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A city of western New York at the eastern end of Lake Erie on the Canadian border. It is a major Great Lakes port of entry and an important manufacturing and milling center.
Buf′fa·lo′ni·an adj. & n.
n. pl. buffalo or buf·fa·loes or buf·fa·los
a. Any of several large African and Asian ruminant mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the water buffalo and the African buffalo.
b. The North American bison.
c. The flesh of the North American bison, used as food.
2. Any of several North American suckers of the genus Ictiobus, having a dark body and an arched back. Also called buffalo fish.
tr.v. buf·fa·loed, buf·fa·lo·ing, buf·fa·loes
1. To intimidate or frighten, as by a display of authority: "The board couldn't buffalo the federal courts as it had the Comptroller" (American Banker).
2. To confuse or deceive: "Too often ... job seekers have buffaloed lenders as to their competency and training" (H. Jane Lehman).
[Italian bufalo or Portuguese or Spanish búfalo, from Late Latin būfalus, from Latin būbalus, antelope, buffalo, from Greek boubalos, antelope, perhaps from bous, cow; see gwou- in Indo-European roots.]
Word History: When most Americans hear the word buffalo, they probably think of the American bison. In fact, buffalo originally referred to the water buffalo (an animal that was introduced to western Europe from Asia in late antiquity) and other large bovid animals of Eurasia and Africa. The history of buffalo begins with the Greek word boubalos, "antelope." The Romans borrowed this word as būbalus, "antelope." In his work on natural history, however, the Roman author Pliny the Elder notes that the common people used būbalus to refer to the urus, the huge wild ox (now extinct) that once roamed northern Europe, and Pliny considered this to be a mistake. Eventually the Latin word, in its Late Latin form būfalus, became the name for the water buffalo when it was introduced to Europe. Būfalus developed into buffalo in Italian and búfalo in Portuguese and Spanish, and then English borrowed buffalo, with the sense "any of various species of large bovine animals," from one or more of these languages. How did the word buffalo come to be the popular name for the American bison? When the English first began to visit and settle in North America, it is likely that most of them had never seen the European bison, or wisent, the closest relative of the American bison. The wisent had mostly vanished from western Europe in the Middle Ages, the victim of hunting and deforestation. The English were probably much more familiar with domestic water buffalo, and they may even have heard of the urus, and so when they encountered the American bison, many of them called it by the name of the largest bovine animal they had known before, the buffalo. Already in 1625, English writers were using buffalo to describe the bison of America.
n, pl -loes or -lo
1. (Animals) Also called: Cape buffalo a member of the cattle tribe, Syncerus caffer, mostly found in game reserves in southern and eastern Africa and having upward-curving horns
2. (Animals) short for water buffalo
3. (Animals) Also called: bison US and Canadian a member of the cattle tribe, Bison bison, formerly widely distributed over the prairies of W North America but now confined to reserves and parks, with a massive head, shaggy forequarters, and a humped back.
vb (tr)
4. (often passive) to confuse
5. to intimidate
[C16: from Italian bufalo, from Late Latin būfalus, alteration of Latin būbalus; see bubal]
(Placename) a port in W New York State, at the E end of Lake Erie. Pop: 285 018 (2003 est)
buf•fa•lo(ˈbʌf əˌloʊ)
n., pl. -loes, -los, (esp. collectively) -lo, n.
1. any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae, as the bison or water buffalo.
2. a buffalofish.v.t. Informal.
3. to puzzle or baffle; confuse.
4. to intimidate by a display of power, importance, etc.adj.
5. patterned in buffalo plaid.
[1535–45; < Portuguese bufalo < Late Latin būfalus, variant of Latin būbalus < Greek boúbalos]
Buf•fa•lo(ˈbʌf əˌloʊ)
a port in W New York, on Lake Erie. 310,548.
Past participle: buffaloed
Gerund: buffaloing
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|buffalo - large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
genus Bison - sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos: American buffalo
bison - any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns
buffalo - meat from an American bison
|Buffalo - a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls)
Empire State, New York State, NY, New York - a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
|buffalo - meat from an American bison
American bison, American buffalo, Bison bison, buffalo - large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
game - the flesh of wild animals that is used for food
|buffalo - any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo
Bovidae, family Bovidae - true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats
bovid - hollow-horned ruminants
Asiatic buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, water buffalo, water ox - an Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal
anoa, Anoa depressicornis, dwarf buffalo - small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns
Anoa mindorensis, Bubalus mindorensis, tamarao, tamarau - small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines
Cape buffalo, Synercus caffer - large often savage buffalo of southern Africa having upward-curving horns; mostly in game reserves
|buffalo - intimidate or overawe
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n pl <-es>, collective pl <-> → Büffel m
buffalo[ˈbʌfələʊ] n (buffaloes (pl)) (wild ox) → bufalo/a (esp Am) (bison) → bisonte m
buffalo(ˈbafələu) – plurals ˈbuffalo ~ˈbuffalo(e)s – noun
1. a large kind of ox, especially the Asian and African varieties. buffel جاموس، ثَوْر бивол búfalo buvol der Büffel bøffel βούβαλοςbúfalo pühvel بوفالو puhveli buffleתאו भैंसा bivol bivaly kerbau bufalo 水牛 물소, 들소 buivolas bifelis kerbau buffelbøffelbawół بوفالو búfalo bivol буйвол byvol bivol bizon buffel ควาย sığır (尤指亞洲或非洲的)水牛 буйвіл بھینس con trâu (尤指亚洲或非洲的)水牛
2. the American variety of ox; the bison. bison ثَوْر امريكي бизон búfalo bizon der Bison bisonokse βίσοναςbúfalo piison گاومیش آمریکایی biisoni bisonביזון अमेरिकी भैंस bizon bölény bison bisonte 野牛 버팔로 bizonas bizons bison bizonbisonokse bizon امریکایی سنډا búfalo bizon бизон bizón bizon bizon bisonoxe ควาย; กระทิง bizon (美洲的)野牛 американський бізон بھینسا bò Châu Mỹ (美洲的)野牛


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Harness the power of two: differentiating instruction plus technology equals a better learning environment for our very diverse students. Join authors, educators, and tech enthusiasts Grace Smith, Ph.D. and Stephanie Throne, Ph.D. for a thought-provoking discussion about how you can use technology as a tool to differentiate instruction. They will offer a variety of practical strategies and user-friendly resources to accommodate a broad range of learning styles, abilities, and curriculum content to help kick-start your use of technology in differentiating instruction. This session is designed for K–8 teachers, district level technology coordinators, curriculum specialists and pre-service teachers.
Bio: Stephanie Throne received a PhD in Romance Languages and Literatures: Spanish from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. She has extensive experience in developing online educational materials and was the first instructor at her institution to offer online foreign language classes. She currently works as an author consultant and presents at many conferences, workshops, and webinars. In addition, Throne teaches Spanish, math, reading, and writing for various instructional and private organizations. Throne is the co-author of a forthcoming Spanish text and is an editor and proofreader for several publications.

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Making Fire Cider by Dr. Maya Shetreat-Klein, MD
Dr. Maya will be teaching Healing Your Body from the Gut on Up: How Everything is Connected, a 3 session course starting Wednesday, Oct 26th.
Re-posted from Dr, Maya Shetreat-Klein, MD website
One of my favorite ways to fight coughs and colds and generally stimulate the immune system in the winter (and all year-round) is with a delicious tonic called Fire Cider. First conceived of by American herbalist and author Rosemary Gladstar, the idea is to add a combination of immune supportive foods and herbs that make it spicy, delicious and very healthy to a base of apple cider vinegar! Since its conception, many other herbalists also have crafted their own fabulous recipes, including Mountain Rose Herbs. Some people (me!) like to drink a shot straight up, and others add it to dressings, sauces, soups or even to their juice for a little kick.
The fun of making fire cider is that you can get really creative with ingredients and amounts. For instance, I tend to go very heavy on horseradish and garlic, and this year I added cranberries to make it look extra-gorgeous!
Here is my base recipe, which I usually put in 32 oz Ball jar (multiply as needed for larger batches):
- 1 large organic red onion, chopped
- 15 cloves of organic garlic, crushed or chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped organic ginger root (unpeeled is fine)
- 1/2 cup chopped organic horseradish root (unpeeled is fine)
- 1-3 organic jalapeno peppers, chopped
- 1-2 organic lemons—juice and zest
- organic apple cider vinegar (ACV)
- raw honey to taste
Optional: fresh or dried orange zest, rosehips, elderberries, cranberries, rosemary, oregano, sage, thyme, turmeric root or powder, cayenne, black cumin or black or pink peppercorns.
- Pack all the ingredients so that they fill the jar about 2/3-3/4 to the top.
- Place fermenting weight (I use a clean rock) on top of the ingredients so they stay submerged and none float to the top.
- Fill the jar with ACV, making sure to cover the contents and then some—the various ingredients can expand as they absorb the ACV.
- Cover with lid and place in a dark place for 4 weeks or longer.
- When ready to eat, strain through cheesecloth or a fine mesh strainer and add honey to taste. Mix well.
- Store in fridge and enjoy!
Dr. Maya will be teaching Healing Your Body from the Gut on Up: How Everything is Connected, a 3 session course starting Wednesday, Oct 26th.
Re-posted from Dr, Maya Shetreat-Klein, MD website


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Pumpkins are everywhere here in Western Pennsylvania! On the roadside, vegetable stands, grocery stores, craft stores...pie pumpkins, carving pumpkins, foam pumpkins, there's just no escaping them!
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ON THE INTERNET CASINO: Online gambling establishments are, generally, the counterparts of real-life gambling establishments that can be found in cities like Las Vegas and also Atlantic City. They include standard gambling establishment video games, like Craps, Blackjack and also Roulette. You purchase chips and also play either against your house or against various other challengers. Many on-line lottery situs judi bola resmi websites have a computer that arbitrarily creates the winning numbers.
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fix dpd/energy command
fix dpd/energy/kk command
fix ID group-ID dpd/energy
ID, group-ID are documented in fix command
dpd/energy = style name of this fix command
fix 1 all dpd/energy
Perform constant energy dissipative particle dynamics (DPD-E) integration. This fix updates the internal energies for particles in the group at each timestep. It must be used in conjunction with a deterministic integrator (e.g. fix nve) that updates the particle positions and velocities.
For fix dpd/energy, the particle internal temperature is related to the particle internal energy through a mesoparticle equation of state. An additional fix must be specified that defines the equation of state for each particle, e.g. fix eos/cv.
This fix must be used with the pair_style dpd/fdt/energy command.
Note that numerous variants of DPD can be specified by choosing an appropriate combination of the integrator and pair_style dpd/fdt/energy command. DPD under isoenergetic conditions can be specified by using fix dpd/energy, fix nve and pair_style dpd/fdt/energy. DPD under isoenthalpic conditions can be specified by using fix dpd/energy, fix nph and pair_style dpd/fdt/energy. Examples of each DPD variant are provided in the examples/USER/dpd directory.
Styles with a gpu, intel, kk, omp, or opt suffix are functionally the same as the corresponding style without the suffix. They have been optimized to run faster, depending on your available hardware, as discussed on the Speed packages doc page. The accelerated styles take the same arguments and should produce the same results, except for round-off and precision issues.
These accelerated styles are part of the GPU, USER-INTEL, KOKKOS, USER-OMP and OPT packages, respectively. They are only enabled if LAMMPS was built with those packages. See the Build package doc page for more info.
You can specify the accelerated styles explicitly in your input script by including their suffix, or you can use the -suffix command-line switch when you invoke LAMMPS, or you can use the suffix command in your input script.
See the Speed packages doc page for more instructions on how to use the accelerated styles effectively.
This command is part of the USER-DPD package. It is only enabled if LAMMPS was built with that package. See the Build package doc page for more info.
This fix must be used with an additional fix that specifies time integration, e.g. fix nve.
The fix dpd/energy requires the dpd atom_style to be used in order to properly account for the particle internal energies and temperature.
The fix dpd/energy must be used with an additional fix that specifies the mesoparticle equation of state for each particle.


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The Magnificent 7! A Tribute to Teachers Who Made a Difference | Edutopia
The Magnificent 7! A Tribute to Teachers Who Made a Difference | Edutopia:
Lisa M. Dabbs M.Ed. (@teachingwthsoul on Twitter) is the facilitator of Edutopia's New Teacher Connections group. She is also the founder of the weekly #ntchat for new teachers on Twitter, and blogs about supporting new teachers at Teaching With Soul.
Monday May 7 through Friday May 11, 2012 is National Teacher Appreciation Week; a time to pay tribute to teachers and, as shared by NEA, a time to "honor local educators and acknowledge the crucial role teachers play in making sure every student receives a quality education."
We know and recognize that there are many teachers in our past who have given their hearts, minds and souls to nurture in us the things that they saw as vital to our education, critical to our success, and important for our future.
In keeping with that theme, I want to take this time to celebrate and share with you The Magnificent 7 -- teachers from my past who inspired me, and gave freely of their time to this great profession we call teaching. These are seven teachers who were super, teachers who have earned the right to be called GREAT in this profession that many of us call our life's work.


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While `sshfs $REMOTE_HOST:$REMOTE_PATH $LOCAL_PATH` "pulls" a directory from the remote server to the local host, the above command does the reverse and "pushes" a directory from the local host to the remote server. This makes use of the "slave" option of sshfs which instructs it to communicate over plain stdin/stdout and the `dpipe` tool from vde2 to connect the sftp-server stdout to the sshfs stdin and vice-versa.
you can use this command for mounting local directory to a remost directory..
Mac install ssh-copy-id
From there on out, you would upload keys to a server like this:
(make sure to double quote the full path to your key)
ssh-copy-id -i "/PATH/TO/YOUR/PRIVATE/KEY" [email protected]
or, if your SSH server uses a different port (often, they will require that the port be '2222' or some other nonsense:
(note the double quotes on *both* the "/path/to/key" and "[email protected] -pXXXX"):
ssh-copy-id -i "/PATH/TO/YOUR/PRIVATE/KEY" "[email protected] -pXXXX"
...where XXXX is the ssh port on that server
rsync by itself doesn't support copying between two remote hosts, but if you use sshfs you can pretend one of them is local. If you have a passphrase-less ssh-key, you can even put this script into a cron job. A faster alternative is to run ssh-keygen on remote1 and put the pubkey into remote2:~/.ssh/authorized_keys, running rsync on remote1 (or vice versa), but the problem with that is that now a hacker on remote1 can access remote2 at any time. The above method ensures your local computer stays the weak link. Show Sample Output
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Christine Quinn rejects radon gas hearing for West Village
A spokesperson from City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's office, on Friday announced, in response to repeated and widespread requests for a hearing on radon in natural gas, "not to expect anything in the next few months." Her explanation: The state health impact study will cover it.
Our response: F*** that.
Our response: F*** that.
For one thing, this issue disproportionately affects city residents. Rural residents may cook with electric or propane. Fracked gas carrying radon will be piped into NYC homes whether residents know it or not. Con Ed has contracted with Spectra and Williams-Transco to provide shale gas to city residents in Manhattan, the Bronx, and other parts of the city; National Grid is about to build a pipeline in Rockaway to supply fracked gas to much of Brooklyn and Queens.
For another: We have no faith in what the state is doing. The state is not holding hearings or accepting public comments on the health study.The "Health Impact Study" that Cuomo has approved is an inside job--as per Sandra Steingraber, it is NOT an independent study, does not follow the guidelines set up by The World Health Organization or The Center for Disease Control. We won't be surprised at all when Cuomo appointee, Dr. Shah, declares radon a non-issue.
Thirdly: Quinn has ignored thousands of petitions calling for action on Spectra, and on radon. Over the past 2 years, multiple groups have been politely lobbying her staffers for attention to these issues. They've been asked for one simple measure: that City Council conduct a hearing, something completely within their authority, no sweat off their noses, to allow residents and experts an opportunity to explain and explore the issue. And THAT's been too much for Chris Quinn.
So now we have to ask, why isn't someone who wants to be mayor of this town looking after our well being? Why isn't the city council rep of the West Village looking out for the residents of her own district, who've not only lost a hospital under her watch, but include a population of immune-compromised residents who are even MORE at risk from fracked, radon-laden gas.
Time to take off the gloves.
Listen up, Chris Quinn: Protect our health, or you won't be our next mayor.


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Sunday, January 18, 2009
Bicycles are one of the best means of transportations on Earth. First, they are enviormentally friendly. When you ride bikes, you don't cause damage to the enviorment, a thing you can't achieve when you drive cars or ride motorcycles. That way we could keep a better world. Second, riding bikes is a healthy way of exercising, it strengthens the muscles on your legs, your lungs and heart. Riding bikes is a good thing in many ways, so, if you have time, drop your motorcycles once in a while, and do something good to the world.
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Jonathan Rick
Currently, Jon Rick is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Toronto, where he teaches courses in Practical Reasoning, Moral Theory, Ancient Philosophy, and Critical Reasoning. His areas of specialization and research interests include Moral, Political, and Social Philosophy and the History of these areas (particularly 18th century and onward). Before coming to Toronto, Jon has held Visiting Professorships at Illinois Wesleyan University (2012-2013) and UNC-Chapel Hill (2009-2010), as well as a Core Lectureship in Philosophy at Columbia University (2010-2012). At Illinois Wesleyan, Jon taught courses in Applied Ethics, the History of Political Philosophy, and the Intersections between Markets and Morality. While at Columbia, his teaching duties included leading two concurrent sections of an academic-yearlong seminar in the history of Western moral, political, social, and religious thought, called Contemporary Civilization (CC). Prior to this posting, Jon was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at UNC-Chapel Hill where he taught courses in the Philosophy Department, which were affiliated with the joint UNC-Duke University Program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. In 2009, before heading to UNC, and with generous assistance from the Mellon Foundation's American Council of Learned Societies National Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Jon successfully completed and defended his dissertation, entitled, From Partial Passions to Moral Sentiments: Taking Up Adam Smith's Impartial Spectator Perspective. On October 21, 2009, his Ph.D. in Philosophy was conferred by Columbia University.
Jon Rick's CV
Moral and Political Philosophy; History of Early Modern Moral Philosophy
Metaethics; Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE); & Practical Reason
Jon's research projects are within the two main areas of Moral, Political, and Value Theory and the History of Moral and Political Philosophy. Regarding the former area, he is pursuing projects concerning Reasonable Partiality and Moral Impartialism and Constructivism in Practical Reasoning. Jon also has a research interests in the applied topics concerning the moral status of abortion, and the value of cost-benefit analysis when applied to distributional policies in healthcare and climate change response. His primary research project in the history of philosophy has to do with reconceiving and recapturing Adam Smith's ethical-political-economic project from modern trends of its reception (particularly by economists and political theorists), which locate Smith as the forbearer of neoconservative economics and socio-political theory. He also has ongoing projects dealing with Hume's moral psychology and Rousseau's social theory.
"Can We Fail to Apply Moral Rules Impartially?" After developing a requirement of impartiality, this paper asks whether there is a genuine, non-redundant requirement to follow moral rules impartially. Surprisingly, it appears that there is not; however, this paper argues that these appearances are misleading (Under Review at The American Philosophical Quarterly)
"Forced to be Free?" Proceedings of the 17th Annual Association for Core Texts and Courses Conference, (Autumn 2013). [Peer-Reviewed]
"Hume's and Smith's Partial Sympathies and Impartial Stances," Journal of Scottish Philosophy, Vol. 5.2 (October 2007). [Peer-Reviewed]
"Review of Terence Irwin's The Development of Ethics: A Historical and Critical Study, Part 6o on Adam Smith," The Philosophical Forum, Vol. 52, No. 3 (Fall 2011). [Peer-Reviewed]
"Adam Smith: Historical Biography and Exploration of Central Themes in the Wealth of Nations," Center for the Core Curriculum: Exploration of the Literature, accessible at http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/conciv/texts (January, 2012).
"Thomas Hobbes: Historical Biography and Exploration of Central Themes in the Leviathan," Center for the Core Curriculum: Exploration of the Literature, accessible at http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/conciv/texts (September, 2011).
"The Benign and Morally Efficacious Amour-Propre of the Impartial Spectator," This paper offers a novel reconstruction of Adam Smith's Impartial Spectator model of moral judgment, borrowing underappreciated resources from Jean-Jacques Rousseau's moral psychological principle of Amour-Propre (the drive for recognition). It argues that Smith and Rousseau's theories, though ostensibly oppositional, are actually mutually reinforcing.
"Defending Ambitious Metanormative Constructivism," This paper mounts a defense of Humean Constructivism through appeal to the irreducible normativity of reasons (as opposed to the normativity of rational requirements)(Fall 2013).
"How Adam Smith Learned from a Credit Crisis and What We can Learn from Smith," This paper examines how Smith revised his conclusions concerning financial regulation in The Wealth of Nations as a result of his engagement with a series of 18th century credit and banking crises (most notably the Ayr Bank crisis). Beyond re-claiming Smith from grip of extreme deregulation theorists, this paper argues that Smith's sensitivity towards theory-revision in the face of contrary evidence itself provides a worthwhile methodology for contemporary economists and political theorists (Fall 2013).
"A Spontaneous Defense of Abortion: Revisiting Marquis," This paper critically revisits Marquis's Future Like Ours argument and shows that despite its purported obviation of the difficulties arising from having to determine the personhood of the fetus, these difficulties remain. Marquis's own strategy for defending the moral permissibility of contraception provides the resources for his own undoing (Fall 2013).
"Justice on Hume's Own and Non-Circular Terms," This paper reconstructs Hume's argument for the origins and motivational efficacy of the virtue of justice both in a manner that avoids the apparent circularity afflicting his argument and (contrary to other reconstructive attempts) in terms that fit consistently with Hume's considered theory of moral judgment (Fall 2013).


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PACK EXPO Las Vegas had a record-breaking show this year! The event welcomed nearly 29,000 attendees visiting 2,006 exhibiting companies. Read more about PACK EXPO 2015. If you didn't have a chance to visit our booth in person, check out the video at the end to see our conveyors in action. We had many… Read more »
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With automotive gadgetry getting ever more advanced, the humble key fob has been left behind. Until now, that is: BMW's i8 plug-in-hybrid sports car now comes with touchscreen fob that lets you do far more than just lock and unlock your car.
An angular construction of aluminium and glass, it houses a 2.2-inch LCD screen that primarily displays information about how far you can drive, such as fuel level and electric battery range. But it also allows you to swipe using the same gestures as on your smartphone, to access a range of sub-menus, to see if doors and windows are locked, say, or check if you need a service.
All in, it provides a similar service to BMW's i Remote app—but in this case, it receives the data using the same radio signal that's used to lock and unlock the car. Whenever you're in range of the vehicle, the fob updates. In terms of power, it simply charges while it's nestled in a special charging tray on the dash, or via micro USB if you forget to do that. Either way, it'll last up to three months without a charge.
The new fob will be available as an option for the BMW i8 from autumn 2015. [BMW Blog]
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The only method of stable and long-term (practically infinite) preservation and storage of any perishable biological materials particularly cells, is to keep them in the glassy (vitreous) state.
This was apparent to Father Luyet when he titled his pioneering work "The vitrification of organic collods and of protoplasm" and "Revival of frog's spermatozoa vitrified in liquid air".
He and other "pioneers of the cryobiological frontiers" clearly understood some 40-70 years ago that only a glassy state would insure stable and non-lethal preservation of cells.
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Phytogenic feed additives have gained considerable attention in the feed industry and to an increasing extent producers are incorporating them into their feeding programs. Today, 70–80% of the companies have been or are using phytogenics in broiler and pig feeds (World Poultry, 2008).
Phytogenic compounds have traditionally been used as flavours and spices in human nutrition and medicine, as well as for food preservation. There are a large number of herbs and spices that may be considered as Natural Growth Promoters in animal nutrition, of which the most frequently used are presented in Table 1. Most of these plants contain a considerable number of active substances which determines their in vivo efficacy.
Table 1. Herbs and spices frequently used in phytogenic feed additives
It is evident that this category of feed additives covers a large variety of substances with an even bigger number of active ingredients, including carvacrol, thymol, cinnamaldehyde and anethol, just to mention a few important examples. Phytogenic feed additives are either available in a solid, dried and ground form or as extracts or essential oils. Usually, phytogenics vary seriously in their chemical ingredients, depending on their composition and influences of climatic conditions, locations or harvest time. Hence, differences in efficacy between phytogenic products which are currently available at the market can be attributed mainly to differences in their chemical composition (Steiner, 2006).
Essential oils are odoriferous, secondary plant products which contain most of the plant's active substances, being mainly hydrocarbons (e.g. terpenes, sesquiterpenes), oxygenated compounds (e.g. alcohol, aldehydes, ketones) and a small percentage of non-volatile residues (e.g. paraffin, wax) (Losa, 2000). They are obtained from the raw materials, basically through steam distillation.
In comparison to Antibiotic Growth Promoters (AGPs), phytogenics do usually not bear the risk of cross-resistances and residues in animal products. Improvements in feed conversion ratio (FCR) and body weight gain, as well as their benefits in assisting in disease prevention have been observed in recent trials.
Mode of action of phytogenics
A vast number of studies have been carried out regarding the screening of phytogenic compounds for their biological activities. Several plant extracts have shown antimicrobial, anticoccidial, fungicidal or antioxidant properties associated with their lipophylic character (Giannenas et al., 2003; Helander et al., 1998; Juven et al., 1994). Phytogenic agents originating from oregano, thyme or cinnamon, for example, show broad antimicrobial activity against various pathogenic bacteria including E. coli, Salmonella and Clostridium. However, information about the mode of action of commercially available phytogenic feed additives is rather scarce. Assessment of biological effects is difficult if the composition of a test substance is unclear or variable. It is mandatory that phytogenic feed additives have a standardized composition which is based on carefully selected raw materials, undergoing strict quality control measures. A series of experiments was carried out using a synergistic combination of selected essential oils from oregano, anise and citrus, and prebiotic substances (Digestarom® P.E.P.).
Among these studies, recent data from a research project with swine (Kroismayr, 2008a,b) indicates that the mode of action of Digestarom® P.E.P. is versatile and conclusive (Figure 1), finally assisting the animal to reach its genetic potential for growth performance better.
Figure 1.Principal mode of action of a phytogenic additive based on oregano, anise and citrus essential oils (Digestarom® P.E.P.)
The study was initiated and lead by the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna (Austria). Additionally, the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna and the Technical University Munich–Weihenstephan (Germany) were involved in the project. Digestarom® P.E.P. was tested in weaning piglets because these animals, and especially their gut environment, are representative for many nonruminant species. One-hundred-and-twenty weaning piglets were assigned to three trial groups: (1) negative control group, (2) group with Digestarom® P.E.P. and (3) positive control group with a commonly used AGP (Avilamycin). On day 22 of the 50-day feeding trial, 12 piglets out of each trial group were sacrificed and samples of digesta and various tissues were collected. It was shown in this work that addition of the phytogenic feed additive to the basal diet resulted in a reduction of the total bacterial count in the intestinal tract, concomitant with an increased nutrient digestibility (Stoni et al., 2005, Figure 2). Furthermore, decreased contents of ammonia and biogenic amines were an additional indicator for the beneficial impact of the phytogenic feed additive on gut microbiology. Finally, a down-regulation of the immune system was observed, as indicated by smaller Peyers Patches in the ileum and lower activity of specific primers (NFκB, Cyclin D1) of immune action. In conclusion, this indicates that more energy and nutrients are available for accretion of body mass rather than for microbial growth and immune action ("energy and nutrient sparing").
Figure 2. Effect of phytogenics (Digestarom® P.E.P.) on nutrient digestibility in pigs (after Stoni et al., 2005. a,b Means with different letter differ (P<0.05).
Furthermore, there is evidence that phytogenics stimulate digestive secretions such as saliva or endogenous digestive enzymes (Williams and Losa, 2001; Platel and Srinivasan, 1996). In the meantime, additional studies are in progress to further identify potential mechanisms associated with the incorporation of phytogenics in diets for different animal species.
Phytogenics in broiler production
The main target in broiler production is to optimize feed conversion (FCR). Digestarom® P.E.P. was tested in different dosages in a scientific trial at the Agricultural University of Athens, Greece (Mountzouris et al., 2008). Day-old, male Cobb broiler chicks were assigned to different treatments, comprising 3 replications per treatment and 105 birds per treatment. The Negative Control (NC) contained no growth promoters, whereas the Positive Control (PC) contained Avilamycin. In further treatments, Digestarom® P.E.P. 125 poultry was supplemented at 125 or 250 g/t, respectively. As shown in Figures 3 and 4, Digestarom® P.E.P. increased body weight gain and significantly improved FCR. Differences between the dosages of Digestarom® P.E.P. were minor, indicating that the regular inclusion level of 125 g/t was optimal under the experimental conditions herein.
Figure 3. Effect of phytogenics and an Antibiotic Growth Promoter on total body weight gain of broilers (Agricultural University of Athens, Greece)
Figure 4. Effect of phytogenics and an Antibiotic Growth Promoter on FCR of broilers (Agricultural University of Athens, Greece). a,b Means with different letter differ (P<0.05).
Phytogenics in egg production
The effects on performance and economics of Digestarom® P.E.P. were investigated in the early stages of the egg production cycle (Nichol and Steiner, 2008). A 12-week trial was carried out with high-performing, Lohmann Brown hens using six replications with 16 birds per replication in a randomized complete block design and resulting in 96 hens per treatment. The age of the birds at the beginning and conclusion of the trial was 20 and 32 weeks, respectively. The birds were assigned to two dietary treatments: (1) Control (no additives), (2) control + Digestarom® P.E.P. All birds were vaccinated for Newcastle Disease and Infectious Bronchitis every six weeks. As shown in Table 2, hens fed phytogenics consumed less feed and had higher egg production as compared to the control group. Total and average daily feed intake was lower by 1.8% when the control diet was supplemented with phytogenics.
Table 2. Effects of phytogenics on average performance parameters (week 20 to 31) of layers
Hens offered phytogenics produced more eggs and had a better feed conversion in comparison to birds in the control group. Additionally, supplementation of the diets with phytogenics improved egg shell parameters (Table 3), i.e. shell thickness (P<0.05) and albumen height. As indicated by a higher Haugh Unit rating (82 vs. 79), the internal egg quality was higher in hens fed phytogenics.
Table 3. Effects of phytogenics on egg traits in layers
Based on actual local prices, Digestarom® P.E.P. improved productivity, resulting in a 1.74% cost saving (47.09 vs. 47.74 USD per 1000 eggs).
Phytogenics and Necrotic Enteritis
Necrotic Enteritis (NE) is an extremely costly disease in modern broiler production. It was estimated that the cost related to NE in commercial broiler flock is as high as 5 US-cents per bird (Choct, 2006). The main causative agent of NE is Clostridium perfringens. C. perfringens is a gram-positive, anaerobic and spore-forming bacterium that is widely present in the environment. There are five types of C. perfringens (Type A, B, C, D and E), classified by their ability to produce different exotoxins (α-, β-, ε- and ι-toxin) as well as Clostridium perfringens Enteroxin. The severe disease pattern of NE is mainly related to α-toxin, a phospholipase which disintegrates cell membranes. Typical signs of NE are depressed growth performance and increased mortality, associated with severe lesions on the intestinal mucosa. It has been hypothesized that phytogenic agents might reduce the clinical signs of NE in broilers. A study conducted at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) focused on this topic (Mc Reynolds et al., 2008). The results are very promising, showing that Digestarom® P.E.P. had a highly beneficial impact by reducing NE symptoms in birds that had been challenged with C. perfringens.
Phytogenics in pig nutrition
Optimizing FCR is also crucial for efficiency in swine production. A trial was recently carried out at Kansas State University, United States, to evaluate the efficacy of phytogenics in comparison to AGPs in post-weaning piglets (Sulabo et al., 2007). 144 piglets (22 days of age) were assigned to three treatment groups: Group 1 was fed a negative control diet without growth-promoters. Group 2 received the negative control diet supplemented with Digestarom® P.E.P. Group 3 was offered a positive control diet containing AGPs (140 g/t neomycin sulfate and 140 g/t oxytetracycline HCl). Growth performance was significantly improved over the negative control group when phytogenics or antibiotics were added to the feed. In terms of average daily gains, the pigs fed phytogenics were intermediate between the negative control and the AGPs (Figure 5). Feed conversion, however, was best in the group receiving Digestarom® P.E.P. (Figure 6).
Figure 5. Effects of phytogenics on average daily gain (adapted from Sulabo et al., 2007). a,b,c Means with different letter differ (P<0.05).
Table 1. Effects of phytogenics on feed conversion ratio (adapted from Sulabo et al., 2007). a,b Means with different letter differ (P<0.05).
Not only daily gain and FCR were improved by 5.2 and 4.5%, respectively. Also the Danish Production Value was increased by 10.3% through supplementation of the feed with phytogenics. The Danish Production Value represents an indicator of productivity and is calculated as follows: (kg gain × DKK/kg gain)–(no. of analyzed FUp × DKK/FUp), with figures being based on average local prices of 5 years.
Phytogenics in sow nutrition
The high energy requirement of the sow in lactation is compensated for by the reduction of body mass. A reduction in body mass by 15 kg is commonly considered as tolerable (Jeroch et al., 1999). However, higher reductions can negatively affect the sow's fertility. There is a close correlation between litter size, feed intake and milk production, which indicates that feed intake of the sow has a substantial impact on litter performance. Sow's milk is the primary source of energy, nutrients and antibodies for new-born piglets. Therefore, adequate lactation performance is crucial to obtain healthy piglets with satisfying growth rates. Data presented in Figure 7 was obtained from a trial at Texas A&M University, United States (Miller et al., 2003). In this trial, sows were fed either a basal feed with or without supplemental phytogenics. Sows fed Digestarom® P.E.P. consistently ingested more feed (on average 6.2 vs. 5.4 kg/d) as compared to the control sows. Furthermore, Digestarom® P.E.P. reduced sow body weight losses in lactation (7.2 vs. 13.3 kg) in the above mentioned study.
Figure 7. Effect of phytogenics on feed intake of sows in lactation (data from Texas A&M University, USA)
As a consequence of the increased sow feed intake in lactation, also piglet performance is usually substantially increased. The data from the Texas A&M University indicates the benefit of using Digestarom® P.E.P. in sows (Table 5).
Table 5. The effect of supplementation of sows with Digestarom® P.E.P. during late gestation through lactation on sow and pig performance (Miller et al., 2003)
As shown above, positive effects of phytogenics in sow nutrition are usually reflected in increased litter performance. Results from different trial locations are summarized in Figure 8. In these trials, supplementation of diets for sows with phytogenics (Digestarom® P.E.P.) increased average weaning weight of the piglets by 3 to 9%.
Figure 8. Effect of supplementation of diets for sows with phytogenics (Digestarom® P.E.P.) on weaning weight of piglets
Phytogenics represent one of the most promising groups of feed additives. It should be kept in mind that only a well-balanced and scientifically developed combination of active ingredients with defined properties can be expected to function synergistically in order to bring about the desired benefits for the producer. Consistent beneficial effects on productivity in poultry, pigs and calves have been reported in scientific studies using a blend of oregano, anise and citrus essential oils. Furthermore, an overwhelming portion of livestock producers consider phytogenics as an outstanding solution to enhance performance and, therefore, profitability.


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One thought on "Keith Richards Gets out of his tree!"
Ah the old "got pissed, took a dare, climbed a tree and fell down"…..Brings back memories. >>Of course the trick is to land on either someone else, in the water or on your arse.>>If you are on class A's however it is very difficult to tell the difference.


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Overall, Canton crime dropped almost 7 percent in 2011, with a total of 386 "index" crimes rather than the 414 crimes reported in 2010.
Those are the selected offenses — such as murder, theft, and arson — included in the crime statistics reported to Illinois Uniform Crime Reporting, which is administered by the Illinois State Police. But total criminal offenses reported also dropped around 7 percent, from 2,716 to 2,530.
Better yet, there were no murders either year. And the number of criminal sexual assaults fell nearly 30 percent, according to the city's 2011 report. Aggravated assault/battery was also down, by 25 percent. Robberies did increase a whopping 50 percent — but that means three instead of two. And motor vehicle thefts were up 33 percent — with eight instead of six. (The number of arrests also dropped, but not necessarily in proportion. Even though there were fewer sexual assaults, more people were arrested for them, for example. While there were 25 percent fewer assault/batteries; there were 50 percent fewer arrests. And no one was arrested for motor vehicle theft in either year.)
Police Chief Dan Taylor points out there are many factors to consider. In 2012 to date, for example, the number of calls for police assistance is up considerably. In January, there was a handful more — 917 instead of 906. But in February, there were 1,056 calls instead of 866.
"I am seeing a roughly 20 percent increase for just the months of February from one year to the next," Taylor said via e-mail. "Understand that there can be many reasons for the increase in reported requests for service from one month/year to the next. Some of the requests could be for directions, asking for information, or actual dispatches to crimes. Your 2011 Uniform Crime Report is showing the difference between 2010 and 2011 and is based on index crimes as identified by the FBI. I am pleased with the 6.8 percent decrease in the crime rate for 2011. Again, remember that this is for "index crimes" and does not take into account the many other services and calls that a police department encounters over a year such as alarm calls, animal complaints, city ordinance violations, suspicious persons/vehicles, etc."


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This website provides access to the research results of the VECTORS project, which can be used to support marine management decisions, policies and governance as well as future research and investment.
VECTORS was a large scale project that brought together more than 200 expert researchers from 16 different countries. It examined the significant changes taking place in European seas, their causes, and the impacts they will have on society.
Along the Catalan coast, there has been a perceived increase in the occurrence of jellyfish in coastal waters and beach strandings. The principal drivers of this change, are a combination of increased water temperature (climate change), and reduction in predators and competitors (overfishing)1. This has become of concern to beach managers and local authorities who suppose that tourism could be negatively affected by the strandings. Similarly, recent evidence has demonstrated the predation of jellyfish (Pelagia noctiluca) upon small pelagic larvae2 which could potentially negatively impact the local fisheries' landings and profits. Given the best available data and modeling techniques, a social-ecological simulation model was constructed to investigate these interactions for various future scenarios over a short term period (10 years) as well as for the medium term (in 2050).
The impact of an increase in Pelagia noctiluca on small pelagic fisheries along the Catalan coast will be low.
A comparison of three scenarios over a decade demonstrate the impact of changes in Pelagia noctiluca blooms on the anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) fishery. Compared to the "Expected blooms" (historic data taken from 2000-2010), the "No blooms" scenario landings (as an average over the decade) would be increased by around 294 tonnes per year (5.1%) or approximately 0.19 M€ in profits per year (4.5 %). In the case of "Frequent blooms", landings are predicted to decrease by around 147 tonnes per year (2.5%) (averaged over 10 years) and decrease profits by 0.10 M€ per year (2.3%). However, it should be highlighted that this finding does not include the impact of Pelagia noctiluca (or other abundant jellyfish) on the sardines (Sardina pilchardus) fishery due to the lack of data regarding predation rates.
The impact of an increase in Pelagia noctiluca on tourism along the Catalan coast will be low.
A comparison of three scenarios over a decade demonstrate the impact of changes in Pelagia noctiluca blooms on summertime strandings. Compared to the "Expected blooms" (historic data taken from 2000-2010), the "No blooms" scenario, strandings would decrease by 49% (averaged over 10 years) from an average 199 to 102 events where at least one beach is affected. In the case of "Frequent blooms", strandings would increase by 32% per year (averaged over 10 years). According to Nunes et al. (pers. comm.), this would not have a sufficiently large impact on the decision of tourists to change beach, thus the overall economic impact would be zero. However, it should be noted that there are many other non-stinging jellyfish species that become stranded on beaches and this cumulative effect might be enough to pass the threshold in which tourists choose to visit other beaches with fewer jellyfish. Given the paucity in data regarding population, life-cycles and strandings of both Pelagia noctiluca and other jellyfish, further research is recommended.
Medium term (circa 2040) scenario analysis reveals that the "National enterprise" scenario (A2 in the Special Report on Emissions Scenario (SRES)3 would maintain fisheries profits similar to current levels. Whereas "Global community" (B1 in SRES) would reduce profits almost to zero.
A medium term economic analysis, given current levels of in Pelagia noctiluca ("Expected blooms"), was undertaken for various scenarios for the decade 2040-2050. The "National enterprise" scenario (A2 in SRES) supposes a world of independently operating self-reliant nations, an increasing population, and a regionally oriented economic development. Fish prices would be expected to rise by 47% and fuel price by 114%. This would result in an increase in profits of around 8% to small pelagic fisheries in the Catalan sea.
The "Global community" scenario (B1 in SRES) supposes a more integrated, ecologically friendly world with a stable population, and reduction in use of fossil fuels and material goods. Fish prices are predicted to fall by 20% (due to increased importations) and fuel price increase by 76%. This would result in a collapse in profits to around 6% of current levels for small pelagic fisheries in the Catalan sea.
Deliverable 4.1.1: Synthesis report of the VECTORS findings that are relevant to the issues of the Western Mediterranean Regional Sea
Factsheet: Western Mediterranean Sea - the Catalan Sea
Factsheet: Jellyfish


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For once, Jair Bolsonaro is not surrounded by crowds of young, far-right supporters, cheering for him to be the next president of Latin America's largest nation.
The retired Brazilian army captain is sitting at a cafe in an airport departure lounge, gazing intently into his cellphone, the tool that keeps him in constant contact with his millions of social media followers.
Only a day earlier, Bolsonaro flew into this same airport, outside the city of Fortaleza, to be greeted by several thousand people chanting "Legend! Legend!" They carried him out of the building on their shoulders.
Now, apart from a couple of aides, the congressman is alone, waiting to fly economy class to Rio de Janeiro after a brief visit to Brazil's northeast to whip up support. I run into him by chance, while buying a cup of coffee. He readily agrees to a conversation with NPR.
Face-to-face, Bolsonaro, 63, is surprisingly low key, for an outspoken politician who's in the national — and, increasingly, international — spotlight as a front-runner in polls ahead of Brazil's October elections.
He shows little sign of the high-voltage charisma that radiates from the only individual ahead of him in those voter surveys — former leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Lula, as he's universally known, is in prison serving 12 years for corruption, and is unlikely to be eligible to run.
Despite serving more than 25 years in Congress, Bolsonaro appears eager to present himself as a political outsider — a no-nonsense figure defiantly challenging the status quo.
Or, as he puts it to NPR, as a "little ugly duckling."
"We don't have a big team. We have a very small party," says Bolsonaro. "A big part of the media doesn't treat us properly, and even then — without Lula — we are leading the national polls."
Until recently, Bolsonaro was on the margins of Brazilian politics, a seven-term congressman who occasionally featured in the headlines, mostly for making offensive remarks about the LGBTQ community, women and Afro-Brazilians.
But much of Brazil's public has lost faith in its political elite, due to the massive "Car Wash" corruption scandal, a deep, two-year recession and fears about violent crime.
By tapping into that general disenchantment, Bolsonaro has advanced from the sidelines to center stage. Some compare his rise to that of Donald Trump, whom he much admires.
Bolsonaro is now considered a serious presidential contender, despite a heavily tainted record that includes telling a congresswoman in 2003 that she did not deserve to be raped by him.
He also once stated he'd be incapable of loving a gay son.
Last year, he caused an outcry by declaring that in his view the inhabitants of Afro-Brazilian communities known as quilombos are "not even good for breeding any more."
Bolsonaro brushes away questions about this behavior by channeling the blame toward the mainstream media, much of which — like Trump — he considers purveyors of "fake news."
"None of that is true," he tells NPR of the media coverage. "They take half sentences ... make up others, and then there are massive repercussions."
He adds: "A large number of people in Brazil already know what happened. This doesn't influence anything in my campaign."
Bolsonaro does seem contrite about his remark about rape, saying the congresswoman involved had accused him of being a rapist during an argument, and that his response was "an act of reflex." However, in 2014, he repeated the same offensive remark in Congress and was fined $3,000.
Apparently keen to widen his support base, and repair his reputation, Bolsonaro's message these days is about inclusiveness. Officially launching his presidential campaign July 22, he spoke of unifying all Brazilians "whites and blacks, homosexuals and heterosexuals ... bosses and employees."
This doesn't convince his many opponents. They say not only is he divisive, but Bolsonaro also lacks the experience and financial expertise to lead the world's ninth largest economy.
Bolsonaro does not deny that he knows little about economics. When asked about it, he retorts: "Do I need to know about medicine to solve the health problem in Brazil? Do I need to know about agriculture to advance the agribusiness?"
If elected, he reportedly intends to appoint military officers in his cabinet, deepening fears among his critics that he has authoritarian leanings.
Bolsonaro's admiration for the army extends to the country's repressive military dictatorship that ruled from 1964-85. He describes this to NPR as "a very good" period, that "stopped Brazil [from] falling under the sway of the Soviet Union."
Some Brazilians — particularly Bolsonaro supporters — have begun to call for the military again to take over government, after concluding that their elected politicians are too corrupt or inept to handle the country's multilayered crises.
However, Bolsonaro says he does not support that idea. "No, that doesn't go through our mind," he says, "Not even the military want that."
Polls show that many Brazilians have yet to make up their minds about who they'll vote for, which suggests the race is wide open. In surveys that do not include Lula, Bolsonaro has around 17 percent support.
His strongest support is among males between 16 and 34.
Bolsonaro partly credits the Internet for his relatively strong following among young voters. "Young people in Brazil for a long time have been an easy prey for the left, from communists in Brazil. Social media liberated them from that," he says. "We are winning the hearts of these young people out there."
The conversation is brief. After about 15 minutes, Bolsonaro sets off to catch his plane, stopping occasionally to talk to fans seeking selfies or offering hugs and handshakes.
NPR has spent three weeks traveling Brazil, talking to young people about many issues, including the rise of Bolsonaro. Certainly, he seems to have considerable support.
Worried by the crime epidemic, his followers tend to speak approvingly of his plans to widen gun ownership. Hugo Edwardo, 31, a software engineer, described how his uncle, a police officer, was shot dead by criminals, and how he himself was once kidnapped and robbed.
Edwardo believes, under a Bolsonaro presidency, he would have "the right to protect myself, to protect my wife, to protect my family. Every criminal has his guns, and I don't. If you don't have security you have nothing."
Maria Pinheiro, 24, was raised in the evangelical church, where Bolsonaro has strong links, and has a 4-year-old daughter.
She likes that Bolsonaro, who's Catholic, is a fierce opponent of education in schools about sexuality and gender diversity. "I am totally against that," she says. Pinheiro says she moved her daughter to a Christian school because she was worried government teachers would — as she puts it — "pervert" the child's mind.
Yet there is deep worry among young Brazilians, too.
Black and LGBT people in Brazil are frequent targets of prejudice and sometimes violent or deadly attacks. Many view the rise of the far right as a threat to their rights and safety.
Among them is Ítalo Laredo, 25, a gay rights activist. "This is a totally backward move from everything we defend," he says.
"We can't let Bolsonaro win!"
NPR news assistant Valdemar Geo contributed reporting to this piece.
Brazil will elect a new president in October, and a far-right candidate has emerged as a front-runner in that race. Among his biggest supporters are young Brazilians, as NPR's Philip Reeves reports.
UNIDENTIFIED CROWD: (Chanting in Portuguese).
PHILIP REEVES, BYLINE: This crowd has come to meet the man they want to be their president. Jair Bolsonaro is about to land.
REEVES: Several thousand people are waiting in the airport to welcome him. Most are men, many are young.
UNIDENTFIED CROWD: (Vocalizing).
REEVES: They rehearse a song, a Brazilian World Cup soccer chant rewritten to celebrate Bolsonaro.
UNIDENTFIED CROWD: (Singing in Portuguese).
REEVES: A retired Army captain who, at 63, is the champion of Brazil's far right. We're in Fortaleza in northeast Brazil. Bolsonaro's come to this city to drum up support.
REEVES: He arrives and, grinning broadly, dives into the crowd for hugs and selfies.
UNIDENTFIED CROWD: (Chanting in Portuguese).
REEVES: Hugo Edwardo, a software engineer, is wearing a T-shirt with Bolsonaro's face printed on it.
HUGO EDWARDO: I have six T-shirts like that. Every day, I go to the gym with a different T-shirt.
REEVES: Bolsonaro is particularly popular among males between 16 and 34. Edwardo is 31.
EDWARDO: He defends all that I believe as well, you know?
REEVES: Edwardo says his uncle, a police officer, was shot dead by criminals and that he himself was once kidnapped and robbed. One reason Edwardo likes Bolsonaro is because Bolsonaro believes in arming the public.
EDWARDO: I don't have the right to protect myself, to protect my wife, my family. Every criminal has his guns, and I don't. If you don't have security, you have nothing.
REEVES: Brazil's presidential election is in October. Polls show the former leftist President Lula da Silva has a clear lead, followed by Bolsonaro. But Lula's imprisoned for corruption and likely ineligible to run. Though a congressman since 1991, Bolsonaro presents himself as an outsider. Inside a Fortaleza hotel in a big hall, Bolsonaro is preparing to address a full house.
UNIDENTFIED CROWD: (Singing in Portuguese).
REEVES: The crowd sings Brazil's national anthem and Bolsonaro launches into his speech.
JAIR BOLSONARO: (Speaking Portuguese).
REEVES: He lampoons the left as communists and calls for a crackdown on crime. Braga Martins is 34 and owns a small business that's repeatedly been robbed. He's pleased with what he's hearing.
BRAGA MARTINS: The politicians here in Brazil - they don't speak the truth. And with Bolsonaro, I feel that he speaks my language. He speaks the way we speak in the streets. And that's why I like him.
REEVES: Bolsonaro's language has in fact caused much outrage over the years. He once told a congresswoman she didn't deserve to be raped by him. He's made a disparaging remark about black Brazilians and said he could never love a gay son. Martins thinks Bolsonaro didn't really mean it.
MARTINS: About what he said in the past, we know he was just making fun.
REEVES: Roberto Rabelo has a different explanation.
ROBERTO RABELO: Fake news.
REEVES: He's a student, age 24.
RABELO: The media doesn't help us with correct information - just fake news. There's a lot here. You have to take a lot of care.
REEVES: Later back at the airport, I run into Bolsonaro by chance as he's preparing to leave town and ask about his offensive comments.
BOLSONARO: (Speaking Portuguese).
REEVES: "None of that is true," says Bolsonaro. "The media takes half sentences out of contexts and invents others. And then there's a massive repercussion," he says. Bolsonaro does seem to regret that offensive remark about rape...
BOLSONARO: (Speaking Portuguese).
REEVES: ...Claiming it was his reflex reaction during an argument, although he later repeated the remark. Bolsonaro also approves of Brazil's dictatorship that ended in the mid-1980s and is widely seen as repressive.
BOLSONARO: (Speaking Portuguese).
REEVES: "The military regime was very good," says Bolsonaro. He thinks it stopped Brazil falling under the sway of the then-Soviet Union.
ERICO FIRMO: I feel that the hate explains Bolsonaro today.
REEVES: Erico Firmo covers politics for O Povo newspaper. He's 36.
FIRMO: We've got a lot of division in society. We are losing the capacity to dialogue, to accept the difference. So I think that Bolsonaro capitalized this.
REEVES: Firmo believes rifts between young Brazilians of differing political views are deepening, fuelled by squabbles on the Internet. Like President Trump, Bolsonaro uses the Internet all the time to spread his message. He has nearly 5 1/2 million Facebook followers. Although far more popular among young men than women...
REEVES: ...Bolsonaro does have some female supporters. Maria Pinheiro is 24 and has a 4-year-old daughter. Pinheiro was raised in Brazil's evangelical church where Bolsonaro has strong links. She likes that Bolsonaro is a fierce critic of sexuality and gender diversity education in schools.
MARIA PINHEIRO: (Speaking Portuguese).
REEVES: "I'm totally against that," she says. Pinheiro says she moved her daughter to a Christian school because she was so worried government teachers would, as she puts it, pervert the child's mind. Polls say a large portion of Brazilian voters haven't yet decided who to vote for as their next president. Many have lost faith in politicians, partly because of a huge corruption scandal that embroiled many of the nation's leaders. Political analysts aren't ruling out a victory by Bolsonaro, the self-styled outsider. He has many opponents, though, many also young who dread that outcome.
ITALO LAREDO: (Speaking Portuguese).
REEVES: "This goes against everything we stand for," says Italo Laredo, a gay rights activist. "We can't let Bolsonaro win." In Brazil, black and LGBT people are frequent targets of prejudice and sometimes violent attacks. Many of them view the far right as a threat.
UNIDENTFIED CROWD: (Chanting in Portuguese).
REEVES: This doesn't deter those young Brazilian men who are determined to see a former Army captain reach the highest office in the land. Philip Reeves, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Posted by pete on May 05, 1998 at 09:37:19:
In Reply to: what a joke (on the cop!) :) posted by Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S. on May 03, 1998 at 23:12:01:
I recently get a speeding ticket on 2 lanes highway.
On the ticket it has a location.
Street Name = Rte 9W South
Hwy. Type = 2
Hwy. No. = 9W
Location Code = 8658
Do you know what is this "Location Code" is?
Is it the mile marker on highway?
It doesn't seem like a mile marker that
I find beside a highway.
The marker I find it following.
1107 <- this number changes every .1 miles.
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I know that some people may think that this is a little extreme, but the truth is there is such a thing as Feng Shui of sleep. When we sleep that's when we rejuvenate, that's when our body gathers more energy. Also, sleep is maybe one of the longest, if not the longest time of day when we face a single direction, and as discussed in my previous posts, depending on your Kua Number, different directions may create either good or bad luck for you.
When we sleep, where our head is 'pointed' is actually the direction we are activating, thus it is important that we make sure that our head is directed towards one of our lucky directions. You can find out more about it by reading my posts – WHAT IS FENG SHUI KUA NUMBER AND HOW TO CALCULATE IT; FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF LUCK BASE ON YOUR KUA NUMBER; FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF BAD LUCK BASE ON YOUR KUA NUMBER.
Also in Feng Shui, between 11pm and 1am, which is the hour of the rat, the first animal zodiac, is the time when our body rejuvenates better. So it is best that we go to sleep before 11pm. More than that, the morning chi, especially between 5am to 9am is considered, as the 'freshest' chi. It's important that we absorb the chi of these hours so that we 'energize' our own chi.
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Karen Brummund lives in Utica. She was one of the WOMS artists last year. And she's turned me onto various interesting items. The most recent such item is One & Other is a project of Antony Gormley. Mr Gormley's premise is to fill the empty fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square with living figures in place of the classical monumental statues who over the course of 100 days will constitute a living portrait of the UK.
Antony Gormley on the Fourth Plinth from One & Other on Vimeo.
Twenty four hours a day through October, participants will spend an hour atop the plinth doing as they please. I've just been tuning in sporadically over the past few days and thus far its been a cavalcade of banal and the inane. Each plinther chosen to stand aloft can do whatever he or she wishes to do with the allotted hour. As I'm writing this, it's 4 am in London and there's a guy wearing some generic soldier's dress uniform of navy coat, grey slacks and navy coat crossed by a red sash with a saber scabbard hanging from a white belt. He's holding a flag of broad bands and squares in tones of sage. The guy is whistling. He's now ....stating that what he is doing is an act of treason, at least according to his own view.
The project is yet another consummation in the marriage of the homebound voyeur and the cult of individual in this age of the internet. Each person's 15 minutes of ostentatious obscurity is stretched to one hour. Now he's photographing himself. Other plinthers I've seen have included mostly women (dowdy ones - of all ages), most of whom have some cause to champion or some point to make - several of them with illegible signs of one sort or another. Our current plinther's cause is Old Rectoryland.
The most interesting segment I've seen thus far featured a guy riding a stationary bicycle. The vision of this semi- static visual worked more and his continual futile pumping perfectly exemplifies the exercise in its fullest respect - in an a freudian dream analytic way.
I'm just waiting to see some nudity. But not from this guy.
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(c) merry is a Czech artist with a rather disturbing attitude. In her reverse-remediation and conceptual internet projects she explores and exploits the limits of authorship, disrupts the boundaries of on-line and off-line identities and seeks a definition for what is art and who is or can be an artist on the internet.
In her work, she opposes the "uncritical acceptance of the major contemporary aesthetic convention embodied by the perfect HD image that leads to low quality material being considered as a valid aesthetic standard." This is related to the development of the creative/authorial potential of the medium itself, which is seen as one of the equal co-authors. Through temporal mystifications, using simple, universal tools and with the long-term nature of her artistic projects that also often require the everyday participation of their author (e.g. the ongoing guerrilla installation Red, transmitting the principles of internet interactivity and collective authorship into physical space), and when the individual parts of the creative process are several decades apart, she stands against the aggressive pressure of topicality and the current data overload.
She responds with verve to productions by other artists as well as installation situations (e.g. YouTube project top0comment "completing" Watching by Martin Kohout and intervening in the work and gallery space in which it was an exhibit at the same time). A great many of her projects have the character of an impulse, directly counting on the co-authorship of the ordinary user (Sorry, the page you are looking for is not available in your region, May 2011 – January 2012 etc).
Net art as performed by (c) merry is on the border between live performance, perverted academic experiment, social probe, visual arts, literary opus and a children's play.
- Marie Meixnerová
9 Dec | 2:30 pm | CH
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ABSTRACT: We compiled information on the perspectives of fishers on turtle bycatch, turtle conservation, and turtle bycatch reduction strategies (BRSs). Our research efforts focused on a small-scale inland fyke net commercial fishery in Ontario, Canada, where turtle bycatch has been identified as a potential conservation concern. We conducted 18 complete and 3 partial telephone interviews with fishers (41% participation rate). Rates of turtle encounters varied between fishing behaviours (e.g. preferred depth of sets, habitat), and between water bodies, regions, and fishing seasons, resulting in varying perspectives with respect to turtle bycatch. There was a general lack of understanding as to the reasons why turtles are protected. None of the respondents recognized turtle bycatch as a conservation issue. They felt that threats to turtle populations were external to the fishery, resulting in negative feedback regarding various BRSs. Other barriers to adopting BRSs were costs (e.g. of reduced fishing opportunities, changes to gear, time and effort) and apprehension of potential changes to the fishery. Few fishers would voluntarily modify their gear; therefore, incentives (e.g. compensation, increased quota) may be needed to convince fishers to adopt mitigation strategies. Some fishers had already adopted their own BRS for turtles (e.g. moving nets upon encounter of turtles, using air spaces to improve turtle survival). Therefore, sharing fisher-driven, grass roots success stories with other fishers could promote support for changes in fishing practices. Greater awareness about the impacts of turtle mortalities may help build understanding and support for turtle conservation initiatives.
KEY WORDS: Turtle bycatch · Social science · Commercial fishing · Telephone interviews · Attitudes of fishers · Species at risk · Human dimension · Risk perception
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