 2019. The target population was children aged 1 to 2 years old. The parents of the children agreed for blood analysis. The samples of all subjects that fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria using cluster random sampling were obtained for investigation if the parents consented to it until the desired number of samples was reached. Sampling was performed and analyzed in Prodia laboratory. The inclusion criteria were children aged 1 to 2 years old, stunting, not consuming zinc within a week and whose parents were willing to participate in this study by signing informed consent. Children with chronic disease, congenital abnormalities, and zinc level below normal excluded from the study. The target number of research subjects were 35 peoples.
This study was conducted after receiving ethical clearance recommendation from the Ethical Committee of public health office of Surakarta. The data obtained were analyzed, and the results were presented in narration, table, and graph. The main characteristics of the subjects consisted of: height and zinc level in the plasma. The analysis was performed on two variables which presumably correlated. All subjects who met our inclusion criteria underwent blood examination for zinc in plasma level and the blood samples were sent to laboratory. Hypothesis testing used the Pearson product moment test if the data normally distributed and the Spearman Rank test was used if the data is not normally distributed and the statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS program version 22.
There were 35 stunting children aged between 1 and 2 years old who participated in our study comprising 18 boys (51.4%) and 17 girls (48.6%) with the mean age of 18.23 + 3.30 months old and the mean height of 74.60 + 3.31 cm (Table 1). The characteristic were categorical and presented in distribution frequency (%). Meanwhile, numerical data were presented in means and ± SD. The normality test was carried out by The Saphiro-Wilk test because the subjects were less than 50.
Table 1. Baseline Characteristics of the Subjects
Results (n = 35)
18 (51.4%)
17 (48.6%)
Age (Months)
18.23 ± 3.30
Height (cm)
74.60 ± 3.31
Table 2. Data Description and Normality Test
Mean ± SD
p-value (Shapiro-Wilk test)
Zinc level
74.29 ± 13.24
Length velocity
0.66 v 0.24
Length velocity of our subjects had mean value of 0.66 ± 0.24. Shapiro-Wilk test showed p value of 0.001 (p < 0.05), which means that the data distribution of length velocity was abnormal (Table 2).
Hypothesis test
The hypothesis in this study was to determine the correlation between plasma zinc and length velocity in stunting children aged 1 – 2 years old. Therefore, the correlation test used was Spearman Rank test because the data were not normally distributed.
Table 3. The correlation between normal plasma zinc level and length velocity in stunting children aged 1 – 2 years old
Length velocity
Zinc level
Spearman rank test
The Spearman Rank test obtained a correlation value (rk) of 0.554, which means that there was a positive correlation between zinc level and length velocity, with moderate correlation power. This means the higher the zinc level, the better the length velocity. The p-value of 0.001 (P < 0.05), represented a significant correlation between normal plasma zinc level and length velocity (Table 3.)
Figure 1. The plot chart of the correlation between zinc level and length velocity.
Linear growth failure in children or stunting is defined as height-per-age less than -2 SD under the median of reference population.10 Stunting is the most common form of malnutrition, along with wasting (weight-per-height less than 2 SD under the median of reference population, intrauterine growth restriction, vitamin A and zinc deficiency, and suboptimal breastfeeding, cause the death of 3.1 million children each year, or 45% of all children death. Stunting is probably caused by a deficit in the essential protein and micronutrients in cell level and chronic infection, which reduce the concentration of growth factors such as insulin 1 needed for linear growth11. Other than that, stunting is also a clinical syndrome from various pathological process marked by linear growth retardation, increased morbidity and mortality, and reduced physical ability, development and neurological disorder, reduced economic ability, and increased risk of metabolic disease in adult.12 The nutrition impact model estimated that 1.2 million deaths per year or 17% of all deaths in children between 0 to 59 months old were caused only by stunting.5
Zn deficiency can inhibit the metabolism of thyroid hormone, androgen, and growth hormone (GH).13 It can be caused by inadequate diet, absorption disorder, excessive excitation, or congenital disorder in zinc metabolism. In Turkey, except for middle to high income families, the daily zinc intake was much lower than the recommended value of 15 mg/day. Zinc has an important role in the synthesis of protein and IGF-1, which can be inhibited by zinc deficiency. Reduced circulation of IGF-1 concentration has been suggested as a potential mechanism for growth retardation caused by zinc deficiency. However, IGF-1 level was difficult to assess.14 In the last several years, efforts had been conducted to reduce a more appropriate and reliable zinc deficiency indicator using direct measurement of zin status.15
Zinc supplementation could increase the growth in patients with abnormal growth pattern without other disorders, except with low zinc levels. Twenty children with GH deficiency who received hGH, were given 50 mg of oral zinc supplementation every day and showed improved growth rate from 5.1 to 7.3 cm/year.14
Our hypothesis that stated "There was a significant correlation between normal plasma zinc level and length velocity in 1-2 years old stunting children" was proven.
Consumption of nutritional foods such as those containing substantial amount of zinc, or consumption of zinc supplementation could improve the growth of children with stunting. Our study demonstrates a significant correlation of normal plasma zinc level with length velocity in 1-2 years old stunting children. This correlation is positive with moderate correlation power showing the higher the zinc level, the better the length velocity.
Funding acknowledgement
The authors received no specific grants from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
Conflicts of interest
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This Humble-Looking Hill Is Made of Precious Remnants From the Roman Empire
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It's been the site of jousting knights and frolicking revelers in carnival celebrations. Garibaldi defended Rome from the top of it, while wine cooled in caves under it. It has stood in for Golgotha in passion plays, and hosted picnicking lovers for generations. But this hill is not one of Rome's famous seven sisters. It is, instead, an ancient garbage heap.
For more than 250 years, the ancient Romans methodically piled up broken terracotta amphorae, or oil jars, creating Monte Testaccio.
Also known as Monte dei Cocci (literally meaning Mount of Shards), the mountain of jars is located right next to the ancient Tiber River port, and the Horrea Galbae warehouses, which would have been used to store imported goods like olive oil.
The Romans obviously had an enormous appetite for olive oil, far outstripping local resources. As a result, oil was imported from all across the far-flung empire, and markings known as "tituli picti" on the jars show that they originated primarily from Spain, Libya, and Tunisia. As many as 80 million pots make up the hill, which now stands 115 feet high, with an additional 45 feet under the modern street level. The tituli picti have given archaeologists rare insight into trade in ancient Rome, as the markings not only show the port of origin, but also indicate the origin of the oil contained, along with quality control marks and occasionally the name of the maker of the jars.
Excavations in the 1990s showed that the hill was created carefully and intentionally, not merely as a dump. The height was built up in a series of terraces, with jars carefully cut in half in order to nest into one another. Most of the jars examined date from 140 to 250 AD, but it is possible that the earliest layers date back much earlier, possibly to the first century. As it is, it is one of the largest and best-preserved ancient dump sites.
In 1931 the area became a public park, and thanks to the efforts of architect Raffaele De Vico, Monte Testaccio was, for a short time, a beautiful green area with meadows and hedges, containing a fountain surrounded by a semicircular bench at the top of the hill. However, low budgets and technical difficulties in maintenance soon left this place abandoned again.
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Does CTDATA Provide Consulting Services to Help Implement Slashcode?
A couple of people interested in implementing Slashcode have approached CTDATA recently because they have heard that we do some consulting in this area. This is true, but we carefully investigate potential projects before offering to undertake them.
If you are interested in how we evaluate potential new Slashcode projects, read on.
- Viability and Project Funding
Unfortunately, many personal friends of ours have been left in difficult positions because they agreed to perform work on projects that were not properly funded. Therefore, we look carefully at the nature of the entity developing the Slash site, its management, and its revenue model before offering our services.
CTDATA is not saying that it will not perform work for start-up companies or non-profit organizations. But, we are not likely to be able to commit resources to new sites that are being operated on extremely limited budgets.
- On-Going Relationships
CTDATA places a priority on projects that are part of a long-term commitment between us and a client. We do not generally accept projects that initially require less than 40 hours of professional services. Furthermore, projects where the total number of billable hours expected in the life of the project are less than 150 will probably not be accepted.
Exceptions to this policy are generally made only for those clients who have engaged us for several projects in the past.
The reason CTDATA approaches short-term work in this manner is simply that the amount of work necessary to schedule such projects often exceeds its contribution to our bottom line.
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We must be able to charge hourly rates that cover our costs, provide a reasonable profit to the firm, and are commesurate with the value that our clients have historically received from us. CTDATA sets its rates on a project-by-project basis, based on the level of skill required to do the work, the availability of our people and their other commitments, the duration of the contract, and the location at which the work takes place. Other factors often come into play in rates, such as special intellectual property agreements and contract provisions that place additional restrictions or administrative burdens on our employees while work is being done.
- Previous Experience with the Technology
Finally, CTDATA looks carefully at the technology choices that have been made in preparation for the project. We hesitate to offer our services when we do not already have experience implementing the software and related technology in question.
With respect to Slashcode, this means that we would be hesitant to offer to perform work on an implementation of the "Bender" version, because we have yet to migrate our existing Slash-based Web Sites to that version.
We do not use our paying customers as subjects for our research and development efforts. CTDATA's R&D takes place on our own Web Sites, in our own facilities. It is through this process that many of the innovations we have brought to the Slashcode environment have taken place. We like to think that this is one of the reason that clients continue to choose CTDATA as a partner in database-driven Web Site implementation.


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The procedures used to accommodate the range of abilities in
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If the students do not have access to outside-land, the Japanese
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The president did not mention safety precautions or restrictions for the upcoming events, which have been on hold because of coronavirus.
President Donald Trump's signature campaign rallies are back in business, after a gap of more than three months because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump announced on Wednesday that his reelection campaign would be holding a rally in Tulsa, Okla., on June 19 and would also be holding rallies in Florida, Texas and Arizona — as well as an event in North Carolina "at an appropriate time."
The president made the announcement at a roundtable with African American leaders at the White House, hailing the "great job" that Oklahoma has done combating coronavirus. As of Tuesday, Oklahoma had recorded353 coronavirus deaths and 7,363 positive cases.


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This is the first in a small series of articles published in collaboration with the Youth IGF and CyberVictim.help. In this article Joanna Kulesza, a former RACI fellow, talks about DNS abuse victims, shows us a definition of DNS Abuse and explains why this type of online threat cannot be solved solely by nation states.
The aim of this series of academic publications is to try to identify the different types of cyber victims and what kind of mechanisms are available to assist victims of illegal cyber activity in an appropriate and effective manner. The idea was a response to the visible increase in online threats (phishing, malware, ransomware attacks, online fraud, the use of cash mules, etc.) since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. These cyber-criminal threats, as Europol described them on 27 March, have made cyberspace a more dangerous environment for the vulnerable.
The pandemic has us working from home. It has us shopping from home more frequently than we used to. It has us learning and teaching online. It had us meeting friends and relatives online alone. While most of us have done that before, it was rarely with such intensity and frequency. From one day to another we lost 90% of human interaction, resorting to what the local Internet would allow. Despite the times being highly challenging, our options for exchange information and seeking emotional comfort and support drastically shrank. We relied on the Internet for work, learning, teaching, shopping, socialising, playing and, last but by far not least, getting informed.
This was also a time where bad guys tried to find their way in the new reality as eagerly as we did. Mysterious cures for COVID-19, including vaccines that did not yet exist, popped up as sponsored ads on our screens, ones that we spent too much time staring at. Complex conspiracy theories linked global business, political networks and new technologies, all out to get us. How do we tell the truth? Who will protect us from online fraud, hate speech and disinformation?
Saving the Internet from bad guys with… contracts
In Europe and beyond we struggle with effective policing of online communications. As generations before, we want to be both: free and safe when we interact with others, go shopping or get our news. While this balance is difficult, it is possible to achieve: the rapid development of online communications, often proclaimed the wild west of modern society, is clear evidence that an increasing number of users feel safe enough to move new aspects of their daily lives online. Whether privacy or freedom of speech, we've struggled with setting national and regional standard for both long before the global networks came along. Yet while thus far keeping us safe from harm was largely done by states: lawmakers, police officers and judges, these roles have significantly shifted online. Seeking effective protection against someone who offends us online or abuses our personal rights, like privacy or image, from local law enforcement often proves challenging and lengthy.
We have far better chances if we address directly those who manage online resources, which allegedly cause harm to our legally protected interests. It is Facebook, Instagram or TikTok who have become the judge and jury for online interactions in early 21st century. While governments and international organisations talk of cybercrime and cyberterrorism, service providers look at their terms or service or privacy policies and instantly decide whether access to particular content should be allowed or blocked. While this process has always raised serious concerns with regard to due process and a right to fair trial, it seems as if it's here to stay. Rather than getting upset with the way things are, we might want to see how we can best manage them. This is where the discussion on DNS Abuse comes in.
DNS Abuse, cybercrime and cyberterrorism
The Internet Corporation of Names and Numbers (ICANN) oversees companies managing the DNS through a network of private law contracts. Those contracts foresee for termination of services for those who violate their terms. The term usually used for these violations is DNS Abuse. While eagerly disputed and ambiguous, DNS Abuse has recently found a definition (as specified in the DNS Abuse Framework).
DNS Abuse is composed of five broad categories of harmful activity insofar as they intersect with the DNS: malware, botnets, phishing, pharming, and spam (when it serves as a delivery mechanism for the other forms of DNS Abuse).
It is worth noting that this framework is a standard based norm that sets processes in cyberspace with a specific emphasis on a technical community term that spans from DNS hijacking and DNS poisoning, though spam and botnets, all the way to controversial intellectual property infringements with no direct references to existing international law and law enforcement via bilateral or multilateral treaties. While the technical community declares to stick solely to the non-content related management of daily operations online, issues such as spam and copyright clearly cross the technical "picket fence" they have set.
This brief note is to point the attention of the readers to this specific, relevant and highly significant gap in existing cybersecurity landscape that needs bridging. The ambiguous notion of "DNS Abuse" has been of interest to governments as indicated in a statement by ICANN's Government Advisory Council (GAC). In that statement, governmental representatives have noted that the term covers various "public policy interests" such as "consumer protection, crime prevention and attribution as well as stability, security and resiliency of the DNS", or what has been referred to elsewhere as the "Internet's public core". Security of this "core" lies outside the direct impact of national authorities whereas the existing technical frameworks have a comprehensive, standards based, fully functional regime spanning across jurisdictions. The readers are encouraged to look into the current work of the Public Safety Working Group (PSWG) within ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee and the broader landscape of contractual obligations shaping the cybersecurity landscape. Particular reference should be made to the "Framework to Address Abuse" (October 2019) by some of the largest domain name registries and registrars addressing "phishing, pharming, malware, and botnets," with recommendations for registrars and registries to voluntarily address child abuse material, illegal distribution of opioids, human trafficking and "incitements to violence."
Way forward
Despite enhanced multilateral efforts, Internet governance, with all its perks, is alive and well. The pandemic brought to the foreground issues of online safety and protection of individual Internet users from disinformation, fraud and spam. It is worth noting that it is not the UN, despite the enhanced efforts of the UN GGE and the OEWG that is managing these threats in the day-to-day operation of the network. That is done by service providers. Despite operating in various jurisdictions, they rely on technical standards that usually abstract from existing international legal frameworks to protect end users from abuse. Therefore, efforts aimed at enhancing the DNS Abuse discussion need to be well structured, as opposed to a lengthy national or multilateral process that will likely take decades to implement and harmonise.


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WeChat, TikTok & Messaging Applications: U.S. Regulatory Implications for Private Fund Sponsors Webinar
President Trump's Executive Orders on WeChat and TikTok state that they will go into effect on September 20th. These Orders coincide with increased SEC scrutiny of mobile messaging applications like WeChat and TikTok. This government focus is occurring at the same time that many private fund managers have expanded remote work practices and use of technology — including video conferencing, enterprise collaboration platforms and messaging applications — in order to maintain operations during Covid-19.
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A man known for his booming laugh and over-sized heart earned recognition for the mountain of contributions he has made valley-wide on Saturday, February 23rd.
Floyd Verge, the founder of Verge for Youth, an organization which has raised over $350,000 for youth and families in need, received Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee award after being nominated by B.C. Liberal Party candidate Doug Clovechok and Columbia Valley RCMP detachment Staff Sergeant Marko Shehovac for his devotion to the community.
"The work that he has done and his selfless commitment to young people needed to be recognized," Mr. Clovechok said. "I was absolutely thrilled to be able to put that nomination forward and even more thrilled when he got it."
Mr. Verge, who was one of the last children born at Pynelogs when it was still a hospital, was raised in the Columbia Valley and first started his volunteer career in 1990, when he offered his time on a Parent Advisory Committee with his wife Shelan, and acting as a Scout leader for his son, Shayne.
Several years later, after re-uniting with his extended family over a series of funerals, Floyd decided that the group should meet under happier circumstances every year. After three years of getting together for golfing tournaments, Floyd's philanthropic side showed up.
"I just happened to say, 'Listen, we are here every year; why don't we see if we can raise some money?'"
During the first summer of the Verge for Youth Golf Tournament in 1996, the group raised $800 for the community and were motivated to continually fundraise for youth and their families struggling through difficult times and illness.
"That was the start of it and then you just spread your wings from there," he added. "Unfortunately, the way our system is, when you are in the hospital everything is covered, but when you are out of the hospital nothing is covered and because of that, we got involved."
Although he has helped dozens of community members, one story sticks out for Floyd. A four-year-old child, who had recently received a heart transplant, was in need of a $7,000 monitoring machine in order to be able to come home to her family. Through the generosity of Verge for Youth the young girl received the equipment and was reunited with her family at home.
"The more we can help the youth out, the more they are going to help their communities wherever they are later on," he explained. "I think that is the best investment."
Staff Sergeant Shehovac, who was a co-nominator of Floyd and also received the Diamond Jubilee Award, is surprised by Floyd's drive to constantly better his community.
"To me, I received the award because it was my job," he said. "I am glad that someone put my name forward, but that is what I expect of myself. With a volunteer, it is even more special to me because it is not their job and they are not getting paid for anything."
Floyd's popularity in the valley was nowhere more obvious than when he received his award.
"There was a lady that came up to him in tears and hugged him," Staff Sergeant Shehovac added. "I think that is probably the best thing about what he does is when people get back to Floyd about the difference that he made to them."
Although Floyd is an award-winning example of a volunteer, anyone can get involved to support their community.
"Everybody's time, no matter how small, is important," Floyd added. "Even if you can only give five minutes or half an hour or whatever, if you are giving of yourself you are a volunteer."


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Hi everyone,
Im wondering if the GUI can follow my player from Layout to Layout or do i have to create the GUI for each layout? Im not sure how that works,I was pondering and started to ask myself if this was possible.I would like to transfer some things from room to room if i can.
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One of the things that i really want to do is keep the settings for my sun and moon intrevals upon entering a new layout aswell,I think this goes along with what i need to know so i will ask this as a second question to those who end up seeing this post.Thanks guys
Any object that's set to Global in the properties pane will not be destroyed upon changing layouts. If you want a global HUD/UI, I suggest that you create it on its own layout, and when the game starts go main menu -> UI layout -> level layout.
Make your sun and moon objects (and anything they're attached to) global as well.
In both instances, just be sure to manage them properly when you go back to the main menu or any non-game layouts. They'll still be there; easiest way is to just set them as invisible. For interactive UI elements, be sure to set their interaction conditions to include "is visible" so they're not activated when they're hidden.
Thanks for the reply man,By doing this it will stay in the same position as i have it in my main Layout?I do understand you im just making sure im taking it in the right way.This is the first time i heard about this.
Yup, it'll stay in the same position.
GeometriX Awesome stuff man,
What about the layers? How does it place it? Is there a way for me to tell what layer its on,Or is it set to the same layer as the main Layout? Im not able to add this up.
Oh, yeah, forgot about that. It always goes to the bottom layer. It's an unfortunately lacking function in that it doesn't respect layers at all.
I suggest that put all the elements in the same family (or in a few, if you're got a mix of sprites, tiled, and text objects), and, at the start of each game layout, move everything in those families to their own UI layer.
GeometriX That sucks it dosnt respect layers at all,This will be my first time appointing objects to layers through events Thanks for that.Also before i go i have one last question about this,What do i do about my player it seems that its loading him but its not Respecting the behaviour i placed.Its not scrolling.Do you have any tips on this.Thanks GeometriX
PS.owk@Ashley i think you should make the Global function respect Layers if its Possible.It would be a killer time saver and i mean a killer.
You mean the screen isn't scrolling to the player? Are you referring to the Scroll To behaviour?
You'd have to share your capx. The only thing I could think of without taking a look at your code is that you might have more than one object with the Scroll To behaviour.
GeometriX I think you are right,I will send it in a PM ok.Thanks for looking at this.
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Sorry to bother you again GeometriX,
Im having issues placing Global Objects on the layers in the next layout i have made.<img src="https://www.scirra.com/images/articles/screen3.jpg" border="0" />
here is the event i was using,I am wondering if there is another way to pick the layer for the object i want to place there.Or is this the only way?
You shouldn't be creating the objects on each level - they should be there already since they were never destroyed in the first place. They simply carry through from the layout on which they first appear until they're destroyed.
You haven't said what the actual issue is though. What about that event doesn't work for you? But to answer your question, you can also specify layer names as strings. Just be sure to wrap double quotation marks around them like "this".
GeometriX the issue was i am creating it,I am really lost when it comes to this.Im just asking you if you can show me another way or the right way to do this.I apollogize if i was unclear.I just need your advice.The only way i know how to add the object to a layer thats on a different layout is the way i shown in my previous post.
But look at what I'm saying: global objects are not destroyed between layouts. So if you have Sprite01 on Layout 1 - created normally with the drag-and-drop interface, and then go to Layout 2 - which doesn't contain an instance of Sprite01, Sprite01 will be there anyway, because it's not destroyed.
So do this: create a layout that only has your UI. Put those in the positions that you want. Assign them all to families. Set them all to Global. In that layout's event sheet, create an event On start of layout -> go to (Game Layout). Those UI elements will carry over. Then have an event in that event sheet On start of layout -> Move (Families) to Layer "UI"
GeometriX awesome stuff man,You explained that spot on.To tell you the truth i would of been ages trying to figure that out.Thats something a new guy wouldnt know unless he pulled out the shovel and dug.Thanks again Geo have a good day man and i promise that was the last question.


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In 'Stillwater, Matt Damon plays Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck who travels to Marseille visiting his estranged daughter, Allison (Abigail Breslin). Allison is in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers, cultural differences, and a complicated legal system, Bill must build a new life for himself in France as he makes it his personal mission to exonerate his daughter.
Director Tom McCarthy has done some incredible films like 'Spotlight' and the underrated Adam Sandler film 'The Cobbler'. You definitely feel a sense of his directorial style with dramatic tension building with 'Stillwater' that you had in 'Spotlight'. What's missing in 'Stillwater' for me lies in its secondary plot and unfocused narrative that makes 'Stillwater' good but not great.
First Matt Damon is a terrific actor and gives a great performance as father out of his depth but still persistent in his drive to free his daughter. Abigail Breslin also does a great job with making you care about her but also have a little mystery of her integrity when it comes to the circumstances of her crime she's innocent of. The two have good chemistry with each other as well as Matt Damon and Camille Cottin, who plays a local woman that Bill befriends and lives with while trying to free his daughter.
The total runtime is about 2 and a half hours while there are a lot of ideas explored in that runtime, it's a bit baggy. The plot can be streamlined more with the central plot of a father trying to save his daughter and discard a lot of the things that for me just didn't work. Some of the "average joe" stuff can be overbearing at times, but the final act of the movie is very strong, and I left the movie feeling good about what I watched.
Overall, 'Stillwater' has impressive performances from both Matt Damon and Abigail Breslin, but the central themes get muddled by a lengthy runtime. I could see it being nominated for the acting on display but otherwise 'Stillwater' is a suspense drama that could do very well on VOD before landing on a streaming platform.


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Lincoln wheat proof cents were struck at the Philadelphia Mint over a few different periods along the course of the series, which ran from 1909 through 1958. The first Lincoln wheat proof cents were struck in 1909, which marks the debut year for the series. The first-year strikes offer two distinct subtypes, including the 1909 VDB proof with designer Victor David Brenner's initials and a 1909 cent without his "VDB" moniker. All of the early Lincoln wheat proofs, which were made through 1916, feature a matte finish and are generally distinguishable from business strikes with their sharper strikes and squared rims.
The modern proofs struck since 1936 include Lincoln wheat cents generally struck with more brilliant, reflective surfaces. The exception to this is the 1936 proof cent, which was originally produced with a satin finish. As was the case for all proof coinage of the era, production stopped in 1942 and remained on hiatus for the rest of the 1940s to allow the US Mint to focus on striking circulation issues during World War II (US involvement 1941-1945) and military medals for the millions of soldiers who fought in the war. When proof coinage resumed in 1950, so, too, did the run of Lincoln wheat proof cents. Many Lincoln wheat proofs of the 1950s boast beautiful cameo contrast, though those with deep cameo contrast are rare and highly valuable. The last Lincoln wheat proofs were made in 1958, the year the series came to an end.
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Last month, publisher AQ Interactive confirmed that Blue Dragon Plus for the Nintendo DS had been delayed, but that it would be coming this summer. Translations from the publisher's official BDP site (via NeoGAF) indicate the game is set to be a "simulation RPG." The description and subsequent new screenshots remind us of Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (not a bad comparison, mind you).
The site also seems to indicate that BDP takes place just after the events of the first Blue Dragon. So with a bold-faced spoiler alert we caution you against clicking on the main website as, once it loads, it gives away a big part of the Xbox 360 version's storyline. Same warning goes for the gallery below.
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ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. (AP) — Kyle Lofton had 28 points as Saint Bonaventure topped Duquesne 62-48 on Friday night.
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National Sport Academy Annual Schedule / Plan
Ice Sessions
The student athletes train as two groups, grade 5, 6 & 7 and grade 7, 8 & 9 and experience a combination of drills, activities and small area games in order to develop individual skills and tactics as well as offensive and defensive individual skills / tactics and Hockey IQ. There is an emphasis on:
- Multi-directional skating & skating agility in order to effectively go away from traffic & pressure and find open ice.
- Skate from the waist down (so you can handle the puck from the waist up).
- Battling skating (in addition to straight line skating) to work effectively in tight spaces with traffic and pressure.
- Powerful skating – powerful long strides.
It is critical that each player develop sound skating mechanics in order to execute the skating skills required to compete at a higher level and in preparation for combining skating with high level puck handling skills.
Puck Handling
- Handle the puck from the waist up (skate from the waist down)
- Develop width and depth in puck handling to increase the ability to release and receive the puck from various points all around the body for puck handling, passing & shooting. This is no easy task and takes repetitions over many years to become competent.
- Develop & reinforce proper puck handling mechanics on the journey to develop high level puck handling skills.
It is important to continue to develop high level puck handling skills combined with continuing to develop high level skating skills in order to develop high level individual skills and tactics necessary to be creative, innovative and deceptive.
Including the mechanics of puck handling required to pass the puck, National Sport Academy Hockey student athletes continue to develop good Hockey IQ to play away from the puck and the most important offensive team tactic – puck support.
Develop / continue to improve the skills to use puck handling mechanics (passing) combined with the offensive team tactics (passing) to generate:
- Team speed and team change of speed.
- Width & depth in attacks / multi-directional attacks, multiple attack options.
- Creative and innovative attack options for increased scoring opportunities.
- Puck support that provides teammates with pass options and the ability to be deceptive.
Improve all shots through purposeful practice.
- Repetition, repetition, repetition to become an excellent shooter and goal scorer.
- Release the puck from various release points around the body.
- Improve release – quick and deceptive release.
- Combine shooting with movement, skating agility and puck handling to be a deceptive shooter and goal scorer.
- Become a goal scorer by practicing in competitive game like situations.
Checking / Body Checking
Checking is everything we do individually and as a team when we don't have the puck. Continue to develop (or introduce) the 4 steps of checking with a focus on the first three steps for the younger grades and all four steps for the older grades.
Step 1 – Skating, Positioning & Angling
Step 2 – Stick Checks
Step 3 – Body Contact
Step 4 – Body Checking
Similar to the higher levels of hockey, knowing how to check – to maintain defensive side positioning, knowing when to pressure and when to contain and having a good stick are just a few of the skills necessary to play the game when you and your teammates don't have the puck. Improve on preventing opposition scoring chances and regaining puck possession so your team may go on offence.
Practical Application of Skills & Games – Competitive & Small Area Games
Competitive small area games – the practical application of developing skills and tactics.
It is important to work on advanced skills and tactics in a controlled setting but they must also be taken to a competitive game situation where they can learn how to use them.
Competitive small area games and competitive situations within the National Sport Academy ice sessions provide the opportunity to learn advanced skills and tactics, make mistakes, go do it again and get the coaching and repetitions to achieve improved skills, tactics and Hockey IQ that can be used with their club teams.
Transportation – Southland Leisure Centre to RT Alderman School
Student athletes / families are required to work with their own school in order to attend the training sessions. As many student athletes attend RT Alderman School, the National Sport Academy provides bussing from Southland Leisure Centre to RT Alderman School.
What does the National Sport Academy training look like for student athletes attending the National Sport School?
National Sport Academy student athletes attending the National Sport School will have variations to the schedule above and will train until the end of the school year. Please contact Jamie Armitage by email or phone at 403-477-4477 for more details.
To accommodate student athletes that live in the south part of Calgary that attend the National Sport School, bussing will be provided on a user pay basis from the National Sport School to one or two drop off location in the south.
National Sport Academy Storage Room
Student athletes must each have a second set of equipment they store at Southland Leisure Centre in a heated secure storage room. Equipment such as skates, helmet and gloves, the student athletes will usually transport back and forth in a sport bag. Few, if any, student athletes use 2 pair of skates and we don't recommend it due to the cost and unique rocker on each pair of skate blades.
Student athletes will bring their skates (helmet and gloves) from home to Southland Leisure Centre, access their equipment from the Southland Leisure Centre storage room, get dressed and train. After the ice session, they will place their equipment back in the Southland Leisure Centre storage room and take their skates (helmet and gloves) back to school to store at the school in order to take their equipment home at the end of the day. If you are a goaltender, please let us know and we will explain how the equipment is handled.
How do we receive feedback on our student athlete's progress in the National Sport Academy?
National Sport Academy Hockey coaches are available to meet throughout the year when they are not leading training sessions with student athletes. In addition, there will be times throughout the year when we have scheduled individual coach / parent meetings that we hope you will attend. We know these dates and times won't work for everyone so, we can't stress enough that we can meet at any time the coaches are not working with student athletes.
Who do I contact for more information about the National Sport Academy?
There are many components to National Sport Academy Hockey and a conversation over the telephone or a meeting in person will be helpful. As we are with student athletes throughout the day, please send an email to Jamie Armitage with your contact information, including the name of the student athlete, their current grade and any relevant information and Jamie will contact you.
Includes 10 months of training: 55 + ice session, strength and conditioning training, cross training, coaching and leadership sessions, NSA player apparel package (NSA custom jersey, hockey socks, NSA sport bag, NSA workout shorts & t-shirt, NSA hoodie) and bussing from Southland Leisure Centre to RT Alderman School or the National Sport School.
$5,150.00 plus GST


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WP4 – Functional analysis of case studies: mechanisms and tools to recruit, interact and learn
This WP will provide an in-depth analysis on the functional characteristics of farmer to farmer learning approaches and on-farm demonstrations, in particular. The WP aims to describe and evaluate the mechanisms and tools that are being used in the implementation (recruitment, interaction and learning) of the demonstration. After selection of relevant casestudies (task 2.5 in WP2), these functional characteristics will be analyzed in-depth to identify exemplars and principles of good practice.


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This week I flew to Michigan to kick-off a new project. We had eleven executives from seven different locations across North America. Only one lived and worked in Michigan.
During a fun dinner conversation about how technologies like Yammer and IM are changing business interactions, we got on to the pros and cons of TelePresence, the high end video conferencing solution this company uses. (If you haven't used it before, I'll share from personal experience that you can count the hairs on someone's head. It is far beyond traditional video). Someone joked about how hard it is during a TelePresence call to multitask or even lean over and whisper to a coworker without being heard and seen. And that is exactly what made another person ask the group how long it will be until we all have setups in our home offices to allow us to connect in so "virtually-real". The gap between remote and in person meetings is closing to the point that it will soon be very hard to justify the travel and/or office maintenance costs. Yes, George Clooney, in his recent movie "Up in the Air", did make an adequate case that some things (i.e. firing people) should be done in person, but many other everyday interactions can and should be moved to video conference once the technology is there.
I, for one, dream about the day I can work from a home office from the mountains, connecting to my clients via a medium stronger than a phone. I like a mix; meeting people in person is great the first time and every once in a while or for longer meetings, but so much work can be done, more efficiently, remotely.
And it is happening…
Old-school consultants find it extremely surprising when we hypothesize that Thought Ensemble may never have a physical office. And yet I feel closer to my colleagues than ever before, with constant connection via IM, presence to show me where they are and video conferencing on our internal meetings. We still see each other once or twice a month and at various locations for internal meetings, but the majority of our time we work remotely.
My financial planner conducts his quarterly review meetings with me using video/ web conferencing. At first I thought it was a bit strange for him to suggest this type of meeting when I only live a few minutes from his office, but now I absolutely love just connecting in with him in the midst of my day, from home. I'm meeting with him more often and feel more connected to him than I did my previous financial planner. There's something about seeing him on the screen while he projects the report online that feels much more connected than a phone call.
It is even happening in larger companies, although our clients seem to still congregate in various offices rather than work remotely from home offices. Some of our clients are dispersed across the country and globe and stay very connected with each other via video, phone and instant messaging. In some ways, those in remote offices may have more effective communication. Recently, I've noticed that companies that primarily operate out of one location are less rigorous about setting and running effective meetings because they take for granted their ability to snag a coworker's time. Yes, there is something nice about walking down the hall, but being dispersed requires people to use each other's time more thoughtfully. It seems the more dispersed the team members are, the more they respect each other's time, showing up to meetings as planned, setting agendas, and sticking to the time alloted.
That all said, there's still a huge cultural shift to having people work remotely. Many technologies along the way have supported that shift –beginning with the phone, onto email, instant messaging, presence and social networking. (Good) video may be the turning point. Once quality video is pervasive, I believe the majority of knowledge work can be done remotely…


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Heckerling 2011 in Orlando, Fla. is getting underway and we had the opportunity to sit down with two of our esteemed editorial advisory board members, who will be presenting at the conference.
Carlyn S. McCaffrey is partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges and chair of its Estate Planning practice group. She is on the Estate Planning & Taxation committee for Trusts & Estates.
Turney P. Berry is a partner at Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs LLP where he chairs the Tax, Business & Personal Planning group. He is a member of the Estate Planning & Taxation committee for Trusts & Estates.
Carlyn S. McCaffrey
McCaffrey is speaking today, Jan. 11, on "Formulas to Protect Against Transfer Tax Risk." She told us that her focus will be how the transfer tax risk of valuation uncertainty can be effectively eliminated by the use of formula clauses that define the amount of property being transferred. She hopes that planners will learn to use the formula clauses routinely in most cases when lifetime transfers of hard-to-value assets are being made.
McCaffrey predicts that taxpayers will be making substantial additional gifts over the next two years while the gift tax applicable exclusion amount remains at $5 million. So there will be many more instances in which a transferor should be using defined value formula clauses. McCaffrey said because the exemption was raised to $5 million, people will undoubtedly be making more lifetime gifts, creating more opportunities for planners to help structure those gifts.
McCaffrey is most enthusiastic about Michael J. Graetz's presentation, "The Politics and Policy of the Estate Tax—Past, Present and Future," which is the first of the Lloyd Leva Plaine distinguished lecture series, established in memory of the renowned estate planner and former Trusts & Estates board member who died last year. McCaffrey is working with the series organizers to raise money for a permanent endowment. McCaffrey expects the series to provide very important insights into the politics that have caused the transfer tax system to be shaped the way it is today.
The hottest topic this year at Heckerling, according to McCaffrey, will be the 2010 Act and the substantial changes it has made. For instance, she thinks portability is another big issue that many people are talking about, but it's unclear how to advise your clients about it since it will be disappearing in two years.
Turney P. Berry
Berry will speak on Thursday, Jan. 13, on "The Whether, Why, Whom, What, and When of the Trustee's Duty to Notify Beneficiaries." Berry explained that a trustee's obligations include notifying beneficiaries of the existence of a trust and their rights in connection with such trust. This can lead to complications if the grantor of a revocable trust changes the terms or beneficiaries of the trust. When does the trustee have the obligation to notify the beneficiary who is being removed? This issue came to a head in the Kentucky case JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. Longmeyer (275 S.W.3d 697 (Ky. 2009)). In that case, a widow's caregiver authorized an attorney to alter a revocable trust to exclude certain charities. The trustee bank notified the charities of the change. The charities challenged the new estate plan alleging undue influence and their case was settled, but subsequently the attorney for the caregiver sued the trustee bank alleging breach of fiduciary duty on the bank's part on the basis that the charities wouldn't have discovered their ouster as beneficiaries had the bank kept quiet. The Kentucky Supreme Court, somewhat shockingly, ruled for the bank, holding that a trustee is obligated to notify the beneficiaries of a change in all situations and not only under suspicious circumstances. Subsequently, the Kentucky legislature passed a statute negating Longmeyer by saying that a trustee now has no obligation to the beneficiaries unless it determines the settlor is incapacitated.
Berry notes that very little case law exists on the issue of when a trustee is obligated to notify beneficiaries of changes. So, practitioners don't have much guidance on this issue.
Berry is most excited to hear Carlyn McCaffrey's presentation on formula clauses. He gives credit to McCaffrey for having done most of the comprehensive work on the topic and opening everyone's mind to formula clauses. He's used them successfully in his practice to equalize the amount of money in trusts for the benefit of grandchildren of various ages. By using formulas, he was easily able to level the amounts in a complicated situation and make everyone happy.


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I gave in!
In the spirit of the season so powerful and encompassing, I was all for celebrating Thanksgiving this year, my very first time ever. Fine, if you may call me the 'only' Iyengar celebrating Thanksgiving! (which I know may not be the case after all). The spirit of giving thanks to a bountiful harvest, to a houseful of close family, to helpful friends or anything we are grateful for in general is also very much central to our culture. Then why not? I don't have to bake a turkey to celebrate Thanksgiving, so we did it our way – the fusion way, with a bit of borrowed American and a bit of Indian for convenience and the outcome was indeed a blast.
No recipes in this post however, just a peek into my kitchen and my dining table as I had no time for staged photography in the middle of all the hullaballoo of cooking up a feast. Recipes will follow in posts to come of course, as each one of them is a mouth-watering concoction in itself.
Pumpkin, Butternut Squash and mixed nuts are a Thanksgiving staple, but our menu had none of them. Tens's of recipes were doing the rounds in my mind, but here's what our Thanksgiving spread finally looked like:
- Rosemary roasted Potatoes
- Thyme and Garlic roasted Sweet potatoes
- Green beans with mushrooms and roasted almonds
- Saffron rice
- Phool Makhana Curry
- Garlic-Tomato fryums (store-bought)
- Peach Blueberry Cobbler


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Ethnic Studies
Ethnic Studies is an interdisciplinary and unique scholarly field that centralizes and redefines the experiences of people of color in the United States, using an intersectional analysis. Born out of the people power movements of various communities of color in the 1960s and the efforts of the third world Liberation Front, Ethnic Studies emphasizes on the praxis of resistance and liberation in order to eliminate all forms of injustice and oppression, especially along race and ethnicity.
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