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In addition to the linky, I'm taking this opportunity each week to write a little bit about a my favorite moments from the past week. I hope you'll feel inspired to leave a comment telling me about your favorite thing(s) that happened this week, too!
These are a few of my favorite things:
Without a doubt, my favorite experiences this week revolved around telling our loved ones that we're expecting our second child. With our immediate families (parents, siblings) we called or Skyped with them and (with the exception of one call which happened while we were out of the house) we played a recording of the baby's heartbeat for them to hear. It was so fun to see and experience everyone's reactions! A couple of our family members had eerily similar reactions to the first time we called to tell them I was pregnant, and others were very different than the first time, which I thought was interesting to get to observe. The excitement and congratulations from family and friends on Facebook were so heartwarming and joyful, too! I'm so grateful we have so many people surrounding our family with love and support during this happy time of growth and transition. We're very excited to welcome this new little one into our family in a few short months!
Jaymz, Daniel, and I had the pleasure of an early morning breakfast date earlier this week with my friend Amy who was in town on business from Germany. Amy and I have been friends since high school, and I'm so grateful that even though her family is in Ohio, her company has a headquarters just outside of Portland! She visits once a year for work, and we get to spend some quality time with her along the way. I really enjoyed seeing Amy again (as I always do!) and I feel blessed to have had the opportunity to share food together and catch up on our lives.
the first year we went, Daniel was just shy of 13 months old), and this was the first time I've ridden a bicycle while pregnant! I've been feeling fairly fatigued and queasy for the past few months, so it had been a while since I ventured out on my bike.
It ended up being a heck of a lot of fun (and I felt great!), even though we had to cut our ride a bit short in order to get home in time for nap. Daniel rode in his trailer behind Jaymz, and I rode solo (sort of). We stopped for some delicious cart food for lunch, and then enjoyed walking around our favorite park together before heading back out on our bikes. I just love the energy present at these kinds of community events—there's nothing quite like it!
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FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE CANS OF FROZEN EGG PRODUCT v. U. S.(1912)
Mr. Ralph S. Rounds for appellant and plaintiff in error.[ Four Hundred and Forty-Three Cans of Frozen Egg Product v. U. S. 226 U.S. 172 (1912) ]
[226 U.S. 172, 175] Assistant Attorney General Adkins and Mr. Louis G. Bissell for appellee and defendant in error.
Mr. Justice Day delivered the opinion of the court:
This case is here on both writ of error to and appeal from a decree of the circuit court of appeals for the third circuit, reversing the judgment of the United States district court for the district of New Jersey, dismissing a libel brought by the United States which had for its object the condemnation of 443 [226 U.S. 172, 178] cans of frozen egg product seized under the pure food act of June 30, 1906 ( 34 Stat. at L. 768, chap. 3915, U. S. Comp. Stat. Supp. 1911, p. 1354).
The United States filed its libel alleging that 443 cans of frozen egg product, in the possession of the Merchants' Refrigerating Company at Jersey City, New Jersey, consisted in whole or in part of a 'filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal, to wit, egg substance,' and praying for their condemnation. At the trial the issues were narrowed so as to exclude filthy and putrid substances, leaving the charge to stand as to decomposed substance. Three hundred and forty-two cans were seized. The H. J. Keith Company appeared and claimed the goods, denying the charges concerning them. The case was tried without a jury, to the district judge, who entered a decree dismissing the libel. The United States took an appeal to the circuit court of appeals, and, after consideration in that court, the decree dismissing the libel was reversed, and, upon the facts, a decree of condemnation in favor of the government was entered. (113 C. C. A. 457, 193 Fed. 589.) The claimant, the H. J. Keith Company, thereupon appealed to this court, and also sued out this writ of error to the same decree.
We are met at the outset with a question of jurisdiction. Section 10 of the pure food act provides:
The appellant, also plaintiff in error, contends that the seizure being upon land, the proceeding was at law, and reviewable only upon writ of error in the circuit court of appeals; that the attempted appeal did not give the circuit court of appeals jurisdiction, and that upon the writ of error here this court should reverse the judgment and remand the case to that court, with directions to dismiss the appeal.
The determination of this controversy requires some examination of previous legislation, and of the decisions of this court, interpreting such legislation, as to the nature and extent of the jurisdiction of the district courts of the United States in seizure cases.
The judiciary act of 1789 (1 Stat. at L. 76, 9, chap. 20) gave to the district courts: [226 U.S. 172, 180] 'Exclusive original cognizance of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, including all seizures under laws of impost, navigation, or trade of the United States, where the seizures are made on waters which are navigable from the sea by vessels of ten or more tons burthen, within in their respective districts as well as upon the high seas; saving to suitors, in all cases, the right of a common-law remedy, where the common law is competent to give it; and . . . also have exclusive original cognizance of all seizures on land, or other waters than as aforesaid, made, and of all suits for penalties and forfeitures incurred, under the laws of the United States.'
In the case of The Sarah, 8 Wheat. 391, 5 L. ed. 644, a libel was filled against 422 casks of wine, alleging a forfeiture by false entry. It appearing in the course of the trial that the seizure was made on land, it was held that his court could not review the case save upon writ of error. Chief Justice Marshall, delivering the opinion of the court, said (p. 394):
A statute, practically the same, with some slight changes, was embodied in 563 of the Revised Statutes, [226 U.S. 172, 181] subdivision 8 (U. S. Comp. Stat. 1901, p. 457), giving the district courts jurisdiction 'of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction . . . and of all seizures on land and on waters not within admiralty and maritime jurisdiction,' the subdivision mentioned omitting the provision found in the section of the judiciary act of 1789, to which we have referred, as to seizures 'within their respective districts,' and including cases of 'eizures on land and on waters not within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction.' Under this statute it has been uniformly held that the district court, as to seizures on land, proceeds as a court of common law, with trial by jury, and not as a court of admiralty. United States v. Winchester, 99 U.S. 372 , 25 L. ed. 479.
Questions analogous to the one here came before this court in construing the confiscation acts enacted in 1861 [12 Stat. at L. 255, 319, chaps. 3, 60, U. S. Comp. Stat. 1901, pp. 3615, 3614] and 1862 [12 Stat. at L. 589, chap. 195, U. S. Comp. Stat. 1901, p. 3623]. This court, in Union Ins Co. v. United States, 6 Wall. 759, 18 L. ed. 879, construed the act of Congress of August 6, 1861, entitled, 'An Act to Confiscate Property Used for Insurrectionary Purposes.' That act provided for the seizure of such property and its condemnation in the district or circuit court having jurisdiction of the amount, or in admiralty in any district in which the property might be seized, and authorized the Attorney General to institute proceedings of condemnation. In that case it was held that in the condemnation of real estate or property on land the proceedings were to be shaped in general conformity to the practice in admiralty, but in respect to trial by jury and exceptions to evidence the proceedings should conform to the course of proceeding by information on the common-law side of the court. It was held that where proceedings for the forfeiture of real estate were had in conformity with the practice in courts of admiralty, they could not be reviewed in this court by appeal, and that the case could come here only for the purpose of reversing the decree and directing a new trial.
In the case of Morris's Cotton (Morris v. United States) 8 Wall. 507, 19 L. ed. 481, this court [226 U.S. 172, 182] had under consideration the acts of 1861 and of July 17, 1862, which act provided (12 Stat. at L. 589, 591, 7, chap. 195, U. S. Comp Stat. 1901, p. 3623) for the institution of proceedings in the name of the United State in any district court, etc., where the property might be found, etc., 'which proceedings shall conform as nearly as may be to proceedings in admiralty or revenue cases.' In the Morris Case it was said:
This jurisdiction of the district court was known to Congress at the time it passed the pure food act, as were the decisions of this court construing the former acts of Congress; and it declared that such proceedings shall conform to those in admiralty, as near as may be, giving to either party, however, the right to demand a trial by jury in case of issues of fact joined. We think this act must be held to have been passed not to confer a new jurisdiction upon the district court, but in recognition of the jurisdiction already created in seizures upon land and water. The act makes no reference, in conforming the proceedings as near as may be to those in admiralty, to appellate procedure. It leaves that to be determined by the nature of the case and the statutes already in force. It is true that the right of trial by jury is preserved, where demanded [226 U.S. 172, 183] by either party. We think Congress inserted this provision with a view to removing any question as to the constitutionality of the act. It was held under the confiscation acts, although no such specific provision is contained, that the action provided was one at common law, with a right to trial by jury. The 7th Amendment to the Constitution preserves the right of trial by jury in suits at common law involving more than $20, and provides that no fact tried by a jury shall be reviewed otherwise than according to the rules of the common law. Having in mind these provisions, and, as well, the construction of the previous acts, we think it was the purpose of Congress to leave no doubt as to the right of trial by jury in the law proceeding for condemnation which the act intended to provide.
These proceedings for the seizure and condemnation of property which is impure or adulterated are intended to be, in a sense, summary, and yet the statute, as we have construed it, gives the owner a right to a hearing in a court of record, with a right of review upon questions of law by writ of error in the circuit court of appeals; and, where more than $1,000 is involved, finally in this court ( 6 of the circuit court of appeals act). It is to be noted in this connection that where the examination of specimens of food or drugs, made by the Department of Agriculture, shows that the articles are adulterated or misbranded, the parties from whom the specimens were obtained are ( 4 of the act) given a hearing before the matter is certified to the district attorney by the Secretary of Agriculture.
We do not think it was intended to liken the proceedings to those in admiralty beyond the seizure of the property by process in rem, then giving the case the character of a law action, with trial by jury if demanded, and with the review already obtaining in actions at law. It is true that, if the action is tried in the district court without a [226 U.S. 172, 184] jury, the circuit court of appeals is limited to a consideration of such questions of law as may have been presented by the record proper, independently of the special finding. Campbell v. United States, 224 U.S. 99 , 56 L. ed. 684, 32 Sup. Ct. Rep. 398. But the party on jury trial may reserve his exceptions, take a bill of exceptions, and have a review upon writ of error in the manner we have pointed out.
It is insisted for the government that inasmuch as the hearing in the circuit court of appeals upon appeal was without objection by the claimant, the jurisdictional objection was waived. We cannot take that view. As we construe the statute, the circuit court of appeals had no jurisdiction upon the appeal, and neither the action of the court nor the consent of the parties could give it. Leo Lung On v. United States, 86 C. C. A. 513, 159 Fed. 125; Jones v. La Vallette, 5 Wall. 579, 18 L. ed. 550; United States v. Emholt, 105 U.S. 414 , 26 L. ed. 1077; Perez v. Fernandez, 202 U.S. 80, 100 , 50 S. L. ed. 942, 949, 26 Sup. Ct. Rep. 561.
As the Circuit Court of Appeals, in our opinion, proceeded without jurisdiction by reason of the appeal, this court, having acquired jurisdiction, should reverse the judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals, and remand the case to that court, with instructions to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. Union & Planters' Bank v. Memphis, 189 U.S. 71 , 47 L. ed. 712, 23 Sup. Ct. Rep. 604.
Judgment accordingly.

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The U.S. Supreme Court has a lengthy menu of possible outcomes to choose from in deciding the legal challenges to California's Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Here are the possibilities and how they may affect the right to marry for same-sex couples: Proposition 8 case — The Supreme Court could take the most sweeping approach, finding that a state's ban on same-sex marriage violates the equal protection rights of gay and lesbian couples. Such an outcome would effectively wipe out laws in 37 states that now expressly forbid gay marriage. — The justices can endorse the Obama administration's so-called "eight state" solution, which argues states such as California that provide full benefits to same-sex couples but nevertheless ban marriage are running afoul of anti-discrimination protections. While that would not end all state bans, it would be a large step toward making it increasingly difficult for states to continue to deny same-sex couples the right to marry. — The court could adopt the narrow reasoning of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which found Proposition 8 unconstitutional because it stripped away a previous right to marry in California. Such a ruling would legalize gay marriage in California, but it would not apply to other states. — The justices could take a states' rights approach and find the courts should not be in the business of deciding the issue, leaving it to the political process on a state-by-state basis. — The Supreme Court can duck the central question of deciding a state's right to ban gay marriage. The court has asked both sides to address whether the backers of Proposition 8 have the legal right, or standing, to defend a state ballot initiative when the governor and attorney general have refused to do so. If they do not, then the Supreme Court would have no legal controversy to consider and the case would return to its 2010 status, when a federal judge declared Proposition 8 unconstitutional. There may be further legal tangles in that event, but it would likely open the door for same-sex marriages in California. Defense of Marriage Act case — The court could find it is unconstitutional to deny federal marriage benefits to same-sex couples who live in states that have legalized same-sex marriage. That is what a federal appeals court in New York found in the case that justices are now reviewing. — The court could take this approach without striking down the act entirely, or it could issue a more sweeping ruling that the law must be invalidated. — The court could uphold the acta, concluding, as its supporters argue, that Congress had a right to define marriage in 1996 and that the federal government can determine eligibility for benefits without trampling on state interests. — As with the Proposition 8 case, the Supreme Court can save for another day a decision on the Defense of Marriage Act's constitutionality. The court has asked for arguments on whether House Republicans can defend the law in place of the executive branch. If the court determines it does not have legal jurisdiction to consider the Republicans' arguments, the lower court ruling remains intact for now, invalidating the act in part of the country but leaving the main legal issue unresolved.
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|Lay Jr, Donald
|Cheng, Heng Wei
Submitted to: Behavioural Brain Research
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/30/2013
Publication Date: 9/15/2013
Citation: Dennis, R.L., Lay Jr, D.C., Cheng, H. 2013. Effects of early serotonin programming on behavior and central monoamine concentrations in an avian model. Behavioural Brain Research. 253:290-296.
Interpretive Summary: Serotonin, a neurotransmitter targetted by antidepresents such as paxil, is vital during brain development. Serotonin enhancing antidepressents are sometimes prescribed for post-partum depression and have been shown to pass via breast milk. The present study investigates the long-term effects of increased serotonin during the first two days post-hatch, using a chicken model for postnatal exposure. Chicks were exposed to either a low or high dose of serotonin agonist, or saline control. Birds exposed to low dose postnatal exposure expressed greater fearfulness and aggressiveness than either control or high dose birds. Memory was slightly inhibited in low dose birds, while high dose birds showed a greater inhibition of memory. The neurotransmitter serotonin was decreased in the adult brain of birds treated with a low dose of serotonin agonist following hatch, but not those treated with high doses. A key serotonin receptor in the brain associated with aggressive behaviors (serotonin 1A receptor), was shown to increase in birds from low dose treatment groups only. The present findings are evidence of long term effects on behavior and brain development due to early exposure to serotonin altering pharmaceuticals that are highly dose dependent. Our study also highlights the potential of using avian models, such as chickens, for investigating the impacts of serotonin altering pharmaceuticals on brain development and behavior without the confounding influences of maternal effects.
Technical Abstract: Serotonin (5-HT) acts as a neurogenic compound in the developing brain; however serotonin altering drugs such as SSRIs are often prescribed to pregnant and lactating mothers. Early agonism of 5-HT receptors could alter the development of serotonergic circuitry, altering neurotransmission and behaviours mediated by 5-HT signaling, including memory, fear and aggression. This study was designed to investigate the effects of early serotonin agonism on later behaviors. An extremely aggressive White leghorn strain (15I5) was used in the study. The chicks were injected with 5-MT (a serotonin agonist) at 2.5 mg/kg (low dose), 10 mg/kg (high dose) or saline (control) on the day of hatch and a second dose 24 h later (n=12/trt). Chicks' fear response and memory were tested at 2 wks of age. In the fear test, chicks were subjected to a social isolation test for 20 min, time to first vocalization and numbers of vocalizations were recorded. In the memory test, chicks were placed in a running wheel and presented with an imprinted object (white box with a red light) and a similar shaped novel object (blue box with a white light), respectively. The distance traveled in the wheel toward each object was measured. At 10 wks of age birds were tested for aggression and concentrations of catecholamines were determined from the raphe nucleus and hypothalamus (n=12). Both high and low dose chicks tended to have shorter latency to first vocalization and a greater number of vocalizations compared with control chicks (P<0.10 and P<0.05, respectively). Memory test showed that chicks from all groups traveled a similar distance toward a familiar object. However, control chicks walked the least toward a novel object, low dose chicks tended to walk further (P<0.10), and high dose chicks walked significantly further for a novel object (P<0.05). In aggression tests, both high (P<0.10) and low dose (P<0.05) males exhibited greater frequency of aggressive behaviors compared to controls, while no difference in aggression was evident in the females. Norepinephrine concentrations were also reduced in the low dose birds in the hypothalamus (P<0.05) and in the raphe nucleus (P<0.10). Serotonin concentrations tended to be lower only in the both hypothalamus and raphe nucleus of the low dose birds (P<0.10). 5-HT1A expression was greatest in the hypothalamus and raphe nucleus of low dose birds (P<0.05 and 0.10, respectively). The agonism of the serotonin system during neural development of birds genetically predisposed to aggression alters both the dopaminergic and serotonergic systems further increasing their aggressiveness.


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No, Petit Le Mans – our season-ending 1,000-mile-or-10-hour sports car endurance race – isn't what it used to be, now absent the participation of European powerhouses like Audi and Peugeot. And yes, that cripples the P1 class, which is now down to four entries for Saturday's race.
But P1 is just one of – wow, seven classes? Can that be right? – participating this weekend, and there is plenty of competition in several of those classes. Here's a quick scorecard:
P1, four entries: There's still a championship to be decided in P1 between the Muscle Milk Honda (Klaus Graf, Lucas Luhr) and the Dyson Racing Lola-Mazda (Chris Dyson, Steven Kane, Guy Smith), the Muscle Milk car has the points lead. The Rebellion Racing Lola-Toyota (Neel Jani, Nicholas Prost, Andrea Belicchi) is there to go for the glory and provide a little European flavor. A second Dyson car is there to help fill the field.
P2, eight entries: This is where the action is in the American Le Mans Series prototype field. Two Level 5 Hondas are expected to be very strong – the car with team owner Scott Tucker, Christophe Bouchut and Luis Diaz has the points lead over the Conquest Morgan-Nissan of Martin Plowman and David Heinemeir Hansson – but it's the other Level 5 car, with Tucker and brothers Dario and Marino Franchitti that should get a lot of the attention. Of course, actor Patrick Dempsey is there with partner Joe Foster in a Lola-Judd.
UNC, one entry: This means "unclassified," and it is populated by the Nissan-powered Delta Wing, driven by Gunnar Jeannette and Lucas Ordonez. In Wednesday practice, the Wing was launched into a violent flip after contact with a much slower Porsche driven by another one of those millionaire team owners that sports car racing embraces, but the Delta Wing should be back in action by Saturday. Test times would place it in the middle of the P2 field.
GT, 12 entries: Likely the most interesting class, though Corvette Racing's Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner have already won the championship. Those two (teamed with Richard Westbrook) or its sister Corvette with Jan Magnussen, Jordan Taylor and Antonio Garcia have to be among the favorites, but don't count out the Scott Sharp-led Extreme Speed Ferrari, the two Rahal BMWs or the two Flying Lizard Porsches. Alex Job's Lotus is finally finding some speed, and the two factory-entered Dodge Vipers are dark horses, if they can find the reliability needed for a long, long race.
GTE Am, three entries: Two Ferraris and a Porsche: Everybody gets on the podium.
PC, eight entries: This spec class uses Oreca chassis and Chevrolet engines, but the racing has been interesting, and this weekend should be no exception. The two Core Austosports cars, one led by Ryan Dalziel, the other by Colin Braun, should be tough, but the RSR car with Bruno Junqueira, Tomy Drissi and Richardo Vera is likely to be a factor. Merchant Services' two cars could be there at the end, too.
GTC, seven entries: The only certainty is that a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car with Yokohama tires will win, because that's all this spec series allows. The Alex Job team with Cooper MacNeil, Leh Keen and Dion von Moltke has already won the championship.


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Civil Rights Leader Speaks at Convocation
Civil Rights Icon to Deliver Convocation Speech at Evergreen, Introduce Common Reading
During Evergreen's Orientation Week, the convocation speaker will be Carlotta Walls LaNier, author of the memoir A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School. Ms. LaNier was one of the "Little Rock Nine," who desegregated Central High in 1957. All incoming Evergreen students will be receiving a copy of her book in preparation for her presentation, as well as for the faculty-led sessions during Orientation Week. Convocation is Tuesday, September 18th, from 10:00-noon in Evergreen's College Recreation Center, located at 2700 Evergreen Parkway, Olympia, Washington 98505.
Ms. LaNier will also be speaking Tuesday, September 18th, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Evergreen's Tacoma Campus, located at 1210 6th Avenue, Tacoma, WA. The event in Tacoma is free and open to the public.
About Carlotta Walls LaNier
In 1957, at age 14, Carlotta Walls LaNier was the youngest Little Rock Nine member to integrate Central High School. This act of courage and defiance became the catalyst for change in the American educational system. By ushering in a new order, she and her fellow warriors became 'foot soldiers' for freedom.
Despite her youth, Mrs. LaNier understood the impact of education in a promising future. Inspired by Rosa Parks and the desire to get the best education available, she enrolled in Central High School. Anger and violent behavior threatened their safety and motivated President Dwight D. Eisenhower to dispatch the Army's 101st Airborne Division to protect their constitutional rights. She graduated from Little Rock Central High School in 1960. Mrs. LaNier attended Michigan State University for two years. In 1968, she graduated from Colorado State College - now the University of Northern Colorado, on whose board of trustees she sits.
Mrs. LaNier is an active supporter of her community, serving on the Board of Trustees for the University of Northern Colorado and Iliff School of Theology. She also serves as president of the Little Rock Nine Foundation and is a member of the Denver Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, and the Johnson Legacy, Inc. Board of Directors.
In addition to the NAACP's Spingarn Medal and the Congressional Gold Medal, awarded to her as a member of the Little Rock Nine, Mrs. LaNier is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Northern Colorado and an inductee in the Colorado Woman's Hall of Fame and the Girl Scouts Women of Distinction.
After working for the YWCA, Mrs. LaNier has pursued a successful career as a real estate broker for more than 30 years and founded her own real estate brokerage firm, LaNier and Company, which she currently operates, with her son Whitney. In addition to her son, she and husband, Ira, have an adult daughter, Brooke. The family lives in Englewood, Colorado.
A sought-after lecturer, Mrs. LaNier speaks across the country and is on a promotional tour of her first book, A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice of Little Rock Central High School. Fans around the world have heavily anticipated the release of this gripping memoir from the youngest of the "Little Rock Nine", which offers an inside look at the most famous school integration in American history, and the courage and faith required to survive it all.


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Model turned actress Kate Upton is going to act alongside Hollywood star Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann in the new movie, titled, 'The Other Woman'. The 20-year-old actress will play an attractive "other woman" in the comedy film. The movie is about a philandering husband, played by Game of Thrones ... read more
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James McBride wins National Book Award
James McBride's The Good Lord Bird," the comic and terrifying adventures of a disguised black child caught up in John Brown's abolitionist crusade, was the winner Wednesday night of the National Book Award for fiction.
George Packer's brutal examination of the modern class wars, "The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America," won for nonfiction during a dinner ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in downtown Manhattan. Cynthia Kadohata's "The Thing About Luck" won for young people's literature and Mary Szybist's "Incardine" won for poetry.
McBride, the picture of style in a tux and pork pie hat, confided during his acceptance speech that in recent years his mother and niece had died and that his marriage had collapsed. He found consolation in his novel and its protagonist, a boy pretending to be a girl and nicknamed "Onion" by Brown, who recruited him for his ill-fated attempt to free the slaves.
"It was always nice to have somebody whose world I could just fall into and just follow him around," said McBride, best known for his million-selling memoir "The Color of Water."
Packer, a staff writer for The New Yorker, praised some of the workers who allowed him to tell their stories. He said that he hoped his book would "illuminate some of what's gone wrong in America" in recent years" but also "some of what's gone right."
Kadohata, a winner in previous years of the prestigious Newbery award for children's books, was awarded Wednesday for her story of two children being cared for by their Japanese grandparents. Szybist, who won for her collection of religious-themed poems, said that writing itself was an act of faith and self-discovery.
"It's what some describe as soul-making," she said.
Winners, chosen by five member panels of writers, booksellers and others from the publishing community, each received $10,000. Honorary medals were presented to Maya Angelou, introduced and praised by Toni Morrison as a balm against the "toxicity" of the world, and E.L. Doctorow, who acknowledged the allure of the Internet and warned against its dangers.
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text: Back Emergency Symptoms for People with Diabetes Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs when the pancreas either produces no insulin (type 1 diabetes) or too little or ineffective insulin (type 2 diabetes). Type 2 diabetes may also be related to insulin resistance, a condition that arises when the body's cells become less sensitive to the effects of insulin. Insulin is a substance needed to regulate blood sugar levels. People can manage diabetes with insulin, diet, exercise, and possibly other medications. Under certain circumstances, however, people with diabetes can have symptoms that require immediate action and, in some cases, treatment in a hospital emergency room, according to the American Diabetes Association (ADA). If you or someone you're with has diabetes and has the following symptoms, seek emergency medical assistance. Hypoglycemia Low blood sugar, known as hypoglycemia, can develop quickly if someone with diabetes uses too much insulin or other medications used to treat diabetes, exercises too much, or hasn't eaten enough food. Sometimes it develops without an obvious reason. According to the ADA, these are symptoms of hypoglycemia: Weakness Shaking Sweating Headache Nervousness or moodiness Hunger Pale skin Clumsy or jerky movements Confusion or difficulty paying attention Tingling sensation around mouth Seizure These symptoms typically appear when blood sugar levels fall below 70. A very rapid drop in blood sugar—for example, from 230 to 100—can also bring on these symptoms. If these symptoms occur and a blood sugar test kit is available, do a blood sugar check. If the level is low, give the person several teaspoons of sugar dissolved in a glass of water or a drink containing sugar, such as fruit juice, a cup of skim milk, or regular soda. Foods high in fat, such as a candy bar, are not as effective because it takes the body more time to digest these foods. If you don't have a test kit handy, have the person eat sugar anyway. Symptoms should subside within 15 minutes. Recheck blood sugar in 15 or 20 minutes. If the blood sugar is still low or symptoms are still present, give the person more sugar fluid and test the sugar level again. If you're with someone experiencing these symptoms, monitor the person closely. If symptoms become worse—if the person becomes confused, has a seizure, becomes unconscious, or isn't better in 15 minutes—call 911. Don't try to give an unconscious person food or fluids. If the person has glucagon, a medical substance that is injected like insulin and raises blood sugar, and you are trained in how to inject it, give the glucagon, then call 911. People who have had diabetes for a long time may not have symptoms of hypoglycemia or may have unusual symptoms and not recognize the condition. In these cases, checking blood sugar is the best way to determine if levels are too low. Ketoacidosis Ketoacidosis usually only occurs in people with type 1 diabetes. It is a dangerous condition that occurs when blood sugar is too high. Ketones are acids that are produced when the body doesn't have carbohydrates to use for energy and resorts to using stored fat. Even moderate amounts of ketones in the blood change the blood's delicate acid-base balance. Ketoacidosis occurs when this balance is disrupted. These conditions cause the body to use fat instead of carbohydrates for fuel: An illness, such as a cold, influenza, or other infection An inadequate amount of insulin, either by injecting too little or by medical conditions that increase the need for insulin An inadequate amount of food An undetected episode of hypoglycemia Ketones appear in the urine when your body doesn't have enough insulin. A simple urine test can determine if ketones are present. The ADA recommends checking for ketones when the blood glucose level is more than 240 mg/dl. Ketoacidosis usually develops slowly, unless the person is vomiting. Vomiting can cause it to develop in a few hours. Ketoacidosis is usually treated in the hospital. If untreated, ketoacidosis can lead to diabetic coma or even death. These are symptoms and signs of ketoacidosis: Thirst or a very dry mouth Frequent urination High blood sugar levels Fatigue Dry or flushed skin Nausea, vomiting, or abdominal pain for more than two hours Difficulty breathing Fruity odor on breath Confusion If these symptoms occur, call 911 or take the person to a hospital emergency room right away. Prevention People with diabetes can learn how to prevent or manage emergency conditions by seeing a doctor or a diabetes educator regularly. Knowledge can help people avoid short-term complications, such as hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia, and delay or slow the onset of long-term complications of diabetes, such as eye, heart, or kidney disease.


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Prof. Khan Awarded $1.25 Million Research Contract for Building Research & Education Cyber Infrastructure in Bangladesh
An international partnership between Kent State University, the Ohio Academic Resource Network (OARnet) and Ireland's National Research and Education Network (HEAnet) has been selected to provide advanced technical expertise in building the Bangladesh Research and Education Network (BdREN) through an international competition.
Kent State recently finalized the agreement under which the university will receive $1.25 million over the next three years. The BdREN project is financed by the World Bank. Engineers and experts from both sides will collaborate extensively in planning the advanced network with long-term capacity building in sight.
Javed Khan, Ph.D., chair of Kent State's Department of Computer Science and an expert in advanced networking, will lead the project as the principal investigator.
"Research and education networks, originally inspired by US Internet2, are among the most functionally advanced networks in the world, but they also serve as a type of live research lab to test future technologies," Khan says.
It is very difficult to lay conventional underground optical fiber networks in riverine Bangladesh, so the network will be implemented using electrical power line-borne fiber. The multigigabyte network will gradually expand to provide full optical interconnect capability among all universities and research facilities of Bangladesh. It also will be connected regionally and globally to other higher education networks around the world via Trans-Eurasia Information Network.
During the construction of the network, Kent State representatives will share knowledge with partner universities in Bangladesh to modernize campus networks and information services. The collaboration also will provide Kent State researchers and their partners an opportunity to expand scientific and educational collaborations.
"The success of this initiative shows that our researchers are second to none and are making an impact internationally," says Kent State's Vice President for Research Grant McGimpsey. "We are currently putting together several coalitions to compete in other new and nontraditional areas."
The BdREN network, with its state-of-the-art, high-performance links, will provide network connections to geographically dispersed academics, scientists and researchers. "This will be an important milestone for the higher education system of Bangladesh since its independence in 1971," Khan says. "It will also help in addressing the digital divide in higher education."
OARnet, created in 1987 by the Ohio Board of Regents, is one of the most sophisticated superscale networks in the country, consisting of more than 1,850 miles of fiber-optic backbone. The network provides connectivity to Ohio's colleges and universities, K-12 schools, public broadcasting stations and academic medical centers.
Ireland's HEAnet has been in operation since 1983 and provides internet connectivity and services to the country's schools and universities. HEAnet has significant experience in operating a power line-based overhead optical network similar to the one planned in Bangladesh. "Their expertise in this area made them a natural partner," Khan says.
Bangladesh is experiencing rapid modernization and capacity expansion of its higher education infrastructure. Its higher education system has approximately 100 engineering, medical and agricultural universities and colleges administered by the country's University Grants Commission (UGC).
The Bangladesh project originated from a concept paper prepared by Khan in 2005 and supported by U.S. Fulbright Senior Specialist funding.
Khan and Kent State's Associate Vice President for Research Satyendra Kumar conducted in-depth discussions and on-site negotiations in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, with UGC representatives to finalize the agreement. "The negotiations were a real collective effort," Kumar says. "Both sides worked very hard to successfully conclude the discussions conducted over three days."
The Kent State team included Sonia Alemagno, former interim vice president for research and current dean of the College of Public Health; Connie Hawke, associate counsel and associate vice president for government relations; and Lori Burchard, director of sponsored programs.
"It is our dream to get the universities of the world connected so scholars, researchers and students can communicate with colleagues in every country with the best possible communication media," Khan says. "That's the future we're envisioning."
More information on the project will be available at Kent State's Media Communications and Networking Research Lab website, at www.medianet.kent.edu.


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Good Luck Chuck
It all started when Charlie Kagan was ten years old. Breaking the cardinal rules of spin-the-bottle, Charlie refused to lip-lock with a demented Goth girl, and she put a hex on him. Now, twenty-five years later, Charlie (Dane Cook) is a successful dentist...and still cursed. While his plastic surgeon best friend, Stu (Dan Fogler), pursues as many of his patients as possible, Charlie can't seem to find the right girl. Even worse, he discovers at an ex-girlfriend's wedding that every woman he's ever slept with has found true love with the next guy after him. Before he knows it, Charlie's reputation as a "good luck charm" has women, from sexy strangers to his overweight receptionist,lining up for a quickie. But a life filled with all sex and no love has Charlie lonelier than ever that is, until he meets Cam (Jessica Alba). An accident-prone penguin specialist, Cam is as hard-to-get as she is beautiful. But when a genuine romance develops, Charlie realizes he's got to find a way to break his good-luck curse...before the girl of his dreams winds up with the next guy she meets.
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Written by: Ken Selden
Directed by: Geoffrey Wright
Starring: Brittany Murphy, Michael Biehn, and Jay Mohr
Reviewed by: Brett Gallman
Holy hymens, Batman - they're killing virgins!"
After Scream highlighted the sexual commandment that one must remain chaste in order to survive a horror movie, you just knew that some smartass would decide to make a slasher centered on butchering a bunch of virgins. Thats the entry point for Cherry Falls, another millennial slasher that had a difficult time carving its place in the footprint of Cravens film. Despite its best efforts to replicate Screams surface level affectations, it got lost in the bloodbath that ensued once the subgenre began to fall out of favor again, so its perhaps a little ripe for rediscovery, especially since its really a better throwback to the pre-Scream era than you might expect.
Another rural hole-in-the-wall is set to be terrorized, as the town of Cherry Falls, Virginia harbors a maniac who has it out for the local high school students. Specifically, the psychos only targeting the virgin population, which is bad news for Jody Marken (Brittany Murphy), who just ended a year-long relationship with her boyfriend Kenny (Gabriel Mann) without going all the way. As the bodies pile up, Jodys father, the former-football-star-turned- town-sheriff (Michael Biehn) begins to uncover evidence that a long buried town secret has come back to haunt Cherry Falls.
As a slasher, Cherry Falls hits that sweet spot between offerings from the 80s and the 90s. The Scream influence is superficially noticeable: the cast is comprised of familiar, pretty faces that had been (or were soon to be) clogging up teen movies, and it carries a studio sheen that eluded many of its more roughshod predecessors. Theres even a slight meta-snarkiness to its decision to flip the usual expectations for promiscuous characterssort of. For it to be the films calling card, the concept is only mildly explored, and the film all but forgets its wacky method of engaging the obvious solution: all the town virgins hold a giant orgy, only to be relegated to the background during the climax. You kind of get the impression that the film developed as a sort of stoner musing: hey, man, what if we, like, totally killed the virgins?
However, once they came down from the high, no clear direction emerged, so the film retreats to every familiar genre trope imaginable: the decades-old conspiratorial plot that cant be laid to rest, a gender-confused maniac, a plucky final girl, and a serviceable amount of death and dismemberment (truthfully, we see the aftermath more so than the slashing, but the film was also apparently censored). Even the structure follows the genre blueprint without much deviation: youve got your prologue where two ill-fated lovers get gutted, a whodunit murder mystery, some hints about the towns tragic past, the big reveal, the flashback that explains everything, the slashers last-ditch, final scare tactic. Someone was definitely taking notes during Scream.
Screenwriter Ken Selden scribbled in the margins, too, though. Cherry Falls brings an oddball flavor to the formula that leaves you wondering if its a send-up or just another goofy, oblivious slasher. Some of the earlier high school sequences feel inspired by Heathers, but that tone is sadly not quite sustained throughout. Murphy is at least consistently weird. She frequently brought an odd energy to her roles, and shes one of the stranger final girls in recent memory. With the film flipping the script, shes not the typical, virginal priss but rather a weird little wallflower who becomes more eager to explore her sexuality.
She has an especially weird relationship with the two adult men in her life: her father and English teacher (Jay Mohr). Once the former figures out the killers MO, it leads to an awkward conversation where he has to confirm that his daughters hymen is indeed intact (and it might be the first time a father isnt totally relieved to hear thats the case); its such an obviously bonkers scene that gets played oddly straight. Likewise, the scene where Murphy practically throws herself at Mohr is weirdly uncomfortable, but thats about it. Theres nothing particularly subversive about the weirdness, nor does the film go much further than offering some goofball humor (such as zooming in on the word erected on the high school façade as a bunch of teens scatter from the building on their way to the big orgy).
Again, thats such a missed opportunity: the setup itself is obviously rich for slasher purposes, but it also provides a unique opportunity to really tackle the role of sexually empowered females within the genre. Rather than scrub away the stigma of sex (theres an inherent slut-shaming in the notion that the bad girls have to die, to be honest), Cherry Falls all but reconfirms it, especially once it discards the virgin angle altogether. As it turns out, the killer is exacting revenge for a rape that occurred 25 years earlier, another revelation that should provide fertile ground to explore the transgressive nature of sex in these things. Instead, its just an impetus that leads into some uncomfortable territory when one of the rapists is positioned as a hero; of course, that might be part of the point, as the film is oddly prescient of cases like the recent Steubenville trial, where the town boys club attempted to protect its popular students (and athletes). Of course, Cherry Falls treats its rape victim as a raving lunatic that needs to be put down and doesnt have an ounce of sympathy about it, a choice that I like to believe reflects societys handling of these cases (otherwise, the film is a little reprehensible).
Its sort of interesting, I suppose, especially since the killer does blur gender lines, but the sexual musings here end up being mere window dressing, leaving viewers with a typical millennial slasher and all the touchstones that entails. Its slick, kind of gory, a little witty, and youll spend a decent amount of time noticing the familiar cast members, some of whom went on to be more famous (poor DJ Qualls is an exception to thisshit, hes barely in this movie). Most of the male cast looks like they could have been in any of the eras boy bands (except, again, poor DJ Qualls), and I suppose weve reached the point where we can laugh at the style of the era like we do with 80s stuff (well, unless you were just stuck in the early 90s at the time like myself, in which case you were already laughing at these clowns).
Back then, Cherry Falls wasnt good enough for theaters, as it was dispatched straight to TV and then video, where it was paired with Terror Tract on a DVD thats now out of print, so that wont help matters. Even though its found itself way down on the far end of the bench of post-Scream slashers and doesnt reach its full potential, I have a fondness for Cherry Falls because it walks the fine line between being a smartass (lets kill the virgins!) and a dumbass (I cant just split, a cop says just before hes axed in the head); it stumbles ever-so-slightly over to the latter, and, in the world of slashers, thats actually a victory. Buy it!
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Plant Physiology Division was established in 1980 which has been primarily concentrated on crop productivity. The division strives for excellence in applied research in tea productivity and bush health besides biotechnological studies. The research undertaken extends over a wide range of research programmes having collaborative links with different Universities, National Research Institutes both within the country and overseas. Track record of the division is presented hereunder.
Altering the metabolic activities by applying anti-transpirants to induce drought resistance in young and mature teas was given prime consideration besides certain nutrients to alleviate the soil moisture stress. It has been demonstrated that foliar application of urea nitrogen and muriate of potash during dry weather period impart drought tolerance both in young and mature tea without affecting carbon metabolism and dry matter compartmentalization. Besides foliar application of antitranspirants, physiological significance of irrigation/fertigation was documented.
Studies on physiology of pruning, recovery of tea plants (quantification of starch/carbohydrate reserves) form the basis of pruning time and height besides resting the bushes prior to pruning. The relationship between bud break after pruning and root carbohydrate reserves has been established.In early nineties, an isotope laboratory was created in the division which has been approved by BARC to use radioactive carbon (C-14) sources and stable isotope, N-15. The said facility has enabled the division to conduct basic studies on photosynthesis and partitioning of assimilates in relation to various agronomic practices such as pruning, plucking, irrigation, shade management and foliar application of plant growth regulators and nutrients. As an integral part, basic studies on applied nature were also undertaken considering the time to time requirements using radiotracer techniques particularly in the field of photosynthesis and assimilates translocation. The role and importance of mother leaf and maintenance foliage in providing nutrients to the growing shoots were also identified using this technique. Radio tracer (Zn-65) studies coupled with PGR, naphthalene acetic acid revealed the synergism towards micronutrients where it promotes substantial uptake of foliar applied micronutrients, particularly zinc. Foliar application of PGRs, antitranspirants and micronutrients has lead to a release of schedule to improve the productivity in south Indian tea plantations.
Among the tea polyphenols, catechins gained importance in recent years because of their antioxidant potential. In view of importance of catechins, biochemical characterization and influence of environmental, edaphic and agronomic practices in catechin biosynthesis were envisaged. Tea clones were characterized on the basis of catechins and their fractions. According to the principle component analysis, UPASI clones were segregated into five distinct groups. Segregation of these clones was on the basis of ratio between dihydroxylated to trihydroxylated catechins. Substrate specific catechin biosynthesis was confirmed with radio labelled isotopes.
Development of production system for tea polyphenols and their condensed products were also investigated by the division. Factors influencing polyphenol contents, classification based on catechin fractions and screening of polyphenol oxidase were conducted using 306 tea accessions available at UPASI Tea Germplasm.
Conventionally, promising traits were selected on the basis of morphological characters and yield potential of a particular accession which needs man power and has prolonged gestation period. Recently, physiological and biochemical markers have been employed in plant improvement programmes. Based on the data generated, a multiple regression model was formulated and validated to predict the productivity of undescribed tea accessions. Similarly, data based on stress related parameters were prepared and correlated individually with yield for screening and selection of productive trait under soil moisture stress. Prediction models were developed to forecast quality attributes of unknown tea accessions on the basis of green leaf quality parameters. Perhaps, these models were validated where about 10% variations is attributed to the tea culture. These equations are being put to use in plant selection programme. Out of 254 mother bushes selected from the estates, 83 were identified as productive plants with good quality and high yielding capacity besides a few accessions performed well during soil moisture stress. Field evaluation of MGL-35 (productive & quality), MGL-5 (quality), MGL-20 (quality) and MGL-18 (productive) is in progress.
At present eco-physiological studies and carbon sequestration in tea ecosystem gained momentum in the laboratory. Survey and analysis of secondary data indicated the changing scenario of climate on productivity besides other variables. Carbon sequestration studies in tea picked up its rapid phase to document the baseline data with reference to clean development mechanism (CDM).
The division conducted a number of field experiments to enhance the yield by foliar application of plant growth regulators (PGRs) and other adjuvants. The division has evaluated more than 60 commercial formulations including naturally occurring growth substances like triacontanol, gibberellic acid and bio-origin protein hydrolysates, amino acids and micronised K ion rich bioactive amino acids. Field studies demonstrated that specific concentration of PGRs improved the crop synchronizing with reduction in dormant shoots in the harvest and without affecting the cup quality.
In mid-eighties, in plant physiology division concurrent research on plant biotechnology was initiated; to remark this event a tissue culture laboratory was set up as a stepping stone to the innovative biotechnological research. Initially, rapid multiplication of tea and shade tree protocols were developed. Under the auspices of DBT funded project, "Improvement of tea through biotechnological tools" complete characterization of existing clones using physiological, biochemical and molecular tools and in vitro propagation and field establishment of superior clones had been studied. So far, tea accessions available at tea germplasm collections were used for characterization. Generated data were documented as per the requirement of National Bureau of Plant Genetics Resources (NBPGR), New Delhi. Molecular characterization has been initiated using RAPD and ISSR for the development of molecular markers for desired traits and to assess the genetic diversity among the south Indian germplasm. In vitro derived tea plants were planted in the field and evaluated for their field performance under south Indian conditions. Further, field performance of tissue culture (TC) raised plants were compared with conventionally propagated (VP) plants. There were no variations in terms of morphometric, physiological, biochemical and genetic characters between VP and TC plants.
As a part of in vitro breeding and in order to induce genetic variation within the existing tea germplasm, studies on somatic embryogenisis were initiated. Somatic embryoids were induced from the cotyledonary cultures either directly or indirectly via callus. On germination of embryoids, plantlets were hardened and field tested; about 44% variation was observed among the somaclonal derived plants in terms of physiological and biochemical attributes. At present three variants were selected on the basis of quality and productivity traits besides distinct morphological characteristics and propagated for large scale field experiment.
Banji (Dormant shoot) formation hampers productivity of tea fields and quality of made tea. Endogenous growth promoter (gibberellins): inhibitor (abscisic acid) ratio has been identified to play a significant role in deciding the fate of the growing shoot. Various PGRs are being evaluated for banji shoot management where folier application of gibberellic acid and KNO3 is found to reduce the proportion of banji shoots in the harvest. To identify the genes responsible for banji shoot formation, expressed sequence tags (ESTs) analysis from cDNA and SSH libraries was adopted. Database pertaining to cDNA and SSH libraries were submitted to National Centre for Biotechnological Information (NCBI).
Expressed sequence tags (ESTs) were generated and analyzed from cDNA library during dormant shoot formation in tea and related sequences were submitted to GenBank. Putative function analysis of ESTs and gene expression profiling were also documented.
Transformation studies were initiated with a marker gene, green fluorescent protein and transformation/expression was confirmed with polymerase chin reation (PCR) and southern blot analyses. In order to impart biotic and abiotic stress resistance in tea, efforts are made in introducing osmotin gene in callus cultures. As a mandate of CSIR-NMITLI sponsored multi-institutional project entitled, "Using functional genomics in plants: niche pathway engineering in tea", two gene constructs, F3H and ANR involved in catechin biosynthesis pathway were attempted in transformation studies. Their over expression is expected to improve the catechin content which in turn improves the quality of processed tea.
The genetic diversity of south Indian tea germplasm has been assessed using AFLP marker. Finger printing of 1763 tea accessions (collected from all over India) has been completed. AFLP profiling has classified the Indian tea accessions to their respective genetic origin and forms the back bone for further breeding of elite and diverse cultivars. Even though the existing germplasm showed wide variation, randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analyses of south Indian tea showed a narrow diversity among the commonly cultivated tea clones. As a prime objective of the DBT sponsored project, ALFP analysis of available Indian germplasm were carried out and morphological characteristics of the tea accessions were also documented. Molecular linkage map of tea genome for novel gene identification, production of genomic library and secondary metabolite production are the other studies underway in the division.
A collaborative project between Plant Physiology and Pathology Divisions on "Biotechnological and biocontrol studies on tea blister blight pathogen" was concluded where the biochemical aspects of blister resistance/susceptibility was investigated besides the biotechnological approach. Phylogenetic relation of UPASI clones on the basis of RAPD markers related with blister blight resistant/susceptibility was established and cDNA library construction with blister resistant tea accession was completed and resultant cDNA sequences were submitted to GenBank. Certain classes of proteins called pathogenesis related (PR) proteins are induced in response to the infection of plants with pathogen. An attempt has been carried out to identify PR proteins responsible for blister blight infection. The specific PR protein formed will be isolated and sequenced. The study will help in identifying the gene related to blister blight resistance. For early identification of blister bight resistance or susceptibility, SCAR marker has been developed. This DNA marker will enable to selecting blister blight resistant/susceptible plants. Development of drought specific micro satellite markers (SSR) is also being investigated.
Under the auspices of Tea Board XI plan project, "Analysis of gene expression during phytopathogenic stress in tea using transcriptomic approach" is underway. Studies on gene expression during pathogenic stress in relation to grey blight and blister blight were initiated and a number of cDNA constructions were sequenced and submitted to National Centre for Biotechnological Information (NCBI) public database. Ontological analysis of genes obtained from grey blight specific cDNA library was carried out besides biochemical characterization and analysis of PR proteins. Lectins as an alternative biotic stress management system in tea was initiated very recently and isolation of lectins from edible sources are in progress. Isolated lectins were purified with chromatographic techniques. Laboratory studies are being conducted to document the bioefficacy of purified lectins against red spider mites.
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Junior Research Fellow position for the project : AI Based Imaging Solution for Detection of Pest attack in Tea Leaves using Aerial Imaging funded by National Tea Research Foundation (NTRF). Fellowship: 25000/-+ 15% HRA Upper age limit : 28 Wanted a Post Graduate in Zoology/Entomology…Read More
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The Pesticide Residue Division is equipped with state-of-art instruments viz., Gas Chromatograph, High Performance Liquid Chromatograph, GCMS, Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, etc., Our lab is GLP certified by National GLP Compliance Monitoring Authority, Govt. of India for the execution of Pesticide Residue Studies. We are accredited…Read More
Monthly circular – April 2014
Monthly Circular April -2014 WEATHER Weather data recorded in March 2014 at the TRF observatory are given below, along with the corresponding figures for March 2013. Year Total Rainfall mm Mean Sunshine hr/day Mean Temperature ° C Mean Relative Humidity % at Mean Evaporation…Read More
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Radhakrishnan,B., K. K. Srikumar, Smitha, K. B. Suresh. 2018. Evaluation of Sulfoxaflor 50%WG against Tea mosquito bug, Helopeltistheivora Waterhouse (Hemiptera: Miridae). Pestology. 42 (3), 31-36. Radhakrishnan, B. 2018. Recent issues on pesticide residues and other contaminants in Tea. Planters chronicle. 114(1): 4-11. Radhakrishnan B. and…Read More
The principal landmark in the history of tea research in south India, was the establishment of a Tea Experimental Station in Gudalur in 1926. During the last seven and half decades, this research organisation. Now known as the UPASI Tea Research Foundation (UPASI TRF), had…Read More
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Annual Report is the one among the major publications of UPASI TRF. Annual report of each year is released by September of the following year. Other publications include Research Highlights and half yearly Newsletters. The Bulletin of UPASI TRF is an occasional publication. The Handbook…Read More
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Of late, considering the constant usage of pesticides and to monitor the residues in the final produce, a well equipped test facility was established at UPASI TRI in 1994. The pesticide residue laboratory is accredited by National Accreditation Board for testing and calibration Laboratories (NABL)…Read More
The Tea Research Institute at Valparai has seven divisions namely Botany, Soil Chemistry, Entomology, Pesticide Residue, Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Plant Physiology & Biotechnology and Tea Technology. Botany Research activities of Botany Division include plant improvement, cultivation practices and weed research. Plant improvement programme was…Read More
Soil Chemistry
Chemistry Division is involved in research pertaining to soil-plant nutrients of tea besides extending analytical service to the industry. The research activities include investigations on physico-chemical properties of soil, soil-plant interactions, response of tea to major, secondary and micronutrients and their interactions. The research work…Read More
Entomology Division involve in basic and applied aspects of insect pests, particularly, biology, ecology and evolving control measures. The division evolved and recommended physical, chemical and biological method of tea pests control. In the past, extensive studies on bioecology, crop loss due to major pests…Read More
Pathology & Microbiology
In the division of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, research is carried out on diseases of tea and biofertilizers. Among the tea diseases, blister blight is the most important leaf disease caused by the pathogen, Exobasidium vexans affecting the tender harvestable shoots of tea resulting in…Read More
Physiology & Biotechnology
Plant Physiology Division was established in 1980 which has been primarily concentrated on crop productivity. The division strives for excellence in applied research in tea productivity and bush health besides biotechnological studies. The research undertaken extends over a wide range of research programmes having collaborative…Read More
Tea Technology
Besides offering the analytical services and involving in inter laboratory ring test to validate the test methods, Tea Technology Division is concerned about quality of final produce in accordance with PFA Act requirements, storage studies, value added products and manufacturing aspects. The laboratory has been…Read More


text: For UN´s International Happiness Day, I´d like to share with you this great infographic created by information designer Anna Vital. It´s a wonderful piece of advise on the art (and science) of self-compassion. Additionally, you might want to watch Kristin Neff´s TEDx talk on the same topic that you can find in my Positive Psychology TED suggestions. Enjoy!


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An agreement with British airline tycoon Richard Branson will put New Mexico on the map as the launch pad for personal spaceflight worldwide, the state's economic development secretary says.
State officials plan to announce a major agreement next week with Branson, but Economic Development Secretary Rick Homans declined to discuss the details with the Albuquerque Journal on Tuesday.
Branson is to join New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Dec. 14 to announce the agreement with Branson's space tourism company, Virgin Galactic, Homans told the Journal.
"This has been a dream of New Mexico for the past 15 years to develop a spaceport, and it also coincides with Richard Branson's dream to take people back and forth into space," he said. "I think this is one of those great occurrences for New Mexico where we're in the right place at the right time, and we're on the verge of witnessing a whole new industry develop right in front of us."
State officials have visited Virgin Galactic in London, and company officials have made repeated visits to New Mexico, Homans said.
In a telephone interview with MSNBC.com, Stephen Attenborough, Virgin Galactic's vice president of astronaut relations, confirmed that announcements on a "location" for spaceflight operations would be made in London as well as New Mexico next week. But like Homans, he declined to go into the details.
Attenborough said Virgin's expected startup of a space-themed online skill game was being delayed so as not to detract from next week's announcements.
A little more than a year ago, aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan and software billionaire Paul Allen captured the $10 million Ansari X Prize when the Rutan-designed SpaceShipOne rocket plane dashed to the edge of space twice in five days. The prize was aimed at encouraging space tourism through the development of low-cost private spacecraft.
Rutan's Scaled Composites has a deal with Branson, chairman of the Virgin Group, to build five spacecraft under the umbrella of The Spaceship Company. Virgin Galactic is to take passengers on trips into space for $200,000 each.
New Mexico plans to break ground in January on a spaceport near Upham, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) north of Las Cruces. Two private companies, Starchaser and UP Aerospace, already have announced plans to launch suborbital rockets from the spaceport. The annual X Prize Cup and Rocket Racing League finals are also due to take place there.
Virgin Galactic has said it plans to offer spaceflights from multiple spaceports. The Scaled Composites team is currently developing the "SpaceShipTwo" system for Virgin Galactic at the Mojave Airport in California, which already has gained federal approval for spaceport operations.
This report includes information from The Associated Press and MSNBC's Alan Boyle.


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• Prize-winner at the All-Russian Competition Young Talents of Russia
(Moscow, 2008) • Prize-winner at the IV International Orpheus
Young Singers' Competition (Volgograd, 2007, 2nd prize)
Born in Mirny (Arkhangelsk Region). In 2004 she graduated from
the Arkhangelsk Regional School of Music, conducting and choral department.
In 2009 she graduated from the vocal faculty of the Petrozavodsk
Glazunov State Conservatoire (class of V.A. Gladchenko). Since 2008 she
has been a soloist with the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers.
Repertoire at the Mariinsky Theatre includes: Ganna
(May Night) Nicoletta (The Love for Three Oranges)
Storchenko's Brunette Sister, Peasant Woman (Shponka and His Aunt)
Third Lady (Die Zauberflöte) Witch, Third Nymph
(Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák) Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro)


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Africa United has been dubbed this year's Slumdog Millionaire and the hype around this feel-good movie set amongst third world scenery was certainly sufficient to cause me some logistical problems at my first ever press screening. A last minute venue change meant that for a while my attendance was touch and go, but given the plot of the movie this was perhaps appropriate.
Essentially a road movie, Africa United follows three Rwandan children, talented footballer Fabrice from a privileged world of exams and plasma screens, his "manager" Dudu and his sister Beatrice, who dreams of becoming a doctor and finding the cure to HIV. So far so generic. The three plucky adventurers gradually acquire friends, forming the "team for the dream" that aims to accompany Fabrice all the way to Soccer City in Johannesburg in time for the World Cup's opening ceremony, where he was promised a place by a scout back in his village. Inevitably the journey does not run smoothly and the young friends must overcome many hurdles, some specific to the troubled continent of the title and others typical to the human condition. Despite this predictable format Africa United is far from being an ordinary film. Like Slumdog Millionaire it is distributed by Pathe and deserves recognition and success, but for different and in my view more persuasive reasons.
Unlike Slumdog Millionaire, which was based upon a successful novel, Africa United was built upon far slimmer foundations; a chance remark in January 2009. Unlike Slumdog Millionaire, which was helmed by the respected Danny Boyle and marked the culmination of that respect with global recognition, Africa United was the directorial debut of Debs Gardner- Patterson, who explained the origins of the story and the difficulties of casting with a few words before my screening of the movie began. I watched a nervous unknown make an uncertain speech but knew 90 minutes or so later that I had been in the presence of at the least an accomplished filmmaker, and at best this country's next big thing. She has crafted, created and steered a project from the inspiration of just a few words into a must-see movie experience, talked of in the same breath as an Oscar winner. It lacks the epic scope and romantic intrigue of Slumdog and is at its heart a simple tale of friendship, but feels better formed and is much, much funnier throughout than 2008's Indian set smash-hit.
The key to this humour and indeed the crucial factor elevating Africa United from the good to the excellent is the performance of young Eriya Ndayambaje as lead character Dudu. To use one of the many football metaphors ever present in the film, director Gardner-Patterson is an excellent manager, for acknowledging the importance of playing her star player from the start. The film opens with Dudu charmingly explaining, in almost Blue Peter style, how to construct the perfect football from condoms. It took just seconds for his infectious smile to have the audience giggling and cooing at his cuteness and in the rare moments that his sheer charm wears off, the script by Silent Witness writer Rhidian Brook provides him with killer lines. Often the gags are football based, such as when Dudu and Fabrice discuss which animals their heroes would be, with Dudu correcting Fabrice that Ronaldo is not a lively baboon but an arrogant peacock. But there are also laughs galore for the whole family, football fans or not, certainly too many for me to remember here. Although one of the more obvious, simple messages of the film is that "impossible is nothing" when people come together in teams, it is an inescapable fact that Africa United would lose much of its power without Dudu; he is the authentic magnet at the core of the story, the star striker, or perhaps kingpin playmaker pulling the strings.
That is not to say there are not other important elements to the story and the film's authenticity. It was shot in real locations in Burundi, Rwanda and South Africa and the scenery is suitably stunning and colourful. There are actions sequences with rolling cars and firing guns as well as gags, innocence and friendship. The entertainment covers a broad range from childish humour to grand themes of dreams and emotion, often all skilfully related linked back the central idea of the power of sport. For example the scene where Dudu chooses to leave his sister at a school so she can get the education she craves is not only incredibly emotional but again links back to the idea of management, as the others praise Dudu's skills. Africa United also perhaps understandably owes a lot to the continent of the title and paints a refreshingly honest portrait of modern African life; one in which some, like Fabrice's family, are well off and football shirts, cars and mobile phones are the norm, as much as HIV, AIDS and child soldiers are. By showing African life realistically and making it accessible it is impossible not to root for the likeable main characters and thus Africa United becomes the perfect advert for the continent, far more effective than appeals for aid crammed with images of drought and famine. Who would not want to support this ambitious team for the dream, with ambitions not so unlike yours or mine, but smiles and charm that are a whole lot cuter?
Africa United then will find it hard to escape the same old labels of "feel-good" and "family friendly" in the coming weeks before its release, but through the hype remember that this film has far more to offer beneath the surface and do your best to support it. It has been lovingly nurtured by British debutants in the film world, shot and edited with a distinctive, fun style, suitably scored and dotted with original, heart warming and amusing African animations that add another notch to its originality. Most of all watch out for Dudu, and Eriya Ndayambaje who plays him, as his performance alone makes Africa United unmissable.


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Kinda bizarre--I was so taken aback by those familiar, grinning bee faces I almost ran into the car in front of me. I'd like to say I was listening to WIWC at the time, but alas, I was listening to Spike.
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Today many people do forget their role to play in our society and which position of responsibility they have to take in this universe of living creatures. Too many years human beings have found themselves superior to all other beings and did not have much interest for their well being, neither for the safeguarding of the environment.
Today we are faced with the consequences of human beings their selfish attitude and have to find a solution for the global warming of which we are a victim because of our "own stupidity".
We may not forget that when this universe was created the Maker of it had a purpose for the created elements. At that time of the beginning the first man and mannin (Adam and Eve) received a task. Though they went into rebellion against their Maker and were expelled from the Garden of Eden, their given task still counts for us. Our job and our identity as human beings is still to make sense of the world around us.
It is interesting to realize that in so many ways we are still striving to create a language to make order of the chaos of our experience of the world. {Naming the Naming Project: A Deep Look at Adam and the Human Project}
For centuries man has been looking for his purpose and for more insight in all the things around him. Several ideas were uttered and many sciences found their light.
It seems Adam's job is hard-wired into who we are as human beings. We just need to name it that in a very deep way Adam is who we are striving to become. {Naming the Naming Project: A Deep Look at Adam and the Human Project}
writes Rabbi Avi Katz Orlow who wants to make the world a better place.
In arts and science man has always looked at man's surroundings and the existence of things.
Children have the delight of discovery. As adults, we acquire a more organized way of learning and studying, but also lose the feel of the freshness of things. Because of that, most adults are – almost by definition – slightly dull. Creative ability is only found in those who retain a part of their childhood. The artist and the scientist both have this freshness of view. An apple falls from a tree: the child asks – why does it fall and not fly? –and such questions are the beginning of science. {What is the Purpose of Childhood}
Growing older lots of people do loose the innocence of the child and also loose the interest to 'look beyond'. those who call themselves Christian should remember the one who they say they are following, rabbi Jeshua, and should also to take on that innocence that man had as an unselfish attitude. He went even so far that he gave up his only life for the betterment of all people. All people can learn a lot from him, who did not want to do his own will but always did the Will of his heavenly Father, the Only One true God, Hashem Jehovah.
Most of us should get red cheeks and be ashamed that they often do not manage to take on such an attitude as their master teacher. But every day we should work on it and go for it. Not one moment should be lost by not trying. As long as we do our best, it is not bad.
Lots of people do place themselves in the centre of the universe. Part of growing up and becoming older is that we should become wiser and be able to set ourselves more at the site and be forgiving for bad things that happened in the past. We can always look back at one of the best examples in the Holy Scriptures, though having had to face several bad years he opened his heart for his brothers and welcomed them again.
Yosef has matured. Looking into the pit Yosef sees how far he has come in his life. He no longer sees himself at the center of the universe. Yosef responds:Have no fear! Am I a substitute for God? Besides, although you intended me harm, God intended it for good, so as to bring about the present result–the survival of many people. (50:19-20) {What, Too Soon?}
Every day in our life we have to learn and to grow further. Some may think that learning is difficult or that
Learning should be hard, but not to hard and definitely not out of reach. {Getting Past the "How" of Torah: For the Love of Learning}
Being made in the image of God, we all inherited from the Source of Life, the inability to think and to use our brains and limbs to act and to create in the right way. There are people living in regions were it is also very easy to get a good education. Others live in regions where not such ideal conditions exist and where not many are helping others to get the right and good education.
In a certain way god provided enough material to get the right ideas and to make the best out of life. It is all there for everybody everywhere in the world. But many do not see it or want to be blind for it.
We can read about the reception of the Torah.
For this commandment which I command you this day, it is not too hard for you, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that you should say: 'Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?' Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say: 'Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it to us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?' (Deuteronomy 30:11–13)
For rabbi Avi Katz Orlow learning should not to hard and definitely not out of reach.
Here we see learning Torah depicted as some elaborate scavenger hunt. What zeal would we bring to trying to learn Torah if it was in fact hidden in the heaven or on the other side of the ocean? {Getting Past the "How" of Torah: For the Love of Learning}In our community there are many efforts to make Torah more accessible, but still people feel alienated. What are we missing? Perhaps we have made Torah too accessible? We have lost our zeal. Would we try harder if it was in heaven or across the sea? But I do not think that is all of it.We fail because we have not done a good job expressing the "why"? Yes I am Hassid of Simon Sinek. And if you have not seen this TED talk please stop everything and watch it now. {Getting Past the "How" of Torah: For the Love of Learning}
Simon Sinek discusses the principal behind every successful person and business. A simple but powerful model for how leaders inspire action, starting with a golden circle and the question "Why?"
Why is learning valuable? I have my thoughts on this, but for now I just want to put the question out there. In Sinek's words,
People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And if you talk about what you believe, you will attract those who believe what you believe.
As we prepare for the High Holidays it is interesting to think about your own "why". And once we figure out our "why" it will not matter if learning Torah is in heaven or across the sea, that is just a "how". {Getting Past the "How" of Torah: For the Love of Learning}
Preceding article: A little ray of sunshine.
Additional reading:
- Necessary to be known all over the earth
- Christian values, traditions, real or false stories, pure and upright belief
- Being Religious and Spiritual 4 Philosophical, religious and spiritual people
- An unbridgeable gap
- Without God no purpose, no goal, no hope
- Shared inheritance plus integral and integrating vision
- Not many coming out with their community name
- To find ways of Godly understanding
- We are ourselves responsible
- A Living Faith #10: Our manner of Life #2
- What part of the Body am I?
- If we, in our prosperity, neglect religious instruction and authority
- With the gift of Jesus comes an awesome responsibility
- Training for the kingdom
- From pain to purpose
- My 2 Words
- Teach children the Bible
- Beautiful feet of those who announce the good news
- The Greatest of These is Love


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The Early Morning of War
Bull Run, 1861
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Published by: University of Oklahoma Press
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682 Pages | 6 x 9 | 30 b&w illus., 12 maps
This crucial campaign receives its most complete and comprehensive treatment in Edward G. Longacre's The Early Morning of War. A magisterial work by a veteran historian, The Early Morning of War blends narrative and analysis to convey the full scope of the campaign of First Bull Run—its drama and suspense as well as its practical and tactical underpinnings and ramifications. Also woven throughout are biographical sketches detailing the backgrounds and personalities of the leading commanders and other actors in the unfolding conflict.
Longacre has combed previously unpublished primary sources, including correspondence, diaries, and memoirs of more than four hundred participants and observers, from ranking commanders to common soldiers and civilians affected by the fighting. In weighing all the evidence, Longacre finds correctives to long-held theories about campaign strategy and battle tactics and questions sacrosanct beliefs—such as whether the Manassas Gap Railroad was essential to the Confederate victory. Longacre shears away the myths and persuasively examines the long-term repercussions of the Union's defeat at Bull Run, while analyzing whether the Confederates really had a chance of ending the war in July 1861 by seizing Washington, D.C.
Brilliant moves, avoidable blunders, accidents, historical forces, personal foibles: all are within Longacre's compass in this deftly written work that is sure to become the standard history of the first, critical campaign of the Civil War.
"In this book, Edward Longacre has applied his considerable skills as a biographer to a vivid piece of American history, injecting humanity and fresh insight to the story of the Civil War's first major battle. Practicing the lost art of personification and characterization with both flourish and wisdom, Longacre makes the players in this immense drama live anew."—John Hennessy, author of Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas
"Extensively researched and full of fresh insights and information, Edward G. Longacre's finely crafted Early Morning of War offers a remarkably thorough, highly readable account of the men and events that shaped the course of the first great campaign of the American Civil War."—Ethan S. Rafuse, author of McClellan's War: The Failure of Moderation in the Struggle for the Union and Manassas: A Battlefield Guide


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Well-known TV show and film producer Ekta Kapoor has made it to the list of 25 Most Powerful Women in India Business.
Kapoor, joint managing director of Balaji Telefilm, features in the list compiled by business magazine Business Today for her work in television and films.
"I am honoured to receive such a prestigious award and believe that it is an endorsement of the capabilities of women and the power of the content that the Balaji team has created in television and films," Kapoor said in a statement.
Kapoor has joined the likes of Nita Ambani, chairperson Reliance Foundation; Leena Nair, executive director-HR, Hindustan Unilever; Tanya Dubash, executive director and chief brand officer, Godrej Group; and Schauna Chauhan Saluja, CEO, Parle Agro.


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SIERRA BLANCA - Authorities say they found drugs and a gun on rapper Nelly's tour bus at a West Texas border checkpoint where several celebrities have been arrested. Hudspeth County sheriff's officials said an initial search Wednesday night turned up small amounts of marijuana and heroin and a loaded gun. Authorities say a second search revealed a duffel bag with about 10 pounds of pot. Officials say one of the occupants was arrested after admitting the drugs and gun belonged to him. In a statement, Nelly blamed his staff member. The rapper said, "Neither I nor anyone else on the tour bus was aware of his decision to bring these." Previous drug-related arrests of celebrities at the checkpoint near Sierra Blanca included Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg, Fiona Apple and actor Armie Hammer.


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Smack dab in the middle of summer, we're stuck in a heated debate: What will this year's "Song of the Summer" be? Even if we can agree the construct has gotten a little tired, music fans are passionately weighing in on the possible outcomes. Right now there's a fight between Iggy Azalea's "Fancy" and "Rude" by Magic! But will they last? Will we remember the "#SELFIE" song years from now? God, we hope not.
Forget all that, because there's a class of summer jams that just doesn't go out of style. The kind that makes you want a flat, open road, with the windows down and the radio turned up. I grew up in a small town in the South, where there's more farmland than people, so my summer songs (maybe like yours) were country and rock 'n' roll. They were a mix of greatest hits, and when I listen to them, they always take me home. Everyone's list is different, but whoever you are, wherever you grew up, you have those songs.
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All of these were mine. Most were my best friends'. Some were my dad's. Maybe some will be my son's. I bet a number of them are yours, too. If not, give them a listen.
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The Marshall Tucker Band, "Can't You See"
Pure Prairie League, "Amie"
Kenny Chesney, "I Go Back"
The Band, "The Weight"
Bob Seger, "Night Moves"
David Lee Murphy, "Dust on the Bottle"
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, "Fishin' in the Dark"
Rascal Flatts, "Fast Cars and Freedom"
Old Crow Medicine Show, "Wagon Wheel"
Led Zeppelin, "Over the Hills and Far Away"
Tim McGraw, "Where the Green Grass Grows"
Emmylou Harris, "Born to Run"
Bad Company, "Feel Like Makin' Love"
Brooks & Dunn, "Red Dirt Road"
Allman Brothers Band, "Midnight Rider"
Alabama, "Song of the South"
Rolling Stones, "Honky Tonk Women"
Rod Stewart, "Maggie May"
Van Morrison, "Wild Night"
Zac Brown Band, "Chicken Fried"
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