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Here is my December column for the Catholic Free Press.
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It's here. The Christmas season. How does this make you feel?
Is it excitement as in days of old when you were a child?
Or, is it long to-do lists that never end? Shopping till we drop? Noise and chaos and endless obligations that make us tired and cranky while all the while we are told to be "merry?"
Is it dread, trying to stretch limited financial resources to fulfill gift obligations? Is it regret, frustration and guilt that we cannot buy what we wish for our loved ones?
Is it loneliness? Are we missing someone, loved ones who have died or moved away? Do we feel empty, sad or bitter?
The Christmas season evokes powerful memories and emotions, magnifying every joy as well as all the hurt, disappointment and loss we have experienced in our lives. Our reaction to any unattended and festering wounds will be visited upon everyone around us, especially those we love.
Tucked away in the midst of all this is a liturgical season often overlooked: Advent. It is the antithesis of a chaotic, noisy commercial Christmas; a soothing and sanguine contrast to a season clouded by wounds and losses. Advent does not look mournfully to the past; it draws our attention to a hopeful future while being firmly rooted in the here and now.
Advent features the key players of our faith: Mary, Joseph and of course, Jesus Christ. It features some of the most moving and poetic passages from the Bible–prophesies of old heralding the coming of the Messiah as the shoot of Jesse, filled with the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, counsel and of strength, knowledge and fear of the Lord (from Isaiah 11).
It documents the greatest act of obedience in history when a young virgin accepts the invitation from God to bear his Son. That obedience is not an onerous "do not" but a joyful "I do!" as evidenced by Mary's rushing to the side of her kinswoman Elizabeth (thought barren yet pregnant) and spontaneously praising God with her and the babes in their wombs in the exquisite prayer of the Magnificat.
It illustrates sublime acts of trust, surrender, generosity and courage in Joseph who fully embraces the responsibility of taking Mary to be his wife despite the fact that she is carrying a child not his own. Going against the grain of longstanding tradition and enduring the naysayers, he knows there is a bigger picture to consider: Mary's child is God's Son. And he makes room for them.
So how does all of this help to sooth frazzled nerves, heal the wounds of Christmases past and fill empty and grieving hearts?
I can't say how specifically. I only know that each year as I focus on Advent and turn away from a commercial Christmas, I have felt that soothing, that healing. My empty heart is filled.
I still grieve for loved ones. I still struggle with squeezing out the last dollar. I still battle with a heart that is small (although it is growing). I only know that the other day when I went to the Christmas Tree shop to finish off a gift basket for church, I felt serene, even enjoying the experience. To me, the Christmas Tree shop is the quintessential representation of a frazzled, noisy, chaotic commercial Christmas. And yet I felt deep contentment.
It's the fruit of Advents past, reflecting on the readings, listening to the music, and looking to Mary and Joseph as the examples. Philippians 4:8 sums it up perfectly: "Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things." (NIV)
Immersion into the refuge of Advent has healed my Christmas.


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I created this story and told it for the first time at Yoga West last Sunday. Some of my students encouraged me to publish it, so here it is!
I was inspired by the two sycamores we share a home with, "Don Quijote" and "Sancho Panza." The picture with this post is actually one of them. I suppose you could say that we are the family in this make-believe story. Only, the message isn't make-believe. You'll probably see very quickly, that we all do what the sycamore tree does.
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This is a story about a sycamore tree who wished he could be more like the cactus. He stood very tall, next to another sycamore tree. Together, they guarded a charming old bungalow house and were much loved by the family who lived there.
He got the idea to imitate the cactus because all the billboard ads say that cactus spikes are in fashion. With all the attention the cactus was garnering, the sycamore began to feel that he wasn't as handsome or as special as the cactus.
So, the sycamore went online and payed top dollar for the rarest cactus spikes from Mexico. From his elevated position, he was able to watch the street everyday, for his coveted Fed Ex delivery.
Finally, they arrived! And on that day, he pulled off all his fan-shaped leaves and replaced them with the pointy spikes in the box.
While he was online, he had seen more ads for similar imported goods from Mexico. One item, in particular, caught his attention: Genuine El Norteño cowboy boots! The ad said that these boots would make him more masculine. He couldn't stop thinking about them, so once again, he snuck into the house, went online and ordered them.
And once again, he watched and waited for the unmistakable white truck to come down the street. Finally, when his beautiful boots arrived, he rushed to put them on. But this proved to be a formidable task, as his roots were very long and stringy and he was having a hard time scrunching them into the pointy, leather, boot toe.
At first, he felt proud and pleased with his new look. But after a few days, he wasn't feeling so well. The Dr. said that without his leaves in tact, he wasn't getting enough sunlight to facilitate photosynthesis. Tests also showed a deficiency in CO2.
As if this news wasn't bad enough, he learned that the family members in the old wooden house, weren't feeling well, either. They were short on oxygen and no longer had any shade to keep them cool on hot summer days.
That did it. The sycamore put his leaves back, at once, and replanted his roots in the earth, which immediately and thirstily began drinking up water, like happy kids sucking up apple juice with straws.
As he fortified his body with sunshine and water, balance was quickly restored and everyone felt better right away. The family once again began to enjoy picnics under the lush, green canopy formed by his fan-shaped leaves, and the giant expanse of shade that this created, kept the air fresh all year round. They even built a beautiful treehouse in his strong, shapely branches!
The sycamore came to realize that there is no other tree quite like him, that each one is beautiful in its own way, and that each fulfills a unique purpose in nature. He now felt very proud to be himself, to serve in a way that only he can, and to be such a tremendous source of delight in the world.
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Moral of the Story…
We give away our authenticity through our fixation on identity and our need for outside approval. We also succumb to what my teacher calls "OPO," better known as, "Other People's Opinions." There is perhaps only one thing that's worse—we cripple ourselves with our own stories, such as when we buy into it all, and begin to tell ourselves that we're not good enough as we are.


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Yep, we're talking about cow farts.
It may sound like a joke, but flatulence has been a big topic of conversation among politicians these days.
It all started with the emergence of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal. While answering questions about the status of the Green New Deal, she said she didn't have an exact timeline and joked that: "We aren't sure that we'll be able to fully get rid of farting cows and airplanes that fast."
It seems that people took those words literally and are now discussing the impact of cow farts and burps on the environment, or if they even perform these functions at all.
Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow addressed what she saw as misinterpretations by her political opponents.
"The Republican majority leader said that we want to end air travel and cow farts," she said on the floor of the U.S. Senate. "By the way, just for the record, cows don't fart. They belch."
Is Sen. Stabenow correct? Are cows unable to fart?
No, this is false.
Cows definitely fart.
Although, the "belch" does do more damage to our ecosystem.
According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, global livestock represent 14.5% of all Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions.
Beef and milk cows are responsible for the most of that, contributing 41% and 20% of the total, respectively.
Put simply, Cows make up roughly 10% of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions across the entire globe.
So how does this happen? Well, it turns out that cows have a special fermentation process for breaking down food. That process creates "a significant source of methane," according to Director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment, Kristie Ebi.
Basically, cows chew plants and then ferment those plants in their stomachs. That generates a lot of methane that they then expel by burping.
According to NASA, cow belches are a much bigger methane source.
Christopher Field at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment was quoted by the Associated Press on the topic: "Of the CH4 (methane) produced by enteric fermentation in the forestomach 95% was excreted by eructation (burp), and from CH4 produced in the hindgut 89% was found to be excreted through the breath."
Basically, Cows burp 90-95% of the methane their internal digestion creates. That leaves 5-10% that can escape as farts.
As of now, lawmakers are looking into new and efficient ways to tackle this problem such as: genetically modifying grass to lessen the methane, reducing herd sizes, and creating carbon sinks.
But, in the meantime, cover your noses.


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Which way do you prefer it?
Which way do you prefer it?
Fluffy as a cloud and OVER!
You can't have everything. Where would you put it?-Steven Wright
I prefer it over.
Oscilating between remarkable brillance and sheer stupidity with amazing regularity.
you need another option in your poll.....i throw caution to the wind and just put it on the roll and let the end fall where it may!! LOL
Hey! Dont forget to submit your suggestions for the Ammo Can! It's your newsletter. Help to make it wonderful!! P.S. I apologize now for the typos and misspellings in my post.
Lee just leaves the new roll on the toilet tank so I can place the new roll on. She knows there are some jobs that should be left only to men.
"The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realize it doesn't say anything it's to late to stop reading it..."


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The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, April 7
The new YouTube Kids video app definitely isn't TV: If it were, its heavy advertising content and cheerful blending of commerce and entertainment would probably be illegal, because commercial television aimed at children is governed by strict regulations. Now a coalition is asking the FTC to investigate the service, which one expert called "the most hyper-commercialized media environment for children I have ever seen."
New battery technology could take charge times down to one minute
Researchers at Stanford University have developed a new battery using aluminum-ion cells that can be recharged in about a minute and is safer than the widely used lithium-ion technology. The battery can survive 7,500 charging cycles without losing performance -- more than the typical 1,000 cycles from current lithium-ion batteries.
Retailer-backed CurrentC coming soon to mobile payments space
CurrentC, the mobile payments platform backed by some of the biggest retailers in the U.S. including Walmart, 7-Eleven, Dunkin Donuts, Sears, Best Buy, Exxon Mobil and Gap, will launch in the next few months. Not much is known about it other than it is expected to merge payments and loyalty benefits. With rival offerings from Apple, Google and Samsung Electronics not yet seeing major takeup among consumers, there's still space for CurrentC to pick up steam when it launches around mid-year.
Judge lets woman serve divorce papers via Facebook
In another watershed moment for technology and the law, the New York Daily News reported Monday that a judge approved a Brooklyn's woman's request to use Facebook to serve divorce papers on her hard-to-find husband. She can use the social network's private messaging function to serve him with the divorce summons, but has to do that once a week for three consecutive weeks. It's complicated.
Microsoft likely done with major job cuts
Last week's Microsoft layoffs are probably the last big round of its restructuring, GeekWire reports. The software giant said last year that it would cut about 18,000 jobs.
Uber staffs up self-driving car project
Uber has listed a raft of jobs at the new Advanced Technologies Center in Pittsburgh, its joint project with Carnegie Mellon University focused on developing self-driving car technology. To staff up, Uber is looking for engineers in the areas of robotics, machine learning, communications, traffic simulation, vehicle testing, and software and hardware development.
Samsung expects big drop in first-quarter profits
Samsung warned that its first quarter profits will likely drop by more than 30 percent, marking the sixth straight quarterly decline as it struggles to compete with Apple at the top of the smartphone market. Revenue is expected to be down 12 percent, the company said in its earnings guidance; it will report its full quarterly results at the end of the month.
Watch now:
Surveillance was John Oliver's topic on Last Week Tonight, and who better to interview about that than Edward Snowden
One last thing
Now mobile apps can be works of experiential art: The New York Times reports on the new life coach app, Karen, created by British art group Blast Theory.


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Did George Zimmerman's Prosecutor Sanitize Her Financial Disclosures?
Angela Corey, the special prosecutor appointed to handle the Trayvon Martin case, has come under fire for what some regard as a deeply flawed indictment of George Zimmerman. Now Gawker pal Joseph Culligan, proprietor of Web of Deception, has noticed a strange wrinkle in the financial disclosures Corey has filed with the state of Florida: For every year since 2006, Corey has disclosed credit card debt, often with amounts as high as $75,000. Except for 2007. That year, she disclosed none. And 2007 happened to be the first year Corey filed a disclosure while running for statewide office. Weird.
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(visited by Bob Greschke, Andy Smith, Ash Morton, Matt Nolan, Anatoly Mironov, Shad O'Neel, Paul Winberry, Leo Peters, Don Voigt, Shridhar Anandakrishnan and Peter Braddock)
29-Nov-2002 -- This was the second confluence point visited by me. This time the whole gang that I was part of was together, unlike at 81S 126W. The gang, members of the National Science Foundation's scientific project IO-205, was there to do seismic, radar, and GPS experiments on two of the six large ice streams that carry ice from the Western Area Ice Sheet to the Ross Sea. Shridhar Anandakrishnan, a glaciologist from Penn State University, was the principle investigator for the project. The other members of the party were Don Voigt of Penn State, Leo Peters and Paul Winberry who were grad students from Penn State, Shad O'Neel of the University Navstar Consortium (UNAVCO), Anatoly Mironov of the University of Texas at Austin, Matt Nolan of the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, Ash Morton and Andy Smith of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), and Peter Braddock who was one of our mountaineers along with Ash. More about the whole project can be read at www.greschke.com/passcal/antarctica/index.htm.


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Module QXE-2019:
Modern & Contemporary Writing
Module Facts
Run by School of Arts, Culture and Language
20.000 Credits or 10.000 ECTS Credits
Semester 1
Organiser: Dr Andrew Webb
Overall aims and purpose
• Study of a broad range of literature published from the 1920s to the present • Situate this literature within broader historical, social, cultural and political contexts • Establish and explore areas of contrast and continuity between the texts on the module
Course content
'Modern & Contemporary Writing' introduces students to a range of British and Irish texts from the modern and contemporary period. It begins with modernist texts from the 1920s, before considering politically-engaged writing from the 1930s, and the emergence of postmodern literature in the years after the Second World War. The final part of the course considers more contemporary literature, including writing from a postcolonial perspective. The course asks students to investigate how literature across a range of genres responds to the broad historical trends and specific events of the age. These might include modernism, the political situation int he 1930s, post-War postmodernity, and postcolonialism. New and contemporary movements and traditions in British/Irish literature will be explored in the final part of the course. The module will also include visits from contemporary writers.
Assessment Criteria
Typically, work graded A- to A** (or 70 to 100) will show many of the following qualities:
• Discusses ideas with confidence and precision • Demonstrates maturity and sophistication • Displays deep knowledge of the subject in question; the answer is totally relevant • Shows independent, analytical and clear thought • Gives evidence of substantial and relevant reading • Shows great accuracy in expression, displaying total mastery over all aspects of the language • Shows occasional signs of brilliance and originality of thought • In creative work: displays considerable originality • Command over medium; may have potential for publication/production
• Unsure and lacking in confidence when discussing ideas • Referring to the subject in question in a superficial manner • Making an effort to provide fairly balanced answers • Some points in the argument irrelevant to the topic • Little evidence of background reading • Some uncertainty over language and syntax • Strengths and weaknesses fairly balanced; occasionally clumsy and unimaginative • In creative work: superficial • Not succeeding in mastering the requirements of the medium
Typically, work graded B- to B+ (or 60 to 69) will show many of the following qualities: • Discusses ideas adeptly • Most of the arguments about a specific field are well-aired • Displays knowledge of the subject in question; the answer is relevant • Shows analytical and clear thought • Gives evidence of relevant reading • Shows accuracy in expression with mastery over language. • A few minor errors here and there. • Signs of creative thought deserve a higher position within the class • In creative work: shows signs of originality, having understood the requirements of the medium • Plans of well-balanced and full answers, despite some gaps
Typically, work graded C- to C+ (or 50 to 59) will show many of the following qualities:
• Discusses ideas, but without much confidence
• A respectable effort but not showing any unusual talent; a few flashes of originality here and there
• Makes reference to the subject in question, but some important matters not mentioned
• Fairly clear thought on most occasions, and the arguments relevant on the whole
• Evidence of having read some works associated with the field in question
• Quite accurate expression, though the points may sometimes be presented clumsily
• Signs of conscientious work deserve a higher position within the class
• In creative work: not having quite mastered the requirements of the medium
• Evidence of planning in the answers, but a lack of coherence at times; undisciplined and unsure at times
Learning outcomes
Critically appreciate, analyse and interpret a range of literary texts in relation to modernism, postmodernity, contemporary and emerging movements and traditions
Examine patterns and variations in the literary response to the historical trends and events of the period 1920 - present
Examine modern and contemporary texts from the perspective of a particular critical concern or emerging trend (for example, modernism, Cold War literature, postmodernity, postcolonialism).
construct a meaningful cultural and historical understanding of the period
Select, digest and organise material and produce a consistent and coherent argument, presented in essay form, to a deadline.
Assessment Methods
|One 2,000 word essay
|At home test
Teaching and Learning Strategy
|Private study
1 x 1-hr seminar per week
Transferable skills
- Literacy - Proficiency in reading and writing through a variety of media
- Computer Literacy - Proficiency in using a varied range of computer software
- Self-Management - Able to work unsupervised in an efficient, punctual and structured manner. To examine the outcomes of tasks and events, and judge levels of quality and importance
- Exploring - Able to investigate, research and consider alternatives
- Information retrieval - Able to access different and multiple sources of information
- Inter-personal - Able to question, actively listen, examine given answers and interact sentistevely with others
- Argument - Able to put forward, debate and justify an opinion or a course of action, with an individual or in a wider group setting
Courses including this module
Compulsory in courses:
- 3Q5Q: BA Cymraeg and English Literature year 2 (BA/CEL)
- 2P78: BA English Lit with Creative Writing with International Exp year 2 (BA/ECI)
- Q310: BA Eng Lit with Eng Lang year 2 (BA/ELEL)
- 3QV1: BA History and English Literature year 2 (BA/ELH)
- 09V3: BA English Literature and Italian year 2 (BA/ELI)
- 3YT5: BA English Literature and Spanish year 2 (BA/ELIS)
- 065C: BA English Literature with Journalism year 2 (BA/ELJ)
- 1Q3Q: BA Linguistics and English Literature year 2 (BA/ELL)
- QQC3: BA English Lang and Lit year 2 (BA/ELLIT)
- QQCF: BA English Language & English Lit [with Foundation Year] year 2 (BA/ELLITF)
- 32N6: BA English Literature and Music year 2 (BA/ELM)
- 32N7: BA English Literature & Music with International Experience year 2 (BA/ELMIE)
- 32M8: BA English Literature with Theatre and Performance year 2 (BA/ELTP)
- M3Q9: BA English Literature and Criminology and Criminal Justice year 2 (BA/ENC)
- 2P17: BA English Literature and Creative Writing year 2 (BA/ENCW)
- 2P1P: BA English Literature and Creative Writing with Place Yr year 2 (BA/ENCWP)
- 8H25: BA English Literature year 2 (BA/ENGL)
- 2D13: BA English Literature with Creative Writing year 2 (BA/ENGLC)
- 8H2P: BA English Literature with Placement Year year 2 (BA/ENGLP)
- 8H26: BA English Literature (with International Experience) year 2 (BA/ENIE)
- 06CD: BA French and English Literature year 2 (BA/FEL)
- 3P3Q: BA Film Studies and English Literature year 2 (BA/FSEL)
- 3N7S: BA German and English Literature year 2 (BA/GEL)
- T124: BA English Literature & Chinese year 2 (BA/LITCH)
- 3HPQ: BA Media Studies and English Literature year 2 (BA/MEN)
- 3VQV: BA Philosophy and Religion and English Literature year 2 (BA/PREN)
- 3L3Q: BA Sociology and English Literature year 2 (BA/SEL)
- Q2W9: MArts English Literature with Creative Writing year 2 (MARTS/ELCW)
- Q321: MArts English Literature with International Experience year 2 (MARTS/ELIE)
- Q320: MArts English Literature year 2 (MARTS/ELIT)
Optional in courses:
- W890: BA Creative&Professional Writing year 2 (BA/CPW)
- W89P: BA Creative and Professional Writing with Placement Year year 3 (BA/CPWP)
- W899: BA Creative & Professional Writing with International Exp year 3 (BA/CRIE)
- WP83: BA Media Studies & Creative Wrtng year 2 (BA/CWMS)
- 8G55: BA English Language with Creative Writing (with Int Exp) year 3 (BA/ELCIE)
- Q3WL: BA Eng Lang with Creat Writ year 2 (BA/ELCW)
- Q3Q2: BA English Language w English Lit year 2 (BA/ENGEL)
- R1W8: BA French with Creative Writing year 2 (BA/FRCW)
- P3W8: BA Film Studies and Creative Writing year 2 (BA/FSCW)
- R2W8: BA German with Creative Writing year 2 (BA/GERCW)
- P500: BA Journalism (Subject to Validation) year 2 (BA/J)
- Q1Q3: BA Ling with Eng Lit year 2 (BA/LEL)
- WW39: BA Music and Creative Writing with International Experience year 2 (BA/MCWIE)
- WW38: BA Music and Creative Writing year 2 (BA/MUSCW)
- W6W8: BA Professional Writing & Film year 2 (BA/PWF)
- P3W9: BA Professional Writing and Media year 2 (BA/PWM)
- 8M74: BA Spanish with Creative Writing (with International Exp) year 2 (BA/SCIE)
- R4W8: BA Spanish with Creative Writing year 2 (BA/SPCW)
- M115: LLB Law with English Literature (International Experience) year 2 (LLB/ILEL)


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Kramer vs Kramer for the ancient Greek generation
Medea – Almeida Theatre, until 14 November 2015 (tickets)
Under Rupert Goold's unusually restrained direction, the Almeida Greeks season closes with Rachel Cusk's brutally open updating of perhaps the most intriguingly ambiguous of ancient tragedies, Medea. It is a production teetering on the edge of brilliance and one that leaves no doubt that there are few stage actors who can match Kate Fleetwood's ability to humanise the most complex of characters.
Watching Medea, and reflecting on Oresteia and Bakkhai, the carefully chosen nature of the three plays becomes apparent. In the ancient world, the personal, political and religious were fundamentally intertwined but the strength of Goold's season has been to disentangle these threads so as to give them a clearer contemporary relevance. The season opened with a stunning reinvention of Oresteia – a political tragedy in so much as it was a tragedy of events, where a forced decision leads to an endless echo chamber of destruction. This was followed by Bakkhai, where tragedy is orchestrated by a capricious and vengeful god.
Medea is a problematic play because for all its greatness, it has an almost unresolvable contradiction at its core – as much as we can see Medea as a wronged figure, the act of filicide can never be seen as justifiable to a modern audience. This was precisely where last year's version with Helen McCrory at the National, based on a Ben Power translation, became unstuck as it updated the setting without finding a way to modernise the plot.
To get around this problem Cusk has substantially reworked the play to the extent that a person could watch this production and not realise that it is taken from an ancient Greek play. Purists may decry the lack of poetry and question whether this is can truly be called Euripides' play given the narrative reworking that takes place. This should be countered by the fact that it arrives with the note that it is a new version by Rachel Cusk, and that the myths have always been adapted to meet the needs of the time.
Where Goold and Cusk succeed is to entirely reimagine the play. It is not a tragedy brought about by the divine, or by individuals caught up in grand events. It is a tragedy found in the domesticity of everyday life. Cusk's interpretation thrusts the play into the modern world. The time of gods has passed and instead we live in a world of men (and the use of the word 'men' is entirely intentional).
Medea has become a domestic tragedy about family breakdown. It is a snarling, vituperative text that sets Jason against Medea, with the children a battleground and reputations as weapons. Anger courses through the play, and confrontations between the two are ferocious all-out assaults that have a dangerous, spiteful venom rarely captured on the stage.


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Ly-6A/E, also known as Sca-1, is an 18 kD member of the Ly-6 multigene family. Ly6A/E is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-linked protein expressed on hematopoietic stem cells. In mice expressing the Ly-6.2 haplotype (e.g., AKR, C57BL, C57BR, DBA/2, SJL, SWR, and 129), Ly-6A/E is also expressed on peripheral B lymphocytes and thymic and peripheral T lymphocytes. Strains expressing the Ly-6.1 haplotype (e.g., BALB/c, CBA, C3H/He, DBA/1, and NZB) have low Ly-6A/E expression on resting peripheral lymphocytes. The expression of Ly-6A/E on lymphocytes is upregulated upon activation from both Ly6.1 and Ly6.2 haplotype mice. Ly-6A/E is thought to be involved in the regulation of both T and B cell responses.Product Details
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- IL-2-dependent mouse T-cell line (CTL-L)
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- Phosphate-buffered solution, pH 7.2, containing 0.09% sodium azide.
- Preparation
- The antibody was purified by affinity chromatography, and conjugated with PE/Cyanine7 under optimal conditions.
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- 0.2 mg/ml
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- The Ly-6A/E antibody solution should be stored undiluted between 2°C and 8°C, and protected from prolonged exposure to light. Do not freeze.
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Each lot of this antibody is quality control tested by immunofluorescent staining with flow cytometric analysis. For flow cytometric staining, the suggested use of this reagent is ≤ 0.25 µg per 106 cells in 100 µl volume. It is recommended that the reagent be titrated for optimal performance for each application.
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The D7 antibody has been reported to induce T cell activation and inhibit TCR-induced IL-2 production. Additional reported applications (for the relevant formats) include: Western blotting1,2, immunoprecipitation1, in vitro lymphocyte activation3-6, induction of redirected lysis7, induction of T cell inhibitory signalling8, immunofluorescence9, and immunohistochemical staining of acetone-fixed frozen sections13 and Bouin-fixed, paraffin-embedded samples9.
The two Sca-1 recognizing clones D7 and E13-161.7 have been shown to bind distinct epitopes due to the inability of D7 to block the binding of E13-161.7.14
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- Ortega G, et al. 1986. J. Immunol. 137:3240. (WB, IP)
- Palfree RGE, et al. 1986. Immunogenetics 23:197. (WB)
- Codias EK, et al. 1990. J. Immunol. 144:2197.
- Malek TR, et al. 1986. J. Exp. Med. 164:709.
- Codias EK, et al. 1990. J. Immunol. 145:1407.
- Ivanov V, et al. 1994. J. Immunol. 153:2394.
- Karlhofer FM, et al. 1991. J. Immunol. 146:3662.
- Fleming T, et al. 1994. J. Immunol. 153:1955.
- van Bragt MPA, et al. 2005. Biol. Reprod. 73:634. (IF, IHC)
- Umland O, et al. 2007. J. Immunol. 178:4147.
- Cridland SO, et al. 2009. Blood Cell. Mol. Dis. 45:149. (FC) PubMed
- Pronk CJ, et al. 2011. J. Exp Med. PubMed
- English A, et al. 2000. J. Immunol. 165:3763. (IHC)
- Bamezai A and Rock KL. 1995. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92:4294.
- Wiesner DL, et al. 2015. PLoS Pathog. 11:1004701. PubMed
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Antigen Details
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- Ly-6 multigene family, 18 kD
- Distribution
Hematopoietic stem cells, activated T cells and B cells, subset of resting B cells and T cells
- Function
- Regulates B and T cell responses
- Cell Type
- B cells, Hematopoietic stem and progenitors, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, T cells
- Biology Area
- Immunology, Stem Cells
- Antigen References
1. Rock KL, et al. 1989. Immunol. Rev. 111:195.
2. Morrison SJ, et al. 1994. Immunity 1:661.
3. Spangrude GJ, et al. 1988. J. Immunol. 141:3697.
4. Malek T, et al. 1986. J. Exp. Med. 164:709.
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Oh hi. I wasn't gone long was I? Truth be told I can be a bit impetuous when I get emotional and my last post declaring a blog break was just that. I don't feel like three weeks was long, and possibly not worthy of a declaration, however it allowed me to fully step away with ease.
I missed this space which was a nice refresher for me. This outlet keeps me somewhat whole in the times I feel like I'm falling apart. Which has been the story of my life lately. The exciting thing is that these times of our lives are completely normal, and learning to be comfortable during the times of discomfort is amazingly freeing.
The weather has been hit or miss in my parts lately, but I still try to get outside as much as I can. Fresh air is like an instant serotonin boost and LAWD knows I need sum-o-dat. Walking has been soothing for me lately, and while I've had a couple runs here and there I find that what my body is truly craving is slow paced, stress-less walking.
Also jogging.
I think I'm officially a believer of the jog.
I'm not fully adjusted to the lifestyle change that comes with an autoimmune disease. The scaling back of physical activities to honor my fatigue is something I mentally struggled with for a while. As with all sudden changes this can take time, but I'm getting there each day. Moving is moving amirite?
I've also slowly but surely been trying to find my way back to a mostly plant based diet. At this point I believe a lot of my struggles around what my body can and cannot handle is more mental than physical. At the end of the day I'm mentally conflicted over just about everything so I might as well ethically feel good, HA! I am putting my focus onto healing my mental state rather than worrying so much.
Worry is an emotion reserved for those who don't trust.
I trust. I trust God, I trust my body, I trust my intuition, and I trust my life is falling into place just how it was meant to. I also trust the sun will come out sooner or later here. We've had a few previews and oh boy, o berto am I excited. 🙂
I spent 10 days last week with my first client Emma, the catalyst to my pet sitting adventures. She is also one of the only clients I continue to stay with because I realized pet sitting (specifically dogs) was a huge stress addition for me.
My mom tells me I will be a good mother one day because I'm very attentive to the pets in my life, but with that comes added stress. Unfortunately for her I still don't want kids. "OH Brittany, you'll want them when you're older!" I'm 28…not getting any younger here. Still don't want crawling drool producers, sorry mom.
Also, I really like referring to these animals as my clients. #sidehustle
I was happy to pull back the reins on this side hustle for less stress in my life. I do like staying with Emma though, she is easy and she and I have a bond that started with her ability to produce a RBF much like mine.
I very much enjoy the company of Emma's mom, and I think this is also why I continue to stay with her. I don't have many people in my life that make me feel refreshed after we speak, but this woman makes me feel so happy inside. She has a solid 45 years on me, but she's good people. I flock towards the older crowd, I'm told I have an old soul.
So where am I going with this post? The moral of my story is to continue to be at peace with myself. Continue to trust my body, trust my mind, be gentle with my mind, and be gentle with my progress. Autoimmune diseases are a fickle beast and I'm certain mine was thrown into acceleration because of stress, so continuing to stress about little things will only make matters worse.
This means giving my mind a hug at times with muffins. Paired this one with a cup of coffee and a walk in the rain.
An added benefit of walking more is that I am more aware of the ground. When I run I mostly focus on not dying so it's harder for me to notice shiny objects on the ground. Walking allows me to pay attention to my surroundings. This attention brings me more money. One year I found over $10 on the ground.
A penny isn't just a penny when you find 250 of them.
That's almost enough to buy me another muffin. We're making moves people, we're making moves.
Q: Do you pick up spare change when you see it? I know some of you do…you know who you are. #soulmates


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The two faces of Babs: Not since the Port Huron Statement was drafted has there been as big a collection of left-wingers as that which gathered in San Francisco Wednesday to dedicate a train station.
Led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a parade of libs that included, but was not limited to, Barbara Boxer, Willie Brown, Gavin Newsom and George Miller offered a surfeit of mutual encomiums and plaudits on the occasion of the groundbreaking of the new regional Transbay Transit Center, being built in part with federal stimulus funds.
The presence at the festivities of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who is technically, um, a Republican, however, appeared not only to have put a damper on blatant partisan rhetoric, but also to have led to one of the most astonishing, man-bites-dog statements in the history of politics, straight from the maw of the Junior Senator from California, who was heard to say:
Lord knows we need to work across party lines, particularly in times like these.
Lord knows indeed.
Stop the presses, Maude: Barbara Boxer, the original tax loving, tree hugging, nuke hating, latte sipping, Chablis sucking, Marin County peacock feather hot tubbing scourge of oil companies, warmongers and Republicans of every stripe actually endorsed bipartisanship.
Bring on the Calbuzz fainting couch.
But wait: Just when we feared Babs might lose her lifetime senior citizen SDS honorary membership card, we were relieved to receive a copy of the latest e-blast fundraising pitch from her leadership PAC.
On behalf of Dems running in three open Senate seats, Boxer writes:
If we don't hold on to these three Democratic seats, Republicans will increase their efforts to bring our legislative agenda to a standstill. That means more breaks for big corporations, more roll-backs of environmental protections, and few people fighting for American consumers.
Lord knows.
Just askin': One of the three worthies that Babs is tin cupping for (the other two are Dick Blumenthal in Connecticut and Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania) is Alexi Giannoulias, the Illinois state Treasurer, who's seeking Barack Obama's old seat.
Alexi Giannoulias? Really?
At a time when congressional Dems across the nation are trying to out-run the ethical cloud hanging over longtime New York Rep. Charlie Rangel, and when Boxer is already being slapped around by Republican rival Carly Fiorina for her relationship with Rep. Maxine Waters, who's also facing House ethics charges, does Babs really want to be shaking people down for Giannoulias, scion of Chicago's scandal-ridden Broadway Bank?
In her fundraising e-mail, Boxer calls Giannoulias an "excellent progressive candidate" who "is known as a people's champion."
Well, but…
In Chicago, Giannoulias is also known as the guy who, as senior loan officer, oversaw $20 million in loans to two convicted mobsters from his family's bank, which also lent another $22.5 million to now-convicted political fixer Tony Rezko, a few months after Giannoulias left his post.
We're just sayin'.
On the other hand: The hits just keep comin' for Hurricane Carly's fine stewardship of HP. Now she's been named to the Top 20 "all-time malfeasants" list of business execs who got away with murder outrageous corporate parachutes.
Not Really: Some time around 11 am on Wednesday, Jerry Brown tweeted: "Take a look at this picture of me with the godfather of soul, James Brown: http://bit.ly/bqtFmO."
Which led to a Flickr page with this shot of Jerry Brown and James Brown and this notation: "The photo was taken 7 hours ago using a Canon MF 4320-4350." But we don't think so, since James Brown DIED on Christmas Day in 2006, which would mean Jerry would have been posing with a really live looking mummy which we are not aware of. Memo to Jerry: You look old enough already; don't pose with dead guys.
Whitmanopoly: HT to Roy Rivenburg, former humor writer for the By God LATimes (who knew they EVER had any humor there?) who has come up with a great new board game: Whitmanopoly, California's Election Buying Game, which demonstrates a keen nose for the news and eye for the absurd. All this lifted directly from Roy's site, notthelatimes.com:
PREPARATION: Meg Whitman starts the game with $150 million. Jerry Brown gets $20 million and an autographed poster of Linda Ronstadt.
TOKENS: Brown travels around the board with a 1974 Plymouth. Whitman commandeers a wheelbarrow of cash.
SCANDAL: When a player lands on SCANDAL, he or she is caught in an orgy with Lindsay Lohan, Mel Gibson and the city manager of Bell, and is sent to BAD PRESS. Do not pass DOUGH, do not collect campaign donations.
INCOME TAX: If a player lands on this space, he or she must propose a 20% tax hike to erase California's budget deficit. The player then automatically loses the election and the game is over. The same thing happens when a player lands on BUDGET AX and proposes drastic cuts to popular programs.
BORDER SECURITY: When a player lands here, he must take a stand on illegal immigration, inevitably alienating a large bloc of voters and losing one turn. Exception: Whitman may take both sides on the issue, one in her English TV ads and another in Spanish-language spots.
BUYING VOTES: Instead of houses and hotels, players who land on a community buy radio and TV ads, skywriting messages and attack mailers. Or they can hire Leonardo DiCaprio to plant ballot instructions in voters' minds. If both players land on the same space, a televised debate is held. However, the candidates must speak only in vague generalities and discuss inconsequential issues such as who should replace Ellen on "American Idol" and whether Comic-Con should move from San Diego to Anaheim.
DOUGH: Each time a player's token passes DOUGH, he or she receives new campaign donations. Whitman writes herself a check for any amount. Brown holds a Hollywood fundraiser (costing him one turn), or instantly collects $1 million by kowtowing to public-employee unions.
There's so much more at Roy's site.


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5 money habits of unhappy couples
You know this couple. They met, fell in love, moved in together — and then slowly began to sink under the weight of their money habits. He ran up her credit card; she kept purchases secret. They ignored their financial woes.
Financial harmony is crucial to a couple's long-term synergy with money. In my experience, couples with cohesive financial strategies have the most successful relationships. Over the years, I've seen the same bad money decisions tear apart couple after couple. In fact, of couples exhibiting these behaviors, more than 95% ended on bad terms.
Here are the top five bad money habits couples have:
1. They disrespect each other's credit. One of the worst fiscal violations I've witnessed is how credit is misused in a relationship, causing a party's credit score to falter as credit card balances are increased and leaving the trusting partner in a relationship on the hook for the bills. I have seen otherwise smart individuals allow a partner to use their credit and turn a blind eye to misuse, until it's too late and they're in a hole financially — and spend years paying back big debts.
Rule: Never permit a loved one, including a marriage partner, to take advantage of your available credit and perhaps ruin your credit score, whether it's intentional or not. It's not a matter of trust; it's a matter of control. You must be the steadfast gatekeeper of your available credit and scores. If it's true love, the other party will appreciate your discipline. If you do share credit, make sure to carefully examine all credit card statements and access credit reports annually for free at www.annualcreditreport.com.
2. Lack of communication. Especially when it comes to life-changing financial decisions or big purchases. It's OK if you fail to mention lunches or an occasional discretionary purchase. When it comes to large expenditures like expensive durable goods or making big decisions that may affect both parties, like a new job offer or a decision related to retirement, it's best to share all relevant information with a partner or spouse before moving forward. Even if it's a wise decision, the action of sharing and receiving feedback is crucial to the health of a relationship you cherish.
Rule: Before financial decisions representing anything above $100 are executed, think twice and open up. Take to heart information shared through open dialogue. Consider getting an objective third party involved in the mix to listen to both sides and weigh the evidence.
3. Little consideration for the blueprint. Deep inside you is money DNA. Since childhood, you have handled money based on experiences. You also learned from observation and communication — parents, grandparents. If your money mindset conflicts with a partner, that's OK. There are methods of compromise. If your money mindset is disregarded or even ridiculed, then it's time to question the viability of the relationship.
Rule: Whether you're a deep saver or big spender, be aware of the manner in which you're treated if your partner's money DNA conflicts with yours. The couples who endure are the ones who find a working medium or a hybrid DNA strategy. The key is to watch for judgmental language and money behaviors that jeopardize the current situation or the health of the future household balance sheet.
4. Reliance on multiple bailouts. You know the type. They mess up with money and then seek others, like parents or partners, to bail them out. Then the same reckless behaviors are repeated and the bailouts continue. It's bad news. Rarely do I observe couples who last long when they're traveling this endless loop. Usually, a partner is suckered in more than once and leaves the relationship financially and emotionally fragile.
Rule: A one-time bailout, depending on your financial situation, is acceptable. No excuses or money provided when similar mishaps are repeated. It's a hard rule and it will save you financially. Perhaps you leave with your self-esteem intact, too.
5. Financial success is resented. According to a Pew Research study from May 2013, a record 40% of all households with children under the age of 18 include mothers who are either the sole or primary source of income for the family. To put it in perspective, the share was 11% in 1960.
Since the financial crisis I have witnessed women taking additional charge of their finances (and the families), and men in the relationship growing increasingly resentful.
I have worked with couples in which women have become increasingly unhappy when partners have taken on additional work responsibilities, resulting in time away from personal activities.
Resentment is poison to any close relationship and detrimental to elevating finances to the next level.
Rule: A resentful attitude over a partner's success requires thorough and truthful self-reflection. Instead of wasting precious energy on negative emotions, objectively witness and attempt to replicate the habits of a successful partner. Ask for guidance. Be open to criticism if it's positive and leads to self-improvement.
Couples can be a galvanized force, working together toward gaining greater wealth. Or their bad money habits can trigger the rapid deterioration of their combined net worth and the crumbling of the relationship.
Ongoing financial drama can ruin a love match. Keep a sharp eye out for the signs and make an effort to change these toxic habits before they poison your partnership.
NerdWallet is a USA TODAY content partner providing general news, commentary and coverage from around the Web. Its content is produced independently of USA TODAY.


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We wish all our readers a very happy new 2017. During 2016, we had no less than 2434 visitors.
2017 will be a year full of activity in our seaweed resarch on bladderwrack (Fucus vesiculosus) in the Baltic Sea. We hope to share lots of our exciting experiments and resluts with both old and new readers.
As winter seems to finally have decided to arrive in full here in Sweden, we treat you to a film showing the marine life at the Swedish west coast. Diver Edvin Thörnholm filmed all this material during one year in the Gullmar Fjord. The movie consists of material from 150 dives, showing the marine life at different depths and types of substrate in the fjord.
With this movie, Edvin wants to share the beauty of the underwater world and show how it varies with both season and time of day. The speaker voice is in Swedish, but if you see something and wish to know what it is, just mail us and state at what time in the film the organism is shown, and we'll get back to you with a name in Latin and English. Enjoy!
The Gullmar fjord is the only threshold fjord in Sweden and by many regarded as the best dive site for marine biology. The local divecenter in the town Lysekil, DiveTeam, has many skilled marine biologists in their staff for those who whish for a guided "veggie-dive".


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A proliferation of new airport projects in the Maldives is destroying unique coastal ecosystems and threatens devastating impacts on communities and livelihoods. As many as 20 new airports, several accompanied by hotel developments, are planned and under construction, and many projects are government funded.
In October 2017 a dredger, newly acquired by Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) and at 92 metres in length the largest in its dredging fleet, began land reclamation for a new airport on Kulhudhuffushi, an island in the north of the Maldives. By early January 2018 land reclamation for the new airport was complete. Sediment dredged up from the ocean bed had been dumped on the largest white clay wetland and mangrove in the Maldives and destroyed a unique ecosystem. The Kulhudhuffushi mangrove system was the most biodiverse in the Maldives, hosting eight IUCN Red List species. Kulhudhuffushi mangroves had also provided a livelihood for over 400 people, predominantly women, and their families, who soaked coconut husks in the mangrove mud as part of a coir rope making industry sustained over many generations.
The impacts of construction of Kulhudhufushi and two other new airports in the Maldives – on Funadhoo and Maafaru islands – are documented in an excellent booklet, Irreversible Damage, Destruction & Loss #SaveMaldives published by SaveMaldives a civic movement that has emerged in response to a government drive for new airports and tourism resorts. After destroying mangroves to make way for Kulhudhuffushi Airport MTCC was then awarded the contract to build facility's 1.2 kilometre runway. Then MTCC's new dredger moved southwards to Funadhoo island where it was deployed to reclaim land from the north west lagoon for another new airport. Upon completion of this operation MTCC was contracted to build Funadhoo Airport runway, apron and taxiway. Funadhoo is an environmentally sensitive area, sharing a reef with its twin island, Farukolhu, that includes extensive mangroves. Dredging and reclamation proceeded near to Farukolhu's nesting grounds supporting several bird species and a bay that serves as a marine breeding site for sharks and rays.
Construction of Maafaru Airport is nearing completion and test flights are imminent. Lush vegetation has already been decimated. Ecosytems highlighted as at risk in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), and now irreversibly removed, include 20,000 trees, mangroves, marshland, coral colonies and seagrass beds. The EIA flagged up the necessity of relocating mangroves but there is no evidence that any such mitigative measure has been implemented. Maafaru Airport is larger than Kulhudhufushi and Funadhoo airports. Its 2.2 kilometre runway is long enough to accommodate Boeing 737 planes with a regular terminal along with facilities for parking private jets and a hotel. Maafaru Airport is part of a US$60 million agreement with the Abu Dhabi Fund to develop ultra-luxurious tourism in Noonu atoll.
The Irreversible Damage, Destruction & Loss #SaveMaldives report draws attention to various aspects of regulatory failure which have allaowed airport projects without the obligatory safeguards. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is supposed to act as an independent authority but has been stripped of its powers to regulate tourism-related projects, effectively becoming a 'rubber stamp' legitimizing destructive infrastructure projects. A key EPA task is to assess, approve and monitor compliance with EIAs, but new airports and tourism projects resulting in irreversible damage to fragile ecosystems have been approved. New airports already under construction in Kulhudhuffushi, Funadhoo, Maafuru are just the beginning of an ecocidal aviation expansion frenzy. The Maldives government is planning a total of 20 new airports across the archipelago. Land reclamation also looms for a proliferation of new tourism resorts. The aviation and tourism drive expansion drive is obliterating white sand beaches and pristine coastal ecosystems, the very assets that are key to the the popularity of the Maldives as a tourist destination.
New airport threatens to swallow up Fainu island
The concept drawing for a new airport on Fainu island shows the airport taking up about two-thirds of the island land area with the runway extending along the entire southern coastline. The Maldives Independent calculated that 31 hectares of vegetation would be lost, including a dense jungle area and agricultural land. The airport plan also includes about 4 hectares of land reclamation. Land earmarked for a gated hotel is shown on the map below as an area adjacent to the airport and shaded in purple.
A woman speaking anonymously to the Maldives Independent said that rumours of an airport on Fainu island had circulated since she was a child, but all of a sudden the airport agreement was signed, funding allocated and work about to commence, yet even the island council did not have information. Another woman said "If they take our land for all of that, we will be boxed into the paopulated ares of the island like an open jail". Residents also stand to lose access to 2.18 kilometers of beautiful beach to the airport security zone and hotel. Additional developments, namely a medical facility, hangar, lounges and restaurants have been mentioned. Islanders opposing the airport are concerned that even more land might be taken for a second hotel.
Residents acted quickly to form a campaign opposing the airport, SaveFainu and a petition submitted to the Tourism Ministry, Universal Enterprises and Island Aviation was signed by 140 people, about half of the population of Fainu island. Universal Enterprises, one of the largest hospitality companies in the Maldives, is financing Fainu Airport through bulk purchase of advance sales of air tickets. Island Aviation, owner and operator of Maldivian, the largest carrier in the Maldives, has been awarded the US$8 million contract to develop the airport. The SaveFainu petition called for more transparency from the Tourism Ministry, proper consultation with islanders and an independent EIA.
Mohamed Waheed, a leading activist in the SaveFainu campaign said some residents did not sign the petition for fear of losing their jobs, but are worried that such a large amount of the island would be lost to the airport and the secrecy and lack of transparency regarding the project. People are worried that loss of farmland to the airport would mean the loss of farming livelihoods. Waheed said job opportunities at the airport would not match the incomes made by people working on farms and pointed out that a comparable airport on Kudahuvadhoo island only employs 29 people.
More land reclamation, more new airports
Land reclamation has already created space for a new airport on Muli island. On 11th July 2018 President Yameen pledged to develop an airport on Muli island and attended a ceremony marking completion of the land reclamation project. MTCC has been paving the way for an airport on Muli island for some time. A land reclamation agreement was signed in 2014 and reclamation of 40 hectares of land was reported as completed in May 2017. An aerial photo shows an ideal site for an airport runway already in place, a strip of reclaimed land running along almost the entire eastern shoreline of Muli island, encompassing the southern tip and extending along about a third of the western coast.
M.Muli 40ha land reclamation project completed. Shukuriya @PresidentYAG. Mi hageegai badhaleh nukureveyne. @MoosaZameer @AliNishan_ #RY18 pic.twitter.com/c6vW3Uwmnb
— PPM Muli – RY2018 (@PpmMuli) May 27, 2017
MTCC has also been contracted to reclaim land for a new airport in Hoarafushi in Haa Alif Atoll, the northernmost atoll in the Maldives. The project, anticipated to cost over US$4 million, will be funded by the state budget. MTCC has already started development of an airport on Maavarulu island, a project costing US$ 3.7 million funded by the state budget, with tarring of the 1,200 metre runway scheduled to commence by the end of July. Maarvarulu is an island on Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll, where a second new airport is to be built, on Faresmaathoda, an uninhabited island situated on the south of the atoll. Tourism developer 'Champa' Mohamed Moosa, gave a US$4 million loan to the government to develop the airport and a press conference at the beginning of June marked the signing of a US$2.5 million contract with Gulf Cobla, a UAE based dredging company, to begin land reclamation for the project.
Mohamed Moosa is chair of Kuredu Holdings, a major resort operator which has been awarded a contract to develop another new airport, on Madivaru island, in the tourism hotspot of Lhaviyani atoll, which will entail reclaiming three hectares of land from Madivaru lagoon. Kuredu Holdings is expected to develop a hotel to support Madivaru airport operations. More land reclamation, and yet another new airport, looms in Bileyfahi, where President Abdulla Yameen pledged to reclaim land and build a domestic airport, explaining that this additional facility, together with the new Funadhoo Airport, which is located just 40 kilometres away, will make Shaviyani atoll a tourism hub.
The necessity of the new airports, many of which are generously funded by the government, is highly questionable. The Maldives already has 12 airports and all three new airports in the #SaveMaldives report are being constructed even though an existing airport is easily accessible by speedboat, a journey of 45 minutes in the case of Funadhoo Airport, 40 minutes on the case of Maafuru and just 25 minutes away from Kulhudhuffushi Airport. In a similar vein, SaveFainu campaigners regard an airport on Fainu island to be unnecessary as an existing airport in Raa atoll, 26 kilometers away on Ifuru island, can be reached by speedboat in just 25 minutes.
Climate impacts from aviation expansion, land reclamation and loss of mangroves
The Maldives government continues its drive to build new airport projects even though the country is on the front line of the battle against climate change. Rising seas are lapping at the shores of many low-lying islands. The Irreversible Damage, Destruction & Loss #SaveMaldives report points out the inconsistency of the Maldives government on the international stage when in November 2017, Environment Minister, Thoriq Ibrahim, traveled to advocate for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) at the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). A key issue for small islands is their vulnerability to rising seas caused by climate change. Yet the government driven and funded aviation expansion drive is a climate double whammy; with aviation expansion increasing greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft and land reclamation increasing vulnerability to climate change induced flooding from rising sea levels, severe storm surges and more intense rainfall due to removal of vegetation which serve as a buffer absorbing excess water.
Destruction of mangroves for new airports compounds the climate impacts, because these unique ecosystems play a unique role in carbon sequestration, absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere and storing in their biomass for long periods and laying down soil that acts as a carbon sink. The Maldives government pursues environmentally devastating airport projects in the face of widespread opposition from civil society, even though it is a recipient of large amounts of donor funds for climate change mitigation and resilience. International organizations and development partners such as UNDP Maldives have remained silent.


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THURSDAY, June 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- In true revenge-of-the-nerds fashion, a new study suggests that people who reach the pinnacle of "coolness" as young teens are more likely to end up less well-adjusted and competent as young adults.
This conclusion comes from tracking nearly 200 teens over a decade as they made their way through adolescence and early adulthood. The study suggests that children who place less focus on popularity, and more focus on becoming honest, helpful and hardworking, are the ones who may ultimately come out on top.
"For years, young teens, and even parents of teens, have been intimidated by the kids who just seem to be moving precociously into adolescence," said study lead author Joseph Allen, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia.
"These teens date; they go to fast parties; they get in minor forms of trouble that people associate with adolescence, [such as] vandalism, shoplifting and truancy; they care more about appearances," Allen explained.
"[But] being popular in middle school isn't the same as becoming prepared to be a successful adult," he said.
Allen and his team discuss their findings in the June 12 issue of Child Development online.
To gain insight into what constitutes teenage coolness -- and how well such coolness wears with age -- investigators focused on 86 boys and 98 girls who were enrolled in seventh or eighth grade when the study began.
The student group included white, black and mixed-race teens attending public schools in urban and suburban areas located in the southeastern United States.
Ultimately, the authors were able to keep tabs on 175 of the 184 original 13-year old participants, tracking them until they were between 20 and 23 years of age.
In the interim, repeated interviews were conducted with the teens and their parents, as well as their ever-changing roster of so-called best friends, and peers from their extended circle of friends.
The result, according to researchers: Early popularity appears hard to sustain.
Specifically, the study team found that 13-year-olds who sought maturity, had early romantic relationships, placed a premium on social status and pretty people, and acted out in a sometimes delinquent manner were, indeed, routinely described by peers as cool and popular.
But, by the time they reached their 20s, the same people were often characterized as decidedly uncool, and even socially incompetent.
What's more, the risk for developing an adult drug or alcohol problem, or engaging in serious criminal activity, turned out to be higher among formerly cool teens when compared with their formerly uncool peers.
Although the authors don't know exactly why young teens perceived as cool don't end up doing so well, one theory is that the teens' need for status during their formative years leads them to connect with their peers by engaging in status-seeking behaviors that aren't considered socially acceptable or "cool" when they're older. What's more, the study authors suggest those teens may have never learned how to make more normal and mature connections with others.
"We think it's important," said Allen, "that parents, and even teens, get the message that the so-called fast track socially in early adolescence turns out to be a dead end."
Does that mean cool teens are doomed to a dismal future?
"No," said Allen. "It's not a life sentence for teens. I'd describe the cool track as a dead end [for] kids who stay on it. [Those who] continue to seek popularity by trying to act cool, rather than learning to be a good friend [or] honest are indeed going to have trouble. But one can get off this track at any time."
Craig Anderson, director of the Center for the Study of Violence at Iowa State University, wholeheartedly agreed.
"This is a very well conducted study, and the results are fascinating," he said. "What's going on at 13 is significant going forward, because when you try and predict behavior long-term it's always best to look at behavior in the past.
"But even so, what's going on at age 13 isn't one's entire destiny by any means," Anderson said. "Parents who might be worried about their relatively quiet teen might want to make an effort to reassure them that popularity at an early age isn't really all that important. And certainly schools and parents should be at least a little aware of the potential problems that the so-called cool teens appear to face down the road."
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Russian Election Protests Biggest In 2 Decades
It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. We begin this morning with the events that unfolded in Russia over the weekend. Tens of thousands protested in Moscow and dozens of other cities. They alleged widespread fraud in last week's parliamentary elections and had angry words for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, whose party dominates the parliament. The demonstrations may have been the largest the country has seen since the Soviet Union collapsed two decades ago. The question now is how the government will respond and whether this outpouring of emotion will lead to real any change.
NPR's Moscow correspondent David Greene is wrapping up a two-week reporting trip across Russia. We found him in the city of Khabarovsk. Hi there, David.
DAVID GREENE, BYLINE: Hi there, Steve.
INSKEEP: Okay. So Prime Minister Putin was the target of these protests. What's he doing about it?
GREENE: Well, so far we've heard from Putin's office, Steve. And they say simply that the prime minister was listening and heard what the protesters were saying. The president of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, says he didn't agree with the slogans that were out on the streets but he is planning an investigation into whether there was election fraud in those parliamentary elections a week ago, which Putin's party did win. And the demonstrators have insisted that there was widespread fraud. And let's just remember the context of all of this weekend, Steve: Putin served as president for eight years, prime minister now for close to four, and now he plans to return as president next year, in theory for possibly two more six-year terms.
And it looks like this is what really angered a lot of Russians who where out on the streets. Putin announced that he would run in a presidential election coming up in March - not Medvedev, the current president - and a lot of Russians seem to feel he was just assuming that job is his, forgetting that voters actually have a voice and have a choice.
INSKEEP: People listening in the U.S. are immediately going to wonder, is this an Arab Spring for Russia?
GREENE: You know, it's not clear yet. This was one event. And Steve, I'm actually looking more to what's happening outside of Moscow. I am really far away from the capital. I'm in the city of Khabarovsk, as you said. It's seven time zones to the East. People are driving cars with the steering wheel on the right because the cars come from Japan, which is nearby. And when those thousands of people were out on the streets of Moscow Saturday, there was a flash mob Mr. Obama here in Lenin Square. About a hundred students put scotch tape over their mouths, in essence saying we have no voice in politics.
But speaking to people out in the streets today in this city, the voice that really stuck with me, Steve, was a woman named Natalia Alexandrovna. She didn't give me her full name out of fear for her job. She's a 42-year-old mom. She works as a nurse for the police department here. And I spoke to her. She was all bundled up in the square, and she's basically tolerated Putin for the past 12 years. Didn't love, didn't hate him. I asked her if she thought maybe Putin might respond in some way to these protests, and she said probably not.
NATALIA ALEXANDROVNA: (Through translator) Since he already was president, and we didn't have anything good from him, so I think it is unlikely.
GREENE: Next time people come out here on the square to protest, do you think you might consider coming out here to say I want a change?
ALEXANDROVNA: (Through translator) Well, it is likely, if I have time.
GREENE: Have you ever done that before? Have you ever come out to protest?
ALEXANDROVNA: (Russian spoken)
GREENE: Nyet, Steve. She said nyet. She's never been out to protest before.
INSKEEP: Well, is she going to get a chance to protest in the future?
GREENE: We'll find out. I mean certainly in Moscow the opposition leaders are vowing to come out on the streets again. Here in Khabarovsk, it's hard to say. I mean those hundred people that we saw this weekend were one of the largest protests people remember in this city since Soviet times. But, you know, a lot of Russians have this reputation for being apolitical, especially outside of the capital. And that's why this woman was so powerful to me, Steve. I mean you hear complaints about Putin in Moscow, but in my two years of covering Russia, when I've gone out into the regions like this, normally you hear people saying, you know, Putin, I want a strong leader, I want stability. And I've always just said to myself, you know, when, if, you know, are Russians going to demand political change? And if change is coming right now, if that's what we're seeing, I think the voice from this woman who I spoke to might be as important or more important than those live voices in Moscow.
INSKEEP: That's NPR's David Greene talking with us from the eastern Russian city of Khabarovsk. David, thanks very much.
GREENE: Always a pleasure, Steve.
INSKEEP: And of course David joins this program as a host and correspondent early next year. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Yahoo's effort to make peace with hedge fund Third Point, the company's staunchest critic and owner of 5.8% of the voting shares, was a bust. The struggling Internet giant hoped to end Third Point's planned proxy fight by naming three independent directors — including former Discovery COO and Fox Entertainment exec Peter Liguori — and giving the fund a say in the choice of two other directors. Yahoo says that "there is value in avoiding the cost and distraction that inevitably accompanies a proxy fight." But Third Point rejected the plan, saying that it shows "one of Yahoo!'s paramount principles of corporate governance is 'Shareholders not welcome'." That leaves the fund with "no choice but to take our case directly to our fellow shareholders…Yahoo!'s shareholders deserve a voice and a choice. We intend to provide them with one at this year's Annual Meeting." Third Point's slate consists of CEO Daniel Loeb, corporate restructuring expert Harry Wilson, media consultant Michael Wolf, and former NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Zucker. Last week Loeb complained that Yahoo had been "dismissive" in its review of his slate.
In addition to Liguori, Yahoo said that beginning April 5 it will add to the board outgoing IAC/InterActive Corp CFO Thomas McInerney, and American Express Chief Marketing Officer John Hayes. Yahoo said if Third Point dropped its fight, then the company would also accept Wilson and someone else who's "mutually acceptable" to both sides — but not one of the hedge fund's other candidates. Yahoo said that Loeb wouldn't end his fight "unless he personally was appointed to the Board." But directors determined that "other candidates were more qualified for the position." Yahoo says that it "remains open to hearing Third Point's ideas and to working constructively with Third Point, but believes that appointing Mr. Loeb to the Board is not in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders." Last month the company attacked Loeb's "potentially disruptive" campaign "just as the Company is moving forward under new leadership to aggressively increase the value of Yahoo! for the benefit of all of its shareholders." The fight comes as Yahoo struggles to chart a new course amid turmoil at the top with the firing last year of Carol Bartz as CEO and the resignation from the board of co-founder Jerry Yang. Its stock is down 9.3% over the last 12 months.
Here's Yahoo's release about its new board members and peace effort with Third Point:
SUNNYVALE, Calif.– Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO), the premier digital media company, today announced that its Board appointed three new independent directors, effective April 5, 2012: John D. Hayes, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of American Express Company; Peter Liguori, former Chief Operating Officer of Discovery Communications, Inc. and former Chairman and President of Entertainment of Fox Broadcasting Network; and Thomas J. McInerney, the outgoing Chief Financial Officer of IAC/InterActiveCorp.
"Each of these individuals impressed the search committee with their demonstrable records of significant accomplishment at the highest levels of media, advertising and marketing, finance, including corporate finance and restructuring, and further insight into customers' perspectives. Together, they bring a powerful mix of exactly the right ingredients to fuel Yahoo!'s forward momentum. Having thoroughly reviewed a broad range of highly qualified candidates and sought input from a number of major shareholders, the Committee enthusiastically recommended to the full Board the appointment of these three excellent directors," said Patti Hart, chairman of the Board's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, which conducted the search process.
Roy Bostock, Chairman of the Board, added, "Yahoo! is moving aggressively to increase shareholder value. We have appointed a capable and dynamic CEO who is driving the business towards its next era of success. And we have reconstituted the Board of Directors with the right mix of experience and expertise to help Yahoo! build upon its very strong assets and brand base to take advantage of the opportunities ahead."
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee conducted the search process in conjunction with a leading professional search firm and identified, interviewed and evaluated a wide range of candidates, including Third Point's nominees. Following completion of the Committee's evaluation process, the Committee and the Board determined that the group of candidates announced today were the best qualified, based particularly on their individual accomplishments and records of value creation in other positions with specific relevance to Yahoo!'s business and its opportunities.
At the same time, in view of Third Point's significant ownership position and the qualifications of Harry Wilson, the Board concluded that it was appropriate to propose that Mr. Wilson and a second individual mutually acceptable to both Third Point and the Yahoo! Board of Directors, outside of the other Third Point nominees, join the Board in settlement of Third Point's solicitation. In addition, the Board believed that there is value in avoiding the cost and distraction that inevitably accompanies a proxy fight, and determined that this proposal was in the best interest of all of its shareholders to avoid that expenditure of resources. Third Point founder and Chief Executive Officer Daniel Loeb rejected this proposal and declined to end Third Point's solicitation with respect to its own four candidates unless he personally was appointed to the Board. Based on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee's thorough review of a broad range of candidates and their qualifications, including Third Point's nominees, the Board determined that other candidates were more qualified for the position. The Board remains open to hearing Third Point's ideas and to working constructively with Third Point, but believes that appointing Mr. Loeb to the Board is not in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders.
The Board continues to believe that the Company needs to move quickly to implement change and improve its performance. The Yahoo! management team is moving with a sense of urgency to reshape and refocus the Company on its core strengths, with an emphasis on redeploying resources to the most productive areas and equipping the Company to invest in growth and innovation. As now constituted, the Board has a well-rounded combination of financial, media, advertising, marketing, operating and technology expertise necessary to bring the right leadership to build value for all Yahoo! shareholders.
Mr. Hayes, one of the nation's most innovative marketing executives with an expertise in digital marketing, has served as Chief Marketing Officer at American Express since 2003, overseeing that company's marketing strategies and product development, as well as its global marketing, market research and publishing organizations. Prior to that, he served for eight years as American Express Executive Vice President, Global Advertising and Brand Management, responsible for brand marketing worldwide. He began his career in the brand and advertising industry and, among his senior positions, he served as President of Lowe & Partners where he led that firm to unprecedented growth through the development of product position and global campaigns for several major corporate clients.
Mr. Liguori served as Chief Operating Officer of Discovery, the leading non-fiction media company in the world, through 2011. Prior to that, he served as Chairman and President of Entertainment for Fox Broadcasting Company. Previously, he was President and CEO of FX Networks, NewsCorp's flagship entertainment cable network. He also served in a series of positions with Home Box Office, including as Vice President, Consumer Marketing where he had responsibility for marketing efforts supporting the HBO brand and HBO original movies. He began his career in the advertising industry, including positions at Saatchi & Saatchi, Compton and Ogilvy & Mather Advertising with clients such as Procter & Gamble and Unilever. He currently serves on the boards of The Topps Company, Inc. and MGM Studios.
Mr. McInerney served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of IAC from January 2005 to March 2012. From January 2003 through December 2005, he was Chief Executive Officer of IAC's Retailing sector. Prior to that time, Mr. McInerney served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ticketmaster and its predecessor company, Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch, Inc. He also worked as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley for 11 years, working with a wide variety of public companies across several industries, advising on restructuring, M&A, IPO and other capital-raising activities. He also serves on the boards of HSN, Inc. and Interval Leisure Group, Inc.
Earlier this year, independent directors Alfred Amoroso and Maynard Webb were appointed to the Board. With today's appointments, the Board has added a total of five new highly qualified independent directors this year. It is expected that the majority of directors will be new to the Board in 2012 following this year's Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and that the entire Board will be new since January 2010. As previously announced, four directors volunteered not to stand for re-election at the next annual meeting, and an additional director resigned from the Board earlier this year.
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