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__label__cc	0.748815	0.251185	BiographyCurriculum Vitae (CV)ScreeningsFilmographyBibliographyTeaching and Artist TalksLive Performances and CollaborationsResidencies, Awards, CharitiesContactArtist Statement AshnestA&IDresden SeriesTranslucent ConcreteIn-N-OutPartial EclipseVIEWsConstruction ProxyStaring and CursingRussian Revolution. A Contested LegacyBlue Flame: Constructions and InitiativesHybrid GazeTerra Corpus (Walking the Sea and Hyperborea)At the Back of the North WindCounter Geometries Paintings and Murals Works on Paper and Editions Public Commissions Sculpture and Objects Architectural Collaborations Video Photography Live Perfomances Monographs and Catalogs Essays and Texts Conversations Press and Media KinoSaito Residency In-N-Out at University of Massachusetts Amherst Murals: interior flat wall enamel (Behr brand) (two rectangles of 184 inches x 99 inches /467.4 x 251.5 cm) each Paintings: VIEW_5A_02, VIEW_5A_04, pigment, acrylic and oil on wood. 37.5 × 60 inches. Anton Ginzburg: In-N-Out at University of Massachusetts Amherst curated by Grigori Fateyev The exhibition "In-N-Out" by Anton Ginzburg is an installation that includes a mural and paintings from the VIEWs series that examines the process of viewing through a suggested 'window' into opposite directions of the diagrammatic landscape. The installation is both a reaction to and intervention in the existing space of the gallery. A subtle effect of the layered and overlapping geometries that create the Design Building Gallery is the quality of the space in flux, in perpetual transition. In his essay "Of Other Spaces," Michel Foucault states, "the heterotopia is capable of juxtaposing in single real space, several spaces, several sites that in themselves incompatible." The outer boundary of the room is blurred; the condition heightens the sense that could be described as "heterotopia," the space that is many-places. The site of the mural is a space that shares many identities: inside of the building and outside of the building, the space of the observation, and the space to be observed. The mural is composed of two rectangles, with an aspect ratio of a video screen. Two frames of the composition suggest a video sequence, a proto moving image. The wall is not dematerialized, but the connection between the wall and image space of the mural is in tension. Through the tools of repetition, scale, and shift, Anton Ginzburg expands the diagrammatic depth of the surface, engaging the entire space of the gallery. The gridlines are an echo of the curtain wall; they function as a framing device for the elements in each screen and appear in both parts of the mural suggesting a continuous structure and visual rhythm. Two paintings (VIEW_5A_03 and VIEW_5A_04) stacked on top of the mural's surface function as the positioning of viewpoint (eye) in relation to the color fields of the abstract landscape. Their geometries are based on diagrammatic representations of the binocular field of human vision. The optical diagram is treated as a subject and is interpreted as a condensed color-scape. In the essay "Sculpture in the Expanded Field," Rosalind Krauss's describes a condition where architecture and non-architecture intersect, "a process of mapping the axiomatic features of the architectural experience- the abstract conditions of openness and closure-onto the reality of given space." By utilizing and drawing upon the geometries of seeing, framing, and representation as they were developed by artists and architects associated with the Constructivist movement, Anton Ginzburg's work studies the relationship between physical and represented space. His paintings and murals, and the way they are installed invite one to inhabit contemporary condition and conceptual landscape through the prism of the modernist vocabulary. https://www.umass.edu/architecture/event/anton-ginzburg-n-out	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0039.json.gz/line7
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But China isn’t the only threat in cyberspace. Numerous pirates are sailing the cyber domain looking to reap the bounty of others or pillage the innocent. To assure a peaceful and prosperous future, we must keep the global cyber commons free and open. The mission is threefold: preserve space for the free exchange of ideas, debate, collaboration, and information sharing; provide a secure environment protected from malicious and illegal activity; and keep cyberspace humming as an engine of access and affluence. None of these are the tasks of government alone and nor should the commons only be governed by corporate interests. Civil society has an important role to play in linking vibrant, creative, credible, and technically knowledgeable voices committed to advancing freedom, security, and prosperity for all. New initiatives are needed to make that happen. Here, we outline the framework we believe is required to match the challenges and opportunities the free world faces in cyberspace today. The New Commons The “commons” is an old term with new relevance. For centuries, global prosperity benefited from freedom of the seas: the right of all nations to navigate freely, lay submarine cables, fish, and conduct scientific research in international waters. All of this facilitated global exchange and, in the modern era, nations went further by negotiating land travel and air transit rights to enable global commerce and transit. Safeguarding these “commons” has long been a strategic objective and vital interest for many free nations. >>> Big Tech’s National Security Red Herring Today, cyberspace is a new commons that is equally crucial to the free exchange of ideas, goods, services, and people. Though nations do not have sovereignty over cyberspace per se, they do retain sovereignty over access to cyberspace and its use within their borders. Thus, collective national action has created the contemporary cyberspace commons. Securing porous digital borders in cyberspace will continue to be challenging for those seeking to responsibly maintain the commons. The cyber commons are impacted by all the elements of national power, including military, economic, diplomatic, legal, and technical means and capabilities. Civil society plays a vital role in developing policies on how to blend these instruments to best serve peace, prosperity, and security. As the leading connector among governments, the corporate world, academia, and the public, nonpartisan research institutions are uniquely suited to protect, preserve, and empower cyberspace. This kind of networking is often called Track II diplomacy, characterized by collaboration between non-governmental organizations (NGOs), which informs and “backchannels” information to government policymakers and provides objective and transparent research and knowledge in the public sphere to inform open debate. Today, an interactive network of cooperation among members of the free world for the cyber commons has particular urgency. Growing External Threats. China has robust ambitions in cyberspace and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) doctrine builds on a foundation of “civil-military” fusion. This means that all of the nation’s capabilities are subject to state authority and every instrument of economic, scientific, and military power can be applied in cyberspace. Conversely, cyber capabilities can be used in the service of government-directed activities. 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The convergence of 5G (and even more capable and differing telecom infrastructure such as 6G and O-RAN), artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, quantum computing, and virtual technologies offer a revolution in next-generation digital capabilities. The free world must be prepared to leverage these new technologies, protect their intellectual property, and ensure the resiliency of its infrastructure. We must also prepare to deal with the threats these technologies could be harnessed to produce. Powering the Future. The fate of the digital commons is thoroughly intertwined with environmental and energy policies. In the future, the cyber commons are going to demand much more electricity. The free world needs a sensible policy that will deliver abundant, affordable, and reliable energy while addressing environmental concerns. Global climate policies that look to transition to green technologies rapidly won’t deliver either. We need better ideas. There are four steps to build robust, powerful, and resilient networks. Recruit the Network. Networks won’t work if the people you pull into them don’t have the right skills, knowledge, and attributes. In other words, the people running the networks must have the means to do the right stuff in the real world. Bureaucracies don’t drive outcomes; determined people seeking positive relationships do. Build a Value Proposition. What keeps people returning to a network is the satisfaction that they are getting something they want or need out of it. To make a network work, give people a reason to want to come back and engage. Operationalize the Network. Building a network is of no use if you don’t do something meaningful that has maximum impact. Build a Feedback Loop. Productive networks have the capacity to measure steps one through three and use that input to build more capacity, capability, resilience, and partners into their network. These are the steps that should guide the effort to create a Track II cyber network for the free world and ones we have modeled our initiatives after. >>> When Government Colludes With Big Tech to Censor Americans Networking should start with the foundation of the free world’s power, including the United States, Canada, the Indo-Pacific, Western Europe, and the Middle East. These lily pads of power and geography link the world together. The Heritage Foundation and other partner research institutions have looked to establish bilateral joint projects in key strategic countries. For instance, we have undertaken collaborative projects with think tanks in South Korea and India and looked to build on these initiatives with projects that mirror critical strategic groupings. For instance, we are working on a cyber Quad (the U.S., India, Australia, and Japan), focused on a unique set of nations working toward a more free, secure, and prosperous Indo-Pacific. We are looking at a similar process in Europe among partners in NATO and the Three Seas Initiative, as well as in the Middle East with participants in the Abraham Accords. These nodes must serve as an example for stronger cooperation across the Atlantic world from the Arctic to the shores of Southern Europe, Latin America, and Africa. The capacity for cyber action should be kept as free and open as the Atlantic Ocean. The United States and Europe also have an interest in extending the free world’s digital bridge. As this network scales, it will provide a unique global capability for the free world to think and act on present and emerging challenges related to cyberspace. Today there are many instruments of global engagement ranging from crisis response networks to private industry groups, state-to-state cooperation, and international organizations. But if these partnerships were adequate to address the significant challenges we face, the solutions would already be in hand. Unfortunately, they are not. It is precisely for that reason that the think tank community must step into the breach. This piece originally appeared in The National Interest https://nationalinterest.org/feature/protecting-cyber-commons-band-brothers-approach-205899 Mon, 21 Nov 2022 09:26:00 -0600 en text/html https://www.heritage.org/technology/commentary/protecting-the-cyber-commons-band-brothers-approach Killexams : Best foundations for melanated skin (Image source : Instagram / @fentybeauty) Foundations haven’t always been skin-friendly, but you can get the best of both worlds in a new world of innovation. Makeup products have been a key culprit for clogged pores and skin breakouts if worn for extended periods. Now, many foundations have extreme benefits for the skin, like nourishment, hydration, and leaving a natural glow. If you wear foundation regularly, it is only fitting to want better for your skin underneath. 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To date, the majority of hydrogen is produced from fossil fuels, such as natural gas, coal and oil. Such fossil-derived hydrogen must be purified from common contaminants (e.g., CO2, CH4, CO and H2S) for further fuel cell applications. Fossil-derived hydrogen-assisted water splitting using a dense oxygen-ion-conduction ceramic membrane is a promising H2-purification technique due to the membrane's 100% oxygen selectivity for directly obtaining pure hydrogen. However, existing oxygen-conducting membranes suffer from chemical stability issues under the above harsh operating conditions. Recently, researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have developed a new "Interface-reaction-induced reassembly" approach to fabricating multilayered ceramic membranes with ceria-based thin-film for stable hydrogen production. The study was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition on Nov. 3. "Multilayered ceramic membranes are typically fabricated using layer-by-layer deposition methods. However, these methods often require a serial procedure, and the thickness of the dense thin layers is commonly between 10 and 1000 μm. In addition, the deposited thin layers often delaminate from the support layers during co-sintering," said corresponding author Prof. Jiang Heqing from QIBEBT. Inspired by the architectural structure of the rooted grasses in soil, the researchers developed an interface-reaction-induced reassembly approach to fabricating a three-layered ceramic membrane with an oxygen-conducting dense thin layer rooted in its parent layer, directly resulting from a single-step sintering of dual-phase ceramic precursors. "In this new approach, by deliberately applying a proper etchant Al2O3, the surface Fe-containing grains in the pressed pellet were selectively etched via interface reactions at high temperatures, producing reaction enthalpy," said Associate Professor He Guanghu from QIBEBT, first author of the study. "The heat is expected to increase the local temperature for driving the reassembly of the surface-isolated fluorite-type grains into a dense thin layer that cut off the interface reactions, avoiding the continuous growth of the thin layer." With this interface-reaction-induced reassembly approach, the researchers found that the resulting ceria-based layers were very thin (~1 μm), highly dense and adhered strongly to the parent layers, not only significantly reducing ionic transport resistance, but also ensuring the structural integrity of the multilayered membranes for various applications. Using the developed multilayered membrane, the researchers demonstrated hydrogen production from water splitting assisted by oxidation of simulated coke oven gas containing H2, CH4, CO2, CO and H2S. They found that the membrane with a CGO dense thin layer showed very long durability (>1000 hours), underscoring the promise of high-performance membrane reactors for hydrogen production in practical conditions. "These results suggest that this technique paves the way for the development of high-performance multilayered ceramics with functional layers for various applications, for example solid oxide fuel cells and solid oxide electrolysis cells. This is also the focus of our future work," said Prof. Jiang Heqing from QIBEBT, who led the study. More information: Guanghu He et al, Multilayered Ceramic Membrane with Ion Conducting Thin Layer Induced by Interface Reaction for Stable Hydrogen Production, Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2022). 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Provide opportunities to advance: It’s hard to experience job satisfaction if you don’t feel like you’re growing and getting better at what you do. Look for ways to give your employees opportunities to advance, and talk to them about new positions that will be available as the company grows. Remember birthdays: Don’t let staff birthdays come and go without acknowledging them. Mark the dates of all your employees’ birthdays in your calendar and order them a cake, or something similar, to celebrate. It may seem like a small gesture, but it will go a long way toward showing your employees you care about them. Taking A Personal Approach To Customers Your customers drive your business, so you need to consider their interactions with your company from their point of view. Staying connected to your customers and showing them you care about their opinion will build long-term brand loyalty, much like it would if you were in their shoes. One of the easiest ways to do this is by simply thanking your customers for their business. If you’re a small business, you may be able to call each customer personally and thank them for their support. Another option is to send cards thanking your customers for their business. You can also send holiday cards to show your appreciation, but you don’t just want to engage your customers when things are going well—it’s just as important to reach out when there’s a problem. Instead of seeing complaints as a hassle, use them as opportunities to strengthen the relationship with your customers. Mistakes are inevitable, and when you apologize and do what you can to fix the problem, it builds trust with your customers. Taking A Personal Approach Can Lead To Bigger Business Results As a business owner, you need to find ways to motivate and inspire your employees. Happy employees will be more productive, more engaged with their work, and more creative, which can also lead to lower employee turnover rates and help your bottom line. Your goal with each customer is to increase the customer lifetime value (CLV). A high CLV means that customer brings in more revenue for your business. By building credibility and trust with your customers, you’ll lower your customer churn and, of course, make each customer more impactful for your longevity. As technology becomes more advanced, it’s easy for businesses to lose sight of what really matters. We can automate processes and communicate with our team/customers through apps for convenience, but if we don’t focus on the human component of our relationships, simplicity becomes much less important. When you take a personal approach in business, you treat your employees and customers as individuals and look for personalized solutions to every problem. You look beyond your CRM and Slack to find ways to build strong relationships—an old approach to a new challenge. Take the time, put yourself in someone else’s shoes, and strategize to implement systems that benefit your team and customers just as much as your profit line. Forbes Finance Council is an invitation-only organization for executives in successful accounting, financial planning and wealth management firms. Do I qualify? Sun, 13 Nov 2022 22:30:00 -0600 Joe Camberato en text/html https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesfinancecouncil/2022/11/14/why-taking-a-personal-approach-to-business-can-yield-big-results/ Killexams : A radical new approach in synthetic chemistry Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory helped measure how unpaired electrons in atoms at one end of a molecule can drive chemical reactivity on the molecule's opposite side. As described in a paper recently published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, this work, in collaboration with Princeton University, shows how molecules containing these so-called free radicals could be used in a whole new class of reactions. "Most reactions involving free radicals take place at the site of the unpaired electron," explained Brookhaven Lab chemist Matthew Bird, one of the co-corresponding authors on the paper. The Princeton team had become experts in using free radicals for a range of synthetic applications, such as polymer upcycling. But they've wondered whether free radicals might influence reactivity on other parts of the molecule as well, by pulling electrons away from those more distant locations. "Our measurements show that these radicals can exert powerful 'electron-withdrawing' effects that make other parts of the molecule more reactive," Bird said. The Princeton team demonstrated how that long-distance pull can overcome energy barriers and bring together otherwise unreactive molecules, potentially leading to a new approach to organic molecule synthesis. Combining capabilities The research relied on the combined resources of a Princeton-led DOE Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) focused on Bio-Inspired Light Escalated Chemistry (BioLEC). The collaboration brings together leading synthetic chemists with groups having advanced spectroscopic techniques for studying reactions. Its funding was recently renewed for another four years. Robert Knowles, who led Princeton's role in this research, said, "This project is an example of how BioLEC's combined expertise enabled the team to quantify an important physical property of these radical species, that in turn allowed us to design the resulting synthetic methodology." The Brookhaven team's major contribution is a technique called pulse radiolysis -- available only at Brookhaven and one other location in the U.S. "We use the Laser Electron Accelerator Facility (LEAF) -- part of the Accelerator Center for Energy Research (ACER) in Brookhaven's Chemistry Division -- to generate intense high-energy electron pulses," Bird explained. "These pulses allow us to add or subtract electrons from molecules to make reactive species that might be difficult to make using other techniques, including short-lived reaction intermediates. With this technique, we can step into one part of a reaction and monitor what happens." For the current study, the team used pulse radiolysis to generate molecules with oxygen-centered radicals, and then measured the "electron-withdrawing" effects on the other side of the molecule. They measured the electron pull by tracking how much the oxygen at the opposite side attracts protons, positively charged ions sloshing around in solution. The stronger the pull from the radical, the more acidic the solution has to be for protons to bind to the molecule, Bird explained. The Brookhaven scientists found the acidity had to be high to enable proton capture, meaning the oxygen radical was a very strong electron withdrawing group. That was good news for the Princeton team. They then demonstrated that it's possible to exploit the "electron-withdrawing" effect of oxygen radicals by making parts of molecules that are generally inert more chemically reactive. "The oxygen radical induces a transient 'polarity reversal' within the molecule -- causing electrons that normally want to remain on that distant side to move toward the radical to make the 'far' side more reactive," Bird explained. These findings enabled a novel substitution reaction on phenol based starting materials to make more complex phenol products. "This is a great example of how our technique of pulse radiolysis can be applied to cutting-edge science problems," said Bird. "We were delighted to host an excellent graduate student, Nick Shin, from the Knowles group for this collaboration. We look forward to more collaborative projects in this second phase of BioLEC and seeing what new problems we can explore using pulse radiolysis." Brookhaven Lab's role in this work and the EFRC at Princeton were funded by the DOE Office of Science (BES). Princeton received additional funding for the synthesis work from the National Institutes of Health. Tue, 22 Nov 2022 10:00:00 -0600 en text/html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/11/221123193708.htm Killexams : A new approach might help scientists see inside a neutron star Substituting can be a tricky art, especially when stars are involved. When massive stars explode, they can collapse into extremely dense — and mysterious — objects known as neutron stars. But neutron stars are too far away and much too small for even the most powerful telescopes to look inside, so scientists want to find a way to figure out what a neutron star is made of. In new research, astrophysicists tested a potential approach to determining the state of the matter inside a neutron star. (More familiar states of matter are solid, liquid and gas.) What scientists want to know is a neutron star's equation of state, or EoS. This equation describes the properties of matter in an object or substance. But getting the precise measurements needed to solve this equation for a neutron star, especially its radius, has not been easy. Related: Hubble Space Telescope finds neutron star collision's jet travels nearly as fast as light So the researchers tested whether they could simplify the effort by substituting another measurement for the neutron star's radius. They turned to what scientists call the peak spectral frequency of the gravitational waves — ripples in space-time — that are emitted when neutron stars merge into one larger neutron star. The glob of dense star stuff that remains after such a collision will spew out massive gravitational waves as it moves back and forth while rotating at breakneck speed. The signal from these waves can be picked up by the hypersensitive instruments of a gravitational wave observatory like the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). "At least in principle, the peak spectral frequency can be calculated from the gravitational wave signal emitted by the wobbling remnant of two merged neutron stars," Elias Most, an astrophysicist at the Institute for Advanced Study in New Jersey and co-author on the new research, said in a statement. Until now, scientists assumed f2 could stand in for a neutron star's radius because the two values are often linked to each other. But that is not always the case, the new research determined. Instead, to make the substitution work, scientists must incorporate a second value related to the neutron star's mass and radius. The researchers hope that this determination will help scientists shed light on a theory that the neutrons in the cores of these stars break down into even smaller subatomic particles, called quarks. The research is described in a paper published in July in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. Sat, 12 Nov 2022 21:00:00 -0600 en text/html https://www.space.com/neutron-star-equation-of-state Killexams : The 6 Best Vegan Foundations © Provided by Bustle When you're looking for specifics in your makeup, some qualifications can be hard to pin down (think words like "clean" or "natural,” which lack a clear, common definition within the beauty industry). But other criteria you might consider crucial, such as whether or not a product is vegan, are actually easy to identify. Whether you're just starting to build a vegan beauty routine or you’re looking for some new products to add to your long-established collection, your daily foundation is a great place to start. The best vegan foundations have formulas that are entirely free from animal-derived ingredients or animal by-products, such as beeswax, honey, and collagen. With that established, you can further narrow things down by taking into account your own personal preferences. On the list ahead, you'll find liquid, powder, and even stick foundations that provide a variety of finishes and coverage levels. Because these foundations don't contain any animal-derived ingredients, you'll also notice that they contain more plant-based ingredients, like aloe vera and grape seed oil, which offer plenty of skin care benefits. Vegan and cruelty-free are often used interchangeably in the beauty world. And while you'll typically find that most vegan beauty products are also cruelty-free, the same doesn't always hold true the other way around. (Vegan means that the product is free from animal-derived ingredients, while cruelty-free means that the product has never been tested on animals.) Typically, you'll be able to identify a vegan product by combing through the label on the box or visiting the company's website where you can find a vegan callout in the product's description or on the company's FAQ page. But if you're on the hunt for more information about vegan beauty products and brands, there are several organizations you can turn to, including PETA and Ethical Elephant. Shop The Best Vegan Foundations In a hurry? Here are the best vegan foundations: Best Liquid Matte Vegan Foundation: Cover FX Power Play Foundation Best Liquid Matte Vegan Foundation Under $20: NYX Can't Stop Won't Stop Foundation Best Pressed Powder Vegan Foundation: Mineral Fusion Pressed Powder Foundation Best Pressed Powder Vegan Foundation With SPF: PÜR Cosmetics 4-In-1 Pressed Mineral Makeup SPF 15 Best Vegan Stick Foundation: Mented Cosmetics Skin By Mented Best Vegan Skin Tint: ILIA Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40 1. Best Liquid Matte Vegan Foundation Cover FX Power Play Foundation © Provided by Bustle For oily skin types or anyone looking for a full-coverage foundation that still feels lightweight, Cover FX’s Power Play Foundation has you covered. The liquid foundation is waterproof, sweat-proof, and buildable, so you can achieve medium coverage with a light layer of product or build it up for fuller coverage. Rice hull powder gives the foundation a soft matte finish and helps absorb excess oil and sweat from skin throughout the day, while ingredients like rice bran wax and fermented algae extract leave skin feeling smooth (and even offer protection against environmental stressors like pollution). The brand reports that all of its products are vegan and cruelty-free, and the foundation is also free of parabens, phthalates, mineral oil, talc, and fragrance. Finish: Natural Matte Coverage: Medium To Full Available Shades: 36 Relevant Review: "Feels like you have nothing on. It matches my skin tone perfectly and doesn't dry out my face. I've tried many different products over the years, and I would have to say that this one by far is the best." 2. Best Liquid Matte Vegan Foundation Under $20 NYX Can't Stop Won't Stop Foundation Finding vegan makeup doesn't necessarily mean you have to spend more money. In fact, drugstore brands like NYX have made a commitment to offering more products that are cruelty-free and vegan, and its Can't Stop Won't Stop Foundation is a fan favorite with more than 8,000 five-star Amazon ratings. With an impressive 45-color shade range, the foundation provides long-lasting, waterproof coverage. Those with oily and acne-prone skin will also be happy to know that this is a noncomedogenic formula that won't clog pores and works to minimize shine. Finish: Matte Coverage: Full Available Shades: 45 Relevant Review: "Hands down the best foundation I have ever used. Has a matte finish. I've tried dozens and this is the one that goes on with excellent coverage and a flawless finish. I don't have to use a primer, nor do I have to use a finishing spray. I can just put the foundation right onto my face and look perfect until the moment I take it off." 3. Best Pressed Powder Vegan Foundation Mineral Fusion Pressed Powder Foundation Powder foundations tend to get a bad rap for feeling dry on skin or leaving it looking cakey, but Mineral Fusion’s Pressed Powder Foundation solved that problem with its vegan, matte-finish formula that still manages to be moisturizing. The hypoallergenic and fragrance-free pick uses a blend of skin-soothing and moisturizing ingredients like white tea leaf extract, pomegranate seed extract, and vitamin E to leave skin looking and feeling smooth. Finish: Matte Coverage: Light To Medium Available Shades: 24 Relevant Review: "Works so well on my highly sensitive skin. Does not cause any breakouts and works as an eyeshadow primer and concealer as well. Has reduced my time in the morning by 10 minutes. Would recommend to anyone with oily and acne-prone skin, as it allows you to go from matte to dewy throughout the day. Never cakes up even after sweating. Any smudges are easy to blend with your hands as well. Love this and will never use another foundation again." 4. Best Pressed Powder Vegan Foundation With SPF PÜR Cosmetics 4-In-1 Pressed Mineral Makeup SPF 15 Another vegan pressed powder compact, PÜR Cosmetics gives you SPF 15 protection using titanium dioxide (you'll still want to apply an SPF 30 or higher sunscreen underneath this to keep your skin properly protected, though). The brand’s 4-In-1 Pressed Mineral Makeup SPF 15 is a light-to-medium-coverage foundation that even includes a mirror for easy on-the-go application. While the powder is infused with multiple nourishing ingredients like shea butter and vitamin E, if your skin is on the sensitive side, you may want to sit this one out since it also contains retinol and lactic acid. Finish: Natural Coverage: Light To Medium Available Shades: 22 Relevant Review: "I really like this product. It never looks cakey, it doesn't dry out my skin, yet it covers the shine and gives a nice sheer, smooth finish. As another reviewer has said, it doesn't last all day. That might be the only drawback. I definitely noticed that after five or six hours it could use a re-application. Otherwise, I'd say it's a perfect product for me. Bonus that it has SPF." 5. Best Vegan Stick Foundation Mented Cosmetics Skin By Mented For a creamier texture that's great for dry skin, Mented Cosmetics created this Skin By Mented foundation stick. The buildable-coverage foundation replaces beeswax (a common animal-derived ingredient) with vegetable-derived candelilla wax, which gives this a richer feeling as it glides over skin. Ingredients like hyaluronic acid, grape seed oil, and castor seed oil provide this hypoallergenic foundation with even more moisturizing benefits. And while the shade range isn’t as extensive, Mented Cosmetics is a Black-owned beauty brand that was founded with the intention of creating makeup that's more inclusive for darker skin tones. Relevant Review: "This foundation/concealer stick has a nice light, creamy finish. I like that it lays smooth and pretty much melts into your skin. It’s thick, but not the bad kind of thick where you feel like it’s sitting on top of your skin - it definitely blends in evenly. I have eczema, so I also like that it’s cruelty free and doesn’t have a bunch of products and chemicals in it. I’m definitely considering ordering another [stick] to use as concealer moving forward. 10 out of 10!" 6. Best Vegan Skin Tint ILIA Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40 Skin care comes first with ILIA’s Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40, which starts with mineral sun protection courtesy of non-nano zinc oxide. Plant-based squalane and hyaluronic acid help to keep skin moisturized (and give the tint its dewy finish), while multi-tasking niacinamide has skin-calming and brightening benefits. Though it calls itself a skin tint, dozens of Amazon reviewers report that the formula gives surprisingly good coverage, making it more akin to a foundation. Plus, it's free from silicones, fragrances, and oils, making it a solid choice for both sensitive and acne-prone skin types. Finish: Dewy Coverage: Light Available Shades: 28 Relevant Review: "I typically don’t wear foundation and was looking for something that wasn’t cakey or full coverage and this is perfect! I have sensitive skin and this checks all the boxes for that. I will definitely re-purchase once this bottle is gone!" Sat, 29 Oct 2022 01:14:00 -0500 en-US text/html https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/the-6-best-vegan-foundations/ar-AA13vPzo Killexams : The Best Foundations With Skincare Perks It's 2022, and foundation formulas have come a long, long way. Charlotte Tilbury/ Nars/ Cle de Peau/ InStyle Back in the day, there was the risk that a product could clog your pores and break you out. And while that can still be the case today, many foundations are now jam-packed with skincare benefits, and it makes perfect sense. If I wear this product almost daily, I want to see my skin transform for the better over time. Why didn’t we think of this sooner? I say, better late than never! But with the emergence of so many new multitasking foundations, choosing the right one for you can be hard to navigate. As a makeup artist and beauty expert, I am here to guide you in the right direction — and the following hybrid foundations have got you covered (quite literally). NARS Light Reflecting Advanced Skincare Foundation To shop: $50; narscosmetics.com Ever since this foundation launched, I have been utterly obsessed, to say the least. The finish leaves you with the look of a glowy goddess with naturally luminous skin. I like to layer this foundation for medium, buildable coverage. In terms of skincare, the formula is infused with biomimetic oat, which helps reduce the appearance of redness, along with Japanese lilyturf to help retain moisture. Cacao peptides and milk thistle help reduce the effect of blue light and environmental stressors on our skin. Pro tip: If you have oily skin like myself, and happen to find this formula too shiny, mix in your favorite mattifying foundation and you’re good to go! L’Oréal Paris True Match Nude Plumping and Hydrating Tinted Serum with 1% Hyaluronic Acid To shop: $14; amazon.com This viral sensation is a fan favorite for a reason. L’Oréal hit the nail on the head with this foundation-serum hybrid. The addition of one percent hyaluronic acid makes all the difference by visibly plumping and hydrating the skin. Studies claim that skincare benefits can be seen in as little as three weeks. I find myself reaching for this when I want a quick light base on days I’m strapped for time. You can apply this with your fingers as you would a serum for buildable coverage. I love finding drugstore gems, and this one is a diamond in the rough. Clinique Even Better Clinical Serum Foundation Broad Spectrum SPF 25 To shop: $30; clinique.com Funny story, I actually stumbled upon this foundation, and it shook me. The finish is natural and looks flawless on the skin. I’m someone who struggles with large pores, and my skin was blurred! The coverage is full, and I mean full – not a single spot was left on my face once it was applied. The formula is filled with hyaluronic acid to hydrate, vitamin C to brighten and salicylic acid to re-texturize the skin. Not to mention that it also contains SPF 25, an added bonus. Based on clinical results, over time this formula helps brighten dark spots, discoloration, and improves smoothness. What does this foundation not do? Clé de Peau Beauté The Foundation To shop: $270; cledepeaubeaute.com Have you ever encountered a foundation that sits on a throne? Me neither! This foundation was a splurge for me, but everything about it screams luxury. So get ready for some fancy terminology: The formula contains precious lakesis complex with chai hu extract for elasticity, Japanese prickly ash, thyme and chestnut rose extracts to firm, along with a skin-empowering illuminator to help shield internal and external stressors on the skin. The Foundation comes with a tiny golden spatula to distribute the product and I think of this whole experience as self-care. I feel like a princess when applying this sheer formula and my skin looks so plump and hydrated afterwards. Treat yourself, you deserve it! Charlotte Tilbury Beautiful Skin Medium Coverage Liquid Foundation with Hyaluronic Acid To shop: $46; sephora.com This Charlotte Tilbury foundation is worth all the hype. The ultra-hydrating, vegan formula looks like a second skin with an added glow. The coverage is medium, but you can layer it up and apply it with brush for a bit more coverage. Pro tip: I like to spot conceal before applying this foundation, so my dark spots are already out of sight. Hyaluronic acid in the formula helps hydrate and plump, so if you have dry or combo skin, you’re going to love this. The formula also includes bix’ activ to smooth, rose complex to brighten and coconut extract to plump – with all these hard hitters, you can be sure that your foundation will be working overtime. Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:30:00 -0600 en text/html https://www.instyle.com/foundations-with-skincare-benefits-6832570 Killexams : PatientPoint Launches the PatientPoint Foundation to Drive Health Empowerment for All Leveraging scalable technology and relevant health education, Foundation aims to increase health engagement and healthy behaviors in communities most impacted by health disparities CINCINNATI, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PatientPoint® today announced the launch of the PatientPoint Foundation, an innovative 501(c)(3) public charity with the goal of driving health empowerment for all through the intersection of relevant health education, cutting-edge technology and human relationships. The Foundation—catalyzed and inspired by PatientPoint's mantra and 35-year legacy of making every doctor-patient engagement better®—seeks to reach people in high-priority communities most impacted by health disparities and change the dynamics to ultimately make EVERY community health engagement better. Leveraging scalable technology and relevant health education, Foundation aims to increase health engagement and healthy behaviors in communities most impacted by health disparities. "The PatientPoint Foundation represents a bold new approach to achieving health equity." -Mike Collette The PatientPoint Foundation will leverage a community-based strategy to address preventable disease and suffering for those challenged by strong negative social determinants of health. Cardiovascular disease, diabetes and mental health will receive special focus. To accomplish its goal, the Foundation will bring relevant health education and interactive technology into non-traditional community settings as well as traditional clinical settings designed to further empower people to build health literacy and healthy behaviors. "The PatientPoint Foundation represents a bold new approach to achieving health equity by bringing industry-leading health education and technology into communities that need it at meaningful scale," said Board Chair Mike Collette. "In doing so, the Foundation leans into the vision of PatientPoint to make the every in 'making every doctor-patient engagement better' true for all people," said Collette, also Founder and CEO of PatientPoint. The Foundation's unique and integrated approach will provide a new model to empower people and impact lives by: Leveraging the voice of the community Breaking down barriers as they relate to health Connecting high-priority communities to proven technology and health education Empowering people to increase health engagement and healthy behaviors Utilizing best-in-class data analytics and outcome analyses Foundation programming will begin in lead communities in Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio, with the long-term goal of national expansion. "Through a powerful combination of proximity, relationship, trust and highly scalable technology, our innovative model confronts health disparities at their root cause at the community level," said PatientPoint Foundation CEO Denyse Ferguson. "Partnering with trusted community members to enhance the health journeys of all people—coupled with a rigorous approach to analyzing effectiveness and outcomes—will allow us to deliver unprecedented results." The PatientPoint Foundation's fund development strategy will include corporate giving, sponsorships and grants as well as individual and private donations. The Foundation's Board of Directors includes executives from Fortune 500 companies such as Cintas and Procter & Gamble. "The PatientPoint Foundation approach to achieving health equity is a paradigm shift and serves as a call to action for funders and corporations to support innovative, outcomes-based approaches," says PatientPoint Foundation Board Member and Procter & Gamble Global Beauty Care Chief Information Officer Damon Frost. "As a CIO, I'm energized about the promise of leveraging technology and digital to reach people in high-need communities to galvanize movement and better health for all." About PatientPoint PatientPoint® is the patient engagement platform for every point of care. Our innovative, tech-enabled solutions create more effective doctor-patient interactions and deliver high value for patients, providers and healthcare sponsors. Through our nearly 140k unique healthcare provider relationships, PatientPoint's solutions impact roughly 750 million patient visits each year, further advancing our mission of making every doctor-patient engagement better®. Learn more at patientpoint.com. About the PatientPoint Foundation The PatientPoint Foundation is a national 501(c)3 public charity that is changing the game in how we approach health disparities. We are taking the basic principles of community work—proximity, relationship building and trust—and marrying them with a cutting-edge health empowerment platform and best-in-class data analytics to address the gaps and inequities that are having a negative impact on communities across the country. Our purpose is to be a catalyst to Health Empowerment for All. Learn more at patientpointfdn.org. 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__label__wiki	0.57323	0.57323	A Most Peculiar Circumstance by: Jen Turano series: Ladies of Distinction Download Cover Miss Arabella Beckett, defender of the down-trodden women of America, is returning from her travels in support of the women's suffrage movement when she makes a simple offer of assistance to a young woman in need. But things go sadly awry, and both ladies soon find themselves in dire need of rescue. Arabella, always loath to admit she needs help, is particularly reluctant to receive assistance from the arrogant, narrow-minded knight in shining armor who shows up just in time. Private investigator extraordinaire Mr. Theodore Wilder is on an assignment that began as a favor to his good friend Hamilton Beckett, but swiftly evolved into a merry chase across the country. He is already in a less than pleasant mood, and when Hamilton's sister turns out to have radical ideas and a fiercely independent streak, he's at his wit's end. Much to their chagrin, Theodore and Arabella's paths continue to cross when they return home to New York, but the most unusual feelings beginning to grow between them certainly can't be anything serious. When the trouble Arabella accidentally stirred up in her travels follows her home and threatens her very life, the unlikely couple must face the possibility that they might have landed in the most peculiar circumstance of all: love. © Emilie Haney, EAH Creative Jen Turano Named one of the funniest voices in inspirational romance by Booklist, Jen Turano is a USA Today bestselling author known for penning quirky historical romances set in the Gilded Age. Her books have earned Publishers Weekly and Booklist... Continue reading about Jen Turano "This madcap battle of the sexes is the sequel to Turano's hilarious A Change of Fortune (2012), and it is perfect for any reader who enjoys stories bubbling with humor." Booklist [Starred Review] "Turano's second novel is a laugh-out-loud, charming historical romance with witty, sweet characters. Her amazing stories are believable and will remain in the hearts of readers long after the end of the book." RT Book Reviews Excerpt Download PDF	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0039.json.gz/line12
__label__cc	0.72021	0.27979	Main Index : Bibles : KJV Index : Numbers Index : Chapter 26 Click the verse number to view verse in all versions. Authorized Version 1: And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, 2: Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their father's house, all that are able to go to war in Israel. 3: And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 4: Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt. 5: Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites: 6: Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. 7: These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. 8: And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. 9: And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD: 10: And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign. 11: Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not. 12: The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites: 13: Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. 14: These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred. 15: The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites: 16: Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites: 17: Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites. 18: These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred. 19: The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20: And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. 21: And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. 22: These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred. 23: Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites: 24: Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. 25: These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred. 26: Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. 27: These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred. 28: The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim. 29: Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites. 30: These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites: 31: And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites: 32: And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. 33: And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34: These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. 35: These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. 36: And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites. 37: These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families. 38: The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites: 39: Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. 40: And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. 41: These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred. 42: These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families. 43: All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred. 44: Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. 45: Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. 46: And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah. 47: These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 48: Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites: 49: Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. 50: These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred. 51: These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty. 52: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 53: Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. 54: To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him. 55: Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 56: According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few. 57: And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites. 58: These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram. 59: And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. 60: And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 61: And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD. 62: And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel. 63: These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. 64: But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 65: For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. Numbers Index \| Books Index	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0039.json.gz/line15
__label__cc	0.667597	0.332403	by Arthur Richter State of Mind quantity SKU: N/A Category: Suspense & Thriller State of Mind is a story that tells of betrayal of the worse kind. A husband plotting to murder his wife. Along with the struggle of his wife Ginger Miners who survived being kidnaped, raped, and left for dead by her husband’s abductors. After being stable multiple times during which she was brutally torturously tormented by them. During which she had to physically struggle to want to live while mentally having to overcome what her tormentors were putting her through. It tells of her torment of having to deal with the horrifying recalls of her ordeal, and having to deal with the contempt, hatred, and despise she felt towards herself for surviving though her nightmarish ordeal. Where she horrifically followed the only hope she had for herself to continue to want to live with the constant nightmares she had to deal with while recuperating in the hospital after she was miraculously found laying in a ditch beside a country road. This story is not for the wake at heart. What it really is. Is a warning that any woman most fear might come true, and often does. And what it takes to deal with the aftermath to this one particular young woman. While struggling to survive having to deal with the mental anguish, and their total loss of self-esteem. That had been literally ripped right out of their very soul. Where how one, Ginger Miner’s was spending years living in mental turmoil reliving her ordeal over and over again. Until she was able to find some absolution that could bestow some sort of recognition upon her to where she was able to regain her self-esteem and stop blaming herself for the grotesque diabolical things that others did to her. Be the first to review “State of Mind” Cancel reply The Rich Life Murder at Gates Landing	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0039.json.gz/line23
__label__cc	0.713884	0.286116	Page 3 of 7 < 1 2 3 4 5 > Last » Well this thread has been very helpful so far but I have two further questions. I am well aware that a "stealth" pistol or firearm, meaning one that can evade metal detectors, does not exist. Even if you were to make a fire arm entirely out of plastics, the bullets would show up. And even those firearms made of plastics in existence are so dense that they do show up on image scanners. However, my I wonder if an extremely hard ceramic could be used not just for the body and mechanics of the gun, but also for the bullets. However this raises a few questions. Would standard gunpowder show up on these scans, would a useful ceramic or light but sturdy plastic show up on these scans, and would it be possible to make a bullet of any use? My second question is related to the Rohrbaugh-R9s Stealth. I like it as a concealable weapon, but for my purposes it would be less useful without a silencer. However I can not determine if a silencer for the Rohrbaugh-R9s Stealth exists or if it would be appropriate considering the nature of the gun. If the Rohrbaugh-R9s Stealth is not appropriate for a silencer, then I would be interested in a similar handgun, not necessarily chambered in 9mm, that would be appropriate for a silencer and would be easily concealed. Walther ppk or sig p230/232 Perhaps a Glock 26? If you put a G19 barrel on it and use a threading drill, you could adapt it for a suppressor I suppose. Not super exotic, but still a decent pocket gun none-the-less. A good suppressor adds 3-4" to the barrel though, so I'd assume the person would have to thread it on after drawing it? I was writing a screenplay at one point (which I haven't worked on in awhile, I think I'm going to start over) and I wanted one of the killers to use a Shansi Type 17 with a barrel adapted for a suppressor. Wierd guns like that fascinate me and I like seeing something rare on the screen. Personally I don't like the PPK pistols because I got some serious slide bite the last time I shot one. I figure a P230/232 would do the same so I'd avoid both myself. I love c96 style guns. I like out of the ordinary, different guns. Thats why i have no affetcion for glocks, not all that different, and boring If i wrote a script the characters would carry signature weapons to fit their personality Yeah, Glocks are kind of boring but I still like them. Signature weapons make a movie great. Except in Wanted. For some reason I didn't give a rat's ass that everyone had their cool guns. Except Fox's 1911. If I wrote a ton of stories, my main character would always use a 1911. It's like a sickness for me, nothing looks right other than a 1911. Whether it is customized or something else, they always are first choice for story characters. One idea I had for a story was a guy who was given two blessed M1911A1s (don't want to get religous too much though, so mayeb some african witch doctor blessed them) but they never run out of ammo, jam, over heat or break. Of course they would be WWII era Colts, because those are the iconic 1911s IMO. I figured if the story actually made it to become a movie, I would use normal M1911A1s for loading and non-firing scenes, but use Colt slides on modified Para-Ordnance frames so they could fire more rounds at a time without quick cuts. I'd have to pick a big handed protagonist actor so the wide grips could be well hidden though. Last man standing made me lagh with those 1911s, yo really don't want "blessed 1911s" Reloads also look cool, remember. The Colt/Para cross sounds cool though, Wanted was a truly awful movie, BTW. Gunmaster, if you were a movie character, what would you be armed with? I think a Dan Wesson Valor with a sp-101 .327 as backup would be mine, the Dan Wesson loaded with good 8 round mags like Wilson combat. The .327 is good since it delivers more punch than 38 and less recoil in a small frame than .357 mag, which is qite brutal. Last edited by k9870; 05-15-2009 at 03:13 AM. Wanted... awful? I thought it was stupid as all get out, but funny to watch. It's the kind of movie where you remove your brain for a few hours, and revel in the absurdity. Im waiting for when the first casualty from that stupid bullet bending stunt happens "dont worry amn, i can bend the bullet" I really dont want to be the officer responding to that some day Of course I'd use a custom 1911 (customized as I see fit). I'm a sucker for the 1911s. I'd trust one with my life, so as a character I'd trust it two-fold. In my opinion a character has more depth when he either carries a gun of sentimental value or is custom built. That's why I loved the Punisher so much. I had another movie idea that's a little less far fetched. A cop upsets a gang and in return they murder his pregnant girlfriend so he resigns and goes out to kill them all. It's a little cliche but I had a lot of interesting ideas and scenes for it. (one was a guy checking a sliding mail slot to see a .45 muzzle and a sudden flash from the protaganist). I have a question, they say the .327 Federal Magnum allows you to fire 6 shots instead of 5 in a Ruger SP101. Why can't you load six .357 mags in an SP101, is the pressure build up too great or something? Wow, I'm random! Small frame, they can't make the cylinder hold 6, at least not with walls thick enough for the 357. I like revolvers a lot, there needs to be at least one. Theres the backup sp101, and possibley a 627PC 5'' on the bedstand? Then theres the collection of firearms said character will ahve built up, cstomized to them.	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0039.json.gz/line35
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__label__wiki	0.856467	0.856467	ILLINOIS CRIMINAL LAWYER Why Japan Stands Virtually Alone in Keeping Interest Rates Ultralow October 23, 2022 / admin TOKYO — because the FRS has repeatedly pushed up yank interest rates in an endeavor to tame rampant inflation, nearly each major financial organisation within the world has disorganised to stay up the pace. so there’s the Bank of Japan. The yen is in free fall. Inflation by some measures is that the highest in decades. and traditional knowledge says a rate increase might ease each problems. however the Bank of Japan — ne’er one to follow the group — has remained unwaveringly committed to its ultralow interest rates, dispute that creating cash costlier currently would solely suppress already weak demand and set back a fragile economic recovery from the pandemic. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida voiced sturdy support on for the Bank of Japan’s financial policy, as the yen fell to a 32-year low against the dollar, a plunge that has contributed to cost will increase in an exceedingly country unaccustomed to them and place a lot of pressure on his unpopular administration. He offered his backing daily before the Bank of Japan’s governor, Haruhiko Kuroda, created clear in comments to Parliament that the bank wouldn’t jibe anytime soon. All the members of the bank’s policy board, Mr. Kuroda said, agree that “under the present economic conditions, it’s acceptable to continue financial easing.” His principle is simple. Japan desires smart inflation — the type created by spirited client demand. however it’s gotten unhealthy inflation — the kind created by a powerful greenback and provide shortfalls relating to the pandemic and also the war in Ukraine — which is why the bank ought to keep the course. The divergent economic circumstances within the u. s. and Japan have diode to drastically totally different monetary policies, a niche that has helped drive down the yen as investors look for higher returns elsewhere. In the u. s. — where the economic recovery has been speedy and wages are rising chop-chop — the Fed is seeking to squash inflation by strangulation demand. It believes it can do the goal partly by discouraging payment through higher interest rates, although some distinguished economists have warned that going too way might be heavy for the economy.ImageJapan’s economy has barely came to its prepandemic levels.Credit…Noriko Hayashi for The big apple Times In Japan, however, there’s broad agreement that — a minimum of for currently — a rate rise would do a lot of damage than good. the japanese economy, the world’s third largest, has barely returned to its prepandemic levels, and wages have stagnated despite a marketplace therefore tight that state remained below three p.c throughout the pandemic’s worst months. “In order to bring inflation in Japan down, you’d have to be compelled to slow demand rather sharply, and that’s tough as a result of demand was already type of weak relative to different economies,” aforementioned Stefan Angrick, a senior social scientist at Moody’s Analytics in Japan.Inflation F.A.Q.Card one of 5 What is inflation? Inflation could be a loss of buying power over time, that means your greenback won’t go as way tomorrow because it did today. it’s generally expressed because the annual amendment in costs for everyday merchandise and services love food, furniture, apparel, transportation and toys. What causes inflation? It may be the results of rising client demand. however inflation may also rise and fall supported developments that have very little to try and do with economic conditions, such as restricted boring and provide chain problems. Is inflation bad? It depends on the circumstances. quick worth will increase spell trouble, but moderate price gains can result in higher wages and job growth. How will inflation have an effect on the poor? Inflation can be particularly onerous to shoulder for poor households as a result of they pay a much bigger chunk of their budgets on wants like food, housing and gas. Can inflation have an effect on the stock market? speedy inflation generally spells hassle for stocks. money assets normally have traditionally fared badly throughout inflation booms, whereas tangible assets like homes have command their price better. While inflation pressures within the u. s. are generally distributed, in Japan they need primarily hit necessities like food and energy, that demand is glad mostly through imports. Inflation in Japan (excluding volatile fresh foods prices) has reached three percent, the govt. reportable on Friday, the very best since 1991, excluding a short spike relating to a 2014 tax increase. however stripped of food ANd energy, Japanese costs in Sept were simply 1.8 p.c higher over the last year. within the United States, that variety was 6.6 percent. The reasons for the low Japanese figure are various and not well understood. specialists have found explanations in stagnant wages and also the hurtful effects on demand from an aging, shrinking population. Perhaps the most important contributor, however, could be a public fully grown wont to stable prices. Producer prices — a live of inflation for companies’ merchandise and services — have climbed nearly ten percent over the last year. however Japanese companies, not like their yank counterparts, are reluctant to pass away those extra prices to consumers. That means that a lot of of the present inflation pressure is coming back from the sturdy greenback and provide problems moving imports — factors outside Japan and thus outside the Bank of Japan’s control. beneath those circumstances, bank officers “know full well that driving up interest rates isn’t about to attenuate those worth pressures — it’s simply going to push up business costs,” aforementioned Bill Mitchell, a academic of social science at the University of urban center in Australia. The Bank of Japan introduced its current financial easing policy in 2013, once the prime minister at the time, Shinzo Abe, pledged sturdy measures to stimulate economic process that had stagnated for decades. The set up enclosed unleashing a torrent of state payment and reshaping the structure of Japan’s economy through initiatives like encouraging a lot of girls to affix the work force. But the foremost necessary component was creating cash low cost and without delay available, a goal the Bank of Japan achieved by bottoming out interest rates and vacuuming up bonds and equities. Mr. Kuroda pledged that it’d maintain those policies till inflation — that had been nearly nonexistent — reached two percent, tier economists believed was necessary to carry wages and expand the country’s anemic economy.ImageWeak client demand has created officers at Japan’s financial organisation cautious of raising interest rates. Credit…Noriko Hayashi for The big apple Times Nearly a decade later, Japan’s old commitment to exploitation ultralow rates to stimulate growth has made its economy significantly liable to the harm that rate will increase will cause. Between 2014 and 2022, per information from the Japan Housing Finance Agency, the share of variable-rate mortgages rose to 73.9 p.c from 39.3 percent as home buyers, convinced that rates wouldn’t go up, heaped into the riskier, however cheaper, money products. A change in disposition rates would increase payment costs, crimping already tight unit budgets. A rate increase might conjointly build it harder for Japan to service its own giant debt, that in 2021 stood at virtually 260 p.c of annual economic output. The debt considerations became even a lot of salient because the government has provided monumental financial support to businesses and households to counteract the economic harm from recent world events. whereas disagreement exists over whether or not Japan’s debt is sustainable, nobody desires to risk finding out. “Fiscal policy and financial policy are joined at the hip, and that’s what’s creating it so tough for the Bank of Japan to create a move,” aforementioned Saori Katada, AN knowledgeable on Japanese money policy at the University of Southern California. She other that policymakers feared that a wrong move might unleash a “doomsday scenario.” The weak yen has bestowed a difficult electronic messaging downside for the japanese government. The currency’s depreciation has contributed to tidy profits for export-heavy firms like Toyota, whose merchandise became cheaper for shoppers overseas. Mr. Kishida has conjointly said he expects a budget yen to draw international tourists, who began to come this month once a virtually three-year absence caused by Japan’s tough pandemic border restrictions. But the currency’s weakness has been a problem on the finances of households and smaller businesses and will have a dangerous impact on public sentiment, aforementioned sequence Park, a academic of social science at theologiser Marymount University in l. a. who studies Japan’s financial policy. The Bank of Japan has said the effect of the weak yen is principally positive. however on Wednesday, Mr. Kuroda told a parliamentary budget committee that the speedy depreciation had become a “minus.” Japan’s finance minister, Shunichi Suzuki, on Th known as the fall’s speed “undesirable” and pledged “appropriate” action.ImageInflation has reached three p.c in Japan, less than in several different countries however still the very best in decades.Credit…Noriko Hayashi for The big apple Times In September, the Finance Ministry conducted a one-time yen-buying operation, its 1st in over 2 decades, but the trouble did nothing to prevent the currency’s slide. This week, investors were searching for signs of a smaller “stealth” intervention by the govt. to shore the yen. A sharp move higher by the yen on Fri raised speculation that Japan had after all intervened. It’s unclear whether or not raising interest rates would even arrest the yen’s plunge. Rate will increase by other central banks have done very little to guard their own currencies against the muscular dollar. and also the political perils of sharp economic moves were created clear on once Liz Truss stepped down as Britain’s prime minister six weeks into the job. Still, some speculators have bet that the Bank of Japan can fold beneath the gathering pressure and lift rates. The bank is unlikely to flinch, academic Mitchell said. “They’re type of runproof to Western philosophical pressure,” he said, adding, “They have worked out, sensibly, that the most effective strategy at the instant is what they’re doing: Hold the fort.” As Britain’s Economy Stumbles, One Sector Is Booming: Whisky Britain’s economy has been buffeted by the effects of Brexit, the war in Ukraine and, most recently, the government’s dramatic reversal on a series of planned tax cuts that led to the resignation of Prime Minister Liz Truss. But for Scotland’s whisky producers, business is booming, and the British pound’s precipitous decline against major currencies is providing an extra boost, making whisky more affordable for buyers outside of Britain. “The currency has had a major effect — there’s no question about that,” said John Stirling, the co-founder of Arbikie Distillery in Scotland. The volume of whisky exports from Britain has grown over the past two years, including a 10.5 percent increase during the 12 months ending in July over the same period the year before, according to government data. ImageAt the Arbikie Distillery. Global demand for whisky has been growing. At the Arbikie Distillery. Global demand for whisky has been growing. The surge in exports, driven by higher demand from the United States and the Asia-Pacific region, comes as 20 distilleries have opened in Scotland in the past six years, bringing the total number of distilleries there to 141. As demand for Scotch rises, the pound is trading near historically weak levels. Last month, the pound briefly sank to $1.035, a record low against the dollar in response to Ms. Truss’s economic overhaul, which included £45 billion ($50 billion) in unfunded tax cuts, spooking investors. Her government has since scrapped almost all of the planned cuts, but the pound’s decline has been part of a larger downward trend against major currencies, including those used in the United States, France, Taiwan, India, Singapore and China, the top destinations for Scotch. In the year ending in July, 18 percent of whisky exports, by value, went to the United States, according to government data. Britain is also facing systemic economic issues, such as weak productivity, low pay growth, a shortage of workers and unsteady business investment since the country voted in 2016 to leave the European Union. On Wednesday, the government reported that the country’s consumer prices had risen 10.1 percent in the year through September, driven in part by food prices that recorded their largest increase in more than 40 years. Mr. Perez-Solar with one of the casks at Arbikie Distillery. Twenty distilleries have opened in Scotland in the past six years. With high inflation expected to weigh on consumer spending and business investment, the International Monetary Fund predicted the British economy would go from 3.6 percent growth this year to a 0.3 percent contraction next year. But whisky companies like James Eadie have been able to weather the economic headwinds. “Overall if you look at the last two to three years, we’ve just been going through an incredibly buoyant time,” Rupert Patrick, the chief executive of James Eadie, said. “We’ve all been slightly scratching our heads saying, I wonder why it is so good at the moment.” Did You Start Your Career During the Pandemic? For the thousands of young people who started their first ever jobs during the pandemic, there was little opportunity to experience the familiar rites and rituals of early adulthood. They navigated periods of economic chaos, from the Great Resignation to soaring inflation. Some graduated on Zoom, celebrated in their childhood bedrooms and then opened their laptops again to start remote jobs. The New York Times is reporting on the experience of young people who started their first jobs during the pandemic. We’d like to hear about your experience. We won’t publish any part of your submission without contacting you first. We may use your contact information to follow up with you. These apps are trying to put car dealers out of business City dwellers are used to switching between apps to decide the best way to get from A to B. Is it quickest to get the train or the bus? What about a taxi or a city bike? Which provider has the nearest e-scooter? It can be inconvenient and time consuming. Which is why Finnish startup MaaS Global decided to aggregate all these services into one app called Whim. Available in more than 10 cities across Europe and Asia, users can access taxis, buses, bikes, e-scooters and rental cars. “Whim’s sole purpose is to compete against car ownership,” CEO Sampo Hietanen tells CNN Business. According to the International Energy Agency, transport is responsible for 24% of global energy-related CO2 emissions, most of which come from passenger vehicles. If Whim can persuade users to trade their car keys for a single app offering multiple transport options, the environmental impact could be enormous, says Hietanen. Car competition He admits this isn’t an easy task. To succeed Whim has to be more convenient and cheaper than owning a car. “The car represents freedom of mobility,” says Hietanen — even if a city dweller barely uses it, they still keep it parked outside as a “freedom insurance.” To compete, Whim offers rental cars and taxis, but Hietanen says that users tend to opt for public transport or micromobility (shared lightweight vehicles such as bikes or e-scooters). The app was launched in Helsinki but is now available in several European and Asian cities. Users can choose between multiple tiers of service, including a pay-as-you-go option and a 30-day season ticket, which costs €62 ($73) in Helsinki — where the app is most established — for unlimited public transport and short taxi rides. The ticket also offers car rental from €55 ($65) per day. While Helsinki has well-developed alternatives to driving, that’s not true of everywhere. If a city “does not have a wide public transport system or a lot of rental cars or taxis in place” then it will be difficult to convince people to give up their cars, says Maria Kamargianni, associate professor of transport and energy at University College London. She says apps like Whim represent the first step in tempting people away from car ownership, and adds that the availability of alternative transport options is likely to improve as the market matures. Research firm MarketsandMarkets predicts the global mobility service market will grow from $4.7 billion in 2020 to $70.4 billion by 2030. MaaS movement Other providers include Citymapper, which launched a travel pass for Londoners in 2019, and Moovit, which launched an all-in-one mobility app in Israel last year. Whim, launched in 2016, is one of the earliest providers and has raised more than $60 million from investors such as BP (BP), Mitsubishi (MBFJF) and Toyota Financial Services. It’s available in several European cities and in Tokyo, and has racked up 18 million trips globally since launch. But the business has been hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, says Hietanen; with fewer people traveling, revenues are lower, stalling the company’s expansion into other cities. According to Whim, public transport and micromobility are the most popular ways to travel using the app. Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat recently reported that the company had spent €50 million ($59 million) on failed expansion ventures. Hietanen says the money was spent on integrating multiple transportation providers, establishing market readiness in several countries, and developing the complex technology that underpins the app. “We’ve known from the beginning that the investment needed to create this would be substantial,” he says, adding that the company has recently secured further investment. Greener travel Though the industry is in its infancy, Hietanen is confident the demand will be there. A recent report from the International Transport Forum (ITF) says that mobility services will be vital in meeting the needs of a growing world population and fast-paced urbanization. But for growth to happen, “people must choose it over other travel options” such as private motor vehicles. This is already happening, says Hietanen. According to a company survey carried out in Helsinki, 12% of its users said that Whim had prompted them to give up their cars. “People want the more sustainable solution,” he says, “but they still want the freedom of being able to go anywhere, anytime.” Unprecedented 401(k) boost: IRS increases amount you can save for retirement in 2023 The IRS on Friday announced a record increase in contribution limits to 401(k) and other tax-deferred retirement plans for 2023. Starting next year, you will be allowed to contribute up to $22,500 into your 401(k), 403(b), most 457 plans or the Thrift Savings Plan for federal employees. That’s $2,000 – or roughly 9.8% – more than the current $20,500 federal contribution limit. The jump is largely due to inflation, to which the contribution limits are indexed. An elderly couple walk hand-in-hand in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images) The catch-up contribution in the 401(k) and other workplace plans – the amount plan participants who are 50 and older may save on top of the federal contribution limit – also will get a big boost. In 2023, it will rise to $7,500, up 15.4% from $6,500 today. That means if you’re 50 or older you can contribute up to $30,000 in 2023. And that doesn’t count any matching contributions your employer may kick in. While the increases could help those hoping to power charge their retirement savings, most 401(k) participants do not save anywhere near the federal limit. Based on an analysis of the 401(k) plans it provides employers, Vanguard estimates that only 14% of participants maxed out their contributions in 2021, and only 16% of those eligible to make catch-up contributions took advantage. Increases in IRA contribution limits too Contributions to traditional IRAs and after-tax Roth IRAs will increase as well – to $6,500 from $6,000 currently, an 8.3% rise. But the IRA catch-up contribution limit stays the same at $1,000. Eligibility to deduct an IRA contribution or contribute to an after-tax Roth IRA is based on income and access to a workplace retirement plan. (Here are the IRS rules.) But next year, more people will be able to take advantage. To put any money in a Roth in 2023 your modified adjusted gross income must be below $153,000 ($228,000 if married filing jointly). That’s up from $144,000 ($214,000 for joint filers) currently. For traditional IRAs, to get to deduct at least some of your contributions your modified AGI must be below $83,000 ($136,000 for joint filers) next year, up from $78,000 ($129,000 for joint filers) this year. If you personally don’t have access to a workplace plan but your spouse does, then your modified AGI must be less than $228,000, up from $214,000 currently, to get some deduction for your IRA contributions. More changes on tap And stay tuned: The changes the IRS just announced may not be the only ones in store for next year. More may be on the horizon if lawmakers pass a popular piece of legislation that would make several changes to tax-advantaged retirement plans, especially for workers 50 and up. That said, negotiations may change when provisions take effect. “Some of the problematic 2023 effective dates in the legislation could be pushed out a year or more, but lawmakers will be somewhat constrained by how the bills are scored for budget purposes,” said Margaret Berger, a partner in the Law & Policy Group of Mercer, a benefits consulting firm. The retirement contribution limits weren’t the only inflation-related news from the IRS this week. It also announced the inflation adjustments that would be made to federal income tax brackets and other provisions for 2023. The upshot for anyone with earned income: A likely boost in take-home pay early next year. 3 things that will help reduce the sting of high inflation There’s really nothing nice to say about inflation when it comes to your bottom line. It’s hard on your wallet. It’s hard on your savings because it reduces the buying power of the dollars you socked away. And it’s hard on your paycheck, because chances are your last raise did not keep pace with headline inflation, which the latest reading puts at 8.2%. Wallet bills – stock How does inflation affect my standard of living? But that same high inflation has led to a couple of changes that might offer you a little relief. And every little bit helps. Starting next year, your paycheck could be a little bigger thanks to inflation adjustments that the Internal Revenue Service will make to 2023 federal income tax brackets and other provisions. 1. Your take-home pay may go up next year The net effect of those adjustments is this: More of your 2023 wages will be subject to lower tax rates than they were this year. And you may be able to deduct higher amounts of income. Here’s the skinny on that. 2. You can reduce your taxable income … and save more for the future When you save money in a tax-deferred workplace retirement plan like a 401(k) or 403(b), you can reduce your taxable income because you get a deduction for your contribution the year you make it. The more you save, the more you cut your tax bill. That’s $2,000 – or roughly 9.8% – more than the current $20,500 federal contribution limit, a direct result of higher inflation. Those are the biggest adjustments made to the contribution limit in decades. More about those changes and changes to IRA contribution limits can be found here. 3. Your Social Security payments will go up Social Security recipients will receive an annual cost-of-living adjustment of 8.7% next year, the largest increase since 1981. The spike will boost retirees’ monthly payments by $146 to an estimated average of $1,827 for 2023. No one will be living large on that amount, but the extra cash will offset some of the higher prices for everyday expenses that seniors incur. Here’s more on the coming boost to Social Security checks, along with welcome news that there will be a drop in Medicare Part B premiums next year. Stocks soar on hopes that Fed will slow rate hikes A disastrous earnings report from Snap and less than inspiring results from Dow components American Express and Verizon weren’t enough to keep the Wall Street bulls at bay Friday. Stocks surged on hopes that the Federal Reserve may soon come to the rescue by slowing the pace of its rate hikes. The Dow rose nearly 750 points, or 2.5%, even as AmEx (AXP) and Verizon (VZ) fell nearly 2% and 5% respectively. The Dow has now gained for the past three weeks, its longest weekly winning streak of the year. It was a broad-based rally, with all sectors rallying. In fact, Verizon and AmEx were the only two Dow stocks that weren’t in green Friday. Blue chip stocks Exxon Mobil (XOM), health insurer Cigna (CI), Big Pharma stock Eli Lilly (LLY) and defense contractor Northrop Grumman (NOC) even hit new all-time highs. Stocks opened lower but were quickly off to the races after a Wall Street Journal report indicated that even though the Fed is likely to raise rates by another three-quarters of a point in November, Fed members are debating whether to signal that a smaller hike could be in the cards in December. Investors have started to become nervous that the Fed’s series of unprecedentedly large rate hikes could tip the economy into recession. And apparently some at the Fed are having doubts about the pace of rate increases as well. Reuters reported that San Francisco Fed president Mary Daly said in a speech Friday that the central bank should not create an “unforced downturn” for the economy with too many massive rate hikes. Long-term bond yields pulled back slightly, too, after the rate for the 10-year Treasury hit its highest level since late 2007. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock exchange during morning trading on October 18, 2022 in New York City. Beware of fad stocks. Truly owner, Snap and Zoom have plunged “The market has been looking forward to the Fed taking a break,” said JJ Kinahan, CEO of IG Group North America, which owns the online brokerage firm tastyworks. “I think it’s the right call to let the rate hikes they’ve already done play though the system a bit and see what shakes out,” Kinahan added. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 surged too, rising 2.3% and 2.4% respectively. All three major market indexes are now up about 5% for the week, their biggest gains since June, and have posted solid gains for the month of October. That’s despite the fact that Snapchat’s parent company (SNAP) plunged nearly 30% following its earnings, news that sent shares of other social media companies spiraling downward as well. Facebook owner Meta fell more than 1% and Pinterest (PINS) sank 6%. Twitter (TWTR) also fell nearly 5%, due to reports that the Biden administration may closely scrutinize Elon Musk’s other businesses for a national security reasons before allowing Musk to buy Twitter (TWTR). There were also reports suggesting massive layoffs ahead at Twitter (TWTR) if the Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX CEO closes the deal. Lurking behind Britain’s political mess is an economy on the edge The spectacle surrounding Liz Truss, who on Thursday secured her fate as the shortest-serving prime minister in UK history, has quickly given way to a frenetic race to determine who will replace her. Will it be former finance minister and her recent opponent, Rishi Sunak? Or predecessor Boris Johnson, who could engineer a stunning comeback? But as the world watches the drama unfold, a grim reality lurks: Whoever steps into No. 10 Downing Street next will inherit an economic mess with no easy fixes. The Bank of England believes the country may already be in recession, and the economic outlook is expected to get worse before it gets better, as high energy prices push households to curtail their spending. A government report released Friday showed retail sales fell 1.4% in September, a worse-than-expected drop. Sale volumes are lower than they were before the pandemic. Consumer confidence is near its worst level on record as inflation sits at a 40-year high. British Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt speaks at the House of Commons, in London, Britain, October 17, 2022. The UK just stepped back from the brink. But there’s more trouble ahead At the same time, investor concerns about the United Kingdom’s finances, which burst into the spotlight during Truss’ tenure, will make it difficult to unveil any stimulus beyond immediate support for energy bills. “A key focus for the next Prime Minister and their chosen Chancellor needs to be fiscal responsibility,” Carl Emmerson, deputy director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said in a statement on Friday. “We need a credible plan to ensure that government debt can be expected to fall over the medium-term.” Although one top Bank of England official indicated this week that investors may be pricing in too many interest rate hikes, the central bank is expected to remain tough in the near-term in its campaign to get prices under control. An economy in recession Economists agree that if the United Kingdom isn’t already in recession, one is likely to arrive soon. The country’s output shrank by 0.3% in August, following an expansion of just 0.1% in July. Dean Turner, an economist at UBS Wealth Management, called the spending outlook “pretty grim, to say the least.” The main questions now, he said, are how long a contraction lasts and how deep it becomes. The picture of the United Kingdom’s financial position also darkened with the release of fresh data on Friday showing that Britain’s government borrowed £20 billion ($22 billion) in September, £5.2 billion ($5.7 billion) more than the country’s fiscal watchdog had expected. “The weakness in retail sales and overshoot of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s March public borrowing forecast won’t make the next Prime Minister’s task any easier in navigating the economy through the cost of living crisis, cost of borrowing crisis and the cost of credibility crisis,” Ruth Gregory, senior UK economist at Capital Economics, said in a note to clients. The pound fell 1.4% against the US dollar on the heels of the gloomy reports, sinking below $1.11. It could continue to lose ground as the dollar pushes higher. The cost of uncertainty Truss has said the Conservative Party will install a new prime minister within a week. Despite questions about who it will be — and who will lead the Treasury under his or her leadership — investors and economists expect the revamped economic plan outlined by current finance minister Jeremy Hunt to remain intact. On Monday, Hunt — just days into the job himself — announced the rollback of almost all tax cuts in Truss’ original “growth plan,” which had been rejected by investors. Citing a renewed commitment to controlling the country’s debts, Hunt also said the government will universally cap energy prices only until April. Support beyond then will cost taxpayers “significantly less than planned,” he added. “Whoever becomes PM — and even if they decide to change the Chancellor — it seems to me that the fiscal path is pretty much set in stone, because the markets will not tolerate anything other than what’s on the table,” Turner said. That could keep financial markets in check for the time being, though firm assurances and more detail on budget plans would be welcome at a time when bond markets around the world are showing signs of strain, said James Athey, investment director at Abrdn, an asset manager. “It just again keeps the pause button pressed on international investor engagement,” Athey said. There’s also some ambiguity about the Bank of England’s next moves. Ben Broadbent, deputy director of monetary policy, on Thursday warned that investors may have gotten too far ahead of themselves in projecting rate hikes amid the recent chaos. “Whether official interest rates have to rise by quite as much as currently priced in financial markets remains to be seen,” he said in a speech. The central bank is still expected to be very tough at its November and December meetings. If the economy slows sharply next year, it could later pull back. That said, if the government withdraws some support for energy bills in April, that could reignite inflationary pressures — once again complicating the calculus. “Let’s be honest, we have no idea what the energy price will be in April, so we have no idea what the effect will be on household budgets,” Turner said. That leaves investors guessing for longer, and economists waiting to revise their forecasts. “Clarity and certainty, unfortunately, are all too absent,” Athey said. The era of the meme trade is over It’s been a tumultuous year for retail traders — people who buy shares of individual companies or indexes on popular trading platforms like Robinhood or E-Trade. Facing an economic outlook full of bear markets, high inflation and interest rate hikes, they’ve finally decided that they’ve had enough. What’s happening: Back in the spring of 2020, the world shut down because of Covid-19, and markets plummeted. But Americans, bored and stuck on their couches, turned to stocks as a source of entertainment. Using the stimulus money lining their pockets and taking advantage of new technology that made it easy and cheap to trade, they entered the markets. This new cash led to a quick stock rebound as well as the rise of meme stocks. Daily average trades at companies like TD Ameritrade (AMTD) and Charles Schwab (SCHW) spiked to new highs in March 2020 and again in January 2021 and February 2021. That’s no longer the case. The market downturn this year has knocked about $15 trillion off the valuations of publicly traded companies, and retail investors, once eager to buy the dip and save fledgling markets, are fleeing. The average daily number of retail trades handled at Charles Schwab fell to 5.5 million in the third quarter, down from 6.2 million in the second quarter. The number of daily retail trades at Morgan Stanley fell more than 15% over the third quarter from a year earlier, to 805,000 trades a day. In the first quarter of 2021, the height of the retail trade boom, Schwab reported 8.4 million daily average trades, while Morgan Stanley (MS) reported 1.6 million. Order flow data from Robinhood and Interactive Brokers also show steep declines in activity over the past three months. In Februrary 2021, Interactive Brokers registered an average of 3.7 million daily retail trades. By September 2022, that number declined to 1.9 million, according to data collected by S&P Global Indices. Recent search trends on Google also show a drop in interest in the stock market. Market-related searches reached their high in March of 2020 and remained high through 2021. But searches for terms related to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Apple (AAPL) and Tesla (TSLA) have fallen in recent days. Those declines are a good proxy for actual market participation, said DataTrek Research in a report. In general, individual investors are feeling bearish. The Investor Movement Index (IMX), created by TD Ameritrade to indicate the sentiment of retail investors, fell by 7.26% during the September period. The IMX sat above 8.0 in 2021, today it’s at just 4.5%. Robinhood (HOOD), the app-based stock trading platform, has been cutting costs in response to a declining user base. The company announced in August that it would cut 23% of its full-time staff, the second cut this year. “Last year, we staffed many of our operations functions under the assumption that the heightened retail engagement we had been seeing with the stock and crypto markets in the Covid era would persist into 2022,” Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev wrote in a message to employees following the announcement. “In this new environment, we are operating with more staffing than appropriate.” Shares of Charles Schwab have dropped by about 20% so far this year. Robinhood is down 47%, and Morgan Stanley is down 24%. The bottom line: A loss of retailer investors is concerning for many reasons. One is that it could spell a longer, deeper market downturn. It also could mean that the heyday is over for meme stock fan favorites like AMC (AMC), GameStop (GME) and Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY). But don’t panic yet. “While activity is certainly a far cry from the meme stock rally, I’d say it’s holding up fairly well,” said Thomas Mason, senior analyst at S&P Global Market Intelligence. “Some are undoubtedly pulling out of the market and buying bonds, but it seems like retail investors are mostly taking a wait-and-see approach to equities, holding onto Big Tech stocks and rotating into more stable, dividend-paying sectors like energy.” Goodbye Liz Truss, we hardly knew you Kim Kardashian can officially say that her ill-fated 72-day marriage to Kris Humphries lasted longer than the tenure of British Prime Minister Liz Truss. A revolt among members of Truss’ Conservative Party sealed her fate as the shortest-serving prime minister in Britain’s history on Thursday, reports my colleague Julia Horowitz. But the failure of her fleeting leadership was really written by financial markets. Investors immediately protested her disastrous “growth plan” when it was revealed in September. UK government bond yields rose at their fastest rate on record, sending borrowing costs surging, upending the country’s mortgage market and forcing the Bank of England to make three successive interventions to rescue overstretched pension funds. Need more proof? Markets usually hate uncertainty. But on Thursday, they shrugged. UK bonds held their ground. The pound ticked up 0.4% to $1.125. “Although the resignation of Liz Truss as Prime Minister leaves the UK without a leader when it faces huge economic, fiscal and financial market challenges, the markets appear to be relieved,” said Paul Dales, chief UK economist at Capital Economics. Another Conservative leadership election is due to take place within a week, with the next prime minister expected to be announced on Friday, October 28. The UK will now see its fifth premier since the divisive 2016 Brexit referendum. US home sales fall for the 8th month in a row Home sales in the US declined for the eighth month in a row in September as surging mortgage rates and high prices pushed buyers out of the market, reports my colleague Anna Bahney. That continues a slowing trend that began in February and marks the longest housing sales slump since October 2007 during the subprime mortgage collapse. Sales of existing homes – which include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – were down 23.8% in September from a year ago and down 1.5% from August, according to the National Association of Realtors. Sales in September were at their weakest level since May 2020, which was an anomaly because that was in the early days of the pandemic lockdown. Setting that aside, sales last month were the weakest they have been since September 2012. A fragmented market: The slowdown is manifesting differently in markets across the country. In the West, sales have dropped the most dramatically, plunging 31.3% since last year. Meanwhile, home sales have dropped 18.7% from a year ago in the Northeast, 19.7% in the Midwest and 23.8% in the South. “While we often talk about a national housing market, this is really the sum of trends in tens of thousands of local real estate markets across the country,” said Danielle Hale, chief economist at Realtor.com. “As the national market is at an inflection point, the range of local market conditions has grown wider.” Apple’s industrial design chief to depart company three years after Jony Ive Apple’s industrial design chief who most recently oversaw the design of products including the iPhone, Apple Watch and Mac computers is leaving the company. Evans Hankey was one of two people promoted to oversee the design team after the departure of Apple (AAPL)’s longtime product designer, Jony Ive, in June 2019. Apple (AAPL) told CNN that Hankey will remain at the company for a temporary period. “Apple’s design team brings together expert creatives from around the world and across many disciplines to imagine products that are undeniably Apple,” a spokesperson said. “The senior design team has strong leaders with decades of experience. Evans plans to stay on as we work through the transition, and we’d like to thank her for her leadership and contributions.” The departure, which was first reported by Bloomberg, comes at a time when many of Apple’s best-known products are mostly receiving incremental design updates while long-rumored products such as a mixed reality headset — a wearable device that’s said to be capable of both virtual and augmented reality — have yet to launch. Hankey stepped into the role after Ive left to start his own design company, LoveFrom. (At the time of his departure, Apple said it would become one of his clients but reportedly stopped working together earlier this year.) Ive worked closely with Apple co-founder Steve Jobs on a remarkable run of products, ranging from candy-colored iMacs to the iPod and the original iPhone, that revived Apple’s fortunes and eventually made it the most valuable company in the world. His work earned him design awards, a knighthood and the company of celebrities like U2’s Bono. In December 2021, Hankey and Dye offered Wallpaper, a design and lifestyle publication, a rare look inside how Apple’s design team approaches new products. Hankey detailed the methods Apple took to refine notifications and the “tap” on the Apple watch, and how it scanned thousands of ears to perfect the shape of AirPods. “So much of what we value for the team and for the company, really started in the early days of design at Apple,” Hankey said. “We cannot overstate how lucky we are to be at a company with such a rich and deep foundation. From the very early ‘think different’ mantra to Steve and Jony’s collective focus on craft, care and making tools, to their reverence for the creative process, this is what still drives us.’ Apple has not yet announced Hankey’s replacement. The Race Is On to Find the U.K.’s Next Prime Minister Biden Says 22 Million Americans Have Applied for Student Loan Debt Relief Copyright 2023 ILLINOIS CRIMINAL LAWYER - All Rights Reserved	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0039.json.gz/line41
__label__cc	0.669978	0.330022	The Plight of the American Prairie Brent Fewell, April 29, 2014 May 1, 2014 , Conservative Conservationism, American Prairie Reserve, E.O. Wilson, Great Plains, John Terborgh, Laura Huggins, National Geographic, Paul Ehrlich, PERC, Thomas Lovejoy, 1 Our colleague here at Conservefewell, Laura Huggins, has taken a new position as the Manager of Economic Initiatives with American Prairie Reserve. Check out below this National Geographic video involving the work of APR, whose goal is to reestablish 3.5 million acres of prairie ecosystems. It’s probably not coincidental, given her strong economic background and efforts to make the broader case for environmental returns on more conservation investment, Laura landed at an organization with the acronym “APR.” APR’s Scientific Advisory Council includes some big names in the world of conservation, including E.O. Wilson, Thomas Lovejoy, Paul Ehrlich, and my former Duke advisor, John Terborgh. Laura’s work at PERC has been instrumental in helping to promote and inform the development of emerging conservation markets, leveraging greater private investment and public-private collaboratives in the critical work of conservation. Congratulations to Laura on her new position – we wish her and her colleagues at APR all the best in their important endeavor. The Graduate, 2014: Chemistry on the Rise Marianne Horinko, January 28, 2014 February 11, 2014 , Conservative Conservationism, agricultural, conservation, environmental impacts, EPA, MTBE, pharmaceutical, plastics, recyclable, reuseable, throw away society, unintended consequences, waste-to-energy, 2 In the iconic 1960’s era movie “The Graduate,” a young Dustin Hoffman is given one-word career advice: Plastics. In... Happy Earth Day! “Bah Humbug!” You Say Brent Fewell, April 22, 2017 April 22, 2017 , Conservative Conservationism, conservative environmentalism, Earth Day, principles of conservatism, stewardship, 0 Earth Day is upon us again – in all its splendor and glory. It is indeed the largest secular... Link Between Declining Wildlife Populations and Social Ills Brent Fewell, July 26, 2014 July 27, 2014 , Conservative Conservationism, fisheries, Forests, Ghana, Michelle Nijhuis, ocean, olive baboon, overexploitation of resources, overfishing, population dynamics, The New Yorker, 0 A fascinating, although not surprising, article in this week’s edition of The New Yorker titled Spare the Rod, School... Platoons for Conservation and the Healing Power of Water Brent Fewell, March 1, 2013 March 1, 2013 , Conservative Conservationism, Water Issues, Alan Folger, Cassidy and Associates, conservation, flyfishing, Freeport-McMoran, Livingston Group, Middle River Group, Newmont Mining, Telos, Trout Unlimited, United Water, veterans, water, water quality, 1 By Brent Fewell Attended an awesomely moving tribute last evening to our Nation’s veterans. This marks the third year that... Student Conservation Association – helping promote environmental stewardship Brent Fewell, April 29, 2013 August 28, 2014 , Conservative Conservationism, Species Protection, The Environment and Politics, Bert Harting, conservation internships, environmental stewardship, Student Conservation Association, wildlife, Yellowstone National Park, 1 For those budding conservationists in high school or college in the U.S., or those with just a passing curiosity... Death Panel Proposed for Pandas Brent Fewell, August 30, 2013 November 6, 2013 , Conservative Conservationism, Species Protection, Bloomberg, death panel, Panda, species conservation, Timonty Lavin, 0 By Brent Fewell Interesting and thought-provoking article this week by Tim Lavin over at Bloomberg titled “Why I Hate Pandas... Reagan’s Conservation Legacy – still timely and relevant today Brent Fewell, June 12, 2013 June 12, 2013 , Conservative Conservationism, Free-Market Environmentalism, The Environment and Politics, conservation, Eli Lehrer, environment, free-market environmentalism, Ronald Reagan, 0 By Brent Fewell Eli Lehrer has a great piece today in The Blaze on the conservation legacy of President... Honoring One of America's Great Conservation Leaders - Bill ReillyFeaturing Kristofer Rowe and his Osprey Laura 9 years ago Thanks Brent–Looking forward to giving you all updates from the prairie!	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0039.json.gz/line43
__label__wiki	0.835095	0.835095	The Sporting Life of Elliott Gould Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE/Getty Images The Defense Rests The case against Houston is simple: The Rockets don't seem to want to guard anyone and Dwight Howard's fading skills aren't helping. Plus, a few things to like in the NBA this week. by Zach Lowe on November 19, 2013 The Rockets, really, are fine. They’re 7-4 with two max-level free agents, and they’re outscoring teams by 4.3 points per 100 possessions — the eighth-best mark in the league. That margin doesn’t peg them as legit title contenders, and it would be unrealistic to expect championship-level play this early from what remains, in the big picture, a very new roster integrating a giant and even newer centerpiece. Even their defense, maligned across the Internet after a couple of embarrassing performances, ranks 13th in points allowed per possession and has held opponents to just 41.7 percent shooting overall — the third-lowest mark in the league. “It’s way too early to panic,” says Kelvin Sampson, the team’s top assistant coach. “There are a lot of things we are doing better than people might think.” And yet, there is an unease and turmoil around the Rockets that is unusual for a team this good. Much of the tension was predictable, though it has blown up faster than anyone could have expected. And it stems in part from high expectations after the offseason signing of Dwight Howard. The Rockets are all-in for a championship this season, and the margin for error shrinks close to zero when you’re competing with the very best teams. All the little bits of ugliness that mar a quarter here and there — inconsistent defense, lazy effort, an imbalanced roster — morph into team-defining weaknesses in the playoffs against elite teams devoted entirely to exploiting your imperfections. The Omer Asik situation has engulfed the team, but it will be resolved soon. The Rockets have begun Asik-centered trade talks after Kevin McHale removed Asik from the starting lineup last week, a demotion that renewed his desire to leave Houston. McHale left Asik on the bench during the second half of last Wednesday’s overtime loss in Philadelphia, and a source within the organization confirms Jonathan Feigen’s report in the Houston Chronicle that Asik asked out of the team’s next game against the Knicks in New York.1 The Rockets will eventually trade Asik, likely sometime after December 15, when free agents who signed over the summer are eligible to be traded.2 What they get for him will hugely determine the league’s final balance of power, especially since a lot of the most interesting teams with a potential need for a rim-protecting behemoth center are in the Western Conference with Houston: Portland, Oklahoma City, Dallas, the Clippers, and even the Pelicans.3 The most calculating analytics types, including Houston GM Daryl Morey, have long scoffed at the idea that trading within your division or conference should factor into a team’s deal-making calculus. But it’s easy to be blasé about such things when you’re battling for the no. 8 seed. The Rockets are on higher ground now. But the Asik situation will resolve itself either way. That will leave the Rockets with two defining questions still to answer: 1. Can they build a championship-level defense without a major roster upgrade? 2. Can they integrate Howard’s fading inside game into the go-go, 3-point bombing offense that blitzed the league last season? The first question is not new. The Rockets were a disaster defensively last season whenever Asik hit the bench, and if they deal Asik without getting a backup center in return, they’ll face the same challenge this season when Howard rests. They’ve lately been using Terrence Jones as a backup center, and they dusted off Donatas Motiejunas over the weekend. And so far this season, Howard hasn’t really made a dent in Houston’s overall defense. The Rockets have allowed 101.7 points per 100 possessions when he plays, 101.6 when he sits, and 101.2 when he plays without Asik. Being ranked 13th overall in points allowed per possession isn’t terrible, especially if Houston maintains a top-flight offense, but it places any team with title ambitions in dicey historical territory. Since 1990, only two teams have won the title with a defense ranked outside the top 10 — the 2000-01 Lakers, who essentially checked out the entire regular season, and the 1994-95 Rockets, who ripped apart their roster midway via the Clyde Drexler deal. Over that same span, only 15 teams have even made the conference finals with a defense outside the top 10. Houston’s defense on the perimeter is a well-chronicled mess outside of the delightfully feisty Patrick Beverley. Jeremy Lin works his tail off, but he’s often at a quickness disadvantage, and he tends to ball-watch and lose his man on cuts off the ball. Chandler Parsons is smart as all hell, but he’s not as fast as the league’s speediest wings, and he often lunges himself out of possessions by jumping passing lanes in pursuit of steals he has little chance of snagging. And James Harden … He has been a disaster on defense this season. There have been games in which he has barely bothered to try. He might be the first player in NBA history to become a mainstream (sports) Internet sensation because of his lazy, unfocused off-ball defense. When Harden is not feeling it, he tends to gaze wistfully upon the ball and stand upright, a nonathletic position from which it is very hard to muster quick-hitting movements when the need arises. That poor stance is behind the one-on-one blow-bys from luminaries such as Steve Blake. When drivers get by him, Harden has a habit of going for the desperate reach-around steal and then quitting on the play when he doesn’t get it. He’s a gambler like Parsons off the ball, only with less urgency and much worse risk/reward calculations. “There’s no in-between with him,” Sampson says of Harden’s defense. “He’s either really good or he’s not there. He sometimes has slacked off as he adjusts to being a no. 1 option on offense, but being a no. 1 option comes with responsibilities on the other end.” And in fairness, the way Houston plays offense is exhausting. It runs a lot, especially when Howard sits, and even its half-court offense amounts to a whirring series of pick-and-rolls and drive-and-kick action. “Our guards just have a hard time being two people in our system — really good offensively, and really good defensively,” Sampson says. But they have to be better, more solid, and they know it. “It’s just going to take us buying in on defense and really focusing,” Parsons says. Some of it is simply effort. “The most overrated thing is that you’re a good defensive team because of your coaching,” Sampson says. “No. You’re a good defensive team because you care and because it’s important to you.” Some of it is schematic execution. Most teams generally prefer keeping pick-and-rolls that start on one side of the floor on that same side of the floor, so that the ball handler cannot get over the pick and into the juicy middle — in hoops lingo, “icing” or “downing” wing pick-and-rolls. Doing that requires lots of work from multiple players, and Houston is failing too often, as Mike Prada of SB Nation illustrates here. The guard defending the ball handler has to stick his body between the opposing point guard and the screen, effectively blocking the point guard from even using the pick. That can hurt, a lot. Any guard trying to do that has to know the pick is coming early, so that he can scurry into position ahead of it. He needs the big man guarding the screener to call out the play early — to sound the alert that a pick is coming in a particular direction. If any of this goes awry, a ball handler can get into the middle of the floor, draw defenders, and kick out to open shooters all over the floor. Houston’s difficulties with this have been a little overblown. Like lots of teams, it’s fine with some ball handlers getting into the middle — guys who are dribbling toward their weak hand, nonthreatening drivers, and ball handlers who have only crappy shooters surrounding them. But it has still had too many breakdowns, and the helpers behind the play haven’t always been in the right position at the right time. “It’s just not clicking,” Parsons says. “It’s just communications problems we are having with our big men — not getting the call early enough. We have to be better.” They’ll clean some of this up, but Parsons, Lin, and Harden are not turning into plus defenders by the spring. When Houston trades Asik, it might be on Howard alone to prop up the Rockets’ defense. He can still do that. The Lakers were very good defensively when Howard played, and he looks springier than he did last season, when he dealt with back and shoulder issues. He’s a deterrent at the basket, and he still has the speed to corral a pick-and-roll 20 feet from the hoop and sprint back to challenge a shot at the basket. Houston opponents are shooting just 55 percent in the restricted area this season, the sixth-stingiest mark in the league, and one that would have ranked second last season, per NBA.com.4 But he’s not the same terrifying force he was in Orlando in 2011 and 2012, and that is most obvious on the offensive end. To be blunt: Howard’s post game is dead, or at least on life support, and if it doesn’t recover, the Rockets run the serious risk of wasting a dozen possessions per game in order to keep the big fella happy. Howard has shot 20-of-60, or 33 percent, on post-up attempts this season, per Synergy Sports. That would have ranked 88th out of 92 players who recorded at least 75 post-up plays last season. He has turned over the ball on an astonishing 24 percent of his post-up chances this season, per Synergy. That would have ranked last among those 92 players last season. This is not a startling trend. Here are Howard’s post-up numbers for the preceding three seasons: 2010-11: 50.6 percent shooting, 14.5 percent turnover rate It is a myth, and a disturbingly widespread one, to say Howard has never had a post-up game. It is doubly frustrating that the loudest such critics on your Tee-Vee tend to be post-up guys who played during a time when the illegal defense rules were such that they could happily back it down one-on-one without fear of swiping help defenders and opponents shading their entire defenses toward the ball. “It’s great that those players like Charles Barkley could do that,” says Stan Van Gundy, Howard’s longtime coach in Orlando. “But all you gotta do is watch, and you see the game is going in a different direction because of the rules. A lot of the criticism is B.S.” Howard was once a very powerful post-up player, and it wasn’t all that long ago. He never had the most graceful footwork or McHale-esque bag of tricks, but he had seven or eight dependable moves and countermoves that worked well enough. People might scoff at the idea that Howard possesses such variety, but it’s on the film if the critics care to look. It just doesn’t work anymore, and that’s before you even consider his abysmal foul shooting. Watching film of the current Howard and the version from 2011 and before his back injury late in the 2012 season, is like watching film of two different human beings playing basketball. The repertoire of moves is the same; the results are not. Peak Dwight didn’t have moves and countermoves as much as fluid explosions in every direction. He built his post arsenal on sweeping hook shots he could launch while dribbling toward the middle of the floor with either hand, from either block. If he caught the ball on the right block, he liked to face up, throw a shoulder fake toward the baseline, and then barrel into the lane for a lefty hook. But if defenders tracked him there, he could spin right back toward the baseline for a counterattack. The spins were so fast in 2011 and 2012 that you couldn’t even really tell it was a countermove. It looked like one continuous motion. The sheer velocity of it left defenders either hopelessly flat-footed, falling out of bounds, or trailing the play badly. Check out poor Etan Thomas trying to deal with peak Dwight on this move, which starts out as if Howard is going to his righty hook from the middle of the floor: Peak Dwight could also just move large humans out of the way for dunks. Check out this sequence on Reggie Evans, noted tough guy and ball-puncher: The combination of speed and power left guys so out of position, and so off-balance, that Dwight could often simply rise for a dunk as they fell out of the play. That’s the starkest difference: Howard used to dunk from the post. He has not made a single dunk this season on post-up tries. He likes to face up on the left block, drive baseline, and squeeze through the tiny space there before rising for a dunk. He used to blow by guys on that move, or get them backpedaling in such an off-balance panic that he could nudge them out of the way before rising up, as he does to Kwame Brown here: He still tries those baseline dunks. They just end in offensive fouls, or turnovers, or sad attempts at up-and-under moves as Howard tries increasingly more difficult tricks to avoid swatting arms that never used to be in his airspace. The countermoves are mechanical now. You can see Howard’s brain working. I’m going for the hook. Now I stop. Now I gather my weight and pivot back the other way. Now I jump off two feet. He’s showing his work, to us and his defenders. Those defenders can stay with him now, and they can see that work as it unfolds. His old coach watches Howard now and sees the difference. “He’s gotten a little older, and the back injury is there,” Van Gundy says. “That will take away some of his quickness and mobility.”5 Van Gundy never much liked the straight post-up anyway. If Howard was going to get the ball on the block, Van Gundy preferred it to come either in semi-transition or after Howard set a high screen and rumbled down to the block. He could get deep position that way, so that he could catch and go right into a monster move. “We wanted to get it to him as close to the basket as possible,” Van Gundy says, “to a place where no dribble was necessary.” Howard mostly catches the ball two steps outside the paint now. Basically, every defender is Jason Collins from the 2011 playoffs. Houston does try to get Howard the ball down low on the move, as Van Gundy suggests. Howard still hits the post hard after setting a high screen for Lin or Harden. The Rockets have a fun little play where Beverley will enter the ball for Howard, meander down the lane toward him without any apparent purpose, and then suddenly shove his ass into Howard’s man, freeing Dwight for a rim run: They should keep that stuff coming. But they also have a lot of stagnant post-ups in which they dump the ball to Howard with 15 on the shot clock and watch him work, hitting the “off” switch on the cascade of side-to-side pick-and-roll driving action on which the Rockets thrive. They might want to think hard about cutting that stuff, especially since Howard is just an average passer, at best, from the post. “Houston has a great offense already,” Van Gundy says. “I’m not sure they should be looking to make adjustments.” Houston has tried to have its cake and eat it, too, by calling for Howard post-ups out of timeouts and after dead-ball situations, Sampson says — basically, to let Dwight eat when the game has already come to a pause organically, rather than stop the flow to force-feed him on the block. “In the flow of the game, we want to play how we’ve always played,” Sampson says. “It’s going to take time to adjust,” Parsons says.6 Look: Houston ranks fourth in points per possession, and the Rockets have been crazy good in the 300 minutes Howard has played in smaller lineups without Asik clogging things up. But you can’t waste possessions against the very best teams in the playoffs. You can’t willfully give away slivers of points here and there across games and expect to win four brutal playoff series. Coaches say Howard needs his touches in order to feel motivated on defense, and on the boards, where the team really needs him. Fine. But he has to get those touches in the flow and be mature enough to play hard on the other end regardless. Winning at the highest level requires that kind of sacrifice. It requires Harden to play hard on defense, even when he’d prefer not to. It requires Howard to rejigger the conception he has of himself as the league’s greatest post-up big man. The Rockets can absolutely win big this season, but going all the way means accepting some unpleasant tweaks. 10 Things I Like and Don’t Like 1. Brooklyn’s offense. The Nets, with all their talent, size, shooting, and passing, rank 23rd in points per possession. That is unacceptable, and it’s clear that getting this thing humming is going to take time — especially with so many injuries now. Brooklyn has the smarts and shooting to be a beautiful, well-spaced offense, and integrating Andrei Kirilenko will help on all fronts. But in the meantime, this team is playing a slow, post-heavy style of ball in which it almost feels like the veteran stars are taking turns calling for the ball on the block. Perhaps there is a downside to starting 4.5 guys with solid post games for their positions. The 0.5, by the way, goes to Kevin Garnett, who couldn’t hit anything until exploding in the first quarter against Portland last night. The Nets need to get the ball moving and unclog their spacing, or they are going to be easier than expected to guard. 2. Quincy Pondexter’s Zorro game. Every player who breaks his nose should wear a black mask instead of standard white or clear getups. Pondexter looks like a freaking bank robber out there. 3. The spacing of Orlando’s starting lineup. Maurice Harkless has unproven 3-point range, and the Magic start two traditional post players in Jason Maxiell and the very, very good Nikola Vucevic. That is not a recipe for good spacing. Check out this Arron Afflalo (red hot!)–Vucevic pick-and-roll: Vucevic rolls directly into a poorly timed Maxiell post-up, and their near-collision takes place just as Harkless cuts right under the basket. That is, umm, not optimal. Nor is this Jameer Nelson–Maxiell clusterfuck: The Magic will have more small-ball options when Tobias Harris gets back, and playing Andrew Nicholson more would let them breathe a bit on offense (while probably hurting their defense). They get much more watchable already when they shift Harkless to power forward and play three guards. 4. Rudy Gay in semi-transition. This is a Rudy Gay I can get behind — decisive and playing upon the expectations of a defender (Nic Batum) who sees that monster Jonas Valanciunas–Amir Johnson stagger screen coming to Gay’s left and leans that way in anticipation: And here he is again! Toronto’s offense hasn’t been the disaster Gay’s ugly shooting lines would indicate; the Drakes rank about league-average in points per possession. But they’d be better if Gay and DeMar DeRozan completely bought in to the idea of catching the ball and doing something productive with it right away — shooting, attacking the rim, dribbling and then swinging the ball — instead of dribbling in place a few times before jacking a 20-footer. 5. Jordan Hamilton’s defense. Wilson Chandler’s return gives Brian Shaw a real starting-caliber option at small forward, a position at which he has used Chandler, Hamilton, Anthony Randolph, Evan Fournier, Prof. Andre Miller, PhD, and maybe even Rocky the mountain lion when I wasn’t watching. Hamilton “won” the starting job by de-fault (the two sweetest words in the English language!), and he can shoot, but he doesn’t defend well enough to earn his keep over the long haul. He falls asleep away from the ball, loses his man on cuts, and does not provide consistent help from the weak side when Denver’s scheme calls on him to do so. We think of players having a “good first step” on offense, with the ball. They can also have a bad first step on defense. 6. Running the elevator doors for Raymond Felton. The “elevator doors” play is a pleasing little trick in which teams have a shooter sprint between two screeners, who close the space between them just as that shooter goes through — blocking his defender. Here is Phoenix last season running the play for Jared Dudley: The Warriors run this for Stephen Curry on the wings, and Klay Thompson now and then at the top of the arc. The Sixers have run it once or twice this season for James Anderson. The Bobcats use it to free Kemba Walker on inbounds plays. Kyle Korver gets the treatment. It’s almost charming how the Knicks run it for Felton, as if he’s a threatening shooter. He’s a 33 percent career shooter from deep who’s 7-of-34 this season, and worse yet, the Knicks often run it to produce an open long 2-pointer for him. Go Knicks! 7. Jeff Teague’s lefty hesitation dribble. This is just mean. Teague’s entire season so far has been mean. 8. Tommy Heinsohn’s “quick fowahd.” Heinsohn’s a homer who thinks the referees are part of a widespread conspiracy against the team that has won more championships than any other. It’s a pretty ineffective conspiracy if you think about it. He can be insufferable. But he’s also funny, hamming it up in character, and he has a unique sound and set of colloquialisms that make Boston broadcasts distinct — along with Mike Gorman’s wonderful play-by-play work. One such expression: Heinsohn refers to small forwards as “quick forwards,” in his deep Boston accent, as in: “Jeff Green’s gonna guard the quick fowahd here.” I love it. I can’t fully explain why. 9. Kevin Love’s transition defense after taking a shot. Love is insane. He’s having an MVP-caliber season so far. He has worked to improve his defense. But you’ll occasionally catch Love admiring his own shot a couple of beats too long and then frantically pointing for someone else, often an overmatched guard, to pick up his man in transition. Hamilton gets an open 3-pointer here because Ricky Rubio has to shift into the paint to account for Love’s man (Kenneth Faried): And here’s Love doing his pointing thing again in the same game: Hey, at least he’s communicating! 10. DeJuan Blair’s floater. It’s a nifty little shot, and Blair uses it often: It’s one reason the Mavs are scoring 116.5 points per 100 possessions, way better than the league’s best overall offense, when Blair and Dirk Nowitzki share the floor. Nowitzki can spot up around Blair pick-and-rolls, clearing the way for Blair to rumble toward the rim, catch the ball in wide-open space, and do something with it. Blair’s also a solid passer, and he’s helping Dallas hold the fort (just barely) in ultra-small non-Dirk lineups in which every player is 6-foot-7 or smaller. That probably can’t last, and the Mavs need another big, whether it’s Brandan Wright or a trade target. But Blair has been fun to watch. The source confirms the specifics of Feigen’s report — that McHale during a team meeting first asked Greg Smith if Smith was ready to play against the Knicks. Smith had been working hard despite a lack of minutes, and the coaching staff was excited to give him a chance. Smith told the coaches he was indeed ready. McHale then turned to Asik and asked the same question. Asik said he was not prepared to play against the Knicks. He has not played since that meeting. That deadline will take on a greater importance every year, as the combination of shorter contracts and more careful spending at the team level sends a larger percentage of the league into free agency each summer. An Asik–Ryan Anderson trade might be the most popular fake trade in NBA history, but I’ve heard no indication the Pellies are ready to seriously open those talks. I love the idea of an Atlanta-Houston swap, or perhaps a three-team trade, centered on an Asik–Paul Millsap exchange. Millsap would fit perfectly in Houston, to the point that other Western Conference executives would hold the deal against Danny Ferry forever. Asik would allow the Hawks to shift Al Horford to power forward and shore up Atlanta’s blah defense. But I have a feeling each team would consider its own incumbent player the more valuable trade ingredient, and thus the two sides would be at an impasse over which should send a draft pick or some other sweetener. Opponents are actually shooting a bit better on close shots when Howard is on the floor — 57 percent, versus 50 percent when he sits, per NBA.com. But the 57 percent figure is still very good for Houston, and opponents are shooting just 47.7 percent on shots at the rim when Howard is within both five feet of the basket and the shooter — a solid number, per SportVU tracking data. Van Gundy hasn’t charted Howard’s post-ups yet, but in watching them from time to time, he says he thinks Howard isn’t using his left hand as often as he once did. Something to monitor. Parsons pokes fun at Houston’s incredible inability to hit Howard on lob plays. “Our lobs are just terrible,” Parsons says, laughing. “I am probably the worst lob passer in the league right now.” Filed Under: NBA, Houston Rockets, Rockets, Dwight Howard, Omer Asik, James Harden, Zach Lowe Zach Lowe is a staff writer for Grantland. 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__label__cc	0.730377	0.269623	Home Entertainment Reviews Childrens Movie Dino Dan Dino Trackers DVD Sweepstakes Childrens Movie Dino Dan Dino Trackers DVD Sweepstakes Dino Dan Dino Trackers DVD One of my daughter’s favorite TV station’s is Nick Jr. and she longs to watch her favorite show Dino Dan. When I was given the opportunity to review the Dino Dan Dino Trackers DVD I jumped on it. I was surprised when she took such a liking to the show Dino Dan, I guess I always think that little boys are more into Dinosaurs than girls but I was sadly mistaken. She began to play pretend Dinosaurs with her dolls, draw dinosaurs and then she actually went out into the yard to see if she could spot a dinosaur of her own! I knew she was hooked and having the DVD is wonderful because we can take it in the car on long rides. Action Packed Stories The Dino Dan – Dino Trackers DVD includes 5 action packed stories that lead Dan a very curious boy on adventures with the dinosaurs only he can see living around him. The stories take place at Dino Dan’s school and at home mostly. Name-A-Saurus is about Dan discovering a new dinosaur and his quest to name the dinosaur (Using the 3 ways to choose a name: name it after the person who discovered it, name it after where it was discovered or name it after one of its features). It ends up that the one he discovered was already discovered but that didn’t stop him, he went out in search of another dinosaur to discover. To Flee or Not to Flee is about when a smaller dinosaur gets confronted with the T-Rex will they stay and defend themselves or run. During class they acted out the scenes and pretended to be dinosaurs, all the while Dan is conducting an experiment to get the answer to whether or not the smaller dinosaurs would flee. There’s a Compsognathus Under My Bed is about a dino living under Dan’s bed, he realized it when he dropped a dog treat on the floor and the dino came out and swiped it. So he tries to lure it out with more treats, when he gets caught by his mom and she realizes that her shoes have gone missing. Dan thinks the dinosaur is stealing her shoes. Dino Trackers is about a dinosaur Dan finds and needs to figure out which one it is. He misses the opportunity to take a picture, so he sets off with his brother to track it. He describes to his brother what to look out for and tries to get him to be quiet because he will scare of the dinosaur and never get the picture. They come upon footprints and marks on a tree. They end up getting a peek when his brother makes tons of noise scaring it out of hiding. And lastly, Mini-Dino is about Dan and his friend playing mini golf when he hits it off the course a mini-dino steals his golf ball (Dan’s Dad colored the golf ball to look like a dino egg). He sets off to find his special golf ball and the mini dino who went on an adventure chasing it around the mini golf course. Dino Dan keeps a book (Dino Field Guide) of all his findings, which includes drawings, names and facts about the dinosaurs (I love that he uses a dictaphone to record his findings in the field). Dino Dan has a vivid imagination that the people in his life support and love. I think it’s so important to emphasis children’s imaginations and support them in their interests. The great thing about these stories is that they are appropriate for any age, my daughter is 4 and to say she really enjoys them is an understatement. Recently when my parents were over, my Dad watched with her and he learned a lot of interesting facts about dinosaurs. For instance, did you know that “A T-Rex could eat up to 500 pounds of meat in one bite” and “a Brachiosaurus could live up to one hundred years and weighs up to 80 tons”? Interesting isn’t it? You can purchase this DVD a local retailer near you for $12.99. NCircle Entertainment also has a full line of DVDs including: Mighty Machines, The Gruffalo and The Wiggles. Check them out on Facebook for their most recent releases! Previous articleFree Colgate Total Toothpaste Next articleFrugal Dad Windy City Novelties Green Glow Bracelets Giveaway Vegan Friendly Bath Products From The Orange Owl Sweepstakes The Blu Apple Produce Freshness Product	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0039.json.gz/line53
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A word count for the text only (excluding abstract, acknowledgments, figure legends, and references) 8) the number of figures and tables. Conflict-of-Interest Notification Page: To prevent the information on potential conflicts of interest from being overlooked or misplaced, it needs to be part of the manuscript. However, it should also be included on a separate page or pages immediately following the title page. Abstract: The abstract should follow the title page. It should provide the context or background for the study and should state the study’s purpose, basic procedures (selection of study subjects or laboratory animals, observational and analytical methods), main findings (giving specific effect sizes and their statistical significance, if possible), and principal conclusions. It should emphasize new and important aspects of the study or observations. The abstracts are the only substantive portion of the article indexed in many electronic databases, and the only portion many readers read; authors need to be careful that they accurately reflect the content of the article. Author need to provide structured abstract in original Research Article, where as Review Article required simple abstract. Abstract should be structured abstract: Abstract should contain the headings of Introduction, Materials & Methods, Results, Discussion and conclusion Running Title: Apart from full length title, provide short running title. Introduction: Provide a context or background for the study (that is, the nature of the problem and its significance). State the specific purpose or research objective of, or hypothesis tested by, the study or observation; the research objective is often more sharply focused when stated as a question. Both the main and secondary objectives should be clear, and any pre-specified subgroup analyses should be described. Provide only directly pertinent references, and do not include data or conclusions from the work being reported. Methods: The Methods section should include only information that was available at the time the plan or protocol for the study was being written; all information obtained during the study belongs in the Results section. a)Selection and Description of Participants: Describe your selection of the observational or experimental participants (patients or laboratory animals, including controls) clearly, including eligibility and exclusion criteria and a description of the source population. Because the relevance of such variables as age and sex to the object of research is not always clear, authors should explain their use when they are included in a study report–for example, authors should explain why only participants of certain ages were included or why women were excluded. The guiding principle should be clarity about how and why a study was done in a particular way. When authors use such variables as race or ethnicity, they should define how they measured these variables and justify their relevance. b) Technical Information: Identify the methods, apparatus (give the manufacturer’s name and address in parentheses), and procedures in sufficient detail to allow others to reproduce the results. Give references to established methods, including statistical methods (see below); provide references and brief descriptions for methods that have been published but are not well-known; describe new or substantially modified methods, give the reasons for using them, and evaluate their limitations. Identify precisely all drugs and chemicals used, including generic name(s), dose(s), and route(s) of administration. Authors submitting review manuscripts should include a section describing the methods used for locating, selecting, extracting, and synthesizing data. These methods should also be summarized in the abstract. c) Statistics: Describe statistical methods with enough detail to enable a knowledgeable reader with access to the original data to verify the reported results. When possible, quantify findings and present them with appropriate indicators of measurement error or uncertainty (such as confidence intervals). Avoid relying solely on statistical hypothesis testing, such as P values, which fail to convey important information about effect size. References for the design of the study and statistical methods should be to standard works when possible (with pages stated). Define statistical terms, abbreviations, and most symbols. Specify the computer software used. Results: Present your results in logical sequence in the text, tables, and illustrations, giving the main or most important findings first. Do not repeat all the data in the tables or illustrations in the text; emphasize or summarize only the most important observations. Extra or supplementary materials and technical detail can be placed in an appendix where they will be accessible but will not interrupt the flow of the text, or they can be published solely in the electronic version of the journal. When data are summarized in the Results section, give numeric results not only as derivatives (for example, percentages) but also as the absolute numbers from which the derivatives were calculated, and specify the statistical methods used to analyze them. Restrict tables and figures to those needed to explain the argument of the paper and to assess supporting data. Use graphs as an alternative to tables with many entries; do not duplicate data in graphs and tables. Avoid nontechnical uses of technical terms in statistics, such as “random” (which implies a randomizing device), “normal,” “significant,” “correlations,” and “sample.” Where scientifically appropriate, analyses of the data by such variables as age and sex should be included. Discussion: Emphasize the new and important aspects of the study and the conclusions that follow from them. Do not repeat in detail data or other information given in the Introduction or the Results section. For experimental studies, it is useful to begin the discussion by summarizing briefly the main findings, then explore possible mechanisms or explanations for these findings, compare and contrast the results with other relevant studies, state the limitations of the study, and explore the implications of the findings for future research and for clinical practice. Link the conclusions with the goals of the study but avoid unqualified statements and conclusions not adequately supported by the data. In particular, avoid making statements on economic benefits and costs unless the manuscript includes the appropriate economic data and analyses. Avoid claiming priority or alluding to work that has not been completed. State new hypotheses when warranted, but, label them clearly as such. References: Although references to review articles can be an efficient way to guide readers to a body of literature, review articles do not always reflect original work accurately. Readers should therefore be provided with direct references to original research sources whenever possible. On the other hand, extensive lists of references to original work on a topic can use excessive space on the page. Small numbers of references to key original papers often serve as well as more exhaustive lists, particularly since references can now be added to the electronic version of published papers, and since electronic literature searching allows readers to retrieve published literature efficiently. Avoid using abstracts as references. References to papers accepted but not yet published should be designated as “in press” or “forthcoming”; authors should obtain written permission to cite such papers as well as verification that they have been accepted for publication. Information from manuscripts submitted but not accepted should be cited in the text as “unpublished observations” with written permission from the source. Avoid citing a “personal communication” unless it provides essential information not available from a public source, in which case the name of the person and date of communication should be cited in parentheses in the text. For scientific articles, obtain written permission and confirmation of accuracy from the source of a personal communication. The editorial board of the journal checks the accuracy of all reference citations; thus, to avoid citation errors sometimes appear in the published version of articles. To minimize such errors, verify references against the original documents. Authors are responsible for checking that none of the references cite are retracted articles except in the context of referring to the retraction. Reference Style and Format: ICMJE (Vancouer) Style is adopted by ASL. Authors should consult http://www.icmje.org/references_1print.html. References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. Identify references in text, tables, and legends by Arabic numerals in parentheses. References cited only in tables or figure legends should be numbered in accordance with the sequence established by the first identification in the text of the particular table or figure. The titles of journals should be abbreviated according to the style used in the list of Journals Indexed for MEDLINE, posted by the NLM on the Library’s Web site. Cite electronic references in numbered references following the text, i.e., List of references, financial support. Tables: Tables capture information concisely and display it efficiently; they also provide information at any desired level of detail and precision. Including data in tables rather than text frequently makes it possible to reduce the length of the text. Type or print each table with double spacing on a separate sheet of paper. Number tables consecutively in the order of their first citation in the text and supply a brief title for each. Do not use internal horizontal or vertical lines. Give each column a short or an abbreviated heading. Authors should place explanatory matter in footnotes, not in the heading. Explain all nonstandard abbreviations in footnotes, and use the following symbols, in sequence: , †, ‡, •, \|\|, ?, *, ††, ‡‡ Identify statistical measures of variations, such as standard deviation and standard error of the mean. Be sure that each table is cited in the text. If you use data from another published or unpublished source, obtain permission and acknowledge that source fully. Additional tables containing backup data too extensive to publish in print may be appropriate for publication in the electronic version of the journal, deposited with an archival service, or made available to readers directly by the authors. An appropriate statement should be added to the text to inform readers that this additional information is available and where it is located. Submit such tables for consideration with the paper so that they will be available to the peer reviewers. Illustrations (Figures): Figures should be either professionally drawn and photographed, or submitted as photographic quality digital prints as electronic files of figures in a format (JPEG or GIF) that will produce high quality images in the Web version of the journal; authors should review the images of such files on a computer screen before submitting them to be sure they meet their own quality standards. For x-ray films, scans, and other diagnostic images, as well as pictures of pathology specimens or photomicrographs, send sharp, glossy, black-and-white or color photographic prints, usually 127 x 173 mm (5 x 7 inches). Letters, numbers, and symbols on figures should be clear and consistent throughout, and large enough to remain legible when the figure is reduced for publication. Figures should be made as self explanatory as possible, since many will be used directly in slide presentations. Titles and detailed explanations belong in the legends–not on the illustrations themselves. Photomicrographs should have internal scale markers. Symbols, arrows, or letters used in photomicrographs should contrast with the background. Photographs of potentially identifiable people must be accompanied by written permission to use the photograph. Figures should be numbered consecutively according to the order in which they have been cited in the text. If a figure has been published previously, acknowledge the original source and submit written permission from the copyright holder to reproduce the figure. Permission is required irrespective of authorship or publisher except for documents in the public domain. Legends for Illustrations (Figures): Type or print out legends for illustrations using double spacing, starting on a separate page, with Arabic numerals corresponding to the illustrations. When symbols, arrows, numbers, or letters are used to identify parts of the illustrations, identify and explain each one clearly in the legend. Explain the internal scale and identify the method of staining in photomicrographs. Units of Measurement: Measurements of length, height, weight, and volume should be reported in metric units (meter, kilogram, or liter) or their decimal multiples. Temperatures should be in degrees Celsius. Blood pressures should be in millimeters of mercury. Follow International System of Units (SI) wherever applicable. Editors may request that authors add alternative or non-SI units, since SI units are not universally used in special cases. Drug concentrations may be reported in either SI or mass units, but the alternative should be provided in parentheses where appropriate. Abbreviations and Symbols: Use only standard abbreviations; use of nonstandard abbreviations can result in immediate rejection of manuscript with an assumption that, the script was not written with an aim to communicate the work with clarity. Avoid abbreviations in the title of the manuscript. The spelled out abbreviation followed by the abbreviation in parenthesis should be used on first mention unless the abbreviation is a standard unit of measurement. Category Specific Guidelines: Original Research Articles: All the general instructions are mandatory for these articles and may also have to follow the category specific guidelines wherever specific depending upon the study methodology and area of study. Word count should preferably be within 5000 counts. Clinical & Epidemiological Research: This can include clinical trials, case series, case studies, surveys, statistical and population studies, ethno medicinal surveys, profiling etc. Word count preferably should be within 5000 counts. Review Articles: Authors submitting review article should include sub-section in the methods describing the methodology used for locating, selecting, segregating, editing and consolidating the data. These methods also should be concisely but clearly mentioned in the abstract. Word count should be between 3000 and 6000. The responsibility of accuracy of references will have to be certified by the author in the covering letter by author/s. Book Review: Reviews of high impact good quality books with immediate relevance to Ayurveda or Siddha will be accepted. The journal’s editorial board also review books submitted for review by the Author or Publisher of relevant books on case to case basis. The word count is limited to 2500 counts. Research in Progress/Short communications: These are limited to 2000 word counts, should also include an abstract and references. Non text items are limited to 3. Readers Viewpoint/Letters: Readers viewpoint on the articles published in this journal and very relevant or important aspects with immediate consensus on the scope of this journal are welcomed. These can include references also whenever and wherever necessary and mandatory when referring to any published research work. Word count is restricted within 1500 counts Conference Report: Conference/Symposium/Workshop reports will be accepted by the editorial board with a word count limit of 1000. The report should clearly communicate the aims and scopes of the event with the deliverables/decisions/resolutions that came out of the event. All Sanskrit words should be written in roman transliteration with the diacritical marks. Devanagari script is additional and optional. All Sanskrit terms should be translated and the original term and the translation should be mentioned together. References to classical texts should be located with the original passage and translation as the footnote. Bibliographical details should be included in the references section. The submission file is in Open Office, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format. Sanskrit words have been avoided where non-controversial English equivalents are available. e.g. ghee for goghrita, honey for madhu, water for jala etc. Wherever referred to classical texts the name of editor, publisher and page number is provided in the reference also specified in the traditional format locating the section, chapter, and verse or prose number as the case may be. Wherever referred, the actual verses or prose passages been reproduced as footnote or endnote and the original text been quoted verbatim using roman script with diacritical marks. The article is written in international English, and I understand the submission to Ancient Science of Life is intended for publication in the journal with international readers and if the article is incomprehensible it would be rejected. Copyright of all accepted papers will belong to IJPBA and the authors must affirms that accepted papers for publication in IJPBA must not be re-published elsewhere without the written consent of the editor in chief / director of BRNSS Publication Hub. To comply with this policy, authors will be required to submit a signed copy of Copyright Transfer Form after acceptance of their paper, before the same is published. Final Proof of the Paper One set of page proof (as PDF file) will be sent by email to the corresponding author. This proof is only for checking the typesetting, editing, completeness and correction of the text, tables and figures. Note that, IJPBA will proceed with the publication of paper, if no response is received within 5 days. All articles published in our journals are open access and freely available online, immediately upon publication. We are running a standard journal as we are indexed in many reputed Indexing databases, for maintaining standards we need to send articles to outsourcing agency for content checking process. Therefore, we are charging only content checking fee from the authors before publication and after acceptance. Dr. M A Naidu B.R. Nahata Smriti Sansthan International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biological Archive BRNSS Publication Hub, Mhow-Neemuch Road, Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh - 458 001 E-mail: ma.naidu@meu.edu.in Sub: Submission of an original paper with copyright agreement and authorship responsibility (submit by e-mail only) Topic entitled: I certify that I have participated sufficiently in the conception and design of this work and the analysis of the data (wherever applicable), as well as the writing of the manuscript, to take public responsibility for it. 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