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KC Manuscript Collection 151
This collection consists of one political broadside regarding Kingsport Sessions Court Judge S.G. Gilbreath's appropriateness to be reelected around 1958. The publication was released by a group calling itself "A Group of Citizens Interested in Just and Equal Law Enforcement." Throughout the document, Gilbreath is accused of mistreating citizens and of being a raging alcoholic. The group claimed to have all statements backed by signed legal affidavits stored "in a safety deposit box at a Kingsport bank."
There are no restrictions on use of this collection for research purposes. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
This collection should be cited as:
A Group of Citizens Interested in Just and Equal Law Enforcement (Political Broadside), c. 1958. KC Manuscript Collection 151, Archives of the City of Kingsport, Tennessee.
Jeff A. Jenson processed the collection and developed the finding aid in September 2006.
Gilbreath, S.G., Jr. (Sidney G.)
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The Unit Tests for CMS Working Group is a Production Working Group. It is responsible for seeing that the Unit Tests for the CMS are created and maintained.
Coordinators & PLT Contact
The coordinator for this working group is Michael Babker.
External resources
- PHPUnit Manual (links to current version; as of April 2012, this is version 3.6)
- Joomla Platform unit test library
Technical Work produced by this group
Reaching the desired goal of 100% unit test coverage of CMS library classes can be broken down into three phases:
Phase 1 - Review of current test structure
The initial phase of this "project" will be to review implemented tests and port tests to the Joomla Platform to improve test coverage as needed. The current unit test suite has essentially been untouched since the formal split of the Joomla Platform (between the releases of CMS 1.6 and 1.7), and the test suite itself is designed to run on PHPUnit 3.4 (current version as of April 2012 is 3.6).
Phase 2 - Develop unit test structure
Once the current structure has been combed through to ensure that any valid tests have been ported to the Joomla Platform, we will develop a new unit test framework for the CMS using current versions of all tools (i.e. PHPUnit). The testing will be focused on the CMS 3.0 release series, and as such should be written using PHP 5.3.1 as the minimum supported version (note: the minimum PHP version is based on the current Platform requirements and the previously announced drop of PHP 5.2 support for CMS 3.0). The Platform has a strong unit test infrastructure and can be used as a model for the CMS's framework.
Note that PHPUnit has internal support for database testing. The Platform utilizes an in-memory SQLite database for general unit testing with additional test classes to test specific database driver functionality. MySQL(i) and PostgreSQL are fully supported by PHPUnit, whereas SQL Server does not have this support. A long term goal could potentially be to write a PHPUnit class which enables SQL Server testing and could be pushed upstream to PHPUnit if desired.
Phase 3 - Write and maintain tests
Phase 3 will be an ongoing phase as new commits will require that the unit tests pass as well as new code needing testing. The primary focus will be on CMS specific library classes (those found in libraries/cms and the FinderIndexer** classes). The tests should be written in a way to ensure that all methods work as intended, prevent backwards compatibility from being broken (unless otherwise intended and announced), and other use cases as necessary (such as security issues).
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A North Carolina House bill that would end tax refunds for film production companies is generating debate over incentives used to attract business.
The measure would stop production companies from collecting a check when the size of their credit is greater than what they owe in state taxes. Under the new legislation, companies could use credits to reduce what they owe but not to collect additional money.
Johnny Griffin of the Wilmington Regional Film Commission says that most film companies currently have no tax burden in the state and that with the new system they might look elsewhere.
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- Title
- Ultrafast carrier dynamics of Si quantum dots embedded in SiN matrix
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- Dao, Lap Van; Davis, Jeff; Hannaford, Peter; Cho, Young-Hyun; Green, Martin A.; Cho, Eun-Chel
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- Femtosecond spectrally resolved two-color three-pulse nonlinear spectroscopy is used to study the dynamics and coherence properties of excited carriers in Si quantum dot structures embedded in silicon nitride. A very short dephasing time of <180 fs at room temperature is observed. Ultrashort population relaxation times of ~400 fs and 6–10 ps are measured and discussed in the context of the different contributions from transverse optical and transverse acoustic phonon-assisted transitions.
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- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences. Centre for Atom Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy
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- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 90, no. 8 (2007)
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- 2007
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- Silicon; Silicon compounds; Elemental semiconductors; Wide band gap semiconductors; Semiconductor quantum dots; Carrier relaxation time; High-speed optical techniques; Phonons
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Abuja Travel Information
The Basics
Electrical current is 240 volts, 50Hz. Round and square three-pin plugs are used.
English is the official language in Nigeria and is widely used, though many other languages are also spoken.
Travel Health
When travelling to Nigeria, an international vaccination
certificate against yellow fever is required. A Cholera vaccination
certificate is also required if coming from an infected area. As a
precaution against cholera, visitors should drink or use only
boiled or bottled water and avoid ice in drinks. Anti-malaria
prophylaxis and TB inoculation are recommended. At present there is
a high risk of polio infection in northern Nigeria and inoculations
are advised. Visitors should seek the latest medical advice on
inoculations at least three weeks prior to departure.
Private clinics are found even in the smallest towns. In major cities, private hospitals offer good facilities. As in many countries, costs for medical services or hospital care must be shouldered by the traveller. There are government hospitals throughout the country, but apart from emergencies, the hospitals are more geared to serving the local population. Individuals needing specialised treatment for acute illness or severe injury are usually evacuated to Europe or South Africa. Good, comprehensive insurance is strongly advised, and should include evacuation. Pharmacies abound in Nigeria, even in supermarkets and are open during normal trading hours. Some are open even on Sundays in supermarkets.
In restaurants a 10% tip is adequate if a service charge hasn't already been added. Negotiate taxi fares before embarking on a journey; remember that fares are usually increased for tourists so tipping isn't necessary. Porters should be tipped accordingly.
Safety Information
Violent street crime, armed robberies, muggings and car jackings are prevalent in Lagos and elsewhere in the more populous southern regions of the country. Recent gang violence in central Port Harcourt means that visitors should take care when travelling around the town. Numerous hazards await unwary and uninformed visitors, from bogus greeters at the airport, to scams involving efforts to extort money from visitors' relatives back home and even taking hostages for ransom. Visitors should ensure that their local hosts and/or family and friends at home know their travel plans. The reliability of domestic airlines has also been questioned due to numerous accidents. There are frequent outbreaks of civil unrest and violence, usually caused by ethnic tensions and strikes often cause disruption to transport and other services. Following riots in Kano, travellers are advised to be extremely cautious in the northern region of Nigeria. Travellers are advised to avoid all protests and demonstrations. Fuel shortages often occur, adding to uncertainty for road travel that is already hazardous because of the risk of armed robbery and car jackings, particularly in traffic jams and rural areas. Public transport is extremely dangerous with buses and taxis poorly maintained and fraud and criminal activity rife among drivers. The Delta, Rivers and Bayelsa States should also be avoided, particularly the riverine areas and Port Harcourt, due to hostage-taking. All but essential travel to Akwa Ibom State should also be avoided. Oil facilities have been attacked and expatriate oil workers seized.
Local Customs
Nigeria has a relatively formal society and it is appropriate to address Nigerians by their surnames until you know them very well. Beachwear is only appropriate for the beach. Nigeria has the largest Muslim population in Africa, living mainly in the north. Women should dress modestly, and avoid wearing trousers, and all visitors should exercise discretion in behaviour and dress, especially when visiting religious sites and during the holy month of Ramadan. Time is a different concept in West Africa than in Europe or North America. Being 'on time' to a Nigerian could easily be a couple of hours after an agreed start-time. Evening social events tend to start late and often continue into the small hours. Photography in airports may lead to arrest. Homosexuality is illegal.
Those looking to do business in Nigeria - and especially those who've never done business on the African continent before - will certainly have to prepare themselves to face unique challenges. Although recently, great strides have been made within the corporate world in Nigeria - Africa's most populous nation, and one of the most oil-rich nations on earth - the country still suffers from massive corruption and a debilitating lack of infrastructure, which can make doing business there difficult, to say the least. The management style typically found in Nigeria is extremely hierarchical. The boss - invariably male, and always of an older generation - will expect and will receive respect from all those working beneath him, and will never be publicly criticised. However, this does not necessarily mean that all decisions are made on this authority-figure's whim - business relationships are extremely important in Nigeria, and often, compromises can be reached.
In general, Nigerian business leaders will lead strongly - giving their employees instructions that are expected to be followed closely. Teamwork, and the ability to work together toward clearly-defined goals, are considered more valuable assests in the Nigerian workplace than independent thinking, or individualistic efforts. Business etiquette in Nigeria demands that you cement a working business relationship between yourself and your associates, and are prepared to wait patiently for this trust to develop. Business meetings in Nigeria are very social occasions - providing the framework within which solid interpersonal connections are to be made. Bear the following in mind: respect for your elders is huge in Nigeria - even if you possess more qualifications than older colleagues (or even if you 'outrank' them, in corporate terms), there is no surer way to cause offence in Nigeria than by disrespecting members of the older generation. In Nigeria, especially for men, it is important that your business dress reflects your status - wear dark, stylish suits and a tie, and don't hold back on the accessories.
Dressing for work in Nigeria can be trickier for female expats, especially those used to the more relaxed dress codes found in the UK or America. Nigeria is a very traditional country, and therefore, skirts above the knee and cleavage-revealing tops are unacceptable in the office environment, as is the exposure of too much skin around the collarbone and shoulder area. There is no specific protocol for the exchanging of business cards in Nigeria - although it is considered rude not to study the card in the presence of the person who gave it to you. Make sure any tertiary education or qualifications you have received are printed on your card, and that your title is prominently displayed. In a country of so many different ethnic groups and dialects, English has emerged as the de facto language of business in Nigeria. Business hours are generally from 8am (or 8.30am) to 5pm, from Monday to Friday. In the northern (predominately Muslim) part of Nigeria, Friday is a day of rest.
The country code for Nigeria is +234. Full international direct dialling is available. There are good GSM 900 and 1800 mobile phone networks covering Lagos, Abuja and some other major towns. Internet cafes can be found in major cities.
Duty Free
Travellers to Nigeria over 18 years do not have to pay duty on either 200 cigarettes, 50 medium sized cigars or 200g tobacco. Also allowed are 1 litre spirits and 1 litre wine, perfume or eau de Cologne for personal use and gifts to the value of N300 (excluding jewellery, photographic equipment, electronics and luxury goods.). The following items carry substantial duty levies: Cameras, projectors and other electronic goods, unless visitors can provide proof of possession for at least three years or can submit a certificate of re-importation. Prohibited items include beer, mineral water, soft drinks, sparkling wine, fresh fruit and vegetables, textiles, mosquito netting, jewellery and precious metals, cereals and eggs. Flowers, plants and seeds often need permits and the rules regarding specific species often change, so it is best to check the situation as close to your time of travel as possible. Prescription medication, drugs and pharmaceutical products should be accompanied by a letter from your GP as well as the original prescription, these goods should not be carried in your checked luggage.
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Did the United States test an anti-satellite weapon when it shot down an out-of-control spy satellite earlier this month? Or was it a precautionary measure to protect people on the ground who might have been hit with a fuel tank filled with a poisonous gas?
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Secretary Chu: $100 million for smart grid workforce training
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu stood yesterday at Pepco Holdings, Inc.'s Rockville, Md. service center and announced that nearly $100 million in federal matching funds would be awarded to 54 training programs for the smart grid workforce.
The monies are part of the $4.5 billion announced last year for smart grid and grid efficiency work under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and will be matched by the utilities, universities and vendors that receive them.
The target: training 30,000 new and existing workers. That estimate of workers comes from totals presented by the applicants themselves, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
In essence, yesterday's news addressed the oft-cited need - particularly by participants in the Intelligent Utility Daily forum - for KSA, or knowledge, skills and abilities, needed to address both the transformation of the grid as well as the aging utility workforce.
The funds focus on two different initiatives.
One effort - "developing and enhancing workforce training programs for the electric power sector" - will deliver $41.6 million for 33 projects for "projects, strategies and curricula" at universities, community colleges and technical schools. The awards include support for the Strategic Training and Education in Power Systems (STEPS) initiative, which focuses on cross-disciplinary electric power programs at the university level.
The second effort - "smart grid workforce training" - will send $57.7 million for 21 projects to train new and existing workers, including military veterans and displaced workers, to ensure that utilities and vendors have the KSA to deploy smart grid initiatives. Those initiatives include projects that were awarded smart grid investment grants and demonstrations projects announced last November, according to the DOE.
The Pepco unit where the announcement was made, for instance, is slated to receive $4.4 million in federal funding, which it will match, to train 700 workers "to implement, operate and enhance the smart grid and provide sound energy advice to customers" in Pepco's service area of Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and the District of Columbia.
As is often typical of such programs, the funding is spread geographically across the country.
Projects that received funding yesterday ranged from the Navajo Tribal Authority Company, headquartered in Fort Defiance, Ariz., which will train workers to upgrade its distribution system in Arizona and New Mexico, to the National Grid USA Service Company, Inc., headquartered in Waltham, Mass., which will develop a training program for thousands of utility workers and provide best practices to schools and associations.
The Navajo project totals $1.4 million (split between the DOE funds and the tribal utility authority), while the latter project in Massachusetts will cost $4.4 million, split by the government and the awardee.
Two projects received the largest individual awards of $5 million each: Pennsylvania State University will perform workforce training at its GridSTAR Center and Florida Power & Light Company in Juno Beach will fund its Gateway to Power (G2P) program that will join forces between industry and academia.
As with the smart grid investment grants and demonstrations projects funded last fall, it will take time to digest the implications of yesterday's relatively modest funding of 54 projects.
One area that is ripe for coverage and which we will attempt to follow in this space is the fate of projects that applied for and did not receive funding. The DOE does not release information on unfunded applications - out of respect for applicants' competitive concerns, a department spokesperson told me this week.
Thus if your organization applied for funds awarded last fall or in this round and are able to discuss your proposal's merits and the fate of your work, feel free to shoot me an email. I will focus on a couple such projects to gauge whether they are moving forward without federal matching funds or have been stopped in their tracks.
Winners and losers? Perhaps. We'll have a look, with your help.
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I'll use my imagination....
and pretend I am a Taxpayer... WTF??? Why in the *@?! is the Government Spending even more money than we don't have? Do you want your stupid smart grid (hey a juxtaposition) owned by the Chinese?
It is beyond idiotic that the only question to bring up is "Did you get yours?" or "What are you gonna do if you were left out?"
Do you know we are headed off a financial cliff as a Government... ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS!!!! FOR TRAINING???
Don't EVER tell me how much money a Stupid Smart Grid will ever save me as a consumer... because will i'm paying my supposedley cheaper electric bill the goverment is stealing my money right out of my bank account through inflation, higher taxes to pay for the debt so you guys can pretend that your stupid smart grids are doing something...
I have to go now, I need Duct Tape to apply around my cranium... my head is about to explode...
Phil, did the financial aspect of spending money we don't have EVER cross your mind?
They problem is gov't is picking 'winners and losers' - the gov't shouldn't be funding ANY of this... if it is so damn good then the Utility cos should just invest their own money since they seem to think this will solve all their problems and save so much money....
No, gov't money spent on these projects is my wasted tax dollar that could have gone for something that benefits me... like my OWN MONEY in my OWN ACCOUNT...
Our nation is bankrupt and any money spent this way is ultimately only adding to our $14,000,000,000,000 national debt...
All of your supposed savings will be more than washed out by skyrocketing interest rates and runaway inflation... then where's your savings gonna come from?
go to www.mises.org and learn about Austrian Economics and you'll begin to see the absolute catastrophy we are headed for if we don't batten down and cut spending drastically
My Imagination
I wouldn't want to see this money spent on training workers to install in-home displays or price-sensing appliances. Interval meters, maybe. Substation automation systems, sure. Synchrophasors (set on stun), absolutely. Same for sensors that make it possible to dynamically re-rate transmission lines.
The Smart Grid stuff that's largely invisible is worth doing if it's targeted carefully and has a clear value propoosition. I'd like to know more about the grants that were funded and the ones that were not.
It might also be worth knowing whether these funds were used to hire and train new workers, or simply upgrade the skills of the existing workforce.


text: Photo Gallery True-Color Dinosaur Pictures: First Full-Body Rendering See the woodpecker-like dinosaur that's made history as the first to be fully and scientifically colored—and the feathery fossil that spawned the new view. 0 1 / 5 Dino-pecker? For the first time, scientists have decoded the full-body color patterns of adinosaur—the 155-million-year-old Anchiornis huxleyi (pictured)—a new study in the journal Science says. (Read in-depth coverage.) That may sound familiar, given last week's announcement of the first scientifically verified dinosaur color scheme. But the previous research, published in Nature, had found pigments only on a few isolated parts of dinosaurs (see pictures)—and had used less rigorous methods for assigning colors to the fossilized, filament-like "protofeathers" found on some dinosaur specimens, say authors of the new report. (See a new 3-D National Geographic animation of Anchiornis.) —Chris Sloan, National Geographic magazine senior editor Illustration by National Geographic Fossil Feathers Behind Breakthrough In the Beijing Museum of Natural History, the team behind the new study inScience, co-led by Yale University's Jakob Vinther, found an Anchiornis skeleton (pictured) preserved in an ochre-colored slab of mudstone. With fossilized "protofeathers" bursting from the bones in every direction—and faint evidence of dark and light markings—the fossil was an ideal target for researchers seeking prehistoric melanosomes,pigment-bearing organelles within feathers. The microscopic particles were first found preserved in a fossil—in this case, a prehistoric bird—by Vinther and his team in 2008. The particles had previously been interpreted in fossils as bacteria. In modern birds, different types of melanosomes are known to produce different colors in feathers. Eumelanosomes are rodlike and are associated with the colors black and gray. Phaeomelanosomes are round and produce colors ranging from reddish brown to yellow. A lack of melanosomes makes white. Photograph by Jakob Vinther Crown of Color The subject of the February 4, 2010, Science study—the 155-million-year-oldAnchiornis huxleyi—turns out to have looked something like a woodpecker the size of a chicken, with black-and-white spangled wings and a rusty red crown. Only a short time ago Anchiornis was completely unknown to science. The chicken-size dinosaur species' color patterns were decoded after the study authors had used a scanning electron microscope to study pigment samples taken from fossil feathers all over a specimen and then compared the samples to pigment from modern birds. (Pictures: Evolution of Dinosaur Art.) Illustration courtesy Michael DiGiorgio, Yale Sexy Beast? Anchiornis's complicated pattern of reddish brown, black, gray, and white feathers may have been useful in attracting mates or some form of visual communication, as is often the case in living birds, researchers speculate. The new find's implications for the evolution of feathering and flight are "striking," said study co-author Julia Clarke, a vertebrate paleontologist at the University of Texas in Austin. Anchiornis shows that, "when elongate feathers first appear [in the fossil record], they are already distinctively spotted and striped," Clarke said. "We now have patterns within individual feathers in dinosaurs long before we get some kind of aerial locomotion." Ornithologist Richard Prum of Yale University added that "a more likely function"—other than flight—"for both the crown and limb feathers of Anchiornis is communication or signaling. "This could have been in lots of contexts, including sexual display, territoriality, et cetera," Prum said. "It could also have been like modern redstarts, which use their bright wing and tail patches to scare up insects, which [the birds] then seize in flight." Illustration courtesy Michael DiGiorgio, Yale Barnyard Dinosaur? The color patterns on Anchiornis's limbs are "quite similar to the silver-spangled Hamburg chicken [pictured], a domestic breed of ornamental chicken," said ornithologist Richard Prum of Yale University. Prum is a co-author of the new study and has received funding from the Committee for Research and Explorationof the National Geographic Society (which owns National Geographic News). "The significance of these finely preserved feathered dinosaurs and early birds is that they pose questions we didn't even know to ask," said study co-author Julia Clarke, a vertebrate paleontologist at the University of Texas in Austin. "In some ways the story is just opening up, and we can't predict where it is going. (Quiz: Test your dinosaur IQ.) Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic Stock


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Hello all. I have been a lurker on this site for many years it seems and have pulled many a good idea off here and used in my games, so I finally decided to get signed up and share some of my maps. The first one is just a small town, numbered for my players to use in game. The second is a smaller village and the third is an overview of the area surrounding that same village.
(done with a Pilot Precise V5 EF pen on copier paper.)
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Well done! Plus, welcome in out of the darkness of lurker-hood
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Thank you, I tell you what I really envy the guys that can do up the maps on the computer, that is some nice stuff, but I have always been partial to the pen and paper iso style, probably ever since seeing the overhead view of Carse in the Midkemia Press book.
Welcome and good work Nekron!
I'm also a repented lurker...
I really like your style! It's stylized, almost cartoonish, without looking silly. Do you ever colour them?
They are indeed nice looking maps!
Very nicely done! Reminds me of David Macaulay 's work (Cathedral & Castle, etc) especially with the perspective pieces for some reason.
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Awesome work. It's good to see you coming out of the shadows! And with such beautiful maps. I love the style - looks hand-drawn (of course) without looking messy/rushed. If you ever want to dabble with the computer, you could try just finding a good image or texture of parchment, place the images on top, and set to multiply. That'll hide the white without having to actually remove it, and it'll add a little "color" without having to actually color anything.
Hope to see more!
Looks good! Cartoony without looking childish. It reminds me of old-style D&D maps, which is a Good Thing. They have a definite charm
And welcome to the Guild!
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Inadequate waste management reflected in the piles of solid waste on roadsides and waste water flowing from broken sewers in many of our major urban centres is a growing health hazard in the country.
Some years back a group of students from the US launched an initiative aimed at tackling the problem of sanitation in Tanzania after noting the serious consequences of its neglect in most Third World countries.
They wrote and we quote in extenso: "The waste generated in Tanzania as well as in other countries that do not have proper disposal means creates unsanitary living conditions and detrimental health concerns, such as diarrhea and malnutrition, in addition to a range of sicknesses and diseases. Internationally, these problems triggered by improper sanitation efforts can be traced back to about 68% of all deaths for children under the age of five. Today, it is estimated that there are about 2.6 billion people (980 million children) living in the developing world who have yet to gain access to proper sanitation means, of which 572 million are living in Africa. Approximately 62% of people in Africa lack the access to adequate sanitation facilities. This results in health and living conditions being crippled, hence affecting nearly every aspect of life."
They continue: In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on average, only 1,800 of 2,600 tons of waste thrown away is collected and disposed of properly. When discarded waste is poorly managed, piled on the ground, and left to decay, it can draw pests, snakes, and other rodents and cause environmental pollution that can result in the spread of toxins or disease in a community. When children play near or in worse cases, in the waste, they are more likely to be exposed to agents, pathogens and infections that can lead to conditions such as malaria and diarrhea. In Tanzania, without proper waste management diseases such as dysentery, diarrhea, scabies, eye infections, typhoid, cholera and intestinal parasites can spread quickly in persons and communities. Each year, it is estimated that 100,000 people die from malaria in Tanzania, 90% of which are mothers and young children. Worldwide, 8% of children die of malaria each year, and 17% from diarrhea related infections, 88% of which is due to contaminated water sources. Even more alarming is that the sole number of children dying from diarrhea worldwide, coming to approximately 5000 deaths each day.
Whether the students made any headway in tackling the problem is not the issue. The fact that they identified it as a major cause of the many ailments that afflict our people should prompt us to address it.
For it is true that many of our neighbourhoods still exhibit piles of refuse and foul smelling stagnant water from broken sewers, with little being done to rectify the situation.
The result is the demand for a bigger health budget allocation to handle some of the ailments caused by unsanitary living conditions.
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Insulin resistance alters islet morphology in non-diabetic humans
- Teresa Mezza1,2,
- Giovanna Muscogiuri2,
- Gian Pio Sorice2,
- Gennaro Clemente3,
- Jiang Hu1,
- Alfredo Pontecorvi2,
- Jens J. Holst4,
- Andrea Giaccari2,5⇑ and
- Rohit N. Kulkarni1⇑
- 1Islet Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine, Joslin Diabetes Center, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
- 2Division of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
- 3Department of Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
- 4NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Department of Biomedical Sciences, the Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- 5Fondazione Don Gnocchi, Milan, Italy
- Corresponding authors: Andrea Giaccari, E-mail: giaccari{at}rm.unicatt.it, and Rohit N. Kulkarni, E-mail: Rohit.Kulkarni{at}joslin.harvard.edu
Type 2 diabetes is characterized by poor glucose uptake in metabolic tissues and manifests when insulin secretion fails to cope with worsening insulin resistance. In addition to its effects on skeletal muscle, liver, and adipose tissue metabolism, it is evident that insulin resistance also impacts pancreatic β cells. To directly examine the alterations that occur in islet morphology, as part of an adaptive mechanism to insulin resistance, we evaluated pancreas samples obtained during pancreatoduodenectomy from non-diabetic subjects who were either insulin resistant or insulin sensitive. We also compared insulin sensitivity, insulin secretion and incretin levels between the two groups. We report an increased islet size, and an elevated number of both β and α cells that resulted in an altered β:α cell area in the insulin resistant group. Our data suggest that neogenesis from duct cells and transdifferentiation of α cells are potential contributors to the β cell compensatory response to insulin resistance in the absence of overt diabetes.
- Received June 28, 2013.
- Accepted November 4, 2013.
- © 2013 by the American Diabetes Association.
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Clive represents the sophisticated image of Jaeger-LeCoultre Fine Watchmaking. Clive's discrete yet charismatic elegance is in perfect harmony with the Duomètre collection; a true expression of the savoir faire of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Manufacture, located in the Valley de Joux, Switzerland. The Duomètre collection associates technical performance, precision and an impactful aesthetic.
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North Carolina's new insurance commissioner says legislative efforts to freeze increased costs for coastal homeowners risks making policies less available and less competitive for all residents.
Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin said Monday that lawmakers could upset the balance between competition and the need to beef up the state-sanctioned beach insurance plan.
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When you're starting the Customer Development phase for your startup (idea), the question of whether or not you should provide some type of incentive to people to get them to talk to you often comes up.
You shouldn't. Here's why.
When you're starting the Customer Development phase for your startup (idea), the question of whether or not you should provide some type of incentive to people to get them to talk to you often comes up.
You shouldn't. Here's why.
Do you stand behind your product?
If someone asked for their money back would you give it to them?
Then why not use that as part of your promotion? This is part of what is referred to as "Risk Reversal" and can go a long way toward helping your prospect make the decision to become your customer.
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OKLAHOMA CITY - Year in and year out national titans of high school football like Jenks, Tulsa Union, Clinton, and Carl Albert hold the attention of most everyone within the state of Oklahoma. In the next three years the focus may shift to a program that has only become a contender over the past decade in the much smaller 2A classification will hold not only the state's attention but the nation's for the next three years.But that's exactly the role that Heritage Hall will hold with a roster full of famous football names.While there have been plenty of sons of great players that have come into Rivals.com's database none have carried the weight of expectation that follows Chargers sophomore running back Barry Sanders Jr.. "We've had interview requests from USA Today, and just about every national paper you can think of trying to talk to Barry," Heritage Hall head coach Andy Bogert said. "We're trying to deflect as much as we can from him but obviously he knows everyone is watching him."While Sanders quickly become a national phenomenon following a youtube clip of an amazing run in the 2A state semi-finals, a performance he followed up with three touchdowns in the state title game, there is one interesting reality that most remain unaware of.Sanders won't even be a starter this year for the Chargers.So who is the future answer to Barry Sanders Jr. trivia?Senior running back Tanner France."Tanner has earned the starting spot but it's not like Barry won't be playing a ton for us, we'll shuttle those guys in and out," Bogert explained.Unlike his famous father Sanders Jr. will also be making his presence felt on the defensive side of the ball starting at cornerback for the Chargers, a position that he seems to be acclimating himself to nicely picking off a pair of passes during practice on Thursday.The scary part for linebackers is Sanders stands a sturdy 5-foot-11, and 190-pounds with time to continue to grow.More than Just Sanders Jr.In an unbelievable collection of name talent Sanders Jr. is only one of three 2012 Chargers whose family is well known within Oklahoma football circles.For Sooner fans Sterling Shepard hails from a family that will bring a lot of smiles to Sooner faces. His father, the late former Sooner and Dallas Cowboys receiver Derrick Shepard, was a receiver during Barry Switzer's monstrous run through the mid-1980s and his son shows signs of being a similarly talented athlete.However, Shepard may shows signs of being a more elite defensive back than receiver but with much time between himself and graduation there is a long way to go before anyone knows just what he brings to the table.In an unfortunate twist, Shepard isn't the only Charger to have lost a famous pass-catching father.While Mandrell Dean may never have found the NFL and college football glory that Shepard did; in the fall of 1992 there was little doubt that Dean would.His son, Quintaz Struble, will have a chance to pick up where his father left off as he is the expected starter at both defensive tackle and tight end of the Chargers this year. Though a bit undersized for either right now Struble has a big frame and may have a real future as a strongside defensive end or a very athletic interior defensive lineman.Both Stuble and Shepard are a ways away from being finished products but in spite of famous fathers who made their names scoring touchdowns they may be best suited to slow scoring in the future.Sadly for Struble he'll miss his entire season after tearing knee ligaments in Hall's final pre-season scrimmage.It seems that contrarians run rampant at Heritage Hall as the cousin of current Sooner All-American defensive tackle Gerald McCoy is working as a freshman on Heritage Hall's offensive lineman.The Best of the Bunch?While Sanders Jr. started to become highly notable during the playoffs last year it was another freshman that started from day one, 2012 linebacker Marc Robinson. In fact, as legend has it Robinson was named the starter the second day of his freshman fall.The 5-foot-11, 190-pound linebacker also stars as a fullback for the high-flying Charger offense but it's on defense where most feel he'll make his impact in the college game."He took over quickly for us and just made a lot of plays," Bogert said of yet another prize pupil.Robinson is a physical player who seems years ahead of his contemporaries in his comfort with the game. If he continues to grow and develop he very well may rivals Sanders Jr. as a recruit.Regardless of how the rankings turn out there is no doubt that one major program after another will learn how to find the little program in the extreme North of Oklahoma City.EDITOR'S NOTE: Following SoonerScoop.com's trip to Heritage Hall former Charger offensive lineman, and 2011 prospect, Levi Fisher elected to give up football due to a medical ailment beyond his control. ...More... To continue reading this article you must be a member. Sign Up Now!
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Sturgis Podmore was a member of the Order of the Phoenix who fought in both First and Second Wizarding Wars. He was also a member of the Advance Guard. In 1995, he was put under the Imperius Curse by Death Eaters, who made him attempt to break into the Department of Mysteries. He was sentenced to six months in Azkaban.
First Wizarding War
Sturgis Podmore was a member of the Order of the Phoenix, an organisation found and led by Albus Dumbledore, in order to oppose Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters, during the First Wizarding War. He managed to survive the war since Lord Voldemort's first downfall.
Second Wizarding War
After Voldemort's return, Sturgis became a member of the Order during the Second Wizarding War, and was a part of the Advance Guard that safely brought Harry Potter to 12 Grimmauld Place.
On 31 August, 1995 he stood guard beside the entrance of the Department of Mysteries and was subsequently put under the Imperius Curse by the Death Eater Lucius Malfoy. Mad-Eye Moody was irritated when Podmore didn't return his Invisibility cloak and that he did not turn up to help transport Harry Potter safely to King's Cross Station, not knowing Sturgis had been Imperiused.
Under the control of the Death Eaters, Sturgis attempted to break into the Department of Mysteries during one of his guard shifts. However, he was discovered and arrested by Eric Munch, a Ministry official, during the attempt and was sentenced to six months in the Wizard Prison, Azkaban.
In an article announcing Sturgis Podmore's arrest, the Daily Prophet revealed that his home is Number 2, Laburnum Gardens, Clapham.
After he was released from Azkaban, it is possible that he rejoined the Order for the remainder of the war.
Physical appearance
Sturgis was a wizard with a square jaw and thick straw-coloured hair. These features give the impression that his head was thatched.
Order of the Phoenix members
Sturgis's relationship with the other members of the order is unknown; it is possible that they had a good relationship. Sturgis seemed to like Harry Potter, when he first met him. Harry was very upset learning that Sturgis attemped to break into the Department of Mysteries, and thought it was unfair that Sturgis was imprisoned. Alastor Moody was firstly angry with Sturgis for taking his Invisibility Cloak. However, they were all upset, learning about Sturgis's imprisonment. Sturgis might have been also friendly with Remus Lupin, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Nymphadora Tonks, Hestia Jones, Emmeline Vance, Elphias Doge and Dedalus Diggle, as they were all members of the Advance Guard in 1995. He possibly knew Albus Dumbledore, the founder of the order, too.
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- Sturgis Podmore was omitted from the film and video game adaptations of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
- It is possible that Sturgis may be related to Sir Patrick Delaney-Podmore of the Headless Hunt.
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48 U.S. Code § 1613 - Relations between courts of United States and courts of Virgin Islands; review by United States Court of Appeals for Third Circuit; reports to Congress; rules
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The relations between the courts established by the Constitution or laws of the United States and the courts established by local law with respect to appeals, certiorari, removal of causes, the issuance of writs of habeas corpus, and other matters or proceedings shall be governed by the laws of the United States pertaining to the relations between the courts of the United States, including the Supreme Court of the United States, and the courts of the several States in such matters and proceedings.
Source(July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 23,68 Stat. 506; Pub. L. 98–454, title VII, § 704,Oct. 5, 1984, 98 Stat. 1739; Pub. L. 103–437, § 17(a)(4),Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4595; Pub. L. 112–226, § 1,Dec. 28, 2012, 126 Stat. 1606.)
2012—Pub. L. 112–226substituted a period for ": Provided, That for the first fifteen years following the establishment of the appellate court authorized by section 1611 (a) of this title, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit shall have jurisdiction to review by writ of certiorari all final decisions of the highest court of the Virgin Islands from which a decision could be had. The Judicial Council of the Third Circuit shall submit reports to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives at intervals of five years following the establishment of such appellate court as to whether it has developed sufficient institutional traditions to justify direct review by the Supreme Court of the United States from all such final decisions. The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit shall have jurisdiction to promulgate rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this section." at end.
1994—Pub. L. 103–437substituted "Natural Resources" for "Interior and Insular Affairs" before "of the House".
1984—Pub. L. 98–454amended section generally, substituting provisions relating to the relations between local law courts and already established courts under the Constitution or laws of the United States with respect to appeals, certiorari, etc. and providing that the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit shall have jurisdiction to review all final decisions from the highest court of the Virgin Islands for fifteen years after the appellate court is established for former provisions relating to the jurisdiction of inferior courts, transfer of actions, status as committing court, bail and rules.
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First of all, I'd like to wish all the Dads out there a very Happy Father's Day! Then, I'd like to remind all the daughters out there who still have their Dads with them how lucky they are. I lost my father three and a half years ago and I'd give anything to have just one more day with him. He was a wonderful man and I miss him terribly. Cherish each moment with your loved ones. Time flies by so quickly and there are no "do overs".
Now that I've thoroughly cheered you up, let me tell you about the special Father's Day dinner I made for Mr. SGCC. There's a little Mexican place in town we like to go to called Mi Pueblo. They have good, fresh food at reasonable prices. Plus, they have a cute old guy that walks around with his guitar, serenading the diners at each table. It isn't the Frontera Grill, but we like it. Our favorite dish at Mi Pueblo is their chiles rellenos. They make then with these humongous poblano peppers that are stuffed with lots of well-seasoned meat and cheese. Mr. SGCC absolutely loves them! I don't do a lot of Mexican at home, but I decided to try to recreate them for him.
Since I had never made chiles rellenos before, I turned to the guru of Mexican cuisine, Rick Bayless of the Frontera Grill, for guidance. His chile rellenos are so popular that people line up outside the restaurant an hour before the doors open just to make sure they can get some. In fact, the restaurant regularly sells out of them within the first twenty minutes! I figured if Frontera Grill's chiles rellenos were that hot, they must be good. So, that's the recipe I decided to go with. Little did I know at the time what I was in for!
First of all, the recipe is good – very good, in fact. It is also, however, very long and time consuming as well. There are four different components in this dish and each requires several steps. None of the individual steps are particularly difficult, but there are a lot of them. And be forewarned, you will probably need to hose down your kitchen after you're finished! read more >>
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The Greasy Chopper
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The Greasy Chopper is a bar featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. It is located Downtown, directly opposite of Howlin' Petes Biker Emporium. It is the base of operations for the Bikers led by Mitch Baker, and the starting point for most of Baker's missions for Tommy Vercetti. Baker frequents the bar, as do Cougar and Zeppelin.
At least one Angel motorcycle is parked outside the bar. In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, an armor pick-up can be found on the roof. The interior of the bar is not accessible to the player except through modifications, cheats, and glitches. Despite this, the inside is quite detailed; the walls are covered with license plates, stickers, and flags. There are also several pinball machines, a few pool tables, a jukebox, and a stage with musical instruments on it.


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Hi George, that's looking pretty good for that continent, although i'm viewing it on my phone so I can't see stuff like rivers and the smaller details. For celestia, you need the whole thing in equirectangular projection, which is difficult (at least for me) to draw because it gets really stretched near the poles. What I would do is cheat a bit; call your eventual stitched together map a mercator and then use an app/plugin like flexify 2 (a google search will get you to the flaming pear product page and there's a free trial) to go from mercator to equirectangular. But you'll still be missing the poles, so I'd grab one of the good Earth equirectangular illustrations from the motherlode (google "celestia motherlode" to find it) and blend together its poles and your reprojected middle. it'll be quite the undertaking, fair warning
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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Wednesday, April 24, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- Augusta commissioners say they are tired of losing sales tax dollars to surrounding counties.
The numbers for January and February don't look so good, so leaders will use a private retail consulting firm to try and bring back those sales tax dollars.
"It's called a leakage report. We find out where they are going. People are not just going to Columbia County. They're going to Atlanta," said DDA President Margaret Woodard.
"The less sales tax you got, the less rollback you have in the ad valorem tax and that's the concern," said City Administrator Fred Russell.
Concerns have led to a new plan. The main attraction coming soon will be Retail Strategies. It's a consulting firm that's supposed to bring more business to downtown and other parts of Augusta.
"Our Development Authority has done a great job with big stuff. We have not done a good job with retail," Russell said.
This new company could be paid $100,000 over a three-year period to recruit, retain and bring new business to the area.
"This is not an overnight process. The first year is spent gathering information. It takes time to do this," Woodard said.
"I think it's a great move. Our city center is really starting to come together. We are seeing new restaurants and all," said Mayor Deke Copenhaver.
The firm is working to bring business downtown. Commissioners will have to approve expanding their work to other parts of Augusta.
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Prefrontal cortex
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The prefrontal cortex is the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain, lying in front of the motor and premotor areas. In terms of its cytoarchitectonics, the prefrontal cortex is defined by the presence of an internal granular layer IV (in contrast to the agranular premotor cortex). The prefrontal cortex can be divided in several ways, one of which is into three basic areas:
- The orbitofrontal (OFC) and ventromedial areas (vm-PFC);
- the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dl-PFC);
- the anterior and ventral cingulate cortex.[1]
Other areas that can be distinguished are the ventrolateral cortex (vl-PFC), the medial prefrontal cortex (m-PFC), and the anterior prefrontal cortex (a-PFC).
This brain region has been implicated in planning complex cognitive behaviors, personality expression, decision making and moderating correct social behavior. The basic activity of this brain region is considered to be orchestration of thoughts and actions in accordance with internal goals.
The most typical psychological term for functions carried out by the pre-frontal cortex area is executive function. Executive function relates to abilities to differentiate among conflicting thoughts, determine good and bad, better and best, same and different, future consequences of current activities, working toward a defined goal, prediction of outcomes, expectation based on actions, and social "control" (the ability to suppress urges that, if not suppressed, could lead to socially-unacceptable outcomes).
Many authors have indicated an integral link between a person's personality and the functions of the prefrontal cortex.
The prefrontal cortex has a high number of interconnections between both the brainstem's Reticular Activating System (RAS) and the limbic system. As a result, the centers in the prefrontal cortex depend significantly on high levels of alertness, and emotional linkages with deeper brain structures related to control of pleasure, pain, anger, rage, panic, aggression (fight-flight-freeze responses), and basic sexual responses.
Perhaps the seminal case in prefrontal cortex function is that of Phineas Gage, whose personality may have changed after an 1848 accident destroyed one or both frontal lobes. The standard presentation (e.g. [2]) is that although Gage retained normal memory, speech and motor skills, his personality changed radically. He became irritable, quick-tempered, and impatient, characteristics that he previously did not exhibit, so that friends described him as "no longer Gage." And whereas he had previously been a capable and efficient worker, afterwards he was unable to complete the multiple tasks that he started. However, careful analysis of primary evidence shows that descriptions of Gage's psychological changes are usually exaggerated, the most striking feature being that changes described years after his death are far more dramatic than anything reported while he was alive [3].
Subsequent studies, on patients with prefrontal injuries, have shown that the patients verbalized what the most appropriate social responses would be under certain circumstances, yet, when actually performing, they instead pursued behavior that is aimed at immediate gratification despite knowing the longer-term results would be self-defeating.
The interpretation of this data indicates that not only are skills of comparison and understanding of eventual outcomes harbored in the prefrontal cortex but the prefrontal cortex (when functioning correctly) controls the mental option to delay immediate gratification for a better or more rewarding longer-term gratification result. This ability to wait for a reward is one of the key pieces that define optimal executive function of the human brain.
There is much current research devoted to understanding the role of the prefrontal cortex in neurological disorders. Many diseases, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and ADHD, have been related to dysfunction of the prefrontal cortex, and thus this area of the brain offers the potential for new treatments of these diseases. Clinical trials have begun around certain drugs that have been shown to improve prefrontal cortex function, including guanfacine which acts through the alpha-2A adrenergic receptor. A downstream target of this drug, the HCN channel, is one of the most recent areas of exploration in prefrontal cortex pharmacology.[How to reference and link to summary or text]
Miller and Cohen propose an Integrative Theory of Prefrontal Cortex Function. The two theorize that "cognitive control stems from the active maintenance of patterns of activity in the prefrontal cortex that represents goals and means to achieve them. They provide bias signals to other brain structures whose net effect is to guide the flow of activity along neural pathways that establish the proper mappings between inputs, internal states, and outputs needed to perform a given task" (Miller & Cohen, 2001). Essentially the two theorize that the prefrontal cortex guides the inputs and connections which allows for cognitive control of our actions.
The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is of significant importance when top-down processing is needed. Top-down processing by definition is when behavior is guided by internal states or intentions. According to the two, "The PFC is critical in situations when the mappings between sensory inputs, thoughts, and actions either are weakly established relative to other existing ones or are rapidly changing"(Miller & Cohen, 2001). An example of this can be portrayed in the Wisconsin card sort task (WCST). Subjects engaging in this task are instructed to sort cards according to the shape, color, or number of symbols appearing on them. The thought is that any given card can be associated with a number of actions and no single stimulus-response mapping will work. Human subjects with PFC damage are able to sort the card in the initial simple tasks, but unable to do so as the rules of classification change.
Miller and Cohen conclude that the implications of their theory can explain how much of a role the PFC has in guiding control of cognitive actions. In the researchers own words they claim that "depending on their target of influence, representations in the PFC can function variously as attentional templates, rules, or goals by providing top-down bias signals to other parts of the brain that guide the flow of activity along the pathways needed to perform a task" (Miller & Cohen, 2001).
Other disorders
In the last few decades, brain imaging systems have been used to determine brain region volumes and nerve linkages. Several studies have indicated that reduced volume and interconnections of the frontal lobes with other brain regions is observed in those with schizophrenia, depression, people subjected to repeated stressors,[4] suicide victims,[5] incarcerated criminals, sociopaths, and drug addicts. It is believed that at least some of the human abilities to feel guilt or remorse, and to interpret reality, lie in the prefrontal cortex.[How to reference and link to summary or text] It is also widely believed that the size and number of connections in the prefrontal cortex relates directly to sentience, as the prefrontal cortex in humans occupies a far larger percentage of the brain than any other animal. Additionally, as the brain has tripled in size over 5 million years of human evolution, the prefrontal cortex had increased in size sixfold.
- ↑ Contributions of the prefrontal cortex to the neur...[Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2002] - PubMed Result
- ↑ Antonio Damasio, Descartes' Error. Penguin Putman Pub., 1994
- ↑ Malcolm Macmillan, An Odd Kind of Fame: Stories of Phineas Gage (MIT Press, 2000), pp.116-119, 307-333, esp. pp.11,333.
- ↑ Liston C et al (2006). Stress-induced alterations in prefrontal cortical dendritic morphology predict selective impairments in perceptual attentional set-shifting. J Neurosci 26 (30): 7870–4.
- ↑ Rajkowska G. Morphometric methods for studying the prefrontal cortex in suicide victims and psychiatric patients. Ann N Y Acad Sci 836: 253–68.
- Richard M. Burton, The Anatomy, Chemistry and Genetics of Human Behavior, Newport. 1996.
- Miller EK, Cohen JD (2001). An integrative theory of prefrontal cortex function. Annu Rev Neurosci 24: 167–202.
- Lebedev M et al (2004). Representation of attended versus remembered locations in prefrontal cortex. PLoS Biology 2 (11): e365.
- Fuster JM (1997) The Prefrontal Cortex: Anatomy, physiology, and neuropsychology of the frontal lobe, 2 Edition: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
- Michael Anissimov (2008) What is the Prefrontal Cortex?, Conjecture Corporation, http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-prefrontal-cortex.htm
- Ward, J. (2006). The student's guide to cognitive neuroscience. Hove: Psychology Press.
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The Sevilla midfielder is thrilled to hear reports linking him with a move to the Spanish capital, but insists his current focus is firmly on developing in Andalusia Sevilla star Geoffrey Kondogbia says he is delighted that Real Madrid are reportedly following his progress. The France Under-20 international has been linked to a number of European sides since moving from Lens to Sevilla in 2012, and admitted earlier this year that to play for los Blancos would be to realise a childhood dream as rumours of Madrid's interest began to surface. However, Kondogbia maintains his current focus is on continuing his development in Andalusia despite interest from the capital club. "I'm delighted [over Madrid reports] but my feet are firmly on the ground and I know I need to improve a lot," the 20-year-old told a press conference. "They're a great team, like others, but I am very happy at Sevilla. We'll see [what happens] after the World Cup [in 2014]." The holding midfielder also denied that friend Raphael Varane, who established himself in the Blancos first team last season, has been trying to persuade him to join the Liga giants. "I talk to Varane a lot, but not about that," he continued. "We're friends. He hasn't tried to convince me." Both Arsenal and Inter have also been linked with a move for Kondogbia in the past year.
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with Cristiano, this is difficult. He´s like a black hole. Give the ball to him, and you never see it again. For good or bad
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WASHINGTON – There will be more deals for online shoppers this season as retailers realize the technology at buyers' fingertips has changed the game.
Retailers like Target, Macy's, Toys 'R Us and Nordstoms are so much more concerned this year with online shopping, that shoppers will notice a difference both online and in stores, says Jennifer Waters, who writes the Consumer Confidential column for Marketwatch.
Consider this holiday a buyers' market. Retailers are offering changes this year that are a departure from the norm.
Price guarantee
Some retailers might agree to offer a price guarantee, Waters says. If you see what you're looking for at a good price now, ask a manager if you can have the difference if the price goes down later.
"I think a lot of them will do that. They are so into it this year, more than I've noticed ever before and a lot of it is because you can be shopping online while you're in their store," Waters tells WTOP.
Free WiFi in stores
Realizing that many shoppers can compare prices they see in the store on their smartphones, has some retailers ensuring their prices are competitive.
Many will be offering consumers free Wi-Fi as a perk, not only so they can comparison shop, but as an incentive to spending time (and money) at that store versus another, Waters says.
It's the term for buyers who visit stores to check out what they want before they buy it online. And retailers are aware it will be a trend this holiday, especially for buyers making big purchases. Oftentimes holding the item or seeing it in stores can help a buyer make up his mind.
To ensure shoppers make their "showroom" purchase on the retailer's website, stores like Nordstroms and Macy's are trying something new — offering same-day or one-day delivery for a quick turn around, getting the big purchase to the buyer faster.
Free shipping
"It's a key component to much of the success of online sales," says Waters. Many retailers she says, are trying to copy what Amazon does with their online holiday sales.
"People really just won't pay for shipping anymore," Waters says. So if you find you're about to pay for shipping online, chances are you can find a better deal.
Flash sales
Just like the one-day deals available on Cyber Monday and Black Friday, shoppers will likely see more flash sales online this holiday. But they may not be highly publicized.
WTOP suggests setting up email alerts for the "musts" on your wish list this holiday, so you know when it's on sale and where.
Waters says consumers can get really great deals online this season, but they have to be on top of what they are looking for and what retailers are doing.
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Enabling/Disabling Line Numbers in Vim
This will display line numbers along the left side of a window:
:set number
:set nu
This will turn off the line number display:
:set nonumber
:set nonu
:set nu!
Creating a Mapping to Toggle Line Numbers
You can also define a mapping to toggle the option, for example:
:nmap <C-N><C-N> :set invnumber<CR>
By pressing Ctrl-N twice in normal mode, Vim toggles between showing and hiding line numbers.
Enabling Line Numbers on Startup
To enable line numbers on startup, simply add the following to your .vimrc
set number
set nu
Adding Line Numbers Only to Certain Files
Create a filetype plugin for each filetype where you'd like to have numbering enabled (see :help ftplugin-overrule) and add the following line to it:
setl number
Changing Gutter Column Width
If you have Vim version 7 or greater, you can change the width of the "gutter" column used for numbering:
:set numberwidth=3
You can use the number column for the text of wrapped lines:
:set cpoptions+=n
Finally, you can change the color used for the line numbers. For example:
:highlight LineNr term=bold cterm=NONE ctermfg=DarkGrey ctermbg=NONE gui=NONE guifg=DarkGrey guibg=NONE
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On 13 March the European Parliament voted on the two of this year's key policy issues; the EU Budget for the next seven years and the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP), which eats up 40% of it. Although Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) showed courage by rejecting the European Council's deal on the budget, it seems that they lost their guts when it was time to vote for a real reform of the CAP.
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