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First beer in cans became hip. There had always been beer in cans, just not good beer in cans — or so believed craft beer drinkers. The craft beer movement changed the quality of canned beer — and the wine industry took notice. They started making wine in cans and slowly, wine drinkers responded favorably. There's nothing slow about it anymore, though. This could be the summer of canned wine if all the headlines I've seen in the past few weeks are any indication. I've noticed rosé and sparkling wines are overshadowing white and red still wines in cans.
Canned wine is not what you would call fine wine. There are some pretty good ones, but I have yet to taste an amazing one. Still, I drink a lot of wine I consider to be simply pretty good in bottles, so I can't think of any reason why I shouldn't drink wine from a can. In fact, cans have their advantages, including:
- Portability - Cans are lightweight and can go in your backpack, beach bag or other bag without adding much weight.
- Glass-free - There are a lot of places where glass is a bad idea, particularly any place that involves bare feet. Canned wines are great for around the pool or on the beach, or even on the patio if you've got a rowdy group.
- Recyclability - Aluminum cans are virtually the most sustainable beverage container. People recycle them more than they recycle glass. When new cans are made from recycled cans, it takes only 8 percent of the energy it would take make a new aluminum can.
- Serving size - If you want just a glass or two, you don't have to open an entire bottle and be concerned about finishing it before it goes bad.
- Fun factor - Like I said, these are not fine wines; they are fun wines. They're great for parties, picnics and get togethers — like all the events that will be happening this Memorial Day weekend.
The canned wine market is exploding so quickly that it's difficult to keep up with, and many of the wineries that are putting out cans have limited distribution. Here are some of the wines that I know of that have broad distribution and aren't too difficult to find — as long as they haven't sold out.
Underwood Cans
Oregon's Union Wine Co.'s Underwood wines in cans tend to be the standard for pretty good wine in a can. They're some of the better canned wines I've had and there are two full glasses in each can. Union Wine offers five varieties: rosé, rosé bubbles, bubbles, pinot noir and pinot gris. (About $28/4-pack.)
Lila Cans
Clearly, I thought this wine tasted like Sprite. But, when I posted my Instagram photo to my Facebook feed, I had many people comment that they really like this wine. Even wine people commented that they like it. It doesn't look like the U.S.-based wine company Lila makes the sauvignon blanc anymore, but it currently sells pinot grigio, rosé and sparkling. I've had the sparkling. It's a bit sweet like a Prosecco, but it's pretty good for a can. (About $12/4-pack.)
Sofia Sparkling Wines
Sofia Coppola's sparkling wine in pink cans are about as iconic as canned wine gets. She put her blanc de blanc in cans before almost anyone else was canning wine. This has been my go-to beach wine for the past couple of years, and the straw really adds to the fun factor of this bubbly. (About $20/4-pack.)
Trader Joe's Simpler Wines
This recently released canned wine from Trader Joe's is $4 for 4 cans (that's not a typo), and comes in white or rosé, both sparkling. I haven't tried these yet, and I can't imagine their quality is any better than a Two Buck Chuck (Trader Joe's line of Charles Shaw bottled wines that cost about $2.99 a bottle), but I've been know to enjoy some Two Buck if the atmosphere and the people are right. I will definitely be seeking out this wine this summer. ($4/4-pack.)
Some final tips if you're going to seek out canned wines.
- Sometimes drinking it from the can will be the best option because of circumstances, but if you can, pour the wine into a glass to help it open up. Buy a couple of plastic wine glasses for around the pool if you're concerned about the glass.
- Wine in cans is not meant to age. If you buy it, drink it in the same year.


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A quillow is a unique and wonderful thing to have on hand anywhere. What is a quillow? A quillow is a pillow which unfolds into a "quilt" or blanket. With THE Dream Machine or a Brother Disney embroidery/sewing combo, you can make one which will be a welcome gift for anyone. This one is fleece … Read More
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How can students be motivated to stay in school?
First of all, I think the students should be motivated mainly by their parents and then by their teachers. Parents should motivate their children by telling them how being a high-school graduate will help them in life. The parent may mention how being a high-school graduate helped them or how they were hurt by being a high-school drop-out.
Teachers can help motivate students by making school fun along with the teaching of the regular lessons. Teachers could also invite various people that graduated from high-school and some that were drop-outs to tell their own personal story. This may help students see the reality of being a high-school graduate or that being a high school drop-out can seriously affect that persons' life.
Another thing that should be taken into consideration is that when a parent or teacher is talking to their child or student, the parent or teacher should not focus all on negative ideas. If they focus on negative ideas, and say such things as, "If you don't finish school then......," then the child could be demotivated instead of being motivated. Parents and teachers should focus mainly on the positive ideas when motivating someone.
How can the lure of drugs and money be overcome?
The lure of drugs and money can be overcome by showing students that drugs can be very bad and that a craving for money can lead a student to steal or anything else to get money, thus ruining their high-school career if they are caught breaking the laws. Once again, certain people can be brought in to talk to the students. I think having an actual person to talk to is better than just watching a video or having the teacher discuss the topic, because the person is right there, the students know that the situation is reality, and the students know he or she is for real and the students can ask the person their own personal questions.
The lure of drugs and money could also be overcome by teaching children, at a young age, good Christian morals. If good morals are taught at a young age then the morals will probably last through their life.
Parents need to be aware if there are any signs of these problems. If there are any problems, they must be corrected immediately.
The parents should also teach that money is not everything and that drugs cannot make you escape from reality and problems.
What can educators do to motivate students who lack interest in school, have no motivation, and no goal for the future?
As mentioned in topic number one, educators can talk to students and tell why school is important. Maybe a one-on-one talk with a student who lacks motivation would help that student regain their motivation.
If a student has no motivation, I think the educator should do a little research on him and his family to see why this student may have no motivation. If research shows that the student lives in a healthy environment and has understanding parents, a talk with the parents may need to occur. An educator may be able to give some tips to the parents on how to get their child motivated or a talk with the parents might help reveal another problem the child has, such as drugs or social problems. If another problem is discovered, the situation can be tackled in a different way to help spur some motivation in that student.
If a student has no goal for the future, then the school needs to work on a program that is required for students to help them discover their talents and abilities. Something like the OASIS test would be a good start. This goal-planning helps open up doors to the student that he or she may never have known were there.
An educator needs to find out what a student is interested in and help the student find goals. The educator should give statistics on what kind of job the student can get if he or she has graduated from high-school or if he or she does not graduate.
How important of a role should the parents play?
I think parents should play the biggest and most important role in every aspect of their child's life. The parent should play the biggest role in motivating their child. I also think the parents should play a large role in discipline. Parents need to discipline their child and I think there is less discipline happening in families today then there was before this time. I can tell that there is less discipline, just by the way I see children act. A lot of children seem to boss their own parents around. If parents and even schools had stricter rules and discipline, there would not be as much trouble as there is now.
Another subject that shows the lack of discipline in today's society is the amount of teen pregnancies, and the amount of teens running around late at night being troublemakers. If teens are running around at nights, that means that the parents are not controlling their own children. Parents need and should be aware of their child's activities and the people that they associate with. If parents know this, then they should be able to discipline their child and be reassured that there could or could not be a problem with their child.
Do you believe there should be more contact between parents and teachers?
I think parents and teachers need a lot more contact. For one, contact with each other will allow the parents to see how their student is doing and will allow the teachers to see how the parents are.
A while back, there were a lot of parent-teacher association groups, but now most parents both work and have little time for these kind of associations.
Over the last decade, between 347,000 and 544,000 10th- through 12th-grade students left school each year without successfully completing a high school program (table B1). Status dropout rates represent the proportion of young adults ages 16 through 24 who are out of school and who have not earned a high school credential. Status rates are higher than event rates because they include all dropouts in this age range, regardless of when they last attended school.
· In October 1999, some 3.8 million young adults were not enrolled in a high school program and had not completed high school. These youths accounted for 11.2 percent of the 34.1 million 16- through 24-year-olds in the United States in 1999 (table A, figure A, and table 3). As noted with event rates, this estimate is consistent with the estimates reported over the last 10 years, but lower than those reported in the early 1970s.
· The status dropout rate of whites remains lower than that of blacks, but over the past quarter of a century, the difference between the rates of whites and blacks has narrowed (figure 2). In addition, Hispanic young adults in the United States continue to have a higher status dropout rate than whites or blacks (figure 2).
· In 1999, the status dropout rate for Asian/Pacific Islander young adults was 4.3 percent compared with 28.6 percent for Hispanics, 12.6 percent for blacks, and 7.3 percent for whites (table 3).
· In 1999, 44.2 percent of Hispanic young adults born outside of the United States were high school dropouts. Hispanic young adults born inside the United States were much less likely to be dropouts. However, when looking at just those young adults born in the United States, Hispanic youths were still more likely to be dropouts than other young adults.
This paper examines why students drop out of school and what can be done about it. After briefly summarizing who drops out of school, the paper reviews the theoretical and empirical research that attempts to explain why students drop out of school based on two different conceptual frameworks that are both useful and necessary to understand this complex phenomenon. One framework is based on an individual perspective that focuses on individual factors associated with dropping out; the other is based on an institutional perspective that focuses on the contextual factors found in students' families, schools, communities and peers. The paper also discusses the extent to which these frameworks can be used explain differences in dropout rates among social groups, particularly racial and ethnic minorities. The next section of the paper examines various strategies to address the dropout, reviewing examples of both programmatic and systemic solutions, and the extent to which policy can !
promote them. The final section of the paper discusses whether the United States has the capacity and the will to reduce dropout rates and eliminate disparities in dropout rates among racial and ethnic groups.
Despite a long-term upward trend in school completion in the United States, each year about 5 percent of all high school students drop out of school (Kaufman, Kwon, Klein, and Chapman, 1999, Table 1). In the 1997-98 school year 479,000 students dropped out of high school (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1999, Table 7). .
Yet a substantially higher proportion of students quit school sometime over their educational careers. One longitudinal study of young men who were 14 to 21 years of age in 1979, estimated that 37 percent had quit high school for at least a 3 month period, even though in 1990, when the young men were 25 to 32 years old, only 14 percent were classified as high school dropouts (Klerman & Karoly, 1994). Another longitudinal study of students who were 8th graders in 1988 found that 21 percent had dropped out school at some point since 8th grade, even though only 12 percent—roughly half of that number—had not completed high school by 1994 (Rumberger & Lamb, 1998).
Not only are a sizeable proportion of students dropping out, an increasing number of students are completing high school by getting a GED or through other alternative means rather than earning a traditional high school diploma. Although the proportion of youth completing high school has remained steady over the last decade, the proportion earning high school diplomas has actually declined. In 1988, 80 percent of 18 to 24-year olds earned a high school diploma; in 1998, 75 percent earned a high school diploma (Figure 1). In other words, 10 percent of all young people completed high school through an alternative means in 1998 compared to 4 percent in 1988. The reason the method of high school completion may be important is because some recent studies have questioned whether the economic payoff to a high school equivalency is comparable to a traditional high school diploma (Cameron & Heckman, 1993; Murnane, Willet, & Boudett, 1995, 1997; Murnane, Willet, & Tyler, 2000; Rumberger & Lamb, 1998; Tyler, Murnane, & Willet, 2000). This trend may accelerate due to recent policies to increase high school exit requirements.
Dropout rates in the U.S. vary widely among major racial and ethnic groups. In 1998, the dropout rates among persons 16 to 24 years old were 7.7 percent for White, non-Hispanics, 13.8 for Black, non-Hispanics, and 29.5 for Hispanics (U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2000, Table 108). The high dropout rate among Hispanics has been a particular concern for the federal government, which recently issued a report on this problem (Secada et al., 1998).
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DEL RAY, Florida, May 2, 2014 – Is it too late to investigate Benghazi? Details of the events of September 11, 2012 remain murky even though it has been almost two years since the attack, and murder, of the US consulate and Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
What is increasingly clear, however, is that the entire episode was a colossal government failure that continues to be cloaked in a lack of transparency from the White House down.
READ ALSO: Uncloaking the layers of the Benghazi tragedy
The deficits started in the failure to accurately access the threat to US personnel in Libya and, therefore, providing inadequate security at the consulate. The second failure happened during the incident, when the U.S. government did not respond quickly or strongly enough to protect our diplomats.
The third disaster stems from lack of thorough investigation to understand what happened, what went wrong and how to prevent similar disasters in the future.
Benghazi was, first, an intelligence failure. The intelligence community, which includes the CIA, the State Department, DIA, NSA, Homeland Security and other services, grossly misunderstood the threat to American diplomats in Benghazi. The belief that most Libyans and the Libyan government is friendly toward the Untied States blinded officials to the reality that the few radicals continued to present a clear and present threat. Moreover, analysts apparently failed to consider that the al-Qaeda safe haven in northern Mali provided easy passage for militants to enter Libya to attack US targets.
As a result of this assessment, the US consulate in Benghazi was woefully lacking in security. Private security officers rather than Marine Security Guards (MSGs) nominally protected the consulate. Moreover, the Libyan troops working to help provide security fled the scene when the attacks happened.
According to one intelligence source with access to planning sessions on embassy security, it is possible some officials argued against heavy security because of its implications for the new civilian government in Tripoli. That source explained that State Department officials often argue against heavy security in a country friendly to the United States saying it is insulting to the government and suggests lack of trust by the US. Visible security can undercut the credibility of a fledgling government and raise questions about its capabilities.
While there is no independent confirmation that this was the case in Benghazi, it is a possible scenario.
There are also now rumors that a Status of Force agreement between the United States and Libya prohibited US personnel from carrying weapons. Special Forces Officers with access to information say that the reason MSGs were not in Benghazi was that they refused to deploy if they could not carry weapons to protect themselves.
Benghazi was, second, an operational failure. The United States failed to respond quickly and decisively when diplomats were under attack to minimize damage and rescue US citizens.
We now know that when the attack started, CIA officers from a nearby annex responded immediately to the situation. Two of those officers, both former Navy SEALs on contract with the CIA, valiantly saved numerous American's before they lost their own lives.
Overseas, CIA officers often operate in a separate base, an embassy annex, near but not co-located with State Department staff. This now appears to have been the case in Benghazi.
READ ALSO: The CIA that saved Dick Holm but failed Charles Wood, Chris Doherty at Benghazi
When CIA officers and contractors responded, the Libyan forces working with them abandoned the Americans, leaving them to counter the mob on their own.
According to recently released documents, support "lit up" the target and the CIA officers called for back up. At that point, they "were told to stand down.
According to Special Forces Officers, the terminology of "lighting up" the target indicates there was air support sent to investigate the situation. Intelligence officers and Special Forces officers familiar with the situation said they believe the US deployed an AC-130 to the site to assess the situation. That aircraft then "lit up" the target to help acquire more information.
The statement that CIA officers "were told to stand down" fails to identify the individual who issued that order. However, according to Special Forces and intelligence officers, that order would not have come from the CIA or General Petraeus.
"First of all, no senior Agency officer would ever have left CIA officers in that type of danger," according to the intelligence officer.
Equally importantly, they both point out that at the point the CIA team requested assistance, it became a military operation. Permission to engage and to deploy more aircraft had to come from the Pentagon. "It had to come from [Secretary of Defense Leon] Panetta," according to a former Special Forces officer with an intelligence background.
Now, Benghazi is an investigative failure. While CNN and other news services sifted through the rubble at the consulate, no official US investigative team arrived in Benghazi. On the ground sources say papers remained scattered around the site and pedestrians trample through the former building.
After a security incident at an embassy, procedure dictates an immediate investigation. These usually involve multi-agency investigators who swoop in to assess the damage and attempt to understand the situation, primarily in an effort to ensure it does not happen again.
So far, there has been no systematic investigation of Benghazi.
The longer it takes for the government to begin an investigation, the less likely that it will reveal what really happened and what the US needs to do to make sure there is no repeat of the tragedy.
Although it is tempting to blame lack of movement on political motivations, Special Forces officers unanimously say they believe the lack of an on the ground investigation is more out of fear of attack than apathy. There is a large amount of information investigators can obtain from electronic information, interviews and other methods that do not require in country deployment. However, there is little doubt that site investigation is one of the most valuable tools in understanding exactly what happened.
It is, of course, possible that the government is already involved in an investigation, but that the details are currently classified and not available for public dissemination.
American Foreign Service officers and intelligence officers deserve the best protection the United States can offer. They deserve to know the United States government will not send them blindly into dangerous situations, understaff security details or leave them to die in foreign countries surrounded by hostile militants. They deserve to know the United States will defend them and will take all action to ensure their safety.
The United States failed in Benghazi.
The question is, what happens next? What is the United States doing to make sure there is never a repeat of the Benghazi tragedy? We still do not know.


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I can't believe it is February already. Where did January go?? I'm trying to think of all the things we got up to during the month, but I'm feeling a bit boring! What did we do?
After a quick look through my phone photos, I've a better idea of where the month went!
|We attended our first Panto, Jack and the Beanstalk.
|I went to She Stoops to Conquer in the Abbey, Dublin
|As always, the set was amazing
|The show was hilarious. Obviously, I didn't take any photos during the performance
|We did a bit of baking. Frozen cupcakes, of course...
|Santa brought baby Sophie. Her fancy clothes were knitted by a family friend.
|Beth started swimming lessons. The first one did not go well!!
|We had lunch out one day after school for a treat
|My little fighter. Doing great at
|Beth is big into board games. I got her Monopoly Junior for Christmas. She would play it non-stop if I let her.
|We had snow last week. We don't get much here on the east coast, but Beth enjoyed it anyway.
So, there's a few snapshots of our month. This month has started off a bit manic with me. I'm in charge of props for SONG's production of Sweeney Todd next week. There are A LOT of props for this musical. I have trawled the shops looking for 18th century items. I still don't have everything. There are painted handcuffs drying on my table at the moment and the sewing machine has been dragged out! I'll be taking loads of photos when we're up and running. I'm very excited, but also incredibly stressed!
Suppose I should explain my post title. I've been a little overwhelmed lately, with financial worries, writer's insecurities, parental inadequacies etc. I decided I needed to simplify my life. I'm not promoting a book at the moment, so I feel I can just take myself off Facebook for a month. On Saturday, I deactivated my Facebook account. I've been on it since 2007. Eight years! The first evening was fine. Yesterday, I kept picking up my phone to check out what's happening in the world and remembered, oh yeah, I can't... I thought I would feel like I was missing out on something. You know, like the feeling you got when younger and you weren't out on a Saturday night? Wondering what was going on, not wanting to miss all the gossip. BUT, I feel strangely lighter. My mind is more focussed. It was becoming an addiction. I beat cigarettes almost three years ago. I still miss them
everyday, but I know I'll never go back. I don't want to be addicted to anything. It's not a good way to live your life.
Now, I'm not saying I won't go back, but I am taking this month off. I'm not off the grid completely though. I'm still on Twitter and Instagram, please feel free to follow me.
However, a problem might be that I haven't really told anyone what I've done. Some people may think I have deleted them as a friend. Hopefully, they'll read this and realise it's nothing personal ;-) or send me a text, the old fashioned way!
Here's to a Facebook Free February!


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|Hepatic Cell News 2.00 January 5, 2018
The Deubiquitinating Enzyme Cylindromatosis Mitigates Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
Scientists identified the deubiquitinase cylindromatosis (CYLD) as a suppressor of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in mice and in monkeys. They observed that overexpression of Cyld in hepatocytes concomitantly inhibited lipid accumulation, insulin resistance, inflammation and fibrosis in mice with NASH induced in an experimental setting. [Nat Med] Abstract
(Ranked by impact factor of the journal)
Pan-Genotype Hepatitis E Virus Replication in Stem Cell-Derived Hepatocellular Systems
The authors investigated the infection and replication of primary isolates of hepatitis E virus in hepatocyte-like cells derived from human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells. [Gastroenterology] Abstract
Adult Hepatocytes Direct Liver Organogenesis through Non-Parenchymal Cell Recruitment in the Kidney
Researchers demonstrated that hepatocytes alone spurred liver organogenesis to form an organ-sized complex 3D liver that exhibited native liver architecture and functions in the kidneys of mice. [J Hepatol] Abstract | Graphical Abstract
HSP90 Promotes Cell Glycolysis, Proliferation and Inhibits Apoptosis by Regulating PKM2 Abundance via Thr-328 Phosphorylation in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
The authors found that heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) could bind to pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) and subsequently increase PKM2 abundance in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells. In vivo experiments disclosed that PKM2 was required for the promoting effects of HSP90 on the growth of HCC cells in mice. [Mol Cancer] Full Article
Hippo Pathway Coactivators Yap and Taz Are Required to Coordinate Mammalian Liver Regeneration
Scientists examined the role of Yap and Taz, key components of the Hippo pathway in liver organ size regulation, both in the context of development and homeostasis. Their studies revealed that contrary to the current paradigms that Yap/Taz are not required for developmental regulation of liver size, but are required for proper liver regeneration. [Exp Mol Med] Full Article
Activin-A Causes Hepatic Stellate Cell Activation via the Induction of TNFα and TGFβ in Kupffer Cells
Investigators studied the effect of activin-A on mouse primary Kupffer cells and hepatic stellate cells and the levels of activin-A and its inhibitor follistatin in the serum of patients from a large panel of liver diseases. [Biochim Biophys Acta] Abstract
A Novel Cell Line Based Orthotopic Xenograft Mouse Model that Recapitulates Human Hepatoblastoma
Scientists hypothesized that injection of hepatoblastoma (HB) cell lines into the livers of mice would result in liver tumors that resemble their clinical counterparts. Intrahepatic injection of HB cell lines lead to liver tumors in mice with growth patterns and biologic, histologic, and genetic features similar to human HB tumors. [Sci Rep] Full Article
High Mobility Group Box 1 Promotes Sorafenib Resistance in Hepg2 Cells and In Vivo
The authors investigated the association between high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) and sorafenib resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma. The HMGB1 knockdown cells exhibited a significantly higher apoptotic level and lower cell viability than the normal HMGB1 expressing cells following the sorafenib treatment. [BMC Cancer] Full Article
Mouse Decellularized Liver Scaffold Improves Human Embryonic and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Differentiation into Hepatocyte-Like Cells
Researchers compared hepatocyte differentiation of human embryonic stem cells and in a mouse decellularized liver scaffold with standard in vitro protocol. [PLoS One] Full Article
Is Osteopontin a Friend or Foe of Cell Apoptosis in Inflammatory Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases?
The authors describe the role of osteopontin (OPN) in inflammatory gastrointestinal and liver diseases, focusing on the association of OPN with apoptosis. OPN changes its association with apoptosis depending on the type of disease and the phase of disease activity, acting as a promoter or a suppressor of inflammation and inflammatory carcinogenesis. [Int J Mol Sci] Full Article
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Enanta Pharmaceuticals Announces Data Presentations
Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that two presentations on EDP-305, Enanta's FXR agonist for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and primary biliary cholangitis, will be presented. [Press release from Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. discussing research presented at the 2018 NASH-TAG Conference, Park City] Press Release
Can-Fite Enters into Collaborative Research Agreement with Hadassah Medical Center to Further Explore Namodenoson Mechanism of Action in NASH
Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd. announced the entry into a collaborative research agreement with Hadassah Medical School. This agreement will support research directed by Rifaat Safadi, M.D. aimed at further elucidating the Namodenoson mechanism of action in experimental models of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) which represent the human disease. [Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd.] Press Release
Can-Fite Reports on the Progress of Its Phase II Liver Cancer with Namodenoson
Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd. provided an update on its Phase II clinical trial with drug candidate Namodenoson in the treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. [Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd.] Press Release
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Files for Regulatory Clearance to Begin Phase I/II Study of ARO-HBV
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that it filed a regulatory submission to begin a Phase I/II study of ARO-HBV, which is being developed as a potentially curative therapy for patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection. [Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc.] Press Release
Spitfire Pharma's SP-1373 Outscored Semaglutide and Elafibranor in a Biopsy-Proven Translational Mouse Model of Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
Spitfire Pharma, Inc. announced that SP-1373, its lead glucagon-like peptide-1 and glucagon receptor dual agonist compound, demonstrated superior outcome measures in liver histopathology and metabolic parameters versus semaglutide and elafibranor in the biopsy-proven, AMLN-diet Gubra NASH mouse model. [Spitfire Pharma, Inc. (PR Newswire Association LLC.)] Press Release
Germany vs Elsevier: Universities Win Temporary Journal Access after Refusing to Pay Fees
The Dutch publishing giant Elsevier has granted uninterrupted access to its paywalled journals for researchers at around 200 German universities and research institutes that had refused to renew their individual subscriptions at the end of 2017. [Nature News] Editorial
New NCI Director Expects Big Data to Revolutionize Cancer Research, Care
Cancer researchers were nervous about who President Donald Trump would choose to replace Harold Varmus as director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). But their fears of an unconventional candidate proved unfounded when he tapped Norman "Ned" Sharpless. Sharpless, 51, who was then director of the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. [ScienceInsider] Editorial
NEW Annual Meeting of the Israel Stem Cell Society 2018
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NEW Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Liver Cancer Pathogenesis and Immunobiology (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)
NEW Research Assistant – Pediatric Hepatology and Cell Therapy (University of Louvain)
NEW Postdoctoral Fellow – Liver Cancer (University Health Network)
Postdoctoral Scholar Position – Cancer & Stem Cell Epigenomics (University of California, Davis)
Postdoctoral Fellow – Liver Tissue Engineering (Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School)
Assistant, Associate or Full Professor – Hepatology (University of California, San Diego)
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I can't believe it's been a year since I started my humble little bloggyblog. I don't know which is less believable -- the fact that it has ONLY been a year, or the fact that it has ALREADY been a year! I know, that doesn't make much sense. But really, for me it's pretty wild thinking about both sides of that statement!
I certainly can't let my Bloggiversary come and go without doing a little giveaway -- or maybe more than one!!
Let's start with just one giveaway for today.
Up for grabs I have...
~ If you are one of my trusty-dusty followers, leave another comment saying so for an extra entry.
I will leave comments open until tonight at 9:00PM, sometime after which I will pick a winner via Random.org.
Good Luck!


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Lack of sleep increases pain after operations but caffeine lessens the effect, research team discovers
Caffeine blocks the increase in surgical pain caused by previous sleep loss, says a new study published in Sleep.
"Several studies demonstrate that pre- and postoperative sleep disturbances worsen pain and, more importantly, predict the onset of long-term postoperative pain," explains Dr Giancarlo Vanini, one of the research team."
Using rodents the team found that extended wakefulness before surgery increased pain levels after surgery and recovery time. But caffeine helped to lessen the effect.
"Caffeine blocked the increase in surgical pain caused by previous sleep loss," Dr Vanini says. "Surprisingly, the data showed that this is not due to caffeine's analgesic (pain relieving) properties.
"These results are relevant because sleep disorders and insufficient sleep are highly prevalent problems in our society. Additionally, often times patients travel long distances during the night or early morning before being admitted into the hospital for elective surgery. In one way or another, most patients do not get adequate sleep before surgery."
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As this summer has progressed, we have seen the community come together to enjoy its bounty. We saw Sum Theatre host the opening night of its production of Alice in A.H. Browne Park. We had hundreds of people come to the park to enjoy this event. Currently our Local Area Plan is on summer break but returned in August to work on traffic safety for our area.
We are also working on organizing community events to enjoy and are looking forward to our Annual General Meeting where we will elect next year's board. I encourage all of you to come out and be active in these issues.
Neighbourhood safety is still a concern and I hope more of you will come out and join the local neighbourhood watch to ensure the safety and security of our families and businesses. As we work together to improve our neighbourhood, it improves all of our lives and makes this a better place that others will look at for settling their families.
One final thing I would like to mention is that we are an older neighbourhood with many older fruit trees. I hope if you have one of these in your yard you are able to enjoy its bounty, but if you are not able to harvest its fruit, please consider contacting Out Of Your Tree. This is a non-profit organization that gets volunteers to assist you to harvest your fruit. You get a share, the volunteer gets a share and a share goes to those in need. If you are interested in volunteering your time or if you have fruit that you will not be able to use, contact them at email@example.com. Thank you and I hope this summer has been a very bountiful one for you.
Robert Rudachyk, president, Hudson Bay Park/Mayfair/Kelsey-Woodlawn Community Association


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One of the most important part of your website is the name and the address of your domain name, this can be the make and brake of your site, if you have a nice catchy easy to remember domain name, your customers will remember your site, its simple as that.
Shorter and easier domain names are easy to remember for you customers, so when registering and choosing a domain name try to keep it simple straight forward and linked to what your company or your website is promoting. Your domain name will also be part of your email address, ensuring you have an easy to remember domain name, you will also have an easy email address to give out to your clients, and have on your business cards.
To ensure greater online visibility it can be a good idea to register a number of different extensions to your domain, as wel
l as register domains that are very similar in appearance to your domain. For example you can have alrayeswebsolutions.co.uk, alrayeswebsolutions.com, alrayeswebsolutions.eu. all these domain names just have one website, so similarly you can have one main website and register as many domains you like all pointing to that one site, this will increase your visib
ility and in some cases also credibility,
There are many domains being registered on a daily bases, but one thing to remember is if you get the domain name right for your organisation, this will have a huge impact on the traffic you would be receiving.


text: Last Saturday i made my first ever hand made paper. It was so much fun! I ended up with 50 postcard size pages with wildflower seeds embedded. I stamped the design. Put them in dirt, sprinkle a little dirt on top, water, and theoretically the flowers grow and the paper composts.


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Allen Tate
Allen Tate Quotes
''I suck in smoke! I smile at grimy mirth,Allen Tate (1899-1979), U.S. poet, critic. "Fair Cuirass Shattered."
And laugh to think that you had parried death.''
''every son-of-a-bitch is Christ, at least Rousseau....''Allen Tate (1899-1979), U.S. poet, critic. "Retroduction to American History."
''For intellect is a mansion where waste is without drain....''Allen Tate (1899-1979), U.S. poet, critic. "Retroduction to American History."
''The innocent mansion of a panther's heart!''Allen Tate (1899-1979), U.S. poet, critic. "Idiot."
''The twilight is long fingers and black hair.''Allen Tate (1899-1979), U.S. poet, critic. "Long Fingers."
''For Pope's tight back was rather a goat's than man's.''Allen Tate (1899-1979), U.S. poet. Mr. Pope (l. 4). . . Collected Poems, 1919-1976 [Allen Tate]. (1989) Louisiana State University Press.
''The Spring I seek is in a new face only.''Allen Tate (1899-1979), U.S. poet, critic. "These Deathy Leaves."
''They sough the rumour of mortality.''Allen Tate (1899-1979), U.S. poet, critic. "Ode to the Confederate Dead."
''The moon will run all consciences to cover....''Allen Tate (1899-1979), U.S. poet, critic. "Ditty."
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Ode To The Confederate Dead
Row after row with strict impunity
The headstones yield their names to the element,
The wind whirrs without recollection;
In the riven troughs the splayed leaves
Pile up, of nature the casual sacrament
To the seasonal eternity of death;
Then driven by the fierce scrutiny
Of heaven to their election in the vast breath,
They sough the rumour of mortality.
Autumn is desolation in the plot
Of a thousand acres where these memories grow
From the inexhaustible bodies that are not
Dead, but feed the grass row after rich row.
Think of the autumns that have ...
When you are come by ways emptied of light
You'll say goodby, in that indifferent gloom,
To the quick draughts of old, yet with polite
Anguish of pride recall as an heirloom
A dawn when stars dropped gold about your head
And, so amazed, you knew not were you dead.
For, brother, know that this is art, and you
With a cold incautious sorrow stricken dumb,


text: Natalie is an Editorial Lead at Graphiq who loves to create the kind of stuff you can't help but bring up at dinner. She oversees lifestyle content and primarily writes for FindTheHome, HealthGrove and MooseRoots. When she's not up to her nose in data-goodness, she can usually be found dancing to '70s funk and eating something with chocolate in it.


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text: So I'm reading his new book "The Hot Shoe Diaries" right now,which by the way if you don't have it yet you should get it. It's an awesome book. Anyway I got a few ideas from some of the stuff that he does and made my little girl model for me last night. Anyway here's my favorite of the bunch.


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Kitable days are limited in ND. Winds, work, family, weather, difficult travel, commitments and a million other things keep us from getting out and riding whenever we want. Therefore, it is necessary to make the most out of each opportunity. After several days this summer when a 14 wasn't enough kite I decided if a good deal for a light wind kite came up I would take it. Come November, I ran across a good deal on a demo Zephyr but it sold before I could get the deal done. The sales lady at Kiteboarding.com new I was disappointed and called me back a bit later with the same deal on a new 2016 kite. I was all over that. Fast forward a few months and a couple no-wind failures for a first flight I finally got my chance.
I met a friend at McKenzie Slough. The wind read 15 on average with a high of 18. I am pretty sure it was gusting in the mid 20s by the time I got rigged up. I was hesitant about putting up a 17 in that wind but I really wanted to give my new toy a shot. Justin's encouragement gave me the juice I needed to blow it up. We decided he would watch for a bit and if I was too overpowered he would help me get it down.
Just a note about the oversized pump – worth it on a big kite like this.
Justin gave me a launch and I was off for first impressions. I was initially surprised by how much control there was over this big kite – especially since this should be the upper wind range for this kite. I was definitely lit completely depowered. The kite was rigged on the middle notch so no tweaking there. I was hesitant to unleash the hounds and found it surprisingly easy to tame this lion. I don't know if they intended this kite to be flown in 20+ with ND gusts but the kite handled it so I would say it has good depower. After a few overpowered runs back and forth I decided to switch kites so I could work the kite a little more. I dropped the kite with help and switched to a 9. That might give you an idea of the range of the Zephyr. I rode my 9m Rally until my legs and core were shot. We played on the snow drifts for quite a while. I was working on landing my jumps softly rather than the alternative – it feels a lot better. My legs were burning and ready to quit but since the wind had let down a bit, I decided to give the 17 another try. I got a few good airs in and made some fast runs up and down. It was a good day but I was gassed and decided to call it a day before I got hurt.
- I like Ozone's fit and finish. The kite seems solid, durable and there are some nice features like the big valve. Not sure why kite makers don't have a valve you can lock the hose to either by screwing it in or some other method. Something to prevent hose blow out would seem to be a good thing.
- I think the Ozone bar is decent. Because the wind was strong I didn't really play with the power adjustment much.
- I was surprised by the big Zephyr's wind range. Although I have tried it around 9-10mph and had trouble getting the kite up. I had hoped it would fly in the 8-9 range.
- I have heard the kite referenced as being fast for a big kite. I thought it responded a lot like my 13.5m Kahoona. I suppose that comment validates the claims that it flies like a smaller kite. I wouldn't say is fast or nimble. But I didn't really expect it to be real agile. I did make a few turns too fast and got downwind of the kite – causing it to fall out of the sky. I didn't wait for the kite to get around before I started my turn. My Kahoona usually ends up with inverted lines when that happens and the Zephyr did not so I was happy about that.
- I haven't found it to be the easiest to launch either. When it is leading-edge down, it takes a little effort to get those big wings turned and off the ground.
- From what I have experienced thus far, I am thinking this kite has enough range to replace my old 13.5 in most conditions.


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Most of us don't want to sound like a jerk. Especially when we're doing something like rescheduling an appointment with someone last minute. It happens to the best of us, so let's make sure we know how to do so and still sound respectful.
Observe these messages I got from friends trying to reschedule something:
My friends hedged by using emoticons (>_<), apologizing (ごめん!), and most useful for us… by using the word でも!
OK but what does でも actually mean?
= て-form of です/だ + も
= verb meaning "to be" + particle meaning "even"*
⭐ *も means both "also" and "even".
Thus the sentence 日本語の本も読める can be interpreted as
(1)"He can also read Japanese books" AND (2) "He can even read Japanese books".
Here, though, it means "even."
If this looks familiar to you, that's because it's the grammatical pattern 〜てもいい, which we use when asking for permission to do things. By putting the verb です/だ in its て-form, we can then ask if the thing itself (a noun) is permissible.
お手洗い行ってもいいですか?/ May I go to the bathroom?
[literally: Is even going to the bathroom OK?]
お手洗いでもいいですか?/ Is the bathroom OK?
[literally: Is even it being the bathroom OK?]
You'd say this if you're doing something and asking if it's OK to do it in the bathroom.
This got me thinking about another meaning of でも:"but". I'm sure we all use it to say "but"… but why??? Since で means "to be" and も means "even", でも actually means "even if this is so" or "even so" … that's why it means "but"!!! 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲
Which means that the questions 水曜でもいい? (from Exhibit A) and 9時半でもいい?(Exhibit B) has the nuance of "Is even Wednesday/9am OK?" Really softens the request, don't you think?
⭐ Make sure you don't confuse this with the other kind of でも. That's:
でも = the particle で + も meaning "also"
- 携帯でも写真とれる。You can take pictures by phone as well.
- アフリカでも雪が降る。It snows in Africa as well.
→ で is that super versatile particle that we use to indicate a tool (phone) we're using to do something, a place (Africa), etc.
Now back to でも!
Keep in mind that even if you're not rescheduling something, you can still use でも to sound a bit more polite. In fact, many people also say ご飯でも行こう.
Say you're planning to meet a friend for dinner sometime. Obviously, you wouldn't use でも in every sentence, but let's get some practice by replacing all the は particles in the following questions with a でも:
- 火曜日はどう?(How's Tuesday?)
→ 火曜日___どう?(How's, say, Tuesday?)
- 新宿はどう? (How's Shinjuku?)
→ 新宿___どう?(How's, say, Shinjuku?)
- 7時はどう?(How's 7?)
→ 7時___どう?(How's, say, 7?)
Your turn!
Next time you (re)schedule a meal with someone, or just suggest anything in general, try using でも! Maybe you need to turn in a paper one day late? (明日___いいですか?) Or you want to buy a red couch for your living room but your housemates might not agree? (赤___いい?) Or you have friends over and the best drink you can offer them is instant coffee? (インスタントコーヒー___どう?) Whatever the request or suggestion, if you want to sound less like a jerk, でも is your best friend.


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The Bible Society of Nigeria was founded on 8th February, 1966 through
the pioneering efforts of the late Dr. Francis Ezeogo Akanu Ibiam, the
first indigenous Governor of the defunct Eastern Region. Earlier in
February, 1965, Dr. Ibiam had initiated a consultation with
representatives of most of the
Churches [Church organizations] in
Nigeria on the need to form a national Bible Society in Nigeria. It was
the unanimous decision of that meeting that The Bible Society of
Nigeria be formed which consequently led to its formation and
inauguration on February 8, 1966.
We seek individuals with prerequisite qualifications, interest, passion,
conviction and flair for excellent customer service to apply for the
vacant position of:
Job Title: Donors/Membership Relations Officer
Location: Lagos
Role Summary
- The position reports to the Manager, Church/ Public Relations Division (CPRO).
- The job holder will be responsible for among others; boosting
Donors/Membership Relations, ensuring a better Membership due
collection, enhance the presence of BSN with Donors/Members and the
general productive management of the Donors'/Members' relationship with
the Society in a mutually rewarding manner.
Key Responsibilities
The successful candidate will among others do the following:
- Build and maintain close working relationship with Donors &
Volunteers including arranging courtesyvisits by the division or
senior management as the case may be.
- Create, manage and update profiles of Donors on Donor Manager.
- Manage, plan, develop, implement and evaluate stewardship plans for assigned donors
- Work with the Area Liaison Officer to develop and maintain an
inventory of acknowledgment letters, manage their delivery and ensure
donors receive their souvenirs within established deadlines.
Personnel Specification
- High public and human relations skills, Good communication
skill, Presentation skill, Computer literacy – fundraising software and
MS Office.
- He/She must be a team player who can work along with other young
and dynamic group of employees without compromising standards to
achieve result.
- He/She must be matured; ability to network and convince people to buy intangible products is very crucial.
- Marketing experience will be an added advantage.
- He/ She must have a minimum of HND or first Degree in
Arts/Humanities with at least 3 years working experience in public
relations or customer relations.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should apply in writing attaching
typed curriculum vitae and photocopies of your credentials to:
The General Secretary/CEO,
The Bible Society of Nigeria,
18, Wharf Road,
P. O. Box 68,
Lagos State.
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for interview.
Application Deadline Tuesday, 7th February, 2017.


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By: Logan
In the Career and Internship Services office, we focus a lot on our strengths. This year I have looked into these strengths more than I have ever before. I think by looking at your own strengths it can not only help you by helping yourself see these strengths and apply them, but it can also help you by identifying your weaknesses. I also have found it helpful to look at the effects of two different strengths on every day situations. All of this information can be helpful in your knowledge of personal development.
Sometimes having certain strengths can make a situation more difficult. In my own experience I have had discrepancies because of where my strengths lie. Two of my highest strengths are harmony and positivity, and I am not complaining about this, but sometimes they can be troublesome. Since positivity is one of my top strengths, I strive for a positive environment. Being in a negative workplace or environment would be physically and emotionally draining for me. This is why I enjoy working here at Career & Internship Services and my job at a Golf Course, because they are overall positive work environments. For a brief period I was considering going into alcohol and drug counseling, because I find the subject of chemical dependency to be very fascinating. But with my knowledge of strengths I knew going into a job where the subject matter is mostly negative would probably not be ideal for me.
As I said earlier, harmony is also one of my top strengths. Now there is nothing wrong with harmony, but sometimes it can get in the way of things. Since I score high in harmony I prefer an environment where people get along and work together well. In the past I have worked in jobs where employees would bicker or talk behind each others backs, and I did not enjoy those situations. I am the type of person who tries to be nice to everyone, so when I was brought into these fights between coworkers I felt very uncomfortable and it made my experience there much more stressful. But having harmony can also be tough in other situations, such as confrontation. Since I like for everyone to be on good terms, I find it hard to confront people about big issues. I am not saying I completely abstain from confronting anyone, I just find it uncomfortable and try to avoid it if possible. This is why I would prefer to work in a workplace where there is positivity and harmony.
I think it is essential to know your owns strengths and weaknesses to see what kind of work environment you would prefer to work in. After I assessed my strengths I could see I would prefer to work in an environment that is positive and harmonious. If I had not looked into these strengths I may have made the mistake of going into a less positive job. Yes, the combination of positivity and harmony can be deadly, but it also allows me to create a positive and healthy environment for the other people I work with.
Of Possible Interest:
- StrengthsQuest (all of our blog posts on the topic)
- Incorporating Strengths Into Your Resume


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Cannes Film Festival 2018: Days 8, 9, & 10
Your Cannes coverage ends here, dears.
Cannes Film Festival 2018: Days 6 & 7
Welcome back, judgmental bitches!
Cannes Film Festival 2018: Day 5
And the LEWKS just keep on coming.
Cannes Film Festival 2018: Day 4
Welcome back to the film festival fashion fiesta, darlings.
Cannes Film Festival 2018: Day 1
Welcome to opening day of Cannes! (What? It was only like a week and a half ago. I'm not that far behind). For the uninitiated, the week-long Cannes Film Festival offers some of the best fashion of the year, every year. I'm not sure what makes stars bring it so hard to this particular festival – the French Riviera sunshine? The constant presence of March Fabness 2018 Champion Fan Bingbing? The knowledge that someone important could walk out of your new movie ten minutes into its premiere and ruin your entire life? Whatever magic is in the air, I'm grateful for it.
2018 Oscars After-Parties, Part 3
Alright, dear readers. Hollywood's biggest night finally comes to a close.


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Drawing by Elena Caldera
Poem for Heathcote
When your magic sun comets the earth
The flame of rebellion burns
You are the song that rattles the soul
Pompadour haired poet prophet-punk preaching
to the world
You are the final word
Red snapper rebelista!
Lyrical Spartacus – in a maze of
The sharpened needle of truth
behind the hiss of Judas
flicker kicking with whales
Confabbing with elephants
Mischief making Puck –
inking walls and Buckingham Palace with protest-punch graffiti
Friend to the lost the dispossessed the hungry
Bob Marley tootin' Emperor of Frestonia
Aristo' don of Anarchy
Peanut brittle choco chomping British dandy!
Now that you've rocketed onto another plane
cherub-smiling dolphins
and tear cupped – daffodils
will sink in slumber
Bonobos and orang-utans will salute your cosmic laughter
Hot-lick word wit playa
Verses clap clap like purple thunder
slapping ignorance –
with spanky pants intelligence
– candy pale eyes
see the air is free
You are the whispered echo of conscience
on a Dizzy Gillespie breeze
Lexical spinning rock god
Skin thumping the drum – spreading your
wizardry on street corners and market stalls
You are that flowering amber butterfly
back flip jibing on talking leaves
The storied power of hope on
a bike of honey bees
The blood dust of a silver-petalled star
Bless up ! Prince Fiah !
A melody of tears may twist the lips of dawn
But your electric harpsichord of love plays on.
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As reported earlier speculation mounts as Dennis Tito prepares for a press conference tomorrow in Washington DC. Tito is expected to announce a 501 day manned mission to Mars to be launched in January 2018. The mission is said to be a free return as illustrated by the graphic above. I have been looking through all my usual sources but have not found much more to report, SpaceX remains silent and all twitter traffic by Elon Musk and the gang are focused on the March 1st ISS resupply mission. If you think about it, it would make sense for SpaceX to not say anything, Tito would be a paying customer and they would not want to steal any of his thunder. We are excited to hear the plan tomorrow and will update as soon as new information is released.
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Seminar Center for Global Humanities Lecture/Seminar Series
Is the United States losing influence over Latin America? Widely known as the "Colossus of the North," our country has long held a commanding position throughout the hemisphere — in economic, political, even cultural terms. Instruments of primacy have ranged from military intervention to political persuasion and, more positively, to the "soft power" associated with the popular appeal of American society (sports, film, music, etc.). Is this relationship now changing? Why and in what ways? Does it result from chronic U.S. inattention or from underlying structural factors? How might it affect the national interests of the United States — and of Latin American nations? What might the future hold?
Peter H. Smith is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Simón Bolívar Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of California, San Diego. He has earned degrees from Harvard (B.A.) and Columbia University (Ph.D.), and he has held faculty positions at Dartmouth College, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His most recent books include Democracy in Latin America, 2nd edition (2012), Talons of the Eagle, 4th edition (2013) and Modern Latin America, 8th edition (2014), all published by Oxford University Press. This past year Mr. Smith received an achievement award from the Latin American Studies Association for his "lifetime contribution to the study of Latin America and to the advancement of the profession."
Assigned Reading
Smith, Peter, Talons of the Eagle: Latin America, the United States, and the World, 4th edition (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013), especially Parts III and IV.
A reception will be held at 5:00 pm at the UNE Art Gallery
Center for Global Humanities
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Applicants also must be qualified to take the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Certifying Examination.
Fellowship appointees are required to obtain and maintain an appropriate medical license while enrolled in the Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education.
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I have had this beautiful digi image, called "Two Daisies in a Bottle", from A Day for Daisies, on file for a while now and not had the time to use it on a card - until today. This is a 'spotlight' technique card but instead of a circle, I used a rectangle for the spotlight.
I used alcohol markers for the colouring and glossy accents on the bottle to give it a glassy feel. Here is a better look:
To be eligible for their challenge, I added some woolen fibres as the sole embellishment. To make the image the focus of the card I inked the edges and then layered onto white again. I think this beautiful image works well on a CAS card and the simplicity of the image compliments the simple heartfelt sentiment.
I would like to add this card to the following challenges too:
luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
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He's not named Common Sense for nothing.
The legendary Chicago MC (and all around entertainer) recently sat down with the Breakfast Club and pointed out that in order to achieve his type of longevity in the rap game, one must have a sense of realness about them.
"The artists that I've seen evolve, they evolved as human beings and you see that coming out through they music," said Common. "So me, I was always like 'okay well now I'm talking about God and Islam; then I'm gonna talk about it. Now I'm talking about love; I'm gonna talk about it no matter how ridiculed I get or you know, what people think of it,' I just felt like I need to stand in my presence and stand in my truth."
Having been in the game for over twenty years, Common has become one of hip-hop's older heads who can provide wisdom for the up and comers looking to make a lasting impression on the rap world.
With that experience, he believes that authenticity plays a key role in whether or not a rapper will be able to sustain.
"To me that can help build a career," said the Cocaine80s member. "You know you got to have talent, you got to have faith and all the other things that align with it, but if you stand where you truly are I think you can evolve and grow and be that artist that has a career."
That sentiment is further solidified by Common's upbringing in the rugged city of Chicago, where he witnessed firsthand that real, does indeed, recognize real.
"I had some of the wildest homies and no matter what, when they seen me on my deen they like 'ah alright do your thing,'" he said.
"My mother she made me go to computer class. I didn't want to, I'm ready to hang out but all those things helped me do something to stay at least on a good enough path. I was out there hanging out a little bit, but I knew not to go too far…because I had something to dream about, something to achieve."
Knowing how to discipline himself to avoid getting caught up in hood antics would prove to be a valuable trait to develop, as one of Chi Town's finest entertainers still uses it to ensure his private life is kept private.
"I do social media to talk about things that I'm doing in music and in art," said Common. "My personal life ain't gon really be all over social media because I'm not trying to put my personal life for people to judge or like it or whatever. This is me, this is how I live. I don't need your approval for what I do."
Being genuine can come in many forms, and one of those can be the lasting impression you leave on this world when given an audience. For the hip-hop world's Common Sense, he's trying to ensure he wisely makes use of his time on Earth.
"My responsibility is to speak the words of God, to activate and inspire people through the art and through being an activist. As long as there's people that's hurting out there or there's inequalities out there, my responsibility is to speak up and be active towards changing that situation."
As always, an interview with Common is worth watching. He discusses his appreciation of conscious hip-hop making a return, why he's happy to see rap standing up for itself lately amidst the racially tense news stories making the rounds, how lyricism is making a comeback in hip-hop and more in the full interview which can be seen below.


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In years past, I've created a bunch of different gift guides. Some for him, some for her, some for beauty lovers, some for frequent travelers. In the spirit of streamlining, and a degree of laziness, I've decided to just do one shopping post this year – holiday gift ideas that may or may not be on my wish list that I think any lady in your life might life.
Peruse my recommendations below and happy shopping!
Tell me: What is on your holiday wish list this year?


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Services and Information for Parents and Guardians.
Services and Information for Teachers, Special Needs Assistants and Non-Teaching School Staff.
Services and Information for Schools, ETBs, Further Education & Training Providers and Third Level Institutions.
Services and Information for Students, Trainees, Adult Learners and Research Students.
Specialised or Thematic Inspections in schools are used when we want to examine the teaching of a specific subject or issue in the educational system. These inspections usually have a strong research focus. For example, we have used specialised inspections to examine issues in DEIS schools; we have also used them when we researched the teaching of English as an Additional Language (EAL). Normally, we provide oral feedback and a written report to the school or centre and often a national report summarising the general trends that we have identified.


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CinemaCon 2017 demonstrated, once and for all, that this is truly the dawn of the digital cinema era. The installation of digital projection systems in virtually every movie theatre in the world was the beginning of something, not the conclusion, because it opened the door to a wide range of possibilities. The tradeshow floors in Caesar's Palace demonstrated this fact more than ever before. For the third consecutive year, a host of new companies crowded the exhibit halls. On display were products and services designed not simply to improve the operation of a movie theatre, but, in some cases, to expand the concept of what a movie theatre is. And, for the third year in a row, Digital Cinema Report is presenting the Catalyst Award to those products that we consider to be the best new technology on display at CinemaCon 2017.
Catalyst Award winning ideas are packaged in hardware and software of all shapes and sizes. The best of them offer ways to make the task of running a movie theatre easier, faster or less expensive. Some promise all three. But the best do even more. These truly groundbreaking concepts don't simply improve the process; they point to a different way of doing things. Some people call these developments disruptive and often that's true. But they catch on as people see the value they provide, regardless of the cost and in a very short time they become the way everyone works. These are the ideas that merit a Catalyst Award
Here, then, in alphabetical order, are Digital Cinema Report's Catalyst Award winners for CinemaCon 2017.
Barco Augmented Reality Lobby Display
Earlier this year Barco and Vision Media Management (with newly-acquired Cinema Scene Marketing) joined forces to offer innovative digital products to transform cinema lobbies into immersive storytelling environments designed to drive customer engagement and loyalty. The companies unveiled one of their first efforts at CinemaCon 2017 in the form of a movie poster brought to life through augmented reality.
Since the rights to the movie used in the demo had not been cleared by the time of this writing, this description will lose some of its edge. The idea, however, is very simple. Picture a framed movie poster in a theatre lobby. Barco has placed a small digital camera atop that frame and created an app for the feature film displayed. Once a patron downloads that app and points a smartphone or tablet at the poster, one of the characters from the movie appears in the space between the patron and the poster. The patron can then take photos of that character with her friends and family.
Barco is currently working with several studios to embrace the concept and expects more announcements about the technology in the coming weeks.
"We're using augmented reality to place digital objects into movie goers physical environment so they can experience studio content via their smartphones," said Jim Molony, Barco's director of strategic partnerships, digital cinema – lobby, entertainment division.
Doug Woodard, chief technology and innovation officer, Vision Media added, "The One Network Alliance augmented reality platform allows the moviegoer to become part of the movie while at the theatre."
High dynamic range was one of the hottest topics at the show and few companies understand color and color space as well as Éclair. With that as background, the company unveiled ÉclairColor, a new digital high dynamic range color system that combines a mastering process and the optimization of select projection system technologies readily available today through CinemaNext. ÉclairColor is the culmination of eighteen months of development and extensive testing by Éclair and CinemaNext engineers. All types of cinemas, regardless of their screen size, can be equipped with ÉclairColor. The equipment can be used to run ÉclairColor mastered content as well as standard DCI content.
Supporting technology used for the screenings used at CinemaCon 2017 included a Sony Digital Cinema 4K SRX-R515 projection system, 7.1 surround sound QSC speakers, Adaptive Technologies, Harkness Screens and Seating Concepts.
"We have converted in record time more than 40 cinema screens to date in France, Germany and our first screen on the African continent, in Tunisia, since the launch of ÉclairColor last fall," said Ymagis Group CEO and co-founder Jean Mizrahi. "We believe this warm reception from the industry and audiences alike will help us quickly grow our network of cinemas in EMEA and other key territories."
"Cinemas, from the earliest days, have been on the cutting edge of image and sound innovation, and they must remain an experience unlike any other," said Till Cussmann, senior vice president CinemaNext. "The significant advantages that ÉclairColor provides are clearly visible to all, which should greatly ease the adoption of this new technology by cinemas since we have rendered this process compatible with a range of existing projectors, allowing for virtually immediate access to our solution."
For Manel Carreras, Éclair's senior vice president business development and studio relations, "We are making great progress in building a strong line-up of films available in ÉclairColor in Europe. For instance, in France 24 feature films have already been committed for domestic release by international and independent distributors. With ÉclairColor, the benefits for moviegoers with a significantly enhanced image are real. The color range is much richer, the gradients much more refined, even in the darkest colors."
This year for the first time one company, Éclair, is the winner of two Catalyst Awards. Its second winner is aimed at the independent film and art house market and has the potential to make that segment of the movie business thrive. The ÉclairPlay platform is designed for cinema exhibitors, providing access to a growing range of digital cinema package content available for download and projection as well as to all tools and content marketing material necessary for successful programming and audience building.
ÉclairPlay will be given a staggered release in Europe on a territory-by-territory basis. The company announced today that ÉclairPlay is now available in German, Spanish and Italian. In the US, the service will be launched during the second quarter of 2017.
"ÉclairPlay offers a multitude of new features equally tailored to exhibitors' and content owners' needs," said Christophe Lacroix, senior vice president of Éclair. "ÉclairPlay provides exhibitors around the world with additional access to marketing tools and assets as well as screener functions crucial to their successful programming. Subject to rights availability provided by right holders, it offers first- and second-run releases, event cinema premiers, film festival offerings, repertory titles, and more, within a brand-new user-friendly interface, upgraded and optimized to match exhibitor needs and facilitate their work."
"In the states, ÉclairPlay launches as a new and enhanced version of CineConductor, Éclair's highly regarded download platform for exhibitors & distributors of Specialty Film & Event Cinema fare," said Barry Rebo, managing director of Éclair USA. "CineConductor has proven to be a successful and valuable tool for many exhibitors, especially in their logistical needs. Now, with ÉclairPlay, we go a step further, providing new opportunities to programmers, theatre owners and rights holders. Accessible from any connected device, they will be able to browse content with extended filters and be inspired by genre specific collections of content organized by various types and themes. They can directly order feature and trailer DCPs for e-delivery and gain instant access to publicity material kits."
For Daniel Danciu, Eclair's vice president theatrical delivery, "ÉclairPlay is also designed to support content owners in building awareness of their overall brand, beyond any given single title, through dedicated collections, highlighted placements, and strategic exposure given to content as well as marketing assets and kits. It offers activity dashboards accessible from anywhere with real-time tracking of deliveries and intelligent reporting to measure and maximize business."
GDC SmartCinema™ Software
Exhibitors around the world have come to rely on theatre management software to keep their theatres running smoothly and efficiently. Each year has seen new advances in TMS capabilities but leave it to GDC, one of the industry's pioneers to raise the idea of TMS to new heights with the introduction of GDC SmartCinema™ Software.
GDC's SmartCinema™ Software technology is software that, in essence, is a control room for an entire cinema. With SmartCinema™ an exhibitor can protect equipment, monitor the environment and improve operating efficiency. Think of it as smart home automation but designed specifically for the cinema industry. GDC SmartCinema™ Software offers an long list of features to streamline theatre operation.
This includes real-time remote monitoring and control of the entire site's physical security via CCTV cameras, smart locks, and open/closed sensors. It also handles real-time remote monitoring of humidity, temperature, smoke and water-leak detection. Temperature can be remotely adjusted to ensure a comfortable movie-viewing experience
The quality of the power supply, energy consumption, and equipment on/off status is monitored to decrease waste in utility expenses.
In a feature that exhibitors are certain to love, GDC SmartCinema™ Software counts the number of patrons entering and exiting the auditorium and audits this against ticket sales for each show time. If too many people are in a given auditorium, personnel can check in person to verify that everyone seated has a ticket. If no one is in the theatre, GDC SmartCinema™ Software will shut off the power to conserve energy.
As the event cinema business has grown, exhibitors and distributors have recognized the growing need to streamline the ways they work together. Gofilex believes it has the answer.
Gofilex, which was making its first appearance at CinemaCon, provides cinemas and distributors with an innovative and integrated solution for content-delivery. Through light equipment installed in cinemas, Gofilex enables screenings of live and buffered events, day-after encores, feature films, trailers, advertisements and more through a single internet-based system, with no need for a satellite connection.
Gofilex provides the equipment as part of the service, invoicing distributors a low, per-download fee. Based in Holland, Gofilex's services are used by all major studios, more than 70 distributors – including event cinema – and more than 1,300 European cinemas. With the launch of Gofilex North America, the system is now available across the US and Canada.
This terrestrial technology offers many opportunities for exhibitors and rights holders, more than satellite and more than hard drive shipments could ever offer. Gofilex is not a distributor: cinemas book their screenings directly with the rights holder.
Once Gofilex has received the bookings from a distributor, the content is made available to the cinemas' equipment. Gofilex is the partner of international distributors, for fast and secure delivery of DCP's and KDM's in an increasing number of territories.
The content is distributed via the Gofilex ODD network, a highly secure terrestrial network, to the Gofilex Filmvault, a large capacity storage installed in every cinema. A red carpet event, a B2B, a Q&A or a seminar can easily be recorded and played out. Gofilex can now transfer 4K content, which requires slightly more bandwidth.


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All experiences delivering groceries have been special but I have to say the most rewarding is watching James overcome all odds to garner his GED at the age of 57.
James goes to dialysis 3 days a week for 5 hours and then attends classes in the evenings 3 days a week to get his GED. His goal is to get a job as a computer technician. He's often sick yet perseveres through in order to accomplish his goal.
We invited James to spend Christmas day at our house with our extended family, which now also includes James. He's like family to us and we are extremely proud of him.
Way to go James!


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|Sept - Dec 2016
|Global Digital Innovation
Edu Tech
This is a not-for-profit site which aims to provide regular information and news about the global digital world. Provision is made for information and news about how digital technology and innovations changes and influences the lives of people all over the world.
An essential part of the site is to be a hub to incubate digital projects; as an accelerator this site will be a portal to host accelerator hubs, campaigns and to implement initiatives to promote the development of communities to become digitally aware.
However, a specific focus will also unfold around the expansion of digital technology in Africa and Emerging continents home to some of the world's poorest countries. It is here that digital technology, through education, information and entertainment can change the lives of millions of people on the continent. The lack of infrastructure means that IoT including mobile and for all things digital connectivity may be a part of the solution. Yet connectivity is generally owned and controlled by private interests. Whether the private profit motive will restrict digital technology to the wealthy few has become controversial. The question is whether the digital world can expand to link the poorest communities in a way that will enable them to take part in their shaping their own destiny.
The Internet, computers and smart phones together create a world that changes the way in which people interact and connect with each other. In Africa, mobile phones have penetrated into remote areas opening access to communication for people who had no regular contact with the world as well as brought the ease of mobile money payment systems.
Digital technology is not the main focus; the primary objective is to bring to the fore how the new technology changes our society and whether the majority of the people in countries have access to this technology. Access to technology is also dependant on the ability of a person to afford the technology. The ability to afford technology means that while the majority of people afford mobile phones their access to the Internet – to connectivity – is limited by their poverty, creating digital islands in a country and continent.
Part of what this site will do is to show how free speech and democratic participation, innovation and GDP are significantly increased when people have access to technology that connects them to others and allows for the free communication of ideas. Probably the greatest benefit of digital technology – or connectivity – is that it is the modern means for the communication of one-to-one and, significantly, one-to-many communication.
These features strengthen democracies. Communication of one-to-many is the first step in building a democracy. Alongside communication is education. The Internet provides wonderful sites that can help people to learn about their world and to understand how to interact in matters that deeply affect their lives.
This site will focus on an aspect of how digital technology affects our lives and on digital business models and bridging the digital divide.