pi The Roman Pilum Was Unmatched as a Ranged Weapon By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0000 The pilum, a vital weapon in Rome’s imperial ambitions, was a simple iron spear fixed with two bolts onto a heavy wooden post. It was remarkably effective against an attacker charging at high speed. Full Article
pi Yukon has a new Indigenous commercial pilot By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 09:00:00 EDT Shadunjen van Kampen, a 21-year-old member of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations in Yukon, recently completed her written exams and flight test. She plans to be a commercial bush pilot. Full Article News/Canada/North
pi Free little pantries popping up in Regina to help those in need By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 14:30:03 EDT The Heritage neighbourhood's free little libraries are being transformed. Full Article News/Canada/Saskatchewan
pi Sask. farmers fear fuel delays after picket line starts at Moose Jaw Co-op cardlock By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 10:32:11 EDT Some farmers across the province are worried about getting their fuel in time for spring seeding. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan says it has been fielding complaints this week about delays at the Co-op cardlock near Moose Jaw. Full Article News/Canada/Saskatchewan
pi Thunder Bay physiotherapist has licence suspended for incident over a decade ago By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Wed, 6 May 2020 17:21:42 EDT A physiotherapist in Thunder Bay, Ont., has had his licence suspended until September, as part of a disciplinary hearing. Full Article News/Canada/Thunder Bay
pi Exploring local community is 'first key' to saving hospitality industry, says Thunder Bay Tourism manager By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 12:14:50 EDT The tourism and hospitality industries, which play a large role in the economy of almost every community in northwestern Ontario, are taking a beating during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the manager of Tourism Thunder Bay is figuring out how “dire” the situation is, and what could be done to help. Full Article News/Canada/Thunder Bay
pi Suspect in custody after firearm incident Thursday at Rainy River hospital, OPP say By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 15:34:27 EDT Provincial Police have a suspect in custody after a firearms incident Thursday morning at the hospital in the small northwestern Ontario community of Rainy River. Full Article News/Canada/Thunder Bay
pi Six hours after delivery, and then go for maternal support person at Thunder Bay hospital By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 07:13:51 EDT Parents-to-be who will have their new child delivered at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre have to follow a different set of guidelines than found at many other hospitals across Ontario. Full Article News/Canada/Thunder Bay
pi Comment on 12 Cool India Facts [For President Obama's Visit] – RantRave | Published Opinion. by Jenny Smith By rss-newsfeed.india-meets-classic.net Published On :: Sun, 07 Nov 2010 19:27:50 +0000 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">12 Cool India Facts [For President Obama's Visit] – RantRave ...: Washington Post12 Cool India Facts [For Presid... http://bit.ly/dmozLC</span></span> Full Article
pi Comment on 12 Cool India Facts [For President Obama's Visit] – RantRave | Published Opinion. by Kayla Swift By rss-newsfeed.india-meets-classic.net Published On :: Sun, 07 Nov 2010 19:27:50 +0000 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">12 Cool India Facts [For President Obama's Visit] – RantRave ...: Washington Post12 Cool India Facts [For Presid... http://bit.ly/dmozLC</span></span> Full Article
pi Nervous tenants of Avalon Mall ponder future as rent piles up By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 05:30:00 EDT Crombie REIT, which owns the Avalon Mall, is awaiting details before applying for government's commercial rent relief. Full Article News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador
pi Not your stereotypical missionary By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 15:58:38 +0000 From age 17, Ana Maria prayed to serve God in Switzerland. While she waited, she became a dance instructor with no idea dance would become her ministry. Full Article
pi OPINION | Oil is not dead but Kenney will need Trudeau's help to keep it on life support By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 08:00:00 EDT When Elizabeth May, parliamentary leader of the federal Green Party, proclaimed on Tuesday that "oil is dead," she was correct in a philosophical sense. But not in a practical, real world sense. Full Article News/Canada/Edmonton
pi Traffic rerouted in north Edmonton due to report of suspicious package By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 12:53:57 EDT Police are investigating a report of a suspicious package in north Edmonton. Full Article News/Canada/Edmonton
pi Catching the Spirit of Baseball’s Opening Day By blogs.loc.gov Published On :: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 18:25:01 +0000 The following is a guest post by Hanna Soltys, Reference Librarian, Prints & Photographs Division. The post was written with the help of Sara W. Duke, Curator of Popular and Applied Graphic Art. While professional baseball’s Opening Day will take place at a later date, the spirit and excitement of the day still live […] Full Article Photographs Prints
pi Denaturing Lysis of Cells for Immunoprecipitation By cshprotocols.cshlp.org Published On :: 2020-02-03T06:30:10-08:00 The only way to solubilize many antigens for immunoprecipitation is by denaturation. This cell lysis protocol is ideally suited for this purpose to release proteins from complex structures or reveal antibody epitopes hidden within native proteins. Short linear epitopes may not be accessible to antibodies within the native tertiary and quaternary protein structures, but they become exposed upon the unraveling of proteins, exposing their secondary structure. Antibodies otherwise not suitable for the immunoprecipitation of proteins prepared under nondenaturing conditions are now able to bind these antigens of interest in cell lysates prepared under denaturing conditions. These antibodies may also work well for immunoblotting purposes when the protein target is completely denatured. Harvested cells in this protocol are washed in tris-buffered saline (TBS) before lysis in 2% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-containing Lysis buffer for 10 min at 100°C. The resulting sample is diluted 20-fold in TBS to reduce the SDS concentration to ≤0.1% before the addition of an antibody for immunoprecipitation. Addition of 2% bovine serum albumin (BSA) or 0.1% Nonidet P-40 to the TBS before an immunoprecipitation, respectively, ensures either removal of SDS from the target protein or retaining denatured proteins in solution. Full Article
pi Differential Detergent Lysis of Cellular Fractions for Immunoprecipitation By cshprotocols.cshlp.org Published On :: 2020-02-03T06:30:10-08:00 Differential detergent fractionation of cells is a rapid method for extraction of cytoplasmic and nuclear proteins in preparation of an immunoprecipitation. This method can be applied for use of adherent or suspension cells and can significantly reduce nonspecific background in an immunoprecipitation by separation of cellular compartments into individual fractions. The lysis of cells by differential detergents permits the rapid extraction of proteins from the cytoplasm (digitonin), the cytoplasmic membranes, and organelles (Triton X-100), and nucleoplasm (Tween/DOC), facilitated through the use of distinct extraction buffers. Cytoplasmic and nuclear matrix proteins as well as DNA are left behind during the detergent-based extraction. Full Article
pi Precipitation of RNA with Ethanol By cshprotocols.cshlp.org Published On :: 2020-03-02T06:30:09-08:00 Purified RNA may need to be concentrated by precipitation for downstream applications. Precipitation of RNA with ethanol (or isopropanol) is the standard method to recover RNA from aqueous solutions. Full Article
pi Stripping of the Immunoblot for Reprobing By cshprotocols.cshlp.org Published On :: 2020-03-02T06:30:09-08:00 For most immunoblots developed with chemiluminescence or with fluorochrome-based detection systems, it is possible to remove the primary and secondary antibodies from the membrane without affecting the bound antigen. This allows you to reuse the membrane for detection of another protein antigen. The blots developed with chromogenic substrates can also be stripped of antibodies and reprobed, but the bands detected in the first round of immunoblotting will remain unaffected. Stripping and reprobing of the membrane are particularly useful when the amount of sample is limited or when it is important to accurately compare the signal between two different protein antigens in the same sample. Examples of such experiments include determining the levels of a protein antigen in a series of samples relative to the loading control and comparison of the phosphorylated form to the total levels of the protein in the sample. Full Article
pi Labeling Antibodies Using Europium By cshprotocols.cshlp.org Published On :: 2020-04-01T06:30:11-07:00 There are many uses for antibodies labeled with metal ions. Most of these methods involve first attaching a metal chelator to the antibody molecule. This is achieved using standard cross-linking chemistry and then adding the desired metal at appropriate concentration and pH. The method described here outlines a basic procedure for creating a lanthanide conjugate. Lanthanide conjugates are used for proximity assays, as MRI contrast agents, or for mass cytometry experiments. Different metals and chelators can be substituted, but the basic procedures are similar. Full Article
pi Volatility spillovers and capital buffers among the G-SIBs By www.bis.org Published On :: 2020-04-14T09:00:00Z We assess the dynamics of volatility spillovers among global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). We measure spillovers using vector-autoregressive models of range volatility of the equity prices of G-SIBs, together with machine learning methods. We then compare the size of these spillovers with the degree of systemic importance measured by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision's G-SIB bucket designations. Full Article
pi Reverse pitching By www.raeng.org.uk Published On :: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 13:00:00 +01:00 Full Article
pi Innovation in a crisis Q&A series: Nightingale Hospitals By www.raeng.org.uk Published On :: Thu, 14 May 2020 14:00:00 +01:00 Full Article
pi No global real estate market despite higher price synchronisation and growing role of international investors, central banks find By www.bis.org Published On :: 2020-02-18T12:00:00Z No global real estate market despite higher price synchronisation and growing role of international investors, central banks find (Press release, 18 February 2020) Full Article
pi Shaping the future of payments: BIS Quarterly Review By www.bis.org Published On :: 2020-03-01T17:00:00Z BIS Press Release - Shaping the future of payments: BIS Quarterly Review, 1 March 2020 Full Article
pi Our pupil can follow rhythms that arise in the environment By www.news-medical.net Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 22:01:10 -0400 When we find something particularly beautiful or impressive, we literally get big eyes: Our pupils dilate. The pupil controls how much light enters the eye and falls on the retina. Full Article
pi Dal medical student volunteers to help at epicentre of N.S. COVID-19 outbreak By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 17:30:06 EDT Graduation is on hold for Dalhousie University medical student Manveer Bal, so he's decided to spend his newfound free time volunteering at the epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak in Nova Scotia. Full Article News/Canada/Nova Scotia
pi A Snowbird flew over Nova Scotia, hoping to bring comfort to his home By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 05:00:00 EDT As Nova Scotians gazed up at the Canadian Forces Snowbirds soaring through the clouds last weekend, Matt MacKenzie was looking down and feeling the weight of successive tragedies that had enveloped his home province. Full Article News/Canada/Nova Scotia
pi Indians pitcher Emmanuel Clase suspended 80 games for PED violation By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 2 May 2020 12:32:43 EDT Cleveland Indians reliever Emmanuel Clase was suspended 80 games by Major League Baseball on Friday for testing positive for a banned performance-enhancing drug. Full Article Sports/Baseball/MLB
pi Former Athletics pitching star, executive Matt Keough dies at 64 By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sun, 3 May 2020 10:47:14 EDT Matt Keough, the former Oakland Athletics pitcher and special assistant, has died. He was 64. He was an American League all-star as a rookie in 1978 and two years later comeback player of the year. Full Article Sports/Baseball/MLB
pi From vaccine research to developing tests, Manitoba scientists playing important part in COVID-19 fight By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 07:00:00 EDT They're not necessarily treating sick patients in hospitals, but a number of Manitoba-based scientists are working long hours and facing incredible pressure to battle the novel coronavirus from their labs and research facilities. Full Article News/Canada/Manitoba
pi Merchants Now Can List Products on Google Shopping for Free By www.ecommercetimes.com Published On :: 2020-04-22T11:56:57-07:00 Merchants soon will be able to sell products on Google Shopping at no charge. Previously, they had to pay per click, but the cost was not fixed. There was no minimum, but they had to set a maximum for ad spend and Google would stop displaying their ads once the maximum was reached. Starting next week, search results on the Google Shopping tab will consist primarily of free product listings. Full Article
pi Study Reveals E-Commerce Shopping Patterns That Hint at New Normal By www.ecommercetimes.com Published On :: 2020-04-28T04:00:00-07:00 Consumers and companies worldwide have ramped up online ordering for software products and digital goods as they struggle to improve productivity and security while working remotely and spending more time at home. The sharp spike in online commerce aligns with the timing of the current global pandemic. Software-based offerings accounted for the highest levels of growth. Full Article
pi New Shopify App Offers Local SMBs a Bridge to E-Commerce By www.ecommercetimes.com Published On :: 2020-04-30T04:00:00-07:00 Shopify has unveiled an app that lets users discover local businesses, receive relevant product recommendations from their favorite brands, check out effortlessly, and track all their online orders. It can gather and track orders automatically, but it also works without auto-tracking. Consumers can get a customized feed with deals, trending items and recommendations from their favorite stores. Full Article
pi Michigan Orders Flint Hospital To Reduce Legionnaires' Risks By www.wkar.org Published On :: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 17:05:18 +0000 Michigan officials are ordering a Flint hospital to take steps to reduce the risk of exposure to Legionella bacteria and Legionnaires' disease at the facility. Full Article
pi Biden’s Best Bleeping Week By www.nytimes.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 00:18:58 GMT OK, you’re gonna hear a lot about Joementum. Full Article
pi Shaping the future of payments* By www.bis.org Published On :: 2019-11-04T14:00:00Z Commentary on Red Book statistics: Shaping the future of payments, November 2019 Full Article
pi Benjamin E Diokno: The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipina's response to the Covid-19 pandemic By www.bis.org Published On :: 2020-04-26T22:00:00Z Speech by Mr Benjamin E Diokno, Governor of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP, the central bank of the Philippines), at an investor call with Standard Chartered Bank, Manila, 22 April 2020. Full Article
pi Ice dancers Gilles, Poirier headline Canadian world championship team By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 12:30:16 EST Ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier headline the Canadian team that will compete at this year's world figure skating championships, but Skate Canada is waiting until next month to make a final decision on several of their teammates. Full Article Sports/Olympics/Winter Sports/Figure Skating
pi A spot at world championships on line for Canadian skaters at Four Continents By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 3 Feb 2020 11:46:39 EST For Canadian champion Roman Sadovsky and former Canadian champions Nam Nguyen and Keegan Messing, the Four Continents results will determine who takes the one spot available in the men's event at the worlds. Full Article Sports/Olympics/Winter Sports/Figure Skating
pi Canada's Phan close to podium at world junior figure skating championships By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 17:49:20 EST Canada's Joseph Phan was eighth after a highly competitive men's short program Wednesday at the world junior figure skating championships. Full Article Sports/Olympics/Winter Sports/Figure Skating
pi World figure skating championships in Montreal face cancellation over virus concerns By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 13:26:06 EDT Quebec Health Minister Danielle McCann says the government is evaluating whether to allow the world figure skating championships to go ahead next week in Montreal. Full Article Sports/Olympics/Winter Sports/Figure Skating
pi World figure skating championships cancelled in Montreal By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 10:55:32 EDT The world figure skating championships, scheduled for March 18-22 in Montreal, have been cancelled because of the spread of COVID-19. Full Article Sports/Olympics/Winter Sports/Figure Skating
pi The tragedy that cancelled the 1961 world figure skating championship By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 09:56:00 EDT With this year's worlds cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rob Pizzo looks at the last time the event didn't happen. Full Article Sports
pi Olympic Games Replay: Fantastic figure skating from Pyeongchang 2018 By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:25:09 EDT As the planet deals with the pandemic and the crisis involving the spread of COVID-19, the world of sport watches and waits alongside the global population. This Saturday, March 21, will be the first of five weeks of programming at CBC Sports which will showcase some of the memorable moments from the most recent editions of the Olympics. Full Article Sports/Olympics/Winter Sports/Figure Skating
pi Watch Olympic Games Replay: Pyeongchang 2018 Figure Skating By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:15:20 EDT Watch Olympic Games Replay, a look back at some of the most exciting moments in past Games. On this week's edition of the program, watch action from the Pyeongchang 2018 figure skating competitions. Full Article Sports/Olympics/Winter Sports/Figure Skating
pi Kurt Browning clowns around to raise spirits and funds for COVID-19 relief By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 18:18:00 EDT The Canadian four-time world champion figure skater hammed it up along with fellow Canadian skater Kaitlyn Weaver, to raise funds for the United Nation's COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. Full Article Sports
pi Figure skater and composer Eric Radford plays the piano for COVID-19 fundraiser By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 16:54:00 EDT The World pairs champion and Olympic gold medallist played the piano during a special hosted by fellow Canadian figure skater Kaitlyn Weaver, to raise funds for the United Nation's COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. Full Article Sports
pi Retired Canadian Olympian Joannie Rochette to work at Quebec long-term care homes By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 14:56:35 EDT Former Canadian figure skater and Olympic medallist Joannie Rochette will be working at Quebec's long-term care homes hit hard by COVID-19. Full Article Sports/Olympics/Winter Sports/Figure Skating
pi The Unpopular Opinions of Glenn Gould or “How Mozart Became a Bad Composer” By blogs.loc.gov Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 18:33:55 +0000 The following is a guest post from Music Reference Specialist James Wintle. Let me begin with a personal anecdote. My parents are or were both musicians – my father was a composer – and so my appreciation for classical music was probably equal parts nature and nurture. So, when I entered graduate school as a […] Full Article Collections Guest bloggers Musicians