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The proliferation of mobile devices in the last decade has been enormous. Even more recently, smart phones have become commonplace in almost every person’s pocket or bag, and mobile pad devices are becoming more commonly used, in some cases, replacing the laptop and to become an expected item to be found in almost every person’s bag of accessories within five years. This change in the types of devices that we commonly use to socialise, work and function also has its effect on SEO. While SEO for mobile devices shares a lot of its character with that of traditional SEO for PCs and laptops, there are distinctions to note and strategies to be mindful of for mobile that can allow for a much more effective mobile campaign that generates increased enquiries and sales. To miss out on these opportunities could be perilous as the future of search heads more and more to the realm of mobile, as its use continues to dramatically rise.
A principle that is important to abide by when SEO is concerned is that SEO is for users. The people that think from this perspective tend to produce high quality work that stands the test of time and work that offers value to a global public and brand campaign in more ways than one. The people that think from the perspective that SEO is for machines, resultantly tend to produce spam. An important concept that we at Elite SEO cannot reiterate enough to our clients is that Google’s robots seek to emulate human users. Search engines want to take users to sites that are useful and valuable for humans. And due to this, their algorithm is consistently refined to better ensure that this is the case. This algorithm, in an oversimplified explanation, looks to mimic what humans would deem to be good sites as results to search queries made, and lists these results accordingly.
A website that is mobile friendly most significantly means that your users will have a more enriching user experience when browsing your website on mobile. A website that adapts to fit the screen of a mobile offers a better mobile experience. This leads to a better brand impression and leads to a higher probability of enquiries and sales from mobile-viewers. A site that is suitable for a mobile is site that is either a responsive website or a designated mobile website. A responsive site is one that is liquid and that moves to adjust to the resolution of the computer it is being viewed on. A mobile website is one that is made specifically for mobile devices, with a different URL to that of a brand’s main, non-mobile website, and a website that can be remotely different from a website developed for a desktop or laptop. Both forms, whether a responsive design or mobile-designated site enable a user to view a website effectively on a mobile device and can thereby maximise the mobile viewing and interactive experience. The form of a website is one of the most important elements to have right for mobile, even before getting to work on other SEO elements. Ensure that the site looks good on a mobile device, and look to test its appearance and functionality for phones and mobile pad devices.
People who use mobile are usually time-poor. They are on the run to their next appointment, are quickly looking for a place to acquire the product or service they need or require a piece of information or fact check to contribute effectively to a conversation or important meeting discussion. Additionally, internet connection to mobile devices invariably tends to be slower than that to desktop or laptop computer devices. For these reasons, when it comes to using mobile devices to search, time is of the essence. Creating a mobile website that appears rapidly without delays is part of a good mobile web experience, but in addition, will help your SEO. Google wants to take users to websites that offer a good mobile experience, a trend that will only continue to grow, particularly in the field of mobile SEO. The load speed of a website is a crucial factor for the performance of a website and its search. A good mobile site will look to ensure a rapid load time by ensuring a design layout that is efficiently loaded yet visibly appealing and will seek to optimise images where possible to reduce load time.
When people view sites on their mobile devices, they are generally up, about and exploring. Many mobile users are looking for their next meal or what to do for the day in the locality they are at. Mobile users want to find suitable businesses that can provide the ideal product or service they are wanting. A good mobile site should have effective information, with key information made distinctly visible. All phone numbers should be made to be click-to-call so users can easily make contact with the businesses that interests them. Much like SEO for traditional devices, good content that offers rich information that is valuable is also important. Articles that offer handy advice or deep insight are great for people that are commuting from home to work, or need a good read while on their break and sitting on a park bench. This also leads to the need for content to be shareable. Mobile users are highly social, often interacting on social media through their mobile devices throughout their day. Making social sharing easy for them through the form of social sharing buttons will allow them to rapidly share content on your website, which will allow more people to be exposed to your brand and will enable for better SEO performance.
In a recent survey by Our Mobile Planet, it was revealed that 94% of smart phone users had used their device to find local information. 84% had taken action after making a search. In a similar survey, it was uncovered that 63% of people take action within an hour of making a mobile search, while 84% do so within 5 hours. Mobile users making searches tend to be different from laptop and computer users in that they are more readily looking for local information and are positioned to quickly act. What then does this mean for mobile SEO? Firstly, and most basically, mobile users need to be able to find you. Having your address on your mobile site is a good start. This address should link to a Google Map or alternatively, a Google Map should be provided and made clearly visible on your mobile website. This is particularly important if you are a local business selling a product or service with a storefront and you want to increase traffic to your store (e.g. restaurant, shop & hairdresser). Research conducted by Bryson Meunier at Resolution Media reveals that searches for ATM location (99 percent), restaurants (88 percent), bars (97 percent) most commonly come from mobile devices. The second important element is to understand and anticipate what mobile searches are searching for when it comes to finding your product or service. It may be that there are users typing “cheap pizza in Sydney” or “24 hour coffee in Melbourne”, which then aligns with what your business offers. Google’s keyword tool can be used to find these types of keywords people may be entering. Creating designated pages for these keywords will enable a business to capture more traffic from mobile users, both online but then more importantly offline, and can then effectively boost the sales of a business.
There are many mobile functions that a mobile website can also possess to help or engage a user to have a better experience of your brand. These functions are exclusive to mobile devices and can therefore be leveraged upon when it comes to developing websites that cater to mobile users. A full list of all these functions will be elaborately described in a blog post to come. A great functioning mobile website will not only service users well, but will draw people to naturally link to the site and share it on social media, encouraging other users to experience what it has to offer. This will inevitably will improve SEO and generate more visitors to check out your brand.
These elements when implemented well on a mobile site will contribute significantly to appealing and engaging a growing audience that searches for and views websites on mobile devices. This is proving to be a great way to gain business but also to invest into the future as more and more activity transfers from traditional computer devices to that of mobile. | 2019-04-21T02:33:12 | https://www.eliteseoservices.com.au/blog/great-seo-mobile-devices/ |
1. Members Present – Chairman PAB, Vice-chairman TB, Paul Baines PJB, Tony Williams TW, Matt Brooke MB.
This year’s spring clean was organised for Saturday, 26th April at 11 o’clock, prior to our 1st home game of the season.
Square roller - smoking more than in the past but most importantly being able to start ‘unaided’.
The gang mowers were fully operational, and would be adjusted by PJB.
The new containers are easier to unlock/lock but still could be better. TW to investigate.
The long-awaited permanent net(s) at the ground to be further investigated, to see if this would be (economically) feasible in the next year. The management committee to keep this on the agenda.
PJB handed round this year’s fixtures. All Saturdays were filled (26th April – 29th Sept).
Full details on our website.
The league also wished to repeat organising a 20-20 tournament this year that would be based around using Tuesdays from the first week in June until mid-July.
The 3rd XI have several more fixtures, following its success from last season.
MB confirmed the squad of players should be very similar to last year.
BT proposed to keep the match taxes the same at £10 and £5 for concessions; (teas should be set at £3 each to cover costs). Teas for visiting friendly fixtures should be set at £35 per team. Seconded by PJB and carried.
MB made the request for the club to encourage more juniors/younger players to the club. To such ends, MB would be happy to apply to the ECB to gain coaching qualifications and run training sessions at the ground. The meeting was all in favour.
Since there has been no annual dinner for the past couple of years, all the trophies were in need of updating. TB and MB to ensure this was completed in time for the ‘social BBQ’ in May at the Hut.
As there was no other business the meeting closed at 8.55pm. | 2019-04-20T12:48:23 | http://www.westfarleighsportsclub.com/2014.html |
Tasmania's child protection system has a problem. It is designed to intervene only when things get truly terrible for children and young people.
By taking this approach, insufficient emphasis is given to the cumulative harm children can endure over the course of their young lives.
We need to support children and young people sooner, rather than waiting until a threshold is broken or a crime is committed.
The National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009-2020 says it best — Australia needs to move from seeing “protecting children” merely as a response to abuse and neglect to one of promoting the safety and wellbeing of children.
The national framework clearly states that emphasis must be given to providing good universal services such as health, education and community services so that children can live in safe and supportive families and communities. Tasmania’s Child and Family Centres are perfect examples of places where all children and their families are welcome and where all Tasmanian parents and carers can access information and support from pregnancy onwards.
The early years are critical for the development of attachment and good social, emotional and physical health for all children.
There are many wonderful programs operating in our community to provide solid foundations for Tasmania’s children and their families, such as Pregnant and Young Parent Support, New Parent and Infant Network and Integrated Family Support. They really do change lives.
Despite best efforts and the establishment of the gateway to better co-ordinate services across the state, there are still many children and young people requiring statutory intervention and placement in the out-of-home care system.
Tasmania’s child protection system has been redesigned many times yet vulnerable children and young people still suffer due to its failings.
Human Services Minister Jacquie Petrusma was forced to initiate another review last year following the revelation 151 child protection notifications were ignored on the North-West Coast.
The community outrage over this was justifiably strong and my office was inundated with stories from families across the state who wanted to share their experience with the child protection system.
Since then it has also been revealed that a youth had been provided with a tent by Child Protection Services and left at the Hobart Showgrounds. Excuses were given for why no other accommodation option was available for this young man in the middle of winter and the Minister was quick to blame the youth for having problem behaviours and staff for giving out a tent.
The Government should not get the option to give up on people, but in this instance the Minister did just that. The adolescent in question is now in the youth justice system. These failures in the system bring us back to the need for early intervention to prevent the cumulative harm that can impact a person for their entire life.
There are too many stories of children and young people who touch on the edges of the child protection system but because they don’t quite meet the threshold for intervention their case is closed. These children can become victims of the cumulative harm they suffer through their childhood.
The Government needs to ensure any redesign of the system is able to accommodate the risk to children and young people that arises from cumulative harm. We need a system broad enough to address known risk factors.
Many factors shown to be associated with abuse and neglect are behaviours or characteristics of parents, which can then be the target of population-based strategies and specific interventions.
Information provided by the Health and Human Services Department for 2014-2015 statewide shows alcohol and drug issues for the parent or child were identified as a risk factor in 57 per cent of notifications. Family violence was identified as a risk factor in 63 per cent of notifications and as a primary risk factor in 36 per cent of notifications. Mental health issues for the child or parent were identified as a risk factor in 30 per cent.
Known risk factors should be the base from which a redesigned system considers how it will operate in 2016.
Obviously, the child protection system cannot do this alone. It will require a cross agency effort to reduce known risk factors and protect children from harm. | 2019-04-20T00:21:44 | https://becwhite.com/index.php/news/131-drug-use-mental-illness-red-flags-for-child-protection |
This article provides trademark practitioners and legal professionals with a simple guide to Italian trademark law, procedures and enforcement strategies.
• Unregistered marks do not benefit from the presumption of validity; the burden of proof in civil proceedings is therefore higher than in the case of registered trademarks.
• Unregistered marks cannot form the basis of an opposition and can be enforced against subsequent registration only by means of civil action.
• The prior use of a sign which results in the sign becoming only locally well known does not exclude the novelty of a subsequent trademark.
• Locally well-known unregistered trademarks may still be used locally, regardless of the subsequent registration by a third party of an identical or similar trademark for identical or similar goods and services. However, this prior use does not affect the novelty and validity of the subsequent third-party registration. Further, according to Article 6bis of the Paris Convention, foreign registrations that are well known in Italy may enjoy protection as unregistered trademarks.
To establish unregistered trademark rights, use of a sign must be effective and continuous. Such use may affect the validity of a subsequent registration only if it leads the previously used mark to become more than merely locally well known.
According to Article 19 of the Industrial Property Code, any natural or legal entity that “uses or intends to use” a mark can apply for its registration in Italy, as long as the application is not made in bad faith. Marks can be used by either the applicant or an authorised third party, and use is considered genuine if it is true, continuous and effective. A representative of the rights holder requires power of attorney before filing; however, this power of attorney need not be notarised or legalised.
• deceptive signs – in particular, signs which mislead the public as to the geographical origin, nature or qualities of the relevant goods and services.
• signs which are applied for in bad faith.
Trademark applications must be filed with the IPTO. The first e-filing system was implemented in 2006 and a completely revised e-filing system was introduced in Spring 2015. The new e-filing system is yet to be fully implemented (eg, applications for international trademark registration still require paper filing), but the IPTO is working diligently to complete the process within the shortest timeframe possible.
Once the application is filed, the IPTO will perform an examination based on formal requirements and absolute grounds for refusal. If the application does not meet formal requirements or must be refused on absolute grounds, the IPTO will issue a formal notification to the applicant, which is granted a period of at least two months to complete or revise the application or file observations in response to the refusal. The IPTO will then examine the applicant’s response and decide whether to accept the application or reject it, either totally or partially.
If the application meets the requirements, it will then be published for opposition or observation by third parties.
The IPTO is not entitled by law to carry out any kind of search of prior rights; therefore, no official searches are available. An official online database is available at www.uibm.gov.it, but the search tools are very limited at present. However, with the implementation of the new e-filing system underway, the IPTO will soon be able to provide users with improved search tools.
designations and acronyms of events and those of non-lucrative entities and associations, including the relevant emblems.
Unregistered trademarks, company names, domain names, well-known trademarks under Article 6bis of the Paris Convention and reputation claims cannot be enforced through opposition. These can be enforced only through invalidation actions. A notice of opposition must be filed with the IPTO in writing. The notice must be written in Italian and include all required documents. An opposition fee of €250 (plus postage) must be paid before filing the notice. The notice must be submitted to the IPTO through the new e-filing system. If a representative is appointed, power of attorney is required; however, the power of attorney need not be notarised or legalised.
• persons, entities and associations that hold relevant rights (under Article 8).
If the opposition is accepted, the IPTO will notify the applicant of the contested mark (the first communication). The notification will be issued within two months of the expiry of the opposition period. The parties then have a twomonth cooling-off period in which they may reach an amicable settlement, which may be extended by joint request of the parties by up to 12 months from the date of receipt of the first communication. If an agreement is reached within this period, the parties must inform the IPTO. Otherwise, the opposition enters the adversarial stage. Within two months of the expiry of the cooling-off period, the opponent may file additional supporting documents or arguments, which the IPTO will forward to the applicant, setting a term for filing its observations. Within this term, the applicant may also request the opponent to submit proof of effective use of the enforced earlier trademark, if it was registered more than five years before the date of publication of the contested application. Evidence of effective use must be filed within 60 days of the relevant notification (this term may be extended up to six months). At the end of the adversarial stage, the IPTO will decide on the opposition, either refusing the contested application (in full or in part) or rejecting the opposition and awarding costs to the winning party (which may consist of the opposition fee and up to €300 of professional fees). The losing party may appeal to the Board of Appeal within 60 days of notification of the IPTO decision. If, after making all efforts provided by the law, the IPTO cannot serve the applicant with the notice of opposition, the opposed application will be rejected ex officio.
In the case of an opposition against the Italian designation of an international registration, the IPTO will issue a provisional refusal, setting a three-month term for the applicant to appoint an Italian representative to defend the designation. If no representative is appointed, the provisional refusal becomes final and the designation is rejected with no further action required from the opponent.
Where no objections are raised by the IPTO and no third-party oppositions or observations are filed, an application can mature to registration in approximately nine to 12 months. A trademark is valid for 10 years from the filing date and can be renewed – for all or part of the originally claimed goods – for unlimited subsequent 10-year periods. There is also a grace period of six months after the official deadline, provided that the renewing party pays a surcharge. Renewal registrations are assigned new renewal application and registration numbers and a renewal certificate is issued within a couple of months of the renewal date.
Surrender: A trademark holder can always surrender its registration. Surrender must be recorded on the register by means of an appropriate declaration (subject to fiscal registration).
Revocation: If a trademark is not put to genuine use for five consecutive years after registration, it becomes vulnerable to revocation for nonuse, which may be filed by any interested party. If use of the mark begins or resumes after the five-year period of non-use but more than three months before the claim for revocation is filed, the registration cannot be revoked, except in the case of rights in the trademark acquired by third parties through filing or use.
Invalidation: After registration of the mark, holders of conflicting earlier rights or any interested party (on the basis of absolute grounds for refusal) may file a claim for its invalidation. Invalidations are civil proceedings and must be filed before an IP court (tribunale delle imprese). The timeframe from filing of the claim to judgment may vary depending on the complexity of the case, but the average timeframe is two to three years.
The competent courts for any IP matter – involving registered or unregistered rights – are the tribunale delle imprese (enterprise tribunals): 21 highly specialised sections of the civil courts (approximately one for each Italian region). Where one party is a foreign enterprise, competence is limited to 11 of these venues, depending on the domicile or head office of the Italian counterparty of the suit.
In cases of either imminent or ongoing violation of an IP right, the rights holder may request the IP court to grant provisional remedies.
• injunction (enforceable at the infringer’s premises, those of subsidiaries and warehouses, and against third parties not identified in the petition).
The average period from filing of the petition to grant of the remedy is one month. Regarding compensation for damages, Italian judges usually take into account all appropriate factors, such as negative economic consequences – including the lost profits of the rights holder and unfair profits made by the infringer – and moral prejudice caused to the rights holder. The infringer can be forced to return all profits earned. According to Articles 473 and 474 of the Criminal Code, the infringement of a registered IP right so as to create the risk of confusion among the public is a criminal offence. Public prosecutors can therefore prosecute the felony independently if there is public deception. Consequently, even where it is advisable, it is not strictly necessary to file a criminal complaint. Article 517ter of the Criminal Code applies where the infringement does not involve an actual risk of confusion among the public. In this case, the rights holder must file a criminal complaint.
There are no specific requirements in Italian law to finalise an assignment, insofar as documents are concerned. However, an assignment must take written form in order to be recorded in the Trademark Register. It may be recorded by means of the original, notarised assignment deed (foreign deeds must be legalised and include a sworn Italian translation), or by means of a simplified declaration stating that the title has already been assigned. The declaration must be executed by both parties, but there is no need for notarisation or legalisation of signatures. Before recording the assignment with the IPTO, fiscal registration of the assignment deed or declaration is required. It takes approximately one year for the assignment to be recorded in the register, but the assignment is effective as of the date of filing of the petition.
A merger is recorded by means of a petition filed with the IPTO and a certificate proving the merger, issued by the Commercial Registry or other competent authority. If the document is in a foreign language, an Italian translation must be provided. Official fees must be paid, which vary depending on the number of titles against which the merger is recorded. Although the merger is not immediately recorded in the register, it is effective as of the date of filing of the petition.
A change of name or address is recorded by means of a petition filed with the IPTO. A power of attorney is required, but there is no need to provide additional documents. In contrast to previous practice, the current e-filing system does not allow for a petition for a change of name or address to be included in a renewal application. These changes should be recorded before proceeding with the renewal.
Trademarks can be the object of both exclusive and non-exclusive licences, which can relate to all or some of the goods or services protected by the registration. No particular forms or formalities are required. However, according to Article 23.4 of the Industrial Property Code, the licensing of a trademark must not mislead the public as to the essential characteristics of the goods and services. Recording a licence in the Trademark Register is not compulsory, although it is advisable for the sake of public advertisement. Effective and continuous use of a trademark by a licensee is considered genuine for the purpose of use requirements.
Under certain circumstances, the Industrial Property Code permits cumulative and simultaneous protection of an item by trademark, design and copyright. In particular, logos may be protected as both trademarks and designs. The shapes of products and their packaging, as well as designs, may enjoy both design and 3D trademark protection, provided that they fall within the limits outlined above for shapes. Copyright protection may also be invoked for the artistic value of a logo or the item itself. Utility patent protection may also be considered in some cases.
The enforcement measures specified above can be applied in case of the unauthorised use of an IP right as a domain name, metatag or hyperlink. In addition to an injunction prohibiting the use of an unlawful domain name, the judicial authority may provisionally order the transfer of that domain name to the rights holder under certain circumstances (eg, payment of a bond), according to Article 133 of the Industrial Property Code. The authority that administers domain names, .IT Registry, provides a list of centres for the resolution of domain name disputes. | 2019-04-19T02:42:52 | https://www.bugnion.eu/en/wtr-yearbook-2017-2018/ |
At this NGC we can offer PUBG for the first time as a tournament.
As for the last NGC Fractal Design is back and delivers us great prizes you can win!
We thank and appreciate the renewed cooperation. | 2019-04-23T18:56:49 | https://www.ngc-germany.de/en/content/first-tournament-ngc |
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Biggest meteorite ever found in U.S. came from West Linn, Ore.
Natural History in New York in 1911.
The old playground doctrine of “finders keepers” does not apply to meteorites. At least, that’s what the Oregon Supreme Court said in 1905, when deciding who got to keep the Willamette Meteorite – the largest meteorite ever found in the United States, before or since.
Well, the two were really excited at first. They figured this was a “reef” sticking out of the top of a massive vein of iron that could make them both very wealthy. But they soon made two sobering discoveries: First, it was an isolated block. And second, it wasn’t on Hughes’ property. They’d strayed over onto the neighboring plot, owned by – ironically, given that the meteorite was more than 90 percent iron – the Oregon Iron and Steel Company.
Hughes kept mum and tried to buy the land. Nothing doing. So he, his wife and his 15-year-old stepson toiled for a solid three months at dragging the 32,000-pound mass across three-quarters of a mile of forest floor and onto Hughes’ property. This done, he announced his find, built a shed over it and started charging admission to see it.
the woods onto Ellis's property.
I haven’t been able to learn how the Oregon Iron and Steel Company found out the meteorite had been moved. Probably Hughes’ attempts to buy the land aroused some suspicion and prompted company officials to investigate. In any case, figure it out they did, and filed a lawsuit demanding that Hughes give it back.
Which he did. But not before fighting it all the way up to the Oregon Supreme Court, in late 1905 – just in time for Oregon Iron and Steel to haul it up to Portland for the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition, at which it was displayed proudly and drew much notice. Afterward, it was purchased by Sarah Dodge and donated to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City – where it remains to this day.
The meteorite apparently fell on a glacier during the last ice age. During the Missoula Floods, the ice in which it was embedded formed an iceberg and roared down the Columbia River Gorge, eddying back up into the Willamette Valley and finally being deposited on top of the sediment when the ice melted away.
It’s composed of 91.65 percent iron, 7.88 percent nickel, 0.21 percent cobalt and 0.09 percent phosphorous.
In Oregon, there are two replicas of the meteorite on display: one at the United Methodist Church in West Linn, near where it was found; the other outside the University of Oregon’s Museum of Natural and Cultural History in Eugene.
The local Native American tribes had treasured the meteorite, calling it “tomonowos” – “visitor from the moon.” In 1990, they sued for its return. But they came to an agreement with the museum in 2000 that let them come visit the meteorite in New York and hold private ceremonies around it; the deal also says if the museum ever takes it off permanent display, the tribes will get it back. | 2019-04-26T08:19:22 | http://offbeatoregon.com/H1001c_WillamMeteor.htm |
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Self-blockage stops us from letting go and moving in the right direction. Temptation maybe initially alluring but gradually it will produce unfavourable circumstances and creates an abundance of new temptation. When this happens then one will search for a new way to rid oneself of these issues. Primarily, it is essential to remove all complications and make our hindrances our strengths to allow us to create long-lasting solutions to craft our dreams and desires.
These types of problems arise when our Third Eye Chakra is not working properly. Meditating on the Third Eye Chakra will allow one to gain new perspective. Reiki allows you to go back to your basic natural instincts and enable you to remove all hindrances that are barriers to your progress to achieving excellence and enthusiasm as well as gaining wisdom to combat self-blockage.
Considering the stream of consciousness is an excellent tool if it comprises with sublime Reiki. Reiki sessions use visualizations of the goal to accomplish the required goal and combine passion into our curiosity with full awareness of the self-conscious. Effects of visual perception are considered essential in inspiring the unconscious mind and owing to the law of attraction. Visualization comprises with the same relaxation and breathing techniques as meditation except that it involves seeing or creating pictures with inner eye for the goal setting. It has a substantial impression on the unconscious mind and proper reflexes come out as and when needed.
Reiki symbols are to be used to visualize upon different chakras and repeating affirmations enhancing results; purifying, enhancing and improving the aura. Moreover, with so much emotional intensity the shielding layer of self-doubt will gradually crack as you access and control the mind. Refining visualization in this process will culminate in fulfillment of desire. It stimulates specific bio-electrochemical reactions finally developing an abundance to cultivate goals.
The activities of the conscious mind and the cerebrum reflect the existence of life in a human body and the expansion of body in the fetus from the growth of the cerebrum; the latter controls the development and association of other organs. Visualization keeps neurons alive allowing you to do things effectively and gain a good memory along as well as longevity. The human brain is made up of more than one thousand billion neurons (a nerve cell with its processes, constituting the structural and function units of nerve issue) and each one then makes one thousand or more and linking to other neurons adding up to approximately one thousand trillion in total.
The pineal gland is the link between the body, mind and integral part of Third Eye, which acts as the centre of restraining power which controls the flow of thoughts. The Third Eye and Root charka complement and support each other. Root chakra provides the energy to the Third Eye and Third Eye manifests internal desires. Visualization is a double-edged sword, for example, concupiscence instigates in the mind and the body stirred thereby participates in sexual activities. Meditation, perfect visualization, and compassion keep away impure thoughts, emotions, and behaviour; whilst the five senses which produce pleasure and pain pass swiftly away and end only in destruction. A well-balanced Third Eye is able to refine Root chakra and clear all abnormalities regarding sexual issues accumulated in the cyclic journey of the individual soul from one life to another.
For refined visualizations one must first hone pineal and pituitary glands through apply appropriate Reiki symbols and then Root chakra (has four petals, base chakra, element is the earth, yellow with characteristic of smell and the sense organ is nose and mantra-Lam) simultaneously cultivate itself, and expand and give way to energy to move Sacral centre-Manipur chakra – Anhat chakra – Visudh chakra. This process continues all the way to the Third Eye chakra then spiritual experiments conducted on the conscious force become easy, as previously thought. A well-developed Root chakra and Third Eye offers perfect visualization.
The aspirant endeavours to cultivate a decisive intensive feeling of intimacy towards the aura of divine virtues whose presence is felt brings us close to supreme source divinity. Latent virtues and divine skills spring and eventually blossom into a mighty tree of embellishing powers. The basic and essential modes of experiments in spirituality are embracing of virtue from which transmute an ordinary moral power into an earnest human being.
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Garrapata macho en comparación con una cabeza de fósforo.
Garrapata ingurgitada pegada a la parte trasera de la cabeza de un niño. Se muestra el pulgar de un adulto como escala.
Las garrapatas pueden encontrarse en la mayoría de las zonas boscosas alrededor del mundo. Son muy comunes en áreas donde habitan cérvidos (ciervos) o en asentamientos humanos. Son especialmente abundantes en zonas aledañas a fuentes de agua, donde animales bajan a beber, y en praderas donde los arbustos proveen protección.
El parasitoide Ixodiphagus hookeri, una avispa de la familia Ichneumonidae ha sido ampliamente investigado por su potencial en el control de poblaciones de garrapatas. El modo en el que actúa es común a todas las avispas Ichneumonidas, y consiste en poner los huevos en el interior del huésped, para que, cuando los huevos eclosionen, se alimenten del huésped, matándolo. Otra forma de control biológico es por medio de las aves de la familia Numididae, las cuales consumen cuantiosas cantidades de garrapatas. Tan solo dos aves pueden llegar a limpiar 8090 m2 en un año.
Argasidae, que son las llamadas garrapatas blandas.
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Wikimedia Commons alberga una galería multimedia sobre Ixodida. | 2019-04-19T07:53:21 | https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixodida |
Tazara has unfavourable debt and equity ratio which closes opportunities for accessing long term operational loans from any financial institution.The company needs more than US$700 million to operate smoothly. In addition it owes the statutory authorities round $100m. These include NAPSA, ZSIC and ZRA. And as if that was not enough, it is still owing TAZARA retirees more than $20m. The list is endless as this does not include legal fees and money owed in other areas.
TAZARA’s fundamental problem is that, even if it were well capitalized and managed, the rationale for its existence largely disappeared once sanctions against Rhodesia / Zimbabwe were lifted and the border re-opened. In recent years the expansion of Beira, Nacala, Walvis and other regional ports has further reduced the need for heavy investment in TAZARA. With RSZ itself having substantial surplus capacity, it is doubtful whether there is sufficient traffic for one railway, let alone two.
Which brings us to the basic question - if not TAZARA, where should government prioritise investment? The answer is clear : roads! Zambia suffers from a "landlocked trap". We are heavily dependent on our neighbours for road and rail access to sea. However, even in terms of internal road network, Zambia has not invested significantly enough compared to other aspirational African countries. In other words, its okay that we have neighbours with poor road or rail network or insufficient port capacity, but there's no reason why cannot do our bit, to get road network in order! Its no surprise therefore that evidence appears to suggest that Zambia's lack of adequate infrastructure is acting as a constraint on the expansion of trade and economic activity. The World Bank's Logistics Performance Index, ranks Zambia's transport infrastructure below the average of other sub-Saharan African countries and low-income countries.
Many of our local areas are isolated and in desperate need of good accessible rural infrastructure. With good roads accessibility improves in terms of delivery of services and local commerce. Without proper rural roads it becomes impossible to make serious efforts in improving market development. Good roads reduce local market failures in critical sectors such as agriculture and tourism.
The PF government therefore should continue to rightly prioritize investments in rural roads over rail because roads have a greater potential to directly affect the poor and enable them to become players in the market. Minister Mukanga is performing exceptionally well in delivering at pace the Link 8000, Lusaka 400 and Pave Zambia 2000 projects. Zambia is on course for total transformation of its road network thanks to the excellent priority President Sata has placed on these project. My prayer is that the Minister and the President do not get distracted with TAZARA issues.
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Cast range is the range at which a hero may use an ability on another unit. Cast range can be extended by certain abilities and talents.
Besides the listed abilities, Focus Fire and Walrus PUNCH! use the caster's attack range as their cast range.
1 All active attack modifiers use this cast range when manually cast, and their caster's attack range when set to autocast.
2 Has 400 range while in Elder Dragon Form.
3 This is the cast range when smashing a unit. Has 2000 range when smashing a Stone Remnant within a 200 radius, or 200 when targeting a Stone Remnant further away.
4 While Burrowed, Impale's and Mana Burn's cast range is increased to 1225 and 1050 respectively.
5 This is the default cast range. Has an additional 250 buffer range when used on a unit within the buffer range radius.
6 This is the cast range when used on a tree. Has 450 range when used on a ward.
7 This is the cast range when used on a tree (or allied hero in the case of Tango). Has 450 range when used on a ward.
8 This is the cast range when used on an allied unit or oneself. Has 400 range when used on an enemy unit.
The following heroes have a talent that grants them bonus cast range.
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Truth be told I rarely deep fry food. It’s just not how we normally eat in the Boulder Locavore household. Having said that, I end up making a few recipes a year requiring deep frying and my family is always in heaven when I do. I am sure to use lighter, non-GMO oils that perform well at high heat without imparting much flavor to the food. Sunflower oil is my normal go to.
Gluten-Free Churros is on the top of the list. I’m sure any day will be better if I make them (and from the emails and comments I’ve gotten, it seems many gluten-free readers have found the same to be true for them!). Churro Fried Ice Cream is a close second! By the way if you’ve never had fried ice cream, you must try it; cold, creamy ice cream coated with a sweet, hot, fried batter. It’s the best paradox you’ll ever eat!
Cooler weather is coming, football season is almost upon us and I’m careening toward sharing another recipe inspired by our Canadian Maritimes road trip. All paths have led to making Spicy Beer-Battered Onion Rings which are gluten-free!
Swapping in gluten-free flour for regular flour in the case of battered, deep fried foods seems easy enough. However in my experience, the gluten-free flour density and the type of beer (and even the heat and humidity) does provide flexibility is often needed to get batter just right. I’ll share some notes from my experimentation in the recipe itself but the end result is worth it. Light, crunchy onion rings with a slow after heat from cayenne pepper. They aren’t uber spicy, just enough to catch your attention!
Though I’ve made these in traditional rings, cutting the onion vertically in wedge-shapes offers the option to make curved onion strips perfect for dipping. The frying process is the same and creates a totally different appetizer. A fun change up for fall entertaining! Deep fried foods are always best hot out of the pot with a few minutes to cool. If made too far in advance they lose the crispy, crunchy effect that makes them so irresistible!
There is nothing like deep fried food, even if it’s only an occasional treat! Unfortunately not many such recipes are available to those gluten-free especially with a beer batter. These onions rings were created exclusively with gluten-free flour and gluten-free beer for a slightly spicy, crunchy, irresistible end result!
While developing the recipe I found different GF flour blends and different GF beer can make a difference with the amount of beer required to make a thin batter that is not watery, but not so thick it cannot coat the onion rings easily. The recipe calls for starting with 6 ounces of beer, and based on your ingredients, that may be enough.
If not the instructions provide for how to create a batter of perfect thickness regardless of the gluten-free flour blend and beer you choose to use! For a different preparation, instead of cutting the onion into rings, cut the onion through the stem and opposite end.
Place the flat, cut side face down on a cutting board and but at an angle into 6 wedges (cutting from the stem to opposite end). Separate the onion, batter the curved pieces and fry as directed below. These will make puffy, dipable onion pieces.
There is nothing like deep fried food, even if it's only an occasional treat!
Pour 2-3 inches of oil into a large size heavy pan or pot. Position a cooking thermometer in the oil but not touching the bottom of the pan. Over medium to medium-high heat, heat the oil to 375 degrees.
Set paper towels on a baking sheet to drain the fried onion rings.
Place ½ cups of the flour in a large mixing bowl. This will be used to toss the onion rings before battering them.
In a large mixing bowl combine the remaining 1 cup gluten-free flour and all the other dry ingredients. Slowly pour in 6 ounces of the beer and whisk to combine allowing the foam to subside. The batter will be thin but not watery. If the batter is too thick to easily dip and coat the onion rings, add 3 ounces more beer; whisk and allow to sit for a few minutes. If it’s still too thick, add the remainder of the beer, whisk to fully combine.
Toss a few onion rings in the flour. Note: the onion rings need room when frying so do not process more at a time than can easily move around when in the hot oil.
Using heatproof tongs, dip onion rings individually into the batter, allowing them to be coated fully. Lift coated rings above the batter and allow to drain slightly.
Place battered onion rings into the heated oil and cook for a few minutes until they begin to turn golden brown. Remove with tongs or a metal straining tool meant for deep frying and place on prepared paper towels. Repeat for all onion rings. Serve immediately.
These photos are making me drool!
Hold amazing onion rings! I haven’t had a homemade one in years, but these look delicious!
These onion rings sound super yummy! My family would love them!
Those look so good. I could go for these right now too!
I love onion rings, but I rarely fry anything either. My husband would really love these, especially with them being spicy.
Yum, those sound so good. My youngest has a soy allergy, and we’re finding more and more times that things are friend in soybean oil. I’ve got to try this with the sunflower oil.
This is one of those recipes that once you make you’ll be asked again and again to make it! Looks so good!
I’m going to have to make these for my husband! He is such a big fan of anything beer battered and gluten free is a bonus!
My husband recently went gluten free and he is having a tough time with things like breading and batters. I will be sharing this yummy recipe with him.
It can be a tough transition if your favorite foods aren’t very convertible. I guarantee he’ll never know these don’t have gluten in them!
These look fantastic. I’m on a Gluten Free diet so I’m desperate for yummy recipes like these.
Those sound delicious. I have two good friends that are gluten free and this would be a great thing to make for our bbq night.
I love onion rings! I will have to try this recipe out! Beer battered sounds tasty!
These look so delicious. I love onion rings. I am always looking for new gluten free recipes to try.
I didn’t know that onion rings had gluten but my husband loves onion rings so I will have to give the recipe a try.
The batter for onion rings contains wheat flour normally Beth as well as beer batter would normally be made with regular beer which has gluten (it’s a protein in wheat, barley, rye). My recipe uses both gluten-free flour and gf beer so it’s ‘safe’ for those gluten-free.
Thank you Debbie! They did turn out fantastic; and I can say that because I ate way more than I should have to be sure!
These would be perfect for my boyfriend. Every time we have onion rings he uses this really spicy sauce.
These look like really good onion rings. Now my daughter can enjoy onion rings even though she is gluten free.
Geez, these looks so good! I’m going to have to try and make my own. I’m scared, I won’t stop eating them.
These sound and look yummy. I have been cutting out gluten so this is perfect. Thanks for the recipe.
I know once I got started with these little guys I would not be able to stop — I don’t think I’ve ever had spicy onion rings, but it sounds like a brilliant idea!
I’m reading this while at work and starving. Bad idea as I could go for a bowl right now.
A bit like grocery shopping when you are hungry? And I suppose pulling out a deep fat frying and whipping up a batch is out of the question!
The rings look tasty. Gluten-free is a concept I don’t have to worry about, but I do like the idea of adding spice to the batter. Thanks for the inspiration!
These look light as a feather Toni! Good thing you put my rings in one of those bowls to remind me of portion control! It would be hard to stop eating these I’m quite sure. | 2019-04-24T09:57:23 | https://boulderlocavore.com/spicy-beer-battered-onion-rings-gluten-free-recipe/ |
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“Fillers” is a term we use for the different families of injectables approved for adding volume to the face. The filler is injected into areas where volume has been lost (such as the apples of the cheeks or the backs of the hands), or where more volume is desired (under the eyes, in the lips). “If you’ve lost volume, you want to give the volume back where you lost it,” Dr. Patricia Wexler explains. When applied by a skilled dermatologist, filler can restore or enhance natural beauty with the utmost subtlety.
The most common type of filler used today, nonpermanent HA fillers are incredibly versatile. Depending on how the HA is engineered and processed, the end result is a gel that can be soft or firm, flexible or structural, and of shorter or longer duration in the skin. These characteristics are important depending on the area of use: eyes, lips, jawline, temples, or the lower third of the face. The concentrated and engineered particles, and the configuration of HA chains, create a product that can be firmer (great for deeper filling) or more elastic (a good choice for areas of strong movement). Your dermatologist may use a combination of different HA fillers, contingent on the anatomy of your face and the goals of your treatment.
For deeper volume loss, such as in the backs of the hands, semipermanent CaHA fillers are an excellent choice. There is an immediate filling effect because of the gel itself. Over time, the gel promotes the growth of new collagen, continuing to improve the appearance of skin, with longer-lasting results than HA fillers.
For the longest lasting results, dermatologists turn to semipermanent PLLA fillers. Similarly to CaHA gels, PLLAs use the body’s natural healing powers to improve volume. Once injected, PLLAs help to stimulate collagen production, reinforcing the skin’s inner structure and adding a natural lift. For best results, multiple treatments are required. It may take several weeks for maximum results to become visible, but those results do last several years.
More than any other cosmetic dermatological skill, fillers require the hand of an artist to achieve the best results. Our skilled injectors know to never to use an injectable to fill a defect—we use it to treat the cause of the defect, resulting in a lifted and rejuvenated look.
When applied improperly, fillers can create a face that looks puffy or unnatural. “I always inject on the level of the bone, because all of the fat we like in a woman’s face is in the pockets, whereas most doctors are injecting in the dermis and giving patients round faces. I always ask to see my patient’s driver’s license, or wedding picture. I give them back the face they had. That’s what’s fun about what I do. It’s about the patient who looks in the mirror after and says, ‘That’s what I missed,’” recalls Dr. Patricia Wexler.
The entire procedure, from assessment through injection, should last 45 minutes to an hour.
All fillers should have some immediate result, which will improve over time.
The final results for HA fillers are achieved after about a week, and should last from 6 months to 18 months, depending on the product. The firmer the HA concentration, the longer it tends to last, so injections to the upper cheeks may often last longer than injections to the lips.
The best results for CaHA fillers are achieved after two weeks, and can last up to 18 months. PLLA fillers will require a few months of regular touch-ups, with final results lasting 2 years.
Although we use topical anesthetics (and numbing agents are often part of the fillers’ formulation), you may expect some bruising, swelling, and tenderness after your injections.
Injectables like fillers and toxins are seen as nonpermanent maintenance treatments. We recommend patients return every 6 months to a year, depending on your doctor’s advice.
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A night after Aaron Gordon & Zach LaVine pulled off the single best duel in the history of the Dunk Contest, Canadian Jordan Kilganon used a segment during a timeout of the 65th NBA All-Star Game to prove he may have actually pulled off the best dunk of the weekend.
Sure, Gordon going under his legs while jumping over a 7-foot mascot one of the more insane things of the weekend. Yes, Zach LaVine hitting a between the legs dunk from the free-throw line eventually won the contest. But unlike LaVine & Gordon, Jordan Kilganon is only 6’1″ and has enough bunnies to clear a grown man, catch a ball from said man and throw down a “Scorpion” dunk.
Want to know how insane Jordan Kilganon’s dunk was to the pros? The reaction photo from Dwyane Wade and company should be proof enough. Though the NBA wouldn’t do it, a pro-am between NBA dunkers and street ballers would be rather impressive to see. Especially considering Kilganon pulled this off in f*cking jeans and a tucked-in T-shirt. | 2019-04-22T18:45:03 | http://dayandadream.com/2016/02/15/jordan-kilganon-scorpoin-dunk-nba-all-star-game/ |
BME workers attended fall protection training performed by Capital Safety and hosted by the Korte Company.
The training provided valuable information and a demonstration of how fall protection equipment is to be chosen, worn, and maintained properly. The training was hosted by the Korte Company at NAS Whidbey Island, where Korte and BME are working on two large construction projects for the Navy. The United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration holds yearly safety stand-downs with emphasis on certain safety areas. As electricians, BME workers have a significant amount of work to do from manlifts installing conduit, wiring, and light fixtures. Fall protection training and safety is important to BME. | 2019-04-25T02:28:12 | https://bluemountainelectric.com/2015-national-safety-stand-down/ |
Selected videos from Video in Progress 3: Fields of the Performative, curated by KOLEKTIVA will be presented in Rotterdam.
ADA will host first part of KOLEKTIVA, Calling? a video correspondence with the artist group KOLEKTIVA from Slovenia. In return ADA will reply back to us with a collection of art videos to be shown in Ljubljana in December 2010.
ADA is an area for debate and art. It is a self-organized, independent artists initiative formed in September 2008 to support, nurture, stimulate and to create space for critical reflection and debate in and about art, in an open, cross-disciplinary minded and a friendly environment. | 2019-04-23T04:29:49 | http://www.kolektiva.org/archives/64 |
Fox bets Women’s World Cup will bring attention! | www.worldcupdebate.com - The Internet's #1 FIFA World Cup resources website!
Remember the frenzy over the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team during the 2014 FIFA World Cup? The crowds in the streets? The viewing parties in apartments and bars? The social media explosion?
Fox Sports is betting World Cup fever will return as the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team takes the pitch for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 on June 6. The network planned to use its telecast of the Daytona 500 today to launch a $10 million, 100-day promotional push for its first World Cup coverage.
The emotional ad begins with the 2-1 loss to Belgium that eliminated the men’s team last July. Images include fallen goalkeeper Tim Howard, crushed fans, crowds dispersing.
The underdog U.S. men’s team’s surprise run created a “cultural whirlwind” last summer, noted Robert Gottlieb, Fox Sports’ evp of marketing. Fox’s creative strategy is to show the torch being passed from one U.S. team to the other, he said.
Now, Fox’s “Nothing Is Over” rallying cry may sound like Rambo in First Blood, but Gottlieb and Fox “believe very strongly” the country will rally around the women’s team this summer.
Some critics will see the “America has a score to settle” line as jingoistic. But Gottlieb says it works on several fronts. For one, the U.S. women’s team hasn’t won the World Cup since 1999, when Mia Hamm and Brandi Chastain became household names. Despite ranking as the national team’s all-time leading scorer, Wambach has never won a World Cup. Other stars are burning to avenge their loss to Japan in the 2011 FIFA World Cup.
The “It’s Not Over” spot will kick off what Fox says will be the biggest network marketing push for a Women’s World Cup. There will be more TV ads focusing on individual players such as Morgan and Wambach, according to Gottlieb. Fox is planning a 30-channel media roadblock around a 30-second version of “It’s Not Over” that will air Tuesday at 8 p.m.
As soccer gains popularity within the U.S., Simon Wardle, chief strategy officer of Octagon Worldwide, believes World Cup fever will reignite when the U.S. women’s team starts play this summer.
“It’s one of the few occasions where Team USA can take on the world,” he said. | 2019-04-20T11:06:24 | http://worldcupdebate.com/?p=438&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fox-bets-womens-world-cup-will-bring-attention |
After an unexpectedly nice morning, some really dark skies brought us loud thunderclaps and brilliant rainbows late this afternoon. As today was a work day, this was the view from our office window.
We probably won’t get to Scotland in time to see the bluebells this year, so I’m watching for signs of their appearance here in Essex. I don’t think I have long to wait… Stay tuned!
The trees in the woods are covered in the green fuzz of new growth, and colour is literally popping out of the sidewalks as spring advances day by day, the weather teasing us with fierce winds one day and soft breezes the next. Today was a gentle day, perfect for enjoying little flowers in unexpected places. | 2019-04-22T08:19:36 | http://walkingintheworld.net/category/flowers/page/3/ |
Emerging markets are likely to outperform U.S. markets, witnessing stable growth against United States’ cooling economic expansion next year, a Morgan Stanley MS report predicted earlier this week. This, in turn, could make emerging market stocks more lucrative than U.S. stocks for investors.
Stocks in emerging markets (EM) may start to increase soon, Morgan Stanley’s Global Strategy Outlook report for 2019 cited. This expected rise in emerging market stocks is the reason behind the bank’s preference for these stocks over domestic stocks next year.
"We think the bear market is mostly complete for EM," Morgan Stanley said in the Nov 25 report, citing that stocks outside America will do better than their peers in the United States. The bank also upgraded emerging market stocks from underweight to overweight for next year, while downgrading U.S. stocks to underweight.
Although the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, which measures stock market performances in 23 emerging economies, slipped 16% in 2018, the bank expects it to rise 8% from its current levels by December 2019. This prediction outpaces Morgan Stanley’s estimations of 4% growth for MSCI Europe and S&P 500 indexes.
Morgan Stanley estimated the U.S. economy to slow down significantly next year, which could be the result of a key macroeconomic shift. The bank estimates this to put an end to America’s economic outperformance altogether.
Morgan Stanley expects U.S. economic growth to slow down from 2.9% estimates in 2018 to 2.3% next year and 1.9% in 2020. The dampening effect of the U.S. economy could be reflected in dollar’s performance, giving emerging economies space to shrug off huge debts that are denominated in dollar. This is a crucial factor behind emerging markets’ projected rise.
The bank deemed Chinese equities equal-weight, citing that the scenario could change based on the outlook for the trade dispute or faster easing by Chinese policy makers.
The ongoing tariff war between the United States and China could be the key macroeconomic shift, given that the issue is yet to be resolved. While President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart are set to meet and discuss trade next month, an affirmative outcome that could put an end to the trade war is unlikely.
Morgan Stanley listed a couple of emerging market economies that could be ideal for investments. According to the bank, India, Brazil, Indonesia, Peru, Thailand and Poland are going to outperform other emerging market nations.
In addition, the bank chose value stocks over growth stocks worldwide. Value stocks refer to those stocks that are trading at a price lower than their actual worth, while growth stocks are companies that have a lot of potential for growth.
Therefore investing in value stocks from these above-mentioned nations could be prudent in the near future.
We have hand-picked a couple of Indian and Brazilian equities that carry a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) or 2 (Buy) and have a Value Score of A or B.
Azure Power Global Ltd. AZRE is a producer and developer of solar energy and is based in New Delhi, India. The company carries a Zacks Rank #2 and has a Value Score of B. The company’s expected earnings growth rate for the next quarter is more than 100%.
National Steel Company SID is a leader of the Brazilian steel industry, and has the capacity to produce 5 million tons a year of crude steel. The company carries a Zacks Rank #2 and has a Value Score of A.
Gerdau S.A. GGB is the largest long steel producer in Latin America. The company carries a Zacks Rank #2 and has a Value Score of B.
Cosan Limited CZZ is the leading global ethanol and sugar company in terms of production with low-cost, large-scale and integrated operations in Brazil. The company carries a Zacks Rank #2 and has a Value Score of A. | 2019-04-19T20:56:13 | https://finance.yahoo.com/news/emerging-markets-outpace-us-2019-125812364.html |
On Earth Day, hundreds of thousands of scientists got together and did something scientists rarely do — they spoke with one unified voice. That voice said science is vitally important to the health of our communities, the strength of our economies, the security of our nations and the soundness of our policies, and we should increase, not cut, public investment in research.
In a group of professional skeptics, such unanimous agreement as was on display in 600 cities around the world is extremely rare, and I’m so glad some of these voices were Elsevier employees.
The message seems to have been heard on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, where the recent budget resolution included $2 billion in additional funding for the National Institutes of Health.
It wasn't all serious business, though; we had plenty of fun. Our Cell Press colleagues in Cambridge, Massachusetts, had T-shirts printed up and a sign-making party.
After making some brilliant signs (see below), they joined the Harvard & MIT group for the march to Boston Common. One marcher of unknown affiliation was a woman, several months pregnant, who wore a shirt that read "Meiosis: results may vary."
In Washington, DC, Ann Gabriel and I marched with some colleagues from the Copyright Clearance Center who had printed stickers that read "Facts Matter." Then I set out to document the more obscure and nerdy messages on display.
In contrast to protests you may have heard about involving black-clad youth throwing bricks, this event skewed significantly towards professional scientists, not professional protestors.
Speaking of Cell Press, how cool are these t-shirts! I want one!
These folks were doing some science education about Maxwell's Equations, which explain the relationship between electricity and magnetism.
This woman brought some science data to the science march, LIKE A SCIENCE BOSS.
Of course we had to have a Pluto Truther in the crowd.
Overall, this woman best summed up the feelings of the crowd.
Read more about Cell Press in the science marches on the CrossTalk blog.
Dr. William Gunn is the Director of Scholarly Communications for Elsevier, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Dr. Gunn attended Tulane University as a Louisiana Board of Regents Fellow, receiving his PhD in Biomedical Science from the Center for Gene Therapy at Tulane University in 2008. His research involved dissecting the molecular mechanism of bone metastasis in multiple myeloma. Frustrated with the inefficiencies of the modern research process, he left academia and established the biology program at Genalyte, a novel diagnostics startup. He subsequently joined Mendeley to make research more open and impactful and now works at Elsevier on altmetrics, reproducibility and open access. | 2019-04-19T08:44:02 | https://www.elsevier.com/connect/in-pictures-three-hundred-thousand-cheers-for-science |
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Management reserves the right to permanently expel anyone disregarding the above policies. | 2019-04-24T10:36:43 | https://www.americasmart.com/attend/admission-policy |
Two webinars will be offered this month, the first on the search of sociodemographic data and an update of the work leading up to the 2020 Census, and the second on the Institute’s applications.
Looking to expand the statistical information on a number of topics and educate about statistics and tools available to manage and access them, the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics is hosting a series of workshops and webinars.
While the workshops requiring attendance target mainly government employees and representatives of non-governmental entities responsible for keeping statistics in their organizations, webinars can be accessed by anyone with internet access, the Institute said in a release.
The cycle started in March and runs through May.
“The Institute ‘s mission is not only to coordinate the production of statistics from data provided by government agencies, but to also make them manageable and accessible to officials and citizens,” said Orville M. Disdier, the Institute’s interim executive director.
“Our courses are aimed at promoting better use of existing data,” he said.
The workshops cover a variety of statistics-related topics, from basic to more specialized. Two webinars will be offered this month, the first on April 5th, on the search of socio-demographic data and an update of the work leading up to the 2020 Census, and the second on April 26th, on the Institute’s applications. On April 11 there will be a workshop on the Tableau Public tool for data visualization.
The pre-registration to take the courses is done through the Institute’s online registration system. The applicant will receive confirmation by email. Workshops requiring attendance will give priority to government employees working as as statisticians and nonprofit organization employees who manage statistics.
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You’ve come here from Jamie’s Phuket Blog or have been recommended by Jamie. Easy Day Thailand has been set up by some friends of mine – Diego and Ingo – these guys have been here in Thailand over 15 years, and they have a different way of helping people who have come here on holiday.
Jamie’s Phuket – Coming to Thailand? | 2019-04-22T22:33:49 | https://www.easydaythailand.com/jamies-phuket-blog/ |
Giant (n): a person or thing of unusually great size, power, importance, etc… (adj): unusually large, great or strong; gigantic; huge.
There are going to be giants in your life. If you aren’t facing one today, you will soon. I don’t say this to bring gloom and doom but to state the reality of living in a fallen world. We can live in ignorance, hoping for a rose garden with no thornes or we can be prepared to fight the battles when they come.
The Israelites faced many difficulties in the desert (most of which were a result of their sin and disobedience) but they also faced literal giants; men that were bigger, stronger and much taller than they. In Numbers 14 the first generation of Israelites allowed these giants to defeat them, not physically but mentally. Standing at the edge of the Promised Land they could see the size of the armies they needed to defeat and they let the appearance of these great men overpower their belief in God’s promise to deliver them.
As a result, nearly an entire generation missed out on the blessings that God wanted so desperately to give them.
So what’s the solution? How do we overcome the giants in our lives? The easy to say, yet complicated to accomplish answer is prayer and faith and they must be executed in this order.
Once we know God’s plan for conquering our giant we must move forward, walking in obedience and faith.
In Exodus 14 we find the Israelites leaving Egypt, but with an entire Egyptian army hot on their tails. “And Moses said to the people, ‘Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again. The Lord will fight for you and you have only to be silent.” (Exodus 14:14). A few verses later the entire Egyptian army is drowned in the Red Sea.
Yet when we go back to Numbers 14, we hear a completely different story. The spies have just returned from scoping out the Promised Land. Caleb and Joshua bring a wonderful report of delicious fruits and fertile soil, but the other men see only the giants living in the land and work to convince the people that they are too big to be defeated. We pick up the story in verse eight, listening in on Caleb and Joshua’s side of the argument. “If the Lord delights in us, he will bring us into the land and give it to us, a land that flows with milk and honey. Only do not rebel against the Lord. And do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread to us. Their protection is removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them.” (14:8-9). But the people were not to be convinced and verse 10 says “Then all the congregation said to stone [Joshua & Caleb] with stones.” Even though the Israelites knew God’s plan was to take them into an abundant, life giving land, they refused to take that last step of faith and believe that God would again defeat their enemies (as he had done so many times in the last 40 years).
That being said, it’s time to examine where you are in the fight against the giants. Do you still need to pray for wisdom or is it time to take that step of faith and watch God fight for you? Do not fear! Get your sword and shield ready and with God in the lead, charge head first into the giants that need defeated in your life! The victory will come and when it does will you share it in the comments below? We all need the reminder and encouragement that God is still defeating giants to this day! | 2019-04-21T20:24:59 | https://firefliesinthenight.blog/2018/02/22/defeating-the-giants/ |
US Auto Sales has been helping families purchase vehicles for 25 years. They are committed to working with all credit levels to make car ownership a reality for everyone. Headquartered in Atlanta, the "Buy Here, Pay Here" auto dealer has over 20 locations spread across Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
From there members of our team executed in creatively constructing each of the email series for the brand, which included welcome, abandon appointment, abandon application, and trade-up re-targeting, plus many others. While also launching the brand’s first marketing automation. In conjunction with these efforts, our team also helped launch a company-wide e-mail rebrand project, while also redesigning the companies referral program to create a digital and automated solution.
Working with US Auto Sales provided our team with the interesting opportunity of building out an nine-month marketing automation strategy for the client’s newly acquired Salesforce Marketing Cloud software. The strategy was a cohesive combination of a sales and nurturing strategy designed to improve revenue generation and customer relationships simultaneously. | 2019-04-20T16:26:01 | https://gobrigital.com/usauto |
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The Armed - Only love. This album is mindbogglingly good. I can't get over it.
Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want. Cool and good.
Ghost - Prequelle. I must admit I never really liked Ghost all that much, but I think I have finally started understanding the appeal.
The Ocean - Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic. Could also win ugliest album art and name award.
Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love. It's hipster metal, what is there not to like.
Can you throw a cover on and I'll sticky the thread? | 2019-04-22T16:00:55 | http://slaent.com/thread/1625610/page/1/ |
If you love the Toyota Tacoma, then our Christian Trucker Men`s Tank Top is a must have! This shirt is just incredibly cool, and is perfect for every occasion.
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Notes: This product isdesigned, tested and built in US. | 2019-04-24T19:03:07 | https://www.littlewhiz.com/pd-britax-essential-allegiance.cfm |
Glasgow tower block on fire: Eight people injured during the huge blaze-one year after the Grenfell tour tragedy.
A commercial court’s flat at Gorbals in Glasgow was damaged by a massive fire this morning. More than 12 fire engine and three accident response teams scrambled to the scene just before 8 am.
The fire is believed to have started in the kitchen of a 14th floor flat. Smoke was seen billowing across the city out of the top floors of the flats in the Gorbals area.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue officer in charge of the incident, Alan Fairbairn, said that firefighters were alerted at 07:58 this June 14 to reports of a fire within a flat in Glasgow.
Crews were relocated at the leisure centre, a few steps away from the damaged flat.
“A total of eight casualties were passed into the care of the Scottish Ambulance Service and transported to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital,” a firefighter spokesman said.
One tenant of the damaged flat, Mrs Diane Zeufack, was trapped on the fifth floor where she lives with her family.
Mr Zeufack, a resident of the damaged flat.
Mr Zeufack was getting the kids ready for school when she received a call from her husband asking her to remain in the flat. She said: “It was terrifying,” but she had to be strong to reassure the kids.
They later managed to escape by the stairs. “The journey to the ground floor was the longest ever,” the mum of three said as all this was reminding her of the Grenfell Tour’s tragedy, she added. More shaken than injured, they all got out safe. However, the trauma remains.
The First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who is the local MSP for the Gorbals, tweeted that Gorbals fire was entirely under control. She also thanked the firefighters. The firemen remain on the scene as a precaution against any further risk, the First Minister said.
The Gorbals’ fire occurred one year exactly after the horrific blaze in Grenfell Tower; west London where 72 people died.
A minute’s silence has been observed across the country today at midday following the London’s tower block disaster. | 2019-04-21T11:24:03 | http://www.theafrobeanechos.com/glasgow-tower-block-on-fire-eight-people-injured-during-the-huge-blaze-one-year-after-the-grenfell-tour-tragedy/ |
I have signed up to the 30 Day Blogging Challenge by Sarah at SarkeMedia.com in the hope that this will help me revitalise my creativity, which has often been coming up blank lately. There are lots of different prompts out there, simply run a search on google and you can opt to do one day or one month worth of challenges.
I find Pinterest a fantastic resource when I am feeling at a loss. Not only can you find more blogging prompts there, but also great resources on how to grow your blog, improve it, refresh old content and tons of other ideas to make your blog stand out. You can pin ideas relating to your hobbies, children and whatever you enjoy in order to fill your boots to the brim with tons of creative ideas.
It's so simple but just getting outside, blasting away the cobwebs and filling your lungs with fresh air can invigorate your senses and your mind and often bring some brilliant ideas to the forefront. If nothing else a dose of Vitamin D is good for us all so don't just stay cooped up inside.
If you write an interiors blog, get an interiors magazine; if you're a parent then something like Gurgle is a great read or maybe you're more political and current affairs so maybe a copy of The Times would help. There's bound to be something within the cover that makes you think and maybe answer some questions that come to mind from an article, or maybe you think you could write about a topic better, or you just want a rant. There's a blog post in there somewhere!
As I would for social media management, Facebook is such a good place to go for blog content. People are sharing things left, right and centre that is relevant and relateable to you and your audience. Just one image could be the start of a whole heap of content that you'd never before considered, and asking questions on your social media is a great way to get conversations flowing and give you great content at the same time.
Don't wait until you sit down to start thinking about what to write. I'm always thinking of blog ideas in the most random of places, so I tend to write a title or jot some points down in a draft post on blogger and go back to it later. If that's not possible then just a pad and pen will do, which I can put into blogger when I get chance. Then when I'm struggling I've got a ready made list of topics I can revisit and find an idea from.
As always, practice makes perfect and the more you write the more you'll want to write and the better you will get. If you have nothing in your mind, just write, you may be surprised what comes out.
Good luck with your writing - let me know what you use to inspire you! | 2019-04-19T08:38:45 | http://www.hollybobbs.co.uk/2015/11/simple-daily-habits-to-ignite-your.html |
Starting a blog can be overwhelming so I’ve compiled a list of my favorite blogging resources. I am suggesting these resources because I either use them and believe in them or know someone who does and trust their judgement. Some of these recommendations are affiliate links meaning if you click them and end up buying something or subscribing to something I will earn a commission at no added cost to you.
I spent so much time researching different web hosts, a year really. I knew the choice would be between the top two and I ended up going with SiteGround which is usually ranked 1 or 2 on most hosting lists. In order to have a successful blog and especially if you plan to monetize it self hosting is a must. I have been very happy with my site’s speed, load times and up time. They have different types of hosting, I use WordPress hosting, and different plans to choose from starting at $3.95 a month.
You will need to install a theme for your blog. While there are many free themes you can use you may decide to upgrade to a paid theme. Themes can run anywhere from $0 – $1000 but most are usually between $15 – $80. Even though I love a bargain sometimes it pays to spend a little more to get a better product and many times paid themes come with added benefits. I use the Lucy & Lane theme from Angie Makes. There are lots of helpful tips in the Knowledge Base if you find yourself lost or you can contact support for more detailed help. | 2019-04-19T00:26:11 | https://thecraftymiddlesister.com/blogging-resources/ |
With an abundance of cafés in Montreal, it’s hard to decide which place is the best for over-caffeinating. To help students choose where to pretend to study, The McGill Tribune has compiled a list of the best coffeeshops that are sure to brew up good ideas for any upcoming paper or project.
A mere two minutes away from McGill’s Downtown campus, this café offers a quintessential university experience that few coffee shops can truly match. Opened in 2016, it’s attached to McGill’s Carrefour Sherbrooke residence, so study-goers can enjoy a cup of coffee while listening to the sounds of first years stressing over their exams. The ambience of this Starbucks is unique, with an upstairs study area that mimics Birks Library without librarians constantly shushing you. However, one let down is that many menu items are frequently unavailable at this location—if you have a hankering for a quiche, you will most likely have to look elsewhere.
This Starbucks coffee shop provides customers with a gorgeous view of avenue du Parc, the most iconic street in Montreal’s Milton-Parc neighbourhood. If you don’t mind competing with other McGill students for a table where half of the outlets don’t even work, this is the study spot for you. However, with the generic “indie coffee shop” playlist blaring so loudly that you can hear it through your headphones, and food way too expensive for the frugal scholar, you’ll probably only be able to study here for a maximum of 10 unproductive minutes. Make sure to visit this location as soon as possible as it’s closing on March 30.
Located in the heart of Les Cours Mont-Royal, this Starbucks goes against the grain when it comes to environment. Situated in the underground mall, it boasts a sinusoidal pattern of pedestrian chaos and lulled tranquility every four to six minutes in accordance with the arrival of the nearby metro. It also showcases an impressive interior design by blending its seating into the surrounding food court area. Best of all, this Starbucks has the worst online rating of all the coffee shops in the list, boasting a solid two out of five stars on Yelp.
Found in the beautiful Plateau neighbourhood, this Starbucks is one of a kind. Only a couple of blocks away from beloved Café Campus, its location offers the perfect balance between class and trash. In addition, they offer many pastries that closer-to-campus locations cannot, but keep in mind that their quality does in no way compare to the many local bakeries nearby. However, it may be hard to find a spot to sit since the place tends to be packed with students trying to avoid the library. | 2019-04-26T04:14:03 | http://www.mcgilltribune.com/student-living/starbucks-coffee-shops-that-are-actually-conducive-to-studying-our-11th-list-on-what-are-really-the-best-cafes-for-studying-270318/?share=google-plus-1 |
Connect with the Cajun Relief Foundation or one of its partner organizations to make a difference in disaster areas.
It takes a community to rebuild a community. In an effort to help as many people as possible and build new relationships in the community we have partnered up with other relief organizations. These collaborations have proven to be invaluable in allowing the few to help the masses. Each group is able to contribute their strengths and share knowledge to make sure everyone impacted receives the help they need. Take the time to make yourself familiar with these organizations and the great things they are doing to support our communities in need. | 2019-04-18T18:41:31 | http://cajunrelief.org/collaborate/ |
contributing a percentage of fees generated by referrals.
percentage of a contingency fee, or in any way pass on the contribution to the clients.
A similar inquiry is made by a non-profit statewide bar association.
stated in 88-F-115, to its lawyer referral service program.
This 17th day of January , 1989. | 2019-04-18T12:36:50 | https://www.tbpr.org/ethic_opinions/88-f-115a |
UPVC double glazed obscured sash windows to front elevation, flat ceiling, stairs to first-floor, radiator.
Pedestal wash hand basin, close coupled WC, tiling to half wall, radiator.
Flat ceiling with inset spotlighting, UPVC double glazed sash window to side elevation, UPVC double glazed window and sliding door to rear garden. Fitted with a range of base cupboard and matching eye level units, wooden work surface and butler sink with mixer tap, plate rack, feature chimney breast and surround with recess for range style oven, space for fridge/ freezer, tiled flooring, larder cupboard.
Flat ceiling, UPVC double glazed sash window to rear elevation, thermostat control to wall and cloaks cupboard.
Flat ceiling, UPVC double glazed sliding door to rear garden.
Flat ceiling, feature wood burner, UPVC double glazed sash bay window to front elevation, two radiators.
Flat ceiling with beam, UPVC double glazed half obscured sash window to rear elevation, close coupled WC, wash hand basin set in vanity unit, P shape panelled bath with mixer tap and mains shower over, tiled flooring, half tiled walls.
Flat ceiling, UPVC double glazed bay window with sash windows, radiator.
Flat ceiling with beamed UPVC double glazed sash window to rear elevation, radiator, door to.
Flat ceiling, close coupled WC, pedestal wash hand basin, shower cubicle with mains shower, extractor fan, tiled walls and floor.
Flat ceiling, UPVC double glazed sash window to front elevation, built-in wardrobe.
Flat ceiling with inset spotlighting, UPVC double glazed sash window to front elevation, close coupled WC, pedestal wash hand basin, tiling to wall, shaver point, mixer tap, tiled flooring.
The rear garden is enclosed by panelled fencing, mainly laid to lawn with patio areas and outside lighting. To the side of the property there is a water tap and further garden with pathway leading around the property. | 2019-04-19T03:08:56 | https://www.fenwicks-estates.co.uk/properties-for-sale/property/8511265-nottingham-place-lee-on-the-solent |
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We’ve been reading up on New Year Eve party ideas and the ‘Oh so sophisticated’ theme caught our attention. Always adding value to our clients’ experience at Reel Time Photo Booths we thought you might enjoy some ideas to work with when you plan your New Year Eve party. You could even incorporate the photo booth that you hired from Reel Time Photo Booths in creating fun mementos that your guests can take away with them.
Easy white and gold elegance is the trend and you could do most of it yourself. Have fringed garlands of tissue paper and aluminum foil, use glittery card stock letters strung together as a backdrop for the open ended mobile photo booth.
Use fairy lights around the room and add white pillar candles, prettied up with glitter paper as centre pieces. You could even glitz up the bubbly and accompanying glasses.
The elegance of the theme could be portrayed in the tablescape with simplicity in the tablecloth and added dramatic flair in the table runner. White roses are always a winner as they are elegance perfected.
Elegant photo booth props are heart shaped black and white frames, elegant yet sassy eyewear frames, feathered masks, crocheted parasols, classy handheld fans to let only your eyes do the talking. Or, you could always decide to have photo booth props that provides a quirkiness to your ‘Oh so sophisticated New Year’s Eve Celebration’ and take the mickey out of the theme. It is after all your party, and you can have it any way you want to.
You can pull ut all the stops with your ‘Oh so sophisticated’ New Year Eve party.
The photo booth attendant we provide will take care of the snapping, all you need to do is get to the camera and pose like a star. Your guests will have their photo strips within 8-10 seconds of being snapped and you will have a USB drive with all the photos taken on the night. You could even request an album to remember the celebrations by.
To request pricing information on our very affordable photo booth hire packages, please contact us on 0400 777 979 or email us [email protected] and we will respond to your enquiry. | 2019-04-23T11:51:27 | http://www.reeltimephotobooths.com.au/host-a-sophisticated-new-year-eve-party/ |
We spend a lot of time sitting, whether it be for playing an instrument, working at the computer, or any number of daily activities. This position which is so familiar is often at the source of many pains which slowly settle in over time: tension in the back, the neck, the eyes… Our ability to be comfortable sitting has a direct effect on what we do while sitting, and we often wonder how to be “better” seated. What is a “good” position so that you no longer hurt? But what does it really mean to be “sitting well”? Rather than find an ideal and fixed position we can also have fun exploring the many variations that exist in this position and thus find, according to each individual’s needs, more comfort and flexibility in order to do whatever we need to do. | 2019-04-20T14:51:22 | https://feldenkraismusic.com/themes-from-past-workshops/comfortable-while-sitting/ |
"Oh, you are stuck on homework problem number 13? I found a solution on YouTube. That helped a lot. Just Google it, you can find all the solutions."
The second problem is partially my fault. When I give an in-class assessment, I leave the solution out on the front desk so that students can check their answers when they are finished. Instead of studying this and figuring out their mistakes, students will usually just take a quick picture of the solutions using their phone. Of course they ask if it's OK to take a snapshot first, and I let them. However, the problem is that they think of the solution as something to collect rather than something to learn from.
Confusion is the sweat of learning.
You can't just google a physics solution and expect to learn. Imagine if Luke Skywalker had access to the Internet on Dagobah. Here's what would have happened when his x-wing sunk beneath the water.
Yoda: So certain are you? Always with you what cannot be done. Do you nothing that I say?
Luke: Master moving stones around is one thing, but this is entirely different. But let me just Google "how to lift an x-wing with the Force." Ah. Here it is.
Of course that's not what happened (I would make this alternate scene into a comic if I could actually draw). Luke learned about the Force by failing. Yes, students learn physics by working on problems and by failing to solve problems. It's the journey to the solution that's important, not the solution itself. Using a video solution would be like using a golf cart to run 5 miles. Sure, you end up in the same place if you run or ride—but they do not produce the same results.
But why do students think this? Why do they think learning is as simple as quick search or a photo with their smart phone? There are likely many reasons for students to hold these learning beliefs. However, I popular media often doesn't help. Remember this scene from The Avengers?
SHIELD agent Maria Hill asks Tony Stark: "When did you become an expert in thermonuclear astrophysics?" Stark's answer: "Last night". This shows that Tony Stark is so awesome he just figured astrophysics out last night. Clearly, students feel that you have to be a special superhero to understand astrophysics. You either get it in one night, or you'll never get it. I would prefer to have Stark say "Well, I've been working in this field for 10 years and I'm just scratching the surface." Maybe that wouldn't fit too well in the movie.
Or here's another good one from Days of Thunder.
Cole pulls up to the race track to test out a stock car.
See. Learning is simple. You just need to watch some videos and you'll be all set—except when you aren't. Nope. Learning is tough, but it's totally worth it. | 2019-04-25T10:30:06 | https://www.wired.com/2015/08/learning-physics-tough-get-used/?intcid=inline_amp |
Anyone know if these are preinstalled with windows 10 pro or home version? Been looking at the staples website and HP site, couldn't find info on which version of OS is installed on the system. Any suggestions?
Not sure if I could deal with Win 10 (spy on me and patch when MS says) Home version though.
how does this compare to this one?
I got the i7 directly from HP awhile back. It had very little bloatware on it and set up extremely easy. I took the case off to see how easy it'd be to add an HD and.... Not terribly. But I didn't really need to so it was no big deal. Pretty impressed so far.
Looks like that Dell deal has expired.
You most likely can not stop the spying on you. I do not buy you are not spied on in Windows 7.
As to the patching when they want. Windows 10 is not nearly as bad at that as Windows 7. I have had 10 for some time now. Installed it while it was still free upgrade fairly soon after it started that. Only about twice did it install and restart when I was using it. Now you walk away and leave it on sometimes it will do that.
I quite like Windows 10 and is seems to work better for me than 7. When you first install it it might be problematic. Seems to take up to two weeks to simmer down. I could not force my 4k to work for the first week or two when upgrading to Windows 10. After a week or a bit more I could but had to specify the 4k settings manually. Once I did that it would recognize my 4k monitor. By the way the video card is not a 4k video card. Most will work on 4k if you manually install it at 26 or 30 hz. For 60 you need the correct cable and a better card. Unfortunately most TV's do not have the best input for 4k.
The processor itself cost $300. So yes it is a good deal if you want a powerful desktop for gaming or something.
Makes more sense to me to add an SSD for the Operating System. Optane Memory speeds up a hard drive but not nearly as much as an SSD. Seems to me for this price not adding an SSD would be foolish. It makes the Desktop so much faster.
The second one down has 24 GB of memory. At least now it does perhaps it did not originally.
Last edited by SteveA7911 July 15, 2018 at 07:44 PM.
Not too familiar with these small form factors. Is the power supply not the standard size? And is it even possible to throw in a short 7" long graphics card? I have a nice 450W Corsair PSU just lying around and would like to put it in this HP as well to make it a gaming rig.
Power supply is 310 volts and it would be difficult to replace it as the power on the MB is uncommon.
75 Watts is the max for a Graphics board. It only has two connections for boards. One large one and a small one.
When you ask them a question they do not really answer it. Their main page is almost completely useless describing the computer.
The Motherboard does have a M1 for a SSD. However they have nothing for a second SATA drive. The Motherboard does. So it might be possible to add one anyway. Power would require a divider for power and another SATA cable.
Last edited by SteveA7911 July 15, 2018 at 08:05 PM.
Any idea how the ram would come on the one with 12gb ram? Meaning is it a single 12gb stick or multiple?
think it will hit 500$ by holidays?
8+4 probably. My prebuilt computer came with ram like that. | 2019-04-19T01:03:20 | https://slickdeals.net/f/11808163-hp-pavilion-590-p0066-desktop-intel-core-i5-8400-12gb-ddr4-1tb-hdd-type-c-win-10-449-99-more-free-shipping-staples |
Doodlecraft: Pumpkin Rolls and Smarty Had a Party!
Pumpkin Rolls and Smarty Had a Party!
and serve it on this amazing partyware from Smarty Had A Party!
Can you believe all this dinnerware is plastic?
Beat the 3 eggs and 1 cup sugar until thick and creamy looking.
Add 2/3 of the can of pumpkin...about 1 1/2 cups.
Then add all the dry ingredients.
Get your pan, lined and greased!
You must grease the silicone mat...it's such a sticky cake!
spread it on and bake in the oven.
Bake at 375* for 15-20 minutes. I checked mine at 15 and it was too doughy still.
Check to see if the cake bounces back when you touch it softly.
Have a tea towel with powdered sugar dusted all over it.
Flip the cake on the towel quickly.
Peel off the silicone mat!
Here's where you will be glad you greased it!
Then take the towel and roll the cake up in it!
Put it in the fridge until it is completely cooled.
Unroll the cake, then spread the cream cheese frosting all over the cake.
Now roll up just the cake.
It's got the "muscle memory" of being rolled...so it shouldn't be too difficult.
Once it's rolled, wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate.
Then open up and slice.
Remove the ends...they aren't as pretty for guest, but make a great taster.
Sprinkle some powdered sugar on the pumpkin roll and it's ready to serve!
Looks amazing on these dishes!
I want to use these for Thanksgiving dinner--all the beauty, none of the washing!
The brown napkin is cloth...the woven napkin is paper!
The silverware is all plastic!
Wouldn't this make your life so much happier for the holidays? | 2019-04-24T02:33:17 | https://www.doodlecraftblog.com/2015/10/pumpkin-roll-and-giveaway-from-smarty.html |
That girl was way out of my league. Holy lol. I can't believe I was so naive.
I browsed her sister's facebook profile and it's pure sui fuel. All her male friends are chads and pretty boys. She won't even add sub 7 males.
It would be very naive to think that her sister (girl I went out with) is any different. One time I saw her with a guy and he was a 9/10 pretty boy. I could never compete. She probably has an army of chads at her disposal just like her sister.
But NoFap and lifting had boosted my confidence and ego to insane levels that I thought I could get her. I completely overlooked her SMV. I was such a dumbass. There was no way that in 2018 an asocial subhuman like me could have fucked a stacy. How dellusional was I?
So you're just giving up without trying even though she said yes when you asked her on a date?
Didn't you read how it went with her?
You just can't win if you are sub 7. I knew I was pushing my luck. How can I cope for being the ugliest guy she went out with?
Girls have literally 1000s of beta orbiter constantly complimenting them.
In their mind if you orbit they think you are boring and aren't a challenge.
Literally the whole point of looksmaxxing is to make other females jealous when females are jealous they fight over men because it signifys high value.
You just gotta COLD APPROACH man!
you're drunk right now aren't you?
Because this girl is ''different'' and doesn't have beta orbiters right?
Nowadays every girl that's above 4/10 has thousands of insta followers. In order to get that many as a male you have to be model tier or heavy status which is rare.
I can show you plenty of girls who don't even have reached 150 followers.
Some girls are different and most normies don't go near her because she lowers status if you are seen with her.
What are you OP, 14?
Why do baseball caps look stupid on some people? | 2019-04-25T10:14:19 | https://looksmax.me/threads/i-was-so-stupid-to-actually-think-i-had-a-chance-with-her.280/ |
Pesky allergies – itchy and watery eyes, sneezing, fatigue – can completely ruin your day, week or month. Seasonal allergies affect 1 in 5 people; the numerous allergens in the air can penetrate the body’s defenses, triggering an overactive immune response.
An allergic reaction occurs when your immune system reacts to a foreign substance – ragweed, pollen, pet hair, etc. – that doesn’t typically cause a response in the majority of the population. The response by your immune system is to produce antibodies that target the foreign invader and mark it for destruction by your immune system. Unfortunately, adverse symptoms like stuffed-up sinuses, itchy eyes and fatigue also occur in conjunction with the immune response. This leaves you tired, struggling to focus and constantly rubbing your eyes or blowing your nose.
Seasonal allergies like itchy and watery eyes can’t be cured, but you can relieve symptoms with natural treatments.
While you can’t cure seasonal allergies, there are a number of conventional and more natural approaches to addressing the symptoms and the root cause. Before we look at your options this fall, let’s take a closer look at the most common (and not so common) symptoms of allergy, along with the worst offenders that trigger these reactions.
What causes these symptoms and the over-activation of your immune system? Here is a short list of the worst allergy offenders.
Ragweed is the most common allergen in the fall. If you struggle with spring allergies, there is a 75% chance you’ll also have reactions to ragweed in the fall. Ragweed begins to release its pollen in late summer, and the symptoms of watery and itchy eyes, runny nose, sneezing, coughing and dark circles under the eyes typically start in September and continue on until the end of October. Think you’re in the clear because ragweed is not in your area? Think again. Ragweed can travel hundreds of miles in the air and if you react to it, you may also suffer from food allergies to bananas, melon, cucumbers, zucchini, and sunflower seeds.
Mold is another major allergy trigger. Damp basements and bathrooms, as well as the damp ground as the leaves change colors and tumble to the ground, are perfect breeding grounds for mold. The return to school for kids can also trigger seasonal allergies, as schools can often be damp with mold present.
Dust mites are most common during the hot summer months, but once you kick up the heating in your house as summer turns to fall, the dust mites will begin to circulate through your house. They can trigger similar symptoms to mold and ragweed above.
Dust mites start to circulate when you turn on the heat in the fall, triggering allergic reactions for some.
If you suffer from allergies and visit your doctor, they’ll typically diagnose you based on your symptom presentation, most commonly watery eyes and runny nose. If your doctor suspects multiple or severe allergies, they’ll likely send you to a dermatologist for skin-allergy testing.
This type of “skin-scratch” allergy testing is classified as an IgA (or “immediate”) immune reaction, and the doctor will typically place a series of allergens on your skin to determine which elicit a response. This type of allergy is different than a classic food allergy or IgG reaction, which is “delayed” and more subtle, taking hours or several days to elicit symptoms (such as fatigue, joint pain, brain fog, dark circles under the eyes, etc.).
The standard medical treatments for seasonal allergies are steroid nasal sprays to cool inflammation in the nasal cavity, antihistamines to reduce sneezing and itching, and decongestants to dry up mucous. Unfortunately, none of these therapies targets the “root cause” of the immune system glitch, but rather suppresses its expression (i.e., the symptoms).
Therefore, these can be effective treatments in the short-term – so you can get through your day, power through meetings and deadlines, or make it through your CrossFit workout or 5k run. However, in the long run, they’re not the answer. Adding in more natural support can enhance the effectiveness of these conventional treatments and often reduce the dose you need to get through your day. Let’s take a closer look at some great options.
The protein in cow’s milk and gluten can leave your immune system in a state of hyperactivity, leading to the worsening of seasonal allergies (1). They can also create more phlegm in your mucous membranes, which can worsen your runny nose, congestion and post-nasal drip. Steer clear of dairy if you’re struggling with allergies.
Quercetin is a bioflavonoid and potent natural anti-histamine (2). It’s also a potent anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory, which means it can get to the root of your allergies by calming your overactive immune system and cooling unwanted inflammation (3).
The best Paleo-friendly food sources of quercetin include veggies and fruits (such as raw red onions and apples), followed by raw asparagus, peppers, tomatoes and leafy greens. Unfortunately, if you suffer from allergies, the 10-50mg of quercetin you might get from foods is likely not potent enough to curb allergies. Consider supplementing with 500mg 2-3x per day for 2-4 weeks, or consult with your local naturopath or functional doctor.
The support you need to curb your allergy symptoms may just come from the “pollinators” themselves. A recent study found that regular honey-eaters had markedly reduced allergy symptoms compared to those who abstained (4). Honey has incredible antimicrobial properties and if you source local honey, you’ll have the added advantage of fighting off your nearest allergens. Add it to your tea, mix it into warm water, or include it when making smoothies or shakes.
Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) has been used for centuries as a medicinal plant, and used commonly in medieval Europe to treat joint pain. The fine hairs of stinging nettle contain chemicals that irritate the skin when they come into contact; ironically, however, they can also act as agents to reduce inflammation in the body (acting much like quercetin as a natural antihistamine) (5).
Stinging nettle tea can reduce inflammation in the body, easing allergy symptoms.
Try drinking 2-4 cups of stinging nettle tea daily during allergy season (note: it’s also a mild diuretic, so drink a glass of water between each cup of tea) or add a supplement during an acute allergy attack. Go Paleo and cook the leaves, adding them to your greens with dinner (i.e., like spinach) or into your morning smoothie. If your allergies trigger joint pain, they could also be applied topically to the area.
Almost all cultures across the globe have ancestral recipes that use the broth from cooked beef, chicken or fish bones to support health and fight off colds and flu as the seasons change. Bone broth soup can also help support seasonal allergies by keeping mucous membranes in the nose and throat clear of mucous and providing key amino acids like glutamine to support a healthy immune response.
Eucalyptus is a wonderful essential oil that has antimicrobial properties (6). To help cool your overactive immune system and fight off allergy symptoms, try a warm steam inhalation. Start by placing 3-4 drops of eucalyptus essential oil in a bowl, then pour about two cups of boiling water into the bowl. Place your face over the bowl (at a small distance so you don’t burn yourself) and a towel over your head… now breathe through your nose for 8-10 minutes and you’re all set! This is a great regular practice to get into to fight off allergies (as well as colds and flu) through the fall and winter seasons.
Clogged sinuses and mucous-filled lungs are the uncomfortable norm in allergy season for seasonal sufferers. Another essential oil, peppermint, has been shown to be an effective anti-spasmodic to relieve chronic coughing and respiratory congestion due to allergies (7). Peppermint oil can be diffused through the house or your bedroom at night to help ameliorate symptoms (i.e., 4-5 drops).
Fall allergy season is here; limit the foods that can worsen your allergic reaction (i.e., dairy and gluten), increase your intake of anti-inflammatory and anti-histamine nutrients (quercetin, stinging nettles, and raw honey), and reduce congestion and immune reaction with a warm eucalyptus nasal douche. These simple tips can help keep you and your health on track this fall. | 2019-04-26T08:16:50 | https://dev.paleohacks.com/seasonal-allergies/ |
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When Kelly calls, you might want to hang up.
A week and a half ago, my 92-year-old father received a call from his eldest granddaughter. “Hi Grandpa, how are you feeling?” she asked. He responded that he was doing well, and that his most recent doctor appointments had gone as expected. “Was there any new news after your last hospitalization?” she went on to inquire. “No, it is the same situation, but look, I am 92 years old, so these things are to be expected. How are you doing?” Then the conversation shifted.
She shared that she had been arrested for speeding, and that while the police were willing to release her, she needed money to pay the ticket before they would do so. “I’m really in trouble, Grandpa. Can you help me out? I need $750 sent right away.” Having been well prepped in telephone security and scams by his daughter (me!), he then asked “Kelly, what authorities pulled you over?” She shared that she was in Iowa and that a local constabulary had her in their offices. He immediately hung up. He has no granddaughter named Kelly.
It comes as no surprise that scam phone calls are on the rise and scammers are becoming even more savvy in their attempts. From spoofed calls broadcasting inaccurate caller ID information and vague but believable discussions with your eldest granddaughter, or the “IRS,” there is big money to be made and the scammers are all vying to be first in line. Yet, while scammers can certainly be a threat to your family, their impact on your personal life pales in comparison to the impact they can have on your enterprise telecom.
According to the Communications Fraud Control Association (CFCA) in their 2017 survey of telecom fraud loss, organizations and carriers were hit with losses of $29.2 billion in 2017. Interestingly enough, this represents an almost 25% decrease from 2015, but it doesn’t mean the situation is improving. It simply means that, just like on the consumer side, enterprises and service providers are becoming more savvy at detecting and stopping some incidences.
One of the leading causes of telecom fraud at the enterprise level is PBX hacking and toll fraud. Representing greater than 13% of the reported 2017 losses, it isn’t a new scam by any means, but it does point to a very significant issue: Security of the enterprise phone system is still not a big enough priority inside the enterprise. In fact, the simplest of fixes are still often overlooked.
Yes, the bulk of PBX hacking still occurs the old-fashioned way. Hackers deploy scripts that look for open ports on your telecom system. Once found, they deploy standard passwords (you know, those “default passwords” or generic ones that are easy to crack?), and then control the traffic passing through the system. And it’s not just legacy PBX systems that are being compromised; IP systems are just as easily targeted. The takeover script then routes calls to premium services or uses the system to provide extensive toll calling to continue the fraud. The fix? Close the ports and change the passwords. Simple enough, yet many organizations fail to do so.
An area where organizations are focusing but feel like they are swimming upstream, is the marked increase in robocalls. According to the Washington Post, the number of robocalls in America reached the 26.3 billion mark in 2018, and these robocalls are estimated to account for 50% of all calls received in 2019. The result on the receiving end? An unanswered phone. On the surface, this seems like a “so what” moment, correct? Not necessarily, because many large enterprises, including medical providers and banks, use outbound auto-dialing protocols, and now their calls go unanswered as well.
Unlike PBX hacking’s simpler fixes, robocalling fixes are much more complex -- so much so that the FCC and carriers have established a technical protocol – SHAKEN/STIR – to attempt to address it. Using a digital certificate-based public key cryptography to provide call authentication, SHAKEN (Secure Handling of Asserted information using tokens) and STIR (Secure Telephony Identify Revisited) protocols are the strongest shot across the bow of robocalling spammers that the FCC and the industry have taken to date; hope is high that the carriers – through SHAKEN/STIR -- will be able to stem the robotide.
Often launched through a bot attack that tests login credentials (again attempting those common, simple passwords) to look for ways to gain control of accounts to order devices and costly services, these scammers look a lot like the credit card fraudsters of five years ago. Thankfully, the carriers have taken notice of those financial protections put in place to stem the credit card fraud tide, and have begun to deploy behavioral analytics and device intelligence in the form of digital identity-based verification to detect and deter this seemingly easy target (ThreatMetrix, 2018).
These three fraud threats – PBX hacking, robocalling, and subscription fraud – account for $12 billion in fraud losses according to the CFCA. That’s a pretty hefty portion of the $29.2 billion in estimated losses for 2017. But the solution to each of the three has something in common: The fix must come from within.
Just like that simple question asked by my father -- “Kelly, what authorities pulled you over?” -- the key will be to quickly identify the source, then terminate the scammer’s access. First and foremost, ensure that your passwords are changed. That’s a “duh” statement to be sure, but don’t be surprised if you find that it hasn’t been changed. Simply change it.
Additionally, take the time to learn about the SHAKEN/STIR protocols. Demand that your own carriers adopt this authentication protocol and adopt it quickly. Ask your mobile and landline carriers which protocols they have in place to digitally identify fraudulent orders placed on your behalf. Put SLAs around it in your contracts.
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Understanding how landscape factors, including suites of geographic and environmental variables, and both historical and contemporary ecological and evolutionary processes shape the distribution of genetic diversity is a primary goal of landscape and conservation genetics and may be particularly consequential for species involved in ecological restoration. In this study, we examine the factors that shape the distribution of genetic variation in a leguminous shrub (Caragana microphylla) important for restoration efforts on the Mongolian Plateau in China. This region houses several major bioclimatic gradients, and C. microphylla is an important restoration species because it stabilizes soils and prevents advancing desertification on the Inner Mongolia Plateau caused by ongoing climate change.
We assembled an expansive genomic dataset, consisting of 22 microsatellite loci, four cpDNA regions, and 5788 genome-wide SNPs from ten populations of C. microphylla. We then applied ecological niche modelling and linear and non-linear regression techniques to investigate the historical and contemporary forces that explain patterns of genetic diversity and population structure in C. microphylla on the Inner Mongolia Plateau. We found strong evidence that both geographic and environmental heterogeneity contribute to genetic differentiation and that the spatial distribution of genetic diversity in C. microphylla appears to result partly from the presence of a glacial refugium at the southwestern edge of its current range.
These results suggest that geographic, environmental, and historical factors have all contributed to spatial genetic variation in this ecologically important species. These results should guide restoration plans to sustain genetic diversity during plant translocations.
Unraveling the factors that influence spatial genetic variation and population structure is one of the fundamental goals of ecological and landscape genetics . Patterns of genetic differentiation often reflect spatial variation in gene flow, and landscapes can influence gene flow through geographic and environmental variation and their combined effects [2–4]. Isolation-by-distance (IBD) is the correlation of genetic divergence and geographic distances, while isolation-by-environment (IBE) is a correlation between genetic divergence and environmental dissimilarity [5, 6]. IBE can result from environmental differences between populations that generate divergent selection, which reduces dispersal success between different environments, or from biased dispersal, which leads to higher dispersal rates between more similar environments [2, 3, 6, 7]. Thus, both IBD and IBE represent important ways in which landscape heterogeneity influences genetic structure in natural populations [3, 8, 9]. Inherently, geographic and environmental isolation are not mutually exclusive, and spatial genetic divergence among populations can result from reduced gene flow associated with both geographical and ecologic factors [2, 7, 8, 10]. The rise of modern spatial statistical methods and the increasing availability of high-resolution geographic and environmental data layers now make it possible to accurately describe geographic and ecological landscapes and to simultaneously estimate the effects of IBD and IBE on spatial genetic divergence [5, 6]. Understanding patterns of IBD and IBE is particularly important for species of conservation concern or that are involved in ecosystem management, because the outcomes of conservation strategies may depend upon properly managing genetic diversity.
One such species is Caragana microphylla, a perennial sandy grassland and desert deciduous shrub species belonging to the legume family (Fabaceae). Native to temperate Asia, including Siberia, Mongolia, and China , C. microphylla is a widely distributed shrub species in the northern steppe and agro-pastoral ecotone of China. On the high plain of the Inner Mongolia Plateau, C. microphylla is a key component of the shrub steppe landscape, and on the sandy land of the steppe it is a dominant species of vegetation . The species has been valued for its tolerance to heat, cold, and drought and for its resistance to wind erosion, sand burial, and hail storms. It has been used as a pioneer leguminous shrub species for vegetation rehabilitation and stabilization of widely degraded and degrading grasslands in China, because of its ability to serve as a windbreak and its capacity for carbon fixation, nitrogen fixation, and nutrient accumulation in sandy soils , and it can also be served as supplemental livestock forage with high nutrient value . Genetic variation and population structure of wild C. microphylla from the Inner Mongolia Plateau have been evaluated by different marker systems, including AFLPs, RAPDs, and microsatellites [13–17], but no previous studies have quantified the contributions of IBD and IBE to spatial genetic divergence in this system. However, better understanding population dynamics in species like this is an important goal for restoration ecology, ecosystem management, and landscape and conservation genetics. Studies like this one are critical for identifying the factors that shape the distribution of genetic variation in species undergoing assisted dispersal and recolonization so that genetic diversity can be managed properly .
The Inner Mongolia Plateau is characterized by pronounced biophysical gradients, presenting an opportunity to investigate the effects of multiple geographic and environmental factors on population connectivity. A temperature gradient runs roughly North-South, while a precipitation gradient runs from arid regions in the Southwest to wetter regions in the Northeast. An ecotone largely tracks the precipitation gradient, transitioning from desert in the Southwest to grassland (high meadow and steppe) in the central plateau and forest in the Northeast, with pockets of shrublands and sandy lands in the Southeast. Here, we evaluated population genetic divergence of C. microphylla across its entire geographic range on the Inner Mongolia Plateau, using a set of 22 polymorphic microsatellite markers, four cpDNA sequences and 5788 SNPs generated through genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS). The major goals of this study were (i) to characterize genetic variation and population structure in C. microphylla, and (ii) to quantify the relative contributions of geographic factors (IBD) and environmental clines (IBE) to genetic differentiation in this important restoration species.
We collected samples from 221 individuals of C. microphylla at ten sites throughout the natural distribution of the species in the southern Inner Mongolia Plateau of China (SZW, ZXB, DL, XH, and QYH), central Inner Mongolia Plateau (XU and DU), and northeastern Inner Mongolia Plateau (EWK, CB, XBY) (Additional file 1: Table S1 and Fig. 1). Together, these sites cover a wide range of climate space, giving us good power to detect environmentally-driven spatial genetic variation (Additional file 1: Figure S1). Sample sizes ranged from N = 18 to 24, with a mean of N = 22 (Additional file 1: Table S1). Total genomic DNA was extracted from leaf tissues using the Qiagen DNeasy Plant Kit, according to the manufacturer’s protocol (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany).
We genotyped all samples at 22 microsatellite (simple sequence repeat; SSR) markers (Additional file 1: Table S2) that were developed by Han using the method described by Lian et al. (Additional file 1: Table S2). PCR amplification was conducted in a total volume of 25 μL including 40 ng DNA, 1 × buffer, 3 mM MgCl2, 300 μM dNTPs, 0.6 μM forward primer and reverse primer, and 1 U Taq DNA polymerase (TaKaRa, Shiga, Japan). The forward primers were tagged with a fluorescent 6-FAM or HEX label to produce flourescent-labeled PCR amplified fragments. PCR was performed on a Mastercyler gradient thermocycler (Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany) using the following procedure: 10 min at 94 °C, followed by 10 touchdown cycles of 45 s at 94 °C, 60 s at 65 °C (−1 °C per cycle), and 60 s at 72 °C, then 35 cycles of 45 s at 94 °C, 60 s at 55 °C, and 60 s at 72 °C, and a 10 min final extension step at 72 °C. An ABI3730xl DNA Analyzer (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA) was used to capture amplified products by a fluorescence detection system for SSR markers. Fragment sizes were determined using an internal size standard (LIZ500, ABI, USA), and the output was analyzed using GeneMapper software (Applied Biosystems).
Four cpDNA regions, including trnL-trnF, psbA-trnH, psbB-psbH and trnG, were amplified for all 221 individuals. The primers and methodology for amplification of these four DNA regions via PCR were described in Taberlet et al. , Demesure et al. , Hamilton , and Shaw et al. , respectively. Sequences were generated with an ABI 3730XL DNA Sequencer (Applied Biosystems), and edited, assembled and aligned in Geneious (v7.1.7, http://www.geneious.com/). All cpDNA sequences were deposited in Genbank (accession numbers KU564257 to KU564268).
A total of 127 samples from ten populations were used to generate the genotyping by sequencing dataset (GBSseq; Additional file 1: Table S1). Individual DNA libraries for each of these samples were prepared using the restriction enzyme ApeKI according to the protocol in Elshire et al. . Libraries were then sequenced using paired-end sequencing across 3 lanes of Illumina HiSeq 4000 (BGI, Shengzhen, China). The quality of the raw read data was examined using FASTQC . GBS data assembly, mapping, and SNP discovery were performed using Stacks v1.23 . In the absence of a reference genome for this species, RADSeq loci were assembled de novo using the ‘denovo_map.pl’ pipeline in STACKS. We used a parameter combination recommended by Mastretta-Yanes et al. : minimum read depth to create a stack (−m) = 3, number of mismatches allowed between loci within individuals (−M) = 2, and number of mismatches allowed between loci within each catalogue (−n) = 2. All other parameters were kept at default values. Those loci present in at least 80% of individuals at each site were retained in the final dataset, and loci with minor allele frequencies lower than 0.05 were removed. GBS genotyping of the samples from population SZW resulted in significant missing data, so this population was removed from the GBS dataset. GBS-seq raw data were submitted to the NCBI Sequence Read Archive (SRA) with reference number SRP071628.
All 22 microsatellite loci were tested for deviation from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. We calculated common metrics of genetic variation, including average number of alleles (Na), observed and expected heterozygosity (Ho and He), and global and pairwise FST. Both global and pairwise FST were tested for significance based on 9999 permutations. All calculations and statistical tests were conducted using GenAlEx v6.5 .
We used the software STRUCTURE to infer the probability of assignment to distinct genetic clusters for all 221 individuals in the ten sampled populations . The analysis was performed using the admixture model and with the option of correlated allele frequencies between populations. Ten runs were conducted for each value for the number of genetic clusters (K), with K ranging from 1 to 10. The length of the burn-in for the Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) replications was set to 10,000, and data were collected every 1000 steps over a total length 100,000 MCMC steps in each run. We identified the optimal value of K using the method developed by Evanno et al. as implemented in the software Structure Harvester .
Chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) sequences were edited and assembled using SeqMan software (DNASTAR, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA). Multiple alignments of the DNA sequences were performed with Clustal X , with subsequent adjustment in Bioedit . Haplotype (Hd) and nucleotide (π) diversities were calculated from aligned DNA sequences using DnaSP v5 . We conducted an analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) and tested for significance based on 1023 permutations in Arlequin v3.0 . A haplotype distribution map was constructed using ArcMap v9.3 (ESRI, Inc., Redlands, California, USA), and a haplotype network was constructed in NETWORK v4.678 using Medicago sativa as an outgroup.
Observed and expected heterozygosities (Ho and He) were calculated using the package Adegenet v2.0.1. in R (www.r-project.org). Both global and pairwise FST were calculated and tested for significance based on 9999 permutations using Genepop v4.0 . As with the microsatellite dataset, we also performed STRUCTURE analysis on our GBS dataset, using the admixture model and the same MCMC parameters as before.
We used climate-based ecological niche models (ENMs) at multiple time periods to investigate whether current and past climate suitability is a relevant factor shaping observed patterns of genetic differentiation among populations of C. microphylla. Ecological niche modelling was carried out in MAXENT v3.3.3 . A total of 53 occurrence points, obtained from the literature [13–16] and our own sampling, and 19 GIS data layers at 2.5 arc min resolution for present-day bioclimatic variables, obtained from the WorldClim database (http://www.worldclim.org), were included in the analysis (Additional file 1: Table S3).
To estimate the distribution of C. microphylla at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), we projected the model obtained by our present-day species-climate analysis onto the LGM using data layers for past climate constructed under the commonly used Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate (MIROC v3.2) scaled down to a 2.5 arc min resolution and obtained from WorldClim. To model the suitability of C. microphylla under a future climate scenario, we acquired data layers (2.5 arc min resolution) predicted for the year 2080 under, again, the commonly used general circulation model MIROC from WorldClim. As with the LGM scenario, we projected the present-day ENM onto the future climate layers to explore how the predicted distribution of C. microphylla may be affected by ongoing global climate change. The performance of the model prediction was evaluated using the area under the (receiver operating characteristic) curve (AUC) calculated by MAXENT. Model predictions were visualized in ARCMAP v9.3 (ESRI, Redlands, CA).
To investigate the roles of geographic and environmental factors in spatial genetic differentiation, we tested for isolation by distance (IBD) and isolation by environment (IBE) using all three marker types collected in our study. In all analyses, population pairwise genetic distances were represented by matrices of pairwise FST / (1-FST) as recommended by Rousset . Geographic distances were represented by the logarithms (log10) of geographic distances between all pairs of populations. For the environmental predictors, we downloaded the 19 bioclimate variables from the WorldClim database (www.worldclim.org) at 0.5 arc min resolution and then reduced covariance by performing spatial principal component analysis (PCA) analysis on the raster layers using the R package ‘RStoolbox’ . We retained the first three PC rasters that resulted from this analysis and extracted the value of the data point on each raster at each of the coordinates for our sampled populations. To quantify IBD and IBE, we performed multiple matrix regression with randomization (MMRR) using the R function ‘MMRR’ . We also tested for covariance between geographic and environmental distances with a Mantel test using the R package ‘vegan’ . In each analysis, 10,000 permutations were used to generate a null distribution for significance testing.
To further evaluate IBD and IBE, we also performed a complementary analysis, generalized dissimilarity modelling (GDM). GDM is a statistical technique that uses nonlinear matrix regression to model spatial patterns of biological dissimilarity, including genetic distance, between sampling sites against differences in geographic and environmental variables . GDM uses an I-spline turnover function for each predictor variable to quantify: (1) variation in the rate of genetic turnover along each environmental and geographic axis (the shape of each spline) while controlling for all other variables, and (2) the curvilinear relationships between genetic distance and geographic and environmental distances [46, 47]. The maximum height of each spline corresponds to the relative importance of the associated predictor .
Genetic distances for each model were the same FST / (1-FST) matrices used in the MMRR analysis, and geographic distances were based on the geographic coordinates of each sampling site. For the environmental predictors, we used the same three PC rasters as in the MMRR analysis. After fitting the GDM model to these data, we visualized spatial patterns of genetic turnover by projecting the GDM model onto the PC rasters. This assigns a color value to each cell on the raster based on its predicted genetic composition, and greater differences in the colors between cells indicate greater predicted genetic differences. All of the GDM analyses were performed in the R package ‘gdm’ .
Twenty-two microsatellite markers were used to evaluate genetic diversity across 221 individuals of 10 populations of C. microphylla (Table 1). The mean number of alleles per locus (Na) ranged from 5.318 in population XBY to 8.091 in population DU (Table 1). Mean observed heterozygosity per population (Ho) ranged from 0.416 in CB to 0.693 in QYH, and mean expected heterozygosity (He) values ranged from 0.490 in XBY to 0.708 in DU. We did not detect significant deviations from HWE in any of the 22 loci.
A total of 11 different cpDNA haplotypes (H1-H11) were identified based on 7 polymorphic sites detected in four cpDNA sequences (Table 1). Haplotypes H1 and H2 were the two most common haplotypes, found in 70% and 50% of C. microphylla populations, respectively (Fig. 1b). Haplotypes H3, H6, and H10, on the other hand, were found in only one population each (Fig. 1b). Haplotypes H8 and H4 were identified as the most ancestral and youngest haplotypes, respectively. The populations ETW, CB, and XBY had the lowest haplotype diversity (Hd) and nucleotide diversity (π) with only one haplotype (H8) observed in each population. The highest diversity was observed in population SZW (Hd = 0.771 and π = 0.47; Table 1).
Overall, 5788 SNPs from our GBS reads were retained for 106 individuals from 9 populations after quality control and filtering steps. Mean observed heterozygosity (Ho) per population ranged from 0.196 in CB to 0.303 in XH, and mean expected heterozygosity (He) values ranged from 0.247in CB to 0.308 in XH (Table 1).
Global FST among all 10 sampling sites based on our microsatellite dataset was 0.115. The pairwise estimates of genetic differentiation (FST) across all 10 populations ranged from 0.017 (ZXB vs. XH) to 0.139 (XBY vs. QYH) (Additional file 1: Table S4). All C. microphylla population pairs were significantly differentiated from each other except for the ZXB and XH pair, for which FST was not significantly different from zero. Comparisons between regions revealed little structure between the central (DU and XU) and northeast (CB, EWK, and XBY) populations (mean FST = 0.071) nor between the central and southwest (QYH, SZW, DL, XH, and ZXB) populations (mean FST = 0.073), but did reveal higher differentiation between the northeast and the southwest populations (mean FST = 0.138). The population XBY showed the highest degree of genetic differentiation from other populations (mean FST = 0.171), followed by populations CB (mean FST = 0.168) and EWK (mean FST = 0.138).
For cpDNA, global FST among all sites was 0.360. About 76% of pairwise FST estimates among C. microphylla population pairs were statistically significant (Additional file 1: Table S5). Pairwise comparisons between regions revealed similar patterns compared to the microsatellite results. The mean genetic differentiation between northeast and southwest populations was FST = 0.64, followed by southwest vs. central populations (mean FST = 0.48), and northeast vs. central populations (mean FST = 0.17).
For our GBS dataset of 5788 SNPs, global FST among the nine sampling sites retained in this dataset was 0.246. Pairwise comparisons between regions revealed similar patterns compared to the microsatellite and cpDNA results (Additional file 1: Table S6). The mean genetic differentiation estimates between southwest vs. central populations and northeast vs. central populations were FST = 0.164 and FST = 0.168, respectively. Whereas, the mean genetic differentiation between northeast and southwest populations was FST = 0.350.
STRUCTURE analyses performed on both our microsatellite and GBS datasets indicated that the best supported number of clusters was K = 2, according to the ΔK methods for identifying the optimal number of clusters (Additional file 1: Figure S2). The probability of membership to either of the two clusters (A and B) was geographically structured among populations and regions (Figs. 1, 2). Specifically, the membership proportions in the STRUCTURE analysis revealed a significant geographic pattern in which individuals in populations mostly associated with cluster A (i.e. SZW, ZXB, XH, DL, and QYH) were more common in the southwest of the Inner Mongolia Plateau (41°N - 42°N; Fig. 1a, 2a), while individuals in populations mostly associated with cluster B (i.e. EWK, CB, and XBY) were found in the northeast of the Inner Mongolia Plateau (48°N- 49°N; Fig. 1a, 2a). In the central region of the Inner Mongolia Plateau (44°N - 45°N), two populations (XU and DU) showed intermediate probabilities of assignment to either cluster, based on the microsatellite dataset (Fig. 1a, 2a). This could result from potential admixture, shared ancestry, or demographic factors. Of the two central populations, although the XU population is more southerly, it shared genetic cluster assignments (35.6% in cluster A and 64.4% in cluster B) more with the populations in the northeast of the Inner Mongolia Plateau than with those in the southwest. The DU population, on the other hand, showed more similar genetic assignments (72.3% in cluster A and 27.7% in cluster B) to the populations in the southwest of the Inner Mongolia Plateau, even though it is geographically closer to the northeast populations (Fig. 1a, 2a). In contrast, the assignment probabilities for individuals in these populations based on the GBS dataset (Fig. 1c, 2b) were much more closely aligned with cluster A (the southwest populations) compared to those based on the microsatellite data (Fig. 1a vs. 1c; Fig. 2a vs. 2b).
Three climate-based ecological niche models were constructed using 19 bioclimatic variables for three time periods: present day, the last glacial maximum (LGM), and the future (year 2080) (Fig. 3). The model based on present-day data showed strong support based on the receiver operating curve (AUC > 0.95), suggesting good model fit to the underlying data. The present-day predicted distribution of C. microphylla is consistent with its presently observed distribution (Fig. 3b). In total, precipitation had a greater influence on C. microphylla than temperature, as indicated by jackknife resampling of the regularized training gain (Additional file 1: Figure S3). Compared with its current distribution, the estimated distribution of C. microphylla during the LGM was much smaller, based on projection of the present-day model onto past climate layers, suggesting that a significant expansion occurred after the LGM from the southwest to the northeast of the Inner Mongolia Plateau (Fig. 3a). The ENM projected onto the future climate scenario for 2080 suggests that climate change will result in a significant reduction of the species’ potential range (Fig. 3c), resulting in a retraction to a small zone of climatically suitable habitat in the southwest-central part of C. microphylla’s current distribution.
The spatial PCA that we performed on the 19 bioclimate data layers returned three PC rasters that explained >85% of the total bioclimatic variation. Factors loadings showed that PC1 was primarily described by temperature variables (Bio1–11; www.worldclim.org), while PC2 was derived from precipitation variables (Bio12–19; www.worldclim.org). PC3 was driven by three variables – precipitation seasonality (Bio15), mean diurnal temperature range (Bio2), and temperature annual range (Bio7) – and therefore represents an environmental seasonality and range of variation axis.
Multiple matrix regression with randomization (MMRR) analysis suggested that genetic differentiation showed a significant pattern of both IBE and IBD for all three molecular datasets (Table 2 and Fig. 4). For each of the microsatellite, cpDNA, and GBS datasets, the model was a significant fit to the data (p < 0.001for each; Table 2), and explained a large proportion of the total variance (R2 = 0.685, R2 = 0.696, R2 = 888, respectively; Table 2). The signal of IBE in each dataset was driven by PC1 (temperature variables), which had a significant association with genetic distances in all three cases (p < 0.01 for each model; Table 2). PC2 and PC3 did not have significant correlations with genetic distances for any of the three molecular markers (p > 0.05; Table 2). IBE was slightly stronger than IBD in the cpDNA (IBE = 0.515, IBD = 0.361) and GBS datasets (IBE = 0.564, IBD = 0.444) and was considerably stronger than IBD in the microsatellite dataset (IBE = 0.702, IBD = 0.260; Table 2). Geographic distances were moderately correlated with distances in PC1 (Mantel’s r = 0.685, p = 0.001) and PC3 (Mantel’s r = 0702, p = 0.002) but showed no correlation with PC2 (Mantel’s r = 0.044, p = 0.553).
Generalized dissimilarity modelling (GDM; Ferrier et al. 2007) analysis also revealed significant patterns of IBE and IBD in all three of our molecular datasets (Table 3). Overall, the models were a significant fit to the data (p < 0.01 for each model) and explained a large proportion of the deviance in the data structure, with 77.95% of deviance explained for the microsatellite dataset, 74.81% of deviance explained for the cpDNA dataset, and 89.18% of deviance explained for the GBS dataset. Deviance explained values for non-linear models are analogous to R2 values for linear models. Concordant with the results of the MMRR analysis, GDM revealed significant associations between genetic distances and PC3 distances for each dataset (p < 0.05; Table 3). IBE was stronger than IBD in the microsatellite dataset (IBE = 0.561, IBD = 0.132; Table 3) but slightly weaker than IBD in the cpDNA (IBE = 0.473, IBD = 0.627; Table 3) and GBS (IBE = 0.622, IBD = 0.717; Table 3) datasets. In general, maps of spatial turnover in genetic composition generated by GDM show similar patterns for the microsatellite and GBS datasets (Fig. 5).
China’s Inner Mongolia Plateau contains dramatic clines in several bioclimatic variables that are critical for plant growth and community assembly and also exhibits spatial heterogeneity in various soil properties and characteristics , making it an excellent landscape on which to examine the geographic and environmental drivers of population genetic structure. This region contains high elevation arid steppe and sandy soils ecosystems that are traditionally understudied in landscape genetics and phylogeography. The need to better understand population dynamics in key species in these ecosystems is pressing because the entire region is heavily threatened by soil erosion, desertification, and ongoing climate change .
In this study, we utilized large genomic datasets, including 22 microsatellites, cpDNA sequences from four gene regions, and 5788 SNPs, to characterize patterns of range-wide genetic differentiation across biophysical clines in C. microphylla, an important species for ecological restoration efforts, on the Inner Mongolia Plateau. We found that genetic diversity (haplotype diversity, nucleotide diversity, average number of alleles, and heterozygosity) was distributed across the range of the species, with more centrally located populations typically showing higher levels of genetic diversity than populations nearer to range edges, particularly to the northern range edge of this species (Table 1 and Fig. 1). This spatial pattern of genetic diversity is fairly common in many different and diverse taxa . While genetic variation can have many other spatial distributions, this “abundant center hypothesis,” in which central populations harbor greater diversity appears to be one scenario that is observed fairly frequently [51, 52]. Under any scenario, better understanding the spatial distribution of genetic variation is central to developing improved management plans for maintaining genetic diversity and for predicting the impacts of potential threats to genetic diversity .
The exceptions to this general pattern in our study system were found in the southern populations that we sampled. Several of these populations (e.g. DL, SZQ, XH, and ZXB) harbored among the highest levels of haplotype and nucleotide diversity (based on our cpDNA dataset), allelic diversity (based on our microsatellite dataset), and observed heterozygosity (based on our microsatellite and GBS datasets; Table 1 and Fig. 1). This pattern may be explained by the historical distribution of C. microphylla. When the ecological niche model that we constructed was projected onto past climate layers from the last glacial maximum (LGM), it suggested that suitable habitat for C. microphylla was much more limited, compared to present day, and was primarily restricted to an area in the southwest corner of C. microphylla’s current range. This suggests that a northward expansion following glacial retreat after the LGM allowed C. microphylla to achieve the distribution it has today. Glacial refugia often harbor greater genetic diversity, particularly in plants [53–55], and that appears to be the case here as well, demonstrating how biogeographic histories can influence patterns of genetic diversity observed today.
To investigate how contemporary landscape factors affect patterns of genetic variation in C. microphylla, we conducted a landscape genetic analysis in which we employed complimentary linear and non-linear matrix regression analyses to quantify patterns of IBD and IBE. Multiple matrix regression with randomization (MMRR) and generalized dissimilarity modelling (GDM) revealed strong evidence that both geographic and environmental factors play important roles in structuring genetic variation in this system. Overall, the results of our MMRR and GDM analyses were highly concordant, but there were some minor differences (Tables 2, 3). Some of these differences are likely due to the linear vs. non-linear regressions used in MMRR and GDM, respectively [44, 46]. Whether the observed differences result from GDM over-fitting the model or MMRR under-fitting the model is not currently known. In any case, our results can be viewed as strong evidence that IBD and IBE are both significant patterns of genetic differentiation in C. microphylla, even if their precise strengths are uncertain, and therefore geographic and environmental factors are both important contributors to the genetic structuring of populations in this system.
There were also slight differences among our three genetic datasets. If we average the results for the MMRR and GDM analyses, we find that IBE played a considerably stronger role than IBD in structuring genetic variation in the microsatellite data (βIBE = 0.196 vs. βIBD = 0.631), but IBE and IBD were much more balanced in the cpDNA (βIBE = 0.494 vs. βIBD = 0.494) and GBS datasets (βIBE = 0.581 vs βIBD = 0.593). There is no clear reason why microsatellite markers would be expected to have lower IBD than cpDNA or GBS markers. There is an interesting possibility that chloroplast DNA, which is uni-parentally inherited through seeds, could show a different spatial pattern from nuclear DNA, which is bi-parentally inherited through seeds and pollen, if dispersal in seeds and pollen are subject to different controls. For instance, if different animals disperse seeds and pollen, which is commonly the case, or if pollen is wind dispersed while seeds fall onto the underlying terrain, then we would expect that patterns of spatial genetic variation in cpDNA and nuclear DNA could be very different . For C. microphylla, which has pollen dispersed by wind and insect pollinators , we would expect that nDNA markers would show a greater signal of IBE compared to IBD, because geographic factors would be much more limiting for seed dispersal. In fact, we do see that IBE is slightly higher than IBD for our nuclear microsatellite and GBS datasets, while IBE and IBD are very similar in our cpDNA dataset, but this difference is fairly subtle.
The GDM and MMRR analyses both detected a significant signal that variation between populations in environmental PC1 drives the pattern of IBE. This signal was highly significant (p ≤ 0.02) and explained a large proportion of genetic variation (β = 0.383 to 0.565) in all three of our genetic datasets in the results of both MMRR and GDM analysis (Tables 2, 3). Signals for PC2 and PC3 were not significant in any dataset under either analysis. PC1 captured variation in the bioclimatic temperature variables in our environmental GIS dataset. Hence, our results suggest that IBE in C. microphylla is primarily driven by differences in temperature variables between populations. Both phenology and leaf emergence are linked to temperature cues in C. microphylla [57, 58]. Flowering period in C. microphylla lasts less than 30 days, and shifts in flowering period occur under different experimental temperature treatments . This suggests that differences in temperature regimes between populations may cause differences in phenology which lead to reduced overlap in flowering period and, therefore, reduced gene flow. This pattern of reduced overlap in reproductive timing has been referred to as ‘isolation by time’ and may be a key factor driving genetic structure in this system.
Thus, overall, our study presents a strong case for a role of both historic and contemporary factors, including both geographic and environmental variables, in generating the currently observed patterns of spatial genetic variation in C. microphylla. For plants involved in ecological restoration, like C. microphylla, understanding these patterns is critical, because restoration work inherently involves moving plants between areas (even if they are geographically close). For instance, in this system, populations exhibit genetic differentiation between environments with different temperature regimes, and therefore restoration efforts should focus on transplanting between areas with similar environmental conditions. Plants adapted to different thermal climates may flower at the wrong time or out of sync with the local population, reducing the effectiveness of transplant efforts. Because C. microphylla also show geographically driven genetic differentiation, plants that are transplanted from distant sites that are environmentally similar could be effective at introducing genetic variation into struggling populations . Hence, better understanding the factors that shape genetic variation in these species is critical for preventing unintended consequences of reintroductions and translocations and for guiding conservation plans to produce the best possible outcomes. Specifically, the knowledge generated by studies like ours can contribute to managing how genetic variation is distributed in these species, the probability of individuals surviving and becoming established under various climatic factors, and the chances of maintaining genetically healthy populations.
We thank Prof. Tieliang Shang Guan, Shanxi University, for the sampling and identification of the plant material and the UC Berkeley Geospatial Innovation Facility for providing GIS software.
This research was funded by a grant from the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program (ASTIP-IAS10) of China. The funding body did not play a role in the design of the study and collection, analysis, and interpretation of data and in writing the manuscript, but just provide the financial support.
All cpDNA sequences were deposited in Genbank (accession numbers KU564257 to KU564268). GBS-seq raw data were submitted to the NCBI Sequence Read Archive (SRA) with reference number SRP071628. The SSR genotypes datasets and the other rest of the dataset used and/or analysed during the current study available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Z.W. conceived and designed the study, B.X., and J.L., collected samples, B.X., G.S., J.L., and Z.W. performed the experiments, Z.W. and I.W. analyzed the data, Z.W., B.X., G.S., X.W., and I.W. drafted and revised the manuscript. All authors have read and approved the final version of this manuscript.
All the plant materials were sampled by us. The sampling of plant materials was complied with the Convention on the Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and national and local laws. All the materials were identified by Prof. Tieliang Shang Guan, Shanxi University.
Andrews S. FastQC: a quality control tool for high throughput sequence data Babraham. Cambridge: Bioinformatics; 2010. Available at https://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/. | 2019-04-21T12:38:55 | https://bmcplantbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12870-017-1147-7 |
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Start in Tehran and end in Shiraz! With A Classic Iran Tour, you have a 16 day tour package taking you from Tehran to Shiraz and 8 other destinations in Iran. It includes accommodation in a hotel as well as an expert guide, meals, transport and more.
A travel through old Persia as well as the new Iran. Discover magnificent mosques, small mountain villages, and colorful gardens, and take a deeper insight into this ancient land. Some of the world'd most exquisite examples of design and architecture are to be found in Iran, including the magnificent ruins of Persepolis, the dazzling Islamic centers at Isfahan and Shiraz. The rich bazaars and the ancient tradition of hospitality never fail to impress in a country which sees few tourists. Let's start the journey!
Arrival, our guide will transfer you to the hotel for check in.
Exploring the capital of Iran, Tehran. Places we have planned to visit: The former royal Qajar complex, Golestan Palace. National garden Gate, Mashgh Square, National museum, ( Lunch),30 Tir Street and Nature bridge.
Sa’adabad, Tajrish Bazaar and Darband are some other places in Tehran that we will not miss. We have lunch and then set off to Qom city to visit Hoz Soltan Lake and Hazrat Masume Holy shrine. Afterwards we have dinner and go to the hotel for the night.
Today we will visit Salt mountain, Imam Khomeini`s House, Ghajarie House. Then lunch and next we drive to Kashan. There we are going to see Fin Garden and a Traditional Iranian hose called Tatabaeiha.
Today we drive to Abyaneh Village, famous for the culture, clothes and costumes of the people. The architecture of Abyaneh houses beside the red soil has made a very beautifully unique form for the village. After lunch we go to Isfahan and check in the hotel.
The beautiful Safavid capital in 17th century. City of art, architecture, handicrafts and sweets. We start to explore the city by visiting Khaju and Sio Se Pol Bridge over Zayande River. Then Menar Jonban (Shaking Minarets), Vank Cathedral and Atashgah Fire temple.
Naghsh-e jahan Square, Sheikh lotfolah Mosque, Shah mosque Ali Qapu Palace are our today's destination (All in UNESCO World Heritage list). Gheysariyeh gate way would be last place to visit, where you can buy souvenirs.
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From Yazd we drive to Abarkooh to see the oldest creature in Asia; Abarkooh Cypress. Then we head to Marvdasht for hotel check in.
Today is the time to visit some ancient world's finest monuments: Takhte Jamshid (Persepolis) the heart of Achamenid Empire and ancient Persia built in 518 BC. Then Nasghshe Rostam which is the necropolis of Achamenid Kings. Afterwards we head to Shiraz city and check in a hotel.
City of poetry, philosophy, flowers and nightingales. In this orange-scented city we will visit Haffeziye (Tomb of Hafez a great Persian poet), Sa’adi tomb, Nasir ol Molk Mosque, Narenjestan (a traditional and historical house in Shiraz, dating back to Qajar era). After lunch Agha baba khan school, Eram garden, Shah cheragh shrine the holy Shrine of Ali Ebne Hamzeh (you will visit this shrine from inside). Then we go to the hotel.
Arg e Karim Khan, Vakil complex (Hammam, bazaar, mosque). Then we have lunch and for the last stop in Shiraz we go to Mooshir bazaar.
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Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise Asher today announced $2.3 Million in funding to support 18 diverse projects across Victoria’s film, television and games sectors.
Ms. Asher said this latest round of investment funding confirmed the Victorian Coalition Government’s commitment to the Victorian screen industry and to assisting practitioners to create innovative and world-class content.
“The projects announced today are estimated to lead to a total expenditure of almost $30 Million in the state and to create an estimated 1,400 jobs for Victorians.” Ms. Asher said.
Film Victoria CEO Jenni Tosi said she was thrilled to continue to support thriving local talent.
“Victoria’s local screen community is renowned for its capability, creativity and innovation.” Ms. Tosi said.
Included in this round are six fiction television projects, one fiction feature film, five factual television projects and six games projects.
Production Investment ($2.1 Million) – supports original, marketable quality projects that are ready to go into production and can attract Australian and global audiences.
Games Investment ($198,000) – assists Victorian games developers to create a diverse range of games for any distribution platform with an emphasis on technical, creative or design innovation. | 2019-04-23T05:08:30 | https://www.southernthunderer.com.au/funding-announced-for-film-television-and-games/ |
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A trial of mandatory poker machine pre-commitment technology will likely take place ahead of the 2014 introduction of the initiative designed to stop problem gambling, according to federal independent MP Andrew Wilkie.
Speaking at a press conference following the tabling of the Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform’s first report, Wilkie said mandatory pre-commitment technology would benefit from state-based trials.
“I think [a trial] would be very helpful and genuinely inform the development of the technologies which are needed for this and to ensure they are the best technologies and to identify any unforseen consequences of these reforms,” he said.
Wilkie said the 2014 deadline for the introduction of the technology did not give enough time for a national technical solution, but did allow enough time for individual states and territories to develop their own pre-commitment technologies to a common set of national standards and design features.
“Remarkably, most of the jurisdictions are operating different operating systems, different communication protocols, and the committee did find and does recommend that over time it would be in the industry’s interest to move toward a national technical framework,” he said.
Placing the onus on states to develop their own solutions was practicable as technical arrangements between states varied greatly and allowing states to come up with their own solutions would be the quickest way to have the technology come into use, Wilkie said.
To date a number of the states have opposed the introduction of tougher controls on gaming machines to tackle problem gambling.
On the issue of a carrying out a cost-benefit analysis of the technology, Wilkie said the argument from critics that the technology would be too costly to implement had made their claims ahead of knowing all the aspects of the pre-commitment plan, the technical solution and its costs.
He added that the highest “credible” estimate from industry of the cost of the technology — $3 billion — was just over half the $5 billion annual amount lost by problem poker machine gamblers. The total annual cost of losses to poker machines annually was $12 billion, Wilkie said.
Commenting on the form the pre-commitment technology would take the MP said again re-affirmed no biometrics would be used. Instead, existing loyalty cards used by many community club members would be the most likely format.
Wilkie estimated that the cost of problem gambling on poker machines is some $1.64 billion and that there are 95,000 Australians ‘problem gamblers’ and 95,000 Australia gamblers at risk of becoming problem gamblers. He estimated that each of these gamblers affects in some way between five and 10 other Australians. | 2019-04-21T02:39:14 | https://www.cso.com.au/article/385548/mandatory_pre-commitment_poker_machine_technology_go_trial_before_2014/ |
When Apple unveiled the iPad in 2010, I immediately fell in love with its impressive battery life, and couldn't wait until they day when the same longevity would come to my Mac.
With the upcoming release of OS X Mavericks and the latest round of revisions to the company's laptop hardware, it looks like I (alongside, I suspect, many other Mac users) could finally get my wish, thanks to a few clever software tricks that have found their way into the latest incarnation of Apple's desktop operating system.
The obvious way to improve battery life in a laptop is to increase battery capacity and decrease the electrical consumption of the machine's hardware components, both goals that Apple has been pursuing zealously for some time by changing the way that its computers are manufactured.
For example, the introduction of the unibody design allowed the company to fit its computers with custom-molded batteries that provide superior capacity in a relatively compact space. The company also continues to adopt the latest technologies, like solid-state drives and Intel's newest CPUs, to make its hardware less power-hungry.
Hardware improvements, however, usually require sweeping technological changes, and are often at odds with users who demand computers that are ever more compact, lightweight, and powerful at the same time. Apple could easily double the longevity of the MacBook Air by tacking a couple extra pounds of batteries at the back--but such a move would be unlikely to go over well with either the design-conscious company or its consumers.
In addition to continuously tweaking its hardware, therefore, the company has also been investing in the software side of its products. Mavericks, due out later this fall, promises to introduce a few interesting technologies aimed at increasing the battery life of our computers.
The first, called App Nap, simply causes apps you're not actively using to receive less of the system's attention, reducing their power demands in the process.
When an app's windows are invisible and the app is not playing back audio, it enters "nap mode," at which point three things happen: First, its priority is reduced, decreasing the amount of active execution time that the CPU dedicates to it; second, its ability to access devices, such as the hard disk or the network, is throttled, limiting the power drain caused by input/output operations; and third, the app's timers are fired less frequently, causing it to become active only after longer intervals.
Together, these three techniques greatly reduce the demands that an inactive app makes on the system, which significantly reduces its power consumption. A collateral benefit is that more of the computer's capacity is reserved for the the currently active app, which becomes more responsive as a result.
Obviously, not all apps can work under these conditions. It would be absurd to be forced to, say, keep QuickTime Player in the foreground while it's encoding a video just to prevent it from being put into power-saving mode. For this reason, Mavericks allows individual programs to opt out of App Nap as needed.
RAM is always a precious resource. Because every app needs it, and because it needs to be very fast, having plenty of memory available is often crucial to ensuring optimum system performance.
In fact, RAM is so important that most operating systems extend a computer's hardwired memory by storing it on the hard drive as needed. This virtual memory, as it's called, ensures a nearly unlimited supply of memory, but at the cost of increased hard-disk activity and reduced performance.
Mavericks extends the concept of virtual memory by introducing a new technique called Compressed Memory. As its name implies, this system works by transparently compressing the portions of RAM that, though nominally in use, are not actively employed by any app. Doing this increases the free memory available to the system without requiring disk swapping.
Because the algorithm used to compress the memory is very efficient, this process is much faster than traditional disk swapping--and, because it requires fewer trips to the hard disk, it also ends up saving more power by preventing the physical disk from spinning up and down continuously. As an added bonus, computers that use SSDs will also incur less wear and tear, which will increase the longevity of their hardware components.
Apple's third power-saving technique relies on the fact that almost all apps schedule tasks to occur at specific intervals in the background by using a software construct called a timer. Because apps have no way of coordinating with each other, these timers fire in an often chaotic way, continually forcing the CPU to exit power-saving mode, execute a few lines of code, and then go back to sleep.
With Mavericks's Timer Coalescing feature, when a computer is running on battery power, the operating system will automatically aggregate timers that are scheduled to fire within a short time of each other and execute them concurrently, thus reducing the number of times the system is forced to enter and exit power-saving mode and increasing the time it spends idling (during which power consumption is at a minimum).
Apple has long told developers that they shouldn't count on the absolute accuracy of a timer, noting that many external conditions, such as system load, could delay (or even accelerate) their firing in unpredictable ways. Therefore, Timer Coalescing should work right out of the box, without requiring programmers to tweak their code.
In addition to these sweeping under-the-hood changes to the upcoming version of OS X, Safari 7 features a new Power Saver feature that keeps plug-ins disabled until the user needs them. Thus, for example, if you open a webpage that contains one or more Flash movies, the browser will show a static preview instead of launching a movie automatically. Clicking the preview activates the plug-in, but if you don't click it, the plug-in won't consume any additional power.
Media playback is also getting a few tweaks. According to Apple, iTunes will take greater advantage of the hardware acceleration provided by a Mac's GPU, reducing the amount of power needed to watch movies and play music by as much as 35 percent.
Finally, the upcoming version of OS X will also be able to take better advantage of the Haswell processor's support for firing up and boosting the clock speed of individual cores, ensuring that each core is fully utilized before a new one is brought online and allowed to eat up more power.
Altogether, the power-management features in Mavericks paint a picture of an operating system in which great care as been taken to squeeze every last drop of battery performance out of both hardware and software.
The nature of the changes, however, is as interesting as their effects. Many of the power-saving techniques in Mavericks are borrowed from other vendors--for example, Windows has long supported timer coalescing (although as an opt-in technology), and Safari extensions like ClickToFlash can already be used to prevent plug-ins from draining CPU resources and battery life unless called upon by the user.
Their systematic inclusion in the operating system, however, highlights Apple's knack for thinking laterally and making iterative improvements; as a result, almost every user will experience a dramatic improvement in battery life and system responsiveness without ever having to worry about what goes on under the hood--exactly the kind of experience we've come to expect (and love) from our Macs.
Even better, we can expect Apple's enthusiasm for power saving to trickle down to third-party developers, who will be encouraged to discover new ways to tweak their software's power consumption. This could produce a virtuous circle that would finally make disappointing battery life a thing of the past, and allow for even thinner and more-efficient computers--without requiring us all to wait for the next technological breakthrough. | 2019-04-19T22:48:48 | https://www.idgconnect.com/idgconnect/news/1021890/mavericks-save-macbooks-battery |
Select photos from our ride in Austin…we hosted Bikes v. Cars and rode to the world premier.
See the rest on G+ and Flickr. Also the annual capital steps photo in this post from last week. | 2019-04-26T03:48:58 | https://www.bikehugger.com/posts/mobile-social-sxsw-15-photos/ |
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“Big Plate Chicken”—or “da pan ji,” as it is called in China—is a very popular dish from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Also known as “saute spicy chicken,” the dish is even gaining popularity beyond China. In fact, in recent years, the dish has gradually become a must-have for many Turkish Muslims.
Urumqi Uygur Restaurant located near downtown Ankara is one of the most popular Chinese restaurants in the Turkish capital. It is frequented not only by Chinese living in Ankara, but also locals, and they come for their signature dish: sauté spicy chicken.
Xinjiang da pan ji, which translates literally as “big plate chicken,“ is an extraordinarily delicious dish that originated in Xinjiang, in the far western region of China. The main ingredients are chicken, bell peppers, carrots, potatoes and tomatoes, cooked with scallions, garlic, ginger, chili peppers, star anise, Sichuan peppers, cooking oil, soy sauce and beer.
As Muslims, the Turkish people see themselves as having a cultural and spiritual bond with the people of Xinjiang.
“As Muslims, locals find Xinjiang cuisine very familiar to their diet. People long to live in an environment that shares the same food, culture and religious beliefs with them. And through Xinjiang food, many locals are also interested in learning more about China and its culture,” Omar said. | 2019-04-19T17:09:23 | http://english.cctv.com/2016/12/16/VIDE6pj3MvL3gcdv5aEAro5t161216.shtml |
These two healthcare REITs are trading for dirt-cheap valuations despite high dividends and a solid history of growth.
Investing in real estate investment trusts, or REITs, is one of the best ways to enjoy high dividends and the potential for capital growth. On a valuation basis, REITs specializing in healthcare properties are trading cheaply right now, and two seem to be a particularly good bargain: HCP Inc. (NYSE:HCP) and Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW).
This type of real estate should be an excellent long-term investment for three main reasons: demographics, increased healthcare spending, and market opportunity.
Demographics indicate a growing demand for healthcare properties over the coming decades. Simply put, the population is getting older -- fast. The 65-and-up population in the U.S. is expected to nearly double by 2050 as baby boomers age and live longer. Older individuals require more healthcare, therefore the number of healthcare facilities will grow to meet the demand.
Furthermore, healthcare costs are rising at a faster rate than other expenditures, as you can see in the chart below. Given that commercial properties derive most of their value from their ability to generate rental income, healthcare properties should appreciate faster than other property types as long as this trend continues.
Finally, the healthcare real estate market is about $1 trillion in size, and no REIT has more than a 3% market share. The industry is highly fragmented, meaning there are plenty of opportunities for new investments from existing properties, in addition to the opportunities that will come from future growth of the industry.
HCP is one of the "big three" healthcare REITs, and it owns 1,179 properties in a variety of categories -- mainly senior housing, post-acute care, life science, and medical office buildings. Essentially, the business model is to acquire attractive properties and team up with some of the best operating partners in the business, such as Brookdale Senior Living.
The company pays a notable 7.1% dividend yield and has an even more impressive record of dividend growth. In fact, HCP has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years and is a member of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats.
HCP's biggest recent news item is the planned spinoff of its HCR ManorCare assets, which include virtually all of the post-acute/skilled-nursing properties in the company's portfolio. You can have an in-depth look at the spinoff, but the general goal is to allow HCP to focus on its private-pay senior housing, life science, and medical office properties, thereby improving portfolio quality and giving the company more financial flexibility to pursue future growth opportunities. The spun-off assets, meanwhile, will be placed in a newly created REIT that will strive to maximize their value.
According to HCP, once this happens, the company can employ several new strategies with these properties, including some that are not possible or practical while the assets are still a part of HCP.
Data source: HCP company presentation.
Medical Properties Trust focuses on hospital properties, which, according to the company, produce better initial yields than other types of healthcare real estate. In fact, the company is the fourth-largest owner of for-profit hospital beds in the country.
Data source: Medical Properties Trust.
The company has 204 properties located in 29 states and four foreign countries, and the long-term plan calls for even further international diversification. This way, if one market faces headwinds (say, the U.S.), it won't represent virtually all of Medical Properties' assets.
The company does have a relatively high debt load for a REIT: Debt represents 51.6% of Medical Properties' assets, so there's added risk to consider. However, 98% of the portfolio's leases have annual rent increases built in, and the company's payout ratio is less than two-thirds of FFO -- lower than that of most peers.
In short, there's no reason to believe Medical Properties Trust will have any debt-related issues going forward, with a growing stream of income that's already more than enough to cover the dividend.
Note: Share prices and guidance are current as of 5/23/16. Normalized or adjusted FFO guidance is used when available.
No stock with double-digit growth potential is without risk, and these two are certainly no exception. In fact, a higher level of perceived risk is responsible for the low valuations. Healthcare spending could slow, operating partners could face greater financial difficulties, or there could be a shortage of attractive acquisition opportunities in the target property types. Any one of these factors could cause these stocks to take a dive.
However, I think the growth potential and the solid track record of delivering profits in a variety of economic climates more than make up for the risks. Either of these healthcare REITs would make a solid addition to a well-diversified dividend growth portfolio. | 2019-04-22T09:57:25 | https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/05/23/these-2-high-yield-dividend-stocks-are-ridiculousl.aspx |
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The Columbus Dispatch Publishes Article on HB 413 | Public Employee Retirees Inc.
(February 19, 2018) A revealing article on the status of H.B. 413 was published in the Sunday edition of The Columbus Dispatch yesterday shedding light on where the bill stands in the legislative process. It was authored by Dispatch reporter Catherine Candisky and can be read by copying and pasting this link in your web browser: http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180217/opers-retirees-fight-back-against-proposed-cut-in-benefits. It appears that in its present form the bill is not going to move toward passage in the Ohio House, according to its sponsor, Rep. Gary Scherer (R – Circleville). This is good news for PERI members and all OPERS retirees.
PERI resolves to keep up the fight against the passage of HB 413 until OPERS and the General Assembly recognize the need to maintain the current 3% COLA.
Thanks PERI, finally a ray of hope .
Food for thought for all retirees, Keep contacting members of the general assembly to vote down h.b.413! Keep the heat on!
What is meant by, “It appears that in its present form the bill is not going to move toward passage in the Ohio House”? It sounds like good news at first, but the issue is not over. I’m very happy by this delay, but we still need to work to have it dropped altogether.
Something seems very wrong here. With all the sweeping changes OPERS made since 2012, including dropping spouses and jacking up premiums, why aren’t they putting money into the health care plan? If the current administration can’t seem to manage our money, maybe it’s time to find others who will. This doesn’t add up and an independent investigation seems to be in order.
I would like to share some info. with all retirees. i retired from O.D.O.T. in 2012. When i worked for O.D.O.T. I was active in o.c.s.e.a. for a time. O.c.s.e.a. is the union for state employees in most agencies. When opers introduced their c.o.l.a. reduction fiasco last august, I contacted Chris Mabe who is o.c.s.e.a. president and opers board member for state employees. As per the conversation, The reasons he gave me for the proposal were as follows. The alleged 2 billion dollars in unfunded liabilities as per Karen Carraher. Mabe also gave me a personal reason for the proposal. Mabe told me he thinks it is not fair that people who retired prior to Jan. 2013 keep their 3% C.O.L.A. And people who retired after Jan. 2013 get their c.o.l.a. adjusted as agreed upon in the 2012 opers changes. So with this info. you have an opers board member who also had personal reasons for pushing this proposal. I spoke to Chris Mabe over the phone in late august of 2017. He returned the phone call after I left him a message on his voicemail. I also emailed him at that time.
Well what everyone has to remember is if your already retired you have no way to increase your percent of retirement other than the COLA. If your not already retired you have the option to work longer and increase your retirement. “ Go figure “ Compell people who can retire before 2013 by sending out papers that say anyone who retires prior to 2013 will recieve 3 % COLA fixed ,then switch it with H.B. 413 COLA based off cpi after. People already retired don’t have an equal right to work longer and boost there percentage and increase there F.A.S. I believe PERI was able to exspress that concern during there presentation in Opposition of H.B 413.
Ron Alexander is a candidate for OPERS Trustee to represent the retirees. He is also the retiree representative on the OCSEA Board with Mabe. I have emailed Ron Alexander requesting his position on this issue. We certainly don’t need two OSCEA officials on the OPERS Board voting together to cut our COLA.
Right. We do not need a fox in the hen house.
More food for thought. Late last December, The Opers board voted to make Chris Mabe Vice Chair!
So I just read the Dispatch article and here’s what bothers me. It is clear that Karen Carraher is trying to play on the fear that If we don’t make these changes now we risk healthcare in the future. What I urge everyone to consider is that regardless of whether they make changes or not we could still lose or have changes made to our healthcare in the future. Healthcare is not a guaranteed benefit. I for one will not stand for changes being made to a guaranteed benefit, which my 3% annual COLA is, to take the chance that they won’t turn around at some point in the future and reduce or eliminate healthcare anyway. I won’t fall for their scare tactics.
Retiree – I totally agree. I will not stand for changes to a guaranteed benefit either. If they take that away, then everything is fair game.
The article in the Columbus Dispatch was an interesting read. Keep up the good work, PERI!
Although this is encouraging we can’t let up. I have written to my State Representative and Senator and have received a response only from my Representative that he is opposed to HB 413. So far my state Senator seems to be non-committed.
Remember the old adage “the squeeky wheel gets the grease”.
Jerry – That is very interesting. I have long suspected a severe case of COLA envy has been going around at OPERS. And yes, I believe those pushing the proposal have a personal agenda. Otherwise, nothing else makes sense. The system is healthy and with the sweeping changes made including dropping spouses and jacking up our health care premiums, there should be no reason for fear of losing health care funding.
As the old adage goes, when something doesn’t make sense, look for the dollars.
Where did you obtain information on the 3 candidates and their positions?
Thanks James for your insight. I agree after reading the Retiree Representative Candidate Biographies page included with my ballot, it becomes clear that Timothy Steitz is the correct choice if you want to protect your 3% COLA. His job experience and credentials make him the most qualified candidate to oppose Carraher’s dirty mess now and in the future. It’s important for anyone who hasn’t voted yet to do it now before the March 30th deadline and keep contacting our state legislative officials.
Every day I e-mail, tweet, call or write. I point out the 50 people at OPERS making more than the governor, the billions invested in poor performing hedge funds, the most of any State and paying the managers of those hedge funds billions since 2011 and also paying their own chief financial officer over 1/2 million a year and millions more in incentives. Incentives for what, to invest in poor performing hedge funds or does he get incentives for cutting our COLA. Kasich was with Lehman Brothers and went around Ohio talking the public pensions into investing in Lehman Brothers. Lehman went out of business and the pensions lost multi millions. He becomes governor in 2011 along with Carrahar and we start investing in hedge funds. Funny hedge funds donated to his run for President in 2016.
This cozy relationship the OPERS seems to have with some of the medical providers needs to be looked at. Double Dipping needs to be looked at, California does not allow it at all, go back to a public employee and your pension stops. I don’t know if we need to go that far, but the amount they pay in for pension goes into an annuity. That money should stay in the pension system, they are already collecting a pension and working for a public employee. QEBA needs stopped, violating IRS rules stating that they don’t have to pay pension out over around 215,000 per year. QEBA makes that extra money come out of the medical fund. I could go on for pages, however, that is some thing needing fixed.
Keep writing as the State and every organization in it hates the sun light shine down upon them. When I worked I was told to work on clients that bitched first. Why should they get serviced first? The answer, we don’t want to have them calling every day and bothering us. Is that fair, no, but the squeaking wheel gets fixed first.
Michael – Could you share copies of your letters? I don’t know the facts like you do. I would like to send that information to my representatives too.
First, the “3% COLA” quit being a 3% increase in retirement benefits one year after retirement. It is a simple interest increase on the base retirement amount. It is NOT a true cost of living increase. Rather it is: 3%, 2.91%, 2.83%, 2.75%, 2.68%, 2.61%, 2.54%, etc. Next year I will get a 2.4% increase. We retirees who retired prior to 2013 are both diminishing in both numbers and our effective COLA increases. The only reason that I can see for the OPERS board to act now is because it will become a moot point in a the future. They want to treat retirees as welfare recipients. Why else would HB 413 contain a provision to INCREASE the retirement for a select few retirees?
Second, as determined in the case of John J. MASCIO v. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO, the vested rights statute (ORC 145.561), once the conditions of retirement are fulfilled, there is a contractual obligation. The Ohio Legislature (OPERS) does NOT have a legal right to alter a contract after the fact.
Third, why the heck would any rational person (retiree) wish to trade a statutory guaranteed contractual right (pension + COLA) for the “promise” of health care? Back when I was working, 35 years, a percentage of my contribution was going for the health care of retirees. Now that I am retired, the OPERS board has cut health care to the bone and is out to get retirees who may have gotten a few percent ahead of inflation.
Finally, I’m not trying to be political but the Federal deficit spending is such that the ten year Treasury rate is approaching 3%. Depending on the financial projection, 3% or 3.5%, is the break point at which money flows from the stock market to bonds and inflation becomes inevitable. Either way, a one trillion dollar Federal deficit will lead to higher inflation. That higher inflation will inflate OPERS investments, but will not change our COLA.
Dean you just made a fantastic point, Retirees do not need Ron Alexander on the Opers board to represent retirees. Ron Alexander will be a yes person for Karen Carraher. Chris Mabe has proved he is a yes person for Karen Carraher! Retirees please consider not giving Ron Alexander a vote! I hope Alexander has an opponent for this board seat! If Ron Alexander has an opponent, Please consider that person! Ron Alexander is still on the O.C.S.E.A. payroll as an retirees Rep. He has taken enough dues money as o.c.s.e.a. president and now in this role as a retirees rep! I was an o.c.s.e.a. activist for a time. The internal politics at o.c.s.e.a. is sickening! Just food for thought. Thanks.
I witnessed Ron Alexander manipulate the members and staff at o.c.s.e.a. for years! Please consider not voting for him for this open opers board seat! Please consider the opponents of Ron Alexander for this opers board seat! To vote Ron Alexander on the opers board would be a huge mistake. Remember, Chris Mabe will be lobbying on his behalf. And in private, I am sure Karen Carraher will be doing the same. She will be very quiet in doing so.
I’ll keep writing and making phone calls until there is a full administration restructuring at OPERS.
Jim – Who are you contacting? I will do likewise.
Attention all retirees, I have taken a careful look at all the candidates for the open Opers board seat. I will vote for Tim Steitz, He seems to be the candidate that will stand up for retirees. Just food for thought. Vote carefully.
If you worked when Ron Alexander was head of the union… you know he was very friendly to the statehouse. Personally I believe that the State of Ohio employees did benefit from collective bargaining I am just saying that was not while Ron Alexander was running things he was very close fo to management we do not need his self serving agenda in our retirement. Most people do not realize that public sector is not always the easy jobs they think. Too many managers politically connected (and union presidents) willing to do whatever necessary for their own personal advancement . But I thought once retired we would be away from the politics and the deals made in back rooms. Karen Carraher does not have enough respect for retirees to keep her as OPERS Ex Director. She wants to say that she has OPERS funded 100% and will do so at any cost. Keep fighting calling writing and unfortunately not relaxing and enjoying our earned retirements. Ohio politics once again rears its ugly head. We are fortunate that some in the statehouse see OPERS bill for what it is…. an unnecessary broken promise to retirees. Don’t stop being vocal, writing and calling state reps and telling them OPERS needs to keep their gritty hands off of our COLA.
I noted it in my retirement letter as well. Actually I stated that it was “the” reason for the timing.
Amen Frank! It is time retirees post their concerns about Ron Alexander on social media. All retirees should know about the troublesome background of Mr. Alexander! Also, It is time retirees start calling for Karen Carraher to be replaced! Start sounding the alarm on social media!
Chris Mabe is just as bad as Ron Alexander if not worse!
I’m with those who will vote for Tim Seitz as my candidate of choice. Thanks to those you who shared your views on all three candidates. Your comments were really helpful.
The comments helped me vote for Mr. Seitz too. This kind of input is always great.
I voted for Mr. Seitz also. | 2019-04-18T19:28:51 | https://operi.org/columbus-dispatch-publishes-article-hb-413/ |
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Please understand we do NOT know the EXACT “DAY” or “HOUR” of Jesus Christ’s return on our Gregorian calendar. The Countdown Clock is set for the Feast of Trumpets AD 2028, which is the time period when Christ’s return will be “right at the doors” (Matthew 24:33).
The Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) is a yearly celebrated Holy Day known to the Jews as the day “no man knows the day or hour” since it cannot be confirmed until two witnesses in Jerusalem see the first sliver of the new moon. THIS is the “time” during AD 2028 (Earth’s 6,000th year) when Jesus Christ will rapturously return to planet Earth!!!
In this 10 part prophetic seminar Gabriel Ansley Erb reveals the amazing prophetic truths in God’s Word (Bible) confirming Jesus Christ’s return Feast of Trumpets AD 2028. | 2019-04-19T03:28:07 | https://2028end.com/countdown-clock |
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Isaac is a committed explorer of the regions where public concerns and private interest meet. He served as Economic-and Commercial Counsellor Head of the Embassy of Spain in Turkey (also responsible for Azerbaijan, Georgia and Iraq), as well as in Vietnam and Saudi Arabia (also responsible for Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain and Yemen). His exposure to a wide variety of sectors and hands-on worldwide experience in projects and negotiations involving businesspeople, officials and political leaders, has turned him into a strong believer in pursuing synergies based on mutually beneficial and sustainable solutions leading to virtuous circles of trust and raised awareness among stake-holders. He has worked comprehensively in Industrialisation and Business Climate initiatives and played a pivotal role in designing and implementing Spain’s overall Internationalisation Strategy as well as the National Innovation and Internationalisation Strategies for the Transport and Infrastructure Industry.
He has led successfully ambitious restructuring and reorientation corporate transformative endeavours in challenging circumstances and has repeatedly been requested to share his experience in revamping public policy support schemes for the private sector and promoting Public-Private Partnerships.
Visiting professor on International Business at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Instituto de Empresa-Business School Madrid he has conducted lectures and seminars at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy, Mohammed V’s Law faculty in Rabat, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology among many other institutions. He has partnered actively with multilateral institutions and think tanks such as The World Bank, Oxford Analytica or Real Instituto Elcano.
State Chartered Economist and Trade Expert “Técnico Comercial y Economista del Estado” holds a Masters in Law from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
He has been conferred with the Official Cross of the Order of Civic Merit (Spain), the Official Cross of Isabel la Católica (Spain) and a Medal of Honour from Vietnam’s Ministry of Planning and Investment.
Languages: fluent English, French and German. | 2019-04-24T09:48:21 | http://www.clubofrome.org/member/martin-barbero-isaac/ |
SpecificityThis assay has high sensitivity and excellent specificity for detection of Human ANGPT2. No significant cross-reactivity or interference between Human ANGPT2 and analogues was observed.
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specificalIntroduction: Angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) is one of the critical regulators of tumor angiogenesis. Human and mouse Ang-2 share 85% amino acid identity and Ang-2 is approximately 60% identical to Ang-1. Ang-2 contains an N-terminal coiled-coil domain and a C-terminal fibrinogen-like domain. Located at the N-terminus are stretches of hydrophobic residues typical of secretory signal sequences. Although likely playing different functional roles, both Ang-1 and Ang-2 are ligands for the endothelial cell receptor tyrosine kinase Tie-2. The regulation of Tie-2 activity by Ang-2 is complex, leading to inhibition in certain cell types or conditions, and activation in others. In vitro studies demonstrated that Ang-1, but not Ang-2, could stimulate Tie-2 tyrosine phosphorylation and suggested that Ang-2 could act as a competitive inhibitor of Ang-1 signaling. Consistent with its role as an Ang-1/Tie-2 inhibitor, transgenic overexpression of Ang-2 leads to disruption of embryonic blood vessel formation, a phenotype similar to that of Tie-2 knockouts. In contrast, altering incubation times or elevating Ang-2 concentrations, can under some circumstances, result in Tie-2 activation in HUVECs. It has also been proposed that Ang-2 may play a pro-angiogenic role by mediating destabilizing interactions between endothelial and perivascular cells, enhancing the effects of pro-angiogenic proteins including vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Alone, Ang-2 promotes endothelial cell death and vessel regression, but can act in synergy with VEGF to promote new vessel formation. Ang-2 has been implicated in cancer development due to its role in angiogenesis. Ang-2-mediated destabilization of mature vessel structures accompanied by the presence of VEGF, may contribute to the angiogenesis associated with tumor tissues. Several studies have examined Ang-2 expression in an assortment of human cancers. Ang-2 is elevated in colon carcinoma, gastric carcinoma, glioblastoma, glioma, hepatocellular carcinoma, neuroblastoma and non-small cell lung cancer. Furthermore, Ang-2 levels appear to correlate with advancing tumor stage progression and poor prognosis. Principle of the Assay: The microtiter plate provided in this kit has been pre-coated with an antibody specific to ANG-2. Standards or samples are then added to the appropriate microtiter plate wells with a biotin-conjugated antibody preparation specific for ANG-2 and Avidin conjugated to Horseradish Peroxidase (HRP) is added to each microplate well and incubated. Then a TMB (3,3',5,5' tetramethyl-benzidine) substrate solution is added to each well. Only those wells that contain ANG-2, biotin-conjugated antibody and enzyme-conjugated Avidin will exhibit a change in color. The enzyme-substrate reaction is terminated by the addition of a sulphuric acid solution and the color change is measured spectrophotometrically at a wavelength of 450 nm +/- 2 nm. The concentration of ANG-2 in the samples is then determined by comparing the O.D. of the samples to the standard curve.
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Up to an inch of snow is likely on the Eastern Shore and up into Sussex County Friday afternoon.
Below-freezing temperatures this week is leading to extra slippery roads Friday as snow falls across the Delmarva Peninsula.
Multiple school districts and Sussex County government offices have closed early for the afternoon snow that is supposed to linger into the early evening, according to Eswar Iyer, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Wakefield, Virginia.
"The heaviest snow should move east in the next couple hours and might not taper off until later afternoon and early evening," Iyer said just after 2 p.m.
Accumulation totals have not changed from the morning prediction of 1 inch, but some areas could see a little more, Iyer said.
Multiple vehicle crashes have been reported on the police scanner as roads have become icy, which is due to the cold temperatures leading up to Friday.
"When it’s colder, the snow is able to stick to the roads quicker, and your roads are going to get slick quicker," Iyer said.
The Ocean Police Police Department announced at 2:40 p.m. that westbound Route 90 lanes were closed because of a crash.
It could take up to two hours to clear the crash. Maryland State Police is investigating.
Rt. 90 is closed between Rt. 589 and Ocean Due to poor road conditions. Avoid the area.
Salisbury Police tweeted they have nine active crashes under investigation as at around 3 p.m.
"Snow catches us by surprise today and causes very icy road conditions," police said.
"Slow down, use caution if you must be on the roadways this afternoon."
Temperatures were forecasted to climb close to the freezing point for water in Salisbury, while Georgetown and Rehoboth Beach were only going to reach 28 degrees. It will be a little warmer in Ocean City and Accomac, with temperatures in the mid to upper 30s.
The temperature won't drop significantly at night, with a low of 20 degrees in Salisbury, 18 degrees in Georgetown and 26 degrees in Accomac.
Over the weekend, expect temperatures to rise into the 40s across Delmarva. By Monday or Tuesday, Delmarva residents can expect temperatures in the low 50s. | 2019-04-24T00:58:51 | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/2019/02/01/friday-snow-showers-possible-across-delmarva/2741656002/ |
Leisure activities in the renewed Leisure Center of Tervis Medical Spa Hotel!
The renewed sports hall offers better opportunities for various sports – come and play badminton, basketball, volleyball and floorball (indoor hockey). There is a high quality sound system in the hall, allowing to organize large-scale events.
The table tennis hall now has several additional functions – along with table tennis proper you can also play snooker or koroona. This room is also great for holding various events!
The fitness gym with the total area of 130 m2 offers you 13 different Gym80 weight machines and 8 Matrix cardio machines. Here you will also find a secluded room for stretching exercise. From 16:00 daily gym users have free access to the swimming pool and sauna! The atmosphere of the gym and the quality of the equipment will surely please every sports enthusiast.
Our therapy pool has also changed. Now it has multi-level bottom – all our customers will be safe and comfortable regardless of their height. | 2019-04-20T00:33:17 | http://www.spatervis.ee/news/leisure-activities-in-the-renewed-leisure-center-of-tervis-medical-spa-hotel_n1059 |
One August night, Harper Regan walks away from her home, her husband, daughter, and keeps walking. She tells no one of her plans, putting everything she has worked for at risk.
“The play tells about the lure of melancholy, lie, prejudice and coming to terms with painful truth; heroine’s obsessive curiosity is a good excuse for Stephens to reveal a great deal of original writing” – The Times.
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W sieci: How was your day? | 2019-04-22T10:20:20 | http://teatrzeromskiego.pl/en/productions/harper |
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Unusual portrayal of a geisha with a cat. In the cat's mouth is a mouse. Unsure if her upraised hand is about to pet the cat with praise, or scold it. Perhaps it depends on whether the cat is laying the trophy on her pillow? Agate stopper, bone spoon.
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Love Heals All Wounds is an evening-length theatrical show by MAI (Movement Art Is) that addresses social issues such as police brutality and violence in America while seeking to promote diversity, inclusion, and empathy as a uniting force. MAI, co-founded by Jon Boogz and Lil Buck, uses movement artistry to inspire and change the world while elevating the artistic educational and social impact of dance. Through movement art films, workshops, performances and exhibitions, MAI is resetting the spectrum that defines dance.
In 2018, Jason joined the show’s creative development team as the composer, sound designer, and musical director. Together, they completed two creation residencies and a VIP Soft Premiere at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF).
Love Heals All Wounds is currently touring around the US, with the official World Premiere coming in May 2019 in Los Angeles. | 2019-04-25T08:21:46 | https://www.jasonyangviolin.com/love-heals-all-wounds |
The event will be held in the historic Naper Settlement at 523 S. Webster St. on Friday, September 18, and Saturday, September 19. If you are coming from downtown, the Metra will get you there quickly, and the stop is closeby. You can purchase tickets in advance for $25 through the website or by calling (847)382-1480. Tickets can also be purchase at the door for $30, and includes a souvenier glass, a Festival program, 10 tastes, and access to food, demos, and music. An additional 10 tastes can be purchased for $5, while designated drivers can enter for $10, with the same benefits, except their 10 tastes are replaced by 2 non alcoholic drinks. Groups of 15 or more receive a 10% discount. A portion of all proceeds benefits the Naperville Area Humane Society and Naper Settlement.
If you are not the biggest wine fan, you can still enjoy the fest. Not only will there be lots of food and entertainment, but a Belgian Beer Cafe will be onhand. It is sponsored by Stella Artois, and will also include Leffe and Hoegaarden beers. No matter what you like, I guarantee you will enjoy this trip to Naperville and its gorgeous riverwalk. Treat yourself to a day away from the big city with some wine and Naperville! | 2019-04-25T16:57:27 | http://www.windycitywineguy.com/blog/2009/9/4/naperville-wine-festival.html |
Part of the next Darkening stone book is set in the Mediaeval tunnels beneath Exeter. Very spooky. Very atmospheric.
Is it important to have somewhere real in mind as you write?
I think it helps – at least at first. For instance, I played in this abandoned quarry as a child, and it must have informed my writing about Scaderstone Pit. This old quarry was used an illegal dumping ground at one point, and it was below a playing field, but it isn't anything like as big as Scaderstone Pit.
Once I get going, I create a new world in my mind, so I don't want to be hampered by the limitations of the real world. The quarry pictured above does not look anything like Scaderstone Pit, which of course doesn't exist. In case you're wondering, the name Scaderstone comes from the Old English words for shadow or shade (sceadu) and stone (stan).
I do believe it's vital to be consistent with your created world though. Personally, I just scribble maps and notes onto paper or index cards.
There's no sense of scale here. They're really just disgrams to help me remember where things are in relation to each other. I refer to them whenever the location is important. In the latest Darkeningstone book, there's a car chase of sorts, and it felt like cheating if the journey wouldn't be possible. I had to make sure that when I say the car veered around a corner to the left, it wouldn't end up somewhere stupid. But I didn't map out the whole town.
Similarly, the Exeter Passages are real, but although I've invented the layout of the tunnels, there really is an old part that you can't go into. I've added a barred gate to make it more of a challenge, but the idea was sparked by reality.
That's it for today. I hope to post up more of thought processes, such as they are, in this category: Writing Journey Posts .
I hope you enjoy them – and if you do, please leave comments and share the posts as if your life depended on it. Which it doesn't of course. And no, that noise isn't me sneaking up on you. It really, really isn't. | 2019-04-23T04:12:17 | https://mikeycampling.com/writing-journey-setting/ |
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Fig. 3: – Another hair check was performed after 30 days. The patient observed only mild swelling, may be because of being stuck with the needle. The patient noted comparatively less hair fall with the thicker feeling of his hair texture.
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Although he was a merciful warrior, David still had to fight Israel’s enemies. This account is strange in that it seems the battles described here could have been avoided if only Hanun, the leader of Ammon, had taken David’s sincere condolences at face value. But Hanun listened to his advisers, who gave him extremely poor advice! It could be that they truly, though erroneously, believed David’s messengers were spies. Or these nobles of Ammon may have turned against David in hopes of provoking him and gaining a victory over Israel.
Whatever the reason, David’s men were humiliated by their Ammonite hosts with no provocation. Then the Ammonites raised an army of 33,000 mercenaries from neighboring Aramean states — another act of unprovoked aggression against Israel. David’s army scored a resounding victory under the leadership of Joab and his brother Abishai. But the Arameans apparently did not learn their lesson, because they regrouped, sent for reinforcements, and came at Israel again! This time David himself led the armies of God to victory — the last recorded triumph of Israel’s warrior-king before his affair with Bathsheba.
What does the humiliation of David’s messengers suggest about the Ammonites’ motives?
What do Amos 1:13 and Zephaniah 2:8–11 tell us about the history of the Ammonites’ relationship with Israel?
Why do you think God gave Joab such a great victory, despite the fact that Joab had committed treachery and murder?
Why did David himself lead the final battle against the Arameans?
Anyone whose well-intentioned motives have been misconstrued — whether accidentally or purposely — can identify with the envoys of David in this story. Since all of us have felt the pain of this rejection, let us resolve to be extremely careful in judging the motives of others! | 2019-04-25T05:57:01 | https://www.ifcj.ca/site/SPageNavigator/ca/study/jtts/david_prt2/david2_l5?NONCE_TOKEN=6611542D83DD5310E850772CA4715308 |
The above summary is highly contrived, but it’s not too far removed the delicate political equilibrium we find ourselves in with regard to pricing pollution.
Carbon pricing, whether through taxes or cap and trade systems, is textbook economics—it’s great policy, efficient, and effective. It’s also in pretty broad use with hundreds of millions of people and about a quarter of the world’s emissions subject to some kind of cost on greenhouse gas emissions.
The central argument against implementing cap and trade or carbon tax has and always will be economic cost. Detractors argue that consumers (also voters) would never voluntarily opt to pay more now for long-term gains. I’d like to hammer away at that notion.
It’s not as if carbon pricing has to come with any short-term economic cost. Revenue raised from BC’s carbon tax has allowed the province to reduce corporate income tax by $440 million, personal income taxes by $237 million, and provide $194 million in low-income tax credits (2013-14).
Aside from that, depending on the structure of the market and the degree to which its economically competitive, carbon fees may take the nip out of corporate profits moreso than consumer wallets.
True, the application of carbon pricing will create winners and losers in society. I can’t help but think of all those large camper towing trucks I passed on the Trans-Canada Highway this summer—they can’t be too happy about paying more. But by putting a dollar figure on carbon pollution we’re closing a loophole in the system that’s costing us money, both in the long-term and short-term. That’s not just on the costs of climate change manifest through extreme weather and environmental degradation, but also in health and infrastructure costs (a topic for another day).
Brought in in the 1960s, CPP is one of the mainstays of our country’s social security net. Individuals and their employers each contribute about five percent of the employee’s gross earnings (up to a maximum amount) in exchange for future, post-retirement returns. In a recent Forum poll, 2/3rds of respondants wanted to expand both contributions and benefits. This view was notably higher among the elderly and people without kids.
Ever spend a little more on a car in order to achieve higher fuel efficiency? While NREL research demonstrates that people often undervalue the future savings of higher fuel efficiency when purchasing a car, fuel economy is a big factor for many buyers. I’ve even noticed a big uptick in fuel efficiency messaging in light truck TV ads, which would have been unheard of a decade ago.
How about housing upgrades, ever up the ante on windows and insulation or take advantage of the ecoENERGY retrofit program? I’ll always remember my Dad proudly telling me that he opted for a high efficiency electric furnace when he built our family’s new house in ’88.
Civilization and a modern economy are based on a collective trust in the future. Why else would you transfer a valuable resource (namely, currency) to a third party financial agent in exchange for future benefit? With about 20% of the Canadian population contributing to RRSPs and eight million tax filers claiming investment income of some kind, it’s fair to say that a hefty proportion of our nation is willing to set aside present day consumption in exchange for a better sunset.
True, Canadians are mired in debt and the high water mark of the personal savings rate peaked thirty years ago (Canadians set aside 20% of their disposable income then), but people know they should be doing better.
I’ve just highlighted three examples where people are willing to invest in their future with small upfront costs. Astute readers will note that these are decisions that yield private future benefits. If I wanted to appeal to the less self-concerned, I could have pointed out that the benefits of collective investment in infrastructure, military, public healthcare, and education come far into the future, with the tax hit coming today.
You can take this to the bank: Individuals will respond to incentives with an eye to the future. By reducing the argument against carbon pricing to “all costs bad” detractors are going against the long-term instincts of smart consumers. | 2019-04-20T18:58:38 | http://www.keanegruending.com/climate-policy/carbon-pricing-consumers-do-think-of-the-future/ |
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Make a comparison of the rent you may have to pay for a rented home with the monthly EMIs that an own house would call for. If the rentals in your locality are affordable, it would be advisable to stay in a rented house and invest into your business. Purchasing a house would block your capital in a venture that is not income-generating.
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If you are planning to buy a house in a premium locality, there is every chance that the maintenance charges are likely to be exorbitant. You need do your own research to find out the current maintenance charges in the locality and the likelihood of the housing society charging a premium for the kind of facilities on offer. | 2019-04-26T15:56:39 | https://www.bajajfinserv.in/insights/6-tips-cas-should-consider-before-investing-in-a-new-home |
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As part of their licence renewal applications, all licensees of private commercial radio stations are asked to make an annual financial commitment to Canadian talent development. Financial commitments to projects relating to Canadian talent development are also frequently included as part of the benefits proposed in applications for authority to transfer the ownership or control of existing radio stations or in applications for licences to operate new radio stations. The Commission has considered that all such contributions are important to help ensure that there is a sufficiently large pool of Canadian music and other Canadian creative material available for broadcast.
Over the years, a number of concerns have been raised with respect to the Commission's policy guidelines for Canadian talent development. Radio broadcasters have expressed the view that the level of financial commitment they are asked to make is too high at a time when many radio stations are facing financial difficulties. Concerns have also been raised about the high level of detail that is involved in the Commission's administration of the Canadian talent development process. Currently, each commitment by a radio station licensee is evaluated to ensure that it qualifies as an acceptable Canadian talent development initiative. The overall financial commitment for each radio station is compared with those of otherradio stations with similar revenues in markets of similar size to ensure that the level of the commitment is adequate.
In Public Notice CRTC 1995-61, the Commission concluded that a more streamlined approach to Canadian talent development is necessary, given the diminishing resources of both radio licensees and the Commission. It emphasized, however, that adequate funding should continue to be provided to third-party organizations involved in Canadian talent development, because of the important role these organizations play in increasing the availability of Canadian music, and their reliance on Canadian talent development contributions from radio stations for a significant share of their revenues.
The Commission also stated that commitments for Canadian talent development made in the context of applications for new radio licences or changes in ownership must continue to be fulfilled.
* At licence renewal, licensees of all private commercial radio stations would continue to be expected to make annual direct financial commitments to Canadian talent development sufficient to ensure that FACTOR, MusicAction, and other third-party organizations continue to receive annual funding from radio licensees totalling not less than $1.8 million. These funds would be contributed by individual broadcasters directly to eligible third parties.
* Radio licensees would generally be required to fulfil commitments for Canadian talent development accepted as part of benefits packages proposed in applications to transfer ownership or effective control of undertakings. Similarly, licensees of new radio stations would generally be required to fulfil all Canadian talent development commitments during their initial licence terms.
In addition to its call for comments on the general approach to Canadian talent development, the Commission requested the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) to submit a proposal for a mechanism that would ensure that at least $1.8 million annually is provided by radio licensees to eligible third parties, including details concerning how such a system would operate and be administered.
A total of 35 comments were received in response to the Commission's call. Commercial broadcasters generally supported the Commission's proposed approach, noting that radio already contributes to Canadian talent by playing Canadian records and by making copyright payments to authors, composers and music publishers. They considered that the $1.8 million target proposed for licence renewal commitments was reasonable, given the current financial difficulties faced by the radio industry, and would ensure continued funding for parties that have come to rely on the direct financial contributions of radio licensees. They also expressed the view that many local Canadian talent development projects would continue without the involvement of the Commission because of their promotional value for the sponsoring stations.
Community broadcasters made references to the contributions made to Canadian talent development by not-for-profit radio stations, and expressed the view that private radio stations must continue to make a contribution as well.
Parties associated with the recording and music industries had a mixed response to the proposed approach. Some considered that the target of $1.8 million was too low and could become a maximum rather than a minimum target. Some proposed that a portion of the money now going to local initiatives should be given to third parties. Certain parties suggested that adherence by a licensee, both to its overall commitment to Canadian talent development, and to its individual financial commitments to particular organizations, should be required by condition of licence. A full review of the financial state of the radio industry was suggested by one party.
The CBC and several other parties argued that air-play for new artists was at least as important as financial contributions for the development of Canadian talent. In this context, one individual suggested that all Canadian radio stations should be required to ensure that at least 15% of musical selections broadcast are by new Canadian artists.
An educational institution suggested that the list of third parties who are eligible for Canadian talent development payments should be expanded to include provincially- administered, post-secondary training programs.
In response to the Commission's request, the CAB presented a proposal entitled CAB Distribution Guidelines for Canadian Talent Development.
Payments made according to this schedule would replace all current, ongoing Canadian talent development commitments made in the context of licence renewals. They would not, however, replace benefit commitments made at the time of an ownership or control transaction or commitments to expenditures during the first term of a new licence.
Licensees would send their contributions directly to eligible third parties; these would include FACTOR, MusicAction, national and provincial music organizations, performing arts groups, schools and scholarship recipients.
Stations would apply to the Commission for a condition of licence requiring them to adhere to the CAB Distribution Guidelines for Canadian Talent Development. The CRTC would require licensees to demonstrate compliance by submitting proof of their contributions to third party organizations as part of their annual returns.
The Commission remains convinced that Canadian talent development initiatives undertaken by radio stations play an important role in fostering the careers of new Canadian artists. Consequently, it will continue to expect licensees to fulfil commitments to Canadian talent development offered as benefits in applications for authority to transfer ownership or control of radio stations or contained in applications for new licences, including those involving a move from the AM to the FM band.
The Commission, however, shares the concerns of the broadcasting industry that the financial and administrative burden of the current system is too heavy, especially given the difficult financial circumstances faced by many radio stations. The Commission also considers that its own workload and diminished resources argue for a more steamlined approach to Canadian talent development. It therefore views as a reasonable approach the establishment of a system that, through the licence renewal process, would ensure a minimum annual payment of $1.8 million to third parties involved with Canadian talent development. Such an approach will ensure that these third parties continue to receive the same level of funding that they currently receive through the licence renewal process, while decreasing the overall financial and administrative burden on radio licensees and the Commission.
In light of concerns expressed by recording industry representatives that the proposed annual contribution of $1.8 million by the radio industry could become a maximum rather than a minimum, the Commission will review this base level in five years to determine whether it remains adequate. With respect to local Canadian talent initiatives, the Commission notes comments by broadcasters that many radio stations will continue to undertake these projects on their own initiative.
The Commission, however, has the following concerns with respect to the plan submitted by the CAB.
The success of the CAB plan depends on the participation of almost all private commercial radio stations, regardless of their profitability, to raise a minimum of $1.8 million annually for third parties involved in Canadian talent development. To participate in the CAB plan, licensees of radio stations must submit applications to the Commission to be relieved of their current Canadian talent development commitments and to amend their licences by adding a condition of licence requiring them to make payments in accordance with the CAB's Canadian talent development distribution guidelines. As well, the plan assumes participation by radio stations who are not CAB members and may not yet be aware of all aspects of the plan.
The Commission, however, notes the CAB's assurances that support for the plan is very high and agrees that, since the majority of radio stations would see their contributions to Canadian talent development decrease under the CAB plan, a high level of participation is likely. The Commission is also reluctant to delay unnecessarily the implementation of a more efficient system for Canadian talent development.
The Commission will therefore proceed as follows: licensees of private commercial radio stations have until 16 February 1996 to apply to the Commission for licence amendments, using the form attached to this notice as Appendix 2. Once the Commission has received the applications, it will process them expeditiously via public notice.
Once the new conditions of licence are in place, the Commission's intention is to require licensees to report, using their annual returns, the amounts directed to specific third parties associated with Canadian talent development. The Commission will generally expect licensees to ensure that at least half of the annual payments made by each are made in the first quarter of each fiscal year, with the remaining amount to be paid before the end of the third quarter.
In its plan, the CAB expressed agreement with the Commission's definition of eligible third parties as including "FACTOR, MusicAction, national and provincial music organizations, performing arts groups, schools and scholarship recipients." The Commission wishes to clarify that, in accordance with its current practice, all money going to third parties must be directly connected to the development of Canadian musical and other artistic talent.
Although it notes the suggestion by one party that provincially-administered post-secondary training programs should qualify as eligible recipients of Canadian talent development funding, the Commission has determined that grants to schools will generally be eligible expenditures for purposes of Canadian talent development only when directed to arts faculties to purchase instruments or undertake performances, or when such grants are used to fund other projects related to the development of musical and artistic talent. Scholarships will qualify as Canadian talent development expenditures only when they support students engaged in music, journalism or other artistic studies. Grants to those organizations offering courses in broadcasting or devoted to the continuing education of radio station staff will not qualify.
The Commission reiterates that the CAB plan will apply only to commitments for Canadian talent development that are made in the context of licence renewals. Licensees will be expected, for the duration of their first licence term, to adhere to existing Canadian talent development commitments made in the context of their applications for new radio licences, including commitments made by licensees who have moved from the AM to the FM band. LIcensees will also be expected to adhere to those commitments proposed as benefits in applications for authority to transfer the ownership or control of radio stations.
The licensee hereby applies for relief from its current direct cost commitments for Canadian talent development made as part of its last licence renewal, and to amend its licence by adding a condition of licence requiring it to make payments to third parties involved in Canadian talent development at the level identified for it in the CAB Distribution Guidelines For Canadian Talent Development, as set out in Public Notice CRTC 1995-196 or as amended from time to time and approved by the Commission, and to report the names of the third parties associated with Canadian talent development, together with the amounts paid to each, on its annual return.
The licensee acknowledges that the payments required under the requested condition of licence are over and above any outstanding commitments to Canadian talent development offered as benefits in an application to acquire ownership or control of the undertaking. | 2019-04-18T13:16:37 | https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1995/pb95-196.htm |
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