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Draft contract whereby a Company entrusts the sale (exclusive or non-exclusive) of products and services to a person, self-employed professional or company (the Agent) in exchange for fees which are established solely as a percentage of the amount of sales made. The Agent carries out its activity in accordance with the sale conditions established by the company, and is not entitled to negotiate or sign agreements with buyers on the company's behalf.
The language of this contract is Spanish. It is also available in English, French and German.
The Commission Contract is used for sporadic sales in which there is not a continuous relationship between the Company and the Agent. Should the Parties prefer to establish a more regular relationship between them, the Commercial Agency Contract should be used.
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Me llamo Kimberly Natshelley Guerrero Ramírez, nací el 9 de septiembre de 1999 en Dimmit, Texas, tengo 19 años y actualmente estoy en primer semestre de la carrera de Arquitectura en la universidad de Colima, ubicada en el campus de Coquimatlan. Egresé como técnico en contabilidad del bachillerato 19 de cerro de Ortega, egresando de la misma localidad en la secundaria Emiliano Zapata #7, cursando primer año de secundaria en justo Sierra en Tecomán, segundo en secundaria técnica #137 en Michoacán. Mi participación académica ha sido en concursos de ajedrez, de matemáticas, declamación, inglés y servicio social en pequeños grupos formados en la institución.
Mi madre, Juana María Ramírez Carrillo, nacida en Jalisco, vive en Michoacán por trabajar actualmente en una farmacia. Tengo dos hermanas y un hermano, una de ellas es Psicóloga, la otra esta en una escuela semiescolarizada sabatina cursando el primer semestre de psicología y mi hermano, es trabajador en la central camionera de Colima.
My name is Kimberly Natshelley Guerrero Ramírez, I was born on September 9, 1999 in Dimmit, Texas, I am 19 years old and I am currently in the first semester of the Architecture course at the University of Colima, located on the campus of Coquimatlan. I graduated as an accounting technician from Barteillerato 19 de cerro de Ortega, graduating from the same location in Emiliano Zapata # 7 secondary school, attending the first year of secondary school in just Sierra in Tecomán, second in technical secondary school # 137 in Michoacán. My academic participation has been in chess competitions, mathematics, declamation, English and social service in small groups formed in the institution.
My mother, Juana María Ramírez Carrillo, born in Jalisco, lives in Michoacán because she currently works in a pharmacy. I have two sisters and a brother, one of them is a psychologist, the other is in a semi-schooled Saturday school studying the first semester of psychology and my brother is a worker in the truck station of Colima.
My free time, I like to take advantage of them doing things that I like, whether they are dancing, reading or supporting where it is needed, I am a member of the folkloric ballet of Villa de Álvarez and the Morfosis dance group of Michoacán and on Saturdays, I attend an asylum of Tecomán elders.
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How do I determine why a test has the Unknown status?
When a new test is created, it is added to the provisioning database and also placed in the appropriate monitor queue to be executed. During this time the web application shows the test in an UNKNOWN state.
Some tests do a rate calculation ([result1 - result2] / time_elapsed_between_tests), which requires two polled results. For example, most network interface tests (Traffic In/Out, Util In/Out) are in this category. Until the second result is polled, these tests show an UNKNOWN state. If a test is configured for a five-minute polling interval, it remains in an UNKNOWN state for approximately ten minutes, until two results are received and the rate is calculated.
If the flap-prevention feature is enabled, any test that is in the process of changing its state will show a TRANSIENT state for the configured cycles. For example, if flap-prevention cycle is configured to be 2, and a ping test is configured for a 3 minute interval, when the ping test switches from OK to WARNING, until the test remains in the new state for 2 additional cycles (6 min), the test will be shown in TRANSIENT state.
If a Traverse process is not running, newly added tests will not return any results and the tests will show an UNKNOWN state. When you drill down into devices with older tests, they will show values under TEST TIME and DURATION columns in a light blue color, indicating outdated results.
If the DGE component is unable to communicate with the Traverse BVE, newly added tests may remain in UNKNOWN state, with UNKNOWN test time and UNKNOWN duration.
If a device is not reachable (e.g., it's been turned off or there are network problems, etc.), tests for that device appear in an UNKNOWN state, indicating that no polled value could be retrieved.
In the case of SNMP tests, if the OID is no longer valid (for example, if the Index has changed), the test appears in an UNKNOWN state, indicating that no polled value could be retrieved.
To see the associated Error message for a test with an Unknown status, navigate to STATUS >> DEVICES and select the 'Hand' Icon to the left of the Test name.
Here are some troubleshooting steps for the most common errors you would see when a test goes Unknown based on the lists provided.
Server returned error: Unable to connect to server: Connection failed: This message states that the DGE/DGEx can no longer connect to the device to poll data. To resolve this, verify the device is online and can connect to the DGE/DGEx that provisions tests on it. If possible, please check the test type agent is running and is configured properly, i.e. WMI service, SNMP agent, etc., if applicable.
Request timed-out while waiting for result: This message states that the DGE/DGEx is not receiving any response from the polled device. To resolve this, please check the test type agent is running and is configured properly, i.e. WMI service, SNMP agent, etc., if applicable.
Invalid SNMP OID: Some OIDs change over time and this can cause SNMP tests to become Unknown. The easiest way to resolve this is to enable test parameter rediscovery on the device with these errors. This will periodically update the tests that are provisioned on the device, and optionally add any new tests, and delete the tests that are no longer valid.
Calculated percentage is over 100%: This means that the result value is over the maximum value configured in the test configuration. You can simply adjust the 'maximum' value in the test configuration page to the appropriate value. If the maximum value of the test is not correct when it is provisioned, please submit a separate ticket so we may validate the device signature.
Timeout waiting for response from device: Same as "Request timed-out while waiting for result".
Server returned error: Unable to add PDH counter: CANNOT FIND OBJECT: This message denotes that the WMI query in the test configuration page either contains a PDH counter that does not exist or that the query is formatted incorrectly. To resolve this, verify that the PDH counter you are trying to monitor exists on that device and that the format of the query is correct.
Cannot use negative value to calculate: This means that the post-processing directive configured on the device results in a negative value. To resolve this, change the post-processing directive to a more appropriate setting.
Polled value X exceeds configured maximum value X: Same as "Calculated percentage is over 100%". A rediscovery is advised so the maximum value is recalculated.
Encountered possible counter rollover or reset: This means that the test value is a counter that will continuously increment and has reached its maximum value and rolled over and reset the value. Traverse can handle one rollover event between consecutive polled values, however subsequent events will generate an Unknown error. For these, please submit a separate ticket as it requires more in depth investigation.
Server returned error: Unable to connect to server: Access is denied: This message means that the credentials provided for the polled test are no longer valid. To resolve this, please verify that the credentials being used are valid and that they are entered correctly in Traverse and exist on the device being polled.
Server returned error: Server did not return any results for query: This message means that the counter being polled does not contain any data. This means that the counter library on the device may be corrupted and that issue would need to be resolved in Windows. If you verify that the counter can be polled successfully outside of Traverse, please submit a separate ticket as it requires more in depth investigation.
Server returned error: Query failed: The object invoked has disconnected from its clients: This message is a DCOM error message from the target machine that would need to be resolved in Windows. If you verify that the counter can be polled successfully outside of Traverse, please submit a separate ticket as it requires more in depth investigation.
doTest was never called for test: For these, please submit a separate ticket as it requires more in depth investigation.
Unable to get test result due to internal error: composite counter (null): For these, please submit a separate ticket as it requires more in depth investigation.
Server returned error: Unable to connect to server: No such interface supported: This means that the interface that this test was provisioned to poll is no longer available. To resolve this, please verify that the interface is still operational on the target device.
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"What Smith finds most irksome is the way college-educated younger generation having been getting news for free, which Google encourages by cannibalizing news gathered by news organizations at terribly high cost and distributes free of charge."
If that's an accurate paraphrase of what Smith believes, he has no idea how Google or the Internet work. Disappointing to see such an uninformed opinion from such a renowned journalist.
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There are four basic elements of disability-friendly design that need to be considered. These are the removal of obstructions, the making of small changes to aid movement, the modifying of existing elements, and the renovation of existing spaces. While these may sound like drastic measures, it is possible to combine all of these elements yet still retain the occupant’s individual interior decorating style and taste.
These can include rugs that may inhibit the function of a wheelchair, floor tiles that could cause trips and falls, and furniture that is simply in the way of a thoroughfare. Once such obstructions have been identified, it needs to be decided which can be done away with to remove the potential problem, or repositioned so that the problem no longer exists. Is a side table essential or is it just ornamental? Can a sofa be placed against a wall to create more room? Such removals can also make an interior appear less cluttered and more attractive.
Small changes to create a disabled-friendly home can include changing the storage of commonly used utensils and cooking pots in the kitchen. For example, instead of such items being in a cupboard at shoulder height, they can be put in low cupboards or drawers that are accessible to people sitting in a wheelchair. It can also mean putting down wheelchair ramps to make rooms and outside places easier to access.
This is a step up from the small changes element, and can include the installation of handrails in certain strategic points, the laying down of ramps, automatic doors that makes ingress and egress easier, and flooring that is better suited to wheelchair use. Modifications can also apply to items of furniture, such as the use of an adjustable bed, ideal for those who have difficulty lowering themselves into a bed or getting out of one.
Some homes may need major renovations to make them more suitable for a person with a disability. Such renovations can include the widening of hallways and the drastic redesign of bathrooms and kitchens so that wheelchair users can get around more easily. Renovations can include the installation of state-of-the-art equipment that utilizes digital technology rather than manual handling, so that people with weak muscles can operate them with greater ease. In the bathroom, a bathtub can be installed that has a door in the side so that people who may have trouble moving their limbs can get in and out of the tub easily.
Many alterations and adaptations can be made to the home to make it easier for a person with a disability to navigate, as well as making the home look like a place of familiarity and comfort.
I am always looking for any tips that can make my crib more spacious. Thanks for the ideas.
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What is "Open Source Buddhism?"
The moniker, “Open Source Buddhism,” has been used on this site for quite a while. What this actually means is easily open to question and it seems worthy of a longer discussion.
“Open Source” is something that is generally applied to software. As Wikipedia states, “A main principle and practice of open source software development is peer production by bartering and collaboration, with the end-product (and source-material) available at no cost to the public.” The key idea is that the source code, the programming, is available to everyone, as well as the end result. This means that anyone is free and able to take the this source code and work on a project, create a variant of it for their own purposes, or otherwise be directly involved in the creative process of the project. This is contrasted with closed source software, where the code is not available but held behind copyrights, and people are only allowed to be end users, consumers, of the result. Open source oriented towards empowering individuals and encouraging them to contribute while closed source is really about creating consumers and protecting intellectual property. This latter has been the normal mode for software business for quite some time but there are more and more companies organized around open source projects, such as the Mozilla Project’s Firefox web browser.
A key component of open source is peer production. This is a form of joint collaboration by groups of individuals. It relies on self-organizing communities of individuals who come together to produce a shared outcome, result, or product.
This same style of organization, as well as the philosophy behind it, can be applied to Buddhism as well. We are living in an era where we have access to extant forms of Buddhism and the records and documents of many forms that do not survive in a living form today. For those of us who are converts to Buddhism, we do not have a vested national or cultural reason to embrace a specific form of Buddhism over another. If one is Thai, for example, it would make sense that the Thai form of Theravadan Buddhism would be embraced and followed as a practitioner. Thai Buddhism is well established in Thai culture, fulfills a variety of social functions, and is deeply integrated in Thai society in a way that only various forms of Christianity generally are in the Western nations. As an European American, it does not necessarily make sense to embrace a very culturally entrenched form of Buddhism. People do this and, for example, take Tibetan names, wear Tibetan clothes, and generally embrace a culturally specific form of Buddhism. This is definitely one possible path. An alternative to this is to look at the various forms of Buddhism, evaluate the teachings and practices of them, and to work with those aspects that make the most sense within a non-Buddhist culture without the history and relationship to Buddhism that other nations and peoples already have. The risk in doing this is shallowness and dilettantism but these can be fought against by deeply engaging with the material and working with Buddhist teachers from these traditions in a wholehearted manner.
This is not a call to abandon traditional forms of Buddhism but is, rather, a decision to not necessarily be limited by boundaries or practices simply because the form of Buddhism practiced in a specific region or period had these limitations. While open source is an amazingly democratic or even consensus driven process, this is also not a call to abandon all hierarchy or leadership as an open source Buddhism is developed. It is always recognized that there are individuals with a breadth and depth of experience, knowledge, and ability that place them in a position to teach others and lead them further along the path.
Ideally, an open source Buddhism will have access to the teaching, insights, and practical techniques of all forms of Buddhism. From these, the most applicable, the best, or the most useful will be embraced, followed, and taught to others. I envision this happening in conjunction with working within one or more of the existing Buddhist traditions in the form of teaching and practiced passed from mouth to ear by living teachers to students. This allows us to draw from the best of both worlds, having the unbroken wisdom of over 2,500 years of a living Buddhist lineage available but also being empowered to draw upon other aspects of Buddhism that are not a part of this (or possibly any other) living tradition. This allows practitioners, for example, from a Japanese Soto Zen to work with Zen teachings and practitioners from Korean schools while also studying traditions coming from as far afield as Thailand or Tibet. Historically, this would not have often occurred but we live in a potentially golden age for Buddhism. We have access to resources unavailable to almost anyone in earlier eras when travel and communication were so difficult. We should take advantage of the full range of Buddhism in order to fulfill the overall goal of enlightenment for all beings.
As a part of this, we should also endeavor to establish practice groups, sanghas, and organizations that embrace the principles of open involvement and peer production. While we do not need to democratically elect our monks or abbots, we should embrace equal participation while recognizing the role of expert and experienced teachers as spiritual friends, especially when they have often taken vows to dedicate their lives to this end. There is no need to reproduce historical authoritarian structures of top down rulership in this environment. It is possible to balance the role of experts and leaders with the strength and diversity of our fellow practitioners.
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Email marketing is the use of email in marketing communications and it is so popular because it is the cheapest form of communication and the best way to deliver your message to your customer.
Why is the cheapest and best way?
1. Email marketing and newsletters are priced according to the quantity you purchased, so the more you get, the less they cost.
2. Because you can deliver your message directly to your customer, it makes customer communication more efficient.
3. Improving productivity ensuring that communications are delivered to the highest percentage of recipients as possible.
4. Accelerate customer acquisition and conversion rates.
5. Tracking performance and connecting campaigns.
6. Reducing marketing costs and improving productivity.
Email marketing have been used as an excellent tool for acquiring, retaining and growing customers numbers because you can offer value-added services to your existing clients which enable your business to build an strong customer loyalty through quality content and also communication.
However, be aware that email marketing campaigns to be successful and maintain a good relationship with customers and others should be permission based - everyone should add permission and spam subjects.
So, start taking this tool more seriously, find your best software and create your email marketing campaign asap.
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1. Soil determination method: Take two kinds of wheat (100 grains each), choose fertile, water-retaining soil, smooth 30 square centimeters, open two small ditch, about 3 cm in depth, and broadcast the two kinds of wheat seeds separately Into the two ditch and cover the soil, 7 days after the shaved out wheat seed, you can determine the germination rate. 2. Wet towel test method: take two kinds of wheat (50 pieces each), first soak the wheat seeds in water for 24 hours, then place two kinds of wheat seeds on two wet towels, and put wet towels on the sides. Roll up. After the towel is kept moist every day, the towel is opened after 7 days and the germination rate of the wheat seed can be measured. 3. Toilet paper test method: Take two kinds of wheat seeds (50 tablets each), moisten the toilet paper first, and then place it in a container, put wheat seeds on the toilet paper, put a layer of it, and cover a layer of toilet paper until the wheat seeds are used. Finished. After the toilet paper was kept moist, the toilet paper was opened after 7 days to calculate the germination rate of the wheat seeds.
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Programme a robot using scratch!
You'll need to check you have all the software on the laptop. If I remember there'll be a USB with it all on in the box however the internet has it available.
Firstly connect the arm and make sure it is switched on, then open a python terminal and run 'python http_server.py' which will execute the python script. A message saying the server is running should be displayed, leave it running all the time. Then you'll need to load the arm functions into scratch, press shift, then click file while holding shift. Go to "Install experimental HTTP Extension" then select 'maplinArm.json'. In scratch you should be able to access these under more blocks, then a 'MaplinArm' drop down. There should be a green dot next to 'MaplinArm' to indicate the communication is working.
It's like scratch but with some extra blocks that control the arm. The kids can probably figure it out simples even if you can't. Get them to pick things up, move them around and put them down again. You can talk about general robotics, what might you use this for? Problems? (I'd guess this could crush an empty can if you weren't careful) Maybe think about loops, automated processes in a factory. You could ask about improvements? Maybe fit a camera and then sort based on colour (you couldn't do this in scratch though!).
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Indexing with a NVMe PCIe Mini SSD?
So I've been wondering, is indexing on an SSD a good idea? any performance gained or lost by doing so? and is it a bad idea to index the WHOLE Computer?
also, @evan where did my windows 10 category go? I don't see it in the selection anymore.
What do you mean by 'Indexing' And what system and OS is this?
By "Indexing Files", what you really mean is Windows has a giant database that tells the operating system where each file location is in the file system. This giant database is organized and updated by the Windows Search service.
"Indexing" means the database is organized by a certain field so that the way you try to find something on a computer is faster.
Not sure why an SSD would be harmed by this, considering it is simply a file, and TRIM would keep used/unused SSD cells from immature deterioration.
It's not good for the SSD long term, kinda like fragmenting. It will still search faster, but it will degrade the lifespan by an amount, but it really doesn't matter either way. Personally, I indexed my SSD. It's your choice. Hope that helped!
The Indexing you are speaking about is really useful for a server or cache server which is storing web pages. It's not very useful for a client system.
As for using a SSD to store them (it makes no difference what the I/O is) the churn of the data is what will wear the SSD. So if the the web pages are static in nature or change lets say daily the amount of change is not that heavy. Its if you were to monitor something like the stock market which has trades going every 10 sec's or so that the churn would wear the drive. Even still the number of stocks would need to be quite high as well.
Now lets look at a shared database (DB2/SQL/Sybase) used in a store which manages large quantities of goods then the index would help keep the counts correct to the second. Some of these DB's do their own indexing and some may even use the MS developer code to setup the index function.
I had used in on my Windows 2000 server so I didn't need to access the same web sites a second time from my desktop and laptop when I was home. At the time I had a very slow internet connection so to speed things up I would program the server to prefetch web sites before I got home. As the server had it all down loaded I could review the site locally from my servers copy. At the time I was trading stock which was my example.
The point I was making it only helps when you have a poor connection and the pages are somewhat static. Yes, you can use it on a workstation as well I didn't discount that! Re-Read what I said.
Theres a bit of give and take here. As an example you might find fetching the IFIXIT repair guides useful as they are mostly static. If your link is slow I would do that. But if you are editing them you need to real page not the cached page.
I mean like indexing files, not web pages.
I haven't needed to in my Windows system so far but then again I don't have that much on it yet (<128 GB). Mac's have indexing as part of the OS which does make searching for a given element within the doc helpful. I'm not sure the Windows indexer goes that deep in PDF or other uniform doc types.
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Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly stupid.
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Do you want to enroll for a safety training program? If this is the case, you have a number of options to go for. If you are working during the day, a good option would be to enroll for online courses. The content taught in traditional classes is the same as that you will get in an online class. How the content is delivered is the only difference between these two classes.
There are a number of companies that offer online safety training courses. It is important to carry out research to know which company will be right to sign up for a course from. You should also find out what subjects are covered in the training course. Find out its requirements and how long you will take to finish the course.
Are the classes suitable for your needs?
Find out how the online training program is conducted. For example, will you be able to interact with other online learners of the course or will you be studying alone? Also, check the mode of presentation. You may be looking for a course that uses a mix of text, videos and audio content in presentation. Majority of students find online courses presented in a multimedia format appealing. Majority of online training schools offer free sample courses that students can enroll for. To know what to expect of the online training course you want to enroll for, check the free sample courses.
Do the courses have instructors?
It is also important to find out whether there are online instructors that will guide you through the course. Safety training courses can be quite complicated. For example, some information may be complicated to understand without help from an instructor. Find out whether the courses are taught by instructors or whether you will be learning on your own. If you will have access to instructors, go through the reviews of those who are in charge of the course you will be enrolling for. You can know whether a particular instructor will be a good fit for you based on their reviews.
It is also important to know whether there are any support services offered by the online school. For example, is tutoring or academic support offered? How is the support delivered? Find out how you can access support services in case you have a problem accessing your account. Finally, check online reviews of the online course to know what people are saying about the support services. A good online school will support its students to ensure they are successful and complete the online safety courses.
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As Apple's education-related media event on Thursday approaches, multiple reports are claiming that the company could announce an initiative to help textbook makers produce interactive ebooks for the iPad, with some sources calling the initiative "Garageband for e-books."
Reports of an Apple event in New York City set to take place later this month emerged several weeks ago. The company then sent out invitations for the gathering last week, noting that it would entail an "education announcement in the Big Apple."
ArsTechnica reported on Monday that its sources are claiming Apple will release a simple app that makes standards-compliant e-book publishing as easy as recording a song in GarageBand. The tool is believed to be much-needed, as several authors told the publication that they are frustrated by the current state of the industry.
According to the report, some industry executives are also confident that Apple will likely unveil a textbook publishing tool this week. Inkling CEO Matt MacInnis, who worked on education projects at Apple before leaving to focus on interactive e-books, voiced his belief that a textbook app from Apple is in the works.
"When you think about what Apple is doing... they are selling tens of thousands of iPads into K-12 institutions," MacInnis said. "What are they doing with those iPads? They don't really replace textbooks, because there's not very much content on offer."
The executive clarified that he doesn't believe the content will come directly from Apple. The Cupertino, Calif., company will instead likely provide content production tools, similar to its own Logic or Final Cut Pro software, the report noted.
"Publishing something to ePub is very similar to publishing web content. Remember iWeb? That iWeb code didn't just get flushed down the toilet—I think you'll see some of [that code] repurposed," MacInnis said.
Late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs had intimated to biographer Walter Isaacson that he wanted to revolutionize textbooks ArsTechnica's sources said Jobs had worked on the project for years. The plans were reportedly set to be announced last October, but they were postponed at the last minute because of Jobs' failing health.
The Wall Street Journal corroborated on Tuesday some of ArsTechnica's claims, but it didn't go into specifics.
"The company is expected to unveil textbooks optimized for the iPad and that feature ways to interact with the content, as well as partnerships with publishers," the report read.
A person familiar with the matter told the Journal that Apple had been working with publisher McGraw-Hill on the announcement since June. Cengage Learning, a textbook publisher that has partnered with Apple before, will also be in attendance on Thursday, but the company declined to reveal what part it will play in the event.
"Apple today clearly has a strong position in hardware, and companies like Cengage Learning have a very strong position on the content side," Bill Rieders, Cengage's executive vice president of global strategy and business development. "To the extent there's a combination there, that could be exciting."
Earlier reports characterized Apple's plans for Thursday as "publishing industry-oriented" news, noting that major consumer-related announcements from the company are not expected.
As a prof currently writing a science/engineering textbook -- please let this not only be true, but (finally) include proper tools for publishing things other than fiction-style text-only documents!
An Apple 'Garageband for books'...I'd love to be a fly on the wall at Adobe this week.
I read what a commenter said about this on another site and that what Apple might be doing is nothing special since there are companies that have been trying to create electronic textbooks for years like the Kno company. I believe if Apple can offer less expensive iPads for schools and also create some tools to get textbooks on to them, they could have a huge advantage over other tablet ecosystems. iTunes U is a fantastic learning tool for collaboration and I always thought it was too low-key considering the knowledge available for free.
Apple could really put a hurt to Amazon's Kindle readers when it comes to education. I was always wondering why Apple never designed its own eReader that would compete against the Kindle eReaders. It does seem like a very useful technology with long battery life. Maybe it's just too limited for Apple's use. I'd love to see Apple take control of the educational sector with some great hardware and software learning tools and take back what they lost to Microsoft years ago.
I figure it would leverage Apple's "iAd producer." So that means HTML 5 and CSS 3.
So multimedia and scripting are a given.
Depending on whether Apple makes the software tools slick and easy is if this takes off or not.
>> On the HUGE upside, if their teaching platform takes off it will mean that 3rd party companies can also improve on the platform, because MOST of it will be using standard technology and file formats available to everyone. Apple just wants it to be on their platform.
I've been hoping for Apple to drop the other shoe on their multimedia usage of HTML5. They've been likely working on a "Flash Killer" so that iOS doesn't need another layer of junk slowing down the processor and using battery power.
>> That's why I highly doubt it will be something proprietary -- Apple has gotten that bug out of their systems (at least with development). To leverage iOS it's going to either be Objective C (too low-level) or the Web standards.
>> So Multimedia and every bang and whistle are a given -- it all depends on how well they make it easy for an instructor to create a multimedia training tool. And I figure they've got all sorts of tech to do that.
I lecture in university in a technical field. I too hope beyond hope that Apple introduces a package as intimated. I've used an iPad for tutorial presentations but my MBP for lectures due to the eclectic nature of my demonstrations etc. This likely wouldn't change but would probably be impacted by developments.
I have a short story on iBooks to which I applied only the most basic formatting. Having greater expectations would have been quite frustrating, though there are features in iBooks that I like.
I am reading 'A New Kind of Science' by Steven Wolfram. This publication is in the form of an application, probably because of the formatting control Wolfram required but doesn't feature some of the nice controls available under iBooks. This might now change.
I think the key to make the new book format successful is interaction.
An easy way to produce interactive learning would be fantastic. And if Apple provided us with a bunch of easy to implement templates and guidelines so that authors actually start using the interactivity, then we have a great platform.
I hope it makes designing multimedia, programmed instructional texts where the reader answers questions after reading a small piece of information and gets immediate feedback for positive reinforcement dead easy. Trying to do it on Authorware, Director and iShell was a real pain.
The same week that Wikipedia turns off for a day, Apple introduces a tool for making a new kind of textbook.
I know, again another piece from the biography. Can't help it, great book. It's long, but interesting nonetheless.
The Daily, which was neither tabloidy nor serious, but instead a rather midmarket product like USA Today, was not very successful. But it did help create an odd-couple bonding between Jobs and Murdoch. When Murdoch asked him to speak at his June 2010 News Corp. annual management retreat, Jobs made an exception to his rule of never doing such appearances. James Murdoch led him in an after-dinner interview that lasted almost two hours. “He was very blunt and critical of what newspapers were doing in technology,” Murdoch recalled. “He told us we were going to find it hard to get things right, because you’re in New York, and anyone who’s any good at tech works in Silicon Valley.” This did not go down very well with the president of the Wall Street Journal Digital Network, Gordon McLeod, who pushed back a bit. At the end, McLeod came up to Jobs and said, “Thanks, it was a wonderful evening, but you probably just cost me my job.” Murdoch chuckled a bit when he described the scene to me. “It ended up being true,” he said. McLeod was out within three months.
Murdoch and Jobs hit it off well enough that Murdoch went to his Palo Alto house for dinner twice more during the next year. Jobs joked that he had to hide the dinner knives on such occasions, because he was afraid that his liberal wife was going to eviscerate Murdoch when he walked in. For his part, Murdoch was reported to have uttered a great line about the organic vegan dishes typically served: “Eating dinner at Steve’s is a great experience, as long as you get out before the local restaurants close.” Alas, when I asked Murdoch if he had ever said that, he didn’t recall it.
One visit came early in 2011. Murdoch was due to pass through Palo Alto on February 24, and he texted Jobs to tell him so. He didn’t know it was Jobs’s fifty-sixth birthday, and Jobs didn’t mention it when he texted back inviting him to dinner. “It was my way of making sure Laurene didn’t veto the plan,” Jobs joked. “It was my birthday, so she had to let me have Rupert over.” Erin and Eve were there, and Reed jogged over from Stanford near the end of the dinner. Jobs showed off the designs for his planned boat, which Murdoch thought looked beautiful on the inside but “a bit plain” on the outside. “It certainly shows great optimism about his health that he was talking so much about building it,” Murdoch later said.
Most of the dinner conversation was about education. Murdoch had just hired Joel Klein, the former chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, to start a digital curriculum division. Murdoch recalled that Jobs was somewhat dismissive of the idea that technology could transform education. But Jobs agreed with Murdoch that the paper textbook business would be blown away by digital learning materials.
Many of us have been pleading for an HTML5 web content creation tools for the web from Apple for a long time. I wonder if this might have a web deployment side to it as wells for stand alone items.
I read somewhere that HTML5/CSS/JS (and likely SQLite) is too difficult for most authors/creatives to use.
If you think about it -- A really dynamic, interactive, "live" textbook/reading experience would be very similar to a well-crafted data/content-driven web site. One that would be fully functional off-line, but could take advantage of connectivity (within the classroom, campus or greater community including the Internet).
How do you make that easy and attractive to an author?
Maybe a better approach would be to start with something like Keynote and work backwards from results to source.
Did you ever read the Time/Life series of books of days of yesteryear?
Each book was a colorfull, well-written "instruction" on a topic such as Mathematics.
These books had an unusual format that I really liked -- but seldom see anywhere else.
The main body of each page contained the ongoing development of the topic, much as any textbook.
The outside margin of many pages would have some little snippets -- each, a self-contained story-within-a-story that concisely supported the main text... An aside, if you will.
I found that if I wanted in-depth knowledge that I would read both the main text and the margin snippets -- the latter provided a welcome change of pace and reinforcement.
However, you could just skim through reading the margin snippets -- you would become totally immersed in the series of [really] short stories.
I wonder if something like this could be used, today, in a textbook or web site. I suspect that most of us have conditioned ourselves to block out side-issues as irritating and unnecessary distractions.
I wonder if this announcement will be related in some way to the app/eBook by Al Gore called 'Our Choice'?
Trying to derail the thread?
Modern textbooks have diagrams, illustrations, photos, quotes and timelines.
If Apple's new solution can really do all that, Apple may upend the entire DTP market on Thursday.
Roll over Gutenberg, and tell Rupe Murdoch the news.
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In this captivating reinvention of the werewolf novel, S A Swann propels readers into the darkest days of the Middle Ages, weaving a rare blend of soaring romance, historical intrigue, paranormal thrills, and spiritual questioning to tell a story that forever changes those who hear it.When a monk inadvertently discovers a lair of werewolf young, he unleashes what will beIn this captivating reinvention of the werewolf novel, S A Swann propels readers into the darkest days of the Middle Ages, weaving a rare blend of soaring romance, historical intrigue, paranormal thrills, and spiritual questioning to tell a story that forever changes those who hear it.When a monk inadvertently discovers a lair of werewolf young, he unleashes what will become the Church s most powerful and secret weapon Clandestinely raised by the Teutonic Order, these lupine creatures serve as instruments of God against pagan unbelievers Trained to slip into villages cloaked in human form, they are all but unstoppable Only one, called Lilly, has cunningly fled her brutal master.Uldolf is too young to remember the massacre eight years earlier that claimed his village, his arm, and his kin But he knows the pain of loneliness When he sees what appears to be a beautiful young woman, injured and cowering in the woods, he races to her aid Uldolf and his adoptive family will do anything to protect the terrified girl, but the danger is greater than they can possibly imagine For death is the only life Lilly has ever known and if their humanity can t pierce the darkness Lilly harbors in her soul, they ll soon come to know it, too.
I devoured this book. I really loved the middle ages setting and the unusual choice of the Northern Crusades. I was inspired to look up quite a bit of information about the time period just to get a sense of the larger picture while reading this book. The character attitudes were a bit too modern for the time period but I loved them anyway. I would have like to see this book fleshed out a little more but that's just the book nerd in me. I'm looking forward to the companion book to this.
The premise was really intriguing but I thought this book was very poorly written. The author had very obviously done his research on the 13th century but most of the information he gives is irrelevant to the story and just bogs it down. The characters had great potential but they were never really fleshed out and the relationships were rather shallow. Overall, I was very disappointed with this book. I felt like it never really reached the level I was expecting.
I gave this 5 stars because it told a different kind of werewolf tale and from another time period. I found the book fascinating, but I wish the author had explained the origins of the wolfbreed. If there was one pack of these wolf/human creatures, should there not have been others? What were its origins? Was Lilly the last of her kind? The book left many questions unanswered, but it kept me hooked nonetheless.
The idea behind the storyline was good, but the book was just not very well written. I think the author focused too much on little details that tended to draw you off on a tangent only to hurtle you back to the main point. It made for ponderous reading.
Started reading this Friday night and stayed up til wee hours Saturday to finish thisuldn't put it down. Fascinating take on a werewolf story. Can't wait for the next installment. Loved it!
Really interesting twist on the werewolf story. I felt the love story weakened the ending, but still a great read.
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Imagine this conversation between Pope Benedict XVI and the late Ayn Rand. Yes, you heard correct, Pope Benedict XVI and Ayn Rand, the late Russian author and philosopher who was known for writing The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and for her philosophy of objectivism.
Benedict: Ms. Rand, you remind me of Oriana Fallaci, my late friend. Although she was an atheist like yourself, I find that there are certain things that we can agree upon, particularly our opposition of Islamic totalitarianism (Islamism) and terrorism. For instance, I cite a quote from a Byzantine emperor regarding Mohammed and look at the problem that it created. I believe you understand where I was coming from.
Rand: Yes, I see that it caused quite a stir. However, the context in which your remark was made has been lost in all this controversy.
Rand: Correct me if I am wrong. You were making the point that violence is against reason. When you referred to this dialogue between Emperor Paleologus and a Persian Muslim, your concern was not to degrade Mohammed and Islam but to point out that any violence committed by a religious believer is unreasonable. On top of that, your speech was not about Islam but it was a speech about the relationship between faith and reason.
Benedict: Yes, that is true.
Rand: Can we further discuss your assessments about reason?
Rand: With the exception of self-defense, I agree that any violence, whether it is committed by a religious believer or a non-religionist, is unreasonable. But I cannot agree with your reason for this conclusion.
Benedict: Yes, I thought that might be the case. I firmly believe that violence is unreasonable because it is incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the human soul. The theme of my address was to present the argument that reason in modern Western society has been corrupted by the fact that it has become secularized. It has been divorced from its very origin – the God of the Bible. Since the Enlightenment, reason has evolved into something unspiritual and therefore empty. This has bankrupted reason because its foundation is found in God. Reason and faith are interdependent. I am not against modern reason but I am against the restriction that modern reason has imposed upon faith.
Benedict: If you agree with my conclusion, then what evidence do you provide?
Rand: My philosophy of objectivism grounds the evidence. Reason is the only means of acquiring knowledge that man possesses. It is man’s basic means of survival. In addition, man can only exercise the faculty of reason by choice. One must be free to think; one needs to choose to think. This is one reason why I reject religion. It is opposed to reason because religion subjugates man to another (God) beyond his control. This strips man of his free will and therefore, reason is opposed to faith. Also, the altruism that is predominant in many religions, particularly Christianity, is useless. Man’s moral worth is found in pursuing happiness for his own life and it is not found in sacrificing for others.
Benedict: You exalt man’s free will but do you believe that man should not freely pursue religion?
Rand: Certainly not. I believe that man should be free to pursue his choice of religion. However, this does not change my view that faith and religion are independent. I believe that faith is unreason able.
Benedict: Well, I guess we will have to agree to disagree. Perhaps we can go back to our shared abhorrence of unreasonable extremism that religion can foster and the terrorism produced by it. But there is something I would like to point out. I believe that we agree that the violence committed by radical Islamic jihadists is certainly unreasonable. What these extremists are doing is not only against the West but is against reason and thus hurting Islam and religion as a whole. There are radical Muslims out there who got angry with my citation of a quote stating that in Mohammed “you will only find things evil and inhuman.” They proceed to counter this claim, not by arguing in a peaceful and civil manner, but by behaving in a violent manner. They attempt to refute the claim of violence committed by Mohammed by also committing violence. This is against reason.
Rand: Yes, I agree. But I will take it one step further. Once religion is allied with political power then tragedies and abuse of power occur. It is this point that I believe where the ideological clash lies today. It is not a battle against Islam or against an individual’s adherence to Islam but against political Islam that promotes terrorism and hatred towards the West and reason. It is a clash between reason and unreason.
Benedict: If God willing, reason will win out.
Rand: That’s a reasonable thing to say.
At this point, one may ask why Pope Benedict and Ayn Rand? The answer is contained in their fictional conversation. The issue of Islamic totalitarianism has affected both Pope Benedict and Ayn Rand. The Pope has been involved in a controversy that has brought ire from Muslims worldwide. Ayn Rand passed away in 1982 but her influence and ideas is still carried out today in the form of numerous organizations that promote Rand’s philosophy. One of those organizations is the Ayn Rand Institute. The Ayn Rand Institute held an Objectivist Conference in Boston, MA from October 20-22. This particular Objectivist Conference was named The Jihad Against the West: The Real Threat and the Right Response and its aim was to examine the threat of Islamic totalitarianism or radical jihad (Islamism) and “the right response necessitates engaging in a principled, ideological battle to defend the West from the jihad declared against it. “ The Ayn Rand Institute assembled a group of Middle East experts to discuss this issue over a three-day period. From this conference, along with inspiration from fictional dialogues written by the Catholic philosopher, Peter Kreeft, came the idea of the fictional dialogue between the Pope and Ayn Rand. In particular, Prof. John Lewis’ lecture on Islamic totalitarianism focused on his argument that religion allied with politics poses a danger to modern civilization. In the next monthly installment of WhiP, I’ll explore the ideas that came out of these conference lectures.
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I read this article and found it very interesting, thought it might be something for you. The article is called World of DTC Marketing.com and is located at http://worldofdtcmarketing.com/tag/online-health-seekers/.
Many popular YouTube videos about prostate cancer contained biased or poor-quality information.
There was a significant negative correlation between scientific quality and viewer engagement.
The comments section underneath some videos contained advertising and peer-to-peer medical advice.
A total of 115 videos (77%) contained potentially misinformative and/or biased content within the video or comments section, with a total reach of >6 million viewers.
For online health seekers there is too much invalid health information and they are pretty much left to determine what’s based on medical knowledge and what’s garbage.
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Why do so many people think that getting sick is just a normal occurrence and so common as to not even be noticed anymore? Disease is NOT normal. You are designed to be Healthy and Vibrant. Prescription medications, so advertised on TV every 5 minutes, are a recent invention that coincides with the deterioration of American Nutrition.
It's not a coincidence that many of the 'common' prescription drugs today are designed to treat Lifestyle Diseases whose emergence seem to correlate with the introduction of overly Processed Foods, Fast Food Chains and TV Dinners (processed/packaged food). The introduction of massive factory farming and noxious chemicals, like glyphosate, permeate our environment and food supply and is consumed by children and adults alike every day.
There are real diseases that impact humanity but the majority of prescription drugs are used to treat totally PREVENTABLE and naturally reversible Lifestyle Diseases. From hypertension to diabetes 2, heart disease, arterial disease, cancer, and more, these are lifestyle diseases that, for the most part, are preventable and often reversible with proper attention to nutrition and lifestyle.
Too many people go for the 'quick fix', pop a pill to treat lifestyle diseases and ignore the dramatic and often Deadly side effects. Does anyone really pay attention to the TV commercials for all the different drugs today? Pay attention the next commercial and listen for a keyword : 'DEATH'. Yes death is a not too uncommon side effect along with, should you survive them, debilitating ancillary side effects that eventually kill you. So what do doctors do? Take you off the, potentially lethal drugs, or prescribe a new additional drug to offset the horrendous side effects of the previous drug.
There you have the foundation for a multi-billion dollar business. These drugs are often prescribed for the rest of your life, thus locking in a clientele that will never stop using. How is this different than the street corner illicit drug pusher? They also sell drugs that get you 'hooked', often for life (which often is foreshortened dramatically by their use).
Illness, disease or other ailment is an indication of a compromised or failed natural immune system. You are Not designed to get sick; just the opposite, you are designed to be Well, Healthy, Vibrant and Energetic! You get sick because your natural immune system has lost the battle against a virus, bacterial or other infectious disease. This is NOT normal.
A healthy person with a strong immune system fights off countless illnesses, disease and foreign bacteria every minute of every day. From rogue cancer cells to infectious bacteria, just living exposes you to a plethora of potentially lethal disease agents. ALL of which are fought off by your immune system as a common, little noticed practice!
There ARE alternatives that often, and are proven, to be just as effective as many of the prescribed artificial drugs today. They are in the Food, Spices and Condiments that are commonly available in your local stores everywhere or on the Internet. These foods help Boost your natural immune system and help combat illness and disease.
Don't you think eating a delicious meal of Whole Natural Food is preferable (and much cheaper) than taking those pill(s) constantly? Pills that have the potential of not lengthening your life but shortening it with debilitating side effects? Would it be better to NOT get sick in the first place?
Since most diseases are lifestyle related, often from poor/inadequate nutrition, don't you think prevention is preferable to treatment? Prevention by changing your diet to Whole Foods that are delicious, nutritious and actually Cheaper than what you may not commonly consume? When you factor in the cost of drugs, lost time from work due to illness and just plant feeling miserable due to preventable illness, wouldn’t it be preferable to just NOT GET SICK in the first place?
It truly is so easy and that may very well be the Biggest Problem. No one today, really thinks simple is the right answer. They tend to go for the complex, not the simple. There is an old principle called KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) that is something to consider. Since you were designed to be Healthy, not sick, the simplest solution may be the best solution?
When there are no side effects, besides better health, isn't it just common sense to at least give it a try? There is little downside except for a change in Lifestyle that can be gradually introduced to ease you into a more vibrant, energetic and Healthy Life!
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It is true that buying a new house is an exciting moment in one’s life, but it can also be quite challenging and frustrating, since there are numerous things you need to pay attention to. Things can become even more stressful when you see the list of all your expenses during this process. However, there is no need to worry if you live in Canada, since the government can reimburse you a specific sum of money if you apply for house rebate, so if you need a professional advice you should definitely start your online research with websites such as http://www.rebate4u.ca/. Here are the most frequently asked questions related to this tax return program.
What is this rebate program more exactly?
For those who are not familiar with the term, the rebate program is available in some of the provinces of Canada and is a program initiated by the government that allows people to recover some of the expenses they have had after buying a new house or even after renovation. This tax rebate program is also known as HST refund and it may come like a godsend to most people.
What are the terms and conditions to get tax return?
Even though it might sound great in the beginning – the government returns you a specific amount of money you have spent on buying a new house – you should know that there are some strict rules and conditions you need to oblige to in order to benefit from this tax return. First of all, the house must be your principal residence and not a holiday residence, which means that you have to live in that house for more than six months a year. Second of all, you need to bring in papers that prove the fact that the renovations or the purchase were performed somewhere in the past two years only. Any modification you made to your house should be visible, such as building an adjacent room to the house or additional space that doubles its size.
What should I do before applying for a rebate?
Now that you know the terms and conditions for applying for a housing rebate, you also have to pay attention to the things you need to do and not do before applying for it. It is highly recommended to make sure you have all necessary papers in order and that there are no grammar or math errors in them, since this will only delay or, worst case scenario, compromise your application. Check the deadline and ensure you are not late with the application. Check the documents several times before taking them to the one responsible for tax rebate applications.
Do I really have to look for professional help?
The answer to this question is definitely no, you are not obliged to hire a specialist to help you with your rebate application. However, if you really want to benefit from the best results and the maximum amount of money you can out of this rebate program, it is recommended to hire a specialist in the domain and to let him or her do the work for you.
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This is part 5 of a 5 part series. In this series I talk about 5 things you must know before you start an online business.
1. You must invest in your education to change your mindset and improve your skill set.
4. Understand the online sales process.
5. Identify and use marketing tools, software and systems.
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Blaise Pascal (June 19, 1623 – August 19, 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist and religious philosopher. His contributions to the natural sciences include the construction of mechanical calculators, considerations on probability theory, studies of fluids, and clarification of concepts such as pressure and vacuum. Following a profound religious experience in 1654, Pascal abandoned mathematics and physics for philosophy and theology.
In honor to his scientific contributions, the name pascal has been given to a unit of pressure and to a programming language, as well as to many mathematical concepts.
Born in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France, Blaise Pascal lost his mother at the age of three. His mathematician father, Étienne Pascal (1588–1651), brought him up. Blaise Pascal was the brother of Jacqueline Pascal (1625–1661).
At age 16, Pascal produced a treatise on conic sections which, among other things, included an important original result now known as Pascal's theorem. At age 18 he constructed a mechanical calculator capable of addition and subtraction (the Zwinger museum, in Dresden, Germany exhibits one of his original mechanical calculators).
In 1650, suffering from frail health, Pascal retired temporarily from mathematics. However, in 1653, his health recovered and he wrote Traité du triangle arithmétique in which he described a convenient tabular presentation for binomial coefficients, the "arithmetical triangle", now called Pascal's triangle.
His notable contributions to the fields of the study of fluids (hydrodynamics and hydrostatics) centered around the principles of hydraulic fluids. His inventions include the hydraulic press (using hydraulic pressure to multiply force) and the syringe. He clarified concepts such as pressure (for which his name has been given to the SI unit of pressure) and vacuum.
In 1654, prompted by a friend interested in gambling problems, he corresponded with Fermat on the subject, and of that collaboration was born the mathematical theory of probabilities. He later used a probabilistic argument, Pascal's Wager, to justify belief in God and a virtuous life.
Following an accident at the Neuilly bridge where the horses plunged over the parapet but the carriage miraculously survived in 1654, Pascal abandoned mathematics and physics for philosophy and theology.
In this new field, Pascal gained fame for his attack on casuistry, a popular ethical method used by Catholic thinkers in the early modern period, (especially the Jesuits). Pascal denounced casuistry as the mere use of complex reasoning to justify moral laxity. His writings on this subject, a defense of the Jansenist Antoine Arnauld, appeared as the Lettres provinciales, or "Provincial Letters." This work incensed King Louis XIV of France who ordered in 1660 that the book be shredded and burnt.
Pascal's most influential theological work, the Pensées, was yet unfinished by his death, but a version of his notes for that book appeared in print in 1670, eight years after, and it soon became a classic of devotional literature.
Pascal died in Paris on August 19, 1662 and is buried there in the St. Étienne-du-Mont cemetery.
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Blaise Pascal.
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Can anyone give advice about taxes. What can be taxed? would it be better to start a S corp.
Taxes... this really isn't the place to ask. Try an accountant as everyone's situation is different, but seriously doubt that an S corp. is the way to go.
The least effort, and most common, is the sole proprietorship (S/P). Notary and signing agent fees, along with expenses are reported on Schedule C, self employment tax is on Schedule SE for all but the statutory notary fees (Treasury Regs. 1.1402(c)-2(b)(2)).
Starting a corporation or LLC is done in your state; the S corp election (Form 2553) is a separate step filed with the IRS and then, after approval, recognized also by the state. People neglect the Sub-S election more than they should; I've represented a number of taxpayers in trouble with the IRS and state due to oversight and failure to make the election timely (or at all).
The corporation or LLC allows you to isolate liability from the person; consult your attorney regarding this aspect.
A C-Corp is independently taxed, then again when distributed to you via dividend or stock buyback. There's a decent amount of record keeping and two sets of returns (1120 and 1040, federal & state equivalent).
Subchapter S still requires two sets of returns (1120-S and 1040, federal & state equivalent), but profit is passed by a form called the K-1 to be taxed only at the individual level.
LLC's generally have another option - the disregarded entity (D/E). The D/E allows the TP to benefit from the legal construct of an LLC (e.g.: liability isolation), while disregarding the D/E for tax purposes. The D/E is reported on the taxpayer's Schedule E & SE, as above. No corporate return is necessary.
FYI, I'm a NSA only part time; my primary practice is tax representation, research and litigation.
As this is your area of expertise, wondering if there is/isn't an income 'floor' level, below which any type of 'business entity' simply doesn't have any or much benefit?
Since a Schedule C allows for deduction of expenses, the removal of employee and other miscellaneous deductions under TCJA is not so much a consideration.
C-Corps, Sub-S's and partnerships all require 'care and feeding'. Corporate paperwork, franchise tax and state/federal filings can easily consume $400-900, at a minimum. IRS forms 1120, 1120-S and 1065, and their state equivalents, may be extremely challenging and a very steep learning curve.
Some customers will not do business with a S/P; in those cases, creating an entity is the price of entry.
An entity might also be indicated when the TP wants to have an 'arms-length' contract with the entity, such as for an office rental or vehicle sale. In that case, the entity is used as a 'separate person'.
Summing up... If one is just starting out, I'd recommend keeping on a Schedule C (S/P), unless there are other considerations. If the legal advantages are needed, the D/E (see prior post) allows one to use an LLC for its entity purpose, but report it on a personal return.
And, yes, I'm doing this post for a mental break between completing last minute client returns.
Sorry, hit the touchpad while pressing 'reply' button and deleted stuff.
The biggest considerations are legal - liability isolation and the like. Again, contact your attorney or legal advisor for guidance.
Excellent! Thank you for sharing. Am sure the synopsis will help many understand the situation. This topic is one I've seen asked many times, but never have I seen anything that laid out the pros & cons as well as this.
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In a hydrogen/oxygen fuel cell 67.2 litres of hydrogen is consumed in 5 minutes. What electric current will be produced at #sf(0^@C)# and 1 atmosphere pressure ?
This seems reasonable, because the consumption rate of Hydrogen is quite high and the potential of a single cell is between 0.6 and 0.7 volts, thereby, making the output power about 1.3 kW. To practically do this, one would stack the cells in a series-parallel configuration.
This tells us that 1 mole of #sf(H_2)# produces 2 moles of electrons.
So #sf(22.4)# litres produce 2 moles of electrons.
So #sf(67.2)# litres produce #sf(2xx67.2/22.4=6)# moles of electrons.
The charge on 1 mole of electrons is given by the Faraday Constant and is equal to #sf(9.65xx10^4color(white)(x)"C/mol")#.
This is produced in 5 minutes which = 5 x 60 = 300 s.
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To see what the judges had to say about the winner, check out the Forum.
TL;DR: Create a low poly (<10k polys) non-violent weapon using your preferred tools and workflow, upload it to Sketchfab, and tag it #WeaponChallenge.
Use your favorite software and workflow to model a low poly non-violent weapon.
Submit only new work, but feel free to submit multiple entries.
Once you’ve created your weapon, upload it to Sketchfab, tag it #WeaponChallenge.
Contestants’ models must be uploaded to Sketchfab and tagged #WeaponChallenge to be considered.
The winner will be contacted by Friday, February 15.
i want to join sketchfab Low Poly Challenge: Non-Violent Weapon.
Fun challenge! So is the limit 5k quads (because Sketchfab automatically converts 5k quads into 10k triangles)? If there’s a way to turn off the conversion please let me know. Thanks.
We’ll be using the triangle count on Sketchfab (shown underneath each model, bottom left) for our judging criteria.
There’s no way to turn off automated conversion.
Is it possible use normal map?
Yes, normal maps are allowed. Just stay under 10k polys.
I want to join sketchfab Low Poly Challenge: Non-Violent Weapon with a Baton.
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How do you differentiate #f(x)=cos(3x)*(-2/3sinx)# using the product rule?
First of all, we rewrite the original function to #-2/3*cos(3x)*sin(x)#. We will deal with the constant #-2/3# later and differentiate #cos(3x)*sin(x)# first (permissible by the constant factor rule).
We shall apply the product rule to find the derivative of #cos(3x)*sin(x)#. First, we call #u=cos(3x)# and #v=sin(x)#. Then, we need to find #u'# and #v'#. We know that #v'=cos(x)#. However, to solve #u'#, we need the chain rule.
The chain rule is used for finding composite functions. For the chain rule, we say that #f(x)=cos(x)# and #g(x)=3x#. The function is then #f(g(x))=cos(3x)#. Applying the chain rule, we find that the derivative of #cos(3x)# is #(d(3x))/dx*(d cos(3x))/(d(3x))=3*-sin(3x)=-3sin(3x)#.
Now, we have found #u'#. Substituting in the product rule, #cos(3x)*cos(x)-sin(x)*3sin(3x)=cos(x)cos(3x)-3sin(x)sin(3x)#.
Finally, we apply the constant factor rule, i.e. multiplying this function by #-2/3#, to obtain the final answer #-2/3 cos(x)cos(3x)+2sin(x)sin(3x)#.
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Sorry these are hard to see, I copied them off Facebook. I will try to post some more tomorrow. Right now I am going to take advantage of the time change for an extra hour of sleep!
If anyone was wondering what the kids are into lately, the answer is two words: Star Wars. Even Margaret can be heard "Da, DA... Da-da-da-dada"ing around the house as she sings the Star Wars theme song. Here is a little photo tribute to all the ways Star Wars makes its way into our lives. And if you were wondering how many times a five year old can ask if his $10 gift card will buy the Lego Death Star between the house and Walmart, the answer is 8 times in 12 minutes. Here is a rebel base.
Here is the place that Hans Solo got captured in The Empire Strikes Back. "Mama, do you know what I wish we could buy but I know that we can't? The Lego Death Star."
An X-Wing Fighter. "Do you know what I really wish that we could buy? The Lego Death Star!"
Another X-Wing Fighter. "Mama? Do you know what I think is the neatest Lego thing? The Lego Death Star." "Okay, Isaac. No more talk about the Lego Death Star."
"Mama? Do you know what I would buy if I had a million dollars?"
"Isaac. No Death Star talk."
Because Michael leaves for Mississippi tomorrow, and the thought of correctly dressing four children for Trick or Treating alone scares me, I thought I would post these photos of the kids all dressed up for the Boy Scout Halloween party on Tuesday. That way, if I don't even find the camera on Halloween, no one will miss out on the cuteness! Henry wore his costume for about 15 minutes.
Cuteness in a kimono from one of my Mama's trips to Japan.
Saint James without the staff, bag, or water bottle. He looks so handsome!
Saint Patrick won Best Costume at the Halloween Party. Yeah Isaac!
A spooky house for me.
Anyone who has been to my house knows we love books. But with nine sagging bookcases throughout the house, I have been forced to be more selective about which books we should buy to keep and which we should just borrow or send to other houses. In exchange for this review, I received a free copy of the book: The Young People's Book of Saints, by Hugh Ross Williamson. When I received the book, I could tell right away that this book was a keeper. The book is filled with 63 stories of Saints that are all about two to five pages long. It contains sections on well-known saints, such as Saint Patrick and St Therese of Lisieux, as well as lesser known ones such as Saint Germain, Saint Giles, and Saint Swithun. The stories, although short, are rich with colorful imagery. Each Saint story contains a simply-drawn pencil illustration, allowing the reader to create his or her own images in his mind. Since the stories are short, but meaningful, it would be easy for any family with children to incorporate learning about these Saints into family life.
Sophia Institute Press publishes this book. In general I have found this publishing company to be one of the best when it comes to Catholic literature for children. Their materials aren't filled with distracting graphics, or watered down. They are simply presented and highly educational. Perfect for a society where children are saturated with graphic imagery in every other aspect of life.
My only complaint about the book is that there is no index in the back. It isn't really needed for the list of Saints, as that is found in the front. But it would be nice to have a list of themes that are found within the book. So, for example, if I wanted to reference a Saint that dealt with poverty, I could flip to the back and see if any of the stories mentions poverty.
How could life get any better than this?
Child: Someone who likes a clean house better not come to our house because they won't be happy.
Introducing Saint Patrick! One down, three to go!
Tonight was the First Annual Homeschool Science Fair. James and Isaac have worked hard over the last few weeks. James grew bacteria from taking swabs of common household objects. Isaac created and explored colors.
There were over thirty participants in grades 1 to 8.
Isaac won a trophy for most creative project.
Although James didn't win a trophy, he had a great time and got a neat medal for participating.
A group shot of most of the participants.
We are in Virginia for a long weekend. It is gorgeous here and we are really enjoying it! It is still a constant fight to keep the ponytails in.
Not his favorite tree, I guess.
This kid is totally cute!
The costumes have come out.
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Liam Hemsworth Net Worth and Salary: Liam Hemsworth is an Australian actor who has a net worth of $26 million. Liam Hemsworth was born January 13, 1990 in Melbourne, Australia. He first became famous for his role as Josh Taylor in the soap opera Neighbours and as Marcus on the children's television series The Elephant Princess. In 2010, he starred in the American film The Last Song. In 2012, he starred as Gale Hawthorne in the first of The Hunger Games film series, based on an adaptation of Suzanne Collins' best-selling novel series. Hemsworth's older brothers, Luke and Chris, are also actors. Hemsworth has said that though there is competition for jobs among the three brothers, it is friendly. When Hemsworth was 8 years old, he moved with his family to Phillip Island, a small island where he spent much of his time surfing with his brothers. In March 2009, he moved to the United States to pursue a career in acting. He and his brother Chris first stayed in the guest house of Chris' manager, William Ward, before renting their own Los Angeles apartment. While Hemsworth has certainly carved out a name and reputation for himself, he is perhaps most widely known for his relationship with Miley Cyrus. After three years of having an on-again, off-again relationship, the couple announced their engagement in June 2012. They lived together in Los Angeles but ended their relationship in September 2013. In July of 2014, Hemsworth noted that he and Cyrus would "always be best friends" and that they had "an instantaneous and powerful connection". They actually continued dating and in December 2018 reportedly got married. Liam's brother is Thor actor Chris Hemsworth.
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Do you enjoy scuba diving? That means that you're using special equipment. Find out why regular maintenance, but also servicing, is necessary!
This equipment is technically advanced and its cost is not an insignificant part of a diver's budget. Obviously, and as a result, you want your diving equipment to last just like I do. Only one thing is essential for ensuring its longevity : maintenance on a regular basis to optimise the life of your equipment and ensure your safety. This willhelp to ensure safe diving, which is an absolutely indispensable prerequisite in this sport. That way you can feel safe and comfortable when you go diving.
Regular maintenance of your diving equipment should not be limited to a simple rinse with fresh water, especially with regard to the technical components... It's very important to understand that complete servicing by an accredited body and by professionals is essential. This should not be taken lightly!
It contributes to your safety underwater. Diving does include some risks and it's important to be able to dive safely and with peace of mind.
As mentioned above, servicing mainly concerns the technical components such as the regulator, the BCD, the dive computer, etc. It may also mean having your tank inspected, complete with hydrostatic testing. Each manufacturer has its own recommendations on equipment servicing. Also, it's important to check with the manufacturer on the needs of your equipment.
An overhaul of your regulator by a specialist is important because, despite a daily rinse after dives, there may be residues invisible to you and your regulator may also be out of adjustment, without you being aware of it. This overhaul consists of a complete ultrasonic cleaning of your regulator, new seals and a check of the adjustment with an artificial lung. It also depends on how much you use it. Indeed, depending on how many divesyou do or the frequency of use of your regulator, it should be serviced more regularly.
If you buy your own tank, it's necessary to have it inspected. Do you know why? First, this inspection is required by law, and it serves to verify that your tank is up to spec. It's therefore essential for your safety to have it. When a tank belongs to a diving club, it must be fully inspected every 6 years as well as visually inspected every year by a VIT (Visual Inspection Technician). On the other hand, a tank that belongs to you must be fully inspected every 2 years.
- Regulators: every year or every 100 dives.
- BCDs: Every two years.
- Dive computers: when changing batteries.
FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF YOUR EQUIPMENT, GO TO A DECATHLON SERVICE CENTRE!
Decathlon service centres, located in nearly 300 stores in France, provide after-sales service, maintenance and repairs for your sports equipment.Complete maintenance of your diving equipment is therefore availabe, whether it's for your computer, your regulator or even your BCD. The maintenance is carried out in a dedicated centre by experts approved by the main diving equipment manufacturers.
- rinse with fresh water after each dive.
- store in a dry place away from light.
- perform maintenance on time.
This will have a real impact on your future dives.
DISCOVER ALL OUR MAINTENANCE TIPS !
I'm a retail assistant in the diving and surf sports department at Decathlon in Dunkirk. I began diving during my internship, 4 years ago. Then I had an opportunity to start going through my levels. Today, I'm up to FFESSM (French Federation of Undersea Studies and Sports) Level 1.
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A new study of the fin whales in the Mediterranean finds that previous estimates of the their population overestimated their numbers. Previously thought to number about 3,500, new research shows that previous work wrongly included fin whales coming into the sea from the Atlantic Ocean.
In fact, whales found in around the Straits of Gibraltar and the southwest part of the Mediterranean are exclusively whales from the Atlantic that visit the area in autumn and spring.
In short, in the words of study's lead author, "the population of Mediterranean fin whales presents a much more limited distribution than currently described, [and] noise in the marine medium, despite being recognized as a significant pollutant, is far from being controlled and regulated within the waters of the exclusive economic zone of Spain."
Fin whales are the most common large whales species in the Mediterranean, most often found in deep, offshore waters.
Previous censuses of Mediterranean fin whale populations have wrongly included whales from the Atlantic population, which sometimes visit the region.
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Bend may not have the same huge population as other Oregon cities like Portland or Salem, but it is still one of the main cultural and commercial hubs of the Beaver State. Located in the center of the state in Deschutes County, Bend covers an area of 33.27 square miles and has an estimated population of over 90,000 people, with tens of thousands more in the surrounding metropolitan area.
Located not far from the Cascade Range of mountains that stretch out across multiple states and parts of Canada, as well as the Deschutes River, the city of Bend has a lot of history behind it. The name of the town comes from 'Farewell Bend' which was the term given to the Bend area many years ago. Settlers in America took a long time to find the Bend area. Only Native Americans knew of it for many years, until it was discovered by a trapping party in 1824. Various parties and pioneers passed through in the years to follow and the town started to grow with the construction of a sawmill in 1901.
Bend, Oregon was then incorporated as a city in 1905 and developed its status as a good logging town, later going on to become more of a touristic and recreational area due to its prime location and diverse surrounding landscapes. In the modern era, Bend attracts nature and outdoor enthusiasts of all kinds, with dozens of activities to enjoy all around the city like cycling, camping, hiking, fishing, kayaking, skiing, rock climbing, and more.
The elevation of a city tells us how high it is above mean sea level. Many cities around the United States are located in coastal areas, meaning they have an elevation of 500 feet (152 m) or less, but Bend is some distance inland and located in quite a rocky, mountainous region, so it has a relatively high elevation. The exact elevation of Bend, Oregon is 3,623 feet (1,104.3 m), which is relatively high compared to many major cities in the United States, like New York City, for example, which has an elevation of just 33 feet (10 m).
Oregon is the ninth highest state in American in terms of mean elevation. The state has a mean elevation of 3,300 feet (1010 m), so the elevation of Bend, Oregon is very close to the state's average. The highest point in Oregon is Mount Hood, which is found in the Cascade Volcanic Arc in the northern part of the state and has an elevation of 11,249 feet (3429 m), while the lowest point in Oregon is technically the Pacific Ocean, which is at sea level.
The highest city in all of Oregon is Lakeview, which has an elevation of 4,802 feet (1,464 m) and is found in Lake County, in the southern part of the state, and is even nicknamed the 'Tallest Town in Oregon'. The elevation of Bend, Oregon, is just a little over a thousand feet lower than Lakeview. When compared to other large cities and towns around Oregon, Bend often tends to have a higher elevation. For example, Oregon’s largest city, Portland has an elevation of only 49 feet (15 m), while Salem has an elevation of only 154 feet (47 m), so the city of Bend, Oregon, is much higher than other major cities around the state.
Bend, Oregon has a semi-arid or steppe climate due to its Oregon high desert location. As in many desert areas, the temperatures in the days can vary enormously compared to the nights, so residents and visitors are encouraged to wrap up warm if they want to stay outside in the evenings, even in the summer. The summers have very hot days, while the winters in Bend, Oregon have a mean temperature of around 31°F (-0.5°C), but temperatures can plummet to as low as -10°F (-23°C) during the night time. Precipitation levels are generally quite low in Bend, Oregon.
Tourism is a big part of Bend's economy, with the city being a real haven for outdoor enthusiasts and active people of all kinds. The nearby Mount Bachelor ski resort is very popular, while the local Cascade Lakes also offer many different recreational opportunities. Activities like mountain biking, camping, hiking, fishing, rafting, and more can all be enjoyed around the city of Bend. One of the biggest breweries in America, the Deschutes Brewery, is also located in the city, with many other craft breweries around Bend too and the city even having its own Oktoberfest celebrations.
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What makes the glamour style unique?
Glamour style is a very eclectic style. It combines elements of modern design and elements of baroque. Glamour style often combines matte textures with bright colour. Thanks to these features glamour style is a combination of decorative luxury and delicate sensuality.
Glamour interiors are places that delight us with their splendour. When arranging such interiors a must have are big crystal chandeliers which send out incredible light reflections around them. Remember to give golden and silver decorations to finish your interior so that it gives a sense of luxury.
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TL;DR – Surprise, surprise. Raffles is not #1.
It’s been years since the Ministry of Education stopped ranking schools publicly, but don’t worry, there is always crowdsourcing and the Internet to do that job for us.
These appear to be the top 50 secondary schools in Singapore.
The results are said to be calculated based on the minimum cut-off points officially released by MOE in March 2018 and includes data all the way from 2004 to 2018.
Based on this ranking, Nanyang Girls’ High School stands at first place, followed by Raffles Girls’ School and Hwa Chong Institution. Raffles Institution is at fourth place.
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What is the impact of the United States on European security and defense policy cooperation? Arguably, the US security guarantee in the postwar years enabled European economic and political integration, by enhancing mutual trust among European states and allowing limited resources to be directed away from security and defense purposes, while at the same time it removed the need for closer (more autonomous) European security and defense cooperation. Successive US administrations have also discouraged closer European defense and security cooperation - some more actively than others - out of fear that it would duplicate or compete with the US-led NATO. The existence of NATO and the US security guarantee also influenced the foreign policies of European states and the development of European foreign policy cooperation more broadly. However, the new US President, Donald Trump, has openly expressed doubts about the continued usefulness of NATO (as well as anti-EU sentiments) and the desire for improved US relations with Russia. If such sentiments are translated into actual policy, what might be the impact on European security and defense policy cooperation? Would the withdrawal or devaluation of the US security guarantee lead to increased EU defense and security policy integration, in an effort to compensate, or might it actually spur "de-Europeanization" in the security and defense (and foreign) policy fields due to increased uncertainty, lower levels of mutual trust, and the desire of European states to "hedge their bets"?
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On 2 March 2010, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) made public its latest reports on Albania, Austria, Estonia and the United Kingdom, adopted in the fourth round of its monitoring of the laws, policies and practices to combat racism in the Member States of the Council of Europe (for commentary on earlier reports, see IRIS 2009-10:0/109, IRIS 2009-8:5, IRIS 2009-5:4, IRIS 2008-4:6, IRIS 2006-6:4 and IRIS 2005-7:3).
A number of key recommendations dealing with the (audiovisual) media and/or the Internet can be distilled from relevant sections of these reports. The first features consistently in ECRI’s country reports. It is a recommendation to State authorities to “impress on the media, without encroaching on their independence, the need to ensure that reporting does not contribute to creating an atmosphere of hostility and rejection towards members of minority groups and the need to play a proactive role in countering such an atmosphere” (Report on Austria, para. 84). This general recommendation is formulated in a much more terse way in the Report on Estonia (para. 104), but it does not feature explicitly in the Report on Albania. In the Report on the United Kingdom, ECRI “strongly encourages” the State authorities to “continue and intensify their efforts” in this regard, in conjunction with the media and civil society (para. 138). ECRI also calls for successful local-level initiatives to be replicated at the national level (ibid.). In respect of Austria and Estonia, ECRI calls on the State authorities to support any relevant initiatives by the media, e.g., training on human rights, racism and diversity (paras. 84 and 104, respectively).
The second main recommendation concerns the prosecution and punishment of media that incite racial hatred (Report on Estonia, para. 105), and efforts to combat racism on the Internet (ibid. and Report on Austria, para. 87).
The third main recommendation focuses on media ethics. ECRI urges the Albanian authorities - without interfering with the independence of the media - to encourage the media to “ensure compliance with ethical standards, verify that the new Code of Ethics constitutes an effective means of combating all forms of racist discourse in the media and strengthen it if necessary” (para. 79). ECRI calls on the Austrian authorities to “promote the reestablishment of a regulatory mechanism for the press, compatible with the principle of media independence, that would make it possible to enforce compliance with ethical standards and rules of conduct including the refusal to promote, in any form, racism, xenophobia, anti-semitism or intolerance” (para. 83). It suggests that the authorities should “consider enacting legislation if there is no other option” (ibid.).
The fourth and final main recommendation concerns access to the broadcast media for minorities. For instance, ECRI “encourages the Albanian authorities to ensure that all the minorities and communities living in Albania are given the possibility of disseminating information on their cultures in the public media” (para. 82). Similarly, it encourages the Austrian authorities to “pursue their efforts to improve the availability of electronic media in the languages of national minorities, and recommends that they ensure that public service broadcasting caters for the needs of all minority groups, including groups other than national minorities” (para. 85). It also calls for improved representation “in media professions of persons of immigrant origin or belonging to ethnic minorities” (para. 84). These references implicitly acknowledge the importance of access and content-related issues for pre-empting, countering or alleviating racism and intolerance.
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substance designer loading highres multiple times?
I created a new substance file and now for 3 different "from mesh" bakes, it only loads the highpoly 1 time.
But then, why does it have to load the highpoly upon "linking" it.
IMO Designer should load the highpoly just once, and not 2 or three or a zillion times.
and is there a way to deactivate the automatic import, when I change the highpoly outside of Designer? And you have guessed it again: If I change the highpoly outside of Designer, it imports it not only once, but twice again: one time, after I exported the highpoly from zbrush, and then another time, when I rebake the maps.
Seriously, I have no idea how such a deterioration could make it into an "upgrade".
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The project is located in Jing?an District of Shanghai, bordering the North-South Elevated Highway. The objective of the task is to create an innovative office and commercial complex that meets the reformed demand of working space.
Text description provided by the architects. The project is located in Jing?an District of Shanghai, bordering the North-South Elevated Highway. The objective of the task is to create an innovative office and commercial complex that meets the reformed demand of working space.
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Ordinary dishonest behavior rarely attracts much attention. Seemingly innocuous practices such as avoiding VAT, double parking, cheating on an exam, and dodging fares on public transport tend to spread, often even in the wake of high-profile, sensationalized scandals. But while such everyday misdeeds may appear benign, taken together, they can result in vast societal damage (DePaulo et al., 1996; Ariely, 2008; Feldman, 2009; Ayal and Gino, 2011). In this study, we examine cross-national variation in individuals' willingness to engage in ordinary dishonest behavior, as measured by their tendency to underreport income for tax purposes.
The extent to which citizens engage in tax evasion and tax avoidance varies enormously across countries (Schneider and Enste, 2013). This is true even within European nations that share important features such as stable democratic institutions, developed economies, EU membership and broadly similar tax systems. Part of the reason underlying this cross-national variation relates to the efficiency of public institutions. Put simply, countries with efficient institutions (with stringent auditing and financial reporting standards) may be more effective at deterring tax evasion. At the same time, efficient institutions may encourage higher compliance because citizens feel that they are receiving something (i.e., high-quality public services) in return for their money (Levi, 1989; Smith and Stalans, 1991; Smith, 1992; Pommerehne et al., 1994; Edlund, 1999; Frey and Feld, 2002; Frey and Torgler, 2007; Torgler and Schneider, 2007; Cummings et al., 2009; Levi et al., 2009).
However, there is also reason to believe that variation in norms and culture plays an important role in explaining tax evasion. Consider two European countries that arguably lie at opposite ends of the spectrum on tax compliance: Sweden and Italy1. Even setting aside differences in the institutional environment, substantial evidence suggests that norms of honesty may differ between these two countries. Specifically, Swedes think that honesty is a typical national trait (Daun, 1989), an assessment shared by other Europeans (Zetterberg, 1995)2. By contrast, Italy is ranked very low in terms of honesty amongst European countries, and even Italians themselves consider their compatriots to be less than trustworthy (Mackie, 2001). In fact, the Italian journalist and writer Giuseppe Prezzolini once described Italy as the “country of cunningness” (paese dei furbi), where people “worship cunningness so much that they even go so far as to admire those who use it against them” (Prezzolini, 1921).
To what extent can differences in norms and cultures of (dis)honesty explain cross-national variation in fiscal avoidance and evasion? To address this question, we report data from a tax compliance laboratory experiment conducted in Sweden and Italy in 2013/143. Our experimental framework allows us to hold fiscal institutions constant, and thereby isolate the influence of national cultures on individuals' willingness to pay taxes. Given prevailing national stereotypes about norms of dishonesty, we expected that Italians would engage in greater fiscal evasion in the experiment, compared to Swedes.
Several previous studies have attempted to evaluate cross-national variation in cheating and dishonesty using laboratory experiments. The results have been mixed. On the one hand, a number of studies have found that the propensity to engage in dishonest behavior does not diverge significantly across countries (Gneezy, 2005; Amir et al., 2008; Ariely, 2012; Pascual-Ezama et al., 2015; but see Dieckmann et al., 2015 for contradictory results). On the other hand, when honesty and dishonesty are measured in more real life domains (e.g., tax evasion and bribery scenarios) and framed language is used, systematic and predictable differences are observed across countries (Alm et al., 1995; Torgler, 2004; Bobek et al., 2007; Cummings et al., 2009; Barr and Serra, 2010).
Our study contributes to this literature in two ways. First, we suggest that national or cultural context can influence behavior in the lab under some conditions, but not necessarily others. This is because although honesty norms may differ across societies, normative considerations may have little effect on behavior if not first activated by situational cues in the decision context (Cialdini et al., 1990; Aarts and Dijksterhuis, 2003; Joly et al., 2008). For example, although the general norm in my society may be that “people should not lie,” I could feel perfectly justified in lying to increase my payoffs in a lab experiment, if I believe that the operative norm in that specific context is to make as much money as possible. Given this, it is unsurprising that experiments using neutral language and context free tasks find little variation in dishonest behavior across countries (since the relevant country-specific norms remain dormant), whereas one finds variation when the specific context is made explicit and the corresponding norms are activated. For this reason, as we describe below, we designed our experiment to explicitly incorporate framed instructions in order to increase the salience of norms against tax evasion4.
Secondly, we argue that a consideration of “average” country effects may obscure important variation in patterns of dishonesty. For example, suppose that researchers administer a matrix test to 20 participants, divided evenly between country A and country B. Suppose further that all 10 participants in country A cheat on 50% of the test questions, while in country B, 5 participants are completely honest, while 5 participants are completely dishonest. In this example, “average cheating” is identical across the two countries, but this average also masks important variation in the distribution (i.e., the extent and intensity) of dishonest behavior.
In relation to this last point, several studies have documented heterogeneity in degrees of dishonesty in experimental tasks (Gneezy et al., 2013). More specifically, one general finding emerging from the psychology literature is that, when given opportunities to be dishonest in everyday life, most people are willing to fudge—that is, to cheat “just a little bit” (Mazar et al., 2008; Gino et al., 2009; Ayal and Gino, 2011; Ariely, 2012). The attractiveness of fudging lies in its ability to reduce “ethical dissonance” by allowing people to recast their transgressions in a more benign light, and thereby reconcile dishonesty with the desire to maintain a positive moral self-image (Barkan et al., 2012).
In the context of the foregoing discussion, we are interested in examining how cross-national variation in social norms relating to tax evasion shapes both aggregate tax compliance as well as the tendency to engage in “fiscal fudging.” Accordingly, both of these considerations—norm specificity and average vs. degrees of honesty—inform the design and analysis of the present study.
We report results from a tax experiment involving a total of 638 participants in Italy and Sweden (311 in Italy; 327 in Sweden), recruited in five different locations (Rome, Bologna, Milan, Stockholm and Gothenburg)5 during the academic year 2013–20146. The basic design of our experiment is similar to that used by Alm (1991), and aims to capture some essential features of the tax system used in many countries: (1) individuals earn real income, (2) they pay taxes on income voluntarily reported, (3) they face some chance that unreported taxes will be detected and penalized, and (4) the total taxes paid are used to provide a public good.
We describe our experimental protocols in detail below, but two features of our methodology are worth highlighting up front. First, our design explicitly provides a “context rich” setting in which tax language is used throughout. This feature is intended to ensure that participants' decisions in the lab reflect their experiences and social norms pertaining to the specific subject under study: taxation (Cummings et al., 2009). By contrast, the standard approach of using neutral language may encourage participants to perceive the decision problem at hand as a risky gamble (i.e., the extra income one earns from unreported taxes weighed against the probability of being caught and fined), as opposed to a tax compliance decision. An additional benefit of framing is that there is no ambiguity for participants about what constitutes honest behavior in the experiment. In other words, unlike in standard public good games in which participants may have different expectations about the appropriate amount of money to contribute, it is clear in the tax frame that the honest behavior is to declare the total amount earned.
Secondly, in our task, participants are not restricted to being either completely honest or completely dishonest, but instead, are allowed to report any amount (from 0 to 100%) of earned income. Thus, our task allows us to test whether Italians and Swedes differ in their tendency to fudge their taxes, an issue that has not been carefully investigated in previous work.
The experiment consisted of four stages, plus a post-experimental survey, and lasted 90 minutes on average. In this article, we report the findings of the first three stages of this experiment7. In all, we took great care to ensure that the participant pools were similar in each experimental location8, and that the protocol was implemented in exactly the same manner in each country (Appendix Table 1 in the Supplementary Material displays descriptive statistics for each country sample, as well as the degree of similarity between Italian and Swedish participants)9.
Each stage began with participants performing a 5 minute clerical task in which they copied random strings of letters and numbers from a sheet of paper onto an electronic form. Participants were paid 10 Experimental Currency Units (ECUs) for each line of text they correctly copied10. After the clerical task, participants were shown their earned income and asked to “report your income for tax purposes” under a variety of institutional scenarios (described below). Participants were not informed of how many scenarios would follow or what the specific content of each scenario might be.
In addition, participants were told that they would face a 5% probability of being audited in each scenario; if they underreported their income and were audited, they would pay a fine equal to twice the tax that they had avoided. Importantly, we revealed the results of any audits only at the end of the experiment, to avoid the possibility that being audited in one round would affect behavior in subsequent rounds. Moreover, throughout the experiment, participants had no knowledge of other participants' performance in the typing tasks or their tax reporting decisions. This ensured that individual choices did not reflect reciprocity or conditional cooperation.
In each of the three stages of the experiment, we manipulated fiscal rules relevant to different features of modern taxation systems, in order to elicit behavior under a range of institutional contexts11. In stage 1, we altered the amount that participants received in return for the taxes that they collectively paid. In the first scenario (round 1) of stage 1, participants were simply told that the tax rate is 30%. There was no redistribution of tax revenues. In the second scenario (round 2), the tax rate remained 30%, but all tax revenues were placed in a “general fund” which was subsequently divided equally among all participants irrespective of how much each individual paid into the fund. In the third scenario (round 3), we again held the tax rate at 30%, but all tax revenues in the general fund were doubled and then redistributed equally to all participants, regardless of how much each participant had individually paid into the fund. In each round (before they were asked to report their incomes), subjects were given multiple specific examples demonstrating the rules in each scenario under a series of hypothetical decisions (see Appendix Supplementary Information 8 in the Supplementary Material); they were also reminded of the 5% probability of being audited, as well as of the fine they would have to pay should the audit detect any under-reporting.
In stage 2, we held redistribution constant and varied the tax rates. In the first scenario of stage 2 (round 4), we asked participants to report their income under a tax rate of 10%. In the second scenario (round 5), the tax rate was increased to 30%, and in the third scenario (round 6), the tax rate was again increased to 50%. In all three rounds of stage 2, we held the audit rate (5%), fines (2x underreported income) and the rules for redistribution (tax revenues doubled and then redistributed) constant.
Finally, in stage 3, we presented scenarios with two different types of progressive taxation schemes. In round 7, the top 10% of income earners (as defined by self reported income) faced a 50% tax rate; participants in the bottom 10% of reported incomes faced a 10% rate; finally, the middle 80% of reported income earners faced a 30% rate. By contrast, in round 8, we introduced a marginal tax rate system (similar to the real tax systems operating in Italy and Sweden). In this case, all subjects paid a 10% tax on the first 50 ECUs of reported income, a 30% tax on reported income between 51 and 100 ECUs, and a 50% tax on all reported income above 100 ECUs. In both progressive taxation rounds, all tax revenues were doubled and then redistributed, and we held the audit rate constant at 5%. Once again, subjects were given explicit examples to ensure their understanding of the rules.
Despite the intrinsic social dilemma structure of the tax scenario that makes evasion the optimal strategy, we find that the level of compliance far exceeded the level predicted by expected utility theory (Allingham and Sandmo, 1972; Yitzhaki, 1974) in both countries and in all rounds. This result is consistent with previous research on tax compliance and public goods (Ledyard, 1995; Bosco and Mittone, 1997; Cummings et al., 2009; Alm, 2012). Pooling both countries, we observe that individuals were mostly honest, reporting on average 64.9% of total income.
Additionally, we observe that the reporting rate varied according to the specific scenarios presented in each round. Figure 1 shows the average percentage of earned income that was reported in each of the eight rounds, broken down between Swedish and Italian participants. The vertical axis displays the average tax compliance rate, defined as the percentage of total earned income that is truthfully declared in each round. Comparing rounds 1 through 3, we see that compliance responds positively to the efficiency of redistribution: individuals were willing to declare more when they knew that tax revenues produced more public goods. Secondly, individuals responded to higher tax rates by evading their fiscal obligations: compliance falls moving from rounds 4 through 6. These results are in line with previous experimental studies on tax compliance (Alm et al., 1992; Bosco and Mittone, 1997; Torgler, 2002; Blackwell, 2007; Alm, 2012), providing us with some assurance about the validity of our experimental design.
Figure 1. Average compliance rate divided by round and by country.
Turning to the cross-country variation in average compliance rates, although we predicted that Swedes would comply more on average than Italians, we do not document significant differences across countries. Pooling across all 8 rounds of the experiment, Italians reported 63.1% of their earned income (s.e. = 1.8%), as compared to Swedes who reported 66.6% (s.e. = 1.9%), and the cross-country difference is only 3.5% (t-test s.e. = 2.6%, p = 0.182). We run several additional tests to assess the robustness of this result. First, we check whether different locations within each country can indeed be pooled to estimate a larger “country” effect. To do so, in Models 1 and 2 of Appendix Table 2 in the Supplementary Material, we estimate individual-level tobit models for the average compliance rate (pooled across all 8 rounds) with site-specific dummy variables, separately for Italy and Sweden12. We also cluster standard errors by experimental session. We find no statistically significant within-country variability, suggesting that the results from different locations can indeed be pooled.
Next, we put data from both countries together, and estimate the effect of a dummy variable for Italian participants on the average compliance rate, controlling for a host of individual-level characteristics including gender, age, previous participation in experiments, economics training, earnings in the clerical task, and beliefs about the honesty of other participants. In an alternative specification, we also add fixed effects for the individual treatment round. The inclusion of covariates in Models 3 and 4 of Appendix Table 2 in the Supplementary Material allows us to examine individual-level correlates of tax evasion and dishonesty. We observe that the average compliance rate is lower amongst men, and amongst younger participants (although this latter result is less robust), which is consistent with previous research (Hasseldine, 1999; Lewis et al., 2009; Torgler and Valev, 2010). Risk aversion is also correlated with higher average compliance13. In addition, in line with previous work, we find a positive correlation between economics training and lower average compliance (Marwell and Ames, 1981; Carter and Irons, 1991; Cullis et al., 2006; Lewis et al., 2009). Finally, we control for participants' beliefs about the behavior of others in the experiment14. Individuals who believed that others reported less also reported less themselves (Fischbacher et al., 2001).
Importantly, the inclusion of these covariates does not change our overall conclusions regarding cross-country differences in the average compliance rate. As shown in Models 3 and 4, the coefficient on the Italy dummy is never statistically significant. These additional results confirm our initial findings reported above: regardless of the controls and model specification we employ, we do not find any significant differences in average compliance rates between the two countries15.
Although an analysis of the average compliance rate does not support prevailing national stereotypes that Swedes are more honest than Italians, a closer analysis of the distribution of compliance decisions yields some interesting cross-national differences. In particular, a statistic like the average compliance rate does not allow us to distinguish between three different decisions: complete compliance (i.e., the decision to declare 100% of earned income), complete evasion (i.e., the decision to declare 0% of earned income), and partial compliance or “fudging” (i.e., the decision to declare more than 0, but less than the total; see also Mazar et al., 2008 for a similar analysis).
These distinctions are shown in Figure 2, which displays the distribution of participants' reported incomes (pooled across all 8 rounds). The x-axis breaks down the distribution of reported incomes into the following bins: [0%, (1–10%), (11–20%)…(91–99%), 100%], and the y-axis displays the percentage of participants in each country falling into each bin. We observe that Swedes tended to concentrate in the extreme bins (0% and 100%), while the distribution is more uniform amongst Italians.
Figure 2. Distribution of individual compliance rates.
• Honest Type: declares 100% of earned income across all 8 rounds.
• Dishonest Type: declares 0% of earned income across all 8 rounds.
• Fudging Type: everyone else.
Interestingly, we also find that, compared to Dishonest Types, Fudging Types are also more likely to deceive (themselves) about their behavior during the experiment. In particular, in our post-experimental survey, participants were asked to indicate how much of their total earnings they themselves reported during the experiment: 18% of Fudging Types indicating that they reported their total income, while no Dishonest Types lied. This last finding nicely fits with evidence from social psychological research showing that individuals choose fudging strategies to maintain a positive moral reputation and self-image (Ayal and Gino, 2011; Ariely, 2012).
To check the robustness of these results, we conduct an additional battery of tests. First, as before, we verify that results from separate locations within countries can indeed be pooled (Models 1 and 2 of Appendix Table 4 in the Supplementary Material)16. Next, we estimate probit models of the probability of being a Fudging Type, conditional upon individual-level covariates and round fixed effects (Models 3 and 4 of Appendix Table 4 in the Supplementary Material). In all specifications, Italians were approximately 10% more likely to fudge, compared to Swedes. Here, we also find that individuals who believed that others behaved honestly in the experiment were significantly less likely to fudge17,18.
In summary, although the average level of dishonesty does not differ across the two countries, a closer examination of the data reveals a cross-national difference in patterns of dishonesty. Simply put: Italians are more prone to “fudging” than Swedes.
Our results indicate that when Italians and Swedes face a tax compliance scenario consisting of a transparent tax system, efficient redistributive regime, and clear audit rules and penalties, the average level of honesty is relatively high in both countries. This result does not bear out our initial expectations based on national stereotypes, where we predicted a greater level of honesty in Sweden compared to Italy. However, we also identify an interesting cross-country difference that may shed light on our understanding of why these stereotypes emerge. In particular, we find country-specific styles of dishonesty, with Italians engaging more frequently in fudging, while Swedes were more likely to be both perfectly honest and perfectly dishonest. In this concluding section, we offer some conjectures linking this result to the development and perpetuation of national stereotypes about honesty and dishonesty in Sweden and Italy.
In particular, we argue that when ordinary dishonesty takes on the form of fudging, this behavior may be particularly difficult to control and eradicate. Part of the reason stems from the fact that fudging introduces a degree of moral ambiguity in judging the wrongfulness of a particular action. As discussed in Ayal and Gino (2011), when the categorization of a behavior is malleable rather than clear-cut, people are more likely to conceptualize their own actions in acceptable terms. This benevolent interpretation of dishonest behavior helps to reduce any dissonance that may result from the tension between unethical conduct and the desire to maintain a moral self-image (Baumeister, 1998; Schweitzer and Hsee, 2002). Fudging thus provides individuals with greater moral license to indulge in (moderate) wrongdoing.
In addition, in the presence of widespread fudging, it may be difficult for third parties to enforce honesty norms. In particular, when there is uncertainty about what is right or wrong, punishment becomes more risky, since enforcement may generate counter-punishment (also from third-party observers) who do not recognize the legitimacy of the punisher (Herrmann et al., 2008; Strimling and Eriksson, 2014). As such, tolerance for (moderate) wrongdoing rises.
Given the difficulties that fudging poses for both self-regulation and peer-regulation of dishonest behavior, ordinary dishonesty tends to spread. This may explain why Italians have such a widespread reputation for cunningness, as they are observed both to engage in ubiquitous small acts of dishonesty, and to tolerate and even justify dishonesty on the part of others. By contrast, Swedes' relatively clear-cut behaviors may facilitate both self-regulation (as it is more difficult to self-justify gross dishonesty) and social control.
Efforts to raise the moral standard of society in the presence of fudging may thus require actions that (a) increase awareness of the negative effects of apparently benign behaviors, and (b) support norms enforcers who insist on absolute honesty. In future work, we propose to use agent-based modeling and additional experiments to explore the dynamics of fudging, its social effects, and the effectiveness of policy interventions to foster greater public integrity.
Conceived and designed the experiments: GA, SO, FP, and SS. Performed the experiments: GA, SO, FP, SS, and NZ. Analyzed the data: NZ, SO, and JD. Wrote the paper: GA.
The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)/ERC Grant Agreement n. (295675). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
1. ^One of the most obvious differences between these two countries is revealed in what is known as the “Tax Gap.” The Tax Gap is a measure of the difference between revenues actually collected and taxes that would have been collected if all taxpayers had honestly reported their incomes. While it is difficult to precisely measure these gaps for obvious reasons, it is widely recognized that the Tax Gap in Sweden is approximately 8–9% of GDP (Slemrod, 2007), whereas in Italy it can reach as high as 25% to 30% (Santoro, 2010).
2. ^In a recent YouGov poll, Northern Europeans perceived Sweden as the most honest nation in the EU (YouGov's Eurotrack Series, 2013).
3. ^These experiments are part of a larger study on tax compliance behavior in five countries funded by the European Research Council.
4. ^However, as noted by an anonymous reviewer, the use of framed instructions could introduce an experimenter demand effect: in particular, participants who wish to “look good” in front of the experimenters may behave more honestly. As we are interested in cross-national differences in behavior, this demand effect would be problematic for our analysis only if it also differs across countries. For example, Italians might care more about “looking good” than Swedes, and thus moderate the amount by which they cheat on their tax declarations in the experiment. However, we do not believe that this possibility poses a serious threat to the validity of our study. In particular, we were careful to ensure from the very beginning that participants had no knowledge that they were taking part in a cross-national comparative study. In other words, there is little reason for Italian (Swedish) participants to feel scrutinized just because they are Italian (Swedish). In addition, we use only native speakers (indeed, in Italy, only native dialect speakers) in each laboratory. This should lessen concerns that one needs to “look good” in front of foreign researchers.
5. ^Replicating the experiment in multiple locations within each country provides us with greater confidence that we are not simply picking up “site-specific” effects, but rather cross-country differences in patterns of behavior. We chose these five locations specifically because they were the only active laboratories with suitable characteristics—i.e. with active participant pools drawn from different fields of study — that we could find in Sweden and Italy.
6. ^Our experiments have been approved by the IRB Committee at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where the principal investigator holds a professorship. Our project has also been approved by the Ethics Council of the European Research Council, and the European University Institute Ethics committee. Finally, our work has also been authorized by all of the Italian and Swedish laboratories we have used, but we did not undergo a separate university-based IRB review in each case as these were not required by the universities in question. All participants signed a written consent form prior to taking part in the study.
7. ^These three stages of the experiment encompass nine rounds of tax reporting (see Appendix Table 7 in the Supplementary Material for a summary). However, we report data from the first 8 rounds only. The 9th round involves donations to a real-world charity, and is not central to our research question. In addition, since the 9th round was the final round (and therefore, did not affect behavior in previous rounds), we have decided to exclude it from the analysis presented in this paper.
8. ^Participants were all recruited using ORSEE (Greiner, 2004). In early versions of the experiment, the experimental tasks were programmed and conducted with zTree (Fischbacher, 2007), and the demographic information was collected through Qualtrics. Later in our project, we were able to integrate the experimental and survey portions of the study using our own web-based experimental software. A summary of the reporting rounds and a text version of the instructions (translated into English) are included in Appendix Table 7 in the Supplementary Material and Appendix Supplementary Information 8.
9. ^We also had the protocol translated (double-blind) to ensure that the meanings of the words and phrases used were consistent across the countries.
10. ^ECUs are converted into real currency at the end of the experiment. One ECU is worth €0.01 in Italy, and 0.60 SEK in Sweden. These exchange rates are chosen based on the average hourly pay rates in each country. The average earnings were 14.09 Euros in Italy and 187.60 SEK in Sweden.
11. ^We also considered randomly ordering the scenarios to control for order effects. However, we decided that this option was unnecessary because our central concern is not to evaluate the effects of institutional changes, but rather to examine how people in different countries would respond to the same institutional scenarios.
12. ^The number of observations changes once we include demographic covariates in our regression models. This is because in early versions of the experiment, the experimental tasks were implemented in zTree, while the demographic information was collected separately using Qualtrics. This necessitated participants entering their anonymous participant-IDs twice: once into zTree, and once again into Qualtrics. Because some participants accidentally entered different participant-IDs into the two systems, we were unable to match their experimental decisions with their demographic data. This problem was fixed in later versions of the experiment, once we switched to our own web-based experimental software.
13. ^We measured risk using a survey item that asks subjects to rank themselves on a 10-point scale, with 1 signifying a person who “normally tries to avoid taking risks” and 10 signifying someone who is “completely willing to take risks.” Answers have been standardized to have mean = 0 and s.d. = 1.
14. ^We measured participants' perceptions a survey item which asks subjects whether they thought other participants in the experiment reported (a) their entire earned incomes, (b) less than their entire earned incomes, or (c) much less than their entire earned incomes. In our regressions, we use (b) as our baseline category.
15. ^As a further robustness check, we compared country-level differences in average compliance rates separately for each individual round of the experiment. In 6 out of the 8 rounds, we found no statistically significant differences (see Appendix Table 3 in the Supplementary Material).
16. ^The percentage of Fudging Types in all Italian locations is higher than in all Swedish locations (83% in Milan, 74% in Bologna and 84% in Rome vs. 67% in Stockholm and 62% in Gothenburg). Running an “empty” random-effects model, we find that the variance within countries is about half the size of the variance across countries.
17. ^We also check whether our results are sensitive to the definition of fudging we employ. Specifically, we alternatively redefine Fudging Types as those who reported (a) more than 2/3rds of their income, (b) between 1/3rd and 2/3rds of total income, and (c) less than 1/3rd of total income. Overall, as shown in Appendix Table 5 in the Supplementary Material, we find that regardless of the definition of Fudging Type, Italians were more likely fudge.
18. ^We also checked for cross-country differences in the distribution of types separately for each individual round. We find that in all 8 rounds of the experiment, Italians were significantly more likely to fudge than Swedes (See Appendix Table 6 in the Supplementary Material).
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That drought will continue at least one more year after the Boston Red Sox bounced the Houston Astros out of the American League Championship Series with a 4-1 victory Thursday behind six scoreless innings and nine strikeoutsfrom David Price.It was the five-time All-Star's first win in 12 career postseason starts."He's never going to forget it Austin Romine Jersey ," center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr.told reporters. "I know I'm not."The Red Sox are still awaiting their opponent, as the Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers go back to Wisconsin for Friday's Game 6. The Dodgers own a 3-2 advantage after Clayton Kershaw pitched them to a 5-2 win Wednesday.Since we're here to make predictions, we might as well start here: The Dodgers are going back to the World Series. They'll clinch their spot Friday behind Hyun-Jin Ryu and his superhuman 1.97 ERA.But we know you're here for more bold calls than that. 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Medication-induced movement disorder occurs due to treatment with antipsychotic medications. Most medication-induced movement disorders are caused by medications that block the action of dopamine, a neurotransmitter that allows communication between two neurons to take place and that is necessary for coordination of movements of different parts of the body. When the receptor where dopamine is supposed to bind is blocked, certain movement-related side effects occur. All of the medications that block dopamine receptors are called neuroleptics.
Neuroleptics include both conventional or typical antipsychotic agents, such as chlorpromazine (Thorazine), haloperidol (Haldol), and fluphenazine (Prolixin), as well as the newer, or atypical, antipsychotic agents such as clozapine (Clozaril), risperidone (Risperdal), olanzapine (Zyprexa), and quetiapine (Seroquel). In general, the newer, atypical antipsychotics appear to have a lower likelihood to cause movement disorders than the older, typical medications. Other neuroleptics include certain drugs used in the treatment of physical symptoms such as nausea, and include prochlorperazine, promethazine, and metoclopramide, as well as amoxapine (Asendin), which is marketed as an antidepressant.
There are other medications, however, that do not block dopamine action but still cause movement disorders. They are not referred to as neuroleptics, and they include lithium carbonate , valproic acid and a class of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). The disorder caused by these medications is called medication-induced postural tremor.
The intermediate-onset types of movement disorders associated with the use of neuroleptics usually develop within the first three months of treatment. They are known as neuroleptic-induced Parkinsonism and neurolepticinduced akathisia. Neuroleptic-induced Parkinsonism is associated with difficulty initiating movements. Once movements are initiated, they are very slow. Other characteristics of neuroleptic-induced Parkinsonism are tremor and rigidity in muscles. Neuroleptic-induced akathisia is associated with uncontrollable restlessness that may involve compulsive foot tapping, pacing, and a sense of inner tension.
The late-onset type of neuroleptic-related movement disorder is known as neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia and the onset is usually seen many months to years after starting the neuroleptic treatment. Neurolepticinduced tardive dyskinesia involves grotesque, repetitive, and involuntary movements. They are usually seen in the mouth and face.
All of the movement disorders mentioned above are related to the use of neuroleptic medications. However, other drugs, such as lithium, valproic acid, isoproterenol, amphetamine, theophylline, as well as a class of drugs known as tricyclic antidepressants, may also cause a movement disorder that is mainly characterized by postural tremor, a rhythmic alteration in movement. Lithium-induced tremor may take the form of twitching in the arms and legs.
Other medications, which are not classified as neuroleptics, block the action of other neurotransmitters as well as dopamine. However, because they essentially block the action of dopamine, they cause similar unwanted effects associated with movements.
Neuroleptic-induced acute dystonia is associated with primarily abnormal postures and muscular spasms. They are usually characterized by abnormal positioning of the head and neck in relation to the body, spasms of the jaw muscles, impaired swallowing, speaking or breathing, thickened or slurred speech due to a slow movement of the tongue, tongue protrusion or tongue dysfunction, eyes deviated up, down, or sideways, and abnormal positioning of the limbs or trunk. Patients experience pain and cramps in the affected muscles. In addition, many patients experiencing dystonia due to the neuroleptic treatment also experience fear and anxiety. This is especially present in patients who are not aware of the possibility of developing dystonia and who mistakenly associate these side effects as part of their mental illness.
Neuroleptic-induced Parkinsonism includes rigidity, tremor, and bradykinesia (slow movements). The tremor is a rhythmic, three- to six-cycle-per-second motion that is present at rest. The tremor can affect the limbs, head, mouth, or lips. Rigidity signifies the degree of tension present in the muscle. It can be either continuous or intermittent in the affected limbs or joints. Bradykinesia includes decreased arm movements related to walking, as well as difficulty initiating movement. Drooling may occur due to a decrease in pharyngeal motor activity. People experiencing neuroleptic-induced akathisia usually feel anxious, agitated, and unable to relax. They also may pace, rock while sitting and standing, and often rapidly alternate between sitting and standing.
The basic features of neuroleptic malignant syndrome is the development of high fever and severe muscle rigidity. These can be accompanied by tremor, changes in level of consciousness ranging from confusion to coma, increased heart rate and blood pressure. The fever can be mildly elevated (99–100°F) or severe (106°F). Neuroleptic malignant syndrome can be fatal in some cases, while it is relatively benign in others. There are no known predictors of neuroleptic malignant syndrome. However, it usually develops four weeks after starting neuroleptics, and about two-thirds of cases develop within the first week of treatment. A very small number of patients develop neuroleptic malignant syndrome many months after taking the neuroleptic.
Neuroleptic-induced acute dystonia occurs most commonly in young males. It is far less likely to occur with the newer medications known as atypical neuroleptic medications, such as clozapine, risperidone, olanzapine, and quetiapine. The possibility of neurolepticinduced acute dystonia occurring with these atypical medications is less than 5%. The possibility of this side effect occurring with the conventional or typical neuroleptics is about 15-20%. The incidence is inversely correlated with age, meaning that younger persons are more likely to experience dystonia.
People taking antipsychotic medications and other medications that block dopamine action must be regularly evaluated by a physician to monitor for medicationinduced movement disorders. In order for these conditions to be officially diagnosed, certain criteria must be met.
Neuroleptic-induced acute dystonia must have one or more of the following developed in association with the use of neuroleptic: abnormal positioning of the head and neck in relation to the body, spasms of the jaw muscles, impaired swallowing, thickened or slurred speech, tongue protrusion or dysfunction, eyes deviated up, down, or sideways, or abnormal positioning of limbs or trunk. These symptoms need to have developed within seven days of starting the neuroleptic medication. Moreover, the symptoms cannot be associated with an underlying mental disorder, and they can't be due to a medication other than a neuroleptic. Dystonia due to neuroleptics needs to be distinguished from dystonia due to neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
Neuroleptic-induced Parkinsonism needs to have the triad of symptoms described above which include tremor, rigidity, and bradykinesia (slow movements). These symptoms cannot be related to a non-neuroleptic medication, or a psychiatric condition, such as Parkinson's disease, Wilson's disease, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, or substance withdrawal. Neuroleptic-induced akathisia is due to the use of a neuroleptic and not to anxiety, substance withdrawal or psychotic agitation. At least one of the symptoms of fidgety movements or swinging the legs, rocking from foot to foot while standing, pacing to relieve restlessness, or inability to sit and stand needs to be present. These symptoms must have developed within four weeks of initiating the therapy with neuroleptics.
Neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia needs to include involuntary movements over a period of at least four weeks that manifest themselves as rapid and jerky, slow and continual, or rhythmic movements. The exposure to neuroleptics needs to be for at least three months, and the symptoms cannot be due to a neurologic condition, such as Huntington's disease, Wilson's disease, Sydenham's (rheumatic) chorea, systemic lupus, or hyperthyroidism.
In an attempt to prevent acute dystonia from developing, physicians may prescribe a preventative medication along with the antipsychotic (see "Prevention," below). Once neuroleptic-induced acute dystonia has appeared, however, there are several treatment options. A medication called benztropine in doses ranging from 1 mg to 8 mg is effective in reducing symptoms associated with dystonia. Most patients take 2 mg twice daily for seven days for prevention of dystonia at the time they are starting neuroleptic treatment. When benztropine therapy is initiated, the dose is slowly increased. Moreover, when discontinuing the treatment with benztropine, the dose should be slowly decreased to prevent the nausea and vomiting associated with abrupt withdrawal. Another medication that may be useful in treating neurolepticinduced acute dystonia is called trihexyphenidyl . The doses can vary from 10 mg to 45 mg daily. Younger patients may respond better to the treatment with trihexyphenidyl because they can tolerate higher doses. The third pharmacological option is diphenhydramine (Benadryl). This medication can be taken for the period dystonic symptoms last. Another option may include switching the patient to one of the newer antipsychotics, such as clozapine, risperidone, or olanzapine, since each of these has a low incidence of causing dystonia.
There are a couple of ways to treat intermediate-onset movement disorders due to neuroleptics. Amantadine is a medication that is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of Parkinsonian symptoms. Another helpful medication called propranolol comes from a class of drugs called beta blockers . Propranolol has been reported effective in the treatment of akathisia. The doses that are effective range from 20 mg to 100 mg daily. The response to propranolol is usually seen within the 24 hours of administration. Switching the patient to a newer or atypical antipsychotic, such as clozapine, or decreasing the dose of the current antipsychotic sometimes helps the condition.
There are no effective treatments for tardive dyskinesia once it develops. Tardive dyskinesia is associated and strongly correlated with the cumulative dose of the antipsychotic during years of treatment. Hence, the key to tardive dyskinesia is prevention. If possible, a newer medication, such as clozapine or risperidone, which have only a few case reports of tardive dyskinesia, should be used whenever possible. In many cases, if tardive dyskinesia is noticed early in a regular check-up with the physician, and if the medication causing the condition is stopped, the symptoms of tardive dyskinesia will subside. If the symptoms continue after the antipsychotic has been discontinued, the situation becomes difficult. Treatment will most likely involve movement disorder specialists and may or may not be successful. The medications reserpine and levodopa may be helpful for some patients.
The prognosis for the late-onset disorder called tardive dyskinesia is very poor. Once the condition occurs, it is essentially irreversible and is very difficult to treat.
The most important component of neurolepticinduced tardive dyskinesia is prevention. If conventional antipsychotics are used, the drug use, drug dose, and the duration of use therefore should be minimized.
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I am in a very scarey and difficult situation. I took Risperdol for three years, ans Zyprexa for 5 years before that. A year ago I developed Parkinsonian sympyoms to the point where I could only walk with crutches. My internist referred me to a neurologist who did a COMPLETE workup...his opinion was Risperdol induced Parkinsinism and he recommended 100 mg Amnantadine daily, and of course discontinue the use of Risperdol. My internist recommended a second opinion from a Board Certified psychiatrist/neurologist. He only did a neurological work-up and recommended to my psychiatrist that I take Seroquil. I took it for 2 weeks and my symptoms got worse so I stopped it. I saw him 2 weeks later and he put me on Pexeva... the same as Paxil only the foundation is a different salt. At that point I was off the crutches and functioning normally. The Pexeva worked EXTREMELY WELL for my paranoia,anxiety, and depression.
HOWEVER, within 3 months I began experiencing even WORSE Parkinsonian symptoms, to the point where I could not predict when I would totally slurr my words or freeze up and fall down when trying to cross the street.Every health care practioner I spoke with told me Paroxitine (Paxik...Pexeva would never cause these sympyoms). I phoned the Pexeva company and was on the phone with them for 2 hours... finally their health care specialist found in small print on the 9th page of their disclosure that pretrials had shown a miniscule number of persons had shown extra pyramidial symptoms... Parkinsonism. That was 2 weeks ago.. today is Nov. 12th. The Paroxitine is wearing off and I am beginning to experience paranoia, hallucinatioms, anxiety, and severe depression.
I was a licensed therapist in California for 20 years.
I can't find ANYBODY who will understand this situation and prescribe me the appropriate medication.
This is my situation as of tonight.
I was diagnosed 3 years ago with Medication-Induced Postural Tremor due to taking Depakote for 25 years at dosages from 500 mg. up to 3000 mg. I was sent to a neurologist who diagnosed me with Parkinson's Disease. I have been taking sinemet in varying dosages since then. I am now taking Sinemet 50/200 ER every three hours along with two Lodosyn every 8 hours. I have noticed that after about 2 hours after taking a dose I feel very weak and sort of out of it. Then at the 4 to 6 hour mark my Parkinson's symptoms increase alot. I have hand tremors and the other movement probklems associated with Parkinson's. Then at the 8 hour mark after the dose has worn off I feel better, no tremors or movement problems. I shared this with my neurologist who was not able to come up with a reason for this. He consulted with another neurologist who said maybe it was because I wasn't always eating breakfast. I have been eating cereal with milk 1/2 hour after my first morning sinemet dose. However, there are times when I don't eat breakfast and neither situation seems to change the 2 hour and 4 to 6 hour symptoms. I feel that I may have medication-induced postural tremor and I would like to pursue the possibility. If in fact this is what I have should I be taking sinemet at all. The neurologist does not seem to even entertain this disagnosis. I would like to consider it and be treated for medication-induced postural tremor to see if I improve. If I do have this would the sinemet actually be increasing my symptoms. What do you suggest? Should I get a second opinion if my neurologist refuses to try treating me for medication-induced postural tremor. Would it hurt to try treatment for this to see if in fact it helps or since I've been on sinemet is this out of the quesiton.
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What is the impact of such energy issues as global warming, radioactive waste, and municipal solid waste on the individual and society? ENERGY: ITS USE AND THE ENVIRONMENT answers these questions, emphasizing the physical principles behind energy and its effects on our environment, and explaining the basic physical principles behind the use of energy, including the study of mechanics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics, and atomic and nuclear physics. By placing energy issues within the context of everyday examples and asking you to define and support critical arguments, ENERGY: ITS USE AND THE ENVIRONMENT offers a provocative approach to this crucial issue.
1. Introduction. 2. Energy Mechanics. 3. Conservation of Energy. 4. Heat and Work. 5. Home Energy Conservation and Heat-Transfer Control. 6. Solar Energy: Characteristics and Heating. 7. Energy from Fossil Fuels. 8. Air Pollution and Energy Use. 9. Global Warming and Thermal Pollution. 10. Electricity: Circuits and Superconductors. 11. Electromagnetism and the Generation of Electricity. 12. Electricity from Solar, Wind, and Hydro. 13. The Building Blocks of Matter: 14. Nuclear Power: Fission. 15. Effects and Uses of Radiation. 16. Future Energy Alternatives: Fusion. 17. Biomass: From Plants to Garbage. 18. Tapping the Earth's Heat: Geothermal Energy. 19. A National and Personal Commitment. Appendix A: Units of Measurement and Powers of Ten Notation. Appendix B: Conversions and Equivalencies. Appendix C: Home Heating Analysis. Appendix D: Insolation and Temperature Data for Selected U.S. Cities. Appendix E: World Energy Consumption, 2009. Appendix F: U.S. Consumption of Energy by Source, 1949-2009. Appendix G: U.S. Energy Intensity, 1970-2009. Glossary. Index.
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As mentioned above, the specific features of your campsite will help determine what to incorporate in the scavenger hunt.
Pharmaceutical regulation through the Philippines Food and Drug Administration is affected by resource constraints and substandard and counterfeit medicines remain a problem.
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Ongoing restoration work at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy has uncovered traces of red painted numerals in the arches of the amphitheatre, which points to a seating system that could be similar to those used at event venues today.
The Colosseum was built by Emperor Vespasian in 70CE. It was the biggest amphitheatre constructed during the Flavian dynasty and as such is often known as the "Flavian Amphitheatre". It is the largest amphitheatre in the world and one of the greatest examples of Roman architecture.
The restoration process of the Colosseum involves shooting high-powered jets of water at its walls in order to gently remove dirt and black smog residue, while preserving the ancient stone.
The arches of the Colosseum are so tall that it takes four levels of scaffolding in order for a man to be at eye level with the numbers, and tiny traces of the red paint were detected by workmen while they were cleaning the arches on the outer ring of the monument.
"This is an exceptional discovery because we did not expect that some trace of the red paint was still preserved," said Rossella Rea, the director of the Colosseum.
The Roman numerals measure 34cm tall and 2cm wide, and the engraved numbers say "XXXVIIII – XLII", which means "39-42". The red numbers would have been visible to crowds coming to the building from a great distance away.
"Only four arches were marked with numbers, since the Emperors and authorities enjoyed the privilege of entering the arches placed on the inner ring of the amphitheatre. Those placed on the outer ring were reserved for normal people," explained Rea.
"But the more than 50,000 people that attended each show was able to identify their seat with precision. Each of the spectators would have had to queue up under the arch showing the same number as the number on their ticket."
Cinzia Conti, the archaeologist in charge of the restoration project, says that the red colour of the ancient paint came from iron oxide, which is derived from clay.
The properties of the paint meant that it could easily be applied to the walls and did not need any additional adhesive to stick to the walls.
"The colour would last for two to three years before needing to be reapplied to the arches at the entrance of the Colosseum. On other inscriptions, we have seen that the paint had been reapplied, as we found the presence of several different coloured layers overlapping," she said.
Excavations of the Colosseum in the early 20th century indicated that in ancient Rome, there were likely to have been numbers and directions written on the walls inside the amphitheatre, and the archaeologists hope that as they continue to clean the stone walls, they will discover more traces of paint.
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I love reading books to my children, and we really enjoy this time to spend together soaking up stories. My kids and I recently had the opportunity to review a few books from Candlewick Press, and we really had a great time going through the stories. Here are the story books that we reviewed: The Patterson Puppies and the Rainy Day (by Leslie Patricelli), A Walk Down Sesame Street (pop-up book celebrating 40 years), Yummy: eight favorite fairy tales (by Lucy Cousins), The True Story of Goldilocks (by Agnese Baruzzi and Sandro Natalini) and Swan Lake Ballet Theater (by author Jean Mahoney and illustrator Viola Ann Seddon).
Leslie Patricelli lives in Seattle, Washington, with her husband, their two children, and two kitties. She sketched out her first children’s book, YUMMY YUCKY, when her then one-year-old son was putting everything in his mouth. "After hearing myself say ‘yucky!’ or ‘yummy!’ for months on end, this book seemed to write itself," she says. "Talking to and watching my young children all day gave me a voice and inspiration for these books. I write down what I say to them and what they say to me."
A Walk Down Sesame Street Pop-Up book is a great pop-up and my kids really enjoyed seeing Bert and Ernie play their instruments in the laundry room and finding the matching socks in the dryers, slimy reusing an apple as a playhouse, counting the cookies on the tray, looking through Big Bird's "B" book, seeing Super Grover fly through the air to rescue a kitty, and hearing about the rhyming words on Zoe and Abby's pages. This is a great book full of learning letters, counting, rhyming and matching. Plus, Elmo greets everyone on the first page as a big pop-out! This is a new favorite.
Lucy Cousins is the author-illustrator of many books for children, like Maisy the mouse. Lucy Cousins lives in Hampshire, England.
Author-illustrators Agnese Baruzzi and Sandro Natalini met while studying in Urbino, Italy. They have gone on to create a number of children’s books, including THE TRUE STORY OF LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD.
The book, Swan Lake Ballet Theater, is an amazing story book where kids can be creative, and use their imaginations to put on their own play with the props, people and stage settings all within this board book. The book can be transformed into a stage where you can take the included scenery and ballet characters to act out the play Swan Lake, plus an audio CD with the music from Swan Lake. Included is a full color book about the story and how you can put the play together. There are 9 dancing figures, scenery, back drops, and a supporting cast. My kids really enjoyed this book, but it isn't a book for littler ones to play with. However, telling them the story with the stage before them, is a fun way to do story time.
$24.99 U.S. /$29.00 Canada This book is geared toward ages 6 and up.
Jean Mahoney, the author of The Nutcracker Ballet Theater and The Sleeping Beauty Ballet Theater, says she finds the first moment of light and music in a performance to be an inspiration. She lives in Southampton, New York.
Viola Ann Seddon grew up surrounded by the performing arts, ballet, and opera. She is the illustrator of The Nutcracker Ballet Theater and The Sleeping Beauty Ballet Theater. She lives in London.
Candlewick Press has offered to sponsor a giveaway of an assortment of books, including the ones I reviewed. There will be FOUR winners in this giveaway!
This contest is open to bloggers and non-bloggers of the United States, and the contest is open until midnight March 4th, 2010.
To enter, go to the Candlewick Press website and check out all the books. Comment here about which ones sound interesting to you.
This review was provided from Candlewick Press. They have provided me with books to review and information to share with my readers. I am sponsored to offer a giveaway for my readers through this review. I was given the product for my personal opinion and option to share with my readers. I was not compensated for my time or written review.
I teach kindergarten. These would be great.
I like Guess How Much I Love You and Always.
My kids would enjoy 'Aunt Mary's Rose'.
The Dress Maisy book with the reusable stickers looks very interesting. arobimom at gmail dot com.
Polly's Pink Pajamas and The Dollhouse fairy sound cute. Thanks for the chance.
I liked What Color Is Caesar?
My kids would love The Night Fairy.
A Stone in My Hand sound really interesting.
Polly's Pink Pajamas sound really cute.
Judt Moody sounds like a real cute book.
My daughter also likes Judy Moody books in addition to the Maisy series. Daily entry 2/23.
The brand new readers, purple set, would be perfect for my learning to read kindergartner!
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I think The Night Fairy sounds good.
The Encyclopedia Mythologica: Fairies and Magical Creatures looks fun to read.
I like the book A Visitor for Bear. The illustrations look adorable.
My daughter loves pop-up books and Sesame Street so I think Candlewick Press book A Walk Down Sesame Street is a great idea.
I think this sounds like a fun story that older kids would enjoy. I wanted to read it instantly after reading the preview. There were so many great books to choose from, but I love fantasy books and this one was right up my alley!
My daughter would love to have Polly's Pink Pajamas and The Dollhouse fairy.
I think the book called "I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed" looks really cute.
I think "Almost Astronauts" and "Little Beauty" look wonderful.
A couple more I liked were Judy Moody and Finnikin of the Rock. Both looks like great kids books.
I though Oceanology sounded like a good read.
A Visitor for Bear looks cute.
My daughter would like Big Kicks and Hello, Doggy.
All sorts of downloadable activity kits under the "resources" tab on the Candlewick Press website.
They have The Tale of Despereaux, that's a book the whole family wants to read together.
this one sounds interesting: The Magician's Elephant - I love the description: In a highly awaited new novel, Kate DiCamillo conjures a haunting fable about trusting the unexpected -- and making the extraordinary come true.
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village. This book from Candlewick Press sounds fascinating. It's about life in an English village in 1255. It's also a Newberry Book award winner to boot.
Guess How Much I Love You All Year Round. No, not you dear reader...that is the name of the book! I think this would be perfect for my toddler.
Judy Moody and Guess How much I love you look good.
I'm always looking for new books to read to my children. Oceanology sounds like something my oldest would really enjoy - adventure and the ocean, right up his alley!
My daughter would like the Dress Maisy book!
"A stone in my hand" looks great!
I think we'd enjoy AlphaOops! H is for Halloween and Let's Save The Animals!
Night Fairy looks like something my daughter would enjoy.
The Night Fairy sounds interesting.
The Patterson Puppies and the Rainy Day sounds good. It's never bad to show kids they can have some imagination.
What Color is Ceasar? and Cloud Tea Monkeys look like books my daughter would love!
I would love to have 31 Ways to Change the World. I love reading the ideas kids have to improve the world and passing them on to my kids.
What Color Is Caesar? looks like a good book with great illustrations.
A Stone in My Hand and Henry Aaron's Dream sound really good! Thanks for the chance!
Other books that sound like great reads are Aunt Mary's Rose and Take me With You. Thanks for the opportunity!
"Creak!" Said the Bed sounds like a wonderful bedtime story! I would love to read it! Thank you!
My daughter loves the Judy Moody series. "Guess How Much I love You" sounds like a wonderful book! I'm such a sucker for kids books!
We are the Weather Makers sounds interesting.
AlphaOops!: H Is for Halloween looks cute.
Yummy And The Tale of Despereaux.
My daughter would enjoy Yummy: Eight Favorite Fairy Tales and Count with Maisy!
How the World Works sounds very interesting!
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Is it possible to connect multiple domes?
Connecting multiple domes (of same or contrasting sizes) is aesthetically appealing as well as practical. Domes can also be connected to an adjacent rectilinear structure. This includes extra fabrication costs (frame and coverlet) and varies per application.
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Request documents related to the following topic.
On Aug. 16, 2018 Mr. Marvin McGraw released a media release that mentioned a letter that was sent to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) asking for further clarification and guidance to the new language passed in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.
The formal common name is: "Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018"
I have searched the OCD-DRU media releases and do not find any letter or email made public regarding what was stated in the press release.
"The program continues to closely track all legislation related to a potential change in how SBA loans are considered a DOB and awaits further clarification and guidance from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to understand how new language passed in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 in February, or more recent legislation, may affect the program."
This searchable website represents Louisiana's continued commitment to transparency and accountability, allowing citizens to track expenditures, funding sources, active and expired contracts, economic incentives and more.
This is to acknowledge your e-mail submission of August 29, 2018, below. Please note that that the Louisiana Public Record Law allows for requests of existing documents and not generally for submission of questions, discussions, requests for research, or creation of documents. Also, it is important to state as succinctly as possible the documents which you are requesting to avoid ambiguity or confusion. If your submission contains any questions, comments, assertions, or characterizations, this communication is not to be deemed a response or concurrence with same. Your e-mail below is being interpreted as a request a letter mentioned in a press release dated August 16, 2018.
A review of the press release referenced by you below indicates that there was no mention of a letter, so as drafted there is no document responsive to your request.
However, you can find a letter dated April 3, 2018 from Governor Edwards to Secretary Carson at the following link on the Restore Louisiana Task Force website: http://d2se92fabdh4cm.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/13080533/18-04-03-Gov.-Edwards-DOB-Letter-to-HUD.pdf which discusses the impact of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.
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With her box of 64 crayons, your little sister decides to draw a picture of the family: herself, you, and your parents. How many different ways could she find to give you all hair colors?
My daughter is working on Fragments and Correcting Run ON Sentences by SCV, SCS, and SS and she did not bring home her book. I have no idea what SCV and SCS and SS means! Can you please help?
in a class of 30 students, 17 have computers at home and 20 have cassettes. If 4 students in the class have neither a computer or a cassette, how many of the 30 students have both?
the reaction BrO3- + 3SO3 2- ---> has the rate law r= k[BrO3-][SO3 2-]. what is the order of the reaction with the respect to each reactant? wat s the overall order of the reaction?
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Find the volume V of the described solid S. The base of S is a circular disk with radius 2r. Parallel cross-sections perpendicular to the base are squares.
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Understanding how old your feline friend is in human years is not as hard as you may think. I have to explain this backwards (after all I am a cat and I KNOW how old I am). Let me start by saying that we cats do not age purrfectly the same. Some breeds mature more slowly than others, and some have a longer expected lifespan. So take this formula with a grain of salt. On average, a 1 (one) year old housecat is about the same as a 15 year old human. A 2 (two) year old housecat is about the same as a 24 year old human. After the 2nd year for a cat just add 4 years to the human total for each additional year old your cat pal is. For example, I am almost 9 ½ years old as I write this. For simplicity lets say I am 9. That makes me 24 plus 4 for each additional year over 2, or 28. Add the 24 and 28 and you see I am 52 years old (more like 54 if you figure that half year in).
If you are not as good at math as I am, here is an age calculator I made. Just pick the age of your cat to see what the equivalent human age is.
My cat is 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 years old.
Your cat's age in human years is: 0.
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Given an ASP.NET application, I need to run a maintenance process on a regular basis (daily, hourly, etc.).
What's the best way to accomplish this without relying on an external process like a scheduled task on the server (assume I don't have access to the server - shared hosting environment).
One way to do it, if you do not need to do it on a scheduled time, but just needs to clean up "once in a while", is to create a function in your Global.asax Session_OnEnd() that will create a random number between 1 and 100, and if the number is say, 50, you execute the maintenance task.
Offcourse you can reduce the "100" to have the task happen more frequently.
Also there is and article titled 'Simulate a Windows Service using ASP.NET to run scheduled jobs' at http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/ASPNETService.asp that uses an expiring cache to simulate a timer. It claims it can be run on any hosted site.
You need to really be careful on the length of the task running. Every new Task is a new Worker Thread and there’s a limited number of those - as it “borrows” a thread from the managed thread pool.
Starting in v3.5 of the Framework the maximum number of threads was increased 10x from 25 to 250. But there’s now a logarithmic startup to them, so as it doles out more threads it gets stingier with them. If you run out of available threads in the managed thread pool - your response times are going to go through the roof.
What you’re really writing here is a messaging/queuing system.
If you’re doing things like updating the cache, then by all means - kick off a new task. If you’re doing something like downloading a secondary HTTP resource or some kind of intensive database work - write a Windows Service and use a Queue that allows you more control over how much you “bite” off each time.
While the Cache solution works for simple cases, if your scheduling needs ever change you'll be out of luck. Instead, you could use Quartz.NET, a port of the popular java framework Quartz, which is very flexible.
While the way StackOverflow does this is definitely unique, you may want to monitor this question also, since it relates.
this is an external process and I do not know how reliable but you could set something similar up on a machine that you know is always on www.webcron.org.
Basically what it does is hits a page you request it to on the schedule you request.
You essentially could have anything hit a page on a regular schedule that would kick off your maintenance task.
Jeff and Joel also discussed doing similar things in a recent podcast via other methods.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Even as President-elect Donald Trump and his aides cast doubt on the links between Russia and recent hacks against Democrats, US intelligence officials say that newly identified "digital fingerprints" indicate Moscow was behind the intrusions.
One official told CNN the administration has traced the hack to the specific keyboards -- which featured Cyrillic characters -- that were used to construct the malware code, adding that the equipment leaves "digital fingerprints" and, in the case of the recent hacks, those prints point to the Russian government.
"The idea that we're jumping to conclusions before we have a final report is, frankly, irresponsible," Trump's incoming press secretary, Sean Spicer, told CNN's Alisyn Camerota Monday.
Trump expressed skepticism on New Year's Eve, saying, "I know a lot about hacking. And hacking is a very hard thing to prove. So it could be somebody else."
Spicer said Trump was "going to talk about his conclusions and where he thinks things stand," adding the President-elect would "make sure people understand that there's a lot of questions out there."
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security released a report last week that they said "provides technical details regarding the tools and infrastructure used by the Russian civilian and military intelligence Services to compromise and exploit networks and endpoints associated with the US election."
The report added that the Russian culprits also have historically targeted "a range of US Government, political, and private sector entities" using similar tactics.
Spicer said Trump would await the results of the investigation ordered by President Barack Obama as he insisted that the assessments of the intelligence community published so far did not constitute the "final report."
Trump is facing mounting pressure to undertake a robust response to Russia's activities, with Republican leaders in Congress saying that Obama's recent cyber-related sanctions of Russian intelligence entities and expulsion of some Russians from the US don't go far enough.
"It is clear that Russia has attacked the United States of America. All of our intelligence agencies will affirm that that's been the case. We will work in the Congress to have stronger sanctions in order to prevent further attacks," Republican Sen. John McCain said while in Georgia, a country that fought a war with Russia in 2008.
McCain, who was also visiting NATO's easternmost members in the Baltic region and the Ukraine, also promised to hold hearings into the cyber-attacks when Congress is back in session this month.
Former CIA director James Woolsey told CNN Monday that determining who was behind a hacks is difficult.
"It's often not foolproof to say who it is because it is possible and sometimes easy to hide your tracks," he said. "There's lots of tricks."
Asked if Trump is playing the media with his comments on who was culpable, Woolsey, an adviser to the President-elect, said it was a "possibility," noting Trump is an "expert in weaving around" on issues like this.
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3 Percentile The th percentile is a value such that percent of the observations fall below or at that value.
4 Quartiles Figure 2.14 The Quartiles Split the Distribution Into Four Parts. 25% is below the first quartile (Q1), 25% is between the first quartile and the second quartile (the median, Q2), 25% is between the second quartile and the third quartile (Q3), and 25% is above the third quartile. Question: Why is the second quartile also the median?
Arrange the data in order. Consider the median. This is the second quartile, Q2. Consider the lower half of the observations (excluding the median itself if n is odd). The median of these observations is the first quartile, Q1. Consider the upper half of the observations (excluding the median itself if n is odd). Their median is the third quartile, Q3.
Consider the sodium values for the 20 breakfast cereals. What are the quartiles for the 20 cereal sodium values? From Table 2.3, the sodium values, in ascending order, are: The median of the 20 values is the average of the 10th and 11th observations, 180 and 180, which is Q2 = 180 mg. The first quartile Q1 is the median of the 10 smallest observations (in the top row), which is the average of 130 and 140, Q1 = 135mg. The third quartile Q3 is the median of the 10 largest observations (in the bottom row), which is the average of 200 and 210, Q3 = 205 mg.
The interquartile range is the distance between the third quartile and first quartile: IQR = Q3 Q1 IQR gives spread of middle 50% of the data In Words: If the interquartile range of U.S. music teacher salaries equals $16,000, this means that for the middle 50% of the distribution of salaries, $16,000 is the distance between the largest and smallest salaries.
Examining the data for unusual observations, such as outliers, is important in any statistical analysis. Is there a formula for flagging an observation as potentially being an outlier? The 1.5 x IQR Criterion for Identifying Potential Outliers An observation is a potential outlier if it falls more than x IQR below the first quartile or more than 1.5 x IQR above the third quartile.
A box goes from Q1 to Q3. A line is drawn inside the box at the median. A line goes from the lower end of the box to the smallest observation that is not a potential outlier and from the upper end of the box to the largest observation that is not a potential outlier. The potential outliers are shown separately.
Figure 2.15 shows a box plot for the sodium values. Labels are also given for the five-number summary of positions. Figure 2.15 Box Plot and Five-Number Summary for 20 Breakfast Cereal Sodium Values. The central box contains the middle 50% of the data. The line in the box marks the median. Whiskers extend from the box to the smallest and largest observations, which are not identified as potential outliers. Potential outliers are marked separately. Question: Why is the left whisker drawn down only to 50 rather than to 0?
A box plot does not portray certain features of a distribution, such as distinct mounds and possible gaps, as clearly as does a histogram. Box plots are useful for identifying potential outliers. Figure 2.16 Box Plots of Male and Female College Student Heights. The box plots use the same scale for height. Question: What are approximate values of the quartiles for the two groups?
13 Z-Score The z-score also identifies position and potential outliers.
The z-score for an observation is the number of standard deviations that it falls from the mean. A positive z-score indicates the observation is above the mean. A negative z-score indicates the observation is below the mean. For sample data, the z -score is calculated as: An observation from a bell-shaped distribution is a potential outlier if its z-score < -3 or > +3 (3 standard deviation criterion) .
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The land is devoted mainly to rice and jute cultivation, although wheat production has increased in recent years; the country is largely self-sufficient in rice production. Nonetheless, an estimated 10% to 15% of the population faces serious nutritional risk. Bangladesh's predominantly agricultural economy depends heavily on an erratic monsoonal cycle, with periodic flooding and drought.
Although improving, infrastructure to support transportation, communications, and power supply is poorly developed. Bangladesh is limited in its reserves of coal and oil, and its industrial base is weak. However, the country's main endowments include its vast human resource base, rich agricultural land, relatively abundant water, and substantial reserves of natural gas.
Fortunately for Bangladesh, many new jobs--1.8 million, mostly for women--have been created by the country's dynamic private readymade garment industry, which grew at double-digit rates through most of the 1990s. The country has done less well, however, in expanding its export base--garments account for more than three-fourths of all exports, dwarfing the country's historic cash crop, jute, along with leather, shrimp, pharmaceuticals, and ceramics.
The Bangladesh Government continues to court foreign investment, something it did fairly well in the 1990s in private power generation and gas exploration and production, as well as in other sectors such as cellular telephony, textiles, and pharmaceuticals. In 1989, the Bangladesh Government established a board of investment to simplify approval and start-up procedures for foreign investors, although in practice the board has done little to increase investment. Bangladesh also has established successful export processing zones in Chittagong (1983), Dhaka (1994) and Comilla (2000), and has given the private sector permission to build and operate competing export promotion zones (EPZs).
The most important reforms Bangladesh should make to be able to compete in a global economy are to privatize the state-owned enterprises (SOEs), deregulate and promote foreign investment in high-potential industries like energy and telecommunications, and take decisive steps toward combating corruption and strengthening rule of law.
Foreign investment is actively encouraged and promoted in Bangladesh with the Bangladesh Government implementing a number of liberal investment policies, which are believed by many to be some of the most liberal in Asia, with no limits on foreign equity participation.
Foreign Investment with particular preference to foreign direct investment is encouraged in all industrial activities excluding those in the list of "Reserved Industries" (production of arms and ammunitions, forest plantation and mechanized extraction within the bounds of a reserved forest, production of nuclear energy and printing and minting currency notes). Such investment may be undertaken either independently or through joint ventures, either with the local private or public sector.
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA), was created in 1980 by Parliament, along with the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority Act to empower them to create, develop, operate, manage and control the Export Processing Zones (EPZs). BEPZA is the official organ of the Government to promote, attract and facilitate foreign investment in the Export Processing Zones.
The primary objective of EPZs is to provide special areas where potential investors can find a conducive investment climate. The legal framework governing EPZs in Bangladesh and the operation of firms established in EPZs includes the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority Act, 1980 and the Customs (Export Processing Zones) Rules, 1984. Bangladesh Bank has issued several circulars concerning the operation of EPZs, the establishment of companies in EPZs, credit facilities available and conditions to access credit.
Two EPZs are now operational in Bangladesh, Chittagong EPZ (established in 1983) and Dhaka EPZ, in Savar near Dhaka (established in 1993). Three other EPZs are at the implementation stage, namely Comilla, Khulna and Ishurdi.
Bangladesh offers "one window same day service" to investors in EPZs. The service with its simplified procedure sanctions projects generally within one week, issues required import and export permits and required work permits for foreign nationals working in EPZ enterprises and provides required infrastructural facilities in EPZs.
The policy framework for foreign investment in Bangladesh is based on the Foreign Private Investment (Promotion and Protection) Act, 1980, which ensures legal protection to foreign investment in the country against nationalization and expropriation. It also guarantees non-discriminatory treatment between foreign and local investment and repatriation of proceeds from sales of shares and profit.
Other major laws affecting foreign investment are the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority Act (1984), the Companies Act (1994) and the Industrial Policy (1999). In addition, foreign investors are also required to follow the regulations of Bangladesh Bank and NBR for taxation and customs matters.
Foreign investment is actively encouraged and promoted in Bangladesh with the Bangladesh Government implementing a number of liberal investment policies, which are believed by many to be some of the most liberal in Asia. There are no distinctions between foreign and domestic private investors regarding investment incentives or export and import policies.
Incentives being offered to investors, include: 100% ownership in most sectors; tax holidays; reduced import duties on capital machinery and spares; duty-free imports for 100% exporters; and tax exemptions on technology remittance fees, on interest on foreign loans, and on capital gains by portfolio investors. There are performance requirements, which do not generally present problems for foreign investors.
The Government of Bangladesh has liberalized the industrial and investment policies in recent years by reducing bureaucratic control over private investment.
Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Romania, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
In Bangladesh, foreign entrepreneurs are entitled to the same facilities as domestic entrepreneurs in respect of a tax holiday, payment of royalty, technical know-how, fees, etc. As mentioned earlier, there is no limitation pertaining to foreign equity participation for FDI, i.e. 100 per cent foreign equity is allowed.
Tax holiday facilities are available for five or seven years depending on the location of the industrial enterprise.
For any other category of visa relevant supporting papers should be submitted along with the visa application form.
Documentary evidence of identification in support of profession is a must.
Incomplete application form or application with incorrect information/insufficient supporting papers will be rejected without citing any reason.
Business in Bangladesh may be carried out by a company incorporated locally or a company incorporated outside Bangladesh, but registered in Bangladesh.
The Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms do the incorporation or registration under the provisions of the Companies Act 1994 which safeguard the interest of the investors and provide the Directors with overall power to manage and run the company.
Companies limited by shares may further be classified as Public Limited and Private Limited companies.
It is generally accepted that to do business in Bangladesh a foreign company needs to appoint an influential local partner (usually an agent), who knows how business is done and can navigate a path around Bangladeshi bureacracy. The appointment of the right agent is considered to be fundamental to success. Usually, Dhaka-based agents should be in a position to cover the entire territory of Bangladesh.
Contract Act 1872 prescribes the rights and liabilities of an agent and also of the principal. The agent has the authority to act or carry on a business, and therefore should do every lawful thing necessary to execute such an act or business. If an agent acts beyond the terms of the agency agreement, the principal will not be liable for these acts.
Most agency agreements have a clause which permits both parties to give due notice if it is intended that the agreement is to be terminated. As Bangladesh has not ratified the Arbitration (Protocol and Convention) Act 1937, it is wise to include a clause which agrees to allow an independent arbitrator to settle any disputes between parties.
Bangladesh does not request prior approval requirements for foreign investment.
There are no limits for equity participation or restrictions on the repatriation of foreign profits and income. There are no restrictions to the acquisition of local enterprises by foreign investors who may also buy those enterprises earmarked for privatization.
Security printing (currency notes) and minting.
Insurance companies and other financial institutions.
Bangladesh has concluded tax treaties, assuring investors of fair treatment and the reduction or elimination of double taxation, with some countries, and generally adheres to the principal of national treatment with respect to tax policies.
Income tax is administrated by the Income Tax Ordinance, 1984 and by the Income Tax Rules 1984. The Income Tax Department of the NBR is the apex body for matters relating to income tax.
The submission of an income tax return is due by 31 December for companies and 30 September for entities other than companies.
The corporate tax rate for industrial companies whose shares are publicly traded is 35 per cent. Companies whose shares are not publicly traded are subject to a corporate tax rate of 40 per cent. The tax rate on the income of all other companies, including banks, financial institutions, insurance companies and local authorities, is 40 per cent.
Companies enjoying a tax holiday are required to invest 30 per cent of their exempted income within two years from the end of the tax exemption period in the undertaking or in a new industrial undertaking or in stocks and shares of a public company or in government bonds or securities.
Bangladesh has mostly replaced the former sales and excise taxes with the VAT, imposed at a flat rate of 15 per cent. VAT is not payable for imported capital machinery and spares.
Excise duties still exist on items such as cigarettes, domestic textiles and bank services. A turnover tax is imposed on some small-scale activities, which remain outside the purview of VAT.
Bangladesh is a State party to the Universal Copyright Convention (since 1975) for the protection of literary, scientific and artistic works, the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (since 1991), and the Bern Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (since 1999).
Bangladesh has also been a member of the WIPO since 1985.
The Third Edition of Bangladesh Investment Handbook presents most updated information and data relating to investment. New inclusions in this edition are permission process of Branch/Liaision/Representative Offices, procedure of listing Private Sector Infrastructure projects at PICOM, New Industrial Policy of 2005, Revised Visa Policy etc.
Investment promotion and facilitation are, among others, the two key functions of Board of Investment (BOI). As the apex national Investment Promotion Agency (IPA), BOI has been offering comprehensive services to the investors starting from initial counseling even to product marketing advices. Publication of handbooks, newsletters, statistical results and sectoral briefs is an effective tool for disseminating necessary information on such services. "Bangladesh Investment Handbook" is an allinclusive information kit and first-hand guide for the investors.
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Consider the following scenario. An employee in another department has expertise in a topic a peer has a question on. Rather than sitting through a class on that topic, the peer could go to the colleague and ask him or her directly.
This type of knowledge sharing doesn’t have to involve colleagues at the same company. Learning needs could be met if the peer seeks out answers in a book, whether it’s an e-book, in print or via online search.
The rapidity of technological advancements partly explains rising use of pull learning in the workplace. Changing workforce demographics are also contributing to its popularity. The workforce is now filled with individuals who are not only comfortable with technology, they expect mobile and social platforms to be readily available to help them learn how to do their jobs more effectively.
Pull learning technology also matches fast-paced business needs for workers who are constantly on the go. Most employees find it hard to find an hour to set aside for a traditional classroom or e-learning click-through program, said Brent O’Bryan, vice president of learning and development at security personnel provider AlliedBarton. Instead, they are looking for bite-size learning opportunities they can complete remotely between meetings or while they’re waiting for an appointment.
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Get rid of fogginess—and prevent it from happening again.
It's perplexing: You grab a glass out of the cabinet and even though you know it's clean, it looks foggy and dingy. A few things might be going on. First, check your water. Cloudy glasses can develop over time, but often it occurs in areas of both hard water (mineral deposits build up and cling to glassware and dishes) and soft water (due to corrosion). In some cases, your dishwasher might have permanently scratched the surface of the glass.
The only surefire way to prevent glasses from developing a hazy film is to keep them out of the dishwasher. Instead, wash them by hand with a mild soap, rinse thoroughly, and dry immediately.
To figure out if your glasses have fogged up because of your water, soak a small dish towel or rag in a small amount of white vinegar and wipe the glass with the cloth. If the glass is no longer cloudy, then the cloudiness was caused by hard water build up. If you wipe the glass with vinegar and it's still cloudy, then that is etching caused by soft water corrosion and it cannot be fixed.
You can remove the buildup caused by calcium and magnesium ions in hard water by swabbing the glass with acetone (nail polish remover), and then scrub gently with a mild detergent. Soaking the glasses in plain white distilled vinegar for 15 minutes is another effective home remedy.
If you have soft water and still want to use your dishwasher to clean your glasses, you can prevent ruining them by making sure that glasses are dishwasher-safe when you buy. When you run the machine, open the door to allow steam to escape once the cycle has finished, and let your glasses cool before removing them.
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How can one teaspoon be equivalent to that many servings of fruits and vegetables? Each of the ingredients in Superfood is freeze dried.
Freeze drying is a process by which nothing but the water is removed from the fruits and vegetables. Each product is individually quick frozen so all water turns to solid ice. It's then subjected to warm temperature and a vacuum so that the water turns to vapor and is essentially pulled out of the fruit or vegetable, leaving everything intact.
Stir into water or juice.
Add to protein shakes, smoothies, or workout drinks.
Stir into oatmeal or yogurt.
Add to pancake or waffle mixes, muffin recipes, chili dishes, and just about anything else.
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The Oslo Metro (Norwegian: Oslo T-bane or Oslo Tunnelbane or simply T-banen) is the rapid transit system of Oslo, Norway, operated by Sporveien T-banen on contract from the transit authority Ruter. The network consists of five lines that all run through the city centre, with a total length of 85 kilometres (53 mi), serving 101 stations of which 17 are underground or indoors. In addition to serving 14 out of the 15 boroughs of Oslo (except St. Hanshaugen), two lines run to Kolsås and Østerås, in the neighboring municipality of Bærum. In 2016, the system had an annual ridership of 118 million.
The first rapid transit line, the Holmenkoll Line, opened in 1898, with the branch Røa Line opening in 1912. It became the first Nordic underground railway in 1928 when the underground line to Nationaltheatret was opened. After 1993 trains ran under the city between the eastern and western networks in the Common Tunnel, followed by the 2006 opening of the Ring Line. All the trains are operated with MX3000 stock. These replaced the older T1000 stock between 2006 and 2010.
Rail transport in Oslo started in 1854, with the opening of Hoved Line to Eidsvoll, through Groruddalen. In 1872, Drammen Line, going through Oslo West, and in 1879, Østfold Line going through Nordstrand opened, offering a limited rail service to those parts of the city. By 1875, Kristiania Sporveisselskab (KSS) opened the first horsecar trams. In 1894 electric trams were in service by Kristiania Elektriske Sporvei (KES).
The first suburban tram line was the Holmenkoll Line that was opened by Holmenkolbanen in 1898; like all the later suburban tram line these were electric trams with a grade-separated right-of-way and proper stations instead of tram stops, making it the first rapid transit in Oslo. Unlike the other suburban tram lines that were built later, the Holmenkollen Line was not extended into the city as a streetcar—instead passengers had to change at Majorstuen to the streetcars, though the system did not take into use wider suburban stock (3.1 metres (10 ft)) until 1909. A branch line was opened in 1912, to Smestad, and in 1916 the Holmenkollen Line was extended to Tryvann, with the last part from Frognerseteren single track and used for freight, and removed in 1939.
In 1912, the construction of the first underground railway in the Nordic Countries started, when A/S Holmenkolbanen started construction of an extension of their line from Majorstuen to Nationaltheatret; the 2.0 kilometres (1.2 mi) line was opened in 1928 (and was then only the second underground railway to be opened in the Nordic countries after Boulevardtunnlen in Copenhagen which opened in July 1918 ), with one intermediate station at Valkyrie Plass, giving the two suburban lines access to the central business district of Oslo.
The success of the suburban lines tempted KES to extend their streetcar service west from Skøyen as a suburban line; the Lilleaker Line opened to Lilleaker in 1919, to Avløs in 1924 and to Kolsås in 1930. A new section from Jar to Sørbyhaugen opened in 1942, connecting the line from Jar to Kolsås to Nationaltheatret, and making it a rapid transit and the replacement of stock with wide suburban standard. This service remained part of the municipal Oslo Sporveier, that had bought all the streetcar companies in 1924.
Compensation for large amounts of damage to houses along the route during construction, along with higher construction costs than calculated was a heavy burden on the company, and in 1934, the municipality of Aker took over the common stock, though the preferred stock remained listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange until 1975, as Oslo Sporveier gradually took over the operation of the western suburban lines. Akersbanerne opened the connecting Sognsvann Line in 1934.
The first idea to launch a citywide rapid transit was launched in 1912 with the construction of the Ekeberg Line; constructed with the same width profile as the Holmenkollen Line, the plan was to build a tunnel under the city center and run through trains, but large cost expenditures on the first section of the Common Tunnel ceased the plans. As part of the rebuilding after World War II a planning office for a T-bane was established in 1949, with the first plans launched in 1951; in 1954, the city council decided to build the T-bane network in Eastern Oslo with four branches. The system would feature improvements over the suburban lines in having a third rail power supply, cab signaling with Automatic Train Protection, stations long enough for six-car trains and level crossings replaced by bridges and underpasses—specifications christened metro standard.
At the time there were two suburban tramways on the east side, the Ekeberg Line (opened in 1919) and the Østensjø Line (1923). Only the latter would be connected to the T-bane; the Ekeberg Line would remain a tramway, but three new lines were to be built—the Grorud Line on the north side and the Furuset Line on the south side of Groruddalen and the Lambertseter Line on the east of Nordstrand. These areas were all chosen as new suburbs for Oslo, and would quickly need a good public transport system; suburban lines would first be built out extending from the existing tramway, and later a final section with tunnel to the central station would be built. The Lambertseter Line was opened in 1957, from Brynseng to Bergkrystallen while the Østensjø Line was extended to Bøler in 1958.
The metro opened on 22 May 1966, when the Common Tunnel opened from Brynseng to the new downtown station of Jernbanetorget, located beside the Oslo East Railway Station. In October the Grorud Line opened to Grorud while the Østensjø Line was connected to the system in 1967 when the line also was extended to Skullerud. In 1970, the Furuset Line opened to Haugerud and extended to Trosterud in 1974, at the same time as the Grorud Line was extended to Vestli. By 1981, the Furuset Line had reached Ellingsrudåsen. The metro took delivery of T1000 rolling stock from Strømmens Værksted; from 1964 to 1978, 162 cars in three-car configurations were delivered for the eastern network.
The eastern network was extended from Jernbanetorget to Sentrum in 1977. This station was forced to close in 1983, due to water leakage, and when it opened again in 1987, renamed Stortinget, the west network tunnel had also been extended there. Through services were not possible at the time because of incompatibility of signaling and power equipment. Not until 1993 did the first trains run through the station, after the Sognsvann Line had been rebuilt to "metro standard"; the Røa Line followed in 1995. The Holmenkoll and Kolsås Lines remained non-metro, using dual mode trains that switch to overhead lines at Frøen and Montebello. The western network took delivery of 33 T1300 cars in 1978–81, with an additional 16 converted from T1000. In 1994 twelve T2000 cars were delivered for the Holmenkollen Line.
In 2003 the Ring Line opened, connecting Ullevål stadion to Storo. The following year, construction work caused a tunnel to collapse on the Grorud Line—the system's busiest—forcing a shutdown of the line until December, and creating a havoc of overcrowded replacement buses. In 2006 the ring was completed, to Carl Berners plass. At the same time the Kolsås Line was closed for upgrade to metro standard. In 2003 the section of the Kolsås Line in Bærum closed due to budget disagreements between the two counties; after a year of unpopular replacement buses, the line was reopened, only to close again in 2006 for upgrade to metro standard. Disagreements between the two counties means the upgrade will be done separately on the two sides of the municipal boundary, with the Oslo side opening first. In 2006 the replacement of existing rolling stock with new MX3000 units commenced. The history of the metro and public transport in Oslo is celebrated at the Oslo Tramway Museum in Majorstuen.
The current route network was introduced on 3 April 2016, with the opening of the connection tunnel from Økern to Sinsen and the new Løren station.
The Oslo Metro operates in all fifteen boroughs of Oslo, as well as reaching a bit inside the neighbouring municipality of Bærum. There are five lines, numbered 1 through 5, each color-coded. They all pass through the Common Tunnel, serving eight branch lines. In addition two lines operate to the Ring Line. Two branches are served by two lines each: the Grorud branch is served by both lines 4 and 5, while the Lambertseter branch has full-time service by line 4 and limited service by line 1.
The Grorud and Furuset Line head northeast into Groruddalen, while the other two eastern branches head south into Nordstrand. On the west side, the Holmenkoll and Sognsvann Line cover the northern boroughs of Oslo, along with the Ring Line that connects the northeastern and northwestern parts of town. The Kolsås and Røa Line reach deep into the neighbouring municipality of Bærum. All the lines run through the Common Tunnel before reaching out to different lines, or into the Ring. All lines have a base service of four trains per hour while line 2 and the eastern section of line 3 have eight trains per hour weekdays 7–19. The eastern section of line 2 also has eight trains per hour Saturdays 10–19. A reduced half-hourly service operates on all lines during early weekend mornings. Trains run from about 05:00 (06:00 at weekends) to 01:00 the next morning.
Nydalen on the Ring Line opened in 2003.
The system consists of 101 stations, of which 17 are underground or indoors. The only underground station on the pre-metro western network was Nationaltheatret, and most of the underground station are in the common tunnel under the city center, or in shorter tunnel sections on the eastern network; in particular the Furuset Line runs mainly underground, with all but Haugerud built in or at the opening of a tunnel.
Stations in the city center are located close to large employment centers as well as connection possibilities to other modes of transport, such as tram, rail and bus. All stations can be identified at ground level by signs with a blue T in a circle. Stations outside the center are unmanned since the 1995, with ticket machines for fare purchase; some stations feature kiosks. A system of turnstiles have been installed, but will never be activated due to security issues. All stations have step-free accessibility through at least one entrance (except the inbound platform at Frøen), and the platform height is aligned with the train cars.
Blindern on the Ring and Sognsvann Line serves the main campus of the University of Oslo.
The metro is integrated into the public transport system of Oslo and Akershus through the agency Ruter, allowing tickets to also be valid on the Oslo Tramway, city buses, ferries, and the Oslo Commuter Rail operated by Norwegian State Railways. A new, wireless ticketing system, Reisekort, has in the recent years been implemented. From 31 January 2016 a single ticket for one zone (the entire metro system is in zone 1) cost 32 kr for adults (NOK 50 if purchased onboard on buses and ferries), for 30-day ticket, it costs NOK 690 for adults. This includes all means of public transport within the zone where the ticket is first activated (again, for the metro, zone 1). There is a fine of NOK 950, or NOK 1150, for not having a valid ticket, depending on if the fine is paid on location or not.
Oslo maintains a street tram system with six lines, of which two are suburban lines. The street trams operate mostly within the borders of the Ring Line, providing a frequent service in the city centre, with lower average speeds but with more stops. There are major transfer points to the tramway at Majorstuen, Jernbanetorget, Jar, Storo and Forskningsparken.
The commuter train serves suburbs further away from Oslo, though some of the commuter rail services remind of a rapid transit service, in particular line L1 and line L2, to Lillestrøm, Asker and Ski, with higher service frequency through the continual populated area of Oslo. Transfer to railway services is available at Jernbanetorget (to Oslo S) and Nationaltheatret, the latter with a considerably shorter walk.
Bus services are provided to numerous stations. Most bus services provide feeding to the metro system where possible, and then do not continue into town. However, since the metro operates solely into town, instead of across it, many buses operate between stations on different lines, or provide alternative routes across town.
As part of the political compromise Oslo Package 3 a number of changes have been decided for the Oslo Metro.
Expansion of the Furuset Line to Lørenskog with stations at Skårer, Lørenskog Centre and a new terminus at Akershus University Hospital, with travel time to Jernbanetorget of 27 minutes, to be opened in 2027.
A second common tunnel from Majorstuen to Tøyen, creating four new stations. Between Tøyen and Stortinget there will be two new stations at Nybrua and Youngstorvet, and between Stortinget and Majorstuen there will be two new stations at St. Olavs plass and Bislett. The lines going through the new tunnel between Tøyen and Stortinget will use the old tunnel between Stortinget and Majorstuen and the lines using the old tunnel between Tøyen and Stortinget will use the new tunnel between Stortinget and Majorstuen. All lines will stop at Stortinget, which will get four platforms. The station at Majorstuen will be moved underground and 400–500 meters closer to city centre. To be opened in 2024 or 2025.
Although not part of Oslo Package 3, the Fornebu Line, which has been variously proposed as a light rail, metro and an automated train line since 1997, is planned to run from Majorstuen to the old airport area at Fornebu through Skøyen and Lysaker; a total of 6 new stations will be on this line. To be opened in 2024 or 2025.
Other expansions are being considered but are not decided yet.
The trains on the Oslo metro are currently exclusively the MX3000, ordered in 2003 to replace the oldest T1000 stock. Delivery started in 2006, and unlike older stock the MX3000 units are painted white instead of red. 83 three-car units were ordered in 2006; a further 32 were ordered in December 2010.
A number of versions of the T1000 stock have earlier been used on the Oslo metro. This includes 146 cars of the types T1 through T4, that have third-rail only operation, and thus did not run on the Holmenkollen and Kolsås lines. These ran usually in units of three or six (sometimes four or five) cars. Types T5 to T8, 49 in total, delivered with both third-rail and overhead wire equipment, normally ran on the Holmenkollen line (two cars) and Kolsås line (three cars).
When the Holmenkollen Line was connected to the T-bane it was still using old teak cars; to allow through services the T2000, capable of dual-system running, was delivered in 1993. They were not particularly successful and only 12 units were delivered, operating in pairs on the Holmenkollen line sometimes connecting with the Lambertseter line, and scrapped in 2010.
Avløs Depot – located near Avløs station on the Kolsås Line, it has been closed for refurbishment since 2011 and reopened in August 2015.
Etterstad Depot – located on the shared section of the Østensjø Line, Furuset Line and the Lambertseter Line before Brynseng station, it is used as the main operations centre for the Oslo Metro and has a yard for maintenance of way equipment.
Majorstuen Depot – a small yard used mainly for storing trains, located just beside the Oslo Tramway Museum.
Ryen Depot – the main storage and maintenance yard for all Oslo Metro trains, located on the Lambertseter Line near Ryen station.
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Clegg: £7bn worth of 'outrageous’ databases will be scrapped - Public sector organisations - ComputerworldUK.
uknn: Now independent thinkers are considered diseased by psychiatry.
I am suffering from "oppositional defiant disorder," apparently. But it could be worse.
"If seven-year-old Mozart tried composing his concertos today, he might be diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and medicated into barren normality."
Motoring peace, cease-fire or truce?
Coalition will "end war on the motorist", Transport Secretary pledges - Telegraph.
This is a wonderful time for the optimist. New ministers set out their stalls in a positive light, saying the things we want to hear and - possibly - setting us up for disappointment.
One reason I may never return to Britain is that it is such a miserable place to drive. It is under provided with roads and bedevilled by speed cameras. The latter are a tax not a safety measure. They cause more accidents than they prevent, because they distract motorists from the job in hand. The speed limits were set in the days of the Morris Minor and take no account of the fact that a modern car can stop in the same distance from a higher speed than such a car could from 30mph.
In short, the British authorities' attitude to motoring is both puritanical and grasping.
I am no boy racer. I am a guy in my 50s with a clean licence and (touch wood) a good safety record. When the Maserati Corse team tried to teach me how to drive hard on a track, they couldn't overcome the safety reflexes instilled by 30+ years of staying alive behind the wheel. All I want is to have reasonable discretion in the use of my car on terms that I take responsibility for any mistakes I may make.
The test of the new Minister's seriousness is this; will he resist the special pleading of the puritanical single issue fanatic who will whine at him to "think of the children?" Or will he accept that accidents happen, people are best taking responsibility for themselves and that no-one wants children (or anyone else) to die?
Decades of "progressive" education have done terrible damage to British society. It's hard to imagine how that evil genie can ever be put back in the bottle and yet it's essential. If you doubt the scale of the task, compare and contrast.
City of London security guards told to report 'suspicious' photographers | UK news | The Guardian.
Under Labour's illiberal regime, cameras - ludicrously - became suspicious objects at the same time as they became ubiquitous. I always have at least three with me (two on mobile phones and one "real" compact). At a weekend, I might also have my full SLR kit, as photography is my hobby. Dangerously, at least when I am in Britain, cityscapes are my favourite subject.
It is ridiculous to regard photography as a dangerous activity and (as there's no legal basis for the harassment that is now commonplace) it's easy for the Home Office just to tell the police to stop it. For the first time in 13 years, there are grounds for optimism that a Home Secretary might do the right thing.
Well, Theresa? This seems like low-hanging fruit to me.
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Preheat oven to 325℉ and line baking sheets with parchment. Add all dry ingredients to a large bowl, drizzle with corn syrup and toss gently to fully combine. Drop approximately 2 tbsp of mixture onto lined baking sheets and with slightly damp fingers form into low clusters. Bake for 13-15 minutes until golden brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool to room temperature before removing.
Store clusters in an airtight container for several days or freeze for up to 2 months.
I've tried honey, agave and corn syrup in this recipe. I found that the corn syrup resulted in a crispier cluster that held up better when frozen and the honey and agave result in a slightly softer cluster that tends to break apart more easily. All are good options depending on your sugar preference.
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Frederick Greenwood (25 March 1830 – 14 December 1909) was an English journalist, editor, and man of letters. He completed Elizabeth Gaskell's novel Wives and Daughters after her death in 1865.
"He created The Pall Mall Gazette"
Born in Kensington, London, he was the oldest of eleven children of James Caer Greenwood, a coach builder, and his wife, Mary Ann, née Fish. He and two brothers – James and Charles, gained reputations as journalists. Frederick started life in a printing house, but at an early age began to write in periodicals. In 1853 he contributed a sketch of Napoleon III to a volume called The Napoleon Dynasty (2nd ed., 1855). He also wrote several novels: The Loves of an Apothecary (1854), The Path of Roses (1859) and (with his brother James) Under a Cloud (1860).
To the second number of the Cornhill Magazine he contributed "An Essay without End," and this led to an introduction to Thackeray. In 1862, when Thackeray resigned the editorship of the Cornhill, Greenwood became joint editor with G. H. Lewes. In 1864 he was appointed sole editor, a post which he held until 1868. While at the Cornhill he wrote an article in which he suggested, to some extent, how Thackeray might have intended to conclude his unfinished work Denis Duval, and in its pages appeared Margaret Denzil's History, Greenwood's most ambitious work of fiction, published in volume form in 1864.
Frederick Greenwood completed Elizabeth Gaskell's unfinished novel Wives and Daughters after she died suddenly in 1865.
Greenwood conceived the idea of an evening newspaper, which, with news, should mainly contain original articles. Public affairs and culture were to be discussed by authoritative figures. He took the Anti-Jacobin and the Saturday Review of 1864 as models. The idea was taken up by George Smith, and the Pall Mall Gazette, named after Thackeray's fictional paper in Pendennis was launched in February 1865, with Greenwood as editor. Within a few years he became an influential Tory. "No minister in Great Britain," Mr Gladstone declared, "ever had a more able, a more zealous, a more effective supporter for his policy than Lord Beaconsfield had in Greenwood."
It was on the suggestion of Greenwood that Beaconsfield purchased in 1875 the Suez Canal shares of the Khedive Ismail; the British government was informed by Greenwood, that the shares were for sale and likely to be bought by France. Greenwood waited for the official announcement before publishing the news.
Early in 1880 the Pall Mall changed owners, and the new proprietor, Henry Yates Thompson, shifted editorial policy to supporting the Liberal Party. Greenwood at once resigned his editorship, but in May a new paper, the St James's Gazette, was started for him by Mr Henry Hucks Gibbs (afterwards Lord Aldenham), and Greenwood proceeded to carry on in it the tradition which he had established in the Pall Mall. At the St James's Greenwood remained for over eight years, continuing to exercise a marked influence upon political affairs, notably as a pungent critic of the Gladstone administration (1880–1885) and an independent supporter of Lord Salisbury. His connection with the paper ceased in August 1888, owing to disagreements with the new proprietor, Mr E Steinkopff, who had bought the St James's at Greenwood's own suggestion.
In January 1891 Greenwood brought out a weekly review which he named the Anti-Jacobin. It failed, however, to gain public support, the last number appearing in January 1892. In 1893 he published The Lover's Lexicon and in 1894 Imagination in Dreams. He continued to express his views on political and social questions in contributions to newspapers and magazines, writing frequently in the Westminster Gazette, the Pall Mall, Blackwood, the Cornhill, etc. Towards the end of his life his political views reverted in some respects to the Liberalism of his early days.
In the words of George Meredith Greenwood was not only a great journalist, he had a statesman's head. The national interests were always urgent at his heart. He was remarkable for securing for his papers the services of the ablest writers of the day, and for the gift of recognising merit in new writers, such, for instance, as Richard Jefferies and J. M. Barrie. His instinct for capacity in others was as sure as was his journalistic judgment. In 1905, on the occasion of his 75th birthday, a dinner was given in his honour by leading statesmen, journalists, and men of letters (with John Morley—who had succeeded him as editor of the Pall Mall—in the chair). In May 1907 he contributed to Blackwood an article on "The New Journalism," in which he drew a sharp contrast between the old and the new conditions under which the work of a newspaper writer is conducted. He belonged to the Garrick Club. He died at Sydenham on 14 December 1909.
^ "GREENWOOD, Frederick". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 728.
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For those who wish to attract hummingbirds to their yard or garden, there are a variety of different trees, shrubs, vines, and both annual and perennial flowers that can be planted to encourage these tiny winged visitors. Selecting the right types of plants that attract hummingbirds and having various varieties that bloom throughout the growing season will work best. Hummingbirds tend to be attracted to plants that are highly visible and that produce the nectar they feed upon. It is also advisable to avoid the use of pesticides on plants that hummingbirds will frequent. The birds eat the small insects on plants as a source of protein, and the pesticides may sicken or even kill these tiny birds.
Planting vines that produce colorful flowers is a great way to bring hummingbirds into your yard. These vines look great planted along a fence where they can creep up, or near an archway, trellis, or piece of lattice. They add both color and interest to your yard, enhancing and adding beauty to the landscaping, while at the same time, providing food for hummingbirds. Some good selections to choose for this include Morning Glory, Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Creeper, Scarlet Runner Bean, and Cypress Vine.
Annual plant varieties to choose for your hummingbird garden include Petunias, Impatiens, Jacobiana, and Salvia. All of these colorful flowers are available in a variety of color choices and make great additions to any flower bed, or can be used as border plants. All of these will work well in containers and when planted in hanging basket arrangements. Fuchsia is another flower that hummingbirds love which requires planting in a hanging basket or container. When using hanging containers with these plants, make sure to place one near a window so that you can see when a hummingbird comes to visit.
Firespike is another annual plant that will attract hummingbirds. This plant tends to get bushier and much taller than the above mentioned flowers, and should be planted in beds, wildflower gardens, or along fences or walls. Hummingbirds love the attractive spikes of red or purple flowers on these plants.
Perennials are another great choice for attracting hummingbirds to your yard. Once established, these plants will continue to bring color and beauty to your yard year after year. They will also bring hummingbirds and keep them coming back each year.
Bee Balm is a favorite of hummingbirds, with its round heads that feature brightly colored tubular flowers. These make great border flowers or lovely additions to wildflower gardens. Columbine flowers also work well, with their beautiful bell shaped flowers. These work well in any flower bed and each plant typically lives for a period of two to three years, but will self seed and usually continue to grow in the same location for many years. Hummingbirds love the bright colors of these flowers, which range from pastel shades to rich colors such as orange and purple.
Though typically grown for their foliage, Hostas do bloom in the summer months with spiky flowers in shades of white or lavender. These flowers are attractive to hummingbirds and will draw them to your yard. Hostas prefer a shady location and work well when planted close to the house on a shady side, or in other somewhat shady garden bed locations.
Other perennial choices for your garden might include Canna, Coral Bells, Four O’Clocks, Little Cigar, Cardinal Flower, Foxglove, Lupine, Hummingbird Mint, Yucca, and Penstemon.
Azaleas burst with beautiful, colorful flowers in the spring that hummingbirds love. After the flowering period, these shrubs stay green for the rest of the growing season. Plant them in shady locations near the house, perhaps along the front of the home, or one on each corner of the front of the house. They also work well planted in other shady garden areas.
The Butterfly Bush not only attracts butterflies, but our friend the hummingbird as well. These shrubs are large and arching and will produce masses of beautiful flowers during the midsummer to fall period. Works well in borders and will grow to a height of five to ten feet tall. Sit back and enjoy as hummingbirds and butterflies alike come to drink the nectar from these lovely flowers.
Other good tree and shrub choices include the Cape Honeysuckle, Flowering Quince, Mimosa, Lantana, Flame Acanthus, Manzanita, Red Buckeye, Tree Tobacco, Weigela, and Turk’s Cap.
You can also hang feeders in your yard to attract hummingbirds. Mix one part sugar to four parts water and change solution at least once per week, twice during especially warm weather. Skip the red food coloring as it really makes no difference in drawing the birds in and might not be good for them.
While feeders might be nice to place in an area where you can closely observe the birds feeding through a window, the best way to entice them into your yard is to plant a variety of nectar producing plants that they love.
We live in a fairly new area so it will be years before the hummingbirds come back.
Will have to see what plants will grow in our zone so I know what to plant.
Hummingbirds remind me of my grandmother. I should plant some of these to honor her and bring those beautiful birds to my yard.
I love hummingbirds and we do have a few plants that attract them. We put out a feeder, and it’s so relaxing to watch them come and eat!
I didn’t know certain plants attracted hummingbirds. I will have to show this to son so he can pick a few to plant.
My kids scream with glee whenever a hummingbird finds its way into our yard. I have a feeder, but these plants sound perfect for bringing more into our yard.
Love this! We just started a garden earlier this summer and my kids have been asking about hummingbirds. Great tips to consider here! Thanks!
Where do you live Louise? I’m sure there are hummer’s in your area. I would make a homemade feeder and see if any come before you spend money on plants or feeders. I have a few that visit my yard everyday. It is so much fun to watch. Good luck and I hope you get to enjoy them.
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Does this idea map with Reddy's premise about temporal trajectories, rhythms, and horizons?
Through duration time is ritualized. Bycultivating duration – that is, by doing things over and over – people createsignificant habits and rituals.
Through duration of time and repeatedly doing things and creating habits are people also creating rhythms?
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Gun laws in Australia's biggest state could be watered down as Premier Gladys Berejiklian is forced to deal with the Shooters party and a pro-guns former senator.
The Shooters Fishers and Farmers Party, who want gun licensing laws relaxed, won three lower house seats, covering more than half of New South Wales, at the March election.
They control the western half of the state and could also have another three MPs in the upper house, giving them six seats in the state Parliament.
The Shooters are planning to run candidates at the upcoming federal election in May in areas where they have savaged the Nationals at the NSW election.
The re-elected Coalition government in NSW won't have a majority in the Legislative Council, which means it will be forced to rely on minor parties to get its legislation passed.
Former Liberal Democrats senator David Leyonhjelm also stands a strong chance of being elected to the upper house, where he could soon share the balance of power with the Shooters.
The libertarian would-be state lawmaker wants NSW to withdraw from former Prime Minister John Howard's 1996 National Firearms Agreement, which banned semi-automatic and automatic assault rifles.
'It's not law. It's just an informal agreement between the states, any state or territory could walk away from it at any time they choose,' he told Daily Mail Australia.
'There's no legal obligation to stay with the National Firearms Agreement.
Mr Leyonhjelm, who was a crossbench senator in federal parliament for five years, said that if elected to the NSW upper house, he would seek concessions from individual ministers to wind back gun laws.
'I've got five years' of experience on the crossbench and I know how it will work,' he said.
'You do horse trade with the government, there's no question about that.
'The government does care, they want your vote and so you say, "Okay, in exchange for my vote here's my list".
During the state election campaign, Ms Berejiklian criticised Labor for doing a preference deal with the Shooters Fishers and Farmers party, and vowed not to change gun laws.
'I do not want to see the policies the Shooters want to see in New South Wales become mainstream policies,' Ms Berejiklian told reporters in Lismore on March 13.
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Does Nature Communications publish communications? No!
As much as baby oil does not contain babies, Nature Communications does not contain brief communications. In fact, we only publish full articles, which can vary in length. That said, our mother journal Nature contains different types of articles and we have recently followed suit by publishing commissioned content such as Reviews, Comments and Perspectives. Furthermore, as we say on our website, "important scientific comments and clarifications on peer-reviewed articles" published with us may also be submitted.
As mentioned above, articles may range in length. However, short or long, they should be on one level in terms of impact and novelty, pack the same punch and excite the scientific community in equal measure.
The hard facts are: The main text (Introduction, Results and Discussion, not including abstract, Methods, References and figure legends) may contain up to 5,000 words. Depending on the word count, articles may have up to 10 display items (figures and/or tables), and we allow up to 70 references. Thus, from our side, there is no need to cut a beautiful story short.
Sometimes a cover letter or a manuscript would tease some further leading work and/or a side project in a statement along the lines “(…) the results of which will go into a different publication”. And I cannot help but think: If only you had not chosen to spread your work so thinly. Some studies I get excited about miss exactly that completion to pass our editorial bar, and therefore we have to reject them.
The take-home message is: Our journal contains full articles. Please, give us the whole story (or as much of it as you have), not just the blurb.
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Jeremy Martin by the Salisbury winner's enclosureThe 2018 season at Salisbury Racecourse, which runs solely on the Flat, comes to a close on October 3 with the £20,000 Weatherbys Handicap Stakes and a selection of races for two-year olds.
Salisbury's Chief Executive and Clerk of the Course, Jeremy Martin, tells marlborughequestrian.news: "It's certainly been an interesting year". Prime suspect for making it 'interesting' - he did not say 'stressful'! - has, of course, been the weather.
Marlborough trainer Richard Hannon dressed for the cold April at SalisburyAt the end of April the rain caused horses at two meetings to run on heavy ground. As he says, that is unusual for Flat racing: "It was cold too - not typical Flat racing weather!"
Then came June and July with the heat and the drought: "We had firm ground - being on downland we had a problem - it's very difficult to water successfully." They did water, but in that heat much of the water evaporated almost immediately.
The result of such swings in the weather? "We've not had the number of runners we usually have. But it's been much better since the middle of August. We've had our usual show of good two-year-olds - and some really well-bred horses."
For Jeremy Martin one of the highlights of the season was the win in their big race - the £75,000 Group 3 Tattersalls Sovereign Stakes (August 16) - by the Andre Fabre trained Plumatic: "When he brings his horses over here, they do well. But this was his first ever win here at Salisbury."
The four-year-old colt Plumatic went on to give a great performance in the Group 1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (September 9). Again over a mile, he was fourth by a length and a half in a tight finish - ahead of Lightning Spear.
Then came September and Salisbury had to abandon its September 11 meeting because Chafer Grubs had made the surface unsafe on the course's extension loop. It was no consolation for the ground staff at Salisbury that Epsom had suffered a similar infestation.
Having made a careful inspection of the turf, they were able to race three days later - but using only the straight mile. It is not just that the grubs eat the roots of the grass so loosening it, the local badgers have had 'a field day' digging up the turf to get at the grubs - which they eat with great gusto.
The Chafer Beetles lay their eggs in May and June and Jeremy Martin is looking at the best way to spray the eggs. However, he is certain the loop will be back to its usual state by April for the start of the next Flat season.
Salisbury's straight with a view As Salisbury's last meeting of the season approaches its leading trainers - so far - are Andrew Balding and Richard Hannon both on eight winners with Mick Channon on six. Their most successful jockey is Oisin Murphy (ten winners), with Charles Bishop in second spot (six winners). The most successful owners are Godolphin on four winners and Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum with three winners.
Once the October 3 meeting is over, Jeremy Martin plans the winter's essential maintenance programme. One recent winter they spent £250,000 improving their hospitality facilities. This year has been 'an average year financially' - the very hot weather and the clash with an England World Cup game took a toll on ticket sales.
Salisbury Racecourse is run by the Bibury Club which is a Trust and any profits are reinvested to maintain the facilities, keep the prize money reasonable - and above all to ensure the future of this ancient racecourse with a history going back some 450 years. The Trust leases the course from the Pembroke Estate.
The Bibury Club began at Burford in 1681. After moves to Cheltenham and then Stockbridge in Hampshire, the Club settled at Salisbury in 1899.
The course boasts the oldest racecourse building in Britain - the Rubbing House (photo below) where horses were taken to be washed, dried and rubbed down after racing or exercising.
You can still see the height of the original entrance - allowing horse and rider to go in through the doorway. The building is shown on maps going back to 1706.
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Depending on your destination and the islands want to see, select the base you are comfortable with.
1.Lavrio (Olympic Marine) to visit the islands in the Cyclades.
- taxi costs about 60 euros.
And 55 km from Athens by road.
2.Athina (Marina Kalamaki) to visit the islands in the Saronic.
-taxi costs about 60 euros.
3.Lefkada to visit the islands in the Ionian Sea.
-taxi costs about 50 euros.
And 420 km from Athens by road.
200 km road from Patras.
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Are you looking for the best hiking trails with wildflowers near Denver? The splashes of color which these hikes are known for are scattered throughout the landscape near Denver, Colorado. Because the Front Range is more dry than the more mountainous areas, most of these hikes will not be made up of flower-laden fields. So, if that’s what you are looking for, be sure to note hikes that are in Rocky Mountain National Park or deeper in the mountains. Explore the hiking trail profiles below to get driving directions to the trailheads, trail maps, and the important information you need for your Colorado hiking adventure.
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Many devout Christians believe the Earth and the universe are less than 10,000 years old, and closer to 6,000. Where did this grossly inadequate figure come from? In the seventeenth century, Bishop James Ussher dated the creation of the world to October 23rd 4004 BC using the biblical chronology and by speculating on the Hebrew calendar.
By using scientific methods we get a much better idea of the true age of the Earth. One such example is by using radiometric dating. With a rock containing the element uranium, for example, we know that uranium loses subatomic particles over time and those losses change uranium into other elements with fewer particles. This process is called radioactive decay. In the case of uranium it will eventually become lead, but it does this a little bit at a time so you can measure the rate at which it turns into lead. Once a scientist knows this rate, one can go to a particular rock sample, measure the amount of uranium and lead and determine how long it’s been since the rock cooled.
Samples have been found that date to as old as 4.5 billion years, using this method. There are many other dating methods used in science, many of which corroborate this figure. Other elements are used for dating shorter periods of time, but none support a young Earth.
These other methods include (but are not limited to); radio carbon dating, potassium–argon and argon-argon dating, luminescence, electron spin resonance, fission track, archaeomagnetism, palaeomagnetism, and dendrochronology. One could always debate that the figure of 4.5 billion years could be a bit higher or a bit lower, as an absolute figure. However, it’s pretty hard to argue that the Earth would be less than 10,000 years old, given that no scientific dating methods support that view. All verifiable evidence points to the Earth being much older and — in the case of long term dating methods — by many orders of magnitude.
With regard to the age of the universe as a whole, science supports this being approximately 13 to 14 billion years. A first approximation for this was calculated by Edwin Hubble who, in 1929, was able to establish not only that the universe extended beyond our own Milky Way galaxy, but that our galaxy was just one of billions of galaxies, and that all the galaxies were moving apart. Put simply, Hubble discovered that the universe was expanding. By simply tracing the galaxies back to their point of origin one could work out a time frame for the age of the universe. Over time, scientists have developed more accurate methods of measuring the distances to other galaxies, with current measurements putting the age of the universe close to 13.7 billion years.
As science advances, one can expect even more accurate figures to be forthcoming. However, none are likely to support James Ussher’s figure of 10,000 years. As quoted by Richard Dawkins, “To give an idea of the magnitude of the error is equivalent to believing that the width of North America is less than 10 yards.” Amongst other awkward facts for devout believers of a young Earth include; fossilised marine animals in what was once the ocean floor, and now the Himalaya mountains. It would obviously be a lengthy time frame for such tectonic uplift to take place.
Also worth mentioning (if one is inclined to believe in a young universe) is looking through a telescope at astronomical objects. The Andromeda Galaxy is approximately 2.2 million light years away from Earth and yet still comparatively close in astronomical terms. Given that its light takes 2.2 million years to reach us, and thus started its journey 2.2 million years ago, how does one explain our ability to see it — if the universe is merely 10,000 years old? Nevertheless it’s there, as are much more distant astronomical objects, many billions of light years away.
It is hard to reconcile that the Earth and the universe are anything other than many orders of magnitudes older than the various cultural creation myths assert.
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When knowing the way magnets act with each other when in close proximity, you can determine many ways other objects act around them. First, if a magnet runs north to south with the north side of the magnet on the left side of a picture and a compass above the magnet, your able to determine the direction of the compass. Since compass's point in the direction of the magnet field line and the magnets' magnetic field lines run from north to south, the compass would be pointing to the right, since it was above the magnet. Also, a magnetic field strength is greatest when in the most dense area of magnetic field lines. Lastly, the greatest strength of an electromagnet is if it's wrapped in iron. Overall, there's many problems you can solve with magnets, knowing how they act alone and around other magnets.
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Reorganization Plan No. 3 (35 FR 15623, 84 Stat. 2086) was an executive order submitted to the United States Congress on July 9, 1970 by President Richard Nixon establishing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and setting forth the components of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The order consolidated components from different Federal agencies to form the EPA, "a strong, independent agency" that would establish and enforce federal environmental protection laws. Unlike other agencies such as OSHA, the EPA was not established by a single enabling act of Congress.
According to author Jack Lewis, the decade of the 1960s fostered a general consensus of the American public to increase protection and betterment of the environment. Rachel Carson published Silent Spring in 1962, which is widely credited with helping to launch the environmental movement. On January 28, 1969, eight days after Richard Nixon became the 37th President, a blowout on the ocean bottom near Union Oil's Platform "A" on the Dos Cuadras field leaked between 80,000 and 100,000 barrels (16,000 m3) of oil into the water of the Santa Barbara Channel, near Santa Barbara, California. The oil spill polluted a 60-mile stretch of coastline, harming marine wildlife and damaging the local fishing economy. The event led to widespread criticism of both Union Oil and the offshore oil drilling industry. On April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day brought millions of Americans together to peacefully demonstrate in support of environmental reform.
In April 1969, President Richard Nixon addressed these environmental concerns by establishing the Environmental Quality Council in his cabinet, along with the complementary Citizens' Advisory Committee on Environmental Quality.
In December of the same year, Nixon received the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) from Congress, a bill that Congress stated was intended to "create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony" and to "assure for all Americans safe, healthful, productive, esthetically and culturally pleasing surroundings." The NEPA required any federal agency planning a project that would affect the environment to submit a report on the likely consequences of its plan. President Nixon signed the NEPA on New Year's Day 1970, declaring "that the 1970s absolutely must be the years when America pays its debt to the past by reclaiming the purity of its air, its waters, and our living environment."
Pub.L. 89–554, 80 Stat. 378, enacted September 6, 1966, created Title 5 of the United States Code (Government Organization and Employees), which was the legal authority under which the Reorganization Plan was authorized.
Logo of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Reorganization Plan No. 3 was prepared by President Nixon and sent to the Senate and House of Representatives on July 9, 1970, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 9 of title 5 of the United States Code. The plan was originally approved under special Congressional procedures but its legality was called into question due to the Supreme Court's decision in Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919 (1983). Congress responded by enacting the Reorganization Acts Amendment in Public Law 98-614, which was signed on November 8, 1984. The Amendment expanded the power of the President to communicate with Congress plans of reorganization of agencies within the executive branch.
In his message to Congress explaining his reasons for proposing Reorganization Plan No. 3, President Nixon stated that the national government was "not structured to make a coordinated attack on the pollutants which debase the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the land that grows our food." According to Nixon, the assigned duties and responsibilities regarding pollution control for the environment were spread out among many discrete departments, creating a structure that often defied "effective and concerted action." To create more of an interrelated and effective system for dealing with environmental pollution, he proposed "pulling together into one agency a variety of research, monitoring, standard-setting and enforcement activities now scattered through several departments and agencies."
Under the terms of Reorganization Plan No. 3, the Environmental Protection Agency would be created to absorb these departments and agencies. From the Department of the Interior, functions carried out by the Federal Water Quality Administration as well as pesticide studies would be moved to the EPA. From the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, all or some duties of the National Air Pollution Control Administration, Bureau of Solid Waste Management, Bureau of Water Hygiene, Bureau of Radiological Health of the Environmental Control Administration, and certain functions with respect to pesticides carried out by the Food and Drug Administration would be moved to the EPA. From the Department of Agriculture, the responsibilities of the Agricultural Research Service to register pesticides would be transferred. The new agency would also absorb the authority of the Council on Environmental Quality to perform studies on ecological systems and the duties of the Atomic Energy Commission and the Federal Radiation Council regarding radiation criteria and standards.
On December 16, 1976, the first Administrator of the EPA, William Ruckelshaus, declared that the agency had "a broad responsibility for research, standard-setting, monitoring and enforcement with regard to five environmental hazards; air and water pollution, solid waste disposal, radiation, and pesticides."
In Reorganization Plan No. 3, President Nixon outlined the following as the roles and functions of the EPA: establishing and enforcing environmental protection standards consistent with national environmental goals; conducting research on the adverse effects of pollution and on methods and equipment for controlling it, the gathering of information on pollution, and the use of this information in strengthening environmental protection programs and recommending policy changes; assisting others, through grants, technical assistance and other means in arresting pollution of the environment; and assisting the Council on Environmental Quality in developing and recommending to the President new policies for the protection of the environment.
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An important goal in visual recognition is to devise image representations that are invariant to particular transformations. In this paper, we address this goal with a new type of convolutional neural network (CNN) whose invariance is encoded by a reproducing kernel. Unlike traditional approaches where neural networks are learned either to represent data or for solving a classification task, our network learns to approximate the kernel feature map on training data. Such an approach enjoys several benefits over classical ones. First, by teaching CNNs to be invariant, we obtain simple network architectures that achieve a similar accuracy to more complex ones, while being easy to train and robust to overfitting. Second, we bridge a gap between the neural network literature and kernels, which are natural tools to model invariance. We evaluate our methodology on visual recognition tasks where CNNs have proven to perform well, e.g., digit recognition with the MNIST dataset, and the more challenging CIFAR-10 and STL-10 datasets, where our accuracy is competitive with the state of the art.
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SCOP is a hierarchical domain classification system for proteins of known structure. The superfamily level has a clear definition: Protein domains belong to the same superfamily if there is structural, functional and sequence evidence for a common evolutionary ancestor. Superfamilies are sub-classified into families, however, there is not such a clear basis for the family level groupings. Do SCOP families group together domains with sequence similarity, do they group domains with similar structure or by common function? It is these questions we answer, but most importantly, whether each family represents a distinct phylogenetic group within a superfamily.
Several phylogenetic trees were generated for each superfamily: one derived from a multiple sequence alignment, one based on structural distances, and the final two from presence/absence of GO terms or EC numbers assigned to domains. The topologies of the resulting trees and confidence values were compared to the SCOP family classification.
We show that SCOP family groupings are evolutionarily consistent to a very high degree with respect to classical sequence phylogenetics. The trees built from (automatically generated) structural distances correlate well, but are not always consistent with SCOP (hand annotated) groupings. Trees derived from functional data are less consistent with the family level than those from structure or sequence, though the majority still agree. Much of GO and EC annotation applies directly to one family or subset of the family; relatively few terms apply at the superfamily level. Maximum sequence diversity within a family is on average 22% but close to zero for superfamilies.
Proteins are made up of domains. Protein domains in this context can be regarded as the building blocks of proteins, and the smallest units of protein evolution. A small protein may consist of a single domain, larger proteins maybe contain multiple domains. A domain can be defined as a protein unit which is seen in nature either on its own or in combination with other different domains.
Detecting the evolutionary relationship between two or more domains using sequence information alone is often not possible, as sequences often diverge beyond the point of detection by comparison methods. Lack of sequence information does not necessarily show that there is no relationship between domains. If the three dimensional structure of the domains is known, evolutionary relationships can usually be recognised. The Structural Classification of Proteins (SCOP)[1–3], is a hierarchical classification system of proteins for which atomic resolution three dimensional structures are known; units in SCOP are protein domains. The SCOP classification takes protein structures published in the Protein Data Bank (PDB) as the primary data source from which the domain classification is derived. The classification of domains is based on both manual curation and automatic methods, the balance of which has resulted in a classification system which is regarded as the ‘gold standard’, and is an essential bioinformatics resource.
Levels of classification in SCOP from the top down are: class, fold, superfamily, family. A class is just a convenient grouping, e.g. domains containing only alpha-helices. Folds and superfamilies have a clear and precise definition of what they are supposed to represent: a fold groups together domains which have the same topological arrangement of secondary structure; a superfamily groups together domains which share a common evolutionary ancestor. The family level sub-groups domains within a superfamily, but unlike the other levels lacks a precise definition. The first SCOP paper states 30% sequence identity between members of a superfamily as significant support for a family grouping. However, in the first release of SCOP there were far fewer protein structures available (a total of 13073 domains), and selecting an arbitrary sequence identity cutoff was possible. There are now nearly ten times the number of domains (110800 as of SCOP 1.75). The family level of the classification further draws on structure and functional information in the absence of strong sequence similarity, but the meaning and the properties of the family object in SCOP remains unclear.
Many projects have been based on the SCOP classification leading to several thousand citations[5–8]. Most of these projects make use of the clear evolutionary definition of a domain, and of a superfamily, so a better understanding of the family level will add value to future work which makes use of SCOP, and enable new research questions to be addressed. The research presented in this paper was carried out in order to elucidate the meaning and significance of the SCOP family level, in particular with regard to sequence, structure and function and their relationships to family classification.
We also draw on protein functional information taken from gene ontology (GO) terms. GO is a standardised vocabulary for depicting gene products in three biological concepts: Biological Process, Molecular Function and Cellular Component. Since many proteins are enzymes Enzyme Commission (EC) numbers can also aid in the understanding of protein function.
To understand the meaning of a family, we compared the groupings of domains in SCOP to determine the similarity to automatically generated groupings based independently on the three aspects we wished to investigate: sequence, structure and function. Since we begin without a pre-conceived idea of the granularity or size/depth of the groupings it is necessary to generate the automatic groupings at every possible level. This is represented by a tree which is the result of hierarchical clustering of the domains based on one of the three sources of information: sequence similarity, structural similarity, functional labels (in the forms of Gene Ontology and Enzyme Classification). The level of agreement between one type of information and the grouping of a SCOP family can be assessed by asking whether each edge in the tree divides domains into family groups, or splits a family, grouping together domains from different families.
The ROC curve Figure1 shows the number of disagreements/agreements of the trees produced from sequence, structure and functional data with the SCOP family classification for varying confidence values. For sequence, confidence is ranked by bootstrap percentages, for structural data the confidence is based on the structural distance scores, and for function, confidence is based on the total number of terms which suggest a particular clade in the trees. See materials and methods for details of a web resource providing all data and trees.
The number of superfamily agreements/disagreements with SCOP for varying confidence values. A ROC curve showing the number of superfamilies containing agreements against the number containing disagreements of trees with SCOP's groupings, for confidence values decreasing from left to right. For sequence trees, confidence is based on the bootstrap value assigned to an edge. Structures are ranked using the total structural distance, and function is ranked by the total number of GO terms or EC numbers which support an edge.
Within the literature there is variation in suggested levels for the minimum informative bootstrap confidence[11, 12], with most suggesting about 70-80% required for confidence. We found that from 2046 families across 428 superfamilies, 99.6% of the phylogenetic trees agree with the SCOP groupings for bootstrap values above 80%. We also found that, although less reliable, there is useful information which can be acquired from the trees for bootstrap values down to 60%. These results show that, to the extent to which sequence information can reliably determine evolutionary relationships, SCOP family groupings are evolutionarily consistent. Classical sequence phylogenetics are quite reliable for high bootstrap values, but are limited in the evolutionary distance over which they can resolve relationships. There are plenty of SCOP family groupings which sequence-based phylogenetics alone is unable to determine with high confidence - the low confidence parts of the tree. Although the classical phylogenetic analysis cannot inform us directly about the evolutionary consistency of many family groupings, the fact that there is such strong agreement with those that it can, gives a strong suggestion that the others (classified independently from this information) are also likely to be evolutionarily consistent.
The top 13 edges which conflicted with the sequence trees were examined. These are shown in a table in Figure2, along with an example of each type of disagreement. The most frequent disagreement was from families which were classified not long after the creation of SCOP. These families were classified at a time when PFAM sequence data was not available, and therefore did not provide evidence in the curation of SCOP families. Sequence information from PFAM is now a contributing factor of data used to guide the classification. An example is shown in Example 1. We also find examples such as that shown in Example 2, where a family has been decided in SCOP based on function. Trees based on both sequence and structure place the single domain Pancreatic carboxypeptidases family between domains for a different family causing a disagreement of the trees with SCOP families. In this case the classification of a domain into a new family of its own was likely based on a functional signal, however the tree based on function places the domain in a similar way to that of structure and sequence suggesting the domain should probably belong to the surrounding family. Our method classes 'nested families' as inconsistent with evolution (shown in Example 3), whereby one family grows from another in the tree. In some sense this is more a reflection of the limited number of levels in the hierarchy, suggesting that there are some families that actually represent a 'sub' family of another. We also find a small number of other artefacts, where is a family classification based on the source species. This is can happen with proteins found in viruses. We also see cases such as duplications of domains grouped within the same family, an illustration of this is shown in Example 4.
Examples of disagreements with SCOP. Examples of SCOP superfamilies which contain a disagreement found with trees based on sequence information, supported by high confidence values. Four of the common reasons for disagreement are explained. Images produced with TreeVector.
A potential factor which contributes to the disagreements seen in trees calculated from sequence data compared to those from the other data sources is also worth noting. Diverse superfamilies with very low sequence identity between member domains may provide an unreliable multiple sequence alignment thereby creating a result tree with limited accuracy. Anomalies introduced from this effect are more likely to be seen in very large superfamilies with a great deal of structural variation.
The trees built from automatically generated structural distances largely agree, but are not always consistent with SCOP’s hand annotated groupings. The hand classification of structures in SCOP at the superfamily and fold levels is often referred to as the gold standard in the field, and clearly surpasses any fully automatic method. Since detectable structural similarity remains long after sequences have diverged beyond the point of recognition, the structurally-derived trees are able to resolve deeper edges of the tree with higher confidence than the sequence-based ones (the intersection of the red and blue lines in Figure1). That the trees are largely in agreement with the family classification indicates that SCOP is also evolutionarily consistent at greater divergence distances. The differences we see could either be cases where SCOP has grouped domains based on some criterion other than evolution (e.g. common function), or may be due to geometric structural distance being in some cases a poor measure of divergence. For some proteins, changes to the structure of a binding site may be the best indication of evolutionary divergence, but these changes make a relatively small contribution to the automatic superposition of the whole body. Conversely, movements of secondary structures relative to each other, e.g. a change of angle between beta-sheets, can cause dramatic changes in superposable structural distance which mask the true relationships. In this way structural geometric distance does not always equate to evolutionary distance.
Examining high ranking disagreements between the SCOP family classification and structural trees can mostly be explained by the above, however one exception is shown in Example 2 from Figure2. This example shows a sequence tree but we see the same disagreement when we look at the structural tree, and so in this case it suggests the possibility of a mis-classification.
The lines for EC numbers and GO terms shown in Figure1 are smaller and less smooth than the others. This is because confidence values are generated using the total number of independent features that support a particular edge of the tree. There are not very many GO features per tree and barely any for EC number. This is partly due to a lack of richness in the ontological hierarchy but also due to the incompleteness of the annotation of the domains with terms. Trees derived from both GO and EC functional data are less consistent with the family level than trees derived from structure or sequence, though the majority still agree with the classification. This may be due to the low quality of the derived functional dataset, most commonly the lack of functional annotation for a particular domain. Functions are also appended to the protein chain rather than individual domains, therefore terms may be uninformative for two domains found within the same protein. The fact that the correlation with function is so much weaker than sequence and structure suggests that although function may guide the choice of granularity or level of grouping of families in SCOP (see section on Distribution of GO terms), it is not a primary source of information for determining relationships.
In SCOP all domains must belong to a family, so a superfamily with a single member must also have a single family. As more structures are added to a superfamily over time, there may be new additions that have enough in common to group them apart from the rest and a second family is created to hold them. If this happens successively the result is that some families contain domains with something in common, but any leftovers lacking common features with each other may remain in the original family that contained the first member of the superfamily. These non-specific families are referred to here as 'dustbin families'. The 'dustbin families' line in Figure1 is derived from the same trees as for the standard domain sequences line, but the rules by which edges are defined as conflicting are adjusted to not penalise for the presence of a single dustbin family in each superfamily. Remarkably, despite expectations, the results show that they are not a major feature of the SCOP classification.
Figure3 shows the maximum sequence divergence between any two members of a family or superfamily, i.e. a measure of the divergence within the family or superfamily. The analysis of sequence distances shows that the maximum sequence diversity for domains grouped within a family is on average 22% with the majority of families having a maximum sequence distance of 10-30%. Superfamilies on the other hand have a sequence diversity spread of 8% and below, with the average being close to zero. While it is well known that remote homology detection at the superfamily level is a difficult problem, the data show that about half (169) of the 341 families (the most divergent family within each of the 341 superfamilies in the analysis) contain members with no less than 20% sequence identity.
Sequence divergence in families and superfamilies. Graph shows the maximum sequence diversity between two members of the same superfamily (or family) in SCOP. Domains which continue to diverge beyond detectable sequence identity have their distribution collapsed to the far left side of the graph; the large number with zero percent sequence identity represent those cases in which BLAST was unable to find alignment.
Figure4 shows the maximum structural distance found between two members of the same superfamily or family. The distribution shows that the maximum structural distances are greater between two members of the same superfamily than to two domains grouped in the same family.
Structural divergence in families and superfamilies. Graph shows the maximum structural diversity between two members of the same superfamily (or family) in SCOP. Structural distances used are the scores produce by Structal for the alignment of two domains.
It is clear from the distribution in the graph in Figure3 that SCOP families are not selected by simply choosing a random sequence identity cutoff, and that the process of curation is much more elaborate.
Figure5 shows the distribution of GO terms annotated to single domains across SCOP. We see that approximately 1/3 of GO and EC annotation applies directly to one family, another 1/3 to a subset of a family, and the remaining 1/3 scattered across multiple superfamilies, with strikingly few terms that apply at the superfamily level. One would expect that the terms in the sub-family would be lower down the GO hierarchy and those spanning multiple superfamilies would be broader terms found higher up the hierarchy, but the distribution across the GO hierarchy is quite similar in each of the three major segments of the pie chart shown in Figure5. This distribution does not change significantly when looking at each of the three ontologies of GO (molecular function, cellular localisation, biological process) separately. A more detailed view is shown in Additional file1: Table S1 in additional files.
Level in SCOP of all single domain proteins associated with a specific GO term. Figure shows the level in SCOP at which all single domains associated with a particular GO term are found. I.e. if the group represents a family or superfamily. These are also broken down into the three main ontologies of GO terms.
Despite the weak link between SCOP family classification and the edges of trees representing functional data, we see a very large proportion of functional terms corresponding to exactly one family, and almost none close to the superfamily level. This suggests that the relationships between members of a superfamily and their distance apart is evolutionary, having been based on evidence from structure and sequence (not function), but the granularity at which to divide the members of a superfamily is decided by function. I.e. domains are not grouped based on their function, but the number of groups relates to the number of functions.
Sequence information contributes to the classification of domains into families, but alone is not enough. To classify a family evolutionarily: it must be consistent with sequence phylogenetics, will likely draw on structural distance, and will often coincide with a particular function. Sequence diversity between families (within a superfamily) is considerably greater than within a family. Sequence phylogenetics do not give a strong enough signal at the superfamily level to classify families, but where there is a signal it is consistent with the SCOP classification. Structural information is necessary for identifying evolutionary relationships of families in a superfamily where sequence identity is low. We see that although function does not determine the relationships, i.e. edges, it is used to guide the level at which the tree is cut to make a family, i.e. the choice of node from which to derive a clade (granularity).
The families in SCOP represent a level at which sequence, structure, function plus other information on a shared peculiarity must all be taken into account. A balance of the strengths of signals available is used to establish the evolutionary relationships and resolve the groupings.
The data for all trees used to generate Figure2 are available as a web resource athttp://supfam2.cs.bris.ac.uk/pethica/scopresults. The data may be ranked on each of the confidence scores separately or together. For every superfamily there are tree images for sequence, structure and function annotated with the PDB domain and SCOP family ID as shown in Figure2. The tree data can additionally be downloaded in Newick format. Also available are all the matrices of Structal data used to generate the structural distance trees.
Domain sequences for SCOP version 1.73, filtered to 95% sequence identity were obtained from ASTRAL. The complete set of sequences was filtered to remove superfamilies for which SCOP's family level classification could not be contested. These cases included superfamilies containing a single family, those where each family contained only one member, and any superfamily made up of three or less domains. A detailed breakdown of the number of domains, families, and superfamilies used in the analysis can be found in Additional file2: Table S2.
For each superfamily in the classification the sequences of assigned domains were used to produce an alignment using MUSCLE. Alignments were converted to Stockholm format using sreformat which is part of the HMMER package. Quicktree, a fast implementation of the neighbour joining algorithm was used to produce runs of both 300 and 600 bootstrap replicate trees from the sequence alignments. Phylip Consense was used to create a single consensus tree from the sets of replicate trees. In this process, the number of occurrences of a particular edge from the replicate trees was converted to a single confidence score giving the final tree confidence values for each edge.
A second set was also produced where domain sequences were padded with homologue sequences from the SUPERFAMILY database. These were aligned, and trees created as with the original set. A script was used to remove the homologues from the trees leaving only the original domain sequences, but preserving all phylogenetic relationships. The dataset calculated without homologues, with 300 replicates was chosen as very little difference was seen between the two replicate sets, and the addition of homologues sequences created larger alignments which were handled badly by the phylogenetic algorithms.
PDB style protein three dimensional structures for the same filtered SCOP 1.73 set of domains were taken from ASTRAL. The same filtered set of SCOP 1.73 domains as for sequence was used. Structal was used to compare the 3D structures of every domain against every other in a superfamily, for all superfamilies in the set in a computationally expensive process of around 1.5 million structural comparisons. The Structal software was chosen from the large number of other structural comparison methods due to its balance of speed and accuracy for a computation of this kind. The Structal SAS scores (100*RMS/Number of positions matched) for each domain were used to create a matrix of structural distances for each superfamily. The neighbour joining algorithm in the PAUP package was used to compute phylogenetic trees from the distance matrices.
Gene ontology (GO) data from EBI GOA was used to annotate domains with functional terms using the same set of domains that was used for the sequence and structure trees. For each superfamily, a binary presence/absence matrix was generated of all GO terms versus all domains in the superfamily. The terms were treated independently of the hierarchy, but uninformative terms (present in all or present in only one domain) were ignored. For each superfamily the presence/absence matrix was used to generate a phylogenetic tree using PAUP neighbour joining. An additional set of functional trees was also generated using the same technique, but with functional data from Enzyme Commission (EC) numbers.
An edge of the tree is said to agree with SCOP if one side contains the full set of domains for a certain family and no members of another family.
An edge disagrees with SCOP when domains from a certain family are found on both sides along with domains from a different family.
A neutral or uninformative edge is where one side contains only members from a certain family, but not the complete set. i.e. more are found on the other side of the edge.
An overview of the algorithm used is shown in Figure6.
An overview of the algorithm used to determine agreements/disagreements of trees with SCOP's groupings. Figure shows part of a tree built from domain sequences in a SCOP superfamily, and illustrates the algorithm involved in establishing if the tree agrees or disagrees with SCOP's family level grouping.
Sequences for domains in SCOP 1.73 superfamilies were acquired from ASTRAL. Superfamilies containing a single domain only were removed. For each superfamily grouping, sequence identities were sequentially calculated with Washington University BLAST, the highest sequence identity members being removed until only the two most distant sequences remained. This process was repeated for domains grouped in families to give sequence distance scores for all relevant families and superfamilies in SCOP.
For each GO term in the EBI GOA dataset a list of single domain proteins with the particular annotation was generated. The sequence identity of the two most distant sequences in the set was determined. The distribution of domains across the SCOP classification and level in the hierarchy for a specific functional annotation was also calculated. e.g. All domains contained within a specific family or superfamily.
We express our gratitude to Cyrus Chothia for his help and input on this work, to Martin Madera for technical assistance and to Alexey Murzin for his responses to questions about the SCOP classification.
Both JG and RP designed the study, ML advised at a later stage of the study. RP carried out most of the work, ML carried out modifications to STRUCTAL. RP and JG were involved in the preparation of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. ML is supported by NIH GM063817 and is the RW and VKC Professor of Cancer Research. JG is supported by BBSRC grant (BB/G022771/1).
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Jose Mourinho is the subject of a complaint by a gay rights group after he allegedly used a Spanish homophobic insult about match officials.
The Real Madrid manager has been accused by the European Gay and Lesbian Sports Federation (EGLSF) of referring to officials as 'maricones', which translates as 'faggots' in English, before the Champions League tie against CSKA Moscow.
Louise Englefield, co-president of the EGLSF, called on UEFA to take action over the comments, which were shown on the Spanish television channel Quatro.
She said: 'Homophobia is unacceptable from anyone in football, much less from one of the game's most senior figures. We are deeply disappointed that Mr Mourinho is casually using homophobic terms of abuse in his workplace.
'It is especially sad that these comments have been made during the International Football v Homophobia campaign week.
Television footage shows Mourinho using the word while inspecting the pitch at the Luzhniki stadium on Monday.
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How could oral contraceptives increase breast cancer risk?
A woman’s risk of developing breast cancer depends on several factors. While some are related to her natural hormones, others are linked to reproductive history factors. Beginning menstruation at an early age, not having children, or experiencing menopause at a late age are factors that may increase the risk of breast cancer.
Several studies have shown that women who use or have ever used the pill have a slightly higher risk of developing breast cancer than those who have never used it. The risk is a bit higher if the woman started using it as a teenager.
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Despite the centuries of medicinal and recreational use of cannabis, the identity of its main psychotropic constituent remained unknown until 1964, when Rafael Mechoulam, Yechiel Gaoni, and Habib Edery, of the Institute of Weizmann Science in Rehovot (Israel), isolated Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) for the first time. Subsequently, it was established that this compound is responsible for the psychotropic effects of the plant. More than two decades later, it was discovered that the psychotropic effect occurs thanks to the interaction of cannabinoids with a series of specific receptors present in nerve cells.
It was not until 1988, during experiments using radio-marked CP55940, that the first of these receivers were finally identified . This receptor, called cannabinoid 1 (CB1), is mainly found in the Central Nervous System (CNS) and peripheral organs .
The second cannabinoid receptor (CB2) was discovered in 1993 using homologous cloning techniques. The CB2 receptor turns out to be different, both in the sequence of amino acids and in the distribution in our body, being mainly in peripheral tissues related to the immune system (especially in the B lymphocytes) but also, although in a lower quantity, in the nervous tissue .
They are mainly found in the central nervous system CNS, in greater proportions in the basal ganglia, cerebellum, neocortex and hippocampus, which is an essential area in the learning and memory processes (Herkenham et al., 1991) . They are also located in areas which are related to cognitive functions, memory, anxiety, pain, sensory perception, visceral perception, motor coordination and endocrine functions. They are found in low proportion in the immune system, peripheral nervous system, testicles, heart, small intestine, prostate, uterus, bone marrow, and vascular endothelium.
A close relationship can be seen between the distribution of CB1 receptors and the pharmacological effects produced by cannabinoids. The large presence of receptors in the basal ganglia correlates, for example, with the effects on the locomotive activity and the presence in areas of the hippocampus and cerebral cortex correlates with the effects on memory, learning and the anticonvulsant effect. (Kantona and Freund, 2012; Lu and Mackie., 2016; Mechoulam, 2016; Macarrone et al., 2015) . CB1 receptors are responsible for the psychoactive effect of cannabis.
The 5-HT1A are serotonin receptors distributed mainly in structures of the central nervous system like the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, tonsils and at lower levels also in the basal ganglia and the thalamus (12, 13,14). These receptors trigger different intracellular cascades of chemical messages that can produce a response both excitatory and inhibitory. In our body, they are involved in processes such as anxiety, addiction, appetite, sleep, the perception of pain, nausea and vomiting, among others. CBD at high doses can activate these receptors causing an anxiolytic effect (15, 16, 17), an antidepressant effect (17.18) and a neuroprotective effect (19.20), among others.
GPR-type receptors are distributed in adrenal glands, spleen, digestive system and widely in the CNS: Caudate Nucleus and Putamen, Hippocampus, Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Prefrontal Cortex and Cerebellum.
GPR’s could represent a bridge between the immune system, the nervous system, and the endocrine system, so their understanding leads to future therapies that could be directed at lipid metabolism, NA+/K+ homeostasis, or other ions, as well as regular hormonal profiles. A relationship between certain cannabinoids and carbohydrate intolerance has also been seen so it is being investigated whether these receptors could serve to treat syndromes related to energy metabolism.
Caudate Nucleus → innervated by dopaminergic neurons/learning functions and memory/voluntary movement.
Hippocampus → memory, in relation to certain types/spatial memory and orientation/management anxiety/hyperactivity.
Thalamus → Filters all sensitive stimuli minus smell/connects with the frontal lobe, emotions, hyperactivity-depression/regulates visceral activity.
Hypothalamus → Regulates the release of hormones in pituitary/food behaviour, fluid intake, mating, aggressiveness/automatic visceral-endocrine regulation.
Cerebellum → Motor functions, adiadokokinesis, balance/cognitive functions, attention, language, music.
Prefrontal Cortex → Personalization of the individual, feelings/behaviours apathetic, depressive, compulsion/processes of attention.
There is evidence to indicate that the GPR55 receptor plays an important role in regulating bone metabolism, in the control of inflammatory pain, as well as in the proliferation of tumour cells. In tumours of different origins, a significantly higher expression has been observed in tissues transformed into healthy tissues. In addition, this elevated expression has been correlated with increased tumour aggressiveness and a worse prognosis for the patient (24) and is supposed to promote both growth, migration and invasion of tumour cells as the generation in vivo metastases (21).
Recent studies also attributed a possible involvement in the control of pain sensitivity. It was found that the mice GPR55-/-which lack the receptor did not present hyperalgesia (hypersensitivity to painful stimuli) mechanics in rodent models of inflammatory and neuropathic pain (25).
The ligands with which we can act on this receptor are CBD (antagonist) and THC (biphasic effect → low-dose agonist and high-dose antagonist).
The GPR119 receptor shows a relatively narrow pattern of expression found predominantly in pancreatic and intestinal tissues (26, 27, 28).
Its localization in the β cells of the pancreatic islets and the Enteroendocrine intestinal L cells focuses attention on the possible involvement of the GPR119 in the control of the homeostasis of glucose (29) and obesity (30).
In vitro studies and animal models have shown that their modulation produces beneficial effects on glucose homeostasis, reduces food intake (and thus limits body weight gain) and possibly helps to preserve beta-β cells Insulin-producing products in pancreatic islets (31).
The expression of GPR119 in the β cells of the pancreatic islets has led to the hypothesis that this receptor could play a role in modulating insulin secretion. In studies with animals it has been seen that the stimulation of GPR119 exerts a double effect in the reduction of glucose in the blood, acting directly on the pancreatic β cell promoting the release of insulin, and indirectly through the whole Enteroendocrine cells, releasing incretins as GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide) or other anti-hyperglycemic agents (32, 33, 34).
The current data available on the effects of GPR119 agonists on animal models indicate that they could be important agents for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity. The release of GPL-1 mediated by GPR119 stimulation improves the homeostasis of glucose while limiting the intake of food and the increase in body weight (35, 36, 37).
It is a family of ionic channels that modulate the flow of ions through the cell membrane, thus influencing the conductance of nerve impulses and the transmission, modulation and integration of harmful stimuli (38). The TRPV in mammals are formed by 6 members divided into 2 groups according to the degree of homology, TRPV1-4 and TRPV5-6 are involved in the recognition of thermal stimuli and nociceptive and modulating mechanisms of local inflammation (39, 44,45).
Its pattern of tissue distribution is very broad, being present in practically all tissues, especially in the central and peripheral nervous system. They are mediators of a wide variety of cellular functions like the initiation of pain, thermoregulation, salivary secretion, inflammation, the tone of the smooth musculature and homeostasis of calcium and magnesium, among others. (47). The fact that its function as an ionic channel is enhanced by pro-inflammatory mediators released during tissue damage, along with its wide distribution in different tissues, an important role in the modulation of inflammatory sensitization processes of nociceptors that cause hyperalgesia in the damaged area is attributed to these receptors (40, 41, 42,43). Currently, these receptors and their interrelation with the SEC are being investigated in order to develop new therapeutic targets directed to analgesic treatments.
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Before delivering his opinion in MARSH v. CHAMBERS, 463 U.S. 783 (1983), perhaps Chief Justice Burger should have been introduced to James Madison and his writings. The dialog below contrasts excerpts from Justice Burgers Opinion with excerpts from Madison's writings.
The Nebraska Legislature begins each of its sessions with a prayer offered by a chaplain who is chosen biennially by the Executive Board of the Legislative Council and paid out of public funds. Robert E. Palmer, a Presbyterian minister, has served as chaplain since 1965 at a salary of $319.75 per month for each month the legislature is in session.
Ernest Chambers is a member of the Nebraska Legislature and a taxpayer of Nebraska. Claiming that the Nebraska Legislature's chaplaincy practice violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, he brought this action under 42 U.S.C. 1983, seeking to enjoin enforcement of the practice. After denying a motion to dismiss on the ground of legislative immunity, the District Court held that the Establishment Clause was not breached by the prayers, but was violated by paying the chaplain from public funds. It therefore enjoined the legislature from using public funds to pay the chaplain; it declined to enjoin the policy of beginning sessions with prayers.
JAMES MADISON(2) Is the appointment of Chaplains to the two Houses of Congress consistent with the Constitution, and with the pure principle of religious freedom? In strictness the answer on both points must be in the negative.
CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER: Although prayers were not offered during the Constitutional Convention, the First Congress, as one of its early items of business, adopted the policy of selecting a chaplain to open each session with prayer. Thus, on April 7, 1789, the Senate appointed a committee "to take under consideration the manner of electing Chaplains." On April 9, 1789, a similar committee was appointed by the House of Representatives. On April 25, 1789, the Senate elected its first chaplain, the House followed suit on May 1, 1789. A statute providing for the payment of these chaplains was enacted into law on September 22, 1789.
JAMES MADISON: I observe with particular pleasure the view you have taken of the immunity of Religion from civil jurisdiction, in every case where it does not trespass on private rights or the public peace. This has always been a favorite principle with me; and it was not with my approbation, that the deviation from it took place in Cong. when they appointed Chaplains, to be paid from the Natl Treasury. It would have been a much better proof to their Constituents of their pious feeling if the members had contributed for the purpose, a pittance from their own pockets. As the precedent is not likely to be rescinded, the best that can now be done, may be to apply to the Constitution the maxim of the law, de minimis non curat (3).
CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER: Clearly the men who wrote the First Amendment Religion Clauses did not view paid legislative chaplains and opening prayers as a violation of that Amendment, for the practice of opening sessions with prayer has continued without interruption ever since that early session of Congress.
There had been a couple of times during the history of chaplains in Congress [in the Federal Congress] when they were suspended, or local ministers filled in on a rotating basis because the election process for said chaplains was marred by the playing of politics.
JAMES MADISON: The Constitution of the U. S. forbids everything like an establishment of a national religion. The law appointing Chaplains establishes a religious worship for the national representatives, to be performed by Ministers of religion, elected by a majority of them; and these are to be paid out of the national taxes. Does not this involve the principle of a national establishment, applicable to a provision for a religious worship for the Constituent as well as of the representative Body, approved by the majority, and conducted by Ministers of religion paid by the entire nation?
CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER: Standing alone, historical patterns cannot justify contemporary violations of constitutional guarantees, but there is far more here than simply historical patterns. In this context, historical evidence sheds light not only on what the draftsmen intended the Establishment Clause to mean, but also on how they thought that Clause applied to the practice authorized by the First Congress - their actions reveal their intent. An Act "passed by the first Congress assembled under the Constitution, many of whose members had taken part in framing that instrument, . . . is contemporaneous and weighty evidence of its true meaning." Wisconsin v. Pelican Ins. Co., 127 U.S. 265, 297 (1888)."
Of the approx 66 members that made up the House of Representatives of the first session of the First Federal Congress, only 6 had attended any part of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. Of the 22 members of the Senate, 8 had attended any part of the Constitutional Convention.
CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER: . It can hardly be thought that in the same week Members of the First Congress voted to appoint and to pay a chaplain for each House and also voted to approve the draft of the First Amendment** for submission to the states, they intended the Establishment Clause of the Amendment to forbid what they had just declared acceptable. In applying the First Amendment to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment, it would be incongruous to interpret that Clause as imposing more stringent First Amendment limits on the states than the draftsmen imposed on the Federal Government.
This unique history leads us to accept the interpretation of the First Amendment draftsmen who saw no real threat to the Establishment Clause arising from a practice of prayer similar to that now challenged. We conclude that legislative prayer presents no more potential for establishment than the provision of school transportation, beneficial grants for higher education, or tax exemptions for religious organizations.
**The 1st amendment that the Congress that met from March to September 1789 passed concerned representation. The 3rd amendment that Congress passed is today's 1st amendment.
JAMES MADISON: The establishment of the chaplainship to Congress is a palpable violation of equal rights, as well as of Constitutional principles.
CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER: We turn then to the question of whether any features of the Nebraska practice violate the Establishment Clause. Beyond the bare fact that a prayer is offered, three points have been made: first, that a clergyman of only one denomination - Presbyterian - has been selected for 16 years.
JAMES MADISON: The tenets of the chaplains elected by the majority shut the door of worship against the members whose creeds & consciences forbid a participation in that of the majority. To say nothing of other sects, this is the case with that of Roman Catholics & Quakers who have always had members in one or both of the Legislative branches. Could a Catholic clergyman ever hope to be appointed a Chaplain? To say that his religious principles are obnoxious or that his sect is small, is to lift the evil at once and exhibit in its naked deformity the doctrine that religious truth is to be tested by numbers or that the major sects have a right to govern the minor.
CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER: Second, that the chaplain is paid at public expense; and third, that the prayers are in the Judeo-Christian tradition.
JAMES MADISON; If Religion consist in voluntary acts of individuals, singly, or voluntarily associated, and it be proper that Public functionaries, as well as their Constituents should discharge their religious duties, let them like their Constituents, do so at their own expense. How small a contribution from each member of Cong wd suffice for the purpose! How just wd it be in its principle! How noble in its exemplary sacrifice to the genius of the Constitution; and the divine right of conscience! Why should the expense of a religious worship be allowed for the Legislature, be paid by the public, more than that for the Ex. or Judiciary branch of the Gov.
JAMES MADISON; Better also to disarm in the same way, the precedent of Chaplainships for the army and navy, than erect them into a political authority in matters of religion. The object of this establishment is seducing; the motive to it is laudable. But is it not safer to adhere to a right principle, and trust to its consequences, than confide in the reasoning however specious in favor of a wrong one. Look thro' the armies & navies of the world, and say whether in the appointment of their ministers of religion, the spiritual interest of the flocks or the temporal interest of the Shepherds, be most in view: whether here, as elsewhere the political care of religion is not a nominal more than a real aid. If the spirit of armies be devout, the spirit out of the armies will never be Less so; and a failure of religious instruction &, exhortation from a voluntary source within or without, will rarely happen: if such be not the spirit of armies, the official services of their Teachers are not likely to produce it. It is more likely to flow from the labours of a spontaneous zeal. The armies of the Puritans had their appointed Chaplains; but without these there would have been no lack of public devotion in that devout age.
(1) Excerpts from MARSH v. CHAMBERS, 463 U.S. 783 (1983), Chief Justice Burger authoring the majority opinion.
(2) Excerpts from James Madison's Detached Memoranda, This document was discovered in 1946 among the papers of William Cabell Rives, a biographer of Madison. Scholars date these observations in Madison's hand sometime between 1817 and 1832. They offer glimpses of Madison's opinions on several topics and personalities. What is reproduced here is excerpts from that part of the "Memoranda" devoted to the subject of religious liberty. Specifically, in this case, the part pertaining to chaplains.The entire document was published by Elizabeth Fleet in the William and Mary Quarterly of October 1946. 3 W & M Quarterly 534, 558-560 (1946).
(5)Madison to Ritchie September 15, 1821, Reprinted in 9 Writings at 71, 72.
(6) Proposed amendment to the Constitution submitted to the House of Representatives by James Madison, June 8, 1789. This amendment was passed by at least a 2/3rds majority of the House of Representatives, but was defeated in the Senate.
For a further examination of Justice Rehnquist's historical disinformation, please see Gene Garman's article, "Justice William H. Rehnquist's Abuse of History".
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I saw that you posted an panned image the other day on Facebook. Is it possible to create an image of milky slow moving water?
The Slow Shutter Cam is one of my favorite camera applications. I don't use it often but when I do I find it playful and refreshing.
There is 3 distinct ways to use the Slow Shutter capabilities.
1. The camera is moving and the subject is still. This technique is also called a pan or swipe. My thought is that a pan is a slow motion and a swipe is a quick one. You can move the camera in a variety of ways: up and down, side to side, in a fast quick pass, a deliberate slow painterly way, etc. I find it best if the light is diffused when using this technique to avoid blown out streaks.
2. The camera is still on a tripod and the subject is moving. The classic way to use this technique is with moving water. In the case of a river or stream the water becomes milky and smooth. It is also fun to smooth out the ocean waves during a long exposure.
3. The camera and subject is moving. This is the hardest of the techniques in my opinion because I want at least a part of the subject in focus while giving it a blurred background. I haven't tried it enough to be successful, so there is no example at this time.
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At WSJ’s CEO Council, Mayo Clinic CEO John Noseworthy, M.D., talks with the WSJ’s Sara Murray about the Affordable Care Act and ways to provide better health care.
Jordan Hatfield’s case puzzled the doctors. A champion javelin thrower and top student at Northern Kentucky University, Hatfield developed stomach pains and insomnia during his sophomore year. Then came headaches, vision problems and nerve pain...Hatfield is among dozens of patients in Kentucky to benefit from the Mayo Clinic Care Network, an ambitious effort by the Rochester-based health system to expand its reach and secure its place in an era of rapid changes in health care. In just four years, Mayo has signed up 31 affiliates in 18 states, Mexico and Puerto Rico.
Tony Luebbers was one of the first patients in which his hometown doctors at St. Elizabeth Healthcare could work hand-in-hand with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. It turned out to be one for the medical books. Luebbers, a retired accountant, had gone to see his family doctor in this northern Kentucky city complaining of stomach pains. Multiple screenings and biopsies left doctors baffled. Through St. Elizabeth’s affiliation with the Mayo Clinic Care Network, Luebbers’ Kentucky doctors were able to share lab results and medical records, and consult directly with Mayo’s deep bench of experts.
Context: The Next Mayo is a Star Tribune series examining Minnesota's legendary clinic in a competitive era for health care.
The phone rang, and all Tess Pfohl could do was pray. It was the day before Thanksgiving, about three months since the 25-year-old Cannon Falls native had undergone 20 hours of surgery to remove a potentially fatal cancer that had wrapped itself around her spine. Pfohl had voluntarily chosen to become paraplegic in hopes of extending her life, but Mayo Clinic doctors were unwilling to discuss her chances of survival. Mayo Clinic surgeon Dr. Michael Yaszemski said the world-class facility has performed just 160 such surgeries in the past 18 years…Pfohl, who normally is an avid social media user, went silent during the wait. She returned only after breathing a sigh of relief when the Mayo Clinic called to report the spot wasn't cancerous.
Context: Michael Yaszemski, M.D. is a Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon. Dr. Yaszemski investigates bone, cartilage and spinal cord regeneration using synthetic polymeric scaffolds, cells and controlled delivery of bioactive molecules. Dr. Yaszemski's Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials Laboratory is equipped to perform polymer synthesis and characterization and scaffold fabrication utilizing injectable techniques and solid freeform fabrication techniques. His research team cultures cell-polymer constructs, studies delivery kinetics of bioactive molecules from microparticles and microparticle-scaffold combinations, and studies these scaffold-cell-biomolecule combinations in vivo. The team investigates musculoskeletal sarcoma biology and works on the controlled local delivery of chemotherapeutic agents to osteosarcoma, chordoma and chrondrosarcoma.
Forbes, One Inspiring Story Of How Capitalism Is The Ultimate Livesaver by Steve Forbes. HERE’S ONE AMONG ENDLESS EXAMPLES of how capitalism has kept alive hundreds of millions of people who otherwise would have been doomed. The other day I read a piece in the Mayo Clinic publication Discovery’s Edge about the institution’s role nearly a century ago in the battle against diabetes. Back then the onset of diabetes was a death sentence. Doctors at Mayo and elsewhere had formulated special diets, which, strictly adhered to, might prolong life for as much as three to five years.
NY Times, Think Like a Doctor: A Hideous Sore Solved by Lisa Sanders, M.D. On Thursday we challenged Well readers to take on a case of a 29-year-old woman and her boyfriend who developed matching rashes: hers on her arm, his on his abdomen…The first correct answer, posted just five minutes after the case went up, came from George Bonadurer, a second year medical student at Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minn. Like many of you, he said that seeing the picture of the lesions plus knowing that the couple had traveled to Brazil led to a diagnosis of leishmaniasis.
Washington Post, Aging marathoner: Still running, but at a much slower pace by Marlene Cimons. This is the tale of an ancient marathoner, a story of challenge, expectation, nostalgia, disappointment and acceptance. It almost sounds like the stages of grief and loss. And in a way, it is: At 69 years old, I have lost my younger self, the one who for years could run 26.2 miles in less than four hours… “The maximum heart rate goes down — that is, the number of beats per minute when you are going all-out,’’ meaning an athlete delivers less oxygen to the muscles, hurting both speed and endurance, says Michael Joyner, a Mayo Clinic researcher who studies how humans respond to the stress of exercise.
Washington Post, Don’t let asthma keep you from exercising by Mike Plunkett. Asthma: It’s that first breath that always seems the worst. The chest tightens and the breath shortens. A cough, a wheeze and an attack… If you’re out in cold weather, try to breathe through the nose, which helps humidify the air so the airways won’t dry out. Wearing a mouth covering or some type of scarf also helps. The Mayo Clinic also suggests that eating a low-salt diet, fatty fish such as salmon and tuna, as well as fruits and vegetables high in Vitamin C, may help with symptoms.
USA Today, Should you fear holiday bulge? By Lori Grisham. Conventional wisdom says Americans can pack on pounds during the holidays. A 2013 Consumer Reportssurvey found that gaining weight was cited as a holiday fear by one out of three Americans. But is it really something to worry about? Data suggests that people gain between 1 or 2 pounds, according to Donald Hensrud, director of the Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program. Hensrud cited a 2000 study by The New England Journal of Medicine.
USA Today, Teen takes antibiotic, burns 'from inside-out' by Melanie Eversley. A California teen is in intensive care after she took a friend's antibiotic and wound up with an ailment that is burning her body from the inside-out. Yaasmeen Castanada, 19, is fighting for her life in the burn unit of the University of California Irvine Medical Center after a diagnosis with a life-threatening drug reaction called Stevens-Johnson Syndrome…The syndrome is a rare and extreme reaction to medication or an infection, according to the Mayo Clinic. It can begin with flu-like symptoms, but results in the top layer of skin dying and shedding, according to Mayo.
Prevention magazine, 5 Ways To Burn More Calories On The Elliptical by Amy Roberts… If you're already injured or suffer from a chronic condition like arthritis, the elliptical may be your best bet for low-stress cardio training. And "if you're not injured, it's a great way to add variety to your workouts if your goal is general fitness," says Gaudette. He recommends elliptical sessions to his runners for cross training (try this exercise to become a better runner). Edward R. Laskowski, MD, co-director of the Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center, agrees. "For example, if you run on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, the elliptical is a nice-low impact choice on Tuesday and Thursday to help prevent overload injury and enable recovery from your impact exercise sessions."
CBS News, How to stop stressing over holiday spending…If you are in over your head, the stress of spending what you don't really have may lead to an array of physical and emotional symptoms including anxiety, anger, depression and headaches, to name a few. The Mayo Clinic also points to stress as a culprit behind overeating and drug or alcohol abuse. During the holiday season, these temptations are readily available and can inhibit good judgment and willpower.
Bloomberg, Chiefs’ Safety Diagnosed With ‘Very Treatable’ Hodgkin Lymphoma by Eben Novy-Williams. Kansas City Chief's safety Eric Berry was diagnosed with a form of cancer that his doctor said is “very treatable.”… Hodgkin lymphoma is the rarer of two types of cancer of the lymphatic system. The disease makes it harder to combat infection as cells in the lymphatic system grow abnormally, weakening the immune system, according to the Mayo Clinic.
Bloomberg, Cubist Deal a Rare Bright Spot in Dismal Field of Antibiotics by Michelle Fay Cortez. Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. (CBST)’s big payoff for its investments in developing antibiotics is a bright spot in a field without much good news for patients and their doctors…Even the best antibiotics suffer from a paradox: Doctors are reluctant to use them because they don’t want them to become ineffective, said Pritish Tosh, an infectious disease physician and member of the vaccine research group at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Instead, they reserve the drugs for the sickest patients and those with few alternatives in hopes that they will remain potent for longer, he said.
Huffington Post, Fight for What We Care for by Bill Marriott. More than a year ago, Donna and I lost our beloved son, Stephen, who had been diagnosed in his teens with a rare mitochondrial disease that slowly cost him his eyesight, his hearing, his strength, and finally, his life…. My continuous search for answers resulted in a collaboration that was rare in the medical community. Our foundation gave an endowment to three separate institutions - Columbia University, Massachusetts General Hospital and the Mayo Clinic - for Mitochondrial Disorder clinical research. However, there was a big stipulation. As part of the agreement, these doctors from different institutions were encouraged to work together by meeting regularly and sharing data. This type of collaboration is unusual. It is not very often that medical institutions have worked together and shared data during research.
Forbes, From AARP To Pfizer, Partners Seek Optum Labs Big Data To Improve Health by Bruce Japsen… Optum Labs, the collaboration between UnitedHealth Group UNH -0.41%’s (UNH) Optum Health and the Mayo Clinic , has more than 20 partners looking for new ways to treat and prevent diseases as well as improve outcomes and lower costs of expensive chronic conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure.
Huffington Post, Holiday Blues by Dr. Donna Dannenfelser…Positive thinking triggered by our gratitude has proven health benefits, including strengthening the immune system, reducing stress and depression, reducing risk of cardiovascular disease, better coping skills during hardship and overall increased sense of well-being, according to the Mayo Clinic.
Huffington Post, Simple Tricks To Make You A Better Runner That Have Nothing To Do With Running by Kate Bratskeir. Incentivize your run. This last trick does require a little cash, but if you do it right, you could be increasing your bank account balance and your weekly mileage. No, money can't buy happiness, but it might be able to motivate you to keep on trekking. A 2013 Mayo Clinic study found that people were more likely to stick with their weight loss program if they had financial incentives.
NY Magazine, Which Post-Breakup Vacation Is Right for You? by Alyssa Shelasky…Whether you're the dumper or the dumpee, it's essential to take some distance and indulge in self-care after a split, and a spa, wellness retreat, or feel-good haven can be a great first stop. Why? “Spa treatments have been shown by institutions like the Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic to help reduce stress, promote relaxation, and soothe the rough edges of anxiety, which is what you need when you’re going through a major life change like a divorce or a devastating breakup,” says Rona Berg, editor-in-chief of Organic Spa magazine.
Reader’s Digest, 7 Things Doctors May Not Tell You About Healthy Blood Pressure by Lauren Gelman…Gaining just a little weight can jack up your numbers. People who gained just 5 percent of their body weight (that’s 7.5 pounds for a 150-pound person) over an eight-week period saw a small but measurable uptick in their blood pressure—an average of 4 mm Hg for their systolic reading, according to a recent Mayo Clinic study. People who gained weight specifically in their belly had even higher increases.
Consumer Affairs, What to ask your doctor before surgery by Mark Huffman. You might be told you need surgery for any number of medical issues. Some may seem simpler than others, which might appear downright scary. But a patient's reaction is usually based on incomplete information. To fill in these blanks, you need to ask the right questions…How do you know what questions to ask? Robert Cima, M.D., a surgeon and chair of Mayo Clinic’s surgical quality subcommittee, says your family and friends can help in that area. They probably have questions that haven't even occurred to you.
KSAT San Antonio, Breast Cancer Symposium begins in San Antonio…Each day, all day, presenters will be offering their findings in clinical trials and other studies that will have a direct impact on the tens of thousands of breast cancer patients worldwide. Dr. Edith Perez, from the Mayo Clinic facility in Jacksonville, Florida, is one of the organizers and she notes that immunotherapy will have a big moment on Wednesday. There is going to be new data related to the potential of modulating the immune system, leading to important outcomes for patients. This is a strategy that many patients have been asking for many years," she hinted. "We are going to be able to do something to change the immune system to enhance patient outcome and we are getting there."
WEAU Eau Claire, Safe Sleep Task Force has future plans for crib program. The term “co-sleeping” can be confusing. It can refer to both sharing a bed and sharing a room. Over the weekend a 2-month-old boy in Milwaukee died while sleeping with family members on an air mattress. Police are investigating it as a possible co-sleeping death. According to the Milwaukee Health Department, each year an average of 15 infant deaths in the city are linked to unsafe sleeping environments.…Lisa Moelter is the Pedatric RN Coordinator for Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire. She represents Mayo in the Safe Sleep Task Force. Moelter is also a new grandma. “Being a grandparent for the first time, I think I'm more nervous being a grandmother than I was a parent,” joked Moelter.
MedPage Today, MM Regimen Not Affected by Age by Michael Smith. For newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients who aren't eligible for transplant, age does not impact the choice of treatment, a researcher said…The FIRST trial's results, showing continuous therapy was the better option, left open the question of age, commented Shaji Kumar, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., who was not involved in the study.
MedPage Today, Oral MM Drug Shows Promise by Michael Smith. An all-oral combination of drugs for multiple myeloma -- including an investigational proteasome inhibitor -- had high efficacy in previously untreated patients, researchers said here. The investigational drug, dubbed ixazomib, also deepened responses when used as long-term maintenance therapy, according to Shaji Kumar, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and colleagues.
KIMT, Atrial fibrillation and the holidays by Adam Sallet…Health experts say binge drinking anytime, even the holidays, can cause issues like atrial fibrillation. “Often in people who otherwise have no structural heart disease, no heart problems whatsoever and in fact discontinuation of alcohol can help it go away in that setting,” Mayo Clinic Cardiologist Dr. Paul Friedman says. That heart condition can be very serious and will increase your chances of having a stroke five fold.
La Crosse Tribune, Retired Mayo nurse leaves literacy legacy for kids at Mayo-Franciscan by Mike Tighe. Kathy Chapiewsky left a literary legacy when she retired after a 45-year nursing career at Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare. The 63-year-old La Crosse woman regards reading as an essential skill, but she noticed that a book program for her young patients and their siblings at Mayo-Franciscan’s Family Health Clinic was hitting a wall on age groups.
MedCity News, Hennepin Medical joins TreeHouse Health accelerator in Minneapolis by Dan Verel. Hennepin County Medical Center and TreeHouse Health are teaming up to spur innovation in and around the Twin Cities, becoming the latest hospital-incubator collaboration that hopes to bring ideas straight to market and reduce healthcare costs…And with big data, it’s certainly promising, Pryor said, but the attention needs to focus on the smaller hospitals and not simply healthcare giants like Kaiser Permanente or the Mayo Clinic.
Le Sueur News-Herald, Seasonal Affective Disorder: It’s more than just a winter slump by Jessie Wolf, Mayo Clinic Health System licensed independent clinical social worker, Feeling down and a little upset about cold, wintery days is fairly common in Minnesota. The acts of scraping windshields, being holed-up indoors and shoveling a foot of snow out of your driveway don’t exactly incite excitement and positivity.
Science Codex, James Ingle of Mayo Clinic Recognized for Breast Cancer Research. James Ingle, M.D., an internationally recognized breast cancer expert, will receive the 2014 William L. McGuire Memorial Lecture Award on Dec. 10 at the 2014 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. Dr. Ingle is a professor of oncology and the Foust Professor in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota.
Medical Xpress, Genotyping errors plague CYP2D6 testing for tamoxifen therapy. Clinical recommendations discouraging the use of CYP2D6 gene testing to guide tamoxifen therapy in breast cancer patients are based on studies with flawed methodology and should be reconsidered, according to the results of a Mayo Clinic study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute…"The potential benefit of CYP2D6 testing is obvious but has been difficult to establish. One major reason appears to be the lack of analytical validity," says Matthew Goetz, M.D., an oncologist at the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center and senior author of the study.
Victoria Advocate, Too much of good thing can be bad by Phylis Canion. I am totally confused on vitamin D. Can you please help me - and many others I am sure - understand if I should or should not take vitamin D…In most cases, hypervitaminosis D, too much, is caused by taking more than recommended values. According to the Mayo Clinic, the recommended allowance of vitamin D for most adults is 600 international units daily.
Hospitals & Health News, Baby Boomers Expect More Out of Health Care…Make it Easy…The Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation is one source of much-needed creativity. It has assembled a 5,000-square-foot Healthy Aging and Independent Living Lab attached to a continuing care community, with the goal of helping seniors to live longer and more independently. The lab allows Mayo researchers to test ideas in a real-world environment, says Barbara Spurrier, administrative director of the Center for Innovation.
KTVZ Oregon, 7 steps to better sleep by Mayo Clinic News Network. Feeling crabby lately? Or simply worn out? Perhaps the solution is better sleep. Think about all the factors that can interfere with a good night's sleep — from pressure at work and family responsibilities to unexpected challenges, such as layoffs, relationship issues or illnesses. It's no wonder that quality sleep is sometimes elusive.
Yahoo! News, 6 Tips to Keep Diabetics Out of the Hospital… Fend off depression. "This is a chronic illness where patients are reminded daily they have diabetes," says Tom Donner, director of the Johns Hopkins Diabetes Center. "That's a taxing burden." Depression is dangerous for people with diabetes because it can make them feel as if they have no control over their illness, says Robert Rizza, executive dean of research and a diabetes specialist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
Post-Bulletin, Author lived to tell a painful tale by Derek Sullivan. Habibo Haji has had a remarkable journey, and the former refugee and current nurse found a way to share her story… Haji's memoir recaps her life from a small village in Somalia to a refugee camp in Kenya to her arrival in the United States. When Haji arrived in the U.S. in September 1998, she did not speak English. Haji learned the language, eventually becoming a registered nurse at Mayo Clinic.
JAMA, Optimal Medical Therapy vs CT Angiography Screening for Patients With Diabetes by Raymond Gibbons, M.D., Mayo Clinic. Patients with diabetes mellitus have long been recognized as having a much greater incidence of coronary artery disease (CAD), which is a major factor in their poorer long-term outcomes…The true prevalence of CAD in asymptomatic patients with diabetes is unknown. Although retrospective studies of patients with diabetes undergoing stress testing have suggested a high prevalence that exceeds 50%,3 prospective analyses have shown significantly mm lower rates.
Dallas Morning News (HealthDay), Having a mentally taxing job may sharpen the aging mind… David Knopman, vice chair of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Council at the Alzheimer’s Association, praised the “very nice and unique” new research, but pointed out that it was an observational study that could not prove that job complexity leads to better thinking skills as people age. “But it says that the things we do during our lifetimes can make a difference for risk reduction for dementia, and that’s a good thing,” added Knopman, also a professor of neurology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Minnesota.
Dallas Morning News (Washington Post), Take a page from one of these new books on health by Nancy Szokan, Mayo Clinic. Going Gluten Free is the latest addition to the clinic’s extensive series of personal health guides. This one is written by Joseph A. Murray, who became interested in celiac disease (where reaction to gluten results in damage to the intestinal lining) as a medical student in Ireland and gained what he calls “a new appreciation” of the disease’s complexity since coming to the United States.
AZO Nano, Lab-on-a-disc Device for Inexpensive Cancer Diagnosis. It’s the one word no one wants to hear escape from their doctor’s lips. But each year, 12.7 million people around the world do. The word is cancer.… What if there was a way to diagnose cancer quickly and easily, anywhere in the world? …“I think that could be transformative,” says Karen Anderson, an associate professor in Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute and an oncologist at Mayo Clinic Arizona.
Dallas Morning News, Heartburn drugs rid stomach of acid, ‘good’ bugs, study finds. Heartburn drugs such as Prilosec and Nexium may disrupt the makeup of bacteria in the digestive system, potentially boosting the risk of infections and other problems, a small new study suggests…However, these antacids “should be used at the lowest dose that provides adequate relief of symptoms, and attempts to discontinue their use should be considered periodically,” said study co-author Dr. John DiBaise, professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Becker’s Hospital Review, 50 of the most powerful people in healthcare | 2015, John Noseworthy, MD. The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., is regarded as the No. 1 hospital in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report, and its president and CEO is Dr. Noseworthy. He has led the system since 2009 after he served as chair of its department of neurology. Throughout his career as CEO, Mayo Clinic has made great strides in healthcare innovation and improving care quality. For instance, in 2013, Dr. Noseworthy launched Mayo's $5 billion, 20-year Destination Medical Center initiative to make its Rochester home a global medical hub.
KARE11, Wrestler's father succumbs to cancer by Lindsey Seavert. The father of a state champion wrestler whose battle with cancer became front page news has succumbed to the relentless disease. Steve McKee died over the weekend from a rare form of cancer that was diagnosed in 2013. North Wright County Today reports that tumors pressing on his spine, heart and lungs eventually spread to his bones… McKee's wife, Nina McKee, said the family donated Steve's cancer masses for research at Mayo Clinic. A funeral is planned for Friday.
Missoulian, Community Medical Center: Partnership benefits western MT… A recent Journal of the American Medical Association article stated that for-profit hospitals do not translate into higher costs for patients. Community Medical Center will begin paying taxes to support essential services in the Missoula area, a function of great benefit to our community. Best of all, Billings Clinic’s affiliation with the Mayo Clinic will continue to put Missoula on the map as a great place to get quality care, start a business and raise a family.
Globe and Mail (AP), Hospitals look to horses to help with the healing process… A review of 10 years of studies about in-patient therapy using dogs, published in April in the Southern Medical Association’s journal, concluded that it’s safe and can be effective. Dr. Caroline Burton of Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., a co-author of the review, owns seven dogs, four regular horses and a donkey, and strongly supports animal-assisted therapy.
News OK, Living with chronic pain, Oklahomans struggle to find a new normal by Jaclyn Cosgrove… This month , Melanee Ballard hopes to put up a Christmas tree — if she can stand up for that long. Ballard, 56, a grandmother, hasn’t put up a tree in two years because the pain that radiates through her back and shoulders regularly limits her activities. In late 2012, Ballard fell and broke her wrist and ankle. Since then, she has been diagnosed with arthritis and developed fibromyalgia, a disorder that can cause widespread musculoskeletal pain and fatigue, along with sleep, memory and mood issues, according to the Mayo Clinic.
News4Jax, Put healthy foods in your holiday eating plan by Mayo Clinic News Network. We often think of holiday food as rich and fattening and perhaps not very good for us. But you can find ways to eat healthy by adding more healthy foods into festivities.
Modern Healthcare, Revising standard surgery protocols to speed recoveries by Maureen McKinney. Dr. Tonia Young-Fadok was always looking for innovative ways she and her colleagues at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix could improve the quality of care for their colon and rectal surgery patients.
Science World Report, Three-Drug Combo Helps Multiple Myeloma…Findings revealed that the combo produced significantly better results than simply using the two drugs alone, according to investigators from the Mayo Clinic. Interim analysis of the ASPIRE clinical trial, which enrolled 792 relapsed multiple myeloma from 20 countries, found an "unprecedented" prolongation of the time patients were free of disease progression, says the study's lead investigator, Keith Stewart, M.B., Ch.B, a Mayo Clinic oncologist in Arizona.
KEYC Mankato, Flu Season Expected To Be Worse Than Average. State health officials say Minnesota has recorded its first death of the 2014 flu season. And they say this flu season could be worse than average after the most recent strain was found to not match up with the vaccine. Dr. Steve Campbell says, "We're just starting to see influenza pick up."… Officials with Mayo Clinic Health System Mankato say it's not too late to get the vaccine.
News4Jax, Mayo Clinic’s Caring Canines Program. These therapy dogs come to Mayo Clinic to help lower blood pressure and provide companionship for the patients. Joan Streightiff, program service chair, and Sue Walters are featured on the show.
WEAU Eau Claire, Flu vaccine not as effective this year. Your flu vaccine may not be as effective this year. Nationwide the most common strain of the flu this year is H3N2. However, Mayo Clinic Health System said that's not one of the strains that's specifically targeted by this year's vaccine. So far, Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse hasn't seen any cases of the H3N2 strain.
Everyday Health, If You Don’t Snooze, Your Heart Loses by T. Jared Bunch, M.D….I’ll share a common example of a person who was sacrificing sleep, and possibly his heart health, for other goals. While I was at the Mayo Clinic I had the opportunity to work and train in the Executive Health Program. This is an innovative clinic designed to meet the needs of very busy individuals who often do not have a lot of time to devote to their health. In cardiology at Mayo Clinic we often dealt with two specific aims of this program.
Fairmont Sentinel, Mayo heats up healthy eating by Judy Bryan. Two years ago, Federico Felix began a mission to eliminate deep-fat fryers from hospital cafeterias under his realm. As executive chef for the Mayo Clinic Health System region that includes Waseca, New Prague, Mankato and Fairmont, he knew the fat and calorie content of fried foods. He also knew the popularity and demand for comfort foods such as chicken tenders and french fries.
Breitbart, Sandy Hook Educators Promote Gun Control Laws That Wouldn't Have Prevented Attack…And while "easier access to help for mentally ill" is a noble action, Breitbart News previously reported that Mayo Clinic psychiatrist J. Michael Bostwick, M.D., warns that most mass shooters "are not mentally ill" or if they are, "it is [only] recognized after the fact."
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Mayo trauma center reverified. Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire has been reverified as a Level II Trauma Center by the Verification Review Committee, a committee of the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons. To maintain verification, a review is required every three years. Mayo Eau Claire became a Level II Trauma Center in 1998.
Post-Bulletin, Heard on the Street: Discovery's Edge goes Android. Mayo Clinic's Discovery's Edge has launched a cellphone app on the Android platform to bring research-discovery news to users "however, whenever and wherever you want to read it." Discovery's Edge is Mayo's online research magazine.
Post-Bulletin, Experts give science fair tips to young students by Tom Weber…On Saturday, they received expert help from scientists, researchers and STEM students. Among the experts was Amy Chan, a Mayo Clinic graduate student who has been a science fair judge the past two years.
Pioneer Press, The kindness of strangers. Reports Christian's Pa on Clam Lake: "Yesterday, 595 days since my stem-cell transplant, I received an email from my previously anonymous donor. What an emotional rush for me! "I was diagnosed with MDS [myelodysplastic syndrome] in November 2012. My four siblings were not a match, so my doctors at Mayo Clinic contacted the Be The Match Registry. The extensive plans for my transplant were made, and I was infused on April 17, 2013.
Modern Healthcare, Argonaut initiative launches electronic health info exchange by Joseph Conn. Efforts to bring an Internet-based solution to healthcare's lackluster capability to exchange electronic information has gained momentum with the cooperation of five rival developers of electronic health-record companies and four large, tech-savvy health systems…Other healthcare providers on board include Partners HealthCarein Boston, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. and Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City.
Medscape, Engaging Underrepresented Populations in Medical Research. I'm Dr Scott Wright, a professor from Mayo Clinic. Today I have the privilege of convening a roundtable review on the perceptions and attitudes toward health-related research participation among African American women. I'm joined by my colleagues, Dr. Sharonne Hayes, founding director of the Women's Heart Clinic at Mayo Clinic, and now director of diversity and a long-time researcher in this field, and Dr LaPrincess Brewer, one of our advanced clinical fellows, who has done graduate work in this topic.
More magazine, 6 Ways to Fend Off Forgetfulness As You Age by Christine Ashwanden… Many of the modifiable risk factors are connected to the functioning of the cardiovascular system. Smoking, high blood pressure and clogged arteries can impair blood vessels that deliver nutrients to the brain, which diminishes people’s cognitive function, says Donn Dexter, MD, a neurologist at the Mayo Clinic in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology.
WCCO, Woman Must Delay Cancer Treatment Until Delivering Twins… But a Minnesota woman who found out she has thyroid cancer is waiting to get it treated. Zach and Teri Johnson always wanted twins. “We went into the ultrasound not even one percent thinking that we were going to have twins,” Teri said. Teri will be full-term on Christmas Day, and the babies could be delivered on New Year’s Day. After they’re born, Teri will eventually have surgery at the Mayo Clinic to remove the tumor.
Science Magazine, Unknown significance…How much each of these genes raises risk in individuals, and at what age, is often fuzzy. “The clinical work got out ahead of us,” says Fergus Couch, an authority on BRCA and other breast cancer genes at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. “The [sequencing] technology changed so quickly” that “we did not have time” to develop answers to the questions patients and doctors are now asking.
Medscape, Gene Testing in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Patients by Liam Davenport… This study has important implications for clinical practice, said lead author Fergus J. Couch, PhD, professor of laboratory medicine and pathology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. This is "a confirmatory study so large that it really does give fairly accurate probability estimates for these patients," Dr Couch told Medscape Medical News.
Delta Sky magazine, The Traveling Patient. Domestic medical travel is booming. Here’s why. The story features Mayo Clinic patient, Linda Wortman and Mayo Clinic cancer services.
Vox, Everybody farts. But here are 9 surprising facts about flatulence you may not know, by Joseph Stromberg…This might be more than you'd expect, but it's been measured in controlled studies. The surprisingly hefty amount is the result of bacteria that live in your colon and feed on most of the food you eat, says Purna Kashyap— a gastroenterologist at the Mayo Clinic who studies the gut microbiome.
WEAU Eau Claire, Health care provider to increase rates in 2015. An area health care provider plans to raise its rates in the new year. Starting January 1, Mayo Clinic Health System sites in northwestern Wisconsin will increase rates by 3.5 percent. The increase is to account for a lack of Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, as well as care the provider gave to patients in need. A spokesman said Mayo Clinic Health System provided $420,000,000 in uncompensated care in 2014. About $19,000,000 of that was considered charity care.
Decorah Newspapers, Get your tags for hunting, Stay safe. To hunters, waiting patiently in the woods for the opportunity to hunt an animal may not seem like a dangerous activity, yet the same injuries routinely occur each hunting season. The most common medical emergencies include heart attacks, injured backs and broken bones. Larry Barthel, M.D., Mayo Clinic Health System emergency medicine physician at Winneshiek Medical Center offers several tips for a safe hunting season.
Science Magazine, Researchers struggle to gauge risks of childhood anesthesia. Most surgeries performed in children under 3—when animal data suggest the developing brain is most vulnerable—are not optional, however. And there is no tried-and-true alternative to the drugs that have raised safety concerns. “Based on the current knowledge, we're kind of stuck,” says David Warner, a pediatric anesthesiologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, whose recent analyses of a database of local children point to increased risk of learning disabilities and lower test scores after multiple anesthesia exposures.
Waseca County News, Smart decisions improve your winter health by Sheri Hendricks, NP, Mayo Clinic Health System. Winter isn’t only inconvenient, it can be treacherous. The cold, ice and snow add complexities to our lives and potentially to our health. Sickness, frostbite and accidents are all things to consider when entering into another chilly Minnesota winter. Here is some advice to keep you healthy and safe.
Chronicle of Higher Education, If students have time to get drunk, colleges aren’t doing their job, by Kevin Carey. A few years ago, I found myself sitting in the corner of a campus student lounge, talking to a 19-year-old named Jessica about what brought her to college, how much she studies, and why her weekends almost never involve getting drunk. She wasn’t a teetotaler for religious reasons and it wasn’t because there were many other fun things to do. Her college was in Rochester, Minn., which, in midwinter, consists mainly of subzero temperatures and a lot of elderly sick people in and around the Mayo Clinic…Jessica wasn’t a party animal for two reasons. First, she had a lot of school work to do. The University of Minnesota’s Rochester campus is new and unusual. There are only two majors: health professions and health sciences.
Red Wing Republican Eagle, Art, music in spotlight at Holiday Celebration…Visitors will be introduced to “scientific glassblowing” by Steven M. Anderson. During his training in New Jersey he concentrated on the scientific aspects of the craft.Today he is the third glassblower in the history of Mayo Clinic at Rochester — a position dating back to the 1920s. He creates unique scientific apparatuses and plays a role in the advancement of research and medicine at Mayo.
WKBT La Crosse, Response officers make routine stops at YMCA and Boys and Girls Club. In an effort to cut down on crime and revitalize the city of La Crosse, the Police Department is putting more of an emphasis on community policing.…“They are not always in the squad car driving around the neighborhood. They are out in the community and meeting people and present,” said Joe Kruse, chief administrative officer for Mayo Clinic Health System.
Vox, One hour of hookah is as bad for you as 100 cigarettes by Julia Belluz… When compared with cigarette smoking, according to the Mayo Clinic, "The tobacco is no less toxic in a hookah pipe, and the water in the hookah does not filter out the toxic ingredients in the tobacco smoke." There's reason, they continue, to think it might actually be more dangerous. "Hookah smokers may actually inhale more tobacco smoke than cigarette smokers do because of the large volume of smoke they inhale in one smoking session," the Mayo Clinic's report says, "which can last as long as 60 minutes."
Chippewa Herald, A Welcome Delivery. A first grader at Halmstad Elementary in Chippewa Falls, Gavin Richel likes playing soccer, Skylanders games and watching the Pittsburgh Steelers. On Wednesday, the six-year-old from Lake Hallie stopped by the Special Care Nursery at Mayo Clinic Health System-Eau Claire with 43 packets of gifts. He went to the hospital with his older brother, Gunnar, 13, a seventh-grade student at Chippewa Falls Middle School, and sister, Greta, 5, who attends Monkey Business Early Educational Community in Chippewa Falls. The children were assisted by their parents, Ted and Amy Richel.
Modern Healthcare, EHR vendors, tech-savvy providers unite around Internet-like interoperability. Five major electronic health-record system developers and four information-technology pioneer provider organizations have formed an alliance to promote a new, Internet-based approach to interoperability and clinical information exchange. …Joining them are tech-savvy providers Beth Israel Deaconess and Partners HealthCare, both based in Boston; Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
Modern Healthcare, Kaiser virtual-visits growth shows the technology's potential by Darius Tahir…Kaiser's increasing use of virtual visits dovetails with a broader tech trend in healthcare. Mayo Clinic, for example, is piloting a kiosk to provide telemedicine to employees at its Albert Lea, Minn., campus. A recent report from consultancy Deloitte estimates that 75 million virtual visits will have occurred in North America during 2014.
News Medical, Tips to reduce migraine risk during holiday season. Certain foods and drinks can trigger migraine in many people, and those who suffer from migraines need to be especially careful to avoid these triggers as they attend holiday celebrations. With this in mind, the American Migraine Foundation and its Chair, David W. Dodick, MD, FRCP (C), FACP, want to help people with migraine avoid these potential triggers, so that they can better enjoy the season. Dr. Dodick is also Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine (Scottsdale, AZ).
Star Tribune, Flu shot less effective, what to do? by Allie Shah. A Grinch-like glitch in this year’s flu vaccine may make it harder to combat the dreaded virus this season. The Centers for Disease Control recently announced that the virus has mutated so the current shot may not be as effective as hoped in protecting against the altered strain of flu. What to do? For advice, we turned to Mayo Clinic pediatrician and vaccine researcher Dr. Robert Jacobson.
MIT Technology Review, The NFL Has a Problem with Stem Cell Treatments by Antonio Regaldo. Professional athletes are getting injections of stem cells to speed up recovery from injury. Critics call it a high-tech placebo…Meanwhile, clinics offering overseas procedures, like Precision Stem Cell, use images of players including Rolando McClain, now of the Dallas Cowboys, and promote media reports of players who have had treatments. “Our patients are reading that and saying ‘We want what this guy got,’” says Shane Shapiro, an assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Florida. Shapiro is now carrying out a test of the bone marrow treatment in about 25 older people with arthritic knees.
MPR, 2014 Mayo Transform: Dr. David Katz on lifestyle medicine, Part 1: Dr. David Katz of the Yale University Prevention Research Center says there's a short list of lifestyle factors that give us incredible power over our medical destinies. Dr. Katz told the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation's 2014 Transform Conference that lifestyle is the best medicine, and culture is the spoon. DNA is not our medical destiny, dinner is.
Targeted Oncology, Pembrolizumab Demonstrates Activity, Acceptable Safety in TNBC by Silas Inman…"Breast cancer has not typically been found to be a disease that we can target with immune-modulating therapies, which is why it has been explored in other tumor types first," breast cancer expert Edith A. Perez, MD, the deputy director at large for the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, said during a press briefing.
ScienceTimes, Hookah Leads To Increased Probability Of Smoking Cigarettes Amongst Teens…In a report published by the American Lung Association (ALA), Dr. Richard Hurt of the Mayo Clinic attributed such comparison to the long duration of a hookah session. "When you smoke a cigarette, a person smokes it maybe for just a few minutes and then you're through with it. But hookah sessions are social and people sit there for an hour or so kind of puffing on these things, thinking that the water is filtering out all the bad stuff, when the reality is it does not do that," Hurt said.
Oncology Nurse Advisor, Evolving roles for oncology nurses: Biospecimen collection by Bryant Furlow. The personalized oncology revolution hinges importantly on determining and monitoring tumor and patient genetics and molecular biomarkers that can guide targeted therapy. The oncology nurse is frequently responsible for collecting, preparing, and often, managing, the biospecimens needed for these analyses. As molecular tests have proliferated, the “complexity, required knowledge, and expectations of the oncology nurse have changed dramatically over the past decade,” says Sharon Kaufman, MS, a research protocol specialist at the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center in Rochester, Minnesota.
Barron News-Shield, Mayo love lights shine again. When Mayo Clinic Health System-Northland recently illuminated its Love Light Tree for the 2014 holiday season, a special guest was in attendance. Dr. Michael Damroth, who practices in family medicine, was accorded the honor of lighting trees, in appreciation for his 41 years of service to patients and the medical center. Love Light Tree proceeeds will support hospice services for terminally ill patients and their families living in Barron and surrounding communities.
Phoenix Business Journal, How Arizona has become a worldwide leader in bioscience by Francine Hardaway…When the Arizona Research Consortium was first funded in 2002 by the Flinn Foundation, no one (including me) believed it had a prayer to put us on the national map. I'm not sure we knew enough about how collaboration in the biosciences could really be helpful. And we had no history of success in these fields, except for maybe with the efforts of the University of Arizona and Mayo Clinic.
Myeloma Beacon, ASH 2014 Multiple Myeloma Update - Day Two: Education Session And Midday Oral Session. This past Sunday was the second day of the American Society of Hematology’s (ASH) annual meeting, which was held in San Francisco. As on the first day of the meeting, myeloma-related presentations once again took place during several sessions throughout the day…The first talk was given by Dr. Keith Stewart from the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Stewart presented results from the "ASPIRE" trial, which compares the efficacy of Kyprolis, Revlimid, and dexamethasone to Revlimid and dexamethasone in relapsed myeloma patients (abstract, presentation slides[PDF] courtesy of Dr. Stewart).
Smithsonian TweenTribune, Horses bring love and laughter to hospital patients. Though it may sound like one, this is no joke: Two miniature horses trotted into a hospital…A review of 10 years of studies about in-patient therapy using dogs, published in April in the Southern Medical Association's journal, concluded that it's safe and can be effective. Dr. Caroline Burton of Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, a co-author of the review, owns seven dogs, four regular horses and a donkey. She strongly supports animal-assisted therapy.
KAAL, 15 Recipients of Mayor's Medal of Honor Surprised at Ceremony by Steph Crock. It began 31 years ago and now it's an annual tradition in Rochester. The Mayor's Medal of Honor Ceremony honored 15 people this year for their contributions to the community. "I had no idea, I was totally surprised," said Donald Bray, the recipient of the City Service Award…Since May of 2008, Bray has spear-headed a group that provides housing for fellow police officers while they seek medical care at Mayo Clinic. "It's run through the Rochester Police Benevolent Association and what it offers is free housing for police officers or any member of their immediate family," said Bray.
Journal-Times Ky., Grayson youth gets VIP treatment. Dalton Lucas is a typical eight-year-old boy…however, Dalton is facing a potential leukemia diagnosis…We've spent a lot of time in and out of the hospital trying to find out exactly what's wrong,” she said. “He had just been having so many problems that the doctors finally decided to take his blood work and send it to the Mayo Clinic for testing.” She says that the doctors were leaning toward leukemia as the culprit but final word on Dalton's diagnosis won't come until the Mayo Clinic team returns its findings.
Salud Cronica, Sugerencias para prevenir enfermedades estacionales…Por fortuna, hay algunas cosas que se pueden hacer para proteger a los demás y a nosotros mismos de las enfermedades. Alice Bachop, enfermera especialista en Medicina Familiar del Sistema de Salud de Mayo Clinic, hace las siguientes recomendaciones para prevenir el contagio de enfermedades comunes.
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“Labour is solidly ahead of the Conservatives with voters under 40 years old, despite being more than 20 points behind in the polls overall, according to a significant new poll,” The Independent said on April 26.
The article said a mega-poll of nearly 13,000 voters by YouGov conducted over a two-and-a- half week period found Labour’s socialist leader Jeremy Corbyn would be heading to Downing Street were the election decided by 18-40 year olds. It found Labour was particularly popular with women under 40, who split 42% in favour of Corbyn’s labour and 27% for the Conservative Party.
The poll found Labour was well behind in the polls overall – by about 20 points – due to a significantly lower expected turnout among young voters and a huge generational divide.
Just over 40% of voters under 40 say they were “certain to vote” compared with 64% of those above 40.
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Will Roger Federer capture his 20th Grand Slam title?
"Cilic hasn't just had issues against Federer in his career, but has also had numerous problems against elite players in general. Against Federer, Djokovic, Nadal and Murray - the traditional elite four - he is 7-40 throughout his career, so it is very evident that Cilic has huge issues playing at his peak level consistently against the best players in the world."
Rewind back to last summer, and the Wimbledon final. After the draw fortuitously opened up for him, Cilic faced Federer and was outclassed, regardless of the impact of any possible injury. The Croat finds himself in a similar situation tomorrow, but the fact that Federer takes an 8-1 head to head lead into the match makes a similar outcome extremely likely.
Cilic hasn't just had issues against Federer in his career, but has also had numerous problems against elite players in general. Against Federer, Djokovic, Nadal and Murray - the traditional elite four - he is 7-40 throughout his career, so it is very evident that Cilic has huge issues playing at his peak level consistently against the best players in the world.
Mentally, this must be a considerable strain on Cilic and even without looking at any in-depth data, it establishes that he will be a heavy underdog to take the title, and in addition, Federer also has a decent edge when looking at hard court numbers across the last 12 months.
In this time period, Federer has held serve 90.8% of the time, a figure that is 7.6% more than Cilic's 83.2%, although it's worth noting that Cilic does boast marginally better return numbers, breaking opponents 26.7%, compared to Federer's 26.2%.
Bearing the head to head record in mind, and these serve and return percentages, my model calculated Federer's price to be [1.22] to take his 20th Grand Slam title, also establishing that for him to have actionable value, he'd need to be available at [1.29] or greater.
Unfortunately, Federer is currently a little shorter than this required mark - he's trading at [1.27] on the Exchange at the time of writing - so it's pretty difficult to find much in the way of value here, prior to the match at least. Federer's scorelines when priced as a [1.20] to [1.50] favourite also don't offer much in the way of historical bias, so finding a handicap or correct score option is also quite difficult as well.
Furthermore, isolating Grand Slam finals where Federer has been a sub [1.50] favourite, he's played two five-setters (won one), won four set match and won two in straight sets.
On this basis, perhaps the best angle is just to watch the match as a neutral - if it's half the spectacle of the ladies final on Saturday it will be well worth your time anyway - and look to see if trading entry points manifest themselves during the match. In an ideal world, for in-play strategies, I'd be probably looking for Federer to fall behind, but be very competitive on the Cilic serve.
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If you plan to do part of your course work at a community college and transfer to a bachelor's degree program, or if you hope to complete a higher degree later on in your life, then college accreditation is doubly important for you. Read how accreditation can affect your transfer status or career options below.
Nearly all legitimate colleges and universities in the United States require that transfer applicants have their credits from a regionally accredited university, or from a Department of Education recognized accrediting agency.
Regional accreditation is accreditation that is given out by nonprofit agencies to schools in their geographic vicinity that meet their standards and requirements. There are six regional accrediting bodies in the United States: Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSACHE), New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCACIEH), Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), and Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). The Department of Education also has a listing of schools with institutional accreditation; their database lists schools with this regional accreditation and with national accreditation.
Why do schools require this accreditation for transfer credit? It's a way to ensure that transfer students are entering the institution with a recognized set of skills and a certain knowledge base. It can help place students in the correct course level in their new institution.
Besides accreditation, many transfer institutions have additional guidelines that transfer students must follow, in order to have their credits accepted. At some schools, the courses being transferred must also have an analogous course in the catalog at the transfer school; other universities only allow a certain number of transfer credits, whether they can be found in the course catalog or not.
While institutional accreditation is generally always important for students considering transferring, so is programmatic accreditation in many cases. Programmatic accreditation is a credential given to schools not by a regional accrediting agency, but by a more specialized accrediting agency; the certification is given to one department or degree program within the school.
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The builtin globals() function returns a dictionary containing objects accessible anywhere in the program.
The builtin locals() function returns a dictionary containing objects accessible only in the current scope.
print("Printing dictionary of local objects:", locals()) # locals() of this scope.
Bear in mind that any top-level code in the module(i.e. code at the first indent level) goes in the local namespace of the module, constituting the global namespace.
The builtin function vars(obj) returns the dictionary of the attributes belonging to an instance/object as returned by the __dict__ attribute of the object. When used without an argument, it returns the the dictionary of local objects.
# Equivalent to object.__dict__ when called by passing an object.
# Equivalent to locals() when called without arguments.
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First sentence: Flying over the oak tree, the farmer saw the flock of birds that had damaged his crops. I revised it to: Damagins his crops, the farmer saw the flock of birds flying over the oak tree.
The problem with both sentences is that the farmer is doing something he cannot or would not. Would the farmer fly over the oak tree? Would the farmer damage his crops? If you want to keep the beginning of the second sentence the same, ask yourself this: What was damaging his crops? The answer to that question should be the next couple of words in the main clause of the sentence. Now -- how would you revise it?
Second sentence: Ironing out all wrinkles, the pants looked much more presentable: Revised: Looking more presentable the wrinkles were ironed out.
Again -- were the wrinkles looking more presentable? Of course not! So ... who was looking more presentable? The answer should be the subject of the main clause. How would you revise it?
Third sentence: The poliece chief posted the mandate against hubcap theft on Monday afternoon: I changed it to: no change.
When did he post it? On Monday afternoon? Or did the hubcap theft occur on Monday afternoon? If you mean that's when the hubcap theft occurred, then you're right: no change. But if the mandate was posted on Monday afternoon, then you need to revise it.
Please re-post with your answers.
Correct the errors in dangling and misplaced modifiers by rearranging or rewriting the following sentences. 1.After boarding Hard Luck Airlines, the meals convinced us to return by ship.
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While speaking to Roswell residents, I consistently hear that they love Roswell because it�s such a great place to live. That�s why my first priority is protecting and enhancing our quality of life. But what exactly does this phrase mean? To some, quality of life means attractive neighborhoods, quality recreation, beautiful parks, creative arts and culture, and excellent schools. To others, quality of life means a scenic river setting, historic charm, a walkable downtown, quality restaurants, and abundant festivals and events. To even others, quality of life means participating in the many volunteer opportunities, and the active non- profit and faith-based organizations that give Roswell a generous community spirit. To me, all of the above, and more, go into making Roswell a unique, thriving community which we are glad to call home. So how do we protect and enhance our cherished community?
We need to be mindful and vigilant concerning the impacts of new development on existing neighborhoods, city services, and the city�s infrastructure. Quality growth is essential. New projects should be compatible with surrounding properties and have a mass and scale that is appropriate for the area. Quality design, as outlined in the city�s design guidelines, is imperative and is the first step to ensuring that new projects are aesthetically pleasing, complement the adjacent neighborhoods, and enhance our quality of life.
Roswell is fortunate to have over 900 acres of city park land, a national park, the Chattahoochee Nature Center, the Chattahoochee River, and a number of significant streams and creeks all within its borders. These natural resources are unique to Roswell and provide recreation and education opportunities as well as hundreds of acres of undisturbed natural area for our city. In addition, years of planning and investment have led to Roswell having an award winning Recreation and Parks Department that is consistently ranked as one of the top 5 programs in the country. Continued protection, maintenance, and investment in these natural assets will contribute to our great quality of life.
One related initiative that I am pursuing is the creation of a Roswell Trail Network. The goal is to create a city-wide network of walking and biking trails that complement our sidewalks, bike lanes, and multi-use trails. There are a number of streams, creeks and rivers throughout the city that have buffers and flood plains that are unbuildable. By utilizing these areas for environmentally sensitive trails, we can create a series of linear parks or greenways around the city that can be used for recreation, trips to the grocery store, or daily commutes. Still in its infancy, the trail network concept has been embraced by a landscape architecture firm that has offered to create a master plan at no cost to the city.
Schools, churches, and non-profit service organizations are an integral part of the Roswell community. While the governance of each of these organizations is separate from the City Government, there are an abundance of opportunities for the City to partner with these groups to share facilities, sponsor events, or provide educational programs. Partnerships such as sharing parks and athletic fields with local schools, sponsoring festivals and cultural events organized by non-profits, and sharing parking and building facilities with local churches, enable each organization to expand its ability to serve the community. Partnering with our schools, churches, and non-profit service organizations adds a great deal of depth to our city and enhances our quality of life.
Personally, my wife Kelly and I have been very involved in our schools. Kelly has served on the PTSA in numerous capacities including her current position as President of the Roswell High School PTSA. I have proudly served on the Roswell North Elementary Foundation for the last three years, even though our daughters are in high school and our home is not in the Roswell North school district.
Despite being a well-located, beautiful city with a rich heritage, Roswell is not immune to the impacts of the worldwide recession. Prior to 2008, Roswell benefited from a robust US economy and strong growth in the Atlanta region. This growth enabled Roswell to thrive with very little self-promotion. Now, as we recover from the Great Recession, growth is much slower and Roswell needs to implement a strategy that will recruit new businesses and develop its existing businesses. The good news is that my colleagues and I have already created this strategy and we will continue to build upon the following.
I support the continued investment in and implementation of the strategic economic development plan. This plan enables us to better understand our community�s strengths and weaknesses, and helps us to identify businesses and industries that are attracted to Roswell. It also provides an appropriate marketing strategy to effectively pursue those businesses and industries. As part of this endeavor, we have created a steering committee of several dozen talented Roswell residents and business owners who have a wide variety of expertise and experience. These professionals provide local experience and perspective so that the plan effectively capitalizes on Roswell�s unique characteristics.
Historically, Roswell has depended primarily on its location to attract new residents and new businesses to the community. While location is important, North Fulton as a whole has established itself as a desirable place to locate. In order to remain competitive, Roswell needs to clearly communicate its unique identity. By strategically building awareness of Roswell and creating an identity that is easily recognizable and understandable, we can effectively promote Roswell as a desirable place to live, work, and play. I support efforts to create a comprehensive branding strategy that clearly communicates Roswell�s distinctive qualities.
One of the best ways to grow the local economy is by providing incentives for job creation. Four years ago the City petitioned the state to receive a designation as an opportunity zone. This designation provides an incentive to create jobs by giving a $3,500 state tax credit annually for five years for each new employee that a business hires. I support Roswell Inc.�s efforts to vigorously market this opportunity both to new businesses that could potentially locate in the city and to existing businesses as they consider growing in Roswell. Recent successes such as General Motors bringing over 1,500 jobs to Roswell underscore the significance of this important program.
Many people think of transportation as moving automobiles. In Roswell, transportation also includes bicycles, pedestrians, and buses. These alternative means of transportation are important to our overall health as a city and are a major component in our transportation planning. While we continue to improve our bicycle and pedestrian network, one of the most significant transportation challenges in Roswell is that our city is traversed by five state roads, namely Georgia Routes 9, 92, 120, 140 and 400. While these roads provide circulation, they also bring wide expanses of asphalt and large amounts of traffic. Fortunately, Roswell has an award winning transportation department that understands the importance of balancing the state�s requirements for these roads with the needs of our residents.
Roads that are not performing at an optimal safety level or that have too much congestion can lead to hesitant driving, improper movements, and accidents. We have two major roadways within Roswell that are considerably impacted by these ailments, South Atlanta Street and Holcomb Bridge Road. The reversible lanes on South Atlanta Street and the numerous intersections and lane changes on Holcomb Bridge Road around the GA400 interchange lead to driver confusion making conditions less than ideal. In addition, both roads are major commuter routes which has them running above capacity during rush hour. As we have seen, even the smallest incident can cause congestion throughout the city. To address these specific roads, I have championed the design of two significant transportation improvements, the Historic Gateway and the Holcomb Bridge Corridor Study. Design for the Historic Gateway is well underway and construction has begun on many improvements identified in the Holcomb Bridge Corridor Study. The projects will provide considerable safety enhancements and congestion relief for these corridors.
While improving some of the major thoroughfares in Roswell will help relieve congestion, one of the best solutions for local traffic is to increase connectivity. By creating or enhancing alternative routes, Roswell residents can maneuver around the City without getting caught up in the through traffic on major roads. During my first term as your Councilman, we completed the Mimosa Street extension, which increases connectivity around Canton Street, and the Swaybranch extension, which provides a parallel street on the south of Holcomb Bridge Road. I support our most ambitious connectivity project, the Big Creek Parkway, which will connect Warsaw Road and Old Alabama Road by building a bridge across GA400. This additional connectivity will allow Roswell residents to drive, bike or walk across GA400 without having to navigate Holcomb Bridge Road. Other connectivity opportunities that I have championed are the Sun Valley Extension (connecting Mansell Road to Route 9) and the Mansell Road extension (connecting Crossville Road to Route 9). I support pursuing these and similar projects that will enable our residents to easily travel around the city.
As we evaluate the importance of various transportation projects, we need to take into consideration the impact that these infrastructure improvements will have on the surrounding property. Many of our older commercial properties suffer from a lack of good access. In many cases, providing better automobile, bicycle and pedestrian access will enhance the value of these properties and may lead to redevelopment. A good example of this is the Big Creek Parkway mentioned above. Not only will this road enhance safety, reduce congestion and increase connectivity, it will also provide much needed access to the northwest quadrant of Holcomb Bridge Road and GA 400. This increased access will create opportunity for redevelopment of property that is currently severely hampered by its lack of access to major roads.
The city does not control private property but it does control the streets and the surrounding right-of-way. I support investing in roadway improvements and water, sewer and storm water upgrades, in order to put the infrastructure components in place that are necessary for redevelopment to occur. In addition, by investing in projects like the Midtown and Oak Street Streetscapes that have been completed, the City can increase safety and improve access while beautifying the public street. We have learned from the success of Canton Street that streetscape improvements lead to further investment by property owners and developers. I have championed projects such as the Historic Gateway and the Holcomb Bridge Corridor Study at GA 400. These important projects will reduce congestion, enhance safety and make aesthetic improvements to two areas of Roswell that struggle from overburdened infrastructure, and are in need of redevelopment.
One of the most beneficial efforts to promote redevelopment has been the reinstatement of the Downtown Development Authority (DDA). This important board of local residents, property owners, and business professionals is engaged in short and long range plans designed to revitalize property in the downtown district and to promote economic growth. These plans include a range of projects from implementing some of the redevelopment tools mentioned above to exploring the building of a parking deck near Canton Street. By taking the lead in revitalization, the DDA can invest in projects that will be a catalyst for redevelopment.
Four years ago, Roswell voters approved a significant redevelopment tool, the Redevelopment Powers Act. This important legislation allows the City to create Tax Allocation Districts (TADs) which enable the City to fund public infrastructure improvements using the increased taxes from redevelopment. TADs provide investors with additional assurance that once their project is completed, the funds will be available to provide necessary public improvements. While Roswell has not implemented a TAD to date, simply having this capability has led to increased interest by investors looking at redevelopment opportunities along Alpharetta Highway and at the northwest corner of Holcomb Bridge and GA400. I support exploring tools and incentives such as TADs, business improvement districts, fa�ade programs, tax incentives, expedited permitting and reduced fees that will encourage redevelopment.
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Moshe Feiglin is an ultra-right-wing religious nationalist politician and leader of the Manhigut Yehudit (Jewish Leadership) faction in Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party. He lives in the settlement of Karnei Shomron, which is built on Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank in violation of international law.
Feiglin's stated objective is to become prime minister and to create a theocratic state of Greater Israel, based "exclusively on Jewish identity, values and ethics," in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.
Feiglin opposes granting political rights to non-Jews in Israel, denies Palestinians exist as a national group, and advocates the "transfer" of Palestinian citizens of Israel and those living under Israeli military rule in the occupied territories to other countries.
Some Israeli commentators have accused Feiglin of being a "fascist." In a 2004 interview with The New Yorker, Feiglin said: "For two thousand years, Jews dreamed of a Jewish state, not a democratic state. Democracy should serve the values of the state, not destroy them." In his 2005 book, The War of Dreams, Feiglin wrote: "The State of Israel was created for the Jewish people, and its democracy is supposed to serve the Jewish people. If this state acts against the interests of the Jewish people, there is no longer any point in its existence, be it democratic or not..."
In a May 2011 video rebuttal to a speech by US President Barack Obama on Middle East peace, Feiglin referred to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and claimed that "the fate of the Twin Towers was sealed" when the US brokered the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in the early 1990s. In an April 2010 op-ed in Maariv newspaper, Feiglin called US Vice President Joe Biden a "diseased leper" for criticizing Israeli settlement construction.
In 2008, Feiglin was banned from entering the United Kingdom after the British Home Secretary deemed his entry "would not be conducive to the public good." A letter to Feiglin from the Home Office said that the Secretary based her decision on an assessment that his activities "foment or justify terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs; seek to provoke others to terrorist acts; foment other serious criminal activity or seek to provoke others to serious criminal acts and foster hatred which might lead to inter-community violence in the UK."
In 1996, Feiglin co-founded Manhigut Yehudit as an independent political party along with longtime close associate Shmuel Sackett. The two had previously created a group called Zo Artzeinu (This is Our Land) to oppose the Oslo Accords signed between Israel and the PLO.
The US-born Sackett, who also lives in a West Bank settlement while maintaining a residence in New York, is a former member of the Jewish Defense League and Kach movement, and a former leader of the Kahane Chai group. All three have been outlawed as terrorist organizations by the United States because of their racist ideologies and acts of violence perpetrated by members against Palestinians and others. Sackett remains a devoted follower of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane, who founded the JDL and Kach (which Kahane Chai was an offshoot of), writing in a February 2013 Jewish Leadership newsletter that he was a "proud student" of the notoriously racist Kahane. In a March 2010 interview, Feiglin expressed his own admiration for Kahane when asked who inspired him, stating: "I believe most of the things Rabbi Kahane said were true." In reference to a popular saying amongst Kahane disciples, Feiglin said in a February 2013 interview: "I can definitely say that the slogan 'Kahane tzadak - Kahane was right' has proven itself many times."
In 2000, Feiglin brought Jewish Leadership into the Likud party, with the intention of eventually taking it over. Once considered "toxic" and on the fringes of Likud, Feiglin and Jewish Leadership's influence in the party have grown steadily. In June 2004, Education Minister Limor Livnat warned that "extremists and criminals are trying to take over the Likud," referring to them as "the Feiglins." A few years later, in 2007, Feiglin ran for the Likud leadership and came in second behind Netanyahu with 24% of the vote. In 2009, Feiglin won enough votes in the Likud primary to run 20th on the Likud parliamentary list, which would have given him a spot in the last Knesset, but was bumped to 36th place and out of contention for a Knesset seat by party leaders who feared he would alienate more moderate voters. In November 2012, Jewish Leadership made a breakthrough achieving further gains in party primaries, virtually assuring Feiglin a seat in the next Knesset. During the campaign the party establishment even promoted Feiglin's image in advertising to lure religious nationalist votes away from the surging Jewish Home party. In January 2013, the combined Likud-Yisrael Beiteinu parliamentary list won enough votes to secure Feiglin a Knesset seat for the first time.
"Why should non-Jews have a say in the policy of a Jewish state?
In the same New Yorker interview, Feiglin compared Palestinians and Arabs to the Amalekites, a people that, according to the Bible, God ordered the ancient Israelites to exterminate. In another 2004 interview, with the newspaper Yedioth Ahronot, Feiglin spoke of his plan to "transfer" Palestinians, stating: "Arabs don't live in the desert, they create it."
"There is no Palestinian nation. There is only an Arab-speaking public which has suddenly identified itself as a people, a negative of the Zionist movement, parasites. The fact that they hadn't done so earlier only serves to prove how inferior they are. The Africans have no nations either. Only Zulus, Tutsis."
In the same Haaretz interview, Feiglin said: "There can be no doubt that Judaism is racist in some sense... And when they asserted at the United Nations that Zionism was racist, I did not find much reason to protest. The people who take racism to mean a distinction between races - and this is a very primitive distinction - must argue that Zionism is racist."
On January 1, 2013, Feiglin offered details of a plan to use some of Israel's defense and security budgets to pay Palestinians to leave the occupied West Bank, stating: "With this budget we can give every Arab family in Judea and Samaria $500,000 to encourage it to immigrate to a place with a better future." He previously proposed paying Palestinians to leave in 2008.
In the mid-2000s, Feiglin wrote a tract setting out his political program. In the manifesto, which was suddenly removed from his website in 2009 after the last Likud party primaries, he said that if he became prime minister he would withdraw Israel from the United Nations and cut off water and electricity to Palestinians under Israeli control in the occupied territories. In response to attacks from Palestinian militants, he called for "the conquest of the area whose residents instigated the violence, their deportation and destruction of the area's infrastructure."
Feiglin supports the building of a Jewish temple on the site of the 7th century-era Noble Sanctuary mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem, which is believed to rest on the ruins of two ancient Jewish temples. The Noble Sanctuary is one of the holiest sites in Islam, and one of the most sensitive religious sites in the world. Since Israel occupied East Jerusalem and the Old City in 1967, there have been several plots uncovered to destroy the Noble Sanctuary by Jewish extremists who wish to build a new temple in its place.
Feiglin visits the Noble Sanctuary regularly and has been arrested by Israeli police numerous times, the latest being in January 2013, for praying out loud at the Muslim holy site. To avoid inflaming religious tensions, Israeli authorities banned Jews from praying in the Noble Sanctuary after Israel occupied the area in 1967. Many rabbis have also prohibited for theological reasons Jews from praying on what they call the Temple Mount.
In a February 2013 Jewish Leadership newsletter, Feiglin wrote: "From the day that the Temple was destroyed, our Sages explain, the taste of life was taken from us and given to the idol worshippers. In other words, since the Temple was destroyed, we really don't have much of a life. We are like zombies, walking shadows, not people who are really alive." In a June 2012 speech in New York, Feiglin said of building a new Jewish temple on the Noble Sanctuary: "The state of Israel should not be an obstacle to fulfill that dream, it should be a tool to fulfill that dream of our grandfathers."
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How cool are dinosaurs? Spain is one of the richest areas in the world for dinosaur remains, and has devoted many museums and theme parks to their ancient predecessors. If you and your family love dinosaurs, come to Spain for a daring adventure.
How cool are dinosaurs? We loved the film Jurassic Park, and who could resist Rex, the shy Tyrannosaurus rex from Toy Story? People have always had a fascination with these magical creatures and Spain is no exception. In fact, Spain is one of the richest areas in the world for dinosaur remains, and has devoted many museums and theme parks to their ancient predecessors. If you and your family love dinosaurs, come to Spain for a daring adventure: 1,945 miles of unparalleled dinosaur discovery.
Over the last decade, paleontologists in Europe, especially in Spain, have found many new bone caches, including some of the largest and most complete dinosaur remains ever unearthed. Many believe that one of the best areas is in the region of Aragón. Therefore, located in the capital of Teruel Province, Teruel, is one of the largest museums of paleontology in the world, Dinópolis. Territorio Dinópolis has six other centers and a research and conservation foundation with the Aragón Government called Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis. Throughout the years, the Fundación has been finding new remains and they continue to document their findings for the public to see.
In 2003, Dr. Rafael Royo-Torres and Dr. Alberto Cobos, paleontologists from the Fundación, were prospecting and surveying sediments in Riodeva as the local people were renewing the soil for farming. I met with Dr. Royo and spoke about his exciting finding of over 1,000 bones. ¨We both sat down on the ground and thought to ourselves, what is this?" said Dr. Royo in an interview. "The first bone we picked up was a falange [a phalanx, a bone from the toe of a dinosaur]. We took the falange back to Dinópolis to compare it against the other bones and realized that our finding was larger than the Brachiosaurus, which is over 24 meters long.¨ In 2006, the dinosaur was defined and named Turiasaurus riodevensis in the journal, Science. It was described as probably the biggest ever dinosaur found in Europe.
In 2009, a skull was found half intact; but the other half had to be rebuilt. It took a team of paleontologists over three years with the remaining bones. ¨It was amazing and exciting to know that we made such a huge discovery,¨ said Dr. Royo. In April 2012, after years of research, the Fundación announced that the fossilized skull did belong to the Turiasaurus riodevensis, living over 145 million years ago and measuring 100 to 115 feet long. Luis Alcalá, Director of the Fundación, stated, "As paleontologists, we equally appreciate every new extinct species discovered. It doesn´t matter which kind of fossil has been found as each are an important step to complete the puzzle of the past biodiversity."
Also in 2012, the Fundación discovered another new dinosaur in a coal mine called Proa valdearinnoensis from the Lower Cretaceous (lower Albian) in Ariño, Teruel. That same year, it was announced that a new type of dinosaur egg, Sankofa pyrenaica, was found in Lleida by paleontologists Nieves López Martínez from Complutense University of Madrid and Enric Vicens from Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona dating back over 70 million years from the Upper Cretaceous period.
If you want to venture into the world of dinosaurs and take a journey through time, start in the capital of Madrid, one of the liveliest cities in Europe. Fasten your seat belt because you´re in for a ride!
In Madrid, you can enjoy the city whose walls are made of fire. Start with a little education at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. Founded in 1771, this museum is dedicated to minerals, fossils and the evolution of man including a spectacular permanent exhibition that concentrates on the history of life on Earth. The exhibit includes fossils and dinosaur skeleton casts such as Stegosaurus stenops, ¨Dippy¨ Diplodocus carnegiei and Australopithecus afarensis.
The next stop is a bit of a journey from Madrid, but the five-hour drive is well worth it. Asturias is well-known for its beautiful beaches and as ¨The Dinosaur Coast.¨ Museo del Jurásico de Asturias (MUJA) is known to be one of the most extensive dinosaur museums in Europe. The building is shaped like a dinosaur footprint with spectacular views of the Cantabrian Sea and the quaint fishing village of Lastres. The museum specializes in the entire Age of Dinosaurs: the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Scattered along the beaches from Gijón to Ribadesella are fossilized dinosaur footprints from 150 million years ago.
Make your way southeast and you will find a city called Burgos in the municipality of Salas de Los Infantes. There is a collection of dinosaur remains in the Museo Arqueológico y Paleontológico de Salas de los Infantes. You will find skeleton bones of the Demandasarus, which traces back not only to Europe, but Africa and South America. Additionally, you will see crocodiles, turtles and fish remains from the Age of Reptiles, Mesozoic period, about 125 million years ago.
After Burgos, travel to Enciso in the autonomous community of La Rioja, a well-known area among paleontologists for remains. El Barranco Perdido hosts a museum of paleontology where visitors can learn about the dinosaurs that once lived in La Rioja during the Cretaceous times such as the Iguanodon, Deinonychus, Ouranosaurus, Psittacosaurus and Hypselosaurus. There are life-size reproductions, documentaries, children´s workshops, interactive games and a 3D recreation of a journey through time. New to the museum is an adventure water park where children can listen to the echoes of dinosaurs while swimming, zip-lining, and climbing a rock wall.
From Enciso, travel to Galve in the region of Aragón, which is one of the richest areas of dinosaur remains in all of Spain. For dinosaur enthusiasts, this region must not be skipped.
In Galve, the Museo Municipal Paleontológico de Galve explores the dinosaurs that populated the region between 150 to 120 million years ago like the Aragón plant-eating lizards Aragosaurus, Galveosaurus and the basal ornithopod dinosaur Gideonmantellia. At the Parque Paleontológico de Galve, you can take several routes to find replicas of dinosaurs and deposits such as Las Cerradicas and the Alfambra River Route where some real scale reconstructions of the Iguanodon and the Aragosaurus can be found.
Also in Galve, you will find Dinópolis Legendark, one of the seven museums in the Territorio Dinópolis. The main attraction here are the original bones of a unique sauropod dinosaur that were found in the village, Aragosaurus, along with life-size replicas of its entire family. Living nearly 125 million years ago, the Aragosaurus weighed over 20 tons. Additionally, the museum has the original remains of two other dinosaur species, Hypsilophodon and Iguanodon as well as a laboratory where you can learn how paleontologists restore remains that are found.
While all this whets the appetite, it's the Dinópolis Teruel museum and main park in Teruel that truly astounds. With one of the largest and rarest collections of dinosaur remains, it is also one of the most family-friendly. Here you can find a skeleton cast of Brachiosaurus (Giraffatitan), one of the largest dinosaurs from Africa at 24 meters long and 12 meters high. You can also see the original bones of the Turiasaurus riodevensis, the dinosaur discovered by our old friends, Dr. Royo and Dr. Cobos. This museum has something for everyone, taking people back in time from the Big Bang to present day. It has a paleontology museum with fossils from around the world, a laboratory where visitors can watch real scientists working, a recreation of the T-rex using a Japanese animatronic, Terra Colossus, which is a 4D Virtual Simulator, and ¨The Last Minute,¨ which is a boat ride from the disappearance of dinosaurs through the origin of Homo sapiens.
Once you've caught your breath, it's time to head to Riodeva, which features the newest Territorio Dinópolis museum, Dinópolis Titania. It opened in 2012 and has a full-scale front half skeleton cast of the Turiasaurus riodevensis. Here you can also find the other dinosaurs who lived with Turiasaurus. Riodeva is also dedicated to Gigantismo, the World of Giants, like reptiles and large dinosaur and bird eggs.
Winding down your trip back in time, you'll arrive in Morella for the fascinating permanent exhibition of Temps de Dinosaures, located in the Comunión de la Iglesia de San Miguel. The fossils here date from the Upper Jurassic (146 million years ago) to the Lower-Cretaceous period (just 98 million years ago).
In Peñarroya de Tastavins at Dinópolis Inhóspitak, the staff will share stories about the excavation of the most complete sauropod that lived over 120 million years ago, Tastavinsaurus. This plant-eating dinosaur was found in 1996 and a large replica is now on display.
Lastly as you head towards Barcelona, visit the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) in Sabadell, which is in the autonomous community of Catalonia. The institute focuses on the conservation of the paleontological patrimony of vertebrates and the team of experts handles all stages of paleontology. You can learn the stages of the scientific method process from finding a fossil at a site until the research is presented in a scientific journal.
After 1,900 miles of dinosaur wonders, you may well be ready to return to the modern world. Barcelona, Spain´s second largest city, is there to welcome you after your long journey--but don't think you've left the land of dinosaurs behind entirely. Rumor has it, these gigantic terrestrial reptiles treaded those grounds, too! I hope you enjoyed the ride and look forward to hearing your stories of dinosaurs.
Thank you for the contribution by experts Dr. Luis Alcalá and Dr. Rafael Royo-Torres from Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis.
Tip: Before traveling, check that the museums are open as some do close from October until late March.
To see more about Teruel, read my Huffington blog posts: Teruel Is Spain's City Of Love, Spain's Capital Of Amor Is A Valentine's Secret and Is Albarracín the Most Beautiful Village in Spain?.
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Macaulay worked as set dresser on the action thriller Breach of Trust (1995, with Ed Lauter), as art director on the action film White Tiger (1996, with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Julia Nickson) and on the television thriller Don't Look Behind You (1999), and as assistant art director on the thriller Underworld (1996, with Robert Costanzo and Jimmie F. Skaggs), the drama Kissed (1996), the family movie Air Bud: Golden Receiver (1998, with Robert Costanzo), and the thriller The 4th Floor (1999, with Robert Costanzo and music by Brian Tyler).
In 2000, he worked as production designer on the drama Here's to Life! which earned him a Leo Award in the category Best Production Design of Feature Length Drama in 2001. Other credits as production designer include the drama Suspicious River (2000), the television series Glory Days (2002) on which he also worked as art director, and the action comedy sequel K-9: P.I. (2002).
As art director, Macaulay's credits include the crime drama Ricky 6 (2000), the drama Prozac Nation (2001), the horror thriller Thir13en Ghosts (2001, with F. Murray Abraham, music by John Frizzell, and production design by Sean Hargreaves), the television series John Doe (2002-2003, featuring Gary Werntz and Matt Winston) and Traffic (2004, casting by Mary Jo Slater), the sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), the comic adaptations Catwoman (2004) and Fantastic Four (2005, produced by Ralph Winter and Stan Lee), and the science fiction thriller The Butterfly Effect 2 (2006).
Between 2005 and 2007, Macaulay was among the art directors and production designers on the television series Masters of Horror, followed by art direction on the pilot episode of Bionic Woman (2007, starring Miguel Ferrer, co-produced by Stephen Welke, and set design by Andrew Li) and on two episodes of Supernatural (2007, with Jim Beaver and directed and produced by Kim Manners).
After he worked as supervising art director on the science fiction remake The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008, with Robert Knepper, Bill Mondy, Roger R. Cross, Geoff Meed, Bertrand Roberson, Jr., and Steve Silverie) and on the science fiction film 2012 (2009), Macaulay worked as production designer on the television series Life Unexpected (2010), The Dark Corner (2013, starring Roger R. Cross, executive produced by Rob LaBelle, and casting by Clark & Page Casting), and Motive (2013, with Roger R. Cross and casting by Clark & Page Casting).
Further credits as art director include the family comedy Marmaduke (2010), the fantasy horror film Red Riding Hood (2011, with Billy Burke, Virginia Madsen, Lauro Chartrand, and Monika Spruch), and the comedy sequel Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011). For his work as supervising art director on the science fiction film Elysium (2013), Macaulay received an Excellence in Production Design Award nomination from the Art Directors Guild in the category Fantasy Film in 2014. He shared this nomination with set designer Nancy Anna Brown and conceptual artist Syd Mead.
More recently, Macaulay was a supervising art director on the science fiction film Tomorrowland (2015, written and produced by Damon Lindelof, produced by Jeffrey Chernov, music by Michael Giacchino, cinematography by Claudio Miranda, casting by Clark & Page Casting and April Webster & Associates, and production design by Scott Chambliss).
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Student working on his laptop.
The basic lives of most famous people have been written about extensively. Make your paper stand out by finding and including interesting information about your subject that hasn't received much coverage. For example, most people realize Benjamin Franklin was an impressive inventor and statesman, but people might be intrigued to hear that he was a volunteer fireman who came from a large family with a stepmother and 16 siblings.
A compelling introduction does more than introduce a text’s content. It should quickly grab the reader’s attention and keep him reading. A surprising fact, interesting anecdote or quote can do the trick. For example, the reader of a paper about Einstein is probably expecting a text explaining his brilliant accomplishments. You might surprise the reader with this thought-provoking Einstein quote: "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." A short anecdote, such as the story of the doctor who kept Einstein's brain after his death, hoping to discover the source of his brilliance, can also engage readers from the start.
Use respected sources for information about famous people. Do not repeat gossip, tabloid reports or unverifiable facts no matter how interesting they are, as you will be unable to prove and support them. College and university libraries often have online and hard-copy resources, including scholarly journals and other peer-reviewed publications, that include biographies. You can trust that facts in these sources have been verified by experts on the subject. Check all facts using multiple, reputable sources to verify that the information you use is accurate.
Rather than listing common biographical information such as your famous subject's birth date, birth place and education, look for information about the person that people can connect with. Write about the person’s influence on history, connections to other famous people, interesting hobbies or struggles with an illness or hardship, for example. Some websites organize biographies according to culture, profession, newsworthy facts or other topics that make finding interesting information easier.
Many people write biographies in chronological order, but that's not always the most interesting structure. Consider other organizations and formats for writing your paper. For example, you could write the paper as if it were a journal entry written by the famous person. Or you might focus on his accomplishments rather than when they happened. For example, if the person is a famous artist but also a scientist, the paper could be organized around those skill sets. Another choice is to write the paper in reverse order, starting with her death or most significant accomplishment and working backward in time.
Stover, Elizabeth. "How to Write a Paper About a Famous Person." Synonym, https://classroom.synonym.com/write-paper-famous-person-8148869.html. Accessed 18 April 2019.
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How did the earth form?
The Earth right now is believed to have been formed by dust billions of years ago. After the formation of our sun around 4 billion years ago, there was a huge dust cloud that surrounded the sun. These dust particles moved and even collided with each other. Sometimes these dust particles would stick to each other and other times they would bounce off. Eventually, the dust clumps become big enough to become rocks, then boulders and then they eventually collided and coalesce enough to form a planet like Earth!
This process took an extremely long time and only accounts for the solid Earth! This explanation doesn't necessarily explain how we got oceans on Earth or how we got our atmosphere.
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Electric Cars: Do They Save Money?
In recent years, industry experts have praised electric vehicles for many reasons, such as their low emissions, domestic energy usage and the convenience of home charging. After analyzing the evidence presented, it's clear that these vehicles are a better choice for the environment, but will they save you money? The answer to this question depends on several factors, including the initial cost of the car, how long you own it, the repairs it needs and the market price of gasoline.
Electric vehicles are significantly more expensive than standard gasoline-powered models. In fact, an electric car can cost as much as $15,000 more than a comparable fueled vehicle. Recovering from such a disparity can be difficult.
Powering an electric car is much less expensive than powering a fuel-powered vehicle, especially when the price of gas is high. In fact, it costs more than three times as much to power a standard vehicle than it does to power an electric car. For drivers who spend a lot of time on the road, these savings can add up.
The most significant repair cost you will encounter for an electric vehicle is battery replacement. If battery replacement is required, you can expect to spend as much as $13,500 on a new battery for your electric car. Engine repair on a standard vehicle, however, varies by the type of car. On a less expensive car, you may spend as little as $5,000 on engine repair, whereas a luxury car's engine may cost as much as $18,000 to replace.
With so many factors coming into play, determining whether an electric car is right for you can be somewhat challenging. If you don't spend much time on the road, for example, you won't save enough money in fuel to make up for the high purchase price of an electric car. If you drive frequently, however, you may recover your initial costs quickly.
You must also take the cost of repairs into consideration. If you purchase a luxury vehicle and you plan to keep the car for a long time, the cost of repairs on a fuel-powered vehicle with an expensive engine is likely to exceed the cost of repairs on an electric vehicle. On the other hand, if your car has a less expensive engine, an electric vehicle will cost you more in the long run.
In the end, deciding on the right course of action requires careful consideration of all costs involved, as well as your own driving habits.
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Air purifiers are the piece of equipment used for reducing the health risks, related to polluted and infected air which is injurious to respiratory health of the human beings.
Generally, an air purifier has many series of filters that can offer you major protection by lowering the intensity of pollutant particles. In that way, the best air purifier can completely filter out all those pollutants and contaminants to hold these to their filters before the air is re-circulated at your indoor area of home or office.
Air Purifier is a very useful device that has the ability to remove pollutants effectively from the air you are inhalation, therefore, improve the indoor- air quality.
As these Air Purifiers with variety of filters which filters different size pollutants and particles like dust, smoke , VOC, pet dander and other environmental gases. That is the reason these Air Filtration systems are very That is why it is very significant and advantageous to people who suffer from asthma or allergies.
The allergies or asthma are caused by these airborne particles. But on using the air purifier by these people, the equipment help remove all of these particles and lighten so many allergies symptoms.
Additionally, an Air purifier with several filters is a helpful equipment can clear a room full of pet dander or second hand smoke like cigarette smoke as well as unwanted smells of kitchen, paint and painting materials etc.
Thus an Air Purifier which is eliminating all the indoor type of pollutants and contaminants are most useful one for closed rooms, home and offices.
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In preparation for going to DEFCON I wanted to set up remote secure browsing on my laptop so all my web browsing traffic and logins wouldn't be watched by everyone at the conference and so I wouldn't end up on the Wall of Sheep. I know most of you probably don't care about secure browsing but it's also applicable to another problem a lot of my friends have: web filters. Using this setup you can bypass your work filters and look at whatever you want by using your home internet connection for browsing.
In brief, what we're going to do is create a tunnel from a client on our remote/office machines that will connect to a server on our home machine, so that we can browse securely and also bypass any local filters or restrictions. You can also use this tunnel for secure IMs and other apps, though I won't be covering that here.
If you have a dedicated webserver or a shell account or even a regular old linux machine at home, you're pretty much done with this step. If it's not already installed(and it most likely is) install openssh, edit the config file and run sshd.
In preparation for going to DEFCON I wanted to set up remote secure browsing on my laptop so all my web browsing traffic and logins wouldn't be watched by everyone at the conference and so I wouldn't end up on the <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=660">Wall of Sheep</a>. I know most of you probably don't care about secure browsing but it's also applicable to another problem a lot of my friends have: web filters. Using this setup you can bypass your work filters and look at whatever you want by using your home internet connection for browsing.
/For people running windows, you need to download and install <a /href="http://cygwin.com/">Cygwin</a>(by the way, all the programs and /services listed in this post are free) on your home PC. Setup is quite /simple, just use the defaults, when you get to "Select Packages", expand /the "Net" category, find openssh and click the "skip" icon to select it, /then finish the installation.
/Open a Cygwin window and type <i>ssh-host-config</i> and hit enter. /Answer yes to the first three questions and <i>ntsec tty</i> to the last. /Then type <i>net start sshd</i> and your SSH server is running! This /server will use your Windows accounts to log in, so if you don't have a /password go to control panel-user accounts, select your account and /choose the option to create a password.
If you are using a dedicated server, shell account or if your ISP account has a static IP, then you can skip this step(lucky), otherwise read on. The easiest way I've found to locate your computer <i>from</i> the internet, is to use the services of <a href="http://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/">DynDNS.com</a>. You can create a free account with them and they will forward a hostname to your IP address, even if it changes. After you've created an account, go to "services", "Dynamic DNS", "get started", type in any hostname you want and use the dropdown box to select any domain name you want, leave service type as "host with ip address" and select the "use autodetected IP..." Now you need to set up a way to tell DynDNS what your current IP is. If you have a Linksys router this is most likely built in, just go to your router settings page and put in your account info. Some other routers have this function built in as well. If not, you can use one of the clients on <a href="https://www.dyndns.com/support/clients/">this page</a>.
If your computer is connected directly to your modem you don't need to worry about port forwarding, but your computer is also in a compromised position, consider buying a router, even if you just use the one computer. If you have a router, you need to set it up to forward a port to the computer you are running your SSH server on. So open up your router config page, go to the port forwarding section and enter your computer's IP address, enter port 22(that's the port SSH uses)click the box to enable it(on Linksys) and save your settings.
Download <a href="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/">PuTTY</a> and run it. In the hostname box put in the hostname you set up with DynDNS and put 22 in the port box. In the saved session box put in something like "secure tunnel" or something and hit save. Expand the connection tab and then expand the SSH tab and click on tunnels. In source port type in 9999(this is just a random port not being used) and click dynamic, then hit the add button. go back to the terminal tab and hit save. Now hit open and it should open up a terminal window and ask you for the logon to your SSH server. This will be your windows username and password. Now you have a secure tunnel to your home machine!
In Firefox, open Tool-Options-Advanced-Network-Settings and click on manual proxy configuartion. In the SOCKS host box, type in 127.0.0.1 and 9999 in the port box. Hit OK and close the options tab. Now you are surfing securely through your home internet connection and bypassing any work web filters!
Note: For simplicity I used port 22, which is the default SSH port. Because I'm paranoid I changed the port my SSH server runs and used that port in the port forwarding and PuTTY instructions above. If you set this up and need more info on how to do this, or have any questions about this tutorial, let me know.
One question for you as the company I work for just installed a barracuda box to track web traffic. Will this secure connection via Putty show up? If so, any idea how it appears to the network?
It will show up as a connection over whatever port you set up your SSH server on and it may show the name of the application(PuTTY in this case) but it won't reveal the traffic over the connection, as it is encrypted. Remember your browser will still have history files if you're worried about anyone seeing that. There are plenty of programs that will clear your history and cookies out on each logout or when you specify though, if you're concerned about that. Let me know if you need help setting things up on a different port or have any other questions.
I would try an uncommon port first, as the firewall rules are more likely to block certain ports(like the ones commonly used for IM progs, ptp progs and such) than a blanket port range. It also makes your home SSH server more secure(good old security through obscurity, but still...) since portscanners are going to be mainly looking for services on common ports.
Here's a list of common ports used and their associated services, again, I'd try to pick something not on that list first and try it and if a few tries at that fails, then you can try common ports you think might be open.
Also, make sure you test out your server locally to make sure you can log in before trying it from work, just to make sure everything is set up right before trying it from a remote location.
I might try installing PuTTY just to see if I can but 90% of software can't be installed on my work computer because of permission restrictions and another 9% will be detected eventually and removed (by way of telling my manager to tell me to remove it).
So I don't think I'll be getting around the work proxies anytime soon.
The great thing about PuTTY is that it is a standalone .exe file, requiring no installation. If you want to try it out on my server before going through the rest of the hassle, let me know and I'll set up an account so you can see if you can connect from work.
Good to know but I'd only be able to use it until the .exe is detected and I'm asked to explain it or remove it.
I know I could get around that without much effort but circumventing the network restrictions aren't a high priority (and if I vitally need to do something I have other methods).
Thanks for the offer though and there are some other applications where I might use the information you've shared.
If it's just an .exe, could it be kept on a disc or USB key and run straight from the removable media so as not to keep the file resident on the computer?
Yes, it could be kept on a USB flash drive and run from that drive, just like the hard drive of your computer. I don't like to put programs on a work computer because you never know who might come along and see it on the system. I run my browser, a text editor (Text Pad), PuTTY, and a few other programs off it with no problems.
I'm sure that would work. I could also just rename the file extension and then change it back whenever I wanted to use it.
And since it is a standalone .exe there are probably another half dozen ways the security checks at work could be avoided.
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How can redundant data within cloud storage devices be automatically avoided?
Cloud consumers may store large volumes of redundant data within cloud storage devices, thereby bloating the storage architecture and compromising data access performance.
Data received by cloud consumers is automatically normalized so that redundant data is avoided and cloud storage device capacity and performance is optimized.
Data de-duplication technology is used to detect and eliminate redundant data at block or file-based levels.
In Part A, datasets containing redundant data unnecessarily bloat data storage. The Dynamic Data Normalization pattern results in the constant and automatic streamlining of data as shown in Part B, regardless of how denormalized the data received from the cloud consumer is.
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Harry Harbord (Breaker) Morant (1864?-1902), horseman, balladist and soldier, was born probably on 9 December 1864 at Bridgwater, Somerset, England. He arrived at Townsville, Queensland, on 1 April 1883. He later claimed to be the son of Admiral Sir George Digby Morant of Bideford, Devon, and to have entered the Royal Naval College.
On 13 March 1884, at Charters Towers, Edwin Henry Murrant, son of Edwin Murrant, and his wife Catherine, née O'Reilly, married Daisy May O'Dwyer. It is almost certain that he was Morant, then a groom at Fanning Downs station, and that she was Daisy Bates. After being acquitted of a charge of stealing pigs and a saddle, he separated from her and went to Winton, later overlanding cattle south.
Acquiring a reputation as horse-breaker, drover, steeplechaser, polo player, drinker and womanizer, from 1891 he contributed bush ballads to the Sydney Bulletin as 'the Breaker'. When the South African War broke out in 1899 he enlisted in Adelaide in the 2nd Contingent, South Australian Mounted Rifles, as Harry Harbord Morant.
In South Africa Morant's skill as a horseman was soon well known, and having qualities of education and manners he was engaged as a dispatch rider by General French, and later worked with Bennett Burleigh, a British war correspondent. At the end of his one-year enlistment he received good reports and accepted but did not take up a commission in Baden Powell's South African Constabulary. He went to England, and is supposed to have been welcomed into society and to have become engaged. Becoming close friends with Captain Percy Hunt, who had also served in the war, he followed him back to South Africa in March 1901. In changed conditions, irregular units were formed to counter Boer guerillas. One such, the Bush Veldt Carbineers, formed at Pietersburg, north of Pretoria, was composed largely of time-served colonials, but was not an Australian formation. Its commander, Major R. W. Lenehan, commissioned Morant and sent him into the Strydpoort area south-east of Pietersburg where he served with distinction.
To the north, known as the Spelonken, the British commander, Captain Robertson, was weak, and Captain Taylor, an intelligence officer from Rhodesia, a man of sadistic brutality. When six Boers came into Fort Edward wishing to surrender, they were shot by the B.V.C. Not long afterwards a B.V.C. patrol led by Lieutenant P. J. Handcock returned with one of its number, Van Buuren, a turncoat Boer, mysteriously shot. There was also insubordination and looting by some troopers and Robertson was recalled. Hunt was posted to Fort Edward, to be joined by Morant and Lieutenants Picton and Witton. On patrol on 4 August 1901 Hunt was mortally wounded. Some mutilation was done to the body, and clothing taken. There is evidence that Africans, not Boers, may have been responsible for the atrocities, but Morant, now in command, morose and incensed, encouraged by Taylor, became bent on vengeance. He led a patrol after the Boers, and caught up with them late in the evening.
Because of his premature order to attack, all but one, Visser, wounded in the ankle, got away. Morant wanted to shoot Visser immediately, but was dissuaded. The patrol next morning returned some distance towards Fort Edward, and on 11 August Visser was shot. Morant had alleged that Visser was wearing some of Hunt's clothing, but the evidence is to the contrary. Then eight Boers approaching Fort Edward to surrender were met by a patrol led by Morant and including Handcock. The Boers were spoken to by a passing missionary, Rev. C. A. D. Heese, a British subject of German extraction who attempted to reassure them, but on 23 August Morant had them shot. Heese left, rejecting Morant's advice not to go on to Pietersburg alone. Morant then spoke to Taylor, and Handcock rode out.
Later, Heese was rumoured killed, and Handcock reported finding his body. On 7 September Morant, Handcock and two others shot three Boers coming in to surrender. Morant then led a successful patrol to capture alive an Irish-Boer leader, Kelly. After leave in Pretoria he returned to the Spelonken but on 22 October was, with Lenehan, Taylor, Picton, Witton and others, arrested.
A court of inquiry dragged on until on 15 January 1902 when charges were laid. Morant was charged with inciting various persons to kill Visser, the eight Boers, the three Boers, and Heese. Major J. F. Thomas, a solicitor from Tenterfield, New South Wales, was ordered at short notice to represent the accused and on 17 January the trial in relation to Visser began. On 23 January Boers attacked the blockhouses at Pietersburg where the court martial was taking place. Morant, Handcock and others were recalled to service and helped to beat off the attack. The hearing then continued. The existence of orders to take no prisoners, and the difficulties of guerilla warfare, were pleaded.
On 1 February the case of the eight Boers commenced. As in the first case, no finding was pronounced, nor was it after the next hearing, in relation to the three Boers. At the trial in relation to the missionary, Handcock, who was charged with and had originally confessed to the murder, gave an alibi. He claimed to have visited two Boer ladies at their farms on the day in question, and they corroborated his story. But other evidence leaves an irresistible inference that Heese was murdered at Morant's instigation. In 1929 Witton informed Thomas that Handcock had confessed the murder of Heese to Witton, and had implicated Morant as the instigator of 'a most premeditated and cold blooded affair'. The alibi was, however, accepted and acquittals pronounced on this charge.
Morant was convicted on each other charge, and sentenced to death, although the court recommended mercy on the grounds of provocation, good service and want of military experience. On 26 February Morant and Handcock were informed that they would be shot in the morning. Thomas in desperation sought to see Lord Kitchener, but he had gone out on trek. The sentences were duly carried out, and bravely endured, Handcock and Morant being shot by firing squad on 27 February in Pretoria. After Morant's execution Admiral Morant denied he was his father. The Defence Act (1903), limiting the offences for which sentence of death could be imposed by court-martial, and requiring such sentence to be confirmed by the governor-general, perhaps reflected public concern over the executions.
Probably the charge of which Morant was acquitted was the impetus for his execution. The acquittal, while certainly open on the evidence, is with hindsight and in the light of additional evidence best supported by the defence of condonation, based on the call to service during the attack on Pietersburg. That defence would not have had to deny what is now virtually undoubted, namely Morant's reprehensible incitement of the homicide of an innocent civilian. The defences put in the other cases were rightly rejected. Even if an order to take no prisoners had been lawfully given, the deaths of the Boers, who had ceased to resist and been taken prisoner, did not occur in pursuance of such an order. As folk hero he should be rejected, but he may be accepted as a man of many talents who, under the influence of weak or sadistic peers, was corrupted by the brutality of war.
The film Breaker Morant was released in 1980.
personal records, 83/120 (Australian War Memorial).
R. K. Todd, 'Morant, Harry Harbord (Breaker) (1864–1902)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/morant-harry-harbord-breaker-7649/text13377, published first in hardcopy 1986, accessed online 26 April 2019.
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Why is my phone so slow?
Whenever I play Candy Crush I find that my phone functions very slowly. This is especially apparent when I leave Candy Crush in the background and navigate to other applications. What can I do?
The most likely reason that you are experiencing this lagging is because this phone can be operated using different modes. This phone has four different operating modes: Performance Mode, Balance Mode, Smart-saving Mode, and Ultra-saving Mode. Make sure that when you are playing games, you play them on Performance Mode so the game can run more smoothly. Now, be aware that Performance Mode uses the most power, so I recommend making sure that you don't play too long, because then your phone will die: or play with your phone while it's charging.
Although the Performance Mode will help with the performance of game play, the lagging can be helped by simply closing programs and not letting them run in the background when you are done with them. By doing this, you will reduce the possibility of lagging on your phone.
This was driving my wife crazy. She would miss a lot of phone calls just because the answer slider wasn't responsive enough. Checked into the "Power management" option , then in "Power saver" and she was on "Super Saving" mode. Switched it to "Performance". No more problem. Thank you!
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