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New Audio: Oakland's Body Double Shares a Woozy Ripper

New Audio: Oakland's Body Double Shares a Woozy Ripper @bodydoubleusa @forcefieldpr

Oakland-based punk outfit Body Double — currently, founding member, multi-instrumentalist Candace Lazarou, Noah Adams (bass), Chase Kamp (drums), Aaron Diko (keys) and Joel Cusumano (guitar) — can trace its origins back to a period of intense grief and transition for its founder, Candace Lazarou: Her pervious band Mansion split up in an acrimonious fashion back in 2016, a few months before the…

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Postdoc: ChicagoBotanicGarden.PhylogenomicsComparativeGenomics

Postdoctoral Research Position in Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomics Wickett Lab, Chicago Botanic Garden We are hiring a postdoctoral researcher for up to three years to lead the bioinformatics and genome sequencing efforts of an NSF-funded, Phylogenetic Systematics grant titled $B!H(BUnlocking the evolutionary history of Schiedea (carnation family, Caryophyllaceae): rapid radiation of an endemic plant genus in the Hawaiian Islands$B!I(B. This project integrates field work, genome sequencing, phylogenomics, and population genetics to reconstruct the evolution of breeding system diversity in the Hawaiian Islands endemic genus Schiedea. This project is a collaboration between Norman Wickett (Chicago Botanic Garden), Ann Sakai and Steve Weller (UC Irvine), Michael Moore (Oberlin), and Warren Wagner (National Tropical Botanical Garden and Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History). The postdoc will be based at the Chicago Botanic Garden, where the genome sequencing efforts and, along with Oberlin, the phylogenomic analyses will be based. The postdoc will be responsible for coordinating and conducting the sequencing, assembly, and annotation of three Schiedea genomes. The position includes the analysis of genome content and structure association with the diversification of the genus, with an emphasis on the phylogenetic reconstruction of species and breeding system diversity and the history of hybridization. We expect that the postdoc will contribute to the preparation of numerous publications, many of which will be first-authored. Field work in the Hawaiian Islands will occur in each year, and we will encourage the postdoc to participate for several weeks per year. This field work may involve hiking in steep mountains in difficult conditions.Teaching and curriculum development opportunities will be offered through the Graduate Program in Plant Biology and Conservation, a joint program between the Chicago Botanic Garden and Northwestern University. We anticipate that the postdoc will participate in mentoring undergraduate students, possibly as part of an REU site grant to CBG. Because this project is a collaboration between different types of institutions (Museum, Botanic Garden, Small Liberal Arts College, Research University/R1) there are unique opportunities for the postdoc to experience research, mentoring, and teaching in different environments. Applicants must have (or will soon have) a Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology, biology, botany, or a related field. Experience in bioinformatics is required, preferably in the area of genome assembly and annotation. Ideal candidates will also have a strong background in phylogenetics and phylogenetic comparative methods, preferably using phylogenomics-style datasets (hundreds to thousands of nuclear loci). To apply, please email a single PDF to nwickett@chicagobotanic.org that includes: - a cover letter describing your interest and fit for the position - CV - contact information for three references Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2018, but applications after this date will be considered and will continue to be accepted until the position is filled. The expected start date is ideally in January or February, 2019, as the first field work will begin in March, 2019. However, the start date is negotiable. If you have any questions about the position or would like to learn more about the project, please email Norm Wickett at nwickett@chicagobotanic.org. At the Chicago Botanic Garden Plant Science Research Center, we advocate diversity in the sciences by promoting access and success of historically marginalized communities through the fostering of an equitable and inclusive community climate. We are committed to ensuring a sense of belonging for every individual we encounter, regardless of age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, physical ability, intellectual ability, or economic status. We are committed to equal opportunity in all of our programs and encourage applicants from groups traditionally underrepresented in the biological sciences. Norman Wickett (he/him/his) Associate Conservation Scientist Chicago Botanic Garden Glencoe, IL 60022 nwickett@chicagobotanic.org http://bit.ly/2yoifXU http://bit.ly/1pkUKlA Norm Wickett via Gmail

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The Chase Files Daily Newscap 7/23/2018

Good Morning #realdreamchasers! Here is The Chase Files Daily News Cap for Monday 23rd July 2018. Remember you can read full articles by purchasing Daily Nation Newspaper (DN), via Barbados Today (BT) or Barbados Government Information Services (BGIS).

ISLAND LAGGING ON CHILD RIGHTS – Barbados is lagging behind several countries which already have modern child rights legislation. And Faith Marshall-Harris, one of the recently elected global experts on the United Nations Committee on The Rights of The Child (UNCRC), is hoping that the new Barbados Labour Party Government expedites the reformation and implementation of this legislation in order to protect children. “One of my immediate concerns, and one which I hope this administration will assume the mantle of, is that our laws relating to children are very outdated, in some cases, dating from the 1920s. They need harmonisation and reform to bring them into the modern day,” she said. Marshall-Harris said she was alarmed to discover during her campaigning “that many states with far less resources have already made this important step in terms of bringing their laws relating to children up to date and ensuring they conform with the principles of the CRC”.  (DN)

MCDOWALL SPEAKS ON UNION ISSUES – Public workers deserve better than to have their union’s business being played out the national stage, especially if what is being said is motivated by personal differences. That was the message president of the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW), Akanni McDowall, sent to the executive council in an email over the weekend – a copy of which was obtained by the DAILY NATION. The email followed the WEEKEND NATION’s report that McDowall faced possible disciplinary action due to an apparent rift with general secretary Roslyn Smith, his alleged failure to attend meetings, sign cheques in a timely manner, and the use of the union’s credit card. “In August, September 2017, the [Council] made a decision on an emergency credit card for use by the president when travelling overseas on union business only.  This was so that if he or she was attending business meetings, [the president] would be able to pay any associated [affiliation] fee.  On their return to Barbados, they would just have to turn back in the credit card, which to date [McDowall] has not done,” a source with knowledge of the situation explained. (DN)

SQUATTERS’ STRUGGLE TURNS VIOLENT -    Squatters at Rock Hall, St Philip, are jostling among themselves for position to erect structures. And the latest attempt by one of them turned into a brawl after she had paid a man $900 to clear a spot that she wanted and police were called. This is not the first time that squatting has resulted in tension among the occupants. Last March, one occupier sold her selected spot in frustration after thieves made off with $10 000 worth of building materials she had bought. Others have built houses and are renting them for between $50 and $75 a week to people desperate for housing. But last Friday, matters escalated between Renee Gooding (at left) and her three neighbours who tried to rob her of space that she was securing to build a home for her four children, ages ten, eight, three and one. Gooding, 33, said on Tuesday, she paid to have the piece of land behind the home cleared but less than 24 hours later, her neighbours started to erect a structure on it. (DN)

FREE HEPATITIS B VACCINE FOR BABIES AND MEDICAL STUDENTS – The Ministry of Health and Wellness has advised the public that the Hepatitis B vaccine is provided free of cost to infants and medical and nursing students. All other people are required to purchase the vaccine from the private sector. This was made clear after a complaint from a member of the public went viral on social media. The mother complained that she was given a form at the Eunice Gibson Polyclinic to purchase the vaccine, which her daughter requires for entry into the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology. A statement from the Ministry today explained that the only students who received the Hepatitis B vaccine for free at the island’s polyclinics were medical and nursing students attending the University of the West Indies and Barbados Community College.  The vaccine is also administered free of cost in the polyclinic system as part of the childhood immunisation schedule to all infants at ages two months, four months and six months.  The vaccine was introduced in June 2001 at significant cost to the Ministry of Health and Wellness to infants so as to provide lifelong protection. The vaccine provides protection to people at risk of developing Hepatitis B, which is usually transmitted by transfusion of blood products and through sexual intercourse. (BGIS)

FOGGING SCHEDULE JULY 23 TO 27 –The Vector Control Unit of the Ministry of Health will continue its fogging programme aimed at eradicating the Aedes aegypti mosquito next week. On Monday, July 23, the team will be in St Andrew fogging Isolation Road, Belleplaine, Jordan’s Road, Franklyn Doughlin Tenantry Road, Babylon Road, Bawdens and surrounding areas. On Tuesday, July 24, areas to be fogged in St Phillip are Four Roads, Mangrove, Mangrove Terrace, Bougainvillea Drive, Park Close, Carnation Close and environs. On Wednesday, July 25, the team will be in St Michael spraying Long Gap with Avenues, Woodstock Road, Rogers Terrace with Avenues, Pillersdolf Development and environs.  The exercise continues in St Michael on Thursday, July 26, in Station Hill, Goddings Road with Avenues, Glendairy Gap, Deane’s Village with Avenues, Bridge Road, Jones Road, School Road, Springer Road, Flint Hall and surrounding areas. St Michael will again be targeted on Friday, July 27, specifically My Lord’s Hill, Blackman’s Road, Jones Road, Licorish Village with Avenues, Odessa McClean Avenue, Odessa McClean Drive and neighbouring districts. Additionally, teams from the Vector Control Unit will continue to carry out fogging and other treatment activities in and around the Graeme Hall Swamp and other areas impacted by the sewage spills on the south coast. The fogging exercises will be carried out between 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. each day. Householders are reminded to open their doors and windows to allow the spray to enter. (BGIS)

WINDIES LOSE – Hamstrung by a slow pitch, West Indies failed to fire, and Bangladesh, led by their most capped opener Tamim Iqbal and most capped bowler Mashrafe Mortaza, won the first One-day International by 48 runs on Sunday. With the Guyana National Stadium pitch in stark contrast to the surfaces they have exploited throughout the last six weeks in Tests against Sri Lanka and this opponent, the Windies bowlers gained slow bounce and little movement, to the delight of the Bangladeshi batsmen. Tamim collected his tenth One-day International hundred, an unbeaten 130, to anchor his side to 279 for four in 50 overs after they chose to bat. The home team’s batsmen, however, failed to adjust to the conditions and though there were periodic explosions from the bat, the resolve required was absent and they limped to 231 for nine in 50 overs, with Mortaza using his vast experience to collect 4-37 from ten overs. Before it was over, Shimron Hetmyer increased his value with a typically flamboyant 52 from 78 balls that included five fours; veteran Chris Gayle gathered 40 before he was run out just when it looked like he was getting into gear; and Alzarri Joseph and hometown boy Devendra Bishoo, both finished on 29, provided some tail-end entertainment in an unbroken last-wicket stand of 59. Apart from the pitch, West Indies were let down by sloppy fielding, and Tamim survived an early chance to lead the charge for the tourists. Four clear misses and several close calls blotted the Windies’ copybook, paving the way for a 207-run stand between Tamim and Shakib-Al-Hasan, whose 97 from 121 balls included just six fours. Entering the final stages, the hosts still seemed to have a rein on things with Bangladesh 211 for two, but Mushifqur Rahim arrived to blast a quick-fire 30 and put on 54 in 21 balls with Tamim to add meat to their team’s total. Lewis was caught at mid-off off Mortaza for 17, slicing a drive in the ninth over and Shai Hope departed for six after he failed to review a dubious lbw decision when he played across the line to a delivery from Rubel Hossain in the 13th over to leave West Indies 41 for two. Windies immediate past and immediate future stars Chris Gayle and Shimron Hetmyer came together and looked to be setting a foundation for a charge to the finish. Gayle, however, was run out in the 22nd over, when Hetmyer failed to respond to his call for a single to short third man, leaving West Indies 81 for three – and the innings lost momentum from this point onwards. Earlier, West Indies conceded dropped Tamim on 17 and Shakib survived three chances, as they built a foundation for their side, after Jason Holder had Anamul Haque caught at second slip for a third-ball duck in the second over. The Windies bowled with such discipline early on, Bangladesh got their first boundary, when Russell conceded the three in the ninth over to Tamim. But this also precipitated a period in which the fielders failed the bowlers, as Ashley Nurse put down Tamim, on 17, at cover in the 11th over; Nurse too, bowling his off-spin, suffered, when an under-edge from Shakib, on 15, deflected from the thigh of wicketkeeper Shai Hope and flew past Chris Gayle at slip, and next over, Joseph had the same batsman, on the same score, dropped for a second time, when Gayle, again at slip, parried a shoulder-high chance.  (DN)

BAJANS TAKE BRONZE AT CAC GAMES – Barbados has its first medal at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia. Earlier today, the equestrian team of Monique Archer, Zoe Archer and Laura Smith won bronze in the eventing section. Mexico won gold with the fewest penalty points and Guatemala the silver medal. (DN)

SUPREME COUNSELLING 2018 GRADUATION – Some 50 young people who last night graduated from the Supreme Counselling for Personal Development programme were urged to “reflect on all you have learnt, all you have been through over the past five years to prepare you for [life’s] trials”. This advice came from CEO of the volunteer non-governmental organisation, Shawn Clarke, during the passing out ceremony at the Accra Beach Hotel Resort. The CEO, of this organisation that tutors children who were recommended for mentorship buy their schools, parents or had volunteered themselves, told the graduates to “excel in everything you do. Strive for excellence in every task. “Every accomplishment you achieve is added to Barbados’ accomplishments. Your individual successes benefit our society as a whole because when you succeed, you lighten the burden of your fellow country man.” (DN)

GOOD TIMES ROLL AT WE TING –Hundreds of partygoers made the trip to the Bushy Park racetrack in St Philip in the wee hours of Sunday morning for We Ting. The jouvert event began just after 2 a.m. and finished on a high note at 7. Throughout the event the revellers heated up the track as they feted amidst paint, powder and water and jammed to their favourite soca and dancehall tunes. There were also performances by Mole and Fadda Fox who kept the vibes pumping way beyond sunrise.  (DN)

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