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Worldbeaters: the contrived grandeur of North Korea's Kim family

Kim Jong-un's headline grabbing aggressive irrationalism takes some beating (though he might have met his match in recent times...)




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Can the migrants who make it convince others not to risk it?

How Senegal is trying to involve the diaspora to curb emigration. By Sofia Christensen




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'Futures trading is not responsible for inflation'

The Indian government on Tuesday released the report from a Committee that studied the impact of futures trading on agricultural commodity prices. The Committee under chairmanship of Prof. Abhijit Sen, Member, Planning Commission was appointed on 2nd March, 2007.




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Another Green Revolution or people will starve

World food prices have been rising since 2000, but this sped up slightly in 2007, then sharply in early 2008. High prices have hit the urban poor especially hard, and led to food shortages, riots and demonstrations worldwide. IRRI is part of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, a network of international agricultural research institutes started in the 1960s.




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Adani Ports raises Rs 125 crore through non-convertible debentures

Adani Ports arm has raised Rs 125 crore today by allotment of 1,250 rated, listed, secured, redeemable, non-convertible debentures (NCDs) of the face value of Rs 10,00,000 each




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Private Banks' Q4 nos may not reflect full extent of Covid-19 hit: Analysts

Among large banks, the brokerage sees ICICI Bank's PAT declining 49 per cent QoQ to Rs 2,100 crore in Q4FY20, followed by a 68 per cent sequential decline in Axis Bank's PAT at Rs 564.6 crore.




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RIL consolidated Q4 PAT at Rs 6,348 cr; announces Rs 53,125 cr rights issue

Revenue from operations stood at Rs 139,283 crore, down 2.30 per cent from Rs 142,565 crore in the year-ago period.




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Adani Green Q4 PBT at Rs 69 cr, firm says Covid-19 impact not significant

Lower expenses drive profit number; firm had incurred a loss in the same period a year ago




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HCL Technologies Q4 preview: EBIT margin may drop; watch for deal pipeline

Emkay Global Financial Services expects net sales (revenue) to rise 2.3 per cent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) and 16 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 18,552.7 crore




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HCL Tech Q4 net up 22.8% yoy at Rs 3,154 crore; announces dividend of Rs 2

Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) stood at Rs 3,881 crore while EBIT margin came in at 20.9 per cent.




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PFC continues to fund non-performing coal assets despite mounting NPAs

PFC and REC have lent extensively to coal-fired power projects, with Rs 3.43 trillion, or 54% of their total loan books exposed to thermal power




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Community science: Not just a hobby

Community science brings a DIY sensibility to a range of research areas, providing a collegial atmosphere of collaboration and support.




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New lab, new adventure: Moving your lab to another country

Moving on with your career may entail moving to another country. Here’s a checklist to survive and thrive.




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Socially just pedagogies : posthumanist, feminist and materialist perspectives in higher education / edited by Vivienne Bozalek, Rosi Braidotti, Tamara Shefer and Michalinos Zembylas

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018




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Land education : rethinking pedagogies of place from indigenous, postcolonial, and decolonizing perspectives / edited by Kate McCoy, Eve Tuck, Marcia McKenzie.

London : Routledge, 2017.




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Collaborative creativity : educating for creative development, innovation, and entrepreneurship / Robert Kelly.

Edmonton, Alberta : Brush Education Inc., 2020




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E-learning [electronic resource] : nuovi strumenti per insegnare, apprendere, comunicare online / Silvia Selvaggi, Gennaro Sicignano, Enrico Vollono

Milano : Springer, [2007]




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Dialogic education and technology [electronic resource] : expanding the space of learning / Rupert Wegerif

New York : Springer, [2007]




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Cross national policies and practices on computers in education [electronic resource] / edited by Tjeerd Plomp and Ronald E. Anderson and Georgia Kontogiannopoulou-Polydorides

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1996]




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Economics of education [electronic resource] : a comprehensive overview / edited by Steve Bradley, Colin Green.

London ; San Diego, CA : Academic Press, [2020]




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Stino Da Napoli Recalls Various Meat Products Produced without Benefit of Inspection

Stino Da Napoli, a Rocky River, Ohio establishment, is recalling approximately 11,392 pounds of various meat products that were produced, packed and distributed without the benefit of federal inspection.




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Monogram Meat Snacks, LLC Recalls Pork Sausage Products Due to Possible Product Contamination

Monogram Meat Snacks, LLC, a Martinsville, Va. establishment, is recalling approximately 191,928 pounds of ready-to-eat pork sausage products that may be adulterated due to possible product contamination.




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[ASAP] Hematite and Magnetite Nanostructures for Green and Sustainable Energy Harnessing and Environmental Pollution Control: A Review

Chemical Research in Toxicology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00308




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[ASAP] Effects of Trichloroethylene on the Expression of Long Intergenic Noncoding RNAs in B6C3F1 Mouse Liver

Chemical Research in Toxicology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00382




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[ASAP] Carbon Nanotubes Modulate Activity of Cytotoxic Compounds via a Trojan Horse Mechanism

Chemical Research in Toxicology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00370




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[ASAP] Low Concentrations of Tetrabromobisphenol A Disrupt Notch Signaling and Intestinal Development in <italic toggle="yes">in Vitro</italic> and <italic toggle="yes">in Vivo</italic> Models

Chemical Research in Toxicology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00528




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[ASAP] Identifying Cysteine, <italic toggle="yes">N</italic>-Acetylcysteine, and Glutathione Conjugates as Novel Metabolites of Aristolochic Acid I: Emergence of a New Detoxification Pathway

Chemical Research in Toxicology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00488




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[ASAP] Interactions of TiO<sub>2</sub> Nanoparticles with Ingredients from Modern Lifestyle Products and Their Effects on Human Skin Cells

Chemical Research in Toxicology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00428




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[ASAP] Analysis of the Different Metabolic Phenotypes of Metalaxyl Enantiomers in Adolescent Rat by Using <sup>1</sup>H NMR Based Urinary Metabolomics

Chemical Research in Toxicology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00011




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[ASAP] Surface Functionalization of Pegylated Gold Nanoparticles with Antioxidants Suppresses Nanoparticle-Induced Oxidative Stress and Neurotoxicity

Chemical Research in Toxicology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00368




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[ASAP] Comprehensive <italic toggle="yes">In Vitro</italic> Metabolism Study of Bisphenol A Using Liquid Chromatography-High Resolution Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Chemical Research in Toxicology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00042




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[ASAP] Crossing Biological Barriers by Engineered Nanoparticles

Chemical Research in Toxicology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00483




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[ASAP] Synergy between Experiments and Computations: A Green Channel for Revealing Metabolic Mechanism of Xenobiotics in Chemical Toxicology

Chemical Research in Toxicology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00448




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[ASAP] Neurotoxicology of Nanomaterials

Chemical Research in Toxicology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00050




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[ASAP] Therapeutic Potential of Carnosine and Its Derivatives in the Treatment of Human Diseases

Chemical Research in Toxicology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00010




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[ASAP] Revealing Silver Nanoparticle Uptake by Macrophages Using SR-µXRF and LA-ICP-MS

Chemical Research in Toxicology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00507




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[ASAP] Toxicity and Gene Expression Profiling of Copper- and Titanium-Based Nanoparticles Using Air–Liquid Interface Exposure

Chemical Research in Toxicology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00489




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[ASAP] In Vitro Phase I Metabolic Profiling of the Synthetic Cannabinoids AM-694, 5F-NNEI, FUB-APINACA, MFUBINAC, and AMB-FUBINACA

Chemical Research in Toxicology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00466




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[ASAP] Kinetics Analysis of the Reactions between Peroxynitric Acid and Amino Acids

Chemical Research in Toxicology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00408




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[ASAP] Nanomaterials and Innate Immunity: A Perspective of the Current Status in Nanosafety

Chemical Research in Toxicology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00051




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[ASAP] Safety Assessment of Nanomaterials for Antimicrobial Applications

Chemical Research in Toxicology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00519




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[ASAP] Comparison of the Base Excision and Direct Reversal Repair Pathways for Correcting 1,<italic toggle="yes">N</italic><sup>6</sup>-Ethenoadenine in Strongly Positioned Nucleosome Core Particles

Chemical Research in Toxicology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00089




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[ASAP] Enhanced Dark-Field Hyperspectral Imaging and Spectral Angle Mapping for Nanomaterial Detection in Consumer Care Products and in Skin Following Dermal Exposure

Chemical Research in Toxicology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00090




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[ASAP] Advanced <italic toggle="yes">In Vitro</italic> Testing Strategies and Models of the Intestine for Nanosafety Research

Chemical Research in Toxicology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00079




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[ASAP] Functionalized Surface-Charged SiO<sub>2</sub> Nanoparticles Induce Pro-Inflammatory Responses, but Are Not Lethal to Caco-2 Cells

Chemical Research in Toxicology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00478




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Poetry and revelation : for a phenomenology of religious poetry / Kevin Hart.

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.




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Saama : innocents in Asia / Jonathan Falla.

Scotland : Stupor Mundi, 2018.




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Ancient divination and experience / edited by Lindsay G Driediger-Murphy and Esther Eidinow.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019




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Poetry & Literature: News & Events: NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL PRESENTS: NOVEMBER TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE

Tickets are still available for these upcoming events in the National Book Festival Presents series:

Nov. 6 – Karen Armstrong discusses her new book, “The Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Texts.” Armstrong is the author of numerous groundbreaking works on world religions and speaks often on how faith shapes civic conversation. Click here for ticket information.

 

Nov. 8 – Brad Meltzer & Chris Eliopoulos present their new PBS KIDS series, “Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum,” based on their books for children, “Ordinary People Change the World,” featuring the newest titles, “I Am Walt Disney” and “I Am Marie Curie.” The PBS KIDS series, premiering Nov. 11, will introduce kids to inspiring historical figures and the character virtues that helped them succeed. Click here for ticket information.

 

Nov. 13 – André Aciman discusses his new book, “Find Me,” the sequel to his bestselling “Call Me By Your Name,” which was made into an Academy Award-winning film. Click here for ticket information.

Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.




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Poetry & Literature: News & Events: NATIONAL AMBASSADOR FOR YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE INAUGURATION: JASON REYNOLDS on 1/16

Thursday, January 16, 10:30 AM
NATIONAL AMBASSADOR FOR YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE INAUGURATION: JASON REYNOLDS

Award-winning author Jason Reynolds will be inaugurated as the 2020-2021 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, the seventh writer to hold this position. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden will lead a conversation with Reynolds during the ceremony, which will also include a special appearance by 2018-2019 National Ambassador Jacqueline Woodson.

Tickets are not required for this event, which is free and open to the public. This event will also be livestreamed from both the Library's Facebook page and the Library's YouTube site (with captions).

Co-sponsored by Every Child a Reader and the Children’s Book Council, with additional support from Dollar General Literacy Foundation.

Location: Coolidge Auditorium, ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building <view map>
Contact: (202) 707-5394

To learn more about Jason Reynolds and his activities as National Ambassador, visit his Library of Congress resource guide