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Professional Master of Education in Art and Design with Digital Media (Level 9) Limerick Institute of Technology

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What is the programme about?

The programme supports and promotes the professional dimensions of teaching with an emphasis on the teacher as a reflective practitioner committed to and capable of career-long development based on informed reflective practice. Student teachers will acquire advanced professional knowledge and skills associated with research-informed teaching incorporating creative/academic study, research inquiry, professional discipline in work settings and a foundation for continuous professional development. The professional teaching portfolio is recognised as an important dimension of career-long learning. For the duration of the programme it is developed as a flexible electronic space, somewhere not just to document emergent and enduring development but as a learning artifact that is imminent in personal and professional development itself. The portfolio is a highly individualized, creative online vehicle that has many dimensions and purposes.

The programme builds on the growing importance of digital media and social networking platforms that are progressively more available to everyone, but especially to young people. The special attention given to art and design digital media and pedagogies reflects both the increasing importance of teachers having the knowledge and skills to use contemporary digital media confidently in different personal and professional contexts, but especially in their classroom teaching, and the particular knowledge and skill set of art and design graduates who are increasingly adapt in the use of digital media in their art and design practice and for online networking. The programme uses online dialogue within a community of practice for student teachers to search, share and construct knowledge, and for them to support each other while on school placements.

School placement involves two periods of block teaching with the advantage of student teachers having real opportunities to immerse themselves into the life of art and design departments and schools. Student teachers are placed in two different schools where they gain experience of teaching in different types of schools and in different social environments.

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Full Time (2 years)

Tuition fees

€11,250.00 (10,04,432) per year

Clare Street Campus

Limerick School of Art and Design,

Clare Street,

Republic of Ireland

Entry requirement for international students

The minimum entry requirement for this programme is a Bachelor Degree in Fine Art or Design (Level 8) 2nd Class Honours or an equivalent qualification.

Irish Leaving Certificate in English: Ordinary level grade D

GCSE English Language: Grade C

GCE O-Level English Language: Grade C

TOEFL: 220(computer based test), 550(paper based test), 80(Internet based test)

IELTS: Undergraduate Courses Minimum IELTS Score required 6. Post Graduate courses: Minimum IELTS score required is 6.

Cambridge Proficiency: Grade C

Cambridge Advanced: Grade C

CELS: Higher

BEC – Cambridge Business English: Higher

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Optometry MOptom University of Hertfordshire

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This distinctive 4-year Optometry degree programme at the University of Hertfordshire integrates theory, science and practice from year one. Across all 4 years students will focus on achieving parallel success: as a professional clinician and as a scientist. One of the ways this course so unique is, it is the first Optometry degree with incorporation and involvement with the College of Optometrists. This allows us to include the pre-registration year within this 4 year masters programme, meaning that upon completion of your degree you will be a registered Optometrist. Students will also have early exposure to clinical practice, which will facilitate the integration of scientific knowledge, evidence and practice. This innovative approach will enable students to be competent, confident, safe and employable practitioners at the point of graduation. This will be achieved by using innovative methods of clinical assessments, including simulation, to embed evidence-based practice.

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Full Time (4 Years)

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£11,950.00 (12,26,554) per year

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College Lane,

AL10 9AB, England

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The LL.M. and J.S.D. programs of graduate study in law are designed for foreign law graduates who wish to pursue advanced study and conduct independent research under the direction of the College of Law faculty. Two advanced degrees are conferred by the College of Law: the Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree and the Doctor of Science of Law (J.S.D.). Overall coordination of the graduate program is the responsibility of the Office of Graduate and International Programs, and individual inquiries should be addressed to this office. The Master of Studies in Law (M.S.L.) is a one-year, nonprofessional, terminal degree program designed for those who have had no legal training and who do not desire a professional law degree.

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Full Time (1 year)

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$49,500.00 (36,76,142) per year

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College of Law

504 East Pennsylvania Avenue,

61820, United States

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Applicants must have earned at least a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college in the United States or a comparable degree from a recognized institution of higher learning abroad. A grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 (A=4.0), or comparable GPA for an international applicant, for last two years of undergraduate study is a minimum requirement for admission.

English Language Requirements:

TOEFL iBT - 79-102

TOEFL CBT - 213-253

TOEFL PBT - 550-610

IELTS (academic exam) - 6.5-7.0

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Vomiting doesn’t really need to be defined. It’s an unpleasant impact of gastric or other distress pretty much everyone experiences it from time to time, though some more than others. By itself, it is not necessarily a symptom that requires urgent care. Indeed, it can often be beneficial and can help speed recovery or protect us from harm. On the other hand, it can also be a sign of numerous illnesses, both minor and major and should never be ignored. Below are some of the most frequently asked questions about this extremely common gastric symptom.

When should I be concerned about throwing up?When should I be concerned about throwing up?

Vomiting, with or without the sick feeling we call nausea, can be caused by so many things it’s really hard to say.  Everything from ordinary stress or emotional upset to motion sickness to stomach viruses, overeating, pregnancy, and minor self-inflicted poisoning (i.e., drinking too much) to numerous issues, serious and not so serious, can cause vomiting. It’s also true that some of what we call vomiting is actually regurgitation, when food is brought up from the stomach without the unpleasant sensations we associate with “being sick.”

The causes of regurgitation and vomiting are generally quite different but, if repeated more than one or two times in a short time span, require some looking into. (Obviously, regurgitation is a very common occurrence with infants and toddlers and, by itself, is usually nothing to worry under normal circumstances, though any changes should be discussed with the baby’s doctor.)

In general, when vomiting and/or nausea are persistent, unexplained, accompanied by other symptoms such as a high fever, or a sign of a social or emotional problem or eating disorder, swift attention is called for.  In other circumstances, it’s a matter of the patient’s judgment when urgent care is called for.

When does vomiting call for urgent care or immediate medical attention?

Generally if there is a high fever, the vomiting is extremely persistent and excessive, or it is accompanied by other extreme symptoms, medical attention is called for. In particular if you have any reason to think it is associated with a concussion or head injury or symptoms of a possible heart attack, immediate medical attention is needed. Call 911 if this occurs while you’re not seeing a doctor.

What are the most common causes of vomiting?

It’s hard to say, but we’d guess that binge drinking is probably the number one cause. Vomiting in this case is usually the digestive system’s healthy reaction to too much of a not-so-good thing. However, alcohol poisoning is possible in extreme cases, so pay attention. If a drinking binge is accompanied by such symptoms as lowered body temperature (hypothermia), cold and clammy skin, and difficulty remaining conscious and similar symptoms, it’s likely something much more serious. Alcohol poisoning kills thousands of people every year and requires immediate emergency medical attention. Call 911 if medical care is not immediately available.

Probably the second most common cause of vomiting is food poisoning and other food borne illnesses, usually from undercooked or cross-contaminated food (salads are a frequent culprit). In this case, vomiting is usually accompanied by fatigues, fever, and diarrhea. In an ordinary case, this is a very short-lived condition that can resolve itself with surprising speed. It is probably the cause of most “24 hour flus.” Other forms of food-borne illness, such as norovirus, may take a few days to a week to get over. However, if the condition persists or there is a risk of dehydration because the patient is unable to keep liquids downs, see a doctor as soon as possible.

How do I know if my vomiting requires urgent care?

This is primarily a matter of common sense. If it’s a one-time thing and the patient feels better after throwing up, it’s probably not serious. If it is extremely intense, has a strange color, is persistent, or accompanied by any other worrisome symptoms, seeing a doctor as soon as possible is crucial.

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Funky House Finesse 43

It’s the penultimate mix show of 2011 – and what a stonker it is too!

Featuring a whole host of uplifting house music, starting off with some nu disco remixes, going into some soulful treats, on to some disco fun and, finally, into some twisted vibes. We’ve also selected some of our favourite remixes from the new Hed Kandi Classics compilation, as well as found some cheeky bootlegs from the likes of  this year’s hottest producer, Gramophonedzie and our Liverpudlian friend, eSQUIRE.

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  1. Chanel – My Life (Roger Williams & Dan Grooves Remix) [Hed Kandi]
  2. Breakbot ft Ruckazoid – Fantasy (ABs Return To Disco New York Mix) [Big Beat]
  3. DCUP – Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (Original Mix) [Hed Kandi]
  4. Nightrhymes ft Michael Clifford – Music & Harmony (Main Mix) [Purple Music]
  5. Joseph Junior & MAQman – I Don’t See Love (Original Mix) [Gogo Music]
  6. Pirahnahead ft Eric King – Keep Lifting Me (Terry Hunter’s BANG Mix) [Whasdat Music]
  7. AphroDisiax ft Nicole Mitchell – Somebody Save Me (Original Church Mix) [MN2S]
  8. JD73 – Love Will Save the Day (Richard Earnshaw Vocal Mix) [Z Records]
  9. Beat n Chic – Last Train To London (Stefano Mattara n Alex Avenue Remix) [Move Rec]
  10. Rita Campbell & Chris Tall – Caught Up (In A One Night Love Affair) (Original Mix) [Soda Records]
  11. Crumb – What Cha Gonna Do (Ryan Anthony Mix) [Delta Blue Records]
  12. Barbara Tucker – We Wanna Boogie (Simone Cattaneo & Alex Gardini ReEdit) [Ocean Trax]
  13. Furniture Is Music – Bring It Back (Original Mix) [Clean & Dirty Records]
  14. Redroche ft Mone – All I Need (Ghost Of Venice 99 Remix) [Hed Kandi]
  15. Freemasons – Love On My Mind (Carl Crème & Reza Remix) [Hed Kandi]
  16. DJ Mes & Sonny Fodera – Wanna Do [Guesthouse]
  17. Kris Kross – Jump (Gramophonedzie Oldskul Edit) [White Label]
  18. Rescue – No Love From Me (Original Mix) [Purple Onionz Muzik]
  19. Funkstar – Turn The Beat (Original Mix) [Tasty Recordings]
  20. Jay Vegas & DJ Mes – The Feeling (DJ Mes Mix) [Guesthouse]
  21. Will Dawson + The Freemasons – Your Love (Will Dawson Original Mix) [Unsigned]
  22. Jetro ft Nick Sinckler – Fantasy Love (Original Mix) [Lip Recordings]
  23. Switch ft Andrea Martin – I Still Love You (eSQUIRE vs OFFBeat Remix) [White Label]

  1. Jacko
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    Man, got around to hearing this podcast today. Was at work writing some stuff up in a quiet office, headphones on, enjoying it until Kriss Kross remix and especially the No Love From Me tracks came on…’enjoy’ is then too soft a word to describe the groove I got on. I was cranking. Just looped those songs over & over! Wrong place but a good time. Cheers!

    • 28 December 2011

      Glad you enjoyed it Jacko. The Gramophondzie bootleg of Jump was a bit of a curve ball I discovered from David Dunne on his Triple Dee show (also available as podcast – highly recommended!)

      Keep on groovin’!

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Monday, January 22, 2018

Featured Robbery of the Week for January 22, 2018

Crime Stoppers and the Houston Police Department’s Robbery Division need the public's assistance identifying the suspect responsible for an aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon.

On Monday, December 25, 2017 at 4:15 pm, the complainant had arranged to meet with an unknown male at his residence at the 3400 block of Cline, in Houston, Texas after placing an iPhone on Craigslist. The complainant received a call from the male asking general question and asked the complainant to text him his address. The suspect then arrived at the complainant’s residence, at which time the suspect remained his vehicle while testing the phone as the complainant leaned on the suspect vehicle. The suspect then placed his vehicle in gear and drove forward, causing the complainant’s shirt to get caught on the door. The complainant was unable to get away from the vehicle as the suspect attempted to flee, dragging him along. The suspect pulled out a black revolver on the complainant as he was being dragged and said something, but was not able to make out. After being dragged for several feet, the complainant was able to break free from the suspect vehicle. HPD case #1615260-17

Suspect description: Suspect #1: Hispanic male, 20 to 27 years old, 6’00, 160 to 180 pounds driving a white four door sedan, possibly a Toyota Corolla.

Crime Stoppers may pay up to $5,000 for information leading to the charging and/or arrest of the suspect in this case. Information may be reported by calling 713-222-TIPS (8477) or submitted online at


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Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Identity of Third Suspect Sought in Car Jacking Robbery

The Houston Police Department’s Robbery Division need the public's assistance in identifying the suspect responsible for an aggravated robbery.

 On Saturday, February 13, 2021 at around 11:13 am, the complainant met a female named Emily on Snapchat and agreed to meet her in person at a fast food restaurant, located at the 6500 block of the Southwest Freeway, in Houston, Texas.  The complainant drove to the restaurant and met with Emily, who also had an unknown male and female with her.  After speaking with Emily for a short while, she asked the complainant for a ride, at which time he agreed and they all got into his vehicle.  As they were driving, the unknown male and female began to whisper in the backseat, which made the complainant feel uncomfortable.  The complainant stated that he was going to drop them off, so he pulled over.  The male and female in the backseat began to assault the complainant by striking him with a closed fist.  The complainant then pulled out a knife, which was taken away by the male suspect, who then attempted to stab him several times.  The complainant then jumped out of his vehicle and the three suspects drove off, running over the complainant’s legs as he fell to the ground.  Houston PD #204874-21

Robbery Detectives were able to determine the identification of Emily and the male suspect, who turned out to be juveniles. Both Emily and the male suspect were subsequently charged with aggravated robbery. Detectives have not yet determined the identification of the third suspect, who was captured on surveillance cameras inside the restaurant.

The complainant’s vehicle, a red 2015 Ford Focus, is still reported stolen and has not yet been recovered.


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Turner Says He Will Implement Proposition B – And That Means Layoffs

As Houston City Council wrestles with tough spending choices, some members are using Mayor Sylvester Turner’s own warnings of an imminent fiscal crisis against him to make their point.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner won't say when he'll start laying people off to pay for firefighters' raises. Turner's warnings of a fiscal crisis are causing dissension in City Council about how they're spending money.

Tensions came to a head as council debated a pair of contracts, worth a combined $61.6 million, to renovate George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Council members Dwight Boykins, Brenda Stardig, and Michael Kubosh said it looked bad that the city was spending so much – even though the money comes from airline fees, not taxes.

"This thing has ballooned up so far. Architects and design firms are just killing us, and we're talking about laying off city workers," said Boykins, who pushed unsuccessfully to have one of the measures pulled, in order to have a committee reexamine costs. The council ultimately approved both contracts.

Turner shot down the idea – proposed by firefighters' union president Marty Lancton – that the city can avoid layoffs by negotiating a settlement with firefighters.

"I don't want to have to lay off one single firefighter," Turner said. "I don't want to have to lay off one police officer or one person that fills the potholes. So we're going to do everything that we can to move this city forward. But the reality also is elections have consequences."

Turner quoted the judge who upheld Proposition B earlier this week, saying he has to follow the will of the voters.

In his decision, Judge Randy Wilson wrote, "there was testimony...that the Pay-Parity Amendment will cost the City of Houston over $100 million a year which will result in layoffs of police and degradation of city services. However, this fact was made clear during the run-up to the election and Houston voters decided 59/41 to provide pay parity notwithstanding the $100 million pricetag. While this Court is sensitive to the budget difficulties the Pay-Parity Amendment will produce, the Houston voters decided they would rather have pay parity."

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Dr. Tim Elmore and the Growing Leaders team offer innovative resources to help parents and teachers understand, engage and equip the next generation.

The go-to destination for involved parents. From kindergarten readiness through college prep, gives parents the information they need and the ideas they want to help their kids reach their full potential.

Teaching Your Child’ provides advice and support for parents and carers on how to develop their child’s learning and support them during their early years. From preparing your child for their first day at nursery school to teaching them how to stay.

Best Report Card Solutions:  Phonics

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Looney Tunes ClickN READ Phonics. Try a FREE Lesson! Fun, award-winning, online phonics program kids LOVE! Convenient, affordable and guaranteed to teach your child to read! Great for beginning, struggling, learning disabled readers as well as adults.

Best Report Card Solutions:  Printables

Encourages kids to learn, be creative, be active, and to help parents by providing worksheets, tools, and articles that promote positive values and healthy living.

Educational materials that emphasize creativity and the pure enjoyment of learning .  30,000 pages covering a wide range of topics and new pages are produced almost every day.

Best Report Card Solutions:  Reading

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Try a FREE Lesson! Fun, award-winning, online phonics program kids LOVE! Convenient, affordable and guaranteed to teach your child to read! Great for beginning, struggling, learning disabled readers as well as adults.

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Reading help in 5 minutes a day. Developed from 30 plus years as a teacher and educational therapist and now used successfully around the world. For all levels of ability: learning disabilities, dyslexia, ADHD or just plain boredom.

Learning A-Z helps improve literacy today to shape our world tomorrow.

Dedicated to enhancing human learning.  Our founders are the authors of research-validated instructional programs that teach children and adults to read, spell, comprehend, think critically, and express language.

Reading Eggs makes learning to read interesting and engaging for kids, with great online reading games and activities.

Best Report Card Solutions:  Research Information

This company has been providing authoritative answers to all kinds of factual questions since 1938—first as a popular radio quiz show, then starting in 1947 as an annual almanac, and since 1998 on the Internet.

From car engines to search engines, from cell phones to stem cells, and thousands of subjects in between, No topic is too big or too small for our expert editorial staff to unmask … or for you to understand.

A “G” rated study resource for junior high, high school, college students, teachers and home schoolers. The World’s largest library of free online Literature Summaries, with over 460 Study Guides / Book Notes / Chapter Summaries.

Younger Learners? Designed for children 8-15 years old, theBritannica Online for Kids provides a safe search environment for kids without distractive advertising.

A tween destination for research help and facts on thousands of subjects, including sports, entertainment, geography, history, biography, education, and health. Highly ranked in search engines, Fact Monster contains an encyclopedia, almanacs, games, quizzes, research tools, holiday features, lots of self-made microsites for books, and more.

 Best Report Card Solutions:  Science

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Your Science Teacher adds live, real-time interactive possibilities for students – offering science and other subject help at convenient times for anyone who wants it, no matter the school or your location.

One of the most highly visited science websites on the internet.  Dedicated to igniting the fires of inspiration for budding young scientists.

Your kid can easily learn and do real science and be excited about it!

Basic physics topics using informative graphics and an easy-to-understand language. Each unit is broken up into lessons and sub-lessons. A lesson resembles the type and extent of coverage given to that physics topic in class.

Best Report Card Solutions:  Speed Reading

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America’s # 1 Speed Reading Expert and course creator, Abby Marks Beale, teaches speed reading to busy professionals, educators and students.

In today’s fast-paced information age, it is more important than ever to be a proficient reader. Everyone from high-powered executives to children just learning to read in grade school can benefit from AceReader.

Best Report Card Solutions:  Spelling & Vocabulary

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Try a FREE Lesson! Kids learn to spell online with a fun cartoon teacher. Teaches kids basic computer skills too! Guaranteed to work or your money back!

An award-winning site dedicated to helping students, teachers, parent-teachers, and school systems.

The word-spelling robot hosts the latest amazing word game and challenges spellers of all ages.

The absolutely free and totally fun way to improve your spelling.

Best Report Card Solutions:  Study Help

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FREE site with more than 85 practical articles and hundreds of study tips to help students study and learn better.
Used by students, teachers, and parents throughout the world.

Using a smartphone, tablet or laptop, StudySync inspires kids to read, write, collaborate and expand their critical thinking.

The largest flash cards and study games website with over 9 million free sets of flashcards covering every possible subject. It’s the best place to play educational games, memorize vocabulary and study online.

This site helps you identify your areas of weakness, so you can focus on studying what you need most to improve your score.  You can also connect with other test takers, classmates, and educators to increase your understanding.

Computerized flashcards to make the process of reviewing information more exciting. The StudyStack site generates several different activities for every set of flashcards. By giving students several options for reviewing the information, students will hopefully review the information more.

Best Report Card Solutions:  Study Skills for Middle, High School and College Students

7 Strategies

Let some of America’s leading educators show you their expert strategies for how to study more effectively, take every kind of exam without stress, and get far better grades. Boost GPA and decrease study time. Available in three editions: Middle School, High School and College.

Best Report Card Solutions:  Tutoring

Improve your Math and Science grades and AP scores with expert personal online tutoring. eTutorWorld offers affordable one-on-one live tutoring over the web.

Provides one to one live tutoring in all subjects for all grades through a virtual classroom.

An early pioneer of online tutoring and homework assistance , helping K-12, College and Graduate students succeed in their academics since 2003.

One-to-one tutoring in reading, comprehension strategies, spelling, writing, language comprehension and math. Using research-based, multi-sensory programs, The Reading Clinic focuses on enhanced academic performance and self-esteem.

Best Report Card Solutions:  Worksheets

The printable worksheets are a great supplement for families who want to practice at home what’s being taught in school.

Free math worksheets, free math games, grammar quizzes and free phonics worksheets and games. Worksheets and games are organized by grades and topics.

A variety of educational materials. We have lots of FREE items. Teachers, homeschooling families, parents, children, and grandparents use our site.

Over 800 educational worksheets for children covering a wide variety of topics including math, science, grammar, comprehension, handwriting, spelling and fun and games.

Best Report Card Solutions:  Writing

Handwriting is a graphomotor skill. It involves memory of letter formations, spelling, grammar, context and more. All must travel from mind to paper. It is academically critical to develop efficient thought transmission with never a pause to recall the shape of a letter.

Courses for elementary, middle, and high school students. For each group, three levels of courses are available: basic, intermediate, and advanced.

Writing A–Z is a dynamic site that provides teachers with all the resources necessary to teach the common process writing genres, including expository, narrative, persuasive, procedural, and transactional.

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Protect Money from Bank Seizures

Is my money safe? This is a common question leading many to analyze whether to keep their checking or savings account with the bank that also provides their credit card. There are definite advantages to having the accounts linked, the ease of simple online payments being one of them. At the same time, promises of appealing rewards in return for our loyalty to their products persuade us that keeping everything in one place is a good idea. And yes, it can be… up to a point.

Banks have their own interests firmly in mind when they encourage you to use all of their services. For you, the risks of having the accounts so closely linked become greater if you start to have financial problems. For example, if you start to have difficulty paying your credit card bill, your bank can take control of every other account you have with them and the money stored within them.

Despite the fact that banks are not legally permitted to freeze your checking or savings account when you default on your credit card payments, it is not uncommon for rules to be broken or manipulated in such circumstances. After failing to pay their credit card bill, customers have found that their checking account has been mysteriously frozen and funds taken without permission.

If you’ve been unfortunate enough to experience this, you do have the legal right to sue the bank for unlawfully freezing your accounts. Still, this route is a long and difficult one. A more desirable and simpler course would be to avoid this scenario completely. How? Move your money!

Where do I move my money?

In order to reduce the risks mentioned above, it’s important not to move your money to an account linked to your social security number. An easy option is to open an LLC or small business account as these are registered using a unique tax identification number and not your social security number.

It’s important to note that it would be prudent to choose a different bank to the one that supplied your credit card. Although this new business account is not linked to your social security number, it will have your name associated with it. This may lead to problems when it comes to any credit card debt you may have. Therefore, it would be best to create the new business account with a completely separate bank.

A second option is to move your money to a friend or relative’s bank account. Needless to say, the person you chose should be a trusted associate and someone unlikely to take advantage of your situation. If you choose this option, it can present some inconveniences such as dependance on another person, and not being able to sign checks or have an ATM card.

Alternatively, some consumers have found that putting their money in a trust has worked effectively. Setting up and moving money to a trust may be slightly more complicated than the other options mentioned but it might be worth investigating all the same. Ultimately, as long as your money is in an account that doesn’t have your social security number attached to it, it is much safer.

In summary, if you are fighting credit card debt with a bank that also provides your checking and savings account, it’s vital to move your money without delay. Wherever you choose to move your money, make sure it is to an account that is not associated with your social security number. This could be 1) a business account, 2) a trusted friend or relative’s account or, 3) a trust fund. Choose the best option for you personally, but be sure not to leave your money with the bank seeking to collect your credit card debt.

Don’t get complacent. If you think there’s no real risk, think again. The banks have rights and they’re not afraid to use them!

Right to “Set-off”

The reason this is so urgent is because banks will pursue that debt until they collect in full. According to the law, they are permitted to collect the debt amount from any other account you hold with them. This is called their right to “set-off” accounts; it’s their right to pay off your debts with money from your other accounts in their bank.

You may find something in the small print that explains:

The Bank may, without notice, set off a debit balance on an account against any account with a credit balance or held by the same account holder.

They can and they will do this ‘without notice’ and without a second thought.

To illustrate the gravity of the situation, imagine the scenario: you have done your banking with the Bank of America for 15 years. You have an active checking account and you have built up a good reputation and relationship with the bank. During this period, you were also issued with a credit card with a credit limit of $30,000, which you promptly pay off each month. Also with the Bank of America, you opened a savings account for your kid’s college fund and over the years you have painstakingly saved $35,000. Things are going pretty well and your family feel secure. That is until you get into a bad accident.

The resulting medical bills are immense and you use your credit card to pay them. On top of that, during your lengthy recovery, you’re unable to work. It soon becomes clear that there’s no way you can keep up with the monthly credit card repayments and you begin to default. After the Bank of America fail to collect the debt routinely, they see that the money is actually sitting in your savings account; they use their right to set-off your accounts, taking the money from your savings account and wiping out your kid’s college fund.

Can you imagine how devastating that would be?

Banks have no interest in your personal mitigating circumstances. They are not concerned about what state they leave your family in. They want your money and if it’s sitting right there in their bank, they will take it.

However, the right to set-off accounts is only applicable when all of the accounts are maintained by the same establishment. So, the risk of this happening can be easily avoided by moving your money out of the bank that provided your credit card, especially if you are disputing unpaid debt. Protect yourself, and your future by transferring your money to a different account. Act quickly and get one step ahead of your bank, who could at any moment exercise their right to collect your hard-earned money from your other accounts.


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What if Everything You Know About Personality Styles Training Is Wrong?

Even though DISC assessments are commonly used around the world, they regularly fail to have a lasting impact. While people are fascinated by their results, awareness doesn’t often translate into sustained behavioral change. Learn how to reinvent DISC training to make it more engaging and sticky. Discover why DISC is not about graphs and reports, but rather about application. You will learn how to place the styles into long-term memory rather than having them be just a fleeting fascination.

Participants Will Learn

  • How to turn classroom-based DISC training into a fun and engaging experience.
  • Why most DISC training is designed for short-term memory, not long-term retention and application.
  • Turn styles training from a one-time event to a reinforced process that incorporates the styles into your organizational culture.

Who Should Attend

  • Leaders and managers
  • HR and learning and development personnel
  • Independent consultants

Merrick Rosenberg co-founded Team Builders Plus in 1991 and Take Flight Learning in 2012. He is the author of Taking Flight and The Chameleon and has reinvented how people learn about themselves and the people in their lives. His work with the personality styles has led him to be recognized as the CEO of the Year for the state of New Jersey, while his company, Take Flight Learning, has been selected as the New Jersey Business of the Year. His organization has repeatedly been named one of the Fastest Growing Companies and Best Places to Work in the Philadelphia area. Merrick has worked with more than half of the Fortune 100 companies in the US and around the world.

Connect with Merrick Rosenberg on Twitter and on Facebook.

After leading training programs for thousands of small and mid-sized companies, more than two-thirds of the Fortune 100s, non-profit organizations and government agencies, Take Flight Learning reinvented how individuals learn about themselves and the people they encounter.

Take Flight Learning grew out of Team Builders Plus, which was established as one of the first team building companies in the United States in 1991. So, when we say our training programs are interactive, we mean it! At Take Flight Learning, engaging participants isn’t just “turn to a partner, discuss a topic and report out in five minutes.” Our programs get results as participants experience the styles in action and focus on application and behavior change, not just understanding letters.

Based on more than two decades of experience with the DISC model, Take Flight Learning is the leading DISC training company in the US. Then, in 2012, Merrick Rosenberg breathed new life into this age-old model by linking the styles to birds in his books, Taking Flight! and The Chameleon. By linking the four styles to Eagles, Parrots, Doves and Owls and redesigning our training programs to be more brain-friendly and practical, Take Flight Learning reimagined the classic DISC model into what it is today.

Unlike most DISC providers who have a single DISC training program, Take Flight Learning offers a variety of DISC training sessions, products, and services. DISC training can be conducted for organizations (including programs for individuals, teams, leaders, salespeople, and educators), trainers (through the Take Flight with DISC Certification) and in public keynote talks.

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Belinda's Petition a Perfect Primer on the Subject of Reparations

The timing of my reading Belinda's Petition: A Concise History of Reparations For The Transatlantic Slave Trade by Dr. Raymond A. Winbush (2009) coinciding with Black History Month was completely random, but obviously fitting. Back in December 2009, I shot an interview with Dr. Winbush for my documentary film. Winbush, who is the Director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, was very kind to give me a copy of his book; I immediately bumped to the top of my "To Read" list -- which is a very long list!

Only 65 pages in length, Belinda's Petition is exactly what it describes itself to be: a concise overview of the long history of struggle to repair the damage wrought by the transatlantic slave trade, making it a perfect primer on the subject of reparations. Winbush begins with the story of the first formal record of a petition for reparations made in the US, which was made in Massachusetts in 1783 by an ex-slave known only as "Belinda." Belinda, who was about 70 years old at this time and had been kidnapped from her home in Ghana before her 12th birthday, petitioned the Massachusetts legislature for years of unpaid labor for her former slave master. Belinda argued that Isaac Royall -- who had since escaped to Nova Scotia -- profited from her labor, which entitled her to lay claim to his estate. She won and was granted £15,12 shillings per year, payable from the Royall family estate.

From there, Belinda's Petition moves through the different epochs of the reparations movement from the early 15th Century to the present. By correcting misconceptions and exposing myths about the reparations movement, Winbush shines a light on what is arguably the greatest crime against humanity to date.

This history is related without hyperbole and does not attempt to put a soft edge on it. Belinda's Petition is also a crash course on the stories of the revolt aboard the Amistad, the liberation of Haiti, Callie House, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Queen Mother Audley Moore, James Foreman, The Black Manifesto, and still much more.

I wanted to make a point about my reading this history through a particularly white lens; I think there is still some unpacking for me to do before I am able to consciously express what that point would be. I was a supporter of reparations before I read the book. Now, I'm an even better informed supporter. Suffice it to say, this is an important book that everyone should read, including White people. Or perhaps I should say, especially White people. Particularly those who lack a basic understanding of the transatlantic slave trade, its practice and legacies, and what the fight for reparations is really about. As Winbush clearly puts it, the reparations movement isn't about victimization, it's about restorative justice.

The book ends with an appendix titled
Ten Practical Things You Can Do for the Reparations Struggle,
which I will simplify here:
  1. Read about the history of the reparations struggle
  2. Join an organization that supports reparations
  3. Ask all politicians running for office if they support reparations for the transatlantic slave trade
  4. Organize a study group in your community on reparation
  5. Keep up with current developments in the reparations struggle
  6. Lobby for local "slavery disclosure resolutions" that will aid in the development of lawsuits against governments and corporations that profited from the transatlantic slave trade
  7. Understand the international dimensions of the reparations struggle (which is not confined to the USA)
  8. Have viewing parties of films that document the current exploitation of Africans in the world (films such as Life and Debt and Darwin's Nightmare)
  9. Immediately write a rebutal to any article that opposes reparations
  10. Tell others about those nine
For my part regarding the tenth, I submit to you this article and review. To continue with the first step, I am already following-up
Belinda's Petition
with the book
Should America Pay?: Slavery and the raging Debate on Slavery
(2003) to which Winbush contributed and edited. And although I am still early into it, I can confidently tell you now that
Should America Pay?
is also one to be considered required reading for those interested in social and racial justice.

Cross-posted from Race-Talk.


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How Anxiety Around Climate Change Blocks Us From Taking Action

"The main crisis is one of powerlessness."

While most scientists agree that we haven't yet reached the point of no return on climate change, we're getting alarmingly close.

The warnings have been issued, and the message is loud and clear: Our individual and collective inaction may lead to unimaginable consequences. The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has cautioned that without urgent action on climate change, we face a "very high risk of severe, widespread and irreversible impacts globally," while Greenpeace estimates that greenhouse gas emissions must be significantly reduced by 2020 if we are to avoid "runaway" climate change.

World leaders are meeting in Paris this month at the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in an attempt to chart a new course of action.

Though efforts are being made, there is no doubt that we should have acted earlier, given the magnitude of the threats. So why has it taken us so long -- and why do governments, corporations and individuals still struggle to take meaningful action?

Well...  it's complicated.

On the political and economic level, there are many barriers to meaningful action -- most notably the fact that there is no simple solution. Any real action would require dramatic shifts in our energy production and consumption -- a difficult feat in an economy focused on short-term gains over long-term concerns, particularly when policymakers still disagree about the existence and magnitude of the problem.

This political inertia -- as well as our individual inaction -- has deep psychological roots.

“We see the horizon as a distant place, perhaps far enough away that we need not engage our attention with it directly and immediately," Al Gore said during a recent interview for Jared Leto's video series "Beyond the Horizon." "But the horizon is not that far away.

As Gore suggests, the tendency to prioritize immediate over long-term concerns is certainly a major part of the problem. But there are a number of other, often more insidious, psychological pitfalls that keep both politicians and their constituents from rallying around climate change.

An emerging field of psychology is investigating the psychosocial and behavioral dimensions of our relationship to the environment and climate change, and psychologists are hoping to get to the roots of our failure to act.

Growing awareness of the effects of climate change isn't enough. Renee Lertzman, Ph.D, a psychosocial researcher whose work focuses on promoting climate change action in organizational settings, says that we've reached a point where it's impossible to ignore the issue -- but that doesn't mean we're ready to act.

"The genie is out of the bottle -- we can't pretend or ignore the systemic impacts of what this all means," Lertzman told The Huffington Post in an email. "However, what that means and how that's translated into ways in which we respond politically or personally is a whole other story."

It's easy to see how denial, skepticism and apathy around the environmental threats posed by climate change can lead to inaction. But even among people who care deeply about the issue, feelings of guilt, anxiety and powerlessness can contribute to a lack of engagement.

"People have very profound concern and alarm and anxiety about what's happening ... this can have a short-circuiting effect and we can feel quickly powerless, despondent and apathetic," she said. "Climate change is arguably traumatic, for everyone including our leaders. Traumatized leaders are often ineffective leaders."

This anxiety and concern can cause many people to become locked into a sort of psychological "double bind."

"They can see that this is a real issue, but they don't know or see what they can do about it, so unconsciously they decide to remove themselves from the issue," Lertzman said.

We can see the effects of this on global leaders, too.

"The psychological roots of inaction for political leaders is really not much different from what is afflicting the majority of us," Lertzman said. "When we perceive a double-bind, whether accurately or not, we retreat into a contracted, risk-averse mode of being ... 'Solutions' are not always straight-forward."

Denial, apathy and risk aversion are among the "dragons of inaction" detailed by University of Victoria environmental psychologist Dr. Robert Gifford. These "dragons" also include numbness, mistrust of scientists and other experts, optimism bias ("It won't be that bad") and belief in technological salvation.

"If you don't think about the problem in an effective way, it's going to interfere with engaging in effective and useful action," Gifford told HuffPost. "All 7.3 billion of us need to self-diagnose, and then look around for ways to overcome that particular obstacle that we have."

But by targeting the way we think, we can begin to take meaningful actions as individuals and societies. To do this, Gifford argues that psychologists must work with other scientists, activists and policymakers to overcome psychological barriers to action in institutions and cultures at large.

Another part of the problem, according to Lertzman, is the way we talk about climate change, which tends to fit into one of two dialogues -- "doom and gloom," on the one hand, and sometimes unrealistic solutions on the other. Research has shown that these "parallel narratives" have a strong negative effect by preventing people from being able to locate themselves and their own actions in the story.

A first step, then, is to change the conversation. Integrating these narratives and finding a middle ground between the facts and the solutions may be one realistic intervention to both quell anxiety and spur action among leaders and the public.

And as individuals, in addition to taking measures to reduce our ecological footprint, we must also demand action from political leaders.

“It’s true, we’re in a really horrific situation -- and there’s something we can do about it," Lertzman said. "We must recognize that all of us are facing extraordinary challenges that require us to access new capacities, including how we relate with change and risk. The best thing we can do, in my view, is to firmly and compassionately let our leaders know that we require them to act."

Also on HuffPost:

15 Ways You Contribute To Climate Change


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Rep. Matt Gaetz, Chair Of Florida 'Stand Your Ground' Hearings: 'I Don't Support Changing One Damn Comma'

Republicans in Florida appeared to make a major concession to protestors last week when House Speaker Will Weatherford (R-Wesley Chapel) ordered hearings on the state's controversial "Stand Your Ground" law.

But less thrilling to the law's critics was Weatherford's pick to chair the meetings: staunch "Stand Your Ground" fan Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fort Walton Beach).

"I don't support changing one damn comma of the 'Stand Your Ground' law," Gaetz told the Tampa Bay Times Friday. "It would be reactionary and dangerous to make Floridians less safe to pacify uninformed protesters."

Gaetz also said he thinks the hearings are a "good idea" because he wants "an opportunity to give a full-throated defense of the law."

"So much for an objective review of the law's unintended consequences," wrote the Orlando Sentinel's editorial board, who called the hearings a "farce" while House Democratic Leader Perry Thurston (D-Fort Lauderdale) took Gaetz to task.

"That type of attitude is why we have the people of the state protesting," Thurston told the Tampa Tribune. "It will only continue to fuel those who are calling for actions that Florida doesn't really need, like boycotts and everybody arming themselves. Those voices will only get louder. The people of Florida deserve adult conversation about the issue."

Gaetz's comments also prompted Dream Defenders director Phillip Agnew to challenge Gaetz to a televised debate on "Stand Your Ground," which removes a person's duty to retreat in the face of a threat. Agnew has been sleeping in the Florida capitol with other Dream Defenders in a round-the-clock protest urging Florida Governor Rick Scott to hold a special legislative session on the law, among other requests.

The hearings are "a critical first step," Agnew told the Times.

Scott, who spent three days away from his office before finally meeting with the Dream Defenders for 30 minutes, has refused to call a special session. The other two state officials empowered to call such a session, Weatherford and Gaetz's father, Senate President Don Geaetz (R-Niceville), have also refused.

“I wish the protesters weren’t there. I wish they’d leave," the elder Gaetz has said.

Weatherford's appointment of Matt Gaetz seems to mirror the efforts Scott employed when he commissioned a task force to review the law after it delayed the arrest of George Zimmerman for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. The committee was stocked with the bill's sponsor, three co-sponsors, and other members unlikely to find fault with the statute.

The panel was a "shining example of cynical political window dressing," according to South Florida Sun-Sentinel editorial cartoonist Chan Lowe, and recommended no significant changes.

As it is now part of Florida's self-defense law, the "Stand Your Ground" statute was later cited in instructions given to the Zimmerman jury; two jurors in the case have said that the wording left no option but acquittal.

Weatherford has not yet set a date for the hearings, but Gaetz's mind is made up.

"If the members of the committee support changes, they will be proposed, but nobody can count on my vote," he told the Tribune.

8 Florida Legislators Who Love Stand Your Ground


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Calls for referendum on a Yorkshire Parliament as residents 'second class citizens'

Cllr Norman said a Yorkshire Parliament would be more responsive to the wishes of "the man in the street"

Councillor Tim Norman (left) and Councillor Andy Walker(Image: Yorkshire Party)

An East Riding councillor has called for a referendum on a Yorkshire Parliament, claiming people in the region are "second class citizens" without one.

The Yorkshire Party's Cllr Tim Norman said a body similar to those in Scotland and Wales would give residents a greater say over policy and how funds are spent.

The Bridlington South councillor added it would be more democratic than the combined Hull and East Riding authority and elected major being proposed as part of ongoing discussions on devolution.

Cllr Norman is set to call for a referendum during debates on devolution set to be held at the council's meeting on Wednesday, October 7.

If councillors back his call it would see a motion from East Riding Council leader Richard Burton amended to include an appeal to the government to hold a referendum.

Cllr Burton's motion would lend formal council backing to ongoing talks over Hull and the East Riding's devolution deal, as well as to putting proposals out to a public consultation.

A spokesperson for the ruling Conservatives on the council said discussions with government on the form of the devolution deal remain ongoing.

But the spokesperson added consultations with residents would be a "fundamental" part of the process.

Cllr Tim Norman (Image: East Riding of Yorkshire Council)

Cllr Norman said a Yorkshire Parliament would be more responsive to the wishes of "the man in the street".

He said: "It would give us more of a say over what people in Yorkshire want in their county.

"Without it we're second class citizens.

"Under the current devolution proposals, we either get a mayor overseeing strategic investment decisions or no deal at all.

"But if we have a regional parliament like Wales or Scotland we'd have more of a say over how tax money is spent in Yorkshire.

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"For instance there's the proposal for Northern Powerhouse Rail to link the north of England from East to West.

"But then we've got all of the disused rail lines here that could be reopened, they could help with green transport.

"We don't see it as an extra layer of bureaucracy, it would be a parliament that people elect to send members to so they are represented.

Watch to see the case for and against a Yorkshire Parliament:

Yorkshire devolution: Should it happen?

"You'd still have district councils looking at things like planning applications, and there'd be a chance for towns like Bridlington to step up and take more decisions locally."

Cllr Norman said the issue went beyond economics, adding Yorkshire needed an assembly because of its strong regional identity.

The councillor said: "If you go to somewhere like France or Belgium, they know where Yorkshire is.

The Promenade in Bridlington(Image: Richard Addison)

"We speak in our own way with our own lingo, we're straight talking but friendly at the same time.

"You can go anywhere in the county you get the same reaction, whether it's east, west, north or south.

"We're just exceptional, if Yorkshire competed as its own team at the Olympics for example, we'd have done very well."

Cllr Norman said he hoped councillors would put party allegiances aside and back his call.

He added he believed his proposed referendum would go differently to that held in the North East in 2004, when more than three quarters of voters rejected a regional assembly.

The councillor said: "It's about time people were asked about this, because they're sick and tired of Westminster telling them what to do.

"We can't just ask people what they think about a devolution deal, they need more of a say over what's been done here.

"If we have a referendum and voters don't want it then I'd respect that, it gives them a choice.

"But at least people in the North East had the opportunity to vote on it, we've never had that."

Cllr David Nolan, leader of the Liberal Democrat opposition on the council, said he would back an assembly for Yorkshire to put the region "on the map".

But he added he and other Liberal Democrats would not back an authority that would take power away from local councils.

Cllr Nolan said: "We would like to see more powers devolved to Yorkshire to put it on the map.

"If you look at Scotland they have a say over health, education, taxation, justice, environment, housing and a whole series of issues.

"One of things the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly have done is give those nations a voice.

Cllr David Nolan(Image: Katie Pugh)

"If it was on that basis we would support it, but if it ended up with effectively having another set of councillors calling themselves something different and sucking power away from local areas we wouldn't.

"There is clearly a need to put Yorkshire on the map, at the moment Yorkshire is forgotten and we'd like to see that rectified."

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The Conservative group spokesperson said regardless of final devolution arrangements, both East Riding Council and Hull City Council would continue delivering services to residents as they do currently.

The spokesperson said: "We have been assured that both areas will not lose their identity, and it is fundamental that under devolution we listen to everything residents have to say."


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It is quite evident and looks like the stage is set for the arrest of senior TRS leader and former minister Eatala Rajender, who was sacked from the state cabinet, anytime in connection with the allegations of largescale encroachment of assigned lands and endowment lands.

According to the party sources, the TRS government has quickly gathered all the material in a span of two days that would prove conclusive evidence against Eatala and closed all the routes for him to escape.

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“There are strict instructions from the top bosses that the cases of land encroachments be entrusted to the Crime Investigation Department along with all the evidences so that a case can be registered against him by Monday evening or Tuesday morning,” sources said.

Once the case is booked, the CID will take Eatala into custody for questioning and later arrest him formally.

“There is no way Eatala could seek an anticipatory bail, as the cops have gathered all the evidences to oppose the same,” sources said.

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Apparently, KCR doesn’t want to give any time for Eatala to work out his strategies to gain some political mileage from his sacking from the cabinet.

He knows that Eatala enjoys a lot of sympathy not only among the people of Huzurabad assembly constituency, but also among the party cadres in the area.

So, before he could mobilise any support in his favour, the TRS chief has decided to act quickly. He is also learnt to have prepared a battery of Backward Classes leaders to launch a counter-attack in the event of Eatala playing a BC card.

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He has also ensured that no TRS leader in Huzurabad or Karimnagar would raise his head against the party if action is taken against Rajender.

Since all the financial roots of Rajender are clipped, he might not get the expected support to his fight against the party leadership, say sources. #KhabarLive #hydnews

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Genome dynamics and epigenetic variation (GDEV)

Our group studies the role of transposable elements (TEs) on heritable phenotypic variation, adaptation and evolution. We are particularly interested in understanding the impact of chromatin-based epigenetic processes, notably DNA methylation, on all aspects of TE biology as well as on genome function. We use the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana as our main experimental model and apply advanced molecular genetics as well as genomic and epigenomic approaches to determine the distribution of TEs within and between genomes, the genetic and environmental factors that modulate their mobilization, and the effect of TE insertions on their genic neighborhood.

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Our recent findings concern the species-wide impact of transposition and the factors that govern it in A.thaliana (Quadrana et al, 2016, Baduel et al, 2021), the function of DNA demethylation in the control of genes involved in male fertility (Khouider et al 2021), the impact of TEs on the adaptive potential of the polyploid species A. arenosa (Baduel et al, 2019) as well as tomato diversity (Domínguez et al, 2020), and the role of the histone variant H2A.Z in the preferential integration of the most active superfamily of A. thaliana TEs towards environmentally responsive genes and away from essential genes (Quadrana et al, 2019).

Leandro Quadrana, a young researcher in the team, is currently seeking to set up his own lab. He is exploiting large populations of experimental and wild-type plants to determine the genetic and environmental basis of natural transposition. You can find more details about his project here

Quadrana L, Bortolini Silveira A, Mayhew GF, LeBlanc C, Martienssen RA, Jeddeloh JA, Colot, V. (2016). The Arabidopsis thaliana mobilome and its impact at the species level. Elife

Baduel P, Leduque B, Ignace A, Gy I, Gil J, Loudet O, Colot V, Quadrana L. (2021) Genetic and environmental modulation of transposition shapes the evolutionary potential of Arabidopsis thaliana Preprint

Khouider S, Borges F, LeBlanc C, Ungru A, Schnittger A, Martienssen R, Colot V, Bouyer D (2021) Male fertility in Arabidopsis requires active DNA demethylation of genes that control pollen tube function. Nat Commun

Baduel P, Quadrana L, Hunter B, Bomblies K, Colot V. (2019) Relaxed purifying selection in autopolyploids drives transposable element over-accumulation which provides variants for local adaptation. Nat Commun

Domínguez M, Dugas E, Benchouaia M, Leduque B, Jiménez-Gómez JM, Colot V, Quadrana L. (2020) The impact of transposable elements on tomato diversity. Nat Commun

Quadrana L, Etcheverry M, Gilly A, Caillieux E, Madoui MA, Guy J, Bortolini Silveira A, Engelen S, Baillet V, Wincker P, Aury JM, Colot V. (2019) Transposition favors the generation of large effect mutations that may facilitate rapid adaption. Nat Commun


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The Catholic Church has condemned the "killings and plundering" allegedly committed by security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)'s restive Kasaï-Central province.

Kasaï, in the heart of the DRC, has been plagued by violence between the Congolese security forces and a local militia, Kamuina Nsapu, who are seeking to avenge the death of their leader, who was killed in Tshimbulu by Congo's security forces in August 2016.

Besides serious abuses attributed to Kamuina Nsapu, the United Nations (UN) has reported the disproportionate use of force by government security forces in their response to the situation.

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In the communique, Father Bruno Ntumba, coordinator of the diocesan commission of social communication, deplored the "unacceptable behaviour of law enforcement agencies" against the innocent Congolese population.

"According to all the crossed evidence, the security forces enter the homes of the local residents and ask for money. You give and your life is spared; you do not give and you are shot at point blank range," Ntumba said.

The cleric explained that soldiers maintain that those killed were hiding Kamuina Nsapu militiamen in their homes and failed to denounce them.

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Clashes between the militia and the security forces have expanded to neighbouring Kasaï and Kasaï-Oriental provinces, and have displaced hundreds of thousands of people. The UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) this month warned that 600,000 people are now in need of emergency humanitarian assistance in the region.

Referring to the growing crisis, Ntumba said the police force's official door-to-door operation to find possible Kamuina Nsapu militiamen in Kananga is plunging the city into "total desolation and a very fragile humanitarian situation". He called for an immediate halt of the operation, especially in "distressed" communes of Nganza, Katoka, Kananga and Ndesha.

"That is totally unacceptable. The population fled into the bush. We must seek and secure this population, to restore its confidence. We are dealing – excuse me, the term is too hard – with bandits," Ntumba added. "People have lost a lot of their belongings. There are people who have lost their husbands, wives, parents ... It's really a desolate situation."

Following the cleric's comments, local newspaper Le Potentiel on 31 March said the Church was describing "a population in distress and doomed to a genocide orchestrated in broad daylight by the security forces deployed in the (...) provinces of the Kasaï."

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Uruguayan peacekeepers serving in the MONUSCO patrol in their armoured personnel carrier in Tshimbulu near Kananga, the capital of Kasaï-central province of the Democratic Republic of Congo on 11 March 2017 REUTERS/Aaron Ross

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UN-funded Radio Okapi reported local residents stayed indoors while the security forces carried out the operation, during which gunfire was heard.

"Schools remained closed, some shops tried to open their doors despite the strong military and police presence," the radio said on 31 March.

"The movement of people fleeing the communes where the forces of law and order operated has decreased and transport has gradually resumed, local sources indicate. The same sources indicate that entire families, mainly from the commune of Nganza, have taken refuge in churches and host families."

Meanwhile, Justin Milonga, the deputy governor of Kasaï-Central province, said that reports of killings and plundering committed by law enforcement agencies in the Nganza commune in Kananga must be taken with reserve.

Milonga told Radio Okapi he was waiting for security services to report back on the situation. "At the moment, the situation is relatively calm; a fragile calmness because we are in a process that requires many steps we need to take to achieve lasting peace," the deputy governor said.

"Anyone can say anything, but I'm telling you that the real report is the one that has to come from our security services and that's the relationship I'm trying to harness. Let me harness it. I can not confirm the deaths until the report of the security services confirms it".

Kasai conflict in numbers

Kamuina Nsapu insurgency arose in 2016

The violence has spread to two neighbouring provinces

By January 2017, 216,000 people were displaced

Some 600,000 people are in need of emergency humanitarian assistance

Over 600 deaths have been reported, according to the Assessment Capacities Project (ACAPS)

In the town of Tshimbulu alone, at least 84 militia members were killed between 9 and 13 February 2017

At least eight mass graves have been discovered in the area since.


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–      In the mind of Islamic Extremists:  “A Letter To America”  by Osoma Bin Laden

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The use of additive manufacturing technologies, that allows the creation of components in almost arbitrary and very complex shapes from powdered materials and directly from CAD files without the use of tools, enables the manufacture of prototypes for fast product development as well as highly individualized products for the end user. Components can also be functionalized after production through functional printing. Various powder-based printing technologies are therefore also an important element of this core competence. With our special in-house designed and automated production line, this process is being implemented on an industrial scale.

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