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If you know me, you know I’m a very simple person when it comes to skin care. This means my morning routine and whatever “skin care routine” I do claim to have is very simple and to the point considering the most I put on my face is a BB cream and mascara. However, I do like to take care of my skin and keeping it clear, clean and fresh. I may not be the biggest skin care guru around, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have my self care days for pampering. Thats why when Bioré reached out to me and asked me to be part of their new campaign, I was more than excited! After using their new products over the past week I have quickly fallen in love. Bioré’s new skin mask and cleansing/exfoliating products give me the experience of pampering, but the true deep pore cleansing my skin needs.\nIm really bad with consistency so masks and deep cleansing tools are my lifesavers! The new Blue Agave + Baking Soda Whipped Nourishing Detox Mask is one of my new favorites and definitely something I will be reaching for again and again in the future. Its a great detox mask and after a short three to five minutes, your skin is back to feeling fresh and brand new! Paired with the face wash which gently exfoliates skin, your skin will be glowing in no time.\nWith Blue Agave and baking soda being the two major ingredients in this face mask, you can count on the baking soda to do the serious deep cleaning and stripping of the oils and pollution, while the natural blue agave will soothe and nurture your skin leaving it fully refreshed. I have combination skin so this works really well for me. I find myself usually getting products that either leave my skin way too dry or oily, which is not cute. With this combination of ingredients, I feel like my skin is on its way to finding its new self!\nApply on wet face avoiding the eyes.\nRelax and let it work its magic for 3-5 minutes!\nAfter I used the mask for the first time, I was shocked. I use masks all the time and 9 times out of 10 I rarely ever see a huge difference immediately afterwards. With this mask, I had a full “before and after” kinda experience. My skin felt plump, fresh, and super moisturized. It was smooth to the touch and my complexion appeared ten times more even and consistent than before. I did this mask after being in bed sick for a week and I must say, it sure made me feel nourished, awake and ready to take on my first day back at work!\n*This post is sponsored by Bioré but the content and opinions expressed here are my own.\n** Please note: Not for sensitive skin consumers or those with sensitives to menthol as it may cause short term flushing of the skin. |
BAE (LSE: BA) (NASDAQOTH: BAESY.US) may not strike you as a company with above-average growth prospects. After all, it seems as though the defence sector is going through a challenging period at the moment, with governments across the world cutting spending.\nDefence, it seems, is an area where cuts can (and will) be made.\nHowever, BAE is forecast to increase earnings per share (EPS) by 9% this year. This is above the 4-5% average of the FTSE 100 and is a positive surprise, since BAE is often pigeon-holed as little more than an income stock for investors who are more concerned with yields than the potential for capital growth.\nIn addition to earnings having an impressive forecast growth rate, BAE currently trades on a relatively undemanding price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio. Although the industry group to which it belongs (industrials) has a P/E of 23.7, BAE trades on a P/E of just 10.\nHowever, the impressive value offered by the shares is best highlighted when combining the strong growth rate of earnings and the relatively low P/E ratio so as to generate the PEG ratio. This puts BAE on a PEG of 1.11 — just above the PEG sweet spot of 1.0.\nIndeed, the current P/E of BAE certainly seems to have the potential to increase. So, if the PEG ratio were to increase to just 1.25 (which is still relatively low for a solid FTSE 100 company) it would mean shares trading at a price of around 480p. This would represent a gain of around 13% versus the current share price.\nOf course, shares are unlikely to post such gains in the short run. However, over the medium to long term such gains do seem to be achievable and, when the current yield of 4.8% is added to the potential capital gains over the medium term, a total return of 20%+ is plausible.\nCertainly, shares could fluctuate in the meantime, with defence budgets remaining under pressure. However, BAE offers investors a well-covered and generous dividend yield, above average growth potential and comes with a P/E ratio that is less than half its sector.\nIndeed, while BAE has its merits, it is not The Motley Fool’s Top Growth Share Of 2013.\nThat exclusive award goes to a company that has outperformed the FTSE 100 during the course of 2013 and the team at Motley Fool HQ think it’s well-worth considering for your portfolio.\nIn fact, they’ve written a special report on the super growth stock and it’s free and without obligation to view.\nIt might just make 2014 an even better year for your portfolio.\nClick here to take a look – it’s well-worth doing so!\n> Peter owns shares in BAE. |
The results of a recent HDA survey showed that 92%of organisations surveyed found that coaching delivers significant business benefits such as ‘higher ROI than training’, ‘reduced levels of stress and absenteeism’ and ‘increased retention’, while also providing value for money. Undoubtedly coaching can be beneficial at all levels and in an ideal world it would be an integral part of any successful talent management strategy. However coaching will be seen as a ‘luxury’ during turbulent times and it is during these times that if investment in coaching is being made, it should begin at the top!\nLeaders will experience new challenges over the coming year, as organisations continue to morph into a new way of working in order to remain competitive and in some cases even to survive. With this in mind coaching can become an enabler of this change – driving leaders and in turn the company forward to achieve success. Therefore although the initial investment will be made at the top of the organisation, the benefits will be experienced throughout. We only need to look at organisations like Virgin to understand the impact that inspirational and successful leaders have on an organisation and its people.\nOnce the leaders of the organisation are ‘on the right track’ then the next most beneficial place to invest in coaching is for individuals in positions of strategic importance; individuals who play a specific yet critical role in the success of what your organisation is trying to achieve yet may require additional motivation and guidance to adapt to changes in the operating environment and marketplace.\nFinally in order to maintain a coaching culture throughout the organisation, think about developing your leaders to become coaches themselves or to adopt a coaching approach with their staff.\nSo as this short article suggests, the focus in 2009 should not be on whether you invest in talent management areas, such as executive coaching, but in fact how you should make this investment. Recognising the critical role that leaders play in determining organisational success will be crucial in this process. |
Yolanda Yvette Adams (born August 27, 1961) is an American gospel singer, record producer, .... Adams said spousal abuse was the reason for their divorce.\nJun 13, 2018 ... From 1987–1990 Yolanda was married to Troy Mason. Adams said spousal abuse was the reason for their divorce. Interviewed by Bev Smith. |
This luxury yellow wall lamp has a perfect design for this grey tone ambiance. Sometimes a vibrant color furniture may be the right touch for your luxury room.\nCopper is the new black this season and it’s a distinct choice for a white room.\nThe Norah wall lamp by Delightfull gives life to any space. It transmits elegance and purity, so simple and yet such a statement of good taste.\nBlack lamps are always a distinct choice for clear walls and industrial style is a great way to give a young and fresh air to the room.\nAn expressive design inspired in jazz music, Galliano wall lighting has a sculptural shape and it’s versatile and yet contemporary.\nUnexpected wall lamps, those from Diesel and Foscarini, are like art on the walls.\nWhite lamps are always a distinct choice for clear walls and minimalist style is a great way to give a young and fresh air to a contemporary room.\nThis is a natural decor piece that creates an exclusive atmosphere and it will fit perfectly in any space of your home. The Empire wall by Luxxu gets its inspiration on Empire State Building that’s why this creation is so powerful and capable to transform every space in a stunning scenario.\nAn outdoor version of Coltrane Wall lamp by Delightfull. Up to 3 iron tubes, it makes a magical and a smooth lighting effect for architectural environments.\nAtomic wall lamp from Delightfull is a spot-on interpretation of the atomic age design. A set of round shades, aligned by an asymmetric composition to enhance non-conventional molecular forms.\nA luxury wall lamp can work as a perfect furniture piece in your bedroom or living room design.\nA modern design bathroom also requires the right ambient lighting. This white and gold combination works beautifully in this home interior.\nA vintage and chic lighting design is a great ally when it comes to decide the bedroom furniture decoration.\nAs well as your living room design, the kitchen interior may also need a modern lighting design. This gold wall lamps are an elegant vintage option for a contemporary kitchen interior.\nMade of brass with gold plated and handmade butterflies and majestic flowers ending with the touch of beautiful Swarovski crystals. The Mcqueen wall lighting is a recent version of McQueen Chandelier by Luxxu, and has become a master piece that causes a dramatic and eccentric sensation of beauty.\nSometimes wall lamps can blend magically with your furniture ideas. This wall lamp creates a perfect ambient lighting beside that modern round mirror.\nYour bathroom needs to be a place where luxury and confort combine beautifully. With the perfect ambient lighting, everything becomes easier.\nThe Matheny wall lighting by Delightfull has the complex and attractive geometry design of combined tubes. It is both inspiring and elegant with its aluminum body.\nWall lamps with an extendable arm are great for your bedroom design.\nHow do you feel about these beautiful designs? Find more inspirations at our Pinterest boards and Instagram page! |
I recently celebrated my 10-year anniversary at ACT for Alexandria and it is hard to believe I’ve been here for a decade. It’s been exciting to see the growth of the organization and I always say I love my job because I get to work with our amazing nonprofits, donors, and community members. Since our inception in 2004, ACT has served as a community leader convening around challenging issues, encouraging collaboration among key stakeholders, strengthening the nonprofit sector, and connecting individuals with causes they care about. Most people know us as the Alexandria’s community foundation, but did you know that ACT has been highlighted and sought-out as a best practice leader in philanthropy? Here are just a few of the areas where ACT has shared our experience.\nIn partnership with the City of Alexandria’s Children Youth Master Plan, ACT is convening key stakeholders around the creation of a coordinated and aligned system of early care and education in the city to ensure every child in Alexandria has a strong start in life and in school. Our cross-sector systems building work has been highlighted and shared around the country in FSG’s Improving the Odd: Seven Principles for Investing in Early Care and Education Guide and the American Public Human Services Association Policy & Practice Magazine – Public-Private Partnerships. ACT is also sending members of the Early Care & Education Work Group to the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Professional Learning Institute Conference to present a session on our experience with professional learning communities.\nIn addition to our convening role, ACT is committed to strengthening the nonprofit sector through building the capacity of our local nonprofits, making sure they have a solid foundation in place so they can better carry out their mission. We do this through providing capacity building grants (investing more than $700,000 in funding nonprofit organization since 2005), hosting the IMPACT Forum (convening 200-plus nonprofit, board, business, city and community leaders annually to discuss innovations in philanthropy), and educating the nonprofits about best practices like The Performance Imperative, a framework for high-performing organizations. I, along with founding board member, Lori Morris, participated in developing the Performance Imperative Organizational Self-Assessment (PIOSA), a tool used around the country by foundations and organizations to assess their organizational learning and improvement. This framework helps to inform our grantmaking and our conversations with donors about investing in effective organizations.\nACT created Spring2ACTion, Alexandria’s Giving Day, in 2011 after hearing about Give to the Max Day, an online giving day for the state of Minnesota that raised $10M in 24 hours. Our board chair Lauren Stack suggested we do something similar for Alexandria. Seven years ago, many of our nonprofits were not yet versed in online fundraising and some didn’t even have web sites or a way to accept online donations. As the host of Spring2ACTion, we train nonprofits on how to use the online platform, as well as best practices in fundraising and specifically crowd funding and peer-to-peer fundraising, techniques that can be integrated all-year round. Our first year, Spring2ACTion raised $104,156 for 47 nonprofits and this year, together we raised $1,592,459 for 158 nonprofits. Little did we know that this online giving event would bring nearly $6.5M to Alexandria nonprofits over the past seven years.\nSpring2ACTion is the only city-wide giving day in our region and our small city often raises more that entire state-wide giving days. Our innovative work in this area has been chronicled in Razoo’s Giving Day Event Playbook and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth. I have also had the privilege of participating on several panel discussions including the Urban Institute’s Policy Debate – Can Giving Days Unlock America’s Giving Potential? and the Bridge Conference’s Evolving Your Crowdfunding Strategy to Grow Your Best Assets to share stories about Spring2ACTion, Alexandria’s nonprofits and our generous community.\nAs you can see, there is a lot going on at ACT and in our city. As a learning organization, we are delighted to be able to share our experience with others around the country and highlight our community any chance we can. Thank you to our nonprofits, donors and fellow Alexandrians for allowing us the opportunity to be your community foundation! |
Drake has officially joined the eSports world.\nLeBron finally settling into his new L.A. neighborhood alongside Jim Carrey & other celebs.\nBieber will assume the role of executive producer for the project.\nKanye West's reported erratic behavior seems to be the cause.\nKanye West's "Saint Pablo" tour was revolutionary in many ways.\nDrake, Beyonce, DJ Khaled & many more come together for Hurricane Harvey relief fundraiser.\nBeyoncé headlines an all-star cast who will help raise money for Hurricane Harvey relief.\nVic Mensa & Usher are joining Scooter Braun's management team.\nScooter Braun Says Kanye West Wants To Be "A Positive Force"\nThe newest member of Kanye West's management team tries to translate the polarizing star.\nA power play from Kanye West's camp.\nLil Wayne has apparently worked things out with Justin Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun. |
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Kita-in Temple hosts many events through the year, but the one that caught my eye the most was the Daruma Festival, held on January 3rd of each year. I could already see hints of the impending Daruma flood on the evening of December 31st as temple-goers flooded the main building to offer prayers. Touted as the second-largest festival in town after the Kawagoe Festival, I was expecting great things from the Daruma Festival when I visited on the third.\nDaruma work like this: You buy one of the appropriate color for your wish. You then think of your wish and color in one of the eyes on your daruma to signify the wish. Once that wish or goal has been achieved, you color in the other eye and voila! You have successfully completed your daruma. It’s modeled to look like Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen Buddhism.\nPlease note that the meaning can change based on region and even from shop to shop. I did my best with the chart, but again, I’m no expert!\nDaruma can even take the shape of animals!\nSince it is on the third of the year, and many are still visiting temples to do their first prayer of the year, the temple was packed to the seams with people. To be fair, most were in a massive queue to visit the temple and pray, but that crowd really took up most of the space, giving the Daruma festival a very tight feeling. You can find usual festival fare to snack upon if you are feeling peckish.\nMy tiny Daruma. Such dramatic lighting!\nDaruma prices vary: The super tiny Daruma (like the ones I bought) cost around 400 yen each, which mid-sized ones (like the dog daruma) cost closer to 1500 yen. From there, for larger daruma, you are looking at a couple thousand yen each. The largest ones can be upwards of 40,000 yen (approaching $400 dollars, depending on the exchange rate).\nI didn’t end up spending much time there (the crowds really incentivized me to get in and get out) but I’m glad I got my Daruma and got to experience a little of the madness. If you have time, want a nice Daruma, and don’t mind the crowds, this would be a great place to get one! They are a great motivational tool as well: You see them looking at you every day and you are reminded of the hard work you must put into achieving your goal or dream. Traditional motivational techniques at their finest! |
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Peach leather turned out to be our favorite preserved fruit last year. I say "our", but I'm ashamed to admit that I mostly ate the delicacy for my solitary breakfasts, so Mark didn't get to enjoy the dried fruit. Once he finally got a taste of the peach leather, it became clear that I'd better make more this summer so that we could share from now on.\nNext, check the weather forecast. If you're relying on sunshine to dehydrate your fruit, you'd better find at least a day and a half of hot, sunny weather. Don't start your leather on a sunny afternoon if it's slated to rain the next day, or your fruit will go bad. If the leather turns gray (like this), starts to smell, or gets moldy, you'll have to throw it out. To be on the safe side, it's best to always start fruit leather first thing in the morning.\nWith all of those preparations out of the way, it's actually very simple to make strawberry leather. Rinse your fruits if they're truly dirty (or came from someone else's place), then cut off the tops and turn the strawberries into puree in the food processor. Measure how much puree you have and add 1 tablespoon of honey and 0.5 tablespoons of lemon juice per cup --- the honey sweetens your fruit and also helps the leather stick together while the lemon juice preserves color and kills microorganisms.\nPour about a cup and a quarter of doctored puree into each cookie sheet and tilt the pan until the fruit evenly covers the surface. This will make a paper-thin leather, which is what's called for with solar dehydrating since the thin layer of fruit will dry in a day or two. If I was running an electric dehydrator, I might use two or even three cups of puree per tray to make a thick leather like you'll find in the store.\nStack your trays as shown above and you can carry up to five trays at once as you head out to your hot, dry spot. It's possible to simply dehydrate fruit outside in the sun, but the process will take longer and you'll have to cover the leather with a screen to keep out bugs while letting water escape. Mark wishes I would let him make me a real solar dehydrator (one of these days!), but in the meantime we're using the parts Festiva to dry out fruit. Any location where the temperature gets between 100 and 140 degrees Fahrenheit will work; higher temperatures will cook your fruit rather than drying it, reducing nutrients and flavor, while lower temperatures won't dry the fruit before it goes bad.\nIf you're using a ramshackle dehydrator like ours, you'll want to check on your leather two or three times a day, moving wetter trays into the sunniest spots and removing finished trays. I discovered by accident that if you leave finished trays in the car overnight, just enough moisture will seep back into the leather that it will peel off the tray with ease. Of course, real people use Saran wrap underneath the fruit so that they don't have to pry it loose, but since I don't care about appearances, I ditch the disposables.\nYou can store dried fruit on the shelf for a few weeks, in the fridge for a few months, or just toss it in the freezer like we do. Since around half a gallon of strawberries turns into about a cup of fruit leather, space in the freezer won't be a problem. The real trouble will be keeping your fingers out of this natural, vitamin-rich candy until the cold season rolls back around.\nOur chicken waterer is the easy solution to poopy water.\nBeautiful! This is something I could totally do here. Thanks!!! I don't have strawberries (yet) but clearly, they need to move higher up the priority list!\nYou might go ahead and give it a try with any fruits you have in excess. I'm already pondering running raspberries (due to ripen in a couple of weeks) through the foley mill and then drying the juice, and doing the same with the grapes that look like they'll be here in abundance this fall. Just tweak the lemon and honey a bit and use the same recipe.\nI'm totally in love with homemade fruit leather now. And it's really pretty easy! We already have a quart in the freezer and the fixings of perhaps another quart in the "dehydrator."\nOne of my books recommends oiling the cookie sheet to make peeling easier.\nI actually ended up with non-stick cookie sheets, because that's all they had in our local small town. I had pondered oiling the sheets before I knew that's what I was going to use, though, but wondered if the oil might not come off on the fruit. It would definitely be worth a try if the leather was sticking badly. |
Gazlowe, the Boss of Ratchet, is a Melee Specialist class hero in Heroes of the Storm. He appeared briefly for the first time during the events of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos as a goblin engineer. During the events of World or Warcraft he has been promoted to the leader and chief engineer of Ratchet, one of the most important goblin towns.\nCreates a turret that deals damage. Lasts for 30 seconds. Stores up to 2 charges.\nCharged attack that deals damage to enemies in a line. Damage and range increase the longer the Ability is charged, up to 100% after 3 seconds. Deth Lazor can be channeled indefinitely.\nPlaces a bomb that deals damage to enemies within target area after 2.5 seconds, stunning them for 1.75 seconds.\nAfter a 2 second delay, pull enemies toward the center of an area and deal damage.\nDestroyed enemy Structures and Rock-it! Turrets drop Scrap. Collecting Scrap restores 30 Mana and causes Abilities to recharge three times as fast over 3 seconds. Activate Salvager to dismantle a target Rock-it! Turret and turn it into Scrap.\nQuest: Gathering a Regeneration Globe increases Health Regeneration by 1 per second, up to 25.\nReward: After gathering 25 Globes, gain an additional 15 Health Regeneration per second.\nQuest: Basic Attacks increase the duration of active Rock-It! Turrets by 1.5 seconds.\nReward: After increasing turret duration by 600 total seconds, reduce the charge cooldown of Rock-It! Turret by 3 seconds.\nRock-It! Turrets attack up to 2 additional enemies for 60% damage.\nActivate to gain 30 Armor and 30% Movement Speed for 4 seconds.\nAfter a 2 second delay, pull enemies toward the center of an area and deal 261 (+4% per level) damage.\nIncreases Xplodium Charge radius by 30%. Being stunned or rooted causes an Xplodium Charge to drop at Gazlowe's feet.\nThis effect has a 10 second cooldown.\nFiring Deth Lazor causes all of Gazlowe's Rock-It! Turrets to fire a Deth Lazor of their own that deals 142 (+4% per level) damage.\nGazlowe is great at space control. Using his Rock-It! Turret and Xplodium Charge he is able to zone enemy heroes while dealing damage with the turrets. To take full advantage of this in a team fight it does take a bit of foresight, however. He can also be used in a team to set up a great combo if Grav-O-Bomb 3000 is selected as his Heroic Ability. Another great usage of Gazlowe is soloing mercs, or the boss; he is also particularly skillful at pushing a lane solo. The trick with playing Gazlowe can be learning when it is appropriate to go after mercs, while still being able to get set up for a successful team fight. While Gazlowe can very successfully push a lane solo and do a great amount of siege damage, it is important as a Gazlowe player to not overlook your role in a team fight, and to have the map awareness to sense when you should be leaving the lanes or mercs and heading to the team fight.\nUpon first glance, few would think of the diminutive Gazlowe as a fighter, but what he lacks in height, he more than makes up for in mechanical cunning. The newest mechanical exoskeleton he's been working on for example is an especially effective war machine—when it's working.\nPromote - Buff duration increased from 15 to 30 seconds.\nRock-it! Turret (Q) - Mana cost decreased from 70 to 60.\nRock-It! Turret XL (Talent) - Now acquires targets in a cone rather than a circle.\nTurret Storage (Talent) moved from Level 16 to Level 13. Maximum Turret charges reduced from 4 to 3.\nLong-Ranged Turrets (Talent) - Turret attack range bonus increased from 25% to 40%.\nDamage gained per level reduced from 14 to 12.\nMana cost decreased from 75 to 60.\nCooldown decreased from 15 to 12 seconds, and now begins once Deth Lazor is fired.\nMaximum channel time decreased from 8 to 6 seconds.\nGoblin Fusion (Talent) moved from Level 16 to Level 4. Damage bonus reduced from 50% to 25%.\nEZ-PZ Dimensional Ripper (Talent) - Slow amount increased from 35% to 40%.\nXplodium Charge (E) - Mana cost increased from 60 to 70.\nKwik Release Charge (Talent) moved from Level 13 to Level 16.\nPromote - Minions no longer gain 300% increased Health and 100% increased damage. Instead, the targeted Minion now takes 75% reduced damage from non-Heroic targets, and deals 100% bonus damage to non-Heroic targets. |
Rule: Okasamis still rule with a monarchy and are traditionally violent and are usually polite and respectful to those who deserve it.\nNames: Okasamis living in the Okasami base/village/mansion/town/laid/whatever! Will have a demon name (eg. Pan Agramon, Pytho Tchort).\nBirth/Infants: if a child is born with only one chakra type, is weak or impeded in any other way it is culled. Children aren't exactly accepted in Okasami society and are raised strictly.\nDemons: Demon soul integration in okasamis is performed on children of the age of seven. This procedure is very dangerous and 35% of children don't survive.\n•Okasamis draw energy/power from darkened areas and shadows.\n•Okasami night vision is flawless.\n•Okasamis have very pale skin.\n•Okasamis are of a German origin and most can speak German fluently.\n• Scares over one eye mark that they are officially adults.\nOne eye will always be 'possessed', the possessed eye will vary and change from right to left randomly. The pupil colour will be the personas original eye colour.\nAbilities: each persons powers vary.\nOkasami eye colour is purple with a slit pupil.\nDemon morph: Okasamis can shift into demon form and use dark magic like powers. These demons that have been integration are an individual being and have their own form and are much like a tailed beast with the ability to interact and speak with their host.\nDrawbacks: fighting in unshaded areas in broad daylight will weaken the greatly, after they use their kekkei genkai they will have a throbbing head ache and will be disoriented for a short period of time. Demons are unpredictable and can disobey its hosts orders and may end up getting them into serious trouble. They also have very light sensible eyes. |
It wouldn’t be The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills without two women named Richards on it. While RHOBH veteran Kim Richards won’t be appearing on the upcoming ninth season of the Bravo reality show, her sister Kyle will, and so will newcomer Denise Richards.\nKim, who is set to appear on WE TV’s Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars with her now ex-boyfriend Wynn Katz, told People she is at a “peaceful” place in her life and is happy “not having the negativity” as she focuses on being a doting grandmom to her 20-month old grandson, Hucksley. While Richards clarified that she hasn’t completely ruled out a future return to the Bravo reality show, for now, she is content with her life away from the bickering Housewives.\nRichards added that she is supportive of all newcomers on the show, including Denise Richards, the ex-wife of Charlie Sheen who is by far the biggest name the reality show has ever landed.\nSupport your local girl gang #90210 ????????☀️????\nKim did have some words of wisdom for Denise, who previously starred on the 2009 reality show Denise Richards: It’s Complicated.\nRichards didn’t elaborate which “girls” she was referring to, but Real Housewives fans may recall she routinely butted heads with Lisa Rinna she was on the show.\nDenise Richards will join Lisa Rinna, Lisa Vanderpump, Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave, Dorit Kemsley, and Kyle Richards on the new season of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.\nYou can see Kim Richards on Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars when it premieres Sept. 7 at 9 p.m. ET on WE TV. |
Friday, April 12, 2019 - A Kenyan billionaire has sued a mobile money lending App for listing him with a Credit Reference Bureau (CRB) over a Sh1,000 loan he claims he didn’t borrow.\nMr. Peter Nduati, the founder of Resolution Health and CEO of Centric Air, an airline ambulance company, claims the money lending App has messed his credit rating for erroneously listing him with CRB.\nThe business magnate, who is worth around Sh3bn, stated that he was shocked to find his name listed when he was in the latter stages of securing a loan for his new venture, Centric Air.\nThe bank declined to approve the loan on grounds that he was listed as a defaulter with CRB.\n“The bank could not disclose who had listed me and referred me to CRB,” he tweeted.\nAfter back and forth with the Money Lending App and the CRB Company, he was told that his name was listed by mistake and he was cleared.\nHowever, the damage had already been done since his current credit score states that he has a 40 per cent chance of defaulting a loan.\nA person is listed with CRB three months after defaulting a loan and it can take up to seven years to get another loan after clearing his/ her name. |
Don’t take a vacation from your job search simply because it’s summer. By acting against the myth of a summer slowdown, you can heat up your job search and scorch the competition! You may be surprised to find that there is often less competition because the rest of the pack is acting on the outdated assumption that companies don’t hire in the summer. Follow these tips to put some sizzle in your summer job search.\nA job search is daunting and summer is a traditional time for vacations or time away with families. However, if you succumb to temptation and set your job search aside, you will lose valuable momentum and are likely to miss opportunities. Job seekers tend to follow a traditional academic schedule and put their efforts in full force in the fall. Getting a jump on the competition by maintaining a steady effort over the summer puts your name at the top of the list for interviews now.\nWith mobile devices, you can still make yourself available even if you do take a few days away from home base. Just remember to be professional when answering your phone and get in the habit of excusing yourself from the fun to take those important calls. You can continue your phone and email follow-ups from the road and get right back into your job search schedule upon your return.\nRecruiters and hiring managers continue to operate on typical business schedules during the summer months. Though scheduling interviews may be more complicated because of staff and search committee vacations, the timing may actually work to your advantage. Hiring decisions may be made more quickly than at other times of the year as staffers scramble to complete deadlines before their summer break. Hiring in the summer often contributes to an efficient business cycle by allowing training time before a busy fall season.\nSummer is a prime time for festivals, fairs, and other types of community events. Attend as many of these as you can to network and spread the word about your job search. The casual nature of these events often gives you the opportunity to approach important hiring contacts that may be less accessible at other times of the year. Be prepared with a business card in your pocket and your updated resume ready to be sent out. You may even use these casual contacts to build a network of like-minded job seekers for support and sharing information about available job leads.\nIf your job search has slowed, summer is a great time to revamp your resume by removing older entries and adding industry keywords that highlight your strengths and make your resume pop during electronic scanning. Be certain to post the updated version of your resume to websites. If you notice any skills gaps during your resume review, summer is a great time to build skills with a workshop, training, or independent study. Classes and workshops also offer great networking opportunities.\nSummertime is not an open invitation for flip flops, khakis, or bermuda shorts. Regardless of the heat outside, be professional! Don’t blow an interview by being too casual. Pull out your best professional wardrobe for an interview or when dropping off your resume. Make the same choices for professional attire when interviewing via Skype as well.\nMaintain subscriptions to online sites to remain abreast of the latest job openings as well as company expansions in your region or industry. Although the competition may seem fierce online, many of those likely candidates may be unable to attend an interview. Your diligent monitoring of varied sites will put you at the top of the interview list because of your qualifications and availability.\nUpdate your resume, expand your network, and maintain your momentum by staying consistent with the job search. Heat up your chances of landing an interview during the final days of summer while the competition takes a vacation! |
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Testing once before you exercise gives you a snap shot of what your BGL is at that particular point in time.\nHowever if you test twice you can get an idea of how your BGLs are trending - are you heading up? Are you heading down? If you are on a pump how much active insulin do you have on board? Do you need to complete a correction, or further reduce your basal rates?\nIf you are on a basal bolus regime do you need to eat some additional serves of quick and/or long acting carbohydrates before you start exercising? |
For example if i creat and invoice on April 10th which is going out on April 24th i cannot mark it as paid until after that date - i would like to mark it as going to be paid on the 24th - is there a way of doing this?\nSame applies to sales - if i know a payment is going to be paid into my account on a certain future date i cannot log this i have to wait till that date or after to mark it as paid??\nThis is something that we’re exploring and in places have relaxed the rules to allow this.\nThere are some areas of the system that uses the dates for reporting etc. so we can’t just remove them - each area needs to be looked at and tested. |
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Twyford-Moore looks at the condition in our digital world, where someone's manic episode can unfold live in real time, watched by millions.\nSam Twyford-Moore is the author The Rapids: Ways of Looking at Mania and the founding host of The Rereaders, a fortnightly literary and cultural podcast.\nFrom 2012 until 2015, he was the Festival Director and CEO of the Emerging Writers’ Festival.\nLisa Kunde is a registered psychologist and researcher with an interest in addiction and suicide prevention. Lisa has a background in music, playing and singing in 90’s Brisbane grunge band, Gravelrash. She continues to be actively involved in local music and the arts with an interest in assisting people in the entertainment industry in mental health. Lisa became interested in psychology, following the death of her brother who struggled with schizophrenia and addiction. Lisa is currently working as a psychologist with LGBTIQAP+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy young people as part of the National Suicide Prevention Trial in Brisbane.\nShe contributed to Jenny Valentish’s book, Women of Substances and has co-authored research papers on farmer suicide and bereavement following suicide. |
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Welcome to my new blog! I’m new to the blogging world but am very excited to get started.\nI’m a recent graduate from Dickinson College in PA, where I studied environmental studies and history. Since taking an environmental course in high school, I became very interested in environmental issues. I was lucky to be able to continue to examine topics in this field in college. In many of my courses, we discussed the Chesapeake Bay watershed, from water quality issues to different problems facing the region’s species. My family owns property on the Northern Neck of Virginia, where I have been able to see many of these issues play out. From research projects to firsthand experience on the Bay, I have become very interested in the region. I created this blog to share environmental news for the greater Chesapeake area. Knowing that the Bay is a large watershed, I intend to look at environmental issues throughout the states that are included in the watershed, hence the ‘Beyond the Bay’ title. I will be sharing relevant articles and current events as well as reporting on any personal projects that I am involved in. |
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Within a few weeks, Publishers’ Graphics will be launching a new bookselling website called PG Direct. This e-commerce site replaces the existing PG Bookstore and will have a new domain.\nPG Direct is a new sales channel that features a well-designed shopping experience aimed at the consumer. By eliminating multiple steps in the book printing and selling process, we’ve simplified the supply chain, making it easier to order, print and distribute your book. PG will offer discounted retail pricing, free USPS shipping, and fast production and delivery times for titles in this proprietary catalog.\nWith its singular focus on books, PG Direct offers an attractive alternative without distractions from unrelated products and content. Publishers will especially benefit with an additional sales channel that provides more exposure and visibility for their titles.\nWhat does this mean for my book? The PG Bookstore (www.publishersgraphicsbookstore.com) will no longer exist as of late July. If you are a current retail or wholesale bookstore customer, you have an opportunity to include your book in this new sales channel. Just like before, each title will consist of a personal storefront with book image, description and a retail price established by you. There’s no cost to list your book, and we’ll handle all the transition details.\nWhat’s in it for me? It’s a unique opportunity for you to reach a broader audience. Along with a fresh, up-to-date look, the new site is considerably more powerful than our current bookstore with robust search capabilities. Plus, we’re investing in online search engine marketing so that more customers can discover, purchase and enjoy your titles. In addition, advertising and promotional opportunities will be available to feature your books.\nWhat if I don’t want to participate? That’s okay; you’ll still be able to easily order your titles via our customer portal on the PG website. Our new Reprint Center enables you to quickly log-in, view your titles and order, all with a few clicks of your mouse.\nWhen will this happen? Very soon! We hope to go live with the new site within a week or so.\nWhat are the next steps? If you wish to participate, there are some easy forms to fill out. Give us a call and we’ll email them to you. If you have questions, please email:: [email protected] or call 630.221.1850. |
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This hidden classic, censored for half a century, follows the obsessive pleasures and repressed secrets of two schoolgirls in love.\nCensored for half a century for its vivid depiction of female sexuality, this novella follows two young women in the obsessive and at times frightening throes of a first love affair. Thérèse and Isabelle must navigate their schoolgirl relationship in secret, sneaking away from repressive boundaries to explore the limits of friendship and sexual pleasure.\nViolette Leduc (1907-1972) has been referred to as "France's greatest unknown writer." |
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I can't quite believe we went to two parks yesterday and didn't do a single ride or attraction!\nDH messaged me to say him and DD were awake and were going to head down for some drinks so I went to meet them, refilled my coffee mug and we all headed back up to our room to eat our breakfast snacks.\nI warmed DH and I's croissants up in the microwave and we sat out on the balcony watching the sun rise above spaceship earth whilst eating them. They were really good, even reheated the next day, lots of ham in them!\nDd had her vanilla Mickey cupcake, the ears were chocolate buttons.\nWe got ourselves ready and walked down to the bus stop to catch the bus to magic kingdom at 9am, the bus came about 4 minutes after we arrived and took about 15 minutes. Bag check was quite busy and we had no problems with our magic bands today.\nWe made our way down Main Street to the carousel where we were on without any wait, the round to the barnstormer where I had made us a fast pass, it was a walk on so we went on standby then fast passes it. Next up was dumbo using a fast pass I had brought forwards and then I managed to do the same with a splash mountain fast pass. It was just gone 11 so we left he park and jumped on the resort monorail to the contemporary for our brunch reservation, we checked in about an hour early but they were able to seat us almost immediately. We were given a mimosa when we arrived and our amazing server Jess explained that we could help ourselves to the buffet selections, a Bloody Mary was included with the dining plan and we could order an entee when we were ready.\nThere was loads to choose from.\nWe got a couple of plates from the buffet with sushi, charcuterie, smoked salmon, bagel, cheese and crispbread.\nThe blue cheese, pickles, sushi and fish dip were absolutely delicious, highlights of the buffet.\nFor mains DH and I both ordered the eggs Benedict with butter poached lobster. This was all cooked to perfection, the eggs were perfectly runny, the sauce was delicious and the lobster tasted fantastic!\nJess kept our mimosas regularly topped up and when we were running low on boba balls due to eating them she replaced the glass with a fresh one.\nDd had the blue berry pancakes, these had a hint of cinnamon to them and came with a jug of maple syrup, I finished them off and thought they were nice.\nThen came the dessert plate, this had a dark chocolate with nuts, sea salt and dried fruit, salted caramel, chocolate and green tea macaroons, a coconut, mint and salted caramel chocolate, a fig rock bun type thing and a raspberry cake. They were all pretty good but the salted caramel macaroon and chocolate were absolutely amazing!\nThis is expensive at $80 for adults and $48 for children. We used 6 dining credits for this and feel this was absolutely worth it, we spent an hour and a half there and our drink was constant topped up. We waddled back to magic kingdom and a beach club bus was waiting, we got back to our room and had a chill out.\nThe weather was hot hot hot again today, 35 degrees so we decided to go down to the pool for the rest of the afternoon, we got to stormalong bay just as they were emptying the pool so we walked back to the villas and went in the quiet pool near our room, it wasn't particular busy which was really nice. We got plenty of use out of our refillable mugs too.\nWe set off at 6.00 and it looked like it was going to start raining at any moment, we quickly made our way round the world showcase to Italy and as we arrived it started to rain! Phew. We checked in and were seated a few minutes later, they were turning away walk ups saying they had no availability all evening. We ordered our drinks first, DH had a glass of red and I had a pomegranate cosmopolitan, this was citrus vodka, triple sec and pomegranate juice, it was really good! They used to do these at the California grill but they disappeared from the menu so I was pleased to see it!\nFor started we got the antipasto misto this was $32 and was most definitely not worth that! The salami, ham and cheese were ok, the rest was pretty meh. It also had artichokes, onions, peppers, olives, aubergine salad, pickles mushrooms, olives and a lentil salad.\nFor mains DH had the lamb chops served medium rare with quinoa cost $31, he said they were ok but again not worth the price. So far not overly impressed with tutto!\nDd had the kids spaghetti and meatballs, we asked for them to come separate in case dd didn't like the tomato sauce, she actually really liked the meatballs and ate them all but 1, this was $10. There was loads of spaghetti! Far too much for an adult let alone a child.\nFor dessert DH had the tiramisu, he thought this was good and the best part of the meal, it was quite a sizeable portion too for $14.\nDd and I shared the hazelnut chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. This was a warm cake with a runny chocolate centre. It was sooooo rich but really tasty. The ice cream was pitiful, barely a dessert spoon full! This was $14 and again expensive for what you got, it was tiny.\nOur total came to $12 for DDs which we paid separate for as it wasn't a worthy use of a dining credit and DH and I's should have been $151.23! Absolutely no chance was it worth anywhere near that! We used 2 dining credits which made it abit more bearable. I find it hard picking new places to try over old favourites in case they end up being like tutto was. 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Just before Christmas, 20 activists in Santa hats and tinsel blocked a roundabout in west London during rush hour, repeatedly creating grid-lock traffic. Their aim: to get Mayor Sadiq Khan to do more about the air pollution in the UK's capital, which they say kills between 9,000 and 10,000 Londoners every year.\nAfter about half an hour, police arrived at the scene, although no arrests were made. Protesters handed out mince pies to drivers to thank them for their patience, while others involved in the blockade sang festive carols.\n“All of our peaceful direct actions are done to bring an end to the 9,000 to 10,000 Londoners being killed every year due to toxic and unlawful levels of air pollution,” said activist Roger Hallam, also a PhD researcher at King's College London.\nThree-quarters of the UK’s worst pollution hotspots are in London, a recent air quality study revealed, with Hyde Park Corner, Marylebone Road and Brixton Road in Lambeth among the worst areas. And in 50 locations last year, London was way above the EU legal limits for toxic air. Pollution is linked to the early deaths of 40,000 people a year in Britain.\nIn January 2017, London's air pollution levels even passed those of Beijing, notorious for its poor air quality. At the time, Mayor Sadiq Khan issued the highest air pollution alert in London for the first time, and said the capital’s ‘filthy air’ was now a ‘health crisis,’ and promised new air quality audits that he said would be a ‘strong step’. |
Voltage is an electrical pressure, which forces the electric charges (electrons) to move in an electrical circuit. Voltage is measured in volts, abbreviated as ‘V’.\nTo understand the concept of voltage, consider a water pump which is pumping the water. The pump pushes the water to flow in the pipes. The pump acts like the voltage and the water acts like charges.\nHowever, it is not necessary that when the voltage is applied, the electric charges will flow (current). Charges need a complete closed path to flow.\nElectric current is the number of electrons flowing through a point in a circuit. Consider a circuit, which is marked ‘A’ at a point. The number of electrons that will pass through the point ‘A’ in one second will be the current of the circuit. You can consider the current in a circuit as a flow of water in the pipes.\nThe current in a circuit is caused by the voltage, much like the water flow in the pipes is caused by the pump. Electric current is measured in the amperes, sometimes called “amps”. It is denoted by the letter ‘I’.\nResistance, as the name suggests, provides the resistance to the electrical current. It always tries to stop the current from flowing. Every material around the world has resistance for electric current.\nSome materials have very small resistance, called conductors. While, other materials have very high resistance, called insulators. We use the conductors in the circuit for electric current to pass easily.\nIf a material has more free electrons like metals, it will act as a conductor.\nIf a material has fewer free electrons like rubber, it will act as an insulator.\nSee the Ohm’s Law for further information.\nThere are two types of current that flow in a circuit. One is called DC (Direct Current) and other is AC (Alternating Current).\nDirect current is the flow of electrons in one direction. Although, the magnitude of the current can decrease or increase but it will always flow in one direction in a circuit. Batteries and charger produce the DC.\nAlternating current doesn’t flow in one direction in a circuit. Instead, it changes its polarity (direction) constantly. The rate of changing polarity is called the frequency of AC. We all use AC current in our homes with 50 to 60 Hertz frequency. AC is often converted into DC by the chargers to charge your laptop and smart phone’s battery.\nIf the voltage is sufficient enough, electric current can pass through air. Lightning strikes, when the voltage builds enough to pass through air.\nWhen current pass through a conductor, it produces a magnetic field around it.\nVoltage is measured by a voltmeter. Whereas, current is measured by the ammeter.\nAbdul Wahab, "Voltage, Current, and Resistance," in Science4Fun, April 13, 2019, http://science4fun.info/voltage-current-and-resistance/. |
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It is a great pleasure to be here for another ACFID National Conference.\n2015 is an auspicious year, marking 50 years of advocacy by [the organisation now known as] ACFID.\nAnd it’s terrific that this year Patrick Kilby has written a book charting the last 50 years – reminding us about the important role ACFID has played over time as a commentator, advocate, lobbyist, and networker.\nIn aid matters ….. my Government is keen to have the benefit of [the] advice of interested members of the community ….so as to enable …… advice and objective criticism on aid operations.\nAnd Labor continues to stands by this commitment.\nYou are a critical voice for aid.\nOver the last 50 years you have lifted Australia’s ambition to play a meaningful role in reducing poverty and delivering the benefits of development to millions of people around the world.\nJust consider for a moment how much effort, how many hours, and the number of volunteers, committee members and dedicated individuals that have worked within the sector over the last 50 years.\nAnd think also of how many people in developing countries have had their lives transformed because of your efforts.\nNot just through health, education and agricultural programs.\nThe aid sector has also contributed to building civil movements that have achieved important outcomes for democracy, equality and justice.\nFor example, the campaign against apartheid.\nYou have raised funds and you have raised community consciousness.\nCongratulations ACFID on 50 years – we look forward to the next 50.\nIn July I was at the Addis Ababa Conference on Financing for Development, and not too long ago I returned from the special session of the United Nations in New York, where the Sustainable Development Goals were adopted by the 193 member states of the United Nations.\nIn the lead up to the adoption of the goals, I have to confess I experienced some nervousness.\nThe beauty of the Millennium Development Goals, was that they were a shorter list, easier to explain and remember, with a tighter focus.\n- The target of reducing extreme poverty rates by half of 1990 rates was met five years ahead of the 2015 deadline.\n- More than 1 billion people have been lifted out of extreme poverty since 1990.\n- The number of out-of-school children of primary school age worldwide fell by almost half, to an estimated 57 million in 2015, down from 100 million in 2000.\n- Between 1990 and 2015, the number of deaths in children under five worldwide declined from 12.7 million to almost 6 million.\nI suppose it’s natural when a set of eight familiar, tightly focussed and successfully prosecuted goals is replaced by goals which are unfamiliar, broader and perhaps more diffuse, that people like me who like goals and targets become nervous.\nBut I’m a convert, and I’ll tell you why.\nFirst of all, goals and targets work, especially when they are ambitious.\nYou know what you are aiming for and you can measure your progress.\nYou are accountable to yourself and others.\nMost importantly, when you meet your targets you can set new, more ambitious targets.\nAnd after 15 years, the time has come for those more ambitious targets.\nSecond, while many of the development challenges we face have stayed the same, much has changed since 2000.\nThe SDGs recognise that answering the great challenges of our time, such as climate change, is critical to a fairer and more prosperous future for us all.\nThe Global Goals recognise the interdependent nature of the global development task.\nThey recognise that countries start from different places and come with different needs and priorities.\nBut they do have one very simple aim, the one aim to unite them all, “ending poverty in all its forms everywhere”.\nThe Global Goals are broader than the MDGs because they reflect a wider consultation process involved in developing them.\nBut they are also broader because we now have a deeper understanding of the importance that both social justice and environmental protection play in economic growth and development.\nIt is now relatively uncontroversial to say that inequality hampers growth.\nThe IMF, OECD, Reserve Bank of England, and various Nobel economists are all saying that more equal growth is good for the rich as well as the poor, and that more equal growth equals longer, stronger, and higher growth.\nIt is now undeniable that climate change will have, and in places is already having, a particularly savage effect on developing nations.\nThis of course includes nations in the Pacific which have contributed little carbon pollution to the atmosphere, but are feeling climate change in their everyday lives already.\nAt the same time we face acute development challenges as millions of people are displaced by conflict across the world.\nThere is a real potential for the current refugee crisis to become more catastrophic if many more people are also displaced by the affects of climate change.\nThere have never been more displaced people in the world as there are today: 60 million people have fled their homes because of dispossession, violence and persecution.\nIt is simply not possible for us to achieve our development objectives without addressing the causes and consequences of displacement.\nAs we know, conflict and displacement in the Middle East has robbed a generation of children living in camps and temporary accommodation of a proper basic education.\nIt has put ranks of children into dangerous and unpaid or underpaid employment, and created incentives for child marriage.\nBasic services are beyond the reach of millions of displaced people.\nAs conflict drives those millions from their homes, it is inexplicable that we would not act to prevent a further wave of migrants, displaced by conflict and climate change.\nIt’s clear that with new global challenges like this, our aid program needs to change too.\nAnd Gough’s observations remain true today, as we transition from the MDGs, to the more ambitious and more comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals.\nThere is no lack of will to work hard and do well in this sector.\nBut challenges change; the available solutions change; the countries and regions of focus change; and there is always more for us to learn and do.\nAnd our lessons have to be shared locally, regionally and globally to achieve the very best development outcomes.\nSo, today I am pleased to announce that a future Labor Government will provide greater certainty and more support to Australian NGOs to make sure you are well placed to meet global development challenges.\nA Shorten Labor Government will provide an additional $30 million a year to the Australian NGO Cooperation Program from 2017-18.\nOur commitment is for new and additional funding to the aid program. And we commit to enhancing – not eroding – the ANCP.\nMany of you will recall that in 2011 Labor’s Foreign Minister, Kevin Rudd, announced a doubling of ANCP funding - from $69 million in 2010‑11 to at least $150 million by 2014-15.\nSince the 2013 election, the current government has cut funding from Labor’s forward estimates and created a great deal of uncertainty for NGOs.\nMy announcement today will restore the cuts and bring funding in line with Labor’s 2011 commitment.\nAustralian NGOs are among the best in the world. You do outstanding work; what you do works on the ground.\nWe will support you to operate with certainty in delivering an effective Australian aid program.\nThe SDGs call on partners to work together on policy development and implementation, to share knowledge and expertise and to measure and to report on progress on sustainable development.\nToday I am announcing that a Shorten Labor Government will provide $10 million each year from our first Budget in 2017-18 to build our partnerships, increase the effectiveness of our programs, and ensure we are getting the most from every single dollar spent on aid.\nAs part of this new program we will support planning, research, evaluation and greater collaboration across the sector – with funding available to NGOs, academia, government, and the philanthropic and private sector. This will mean that we will continue developing our aid evidence base, our measurement and reporting on aid effectiveness, and we will know just how well we are shaping up against our targets.\nThis funding will help us to share with the world the remarkable Australian expertise in areas like anti-corruption and good governance; disability inclusive aid; treating preventable blindness; WASH; and of course, efforts toward improving gender equality.\nToday I am also pleased to announce that Labor will restore accountability to the Australian aid program by reintroducing the annual Ministerial Budget statement or “Blue Book” on overseas aid.\nAs you know this was axed in 2014.\nUnder Labor, the “Blue Book” will again be released each year with the Federal Budget and will show how overseas aid is being allocated by sector, country, region, and against our SDG targets.\nFinally, today I am announcing that a Shorten Labor Government will legislate for transparency and accountability to improve aid effectiveness.\nIn consultation with our partners we’ll develop legislation that will set out our objectives for the aid program, and our requirements for the measurement and reporting of outcomes - including the production of the “Blue Book”.\nAnd among other things, we will set out our commitment to poverty eradication and reduction, gender equality, responsible environmental outcomes, institutional strengthening and anti-corruption.\nLegislation will also set out our arrangements for the independent evaluation of the effectiveness of the aid program.\nThe announcements I have made today begin a process that will repair the aid program.\nThe overseas aid program is the weakest it has ever been in Australian history.\nBy 2016 Australia will spend just 22 cents in every $100 of our national income on overseas aid – our lowest spend ever. Over the next decade, that is set to fall further to 17 cents in every $100.\nAt the Australian Labor Party National Conference this year, Labor made clear our support for the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as our commitment to Australia once again leading in international development.\nWe have committed to supporting the aid program, not gutting it.\nThe task that we face in moving ahead from the Government’s damaging cuts will be very hard and it will not happen quickly.\nBut Labor will always do better.\nBecause we believe in the aid program and respect the work that you do.\nOnce again, thank you for inviting me here today. |
(Newser) – Donald Trump "will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency," Trump's doctor of 35 years wrote in a letter in December. Now in an interview with NBC News, Dr. Harold Bornstein admits he wrote the four-paragraph letter in just five minutes while Trump's limo waited for him to finish. Bornstein says he didn't even stop to proofread it. That could explain multiple errors in the letter, including opening with "To Whom My Concerns," Politico reports. Regardless, Bornstein stands by his diagnosis. "His health is excellent, especially his mental health," he tells NBC (though Politico points out Bornstein is a gastroenterologist with no apparent psychiatry or psychology license).\nHillary Clintons doctor is most likely locked up in the same hole as the Vince Foster/Whitewater files that vanished from the file cabinets at the FBI.\nOk, let's accept that BS deception. Now, how much time did Trump or his staff spend proof reading that piece of crap letter, full of typos, before they released it. Remember, Trump always picks the best people, this I can tell . . . believe me!\nThe first sentence says it all, he was Trump's doctor for 35 years so it stands to reason that he is familiar with his health. If you have been seeing the same doctor for that long and he did not know whether or not you are healthy than that is a problem. |
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"Maybe one day. I still feel like I'm learning the craft of filmmaking from that side of the camera," he said.\n"There are a couple of projects I am kind of developing right now but I'd like to come back here and do a couple of independent films and see if I can do that."\nKevin added: "But I want to get a few more episodes under my belt first, just so I can really feel like I have the chops to do it." |
Wait, what? Who needs an app to remind us to inhale oxygen? Isn’t this as silly as those apps that remind you to drink water when you’re thirsty?\nI know this from experience. Early in my senior year of college, I experienced my first real bout of anxiety. It struck suddenly—so quickly that I thought I was having a heart attack—and refused to fade. Worst of all, there was no clear cause. It was generalized anxiety, the sort of thing that probably afflicts lots of students about to leave the soft, cushy bubble of campus life for the first time.\nFor months, I would wake up every day, enjoy a few blissful moments of normality, then my heart rate would skyrocket. I felt a bit like Bruce Banner, though I never turned into a hulking green monster. (The experience taught me that Banner’s superpower isn’t turning into the Hulk; it’s staying Banner.) I did my best to go about my day before coming home and trying to calm myself down for a few hours of rest. There were many sleepless nights.\nOnly three things helped. First, I took full advantage of my university’s mental health professionals, and thank god for them. Second, I started running, because I figured if my mind was racing, my body might as well too. But what was most helpful turned out to be the deep-breathing exercises recommended by one of my professors. It sounds unbelievable that taking a few minutes every now and then to stop what I was doing to focus on taking nice, big breaths helped lift me out of a mental health crisis. But with time, it did.\nAnxiety is far less of a problem in my life these days, mostly because I’m proactive about controlling it. But when I feel it coming on, deep breathing is my primary weapon against it. Often I use apps like Headspace or sites like Calm.com to guide my sessions. But now that I’ll have a breathing coach right on my wrist, it’ll make me that less anxious about, well, anxiety.\nIf Apple’s app takes off, it could make many of its users’ lives much healthier. |
Giveaways can be an easy way to gain short term traffic in a short amount of time. The key words there, in case you missed them, are “short term”. Giveaways tend to generate interest to a large number of people, but you do need to keep in mind that a lot of people will just stop by for the free goods and then be on their way. That is not to say that you won’t gain some new followers or readers, but you should always keep this in mind beforehand because it can help you tweak your giveaway to try to appeal to a larger audience who may just end up sticking around. Holding a contest can be a great way to attract people to your site who may not have known about you before, and that is always welcome!\nBefore you begin your giveaway, think about the purpose of it. What is the goal of the giveaway? What kind of outcome are you expecting? Maybe you want more Facebook followers, or more email subscribers. Thinking about this from the start will help with the entire planning process.\nObviously the prize is the most important part! It is going to be what attracts visitors to your site and encourages them to enter. First and foremost though, make sure your prize reflects your blog and your readership. What can you give away that will interest your readers and won’t stray from your blog’s content? If you were to give away a power tool on a cooking blog, it just wouldn’t make sense and would confuse your readers. Think about products that you personally love and think that your readers would also love!\nOnce you’ve got a basic idea in mind, you’ve got to obtain that prize. You can do this in various ways. If you’ve got the PR pull, emailing companies about a possible partnered giveaway is always an option. Show them past posts or reviews you’ve created of their products, or similar products. Show them the benefit of working with you. I realize this method cannot always work if you’re just starting out and don’t have the readership yet, so another option might be to team up with smaller shops (Etsy sellers might surprise you and want to work with you if they like your blog!), or you could always purchase your prize with your own cash. Think of it as an advertising expense and decide if it would be worth it to you in exchange for the boost in traffic. A good giveaway usually has a prize with a retail value of $100 or more.\nThe post is going to be what draws people in and encourages them to take action and enter your giveaway. Keep it simple, and keep it genuine. A great way to get a person’s interest is to review the product and then give one away. You’re showing them what the product is or does so they can decide if they like it (or LOVE it!) and want one for their very own. This also gives your post more substance and increases it’s share-ability because it becomes more than just a contest… it becomes a review which can stay active after the giveaway is finished and continue to be shared on social media sites.\nTake great photos of the item. If you don’t have photos available (i.e. if a shop is providing you with a prize and will be sending it out for you) make sure to have them send you some pictures that fit nicely inside your content area. It’s not necessary to fill up your post with a dozen photos, so pick two or three of the best and keep it simple! Tons of photos tend to bore your readers if they aren’t necessary.\nRemembering your initial goal of the giveaway, come up with a few required entry types. This is where you can ask your readers to perform an action to be entered into the contest. Giveaway widgets can help make this entire process easier, such as Rafflecopter or PromoSimple. With these widgets, you fill in all of the requested information, choose your entry types, and grab a widget code to paste into your post. They make picking a winner easy if you are doing a random draw.\nIf your goal was to increase Facebook followers, be sure to include a requirement that the entrant must “Like” your Facebook page to be entered. If you wanted email subscribers, have them sign up for your newsletter instead. Any social network site you want them to follow should be required, but do remember once again to keep it simple! If you are looking for more Facebook followers, don’t include a bunch of other requirements such as following you on Twitter and Pinterest. The more options you give the visitor, the more flustered they are going to feel which may defer them from taking any action at all. For example, I’m sure you’ve seen those massive giveaways with numerous “giveaway hosts” that require you to Like, Tweet, Share, Pin, and take them out for breakfast the next morning. The list of “things to do” goes on and on and takes a lot of time for a visitor to complete. Not to mention the fact that they have just been required to follow a whole bunch of social profiles of bloggers or shops they’ve never heard of before that are completely irrelevant to the prize or original blog they were reading (more on how this can actually hurt them below).\nSo you can see why it is important to stick with your initial goal, and keep it simple, for the sake of everyone.\nBesides your call-to-actions, you’ll want to collect other information from the visitor, such as their email address and location (if your giveaway is restricted to certain countries this is important!). You will also need to list any rules, state when the giveaway will end, and share how you will contact a winner.\nOnce you’ve published your giveaway, you can’t just expect people to find it, so you’ll need to promote it! Start with your own social networks. Make an announcement that will draw in visitors. It has to appeal to them! Why should they visit your giveaway? Create a nice vertical image announcing your contest and Pin it on Pinterest. When you can, using hashtags like #giveaway or #win can prove effective. Schedule a couple social media posts for the future so that you can continue to get the word out at specific times. For example, maybe you schedule one for the afternoon, and one for the evening when people get off work.\nIf you were working with a shop or a company, be sure to send them the link and ask if they would mind sharing it on their social sites as well… it could mean an instant boost of traffic!\nThink about your blog a few days from now. Your giveaway post probably won’t still be front and center on your site, so be sure to create a sidebar graphic linking to the original post and place it somewhere visible.\nWhat you should not do: Don’t go around leaving comments on other people’s blog posts announcing your contest. It is spammy and won’t gain you any blogger cred. Instead, there are a bunch of giveaway sites you post your giveaway link to. Just search Google for “giveaway linkups” and you will see what I mean. Just remember: do not spam!\nAfter your contest period ends, you can use your installed widget to pick your winner, or do things the manual way. If your giveaway wasn’t a random draw, now is the time you’ll need to go through the entries and choose a deserving contestant. Figure out how you will send the product, or if the company/shop you collaborated with will send it. All that is left to do after that is to let the winner know they’ve won!\nI couldn’t end this post without mentioning some of the downsides of holding a giveaway. As I said at the beginning of this post, there are some people who will enter your giveaway just for the free stuff and have no intention of sticking around in the future. Nobody can be forced to stay a fan of a Facebook page unfortunately, so you may notice a drop in your new followers after your contest has ended. “Unliking” a Facebook Page can also have an affect on your Edgerank (what Facebook uses to decide how many people you reach) and is what they call “Negative Feedback”. That’s just the reality of it though, so you need to decide if those risks are worth it to you.\nI hope this guide helped answer your contest questions, and I would love to know what has worked for you! |
Gabe Kapler received devastating news when he was told his Malibu home burned to the ground from the Woolsey fire, but said he's grateful his family is alright.\nThe Phillies manager, who has been in Philadelphia as wildfires spread in Southern and Northern California, said a neighbor who decided not to evacuate sent him photos of what's left of his home - a smoldering pile of rubble and a steel staircase.\n"Everything is replaceable. There's nothing ... it's all just stuff. A home was stuff. To so many people, that home is their shelter and their safe haven. But everything we lost is replaceable. Our family is going to be fine. The love and support is incredible," Kapler told The Athletic.\nKapler's ex-wife, Lisa, and their two sons evacuated the home last week and have been staying at a safe place.\nHe said he's fortunate that he knows he and his family will be alright, both physically and financially. He also said people need to stay aware of how the communities affected by the fires are faring and to give back, if possible.\n"Keep talking about it," Kapler said. "When you're out in your community, talk about it with other people. Use it as a way to come together. I sent this text message back to people: Talk about it. Shine light on it. Raise awareness. Feel it.\n"That's my main point for other people. We're good. Our family is good. There are a lot of other families who are not."\nAccording to the Los Angeles Times as of Tuesday morning, the Woolsey fire has covered roughly 96,000 acres of Southern California. This doesn't include the Camp fire, affecting Northern California, some 200 miles away from San Francisco.\nIn total, 42 people are confirmed dead from the fires throughout California, with hundreds more losing their homes and thousands being forced to evacuate.\n"We have a responsibility in these times to shed light on the people who are in really, really dire straits," Kapler said. "And there are plenty of them." |
To mark the beginning of a new academic year, Durack College held its third annual Commencement Dinner on Wednesday 8 March, which coincided with International Women’s Day. It was also an opportunity for us to welcome four new residents to the College.\nThe College residents were joined for the evening by members of the College Advisory Council and special guest Ms Karen Gorrie, Deputy Principal of St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School. We thank them for attendance at our special evening and their continued support of the College.\nThe guests were entertained with three exceptional musical items performed by College residents. Dayna Johnston and Laura Jones opened the night with two individual pieces. Dayna performed ‘The Cadenza from Aaron Copland’s Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra’ on the clarinet, followed by Laura who played ‘Something Maybe’ by Pamela Wedgwood on the cornet. Later in the evening, Katherine Williams sung and played an original piece she composed called ‘Most of Now’. It was a wonderful opportunity to showcase the incredible talent of our girls.\nCollege Director, Dr Kylie Armstrong, shared an insightful thought piece about our generation of millennials. She discussed how society does not always view our generation in a positive light, but encouraged us to draw on the strengths of the millennials and strive to be young women who are prepared to act with integrity, stand up for their values and to support those who are vulnerable in our society, to embrace tolerance and difference and to be accountable for our actions and behaviours.\nThe catering team once again delighted us with a delicious dinner, and an impressive dessert that amazed us all.\nIt was a lovely evening enjoyed by all, and the College residents look forward to the many formal dinners to come throughout the year. |
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As if mountain biking wasn't a cool enough sport as it is, filmmaker Mike Gamble and VFX creator Tom Wood had the awesome idea of rigging up a couple of bikes with some LEDs and then trying to capture some Tron style footage which they've excelled at.\nUsing Gamble's editing and camera skills coupled with Wood's post production knowledge they stitched frames together to create the illusion that the bikes are leaving a trail behind them. If only it looked this cool in real life.\nThe coolest light show on earth. |
Let's start at the beginning. If your car won't even turn over and start up, then the rest of the problems on this list won't come into play. The simplest cause of this issue is a dead battery, which you can remedy with jumper cables, and the instructions that come printed on their packaging. If jumping the car doesn't work, you may have a larger problem with your ignition system. It's advisable to take your car into the shop at this point because finding the root of the problem will likely involve removing a few parts from your engine. Whether it's dead spark plugs or electrical problems, it's better to have it dealt with by a professional. Likewise, engine surging where the revs rise and fall can mean a problem with your fuel injectors, which are fairly deep within your motor. It's unwise to drive around with a surging engine, as this burns more gas and can cause unintended acceleration. Drivetrain issues are another major issue requiring professional attention. Everybody fears the dreaded transmission repairs, so if certain gears won't engage or they shift at the wrong times you should definitely take your car to the qualified mechanics here at Merola Motors.\nYour brakes are vital to keeping you safe on the road and should definitely be cared for by a professional, unless you're absolutely sure you know what you're doing. Common signs of issues with your car's braking system include squeaking or squealing when the brakes are applied, or the brakes feeling spongy and failing to slow your vehicle properly. Squealing brakes are caused by the brake pads wearing through the pad surface to the metal underneath. At this point the metal behind your brake pad is coming into contact with the brake rotor. This can be disastrous and produce unwanted heat, reduced stopping power, and cause you to have to buy new rotors as well as the relatively cheap pads. Spongey and weak brakes can mean there's a problem with your master cylinder, which converts the mechanical pressure of you pressing the pedal into hydraulic pressure to apply the brakes. In either case, it's best to have your brakes seen to by the professional mechanics here at Merola Motors.\nThere are instances where car maintenance is simple and easy, but if you notice any of these issues developing, it's best to take your car in for a qualified mechanic's checkup so the problems can be remedied before they turn into much more serious issues. Merola Motors has the tools and expertise to have you safely back on the road in no time at all. |
Dear Mark: Assume a gambler had the discipline to walk into a casino, sit down at the blackjack table, and make one $100 bet, win or lose, then walk away. Of course, the gambler would have enough money to cover any splits or double downs. Would that not be better than sitting there making $10 bets for several hours. Over 3 hours, I might wager $1,000 doing it that way, compared to $100 the one-time bet way. If the casino has an edge of .05 percent over perfect play, then their edge is minimized by the smaller amount of money wagered. A caveat to that might be that if I win the one-time bet of $100, then bet $50 the next bet and bet $50 until I lose, thus guaranteeing I walk out a winner if I won the first bet and allowing me to ride a hot streak right out of the gate. This is purely from a money management strategy and not an enjoyment of gambling question. Rob C.\nI am all for getting winning chips off the felt and out of play as quickly as possible, Rob, but since your hypothetical question excludes the entertainment value of gambling, you still have to figure in driving to and from at $4 a gallon. A 44-mile round trip in a Chevy Impala is going to cost you 4 percent off the top. Besides, who in their right mind is going to drive, park, tip the valet, plop down a Benjamin and walk?\nA one-shot Ben Franklin wager might mathematically be the correct move, but that’s because you are not allowing the grind down to take hold. This is where the casino eventually wins far more than 0.05 percent of the player’s money, due to the combination of the built-in advantage it has at blackjack, and the players’ self-defeating tendency to churn the initial bankroll.\nThe casino knows that the typical player does not play $100 just once, but keeps on playing those chips like Pavlov’s dog, over and over again. For example, let’s say you are the run-of-the-mill player and buy in for $100 worth of chips. With the expected loss of, "in theory," 5 percent ($5) over the course of your first hour, your original bankroll is reduced to $95. Then you start playing that $95, so after another hour goes by you are sitting with $90 and change. Play the $90, and you will have just $85.\nYou, of course, are playing perfect basic strategy, so the usual 5 percent is only 0.05 percent, and yet the grind is still at work. Mix in a lack of discipline, or better yet, free drinks, and that 0.05 percent can easily become 1-5 percent. Still, with a one-bet exposure to loss, you’re busted. Whereas, grinding it out, you could win, decide not to blow it all, accumulate comps, succumb after an extended period of time and call it entertainment, or lose in mere minutes when playing $10 a pop. That’s why they call it gambling, hopefully, with money you can afford to lose.\nPersonally, if I were limited to making just one $100 play, I would park my rear end in a cushy chair and place a point-spread wager on a sporting event. Scrounge up some loose change from under the driver’s seat for some $1 hot dogs and drafts, and life, as they say, doesn’t get any better. Unfortunately, Rob, this only works where legalized sports betting is allowed.\nGambling Wisdom of the Week: "A poker game can go on for 12 hours. When you’re on a winning streak, the feeling is better than any other feeling I know." - Colin Hayes, Evening Standard Magazine, July 15, 1994, "Thoughts of a would-be professional poker player". |
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Cody Hoffman just being Cody Hoffman: Ah-maze-ing!\nObviously, the good is that BYU pulled out the win over Utah State on Friday night! It was a real defensive struggle and a low-scoring game, as I figured it probably would be. The BYU defense was amazing as usual, allowing only one field goal the entire game. They have not allowed a TD in 13 quarters now . . . amazing. Hopefully they can keep this streak going because we're really going to need it. After the game, Robby Bullough interviewed Ziggy Ansah and asked him how difficult it was to stop the USU offense. Ziggy's response: "It was easy. We just had to go out there and play football." Well said, my man. Keep it up.\nThe bad is that our offense is still struggling, especially the kicking game. We're not going to be able to get past the tough teams we've got coming without a decent kicker. Seriously, there has got to be someone on that team who can at least make a P.A.T. Anybody? Bueller? Sigh . . .\nNow for the REALLY BAD. There are rumors circulating that Taysom Hill might have sustained a season-ending injury to his knee on the VERY LAST play of the game (before he took a knee--oh the irony-- to run down the clock). He was limping a little bit coming off the field, but it didn't look too bad and he was still walking. However, the news outlets are reporting it might be a lot worse than they originally thought, and he might have to have surgery. Nothing has been confirmed yet, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. We'll have an extremely hard time getting past our next 3 games (Oregon State, Notre Dame, and Georgia Tech) with only a semi-healthy Riley Nelson and a shaky back-up in James Lark. A report on Taysom's status is supposed to be announced tomorrow, so everybody start praying now! We need him!!!\nThe BYU boys wore pink shoes in support of breast cancer awareness.\nRiley Nelson didn't play, but was still an enthusiastic participant, jumping up and down on the sidelines, waving a pink towel, and doing his best to get the crowd into it. What a good sport.\nIf Doman insists on running the QB into the ground, these injuries are going to be more common-place. |
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The Mission of Saint Christopher’s Old Catholic Cathedral is to reclaim Christianity as a faith of extravagant grace, radical inclusion and relentless compassion.\nAt Saint Christopher’s Old Catholic Cathedral, every member is a minister of the church. We believe we are here to serve, not to be served. To that end, we embrace five core values.\nWe are a people of Compassion.\nWe are ministers who embody the tangible love of a savior who fed the hungry, healed the hurting, and told us bluntly that what we did to the least we did to him.\nWe are a people of Inclusion.\nThis is a value Jesus held. We believe Jesus came to include, not to exclude. All are welcome around God’s table.\nMy past experience (in Christan fundamentalism) was so fear based. I ultimately rejected the whole thing. Just in the past year and half have I come back to believe in a Higher Power. Tentatively…carefully… But I’m coming to believe that Spirit is truly “fiercely compassionate” and shows “extravagant grace”.\nWe are a people of Liberation.\nWe seek to challenge all oppression, particularly the oppression of queer people. By embodying grace we live out our liberation until all are set free.\nWe are people filled with joy and unrelenting optimism because we believe God is good. With God, all things are possible. God can use us to transform the world.\nWe are a people of Jesus.\nWe believe Jesus was the incarnation of God’s grace. Jesus was the ultimate liberal, who resisted the status quo of oppression and showed us the way to the abundant life God intends for all people.\nA paradigm is a general conception, model or “worldview” based on our Vision, Mission, and Core Values that defines the way we think and act. It establishes how we see things and do things.\nOur community needs spiritual centers to which they may look for guidance, resources and inspiration. We are called to be a large urban church that has extra resources to share with people in more rural areas. Our outreach extends to lesbians, gays and other excluded people.I can’t say enough wonderful things about Saint Christopher’s Old Catholic Cathedral. We have been attending as visitors for three Sundays now and we have thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Everyone is so friendly and warm, the services are energizing, and the spirit of the church is so refreshing. Immediately, we felt as if we were home.\nOur priorities are Cell & Celebration.\nWe are a church large enough to change the world, but small enough to care for an individual. Our mission cannot be fulfilled until every person who feels excluded from the family of God receives an antidote to that poisonous lie. While taking on that ministry, we must also be sure that each of our members is cared for.We are a Vibrant, Inclusive and Progressive (VIP) Christian Church. By that we mean that we willingly embrace such traditionally liberal values as helping and advocating for the poor, valuing the environment and recognizing as sinful such oppressive attitudes as sexism, ageism, racism and homophobia.\nCaring for those who are hurting or in need is the chief expression of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ.\nCaring for others is the soul of who we are. It keeps us from being consumed with ourselves. It is the antidote for the toxic effects of the materialism that is consuming our society. In a hurting and hopeless world, Celebration is vital to health. People need to celebrate to keep hope alive. In an age of AIDS, nothing is more damaging than hopelessness.\nWe believe God’s will for us is health, wholeness and holiness.\nGrowing to fulfill that will is our responsibility as disciples, and helping others to grow toward wholeness is an expression of Christian caring. For us, salvation is a Divine expression of redeeming love for every part of our lives.\nWe strive to empower every member to be a minister.\nWe believe that every member is gifted. The role of the clergy and staff is to equip people for ministry. The pastors minister, but they are not THE ministers. All God’s people are ministers. We are all producers, not just consumers, of faith. |
This was one of the toughest shots to film in the whole video. The line is only 1 second long but we have been talking about a crappy economic landscape for the past few years so the struggle was how to say it in a FRESH way. Ultimately, our solution was pretty straight forward (and far from a belly laugher) but at least we didn’t repeat ourselves! |
This report is for candidates operating towards their NVQ Level two or three in Company and Administration. Absent direct encounter, a project lead must have, at a minimum, a firm understanding of basic monetary and marketing concepts necessary to lead the team in completing the enterprise model canvas (which is a robust, hypothesis-driven outline of a business strategy). I advise contacting Katie Hendrix in my workplace for a cost-free company consultation, and she can inform you as to what the needs are for your specific state, and she can even assist you with the filing. In order for a company to efficiently use big data it is important that its aims are clear and realistically attainable.\nHand-deliver the method becoming served (with the Service of Process Cover Sheet and DOS Search Web page(s) stapled thereto), and the applicable fee, to an authorized person at the New York Department of State’s workplace at 1 Commerce Plaza, 99 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12231. There are quite couple of company books that have even attempted to address this subject, and Karen Friedman has hit several house runs. I encounter individuals and little organization owners each day who hate negotiating. He is convinced he was denounced by an antisemitic student who was in his class for only one day.\nWe have been in company since 1999 and have been supplying like minded individuals the chance to start off their own grocery shopping and delivery enterprise since 2002. You can see that every proposal for a safety enterprise will consist of various pages to reflect the range of companies and projects. It took a couple of years organizing to get to the point where I was prepared to begin my enterprise so this isn’t really just six months of operate. I already mention to you every little thing I had thought about this approach in an e-mail and a hyperlink to my blog.\nWe are up for the approach but I never want to waste money on a valuation if I should not or is this a significant strategy, they indicate the spend 75 to 100k to move all they way through the method to their network of buyers. Is coming quickly exactly where you can submit your Organization Particulars, Contacts, Items, Solutions & Value Quotations. Most of the basic public is confused about what a bond is and when it is valuable, so they believe most business owners should have one.\nGenerally driven by organization guidelines, it requires a lot of operational evaluation and flow charting, and the much more sophisticated offerings in the space contain not only procedure designers, but also simulation tools so processes can be run virtually to recognize bottlenecks or other concerns associated to either individuals or underlying infrastructure. The one particular day I was suppose to work, was the day of the massive snow storm at the starting of Feb up here in PA. A state of emergency was declared, police have been out ticketing anyone on the road, a couple of roads were closed. |
Barcelona's a great holiday destination for many reasons - from its pretty beaches to its stunning architecture. You'll also find restaurants serving fine international cuisine, but I think it'd be a mistake not to sample some of the local dishes while you're there. As it's the capital of Catalonia, there's no better place to get an authentic taste of the region's cuisine. Read on to find out more about what the best dishes the city has to offer are and - perhaps even more importantly - where you can try them!\nSeafood features heavily in Catalan cuisine, with esqueixada being a signature dish that consists of dried and salted cod. This traditional salad also contains olives, tomatoes and onions, although depending on where in the city you go you might find other ingredients are added. Esqueixada is typically eaten during the summer months and one place where you can try is the historic Can Cortada restaurant on Avenue Estatut de Catalunya. This establishment has been serving traditional fare since 1994; however, the building actually dates back to the 11th century when it was constructed to defend the region from feudal attacks.\nGiven its name, it should be pretty obvious that Catalan broad beans forms part of the local cuisine, but don't think that the dish consists solely of pulses. It also includes pork belly and butifarra - a type of grilling sausage - as well as tomatoes and a range of herbs. You'll typically find it is eaten as a starter, although it can also be a tapas dish. Head to Restaurant Agut, which is a short distance from the stunning La Barceloneta beach, and you can try some authentic Catalan broad beans, as well as other traditional delicacies. This family-run establishment opened in 1924 and would later become a popular eating spot among painters in the 1950s and 1960s. Many of the works that artists gave to the owners in exchange for food still hang on the walls, so it's not only a great place to dine, but also to learn more about local culture.\nAnother great Catalan dish worth checking out is escalivada, a salad which locals tend to have as a starter or an accompaniment to a main meal. You can try this by setting out from your cheap hotel in Barcelona to the Cal Pinxo Palau de Mar restaurant in Port Vell, where you'll discover it is served with shredded cuttlefish. The dish also features roasted vegetables which - if cooked in the true Catalan style - should have a smoky flavour to them. Escalivar means 'to roast over ashes or embers' in English. Once you've finished the salad, make sure you try some of Cal Pinxo Palau de Mar's other offerings, such as Basque hake and seafood paella. Alternatively, you could head to the El Gran Cafe to try escalivada. Located near the Mayor House, this restaurant is decorated in the Belle Epoque style and also serves Andalucian squid and traditional Catalan mousse with chocolate fondant, perfect if you've got a sweet tooth!\nI've only mentioned a few of the great Catalan dishes and eateries that there are to choose from - but which local specialities do you like the most? Say what your favourites are below. |
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I don't know if you can make out the words at the top of this ad (it's an old low resolution scan), but it states, "The first porcelain doll from McMemories™, the Official McDonald's Collector's Club." This is just one of the several McMemories entries in the Gallery of the Absurd. Check out "Eric's First Fries" and "Speedee." While you're at it, go to eBay and search "McMemories," and you're sure to find many people selling a lot of this McCrap.\nI've seen the face of hell, and it is McDonalds. |
OPEN HOUSE March 31st 12 noon -4pm. Nice home with fresh interior paint & new carpet. This 3 bedroom, 2 bath home is located in Sandpiper. Making it a quick trip to US-1 restaurants & mall. Master bedroom has dual sinks with a shower. There is a living room with what could be a formal dining area. The den also is set up for an informal eat in area. There is a utility room with washer and dryer. The kitchen is galley style. Back yard has plenty of room to play or install a pool.\nLot Size: 0.23 Acres / 10030 Sq. Ft.\nSchoolsClick map icons below to view information for schools near 2455 SE Wishbone Road Port Saint Lucie, FL 34952. |
With folks asking about flooding on the Minnesota River and the flooding the has occurred on nearly every area stream, creek and river, flood forecasts seem to be important to visit about again this week. I was curious how things looked upstream late last week so I took a quick drive up to the Dawson area in Lac qui Parle County around Dawson where the west and east forks of the Lac qui Parle River join and flow toward the Minnesota.\nThe further west I drove last Thursday the more snow I saw. There was much more snow than bare ground, confirming what we had heard about them having more snow than either Yellow Medicine or Chippewa Counties. And that snow looked deep. Now, just a few days later, much of that snow has turned to huge ponds of water covering fields, gravel roads and surrounding farms. Dawson saw record level flooding this week and the Lac qui Parle River, which last week was sleepy just upstream from the Lac qui Parle dam is now in full flood stage.\nThe Chippewa River at Benson and near Milan has been at near-record levels as well. And both those rivers will pour into the Minnesota River and make it swell this week and next in Monte and Granite. The National Weather Service (NWS) has predicted what they label as “Minor Flood” stage here in Granite by Thursday and that the river will continue to rise until at least Sunday, when it reaches 892.0 feet. That would make it the 11th highest flood here, just behind the second river crest in 2011 on April 27th of that year.\nThe NWS forecasts that the river will reach a plateau on the gauge readings for a bit after Sunday before beginning a long slow decline. That forecast can change depending on conditions upstream and, more importantly, the weather. The warm spell on Wednesday will speed up the snowmelt but then temperatures will moderate and cool down at night which always helps slow river flows. And fortunately, there isn’t much, rain in the near-term forecast, which bodes well for river levels this week and next.\nMeanwhile, we’ll keep watching and preparing for a possible flood response. Granite is fortunate to have accomplished so much flood mitigation work. One of our goals was to eliminate as much as possible the need to fill hundreds of thousands of sandbags. A flood elevation at the 2001 or worse yet, the 1997 level, would certainly require plenty of sandbags but not nearly the 750,000 we filled in 1997 or the 600,000 we filled in 2001.\nIf the river stays below the 2011 level, which peaked at 893.55 feet, just above the NWS “Moderate Flood” designation, we should be okay. That year there was water covering much of the alleyway known as Lende Lane, along the river below the foot bridge and there was water up on Minnesota Avenue. The city crew put up barricades and life went on. That kind of flood is much easier to deal with. Let’s keep our fingers crossed.\nQuestions about flooding have been a topic of conversation, even several miles away from the river. While sitting with Marshall Mayor Bob Byrnes last Friday at the Highway 23 Coalition annual meeting in Rockville it seemed like that’s almost all we talked about. Marshall has had some flood headaches on the much smaller, but much swollen, Redwood River and the city was keeping a close watch on ice conditions and localized flooding.\nThey’ve done a lot of flood protection work over the years including a by-pass channel and extensive dike building in some areas and it has paid off. Hearing MnDOT Com-missioner Margaret Anderson-Kelliher speak about road funding and the possibilities that a gas tax increase would bring was heartening to the Highway 23 crowd that is working to get much needed expansion and safety improvements between I-90 near Sioux Falls and I-35 near Hinckley.\nThat provided a nice break from the recent flood conversations. While none of us likes to pay more taxes, a gas tax is really a user fee for the highways and county roads we all drive on. And it takes money to fix these. Diverting money from other state spending is always a possibility but deciding which programs, including schools, health and social programs becomes very contentious. Those programs and spending priorities all have their defenders for good reason and giving up funding won’t come easy, if at all.\nMeanwhile our roads keep falling apart and the state’s population, thankfully, keeps growing so the needs are increasing. A steady, reliable source of funding for Minnesota’s roads and bridges is badly needed. Using the state’s shrinking budget surplus isn’t the answer unless there is a guaranteed budget surplus every year for many years into the future. We certainly shouldn’t get fooled into thinking that. Let’s hope the legislature finally does the right thing and increases a stable funding source for Minnesota’s roads and bridges. It would be an investment in our selves and it’s cheaper to do that now than later.\nAnother highway funding adventure last week happened when we joined several folks to testify for expansion of Highway 212 at the state Senate Transportation Committee hearing on Wednesday. The mayors of Carver and Norwood Young America along with county commissioners from Bongards and Glencoe were there with the bill’s author, Sen. Scott Jensen, who is a physician from Chaska. Our testimony about widening those narrow, dangerous two-lane bottlenecks on each side of Cologne was well-received but predictably ran into the questions of funding and more discussion about the proposed gas tax increase.\nCarver County has garnered enough federal and state grants and local sales tax receipts to come within $5 Million of the expected $46 Million needed for expanding the two-lane segment east of Cologne to four lanes. They are confidant that MNDOT will supply that remaining amount from leftover funds and work will get underway in 2021. Let’s hope so. Our testimony focused on the funding the $38 Million shortfall in the $53 Million cost of expanding to four lanes the current bottleneck between Norwood Young America and Cologne and constructing an overpass at Bongards, which would replace an intersection that has seen four fatalities since 2009.\nIt’s hard to say what will happen with the bill but the point was very well taken from those on the committee that this segment of Highway 212 has to be a priority for funding. Afterward, we visited with some of the Senators and staff as well as the folks from Carver and McLeod Counties and predictably, for good reason, the topic changed to flooding. |
The microbial nitrogen cycle is one of the most complex and environmentally important element cycles on Earth and has long been thought to be mediated exclusively by prokaryotic microbes. Rather recently, it was discovered that certain eukaryotic microbes are able to store nitrate intracellularly and use it for dissimilatory nitrate reduction in the absence of oxygen. The paradigm shift that this entailed is ecologically significant because the eukaryotes in question comprise global players like diatoms, foraminifers, and fungi. This review article provides an unprecedented overview of nitrate storage and dissimilatory nitrate reduction by diverse marine eukaryotes placed into an eco-physiological context. The advantage of intracellular nitrate storage for anaerobic energy conservation in oxygen-depleted habitats is explained and the life style enabled by this metabolic trait is described. A first compilation of intracellular nitrate inventories in various marine sediments is presented, indicating that intracellular nitrate pools vastly exceed porewater nitrate pools. The relative contribution by foraminifers to total sedimentary denitrification is estimated for different marine settings, suggesting that eukaryotes may rival prokaryotes in terms of dissimilatory nitrate reduction. Finally, this review article sketches some evolutionary perspectives of eukaryotic nitrate metabolism and identifies open questions that need to be addressed in future investigations.\nNitrate is one of the major nutrients for microbial and plant life on planet Earth. It is the most oxidized form of fixed N-compounds, abundant in many aquatic habitats, and of high importance for both assimilatory and dissimilatory nitrogen metabolism.\nNitrate can also be stored inside living cells at concentrations by far exceeding ambient concentrations, a trait that is known for several prokaryotic and eukaryotic phyla (e.g., Dortch et al., 1984; Fossing et al., 1995; McHatton et al., 1996; Schulz et al., 1999; Lomas and Glibert, 2000; Needoba and Harrison, 2004; Risgaard-Petersen et al., 2006; Mußmann et al., 2007; Piña-Ochoa et al., 2010a; Kamp et al., 2011; Bernhard et al., 2012a; Coppens et al., 2014; Stief et al., 2014).\nApparently, the ability to store nitrate intracellularly is widely distributed within the eukaryotic tree of life (Figure 1). Extra- and intracellular nitrate serves for both assimilation and dissimilation. In assimilatory nitrate reduction, ammonium is produced and subsequently incorporated into biomass to build up e.g., proteins and nucleic acids. Dissimilatory nitrate reduction is a process for energy conservation, in which nitrate is used as an electron acceptor in the (near) absence of oxygen (e.g., Fewson and Nicholas, 1961; Strohm et al., 2007; Kraft et al., 2011; Thamdrup, 2012). Dissimilatory nitrate reduction and nitrate storage in particular are physiological life traits that provide microbes with environmental flexibility (i.e., metabolic activity under both oxic and anoxic conditions) and resource independence (i.e., anaerobic metabolism without immediate nitrate supply), respectively. Such life traits are especially important in environments that are temporarily anoxic and/or nitrate-free and they may have developed as a “life strategy” in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes (Figure 2).\nFigure 1. Schematized eukaryotic tree of life emphasizing the wide distribution of lineages known to store nitrate intracellularly and use it for dissimilation. Maximum intracellular nitrate concentrations (max. ICNO3) and pathways of dissimilatory nitrate reduction (DNR) are given for taxonomic groups tested positive for either trait. DNRA, Dissimilatory Nitrate Reduction to Ammonium. DNR data compiled from Finlay et al. (1983) (ciliates), Shoun and Tanimoto (1991) (fungi), Zhou et al. (2002) (fungi), Risgaard-Petersen et al. (2006) (foraminifers), Kamp et al. (2011) (diatoms). Max. ICNO3 data compiled from Dortch et al. (1984) (dinoflagellates, haptophytes), Lomas and Glibert (2000) (chlorophytes), Piña-Ochoa et al. (2010a) (gromiids), Piña-Ochoa et al. (2010b) (foraminifers), Kamp et al. (2011) (diatoms), Stief et al. (2014) (fungi). Tree topology adapted from Worden et al. (2015).\nFigure 2. Marine microbial eukaryotes known to take up ambient nitrate for intracellular storage and/or dissimilatory nitrate reduction drawn in a conceptual scheme of a natural environment with oxic and anoxic compartments. Organisms and environmental compartments are stylized and not to scale. Scenarios: (1) Benthic diatoms and foraminifers migrate actively up and down between oxic and anoxic sediment layers, or are buried in deep, anoxic sediment layers by e.g., macrofaunal activities, (2) Foraminifers move through different sediment layers and might re-fill their nitrate stores at “hotspots” of nitrate in deeper sediment layers, e.g., macrofaunal burrows, (3) Gromiids reside at the sediment surface or in anoxic subsurface layers, (4) Fungi grow in various sediment layers, (5) Pelagic diatoms sink onto the sediment after phytoplankton blooms and are re-suspended due to spring storms or macrofaunal activities, and (6) Pelagic diatoms are exposed to hypoxic or anoxic conditions inside sinking diatom-bacteria aggregates. Aside from the spatial separation into oxic and anoxic compartments, temporal variation of oxygen availability in the bottom water or inside macrofaunal burrows causes sudden shifts from oxic to anoxic conditions (and back) that may influence nitrate uptake and dissimilatory nitrate reduction by microbial eukaryotes (not shown).\nDissimilatory nitrate reduction pathways such as nitrate reduction to nitrite, denitrification, or Dissimilatory Nitrate Reduction to Ammonium (DNRA; Box 1), are well-studied in prokaryotes (i.e., Bacteria and Archaea). Prokaryotes are an integral part of the microbial nitrogen cycle; and due not least to the increasing use of fertilizers and the subsequent pollution of rivers, estuaries, and coastal waters, they have been the focus of many research activities for nearly a 100 years (e.g., Kluyver and Donker, 1926; Fewson and Nicholas, 1961; Zumft, 1997). In contrast, research on eukaryotes that can switch from oxygen to (intracellular) nitrate for anaerobic energy metabolism when (temporarily) exposed to anoxia or hypoxia is still in its infancy. However, the list of eukaryotes so far found to reduce nitrate dissimilatorily includes major global players such as benthic and pelagic marine diatoms, foraminifers, and fungi (Figure 1), which suggests a quantitative impact on nitrogen cycling at least in the marine realm. The first eukaryote that has been found to respire with nitrate in the absence of oxygen was, however, the freshwater ciliate Loxodes sp., which survives anoxic conditions in lakes through nitrate reduction to nitrite (Finlay et al., 1983). Later on, soil fungi were shown to be capable of incomplete denitrification to nitrous oxide and nitrate reduction to ammonium (Box 1; Shoun and Tanimoto, 1991; Takaya et al., 1999). Further, the fungus Aspergillus terreus isolated from a seasonal oxygen minimum zone (OMZ) in the Arabian Sea was shown to perform DNRA under anoxic conditions (Stief et al., 2014). In 2006, it was demonstrated that certain benthic foraminiferal species perform intracellular accumulation of nitrate, which is subsequently denitrified (Risgaard-Petersen et al., 2006). Only recently, it was discovered that the most important phototrophic group of microbial eukaryotes, the diatoms, also possess a dissimilatory nitrate metabolism. Both a benthic and a pelagic diatom have been shown to perform DNRA after sudden shifts to darkness and anoxia (Kamp et al., 2011, 2013).\nBox 1. Pathways of dissimilatory nitrate reduction in eukaryotes.\nDenitrification: Reduction of nitrate via nitrite, nitric oxide, and nitrous oxide to dinitrogen (NO3−→ NO2−→ NO → N2O → N2) with organic or inorganic electron donors. Complete denitrification serves as an efficient N-removal pathway in the environment. Incomplete denitrification may begin and end at various points in the reaction sequence and, for example, produce the greenhouse gas N2O.\nDissimilatory Nitrate Reduction to Ammonium (DNRA): Reduction of nitrate via nitrite to ammonium (NO3−→ NO2−→ NH4+) with organic or inorganic electron donors. DNRA does not contribute to N-removal, but rather recycles fixed N in the environment.\nAmmonia Fermentation: Reduction of nitrate to ammonium coupled to the oxidation of organic electron donors to acetate and substrate-level phosphorylation. Ammonia fermentation has the same effect on N-cycling in the environment as DNRA.\nThis review summarizes the current knowledge of (i) the ecophysiology of marine microbial eukaryotes that store nitrate intracellularly and thus are potentially involved in dissimilatory nitrate reduction and (ii) the environmental impact of nitrate storage and dissimilatory nitrate reduction by marine microbial eukaryotes on the nitrogen cycle of our oceans. The review further evaluates some evolutionary perspectives, and closes with a more general discussion of open questions that might inspire further research.\nAmong the marine eukaryotic microbes discussed here, intracellular nitrate storage was first described for diatoms, in which intracellular concentrations can by far exceed ambient concentrations (i.e., nitrate in the surrounding seawater). The range of intracellular nitrate concentrations varies according to species and environmental conditions. Many benthic and pelagic diatoms accumulate nitrate intracellularly in concentrations up to a few 100 mM, but concentrations can be as low as zero to a few mM (Dortch et al., 1984; Lomas and Glibert, 2000; Needoba and Harrison, 2004; Høgslund, 2008; Kamp et al., 2011, 2013; Coppens et al., 2014).\nNitrate uptake by diatoms has been shown to be temperature-dependent (decreasing with increasing temperature), is so far documented to occur in oxic conditions only, and uptake rates vary between species (e.g., Raimbault and Mingazzini, 1987; Lomas and Glibert, 1999, 2000; Villareal et al., 1999; Tantanasarit et al., 2013). Lomas and Glibert (2000) measured nitrate uptake rates of 18–310 fmol NO3− cell−1 h−1 for six different species grown at moderate ambient nitrate concentrations (< 40 μM). This rate can be even higher at very high ambient nitrate concentrations (Tantanasarit et al., 2013).\nIntracellular nitrate is generally thought to be located in vacuoles. In the plant vacuole of Arabidopsis thaliana, for example, nitrate is accumulated via an NO3−/H+ exchanger (Martinoia et al., 1981; De Angeli et al., 2006). Evidence for a similar mechanism in unicellular eukaryotes is missing so far.\nNitrate storage in diatoms has long been assumed to serve assimilation exclusively (e.g., Dortch et al., 1984; Lomas and Glibert, 2000), probably because diatoms are mostly found in oxic habitats where nitrate is not needed as an alternative electron acceptor for dissimilation. The first hint for dissimilatory nitrate reduction in diatoms was a correlation between the nitrate storage capacity and the survival time of benthic and pelagic diatoms after sudden shifts to dark and anoxic conditions (Kamp et al., 2011). However, intracellular nitrate is used up within hours and is not replenished from ambient nitrate under anoxic conditions (see below). Lomas and Glibert (1999) also hypothesized that some diatom populations take up nitrate in excess of nutrient requirements because its reduction may serve as a sink for electrons during transient periods of imbalance between light energy harvesting and utilization.\nForaminifers may store nitrate at concentrations >15,000 times the environmental nitrate concentrations (Risgaard-Petersen et al., 2006), probably in vacuoles (Bernhard et al., 2012a), and the measured intracellular nitrate pool varies among nitrate-storing foraminifers from ca. 0.1 mM to >375 mM (Piña-Ochoa et al., 2010a). This variation seems to reflect different physiological and environmental conditions rather than phylogenetic constraints because considerable intraspecific variation is observed among the species that are considered to be nitrate collectors (Piña-Ochoa et al., 2010a; Koho et al., 2011; Bernhard et al., 2012b). The ability to store nitrate at concentrations above environmental concentrations is so far found within the orders Allogromiida, Miliolida, Rotaliida, and Textulariida (Piña-Ochoa et al., 2010a; Bernhard et al., 2012a), and seems to be a common trait for foraminifers from very diverse benthic marine environments, such as OMZs, hypoxic basins, continental slopes, shelf sediments, and coastal sediments (Piña-Ochoa et al., 2010a; Bernhard et al., 2012a). Interestingly, the trait is not restricted to species which often occur in anoxic microhabitats, such as e.g., Globobulimina turgida, but is also found in species living in oxic habitats (e.g., Cassidulina carinata and Pyrgo elongata), and in opportunistic species (e.g., Bolivina subaenariensis and Uvigerina mediterranea; Piña-Ochoa et al., 2010a). 15N labeling experiments performed on Ammonia beccarii, Bolivina argentea, Buliminella tenuata, G. turgida*, Fursenkoina cornuta and Nonionella stella have shown that nitrate is taken up directly from the environment (Risgaard-Petersen et al., 2006; Koho et al., 2011; Bernhard et al., 2012b; Nomaki et al., 2014), and is not produced internally. The mechanism for nitrate uptake as well as the storage mode is at present unknown, but it must involve an active transport system, as nitrate is moved across the cell membrane against a large concentration gradient. From a thermodynamic point of view, the process of nitrate uptake is exergonic and therefore requires an investment of energy by the organism. G. turgida*, for instance, may accumulate nitrate internally to well above 10 mM in environments where the environmental concentration is less than 20 μM (Risgaard-Petersen et al., 2006). The Gibbs free energy (ΔG) for nitrate transport across the cell membrane at these conditions is >+15 kJ mol−1 NO3− according to equations in Harold (1986). It is evident therefore that nitrate accumulation among foraminifers can only be a sustainable strategy, if required to sustain processes that are essential for the survival of the organism. It has been shown that the nitrate-respiring foraminifer G. turgida can survive for up to 56 days of anoxia from respiration of its internal nitrate pool (Piña-Ochoa et al., 2010b), and the building and maintenance of an intracellular nitrate pool might be seen as an insurance that enables the organisms to sustain an active metabolism even when suitable external electron acceptors are absent in the environment (see below).\nLike the foraminifers, gromiids belong to the Rhizaria (Burki et al., 2010; Sierra et al., 2013), and their intracellular nitrate concentrations can also reach >100 mM, which exceeds the ambient nitrate concentration by several orders of magnitude (Piña-Ochoa et al., 2010a). The ability to accumulate nitrate at these high concentrations appears to be ubiquitous for the gromiids, as it has been found for individuals sampled from hard-bottom substrates, shelf sediments in temperate and arctic regions, as well as in the OMZ along the coastline of Peru (Piña-Ochoa et al., 2010a). The physiology of the gromiids has only been superficially studied and neither the mechanism behind nitrate accumulation, nor its link to any metabolic pathway has been investigated so far. It is possible that the gromiid-nitrate association represents a system that is functionally different from that of benthic foraminifers because gromiids generally are described as surface dwellers, and thus not buried in anoxic sediment layers like many foraminifers (Jepps, 1926; Hedley and Bertaud, 1962; Arnold, 1972; Matz et al., 2008; da Silva and Gooday, 2009; Rothe et al., 2011).\nTo date, only a single strain of A. terreus isolated from a marine sediment has been shown to store nitrate intracellularly and use it for dissimilatory nitrate reduction mainly to ammonium (Stief et al., 2014). The intracellular nitrate concentration in this strain reached up to 0.4 mM. Unfortunately, intracellular nitrate storage has not been studied in the large number of soil fungi and yeasts capable of dissimilatory nitrate reduction (Takaya et al., 1999; Maeda et al., 2015). Fungi in general, however, do possess cellular vacuoles and nitrate transporters (Klionsky et al., 1990; Navarro et al., 2006) and are able to take up nitrate from the environment at high rates and store it in vacuoles (e.g., 9 nmol NO3− mg−1 dry weight min−1 in Aspergillus nidulans; Unkles et al., 2004).\nFor the only ciliate known to perform dissimilatory nitrate reduction, Loxodes sp. (Finlay et al., 1983), intracellular nitrate storage has not been reported.\nMarine phytoplankton belonging to these eukaryotic lineages has mainly been investigated with respect to uptake and assimilation of nitrate and ammonium, but intracellular nitrate storage is also reported occasionally (e.g., Dortch et al., 1984; Lomas and Glibert, 2000). The chlorophyte Dunaliella tertiolecta stored nitrate at 2.7–4.9 mM in one study (Lomas and Glibert, 2000), but had intracellular nitrate concentrations below the detection limit in another study (Dortch et al., 1984). Similarly, the dinoflagellate Amphidinium carterae stored 0–1.8 mM nitrate (Dortch et al., 1984), while the dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum did not store nitrate (Lomas and Glibert, 2000). Among the haptophytes, Isochrysis galbana stored 0.3–13.9 mM nitrate (Dortch et al., 1984) and Pavlova lutheri only stored 0.1–0.2 mM nitrate (Lomas and Glibert, 2000). Clearly, more investigations focusing on intracellular nitrate storage in these lineages are needed.\nSo far, the benthic diatom Amphora coffeaeformis and the pelagic diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii have been shown to reduce nitrate dissimilatorily. Both diatom strains perform the pathway Dissimilatory Nitrate Reduction to Ammonium (DNRA), as demonstrated with 15N labeling experiments in axenic strains (Kamp et al., 2011, 2013). The DNRA rates of these two diatoms are in the range of 2–3 fmol N cell−1 h−1 during the first hours after exposure to dark and anoxic conditions. However, DNRA rates become significantly lower after only a few hours, which mirrors the rapid consumption of intracellular nitrate after shifts to darkness and anoxia. Thus, diatoms probably use the intracellular nitrate, and its dissimilatory reduction via DNRA, either for short-term survival or for entering a resting stage.\nTo date, genes involved in dissimilatory nitrate reduction have not been identified in diatoms, but only in denitrifying soil fungi (see below). Intriguingly, fungi use enzymes that are usually involved in assimilatory nitrate reduction in a dissimilatory mode (Takasaki et al., 2004). This could also be true for diatoms. Assimilatory nitrate reductases, nitrate transporters, and components of a nitrate-sensing system have only recently been identified in diatom genomes (Armbrust et al., 2004; Bowler et al., 2008). Identification of functional genes involved in dissimilatory nitrate reduction in diatoms would provide genetic evidence for this metabolic pathway in diatoms.\nDirect measurements of nitrate reduction activity associated with nitrate-storing foraminifers have demonstrated a capacity for complete denitrification of NO3− to N2 (Risgaard-Petersen et al., 2006; Høgslund, 2008; Piña-Ochoa et al., 2010a; Bernhard et al., 2012b). Some species (e.g., Bolivina plicata, Bolivina seminuda, Valvulineria cf. laevigata, Stainforthia sp.), however, seem to lack nitrous oxide reductase and reduce nitrate only to nitrous oxide (Piña-Ochoa et al., 2010a).\nAt present, denitrification rates for only 11 different species within the Rotaliida order have been determined. The observation of elevated δ15NNO3 and δ18ONO3 values in the intracellular nitrate pool within allogromiid foraminifers from the Santa Barbara Basin (Bernhard et al., 2012a) has demonstrated nitrate reduction capacity associated with members of the Allogromiida order, yet rate measurements in this order are still missing. Rates estimated for the Rotaliida with N2O-microsensors (Risgaard-Petersen et al., 2006; Høgslund et al., 2008; Piña-Ochoa et al., 2010a,b) or 15NO3− amendments (Risgaard-Petersen et al., 2006; Bernhard et al., 2012b) fall in the range of 1.7–83 pmol N cell−1 h−1, and great intraspecific variation is observed. There is a tendency for a log-log relationship between the denitrification rate and biovolume of the organisms, so that large organisms have higher rates than smaller ones, as seen also for foraminiferan cell-specific oxygen respiration rates (Geslin et al., 2011), but the current database is too limited for strong conclusions to be drawn. In general, individual denitrification rates are much lower than the corresponding oxygen respiration rates (Piña-Ochoa et al., 2010a) and it has been suggested that denitrification is an auxiliary metabolism used for cell maintenance, food collection, and locomotion during temporary stays in oxygen-free environments, whereas oxygen might be required for growth and reproduction (Piña-Ochoa et al., 2010a,b).\nThe genes behind the foraminiferan denitrification pathway have not been elucidated. It has, however, been shown with microscopy (Risgaard-Petersen et al., 2006) and experiments applying bacteria-specific antibiotics to denitrifying foraminifers (Bernhard et al., 2012b) that for some species (e.g., B. argentea and G. turgida*) the foraminifers themselves, and not only the associated prokaryotes, are performing the denitrification reaction. Denitrification in a nitrate-storing allogromiid foraminifer from the Santa Barbara Basin, however, appears to be performed by prokaryotic endobionts and not the eukaryote, as demonstrated by sequence analyses and GeneFISH (Bernhard et al., 2012a). Given the widespread distribution of nitrate-accumulating and denitrifying foraminifers within diverse phylogenetic orders, specific investigations of each group are needed, at best on the genomic level, to confirm or reject the presence of eukaryotic denitrification. It is obvious from the Santa Barbara study that a capacity for nitrate accumulation is not necessarily coupled to a capacity of the eukaryote to utilize this directly for energy conservation through e.g., denitrification.\nThe best-studied fungi species capable of dissimilatory nitrate reduction are the two soil-living plant pathogens Fusarium oxysporum and Cylindrocarpon tonkinense (Shoun and Tanimoto, 1991; Usuda et al., 1995). The majority of terrestrial fungi, some ectomycorrhizal fungi, and many of the yeast strains screened since the initial discovery of “fungal denitrification” also tested positive for this trait (Tsuruta et al., 1998; Prendergast-Miller et al., 2011; Mothapo et al., 2013; Maeda et al., 2015). A key feature of “fungal denitrification” is the absence of the last reduction step of the denitrification pathway, which makes fungi very important nitrous oxide (N2O) producers in soils (Laughlin and Stevens, 2002; Crenshaw et al., 2008; Chen et al., 2014). Fungi isolated from aquatic ecosystems have received much less attention in terms of dissimilatory nitrate reduction, and conclusive experiments with 15NO3− labeling have been made for only one single strain of A. terreus isolated from sediment in the seasonal oxygen minimum zone of the Arabian Sea (Stief et al., 2014). This strain also has a high N2O yield (approximately 15% of the total amount of N produced), but the main product of its nitrate reduction activity is ammonium (up to 83%, equivalent to 175 nmol N g−1 protein h−1), which is also the case for a number of soil fungi (Zhou et al., 2002). The underlying metabolic pathway has been termed “ammonia fermentation” a process which couples the oxidation of ethanol to acetate, and the reduction of nitrate to ammonium, to substrate-level phosphorylation (Box 1; Takaya, 2009). Thus, two pathways of dissimilatory nitrate reduction have evolved in fungi, apparently also within individual species (e.g., F. oxysporum; Zhou et al., 2002). The prevalence of either pathway is controlled by ambient oxygen levels, with hypoxic and anoxic levels triggering “fungal denitrification” and “ammonia fermentation,” respectively (Takaya, 2009).\nKey genes of “fungal denitrification” have been identified and sequenced (Kizawa et al., 1991; Kim et al., 2009). Nitrite reduction to nitric oxide (NO) is mediated by a copper-containing nitrite reductase (NirK), while the reduction step from NO to N2O is mediated by the cytochrome P450 nitric oxide reductase (P450nor). Nitrous oxide reductases are generally absent in fungi, which explains why N2O instead of N2 is the final product of “fungal denitrification” (Takaya, 2009). Dissimilatory nitrate reductases can be present in some denitrifying fungi species, but are less well-characterized than NirK and p450nor (Takaya, 2009). Hence, the minimal denitrification pathway in fungi only comprises the two-step reduction of nitrite to N2O. The stepwise reduction of nitrate to ammonium in fungal “ammonia fermentation” is apparently mediated by assimilatory nitrate (NiaD) and nitrite reductases (NiiA) used in a dissimilatory context, i.e., it is coupled to the fermentation of ethanol to acetate (Takasaki et al., 2004). Meanwhile, several primer sets for the fungal NirK and p450nor have been developed and used for screening fungal isolates for their capability of dissimilatory nitrate reduction (Kim et al., 2010; Maeda et al., 2015; Mothapo et al., 2015; Wei et al., 2015). The availability of these primer sets will enable the detection of denitrifying fungi in environmental samples without prior isolation, cultivation, and functional testing.\nThe freshwater ciliate Loxodes sp. survives anoxic conditions in lakes through dissimilatory nitrate reduction to nitrite (Finlay et al., 1983; Aleya et al., 1992). A link was made between the anaerobic metabolism of the ciliate and a higher number of mitochondria per cell and a greater surface area of cristae inside the mitochondria compared to specimens exposed to oxic conditions (Finlay et al., 1983; Finlay, 1985). To date, the gene encoding the nitrate reductase has not been identified.\nNone of the aforementioned nitrate-storing representatives of these eukaryotic lineages (see Nitrate Storage) has been tested for dissimilatory nitrate reduction under anoxic conditions so far.\nDissimilatory nitrate reduction by prokaryotes and eukaryotes typically occurs in environments in which the availability of oxygen and nitrate is variable in space and time. Stable environments are spatially structured into zones with/without oxygen and/or nitrate availability, while dynamic environments are temporally structured into phases with/without oxygen and/or nitrate availability. In aquatic ecosystems, such conditions can be found in sediments, around animal burrows in sediments, in the root zone of aquatic plants, in low-oxygen water bodies, and inside sinking organic aggregates.\nIn sediments with stable redox stratification, oxygen, as the most favorable electron acceptor in terms of energy, is consumed within the top few millimeters (Revsbech et al., 1980). Nitrate penetrates slightly deeper into the sediment where it is used as an alternative electron acceptor when oxygen is depleted (Sweerts and de Beer, 1989). Microbes that are able to store nitrate intracellularly may thrive well below the nitrate penetration depth, but need to fill up their nitrate stores occasionally. Large sulfur bacteria couple vertical migration behavior to uptake and storage of nitrate at the sediment surface and dissimilatory use of intracellular nitrate deeper in the sediment (e.g., Fossing et al., 1995). Benthic foraminifers and diatoms, both of which are capable of migrating inside sediments, can be abundant well below the nitrate penetration depth (Figure 2; Risgaard-Petersen et al., 2006; Stief et al., 2013). Benthic diatoms exhibit a vertical migration rhythm that is coupled to diurnal and tidal cycles (Consalvey et al., 2004), while foraminifers migrate more erratically or directed to oxygen gradients (Alve and Bernhard, 1995; Geslin et al., 2004; Koho et al., 2011). As a consequence of their migration behavior, benthic diatoms and foraminifers are exposed to elevated ambient nitrate and oxygen levels whenever they reach the sediment surface. Deeper in the sediment where they find shelter from predation and erosion (Kingston, 1999), diatoms and foraminifers face the absence of ambient nitrate and oxygen.\nOxygen and nitrate concentration gradients in sediments can experience rapid and pronounced changes caused by disturbance events. Short-term oxygen and nitrate pulses occur in animal burrows that reach deep into anoxic sediment layers and are intermittently irrigated with oxygen- and nitrate-rich surface water (Kristensen et al., 1991; Wenzhöfer and Glud, 2004). During the resting phase of the animals, oxygen is depleted faster than nitrate, which allows for short-term dissimilatory nitrate reduction in the immediate surrounding of the burrow (Stief and de Beer, 2006). The root zone of aquatic plants exhibits oxygen and nitrate dynamics that are similar to animal burrows, albeit due to periodic changes in the photosynthetic activity of the plant (Frederiksen and Glud, 2006). In the light, roots release oxygen into the surrounding sediment and stimulate nitrate production by microbial nitrification, while in the dark, nitrate is depleted due to dissimilatory nitrate reduction activities (Risgaard-Petersen and Jensen, 1997). It has been suggested that the nitrate-storing and sulfide-oxidizing Thioploca ingrica are able to exploit nitrate pulses in animal burrows to fill up their nitrate stores (Høgslund et al., 2010). Benthic diatoms and foraminifers are often abundant in this dynamic microenvironment in which conditions conducive to nitrate uptake and dissimilatory nitrate reduction alternate (Alve and Bernhard, 1995; Steward et al., 1996).\nHypoxic or anoxic water bodies in which nitrate is available may also host dissimilatory nitrate reduction mediated by eukaryotes. The ciliate Loxodes sp. is abundant just below the oxic-anoxic interface of stratified lakes, where it reduces nitrate dissimilatorily to nitrite (Finlay et al., 1983; Aleya et al., 1992). Marine pelagic diatoms can move up and down through the water column by controlling their buoyancy (Armbrust, 2009) and are thereby exposed to varying ambient nitrate and oxygen levels (Villareal et al., 1993). Rapid and large-scale transport of diatoms through the water column of the oceans occurs when diatoms and bacteria aggregate to form “marine snow” (Thornton, 2002). Sinking organic aggregates also exhibit internal gradients of oxygen concentration due to microbial respiration and transport limitation of oxygen (Ploug et al., 1997). Under dark conditions (i.e., at night or when aggregates sink out of the photic zone) the center of aggregates may become anoxic, which allows for dissimilatory nitrate reduction (Klawonn et al., 2015). Pelagic diatoms finally sink onto the seafloor, where they still host a large inventory of intracellular nitrate (Lomstein et al., 1990) and may survive in dark, anoxic sediment layers for decades (Härnström et al., 2011), thus far longer than the intracellular nitrate pool would last.\nThe presence of nitrate-storing eukaryotes in sediments leads to large inventories of nitrate that vastly exceed the porewater nitrate contents in some environments, equivalent to what can be observed in sediments colonized with the sulfide-oxidizing bacteria Thioploca sp. or Beggiatoa sp. (Jørgensen and Gallardo, 1999; Sayama, 2001). These intracellular nitrate pools (ICNO3 pools) are measured with a diverse set of methods, such as freeze-thaw cycling, boiling, whole-core squeezing, and centrifugation of environmental samples, which all aim at lysing nitrate-storing cells (e.g., Lomstein et al., 1990; Risgaard-Petersen et al., 2006; Prokopenko et al., 2011; Larsen et al., 2013). In sediments from the Gullmar Fjord, Sweden, for instance, nitrate dissolved in the sediment porewater (PWNO3) accounted for less than 4% of the total nitrate pool (Risgaard-Petersen et al., 2006). The remaining nitrate, as extracted by boiling the sediment, was most likely present in eukaryotic cells since neither Beggiatoa, nor Thioploca was present. The sediment was inhabited by the nitrate-storing foraminifer Globobulimina pseudospinescens, and the cell-bound nitrate was significantly correlated with the abundance of this organism. However, the intracellular nitrate pool of G. pseudospinescens only accounted for approximately 20% of total nitrate in the sediment, leaving open the possibility that other nitrate-storing foraminifers or diatoms, gromiids, and fungi were present. Settled phytoplankton with nitrate-storing representatives among the diatoms, chlorophytes, dinoflagellates, and haptophytes may contribute to the sedimentary ICNO3 pool that is not accounted for by benthic eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Meanwhile, large sedimentary ICNO3 pools were ascribed to the presence of benthic foraminifers in various marine ecosystems (Figures 3A, 4; Table S1). Intracellular nitrate pools were ~4–26 times larger than porewater nitrate pools (Figure 4; Glud et al., 2009; Prokopenko et al., 2011; Glock et al., 2013; Larsen et al., 2013). In three additional studies, it was assumed that both foraminifers and/or diatoms contribute to the ICNO3 pool in marine sediments (Figures 3A,B, 4; Table S1; Høgslund et al., 2010; Marchant et al., 2014; Papaspyrou et al., 2014).\nFigure 3. Vertical profiles of porewater nitrate (PWNO3) and intracellular nitrate (ICNO3) in (A) foraminifer-inhabited and (B) diatom-inhabited marine sediments. Nitrate concentrations are expressed per cm3 of sediment. Note different scales. Data compiled from (A) Risgaard-Petersen et al. (2006) and (B) Heisterkamp et al. (2012).\nFigure 4. Inventories of porewater nitrate (PWNO3) and intracellular nitrate (ICNO3) in various marine sediments. Only studies in which the sedimentary ICNO3 pool is ascribed to nitrate-storing foraminifers and/or diatoms are considered. Data compiled from (1) Risgaard-Petersen et al. (2006), (2) Glud et al. (2009), (3) Prokopenko et al. (2011), (4) Larsen et al. (2013), (5) Glock et al. (2013), (6) Høgslund et al. (2010), (7) Marchant et al. (2014), (8) Papaspyrou et al. (2014), (9) Lomstein et al. (1990), (10) García-Robledo et al. (2010), and (11) Heisterkamp et al. (2012). Details on data extraction can be found in Table S1.\nIn a number of coastal sediments, the total ICNO3 pool has been exclusively assigned to microalgae, in particular to pelagic diatoms that have settled onto the sediment surface (Lomstein et al., 1990) and to benthic diatoms that reside in intertidal sediments (García-Robledo et al., 2010; Heisterkamp et al., 2012; Stief et al., 2013). In natural settings, diatom-associated ICNO3 is diagnosed as a congruent distribution of ICNO3 and fucoxanthin, the marker pigment of diatoms (Stief et al., 2013). In diatom-dominated sediments, the ratio of ICNO3-to-PWNO3 tends to be lower (~5–9) than in foraminifer-dominated sediments (Figure 4; Table S1), but more data need to be collected to confirm this preliminary observation. The pronounced seasonality in intertidal communities of the temperate zone also entails seasonal changes of the diatom-associated ICNO3 pool with high and low values in the cold and warm season, respectively (Stief et al., 2013). It is currently not known whether other nitrate-storing eukaryotes show similar seasonal variation of their ICNO3 contents.\nThe in situ turnover of the sedimentary ICNO3 pool is indicated by elevated δ15NNO3 and δ18ONO3 values (Prokopenko et al., 2011; Bernhard et al., 2012b). These isotope ratios further increase when isolated foraminifers are incubated under anoxic conditions, which confirms dissimilatory nitrate reduction activity fueled by ICNO3 (Bernhard et al., 2012b). Estimated turnover times of ICNO3 vary between ~12 h and ≥1 month (Risgaard-Petersen et al., 2006; Høgslund, 2008; Glud et al., 2009; Bernhard et al., 2012b), which is considerably slower than the turnover of PWNO3 of only 2–4 h, which is determined in sediments inhabited by foraminifers (Glud et al., 2009; Larsen et al., 2013). This slow turnover of ICNO3 by foraminifers and other nitrate-storing eukaryotes has implications for rate measurements based on 15NO3− incubations (Høgslund, 2008). The labeled and non-labeled nitrate pools may not readily mix within short incubation times, which leads to a significant underestimation of benthic denitrification rates determined with the isotope pairing technique (Nielsen, 1992). Additionally, the unintended release of ICNO3 from eukaryotic cells into the sediment porewater due to crude extraction techniques simulates concentration peaks that might be mistaken for nitrate production zones.\nThe quantitative role of eukaryote-associated nitrate reduction has only been addressed for foraminifers. The contribution of foraminiferal denitrification to the total loss of combined nitrogen from marine sediments has been estimated for various benthic settings (Høgslund, 2008; Glud et al., 2009; Piña-Ochoa et al., 2010a; Bernhard et al., 2012b; Glock et al., 2013). Apparently, foraminifers may contribute substantially to benthic denitrification and in some environments they even surpass the contribution from prokaryotes (Figure 5).\nFigure 5. Foraminiferan denitrification and total denitrification in various benthic marine environments. Data compiled from (1) Høgslund et al. (2008), (2) Glud et al. (2009), (3) Piña-Ochoa et al. (2010a), (4) Bernhard et al. (2012b), (5) Glock et al. (2013), and (6) Larsen et al. (2013).\nForaminiferan denitrification is in general estimated from the in situ abundance of live foraminifers and laboratory-based estimates of denitrification rates for individual species, whereas total denitrification is estimated from 15N-enrichment studies, from porewater profiles of nitrate, or from analyzing the distribution of δ15NNO3 in natural settings (Groffman et al., 2006). This approach involves a high degree of uncertainty as (i) there is only limited information about the diversity of foraminiferal denitrification activity (data from only 11 species are available), (ii) the cell-specific activity is typically measured at conditions far from natural environmental conditions, and (iii) foraminiferal denitrification is typically not included in standard techniques used for measuring total denitrification (see above). Therefore, present reports on foraminiferal contribution to benthic denitrification activity should be considered as preliminary attempts. There is certainly a need for methodologies that capture the in situ denitrification activity mediated by eukaryotes vs. prokaryotes.\nThe last decade of research has shown that the eukaryotes have their evolutionary roots in a largely anoxic ocean (Anbar and Knoll, 2002; Martin et al., 2003). Pronounced atmospheric oxygenation occurred around 2.4 to 2.1 billion years ago as a consequence of oxygenic photosynthesis, and is named the Great Oxidation Event (GOE). For a few years, it has been debated whether the first production and local accumulation of oxygen might already have happened 2.7–3.2 billion years ago (Brocks et al., 1999; Lyons et al., 2014; Satkoski et al., 2015). Even after the GOE, however, it was not until ~600 million years ago that widespread oxygenation of the deep ocean occurred (Canfield, 1998; Canfield et al., 2008; Lyons et al., 2014). During this transition period of ~1.8 billion years, oxygen was first produced in oceanic microhabitats, which allowed nitrification, the critical aerobic pathway in the nitrogen cycle that produces nitrate, to proceed. Thus, nitrate was present in the oxic microniches of the Proterozoic ocean, and became available for dissimilatory nitrate reducers living on the edge of the nitrate production zones (Fennel et al., 2005; Canfield et al., 2010).\nThe occurrence of dissimilatory nitrate reduction in very distantly related eukaryotes (Figure 1) raises the question whether the genes involved were present in the single eukaryotic common ancestor that emerged in the largely anoxic Proterozoic ocean, or, alternatively, whether the dissimilatory nitrate reduction pathways we observe today exhibit multiple origins. Neither of the two hypotheses excludes the mitochondrion as the location for eukaryotic nitrate dissimilation. The mitochondrial proteome is a mosaic assemblage of proteins where some are traced to the last mitochondrial ancestor within the Alphaproteobacteria, and some have been acquired from other prokaryotes and eukaryotes through the course of evolution (Gray, 2015).\nThere is ample evidence that contemporary mitochondria-related organelles are derived from the same ancestral organelle (Mentel and Martin, 2008; van der Giezen, 2011) and the genes involved in dissimilatory nitrate reduction could have been introduced during this event. The suggested ancestor of the mitochondria within the Alphaproteobacteria (Yang et al., 1985; Williams et al., 2007; Gray, 2015) is a representative of a metabolically versatile class that contains facultative anaerobic species capable of running both aerobic respiration and denitrification, e.g., Paracoccus denitrificans, which is discussed as a candidate for the protomitochondrion (John and Whatley, 1975; Gray, 2015). The metabolic blueprint provided by the protomitochondrial Alphaproteobacteria has been extensively modified and today we observe diverse functions and biochemical pathways tied to mitochondria in different eukaryotic lineages (Müller et al., 2012). Investigations of mitochondrial proteomes in nitrate-reducing eukaryotes may show diverse routes of acquisition of the proteins involved in the pathways. This seems to be the case at least for the fungi.\nThe fungal nitrate respiration is tied to the mitochondrion and details of the denitrification pathway of the soil fungus F. oxysporum have largely been resolved. The conversion of nitrite to nitric oxide is coupled to the mitochondrial electron transport chain and ATP synthesis and involves a copper-containing nitrite reductase, NirK (Kobayashi et al., 1996; Kim et al., 2009; Long et al., 2015). Because the distribution of the eukaryotic NirK gene is systematic and follows the eukaryotic phylogeny, it is suggested that the trait of nitrite reduction evolved from a single ancestor and was carried into the eukaryotic domain in the endosymbiotic event leading to the evolution of the mitochondrion (Kim et al., 2009; Shoun et al., 2012). Apparently though, the fungal reduction of nitric oxide to nitrous oxide has a different origin (Shoun et al., 2012). This reduction step is mediated by a P450 nitric oxide reductase that is found in both the mitochondria and in the cytoplasm, and it seems that this part of the denitrification pathway has been acquired by lateral gene transfer (Kizawa et al., 1991).\nMoving from the fungi in the Opisthokonta to the ciliates in the Alveolata, we also find that dissimilatory nitrate reduction by the ciliate Loxodes sp. is presumably affiliated with the mitochondria (Finlay et al., 1983; Finlay, 1985). Gene sequences of this nitrate reductase are, however, not available and it is, at the moment, not possible to draw conclusions about the origin of the trait.\nNitrate accumulation is dispersed throughout the foraminiferan phylogeny including allogromiid species, which likely evolved in the Neoproterozoic anoxic ocean and are considered to form a basal order within the foraminifers (Pawlowski et al., 2003). This might suggest that nitrate accumulation was present in the most recent common ancestor of foraminifers, albeit lost in some lineages. Usage of the intracellular nitrate may have evolved differently among foraminiferal lineages, since data at present show that the allogromiids share their nitrate with endobionts (Bernhard et al., 2012a), whereas some more recently evolved rotaliids invoke it in their own dissimilatory metabolic pathways (Risgaard-Petersen et al., 2006).\nGenes for dissimilatory nitrate reduction in diatoms are not known, but diatoms have remarkable genomes with traces of multiple plastid endosymbiotic events allowing migration of genes from the plastid endobiont into the genome (Prihoda et al., 2012). A large number of genes also seem to be derived from bacteria by lateral gene transfer (Bowler et al., 2008; Armbrust, 2009), including genes for nitrite reductases that are targeted at the mitochondria (Allen et al., 2006). This knowledge of the chimeric diatom genomes paves the way for speculations on lateral transfers of genes involved in the dissimilatory use of nitrate, but the examination of such hypotheses requires further sequencing and bioinformatics efforts.\nThe extensive lack of information on the genes and enzymes driving dissimilatory nitrate reduction among the eukaryotes also means that we cannot close in on the time of its evolutionary origin. It can be established, however, that an anaerobic energy metabolism coupled to nitrate reduction was possible in the environmental settings at the time of origin of ascomycete fungi (Lücking et al., 2009; Prieto and Wedin, 2013) and foraminifers (Pawlowski et al., 2003; Groussin et al., 2011). Diatoms evolved only 250 million years ago (Sims et al., 2006; Armbrust, 2009) and existing hypotheses of diatom origins tend to agree that the pre-diatom or “Ur-diatom” developed in shallow marine (and thus more oxygenated) environments (Sims et al., 2006; Medlin, 2011). It will be interesting to follow the evolutionary path of dissimilatory nitrate reduction among eukaryotes when more sequence data becomes available.\nThe study of nitrate storage and dissimilatory nitrate reduction by eukaryotic microbes is still in its infancy. Finding nitrate reduction to nitrite by Loxodes sp. and denitrification by fungi were early milestones reached a few decades ago. More recently though, this research area has gained momentum by the discovery that diatoms and foraminifers are also capable of dissimilatory nitrate reduction coupled to intracellular nitrate storage. Future research activities should address open questions regarding the (i) phylogenetic diversity, (ii) physiology and genetics, and (iii) in situ importance of eukaryotic nitrate storage and dissimilatory nitrate reduction.\nThe known occurrence of nitrate storage and reduction in distant eukaryotic lineages (Figure 1) suggests that these physiological traits are even more widespread among eukaryotes than previously thought. In particular, those lineages for which nitrate storage has already been documented might be “hot candidates” for performing dissimilatory nitrate reduction under anoxic conditions, e.g., gromiids and dinoflagellates (Dortch et al., 1984; Piña-Ochoa et al., 2010a). There is a growing interest in microbial eukaryotes adapted to life under low-oxygen conditions (e.g., Stoeck et al., 2009; Edgcomb et al., 2011; Müller et al., 2012; Bernhard et al., 2014; Parris et al., 2014). An obvious research strategy is, thus, to test known and novel eukaryotic lineages from low-oxygen environments for their ability to store nitrate intracellularly (Step 1) and use nitrate as an alternative electron acceptor (Step 2).\nSome fundamentals of the physiology, biochemistry, and genetics of eukaryotic nitrate storage and reduction are still unknown. While 15N labeling experiments have proven intracellular nitrate as an alternative electron acceptor in dissimilatory processes in fungi, foraminifers, and diatoms, there is still a role for intracellular nitrate in assimilation. The exact partitioning of intracellular nitrate between dissimilation and assimilation remains to be investigated in the diverse nitrate-storing and nitrate-reducing eukaryotes. Further unknowns concern the mechanism and energy requirements of nitrate uptake, the intracellular compartment of nitrate storage, and the spectrum of electron donors used for dissimilatory nitrate reduction (e.g., organic vs. inorganic, external vs. storage compounds).\nThe identification of genes that encode for enzymes involved in dissimilatory nitrate reduction by diatoms and foraminifers is a challenging task that needs particular attention. Knowledge of these genes will not only provide insights into the evolution and biochemistry of dissimilatory nitrate reduction in eukaryotes, but will also enable the development of molecular tools for cultivation-independent investigations directly in the environment. Lessons might be learned from the investigation of denitrifying fungi (Kim et al., 2009; Wei et al., 2015). Several diatom genomes have recently been sequenced, annotated, and interpreted in the context of the cellular nitrogen metabolism (Armbrust et al., 2004; Allen et al., 2006; Bowler et al., 2008). Furthermore, transcriptome sequencing projects of microbial eukaryotes are forthcoming and will provide a rich source of sequence information that can be screened for genes involved in eukaryotic dissimilatory nitrate reduction (Keeling et al., 2014).\nThe question of dissimilatory nitrate reduction mediated by putative bacterial symbionts in foraminifers (Bernhard et al., 2012a) may also be resolved as soon as eukaryotic and prokaryotic genes for this process can be distinguished. Diatoms and fungi are known to host bacterial endosymbionts too (Foster and Zehr, 2006; Kobayashi and Crouch, 2009), but so far there are no reports on an involvement of these symbionts in dissimilatory nitrate reduction. The relationship between endosymbiotic nitrate reducers and a nitrate-storing eukaryotic host is still enigmatic. It seems paradoxical that a host organism should spend energy to accumulate nitrate intracellularly and then leave it to a bacterial partner without any benefit to itself. In some foraminifers, however, endosymbiotic bacteria are known to use intracellular nitrate for synthesizing amino acids from which the eukaryotic host may benefit (Nomaki et al., 2014, 2015).\nThe quantitative role of eukaryotic dissimilatory nitrate reduction in the environment is highly uncertain. It has actually been calculated that denitrification by benthic foraminifers equals denitrification by prokaryotes in some marine sediments (Piña-Ochoa et al., 2010a), and calculations are yet to be done for the other eukaryotes. However, the differential measurement of eukaryotic and prokaryotic rates directly in the environment has not yet been achieved due to methodological constraints, and thus novel techniques that capture the uptake and dissimilatory reduction of nitrate in mixed microbial communities in situ need to be developed. Additionally, there is no consensus method available for measuring ICNO3 pools directly in the environment. It should be evaluated whether freeze-thaw cycling, boiling, whole-core squeezing, and centrifugation are equally efficient in lysing nitrate-storing cells in environmental samples. So far, these techniques also lack selectivity in terms of which taxonomic group contributes how much to the total ICNO3 pool.\nGiven the ubiquitous distribution and high abundance of diatoms, fungi, and foraminifers in marine ecosystems, eukaryotic nitrate storage and dissimilatory nitrate reduction definitely have the potential to contribute significantly to the marine nitrogen cycle. The products of the different pathways of eukaryotic dissimilatory nitrate reduction range from a harmless gas (i.e., dinitrogen) to a strong greenhouse gas (i.e., nitrous oxide) that will escape into the atmosphere. Other products like ammonium or nitrite might be further used by prokaryotes with important roles in nitrogen cycling, such as nitrifiers, denitrifiers, and anammox bacteria. Disentangling the network of nitrogen transformations by eukaryotes and prokaryotes will provide a more comprehensive picture of the marine nitrogen cycle than is currently available.\nThis review article was conceived, written, and edited by all authors.\nThis study was financially supported by a grant from the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) awarded to AK (KA3187/2-1), a grant from the Aarhus University Research Foundation awarded to SH (AU Ideas), and the Danish National Research Foundation (NR-P; DNRF104). Tinna Christensen is acknowledged for help with Figures 1, 2, Emma Hammarlund is thanked for critical comments on the manuscript, and Karen ní Mheallaigh is thanked for proofreading. The manuscript was improved by the critical comments of the reviewers.\n*. ^note that G. turgida was erroneously named G. pseudospinescens in Risgaard-Petersen et al. (2006); see Piña-Ochoa et al. (2010a).\nArnold, Z. M. (1972). Observations on the biology of the protozoan Gromia oviformis. Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool. 100, 1–168.\nHarold, F. M. (1986). The Vital Force: A Study of Bioenergetics. New York, NY: Freeman and Co.\nHøgslund, S. (2008). Nitrate Storage as an Adaption to Benthic Life. Ph.D. thesis, University of Aarhus, Aarhus.\nJepps, M. W. (1926). Contribution to the study of Gromia oviforinis Dujardin. Q. J. Microsc. Sci. 70, 701–719.\nKizawa, H., Tomura, D., Oda, M., Fukamizu, A., Hoshino, T., Gotoh, O., et al. (1991). Nucleotide sequence of the unique nitrate/nitrite-inducible cytochrome P-450 cDNA from Fusarium oxysporum. J. Biol. Chem. 266, 10632–10637.\nKlionsky, D. J., Herman, P. K., and Emr, S. D. (1990). The fungal vacuole: composition, function, and biogenesis. Microbiol. Rev. 54, 266–292.\nKluyver, A. J., and Donker, H. J. L. (1926). Die Einheit in der Biochemie. Chem. Zelle Gewebe 13, 134–190.\nShoun, H., and Tanimoto, T. (1991). Denitrification by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum and involvement of cytochrome P-450 in the respiratory nitrite reduction. J. Biol. Chem. 266, 11078–11082.\nSweerts, J.-P. R. A., and de Beer, D. (1989). Microelectrode measurements of nitrate gradients in the littoral and profundal sediments of a meso-eutrophic lake (Lake Vechten, The Netherlands). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 55, 754–757.\nUsuda, K., Toritsuka, N., Matsuo, Y., Kim, D. H., and Shoun, H. (1995). Denitrification by the fungus Cylindrocarpon tonkinense: anaerobic cell growth and two isozyme forms of cytochrome P-450nor. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61, 883–889.\nCopyright © 2015 Kamp, Høgslund, Risgaard-Petersen and Stief. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
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This draft has shown me that I get as much work done if I schedule two solid, 4-5 hour weekend writing sessions, as when I squeeze in 30 minute to 1 hour sessions after during the weekdays. These shorter sessions also have a way of breaking up my thoughts and making me lose focus, resulting in the mess I made of the last two drafts (sigh). Adjusting my schedule has allowed me to focus on those weekend sessions, and use the weekdays to review chapters and consider revisions. This also grants me more head-space and allows me to enjoy my evenings after work, rather than strain my eyes for another hour. v. good. |
It is a truth universally acknowledged that LGBTQ teenagers must be in want of queer mentors. Thanks to Editor Sarah Moon, it’s now possible for them to glean the wisdom of a variety of LGBT role models in just one trip to the library.\nThe Letter Q: Queer Writers’ Notes to Their Younger Selves is a compilation of letters from sixty-three LGBT writers – from literary greats such as Michael Cunningham, David Levithan and Malinda Lo to lesser-known authors, editors, playwrights, and cartoonists.\nThe sheer number of contributors is impressive, and ensures that there is a diverse collection of perspectives. While The Letter Q can be a bit repetitive at times (as you might expect), it is well organized – the cartoons break up the text, and the length of the letters allow it to be a quick read.\nAlthough there is a wide range of experiences represented, there are noticeably more stories from male writers than female. The real lack is in transgender stories, however – only two contributors are trans*.\nIdentities beyond LGBT (intersex, pansexual, asexual, etc.) are not mentioned; while the book does not purport to include these experiences, their absence is indicative of how even an anthology marketed with a queer audience in mind is pushed towards the mainstream.\nAdditionally, there are no stories from indigenous writers, and surprisingly, none focused on religion. While I understand that not every perspective can be included in one compilation, the stories that are missing speak to perhaps the most marginalized groups. I suspect the teenagers searching for those stories are the ones who need this type of anthology the most, and hope their feedback will spark a conversation about more inclusive editions in the future.\nI will say that one of The Letter Q’s strengths lies in its illustration of how queerness relates to race, gender, and class. Many of the selections reflect not just on gay identity, but how being a gay/lesbian/bisexual person changed the writer’s relationship with her blackness or femaleness or lower-class status, for example. This intersectionality is especially important for young readers to understand – that coming to terms with your sexuality will also change how you see other aspects of yourself.\nOverall, The Letter Q is well worth the read. Despite its omissions, it is still a step in the right direction in terms of supporting LGBTQ teenagers, and will be a source of comfort to all the girls wondering why they feel that inexplicable urge to kiss their best friend. |
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My sides, they hurt. We sewn, we’ve crocheted, we had a vino or two, and we have laughed until we can’t breath as tears stream down our cheeks. The only think we haven’t done is get a decent amount of sleep. Quilt camp 2012 is rocking all kinds of awesome.\nAn ear worm or two.\nWhat are you boogeying to tonight? Link up in the comments and join the fun! |
It's a big change in lifestyle for Lisa. She's left home to go to college, and that means hard work both on her studies and to earn a living. To complicate things further, her roommate Julia has just recruited her as a replacement singer in her band. Making things even more complicated, a number of guys seem to be interested in her - if she can maintain a social life. With exams and gigs looming, can Lisa keep her life together?\nLisa's Love Notes sees you managing Lisa's life as she struggles to balance money, studies and stress along with band practice. Every day you have three slots to fill - morning, afternoon and evening - and you can choose from a range of items to fill these slots. You'll need to attend classes to keep your grades up, go to work to earn cash and get plenty of practice in with the band. But watch those stress levels! If Lisa doesn't get to unwind now and again, she'll quit college - game over. If she gets into debt too much, her landlord will throw her out - game over. You'll need to work hard to keep everything together.\nThe controls are very simple - just tap on options, and select your schedule for each day by dragging the things you want to do into the relevant slots. Note that band recitals and exams are fixed and you have no choice on those. Beware - everything you do will have an impact on your various stats. For instance, a trip to the theatre will reduce your stress and even boost your drama studies, but it'll cost you money. Occasionally you'll meet up with one of a number of friends at the various locations you visit in your schedule, and you may have to give a response to something they say - pick the right response and you'll improve your relationship with them. But which of the various boys around town is your type? Flirty, shy, broody?\nGraphics are a bright, clear cartoon/manga style. Animation is minimal, usually involving characters sliding on and off screen. The scheduler is easy to read and has the various options divided into different category tabs, making it easier to find the one you want, though I really didn't need to be shown how to drag and drop appointments after the fifteenth time or so. You can see Lisa's stats from the menu, though this isn't as user friendly as it could be. And what do they mean? Money and stress are easy enough, but what grades does she need for her exams? And how do you judge your singing performance?\nSound effects are very limited, largely consisting of click sounds when you select options, but then this isn't a very sound-heavy game. There are a couple of cheerful background tunes (one for the main menu, the other for the game itself) but these are fairly short and loop continuously. There's an option to turn the sound off, which you may decide to use after a fairly short time!\nThe controls are very simple and the basic gameplay is easy to understand, though my first attempt at Lisa's Love Notes saw me going home from college after just a short week as she collapsed from stress! It's all left quite open ended and there are no clear instructions on what everything is actually FOR. Does band practice impact on your performance, or is it your Music grade? What grades do you need to stay in school? Are the exams on every subject or just one at a time, and if so, which? Even now I'm not actually sure whether I'm "winning". I do know there doesn't seem to be enough time to do everything at once!\nYou only have one saved game going at a time, but you can restart any time you like. Remember to Save your game now and again - though if it all goes badly, you can reload your last save and try again. In theory this means you can try a different strategy - perhaps you'd rather chat up Andre than Kyle? - but given that most of the game is about surviving college, I'm not sure there's a huge range of options here. Certainly so far I've been wondering if I'm missing something; I have an "is this it?" feeling, making me wonder if I've not grasped the point yet. After 32 or so days, my game came to an abrupt end - grades were average, musical ability was average, relationships never really got started. Should I have specialised in something? Did my grades simply not come up to scratch? I've no idea. And watch you don't do what I did once by getting into debt just before a day with both exams and gig - with no opportunity to earn any money, it was game over the next day.\nI like the concept behind Lisa's Love Notes and I found it simple to operate. The graphics and sound are clear and professional. I just didn't get any sense of what I was supposed to be doing, and as a result it never really worked for me. Perhaps with some clearer objectives I would have enjoyed it more; instead, I felt I was just treading water. Maybe I'm simply not the target market.\nKeywords: lisa's love notes review, nerdy lizard, llc. reviews, nerdy lizard, llc. games, lisa's love notes scores, pc game reviews, indie game reviews, independent gaming. |
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bake in a greased loaf pan for 50 to 55 minutes at 375 fahrenheit. watch your oven, if too hot, back down to 350. cool briefly, pop out, slice, enjoy.\nps-and for goodness sake don't try to buy a single beer less you be chastised by the store clerk and forced to purchase a six pack! i have five more loaves to make now. bread anyone?\nps-ps-a friend wrote me a note telling me she had made a similar recipe, but added an entire stick of butter, melted, to the top before baking. i think i will try that next time, but only with a half stick. yum.\nOh--nice and easy! Perfect for soup and stew weather, too.\nI love beer bread, the last time I made it however it was soo boozy that my husband was embarrassed to eat it at work!\nLOL - no single beers - good to know!\nOh my heart. So simple. And it looks delicious : ) Laughing my head off about trying to buy just one bottle : ) So funny!\nMy beer loving husband would dig this bread!!! |
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Clients often ask their brokers and agents for advice when adding or removing persons from title in conveyances which are outside of a fee transaction. Such advice would be based on knowledge about conveyances or other transfers which change title and trigger reassessments as dictated by Proposition 13 (Prop. 13).\nWhen a title transfer triggers reassessment, the property will be reassessed establishing a new base year value for the property equal to the market value (current price) of the property at the time of transfer. However, not all transfers trigger reassessment.\nA common transfer which DOES trigger reassessment is a transfer between siblings. Also, be careful when dealing with transfers of partial interests as they may trigger reassessment. Advise your clients to seek legal advice prior to making any title or ownership changes if they are unsure if the modification/transfer will result in reassessment of their property taxes.\nAccording to the California State Board of Equalization, a transfer from parent to child(ren) upon death would not constitute reassessment if the transfer meets the terms outlined in the California Revenue and Taxation Code.\nEveryone’s situation is unique. We recommended that you seek legal advise before transferring title, even in the event of the death of a parent.\nWhat about a living trust transfer from parent to child or children upon death of the parent? Would that transfer trigger a reassessment? |
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