niece. Wikipedia also says that he lied naked with minor girls so as to have natural heat and to experiment with Brahmacharya (celibacy). I don’t know the truth for sure, but certainly can’t understand Indians condoning it. This hypocrisy is exactly what author is criticizing.

Gandhi getting India’s freedom has been the opium for Indian masses. Time to wake up!2 RecommendationsLink

3 days agoNat Ramachandran replied:

Which Indian condoned the purported hypocrisy that you are talking about?

The guy who reviewed the book is a member of the “International Board of Weights and Measures” – now that’s some qualification to write about Gandhi.

Andrew Roberts is a nasty Tory and is wallowing at the loss of his fat-man Churchillian enterprise. Those days are over for England and is now reduced to a punydot whose cricket team was massively brown washed by the, quelle horror, Sri Lankans!

“Gandhi getting India’s freedom has been the opium for Indian masses.” Can you elaborate instead of giving me a bumper sticker statement?1 RecommendationLink

That’s the kind of navel gazing that Andrew Roberts too is involved in.

Much like a mercenary, he gets paid to do such muckraking. What’s in it for you?RecommendLink

3 days agoPIYUSH DHANUKA replied:

You just condoned his behavior in your previous post but that is not the issue at all. I have no personal problem with anyone’s character as long as it is legal.

To elaborate my comment, you can see my previous comment above. To summarize how India got its freedom:

After WWII, weak and bankrupt UK was not in a position to hold on to


agoNat Ramachandran replied:

“Gandhi’s subsistence-level economics were unworkable, as was his pacifism, “

Right about the former and wrong about the latter. Pacifism worked in freeing India from the Colonists. And when it didn’t work – Chauri Chaura violence – Gandhi made it work.RecommendLink

3 days agoPIYUSH DHANUKA wrote:

One has to remember that Gokhle recruited Gandhi to lead Indian National Congress, an organization established by British people to work as a safety-valve. INC and Gandhi only wanted a limited autonomy under British rule until 1920s when other freedom fighters insisted on “Complete Freedom’.

Gandhi desired to be loved and worshiped, and was happy to don the mantle of “Mahatma (Great Soul”) in a religious country. JL Nehru (promoted by rich father, Motilal Nehru) was his high priest. Other politicians and elites ofis not important. The real problem is Gandhi’s socio-political philosophy that has dominated Indian subcontinent for last 100 years and continues to do so using his name leading to disastrous results.1 RecommendationLink

3 days agoNeil Bandari replied:

This “weak and corrupt” country is, just 60 years later (America has been independent 200+ years) fast being viewed as a “great power” in progress. “Gandhi’s socio-political philosophy has dominated the Indian subcontinent”? O boy, you are truly clueless about modern Indian economics and politics. Gandhi’s ideas for India died with him. He is now just a picture on the wall invoked 1-2 times a year.1 RecommendationLink

3 days agoPIYUSH DHANUKA replied:

Neil, you missed the point, Neil. Exploiting India’s respect for himself he made sure that only his few followers can rule India without


of their religious enemy.3 RecommendationsLink

Dave, what bs. India and Indians are proud of our secular nation, just as much as America and Americans are proud of it. Of course, its a work in progress, but to say India would have been better off with a Hindu identity is anti-thetical to the very idea of India.1 RecommendationLink

3 days agoRomesh Chander replied:

Neil:

Get real. Secularism was thrust upon India; it was the only way to keep peace and keep the country together. No, India is not proud of its secularism; just have no other choice without tearing the country apart.1 RecommendationLink

3 days agoJohn Shniper wrote:

One really significant aspect of Gandhi’s teaching which are NOT addressed is his thorough going anti-modernism and opposition to uplifting of India’s indescribably destitute masses by theDon’t consider his methodologies as a cookbook for actions; there is no cookbook, period; you adopt methodolgies by analysing the situation on hand (and analysing your own strengths and weaknesses, as well as of those of your enemies).

2 RecommendationsLink

3 days agoAsh Patil wrote:

As an Indian, I know what Gandhi really stands for and am shocked by this really disturbing and disgraceful book about Gandhi. whether these are ‘facts’ or ‘fiction’, only the author knows. we know he was human and nobody worshiped him as ‘demi-God’, it were his principles , that most of the world respects.What a shame, that in these times of violence and unrest in the world, WSJ chose to publish this article slandering Gandhi for all that he stood for: Non Violence.what better can you


wrote:

And I don’t ascribe any ‘Great Soul” to Gandhi, he was a human being.

Does anybody really worship him like God, or a god??

I don’t think any person really worships any other person, if you think about, not from the heart. Or maybe when they’re young and it’s a boy or girl, then worship gets confused with love.

But a person walking along doesn’t easily worship other persons, however esteemed. Not likely to happen.

And I’m not anti West but some of the rhetoric both in the article and in these posts reveals just why Gandhi prevailed and also, why he took the tack he did. If the opponent is large and loud, be small and quiet.

This is not an argument for either his character or politics, but an observation aboutIndia for their personal gain are referred to as the “Great Leader (Quaid-e-Azam).” The Gandhis, Jinnahs of India were charlatans. They hurt India and contributed more towards hurting the people of India than helping. The “Hyats,” the real founding fathers and proponents or Hindu-Muslim-Sikh unity, have been either erased or had their roles minimalised in history books by the ‘toadys’ of Gandhi’s India and Jinnah’s Pakistan.

Below excerpt from letter to Jinnah from Sikander that speaks for itself:

“We are faced with a situation fraught with grave and imminent danger to the safety of our country. The menace from the east is rapidly approaching our borders, and is growing in volume. The threat from the west and north-west has momentarily receded, thanks to the valiant resistance put up by the


Russians, but it may reappear at any moment, and perhaps in a more aggravated form, as a result of the anticipated Nazi attempt to break through Turkey, and French North Africa. My views on the war effort are well known to you and the members of the Working Committee. You are aware that I have from the very outset of this war pleaded for a policy of whole-hearted and unconditional support, because it is my fixed conviction that bringing this war to a successful conclusion is of vital importance to India, and the Muslims throughout the world, as it is to Great Britain. Recent developments on our eastern frontiers have only helped to strengthen that conviction it is equally true that by withholding our support at this criticalfederal government passed, and not even NARAL or Hilary Clinton made a peep).3 RecommendationsLink

4 days agoM Srinivasan wrote:

Instead of an honest review of the book, the reviewer has poured venom on Gandhi, of which he seems to be well endowed. Reminiscent of the character assassination of Gandhi that appeared many years ago in the Jewish magazine ‘Commentary’, it would seem that certain persons can never forgive Gandhi for his perceived lack of sympathy for the plight of the victims of Hitler. Gandhi can be forgiven for not knowing the full extent of Hitler’s evil and assuming all men are innately good. In spite of the attempted denigration, the fact remains that for millions all over the world Gandhi stands as a symbol of Goodness.For a real review of


heritage to mankind besides.”

Isn’t this the same man who took a different young woman to bed every night to test his moral will? Gandhi ‘tested’ himself by sleeping with naked grand-nieces Manu and Abha and others. (“Gandhi: Naked Ambition” published by Quercus, UK) I wonder how many abortions were done for the sake of India.

Isn’t this the type of non-violent, lecherous, political hypocrites of the earth who proclaim their sanctity while violating those of everybody else? Who knows what other damage he would have done to mankind if he was not assassinated?1 RecommendationLink

13 hours agoNat Ramachandran replied:

Have you heard of St. Augustine’s experiments with nude concubines?

Here’s something for your perusal: “At age 17, Augustine fell in love with a woman whom he never named. Although Augustine largely downplaysas some kind of saint. – Andy M, UK, 28/3/2011 13:25 you are out of your mind. gandhi didn’t go and killed people in jalianwala bagh, gandhi didn’t go and killed people who asked for freedom from british rule.

- harsukh, delhi, 28/3/2011 14:13

Had Gandhi been alive today,he would have marched for Gay Rights or fasted till death to overturn Chapter XVI ,Section 377 of Indian Penal Code, Anti Sodomy Law (sexual activity against the order of nature) enacted by British in 1860. Wonder why did he not do it while he was alive?

I have pre-ordered the book and at this point waiting to see if the author substantiates any of these with proof, in the form of letters or other documents. The excerpts in this article uses the


and Indian liberation… He never wrote anywhere or to anyone saying “follow me I am God” or any such thing. He just did what he probably thought was right. who asked you to follow him in the first place? And well, I believe most of the leaders in the UK and the USA have had worser pasts than Gandhi is claimed to have had. He never did anything wrong to us or anyone. His personal life whatever it was, was personal. We admire him for the great leader he was… And most of all, he died. We don’t speak ill of the dead. Nor shall we dig up stuff, backed by ‘claimed’ proof against anyone who has died for our country. He’s a martyr for us and weshall let it remain that way. We can talk a million other stories… Enjoy a million other jokes… But not joke on the life of a man… After all, beneath everything, he was only mere human..

- Vijay Velayudhan, Kerala, India, 28/3/2011 9:36Rating 2

Poor Gandhi can’t defend himself. Even he were around I am sure he would have handled it with dignity and poise. This author should try spilling beans on someone like Putin. Would be surprised if he has the guts to do it.

- yuri, Moscow, 28/3/2011 9:16Rating 276

Its like focusing on Einstein’s sexuality instead of his ‘Theory of special & General relativity’. What an author!

- veejay_kay, Mumbai, India, 28/3/2011 9:12Rating 232

Mahatma is Sanskrit for “Great Soul,,, Gandhi was a great soul,,♥,,

- yar, Goa, India, 28/3/2011 8:56Rating 145

I


peaceful protests in London with the hooligans at Trafalgar Square.

- Matt Chamberlain, London, 28/3/2011 6:27Rating 4

Worst trend of seeking money and fame, by stupid writing about immortals who ha no ways to prove these men misdeeds. We strongly reject these conjecture.

- Sivakumar, chennai, india., 28/3/2011 6:27Rating 2

Whatever the author has written is a naked truth. Gandhi’s experiments with “askhalitha Bhrahmacharya” meaning ‘celibacy without ejaculation’ are well known. Shabarmati Ashram was the hub of all these experiments. In Shabarmati Ashram many couples would stay with Gandhi. During the evening prayers he would convince them to not to indulge in physical union as it is inhuman. he would keep the men folk far away and the women folk closer to him so that he can use them for his experiments.As part of his experiments he would strip himself and would go to bed with multiple sex partners and make them fondle his private parts. Gandhi’s idea was even while they were fondling he should not get erection and should not ejaculate. Gandhi was a lustful man. He spoilt many women. He wrote in his autobiography stating that he was copulating with his wife in the bedroom while his father was dying. Even Acharya Vinoba Bhave one of the Gandhian and a bachelor advised Gandhi to stop such experiments.

- V.Ramachandra Reddy, Khammam; AP; India, 28/3/2011 6:22Rating 27

I heard he met and got on very well with Margaret Sanger the eugenist.

- Billy , Brent, 28/3/2011 5:41Rating 7

Far too many people think that Gandhi (and Mandela) are saints and can


do no wrong. How mistaken they are.

- Owd Tyke, S.Devon, 28/3/2011 5:38Rating 14

To denigrate the man who brought about the peaceful transition to independence in India , remind me how many millions died when we left and they started slaughtering each other!

- Simon, GB, 28/3/2011 5:37Rating 39

Fairly untrustworhy cove, all in all. Lord Mountbatten will be spinning in his proverbial.

- Three Ducks, London, UK, 28/3/2011 5:33Rating 7

Mahatma is Sanskrit for “Great Soul.”,,, and Gandhi was a great soul ,, Peace ,,

- yar, Goa, India, 28/3/2011 5:31

One way or the other, Gandhi’s reputation is about to be revised. Who’s next after that, though? What interesting times we live in … I hope we all survive them.

- Philip, Bankrupted Britain, 28/3/2011 5:24Rating 7

Gandhiji was the father of the nation forless than holy facet of the man.

- John B., Delaware. USA, 27/3/2011 19:15Rating 32

Why do people like to write such ludrious and libellous stories like this when the person concerned is no longer with us to deny or confirm the story?

- Sweet Cherry, Sunny London, 27/3/2011 19:07Rating 14

How to identify reliable sources? Anyone can make a claim or an assertion about anything today.Said that, bisexual or not, he was indeed a great soul. I’m Off Then: Losing and Finding Myself on the Camino de Santiago.Let’s hope I get a book translated into Spanish. It must be an interesting read.

- J E da Silva Jardim, Joinville, 27/3/2011 18:57Rating 14

Is this even relevant?

- Gay Dude, Australia, 27/3/2011 18:54Rating 17

This will even make Ghandi more interesting! The guy sacrificed everything he


such statement its true because they use Hindutva sentiment to consolidate vote and for that take all the necessary actions and finds the controversial religious issues to keep people to aware always of what injustice occurred and how to get rid of that. But now people (electorates) are clevered and wouldn’t listen and accept everything simply and cast their vote under any kidn of influence (apart from buying votes). Witnessed by last two parliamentary election clarifies that needed and want real progression and development instead chanting cliché and progangada’s.

Vivek Desai 5 hours ago

Ha haaa! RSS is the worst double speaking organization in the world (besides the most racist!)! Hmm! its amazing how they are buying Jaitley’s statement!! These sick minded oppurtunists are exactly the kind of people thatto Devendra Gupta

The two are being investigated by CBI for their alleged role in the Ajmer Sharif and Mecca Masjid blasts. Varshney, a former RSS prant pracharak in Jharkhand, had allegedly sourced and handed over two SIM cards to Devendra Gupta, a key accused in the Ajmer Sharif bombing. These cards were allegedly used to stage the May 18, 2007, Mecca Masjid blast. The ATS’s of Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh and the CBI have grilled both Varshney and Berry, an RSS central committee member, many times since June 21 both in Lucknow and Delhi. Both Varshney and Berry had acknowledged their association with Gupta. Before his arrest on April 30, Gupta had stayed at Varshney’s Kanpur home.

11. B.L. Sharma ‘Prem’, BJP

Planning big on the mass conversions of


Ajmer blasts, after Congress came to power. I think that the RSS should thank Ajmal Kasab for letting himself caught alive after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Otherwise, the secular media and political parties would have unearthed some evidence to link ï¿½Hindu Terroristsï¿½ to the Mumbai terror attacks also. Remember that the secular governments have still not accepted that Ishrat Jehan was a LeT operative even though David Headley had confirmed that to the NIA during questioning.

N.V.SANKARAN, THERISSUR, KERALA | July 18, 2010 | 21:21 IST

The allegation of terror against RSS is not new. Since our independence, RSS and its affiliates using different names has never believed in oneness of India and its constitution. In every generation of this hateful organization since 1947, we have seen evidence of2,000 people there, no one was injured.

Madhav, however, asserted that though several newspapers had reported on the alleged involvement of Sangh leaders in terror activities, the news channel had “violated norms of decent journalism”.

Suspected Sangh Parivar activists had allegedly barged into the office of TV Today office in New Delhi on Friday and vandalised the lobby after it telecasted a sting operation on an alleged plot to assassinate Vice President Hamid Ansari.

The activists allegedly stormed into the building housing Headlines Today and its sister channel Aaj Tak. They damaged furniture in the office lobby, police said.

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Posted by: ashkar kkdubai | July 18, 2010 | 16:39 IST

verygood ,,,,they know how to say sory

Posted by: DivyeshUSA | July 18, 2010 | 15:10 IST

BJP is risking of becoming a


Shiv Sena clone by thriving the communal hatred. It is also degrading the party by attacking the freedom of press and enjoying glories in violence. BJP leaders like Advani and Modi are the most arrogant people and they use abusive language for their political opponents particularly during election campaigns (Gadkari uses any time). Use of harsh and cheap language shows the culture of a person and the party discipline. BJP is becoming more of a regional party losing its status as the national party.

very good ,,,,they know how to say sory

ashkar kk, dubai | July 18, 2010 | 16:39 IST

BJP is risking of becoming a Shiv Sena clone by thriving the communal hatred. It is also degrading the party by attacking the freedom of press and enjoying gloriesagainst any person found involved in such agitation should not be dropped and no arms confiscated from such agitating persons should be returned.

PAC summons Niira Radia, Ratan Tata on Apr 4 in 2G case

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New Delhi:

Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has summoned corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and Tata Group Chairperson Ratan Tata on April 4 to discuss their role in the 2-G Spectrum allocation case.Sources said the PAC will meet on April 4 and 5 to discuss the 2-G spectrum allocation case which had led to the resignation of Telecom Minister A Raja. He was later arrested and is still in custody.

“Niira Radia and Ratan Tata have been called on April 4 to discuss their


spouses and Mrs.Kanimozhei. She had said earlier that she will come out clean. Yes, she has to come out clean about the loot and the others involved. Can not avoid any more..Agree (2)Recommend (2)

Writing on new-age working women is a good idea, but this book lacks a context and a framework.

ECONOMIC emancipation for women and the liberating influences brought about by it are issues that have long been debated and discussed. Today, there is no disagreement that denial of equal economic opportunities can be construed as one of the severest forms of discrimination against women. There is still a yawning gap between the constitutional rights envisaged for women and the actual realisation of them. Little wonder then that the Women’s Reservation Bill continues to be a matter ofuniversity curricula across the world. As part of the thrust towards multiculturalism and diversity, many universities offer courses that focus on women’s position in Third World countries. At the same time, there is the advance of diasporic India and a booming Indian economy.

All in all, there is an interest in Indian women. Added to this is the mystique surrounding the rich cultural diversity of the country and what the writer of the volumes under review refers to as “two sharply contrasting aspects” of Indian women, “…the first facade is of the serene, primordial mother Great Goddess, …the other is the clouded face of the domestic handmaiden trailing behind men in life expectancy, nutrition, health, education, pay, and other rights on the subcontinent”.

The interest that the women’s movement aroused


and Jaina nuns and laywomen; women in classical art and literature; the divine feminine: devis, yoginis, taras; queens, saints, courtesans; Muslim women in pre-modern India; women in the colonial era; male reformers and women’s rights; feminists and nationalists and women in India today, all in the course of some 500-odd pages.

The volumes are, undoubtedly, packed with information, collected from a wide range of classical texts and also secondary literature. However, the framework within which this is placed is highly problematic. What does one say about a book which states at the outset that “due to the longevity of Indian history, this study of women is, therefore, divided into two broad chronological sections, that is, the pre-modern era from antiquity to the early medieval Hindu kingdoms and the later(the parents) have amassed, will not exist also in the administrators of the public wealth of the socialist state, and whether these administrators will not utilise their immense influence in order to secure for their children the succession to the offices which they themselves hold .” (Robert Michels; Political Parties – A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies on Modern Democracy; London, 1916. Reproduced and preserved in the library of the University of Virginia.)

It seems almost natural to us; a large number of us take instinctively to servitude. It will not do to point to the existence of the opposition. Michels argues, very persuasively, that the opposition and the ruling group are actually one when it comes to the formation of the elite structure that will rule. The


care, within a span of a fortnight following infection caused by contaminated intravenous (IV) fluid injection and unhygienic conditions in a leading government hospital in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan has made a mockery of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), the flagship health programme of the Union government. The goal of the mission, launched in 2005, is to provide “integrated comprehensive primary health care services, especially to the poor and vulnerable sections of society”.

The deaths would have gone relatively unnoticed had they occurred over a period of time. It became public only after relatives of one of the deceased women raised a hue and cry.

That the deaths took place at Umaid Hospital, one of the oldest and largest government hospitals, predating Independence, was even more shocking. The majoritythe open category,” said Inderjit Singh, State secretary, CPI(M). He said that he had written to Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda about this but was yet to hear from him. The CPI(M) has also appealed to the Governor to look into this blatantly unconstitutional order.

Surprisingly, other mainstream parties in the State, including the opposition Indian National Lok Dal, have not reacted to the order. Though there are several Congress Members of Parliament from the State, including Kumari Selja, who are part of the Central government, none has bothered to discuss the issue. The matter was ultimately raised by CPI(M) Rajya Sabha member Brinda Karat on March 1 and she was joined by other members, including a few from the Bharatiya Janata Party. Brinda Karat, who began with the


PETITION that alleges the misuse of Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, which has been admitted by the Rajya Sabha Committee on Petitions, has become an object of concern among leading women’s organisations in the country. The petition claims that the law, dealing with dowry-related torture and acute domestic violence, is being misused. The existing law provides for a punishment of up to three years.

The petition, filed by one Dr Anupama Singh, ostensibly on behalf of many people, has demanded that the said section be made non-cognisable, bailable and compoundable. At present, the section reads: “Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such women to cruelty shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three yearsequality but, importantly, as recognition of the tremendous power that women can wield when they unite.

The association of IWD with broader struggles of working people has remained a critical part of its essence. The slogan most often used on IWD was “Class struggle is women’s struggle – women’s struggle is class struggle!”

It was, therefore, very much part of the activities of trade unions and workers’ organisations, which recognised that women’s emancipation cannot occur within a social and economy system that denies the emancipation of workers in general, and vice versa. But as IWD became more international (taken up by the United Nations in the second half of the 20th century) and even “official” in scope, this critical link between the emancipation of women and broader economic and social


be done this year and ultimately to fulfil the primary goal of the SCP and the TSP as laid down in the Constitution and repeatedly emphasised. Most recently, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in his address on June 27, 2005, to the 51st meeting of the National Development Council, said the gap in the socio-economic development of the S.Cs and the S.Ts should be bridged within a period of 10 years, which obviously meant that the S.Cs and the S.Ts should reach the level of the advantaged castes/classes of Indian society in all parameters within this period.

Shortly before the Budget, the plight of the SCP came into the limelight, incidental to and thanks to the exposure of controversies regarding malpractices in the Commonwealth Games 2010, including diversion of largeIt suffers from a variety of ills: modest manpower, a faultily constructed building with very limited space, lack of an area for rest and recreation for the men and women who work there, and abysmally poor facilities to receive visitors. These together build an atmosphere of gloom and depression. Should this be so in an era when workplaces are so employee-friendly and hygienic? A change will bring in rich dividends. You provide the ambience. Policemen will thereafter respond with glee and satisfaction.

Is it not possible to build about 100 police stations in each major city that will not be luxury offices but will certainly be clean and comfortable locations where policemen will give their best? A few years ago, private industry came out generously to build several new


country, and its safety standards are among the world nuclear industry’s highest. This Fukushima crisis shows that all reactors are vulnerable to the risk of catastrophic accidents irrespective of precautions and safety measures.

The Japan crisis holds a number of lessons for India as it embarks on a massive nuclear power expansion programme, which will double and then further triple India’s nuclear capacity. First, nuclear power generation is inherently hazardous. It is the only form of energy generation that can lead to a catastrophic accident with horrifying long-time consequences in health damage and environmental contamination. Human error or a natural calamity can trigger a catastrophic accident – but only because reactors are themselves vulnerable.

Reactors are high-pressure high-temperature systems in which a high-energy fission chain reaction is only barely controlled.that he had not used the word ” oppurtunistic” while Congress attacked him saying those living in glass houses should not throw stones at others.

The cable by Blake said, “in India’s northeast, for instance, Hindutva plays well because of public anxiety about illegal migration of Muslims from Bangladesh.

“With the recent improvement of Indo-Pak relations, he (Jaitley) added, Hindu nationalism is now less resonant in New Delhi, but that could change with another cross-border terrorist attack, for instance on the Indian Parliament,” the cable, accessed by The Hindu, said.

Jaitley, the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha whom the cable described as “one of several aspirants to direct the next generation of BJP leadership”, said in a statement that the word oppourtunistic in reference to Hindutva could be the “diplomat’s


it is the identity of all the people living in the Sapt-Saindhav Region, including Pakistan and Afganistan, irrespective of the religion of the residents of the land!Agree (2)Recommend (2)

some how we fooled because of this blind believe in our leaderAgree (1)Disagree (1)

William (Sharjah) replies to karavadiraghavarao2 hrs ago (04:21 PM)

How in India any one can neglect or feel shy to declare himself/herself as Hindu. With 85% Hindu population how any party can win on the basis of minority appeasement???. These are all BJP propaganda. Congress is weak in these kind of propaganda or else with this one statement they could have destroyed BJP by taking it to the people and projecting it loudly through the news channel, papers etc which is cheap politics. Congress has to be proactivePlease do suggest some names and let us see what do you mean.Agree (3)Disagree (2)Recommend (1)

R.C.Mohan (Kuwait)4 hrs ago (02:59 PM)

What is wrong in being opportunistic in Hindutwa? How many Hindus are proud about their religion? Pseudo-secularist becomes an elite citizen in India if he is a Hindu and preaches against Hindutwa and euologise other religions. So someone should be a real secularist even if he has to be opportunistic sometimes to safeguard the interest of a particular religion he belongst to. All are opportunists and all are taking people for a clean ride. The people are just victims of these pseudo secular fascists.Agree (5)Disagree (9)Recommend (4)

why you fuckoff sitting in Kuwait, come and do propoganda of ur hindutva, you hypocrites you will never live peacefully and never


(del)4 hrs ago (02:53 PM)

Let me guess… Just a day before it was that Mr. Jaitley who said that the “birthright to be PM” as said by Manmohan singh was a reference to Rahul gandhi. And the next day that man is targetted by wikileaks. I would like to reiterate what I have been saying on various fora: Wikileaks is a US sponsored cyber-warfare device. And it is directly responsible for what is going-on in the arab world nowadays. Maybe some of cables are true. But which? To determine we need to summon the american diplomats and also investigate all their communication in the past years. How many of US tourists coming to India are spies is difficult to say, but there may be a lot. Otherwise howabout the real character of the BJP. This also proves that they are neither sincere about any of their issues, nor do they love the country. It was this very BJP, which had escorted several terrorists to Kandhar, and set them free. The BJP was also responsible for the Kargil intrusion, and the untimely death of hundreds of our soldiers. After Mulayam killed hundreds of innocent Karsewaks in Ayodhya, in1990, the BJP had roamed the whole country with their ashes (which is wrong as per religion as they are meant to be immersed in the Ganges only), and vowed repeatedly to punish the perpetrators of the heinous crime, once in power. After have ruled the center, as well as UP, for so many years, they did not even


are facing now. No doubt it has been done some good deeds but looking to the ruling span, got negative credit, always.Agree (8)Disagree (9)Recommend (3)

Lal Mahosh (Karumalan) replies to J.B.Bhatt2 hrs ago (04:43 PM)

Not only Congress but also corrupt and crooked leaders of BJP,CPM, DMK, AIDMK and Janata Dal are also route causes of all problems.If India had a law similar to that of China with regard to financial corruption, all these politicians would not have been alive today. During the rein of BJP, ministers like Shourie who were always talking against corruption when they were not ministers, also received kickbacks by selling profit makisng public sector companies to capitalists and amassed as much public wealth as possible. Only Maoists can save the country from the present situation.scam, had deposited Rs 4.5 crore in the bank account of the son of Congress MLA Kripashankar Singh, facing a court case for allegedly amassing huge illegal wealth.

According to bank documents annexed to a PIL filed in Bombay High Court against the MLA, the statement of Samata Sahakari Bank account in the names of his son Narendra Mohan Singh and daughter-in-law Ankita, showed four deposits made by Dynamix Reality, totalling Rs 4.5 crore during 2008-2009.

The first deposit of Rs 50 lakh was made on August 23, 2008, in the joint bank account of Narendra and Ankita. The second entry of Rs 2 crore was made on January 1, 2009 in Narendra’s account, while the third and the fourth deposits of Rs one crore each (also in account of


a top priority for South India in the coming years, he said.

Regarding the power generation situation in South India, he said its total power demand is 26 GW base, peaking to 37 GW, while available capacity is 30 GW.

Above all, policy-making and implementation has not been conducive to growth with cumbersome and time-consuming business processes and slow pace of policy execution and project implementation, being the major constraints.

He further pointed out that there was a need for the industry to move up the value chain across sectors.

While the first wave of growth in many sectors has been at the lower end of the value chain, such as contract manufacturing, IT-offshoring, voice and data BPOs, the next growth phase requires industry to move to higher value-add segments in eachenterprising leadership of CM Narendra Modi! Congratulations!Agree (3)Disagree (2)Recommend (3)

Its really true and now proven congress and its UPA alliance is making fool to people of India. Gujarat is Gujrat in leadership of Mr Modi ,we Indian should now understan d the policies of Mr Manmohan Singh and company.Agree (7)Disagree (2)Recommend (4)

Hemant (Dubai)45 mins ago (06:30 PM)

Now think if Narendra Modi will be our pm then wat he can do for india.Agree (8)Disagree (1)Recommend (4)

bijoy (Bangalore)50 mins ago (06:25 PM)

Please don’t praise Modi before reading fully. I am agreeing in South average salary of labors are more compared to Gujarat. including construction wrokers etc. That is why now not so much growth as Mac mentioned. If so Gujarat has more industry then waht is the wage of the


water shortages in every area. Why doesn’t the government enforce rain water harvesting on all the new buildings being built. I am sure that not even a single building in Bangalore cares about the environmental norms and rain water harvesting.Agree (10)Disagree (3)Recommend (5)

sid (Hyderabad) replies to Amit8 mins ago (07:07 PM)

Can you tell us about your home state? Probably, they don’t even have proper road, or jobs or water or electricity. Why don’t make your own state better place to live?

nagesh pai (manipal) replies to Amit32 mins ago (06:43 PM)

don’t whinge, GO BACK WHERE YOU COME FROM!! BECAUSE OF AH0le like you our beautiful city become unlivable.. GO BACK GOO. Bloody ah0le expect everything spoon feeded.Agree (2)

srinivas (chennai) replies to Amit47 mins ago (06:28 PM)

can you do uspublic and lessen the angst of the Indian air passengers. Just do it!

N Krishnamoorthy (Thanjavur)5 hrs ago (01:20 PM)

Mr. Praful I do hope you had done enough damage. All the scams had started and took shape when you were the Civil Aviation Minister. CBI investigation should be ordered as well as the Government should come out with White Paper as these have direct bearing on the lives of the innocent passengers.

Dinesh (USA)5 hrs ago (01:16 PM)

How much CUTS does the Aviation Ministry share with DGCA Loot Collection from Fake Pilot License and Dubious Schools?

Nastynes (Mumbai)6 hrs ago (01:13 PM)

This is stupid. Forging hours has been going on for at least 20 years in this country and now they wake up? All the flying schools do it. Its a


world.

NKG (Mumbai) replies to kumar1 hr ago (05:37 PM)

There are restrictions on expenditure. Good. Also, there should be restrictions on the contents of manifesto.

maayayogi (India)2 hrs ago (05:19 PM)

As I was associated at public level from the election process from my child hood, I stood that public ask for cash and others from the parties but they never vote for the money or other benefits they received It is not strange to get meney for vote. They vote according to their will and their predtermination. No amount of money can change their mind. People are wise to ask money during elction. But it is less compared to the amount policitians stage to manage in their TERM. Moreover all govt servants recieve money from public irrespective of goverments, itIndia having any feelings for the country and for the people of the country or all those looters who are born to robe the country and torture the common people.How much greed for money or fear to loose the power is digging these people in deep frustration up to their neck.Do we Indians ever get rid of slavery, poverty and shelfishness.Do we ever learn to live like humanbeing and show respect to others.We thirty percents of our whole population call ourself educated and civilized but we are still in dark and never tried to help and educate the rest of the seventy percent uneducated and poor population to become civilized.As long as we dont see ourself any rular doing something good in reality for the common people in


agencies told TOI.Agree (9)Disagree (9)Recommend (4)

Jas (mumbai) replies to balu2 hrs ago (05:15 PM)

Tirupati is in TN..please update your geography ….being an indian its a shame you do not know about the country,,,,Disagree (1)

Tamilan (TN) replies to Jas1 hr ago (05:45 PM)

you know Jas ………Tirupati was supposed to be a part of TN …..they gave it away to AP in exchange of chennai which the telugu’s were demanding at that time…and many still say it used to be a Murugan temple . . .

Suresh (Pune) replies to Jas1 hr ago (05:26 PM)

Come on Jas, I think you are atleast 80 years old to talk about that…You for sure need a lesson in geography…

sam (chennai) replies to Jas1 hr ago (05:24 PM)

actually u dont know about india. tirupathi isslum in kuppam beach road, thiruvanmiyur has not been fuctional since the 90′s when it was built, it worked for a month, then no water, been closed since thats change& progress for you. About 700 yards from the slum on the other side of the kuppam beach road there is lot of beach facing land, all have been sectioned and sold off. It used to be pormpoku land(govt land) Guess who are the buyers???? All politicians, including karuna’s daughter. The lands are now worth excess of a few crores since they r beach facing and also Thiruvanmiyur is now a posh locality. I spoke to a few people from the slum a while back, to see how it happened as earlier it all belonged to the Kuppam, they


these purposes.

Facebook Inc., she added, has been charged with providing the platform for dissemination of all the information and overlooking requests of several saner people to block the profile.

Last month, Thakur along with her IPS husband, Amitabh Thakur, had lodged complaint in Gomtinagar police station of Lucknow against a Faceboook group calling itself “we hate Gandhi”. Subsequently, Facebook blocked the profile.

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I don’t know whether I should laugh or cry at Nutan’s self serving diatribe against facebook (profile). If she is intent upon maintaining communal harmony in India between Hindus and Muslims quoting IPC 290, she could have been more accurate in cases where saffronites such as L K Advani, Bal Thackeray openly and flagrantly created mayhem in the past. These Hindu celebrities (sic) haveat least half-truths.”

The Tehelka report, however, does not totally exonerate either the SP or the Congress: while the report shows there is absolutely no credible evidence to support the allegations against the Congress, it also “demonstrates that the parliamentary panel headed by Congress MP K.C. Deo and the Delhi Police did little to collate the evidence and nail the accused.”

Keywords: cash-for-votes scam, Tehelka sting operation

Email This Page Print This PageWatch out for dangers of hearsay: PMOUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

New Delhi, March 23: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today warned the Opposition not to take the “dangerous path” of destabilising the government on the basis of what one embassy official says about something, as was the case with WikiLeaks.

“Tomorrow, if another official of a foreign embassy takes it into his head


a conclusion of bribery, he recalled that the then Speaker Somnath Chatterjee had also said the Deo report did not establish the bribery charge.

Quoting from Somnath’s observations, he said: “Finding of the committee is that material on record does not conclusively prove that the money contained in the bag which was eventually displayed in the House was actually sent by the persons who were alleged to have sent it for the purpose of winning over the MPs to vote in favour of the motion of confidence”.

The same conclusion emerges when we study the report of the committee in totality, Singh said, adding “it is no use quoting sections which suit one’s convenience or which support one’s argument.”

The BJP was clueless for a few minutes after the reply andreported “faithfully and correctly” the details of the meeting he had with Mr. Owen in November 2006. “When he broached the subject of alleged human rights violations in Gujarat in 2002, I looked straight into his eyes and told him that at least the U.S. is not competent to teach me about human rights. I told him that I am a proud son of India where human rights are highly honoured and recounted a list of instances where the U.S. had blatantly violated human rights. It is nice on Mr. Owen’s part that he had reported this to his higher-ups faithfully and correctly as revealed from the WikiLeaks,” Mr. Modi said.

Asked whether he considered the cables on the Gujarat riots and such other issues as U.S. interference in


forums, emails and social networking sites for price rigging.

In a bid to check circulation of unsubstantiated news which could distort normal functioning and prices of stocks, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has announced a new set of code of conduct for staff of broking houses and other market intermediaries.

The registered market intermediaries, regulated by the Sebi, are directed that proper internal code of conduct and controls should be put in place, the regulator said in a circular.

“The staff of broking houses and other intermediaries should be discouraged from circulating information obtained from clients or others without proper verification,” it said, adding that there should not be any kind of unsubstantiated news, which could distort normal functioning the prices of stocks. Sebi has observed that unauthenticatedfurther said that access to blogs, chat forum and other sites should either be restricted under supervision or access should not be allowed.

“Logs for any usage of such blogs/chat forums/messenger sites shall be treated as records and the same should be maintained as specified by the respective regulations which govern the concerned intermediary. Any market related news should be forwarded only with approval of concerned personnel,” it added.

“If an employee fails to do so, he/she shall be deemed to have violated the various provisions contained in Sebi Act/Rules/Regulations etc and shall be liable for actions,” it said. The stock exchanges have also been directed to make necessary amendments to the relevant rules and regulations for implementation of decision. A committee, appointed by the regulator comprising representatives from market


small group of advisors. This inner circle acts as a buffer between the Chief Minister and his cabinet and party. He reigns more by fear and intimidation than by inclusiveness and consensus, and is rude, condescending and often derogatory to even high level party officials. He hoards power and often leaves his ministers in the cold when making decisions that affect their portfolios.”

(This article is a part of the series “The India Cables” based on the US diplomatic cables accessed by The Hindu via Wikileaks.)

America is a superpower. However, America has not kept a balanced view over Indo-Pak relations. Havining kept a closer relationship with Pakistan for one or other reason, America has neglected a fast rising India. Part of this complex relationship can be blamed on India’sof line,”" prior to 2002, we often hear, demanding and receiving exceptional treatment by politicians who felt the need to placate them on the basis of perceived injustices carried out by the Hindu majority. That changed when Modi came into power in 2002, they say. While no one will openly condone the bloodshed of 2002, many Gujarati Hindus feel that Modi “”put Muslims into their place.”" The BJP continues to echo these themes in its national political stance, especially over issues such as Hajj subsidies, the Muslim civil code, the singing of Vande Mataram, or other such religiously sensitive concerns.

12. (C) Modi continues to support a Hindutva agenda in the state, with the recent passage of amendments to the state’s anti-conversion law (ref A) being seen as a


an expansion of his Cabinet in 2005, the U.S. Consulate in Mumbai reported.

The August 10, 2005 cable (38300: confidential; only partial extract accessible), which was issued under the name of Public Affairs Section Director Linda C. Cheatham days after the expansion, took a close look at its timing and the allocation of portfolios.

Mr. Modi’s moves, the cable explained, were the result of a direction from BJP president Lal Krishna Advani following criticism from party members. According to the cable, “Modi consented under the condition that the BJP appoint a state party president loyal to him. In early June, Advani kept his part of the bargain when the BJP appointed Vajubhai Vala as Gujarat BJP president.”

The Gujarat Chief Minister made the most of the development, the cable said, explainingbe overridden. Calling the USG determination that Modi had failed to act in Gujarat during the 2002 riots a ‘subjective judgment,’ Saran suggested that perhaps Washington had not considered that this was a separate issue in the Indian mind.”

While appreciating the importance that the United States government attached to religious freedom, Mr. Saran cautioned that this determination could have an effect opposite from that intended: “a strong emotional reaction which had the potential to polarise the Indian people.” This, he noted, would not be in the interest of religious harmony, or shared U.S. and Indian objectives.

Highlighting the political ramifications, Mr. Saran said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was “up in arms.” The incident, he added, might “open up an odd type of standard to give or not give


Chief Minister Narendra Modi in November 2006, he got more than what he had bargained for: a lecture on the “horrific human rights violations” by the United States.

Michael S. Owen, Consul General in Mumbai, was the diplomat at the receiving end of Mr. Modi’s tirade during a November 16, 2006 meeting in Gandhinagar. This was the first such meeting since the March 2005 revocation of Mr. Modi’s U.S. visa on account of his role in the 2002 communal violence in Gujarat — in which (according to an official ministerial statement made in Parliament in 2005) 790 Muslims and 254 Hindus were killed, and 223 more people were reported as missing. The genocidal attack on Muslims by mobs of Hindu extremists and fanatics followed the burning of a coachExcerpts from the extended interview telecast on NDTV 24X7on March 21; this is published with permission from NDTV. The interview was conducted over a satellite link.

You are under global attack… Your home country, Australia, accuses you of treason. America wants to arrest you… In Sweden you have been accused of rape. The West prides itself on the rule of law and its institutions of justice. Are you shocked by the ferocity, and the illegalities, of the attacks on you?

I’m disappointed that the U.S. administration has decided to betray the traditions of the founding fathers, and those great traditions of Franklin and Madison. Now the Codified Bill of Rights has within it important protection for freedom… in the First Amendment. So that’s depressing. I would like to say that


openings in the mask plate. This technique of applying the masking film has a number of problems. One problem is achieving good alignment between the masking plate and the CCD image sensor so that the metal film will properly cover the desired areas of the CCD image sensor. Another problem is that the metal masking film is spaced from the CCD image sensor substrate by the glass plate which allows some light to seep under the edge of the masking film through the glass plate. The second problem could be solved by placing the metal masking film directly on the back surface of the CCD image sensor substrate. However, because the CCD image sensor substrate is so thin, about 10 micrometers in thickness, it is very difficult tothe same area and control children (88.0 +/- 6.9 vs. 99.0 +/- 2.0 and 110 +/- 10, respectively). Seven of 11 ADHD children (63.6%) were born to the seven of eight area A mothers who became hypothyroxinemic at early gestation, whereas only one of five non-ADHD children was born to a woman who was hypothyroxinemic at 20 wk of gestation. So far, a similar prevalence of ADHD has been reported only in children with generalized resistance to thyroid hormones. This might suggest a common ADHD pathogenetic mechanism consisting either of reduced sensitivity of the nuclear receptors to thyroid hormone (generalized resistance to thyroid hormones) or reduced availability of intracellular T3 for nuclear receptor binding. The latter would be the ultimate consequence of maternal hypothyroxinemia (due to iodine deficiency),


i seriously loved this... but also thoght of it as a no it's his hat stop...but in away.. it was like Wendy telling him :she'd wait on him, and not to forget her in the mean time.

Idk i shiop them, but also I would be fine with them being really great pals too. This is a cute drawing!!!their financial security. The event will feature free credit reports, free credit analysis', a $25,000 "Get out of Debt" Sweepstakes, and more. Try ledwards@iplace.com to get started on the road to Credit Awareness.

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Who doesn't recollect with eerie accuracy the sound of your left tire falling into a pothole approximately the size of Commonwealth Stadium? Followed by the queasy apprehension of waiting to see of your tire is deflating? What with all the snow, it's been hard to spot the street divots until after you're on the cell phone for the tow truck. This post-holiday season, do a good turn and turn your pain into a warning for someone else. Call the Pothole Awareness line at 425-2255, and report them for the general public. Karma-wise, those you help avoid


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-- This is amazing. It is the oldest piece of music known, dating from about 1400 BC. Obviously there is a lot of interpretation since it wasn't written in our musical notation, but it's still incredible. I'm linking to it instead of embedding it because you need to read the comments section.

How do you get blood from a stone? Easy. Start by redefining “blood” to mean “a variety of stone.” Next, maintaining as straight a face as possible, dramatically expound upon some trivial respect in which stone is similar to blood. For example, describe how, when a red stone is pulverized and stirred into water, the resulting mixture looks sort of like blood. Condescendingly roll your eyes at your incredulous listener’s insistence that there aredo anything. This certainly creates an issue, which is commonly called the problem of evil, but that doesn't account for the condemnation and malice directed towards those who pray. This quote by C.S. Lewis gives a good summary of why asking whether prayer works is basically a category mistake.

But there was another issue that struck me in the aftermath of the Texas shooting. It has two parts. First, a few days beforehand, on Halloween, there was a terrorist attack in New York, where a man, claiming to be acting on behalf of ISIS, drove a truck over a bunch of pedestrians, killing eight and injuring a dozen more. The man called out the takbir, "Allahu akbar" (God is greater, or the greatest) which is a very common phrase


4*y = x - 4. Suppose -2*i - 3*q + n*q + 1009 = x, 4*i = -4*q + 2088. Is i composite?
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Let m(q) = 15*q**3 + 30*q**2 + 3*q - 317. Is m(20) a composite number?
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Suppose 14*c = 13 + 15. Suppose 5*f = -2*o + 3415, 2*o = -2*o - c*f + 6870. Suppose -6*u = -14*u + o. Is u a prime number?
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M. L. M. and L. J. C. conceived the study, L. J. C. collected field data and fish samples, T. J. S. M. and R. H. generated genetic data, designed and performed the analyses, R. H., M. L. M., and D. L. contributed substantially in writing and data interpretation. All authors have read, commented, and approved the final manuscript.

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DNA sequences have been submitted to GenBank.

[^1]: **Funding Information** This work was supported by The National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Discovery Grants to M. L. M., T. J. S. M., D. L., and L. J. C.), Laurentian University and McGill University Research


the entire field of view. This stress uniformity assumption is invalid in the prostate imaging due to tissue heterogeneity and irregular geometry, often leading to low image signal to noise (SNR) ratio. To improve strain imaging, full inversion-based elastography techniques were proposed [@bb0180]. Such techniques provide more accurate elasticity maps since they incorporate stress non-uniformity in the tissue elastic modulus image reconstruction. Despite the availability of theoretical and practical evidence pointing toward potentials of using this elastography technique for PCa detection and assessment, lack of clinical studies has hindered its consideration as a viable clinical tool. To our knowledge, there is no previous clinical study other than the study we performed to detect prostate lesions in two cases to obtain a proof of concept [@bb0185].

In this research, meritsdetectable in B-mode and strain images due to low sensitivity/specificity and signal to noise ratio, whereas the YM images demonstrate the tumor areas quite clearly.Figure 2Imaging and histopathology data acquired from the 5 patients: (a) Ultrasound B-mode images (scale bar represents \~1 cm), (b) corresponding clinical strain images, (c) calculated strain images, (d) calculated YM images, (e) tumor regions based on YM images overlaid on the B-mode images, and (f) macroscopic images of whole-mount histopathology sections of the prostatectomy specimen (tumor region identified by pathologists are delineated with solid white contours; scale bar represents \~1 cm).Figure 2

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whizzing at incredible speeds can cause significant damage. NASA, for instance, has had to replace windows of the International Space Station that got dinged by a flake of paint.

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Wayward space debris also poses an immediate threat to us on Earth. Orbital flotsam and jetsam threatens the 2,000 communications satellites used by private companies and governments for for TV, phone, radio, internet, and military operations. “No more internet, no more online banking, no more Facebook…” warns designer Daan Roosegaarde, whose studio is working with the European Space Agency, NASA, and the Kunstlinie Almere Flevoland cultural center in Almere, the Netherlands, where the lab is located.

Roosegaarde tells Quartz that his studio’s success with its Smog Free Tower project has inspired the firm to dream bigger. Over theREMOVED:
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Starring Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, Amy Smart, Jason Flemyng and Julian Glover.
A mall security guard (Kiefer Sutherland) becomes wrapped up in a mystery involving a particular department store‘s mirrors which seem to bring out the worst in people. Down through the ages, mirrors have always been gateways to other worlds; they have protected us from evil, they have told us the future, and they have told us the truth. Mirrors reflect back at the viewer a glimpse of the human soul. In stories handed down through folk beliefs of generations, and stitched into the fabric of fairy tales and myths worldwide, mirrors have been the gateways to other worlds. is this a realm inhabited by angels, demons, and spirits of the dead? Or, does it reflect back tomakeup and men; at the same time, Shelley needs some of what the Zetas have - a sense of individuality. The combination leads all the girls to learn how to stop pretending and start being themselves.

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Starring James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Thomas Kretschmann and Terence Stamp.
25-year-old Wes (James McAvoy) was the most disaffected, cube-dwelling drone the planet had ever known. His boss chewed him out hourly, his girlfriend ignored him routinely and his life plodded on interminably. Everyone was certain this disengaged slacker would amount to nothing. There was little else for Wes to do but wile away the days and die in his slow, clock-punching rut. Until he met a woman named Fox (Angelina Jolie). After his estranged father is murdered, the deadly


This silkscreened poster was done for Mondo’s Heroes in a Half Shell - A TMNT Celebration. I wanted to pay tribute to SNES’s Turtles in Time, rather than it’s arcade counterpart. I mean, how can you beat having Slash as a boss? Pfft, it’s the far superior version.

Here's a piece of fan art I did up for Andrew MacLean's Head Lopper comic series. If Conan/Fantasy shenanigans are up your alley, I highly suggest to check this book out.

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Ash described the Alien to the Nostromo crew as "A Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility". I always feared the idea of a completely remorseless threat. With this piece, I wanted to push the idea of the Alien embodying the idea of Deathsitting on a throne of decay.

This piece was done for Udon's Alien Visions book, which will be dropping later this year. I'm thrilled to work on this franchise again and be collected with such a fine group of artists in this upcoming book.

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These helms were originally created for Satellite Soda's Daily Draw during February in 2016.


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Preeclampsia (PE) is a pregnancy-specific disorder characterized by new-onset hypertension and proteinuria that occurs after 20 weeks of gestation. It is a systemic disease that involves several organs such as the brain, liver, and kidney, as well as the coagulation system ([@b1-ol-0-0-5545]). This disorder affects 2--8% of all pregnancies and continues to be a leading cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide ([@b2-ol-0-0-5545],[@b3-ol-0-0-5545]). Although the specific etiology and pathogenesis of PE remain unknown, it is widely accepted that PE is associated with inadequate invasion of trophocytes, and spiral artery remodeling ([@b4-ol-0-0-5545]). In normal pregnancies, extravillous cytotrophoblasts of fetal origin invade the uterine spiral arteries of the decidua and myometrium. These invasive cytotrophoblasts replace the endothelial layer of the maternal spiral arteries, transforming them from small, high-resistanceMatrigel-based Transwell invasion assay

A Matrigel-based Transwell invasion assay was performed to assess the invasion ability of JEG-3 cells, 24 h after transfection. The method was similar to the cell migration assay, except that the membrane was pre-treated with 60 µl Matrigel (BD Biosciences, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA) at a concentration of 2 mg/ml, and the results were observed after incubation for 36 h. Experiments were performed in triplicate and the results are presented as mean of invaded cells ± SD.

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Data are presented as mean ± SD. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted to compare multiple groups, followed by the Bonferroni post hoc test for the comparisons between groups. GraphPad Prism software, version 4.0 (GraphPad Software, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA), was used for data analysis


as a common pathologic feature of PE ([@b13-ol-0-0-5545],[@b14-ol-0-0-5545]). In addition, this process is regulated by many cytokines and chemokines ([@b15-ol-0-0-5545]--[@b17-ol-0-0-5545]). In the placentas of patients with PE, trophoblast dysfunction reduces the invasion and migration capacities of EVTs. When the invasion of trophocytes into the endometrium at the maternal-fetal interface of PE patients is very shallow, and the vascular endothelium has not been replaced by trophocytes, this will result in placental hypoperfusion, hypoxia, or ischemia and thus induce the occurrence and deterioration of PE ([@b18-ol-0-0-5545]).

It is widely believed that the pathophysiological changes of PE may result from the abnormal expression of certain proteins. A previous study of PE using surface-enhanced laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (SELDI-TOF-MS) detected 10 significantly different protein peaks between patients with hypertensive disorders ofbeen demonstrated that patients with PE exhibit low levels of placental MMP2 and MMP9 ([@b23-ol-0-0-5545],[@b24-ol-0-0-5545]). It has also been shown that MMPs are involved in the remodeling of uterine spiral arteries, and reduced MMP activity may affect trophoblastic invasion, which subsequently induces abnormal placental development and onset of PE ([@b25-ol-0-0-5545]). The present findings showed that overexpression of TTR significantly increased the protein levels of MMP2 and MMP9, indicating that TTR likely regulates the invasion ability of cells through MMP-mediated remodeling of extracellular matrix. More specifically, TTR likely promotes the migration and invasion ability of trophoblasts by increasing the secretion of MMP2 and MMP9. The reduced levels of TTR may decrease the secretion of MMP2 and MMP9 in PE patients and subsequently inhibit the migration and invasion ability of


Monday, April 02, 2007

Ad-Busters Class for Kindergartners

The New Yorker printed this piece in the Talk of the Town this week about a kindergarten field trip to the supermarket aimed at teaching kids how to think critically about consumer products. I'm going to have to do a similar experiment with my kids. I think Elliot and Walter would hit it off, "I want to take off my underwear...I want candy!"

Smart Cookies by Rebecca Mead It is sometimes suggested that schools no longer teach children values, but this assertion would not be true of P.S. 321, in Park Slope, which has been offering an “Ad-Busters” class as an after-school program, intended to impart radical skepticism to kindergartners. The class is taught by Susan Gregory Thomas, a P.S. 321 parent andand believe that you will be a great husband and father If you ever need to talk just call Tuesday September 9, 10:27 pm Steve: I just spent two hours talking to Ozzie. It was all about you. We love you and we will always figure out a way to keep you in our lives. When you are done with football I will hire you to help me raise Great young men. I still love you!!! Ray: I know it's a rough time for all of us I love all of you and that will never change for life! Steve: I will help you make it a great life indeed. I give you my WORD Ray: That means the world to me and my family we greatly appreciate


see the screenshot for clarification – the button at the bottom left shows the zoomed area in an orange rectangle.
Screenshot
All of that works well already, and if I move the zoomed area around by clicking the full image and moving it, the orange box moves correspondingly as it should.
Now here’s my issue:  I’d also like to be able to move the main zoom area around by putting the mouse down within the orange box on the preview button and then moving the box around.  The way I am trying to implement this, I give the preview button event handlers for PreviewMouseDown, PreviewMouseUp and MouseMove events like this:
Button prevBut = new Button();
prevBut.PreviewMouseDown += PrevBut_PreviewMouseDown;
prevBut.PreviewMouseUp += PrevBut_PreviewMouseUp;
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PreviewMouseDown checks whether the mouseI
suppose I shouldn't be surprised that, yet again, you sink into false
insults like "lacking integrity" out of frustration.

Btw,
Simpson recently met with some local gay groups and they accepted his
explanation that it wasn't pulled for any single reason. Even they
apparently disagree with your "sinister secret reason" theory.

Tolstoysalt lake, UT

Aug. 30, 2012 10:27 a.m.

@VORfrom the same article next paragraph "Simpson cited crude
dialogue, explicit content and offensive characterizations as underlying reasons
KSL will not air 'The New Normal." this is why I and others take
exception to KSL and your claims. The best you can say is that KSL is trying to
skirt the edges to avoid actually just stating the reason the are choosing not
to air the show. I suppose I should not be surprised your encounter with
integrity was so short lived though.

RanchHandHuntsville,


they are at least also shown to be evil and are prosecuted as crimes.
The New Normal, while maybe not as directly explicit as L&O, portrays
something far more damaging in the long run: it will show gay marriage and
homosexuality in general as harmless, normal and morally acceptable.
That's likely where KSL's judgment call came from. Yes, showing
explicit violence isn't good, but describing harmful and deadly behavior as
harmless and normal is far worse even if you don't actually show it.

OwlSalt Lake City, UT

Aug. 29, 2012 10:10 a.m.

Thanks for standing up KSL. There are times when it is appropriate to just say
No and this is one of them. It is not true that everything which comes out of
Hollywood is fit to be in our homes. By the entertainment industry's
low-threshold standards, everything isfuel indicator illuminated, followed by the loss of engine power. The pilot estimated that about a 20-mph tailwind existed, so he performed a 180-degree turn to point the helicopter’s nose into the wind while entering an autorotation. After completing the 180-degree turn, the pilot did not see any flat or open terrain and chose to land on a rocky outcropping. While the pilot was trying to avoid landing in trees, the helicopter impacted terrain, which resulted in the helicopter sustaining substantial damage to the fuselage and main rotor gear box.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this
accident
as follows:

The pilot’s improper fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and subsequent impact with terrain.


does that pretty well already.
A better approach to such questions, which is taken on many sites, is to create a list of common/popular resources on meta.  Spanish.SE has recently renewed this effort.
A (small) list of such sites might fit on such a page.  Before we jump to that conclusion, though, I'd suggest we open that specific idea for discussion at large.  We may want one post per language, rather than just a single post.  Or maybe we want a single post, with sections per language?  And maybe this community does want such a post on the main site rather than meta, etc.  I encourage you (or anyone) to put forth a proposal for this here on meta.  If nobody else does,I case, and $$\label{sewingII}
c_u^2 u_x=\sqrt{c_u}\,\lambda_t-\frac{\partial{\cal D}_{II}}{\partial u},\ \ c_v^2 v_x=\sqrt{c_v}\,\lambda_t+\frac{\partial{\cal D}_{II}}{\partial v},\ \ \sqrt{c_u}\,u_t-\sqrt{c_v}\,v_t=-\frac{\partial{\cal D}_{II}}{\partial\lambda},$$ for type II. The defect contribution in either case will be derived below but the type I case is provided here as an illustration: $$\label{DIsineGordon}
{\cal D}_I(u,v)=\kappa m\left(\sigma\cos\frac{1}{2}(\beta_u u+\beta_v v)+\frac{1}{\sigma}\cos\frac{1}{2}(\beta_u u-\beta_v v)\right),$$ where $\sigma\equiv \exp(-\eta)$ is a dimensionless parameter and $$\label{kappaequation}m_u=m_v\equiv m,\quad \kappa=\frac{c_u}{\beta_u^2}=\frac{c_v}{\beta_v^2}.$$ The latter requirement is quite strong and has other consequences.

For future reference, a sine-Gordon field $w$ in a domain with wave speed $c$ satisfies the following equation of motion $$\label{sG}
w_{tt}-c^2w_{xx}=-\frac{m^2}{\beta}\sin(\beta w),$$ with a soliton solution given by $$\label{sGsoliton}
  e^{i\beta w/2}=\frac{1+iE}{1-iE}, \quad E=e^{ax+bt+d},\quad a=\frac{m\cosh\theta}{c},\quad b=-m\sinh\theta.$$ It is already to be expected from the form of this solution that if a soliton travelling in the direction of the positive $x$-axis (ie from


since only a single junction is considered, $x_0=0$ is a convenient choice. Thus, the total energy and momentum are given by: $$\label{junctionEP}
{{\cal E}}=\sum_{i=1}^N\epsilon_i\int_0^\infty\left(\frac{1}{2}(u^{(i)}_t) ^2+\frac{c_i^2}{2}(u^{(i)}_x)^2+U^{(i)}\right)dx,\quad {{\cal M}}=\sum_{i=1}^N\epsilon_ic_i\int_0^\infty\left(u^{(i)}_tu^{(i)}_x\right)dx,$$ where $\epsilon_i=\pm1,\ i=1,\dots,N,$ is introduced to take into account the sense of integration along a branch. For example, for two branches (which, as noted above, is a defect), $\epsilon_1=-\epsilon_2$, since the junction lies at the intersection of $[-\infty,0]$ and $[0,\infty]$). It is also convenient to define two diagonal matrices $c,\ \epsilon$ by $$c={\rm diag}(c_i),\quad \epsilon={\rm diag}(\epsilon_i).$$ The search for junction sewing conditions is then a generalisation of the arguments summarised in sections \[Energy\] and \[Momentum\].

First, to conserve energy, it is enough to take junction conditions (at $x=0$): $$\label{junctionsewing}
c_i^2u^{(i)}_x=\epsilon_i\left(\sum_{j=1}^NA_{ij}u^{(j)}_t-\frac{\partial{{\cal D}}\phantom{^{(i)}}}{\partial u^{(i)}}\right),\quad A^T=-A,\quad i=1,\dots,N,$$ where the ‘junction potential ${\cal D}$’ is presumed to dependin a network
==============================

In this section the feasibility of a type II junction is explored, which means additional degrees of freedom are allowed at the junction.

The setting {#Type II junctions on a graph}
-----------

Conservation of energy and momentum is examined afresh in Appendix A and an alternative set of conditions are found. For this section, the starting point is provided by the sewing conditions - with $A=\tilde{A}=B=0.$ In other words, is replaced by: $$\begin{aligned}
&&c_i^2u_x^{(i)}=\epsilon_i\left(\sum_{j=1}^n\lambda_t^{(j)}-\frac{\partial {\cal D}}{\partial u^{(i)}}\right),\quad i=1,\dots,n,\label{JunctionNewConditions1}\\
&&\tilde{c}_k^2\tilde{u}_x^{(k)}=\tilde{\epsilon}_k\left(\sum_{j=1}^n\tilde{C}_{kj} \lambda_t^{(j)}-\frac{\partial {\cal D}}{\partial \tilde{u}^{(k)}}\right),\quad k=1,\dots,N-n,\label{JunctionNewConditions2}\\
&& u_t^{(i)}+\sum_{k=1}^{N-n}\tilde{u}_t^{(k)}\,\tilde{C}_{ki}=-\frac{\partial {\cal D}}{\partial \lambda^{(i)}},\quad i=1,\dots,n,\label{JunctionNewConditions3}\end{aligned}$$ where $u^{(i)}$ are $n$ fields, $\tilde{u}^{(k)}$ are $ (N-n)$ fields and $\lambda^{(i)}$ are $n$ auxiliary fields defined only at the junction. Hence, $\tilde{C}$ is an $((N-n)\times n)$ matrix, which satisfies the following conditions $$\label{constraintTypeII_1}
{\epsilon}{c}^{-1}+\tilde{C}^T\,\tilde{\epsilon}{\tilde{c}^{-1}}\,\tilde{C}=0,$$ and $$\label{constraintTypeII_3}
\tilde{\epsilon}\,\tilde{c}+\tilde{C}\,\epsilon\,c\,\tilde{C}^T=0.$$ The conservation of the scaled momentum


is the possibility of having two pairs of type II defects. This possibility arises by noticing that the matrix $C$ simplifies by setting $a=0,$ $c=-1.$ The advantage of this situation is that by setting $\beta_1=\beta_4$ and $\beta_2=\beta_3,$ it can be noticed that $\alpha_1=\alpha_4$ and $\alpha_2=\alpha_3.$ Then the constraints analogous to - become: $$\begin{aligned}
\left(\frac{m_k}{\beta_k}\right)^2\,\left(e^{\alpha_k\cdot q}-e^{-\alpha_k\cdot q}\right)&\equiv&
2\left(y_k\,\left(\alpha_k\cdot\frac{\partial x_k}{\partial q}\right)+
x_k\,\left(\alpha_k\cdot\frac{\partial y_k}{\partial q}\right)\right),\\
\left(\frac{m_k}{\beta_k}\right)^2\,\left(e^{\alpha_k\cdot q}-e^{-\alpha_k\cdot q}\right)&\equiv&
2\left(\hat{y}_k\,\left(\alpha_k\cdot \frac{\partial \hat{x}_k}{\partial q}\right)+
\hat{x}_k\,\left(\alpha_k\cdot\frac{\partial \hat{y}_k}{\partial q}\right)\right),\\
\hat{y}_k\,\left(\alpha_k\cdot\frac{\partial x_k}{\partial q}\right)&\equiv&
x_k\,\left(\alpha_k\cdot\frac{\partial \hat{y}_k}{\partial q}\right),\\
\hat{x}_k\,\left(\alpha_k\cdot\frac{\partial y_k}{\partial q}\right)&\equiv&
y_k\,\left(\alpha_k\cdot\frac{\partial \hat{x}_k}{\partial q}\right),\\end{aligned}$$ where $k=1,2,$ only. The solution of these constraints leads to the familiar result.

Concluding remarks
==================

In this article, the existence of integrable defects able to relate domains with different wave speeds has been explored. For the sine-Gordon model, a junction can only have two branches, or be a junction that acts as a meeting point ofadapting the Yang-Baxter equation to this situation suggests a suitable consistency condition might then be $$\label{junctionYB}S_{1\,ab}^{\phantom{0\,}dc}(\theta_{12}) J_d^{ef}(\theta_1)J_c^{gh}(\theta_2)=J_b^{pu}(\theta_2)J_a^{qv}(\theta_1)S_{2\,qp}^{\phantom{1\,}ge}(\theta_{12}) S_{3\,vu}^{\phantom{2\,}hf}(\theta_{12}), \ \ \theta_{12}=\theta_1-\theta_2,$$ where repeated indices are summed. Here, the rapidity-dependant quantities with three labels, $J_a^{bc}(\theta)$ represent the splitting at the junction. It is straightforward to see that if the junction strictly preserves topological charge as claimed for instance in [@sobirov2015], then there is no solution to . However, it is less clear if there are solutions to a modified version of if topological charge is not preserved and may be deposited on or removed from a junction, as happens for integrable defects. Investigating equations of type will be the focus of a future discussion.

Acknowledgements
================

We are grateful to Robert Parini for discussions on this topic and for bringing the paper


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Last week, I put some miles on my DeLorean GIF, traveling through the last 30 years checking out the soundtracks to hit No. 1 since the reign of Purple Rain. It got you guys talking! It got me Spotifying! So, for this week’s installment of Somewhere in Time, I’m following it up with a look at 25 other significant, hit-spawning soundtracks from the past 30 years that, for one reason or another, failed to make it to the top of the charts, even though it seemed like you and everyone you know listened to them all the time. (I’m also including, way at the end, two soundtracks that did hit number one but that I failed to include last time because I’m only human, guys.) We begin


went to No. 4 and then immediately deleted itself from our collective memory.

Weirdest moment: Hidden among early ’90s sensations Color Me Badd, Paula Abdul, and Jeremy Jordan, there’s a Michael McDonald/Chaka Khan duet! Did Jim and Cindy have a story line in season three or something?

Most on-the-nose track: “Theme From Beverly Hills, 90210,” John Davis

Can you listen to it all the way through? Oh, my goodness, no.

What it tells us about 1992: There was power in the sideburn.

Reality Bites (1994)

Synopsis: Artsy post-grads enjoy the last five minutes before the internet.

Most on-the-nose track: “I’m Nothin’” by Ethan Hawke as Troy, lead singer of Hey, That’s My Bike. Troy would say things like “I’m bursting with fruit flavor” as a sarcastic way of saying he was enthused. Troy was kindnews related to GOOG #2 Dogpile #3 Altavista

But for the query 'search' Altavista is the #1 and Google is next to it.

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breck
DuckDuckGo was only 2 after Google. Way to go!

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meatbag
6,310,000 old backlinks, many of which come from highly trusted sources, might
have some effect.

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Well Altavista _used_ to be the best search engine.

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It is the oldest one.


efforts are an effective means for retrieving viral genomes \[[@pone.0194419.ref029], [@pone.0194419.ref056]\].

The purpose of this study was to understand RNA viral composition in three temperate lakes with variable hydrology and allochthonous inputs. We first surveyed RNA viral genomes using a community transcriptomics approach targeting microbial-sized (0.2--5 μm) material. We identified RNA viral genomes within transcriptomes, then evaluated their seasonal distribution in the lakes on particles \>5 μm (i.e. present in aggregates or particles, large microbial eukaryotes or metazoa). Our results revealed that several RNA viral genotypes are temporally transient and lake-specific, may relate to precipitation and runoff, and may follow seasonal patterns of productivity.

Methods {#sec002}
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Description of Finger Lakes {#sec003}
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The Finger Lakes (New York State, USA) are a series of 11 freshwater lakes oriented approximately north-south, ranging in length fromvia tBLASTx) were then subject to fragment recruitment using a minimum overlap of 0.1 and minimum similarity of 0.95 for all environmental RNA libraries. Only contigs recruiting ≥ 100 reads across ≥ 2 libraries were considered further. Contigs fulfilling these criteria were then subject to tBLASTx against the *nr* database to identify their phylogenetically closest relative. Sequence data is available at NCBI under BioProject accession PRJNA417956.

Determination of viral genotype abundance by qRT-PCR {#sec009}
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Five candidate RNA viral phylotypes were selected for focus that were represented in ≥ 5 libraries ([Table 1](#pone.0194419.t001){ref-type="table"}; NCBI accessions MG550036---MG550040). The abundance of RNA viral genotypes was determined by quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR (qRT-PCR). Total RNA was extracted from 5 μm filters using the Zymo RNA Mini Isolation Kit. RNA was then depleted of contaminating


DNA by the Zymo DNA-free RNA kit, and subsequently converted to cDNA using Superscript III reverse transcriptase. Primers and probes were designed based on capsid proteins for the 5 genotypes using the program Primer3 (<http://www.primer3.com>) \[[@pone.0194419.ref063]\]. qRT-PCR was performed in duplicate reactions where each reaction contained 1X SSO Probes Universal Master Mix (Bio-Rad), 200pmol of each primer ([S2 Table](#pone.0194419.s002){ref-type="supplementary-material"}) and 5'-FAM labeled probe (3'-TAMRA as quencher), and 2 μl of template cDNA in 25μl reactions. Each run was performed with 4 no template controls and duplicate oligonucleotide standards over 8 orders of magnitude copy number. Quantity was determined by comparison of cycle threshold values against the standards and multiplied by 2 to account for single-stranded standards. The practical detection threshold of all 5 primer/probe pairs was 1 genotypethan darker hues.](pone.0194419.g005){#pone.0194419.g005}

Quantitative PCR targeting the 5 genotypes was applied to the \>5 μm size fraction cDNA from the time series samples ([Fig 6](#pone.0194419.g006){ref-type="fig"}). The five viral genotypes demonstrated different temporal patterns with season and between lakes. Picornavirus TS24641 had the greatest abundance during winter months in Owasco Lake, but had a very large abundance in Seneca and Cayuga during the spring (Mar-April 2015). Picornavirus TS24835 was absent entirely from Seneca and Cayuga Lakes but was abundant in winter months in Owasco Lake. Reovirus TS148892 was abundant in all 3 lakes throughout the sampling period. Picornavirus TS152062 was present after the onset of winter and into Spring in Owasco and Cayuga Lakes, however was absent from Seneca Lake. Iflavirus TS4340, on the other hand, had large abundances in


two lakes. For example, picornavirus TS24641 and reovirus TS148892 were present in all three lakes in \>5 μm plankton, while iflavirus TS4340 and picornavirus TS152062 were present in larger plankton only two lakes, and picornavirus TS24835 detected in only one lake. All five viral genotypes were, however, observed in microbial size fraction (5--0.2 μm) libraries in all three lakes at least for some part of the sampling period. These data suggest viruses of larger unicellular eukaryotes or metazoans may persist in cell debris for some time after host lysis. Alternatively, our data could indicate that small eukaryotic hosts aggregate at certain times during the year and therefore are detectable in the larger size fraction. However, our data indicate that all viruses detected in our study are widely distributedacross all three lakes.

Conclusions {#sec015}
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RNA viruses are constituents of all aquatic viral communities. However, their predicted hosts, seasonal dynamics and biogeography have not been extensively investigated in temperate lakes \[[@pone.0194419.ref050], [@pone.0194419.ref071]\]. Our data demonstrate that RNA viruses are widespread within regions, but may be temporally transient and associated with particles in different size fractions throughout the year. Most viruses observed in this study were likely associated with eukaryotic microorganisms, and we found evidence that these viruses may originate from metazoa within lakes or from the surrounding catchment. The presence of putative RNA viruses affiliated with eukaryotic microorganisms or metazoa piques interest into the role of viruses in host ecology, and more widely into their impact on freshwater ecosystem function.

Supporting information {#sec016}
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###### Library and assembly characteristics for plankton RNA


Vehicles often include a frame to support the structure of a motor vehicle. Several components are attached to the frame during manufacturing. Sheet metal may be attached to the frame to create the vehicle floor. However, these components may be susceptible to damage such as buckling during a collision.Investigations related to morphine's addictive properties are planned. Experiments concerning morphine's neuroanatomical site(s) of action(s), the neuropharmacological basis of morphine's action(s) and the long-term consequences of in utero exposure to morphine are designed. A correlative approach involving both neurochemical and behavioral procedures will be employed in all experiments. Behavioral procedures will include methods of intravenous self-administration, physical dependence and analgesia. Neurochemical procedures will include methods for measuring levels of catecholamines and their metabolites in discrete regions of the brain. The possible role of other agents (e.g. amphetamines) in predisposing to morphine addiction will also be investigated.


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If F=D and D=ST, then F=ST, right?

Flutter is written using Dart and Dart is a single-threaded language then Flutter apps are single-threaded. This means that a Flutter app can only do one thing at a time.

That is all true. But that does not mean that Flutter apps are forced to wait for slower processes.

Flutter apps use an event loop

This should come as no surprise since Android has a main looper and iOS has a run loop (aka. main loop). Heck, even JavaScript devs are unimpressed since JavaScript itself has a … wait for it … event loop. Yes, all the cool kids are using an event loop these days.

An event loop is a background infinite loop which periodically wakes up and looks infrom other methods.

In Dart you have the ability to specify the type of thing that Future will give you eventually:

When we have that Future object, you may not have the data, but you definitely have a promise to get that data in the Future. (See what they did there?)

How do we get the data from a Future?

You tell the Future what to do once the data is ready. Basically, you’re responding to a “Yo, the data is ready” event and telling the Future what to do by registering a function which we refer to as a callback.

myFuture.then(myCallback);

The .then() function is how you register that callback function. The callback should be written to handle the promised data. For example, if we have a Future<Foo> then our callback should have


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Planetarium show: "Exoplanets"

First discovered 20 years ago, the known exoplanets (planets around other stars) now total more than 1,800. Dr. Scott Roby of SUNY Oswego's physics department will show the different types of planetary systems that exist and give updates on the Kepler mission and the search for twins of Earth.trapping antihydrogen[@trap; @long] and starting down the path of making spectroscopic measurements[@spec]. The primary goal of the experiment is to test CPT invariance but there is also interest in testing another fundamental issue – the gravitational interaction between matter and antimatter (the so-called question of “antigravity”). As well as the other antihydrogen trapping experiments – ASACUSA[@asacusa] and ATRAP[@atrap] – there is also a new experiment in the Antiproton Decelerator hall at CERN called AEGIS[@aegis] which is dedicated to testing the gravitional interaction between antihydrogen and the Earth. It was claimed in [@lykken] that there “is no compelling evidence or theoretical reason to rule out such a difference (i.e., between $g$ and $\bar{g}$) at the 1% level.” I argue in this short paper that bending of light by the


about love styles.

Krissy: His name is Scott Roby and he’s pointing at a slide with the image of a big colorful heart on it. The heart’s divided up in the quadrants, labeled with different love styles.

Scott: There’s do, be, give, encourage, talk and touch. Those are the 6 different dimensions or love styles.

Krissy: But Scott says in every person, 1 or 2 love styles really rise to the top.

Scott: Sensual touch, if it’s really going to feed the love style and feed the relationship, it’s not always about landing the plane, if you know what I mean, right.

Krissy: Scott’s audience consists mostly of young or middle aged professionals dressed in business casual. Most of them headed to this class room right after work. It’s a free class calledthis one part that caught state leader’s attention.”

Kandy: It said you have too much divorce, too many out of wedlock births and up until at that point, nobody had really made the connection between divorce in the economy.

Krissy: The report came out right around the same time, as welfare reform kicked in. The new system of block grants that states could use for anything that broadly fit those 4 bullet points, those 4 purposes, including the last 2 about marriage.

Kandy: Our governor at the time, met with our Department of Human Services and said, why don’t we use a very small portion of that money to try some innovative things to strengthen families.

Krissy: The Oklahoma Marriage Initiative was born. Over the years they’ve offered so many different classes,


marriage initiative. They say from now on, the program will target low income families. In the 15 years the program has been around, the poverty rate in Oklahoma has barely budged and its marriage rate actually went down.

Next Krissy heads to Michigan where welfare dollars are funding college scholarships in an effort to prevent out of wedlock pregnancies. That’s coming up on Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX.

Julia: Hey podcast listeners, Reveal’s Julia B. Chan here. As you’re hearing this hour, we’re travelling around the US with Krissy Clark and Marketplace’s new podcast, the Uncertain Hour. Along the way, we’re learning how different states use the billions of dollars, they’re allotted for welfare, in some pretty surprising ways. It’s been 2 decades, since the welfarethat money goes to basic cash assistance and as for the rest, reporter Krissy Clarke of Marketplace, went on a road trip across the country to find out. In Michigan, she ended up on a College Campus in the middle of a party.

Krissy: Explain for somebody who can’t see what’s going on right now, what the hell is going on right now?

Blake: Okay, I guess you call it a rave dance. People are here dancing and having fun with some glow lights right in front of them.

Krissy: I’m in a dark gymnasium on the campus of Adrian College, an expensive private college in Southern Michigan. It’s crazy in here. There are students engulfed in giant plastic bubbles, playing soccer, students squirting glow in the dark, paint at each


is that more than 200,000 families with children, live below the poverty line in Michigan and most of them don’t get any cash assistance at all.

Al: That’s Marketplace’s Krissy Clark. So far we’ve heard about welfare dollars going to relationship classes and tuitions for not necessarily needy college students. Next we head to Indiana, to visit a women’s health center that gets welfare dollars for helping to prevent abortions. That’s next on Reveal, from the Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX.

Jennifer: Hey, everyone. This is Jennifer Welch. I’m the Director of Story Works, a project by Reveal that pairs playwrights with investigative reporters. We’re bringing our latest theatre production into the Bay Area for 4 shows only, from July 21st to the 23rd at the flight deck inaway from that. She was just kind of keep telling me, “Well, we can get to that. Adoption’s an option. There are other things that we can talk about. We’ll get to that sooner or later.”

Krissy: Brandy didn’t know it at the time, but her councilor would never get to that. In fact, there was no way she would receive an abortion at Women’s Care Center, or even get a referral for an abortion. Because it turns out, Women’s care Center is what some call a Crisis Pregnancy Center, a pregnancy resource center, with a specific mission to steer women away from having an abortion.

It turns out the Center Brandy went to, as well as dozens of centers like it across Indiana and Pennsylvania and a few other


for you before your decision, during your decision and after your decision regardless of what you’re decision is.”

Krissy: But am I correct that you would not refer them?

Jennie: What I would say is that what we say to women is, “We are here for you before during and after and the decision if yours.”

Krissy: But I just want to make sure I’m clear. But would you ever refer them to a clinic.

No. Correct, or am I wrong?

Jennie: No what I would say is, “I’ll be here for you before, during and after, the decision is yours.”

Krissy: So you’re not going to give me the information, but you will tell me that you will be here for me.

Jennie: We will be here for you, always.

Krissy: Though Jenny wouldn’t saythat I realized that this was a crisis pregnancy care center and immediately just burst into tears of relief.

Krissy: That day she got an ultrasound.

Mary: He was just a little Lima bean and a fluttering little heart cavity.

Krissy: But Mary says that the real turning point in her decision about what to do, came late one night, soon after.

Mary: One night, I stayed up all night, working out a budget for the next 20 years to see if it was at least possible even if we lived very meagerly.

Krissy: She decided it was possible.

Mary: Did you take a nap?

Speaker 2: Yeah.

Krissy: Her son is now 3 years old.

Mary: You’ve been playing your guitar.

Krissy: Mary says she’s grateful for the role women’s care center played in her life. She