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We are using WAVE Web Accessibility Tool to check for accessibility issues in our Pressbooks titles. A common error we’re finding is that if the author elected not to “show title,” there are empty header and H1 tags for the title in the book and this is causing a WAVE error:
Would like to request that using this feature removes the tag from the HTML.
Full error code:
What It Means
A heading contains no content.
Why It Matters
Some users, especially keyboard and screen reader users, often navigate by heading elements. An empty heading will present no information and may introduce confusion.
How to Fix It
Ensure that all headings contain informative content.
The Algorithm… in English
A heading element is present that contains no text (or only spaces) and no images with alternative text.
Standards and Guidelines
For my accessibility checks, I stopped using tools like WAVE, and started using a tool from Deque called Axe Dev Tools.
One of the things that I like about Axe Dev Tools is that I find it has fewer “false positives” where sometimes other accessibility checkers I have used have said there was a problem when there really wasn’t, and the other reason I really like Axe Dev Tools is that for every problem it gives it a severity, and has a nice basic informational page about the error. I feel like it has really helped me step up my accessibility game because I learn alot from the errors it finds and their explanations.
I am just sharing, because Axe Dev Tools organizes all errors into three big buckets, which are really helpful to me: WCAG 2.1 AAA, WCAG 2.1 AA, and Best Practices.
When I recreate your issue, Axe Dev Tools does show the same error that you are describing “Headings should not be empty.”
It classifies the error as a Minor error, something that isn’t really codified in WCAG 2.1, but at the same time isn’t best practice. They give this link for more information: Headings must not be empty Axe Rules | Deque University | Deque Systems
It just might add context to why Pressbooks hasn’t prioritized this, because the standard they hold themselves to WCAG 2.1, and then they try to exceed that whenever they can, because they really have a nice accessibility mindset.
My guess is that when they hide or show the title, they have to use a CSS trick that they know will work consistently across PDF and EPUB, and they may be prioritizing similarity across all output formats, but thats just a guess based on what I know about Pressbooks and the team.
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0258223 & the Purity Laws Ch. 03byExspectate©
Chapter 3 – Pain And Humiliation
"Tomorrow," said Carver with smile on her face, "We'll put you on public display – that should be interesting because you'll be open to whatever any passers by might think of to amuse themselves. But first we have the Testicle Twist. As this is the first time it will be interesting to see what degree of rotation we can get."
My mind had been dwelling on the possibilities of how others would amuse themselves at my expense when I realised what she had just said. "Degree of rotation? I don't understand."
"There's a lot you don't understand, "said Josie as she put on a pair of heavy duty plastic gloves, "... but you soon will! Come over here!"
I was pushed by Carver towards a free standing wall with a hole – not dissimilar to the one through which I had been photographed. This time I would not be able to see what was happening the other side. Carver pushed me right up to the wall.
"Put you hands above your head," she instructed. Not knowing what else to do I raised my hands and felt them suddenly pinioned against the wall in some form of cuff – my hands were unmovable. "Spread!" she pushed my right ankle with her foot so I quickly understood what she wanted. This time my ankle was clipped into a leg-iron. "And the other."
As I stood with my legs spread apart, hands above my head, wearing only the flimsiest of pouches I wondered how it could be that, only an hour earlier, I'd been sat in the comfort of my own home "playing" on the computer.
"Now," Carver said to Josie, "This is more difficult part. I'll push and you pull."
"Okay." Josie disappeared out of sight behind the wall. Something cold was placed against my waist.
"You won't be needing this any longer," Carver said and, after a second's panic, I realised that she had cut the waistband on the pouch – now I was naked again.
Suddenly I felt my balls being grasped from behind. Was this what they were going to do – stand there and twist them? But she didn't twist – she squeezed until she was holding only one ball and then I felt it being forced through the hole I had seen. It only just fitted. I understood what she had said about pushing and pulling. Carver was thrusting my bollocks through the wall and Josie was pulling them from the other side. There was a feeling of relief when they completed the job and the only sensation I had in that region was that my balls felt very cold.
Josie re-appeared with a long clip, like an oversized hairgrip, in her hand. "I thought you'd like to see the Twister. I clip this onto you ball sac so your nuts are my side of the clip and the wall, and you are the other side. Then I twist it until I can't physically turn it any further. In theory I should manage at least 300 degrees of turn – but we shall see."
I felt a pinching sensation as she slid the clip trapping my balls the other side of the wall. At that moment a small aperture appeared in the wall level with my eyes and I could see through – but not downwards.
"This," Carver explained, "Is being recorded for News at Seven – look straight ahead and you'll see what will appear on television."
A screen came to life directly in line with my eyes. All I could see at that moment was the back of Josie's uniform. As she moved away I gasped – fully filling the screen was a picture of my pink floppy balls, held in place by a clip. The background (where I should have been) was a grid with the numbers 90o, 120o, 270o and 360o – they were arranged with the 90 at 12 o'clock, the 120 at 3 and so on. The clip pointed to the 360o mark.
"Ladies and Gentlemen," it was the Sergeant's voice, "0258223 will now undergo the first punishment for masturbation. Police Officer Josie White will turn his testicles, in multiples of 90o. Let the punishment commence."
At that I saw Josie's hand appear on the screen. She took hold of the clip and slowly turned in to the 90o mark. I couldn't help but yelp.
"Ninety degrees," intoned the Sergeant. "Again."
Josie's hand brushed against my nuts that felt super-sensitive in their current position. Once more, in spite of myself, I felt my dick swelling. The sensation disappeared almost immediately as she turned the clip to 120o.
"Argghh!" I yelled.
"One twenty degrees," intoned the Sergeant. "Again."
I had nowhere else to look other than the close up of my now purple and heavily veined balls. The hand appeared and yanked the clip to the 270o.
"Nooooooooooooooo! Please!" I screamed. The pain was incredible – it flet like my balls were being ripped off. Up to now a part of me had been secretly enjoying the attention and experience of being captured and shown off. Suddenly this pain meant I was beginning to regret my pastime in front of the computer.
"Two hundred and seventy degrees," intoned the Sergeant. "Again."
"No – no, more, please!" I begged.
"Again," repeated the Sergeant
I screamed wordlessly as I felt every one of the last ninety degrees of turn. I felt sure that I would see my balls burst on the screen. I tried pulling backwards but it only made matters worse as it tightened the hold that the clip had.
"Three hundred and sixty!" exclaimed the Sergeant – as if it were a darts score.
As I stood there I felt my knees trembling – I thought, 'If my knees give way I'll only be held up by the balls and that will hurt even more – I must stand up straight.'
Carver's face appeared in the screen in front of my tortured nuts. She had clearly learned the little speech that she then gave. "This should be a lesson to every man who thinks that his penis and testicles are a private playground. The Purity Laws will not tolerate the misuse, outside of procreation, of these organs. Failure to comply will result in this," she indicated my swollen bollocks, "and much worse – all of which 0258223 has yet to experience. Gentlemen – you have heard how he has suffered – feel it in your own testicles and be warned!"
With that the screen went blank and the sliding panel in front of my eyes shut. I felt more insecure than ever pinned against the wall with my balls firmly trapped the other side. With a sense of relief I felt the clip being turned back and then released – there was to be no more pain. My hand and ankle cuffs were quickly removed and I was pulled back from the wall.
"No, wait!" I said. It had taken a lot of manoeuvring, one ball at a time, to get them through the wall – they wouldn't both come back through at once. I was wrong. They did and the pain was excruciating!
As I was led across the room by Josie I put my hand down to rub my painful nuts.
"Leave them alone!" Carver yelled, "Unless you want some more of the Twister. How about 450 o?"
"No," my hands shot back up and were quickly pinioned behind my back. "I take it that that was my public humiliation?"
Josie's smile reappeared, "Oh no, that's where you're going now."
"G..going?" I asked.
"Well," said Carver, "You need the public for that, don't you?"
"Make sure that his hands are fastened," said the Sergeant. I felt someone pulling at the contraption that held my wrists together. "Okay, on with the board."
Carver came forward with a notice on stiff board (it looked light so it could have been balsa wood). It had a hole in the middle and on the front was written "I was caught wanking. Balls and prick will suffer." Arrows pointed to the hole.
She turned it, so that I could only see the back, and then grabbed my privates and pulled them through the hole. I was standing with this ridiculous board framing my dick and very sore balls.
"Do you know where the Police station is," asked the Sergeant.
"And you know where the High Street is?"
"Yes." I was puzzled by the sudden general knowledge questions.
"Benson's Department Store?"
"Because," said the Sergeant, "You will walk out of this station, to Benson's and that is where you will be on display. Do not wander from the obvious route as we will be watching on CCTV. This little device is called a Stinger," he produced a printed circuit the size of a postage stamp, "will be attached behind the board at the base of your dick. Fail to follow our instructions and you will feel a stabbing pain that will last for two seconds the first time; five the second, ten the third; and then will become constant if you disobey four times." He quickly taped the electronic device behind the board.
"Just to show you we'll demonstrate the two second burst," said Josie pressing a button a remote control handset.
"Ahhhh!" I yelled – it felt like someone had prodded my dick with a red-hot screwdriver – the pain flowed up to the very end and washed through my balls at the same time.
"Unfortunately your first stab will now be five seconds, as we can't reset it," said the Sergeant. "So do as your told or you'll get more from the Stinger."
"I'm sure, "Josie almost purred, "You wouldn't want that, would you?"
"So," said the Sergeant, "Walk to Benson's." He pushed me towards a door that opened into a sunlit car park. "Off you go – we'll see you in a couple of hours." With that the door slammed shut behind me.
I stood for a moment – totally naked, with my hands tied behind my back and a notice attached to my penis and testicles – in a public car park with instructions to walk through the middle of town. I caught sight of a woman getting out of her car and my first reaction was to duck behind a nearby bush. I moved from out that bush faster than I'd moved in as I felt the intense pain of the Stinger for the next five seconds. By the time the pain had stopped I was halfway across the car park and desperate to get his whole experience over.
I walked through the streets towards the centre of town. It must have been about a mile and a half. Luckily the roads were not very busy at this point of the early afternoon – the strange thing was the very mixed reactions I got – most of the men simply looked the other way, as if embarrassed (though their embarrassment could not have been as great as mine!) It was the women who got me – older women gave me sidelong glances as if I were to be pitied. The younger women and girls, as young as early teens, were the most curious and the most antagonistic – particularly when they were in pairs or groups.
As I passed one group of three in their early twenties one called out, "Hey, call that thing a prick? It doesn't look worth wanking. Loser!" Her friends cackled with laughter.
I passed the Girls' High School – break was in progress – the yard was teeming with girls aged between 11 and 18. They had been standing about chatting until one spotted me.
"Look, girls, it's one of those sex people!"
"I can see his little willy!"
"What's 'wanking' mean, Miss?"
"It's something that dirty men do – and it's illegal. You need to take him as a warning, girls, men's lives are totally centred on those little giblets at the front."
"Is that what men stick in us, Miss?"
"Yes – now let's have you inside, girls. If you want to see more you'll have to go to the punishment point outside Benson's Department Store at the end of school."
I was more than pleased to have passed that spot. Then I saw Benson's ahead of me and the section of their outside wall from which four manacles hung and a large sign said "Sex Offender".
As I walked over to it one of the salesgirls came out of the shop – she was about twenty-one, had long blonde hair and a face and figure to die for. "0258223, over here. Turn round," fiddled with something behind my back and I felt my bonds fall off. I don't know what got into me, maybe the sudden freedom, maybe the sight of the wall in the middle of town – whatever it was I decided to make a run for it. I got about five metres before I felt the pain – it felt as if someone had taken a rusty, jagged bread knife, removed my prick and castrated me in one go and then stuck the knife where my privates had been. When I recovered from the shock and wiped the tears from my eyes I looked down, expecting to see a river of blood – but there was no physical damage caused.
"I believe the next one will be the constant pain," said the shopgirl in a matter-of-fact voice. "Now get over here and put your hands and feet where the manacles are."
I obeyed wordlessly and, within a few seconds, found myself spread-eagled against the side of the most popular store in town – wearing nothing but the notice board.
Within a few minutes a man of about my own age passed, "Hard luck mate!" Is what I think he said.
I was beginning to feel cold – a glance at my exposed privates showed them to shrinking to nothing. Almost an hour had passed and nothing had really happened: it suddenly struck me that this might not be too bad after all. How wrong can you be?
Three girls aged about seventeen or eighteen came round the corner – they were clearly on their way home from the High School.
"Look, Jenny – it's that pervert," exclaimed a fattish girl with short hair.
"Ah yes, Miss White said we should have some fun with him," said her giggly tall and pony-tailed neighbour who was smoking a cigarette.
"Are we allowed to?" asked their mousy-looking companion.
"Yes – it's part of him punishment that we can do as we like – so long as we don't draw blood," said the tallest, who, I noticed, seemed to be a bit too tall for the skirt she was wearing – I felt sure I could see her knickers.
"What shall we do?" asked the fatter one – she seemed to have a shirt that was two sizes too small and a bra that was not really up to the job. Folds of her tits spilt over the tops of her cups – clearly visible through the almost translucent and skin-tight blouse.
"I know, Lisa," said the mousey almost boyish looking one, "let's poke his thing." She moved right up to me. "Hey, mister, that's not much of a prick you've got, is it?"
I didn't say anything – I mean what could I say?
"I asked you a question!" A thought suddenly crossed her mind. "Would you like to see my friend's tits?" She pointed at the fat girl. "Susan, show him your boobs."
"What, these," she asked. Her hands went up to her chest and she ran them over the tops, round the clearly-visible nipples, underneath and then cupped them and gave them a little jiggle. "Big, aren't they?"
Dicks have minds of their own – mine saw the tits and started to rise.
"Ooh," said the tall girl, Lisa, "you've made his prick get bigger, Susan."
"Ah," said Susan, "would a peek at them help?" She unbuttoned a middle button on her blouse and I had a clear view of her undersized bra and the mounds of ripe flesh it was trying to contain. With a deft flick of her finger she'd released her left breast and it shot out of her shirt – the nipple pointed straight at me. "Woops," shr said as she started to replace it – but it was too late, my member had sprung to attention.
"You dirty bugger," said Lisa. "Jenny, he's gone all stiff and throbby."
"– and it's wet and slimy," said Susan.
"Just what I thought," said Jenny. She took a box of matches out of her pocket and placed one in the end of my dick with the phosphor about an inch from the end of my prick. "Let's sing happy birthday," she said and brought her lighted cigarette closer towards me.
"No, no!" I yelled as I could feel the heat of the cigarette near my shaft.
"Go on, Jenny!" yelled Susan and Lisa in unison.
She touched the end of the match and it flared.
"No, put it out!" I yelled. "Please!" I broke out into a cold sweat as I could feel the heat of the match burning towards me. I was so shocked I began to lose my erection and the match was dipping below my dick that made the flame burn brighter.
There was nothing I could do as the three girls danced around laughing and pointing. My earlier erection and excitement proved my salvation as the match suddenly slipped out and fell to the floor.
"Ah!" the three girls exclaimed in disappointment.
"Try it again, Jenny," said Susan. "Put your cigarette out on his balls."
"Noooo!" I shouted as she brought her lighted fag close to me again.
"Quick, you two – there's our bus!" yelled Lisa. All three turned tail and fled.
I was beginning to feel much colder when the shopgirl appeared again.
"Had a good time, pervert?" She caught sight of the match and cigarette end, "Someone's been busy. It's time you were going – I hear you're on the news tonight, I hope it hurt." As she leaned down to undo my ankles I had a sudden and very clear view of her perky breasts inside her shirt as they nestled in a black bra. She had to shake the manacles loose, causing her tits to swing left and right. As she stood up her head brushed against my rising prick. "Ooh," she said, "we don't learn, do we?"
With that she leaned over to my left hand and suddenly kneed me in the balls. The pain was excruciating – I felt as if I was about to be sick.
She undid my right hand and both my hands shot to hold my privates. "Behind your back!" she insisted. I placed my hands behind me, waited for them to be bound and then set off back for the police station – glad that that ordeal was over.
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Ledley King and Luke Young, who arguably wouldn’t have played anyway, have linked-up with England Under-21s while youngster John Jackson, who definitely would have featured, is with England Under-18s.
Nevertheless Chris will again field a youthful-looking outfit with a blend of experience from Chris Armstrong (pictured), who is back in Premiership action and goalkeeper Ian Walker.
Willem Korsten will play up front again and the likes of Gary Doherty, Alton Thelwell, Anthony Gardner, Simon Davies and Matthew Etherington should all feature.
Boss Chris commented: “Ledley and Youngy are away and John Jackson, who has played a couple of times for me at left-back and would have played again, is with England Under-18s.
“But we’re not too far away from the squad we’ve had out for the last couple of games.
“Chris Armstrong will be involved again because he needs the games with Willem Korsten and the likes of Doherty, Etherington, Davies and Alton Thelwell comes back after missing the last game.”
Ipswich are expected to name ex-Spur John Scales in their side which could also feature Wembley hero Richard Naylor and first team regular Manuel Thetis.
And just to remind fans — Tuesday’s fixture is at St Albans FC, not White Hart Lane. Kick-off is 7.30pm.
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GATES OF HELL STILL TOO NARROW FOR ARIEL SHARON TO PASS THROUGH
April 10, 2011 at 18:45 (Irony, Israel)
After being in an irreversible coma for over five years, the gates of hell are still too narrow for him to pass through. The bastard just won’t die! Instead….
Sharon expected to permanently move to ranch
Former prime minister Ariel Sharon will soon be permanently moved from Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer to his Negev ranch, a source close to his family said Thursday, confirming a report in Yediot Aharonot. Sharon, who has been in a coma since January 2006, has been brought to the ranch for weekends in order to test how he would handle the move on a permanent basis.
A special room is being built for him at the ranch with all the necessary medical equipment. He would be under 24-hour medical supervision at the ranch as he is at the hospital. Sharon’s sons hope returning to the ranch could help their father recover, but medical authorities have said that his chances of recovering are slim to none.
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“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
We are now officially in the height of the holiday season but most of us will not be celebrating as we normally do. We are all nourished by tradition but, children, in particular, build important foundational security on the repetition of cherished rituals. The holidays mean parties, friends, and extended family. They mean laughter, hugging, sitting shoulder to shoulder at a candle lit table.
How do we make this year, this strange and unprecedented year, a time of peace, joy, and hope for our children? How do we rise to the challenge and the opportunity to learn to express our love in new and different ways?
I believe that the most important idea to convey to school age children is that we are celebrating differently this year precisely because we love our friends and family. We love them so much that we want to be absolutely certain that we do not put them in harms’ way. No matter what is said, children, with their innate emotional intelligence, are adept at seeing beyond words. In the innocent gaze of a child we see our reflection. Children lift us through their need for us to lift them. This is one of the many blessings of being responsible for children.
Children look to us to be their guides through this brambly world. We know, with our years behind us, that there is daylight and starlight above the densest of forests, but children don’t know this. Knowing that time will bring change and that hope is sustaining are realizations that only maturity can bring.
This year we can soothe our children by embracing the intimacy and simplicity that this time demands, by allowing ourselves to be vulnerable and, in this allowance, showing trust. Teach the wisdom of knowing that we are in the throes of something beyond our control and must adjust our sails and travel on. Teach them to understand what giving really means and the joy that comes with giving from your heart.
This year is a perfect time to try to forget our own problems for the moment and remember others less fortunate. Does counting blessings sound haplessly cliché? Try it. You’ll be surprised. And have your children try it, too.
It is also a perfect time to reflect on gratitude for what we have, not what we will get. To embrace simple pleasures – walking around the block to look at birds and clouds, planting nasturtiums seeds (they sprout quickly), cooking, or reading side by side.
“To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.”
It is a perfect year for children to experience the transience of time in a visceral way. To let them know that they are living history-that one day they will tell their own children that they were part of the great global pandemic of 2020.
Take this opportunity to discuss hardships that people through the ages have experienced, and how they worked to overcome tremendous difficulties. Discuss the importance of science! Let your children know that scientists and doctors all over the world have worked together to discover a vaccine that will help the Corona Virus disappear. Inherent is a great message of a global connection that this virus brings to the forefront. That we are all in this together (as we are all in this together in every other way, one might add) and that only by working together can we fix it. What a beautiful lesson in the brotherhood of man.
So, this year we may not be able to sit our children on Santa’s lap, fight crowds at the airport, stand in long lines at the mall, get caught in holiday traffic, or wait forever in a crowded restaurant for a table….Hmm, actually, that’s not so bad. Let’s bake some cookies, light a fire, and read about flying reindeer.
Classic Holiday Books:
The Polar Express – Chris Van Allsburg
The Wish Tree – Kyo Maclear
Great Joy – Kate DiCamillo
Snowmen at Christmas – Mark Buehner
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Physician Telemedicine Multi-State Licensure: Remote Full-Time
Concentra, one of the largest health care companies in the nation, is seeking a telemedicine physician for a virtual work environment. Your patients, as well as your medical and support team, will look to you for your excellent problem solving and clinical skills. As a Concentra Physician, you will be accountable for assessing patients and providing treatments while ensuring an exceptional and reassuring experience. The treatments you provide will make a tremendous difference in the lives of those who look to us for care and comfort.
At Concentra, you not only are rewarded by helping thousands of patients feel better each year but also by the recognition you receive as a leader within the company. Your ideas will be heard and in addition to patient care, every physician has the opportunity to make an impact on procedures and policies. #LI-Remote
- Execute daily effective and optimal patient care management
- Ensure optimal execution of clinical model as well as identify indicators for clinical improvement while also confirming accurate records/billing
- Comply with State Practice Act/Rules and Regulations/ WC Regulations
- Access to appropriate internet connection speed as determined by the business
- Licensure requirements of the state of jurisdiction (10+ active states in which you are licensed)
- Unrestricted DEA license for state of jurisdiction
- Graduate of accredited MD or DO program of accredited university
- Board Certification in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Occupational Medicine Emergency Medicine or another related field
- Occupational Medicine experience preferred
- Preferred 2- 5 years of directly applicable experience in telemedicine, primary care, occupational medicine, emergency medicine or urgent care
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First, I think you posted this on the wrong forum.
Second, that type of error normally means that there's something wrong with either some slow code that needs to be reworked or someone has a lock in the database preventing further access by others. Increasing the timeout rarely works as expected.
is pronounced ree-bar and is a Modenism for R
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code: Stop thinking about what you want to do to a row... think, instead, of what you want to do to a column.
Although they tell us that they want it real bad, our primary goal is to ensure that we dont actually give it to them that way.
Although change is inevitable, change for the better is not.
Just because you can do something in PowerShell, doesnt mean you should. Helpful Links:
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For those of you who are not familiar with Hand & Foot Reflexology, it is defined as: the study and practice of automatic body responses to finger pressure on specific areas of the hands or feet to help the body attain and maintain its ideal balance. This is achieved through stimulating "reflexes" that correspond to the body's physiological systems such as musculoskeletal, lymphatic, digestive, nervous and so on. Providing a very specific but relaxing foot massage targeting any tender points we find along the way!
This practice is non-invasive and therefore complimentary to any other treatment or therapy. Due to its gentle nature, three results always occur after a treatment: total body relaxation which also improves sleep, improvement of circulation and oxygen flow which encourages toxin release, improves immune function and controls inflammation and hormones and finally it helps the body achieve its ideal balance by treating the whole body not just one symptom.
Reflexology uses acupressure and massage to specific reflex points on the hands and feet. These reflex points correspond to meridian lines (used in Chinese medicine) that are associated with specific body parts, organs and tissues. By stimulating these points, the reflexologist endeavours to increase your body’s own natural healing processes to bring about balance and an improved sense of well being.
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Position: Library Technician (Processing Technician)
Location: Library of Congress, Washington DC
Salary Range: $35,265.00 to $45,844.00 / Per Year
Full vacancy announcements available at USAJOBS: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/451977800/
This position is located in the Collections Services Section, Asian Division, Collections and Services Directorate, Library Services.
The Asian Division provides services to members of Congress and their staff, librarians, scholars, government agencies, academic institutions, the press, publishers, profit and non-profit organizations, and the general public.
The incumbent provides support services in the Asian Division by following established procedures, guidelines, and standards of the Division and utilizing knowledge of the Division’s collections, subject and/or language areas.
Proficiency in reading, writing, and understanding both English and Korean languages is required in order to maintain and process library materials.
The Korean language is required in order to identify bibliographic elements of the collections, check in serials and maintain the collections.
The incumbent of this position will work a limited flextime work schedule and may be required to work until the reading room closes at 5:00 p.m. The incumbent of this position may also be required to work a variable schedule to ensure adequate coverage during the hours of the reading room operations.
Location: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Salary Range: $53,435.00 to $69,460.00 / Per Year
Full vacancy announcements available at USAJOBS: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/452071600/
This position is located in the Rare Materials Section, U.S./Anglo Division, Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access, Library Services.
The position description number for this position is 58498.
The salary range indicated reflects the locality pay adjustments for the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan area.
The incumbent of this position will work a flextime work schedule.
This is a non-supervisory, bargaining unit position.
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The WB Board will conduct common entrance examination titled EVETS-2019 for admission to Bachelor of Veterinary and Animal husbandry (B. V. Sc. & A. H.) in the faculty of Veterinary and Animal Science under the West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences.
The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board has the purpose of conducting Joint Entrance Examination for admission to various institutions in West Bengal imparting education in medical, engineering and technological courses.
The Board is empowered to conduct common, combined, competitive, entrance examinations for admission to the undergraduate professional and vocational courses in any College or in any University in the State of West Bengal.
WBJEE EVETS 2019
The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board (WBJEEB)
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Even playing this documentary adds to the problem it is trying to solve, because the hardware burns 25 to 30 percent more energy than it actually needs to. Why? DRM. All this decoding needs cycles, more cycles means more power – about 15 watts on an average computer, more power means more carbon dioxide. And in the end, who pays for all that? You, the consumer.
Microsoft - and all its DRM buddies - continue to claim up to this very day that DRM won't affect the consumer too much, "given that cost (..) is most heavily influenced by volume". However, behind closed doors the bird is singing quite another song. The following is taken from a presentation at the WinHEC 2005. Read this and shiver.
- When content crosses 'user accessible buses' the compliance rules require it to be encrypted
- This requires additional encryption/decryption logic thus adding to Visual Processing Unit (VPU) cost
- This cost is passed on to all consumers.
- Since this uses CPU cycles, an OEM may have to bump the speed grade on the CPU to maintain equivalent multimedia performance
- This cost is passed on to purchasers of multimedia PC’s.
- One way to avoid encryption for discrete graphics is to solder the VPU to the motherboard
- This increases motherboard design costs, increases lead-times, and reduces OEM configuration flexibility
- This cost is passed on to purchasers of multimedia PC’s and may delay availability of high-performing platforms.
- Broadcast flag requirement for analog high definition broadcasts
- Encryption logic is required
- Costs are passed on to consumers
- Cable Labs approval for cable high definition broadcasts
- High initial development and certification costs
- Certification gates design improvements, including cost reductions
- Costs are passed on to consumers, especially early adopters.
And for what? AACS has already been broken, like CSS, just as I predicted. I'd love to give you the link, but several blogs have been banned for doing this. And because I want you to read this, I can't help you more than I just did.
But next time Al tries to convince you to trade in your car for a bicycle, to invest in renewable energy and to walk to your vacation instead of taking the plane, be sure to tell him he has to convince his political buddies not only to accept the Kyoto protocol, but also to discard an ill-conceived law that has polluted and continues to pollute our environment. Yes, you guessed it, the DMCA. And while you're at it, mandatory use of Linux would be nice too. Vista uses too many resources, don't you think so?
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of the night, walking up and down in the greatest agitation, listening attentively, catching and fearing each sound as if it were to announce the approach. John Rieder proposes, sensibly enough, that we think of Victors monster-making as a kind of corporeal knitting or weaving). Victor may think he is protecting Walton, but the truth is that he cannot share his "secret" (31 for he does not really possess. Akira Usuda (Tokyo: Kokushokankokai, 1979). Which real-life interventions are guaranteed to produce a freak? A two-volume reprint of the 1818 edition, supervised by William Godwin. Aleksandrova (Moscow: Khudozhestvennaia literatura, 1965). But if every physical and chemical invention is a blasphemy, every biological invention is a perversion.
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Honda recalled 8,657 Acuras, called the Legend in Japan, for your precise cause, as said with the filing. It claims it doesn’t immediately know the way a lot of vehicles will likely be protected from the remember. It is searching for two,430 substitution airbags that may incorporate the defect, but could not find them all, foremost to the big remember. It is a single on the most known and liked car makers within the globe. Ultimately, you might be acquiring a much nicer Honda in the discount just in case you choose an Acura much like the TLX.
The little sedan is in generation for many decades. The brand new athletics sedan is very functional and excellent for ordinary use. In case you are trying to find an entry-level athletics sedan, you will totally need to believe about the 2016 ILX now.
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You could possibly decide on a vehicle, but you are unable to choose your loved ones. When you are seeking an automobile which allows you to enjoy from a excellent suspension besides an exquisite sound dampening be sure you take a look in the 2018 Acura ILX. The car receives a significantly fresher look, too as enhanced technological innovation and a lot more safety equipment, triggering the vehicle getting a far better general price. You choose a premium car since you love driving. Moreover, additionally, you’ll find various items for your car. When you may have guessed, one hundred fifty horsepower doesn’t a fast automobile make. Our friendly product sales folks can make sure the new luxury Acura auto in Austin you decide will supply you with whatsoever you assume from it.
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Interiorly, the auto just isn’t going to own far more modifications. Very similar to several vehicles introduced a few or so years just before, producers had been preventing to boost fuel-efficiency rankings and maintain some sensation of driving pleasure on the quite very same time. Acquiring the correct vehicle is just the quite first phase in responsible vehicle ownership. Right after you have made a decision over a automobile, we’re going to operate with you to assist you to acquire the greatest attainable phrases and rates on an auto loan or lease. From the functional standpoint, this is a four-seat car.
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Acura Ilx Performance Mods, Should you pick the Acura ILX, you are going to have a simpler time finding a large ample area to park than you will with all the Honda Accord. The Acura ILX has only been obtainable within the marketplace for a few decades. The Acura ILX retains each of the entirety of the premium together with traditional interior styling by using a couple enhancements in respect to small particulars and also the design and style accents. The 2018 Acura ILX attributes a myriad of protection features. The 2018 Acura ILX is actually a superior all-around luxurious vehicle to get a little family members. With four-door, the 2018 Acura ILX has the aptitude to provide you with the actual ease and comfort like it turned out to be a full-size sedan.
In numerous other areas on the world, 2019 Acura ILX will almost certainly be offered with distinct engines. The Acura ILX isn’t really for everyone, though it might be appreciated. The 2019 Acura ILX will commence reaching Acura dealerships through the nation in 2018.
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Inside, you will find out improved interior materials and some modifications with the center on the sprint, where connectivity characteristics are presented an up grade using the debut of Acura’s dual-screen infotainment methods on the ILX. You happen to be no require for being worried about the performance simply because it truly is exceptionally strong being a contemporary sedan. If you want to shop for 1 you’ll have eternally, you’ll almost certainly wish to purchase just once. Relatively than driving, be certain you stroll there. If you choose to finance! Never avoid unwanted fat if you would want to slim down. On the whole, the look is subdued.
Someway, you want to know the 2020 Acura ILX redesign. Basically, exterior style of Acura ILX 2020 is just not overly different through the prior sequence. When it’s got to accomplish together with the inside in the car, it consists of the magnificent designed attributes. The interior, where you will commit all your time, should elicit some form of emotional response.
The recall is predicted to begin during September 2007. It really is predicted to begin in January 2014. The motor note is also a predicament. The technique only functions at speeds over forty mph and may be turned on each and every time you start the car. Now, if it detects that you simply do not respond, it might instantly use the brakes to gradual down as well as cease the car. Although a track-tuned suspension method is unavailable, the traditional suspension was tweaked to provide a good harmony of sportiness and comfort.
Below, you are going to discover our current stock of recent Acura automobiles! Dear in any event, consumers will have a demanding look at it. There are a lot of engaging motives why automobile consumers need to take a look at purchasing the new ILX. You might not be inside a placement to combine different incentives with the acquire financing or leasing programs offered earlier mentioned. The business states no crashes accidents are described on account in the situation. It also will not get rid of limousine features. The car company will certainly develop ample spot near the seats together with famous beneath the roof covering. Acura Ilx Performance Mods
Hybrid mileage is not as advertised. These vehicles will require for being recalled by 2018. They're detailed beneath. You could possibly not be ready to fund your vehicle or truck on the price provided.
The automobile will be the quite initial Acura design to incorporate a hybrid powertrain as an option. It receives a much fresher search, as well as improved technology and a lot more protection tools, ensuing while in the vehicle being a greater all round benefit. Whether it is recalled later for that particular dilemma, you might be in a position to have reimbursed from the automaker. You're far more inclined to slide about as opposed to automobile is. Additionally, you may have to make certain the automobile is kept up in quite superb situation to stop higher end-of-lease costs.
The cabin is even just a little quieter. The inside is cozy also. On the whole, the look is handsome otherwise a little unassuming. It is a sporty layout which is modern and successful. To begin with, the voice recognition technology is really a modest lackluster. Toyota's hybrid method is outdated, nevertheless it may shift the auto gasless for quick distances. Its controls and attributes are very equivalent.
The bulk on the transformation while in the ILX's driving design is really a consequence on the new powertrain. Based on Acura, the registration commits you to definitely absolutely nothing and you also can pick from the method at any instant. There is not any strategy of disabling the idle-stop feature. Needless to say, the entire intention of the hybrid is improved gas economic climate. An additional prominent layout element on the ZDX will be the huge rear shoulders more than the rear wheels. Cost You will find a lot of factors to take a look at when calculating the overall price of a motorized vehicle.
Should you be regional and don't need to drive while in the town, we will deliver the automobile to the residence or work. Other areas are actually excellent. When receiving an automobile on lease specials you might be just spending a bit on the entire price tag tag on the automobile whenever you lease rather than the entire volume. Base recommended pricing seems reasonable for the two vehicles, however you are likely to pay dearly for fancy optional attributes regardless of which you choose for. The key assembly line will probably be stretched and a lot more room will probably be made available for parts which are unique towards the auto.
Real supplier price tag will be various. The depreciation price tag is calculated making use of a mixture of data sources and assumptions, including the really worth on the auto, the mileage on the auto, along with the all round the affliction on the vehicle. Incentive and finance supply shown may not be available to all consumers. You could possibly not be ready to combine various incentives using the purchase financing or leasing packages introduced over. This system attributes cash reimbursement towards the price of adaptive tools for disabled motorists.
All ILX variants have the exact same suspension tuning, but all of them will not utilize the quite exact same tires. The wagon version on the TSX relies within the wagon version on the Euro-spec Honda Accord that has been while in the European market for some instant. Additionally, you'll find packages offered for an additional price.
All types are equipped with a multi-view rear digicam that provides you with a collection of three distinct photographs on the region supporting the automobile when in reverse. The afflicted types are offered beneath. All types supply you exceptional ease and comfort, a handsome search, and good drivability. While not certainly one of the types really are a element on the existing recall, all of them may need to be recalled by 2018. | <urn:uuid:e1b41abf-64b6-41cd-98c5-1cabde8dcd6f> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | https://www.oriautocars.com/easy-acura-ilx-performance-mods/ | 2019-07-19T15:10:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195526254.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20190719140355-20190719162355-00370.warc.gz | en | 0.943317 | 2,107 |
Commerce7, a modern DTC platform for the wine industry, launches subscription clubs. This is an innovative new club model coexisting with their current suite of customer centric club tools. The subscription club rethinks both the traditional and user choice club model and gives winery’s an opportunity to create club experiences similar to Dollarshave Club and Blue Apron.
“Consumer expectations are higher than ever. User choice clubs may have been enough to meet expectations in the last decade, but subscription based clubs in other industries continue to innovate and raise the bar in terms of what type of experience members are expecting” says Zach Kamphuis, General Manager of Commerce7. “The modern consumer wants more control and they want the club to revolve around their life and their unique preferences. They want to be able to set and change the frequency of their shipments, have full control over the offering, be able to skip shipments, and easily make changes to their profile online. Our new subscription club model gives members all of these features and much more.” says Zach Kamphuis.
Member Controlled Frequency
Within preset parameters created by the winery, the club member is able to select their desired shipping frequency (for example 1, 2, 3 or 4 months). At any time, the club members can opt to change their frequency. Subscriptions will begin immediately once the member signs up. If a member signs up on the 9th and opts to receive their shipment monthly, they’ll receive their package every month on the 9th.
Preference Based Product Selection
In the subscription club, wineries are able to create a pool of products, and the club tools will automatically pull products from the pool to build unique packages for each club member based on the member’s individual preferences and past purchase history. The winery can create rules around the products such as minimum and maximum requirements and limitations. Club members can customize their package as well. The member can opt to have specific bottles always sent or never sent.
Automated Email Communications
The system will automatically email members 2 weeks and 2 days before an upcoming shipment so that the member can make adjustments and changes to their package. The system will also automatically email members if their credit card is declined, and with one-click in the email, members can easily update their credit card information. The timing and content of all these emails can be adjusted by the winery.
First Shipment on Signup
When a member signs up online, they’ll automatically receive a shipment. If an associate signs up a member through the POS or admin, they can set when the first shipment will process.
Automatic Club Processing
Commerce7 has had fast club processing, being able to process 1000 club packages in 90 seconds. With the subscription club, processing becomes even easier as Commerce7 now automatically process packages with no effort required by the winery. Packages that are set to process on any given day will automatically process at 8am local winery time.
Upcoming Inventory Requirements
Wineries can now see required and available inventory needed to fulfill upcoming club orders. By default, the system shows inventory requirements to fulfill the next 2 weeks worth of orders, but wineries can create custom time periods to see requirements for a given date.
To learn more about our new subscription club or the existing traditional and user choice club tools offered by Commerce7, visit commerce7.com or email [email protected]
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Listen to what people say about The Passion Test, about Janet Bray Attwood, and our wonderful programs.
Keynotes & Presentations
What do people say when they attend one of Janet’s presentations?
Japans best-selling author of self-development books, selling more than 7 million books since 2001.
“Janet is one of the most engaging and mesmerizing speakers I’ve ever witnessed. Watching her captivate an audience is a one of a kind experience. She is so dynamic- she can get the audience roaring with laughter and she can bring them to tears with her impassioned talks. She brings such a remarkable energy to the room, and her love for people always leaves a profound impact.”
NY Times Best Selling author of Picture Your Prosperity
“Janet is a skilled and engaging speaker. She’s a master story teller and brings her audiences along every step of the way with her very interactive speaking style. I can listen to her all day – in fact I have!”
New York Times Bestselling Author, “Nothing Down, Creating Wealth”
“Janet Atwood as a presenter is the best.
No, seriously, top tier.
Yes, really, the best of the best. She’s authentic, masterful and deeply profound.“
Dr. Sue Morter
Founder Morter Institute for BioEnergetics and author of The Energy Codes book.
“A leading expert on life purpose, Janet inspires the room and fills it with possibility, inspiration and heartfelt passion”
Reverend Michael Beckwith
Founder, Agape Spiritual Center and Star of the movie and book, “The Secret”
“I’ve shared the stage with Janet a number of times, and every time, she’s soulful, inspiring and rocks the room! “
Dr. Gabriel Nossovitch
Latin America’s most renown Transformational Leader and serial entrepreneur
“What’s not to say about the imitable force of nature of Janet Attwood!!! She’ll make you laugh, cry, think deeply about your life and help you know yourself deeply.”
Best selling author, Founder of Mind Movies
“If you want a presenter who lights the room on fire, fills people with passion and delivers at a “10” then go see Janet!“
Co-creator of the Superpower Summit
“Janet is a wonderful presenter. Being in her presence as she shares her teaching is truly to be in the presence of humble greatness. She is warm, funny and insightful. Her knowledge and mastery of so many techniques and trainings seems to know no bounds, Janet has an incredible way of tuning into the energy of the moment and knowing exactly what story or technique needs to be shared to create optimal engagement and learning. I could talk about Janet all day but for me the most wonderful thing about having the opportunity to be in the space with Janet is the deep authentic love and care she has for everyone she comes into contact with.“
Dr. Ted Morter, III
CEO Morter Health Service Ted Morter
“Janet Attwood absolutely rocks! Her heartfelt presentation was among the best I have ever seen! She was the best! What a pleasure to be with her”
#1 best-selling author of Women Rocking Business
“Janet is an incredibly engaging, entertaining, passionate and rockstar presenter – she will have your participants laughing, crying, opening their hearts … and even better, she will wake them up to the truth of their lives so they can get out of their own way and create the next chapter of their dreams and desires“
CEO – The Women’s Education Group, LLC
“As an event promoter and conference attendee for 30 years, I thought you were awesome when I saw you on stage in front of 1500 women. I realized you are a gifted Master Teacher and Keynote Presenter.”
Judy D. Cobb
Assistant Principal – Juvenile Justice Center School
“Thank you, thank you, thank you! Your presentation was so powerful and empowering. The effect of your passion touched the lives of everyone present in a way that will have ripple effects and transcending acts of kindness for all generations to come. Once again, thank you. I send you a world of love and more.”
Founder Awakening The Consciousness within
“If you want to go deep, feel your heart, and learn life changing knowledge, Janet Attwood will give you just that!”
Founder, The Farmer’s Wife, Inc. and Author of The Passionarie.
“Everyone I’ve spoken to absolutely loved the morning program. These people mean so much to me as you can imagine…my passionaries! But they all have written glowing comments about the whole day, specifically sharing their love of your program. In addition to what you presented, it was also really important for our group to hear each other’s passions. While many know each other, many do not—and we all learned a lot from each other in that sharing.”
The Passion Test
What do people say about The Passion Test?
The Kabbalah Center, Author, The 72 Names of God, Power of Kabbalah, The Red String
“I couldn’t put it down. The story is so engaging, I almost forgot how much I wanted to take the test. Then, taking the test, I realized how valuable it was to hear Janet’s story and what she went through to get to the point she could live her passion.”
Co-Author of Chicken Soup for the Soul®
“When I did the work on discovering your passion with Chris and Janet in a workshop, I wasn’t expecting that much to happen because I am already living my passion — teaching others about how to become more successful. However, their powerful process took me to an even deeper place, where I realized I was not spending enough time with my true number one passion — my family! That realization, and the other work they did with me, has changed the way I have lived the past year.”
Dr. Peter H. Diamandis
Founder and Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation
“I fundamentally believe that knowing ones passions is the single most critical factor for success. It is the number one thing I tell to CEOs, entrepreneurs and kids. The Passion Test is something I need to share with everybody I know.”
CEO, Dream University
“After years of focusing on my dreams, The Passion Test gave me a new depth, clarity and perspective on what’s truly important to me… and what’s not. I’m now going to redesign my life to live more aligned with my passions.”
Executive Producer “The Secret”
"The Passion Test made an amazing difference in my life. After completing it I was so clear on what I really wanted in my life. Since doing The Passion Test, I now live the life of my dreams.”
T. Harv Eker
#1 NY Times best-selling author, Secrets of The Millionaire Mind
"The Passion Test provides the simplest, clearest way to get started on knowing what you want-by getting clear on who you are.”
#1 NY Times bestselling Co-author, Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul, Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul, Transformational Teacher featured in The Secret
“The Passion Test certification course was extraordinary. I’ve taken (and delivered) many seminars and training programs over last 25 years, and this was at the top. The Passion Test is a simple, yet profound process for supporting people in living their dreams. Janet’s energy, clarity and enthusiasm are infectious. I highly recommend the certification program to anyone who is committed to living their own passions and to helping others discover theirs.”
#1 NY Times best-selling author of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
“Chris and Janet Attwood have provided a clear, simple, and effective method to help you identify your core passions so you can create the fulfilling life you deserve.”
Mayor, City of Fairfield, Iowa
“Doing The Passion Test with Janet Attwood opened my mind and clarified my focus in the most simple, honest and powerful way. Knowing your core passions and acting on them is essential to a fulfilled life.”
Director Centerpointe Research Institute and featured in The Secret
“Quite frankly I was blown away. The Passion Test is a very direct, practical roadmap on how to become prosperous, how to take what it is you love, and make it into a very, very substantial, and very fulfilling income.”
D. C. Cordova
CEO and co-founder Excellerated Business Schools
“I was amazed at the process – the simplicity and power of it. It has supported me in being much clearer in my daily priorities – brilliant!”
Associate Fellow Center For Spirituality and the Mind, University of Pennsylvania and Co-Author, Born to Believe
“From a neurological perspective, The Passion Test is a powerful and compassionate tool that will help you to focus and strengthen your brain so that you can realize your innermost dreams.”
Dr. Pankaj Naram
World-Renowned Ayurvedic Physician, Personal Pulse Reader to the Dalai Lama and Mother Teresa, Co-Author, Secrets of Natural Health
“Whether your life purpose is clear or you want to be clearer, The Passion Test™ provides a powerful tool for putting you on track to a more fulfilled, more complete life. The clearer your passions-the surer are your chances of realizing them.”
BBA. MBA. CFP. Vice President & Senior Financial Advisor – Assante Capital Management, Ltd.
“Janet has a superb ability to inspire and engage any audience. She makes sure that you have total clarity on what makes your heart sing. Before I did the passion test with Janet, I was unsure as to what I was really passionate about and therefore not concentrating my efforts. Since doing the passion test with Janet, I now know what is it that will rock my world. Janet’s spirit, love, and unique ability translate into one very special gift to anyone fortunate enough to be near her, that gift is learning that your heart’s desire is right there for the taking!”
Mark Victor Hansen
Co-Creator of the #1 NY Times best-selling series, Chicken Soup for the Soul
“Passion is the key to your destiny. Discover your Passion by taking the best of all tests – “The Passion Test’”
Co-author of Success Built to Last
“I want everybody take The Passion Test. As an outcome of coaching people for three decades I have learned that lasting success begins with discovering, staying connected to, and getting good at your passions. Some of the things you will become passionate about may not even have been invented yet – so reading this book and taking The Passion Test several times a year will keep you connected and on track. Please give yourself the gift of the passionate life.”
Ellena Lynn Lieberman
"I am completely awed by the impact that The Passion Test has had on me. My whole thinking process has shifted in 10 days! Not only am I gaining fresh clarity on my daily life, but prioritizing the top five passions offers a huge piece of work to align totally with the heart of the soul! Janet and Chris, what brilliance you have brought to us! This propels us to aspire to the beauty of the Divine in us in every way. Thank you for this tremendous gift.”
Chairman and Founder BNI (Business Networks International)
“The Passion Test has you focus on those things that are most important in your life, and passion is one of the keys to success for anyone, anywhere in the world. The Passion Test will be valuable for me, as the founder of BNI, in understanding what my franchisees are passionate about, because if they’re not passionate about the things they’re doing, they can have all the ability in the world, but they’re not going to be as successful at running the programs we want them to run as they can be.”
Film and T.V. Producer
“Today I found myself sharing my testimony many times about you, your book and seminar that stretched me WAY OUT of my comfort zone! Every response – WOW! One of my goals will be to get in front of you at least twice.”
Author, Romancing the Stone and Jewel of the Nile
“The Test itself is an incredibly valuable tool for clarifying what’s really important to you in your life. Equally valuable were the lessons Chris and Janet Attwood share for actually living your mission.”
Dr. Cheryl Clark
Founder Doing Life International, Inc.and Director Shock Incarceration and the Willard Drug Treatment Campus (DTC) New York Department of Correctional Services
“If you really want to have, do, be your passion – this is the guide for you. Janet and Chris have devised a powerful system that absolutely works!”
Richard Paul Evans
#1 NY Times Bestselling author of The Christmas Box
“The Passion Test astounds us with the possibility that life can be fun, challenging, rewarding and purposeful, all at the same time. Chris and Janet Attwood will take you on an adventure into your own heart, and show you how to wake up the passions which are the fuel for living the life you were meant to live.”
Marketing Genius, Author, Getting Everything You Can Out of All You’ve Got
“The Passion Test is very provocative and very revealing, and it’s unlike anything anyone has ever exposed me to. It challenged me in a very telling way.”
Certified Passion Test Facilitator Burlington, WI
“The Passion Test Facilitator Certification is truly a life changing event. At least it was for me! Spending 4 days with people from all over the world who all have the same encouraging, heartfilled, supportive, courageous & loving nature is well worth the tuition alone. It was ultimately one of the best weekends of my life. I was able to shed some limiting beliefs about my self and my life and move towards more positive ones. Janet Attwood and her wonderful Master Trainers and staff out did themselves in providing a weekend full of laughter, love and intense training you simply cannot get anywhere else in the world. Not only did I get to learn how to facilitate workshops using The Passion Test, but I learned how The Passion Test really works in my own life. It is an amazing tool I plan to use over and over again. I am honored that I am now certified to teach others how to use it as well. When you know what your passions are, the clarity it brings and the light it brings into your life is insurmountable!”
Edye St. Hill
Certified Passion Test Facilitator, Toronto, Canada
“The Passion Test certification was on my short list of best life experiences (and I have been fortunate to have many great experiences). It was wonderful to be with fabulous, likeminded, loving people. I have done a lot of facilitation and was able to learn many new skills to be even more effective in front of a group as well as great life skills. The Passion Test has by far been the best in helping me connect with my life passions. I thought last year was in the “best ever” category and now find I have more energy to build my consulting practice in ways that will be even more fulfilling and help others to have the same experience.”
Certified Passion Test Facilitator, Duncan, BC Canada
“In my first year as a Passion Test Facilitator I have taken hundreds of people through this wonderful process in private sessions, public workshops and business groups. As my confidence has grown so has my income – I consistently earn $1,500 to $2,000 from every workshop. My Passion Test family across the world has become a source of love, joy and inspiration in my life. When I made the decision to become a Passion Test Facilitator, I had no idea where it would lead me and I have never felt more connected with my work and clear on my life purpose.”
Certified Passion Test Facilitator, Byron MN
“When I went to certification training in 2010, I had no idea it would change my life forever. I went with my 16 year old daughter, knowing learning this message would be a great bonding experience for her and I. I left with a whole new lease on life and a state of peace I had never known before. I now live my life teaching this amazing yet simply philosophy to others. Teaching others helps me be a better person and helps me live the philosophy more fully in my life – I love what I do and so can you. My focus is no longer on money; it’s on living a better life. It’s on using my skills, talents and love to help others. When I am living in my integrity doing just that – the money comes with ease.”
What do people say who have been coached by Janet?
Host & Founder global telesummit From Heartache To Joy
"If you want to break free of false limitations and illusions you have made yourself believe; of your self and others …. then one of the best favors you can do yourself is receive coaching from Janet Attwood. Janet is so connected to “Truth” that she has the natural ability to laser focus on the most critical threads of falsehood that will begin to unravel the veil you are hiding behind. Her kindness and love will simply not stand for you to stay in hiding. She is gifted with the ability of truth seer and when she focuses her attention on you, she will see all the ways you are limiting yourself, hiding yourself or making yourself small. So if you are ready to show up in the truth of you and you want results to show up in a hurry, I can’t recommend another coach highly enough than Janet Attwood. Her loving coaching will transform you.“
Personal Coach, Passion Test Facilitator and Trainer
“…I was coached over two years by Janet Attwood who really helped me to be myself and settle into my own skin. I had been a professional facilitator of organizations in international development and projected a particular persona. Janet had noticed that and encouraged me to know that I was enough just being myself. I came to realize I am better personally and professionally when I am who I am. Because of Janet I changed my career direction and enjoy the richness of being a personal coach. Now I just love helping people transform and create a life they love and that lights them up. I have so much to thank Janet for!”
“I want to tell you that You were the most important person to me in 2018! You changed everything. You helped me to change! I am so so thankful that I met you, That you asked me to be part on your course two times! That you gave me opportunity to assist you! I am thankful for your love to me! I am thankful that you want to help me! I am thankful for your kind heart and wisdom! I am thankful for your time! You are so amazing! I am so blessed to have you in my life! You have taught me so so so much! I am changed so much because of you! I am so thankful to my self that I allowed me to be part of this! I love you so so much! You helped me to find a way how to help others.”
Creator of the Fulfillment Factor Formula™ and Master Trainer for the Passion Test Certifications.
“Janet Attwood has been and continues to be my most influential and impactful mentor. Between 2010 and 2014 I studied and learned with Janet Attwood, undertaking all the Passion Test certification programs, as well as, attending her private retreats in Fairfield, Iowa. Why? I desired to be the best transformational coach for my clients, so I needed to be the best version of myself first. Janet was my key! It was Janet’s relentless energy and enormous heart which helped transform decades of regrets, shame and self-doubt into deep passions, true self-love and infinite possibilities for myself. Thanks to her commitment to my growth and success, I became a lighthouse for others who needed a mentor to shine hope, love and passion into their lives. The success I have achieved in my coaching and speaking profession started in 2010 with Janet Attwood believing in my potential and greatness, years before I owned my true calling. I’m extremely grateful for the years of training and friendship Janet Attwood has bestowed in my life. This women, Janet Attwood, is beyond generous in teachings and the biggest lover of human-kind. Anyone who chooses to train with Janet or be lucky to spend the day walking in nature with her will be transformed forever. "
“Joining the very first PT Facilitator Certification Program in the Greater China is the best decision I've ever made in 2017. After that, I spent nearly 1 month to learn from Janet in Koh Samui in 2018. Without exaggeration, my life has been totally changed since then.
This year I've accomplished more than I can imagine. In addition to a full time job (Product Manager in VR industry), I host PT workshops, I write, I travel, I meditate, and so much more. The feeling of living in passion is goddamn good. I'm now happier than before and I do enjoy every moment of my life.
Janet is a mentor better than I can dream of. Janet, this person, perfectly demonstrates the word "passion." Not a word is required, if you're around Janet, you'll soon understand what "passion" means. There are always lots of laughter. I cannot have more fun to be with Janet. Besides, Janet used a variety of tools and tricks (not always comfortable, but definitely the way I need it) to teach me Self-Love, saving me from the hell of perfectionism. As a living example, Janet shows me how to play and how to have fun. Result is important, but while I'm fighting for the goal, I also learn to enjoy the process as much as possible, not taking my mistakes too seriously. After all, wisdom comes from experience.
Now if you see smiles on my face, thanks to Janet, who makes me believe I'm a gift from and to the universe."
“I‘ve had Janet as my mentor for more than a year, and she helped me bring my facilitation skills to a whole new level, which is key in my role as a leadership consultant for large international corporations. Janet led me towards finding my unique voice by helping me identify and remove my inner blocks, instead of focusing on superficial scripts and tips on body posture. When you get in touch with yourself on a deeper level, your voice, words, and body effortlessly speak to your audience in a powerful and authentic way. I’ve worked with dozens of experts, but Janet is a genius in helping you get to that place of inner peace and confidence. While working together with her, I also got in touch with my deep passions which has led to a realization of a number of successful professional projects. Currently I‘m building a career platform for experienced professionals who are looking to redesign their career and expand their influence. All of this wouldn‘t have happened without my time with Janet. While I was looking for Janet‘s help to create more impact through my professional work, I never imagined that our time together would help me be a better version of myself as a parent. My son was born three months ago, and being in touch with my passions helps me be a balanced mom and help my son find his own way towards a meaningful life."
Director Public Relations King Power Mahanakhon
“Ten years ago I read The Passion Test and throughout the entire book, all I could think about was how much I wanted to meet this truly incredible author. Luckily my wish came true and a few years ago, I met Janet Attwood in Bangkok, Thailand. Janet's approach was honest, straightforward, heart-opening, and full of (tough) love. My first session was not comfortable or easy but it led to results and a much needed breakthrough moment. Since then, I’ve been so lucky to be coached and mentored by this amazing woman. There have been countless lessons on self-love and lifechanging "a-ha!" moments. Janet is an amazing coach because she is authentically living what she teaches. If you are looking for an upgrade to a more fulfilling life, I highly recommend you to invest in learning and spending time with one of the wisest and most inspiring transformational leaders of our time."
About Janet's Master Trainer Programs
“This course was transformational. I had so much on my plate. I felt tired, exhausted and felt like I was not good enough. Now after 9 days together with Janet Bray Attwood I am totally transformed. She showed me where I was still hurting and where I punished myself. Today I feel free, I feel open, I have clarity and I am ready to go home and just do my thing. Thank you Janet.”
“I went to Janet Bray Attwood’s Master Trainer Course a few years ago, and there I found peace with myself, and I found how to be ok with myself Because I had damaging relationships when I was younger and I really had such a low self-confidence. I thought that I was nothing. With Janet's help, I was able to open up and found the joy of speaking, I was so silent – I didn’t speak much, and now my life has totally transformed. I coach other people on how to transform their life – how to find their own self-love and passion in life, and this is all because of Janet, so I recommend her courses to everyone. Thank you.”
“I learned even more the importance of self love. Here during those 9 days, it went on to a deeper level - Really understanding the importance of Self Love.”
“I learned even more the importance of self love. Here during those 9 days, it went on to a deeper level - Really understanding the importance of Self Love.”
More than anything, I was really stunned by Janet’s passion. I have been helped by American people in my life, and Janet pours love into each individual, take care of them so much, with strong will to make that person’s life better and shine more. She is very professional that I learned from her so much in various ways. In a sense, I decided to come to this course without thinking about it too much. But as a result, it was beyond my expectation, and became a truly wonderful turning point of my life. One example is that I am already 76 years old. The fact that I can still learn at the age of 76 years old, and have someone to learn from so much is such a blessing to me. So I am truly grateful that I came to this course. The venue was wonderful. Food was also amazing. More than anything, Janet is such an amazing person that I wish many people to experience Janet’s energy even if it is her speaking on stage. It is also so thankful that Janet visits Japan number of times. I wish that she continues to come back to Japan for many more times to come, and hope as many people as possible in Japan to meet her. Thank you very very much."
An accomplished Ayurvedic physician, pharmaceutical herbalist and nutritionist.
“Years ago I was traveling all over the world helping people to get healthy one by one… until I met Janet Attwood! Through the work that Janet and her team did in India I was able to see that I could impact far more people to become healthy… and successful. After taking the Passion Test I began chasing my dream of reaching millions through training practitioners and developing 150 clinics in several countries on different continents. In the last ten years, we’ve trained 200 practitioners of Ayurvedic medicine and have helped one million people!
Thanks to Janet I am more focused and truly enjoying what I’m doing while having the greatest impact!"
Estonia's Biggest Promoter and Director Of Business Development at Business Freedom Academy
“My work is to inspire and educate people to take charge of their lives by bringing some of the most powerful transformational speakers to my country. My friend Janet Attwood was one of them and her work on self-love is so critically important.
My team had done a survey in which we asked people what habits were holding them back. We learned that self-doubt, not believing in oneself, staying in one’s comfort zone and procrastination were all linked to self-love. This was the biggest barrier to people getting out of their comfort zone to do what they really want to do. Helping people put themselves first in this way, before they help others, makes all the difference.
That’s where Janet’s Mastery of Self-Love Certification Program is so valuable. I encourage everyone to just jump in!"
IT expert, consultant and Passion Test Facilitator & certified Mastery of Self-Love Certification course participant
"The Mastery of Self-Love Certifications trainers Karin Lubin and Julie Zolfo were masterful! I learned so much, especially how to say no at a time when my life was falling apart….and how to say YES!
I also learned that I need to fill me up first and to take full responsibility for my own happiness. I invite everyone to take this course. It will change your life!"
Author, community organize. r, workshop leader, coach and Passion Test Facilitator & certified Mastery of Self-Love Certification Course participant.
“This amazing and brilliantly designed course has not only boosted my emotional maturity to the next level, I know it will do the same for my students and clients when I take it back home!”
Heidi and Jana, sisters from Finland
Passion Test Facilitators and Trainers & Certified Mastery of Self-Love Facilitators
“We’ve had a good relationship as sisters but we were not that close where we could share everything.
With other relationships too, we found it difficult to get emotionally close.
With Janet Attwood’s help we were able to remove blocks to expressing ourselves by really getting to know and love ourselves in a new way.
Now, our relationship has been transformed, we want to work together….and spread self-love everywhere!”
Certified Mastery of Self-Love Course participant
“Before I took the Mastery of Self-Love course I was really cruel to myself and kept myself in a kind of cage. I did not like myself!
With the help of Janet’s course I was able to learn to love myself just as I am. Now I’m doing everything I love with passion! Thanks to Janet I’m living my life fully.”
Dawa Tarchin Phillips
CEO Awakened Leadership and Mindfulness in Business and Education
“…If you’re a leader, people are looking to you for orientation and inspiration, so whatever you can do to become clear in your mind why you are really here and how you can best serve that purpose, the greater inspiration you will provide those you lead. Janet’s programs help leaders do just that, so check them out!”
New York Times best-selling author and founder of Mind Share Summit
"I had the amazing good fortune to have Janet Attwood take the Mind Share Master Mind group through the Passion Test process. I knew what these successful doctors, health experts, and entrepreneurs, though already living their passions, really wanted—Clarity! And with Janet’s help, that’s what they got! I witnessed the transformation for these people taking their next step toward creating the life, career, and impact they’d always wanted.
Yes, the Passion Test helps people find their purpose-- but more than that-- it helps them to get super clarity, such a gift!"
Founder of Yes to Success Seminars
Jack Canfield & Patty Aubery
- Jack is the author of Chicken Soup for the Soul and Success Principles. Patty is President of Chicken Soup for the Soul.
“I’ve seen Janet Attwood speak all over the world and in every country she has people in the palm of her hand. Each year she comes up with new talks and programs that mesmerize and engage people, helping them overcome limiting beliefs and fears to realize themselves as successful, loving, compassionate and happy people. She’s one of the master teachers on the planet today!”
Dr. John Gray
Author of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
“Over the years I’ve known Janet Attwood I’ve seen so many people benefit from her programs and classes. She teaches people how to experience more passion, more drive, more motivation, more happiness and more empowerment, particularly for women. I highly recommend her programs!"
Arial from China
Arial, a professional translator, shares her learning as she lives in COVID isolation with her family in China
"Thanks to what I’ve learned from Janet and Master Trainers in the Mastery of Self-Love Course, I see "every moment as a gift,” especially when I am clear. The practices I’ve learned help me to be solid in the midst of change, so that when people around me are feeling anxious I can express love and help empower them. I’m using this time to get along well with my family. We have a lot of family activities and games. Maybe many are finding it difficult to be so close to their family.
Author of ‘Be Free Here and Now’ and participant on Janet's course Eliminate Fear and Manifest Wealth.
Participant about Mastery of Self Love
Lettitia Martinez about Mastery of Self Love
Conversations with Kelly Falardeau
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OpenSea, the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, announced on November 3 that it was laying off employees. Co-founder and CEO Devin Finzer bankrupt the news on X (formerly Twitter), saying that the company was launching OpenSea 2.0 with a smaller team.
OpenSea launched in 2017, when NFTs were an innovation. It operates with a version similar to eBay and Etsy and accepts payments in Ether (ETH). It laid off 20% of its employees in July 2022, citing the crypto winter, after which it had a staff of 230 people, according to press reports at the time. A pioneer exchange spokesperson told Cointelegraph via email:
“Today we are making important organizational and operational changes as we focus on building a more agile (and ultimately better) version of OpenSea. “We are immensely grateful for the contributions of those leaving OpenSea and are supporting them with a robust package consisting of financial and non-financial support.”
The spokesperson added that around 50% of employees would be affected across all functions and mentioned in particular that the number of middle managers would be reduced. Employees would receive four-month severance packages, accelerated equity vesting and six months of ongoing medical and mental health care.
Related: Donald Trump NFT Prices Soar After Mugshot Released in Georgia Criminal Case
The NFT collectible market peaked in 2021. Since then, use cases such as tokenization of assets, identification and legal documents have gained popularity as the value of many collectibles decreased.
OpenSea was in the right place at the right time with the right product. But so was Tower Records. What can OpenSea do to maintain its leadership? The answer is simple. Become a DAO and give a governance token to users. It will be valued in tens of billions. Everyone wins.
– Beanie (@beaniemaxi) November 11, 2021
OpenSea faced significant community backlash in August when it announced it was removing its carrier filter, a feature that allowed creators to blacklist marketplaces that did not apply royalties. Yuga Labs, creator of the popular Bored Ape Yacht Club and the CryptoPunks NFT series, began gradually reducing its use of OpenSea’s Seaport marketplace smart contract in response.
“As we rebuild, we will continue to support our existing products and iteratively test OpenSea 2.0 publicly,” Finzer said in his X post. The company currently lists 12 open positions on LinkedIn with starting salaries ranging from $90,000 to $270,000. .
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Affiliation: National Institutes of Health
- The "STEP-wise" future of adenovirus-based HIV vaccinesL J Patterson
Vaccine Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Curr Med Chem 18:3981-6. 2011..Finally, evaluation of replicating adenovirus vectors known to be capable of inducing potent cellular, humoral, and mucosal immunity will be vital to meeting our future goal of an effective HIV vaccine...
- Vaccine protection against a heterologous, non-syncytium-inducing, primary human immunodeficiency virusM Robert-Guroff
Basic Research Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 4255, USA
J Virol 72:10275-80. 1998..These results demonstrate the potential of this combination vaccine strategy and suggest that vaccine protection against an HIV isolate relevant to infection of people is feasible...
- A conformational C4 peptide polymer vaccine coupled with live recombinant vector priming is immunogenic but does not protect against rectal SIV challengeL J Patterson
Basic Research Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 17:837-49. 2001..In spite of the peptomer's strong immunogenicity and potential for induction of broadly protective immune responses, it was not effective as a subunit vaccine...
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Laboratory of Immunoregulation, Office of Vaccine Research and Review, FDA National Institutes of Health, NIH Campus Bldg 29, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Every author wants their book to stand out and look special. Explore the shelves in any good bookshop and you will see books with embossed covers, foil blocking, words picked out in varnish (known as ‘spot U.V) and many other print embellishments and finishes. It is natural for authors to want to do the same.
The good news is that all of these options are perfectly possible. You have the freedom to make your book look exactly the way you want it, but before rushing to choose a non standard finish, you need to understand the practicalities involved and also the costs.
For standard ‘trade paperback’ books, with a gloss or matt full cover, these can be printed to order within the book trade supply chain at no up-front cost to the author who just receives a royalty. This is why most authors prefer this process
Any book that is non standard, that is with a special paper or with a cover with foil blocking, embossing or spot varnish, cannot be printed this way and would require to be printed in quantity at the authors expense in advance.
For any book to be a financial success for the author, the raw cost of printing needs to be below 20% of the cover price. This is because, when selling through the book trade, you will only receive back around 40% of the cover price as a net profit – and out of this comes the cost of printing. A book shop will receive around a 45% profit margin from which to pay for their premises and staff, and a book distributor, like Gardners in Eastbourne takes a margin of 10 to 15%. Totalling these together comes to a total of a 60% which is the discount you need to give to sell your book through the book trade. It doesn’t need a mathematical genius to work out that, if you add costs to your printing, the only person who is going to be squeezed is the author.
So how do the big publishers manage to produce a high specification book and still maintain their margins? For a title that is going to be distributed by them around the world, they will probably print the book in large quantities in China or Eastern Europe to get the costs down. This way they can be creative in their choice of papers and cover finishes, and still get the book printed well within or below that 20% ceiling.
For niche books that are not going to sell by the pallet load, does that mean that having print enhancements on the cover is not economic? Not necessarily! Here is a strategy.
Every author has two main routes to market – their personal sales, through their website, mailing list events, and joint ventures. The second route is the book trade – bookshops and Amazon. The books that an author sells themselves are worth six times more to them than a book trade sale because there are no other percentages to pay out. The author gets it all! So the 20% rule doesn’t necessarily apply.
Many authors complain that the book trade, and Amazon in particular, discounts their book, making it difficult for them to get those very profitable direct sales from their website. So here is the cunning plan!
Have two versions of your book. One version – a special edition – which you sell on your website, and a standard edition that is sold through Amazon and the book trade.
When people are searching for you or your book, the first place they should find you is on your website, because you will have more key words there about you than anywhere else. The trick is to give people a stunning reason to buy direct from you there and then, rather than to search elsewhere to find it cheaper.
The way to do this is twofold. One, make your special edition exclusive to your own routes to market. It cannot be purchased from anywhere except through you.
Your special edition could indeed have cover embellishments and it doesn’t matter if that does cost a little more, because you have six times the profit margin on that sale. Be aware though that you will need to print a reasonable quantity for this to get economies of scale and get the unit cost down to an economic level. Not all authors have the funds to pay for a print run of 750 – 1000 upfront.
If that is the case, you can still make it a special edition without the print embellishments by adding bonus content into this edition to make it even more valuable to the potential purchaser. Not only that, but you could also offer an exclusive downloadable knowledge gift to people who choose to buy directly from you. Set against all of that, the fact that Amazon might be offering the book at three pounds less ceases to be so attractive.
The standard edition of the book, which will be available worldwide at the same price as the special edition but it won’t have the extra content or the special cover features making it a no-brainer to buy the better edition directly from you.
Of course, your special edition is perfect for your public speaking and training events to sell at the back of the room. Many authors do a regular ‘bank raid’ by selling books in their way which can be very profitable.
With print embellishments, there are additional set up costs you would not have with a standard book.
If you want the cover embossed, this requires a metal printing plate with the raised text which needs to go through an additional process once the cover is printed. Not all printers will have this facility and will need to outsource this process. This can add a week to the production time.
Printing part of your cover design in varnish (Spot U.V) is another process that costs extra and can add time to printing. Of course, if you are printing a varnish layer you can only do this on a matt finish – not a gloss finish!
Foil blocking looks great and is another option which needs to be done on a separate machine and will add further time to the printing. All of these additional processes to add to the look and feel of the book, but are only viable if you print a large quantity, which does come at a cost.
If you want a book to look special, sometimes it is enough simply to do a short run of hardback books with a ‘printed paper case’ as it is known. This is where the cover is glued to boards.
Finally, if you have gone to all the trouble and expense of doing a special edition, don’t waste the strategic advance this gives you by putting it on Amazon. If you have attracted a visitor to your site who is ready to spend money, don’t send them elsewhere to spend it with someone else, when you could have made that sale yourself and made six times more money! Obvious, I know, but you would be surprised at the number of authors who do it.
©2017 Chris Day
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It’s expensive to see movies. It’s not expensive to watch the trailers, guess what it’s about and try to review them. Here’s what’s opening this week.
In a dystopian future (or other world) there’s different societies and once a year there’s a fight to death of children to see who can eat? That’s what I vaguely remember from someone telling me about it and I’m sure the only thing right is “death of children” which is pretty intense for a teen book but I digress. Or regress? I’m gressing. Everyone is very excited for this movie, it’s basically going to solve all of the world’s problems and fix the economy and get Mitt Romney elected and whoops that’s not solving anything haha political humor. There is going to be a ton of themes in this movie so after you take your date to see it, mention the concept of “expressing personal independence in a monolithic society.” I don’t know what that means. Basically just throw a lot of words at someone that are multisyllabic in any situation when you are critiquing art and 95% of the time you are good to go. Team Jacob!
I didn’t watch the trailer for this and you know what? I’m not going to. I’m sorry. I know I’m breaking down the fourth wall here but I don’t watch all the trailers or even have a semblance of what I’m taking about most of the time. If I write three sentences that are incoherent but in the first two sentences set up a great joke in the third sentence, I’ll do it. I’LL DO IT. I know this is mind-blowing because you think I have my finger on the pulse of pop culture society and am very in-the-know living this amazing hipster Brooklyn life talking about #poetry and tumblrs but really I bang these reviews out on my couch while listening to obscure rap music while fighting the urge to order Chinese food for the third night in a row. These are my thoughts.
New Movie Trailers
The 3 Stooges – Blech.
The Host – No idea what this is.
Jesus Henry Christ – It’s a movie!
“Best Friends!” via Cute Overload
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Several “beasts from the East”, other assorted wintry assaults and a decidedly chilly early Easter may have delayed any opportunity to get your caravan back on the road and experience some Spring sunshine.
Perhaps the May bank holiday’s extended weekend will give you a long-awaited chance to enjoy parts of Britain at their finest.
Here are just five ideas for places to go, with your caravan in tow – just remember to check that your touring caravan insurance is fully up to date …
- Southwest England
If anywhere is likely to benefit from early sunshine and warmer weather, it’s probably going to be the southwest of England – a favourite of caravanners everywhere.
You may be spoilt for choice when it comes to choosing just where to pitch up.
May is an excellent time of year to visit the Lost Gardens of Heligan and see the collection of some of the country’s rarest plant species in full bloom.
The obvious place to stay is Heligan Caravan and Camping, where you will find 29 hard-standing and 25 grass pitches, many of them with electric hook-ups on spacious plots set in well-manicured lawns and established shrubs – all part of the original Heligan estate, which it adjoins.
- Southeast England
Talking of gardens, the very Garden of England is the county of Kent, of course – and it is only a short hop from London and the whole of the Home Counties.
Kent also includes the Weald, the Downs and a stunning coastline, so there are plenty of places to visit. One of the paths perhaps least trodden – but even closer to London – are the Riverhill Himalayan Gardens, near Sevenoaks. It’s stunning colours, and fascinating connections with Darwin and the great plant hunters make it a particular attraction any time in May.
The Camping and Caravanning Club’s site at Oldbury Hill is not only close to Riverhill but scores of other local attractions, including Iron Age forts, medieval manor houses, and Chartwell, the home of Sir Winston Churchill.
May Day is the time of year for welcoming in the summer – and Wales has its very own festival, called Calan Mai. Traditionally, the celebrations might have left you in a haze from over-indulged drinking of mead – these days, you might do better to take in some of the stunning scenery of South Wales.
Here, it is the Gower Peninsula – a miniature Cornwall, as Visit Wales calls it – and is most likely to attract, and there are campsites a plenty to choose from.
One of the most photographed places on the Gower is Three Cliffs Bay – and there is even your own Three Cliffs Bay caravanning and camping site from which to enjoy the views 24-hours a day during your break in May.
- Northern England
Whilst many caravanners are likely to be heading for the wild and rugged attractions of the Lake District, why not make a break from some of the crowds and take in the Northeast’s gem of a wildlife haven by visiting the Farne Islands.
Seabird colonies comprise 23 different species, but the stars of the show are invariably the 37,000 breeding pairs of puffins. You’ll have a chance to see the 1,000 or so grey seal pups that were born in the Autumn.
Elford Caravan Park is just two miles from the sea, giving easy access to the Farne Islands at Seahouses. Spread over two acres, it offers 25 pitches – all with electric hook-up – for touring caravans.
The May bank holiday provides the perfect opportunity for exploring the great outdoors amidst Scotland’s majestic Highland scenery.
The Camping and Caravanning Club has even devised a four-day walking itinerary especially for the long-weekend’s holiday.
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Latest Google Update Lets Users Refine Search Options
Last week, Google announced a new feature that is now available on search engine results pages (SERPs): Search Options. Here’s a screenshot that shows the new options:
As you can see, there is now a left-hand navigation bar that allows searchers to narrow their results down by time period, media, related searches and more. This is where all of that hard work in optimizing for Google Universal Search pays off. Your videos, customer reviews, press releases, etc. will show up in just about every results category that Google offers!
Let’s break down each of the categories and explain what they mean:
Searching By Media
• All results.
• Video. Results show videos indexed by Google Video Search, including YouTube.
• Forums. Results show posts made in discussion forums.
• Reviews. Results show pages that contain reviews of products, sites or services.
Searching By Time Period
• Any time. Default search results.
• Recent results. Results show information found in the last few hours.
• Past 24 hours. Results show information found in the past 24 hours.
• Past week. Results show information found in the past week.
• Past year. Results show information found in the past year.
Getting More from Your Search
• Standard results. Results show information in the standard format, including title, meta description (snippet) and URL(s).
• Images from the page. Results show images from each of the URLs listed.
• More text. Results show information in the standard format, adding a longer snippet.
Refining Your Search
• Standard view.
• Related searches. Results add a list of alternate search queries at the top.
• Wonder Wheel. Adds a “wheel” with search terms at the end of each “spoke” so that users can narrow their search according to sub-topic.
• Timeline. Results show publication dates or historical timelines that relate to the search topic.
So what’s next? Shortly after launching this update, Google offered a behind-the-scenes look at the decision-making process they used to arrive at the current version of Search Options. That look, according to blogger Matt McGee, included several search options that aren’t available in the live version of Search Options, including:
• Show results in certain languages
• Show/group results by topic
• Show results on a map
• Group results by people
• Group results “by topic on a map”
• Show page previews of each search result
• Show pages “I’ve seen before” or “I’ve never seen”
We’ll keep you posted as to whether some of the enhancements will become available in the future and how they’ll affect your business.
For more information about optimizing your website for the best results in Google, contact KEO Marketing at 888.702.0679.
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San Francisco, Gap Inc. is pulling 50% of its orders placed with a vendor whose subcontracting led to children sewing some of the retailer's clothes in squalid conditions in India, according to the Associated Press.
The penalties disclosed Wednesday wrapped up the company's investigation into an episode that attracted headlines around the world and renewed concerns about abusive labor practices in overseas factories.
To help address the problem, Gap said it would make a $200,000 grant aimed at improving the working conditions in India and would try to recruit retailers from around the world to participate in a forum next year to address child-labor issues.
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Happy Tuesday! Many of us will be traveling over the next few months to visit family and friends for the holiday season and I know traveling can be a very hectic and stressful time but please don’t worry. I’ve got all of you covered because for today’s post I’m sharing the travel essentials that you need to make your life easier this holiday season so keep reading for all the deets.
holiday travel essentials
Hats: Hats will keep you warm especially while you are waiting at the airport.
Requirements for a good travel hat:
- Cover your ears
- At least partly cover the back of your neck
- Has no flaps, fluffballs, or other wasted mass
- Is made of thin, modern materials for maximum warmth
Shoes: A solid, decent looking pair of low-frills winter boots that you wear right into the airport is the perfect shoe for your winter trip.
Requirements for good winter travel shoes:
- Light on lacing-you still need to get through security so a pair of shoes or boots that can be worn loosely and doesn’t require a lot of tying and untying will help.
- Dark colored, so they won’t show stains from mud, slush, or getting thrown on security belts.
Gloves: You can get a great pair of warm, waterproof, yet very thin gloves that weigh only a few ounces that will take up only a few square inches in your luggage.
Requirements for travel gloves:
- Extremely light and low bulk
- Quick drying
- Light long or short sleeve shirts or T-Shirts
- Long sleeve tops
- Fleece or sweaters
- Light wind and waterproof outerwear
Some Accessories to Consider:
- Polarized sunglasses
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Influencer marketing has helped many brands reach new audiences and sell more of their product -- but should kids be targeted by influencer marketing? Three advocacy groups don’t think so.
On Friday, the Center for Digital Democracy, Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, and Public Citizen filed a complaint with the FTC against Google, Disney’s Maker Studios, and several other companies over the “unfair and deceptive practice” of aiming influencer marketing at children.
The groups contend that kids don’t have the same ability as adults to distinguish influencer ads from content. By using YouTube, for example, as a platform on which to show kids unboxing toys or promoting other products, the groups argue that companies are taking “unfair advantage of kids.”
More than disclosure needed
In the complaint, Laura Moy of the Institute for Public Representation at Georgetown University Law Center, which is representing the groups, pointed out that influencer ads may be over kids’ heads in some ways.
“Child-directed influencer marketing is misleading to children because their immature brains do not process or understand advertisements the way adults do -- especially advertisements disguised as content,” she said.
But simply asking companies to do a better job of differentiating ads from content isn’t enough; the groups say influencer marketing should be avoided entirely. Even full disclosure, they say, “would not negate the inherent deceptiveness of child-directed influencer marketing.”
Kids are often captivated by YouTube videos featuring other children sampling junk food, playing games, or unboxing toys. The complaint provides specific examples of YouTube channels that show influencers engaged in this type of "stealth marketing."
In one YouTube video, which has racked up a staggering number of views, influencer EvanTubeHD is shown unboxing a Lego Police Patrol Boat. This video, like others similar to it, isn't portrayed as being commercial or sponsored in any way.
The advocacy groups say the FTC should investigate the practice of aiming influencer ads at children and take preventative action against it in the future.
This isn't the first time CDD and CCFC have filed complaints with the FTC over advertising to kids on YouTube. Last year, as we reported, the two consumer groups urged the FTC to stop Google from engaging in the "deceptive practice" of marketing to kids on its YouTube Kids App. | <urn:uuid:f0bb7a99-f114-4367-8532-6185a4016457> | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/consumer-groups-say-ftc-shouldnt-allow-influencer-marketing-to-kids-102116.html | 2021-12-08T12:21:58Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964363510.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20211208114112-20211208144112-00192.warc.gz | en | 0.941601 | 500 |
22 September 2006 Developing nations in Africa and Asia will receive high-quality television programmes on science and technology under a Memorandum of Understanding signed today between the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
Under the accord, UNESCO acquired the rights for one year to 46 titles in the award-winning BBC Horizon series for distribution in 41 African and 9 Asian countries.
Each of the 50-minute programmes will be distributed by UNESCO to public service broadcasters free of charge. The broadcasters will be entitled to air each film up to six times on national television. Basic science, including life sciences are among the subjects covered by the programmes, alongside ecology and earth sciences – including disaster mitigation and topics such as Einstein’s theory of relativity; tsunamis, and gene therapy.
The British government is providing financial support to the project, notably to help defray the cost of duplicating and distributing the programmes. Cooperation between UNESCO and the BBC is expected to be extended beyond the sciences, to the fields of education, culture and communication through the licensing of BBC Worldwide content. BBC Worldwide is the BBC’s commercial arm. | <urn:uuid:29513666-68ae-4bbd-9719-7c99a2b7cf3c> | CC-MAIN-2015-48 | http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=19976&Cr=UNESCO&Cr1 | 2015-11-28T19:05:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-48/segments/1448398453656.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20151124205413-00302-ip-10-71-132-137.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924363 | 236 |
The GO Consortium coordinated an effort to maximize and optimize GO annotations for a large and representative set of key genomes, known as 'reference genomes'. The Reference Genome Annotation Project aimed to completely annotate twelve reference genomes, producing a resource that may effectively seed automatic annotation efforts of other genomes. The project was funded by the main GO Consortium grant from the the US National Institutes of Health, Human Genome Research Institute.
Trained, highly skilled GO curators formed the Reference Genome GO Annotation Team, which coordinated annotation, facilitated implementation of GO Consortium annotation priorities, and provided quantitative measures to assess progress toward the goal of broad and deep annotation of the reference genomes. The work of this annotation team was published at:
- The Gene Ontology's Reference Genome Project: a unified framework for functional annotation across species. PLoS Comput. Biol. Jul 2009;5(7):e1000431. PMID:19578431; doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000431
Reference Species and Databases
The reference genomes and responsible database groups are:
- Arabidopsis thaliana (The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR))
- Caenorhabditis elegans (WormBase)
- Danio rerio (zebrafish; Zebrafish Information Network (ZFIN))
- Dictyostelium discoideum (dictyBase)
- Drosophila melanogaster (FlyBase)
- Escherichia coli (PortEco)
- Gallus gallus (AgBase)
- Homo sapiens (human UniProtKB-Gene Ontology Annotation [UniProtKB-GOA] @ EBI)
- Mus musculus (Mouse Genome Informatics)
- Rattus norvegicus (Rat Genome Database (RGD))
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Saccharomyces Genome Database (SGD))
- Schizosaccharomyces pombe (Pombase)
Sequences used for building the trees can be obtained from the EBI's Reference Proteomes website. To access the complete proteomes for other species, please visit the UniProt Complete Proteomes collection.
The Reference Genome Project issued a set of comprehensive experimental GO annotations for all gene products in all twelve Reference Genomes and provided tools for using these annotations to infer GO annotations for all fully sequenced genomes.
Evolutionary relationships are the glue in the Reference Genome Project, and related genes across the twelve Reference Genomes were curated simultaneously. The results of this work provided:
- Better annotations: each model organism has unique strengths for probing gene function, and bringing this information together helps to interpret experimental results, which improves the accuracy and consistency of annotations.
- More annotations: homology relationships allow accurate inference of functions for genes that have not been characterized experimentally
- Improvements in the Gene Ontology: cross-organism discussion about annotations frequently leads to new terms being added to the Gene Ontology.
- The curation processed first identified an initial set of target genes in (typically) one species. Genes that met the requirements of at least one of the following categories were selected:
- Orthologs of human disease genes.
- Topical or "currently hot" genes.
- Genes conserved from E. coli to human but currently lacking GO annotation.
- Genes involved in biochemical and/or signaling pathways.
- Later, curators identified the ortholog(s)/homolog(s) of the selected target genes in all Reference Genome species, from phylogenetic trees in the PANTHER database. Not all species had orthologs/homologs to selected genes.
- Curators from each model organism database collected available literature about the genes in their respective organism.
- GO terms were assigned based on experimental data.
- Existing GO annotations were reviewed to ensure they conformed to agreed GO annotation standards (see below).
- Curators then overlaid all annotations on the phylogenetic tree of the gene family. Annotations were reviewed for consistency, and modified when necessary. Ancestral nodes in the tree were annotated, allowing reliable, traceable inference of annotations based on homology. These processes were carried out using the Phylogenetic Annotation INference Tool (PAINT), operating on the trees in the PANTHER database.
The main results of this process were:
- Additional quality assurance of experimental GO annotations by viewing each annotation in the context of annotations for related genes
- A set of high-quality inferred GO annotations derived from the annotated phylogenetic trees
- A fully traceable evidence trail for all annotations, both experimental and inferred
The reference genome databases agreed to follow more stringent guidelines than those used for standard GO annotation:
- Experimental evidence codes (IDA, IPI, IMP, IGI, IEP) were used where possible, providing experimentally-based annotations for all gene products from these organisms.
- Terms inferred from sequence or structural similarity (ISS) were only be used when the terms were supported by experimental evidence for the similar sequence.
- Non-traceable author statements (NAS) were not used.
- No new annotations were based on traceable author statements (TAS); an attempt was made to gradually replace existing terms assigned with TAS with the appropriate experimental evidence code based on the primary literature.
All GO annotations from this project are included in the gene association files that each group submits to GO. Annotations can also be viewed using the GO search engine and browser AmiGO 2. | <urn:uuid:dc3f7dac-5833-44b7-957b-a1857099e242> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://geneontology.org/page/reference-genome-annotation-project?all= | 2016-10-21T22:00:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718309.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00394-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.884448 | 1,155 |
Cryogenic production is the separation of air by fractional distillation at very low temperatures where the components of the air are liquid. The air is cooled down to -185° C by refrigeration processes. In the following distilling process the required products are produced. The gaseous products and waste streams are then warmed. The products are now available for packing in high pressure cylinders or pipeline delivery. This process reaches the highest purities of the required products (e.g. ~99.5% with O2). The low temperatures of the handled gases require a compressor solution that is insensitive to these low levels of temperature. To obtain a high level of gas purity and to mitigate the risk of explosions (e.g. with O2) of oil vapours an oil-free and contactless (no abrasive wear) compressor solution is mandatory.
The contactless and oil-free Laby® Compressor solution is the solution of choice since the labyrinth sealing on pistons and piston rods is insensitive to temperature changes. No hotspots due to sealing ring friction occur and no contamination of the valuable gases with oil or abrasives can happen.
Non-cryogenic production as the separation of air at near ambivalent temperatures requires the Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) process. A special adsorptive material (e.g. zeolites) in a pressurised (1 – 3 bar) vessel adsorbs the relevant gases (N2, CO2, etc.) from the air according to the molecular properties. A purity of 90 – 95 % of Oxygen can be achieved with this process. By lowering the pressure (“Swinging” from high to low pressure) the “waste gas” can be desorbed and purged out of the vessel. Operating two or more vessels in parallel allows near continuous production. Alternatively the Vacuum Pressure Swing Adsorption (VPSA) can be used. The only difference to the PSA is, that vacuum blowers are used to reduce the desorption pressure in this kind of process. The lower desorption pressure allows much lower inlet pressures. In general these systems are more costly but more energy efficient for the same product flow and purity conditions.
The oil-free and contactless Laby® Compressor solutions is the solution of choice for the air compression and produced gas (e.g. O2, N2). Burckhardt Compression offers its compressor solutions as complete turn-key installations, engineered packages or bare shaft compressors. Our in-house competence includes compressor design and sizing, pulsation and vibration studies, plant engineering, instrumentation and PLC programming. | <urn:uuid:1b8a05cc-d058-4e31-a725-53c216f79e60> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | https://www.burckhardtcompression.com/solution/industrial-gases/air-separation/ | 2019-07-18T20:02:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525793.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20190718190635-20190718212635-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.897435 | 546 |
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Texas Tailors the Tailoring Rule
Copyright ©2010, Environmental Law Institute®, Washington D.C. www.eli.org. Reprinted by permission from The Environmental Forum®, September/October. | <urn:uuid:8efc617d-e42c-4a3c-b53c-694b30692cdd> | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | https://www.eli.org/the-environmental-forum/texas-tailors-tailoring-rule | 2023-01-29T18:59:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499758.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20230129180008-20230129210008-00018.warc.gz | en | 0.876219 | 99 |
Organism : Clostridium acetobutylicum | Module List :
Regulation information for CAC0254(Mouseover regulator name to see its description)
Motif information (de novo identified motifs for modules)
There are 4 motifs predicted.
|Motif Id||e-value||Consensus||Motif Logo|
Functional Enrichment for CAC0254
Module neighborhood information for CAC0254
|Gene||Common Name||Description||Module membership|
|CAC0254||nifHD||Nitrogen regulatory protein PII (nitrogen fixation nifHD) (NCBI ptt file)||46, 337|
|CAC0259||CAC0259||Fusion nifN/K+nifB (nifN-nitrogenase iron molybdenum cofactor biosinthesis protein, nifK-nitrogenase molibdenum-iron protein beta chain, nifB-nitrogenase iron-molibdenum cofactor biosynthesis protein) (NCBI ptt file)||46, 226|
|CAC0338||CAC0338||Mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase C3 precursor; CF-7 family (NCBI ptt file)||311, 337|
|CAC0758||CAC0758||Hypothetical protein, CF-27 family (NCBI ptt file)||46, 337|
|CAC0781||CAC0781||Hypothetical protein (NCBI ptt file)||210, 337|
|CAC0927||CAC0927||Hypothetical protein, CF-2 family (NCBI ptt file)||46, 125|
|CAC1062||CAC1062||Hypothetical protein (NCBI ptt file)||46, 337|
|CAC1417||CAC1417||Hypothetical protein (NCBI ptt file)||124, 337|
|CAC1498||CAC1498||Predicted flavoprotein (NCBI ptt file)||46, 307|
|CAC1537||CAC1537||Uncharacterized conserved protein (NCBI ptt file)||337, 354|
|CAC1644||CAC1644||Hypothetical protein, CF-7 family (NCBI ptt file)||111, 337|
|CAC1649||CAC1649||Hypothetical protein, CF-7 family. Related to CAC1969 (NCBI ptt file)||46, 307|
|CAC1705||CAC1705||Periplasmic phosphate-binding protein (NCBI ptt file)||245, 337|
|CAC2766||CAC2766||Thiamine biosynthesis lipoprotein ApbE (NCBI ptt file)||46, 333|
|CAC2767||CAC2767||Uncharacterized conserved protein (NCBI ptt file)||46, 124|
|CAC2887||tdk||Thymidine kinase (NCBI ptt file)||59, 337|
|CAC2970||PatB||PLP-dependent aminotransferase, (NCBI ptt file)||337, 357|
|CAC3294||CAC3294||Hypothetical protein (NCBI ptt file)||210, 337|
|CAC3316||CAC3316||Possible cardiolipin synthase (phospholipase D family) (NCBI ptt file)||46, 307|
|CAC3405||CAC3405||ABC-type MDR transporter, ATPase component (NCBI ptt file)||46, 354|
|CAC3407||CAC3407||Acyl-CoA thioesterase 1 (NCBI ptt file)||46, 357|
|CAC3574||fabG||3-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein reductase (NCBI ptt file)||243, 337|
|CAC3575||fabD||Malonyl CoA-acyl carrier protein transacylase (NCBI ptt file)||210, 337|
Gene Page Help
If the gene is associated with a module(s), its connection to given modules along with other members of that module are shown as network by using CytoscapeWeb. In this view, each green colored circular nodes represent module member genes, purple colored diamonds represent module motifs and red triangles represent regulators. Each node is connected to module (Bicluster) via edges. This representation provides quick overview of all genes, regulators and motifs for modules. It also allows one to see shared genes/motifs/regulators among diferent modules.
Network representation is interactive. You can zoom in/out and move nodes/edges around. Clicking on a node will open up a window to give more details. For genes, Locus tag, organism, genomic coordinates, NCBI gene ID, whether it is transcription factor or not and any associated functional information will be shown. For regulators, number of modules are shown in addition to gene details. For motifs, e-value, consensus sequence and sequence logo will be shown. For modules, expression profile plot, motif information, functional associations and motif locations for each member of the module will be shown.
You can pin information boxes by using button in the box title and open up additional ones on the same screen for comparative analysis.
Regulation tab for each gene includes regulatory influences such as environmental factors or transcription factors or their combinations identified by regulatory network inference algorithms.
If the gene is a member of a module, regulators influencing that module are also considered to regulate the gene. Regulators table list total number of regulatory influences, regulators, modules and type of the influence.
You can see description of the regulator inside the tooltip when you mouseover. In certain cases the regulatory influence is predicted to be the result of the combination of two influences. These are indicated as combiner in the column labeled "Operator".
For transcription factors, an additional table next to regulator table will be show. This table show modules that are influenced by the transcription factor.
Network inference algorithm uses de novo motif prediction for assigning genes to modules. If there are any motifs identified in the upstream region of a gene, the motif will be shown here. For each motif sequence logo, consensus and e-value will be shown.
Identification of functional enrichment for the module members is important in associating predicted motifs and regulatory influences with pathways. As described above, the network inference pipeline includes a functional enrichment module by which hypergeometric p-values are used to identify over representation of functional ontology terms among module members.
Network Portal presents functional ontologies from KEGG, GO, TIGRFAM, and COG as separate tables that include function name, type, corrected and uncorrected hypergeometric p-values, and the number of genes assigned to this category out of total number of genes in the module.
Module Members Tab
Identity of gene members in a module may help to identify potential interactions between different functional modules. Therefore, neighbor genes that share the same module(s) with gene under consideration are shown here. For each memebr, gene name, description and modules that contain it are listed.
This help page. More general help can be accessed by clicking help menu in the main navigation bar.
CircVisOur circular module explorer is adapted from visquick originally developed by Dick Kreisberg of Ilya Shmulevich lab at ISB for The Cancer Genome Atlas. We use simplified version of visquick to display distribution of module members and their interactions across the genome. This view provides summary of regulation information for a gene. The main components are;
- 1. All genomic elements for the organism are represented as a circle and each element is separated by black tick marks. In this example chromosome and pDV represent main chromosome and plasmid for D. vulgaris Hildenborough, respectively.
- 2. Source gene
- 3. Target genes (other module members)
- 4. Interactions between source and target genes for a particular module
- 5. Module(s) that source gene and target genes belong to
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A British romance from Rosina Lesley with a happy ever after ending.
Catherine Long has a habit of running away from her problems - and one of the biggest problems she's ever had to face goes by the name of James Grant. He was a great support to her and her younger sister Felicity when their father passed away, but when Catherine started developing feelings for this older, married benefactor, she fled to take up residence in her grandmother's country cottage. Except now James has arrived in the village to redevelop his uncle's grand house into a hotel and their lives suddenly seem so intertwined, there's no place left to run for Catherine.
Catherine risked another look at him as he looked down into his glass. There were a few silver threads in the straight dark hair that hadn’t been there a few years ago, and the brown face was thinner, deeper grooves worn between nose and mouth, more lines round the eyes. She sighed and contemplated her own glass. The same could be said of her, she supposed, except that you could hardly say her face was thinner – or any other part of her, come to that. A small sigh escaped her.
‘And why the sigh?’ James’s voice was soft and she experienced a strange sensation somewhere in the region of her solar plexus that had nothing to do with the wine.
‘Would you like to sit on the terrace?’ He straightened up. ‘The sunset is spectacular.’
He probably orders it, Catherine thought, trailing in his wake as he led the way to white wicker chairs by the glassed-in balustrade.
‘So Felicity’s working, is she? Doesn’t time fly. I wouldn’t have thought she was old enough.’
‘We left Sussex when she went to college and that’s nearly three years ago.’ Catherine looked at him defiantly, awaiting his response.
‘So you did.’ He twirled his brandy glass between his fingers, his thoughtful gaze resting on her flushed face. ‘Running away, I thought. Weren’t you?’
‘Certainly not. From what?’ Catherine snapped.
‘Come on, Cat, we both know the answer to that one.’ James leant back and crossed his legs, the movement causing Catherine to look sharply away.
‘I sold the cottage so that we could buy a flat near to where Felicity went to college. It worked out cheaper than having to support her in digs.’
‘And was far more expensive than a cottage in West Sussex.’ James was not smiling now. ‘Panic measures, Cat. And you know it.’
‘All right, if you know so much about it, why should it have been panic measures? Why did I run away?’ Catherine raised an eyebrow, outwardly calm.
‘Because the situation between us had become untenable – for you, at least. And don’t say “What situation?”’ he went on, as she opened her mouth angrily to interrupt. ‘That would be merely foolish, because we both know what happened and neither of us have faulty memories – and, let’s face it, we would need exceedingly bad memories to forget that.’
Catherine closed her mouth with a snap and transferred her gaze to the sea and James’s spectacular sunset. In fact, it was almost over now, orange and purple and turquoise falling over the edge of the world, leaving deep blue velvet in its wake.
‘Why wasn’t the situation untenable for you too?’ she asked, when the silence had stretched to the point beyond endurance.
‘Oh, it was. But I think I could have resolved it without running away.’ James leant forward and turned her face towards him with a long finger. | <urn:uuid:520e8e9c-e687-4317-8704-0f89fa083d26> | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | https://www.bookstrand.com/running-away | 2021-04-23T08:42:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618039568689.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20210423070953-20210423100953-00066.warc.gz | en | 0.986088 | 838 |
Council launches bilingual music streaming system
As part of this year’s Welsh Language Music Day on Friday, February 8, Carmarthenshire County Council has launched a new bilingual music streaming system which will be played in many of its public areas.
The initiative has been launched following a pilot held last year when Welsh music was played at certain times during the day at Ammanford, Carmarthen and Llanelli leisure centres.
The authority has been working with Marc Griffiths from Stiwdio Box to create a stream of both Welsh and English music which will be played in a number of places around the county, including the indoor markets in Carmarthen and Llanelli; leisure centres in Carmarthen, Llanelli and Ammanford; in the Hwbs in Llanelli and Ammanford and also in the Ffwrnes Theatre in Llanelli.
The aim of Welsh Language Music Day is to celebrate and share Welsh language music.
Executive board member for Culture, Sport and Tourism, Cllr Peter Hughes Griffiths, said: “By creating this exciting initiative we hope that everyone will enjoy music that reflects our bilingual community in Carmarthenshire all year around, whether they’re off to the leisure centre or theatre or shopping in our indoor markets. It has been great to work with a local company such as Stiwdio Box to be able to create an ever-changing playlist of music which will be able to be heard in many of our public spaces county-wide.”
You’ll be able to hear the new music streaming system in the above locations later this month. | <urn:uuid:dcdbc3b0-ee73-4998-bdad-8c176a60b1a2> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | http://newsroom.carmarthenshire.gov.uk/2019/02/council-launches-bilingual-music-streaming-system/ | 2019-07-19T13:01:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195526237.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20190719115720-20190719141720-00451.warc.gz | en | 0.959193 | 337 |
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This is a must-see film for pop culture and political buffs alike—especially before the next election.
The actor starred in dozens of films over the years, including Deliverance, Boogie Nights, and The Cannonball Run.
From real animal deaths to verbal abuse, these movies got way too intense.
Craving a scary movie binge this Halloween weekend? We have you covered.
Say goodbye to 'Chuck,' 'The Addams Family,' 'Legally Blonde,' and more. This November is going to be rough.
If you saw The Witch over the weekend then you're thanking your lucky stars you don't live near woods. Unless you do and, in that case, we're very sorry.
His onscreen credits include Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind and John Boorman's Deliverance, among others. | <urn:uuid:e2db7e07-5bf4-4975-80c7-8ac454231bc7> | CC-MAIN-2019-13 | https://decider.com/movie/deliverance/ | 2019-03-26T17:30:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912205597.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20190326160044-20190326182044-00364.warc.gz | en | 0.925599 | 178 |
1417 Valencia St., Mission
Anthony’s is the holy grail of cookies in San Francisco. People who love it—which is to say people who know it—talk about it with such reverence and awe, you’ll think they’re a little out of their minds…until you try a cookie yourself.
The Civic Kitchen
2961 Mission St., Mission
The Civic Kitchen is an entirely purpose-built (meaning every amenity is built to spec) cookery school in San Francisco’s Mission district. More than just a kitchen, this space is a fully immersive culinary experience for the gourmand with floor-to-ceiling shelves packed with cookbooks for inspiration, a large communal table for meal sharing, and the cook space itself, which feels like the cozy, well-designed kitchen of a friend. The classes are intended to be practical—themed around building meals and menus rather than zoning in on individual, complicated dishes. Choose to learn how to pull together a full Sunday brunch, how to cook a chicken and assorted grains ahead of time for easier meal-making during the week, or, if the mood strikes you, how to prepare a full celebratory Chinese new year dinner (dumplings, noodles, steamed fish, the works). The school has over a dozen chefs on staff (each one with their own particular area of expertise) and classes never go above fourteen students.
2900 18th St., Mission
The team at Heath, one of our long-time favorite SF and LA destinations for gorgeous mid-century-inspired minimal tableware, has nailed the aspect of creating a true community by opening a neighborhood newsstand.
595 Alabama St., Mission
Opened a year ago, Tartine's light-filled, warehouse-like offshoot is a foodie paradise with lines out the door to prove it. There are the same amazing breakfast and lunch options you can find at the original location, but here you'll also find beer and wine, a soft-serve machine, and (blessedly) a full-on dinner menu. There's a separate, and semi-secret, line for people who are just buying bread and jam, but if you want to wait for something from the full breakfast menu, or a gem from their pastry case, there's a Blue Bottle next door offering sustenance and caffeine in the meantime.
Dandelion Chocolate Factory and Café
740 Valencia St., Mission
Founded by two friends, Todd Masonis and Cameron Ring—who got their start roasting up cocoa beans just for fun in a garage—Dandelion Chocolate sources the highest-quality beans, and, in small batches, crafts incredible chocolate that really draws on the complex flavors of every bean. At their Valencia Street café, you can grab a hot chocolate (or an espresso drink and a pastry made in-house by Executive Pastry Chef Lisa Vega) and watch the entire bean-to-bar process from start to finish. And, of course, you can get your hands on their amazing chocolate offerings. In addition to their Mission District location, they also have a spot in the nearby Ferry Building (as well as a factory and café in Tokyo).
3106 16th St., Mission
Ice cream sandwiches steal the show at Cream, from waffle-based to cookie, brownie, mini-sized, gluten-free, and vegan. There are locations in a few states now, and in addition to this SF shop, there's also a second outpost in Stonestown Galleria. Also, note: Cream caters—and what's more awesome than an ice cream sandwich bar?
82 14th St., Mission
For a less typical catered meal in the Bay Area, we recommend Rintaro, which serves excellent Japanese-style food at private parties. They also have a restaurant in the Mission, which is worth checking out, too.
1069 York St., Mission
Reiki and spiritual healing are definitely not for everyone, but if it's not your first alternative therapy rodeo, Tanya Corona is kind of a one-stop-shop. She's trained in Reiki, chakra clearing, and crystal and sound healing, and her healing activation sessions combine a little bit of everything.
Yoga to the People
2973 16th St., Mission
YTTP's mission is to make yoga available to everyone—meaning their classes are donation-based, and you only contribute the suggested $10 (or other dollar amount of your choice) if you can. Their particular yoga brand is power vinyasa flow. The YTTP studio has a changing room, bathroom, spot for your belongings, but no showers. There's also a location in Berkeley.
Small Trade Company
550 Florida St., Mission
Founder and designer Matt Dick has roots in traditional Japanese design, and it shows: Whether it’s the heavy canvas aprons, linen smocks, or wool blankets, everything has a distinct utilitarian simplicity to it that makes for the best kind of workwear (clients include Mast Brothers and Blue Bottle coffee). The Small Trade Co. space above Heath Ceramics (also a client) serves as both workshop and showroom.
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The night shift numbers are dwindling. Today we lost Davide and Catalina to the day shift. Kelly made it to dinner with us but she got an early flight out of here so she'll be heading home in two days. That leaves just 5 of us still on night shift: Matt, Larry, Gavin, Ellen, and me. Tonight the last of the core should get described, so I don't know how much longer the sedimentologists are going to stay on nights. I'm hoping to stay on as long as possible because I get so much more done during the peace and quiet of the night. I don't have a proper office, so I sit in the common area. During the day, there's people constantly walking through and talking. It doesn't make for a situation where you can concentrate on writing code.
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Last year, 28,500 Miami-Dade high school students enrolled in a night school class –- many of them to retake a math or English class they failed, needing the credit to graduate.
That opportunity may no longer exist if a pair of proposals passes the state House and Senate.
The bills are intended to save the state money on adult education programs. But if they are approved as written, Miami-Dade educators say, the district’s graduation rate could drop by up to 30 percent.
“We talk about providing avenues to success, but then we put roadblocks on some of those avenues,” Miami-Dade Assistant Superintendent Dan Tosado said. “This would be a major roadblock.”
Also causing concern: a provision in the bills that would establish new fees for adult education classes. Students would be charged $45 per each half year. The House bill would also require that adults prove they have lived in Florida for at least a year or they will be charged a higher “non-resident" tuition.
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Songwriter Fran Landesman must have been a skier: What else could explain her lyrics to "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most" but that snowless window between April and November? Sure, we endure the warm weather and clear skies all summer, but our hearts belong to winter and to our beloved ski hills. The only thing that makes our six-month separation bearable—especially this time of year—is the knowledge that when we finally get back on the slopes, they'll be better than we left them. Resorts spend all spring, summer, and fall making improvements—installing new chairlifts, glading trails, expanding terrain, and renovating amenities—to ensure that we'll fall in love with them all over again. Here’s a quick roundup of the changes you can expect when you finally reunite with your favorite hill in just a few short weeks.
Breckenridge, Colorado Breck recently announced its long-anticipated plans to expand onto Peak 6, but that terrain won't open until next season. The resort is hoping to hold over eager guests with private tours of the moutnain’s already massive trail system. An extension of Breck’s Ski and Ride School, the Peak to Peak Challenge program is an all-day, thigh-burning expedition across Breck's four peaks. For $230 plus the cost of a lift ticket, intermediate and advanced skiers in groups of no more than four guests to one instructor can explore hidden powder and jump to the front of long lift lines, all in an attempt to ski Breck's 10 most difficult trails. Succeed, and you'll be handsomely rewarded at the end of the day.
Sierra-at-Tahoe, California So your boss isn’t too keen on you playing hooky for a week to heliski with your buddies in far off B.C. or remote Alaska? If finding a cooler boss isn't a reality, how about this alternative? Sierra-at-Tahoe is offering the next best thing to a heli expedition—backcountry cat skiing closer to home and office. Huckleberry Cat Tours will deliver you to the summit of Huckleberry Mountain where you can blow off steam charging through bowls, glades, cliffs, and chutes. All you need is a weekend. The TPS Reports will be right where you left them. A short lesson on avalanche safety along with a shovel, probe and beacon are included with the cat ride for $79. The cats carry up to ten guests and the excusion lasts from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a short break for lunch provided by Huckleberry Cat Tours.
Snowmass, Colorado Aspen Ski Co. started adding 230 acres to Snowmass’s Burnt Mountain earlier this summer. On September 5, the Ark Institute filed suit against Aspen to stop the removal of some trees in a roadless section of the forest. Aspen has stopped all construction but hopes to resume and open the area before the ski season. Tucked away on the westernmost side of the resort, Burnt houses some of the resort’s best intermediate terrain. Rolling hills, loosely packed trees, and ungroomed glades cover most of the area. The addition would boost the resort’s total skiable acreage to 3,362 acres, making it the second largest ski resort in Colorado. Click here to read more.
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Okemo, Vermont If six inches of fresh powder can’t get you out of bed in the morning maybe the smell of fresh waffles will. Okemo Mountain is adding a second Waffle Cabin at the Jackson Gore base area. If you’ve ever been to the resort, you know that people go nuts for these waffles. So much so, that The Travel Channel featured the cabin on its show, "Extreme Fast Food." Maybe it’s the imported beet sugar used in the batter? Maybe it’s the fact that it’s something hot to hold as you shiver in the frigid Vermont air. Whatever it is, they’ve got loads of calories and are worth every one.
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Vail, Colorado Leave it to Vail to one-up the competition. For its 50th birthday, the resort is unveiling a new 10-passenger gondola. Extending from the base village to mid-mountain, the gondola is the fastest of its kind in the world, and, in extravagant Vail fashion, the cabins will feature heated seats and Wi-Fi. But please, utilize the Wi-Fi for tunes and weather updates. Answering work emails is not acceptable during a ski vacation.
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Jackson Hole Resort, Wyoming Jackson can be an intimidating place. Not only because of the telemark-skiing cowboys and rowdy watering holes but also because of all that double-black diamond terrain. Well, the resort heard your cries and is improving its intermediate terrain. Not only does a new high-speed quad make the Casper intermediate trail network more accessible, the resort is also revamping and expanding the trails themselves.
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Arapahoe Basin, Colorado Move over Colorado ski veterans because the little guys are about to invade your hill. A-Basin’s new Pika Place Learning Area features a wide beginner trail, magic carpet, and terrain park built specifically for riders with an 8 p.m.-or-earlier bedtime. The new learning area is intended to groom the next generation of freeskiers and keep them from flying the coop to bigger resorts.
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QB Drew Brees
Last season, Brees wasn’t the same quarterback he was in 2008 and 2009, but he still produced another solid fantasy season, averaging 22.7 fantasy points per game in standard scoring leagues. He wasn’t as impressive in leagues that penalize interceptions, however, as he threw a career-high 22 picks. That can be blamed on two factors: the performance of the team’s receivers, and the situation at running back. Both Robert Meachem and Devery Henderson struggled last season, and injuries decimated the running back depth chart, with an undrafted rookie earning significant playing time. The rushing attack was addressed with the addition of Mark Ingram, and the team’s wide receivers should perform better in 2011, although lead receiver Marques Colston’s recovery from a knee injury remains a concern. No matter, as Brees and the Saints spread the ball around and Brees produces consistently, averaging 4,586 passing yards and 31 touchdown passes over the last five years. Hopefully he can cut down on those drive-killing interceptions in 2011. He’s a top-three fantasy quarterback, and that’s pretty much guaranteed if the past is any indication. He’s finished third, second, first, third, and second over the past five years.
RB Mark Ingram
After watching their rushing attack crash back to earth in 2010, the Saints addressed the issue by moving up in the first round of the draft to select Ingram. He was very productive in college at Alabama, helping lead the Tide to a National Championship and winning the Heisman Trophy in the process. He has been compared to Emmitt Smith as a tough, physical runner who lacks breakaway speed. In New Orleans, he joins a crowded backfield and figures to be part of a committee—along with Pierre Thomas and Darren Sproles—given head coach Sean Payton’s preference for sharing the workload in the backfield. That limits his upside. However, he should get the short-yardage work with Thomas struggling in that area, and he will probably also be the team’s closer if he can avoid fumbling. He’s a RB3 entering the season, but one with upside if he can win the starting job outright, or if the brittle Thomas gets injured once again.
RB Pierre Thomas
When healthy, Thomas has been a productive running back ever since making the team as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2007. While he doesn’t excel in any one facet of the game, he is better than average in several areas, save for short-yardage work, where he has struggled. The issue for Thomas is that he hasn’t been healthy enough, playing in just 35 games over the past three seasons. With the Saints having determined that Thomas can’t stay healthy for an entire season as the lead back (and with plenty of evidence to support that conclusion), they traded up in the first round of the draft to acquire Mark Ingram. Ingram’s presence doesn’t exactly spell doom for Thomas’ fantasy value, considering that Thomas has averaged a healthy 10.8 fantasy points per game in two- and three-player committees, when he’s been in the lineup. However, it clearly limits his upside, and his injury history has to be a concern. Being a part of the Saints’ great offense increases his appeal and makes Thomas an RB3, though one with limited upside given Ingram’s presence.
RB Darren Sproles
Having traded Reggie Bush to the Miami Dolphins, the Saints acquired former Charger running back Darren Sproles to fill Bush’s role in the New Orleans offense. Sproles joins a revamped backfield that includes Pierre Thomas, rookie first-round pick Mark Ingram, and second-year player Chris Ivory. While Sproles is a dynamic player, he isn’t Bush’s equal. Furthermore, the Saints gave a long-term contract to Lance Moore, who essentially subbed in for Bush in the passing game when he was injured. That will limit Sproles’ touches on passing downs. In addition, Ingram and Thomas will get nearly all the work on running downs. Add it all up and it doesn’t seem likely that Sproles will earn enough touches to have much fantasy value in 2011. He is waiver wire material unless those above him on the depth chart get injured.
WR Marques Colston
Despite battling the injury bug, it was another good year for Colston in 2010 as the Saints top wide receiver hauled in 84 passes for 1,022 yards and seven touchdowns. Removing an injury-shortened year in 2008, he has averaged 1,084 yards and 8.8 touchdowns per season, numbers that scream WR1 for fantasy purposes. But don’t be hasty. Colston is coming off microfracture surgery on his right knee, and reports indicate that he has had three surgeries on that knee over the past year. He also previously had microfracture surgery on his left knee. That’s a lot of surgeries for a player who, while very talented, does not possess outstanding speed. On the plus side, you don’t need outstanding speed to be a great red zone threat, and Colston is clearly head coach Sean Payton’s preferred option in that area of the field, although talented second-year tight end Jimmy Graham could poach some of that work. Despite the injury history, you can comfortably use Colston as your WR2, but be wary of having him as your top wide receiver.
WR Robert Meachem
Meachem is arguably the most gifted of the Saints wide receivers, but he remains an enigma to both the coaching staff and his fantasy owners. Coming off a solid second half of the 2009 season, where he caught 37 passes for 524 yards and seven touchdowns over the final nine games of the season, Meachem was expected to become a great compliment to Marques Colston in the Saints’ starting lineup. However, an ankle injury and the inconsistency that has plagued him for his entire career were the defining issues of his season, as he caught just 44 passes for 638 yards and five touchdowns. Entering his fifth year in the league, Meachem remains a player capable of breaking out, but at this point that’s hardly likely. Draft him as a backup and hope he surprises.
WR Lance Moore
After several years of yanking Moore in and out of the lineup, the Saints finally seem committed to him, signing him to a long-term contract extension this offseason. Despite having modest speed and being on the small side, Moore was productive when called upon, often subbing in for Reggie Bush when he was out with an injury. Moore burst onto the scene in 2008, catching 79 passes for 928 yards and ten touchdowns, before becoming a non-factor in 2009. In 2010, he bounced back with 66 receptions for 763 yards and eight touchdowns. Clearly, Moore’s career has had its ups and downs, but he figures to get consistent work in 2011. Marques Colston is coming off another knee surgery, Devery Henderson is best suited as a deep threat, and Robert Meachem has never been able to fulfill his potential. That leaves the steady Moore often picking up the pieces. Consider him a solid fantasy backup in 2011, but one who will become starter worthy if injuries strike the Saints’ other receivers.
WR Devery Henderson
Despite his blazing speed, Henderson has caught just nine touchdown passes over the past four seasons, even though he has played 16 games in every one of those years. He doesn’t catch a lot of passes either, with a career-high 51 in 2009 while never topping 34 in any other season. He also doesn’t like going over the middle, so he’s not going to take a crossing pattern to the house. With Lance Moore having signed a long-term contract extension, there’s a good chance that Henderson will be fourth on the depth chart in 2011. The Saints are tight against the cap, so it won’t be a surprise if they decide against paying $2.25 million to a player so low on the depth chart. Henderson is recommended only in the deepest of leagues.
TE Jimmy Graham
With Jeremy Shockey having been released and David Thomas clearly suited to a backup role, the path has been cleared for Graham to assume the starting tight end spot in 2011. The Saints used a third-round pick last season to acquire the raw yet talented Graham, but he rarely saw the field early in his rookie year. However, he got more use beginning at midseason and quickly developed into another weapon in the Saints’ high-powered offense, particularly as an option in the red zone. By season’s end, Graham had caught 31 passes for 456 yards and five touchdowns, with four of those scores coming in his final three games. He has good size and outstanding speed for a tight end, which gives him a high ceiling. Look for him to finish the 2011 season as a lower-tier TE1.
TE David Thomas
Thomas gets the job done when he gets an opportunity, but the Saints have determined that he fits them best as a backup. He played behind Jeremy Shockey for a number of years and now sits behind talented second-year player Jimmy Graham. He isn’t worth drafting in redraft leagues, but he gets a mention here because he figures to produce if Graham goes down. | <urn:uuid:849c084a-d966-4c3c-81de-166046efcc63> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://www.fftoday.com/blog/2011/08/12/player-outlooks-new-orleans-saints-2/ | 2015-01-28T09:15:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422122691893.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124180451-00243-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973997 | 1,955 |
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Held on 18 November within the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism (OCDEM), the event 'Eyes on Diabetes: Research and Innovation' showcased the ground-breaking research that it is hoped will change patient care in the future. With an array of interactive stalls, visitors had the chance to meet the clinicians and scientists running the trials of new treatments and see how the results of research are adopted into clinical practice.
The Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences’ Islet Transplant Research Group played a major part in the event by hosting a stall which featured organ donation, islet isolation and transplantation. The team also offered tours of the Human Islet Isolation Facility.
This state-of-the-art facility provides human islets, not only for clinical transplantation, but also for a broad range of research projects requiring human islets. The Islet Transplant Research Group are investigating ways to optimise human pancreatic islet isolation and transplantation, with the overall goal of achieving insulin independence in patients with diabetes.
Dr Sarah Cross, who is a Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the Islet Transplant Research Group and Deputy Manager of the DRWF Human Islet Isolation Facility, said: ‘There was a great amount of interest in both the clinical programme and the research that we do. Our team were kept very busy throughout, with the lab tours proving extremely popular. The event was a resounding success!’
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London attack: unite against terrorism, war and racism
Hannah Sell, Socialist Party deputy general secretary
Less than two weeks after the horrific Manchester bombing another atrocity has taken place, this time on London Bridge and in Borough Market. Seven people, out enjoying a summer Saturday night in London, were killed, with at least 48 more injured.
The Socialist Party completely condemns this terrible attack. Like Manchester and so many other similar incidents in Britain and worldwide, such as the car bombing in Baghdad on 19 May, the London attack was designed to maximise the completely indiscriminate random slaughter of ordinary people. While it has not yet been confirmed it seems that this attack was again inspired by the completely reactionary, barbaric ideology of ISIS.
Again, just as in Manchester, the people of London responded - not least workers in the NHS and emergency services - with a wave of solidarity, offering every possible kind of assistance to those affected. It has been reported that some present during the incident heroically tried to take on the attackers, armed only with the chairs they had been sitting on enjoying a drink moments earlier. The huge wave of solidarity from people in Britain and around the world has nothing in common with the hypocritical reaction of Tory government ministers who have implemented policies that create the conditions for these atrocities and are now cynically attempting to use them to boost their election chances.
Election campaigning has been officially suspended for the day, but Theresa May immediately broke this, blatantly attempting to use this horror to try and rebuild her claim to be 'strong and stable' after showing herself to be completely 'weak and wobbly' in the course of the election campaign. She has already suggested the need for new 'anti-terror' legislation. However, there have been numerous new 'anti-terror' laws introduced in recent decades and none have stopped new attacks.
May also outrageously declared that "there is far too much tolerance of extremism" in Britain. This is completely untrue. The vast majority of the population of Britain, including the overwhelming majority of Muslims, are completely opposed to terrorism. Unless of course she means the Tory government's continued support for arms sales to the brutal regime in Saudi Arabia, regardless of the funding of ISIS and other jihadists that wealthy Saudis have engaged in. Jeremy Corbyn has rightly declared his government would stop such sales.
May's use of the blanket term 'extremism' rather than terrorism in her speech was not accidental. It is an entirely cynical attempt to smear anyone who she considers extreme; that is anyone who opposes the capitalist system - with its brutal austerity, poverty and war - of which she is an arch defender.
She also had a scurrilous sideswipe at the ‘public sector’ - suggesting that supposed ‘extremism’ within it needed ‘stamping out’. Jeremy Corbyn responded to these lies well, pointing out that public services, including the police, have been cut to breaking point under Tory rule.
The continued surge in support for Jeremy Corbyn after the Manchester atrocity shows that millions of people are not fooled by her smears. On the contrary, they recognise that the Tories' savage cuts to public services - including the threatened closure of at least one of the South London hospitals treating the victims of last night's attack - make it increasingly difficult to prevent, and deal with the consequences of, terrorist attacks.
They also recognise, as the Socialist Party has consistently explained, as has Jeremy Corbyn, that alongside opposing the right-wing reactionaries of ISIS and their ilk, which use fascistic methods to try and create extremely repressive semi-feudal regimes, with no rights for the working class, it is also necessary to oppose the imperialist wars and interventions in the Middle East and Afghanistan which have created a nightmare for the peoples of the Middle East and inevitably increased the likelihood of terrorist atrocities worldwide.
In just a few days' time we will have a chance to kick the Tories out. The election of Jeremy Corbyn as prime minister would be a big step forward for the workers' movement in Britain.
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China's welfare policies: the future of welfare?
by Dr. Beatriz Garcia Carrillo
CSC academic group: Social and Political Change
Beatriz is a Lecturer in China Studies. She has been jointly appointed to China Studies Centre and the Department of Sociology and Social Policy. Her research has concentrated on two projects: one looking at the impact of social policy on health and welfare provision; the other examining the interactions between the new rich and the state, especially in relationship to class formation. She is the author of Small Town China: Rural Labour and Social Exclusion (Routledge 2011).
Since the 1980s the welfare state in the West has gradually seen its benefits eroded. Meantime, in the developing world we are seeing a quiet revolution emerge in social welfare provision. Globally there are now between 0.75 and 1 billion people receiving direct social assistance from their governments. China's welfare programs are an important part of this revolution.
After two decades focusing primarily on economic growth, China's leadership, like that of other developing countries, has realised not only that growing social inequalities represent a threat to their legitimacy but that inequality is actually negatively affecting economic growth by limiting the productive capacity of the poor. Social welfare seems to have become part of the development strategy of many countries in the Global South, although it is still to be seen whether the newly implemented social assistance and social insurance programs become institutionalised.
In China, with the implementation of economic reform in the late 1970s, the Chinese Communist Party increasingly built its legitimacy on maintaining the expansion of market mechanisms. But as marketisation spread, particularly to the provision of public services such as health and education, and as China became more integrated into world markets, the resulting social inequalities made a social contract based on market rule unsustainable.
|Since the late 1990s the Chinese leadership has been talking about the need to move away from the primacy of economic growth and about the need to foster social harmony.|
Since the late 1990s the Chinese leadership has been talking about the need to move away from the primacy of economic growth and about the need to foster social harmony. Widening social inequalities have resulted in an explosion in the number of social protests from almost all social quarters, while the growing wealth of a small privileged group has also eroded social trust. Over the first two decades of reform China's Gini coefficient, which measures the degree of inequality in a society, went from 0.288 in 1981 (making it one of the most equal societies at the time) to 0.447 in 2001, on par with highly unequal societies such as Mexico and Brazil.
In 1998, with the consolidation of state owned enterprise reform, China put in place a new social security system for urban workers in all sectors of the economy. The large number of lay-offs from state owned enterprise reform resulted in the inclusion of an unemployment insurance scheme, a very progressive provision, one that only a few countries in Asia and the rest of the developing world have put in place.
Since then, over a very short period, China has implemented a series of social assistance programs, alongside the expansion of universal basic social insurances. The target of those programs was initially the urban poor, with the implementation in 1999 of the minimum livelihood guarantee or dibao, a means-tested cash transfer, which China had never had in the past. Dibao recipients were initially middle-aged laid off workers from state owned enterprises, who, without the necessary skills, were unable to find jobs in the new economy.
While the new urban poor were seen as a potentially destabilising social group, the Party-state had later to expand its focus to rural dwellers, whose income had consistently lagged behind that of urbanites, as the gap between the two groups continued to grow. In 2003 the rural cooperative medical system was reintroduced, after it was dismantled in the early 1980s. Two years later the dibao was introduced to rural areas, alongside a rural medical assistance program from which dibao recipients could benefit. In 2006 the government also introduced its New Socialist Countryside campaign, which included the elimination of all agricultural taxes on peasants. Medical assistance was in turn expanded to those in urban areas. In order to guarantee the sustainability of these program and to signal its commitment to more redistributive policies, in 2009 the government announced a substantial increase in funding for health, while signalling a move towards integrating urban and rural social security and welfare programs.
|Though China continues to be in relatively stronger financial position from that of Europe, it has also felt the pressures of the 2008 global financial crisis and its aftermath, but has nevertheless continued to support and expand its welfare programs.|
Although these programs might appear as both reasonable and even necessary on social justice and on political grounds (to maintain the Party-state's political legitimacy), they may seem more difficult to defend on economic efficiency grounds. Current austerity measures being imposed on Greece have sent out the message that during a difficult financial period a country cannot afford a welfare state. Though China continues to be in relatively stronger financial position from that of Europe, it has also felt the pressures of the 2008 global financial crisis and its aftermath, but has nevertheless continued to support and expand its welfare programs.
So have less well-off countries in all continents. Most of these countries had originally modelled their social security and to a lesser extent their welfare systems on the experience of the European welfare state. As this system continues to be attacked or at least its benefits eroded, the developing world seems to have become a new source of welfare program innovation. Mexico's Seguro Popular (a universal basic medical insurance system), Brazil's Bolsa Familia (cash transfers to poor households), South Africa's Children's act (cash grants to support children in poor households), and China's dibao system have all been praised by international organizations such as the World Health Organisation, the World Bank and the UNDP and promoted in other development settings.
Like China, these countries have experienced rapid socio-economic and political changes since the 1980s, which have led them with the need to create their own strategies to adapt to the changes brought about by industrialisation, rapid urbanisation, income inequality, demographic changes, population ageing (in some cases), and even climate change. These are changes that took place over a much longer period and under very different circumstances in Europe, North America and Australia. Though far from the comprehensive coverage offered by Western welfare systems, the future of welfare may well lay in the innovations being carried out in developing countries. The scale of China and the range of social realities there make it an important case study for welfare state scholars and policy makers. Watch this space! | <urn:uuid:a8a833a3-b471-4cfa-8a47-ef929025d2ff> | CC-MAIN-2016-22 | http://sydney.edu.au/china_studies_centre/china_express/issue_2/features/chinas_welfare_policies.shtml | 2016-05-25T23:45:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-22/segments/1464049275412.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20160524002115-00244-ip-10-185-217-139.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969397 | 1,354 |
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Tanner, Allen 2009
Final Grade for this clerkship: Honors (H)
NBME Score: 77 NBME National Percentile: 69
Summary Comments on Student PerformanceComments for inclusion in the Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE)
The final evaluation of Mr. Allen Tanner for the twelve week junior clerkship in Internal Medicine from July 9 to September 28, 2007 is based on 1) the subjective assessment by faculty and house staff of the student's performance on the medical wards of two hospitals and in the outpatient setting, 2) the NBME Internal Medicine Subject Examination, 3) the assessment by an observing faculty member of the student's ability to take a medical history and perform a physical examination, and 4) the written histories and physicals performed by the student.
A summary statement of the student's evaluations is as follows: Mr. Tanner showed excellent skills in gathering information through history and physical examination. His knowledge of medicine was described as excellent at this point in the student's education. His utilization of data for decision-making in diagnosis and patient management was excellent. Mr. Tanner developed excellent relationships with patients and co-workers. He demonstrated a high level of motivation.
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What is the implication of "bipartisan?"
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The major implication of “bipartisan” stems from the fact that our country is not bipartisan at this point in time. To understand why this is so, let us look at what “bipartisan” means.
Our political system has two major parties. These parties are, of course, rivals. When a person is dedicated to advancing the interests of their party, we say that they are “partisan.” When something is “bipartisan,” it has support from both parties. In our country today, there are very few things that have bipartisan support and there are very few people who are willing to engage in bipartisanship.
The implication of this is that we have a system that is hopelessly gridlocked. The country is fairly evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats. The Republicans control the House of Representatives while the Democrats control the Senate. In order for anything to pass, it needs bipartisan support. The problem is that hardly anything has bipartisan support so needed reforms cannot be undertaken. This is why we are stuck with no way to control our deficit and with no way to reform entitlements.
Thus, the implication of “bipartisan” is gridlock. Because we lack bipartisanship, we have gridlock and nothing gets done.
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Keri Sherman had an amazing opportunity to serve as part of the Missionaries of the Poor, an international religious institute dedicated to serving the poorest of the poor. Keri is the social service coordinator of United Methodist Communities at Wesley by the Bay.
Keri traveled with a team of nurses, doctors and social workers to Kingston, Jamaica, where each day she visited one of several shelters run by Missionaries of the Poor.
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Diocese plans local Roe v. Wade observance
Due to the Covid pandemic, there will not be a diocesan trip to Washington, D.C., for the March for Life this year. Instead the Office of Pastoral Ministries will host two Masses with Bishop Michael W. Fisher.
On Saturday, Jan. 15, the Pro-Vita Mass will be held at St. Joseph Cathedral in downtown Buffalo beginning at 4:30 p.m.
During the Mass, the diocesan Office of Pro-Life Ministries will present the annual Pro-Vita Awards. These awards are intended to recognize people who have labored tirelessly for the pro-life cause and to give them strength, encouragement and support.
On Saturday, Jan. 22, St. Gregory the Great will hold a Youth Rally at 3:30 p.m. followed by a March for Life and rosary along Maple Avenue. Bishop Michael W. Fisher will celebrate a Youth Mass at 5:30 p.m. Light refreshments will follow Mass.
Pope Francis reminds us, “In all its phases and at any age, human life is always sacred.“ Let us pray together for a respect for life and for the support of those in difficult situations.
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Live more courageously as a father
In the new film COURAGEOUS (from the makers of FIREPROOF), four police officers are confident and focused when it comes to facing danger on the job. But leading their families at home in a God-honoring way? That takes courage.
Based on the highly anticipated movie, the COURAGEOUS LIVING BIBLE STUDY is a 64-page book used for four weeks by an individual in relation with the class leader's companion teaching DVD of COURAGEOUS film clips.
Priorities: focusing on eternal things rather than what is temporary
Legacy: recognizing a father's potential impact as a godly role model
Faith: strengthening a father's identity in Christ, increasing in wisdom
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Lynnette F: Perfect tool for a small group May 30, 2014
jackie j: saw the movie and gave to my son in law. Jan 24, 2014
Kathy Y: My husband has written a book called Courageous Dads and so wanted to see the Bible Study that went with the Movie Courageous. Nov 26, 2012
Fred B: Best Price found. May 1, 2012
Detra B: Its' for learning and growing in the knowledge of God, walking and making comittment to Our Father God Apr 27, 2012
Lorenza K: I would like to stay on track of Gods commands. Mar 26, 2012
Bobbie D: Now after the movie, make it practical. Mar 7, 2012
Ed P: I want to sign a resolution like that that was in the movie... but I first need to know how to achieve the goals outlined in the resolution. Feb 27, 2012
Shervin E: This is one of the ways to begin the process Jan 20, 2012
Miki J: Greater Depth of understanding in just what the main character was studying to achieve and apply the same dedications in my own life. Jan 14, 2012
Ellen S: saw movie, gift for husband, thought he might like it. Dec 9, 2011
pam m: to take our friends through the teaching which is awesome Dec 3, 2011
christine s: purchased for upcoming bible study Dec 2, 2011
Alicia H: a good book to get for new fathers Oct 25, 2011
Keven W: I believe it will help me to be a better father to my children. Oct 1, 2011
donna b asked: Is their scripture references in this study...if so, what Bible version is used? Thanks Jan 20, 2012
Keith B: This Bible study guide is firmly based on Scripture. The main focus of each of 4 sections (Courageous Call, Priorities, Legacy and Faith) is passages from the book of Joshua. But, it is also very relevant in that it includes an example of courage from our modern day (they call this "Read"), a short clip from the film "Courageous" (they call this "Watch"), and application questions to your own life and your family (they call this "Live"). There are also excellent bonus features to help use the book in a group to study the Bible. Jan 21, 2012
donna b: Thank you for your reply, sounds like it covers a wide background of suggestions to help the family, the other question would be...what version of the Bible is used for this study? Thanks Jan 21, 2012
joe c: yes there is scripture with this study on the first page it mentions josh 24;15 niv,some others are ecclesiastes4;9-12,james 5;16,john 10;10,ephe 2;8 these are just a few i haven;t seen the movie yet as my pre-order hasn't arrived yet but i have purchased a leaders study guide at a local christian bookstore about an hour from my home i hope to watch this movie this week thank you Jan 29, 2012
Miki J: Yes there is Scripture refferences listed in this book , the Scripture quotations are taken from two different sources.
First one is : Holman Christian Standard Bible
Second one is : NIV New International Version Bible.
If I may I would strongly Reccommend getting this book.
It is Small, But Very Powerful Learning.
God Bless and Enjoy. Jan 25, 2012
Keith B: It's the Holman Christian Standard Bible, with many references to the New International Version, as well. Jan 21, 2012
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It was a tough, tough choice this week. We issued a call out on the LAS Facebook page yesterday and got 15 entries in a matter of a couple of hours. Talk about awesome lacrosse photos!
This week’s Photo of the Week comes from Michael Schanhals. The photo is of Hope College player Dillon Fink (#34 in white) finishing against rival Calvin College. Two men on him, one ball in the cage!
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Thursday, August 3, 2006
The Norman County Raceway took the week off and will resume with the regular race schedule next Thursday August 10th. Coming events include a modifieds special August 17th and the two-day Fun In The Flatlands special Thursday and Friday , September 7th and 8th.
The regular Friday Norman County Raceway race results program will be on KRJB 106.3 this Friday morning featuring an interview with Norman County Raceway General Manager Paul Engelstad.
Join KRJB Thursday August 10th for the race preview show from 6pm to 7pm with Sean Bjerk live from the "NCR". Welcome everyone to the races again Thursday August 10th for the first green flag at 7pm. Remember, the Norman County Raceway in Ada, Minnesota is "where the big boys come to play". | <urn:uuid:ae5bd1a8-8963-42b4-8a8b-78f93942495e> | CC-MAIN-2013-48 | http://www.krjmradio.com/?page=norman_county_raceway&date=8/3/2006 | 2013-12-07T06:21:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386163053608/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204131733-00001-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922045 | 175 |
WATERVILLE, Maine --- The Thomas College basketball teams close out their regular seasons Saturday when they host Maine Maritime Academy in a North Atlantic Conference doubleheader at Larry Mahaney Gymnasium.
The women's game tips off at 1 p.m. followed by the men at approximately 3 p.m. Both games will be streamed live by Northeast Sports Network at www.nsnsports.net.
It will also be the final regular-season home game for seven Terriers: women's players Ashleigh Gagne, Katie McAllister and Brenna Hutchinson and men's players Mike Akanji, Justin Murray, Adam Carlsen and Levi Barnes.
Maine Maritime (16-8, 12-5 NAC) at Thomas (3-21, 2-15 NAC), 1 p.m.
Series History: Maine Maritime holds a 28-13 advantage in the series dating back to the 1996-1997 season, winning the last six meetings and 24 of the last 25. Thomas' last win in the series came on January 17, 2013 in Waterville.
Last Meeting: Thomas jumped out to a 14-10 lead after one quarter but couldn't hold on in a 70-51 loss on December 1 in Castine. The Mariners held a 39-26 rebounding advantage in the contest, including a 17-6 edge on the offensive boards. Thomas' Katie McAllister finished with a game-high 23 points on 7-of-18 shooting. She also pulled down a team-best seven rebounds. Kelly Macomber added eight points and three blocks. Kristi Willey led Maine Maritime with 17 points, including three 3-pointers, and a game-high six steals. Alayne Felix and Megan McLean added 13 points each for the Mariners with Felix pulling down a game-high nine rebounds.
Last Time Out: Thomas fell to conference leader Husson, 66-38, at Bangor on Wednesday. The Terriers won the rebounding battle, 46-37, but were hampered by 29 turnovers to the Eagles' 11. Husson also shot 40.0 percent from the field while Thomas was limited to 15 field goals on 26.8 percent shooting. Katie McAllister, Taylor Johnson and Kelly Macomber each scored eight points to lead the Terriers, while McAllister added seven rebounds. Tess McClenahan was held scoreless, but pulled down a game-high eight rebounds and had three assists and two steals.
Maine Maritime dominated UMaine-Farmington, 78-42, in a Senior Day matchup at Castine on Wednesday. Senior Bekah Campbell scored a game-high and season-high 16 points to lead the Mariners. MMA shot 53.7 percent from the floor and an impressive 53.3 percent from beyond the arc, while holding UMF to 29.1 percent shooting overall. The Mariners also won the rebounding battle, 37-28.
About the Terriers: Thomas averages 43.6 points, 36.1 rebounds and 8.5 assists per game, while shooting 30.1 percent from the field. Senior Katie McAllister is the team's top scorer at 12.5 points per game.
About the Mariners: Maine Maritime averages 63.0 points, 36.5 rebounds and 15.6 assists per game, while shooting 40.6 percent from the field. The Mariners are allowing opponents to score an average of 52.7 points per game.
Alayne Felix leads the team with 17.8 points per game and 6.8 rebounds per game, while Megan McLean leads the team with an average of 3.0 assists and Alex Winchester leads the team with 1.2 steals per game.
Maine Maritime (5-19, 4-13 NAC) at Thomas (12-12, 8-9 NAC), 3 p.m.
Series History: Thomas holds a 33-21 lead in the all-time series dating back to the 1982-1983 season. The Terriers had a 10-game winning streak in the series snapped with a 74-64 loss in Castine on December 1.
Last Meeting: Brendan Newcomb scored a game-high 31 points led by a 17-of-19 effort from the free throw line to lead the Mariners to the 74-64 win in the NAC opener for both schools. The Terriers, who were without Levi Barnes in the contest, were limited to just 25 first-half points. Adam Carlsen and Tyheem Simon had 12 points apiece to lead Thomas, while Carlos Gonzalez chipped in with a 11-point, 12-rebound double-double.
Last Time Out: The Terriers have dropped four of their last five games, including a 87-78 loss at Husson on Wednesday. Thomas cut a 23-point halftime deficit to just four with 2:29 to play but could get no closer. Levi Barnes scored a team-high 22 points on 10-of-13 shooting. Tyheem Simon tallied 19 points and Adam Carlsen added 11, both off the bench, while Dayne Savage had nine points and Carlos Gonzalez posted eight points and seven rebounds.
Maine Maritime snapped a three-game losing streak with a 98-63 win over UMaine-Farmington on Wednesday. Five Mariners finished in double-digits led by 23 from Brendan Newcomb. Nick Judge added 16 points and 13 rebounds off the bench. MMA shot 54.5 percent (36-of-66) from the field and 72.7 percent (16-of-22) at the charity stripe. The Mariners also drained 10 3-pointers.
About the Terriers: Thomas averages 78.1 points per game this season (80.2 at home) while shooting 46.3 percent from the floor and 37.1 percent from behind the arc. The Terriers are also averaging 37.5 rebounds and 13.3 assists per game. Levi Barnes leads the team in scoring at 20.0 points per game, a figure that ranks fifth in the NAC. He is also shooting over 50 percent from the field and at a 44.7-percent clip from downtown -- a mark that trails only Husson's Eli Itkin (45.9%). Tyheem Simon is second on the team at 16.1 points per game. He also ranks second in the NAC in field goal percentage at 60.9 percent. Carlos Gonzalez checks in at 11.0 points and a NAC-leading 9.7 rebounds per game.
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Island Princess Cruise Review by trekAK
- Sail Date: November 2011
- Destination: Panama Canal & Central America
- Cabin Type: Balcony
We flew in to Ft Lauderdale the day before the cruise. We stayed at the Comfort Inn Airport/Cruise port. Free shuttle from the airport (we were picked up promptly) to the hotel and next morning free shuttle to the cruise port (also prompt and efficient). Shopping area nearby. Fast food, very close to the hotel, sit down restaurants about half mile away. No close liquor store that we could find. We walked about 1.5 mile to find one and it had a very small wine selection. We purchased two bottles to take on board.
Embarkation: A little slower than we are used to, had to sit in terminal for 1.5 hours. Didn't get onboard til 1. We found out later that they had a crew change. Our room was ready but you could tell the crew was a bit behind getting everything organized.
Ports: We loved Aruba and had a fantastic time on the snorkeling (ship wreck) excursion. Disappointed that the stop was so short. We would have loved to have some time to walk around the city.
Cartagena, Columbia; although we were excited to say we had been on the South American continent we did not enjoy Cartagena. We took the Highlights tour to the fortress and old town. There was tons of walking, and the downtown area attractions were not very conducive to large tourist crowds (it was very hot and humid). The guide did not give us very good information about the stops. Street vendors were constantly bothering us.
Panama Canal; Going thru the canal was exciting. We had a lecturer onboard who was very good. He talked us thru the locks. Went into the canal very early in the morning. I think some people missed it, despite information given in the Princess Patter and announcments made. Once parked in Gatun Lake, we tendered to a yacht club and took an excursion. We did not know until onboard the ship that this was possible. We took the ferry excursion that goes thru the rest of the canal...thru the Culebra cut, other two sets of locks into the Pacific Ocean at Panama City. We were bused back to Colon to get the ship. Wonderful trip. So glad we found out about it.
Limon, Costa Rica; We took the Tortuguero canal tour. Nice trip. Good guide. They made a quick stop at a banana plantation which was a little disappointing because we only stayed about 15 min. Not sure why they bothered with that.
Montego Bay, Jamaica; We had been to Ocho Rios before and took an excursion so decided not to do anything in Montego Bay. The ship was late leaving that port as one tour bus was in a wreck and was delayed returning to the ship. Also...the snorkeling tour group said they were very disappointed in that tour. Not enough snorkeling equipment for everyone, then they were taken to a beach and left without guide or instructions to get the bus back to the ship. They had to call princess to find out what to do.
Entertainment/lectures: Loved the Princess dancers/singers/band. Comedian and variety entertainment was also very good (Billy Vader and Duncan Tuck). Did not care for the hypnotist. The cruise director gave a wonderful talk about cruise ships, the third officer gave a good lecture on cruise ship navigation. The onboard lecturer was great talking us thru the canal but we did not enjoy his talks about the ports as they were more information about shopping than history.
Food/wait staff/room steward: Excellent as always.... We had anytime dining. With this size ship you need reservations to get a table for two. Not sure how well that went because we always shared dinner tables and met some wonderful people. We never tried the specialty dining. Horizon Court buffet always had good food and variety. Pizza was good too.
Disembarkation was on time, no hassle. Just so you know, some airlines now offering service to take your bags directly to the airport from the ship and checkin for you. It was 20 dollars per person. We did not do that but thought it was a great idea, especially if you had a long wait at the airport and wanted to go do something.
We did purchase the princess transfers to the airport. That went smoothly until we got to the airport. It was pouring rain and the bus did not have a place to park underneath a roof, the bus driver insisted he unload all of the luggage before we all got off the bus. So...all of our luggage was soaked! Luckily, no damage to anything. I did notice that other smaller shuttle companies were parking where there was shelter.
Conclusion: Great trip, Great experience.
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ArubaHad a great time....crew was very good. Snorkeling was fun.View All 1,055 Aruba Cruise Port Reviews
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Cartagena (Colombia)Took Highlights tour of Fortress and Old Town. Didn't like the area. Other than the fortress, the places we visited were not good for large tourist groups. Very hot and alot of walking. Street vendors were very annoying.View All 587 Cartagena (Colombia) Cruise Port Reviews
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Colon (Cristobal)Took the ferry from the ship at Gatun Lake thru the rest of the canal to Panama City. We were then bused back to the ship at Colon. Wonderful tour. Great experience. Didn't take any time in the actual city of Colon.View All 388 Colon (Cristobal) Cruise Port Reviews
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The NNXT advanced sampler in Reason is packed woth features that allow you to manipulate samples in many ways. this is handy when sample flipping, especially when trying to control pitch and tempo of samples. Pitch controls in the NNXT also affect the tempo of samples and sample slices. Use this to your advantage when flipping a sample. What you discover may lead you into a totally different musical genre, just by changing the pitch and tempo of the sample slice.
Here's part 3 of the video series showing how to make a sample flip beat by flipping sample slices using the Propellerhead Reason NN-XT Advanced Sampler.
Sample Flip Beat - Beatmaking tutorial - Sample Flip - How to flip samples - Chopping Samples - NNXT - NN-XT Advanced Sampler
In this video, I show you "How I Reason" by covering the following:
- Changing Sample Tempo (with pitch) and how to take advantage of the effects
- Sample Flipping vs Beat-matching or "looping" a sample
Sample Flipping Propellerhead Reason Videos Series Part 3 Using NNXT (NN-XT) Tempo Control
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Cardinals tickets on sale Monday - if playing at home
The Cardinals will play at home for the NFC title and a trip to the Super Bowl if the Seahawks beat the Panthers Sunday.
If the Panthers win, the Cardinals will play on the road.
In the event of a home game: The Seahawks-Cardinals game will kick off at 4:40 p.m. next Sunday.
Tickets will be available starting at 10 a.m. to those with Arizona zip codes; they will be available to all others starting at noon.
Tickets will be available only through TicketMaster. They can be purchased online at ticketmaster.com or by phone at 800-745-3000.
There will be a limit of four tickets per transaction.
Tickets will not be available at either the University of Phoenix Stadium box office or the one at the team’s Tempe facility.
Cardinals season-ticket members had the benefit of securing their postseason tickets as early as last summer and did so in large numbers. As a result, Monday’s supply is again expected to be limited and go quickly.
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New Seoul Hotel
The New Seoul Hotel offers a pleasant stay in Seoul for those traveling for business or leisure. It's easy to keep connected with the property's Free in-room Wi-Fi. Traveling to the hotel is easy with Seoul Railway Station located approximately 2km away and Gimpo International Airport roughly 15km...
Crossroad Backpackers Hongdae
The Crossroad Backpackers Hongdae offers a pleasant stay in Seoul for those traveling for business or leisure. With Wi-Fi in designated areas available, you'll have no problems keeping connected. Traveling to the hotel is easy with Yongsan located approximately 3km away and Gimpo International...
Conrad Seoul IFC Korea
Visitors to Seoul will find that the Conrad Seoul IFC Korea is a fantastic accommodation choice. With Yongsan just 3km away and Gimpo International Airport only 11km away, transportation is very convenient. The closest major public transportation, Yeouido Metro Station, is only 600m away. The hotel...
Floral Hotel Namsan City Myeongdong Seoul
The Floral Hotel Namsan City Myeongdong Seoul is a great choice for guests looking for accommodation in Seoul, having been recently opened in 2015. This property features Free in-room Wi-Fi. The hotel is only 800m from Seoul Railway Station and 16km from Gimpo International Airport, giving guests a...
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The Hotel ShinShin Seoul provides a great place for travelers to relax after a busy day. Wi-Fi in designated areas is available at this property. With Seoul Railway Station just 1km away and Gimpo International Airport only 16km away, transportation is very convenient. Transportation around the...
Four Points by Sheraton Seoul
The Four Points by Sheraton Seoul is a great choice for guests looking for accommodation in Seoul, having been recently opened in 2015. In-room Wi-Fi is available at this property. The hotel is conveniently located just 300m from Seoul Railway Station and 15km from Gimpo International Airport. The...
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Managing Your Finances Through Life’s Unpredictability
Life is full of risk. Markets rise and fall, unexpected emergencies arise, and businesses go under unexpectedly. If you want to ensure that your wealth is consistently available for your lifestyle, your legacy, your charitable giving, and anything else you want to prioritize, you need to be prepared for the unpredictable aspects of life.
You’re a savvy investor and you’ve done well for yourself so far, but humans are not wired for long-term thinking. You know all about diversifying your portfolio and buying life insurance in case something unexpected and terrible happens, but there’s more to think about. Here’s where to start.
Risk vs. Reward
The amount of risk you’re willing to accept will depend on your age and financial situation. If you’re young and still making money, it’ll be several decades before you’re retired — you can take on more risk in order to take advantage of better gains.
If you’re already retired and have all the assets set aside that you’ll need for the rest of your life, there’s no reason to take an extra risk with those holdings. Invest in low-risk, low-return options like bonds and certificates of deposit to ensure that your wealth doesn’t lose any value.
Of course, a comfortable retirement might not be the end game for you. Maybe you want to establish a legacy through the businesses you’ve worked with, or maybe you want to make sure your grandkids never have to worry about tuition. Everyone’s goals are different, and so is their tolerance for risk. Here are some options to talk about with your financial advisor:
- Stocks: Expect a return of up to 10 percent year over year, but with the risk that you’ll lose more than two-thirds of the value of a given stock in a significant downturn.
- ETFs and index funds: more stable than individual stocks, and they require a lot less micromanagement to be successful.
Bonds: Essentially zero risk, since you know the return you’ll be getting before you buy in, but they come with much lower returns than individual stocks.
- Commodities: usually more stable than an individual stock, since they’re anchored to real value and are less susceptible to artificial inflation by speculators. Commodities can also be a good way to hedge against stock market losses — for example, the price of gold tends to rise as the strength of the dollar falls.
- Real estate: real estate values have consistently risen over a long enough period of time. Obviously, there have been serious exceptions to this rule, most recently the 2008 downturn. There’s also the fact that real estate isn’t a set-and-forget investment — buildings have to be maintained — but you have to live somewhere. Your home can be a significant source of long-term value in your portfolio.
- Certificates of Deposit (CDs): one of the safest places to put your money. You won’t get rich investing in CDs, but they have their place in any financial plan.
There’s no shortage of places to invest your money, but the important thing is to balance risk with stability. That way, if one of your assets takes a significant hit to its value, you’ll be protected by the rest of them. You know what they say about eggs and baskets!
Hedge Against Problems With Your Business
If you built or bought a business during your life, you might have a significant chunk of your personal wealth tied into that business. If that business goes under, it could be a serious hit to your personal wealth and financial goals.
First things first: separate your business and personal expenses so that your personal wealth isn’t at risk in the event that your business goes under or creditors come calling. Set up separate bank accounts and credit cards. Establish an LLC, C Corp, or S Corp to limit your liability, and apply for an EIN to protect your personal wealth from the losses and liabilities of your company. Pay yourself a salary rather than spending business income on personal expenses.
If you’re counting on selling the business later in your life to help fund your retirement or other goals, there’s no way to completely divest yourself from its value. The best you can hope for is to protect yourself from risk and run the business the best way you know how to.
Don’t Panic at Market Downturns
If you have a lot invested in the stock market, a major market downturn can cause a significant hit to the value of your portfolio. In the 2008 downturn, some people’s portfolios lost as much as two-thirds of their value.
But keep in mind that common refrain: it’s not a loss until you sell. If you can hold onto your assets until the market recovers — and it always recovers sooner or later — you can weather the storm and come out the other side none the worse for wear.
In fact, astute investors can even use a market downturn as an opportunity. While the value of certain stocks or indexes is low, take a chance on a safer purchase! You don’t know what the market will do in a month or a year, but you do know that the ETF you’ve had your eye on is 9 percent cheaper than it was six months ago, so now’s a good time to buy.
One thing you can do to hedge against a major downturn is to invest in stocks that return dividends. If the price of the stock falls, you’ll still be able to offset some of your short term losses with the dividends you earn. Start with a group of stocks called the Dividend Aristocrats for the safest bet.
Finally, it’s never too early to think about estate planning. As we tell our clients, Uncle Sam has already drawn up a plan for what happens to your money and your property when you die. If you want to have any control over that plan, you’ll have to come up with it yourself. Even so, more than half of American adults don’t have estate plans.
Whether your main priority is securing the legacy of your business, ensuring the financial security of your family, donating your wealth to the charities that you care about, or any combination of the above, we can help you find the best way to plan for the future of your wealth.
The Importance of Insurance
When most people think about insurance in their long-term plans, they’re thinking about the survivor benefits of life insurance. But there’s a lot more to consider when it comes to your insurance portfolio.
Insurance can help you minimize taxes, maximize your retirement income so you can travel in comfort and style, or prop up your business so that your company continues to bring in the best people possible.
At First Western Financial, we consider insurance to be a vital part of wealth management. We’ll take a quantitative and qualitative look at the policies you already have in place, looking for both gaps and redundancies.
We’ll also help you seek out the right products for your needs, especially if those needs have changed — there’s a good chance you haven’t re-assessed your insurance policies in a while, and you might not have the coverage you want any more.
A Holistic Approach to Wealth
At First Western, we know that increasing the number at the bottom of your balance sheet isn’t the end goal of acquiring wealth. What’s important is not the money you have, it’s what you choose to do with it. We break your wealth into financial, experiential, relational, and legacy wealth to help you decide exactly how your wealth can best serve your interests. Contact us today to get started! | <urn:uuid:bf301c2b-706c-48c5-a9f6-6fcd6f581552> | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | https://myfw.com/articles/managing-your-finances-through-lifes-unpredictability/ | 2021-06-21T03:09:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623488262046.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20210621025359-20210621055359-00165.warc.gz | en | 0.945781 | 1,650 |
The Exchange Club Family Center (ECFC) is a parenting support and child abuse prevention program for mothers and fathers in Chester County with children ages infant through age 12.
If you are a parent striving to give your child(ren) a safe and loving upbringing, while also enduring financial hardship or low income, the Exchange Club Family Center can help you to:
- Learn practical parenting skills
- Manage the fears and stress of raising children
- Build a strong, safe and unified home
- Avoid child abuse and neglect
- Develop your own personal potential as an adult
When you join our program, we will match you with a trained and dedicated Volunteer Parent Aide who will visit you at home and confidentially help you to identify personal problem areas.
Parent Aides are nonjudgmental, loving, and personally experienced in raising children. Your personal Parent Aide will stay by your side for 12 months (or more) to support you as you grow, change and gain confidence in parenting.
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Old toys can be used as a colorful raw material to make creative decor items for kids or even for adults rooms.
Children’s wooden blocks, which were created to drill a hole in the center, can create a minimal hanger, just placing them on the wall … If you paint part of the surface and put them on the wall on a large scale will create a kind of three-dimensional artwork that will replace your frames in the living room.
Cubes with letters can create keys hangers or accessories hanger if you place small hooks under each cube and screw in a piece of wood.
Convert an action figure in … book-stand easily, simply by screwing the two parts of the top and bottom of a shelf…
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Explanation of the Leitner Cards System
If you don’t know a card from box 2 or 3, it moves back to box 1.
Writing your own flashcards
A huge advantage of flashcards is that you write them yourself. While you’re writing, your brain works harder than when you’re typing.
You’re not just thinking about what you’re going to write, but also how you’re going to write it: you appeal to your motor skills.
While you’re writing you are already retaining information. You’re also creating a visual image of the flashcard: this sticks to your memory faster than something you typed out.
40 chapters commercial economy …
Studying 40 chapters of commercial economics works a lot faster with the flashcards. You are effectively working on the material by writing it down, then you just have to repeat it to make sure you remember it.
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Her kiss is like a seal.
It's filled with passion and brimming with lust. It's amazing that such a fragile thing could be so forceful. Its warm and bewitching, and I hate it. I'm unresponsive as stone and she pushes harder against me cheeks. I stay immobile, and she pulls away. She's all sorts of furious when she sits on the bed and crosses her arms over her chest. I'm shocked that her hand left mine
"You lied," she hisses.
I turn to the door, my back to her. "I don't love you."
Thunder flashes outside the window.
"You don't have a choice." She moves towards me on her knees, takes my face in her hands, brings here yes to meet mine. "Would you leave me?" she asks like an innocent. "Would you leave me like this, all alone? I need you."
I laugh because her words are poison and I am immune. "Yes."
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Changzhou TenJan Steel Tube Co.,Ltd, established in 2004, is a professional manufacturer of cold drawn seamless steel pipe, rebar coupler and maching products related. It is located in Zhenxi Industrial Park, Henglin Town, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China. The traffic is very convenient. It only costs one hour from Shanghai by train or car.
With high technology, advanced equipment, the annual output capacity of TenJan is more than thirty thousand metric tons. The main products are cold drawn seamless steel pipe, high tensile strength rebar coupler and maching products related such as Nut, bolt and auto parts, which are widely-used in machining, construction, mining machinery and auto parts.
Through ten year's development, TenJan has successfully changed from only pipe manufacturing to deep processing, equipped with automatic cutting machines, CNC lathes, precision machine tools, thread machines and bolt used machines. Till now, its annual value of production has reached 150 million. The products have been exported to many districts, such as Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore. And they are widely welcomed and get a high credit for high quality.
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Boys basketball: Nick Davidson leads Andrean to overtime win over Merrillville
By Michael Osipoff 648-3137 or firstname.lastname@example.org December 8, 2012 11:28PM
Andrean's Collin Wojcik reacts after teamate Nick Davidson tipped in Davidsons missed free throw which ended up being the game winning score against Marrillville during their game held at Merrillville High School on Saturday December 8, 2012. | Charles Mitchell~For Sun-Times Media
Updated: January 10, 2013 6:45AM
MERRILLVILLE — Nick Davidson had just two points and no field goals in the first half against Merrillville on Saturday night.
But the Andrean senior finished with 28 points, including the go-ahead putback with 8.1 seconds left in overtime off an offensive rebound, to lift the 59ers to a 75-74 win against the Pirates.
Merrillville (4-1) led 74-73, before each team committed a turnover, with Andrean’s Collin Wojcik winding up on the foul line with 10.1 seconds left. He missed both free throws, but Davidson swooped in to corral the rebound, and scored what proved to be the game-winning points for the 59ers (4-0).
“We had all the confidence in the world that Woj would knock down the free throws,” Davidson said. “But we always talk about being aggressive and being physical at the point of attack. I just guessed right on the rebound, got it, and was able to put it in.
“It (the first half) was not my best half of basketball. I’m my own worst critic. But the guys kept telling me, keep attacking, keep attacking. They trusted me, and got me the ball in the right places, and was able to knock some shots down.”
Andrean coach Carson Cunningham said of the Valparaiso University recruit: “He’s just super-gutsy. My new nickname for him is ‘Mr. Production.’ He just produces in so many ways across the stat line.”
B.J. Jenkins, who had 24 points for the Pirates, could not hit a desperation 3-pointer as time expired, after they called timeout with 1.7 seconds left. Jenkins had hit a 3-pointer with 26 seconds left in the fourth quarter to send the game into overtime tied at 68-68.
“We knew they were a good team, and we think we’re a pretty good team too, but you have to prove it on the floor at the end of the game,” Merrillville coach T.J. Lux said. “It came down to basic, fundamental things at the end of the game. We talk about it every day, but you have to execute. But good teams are going to keep the pressure on you and take advantage of little mistakes.”
Said Cunningham: “Merrillville is really, really good. Any team that plays them in the tournament is going to have a tough challenge. Coach Lux is doing a super job, and Jenkins in particular was phenomenal.”
Merrillville led 22-15 after the first quarter, behind 10 points from Jenkins — “He showed how good he is,” Lux said. “He’s a big-time player.” — and eight from Jelani Pruitt (18 points for the game).
Andrean committed 11 turnovers. The 59ers closed to 37-35 at halftime, as Daniel Keilman — on his birthday — scored 11 points in the second quarter (14 for the game), including three 3-pointers. A basket by Jamard Owens with 31 seconds left gave the Pirates the lead heading into the break.
Davidson scored 10 points in the third, when the Pirates led 51-49, then added 12 in the fourth, and four in overtime.
“It’s huge,” Davidson said. “Between Merrillville, Bowman and Munster, this is one of the biggest games on our schedule. We have good friends on their team. We know them as well as anybody, and they do too with us. We knew it was going to be a battle, and it didn’t disappoint.” | <urn:uuid:32160734-f141-470b-8393-6306eb77beeb> | CC-MAIN-2014-49 | http://posttrib.chicagotribune.com/sports/highschools/16897461-419/boys-basketball-nick-davidson-leads-andrean-to-overtime-win-over-merrillville.html | 2014-11-27T17:35:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-49/segments/1416931008919.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20141125155648-00192-ip-10-235-23-156.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973918 | 913 |
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Older men and women are more likely than young ones to have a child with autism, according to multiple studies published in the past decade. Especially when it comes to fathers, this parental-age effect is one of the most consistent findings in the epidemiology of autism.
The link between a mother’s age and autism is more complex: Women seem to be at an increased risk both when they are much older and much younger than average, according to some studies.
Nailing down why either parent’s age influences autism risk has proved difficult, however.
How do we know that older men are at elevated risk of fathering a child with autism?
Epidemiologists have gathered data on large numbers of families and calculated how often men of different ages have a child with autism. The first rigorous study of this type, published in 2006, drew on medical records of 132,000 Israeli adolescents. It showed that men in their 30s are 1.6 times as likely to have a child with autism as men under 30. Men in their 40s have a sixfold increase in risk.
Since then, scientists have conducted similar analyses of data on children born in California, Denmark and Sweden, as well as of an international dataset on 5.7 million children. Nearly all of this research has shown an increased prevalence of autism among the children of older fathers.
At what age does the risk increase for men?
No one knows. The age ranges and ages of the men differ across studies, making their results hard to compare. Overall, the findings indicate that the risk increases steadily over time rather than suddenly rising after a certain age.
How big is the increase in risk?
The results of studies vary from 5 to 400 percent. One 2017 study based on whole-genome sequencing of nearly 5,000 people suggests that parents in their mid-40s are 5 to 10 percent more likely to have a child with autism than are 20-year-old parents.
But a large 2014 study based on Swedish medical records hinted that the risk of autism among children born to fathers older than 45 is about 75 percent higher than it is for children born to fathers in their early 20s. And a 2010 analysis of Swedish data found that men over 55 are four times as likely to have a child with autism as men under 30.
Even so, the absolute risk of having a child with autism is low even for the oldest parents. The researchers in the 2017 study calculated that about 1.5 percent of children born to parents in their 20s will have autism, compared with about 1.58 percent of children born to parents in their 40s.
Why are older men at elevated risk?
The most prominent hypothesis is that the sperm of older men has accumulated many spontaneous mutations that the men pass along to their children.
Sperm divide more often than egg cells do. With each division, a cell’s DNA is copied, presenting an opportunity for mutations to occur. One analysis of families in Iceland showed that with each passing year, a man transmits an average of two more spontaneous, or de novo, mutations to his child.
Studies in mice confirm that pups of older male mice harbor a relatively large number of mutations. And this hypothesis is consistent with the observation that a child with autism who has an older father tends to be the only child with autism in that family.
Other factors must contribute as well, however. A mathematical model of autism inheritance indicates that de novo mutations account for no more than 20 percent of the increased risk of autism among children of older fathers.
What else could explain these patterns?
It is possible that the connection runs the other way: Men who are likely to father a child with autism may have children relatively late in life. These men may have autism traits that delay their ability to find a partner.
Changes in chemical tags on sperm DNA as men age could also play a role. This hypothesis is consistent with epidemiological studies showing that the age of a grandparent at the time of a parent’s birth can affect a grandchild’s autism risk, and age alters chemical tags on sperm in mice. But this idea is controversial: There is no direct evidence that these tags are transmitted across generations in people.
Studies have noted additional factors, including an elevated risk of autoimmune disease in older parents. And because they are likely to be relatively wealthy compared with younger parents, older parents may be more likely to seek an evaluation for their child.
How does a mother’s age influence risk?
A woman’s chance of having a child with autism also increases steadily with age. But several studies have found that teenage mothers are also at increased risk. Overall, researchers have conducted fewer studies of maternal age and autism, and the results are not as clear-cut as they are for fathers. The effects of maternal age are more difficult to detect in epidemiological studies because women have children over a narrower age range than do men.
The number of de novo mutations in egg cells increases with age, although to a lesser degree than it does in sperm. As with men, women who have autism traits may have children late.
Does the trend toward having children later in life explain the increase in autism prevalence?
Probably not. Independent calculations suggest that the trend toward later parenthood accounts for only about 1 to 5 percent of the increase in autism prevalence. But investigating the link between parental age and autism risk could provide clues to the biology underlying the condition. | <urn:uuid:017429b9-fd36-42e4-9fed-7b026cf018ef> | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/link-parental-age-autism-explained/?utm_source=Copy+of+Spectrum+News+%28Daily+Report%29&utm_campaign=cf9e185e1f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5d6f652fd5-cf9e185e1f-168410181 | 2018-07-16T04:34:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676589179.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20180716041348-20180716061348-00052.warc.gz | en | 0.97511 | 1,120 |
Wild Overcome Another Two Goal Deficit to Beat San Jose
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — As Minnesota recovered from an early deficit against the San Jose Sharks, Wild coach Bruce Boudreau turned to assistant Bob Woods and told him to keep sending defenseman Jared Spurgeon out on the ice as much as possible.
Spurgeon then helped the Wild to an important two points.
Spurgeon scored with 12 seconds left in overtime to give the Minnesota a 3-2 victory Sunday night.
"I said, 'Play Spurge a lot. He looks like he's got it,'" Boudreau said. "He had his mojo today."
Spurgeon added an assist. Jason Zucker had two assists, setting up Spurgeon in the extra session as the Wild tied a season-high with their fourth straight victory.
Matt Cullen and Eric Staal also scored for Minnesota, which has points in 15 of its last 16 home games (11-1-4). Devan Dubnyk made 26 saves for the Wild.
Joakim Ryan and Chris Tierney scored for the Sharks, who built a two-goal lead and were 23-0-1 when leading after two periods. Martin Jones stopped 38 shots for San Jose, which lost the final three games of a four-game trip.
"Tonight's disappointing," Sharks forward Logan Couture said. "You're up 2-1 late in the game. We've got to find a way to shut it down. You've got less than 30 seconds left in overtime and we've got a pretty good team here in the shootout. You just can't turn that over."
Spurgeon managed to collect the puck in the offensive zone after knocking down Brent Burns' clearing attempt. Spurgeon sent a cross-ice pass to an uncovered Zucker. Instead of shooting on Jones, who slid across the crease, Zucker passed back to Spurgeon for a wide-open goal.
"I had all day and all net shoot at, so I was just trying to put it in the middle of the net," Spurgeon said.
Off their back-to-back losses in Nashville and Chicago in which it was outscored 10-2, San Jose outshot Minnesota 17-10 in the first period.
Ryan scored his third career goal 14 minutes into the first when he snapped a quick shot past Dubnyk on a cross-ice feed from Jannik Hansen. Tierney extended his career-best with his 15th goal 2:28 into the second before the Wild.
"We're a good team when we get the lead usually, and it makes us easy for us to play our system when we're not trailing, so that was big to get the lead," Tierney said. "I thought we had a good first period, created a lot of chances, probably would have been nice to get another one in the first there.
Cullen countered with 43.4 seconds left in the period, tipping home a pass from Spurgeon.
Staal tied the game with 4:44 left on a wraparound that deflected off of Jones. Staal has eight goals and five assists in his past 10 games and reached the 30-goal mark for the sixth time in his career.
"He had a nice thing going there and it was nice to get that one, for sure, that first one to kind of crack it," Cullen said of Jones. "It's good to see the way that we just kept coming. I was really pleased with our last two periods the way we just kept coming and played some really good hockey."
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[ WAR IN IRAQ ]
here for burial
By Gregg K. Kakesako
The body of Sgt. Eugene Williams, who was killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq last month, arrived in Hawaii yesterday for funeral services and burial at a Mililani cemetery.
Williams' body was accompanied by his younger brother, Eric, who also is in the Army. Eric Williams was in Kuwait when his brother was killed March 29. A suicide bomber, posing as a taxicab driver, pulled up to a roadblock north of Najaf and waved to the troops for help. Eugene Williams was one of four U.S. soldiers who died, and another was injured.
The soldiers were members of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), at Fort Stewart, Ga.
The date of the funeral services has not been set, said Bob Warner, spokesman for the 25th Infantry Division, where Williams, 24, served from April 1998 to December 2001. Williams had been a member of 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment (Gimlets), at Schofield Barracks.
Williams would have celebrated his 25th birthday on April 30. His wife, Brandy, and their 3-year-old daughter, Mya, live in Kapolei. She is expecting a second daughter in June.
A memorial service was held for Williams Monday in his hometown of Highland, a small town 70 miles south of Albany, N.Y.
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Cunderdin 100 MW Solar Project
Sun Brilliance plans to build a 100 MW solar farm east of Perth, which will be the biggest solar farm in West Australia by size, and the biggest to date in Australia by output.
Sun Brilliance solar farm on farming land on the outskirts of Cunderdin, in the middle of the state’s wheat belt, will be built, which mean sit will produce more electricity than Australia’ current biggest solar farm, the 102 MW Nyngan facility in western NSW.
The project was originally envisaged as a 25 MW solar farm, but because of rising prices for wholesale electricity, and large scale renewable energy certificates, and investor interest,it decided to increase the size to 100 MW.
The biggest solar farms in WA to date are the 10 MW Greenough River Solar Farm and the 10.6 MW solar farm at the Degrussa copper mine.
The solar farm will be built on a “merchant basis” – meaning no fixed power purchase contract, and without any additional government grants such as those being allocated by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.
The projects tacks up commercially without the additional government assistance.
The company has applied to connect to Western Power’s grid, the South-West Inter connected System, via 132 kV transmission line 2 km south of the solar farm, and proposes to build its own 120 MVA,132 kV/22 kV sub-station at the plant site.
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Now engineers want to unlock the rest of the sea with a new fleet of manned submersibles. And they don’t have to go to the very bottom to do it. In fact, only about 2 percent of the seafloor lies below 20,000 feet, in deep, muddy trenches. If we extend our current reach just 5,000 feet—another mile—it will open about 98 percent of the world’s oceans to scientific eyes.
The payoffs could be huge. Mining companies hope to search hydrothermal vents for minerals like nickel; gas and oil companies are eager to explore the seafloor for new energy sources; and marine biologists want to study how climate change has affected deep ecosystems. In addition, there’s simple curiosity of the man-versus-nature sort. With all the world’s highest peaks summited and both poles trampled, the deep seas are a ripe frontier.
But sending a vehicle that deep requires serious cash and engineering. The craft must be small enough to move on battery power and sturdy enough to withstand immense pressure—10,340 pounds of water per square inch at 23,000 feet, equivalent to having a school bus on your head. A manned submersible has to meet even higher standards: It must keep its occupants alive.
In 1960, American naval lieutenant Don Walsh and Swiss engineer Jacques Piccard made the only expedition to the world’s deepest point, piloting a 50-foot, submarine-like vehicle called the Bathyscaphe Trieste 35,800 feet down to the bottom of the Marianas Trench. They spent 30 minutes on the bottom of the world before surfacing with their glass viewing ports cracked by the pressure. No one has been back since.And should they? There’s a heated debate among oceanographers over whether the next generation of deep exploration should be performed by robots, humans or both. The argument for remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) is led by oceanographer Robert Ballard, who gained fame in manned subs, discovering the first hydrothermal vents and exploring the wreck of the Titanic. His case is simple: With no power-sucking life-support systems, ROVs offer more time on the ocean floor—and therefore, more opportunity to explore what we don’t know—than manned subs. The robots send high-definition images and video to a ship by fiber-optic cable. The ship then sends the data via high-speed fiber-optic lines to a series of command centers, where oceanographers can analyze results in real time. “I’m interested in bottom time, not the spiritual experience of diving,” Ballard says.
Others argue that collecting samples from the seafloor is easier when a person is in the pilot’s seat, and that no machine can replicate the panoramic scope of human vision. In 2004, celebrated oceanographer Sylvia Earle was in a sub 1,400 feet deep off the Florida Keys when, out of the corner of her eye, she spotted a six-foot mola mola, an ocean sunfish previously thought to live only near the surface. Earle is the most prominent of many advocates for manned research, and she boils her case down to a neat metaphor: “Would you send a robot to taste wine in Paris?”
Today only five manned subs can dive to 15,000 feet: the French Nautile; two Russian submersibles; Woods Hole’s Alvin, which Ballard used to explore the Titanic; and the Japanese Shinkai 6,500, the world’s deepest-diving sub, which is capable of descending to 21,000 feet. (The Chinese government is reportedly working on a similar sub that would reach 23,000 feet.)
These vehicles all function in a similar manner. A support ship drops the vessel overboard. Anchored with weights, the sub begins to sink. To do some exploring in the middle depths, the pilot cuts some of the weight and the vehicle hovers, pumping water in or out to achieve a weight equal to that of the surrounding sea. Battery-powered motors propel the craft laterally for a short time, the ballast system takes on more water, and the craft sinks to the bottom. After scientists explore the seafloor and pick up samples with robotic arms, the pilot cuts the remaining anchors, and the sub surfaces.
This elevator-like model works, but because the vehicles house people, electronics and motors within pressure-resistant, spherical titanium hulls, they’re heavy—Alvin weighs about 36,000 pounds—and require enormous support ships. And because of the limitations of battery technology, traditional submersibles don’t give scientists much time on the seafloor; the Alvin’s current floor time is four hours. As a result, manned deep-sea exploration is incredibly inefficient. Imagine exploring all of Africa with only five Jeeps.single page | <urn:uuid:2c6484ad-f514-4df0-9204-0742f76241a1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-07/new-generation-submersibles-open-ocean | 2013-05-18T12:04:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382360/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00083-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925719 | 1,019 |
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) debates Rep. Steve King (R-IA) on the possible repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
Rep. Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) discusses the Republican promise to repeal health care reform on MSNBC Live
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz appears on CNBC’s Squawk Box to discuss the Republican Party’s priority – repealing health care laws that protect millions of Americans from insurance company abuse.
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) appears on MSNBC’s Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss the debt ceiling.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and DNC Vice-Chair talks with MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann about FOX News bias and how it drives the Republican agenda.
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Our shuttles can be used for any occasion in South Florida, from annual events to weddings to graduations and school events. Make it magical with a special event MHM Shuttle. Celebrate bar/bat mitzvahs, anniversaries, graduations, and more with MHM Shuttle.
Traveling on business? Our group shuttles can provide transportation to convention centers and any venue or meeting place to fulfill your corporate travel needs. Our shuttles can be used for corporate dinners, training events, team building activities, conferences, and other corporate events.
Drive safe for a night on the town or concert in South Florida. Don’t worry about finding festival or concert parking, or needing a designated driver. Take a ride in an MHM Shuttle to nightclubs, restaurants, and concerts. Our friendly, local drivers can take you to all the best spots that South Florida has to offer. Let us be your designated driver, and get everyone home safely!
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Frequently Asked Questions
When you bring your pet to the vets we know that this can be a anxious trip for you and your furry friend. These are some general questions that we get asked here at Tern Vets so we thought we would share them with you to try and put you at ease.
What age can my cat be neutered?
We can neuter cats from five months old. We always recommend that the vet checks them over first if they have not seen the cat before. This is to ensure that they are fit and healthy.
What age can my dog be neutered?
Male dogs can be neutered from six months of age depending on their size and breed. Female dogs can be neutered at six months of age before they come in to season or three months after a season.
What is the procedure for neutering my pet?
When you book in for your pet to be neutered the staff will run you through the process and answer any questions you may have.
We ask that you don’t feed your pet from 8pm the night before the operation. This is to ensure that they have an empty stomach to avoid them vomiting under the anaesthetic. You can leave there water down over night but take it away from them when you get up in the morning.
When you come into the vets and check in, the nurse will call you in to admit your pet. They will run through the operation and answer any questions you may have. They will ask if your pet is on any medication and when they last ate. The nurse will then take your pet through to the dog/cat wards where they will settle them in and make sure that they are comfortable. When the vet is ready to start operating they will give the animal a general anaesthetic to make them go to sleep so they are unconscious. The vet will then start operating while the vet nurse monitors their breathing and heart rate.
Once the operation is complete they will take them back to recover from the anaesthetic, which will be monitored. After they wake up the vet or nurse will call you to let you know how everything went and what time you can come and collect them.
How often should I flea and worm my pet?
This depends on which product you use. We have flea spot on treatments for dogs and cats that can be applied monthly or tablets (for dogs only) that last for three months.
Worming tablets can be given every three months for adult dogs and cats. If you cat or dog is particularly good at hunting you can worm them monthly. We recommend that you regularly treat your pets to prevent the infestation of fleas and ticks.
Do you have an out of hours service if my pet is unwell after the practice closes?
Yes we run an out of hours service with our own vets to ensure consistency for you and your pet. If you have an emergency after we close then you just need to call our normal number 01630 652935 where you will be put through to our emergency line who will then contact the vet on call. Just to make you aware that there will be a charge for using the out of hours service.
When should I get my puppy/kitten vaccinated?
A puppy should have its first vaccination at 8 weeks of age and a kitten at 9 weeks of age. When a puppy/kitten is born they have certain levels of antibodies in their systems which has been passed through to them by their mothers milk.
At 8/9 weeks of age the levels of antibodies starts to decline which is why animals have a vaccination here to boost them back up. They will then need another vaccination at 12 weeks of age.
My dog is going into kennels, when will he need his kennel cough vaccine?
We recommend that your dog has their kennel cough vaccine at least two weeks before they go into kennels. It is always best to contact the kennels where your dog is staying, to ask what time frame they require as every establishment is different. | <urn:uuid:21dc570b-a367-43d9-9eaa-8f573664998a> | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | https://www.ternvets.co.uk/faqs/ | 2018-12-17T13:08:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376828507.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20181217113255-20181217135255-00367.warc.gz | en | 0.964627 | 825 |
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Avitus Orthopaedics Receives 510(k) Clearance and
Launches the Avitus™ Bone Harvester
Novel surgical instrument harvests bone graft and marrow in minimally invasive manner
Farmington, CT (June 3, 2016) — Avitus™ Orthopaedics Inc.
(Avitus), a developer of medical devices that improve outcomes while decreasing healthcare costs for patients, surgeons, and hospitals, today announced that it has launched pilot sales of its Avitus™ Bone Harvester product.
The Avitus™ Bone Harvester, which has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA as a Class II medical device, is a novel surgical instrument for harvesting autologous bone graft and bone marrow in a minimally invasive manner for use in a range of spine and orthopaedic procedures.
“We are excited for the feedback and enthusiasm we have received from surgeons piloting our technology,” said Neil Shah, CEO of Avitus. “This validates the need for a streamlined way to obtain significant volumes of cancellous autograft and bone marrow. Autograft is regarded as the gold standard bone graft material; our technology has the potential to mitigate the harvesting challenges associated with autograft and provide a cost effective solution for surgeons using this bone graft option.”
Avitus expects to receive a CE mark for the Avitus™ Bone Harvester in Europe later this year. The company has begun to build partnerships in the U.S. and Europe with distributors who see the clinical and economic benefits of an autograft harvester as a strong strategic fit in their portfolios.
Avitus will be launching a Series B financing round in Q3 to support its sales expansion in the U.S. and international markets.
Additionally, Avitus has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue research and product development, allowing the company to expand its Avitus™ platform.
“Support from the National Science Foundation has enabled us to build an incredible team and has positioned us to expand our company’s product portfolio,” said Maxim Budyansky, Chief Technology Officer of Avitus. “We are developing a platform of products that will address a broader bone graft market with a focus on superior clinical efficacy and significant cost reductions when compared to current options. We are dedicated and excited to continue working with our key opinion leaders to innovate novel products that solve unmet clinical needs.””
About Avitus Orthopaedics Inc.
Avitus Orthopaedics Inc. (Avitus) was established with the mission of developing new orthopaedic technologies that improve clinical outcomes while decreasing healthcare costs compared to current procedures and devices. The company was founded in 2011 by biomedical engineers in the Johns Hopkins University Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design
and spinal surgeons from the Johns Hopkins Medical Institute. Avitus is headquartered at the University of Connecticut Technology Incubation Program
in Farmington, Conn.
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BROOMFIELD, Colo., April 26, 2019 /CNW/ -- Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) today reported certain ski season metrics for the comparative periods from the beginning of the ski season through April 21, 2019, and for the prior year period through April 22, 2018. The reported ski season metrics are for our North American mountain resorts, and the metrics exclude results from our Australian resorts and our urban ski areas in both periods. The data mentioned in this release is interim period data and is subject to fiscal quarter end review and adjustments.
- Season-to-date total lift ticket revenue at the Company's North American mountain resorts, including an allocated portion of season pass revenue for each applicable period, was up 9.3% compared to the prior year season-to-date period.
- Season-to-date ski school revenue was up 6.5% and dining revenue was up 7.0% compared to the prior year season-to-date period. Retail/rental revenue for North American resort store locations was up 6.2% compared to the prior year season-to-date period.
- Season-to-date total skier visits for the Company's North American mountain resorts were up 6.8% compared to the prior year season-to-date period.
Commenting on the ski season to date, Rob Katz, Chief Executive Officer, said, "We are pleased with our overall results as the 2018/2019 North American ski season concludes, with strong growth in visitation and spending compared to the prior year. The results from the key holiday weeks through the spring were largely in line with our original expectations as we saw strong destination visitation following the challenging early season period. Our results throughout the 2018/2019 North American ski season highlight the growth and stability resulting from our season pass, the benefit of our geographic diversification, the investments we make in our resorts and the success of our sophisticated, data-driven marketing efforts."
Regarding the outlook for fiscal 2019, Katz said, "The strong finish to the season produced results that were in line with the Resort Reported EBITDA guidance we issued on March 8, 2019, which included $12 million of acquisition and integration related expenses, including $2 million for the Falls Creek and Hotham acquisitions and excluded any operating results or stamp duty payments related to the Falls Creek and Hotham acquisition. We plan to provide more details on our updated fiscal year 2019 outlook, including the impact of the acquisition of Falls Creek and Hotham, in our June 2019 earnings release."
Discussing spring season pass sales results, Katz continued, "Our attention is already turning to the 2019/2020 season with spring season pass sales underway. Guests continue to be attracted to the compelling network of resorts available on our pass and our spring benefits, which include the ability to buy a pass for only $49 down. To date, we have seen solid growth in our non-military pass sales, on top of the record pass sales results we saw last spring. We are seeing particularly strong growth in pass sales among destination guests and are seeing good enthusiasm for our Epic Day Pass, but expect the primary impact of this new product to be later in the fall. We are seeing continued high engagement on our Military pass products and are now in the process of validating those purchases. We will have more to share on all of these trends in our June earnings call."
Basis of Presentation
The reported ski season metrics include growth for estimated season pass revenue based on fiscal 2019 North American season pass sales compared to fiscal 2018 North American season pass sales and the metrics are adjusted as if Steven Pass and Triple Peaks, LLC were owned in both periods and adjusted to eliminate the impact of foreign currency by applying current period exchange rates to the prior period for Whistler Blackcomb's results. The reported ski season metrics are for our North American mountain resorts, and the metrics exclude results from our Australian resorts and our urban ski areas in both periods.
About Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN)
Vail Resorts, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is the leading global mountain resort operator. The Company's subsidiaries operate 17 world-class mountain resorts and three urban ski areas, including Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Crested Butte in Colorado; Park City in Utah; Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood in the Lake Tahoe area of California and Nevada; Whistler Blackcomb in British Columbia, Canada; Stowe and Okemo in Vermont; Mount Sunapee in New Hampshire; Stevens Pass in Washington; Perisher in New South Wales, Australia; Falls Creek and Hotham in Victoria, Australia; Wilmot Mountain in Wisconsin; Afton Alps in Minnesota and Mt. Brighton in Michigan. Vail Resorts owns and/or manages a collection of casually elegant hotels under the RockResorts brand, as well as the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Vail Resorts Development Company is the real estate planning and development subsidiary of Vail Resorts, Inc. Vail Resorts is a publicly held company traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MTN). The Vail Resorts company website is www.vailresorts.com and consumer website is www.snow.com.
Certain statements discussed in this press release, other than statements of historical information, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including our expectations regarding our fiscal 2019 performance, including our expected Resort Reported EBITDA and our expectations regarding 2019/2020 season pass sales, which speak only as of the date hereof. All forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Such risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to prolonged weakness in general economic conditions, including adverse effects on the overall travel and leisure related industries; unfavorable weather conditions or the impact of natural disasters; risks related to our reliance on information technology, including our failure to maintain the integrity of our customer or employee data; risks related to cyber-attacks; willingness of our guests to travel due to terrorism, the uncertainty of military conflicts or outbreaks of contagious diseases, and the cost and availability of travel options and changing consumer preferences; the seasonality of our business combined with adverse events that occur during our peak operating periods; competition in our mountain and lodging businesses; high fixed cost structure of our business; our ability to fund resort capital expenditures; risks related to a disruption in our water supply that would impact our snowmaking capabilities and operations; our reliance on government permits or approvals for our use of public land or to make operational and capital improvements; risks related to federal, state, local and foreign government laws, rules and regulations; risks related to changes in security and privacy laws and regulations which could increase our operating costs and adversely affect our ability to market our products and services effectively; our ability to hire and retain a sufficient seasonal workforce; risks related to our workforce, including increased labor costs; loss of key personnel; adverse consequences of current or future legal claims; a deterioration in the quality or reputation of our brands, including our ability to protect our intellectual property and the risk of accidents at our mountain resorts; our ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses, or that acquired businesses may fail to perform in accordance with expectations, including recent acquisitions; our ability to satisfy the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, with respect to acquired businesses; risks associated with international operations; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates where the Company has foreign currency exposure, primarily the Canadian and Australian dollars; changes in accounting judgments and estimates, accounting principles, policies or guidelines or adverse determinations by taxing authorities; risks associated with uncertainty of the impact of recently enacted tax reform legislation in the United States; a materially adverse change in our financial condition; and other risks detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2018, which was filed on September 28, 2018. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or any persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements.
All guidance and forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date hereof and we do not undertake any obligation to update any forecast or forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law.
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