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It’s April now, and we’ve finally finished going through all the manuscripts we received during the open reading period we held over the fall. The response was overwhelming—all in all, we received over 350 manuscripts. We’re humbled that so many brilliant light bulbs wanted to work at our power plant.
2014 is gearing up to be a big year for us. In the next few months we’ll be releasing Big Lucks #6, launching a Kickstarter campaign, and opening back up for submissions. If you’re interested in staying up to date with any or all of that nonsense, please sign up for our mailing list.
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It's a busy week at Carleton Curling Club. Mark your calendars!!
MONDAY, OCTOBER 22nd, 7 PM: Meeting for all persons interested in volunteering for bartending and other related duties. No experience necessary, we will train! All are welcome!
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23rd, 7:30 PM: SEMI ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - All members are welcome and strongly encouraged to attend. Your input and participation is important to us!!!
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25th & FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26th, 7 - 9 PM: REGISTRATION & CURLING CLINICS - All new & returning members welcome! Sign up sheets for all nights will be available, registration is open! Warm up & throw a few rocks! Bar will be open! We are ready for you! | 2019-04-21T16:33:50 | https://carletoncurlingclub.com/index.php |
Oya guess what’s in the goodie bag? No na it’s not a Radio ooo, you are not serious. Well let me just tell you so that it won’t be as if am too wicked, it’s SONAP – GBOZA , What??? You haven’t heard? YE PA.
Okay, It’s time for a display as in it is that time when we have no option than to enjoy ourselves, you know what i mean na i don’t need to explain further. I have told you to sell your TV/Radio and buy a PC or Phone, but you wouldn’t listen now you are getting distractions from that TV set of yours and you are unable to get the latest nack am/hottest entertainment and lifestyle informations.
Well am not a bad person so i will keep giving you trendy updates, juicy songs and marvelous gist until you to sell your plasma tv and buy a GIONEE M6 mobile that has a mega standard battery life. Incase you don’t know you are logged into @9jahotstars your #1 hottest entertainment and lifestyle website and this time Oluwa Sonap have come again oooo. This time around all the girls are seriously winning and shaking there Gboza. Wow!!!! This is one song that has taken over the streets and is still making serious waves as even my chick has left me for Mr Okigbe. Don’t mind her sha i have girls that can shake there Gboza from Eko to Abuja so let her go. Well it’s SONAP – GBOZA and you know what happens when sonap is on a song na? So i don’t need o tell you again.
It’s Sonap on this one produced by Hanno and i don’t need to explain any further. He is Mr versatile and you knowHE drop songs like it’s hot ranking from OGENE to LEAVE STORY, AKA to mention but a few, that’s why we are #1. I am sure you are about to click the download button? Please be fast and don’t forget to grab a plate of nkwobi to complete the entertainment process cause 9jahotstars say so. | 2019-04-23T02:39:13 | https://www.9jahotstars.com/music/download-audio-sonap-gboza-prod-hanno/ |
Is there a efficient way to backup multiple websites, databases for those websites for Wordpress sites at once, in an efficient method?
I have about 40 small websites that I would like backed up and stored on another server or my hard drive.
Can someone please advise me on this.
So, for each of your databases, create a config file and cron job as shown as shown in our documentation. That will back up all of your databases to ~/db_backups in your home directory.
Then, simply copy ~/db_backups and ~/webapps to your remote server or local machine using whatever means you prefer (rsync, SFTP, or whatever).
Ok, are you able to explain it to me in a more beginner method... 101 style, I have little technical knowledge in this area? Maybe a step,by step process?
The following link has a pretty good step by step process outlined on how to backup your websites and databases on WebFaction.
What s our database SERVER or IP address?
Upgrading a database-centric site: what's best? | 2019-04-25T10:47:25 | https://community.webfaction.com/questions/17009/backing-up-multiple-wordpress-websites-and-their-databases-at-once-in-one-command |
The Med Spa uses the Mccue Ultra VPL Laser(variable pulsed light) which has been FDA approved to remove hair from all parts of the face and body. The variable settings mean it can effectively treat the different types of hair found all over the body, from thicker underarm hair to finer facial hair.
The Mccue VPL uses short, safe, controlled pulses of filtered light to remove unwanted hair quickly and effectively. Pulses of red light are absorbed by melanin, the pigment found in hair. This absorption process produces heat, which travels down the hair, damaging the follicle along with its ability to regenerate. Hundreds of hair follicles are treated with each pulse, making The Med Spa a fast and effective way to treat unwanted hair.
The hair in the treatment area will be trimmed and a cooling gel applied to ensure that the light energy is used to achieve the best results. The Mccue VPL applicator will be placed on the skin and flashed in a series of shots to treat the area.
Immediately after the treatment your skin may appear a little more pink than usual, but this will fade quickly. The hairs treated will fall out naturally over a period of one to three weeks, leaving your skin feeling silky smooth.
FREE consultation to educate and design a specialized treatment plan for you. | 2019-04-23T13:01:33 | http://medspalkn.com/hairremoval-lakenorman/ |
ihenaewu in the Igbo language means what is reigning, what is of the moment, what is happening? Fashion as a whole is constantly looking forward. To keep up one must have style. Welcome to my blog. I am a fierce risk taker when it comes to fashion. I believe everyday is an excuse to get dressed up. Evoking visual fantasy is my over all style. It is my hope and wish that you get inspired to take bold risks in your personal style, as well. | 2019-04-26T00:44:38 | http://ihenaewu.com/about/ |
Air duct cleaning is removal of dirt from the surfaces of the air ducts inside your home in an effort to reduce the levels of allergy-producing particles in the air, properly functioning heating, ventilating system is vital to maintain a healthy and comfortable environment.
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Signed and fully completed FNB Business SME Division forms.
Detailed monthly financial projections for at least 3 years, supported particularly in the case of start-ups by a franchise feasibility study (if it's a franchise), orders, contracts and or verifiable letter of intent.
A personal balance sheet of every member or shareholder.
Curriculum vitae of each member or shareholder detailing relevant qualifications, skills and experience.
Any other information that will assist us in understanding your business and reaching a decision in the shortest possible time.
For existing business we would also require the following in addition to the abovementioned information.
Annual financial statements for the past 2 to 3 years.
The latest management accounts-income statement, balance sheet, debtors and creditors age analysis.
FNB SME Business Unit offers both standardised financing packages and financing for more complex buy-in and buy-out transactions. Financing is usually provided in the form of term loans, asset-based finance and or overdraft facilities.
Knowledge of the SME market and the unique challenges faced by entrepreneurs in starting up a business and financing such venture.
Specialists focusing on catering for the needs of the SME market.
Partnerships with external partners that provide specialised training and mentorship for SMEs, including services like bookkeeping, legal services, taxation services, business advice and marketing on a cost sharing basis.
Quality service, including shorter turnaround times for applications (based on the complexity of the business).
New business that have practical and realistic business plans, have secured a Government or private sector contract, buying a franchise or have a viable customer base.
Existing businesses requiring capital to fund growth, purchase equipment, purchase motor vehicles or business premises.
Businesses that the current management are buying from the current owners.
Businesses that are purchased by individuals or a management team to actively participate in the day-to-day running of the business.
The rates that are being charged by the FNB SME Business Unit is market related and based on the risk attached to the transaction.
Owned and managed by individuals with relevant skills and experience who are either Namibian citizens or permanent residents.
Are commercially viable and sustainable.
Adopt formal business practices, adhere to sound corporate governance and are registered with relevant statutory bodies.
Can demonstrate sound cash flows and can cover repayment of their debts.
Detailed monthly financial projections for at least 3 years, supported particularly in the case of start-ups by a franchise feasibility study (if it's a franchise), orders, contracts and/or verifiable letter of intent. | 2019-04-23T11:58:28 | https://www.fnbnamibia.com.na/for-my-business/industry-expertise/small-and-medium-sized-enterprises/index.html |
You are solely an hours drive to the coast of the Costa Tropical must you want a bit of seashore time while you’re there. Salobrena is the nearest coastal town with many sea entrance eating places and a sardine barbeque in an old upturned boat if you want something totally different.
What more about the unbelievable India tours? Let’s go through this text and get to know more about it intimately: Periyar wildlife also includes the chicken life encompasses Cormorants, Darters, Kingfishers, racket-tailed Drongoes and the great Malabar Hornbill. You can even catch the glimpses of reptilian population that includes Monitor Lizards, basking in the sun.
The precise to be probably the most fascinating cultural place belongs to the British Museum, which halls host evidence of early historic durations in London and the whole of Britain. There isn’t any dearth of spectacular tourist places around Karnal and as mentioned earlier, Ambala and Chandigarh are two extremely popular locations. If you are taken with visiting these locations, check out methods to plan a visit to both the destinations from this vacation spot. | 2019-04-24T15:51:32 | http://red-ball-5.com/wildlife-tours-fascinating-experience-with-flora-and-fauna.html |
Product Impact: Aids in community development, 10% of each blanket sold donates to Oceanic Preservation Society. Helping clean our oceans + save marine life. Gives discarded apparel a new life. | 2019-04-19T06:31:40 | https://www.wakenedapparel.org/collections/flasa/products/stinson-blanket |
The Photosniper (or Fotosniper or Fotosnaipr) is one of those fascinating bits of Soviet kit that surfaces from time to time, either for very little money or at an absurdly exaggerated price. We thought of this article only after giving ours away, so it's only a brief review, but we thought people might like to know a little about it.
As presented, it's a metal case with a modified Zenith E (metered) camera body (the modifications consist of an extra release in the base, and an oversize eye-cup); a 58/2 Helios-44 standard lens; a 300/4.5 Tair-3 tele lens with a special semi-auto diaphragm (auto closing, manual re-opening); a two-part 'gunstock'; a strap; a rubber lens shade; and a stack of 72mm filters which fit the Tair-3 but not the Helios-44.
You can see most of the essential features here. Focusing for the 300/4.5 Tair-3 is via the rotating knurled knob towards the front of the fore-end stock; the next knurled knob back is to lock the lens in place on the stock; the bar below the rear of the lens is the semi-auto-diaphragm operating lever; and the trigger stops down the lens and fires the shutter via a secondary release on the baseplate. The shoulder stock can be demounted via the knurled knob between it and the main body of the stock.
Once you've seen the picture above, and noted the controls, there's not much more to know, except that it won't work with a standard Zenith B/E body (you need that bottom release) and that the standard 58mm Helios-44 doesn't have an auto diaphragm, though it is a standard Pentax screw thread and register.
This is one of our favourite Photosniper shots, made on Ilford XP2 and printed on Ilford Multigrade Warmtone, sepia toned. The perspective compression resulting from the use of a 300mm lens makes the beach look even more crowded than it was, and it was pretty crowded. At f/8 or f/11 (as here, for depth of field) it's quite sharp; at f/4.5, it's still pretty good in the centre.
The Photosniper is fun, and reasonably easy to use; you shoot, wind on and re-open the diaphragm with your right hand, and focus with your left. The focusing knob speeds matters in the latter department, and the stock does make it easier to hold the camera/lens assembly steady.
Even so, we got rid of ours for several reasons. First, we were living in England at the time, where there is a very high level of paranoia about terrorists, paedophiles, and photographers who are assumed to be both. An outfit like this can involve more explanation than any sane person would be happy with. Second, we already owned two other 300mm lenses, an f/4 East German Sonnar copy and an f/5.6 mirror -- and we hardly ever use 300mm anyway. Third, the camera really needed an overhaul, as it tended to give stripes at either end of the shutter travel. Fourth, a friend had an incomplete outfit and wanted to see what it was like to have the whole thing. So we gave it to him.
Fotosnipers were alleged to have been made for the KGB but we suspect that like most Russian professionals the KGB used either German or Japanese cameras. We paid something like £30 or £35 for it in about 2000 (call it 50€ or $50 at the time) at a 'Cash Converters' in Margate (a bit like a pawn shop, which turns goods into money). This was probably quite a low price: they normally seem to go for around twice that. On the other hand, paying more than £100/150€/$200 for one would be over the odds. But if you find one at the right price, and don't live somewhere too paranoid; well, go for it, because it's fun. | 2019-04-25T20:49:18 | http://rogerandfrances.com/subscription/fotosniper.html |
This class is open to those who want to learn basic skills of rowing. Classes are held Tuesday through Friday each week, from 4 to 6 pm. Transportation provided to and from school.
Before you're able to row, you'll need to fill out each of these forms. | 2019-04-22T02:17:36 | http://steelcityrowing.org/franklin-regional-learn-to-row-1 |
You can tell that this was a project that took Mike many months to create with his different Hair cuts and weight changes (which made him very human btw). He never once says "UM" and you can tell that he carefully chose every word. He knows a lot but never broadcasts that in his tone. I take a lot of video courses and I am a foot tapping type of student especially when the teachers feel the need prove they know something by covering every possible scenario - or by exuding a smug kind of superiority (refreshingly absent from this course). There is a "serious about what I do" energy to Mike so you get the feeling that he's putting his knowledge out here not to make a buck but to share his passion with those of us that need some guidance -- Photography is clearly his passion.
The Course: There were things I learned that I've been asking other photographers about for months and couldn't get a straight answer. Things like: What's the "average-most-likely-to-give-you-the-best-shot" aperture for a distance shot. I learned about the lenses that go with this camera and which ones I will likely want and why. What the mm on the lenses is referring to. The camera controls in detail (I'll be watching that one a lot). There is a great segment on composition and tips for getting the most out of your shot. How to think like a photographer and why some shots make people look worse. If you own this camera, You pumped out a lot of cash so $40 is worth having this well documented and organized and easy to listen to and follow class. Thanks for all the effort Mike, it made a difference. | 2019-04-24T16:52:58 | https://canontrainingvideo.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews_info&products_id=91&reviews_id=2382 |
So many yummy things! I would be most interested in the liquid stuff so I could add a drop or two to oatmeal, smoothies, for baking, really anything.
Mini corn dog muffins?!?! I am making those this weekend! I am so glad you posted some old recipes. I just recently started following your blog and haven't caught up on recipes, thank you! and for Stevia, I have never used it but I would love to incorporate it into my baking recipes.
Congratulations to all four of you! Please email me your addresses at sarena (at) creativecannonball (dot) com.
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Previous PostWhat GAME SERIES do we Collect EVERYTHING For? – Metal Jesus Crew ANSWERS!Next PostLet’s Play DIDDY KONG RACING (N64) w/ KINSEY!! | 2019-04-25T09:56:56 | https://www.metaljesusrocks.com/special-episodes/ultra-low-latency-hdmi-converter-for-gaming-8bit-16bit-32bit-only-100-amazing/ |
Sentio is an artisan crafter of cabaret inspired luxury cosmetics. In a historic 1800's building located in the Broadway District of Rock Island, IL, just blocks away from three theatres, a speakeasy, and a burlesque troupe, it's no wonder that we have a flair for the dramatic. Using premium ingredients like clinical grade luxury oils and butters, mineral based pigments, crushed pearl powder, and real 24K gold, we hand craft small batches of unique products in theatric colors and inspired, beautifully strange fragrances.
Sentio is a Latin verb for to experience, or to feel. True to our name, we capture the essences of certain scenes through uncommon fragrance profiles and fun descriptions. Customers love browsing our selection of bath bombs and musing over what a 1920's starlet would smell like, or the fact that "The Cat Lady" smells like cookies and tea.
Speaking of tea... we'd love for you to curl up with a warm cup and stay awhile.
Our soap is handcrafted from scratch in small batches in a cast iron cauldron over a vintage stove. It's a slow process, and like a good cheese or wine, a fresh batch of soap takes a long time to cure to perfection. Each is scented with our own signature house blends of fragrance, and colored with mineral pigments and genuine crushed gemstones.
From the beginning, we've worked from the core value that there is no luxury worth enjoying without a clean conscience. That is, that bubble baths are way more awesome when you know that animals, forests, and small communities weren't hurt to make your luscious bath treats. Sentio has been Certified Cruelty Free from the start, and upholds a personal promise to use wholesome, ethically sourced ingredients all the way up the supply chain in the making of our creations. | 2019-04-21T22:01:23 | https://sentiosoaps.com/pages/about-us |
Dr Marc Dauer is a specialist in hair loss treatment. He lives and works in Los Angeles in the United States. 2007 is the year when he became a member of the ISHRS and he has attended six annual meetings so far.
Dr Marc Dauer, as already mentioned, is a famous specialist in treating hair loss. He deals with all of the problems that are connected to hair loss – male and female pattern baldness, eyebrow receding and hair loss due to different medical conditions. The main hair restoration techniques he uses are transplant surgery and more conservative treatments like finasteride and minoxidil. The procedures for hair transplant that are offered by Dr Dauer are follicular unit extraction (FUE) and the so called ‘strip harvesting’. In both of these procedures hairs are taken from the donor area and transplanted to where it is necessary. The main disadvantage of these methods is that they leave scars at the donor areas. This is where Dr Dauer shines – he sutures the opened wounds and as a result the scars are as small and as hidden as possible. He also performs the tricophytic closure for these wounds which brings the best possible results and makes the scars much harder to see. Dr Dauer has received extensive education in several universities – the Yeshiva University in New York, the New York Medical College, the University of Los Angeles and he also has a certificate by the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery. He is also a member of several societies both in the United States and outside of it. He is a member of the International society of Hair Restoration Surgeons, the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery, the American Hair Loss Association, Sigma Delta Rho Honors Society and many more. Both online and in different medical journals you can find literally hundreds of his publications related to hair loss problems. Dr Dauer has also participated in many hair loss events in the United States and around the world. Other procedures Dr Marc Dauer offers are related to the loss of eyebrows, beards, moustaches, ethnic hair, scar revision and many more. Marc doesn’t only offer surgical procedures, he also offers his patients various forms of medication too if he feels they may be of benefit. Drugs might have a lower success rate than hair transplant surgery, however Dr Dauer should be applauded for offering his patients non-invasive options instead of recommended surgery off the bat. Marc Dauer, MD is not just a well trained and experienced surgeon. Rumour has it that he is also a very good man with his heart in the right place, a trait that in the hair loss business should unfortunately never be taken for granted.
Although Dr Marc Dauer and his team offer an excellent service to those looking for surgery, there are many options available to those in Los Angeles who are suffering with hair loss, including a range of other hair restoration surgeons and hair system specialists. HIS Hair Clinic operate a dedicated location in LA on Santa Monica Boulevard, offering our pioneering scalp micropigmentation treatments hair male hair loss. For more information please learn about our treatment, our company, see our video library and if you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. | 2019-04-22T06:40:24 | https://www.hishairclinic.com/los-angeles-hair-restoration-by-marc-dauer-md/ |
Enter: leftover oatmeal cookies! It had to be a thing, right?! It is! I did a quick search on how to use leftover cooked oatmeal and modified the recipe to include some awesome blueberry jam and iced them with a super tart lemon cream glaze. They were pretty delicious! They taste like mini muffin cookies and they were so easy. The variations are endless, too, which is what I like. Brown sugar cinnamon? Cherry chocolate? Lemon poppy seed? They’d all be awesome! For now, here’s the blueberry version! Enjoy!
First, make your oatmeal if you don’t truly have leftover oatmeal. I make one cup (which makes about 2 cups cooked) and I make mine with butter and two to three tablespoons of blueberry preserves. You could really flavor your oatmeal any way you like. The secret to good cookies is a little more flavor add-ins than you’d do for just eating oatmeal. Let the oatmeal cool to room temp before making the cookies.
Sift the flour, baking powder and soda, salt and cinnamon together. Mix the brown sugar and butter together until creamy. Add the eggs, one at a time, alternating with the flour mixture. Mix the cooked oatmeal until just combined.
Drop by the tablespoon full onto greased cookie sheets. Bake for 12-15 minutes until lightly browned. Let the cookies cool completely before adding the glaze.
Add the cream to your powdered sugar until it forms a nice paste. You may not use the entire quarter cup. Add the zest and lemon juice and vanilla and then if you think it needs to be thinner, add more cream. The consistency should be like thin pancake batter. Gradually add pinches of salt, stirring well after each pinch, tasting along the way until the flavors start to sing a little louder. Salt is something I add to all my icings and glazes and it makes such a difference! | 2019-04-26T10:16:19 | https://familymealblog.com/tag/baked-goods-recipes/ |
The purpose of this organization is to encourage, recognize and promote the needs of people who are deaf-blind in Tennessee in their pursuit of economic security, social equality, access to community resources, and privileges as citizens. These goals are being pursued through Community Leadership, Communication and Mobility, and Technology. The organization also provides training to interpreters on how to become an effective SSP (Support Service Provider). | 2019-04-23T04:14:28 | https://tndeaflibrary.nashville.gov/directory/statewide/tennessee-organization-of-the-deaf-blind-inc?mini=2019-04 |
Last week I attended the CoNEXT Conference in Rome. I had heard a lot about this conference, which is now in its fifth year, but had never previously attended. As SIGCOMM chair, I was recently added to the steering committee for CoNEXT, so it seemed like the right time to correct this omission in my conference-going history. Also, as I noted in my recent editorial, we're keen to grow the set of quality venues for publication of papers of interest to the SIGCOMM community, and CoNEXT is well on its way to becoming such a venue. In fact, based on the quality of this year's program, I would argue that it is already of comparable quality to the SIGCOMM flagship conference. Of course, it's hard to measure quality objectively, but I heard enough favorable comments about the papers to convince me that this perception was widely shared. CoNEXT also accepts papers on a wide range of networking topics, with new architectural approaches, wireless networking, peer-to-peer, security and management all receiving good coverage this year.
Producing a high quality technical program depends on many things, not least the quality of papers that are submitted, but one factor is the quality and diligence of the program committee. With experienced chairs Ernst Biersack and S. Keshav, this year's PC seems to have done extremely well. Favorable comments about review quality were made even by some authors of rejected papers.
I hesitate to begin listing highlights of the conference, for fear of offending someone by failing to mention that their paper or contribution, but here goes. I don't think anyone will be offended by my saying that Van Jacobson's talk on content-centric networking was eagerly anticipated and got the technical program off to a flying start. Many of us in the SIGCOMM community have had the chance to hear Van talk about CCN in an informal setting, but this was the first appearance of the project at a formal conference, and I think many were inspired to go and read the full paper.
Prior to Van's talk, Ratul Mahajan, recipient of this year's Rising Star award, gave the keynote. His talk contained a number of thought-provoking insights on how to pick and pursue a productive research agenda, drawing on Ratul's personal experiences. It was striking to hear someone who is in the early stages of his career sound like an elder statesman in the field.
I participated only briefly in the student workshop (I came directly from the airport to the closing panel so I could share my sleep-deprived insights on research careers - a very interesting and interactive session). This workshop has been a fixture of CoNEXT from the beginning, and is an effective way of bringing students into the main conference and giving them a chance to present their work at an early stage. We hope to use travel grant money to increase participation in this workshop next year.
The local arrangements and logistics were excellent. The meeting facilities at the National Research Council were very good, with the auditorium providing great acoustics and visibility. One aspect stood out in particular: the conference banquet. It was a beautiful venue (the Teatro Capranica) and the food was outstanding, but the most impressive thing was that the organizers had only 10 days to line up the venue, when the original venue's booking was pre-empted by the City. The ability to respond and produce such a high quality event under duress was a testament to the skill and dedication of the conference committee.
All in all, I think we have another top quality, broad conference in the SIGCOMM stable. Of course, the quality ultimately depends on the papers, so I hope that our community will increasingly think of CoNEXT as a desirable venue to publish. CoNEXT 2010 will be in Philadelphia, November 30 - December 3. Mark your calendars and start thinking about the papers or posters you might be able to submit. | 2019-04-21T20:17:30 | http://blog.sigcomm.org/2009/12/ |
In the future, today's electronic storage technology may be superseded by devices based on tiny magnetic structures. These individual magnetic regions correspond to bits and need to be as small as possible and capable of rapid switching. In order to better understand the underlying physics and to optimize the components, various techniques can be used to visualize the magnetization behavior.
Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) in Germany have now refined an electron microscope-based technique that makes it possible not only to capture static images of these components but also to film the high-speed switching processes. They have also employed a specialized signal processing technology that suppresses image noise.
"This provides us with an excellent opportunity to investigate magnetization in small devices," Daniel Schönke of the JGU Institute of Physics explained. The research was carried out in cooperation with Surface Concept GmbH and the results have been published in the journal Review of Scientific Instruments.
Scanning electron microscopy with polarization analysis is a lab-based technique for imaging magnetic structures. Compared with optical methods, it has the advantage of high spatial resolution. The main disadvantage is the time it takes to acquire an image in order to achieve a good signal-to-noise ratio.
However, the time required to measure the periodically excited and therefore periodically changing magnetic signal can be shortened by using a digital phase-sensitive rectifier that only detects signals of the same frequency as the excitation.
The research was carried out within the framework of the Collaborative Research Center CRC/Transregio 173 "Spin+X: Spin in its collective environment," which is based at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and TU Kaiserslautern and financed by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The CRC/TRR involves interdisciplinary teams of researchers from the fields of chemistry, physics, mechanical engineering, and process engineering, who undertake research into magnetic effects with a view to converting these into applications. The primary focus is on the phenomenon of spin. Physicists use this term to refer to the intrinsic angular momentum of a quantum particle, such as an electron or proton. This underlies many magnetic effects. | 2019-04-22T13:00:36 | https://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/physics-astronomy/magnetization-in-small-components-can-now-be-filmed-in-the-laboratory.html |
He compromised by joining the Guard’s Infantry, which is considered the Army’s backbone, the Soldiers who are the first to engage the enemy. SGT Baker could also take advantage of serving close to home and the Guard’s benefits, like money for college and health insurance.
So right after basic training and Advanced Individual Training for his Military Occupational Specialty (MOS), SGT Baker enrolled at the University of Cincinnati, majoring in biology. He later transferred to Rice State to play soccer and continue his studies in the sciences, earning bachelor’s degrees in both biology and medical laboratory sciences.
When given the chance to work in a field that was more in line with his educational background, he made the jump to 68K Medical Lab Technician.
“It came with an associate’s degree, basically, and an equivalent civilian job.
With this type of hands-on career training, and because Guard service is a part-time commitment, Soldiers in this MOS can pursue civilian careers in medical laboratories at a hospital or other medical facility.
As it often happens, in the civilian or military world, the skills you learn can lead you into other fields.
So that’s what happened for SGT Baker when he was offered a chance to work full-time with the Guard as a 74D Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Specialist, who are called in to defend against weapons of mass destruction. The fit felt natural because of his background in science.
“We deploy stateside a lot,” he said, but not just for CBRN.
Last summer, he participated in providing security for the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
Another highlight was standing guard during home games for a national sports championship.
In his capacity as a CBRN Specialist, he can be called upon by local law enforcement or public safety agencies when they suspect the presence of a hazardous material.
Just a few months ago, SGT Baker’s Unit was called out to a home in Heath, Ohio, where a homeowner found some vials filled with suspicious substances. One was a white powder, which turned out to be cornstarch, but the other was chloropicrin, which is hazardous. Nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution.
Part of SGT Baker’s job satisfaction comes from being able to help people in his home State.
So if you’re interested in doing work that protects your community and taking advantage of great benefits like money for college, contact a recruiter today and check out our job board, which is searchable by career family, location, or keyword.
This fall, On Your Guard is taking a look at STEM, or Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, careers offered by the Army National Guard. These are jobs that require problem solving skills and a strong desire to figure out how things work. They are also typically high paying jobs that are in demand in the civilian workforce.
This week, we’ll take a look at Science careers.
If you’re good at analyzing complex problems and finding ways to solve them, you may be interested in one of the Army National Guard’s science careers. These can range from jobs in medicine to biology, chemistry, physics and environmental science.
First Lieutenant (1LT) Michelle Warner-Hersey, who joined the Guard after college, applied her dual degree in the science-related fields of athletic training and sports management – and a minor in coaching – to become a 74A Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Officer in the Ohio National Guard.
Chemical Units are trained to defend against weapons of mass destruction that could involve chemical, biological, nuclear, or radiological agents.
The team’s objectives are contamination avoidance, determining what contaminants they might be dealing with, and conducting decontamination to ensure that the team is not bringing anything hazardous outside, thereby expanding the contamination area.
So far, 1LT Warner-Hersey has not had to respond to any disasters.
To be able to do this kind of job, 1LT Warner-Hersey says Soldiers will have to be able to understand how chemicals, radiological material, and biological agents react. This requires an aptitude for science and math. And while 1LT Warner-Hersey always liked science, she says math was not her strong suit.
Her determination solved that problem.
A CBRN Soldier will also have to be able to make quick decisions, says 1LT Warner-Hersey. She notes that protective gear can make communication difficult because it can inhibit motor function, and masks can make it more difficult for speech to be understood.
Those obstacles, too, are overcome in training by acclimatizing the body to the protective gear.
That includes things like speaking differently to be understood through a mask and using hand and arm signals.
For more on what the equipment and a training exercise look like, check out this video, which features 1LT Warner-Hersey and her former Unit.
Training in the CBRN field can also translate to civilian careers, especially in working for HAZMAT teams or providing HAZMAT training. 1LT Warner-Hersey says she knows of Soldiers who’ve applied their skills to work in crime labs, lab testing and drug testing on the civilian side.
Guard careers in closely related fields, like Engineering, Math, and Technology might also be of interest to you. One way to narrow down your options is to contact your local recruiter. | 2019-04-24T22:22:13 | https://jobs.nationalguard.com/ngb/blog/tag/chemical-operations-specialist/ |
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The Rollinsford Public Library is located in the Lower Mill building at the Salmon Falls Mills in Rollinsford, New Hampshire. Our address is 3 Front Street, Suite 2B.
The library is located in the Lower Mill building of the Salmon Falls Mills. Our entry is around the back by the waterfall. You’ll see our sign at the entrance!
Closures, cancellations, and program changes can be found in the RPL calendar. Stay up-to-date with library news and events on our Facebook page. | 2019-04-21T17:06:10 | https://www.rollinsfordlibrary.org/visit-us |
University of North Texas. Mariachi Águilas. Ensemble: 2013-11-16 – Mariachi Águilas, video, November 16, 2013; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc275018/: accessed April 24, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Music Library. | 2019-04-24T12:00:43 | https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc275018/ |
The famous people are all surrounded by other people around them who are the people that they trust. The famous people feel that the people around them are loyal and they always seek help and guidance as well as support from them. The thing is that these are the people who help them and heal them and inspire them as well. Thus, they are their physical entourage.
But if you aren’t famous then who do you have an entourage?
Yes, you do. There are spirits around you. Don’t freak out just yet.
Stop your busy life and you will come to know that your spiritual entourage is waiting to spend some time with you. Your spiritual entourage is ready to connect to you through many signs, symbols, and synchronicities.
It is just that our busy life makes us feel that there are no people around us and this makes us lonely from time to time. We seek support and love from other people and when we don’t get it we feel alone and broken. But there are spirits around you all the time and they are waiting for you to connect with them. But you are so busy seeking physical connections.
A walk by yourself or a meditation session will make you feel like you aren’t alone and you belong. The sooner you feel that you belong some place, the easier life will become for you. And this feeling can be given to you by your spiritual entourage.
So make an effort to understand the fact that there are spirits around you who can make you feel like a Spiritual VIP. You are also great in your own way and you are loved, protected and taken care of by these spirits around you.
Most importantly, you aren’t alone and you should never ever feel that you are.
You are too lucky to be alone because you have your own spiritual entourage. | 2019-04-22T12:43:41 | https://www.the-limitless-minds.com/2018/08/23/our-spiritual-entourage-who-they-are/ |
Doors open at 6:30 PM. Event runs from 7:00-8:30 PM. This will also be broadcast live on Eden Prairie's city cable channel, and available on live streaming video. It will also be rebroadcast throughout the election season on Eden Prairie and Minnetonka community cable channel 15, and available online in streaming video. More rebroadcast information will be posted after the event, as it becomes available.
Questions will be taken in writing from the live audience members, as well as in advance via submission from this website. You must use the Forum Questions form to submit your questions. Submit your questions up to the day before the event.
This candidate forum is hosted by the League of Women Voters of Minnetonka/Eden Prairie/Hopkins. Attendance is free and open to the public.
The LWV MEPH Candidate Forum Procedures, LWV MN Candidate Participation Policy, LWVMN Candidate Selection Criteria and Invitation to the Candidates are posted below.
Community partners: This candidate forum is hosted by the LWV Minnetonka, Eden Prairie, Hopkins, and the following community partners: Every Child Matters, Healthy Legacy Coalition, Jewish Community Action, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and National Council of Jewish Women. | 2019-04-23T05:59:41 | https://www.lwvmeph.org/mn-sd48-senhs-forum.html |
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I had the opportunity to visit Gyeongju World this past weekend and see their new expansion, Dragon Valley, which includes their new B&M Dive coaster, Dragon. Gyeongju World is located in the southeast part of Korea and is around a 2.5 hour KTX (high speed train) ride from Seoul. Gyeongju is one of the more historically-significant cities in Korea and has a ton of cultural sites to see including palaces, tombs, and museums. If you do visit Korea, do yourself a favor and spend a few days there.
So overall, Gyeongju World did a nice job with this expansion. In addition to Dragon, the park added a Zamperla Air Race, looping frisbee, and...a Dunkin Donuts! Having ridden Griffon at Busch Gardens several times already, I didn’t expect anything different from Dragon. However, I was quite surprised. The transitions seemed to have a bit more ‘snap’ to them. Plus, the park did a fantastic job with the entry and station theming. The trains, unlike Griffon, are 8 seats across but do also feature the ‘old’ B&M restraints.
I first visited Gyeongju World 3 years ago and while it was a nice park, I found myself satisfied and ready to leave after 2-3 hours. I’ve lived in Seoul since 2012 so I’ve honestly become a bit bored of T-Express (gasp!) and Lotte World. Having two B&M’s in one park now makes this a ‘must stop’ for coaster nerds visiting Korea.
So this TR starts at an English school on a Saturday. I teach a debate class to a bunch of rascals (term of affection) and today our book topic was, “are girls better than boys?” This little guy, Tony, was adamant that girls are not better than boys.
Any Airbnb that provides candy and ‘mystery’ tablets is fine by me. Yolo!
Coffee! The Starbucks across the street provides a nice view of the new coaster.
Take a right and you’ll find the entrance to the new Dragon Valley.
Next up was Crack: The Ride....err Klake, I mean. I was unsure of trying Crack, but many people seemed to enjoy it and were acting all crazy. I rode it and loved it. In fact, I became addicted to Crack! It’s seriously awesome!...be sure to try it.
After getting off Crack, I was feeling quite parched so I decided to stop in to ye olde Dunkin Donuts for a beverage.
As my friend asked, “why would you possibly need a straw for that cup of chicken?” Answer: there’s a small cup of chicken on top of the cola (or “pop” where I’m from) and it’s awesome!
The park’s Ferris wheel gives you great views of Dragon and the rest of the park.
Hey Tagada’s are always awkward fun. The park also has dogs and mechanical livestock for you to ride around on.
Next up was Phaethon. It’s a decent invert. This had the longest line of the day so I only rode once.
So after riding Dragon a few mores times and doing Crack again, I decided to head out after spending about 4.5 hours at the park. They have a flume, rapids, and a wave ride but I wasn’t in the mood to get wet. Overall, it’s a nice park that I recommend visiting if you’re in Korea. And remember, Gyeongju World will always love you! Thanks for reading!
Amazing report! Your pictures were great! I'm glad you had a wonderful time!
Thanks for the update!! It looks really great. We were in the Seoul area a few years ago and had a wonderful time - we'd love to make it back and see some of the rest of the country. You're right, this + Phaethon makes this park nearly unavoidable. Next time!
This looks like a very nice park. The dive coaster does look like a Griffon clone, which isn't a bad thing.
Great TR! The park really seems like it's becoming more 'real' as opposed to before it felt like a small fair type park that added a B&M by accident!
Excellent report and pictures! Dragon seems to be a great addition to this park. Thanks for sharing.
Great report! It's so weird seeing an orange Griffon. I almost never hear anything about Phaethon too and usually forget it even exists.
Many thanks for this most enjoyable TR!
P.S. I LOVE Korean cuisine and am lucky to live a few subway stops from a Korean area in NYC. I've tried almost everything -- except chicken and cola. It's not on the menus...yet!!
^Lotte World offered fried cheese curds on top of soda! I love this trend and can't believe of all places it hasn't made it to America!!! | 2019-04-20T08:50:47 | https://themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1862695 |
We would like to wish Mark, and his team a huge congratulations for taking part in the Dare 2b Rutland CiCLE Tour last Saturday! The event allowed cyclists to chose from 4 routes, 21 miles, 57 miles, 78 miles and the hardest route, the 105 miles. Out of the four options the team decided to go for hardest route, the 105 miles!
The track ventured not only through Rutland, but also cycled through Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. Although this route was the toughest route to cycle, along the way the team managed to see some amazing views, passing by places such as Rutland Water, the Vale of Belvoir, Belvoir Castle, Eyebrow Reservoir and Harrington Viaduct.
Matthew Willson jumps for England!
Our very own Matthew Willson, along with eight other team members, had the honour to represent England at the Skydiving World Championships in Teuge, Netherlands.
150 Years, over 150 miles and 15 events.
To celebrate our 150 years our Sales & Marketing Manager at Pyramid Press set the challenge to run 150 miles in 15 events. The challenge was not only to celebrate our anniversary but to raise money for the homeless charities the Nomad Trust and Lincolnshire YMCA.
Jas ran in a number of different events such as Tough Mudder, Total Warrior, Nottingham Marathon, Spires and Steeples, Leicester Half Marathon, Dirty Weekend Rat Race which included 200 obstacles over 20 miles, Lincoln 10k, and a few added others.
We are proud to announce that Jas has raised an amazing £1274.64 to go towards the charities and actually ended up running 184 miles in the 15 events!
Last month Chuter Ede Primary School in Balderton, Newark created a fantastic book full of jokes called ‘Jokemania sure to make you laugh’. The book was created to help raise money for Comic Relief and has raised an amazing £360 to go towards the charity!
After donating some stock paper and card to the Linkage Community Trust’s Moving On Partnership, we were grateful to receive a thank you letter. This Grimsby-based project aims to help learning disabled people take the next steps towards leading an independent life. It provides a range of courses such as cookery, DIY, learn to travel, and IT to boost confidence and employability.
Willsons have recently completed the print and dispatch of some booklets, flyers and posters for the Monksthorpe Baptist Church and are delighted to have received high praise from our customer.
26 Nottinghamshire-based employers from both the public and private sector have been awarded for supporting Defence personnel.
The businesses from Nottingham, Mansfield, Sutton in Ashfield, Worksop and Newark received a Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Silver award for demonstrating their support to Reservist employees.
Certificates were presented by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant for Nottinghamshire, Sir John Peace at The Carriage Hall, Station Road, Plumtree, Nottingham on Thursday 20 November. | 2019-04-19T18:42:45 | http://willsons.com/blog/ |
These two stare, so you know they care.
In quick broad strokes, La La Land sets the scene. There’s Mia (Emma Stone), an actress-in-waiting, slinging coffee by day and being frustrated by life at night; her Hollywood dreams delayed while she auditions for roles that are clearly beneath her. She shares a sequence of meet-cutes — in traffic, at a club, at a pool party; all very L.A. — with Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), a struggling jazz pianist. He’s living in a rundown old apartment and wants only to open up his own club, a place that plays nothing but jazz. Over a season and a half (which somehow feels like a single afternoon), these two fall in love. I mean, more happens — Sebastian is recruited to be in a band, Mia puts together a one-woman show — but in any other context this would be a rote sequence of events, steps to hit on the rom-com dance chart, something we’ve seen many times before. Here though, as established in the horn-blast of an opening scene, when people start feeling the tug of emotion something different happens: they sing and dance.
This should not be a surprise to you. La La Land, having been much buzzed about for much of the year and touted as an Oscar favourite by half, a claim bolstered by its winning of the Audience Award at TIFF, has not been shy about its bold musical inclinations. Much like he did with 2014’s Whiplash (my favourite of that year, by the way), Chazelle foregrounds music as the film’s driving force. But where that movie moved with military precision, La La Land relishes its more dreamy, romantic qualities. And while your mileage may vary on those particular sentiments, there’s another difference here too, one that is harder to overlook. We’re left to ask about the stakes.
Like many films centred in and around Hollywood, La La Land is about making it as an actor, musician, or creative person. For as long as Hollywood has been known as home base for the entertainment industry, it has also be called a dream factory; and Mia and Sebastian are dyed-in-the-wool dreamers. By extension, Chazelle is one too. His Hollywood is a magical place where old theatres still show Rebel Without A Cause, studios still use hand-painted sets, and the general populace would be supportive of a jazz-only club (owned, operated and featuring some white dude). It’s apparent from note one Chazelle believes in this dream, and his direction is strong enough to almost sell it all. But it’s telling that the movie loses much of its song-and-dance numbers by the second half. Owing to convention, the drama is amped up by then, but the heartfelt emotion, so lightly sold in the film’s playful first half, doesn’t measure up. Mia and Sebastian are in love because we’re told they’re in love (though it’s a word we only hear during the obligatory break-up/reunion denouement), and what they stand to lose is… what? A dream of creative free enterprise? A sepia-toned future together? Somehow both the highs and lows of La La Land are not quite pronounced enough, even with all that soft-shoe.
Stone and Gosling try their best with the dance moves.
I’m being overly harsh, I know. Chazelle really is a wondrous director, certain of his vision and camera. It’s not nothing to mount a musical in 2016 that isn’t based on some Broadway show from 50 years ago. It takes even more guts to cast Stone and Gosling, who (notwithstanding the latter’s dalliance in music and the Mickey Mouse club) aren’t going to make us forget Astaire and Rogers any time soon. The two actors have their qualities though, and each are given moments to rise to the occasion. Stone’s charms come when providing the film with some dramatic and emotive heft, while Gosling shines with comedy. (Just a hard cut to him holding a key-tar is enough to get a laugh.) And while their characters are arguably of the stock variety, the two leads do their best to imbue them with real life. The only other supporting actors of note are Rosemarie DeWitt as Sebastian’s sister Laura, given exactly one lively scene, and John Legend as bandleader Keith, who feels like he wandered in from a different film. Legend’s presence offers the film its most prickly bits of modern subject matter to tackle — as questions of authenticity and the dreaded selling out are bandied about. But unlike with Whiplash, where it was clear Chazelle was ready to bang various thematic drums until they broke, in La La Land he simply smiles and dances the camera away.
So La La Land becomes something of a middlebrow movie, which is an odd and unexpected place to find it given its aspirations. Chazelle has assembled this talent, and this classic look, and broadcast loudly his feelings and ideas — about the golden age of Hollywood, about musicals, about how passion on screen used to be. But save for a few spare magical moments here and there (including a powerful coda), his film does not actually say a whole lot. And notwithstanding the singing and dancing — which at least stokes fears of embarrassment — it risks even less. A worthwhile effort I suppose, but it’s no wonder these things, and the texture of this throwback era, went extinct. | 2019-04-26T05:37:52 | https://samepageteam.com/2016/12/29/la-la-land-sells-half-the-dream-a-review/ |
The appeal case of Naitasiri High Chief, Ratu Inoke Takiveikata has been fixed for hearing before the Court of Appeal next month.
Takiveikata appeared before the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice William Calanchini today.
Takiveikata is appealing his conviction and sentence.
He was convicted and sentenced in 2011 for inciting mutiny by Justice Daniel Goundar.
Takiveikata was sentenced to life imprisonment with a non‑parole term of 8 years.
According to the particulars of charge that had been filed by the prosecution, Takiveikata between 6 August 2000 and 24 September 2000 at Suva advisedly attempted to incite Captain Stevens and Sergeant Bonafasio knowing that they were serving in the Fiji Military Forces to commit to the mutinous act of joining in combination with the other members of the Fiji Military Forces to execute a takeover of the Queen Elizabeth Barracks in Suva.
In his notice of appeal, Takiveikata had relied upon six grounds of appeal against conviction and one against sentence.
The hearing is on 23rd May 2019. | 2019-04-25T20:33:56 | http://fijivillage.com/news/Hearing-of-Naitasiri-High-Chief-before-the-Court-of-Appeal-set-for-next-month-sr295k/ |
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When I finished the book I thought far less about the generation that preceded Chittister than I did about those that follow her, in particular the millennials. Members of this generation are removed from those in Chittister’s cohort on at least two counts. They are not only more disconnected from the church but are also often suspicious of feminism, having learned about it more through its detractors than its advocates. In seeking simple ways to demystify feminism, I often rely on pithy quotes from Chittister. One of my favorites appeared in her regular NCR column, “From Where I Stand”: “Feminism is not about turning women into men or men into women. Feminism is about enabling both men and women to develop as full human beings.” These are words more young Catholic women need to hear. Those who are not already fans of Chittister might do well to first meet her without Roberts’s mediation, by reading her own beautiful and powerful prose.
Kathleen Sprows Cummings is an associate professor of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame. She holds a joint appointment in the Department of History, and serves as the William W. and Anna Jean Cushwa Director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism. | 2019-04-20T03:18:36 | https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/joan-chittister |
Gil Troy follows up the ‘Zionist Bible’ with over 170 voices of pioneers, builders and torchbearers.
NEW YORK – In 1959, the Conservative rabbi and prominent Jewish-American scholar Arthur Hertzberg set out to publish a collection of essays by the most illustrious Zionist thinkers from the early 19th century until the establishment of the State of Israel.
What resulted was Hertzberg’s epic anthology The Zionist Idea: A Historical Analysis and Reader, with contributions from towering figures of the Jewish world such as Theodor Herzl, Ahad Ha-am, former US Supreme Court justice Louis Brandeis, Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, and father of the nation prime minister David Ben-Gurion.
Now, more than 60 years later, a follow-up volume to the classic tome is finally being published. The Zionist Ideas: Visions for the Jewish Homeland – Then, Now, Tomorrow, written by renowned scholar, history professor and Jerusalem Post op-ed contributor Gil Troy, takes a comprehensive approach to unpacking the challenges modern Zionism faces, while simultaneously expanding on the virtues of Jewish self-determination.
At a recent book-launching event in Midtown Manhattan, Troy described the effort to update Hertzberg’s classic as both deeply challenging and rewarding.
“I knew I had huge shoes to fill – Hertzberg’s book was the Zionist Bible for me and for generations of Israel-lovers before me and after me,” Troy said at the Madison Avenue meeting on Thursday.
“Still, I thought many more texts would be easily available online, already translated, and prime for the picking. The more I plunged into the Zionist conversation over the decades, the more compelling the texts I read, the harder it was to whittle it down and boil each essay to the short, digestible texts I wanted,” Troy continued.
To unpack the complexities of contemporary Zionism, a multiplicity of voices – 170 plus passionate visionaries, quadruple Hertzberg’s original number – now appear in the 2018 volume, including women, Mizrahim and other formerly overlooked thinkers.
The McGill University professor divides the book into three time periods, then subdivides the conversation into six schools of Zionist thought – Political, Revisionist, Labor, Religious, Cultural, and Diaspora – shedding light on the surprisingly diverse and shared commitments to realizing Israel as a democratic Jewish state.
Part one explores the backstories, dreams and legacies of the pre-1948 pioneers who founded the Jewish state, from Theodor Herzl to Henrietta Szold.
Part two, examining the era between 1949 and 2000, delves into the builders of the state who actualized and modernized the Zionist blueprints. Troy examines the contributions of the state’s founders and subsequent custodians such as Ben-Gurion, Isaiah Berlin, Golda Meir, Menachem Begin, Joseph B. Soloveitchik and Leon Uris.
Finally, part three showcases today’s “torchbearers,” who are now reassessing, redirecting and reinvigorating the state, with Troy speaking with luminaries such as Aharon Barak, Ayelet Shaked, A.B. Yehoshua and Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.
“One thing that did help was that, from the start, the way to organize the material was clear,” Troy said. “All too often, the media treats Zionism like a set of pom-poms waved around to support the latest Israeli policy or politician. But Zionism is more like a springboard, launching ideas about what Judaism means, how Jewish nationalism can inspire us, and what Israel can mean to each of us.
“I hope this book will help Jews take Zionism personally, meaning to see Zionism as a framework for learning more about our past, finding meaning in the present, and building a more inspiring future by working together as a people – and by seeing Israel as a living old-new laboratory for exciting new ideas and meaningful traditional values,” he added.
The book also features a foreword by outgoing Jewish Agency Chairman and former deputy prime minister Natan Sharansky, who lavishes the book with high praise for its insightful ideas and expansive scholarship.
“This magnificent work is the perfect follow-up to Arthur Hertzberg’s classic The Zionist Idea. Combining, like Hertzberg, a scholar’s eye and an activist’s ear, Gil Troy demonstrates that we now live in a world of Zionist Ideas, with many different ways to help Israel flourish as a democratic Jewish state,” Sharansky wrote.
Troy said that he hopes readers will see the new book as an invitation to appreciate the breadth of the Zionist conversation, from right to left, from religious to secular, over the last 250 years. | 2019-04-25T00:02:21 | https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Scholars-take-on-Hertzbergs-epic-anthology-spurs-dialogue-on-Israel-545418 |
They are going to castrate you, you fool!
Not now honey, I've got a headache.
K9 Daisy is a sniffer dog, this is her way to alert her partner of a detected odor. | 2019-04-25T04:35:10 | http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,230406.msg1794871.html |
Araguz, José Ángel. Everything We Think We Hear.
Leyla Namazie, Editor. ISBN 978-1518644917. $9.95.
Bustamante Bermúdez, Gerardo. Sobre tus ojos dormidos . . . Artículos críticos sobre la obra de Elías Nandino. On your sleeping eyes . . . Critical articles on the work of Elías Nandino. ISBN: 978-1888205-33-6 . $28.95.
Cinco De Mayo: A comprehensive Illustrated History. Roberto Cabello-Argandoña. ISBN 978-1483923970. $16.95. It includes nine patriotic poems (Spanish-English parallel text) written in California between 1864 and 1865 commemorating CINCO DE MAYO and published for the first time in monographic form.
Datsko de Sánchez, Tina. The Delirium of Simon Bolivar. El delirio de Simón Bolívar. Translated with commentary by José Sánchez-H., Prologue by Edward James Olmos. ISBN 978-1888205343. $25.95.
Trinidad Sánchez, Jr. Jalapeño Blues. ISBN: 978-0-915745-72-2. $14.95.
Téllez-Pon, Sergio. Desire I Remember, but love no. Translated by Don Cellini. ISBN 978-1484082409. $11.95.
Xavier, Emanuel. Editor. Mariposas: A Modern Anthology of Queer Latino Poetry. ISBN: 978-0979645-79-2 . $19.95. | 2019-04-23T14:26:00 | http://floricantopress.com/Poetry.html |
While he might not yet have the name recognition of some of the Bay's new rappers (aka thou whom raps about brand names), those who take a listen to so-called witch house producer GuMMy†Be▲R (aka Chris Johnson) cannot doubt his devotion to music and the degree to which influences like hip-hop play a role in it. Ahead of his set this Friday at the Elbo Room's 120 Minutes party, the local producer took some time to talk to us about those influences, the burgeoning genre of witch house, and how the Bay Area influences his output.
At the time I was still experimenting with different sounds and styles, so I didn't want people to take my music too seriously. So I thought of the most unserious name I could think of. Originally I was going to change it once I felt I had gotten better, but I couldn't be bothered to do it now.
Is there a particular reason for the ancient pagan symbols?
Well, I spelled it out that way because I thought it looked funny.
I've never really focused on trying to sound like any specific genre, but when my track "GURL" was released by Mishka on a "3-disk" complication that they called "The Guide to Grave Wave," more people started to classify my music as witch house.
Your music has been categorized as all different genres, though. One person called it "Future Hyphy Wizard Beats." What do you like to call it?
(Laughs.) I like that! I've heard people call it everything from witch house to dubstep, but to me it's just music. I use a wide variety of sounds in every track I release, so I find it strange that people try to put me in a box.
Why do you think people often scoff at a genre called witch house?
I don't think people hate witch house, I think they hate the idea of categorizing music every time something new comes around.
With all the hype surrounding Oakland -- with people rapping about brand names, gangs, etc. -- how do you think your music reflects your town?
Oakland is sort of a crazy place, things here are constantly moving and changing, and I'm sure my music is as chaotic as my surroundings. My last release was even titled Oakland, because I felt like it was the soundtrack for the city. While I was making it I had just moved back here after staying in Vallejo for two years, and the difference in people and atmosphere was a lot greater then I had thought it would be. Oakland was a way for me to express that vast difference I'd felt.
Are there influences in your music that people might not think of firsthand?
I've always been into instrumental hip-hop, so some of my biggest influences would be J.Dilla, Nujabes, Scott Storch, Uyama Hiroto, DJ Premier, Madlib, and Kanye West.
Your track titles consist of phrases like "Cognitive Ascension" and "Runic Alphabet." How do you think of these titles?
I'm really into science fiction stories, and when I can't seem to be able to think of a name for a track, I usually tend to look through one of my books.
How strong do you think the local presence of witch house, futuristic goth, etc., is, with parties like 120 Minutes selling out?
The Bay Area has always been this land of strange people and cultures, so the acceptance of gothed-out hip-hop seems to be a no brainer here. Also there are a ton of artists here that focus on the darker spectrum of music, so I'd say the presence is very strong.
How about versus in the rest of the world? I see that your music has even reached Japan!
That's pretty amazing. Just knowing that there are people all around the world that listen to my music is really inspiring to me.
You recently became a part of Disaro Records. How did that come about?
It kind of just fell into place. I was asked if I wanted to release music as a DISARO artist and I of course said yes.
Are you planning on releasing any EPs this year, since you are getting quite an amount of attention on Soundcloud?
Yeah the EP Time will be released on Disaro Records this year.
Lastly, what do you hope to achieve with your music this year?
Honestly, I've already achieved way more then what I ever expected to musically. So I'm just going to see what happens next! | 2019-04-22T22:27:21 | https://archives.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2011/06/30/gummyanddaggerber-talks-witch-house-life-in-oakland-and-his-crazy-moniker |
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var topBullet = new BlasterProjectile(); // This bullet will move slightly up.
var middleBullet = new BlasterProjectile(); // This bullet will move horizontally.
var bottomBullet = new BlasterProjectile(); // This bullet will move slightly down.
// Angle 0 is pointing directly to the right.
// We start with the bullet moving slightly upwards.
// Note that this function is different from `point2.direction`.
// Please don't confuse them.
* Converts an angle in radians to a unit vector. Angle of 0 gives vector x=1, y=0.
// Center of mass usually.
// There is also something like angular velocity, not described here.
// Acceleration could also be named `force`, like in the Box2D engine.
// Acceleration is usually 0 and is set from the outside.
// Velocity is an amount of movement (meters or pixels) per second.
// 10 meters per second in the right direction (x=10, y=0).
// but maintain magnitude (length).
// Update all game objects here.
// ...and render them somehow.
// Skip first frame, so elapsed is not 0.
// This makes the `tick` function run 60 frames per second (or slower, depends on monitor's refresh rate).
// Firstly get random angle in degrees in the allowed span. Note that the span below always points to the right.
// Now get how far from the barrel the projectile should spawn.
// Join angle and distance to create an offset from the gun's barrel.
// The x and y variables hold a vector pointing from point b to point a.
// zero-length vectors cannot be normalized, as they do not have direction.
// Note that this function is different from `vector2.direction`.
// Assuming that `this.target` points to the nearest enemy ship.
// No target, so fly ahead.
// This will fail for objects that are still, so remember to apply some initial velocity when spawning rockets.
// You can use any number here, depends on the speed of the rocket, target and units used.
// Simple inheritance here, calling parent's `update()`, so rocket actually moves.
// Move right (assuming that X axis is pointing right).
// 20 meters per second.
// Calculate an unit-length vector pointing from A to B.
// Rotate this vector 90 degrees clockwise.
// We want our offset to work in two directions perpendicular to the segment AB: up and down.
// Rotate offset by 180 degrees.
// Move the midpoint by an offset.
var offsetLength = Math.random() * 10; // Offset by 10 pixels for example.
* Rotates a vector by 90 degrees clockwise. | 2019-04-23T06:38:11 | https://www.scsd99.com/jisuanjijiaocheng/772.html |
At this chilly time of year there are few sights more likely to warm your heart than a robin hopping around the garden. With their plump red breasts and joyful song, robins are a stalwart of the winter garden, bringing cheer to the frostiest of mornings.
If you’d like to encourage more robins into your garden this winter, there are some simple things you can do to make the habitat more inviting.
Robins like to snack on creepy-crawlies, as well as seeds and fruit. Two favoured foods of the robin are insects such as beetles and mealworms (beetle larva), and invertebrates such as earthworms. For this reason, a robin can be a great friend to the avid gardener – with a few of these feathered friends around you won’t have to worry about insects chomping through your plants.
One easy way to get hold of these foods is to buy a bird feed mix. When choosing, check the ingredients on the back to make sure it is suitable for robins.
Robins are small birds, which means they cannot consume anything too large. Avoid putting out seed mixes that contain dried peas, beans, rice, lentils, wheat or barley, as these are inappropriate for robins and can only be eaten by larger birds.
It’s also a bad idea to leave out bread. Birds will eat it, but it does not contain the right nutrients that they require during the cold winter months.
Lastly, you should never leave out milk for birds as they are unable to digest it. Fermented dairy products such as mild cheese are fine in small amounts.
Robins are ground feeders, which means the best way to entice them is to buy a bird table away from the risk of cats, preferably one that is covered and has plenty of place for robins to perch. Put out some fruit, seeds, suet, and live or dried mealworms (if you are using dried it is best to soak them in water first), and wait for the robins to arrive!
Fat balls or bars can be a great way to entice robins. Melt some suet or lard and mix it with fruit, nuts and seeds, then leave the hardened balls or bars on your feeder.
In addition, make sure you put out a dish of clean water – robins need to stay hydrated and clean.
Robins don’t tend to use hanging feeders, as they prefer to have somewhere to perch while they eat. Whether you’re using a table or a ground feeding tray, it’s vital that you don’t let the food get wet – soggy, mouldy food can be dangerous for birds, which is why a covered tray or table is ideal. | 2019-04-18T18:55:12 | http://lovethegarden.com/learn-grow/community-garden/what-do-robins-eat |
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Criminal legal aid cuts: A significant proportion of the criminal bar are not undertaking any new publicly funded criminal legal aid work from 1 April. The action has been reported widely in the media, including in the Guardian, the Financial Times and Buzzfeed News. The action is in response to changes to the way in which criminal legal aid work by advocates is remunerated under the reformed Advocates' Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS) which came into force on 1 April.
LASPO review: On 17 April, Matthew Shelley, a deputy director at the Ministry of Justice, told the APPG on legal aid that the LASPO review team hope to finalise the review by the end of the year. Justice Secretary David Gauke stressed that he hoped the review would not slip into 2019. The Law Society Gazette’s coverage can be found here.
YLAL vice-chair, Siobhan Taylor-Ward (also a Justice First Fellow and trainee solicitor at GMLC), joined Richard Burgon on the panel. Siobhan welcomed the announcement on behalf of YLAL but called on Labour to implement the recommendations from the Bach report on access to justice in full in their next manifesto, including by pledging to reinstate early legal advice for debt, welfare benefits and immigration, as well as housing.
LASPO removed housing advice from the scope of legal aid. Under LASPO’s guidelines, legal advice on housing is not available for disrepair issues unless they have become so serious that they are affecting a resident’s health. A Citizens Advice study has estimated that every pound of legal aid spent on housing advice could potentially save the state £2.34. Labour estimates its housing advice pledge would cost £9m a year.
The announcement was widely covered by the national and legal press, including the Guardian, Law Society Gazette and the Justice Gap.
The Windrush scandal: The Windrush scandal, in which it was revealed that the Home Office had threatened the children of Commonwealth citizens who arrived before 1973 with removal – and may have unlawfully removed dozens of people from the country – if they could not prove their right to remain in the UK, has exacerbated the need for the availability of legal aid in all immigration cases. Fiona Bawden writing for the Guardian said “The difficulties … will have been made immeasurably worse by the fact that legal aid was scrapped for immigration cases in April 2013. People were left with nowhere to go for help, just at the time the Home Office application process was being made more onerous and the penalties for failing to be able to prove status were becoming more severe.” The full article can be read here.
Legal aid for victims of trafficking: On 16 April, the Lord Chancellor conceded a judicial review claim against the refusal of legal aid to a victim of trafficking, the day before the final hearing was due to be heard in the High Court. The Lord Chancellor accepted that civil legal services provided to assist a victim of trafficking to obtain a “Conclusive Grounds” (a formal recognition from the Home Office that an individual is, on the balance of probabilities, a victim of trafficking) is in scope under LASPO, where the legal work is in relation to a determination of whether the victim should be granted leave to enter or remain in the UK. Legal Action Group helpfully summarised the case here before the government conceded.
Junior Lawyers Division Conference: On 29 April, the Law Society’s Junior Lawyers Division held their annual conference. Lady Hale, the President of the Supreme Court, was the keynote speaker and she was extremely supportive about access to justice and legal aid. She acknowledged that legal aid cuts, taking out of scope of entire areas of legal aid is having an impact on access to justice. She also said, “Campaigning for access to justice is not self-serving, it’s client serving.” YLAL committee members Anna Jemmison and Tara Mulcair also gave a policy update on civil and criminal legal aid. | 2019-04-23T02:46:17 | http://younglegalaidlawyers.org/news-april2018 |
In servo control applications, the Command and Actual Positions for an Axis are generally used for position error calculations. On each sample, the controller reads the new Actual Positions from the feedback devices and calculates the new Command Positions.
To determine the relationship between Command and Actual Positions for an Axis and physical positions on the machine, you can use the Origin variable (which can be set by the host).
If it is important to set the Command or Actual Position to an exact value, you should use the mpiAxisOriginSet(...) function. Calling mpiAxisOriginSet(...) will modify both Command and Actual Positions by the same amount.
The Origin variable can be set in two different ways depending on the desired result. For example, assume the Command and Actual Positions are 10,000 and 10,024 counts respectively and that the axis is not moving.
Setting the Origin variable to 10,000 will result in Command Position = 0 and Actual Position = 24. Setting the Origin variable to 10,024 will result in Command Position = -24 and Actual Position = 0.
This second method is the most frequently used method for setting the new Origin after homing. Refer to the next table.
During motion, you should never call mpiAxis[Actual|Command]PositionSet(...) functions.
Setting a new Command Position using mpiAxisActualPositionSet(...) should be done with caution, because the controller will immediately try to servo to the new position. If the new and old command positions differ by a large amount the axis may fault (limit error) or jump to the new position at very high speed.
The effect of mpiAxisOriginSet(...) and mpiAxis[Actual|Command]PositionSet(...) calls will not be seen by the host until the next controller sample following the call.
For example, if you call mpiAxisCommandPositionGet(...) immediately after calling mpiAxisOriginSet(...) or mpiAxisCommandPositionSet(...), mpiAxisCommandPositionGet(...) will probably return the old position values.
Calling mpiAxisOriginSet() while an axis is in motion will change the final target position's value. This will not change the trajectory however. If the axis was to originally move 5000 counts, then the axis will still move a total of five thousand counts.
The beginning of a 5000 count move, origin currently 0.
Origin is about to be set to 2000.
Origin has been changed to 2000.
Motion is complete. Distance traveled still 5000 counts. | 2019-04-19T04:30:53 | http://support.motioneng.com/Software-MPI_04_00/Topics/origin.htm |
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Gosh…its unbelievable how this year is just flying by! I hate it and love it at the same time. Anyways, my skin was not behaving very well this month. I don’t know why but I did get an issue of lot of small bumps on the skin and by small, I mean very very small. You can just see that the skin is not looking smooth.
You will ask me if I did anything for it. Well, honestly, I did nothing specifically. My best guess is that it was because I did not use sunscreen. But then, this month I have cut some serious slack with sunscreen and those boils did not come later on when I stopped using sunscreen again.
So, may be the answer just boils down to maintenance. I have not been looking after my skin very seriously. I do tend to take it a bit for granted because my skin is, touchwood, really good. Thanks to my genes and no credits to me. But, I would reiterate the fact that howsoever good your skin might be, do not ever forget taking care of it.
So, I have to say here that the turmeric infused oil is working really well on reducing the breakout size for me. A few days back I had a bad case on my neck. I think I accidentally scratched my skin in sleep and it was an angry breakout whose size had reduced to half and 1/3rd the night and night after respectively on using the oil. So, yes, I would definitely encourage you to try it out.
My skin picking habit has left my neck tortured as I had mentioned earlier as well so I am STILL looking forward to reversing that damage and containing my habit. Do you have any advises?
How did your skin fare in August? What were the products you loved and hated?
So, one of the reader’s suggested me to do this regular feature as well when she ended up reading my hair diaries! I have been thinking of it since long but since I do not really stick to one product, I was hesitant to do this series. Also, my skin problems are comparatively minor. But, then I thought I would give it a go so here it is.
Let me share what all products I used on my face and body for the month. I do not exactly follow the same routine everyday! For example, I do not moisturize my skin in the day time everyday. I simply go to applying base and the sunscreen. NOT A GOOD HABIT AT ALL.
Similarly, I do skip moisturizing the body and not every night do I use that DIY facial oil or for that matter even the aloevera gel. I am quite lazy and I really hate using all the products but providing reviews for them and finishing them up are the swords hanging on my head!
While I am using Nivea Total Face cleanup, the Shahnaz Hussain face mask is used once in like two weeks or something! Please note that ‘+’ means either.
As I mentioned a few days earlier, my skin picking habit has left my neck tortured, I am looking forward to reversing that damage. And, also, my arms are pretty tanned so those are two things on top of my list right now.
Why don’t you tell me what products you used and how is your skin doing? | 2019-04-19T02:20:46 | https://perfectskincareforyou.com/category/my-skin-diary/page/2 |
Can a child be failng in school and still get support?
How do you get car title back from Indiana child support? How are child support payments deducted when the parent receives a 1099? Can child support from NY affect someone in PA? How do you cancel child support? In Maine i have been charged with contempt of court cause i can't pay child susport what is the amount of time i can get in jail? | 2019-04-23T16:57:56 | https://www.weknowtheanswer.com/q/can-a-child-be-failng-in-school-and-still-get-support |
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Prostate cancer patients who are obese or have metabolic syndrome undergoing RP may have a higher chance of recurrence of the disease.
Among men with prostate growth who experienced radical prostatectomy (RP), the individuals who were large had a higher danger of biochemical repeat, as indicated by the American Association for Cancer Research Special Conference Obesity and Cancer: Mechanisms Underlying Etiology and Outcomes, held Jan. 27-30.
A biochemical repeat was characterized as two continuous prostate-particular antigens (PSA) estimations of ≥ 0.2 ng/mL after prostatectomy, which is characteristic of the repetitive prostate tumor.
Past examinations connecting body mass index (BMI) and metabolic disorder to an expanded danger of repeat following RP have been dubious. To expand upon past research, Samiei and partners played out a vast report with a long-haul follow-up to direct a more extensive investigation.
Scientists led a review investigation of all RPs (1,100 surgeries) performed by two specialists at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh in the vicinity of 2003 and 2013. They broke down Gleason score, pathologic stage, pre-agent PSA, biochemical repeat time, surgical edge status, and metabolic components, for example, fasting glucose, triglycerides, cholesterol levels, including HDL, pre-agent BMI, and pulse.
Patients were ordered as having low, moderate, or high-chance prostate growth in light of neurotic arranging and evaluating of the malady. Metabolic disorder energy was resolved to utilize the World Health Organization (WHO) characterization, where no less than three out of the accompanying five components are at the same time exhibit in an individual – insulin protection or sort 2 diabetes, stoutness, elevated cholesterol or low HDL levels, high triglycerides, and hypertension. The normal age of the patient at analysis was 60 years, and the normal follow-up time was four years.
Among the patients considered, 34 percent were large, as characterized by BMI, and 19 percent had a metabolic disorder.
Samiei and associates found a higher level of fat patients in the high-hazard gathering (41.2 percent of high-chance patients) contrasted with fat patients in the low/transitional gathering (32 percent of low/halfway hazard patients).
Moreover, biochemical repeat was higher in patients with BMI ≥30 (32.4 percent) contrasted with patients with BMI <30 (16.9 percent). At last, patients with the metabolic disorder had more than four-crease expanded danger of biochemical repeat contrasted with those without a metabolic disorder. | 2019-04-19T07:01:44 | https://www.techexplorist.com/obese-men-may-higher-chance-recurrence-following-radical-prostatectomy-study/10973/ |
Alanya K.A.S tour is a fun filled as well as informative one day tour which covers many ancient and historical places such as Side, Perga, Aspendos and the magnificent Kursunlu waterfall. This tour starts from Alanya province. Temple and theatre of ancient time are also visited during this tour.
Aspendos is one of the best preserved theatres to be found in the world. It is built in the second century A.C. and it is pefectly preserved. The antique theater holds 20.000 spectores and it is used as of today for concerts and festivals. Finally we will visit the Apollo temple and the theatre in Side.
Alanya K.A.S Tour is a one day tour package to the archaeological sited of Anatolia. The places are located around 8 hour drive from Alanya and the package includes 3-4 cities of ancient Hellenistic period and a waterfall on the Aksu River. The tourists are picked from their hotels.
The tour starts from Alanya and the first place to visit is Perga. This is an ancient Greek city which lies to the southwest of Anatolia and is approximately 9 miles from the present day town of Alanya. In ancient times Perga was the capital of Pamphylia. The city was one of the most beautiful and richest of its time. It has a temple of Artemis, the Goddess of wilderness. Perga is also the native place of the great mathematician Apollonius and also it is the place where beer was first made. Perga was under Greek control for 450 years until Persians captured it in 546 BC. 200 years late Alexander, the great’s troop took over Perga. The Persian rule ended and then onwards Perga belongs to the Roman Empire. Perga thus has three different cultures due to the three reigns it was under. The ancient ruins found here are good to explore.
From Perga, the next place to visit is Aspendos. It is 25 miles east of Alanya. It islocated on an important trade route and hence has a good economic benefit. Aspendos was conquered by Alexander, the great’s troops in 333 BC. Until the end of Roam Empire in 930 BC, Aspendos was under its rule. The 15000 seating capacity theatre in Aspendos is one of a kind and is one of the best preserved theatres of the world. It was built by Marcus Aurelius and is a world class tourist attraction.
The nest destination is Side. This is a harbor belonging to the ancient Greek history. It is one of the most important cities in Pamphylia and is an important trade centre, especially for olives and slaves. It’s this specialty, made it a target for invaders. After Greeks, Persians took over Side. Persians then lost Side to Alexander, the great in 333 BC. Side started to lose itself around 4th century, due to constant invasions and natural disasters. In 10th century Side was totally abandoned. Only ruins were left out.
From Side, the journey continues back to Alanya which is about 45 miles to the west of the Side ruins. On reaching back tourists are dropped off to their hotels again. | 2019-04-26T15:59:07 | http://www.harundemirci.com.tr/en/Tours/Detail/alanya-mas-turu |
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Roots and Boots tour is finally here and you can see it live as Roots and Boots hits the road for the latest concert tour. Roots and Boots tour is sure to be a fantastic event for concert goers. When Roots and Boots gets on stage, you can be sure the crowd is going to go wild!
To view all of the Roots and Boots Tickets that are still available for Roots and Boots concerts, choose a city below. Roots and Boots live in concert! | 2019-04-19T14:41:28 | https://www.buyticketshub.com/country-music-concerts-tickets/roots-boots-tickets-tour-dates/ |
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You may wonder why I rant and rave about your eating habits so often. I mean, I’m a personal trainer-not the author of a dieting book. Why don’t I leave the diet talk for someone else and focus only on my true passion-exercise?
To be perfectly honest, I would love to discuss only exercise. To divulge how I can sculpt the human body into a finely tuned machine of strength and agility. However, it just wouldn’t be practical to ignore your diet.
You see, I write this blog to benefit you. My purpose is to give you practical tips that you can use to improve your health and fitness level-today.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but someone had to say it. I can talk about exercise until I am blue in the face, but until you take charge of your diet, it would all be in vain.
Today’s statistics show that nearly 60% of the population is currently overweight or obese. While this is shocking, according to a new study reported by WebMD, three out of four US adults will be overweight or obese by the year 2015. That’s 75% of us.
Wow, those are some scary numbers. I certainly don’t want to become part of that statistic, and I know you don’t either.
Portions gone wild. It all started in the 1970’s. Restaurants began to increase their portions and as a result the unsuspecting public ate more. Since then portions have continued to grow and most people continue to clear their plates despite the extra calories.
Convenience food mayhem. Junk food used to be only found in vending machines-not so today. Have you ever noticed how the checkout line in the supermarket has changed in recent years? It used to be stocked with gum, mints and a few candy bars. Now everything from potato chips to cookies sit within arm’s reach. Very few people get through their day without consuming some kind of convenience food.
Fast food fallout. How many fast food restaurants do you pass on your way to work? Probably more than you can count. How many times do you stop in for a quick bite? Probably more times than you would like to admit. Fast food has never been more available than it is today-and it shows in the waistline.
Here’s something you may not know: If you were to exercise everyday of the week but failed to change your eating habits from those listed above, you wouldn’t see any visible results.
Now don’t get me wrong-exercise is a vital ingredient for improving your fitness level, health and the shape of your body. Exercise and good nutrition go hand-in-hand. You won’t make progress toward your goals without them both.
Slash your portions. Even though that mountain of pasta looks great, remind yourself that it is three or four times more than you really need to eat, and those extra calories are going to land right on your waist. Consciously make an effort to reduce your portions at each meal and watch how your weight shrinks and your energy soars.
Cut out one fast food meal per week. If you currently eat 5 fast food meals each week then only eat four this week. Next week reduce that number down to three. And then two, and then one. Once fast food isn’t a regular part of your diet you should look at it as something to be had as a treat-not a dietary staple.
Now that you have three simple ways to drastically improve your eating habits, this brings us back to exercise. You need regular challenging exercise in order to achieve and maintain results. It’s as simple as that.Contact me today to get started on your very own personal training program!
This entry was posted in Fitness, Nutrition and tagged Diet, Fad Diets, fast food, Fat Loss, food, Healthy eating, Nutrition, nutrition tips, personal trainers orlando, personal training, Weight Loss. | 2019-04-22T06:35:04 | http://kristywilson.com/why-all-the-diet-talk/ |
Jordi Savall is back, this time with another revelation: 18th century mestizo culture and music in Peru.
NOTE: All of the music on this program comes from the latest project by Jordi Savall. It is called Bailar Cantando: MESTIZO FESTIVITY IN PERU Codex Trujillo, ca. 1780 and is Alia Vox CD AVSA9927.
From AllMusicReview: Many of Jordi Savall's recordings of older regional repertories involve a good deal of imaginative reconstruction. But Bailar Cantando is based on an actual musical manuscript, the Codex Trujillo. The codex was compiled in Peru in the last quarter of the 18th century by the Bishop of Trujillo, Balthasar Jaime Martínez Compañon, who may have notated the music himself. An accompanying volume of drawings shows that the musical scores leave much out: many instruments of Indian origin were used, for instance, but Martínez Compañon includes only a few, and Savall restores a few more. Nevertheless, enough was transmitted to make possible the realization of some extraordinary music. The texts alone (given in the original mixture of languages, modern Spanish, Catalan, Italian, German, French, and English) are worth the price of admission alone: the languages represented include Spanish, Quechua, Aymara, the extinct Mochica and Culle, and bits of African languages, with riotous texts alternating among sexuality, often interracially oriented, religiosity, and gloom. For the music, Savall draws on his own Hesperion XXI instrumental ensemble and Capella Reial de Catalunya singers, plus, as with several of his other releases, a regional group, the Tembembe Ensamble Continuo, which includes Amerind instruments. The music, in a way unique to Peru, reflects Indian European, and African elements, including a remarkable reminiscence of the experience of being seized as a slave (sample the Tonada El Congo). But much of the music, as in other cases where Savall has explored African influences, is joyous. Bailar Cantando means Dance While Singing, an actual subtitle attached to some of the pieces in the book, and throughout, Savall emphasizes the music's strong rhythmic element that at times sounds remarkably contemporary. The recording and the 248-page booklet (slender by Savall standards) contain much that will compel your frequent return. A standout masterwork, even among Savall's generally magnificent catalog.
The twenty pieces comprising the musical collection in the Codex Trujillo del Perú are an exceptional case in the history of the indigenous music of the New World. This collection of tonadas, cachuas, tonadillas, bayles, cachuytas and lanchas offers a glimpse of the repertory native to the traditions of the country, as indicated by the text of one of the cachuas sung “al uso de nuestra tierra” (“according to the customs of our land”) and in particular the songs and dances favoured by the popular classes who lived in the “Viceroyalty of Peru” at the end of the 18th century. The vast majority of the songs are tonadas or chansons intended to be danced and sung (“para baylar cantando”), and although most of the texts are in Spanish, displaying the characteristic variants of Spanish as it was spoken by the native Indians, the collection also includes texts in Quechua and Mochica, which – like the music itself – show a clear relationship with the indigenous cultures of Indian and African origin. All these elements explain the highly distinctive style of these “native songs” which clearly sets them apart from the music of Spain and that of the New World. They have been handed down to us by composers of the same period who were active at court or in the major churches of the Viceroyalty of Peru. | 2019-04-19T00:57:36 | https://www.millenniumofmusic.com/playlist/bailar-cantando/ |
LONDON (Reuters) – British and European airline regulators should be allowed to begin technical planning for Brexit that is kept separate from political discussions, aerospace trade bodies told the European Union’s lead Brexit negotiator in a letter.
With less than a year to go, two aviation trade associations have demanded that negotiators allow the regulators to start technical planning conversations to help provide clarity for different Brexit scenarios.
“The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) need to urgently begin technical and contingency planning discussions by the June European Council, and separate to the political negotiations,” the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and the ADS Group said in a letter to the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier.
British officials are negotiating with their EU counterparts to agree rules about how a range of sectors will operate after Brexit, including aviation, finance and pharmaceutical firms. They have consulted businesses on their stance but the request for aviation regulators to thrash out the finer details shows the concerns building within the industry.
The letter said there would be a range of actions that EASA and CAA would need to take, whether or not Britain and the EU ratify the withdrawal agreement by the exit date.
“The European aviation industry as a whole cannot afford any unintended consequences that arise from legal uncertainties,” the letter said.
Britain has said it wants to explore the terms on which it could remain part of EASA. However, Britain could be excluded from the agency after it leaves the bloc. | 2019-04-20T14:20:08 | http://personfinancetips.com/uk-and-eu-aviation-regulators-should-discuss-brexit-plans-trade-bodies-say/ |
Most people do not know or fully understand that when they enter a business establishment, the owner owes each customer a duty to make sure they are safe from danger while on their property. Business premises can include department stores, restaurants, and grocery stores. What happens if you are injured when you slip or trip and fall while visiting a business? Did the owner ensure you were safe from any dangers on their property? You may have a trip and fall injury claim against the business owner if they failed to meet their required standard of care.
What Standard of Responsibility is the Business Owner Required to Provide?
Property, land, and business owners owe a duty of care to people who enter their property. However, the level of duty these owners must provide depends on how the person who visits their property is categorized. Here, we will discuss in more detail the specific duty business establishments must provide customers. Visitors who enter onto a property to engage in a business transaction are considered invitees. A person who enters a business, by express or implied invitation of the owner, is classified as an invitee. For example, when you enter a restaurant for the purposes of purchasing food and drinks, you are considered an implied invitee who is transacting business within the scope of their invitation. Acting within the scope of an invitation means you are only engaging in activities that the invitation embodies. In the restaurant patron example above, this means you enter the premises for the sole purpose of dining and drinking. If you engage in activities outside of this scope, the owner does not owe you a duty of care.
What Duty of Care Does a Premise Owner Owe an Invitee?
A duty to use reasonable and ordinary care to keep the property safe from dangers.
A duty to reasonably repair and fix any known dangers or hazards on the property.
A duty to reasonably inspect and discover unknown hazards and dangerous conditions in areas accessible to the invitee.
This final duty for a property owner to inspect the property and discover hidden hazards is the extra step that makes this standard of care higher than the others. This extra element is essential to ensure business owners provide their customer a safe environment.
If the property owner fails to meet their duties, they can be held liable if a patron suffers a physical injury because the owner did not ensure the establishment was reasonably safe for patrons. There is no precise method of deciding what is considered reasonable, the law defines “reasonable” as what a person of ordinary intelligence and judgment would do under the same circumstances.
If you feel you were injured by a negligent business owner contact van der Veen, O’Neill, Hartshorn, and Levin today. Our experienced Philadelphia personal injury attorneys will work hard to make sure you are fairly compensated for any damages you sustained because of a business owner’s negligence. This post only discusses a fraction of the difficult legal elements necessary to win a personal injury tort. Proving a negligence action requires a knowledgeable lawyer who will advocate for your rights vigorously and that is exactly what our firm will do. | 2019-04-22T18:01:49 | https://www.mtvlaw.com/were-you-injured-by-a-negligent-business-owner/ |
Click "Kickoff" > "Applications" -> "Games" -> "Games-Wizard-Setup"
DPoL Collection: Diablo2 Lord of Destruction, Diablo2 Median XL, Quake2 + Berserker, CounterStrike1.6 NoSteam, MechWarrior 3.
OpenRa Project: Dune2000, C&C Tiberian Dawn, Red Alert.
HightSchool Collection: Brutal Doom, Duke + High Resolution Pack, Quake1.
OldSchool Collection: NES, SegaMD, DosBOX, PCSX.
What is this? A script as DEB?
Please make the source code available under your github source link, instead of putting the DEB there again. | 2019-04-22T00:06:08 | https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1245266/ |
Soft Body Artist Colour, previously referred to as Medium Viscosity, was the original Liquitex acrylic formulation first made in 1956. The creamy smooth, pre-filtered consistency ensures good coverage, even-leveling and superb results in a variety of applications and techniques.
Soft Body Titanium White and Ivory Black are also available in larger 237ml jars.
What happened to the colours?! | 2019-04-26T13:51:46 | https://www.artsupplies.co.uk/item-liquitex-soft-body-acrylic-59ml-tubes.htm |
Ralph Emerson: At eighteen decided to go by his middle name, Waldo.
Sarah Fuller: At nine decided to go by her middle name, Margaret.
David Henry Thoreau: At twenty graduated college, moved home to Concord, started keeping a journal, and began to call himself Henry David. Never changed his name legally or officially and many people in Concord continued to call him David Henry, Thoreau stubbornly correcting them.
Nathaniel Hathorne: Added the “w” to return to the old English spelling, and to distance himself from his great-great-grandfather John Hathorne, a hanging judge at the Salem witch trials.
Herman Melvill: When father Allan Melvill, importer of French fashions and fantasizer of noble ancestry, died bankrupt and deranged, Allan’s widow Maria née Gansevoort and oldest son Gansevoort added the “e” to disclaim Allan’s fate and imply an aristocratic background. Herman wrote and published under this fictional name written by his mother and brother.
Walter Whitman, Jr.: Going for the working-class-hero thing. “Walt” is named for the first time within Leaves of Grass: “Walt Whitman, an American, one of the roughs, a kosmos, / Disorderly fleshy and sensual…”—unless we count the author photo (i.e., etching) that shows Walt with no jacket or tie, his shirt partly unbuttoned, hand on hip, coming on.
Frederick Bailey: Bailey his mother’s name; father unknown. Adopted several fake names to throw pursuers off his track; took the name Douglass after Walter Scott’s hero from The Lady of the Lake: the hunted outlaw of an exiled race.
Harriet Beecher: Married Calvin Ellis Stowe.
Emily Dickinson: But did say she was nobody! Who are you? | 2019-04-19T11:38:20 | https://believermag.com/major-american-renaissance-writers-who-changed-their-names/ |
Shrunk PI! Without changing its rich, creamy, violin-like sustain and sound. The Nano Big Muff Pi works and sounds identical in every way to the classic NYC Big Muff Pi. Made in th USA. | 2019-04-25T06:51:18 | https://foundsound.com.au/products/10908 |
Most second-generation products are souped up versions of the originals, but streaming media pioneer Boxee is taking a different approach. On Tuesday, the company announced the Boxee TV, a $99 set-top box with dual tuners that support a $15-a-month cloud-based DVR service with unlimited storage.
The new hardware is much smaller than the Boxee Box, and its remote has only a few basic navigational and content buttons on one side—it lacks the small keyboard that came on the back of the Boxee Box remote. We’ll have to wait for review units to see how the user interface has evolved.
Also, you typically can only access DVR content on the set connected to the DVR, or at best another device on your home network. With Boxee TV, you’ll be able to access your recordings via an HTML 5 app on any Internet-connected device with sufficient bandwidth, which Ronen pegs at between 1.5Mbps and 4Mbps.
While the service will be able to record high-def content, it won’t support adaptive bit rate at launch, meaning it won’t adjust the media stream based on the bandwidth of the receiving device. So you probably won’t be able to watch content on a 3G smartphone, for example.
We’ll have to wait a few weeks to see if the Boxee TV lives up to that promise. | 2019-04-21T04:45:47 | https://www.techhive.com/article/2012057/boxee-introduces-boxee-tv-media-streamer-and-cloud-based-dvr.html |
Punitive Justice and Restorative Justice as Social Reconciliation.
Source: (2008) The Heythrop Journal. 49(3): 405-422. | 2019-04-21T13:02:48 | http://restorativejustice.org/rj-library/punitive-justice-and-restorative-justice-as-social-reconciliation/8674/ |
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Disclaimer: Lexi is not a licensed healthcare professional and her services do not replace the advisement and care of health care professionals.
Her work does not in any way relate to a medical or psychological clinical treatment and she does not diagnose or treat any diseases or disorders. | 2019-04-26T02:13:19 | http://lexisoulios.com/contact/ |
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I’m participating in RR’s Sizzling Summer Reads party this month. If you’re playing along to win the awesome assortment of prizes, below is an excerpt from Alien Attachments, book one where you can find the answer you seek. If you aren’t playing along, why the heck not? Sign up, log in and play to win here.
“How does this work?” Dani sat next to Jared. As soon as her bum hit the cushion, they shot off down the tunnel. She let out a short squeal and grabbed the seat cushions. Her pulse shot up a notch. “Are you steering? Where are the seat belts?” she managed to croak out.
Dani held Jared’s gaze. She’d heard what he said, but couldn’t process the words. They sat on her brain like little beings, patiently waiting to be let in. Knock, knock. Dani let out a nervous laugh. Maybe if I ignore them, they’ll go away. Jared didn’t blink. Or maybe not.
“How did you know––” She broke off when she realized he was talking about her healed wounds. “Pretty amazing stuff.” To say the least.
The cruiser had none of the usual sensations when riding in a vehicle. No hum of the engine or vibrations from the contact between ground and car, and yet the tunnel sped by uncomfortably fast. She closed her eyes for a few seconds, the only clue they were moving was the breeze causing her hair to swirl around her face. She reached up and wiped some strands out of her mouth. Jared sat so nonchalantly wiping his nose, he might as well have been on his couch at home, watching TV. She changed the rhythm her fingers tapped out and thought about all the science fiction movies she’d watched.
“What kind of sport? Basketball?” Dani pretended to make a hoop shot.
This entry was posted in Books Blog and tagged #Contest, #Giveaways, #TRRParty, Sabine Priestley, Sizzling Summer Reads Party. Bookmark the permalink. | 2019-04-24T16:14:18 | https://sabinepriestley.com/books-blog/romance-reviews-sizzling-summer-reads-party/ |
Plaintiff SMP Ltd. is a Korean corporation that was established as a joint venture between SunEdison's Singapore affiliate and Samsung Fine Chemicals. In connection with the joint venture, SunEdison and SMP entered into a supply and licensing agreement whereby SunEdison granted license to SMP to use certain technology. In April 2016, SunEdison filed for bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York. SMP shut down nearly simultaneously, and entered into bankruptcy in Korea. As a part of the New York bankruptcy, SunEdison sought to terminate the agreement; SMP objected, arguing the executory contract remains valid during bankruptcy under Korean law.
The court first noted the parties chose New York law as the governing law. The court also rejected SMP's comity-based argument, noting it would mean "giv[ing] extraterritorial effect to all of the Korean insolvency law."
Along with international family law cases, cross-border insolvency cases are a pet favorite of mine. Look at all the complex private international law principles at play here, for a fact pattern that is rather common in international business. Ultimately, however, the parties' choice of law remains supreme, and Samsung perhaps should have considered whether Korean law would have been more advantageous for its joint venture in case of an insolvency event. | 2019-04-23T10:13:43 | http://www.asiainuscourts.com/2017/12/case-of-day-smp-ltd-v-sunedison-inc-in.html |
It is great to hear from so many schools that they are learning about and making prayer flags. They captivate with their bright colours, connections to the elements, and beauty in natural settings. Prayer flags are an important part of Buddhist and Sherpa culture and you see them flying from mountain summits, mountain passes, on stupas, and almost any windy place that people travel.
Prayer flags mark the entrance to the route through the Khumbu Icefall and they also mark the exit. Icefalls are areas on glaciers/mountains that breed fear into the hearts of mountaineers. They are avoided if possible but sometimes, the only route is through. We try to minimize the exposure to the falling ice dangers by moving as quickly as possible. For a first passage, through the Khumbu Icefall, it will take 6-8 hours. Sherpas do it much faster. This season, the government of Nepal allowed climbing teams to fly the rope and hardware for fixing the rope past camp two by helicopter to camp one. This reportedly saved 85 sherpa trips through the icefall. The 2014 tragedy where 16 sherpa were killed by an avalanche into the Khumbu icefall is fresh on everyone’s minds. The route is now more central to lessen the risk of such avalanches reaching the route. The route through the icefall is maintained by a group of sherpas called “The Icefall Doctors.” They are hired by the national park and each climber pays a fee to use the route.
If you look closely at the picture above, (you might have to zoom in), you can see climbers and sherpas descending the route. I watched them all morning during the Puja. I counted 12 perhaps, you can see more. The icefall scares everyone and we will climb through it in the cold of night to also help mitigate the risk. In my book, I call it a “horrible beautiful place.” Living here beside it once again, those words still stand through and I’m hoping my passage and those of all others are marked by beauty not tragedy.
Oh wow. This truly is hard to imagine. I wish you safe travels across and eagerly look forward to the next blog. 🙂 Your courage is helping me to stay courageous in my own journey of taking care of my health. Thank you for following your dreams and at the same time inspiring us to live ours ❤ Stay safe.
We finished our prayer flag today and hung them across our classroom. We will tag you on twitter so you can see the photos. Thanks for the shout-out and for answering our questions.
Colby says that snow yields less water than ice because ice is denser than snow.
Glad to hear you are felling a little better and were able to rest today!
We are glad to hear that you are feeling better today! | 2019-04-22T08:31:22 | https://taloeffler.com/2016/04/27/everest-3-0-prayer-flags-and-the-khumbu-icefall/ |
The East Coast Country Toddler Bed has a classic appearance. It is sturdy and makes an ideal first bed.
The Country Toddler/Junior Bed from East Coast is very stylish and fits in beautifully with most room designs. The bed has a traditional design with elegant curved ends. For safety the bed has safety rails build in.
Please note that the mattress is available separately. | 2019-04-19T10:19:19 | https://www.hellobabydirect.com/east-coast-country-toddler-bed-antique |
Biopharmaceutical innovation has had a profound health and economic impact globally. Developed countries have traditionally been the source of most innovations as well as the destination for the resulting economic and health benefits. As a result, most prior research on this sector has focused on developed countries. This paper seeks to fill the gap in research on emerging markets by analyzing factors that influence innovative activity in the indigenous biopharmaceutical sectors of China, India, Brazil, and South Africa. Using qualitative research methodologies, this paper a) shows how biopharmaceutical innovation is taking place within the entrepreneurial sectors of these emerging markets, b) identifies common challenges that indigenous entrepreneurs face, c) highlights the key role played by the state, and d) reveals that the transition to innovation by companies in the emerging markets is characterized by increased global integration. It suggests that biopharmaceutical innovators in emerging markets are capitalizing on opportunities to participate in the drug development value chain and thus developing capabilities and relationships for competing globally both with and against established companies headquartered in developed countries.
The UNESCO Science Report 2010 shows that the emerging markets of China, India and Brazil are, by many indications, leading most of the world in the pace of scientific and technological development. The growing research and development (R&D) expenditures and rising global share of scientific publications and patenting rates in these countries (see Table 1) reflect efforts by diverse actors to compete globally. National policies, domestic economic growth, and global trends over the last several decades have stimulated growth and innovation within domestic biopharmaceutical enterprises in China, India, Brazil and South Africa (which hereafter we call ‘emerging markets/economies’). Increasingly, this growth and innovation has led to unique advantages that allow some emerging-market firms to compete effectively on global markets rather than to serve primarily as suppliers, vendors and outsourcers to developed-country pharmaceutical multinational corporations. Growth in the pharmaceutical sectors of these four emerging countries continues to outpace that in developed countries (see Table 1). Brazilian and South African policy objectives have thus far focused primarily on import substitution and lowering the cost of health products for local populations. In contrast, those of India and China aim at nurturing an innovation ecosystem and a vibrant bio-economy with greater ambitions for exportation from the sector.
Sources: 1 UNESCO Science Report 2010. Data is for 2007 unless stated otherwise.
2 OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2010. Share of publications is for 2008, except for India where this share represents 2006 Data.
3 DataMonitor 2010, Country-specific Pharmaceutical Industry Profile Reports.
* Estimate for India is for period 1997–2004.
** Estimate for India is for 1995–2005.
*** Estimate for Brazil is for 1998–2008.
**** Data for 2005–2009 and 2009–1014.
CAGR stands for Cumulative Annual Growth Rate.
While earlier research has focused on technology transfer through foreign direct investment, alliances, and other cross-border partnerships to boost developing-country entrepreneurship , indigenous innovation and entrepreneurship are receiving increasing attention as means of improving the health and wealth of the poor directly and for cultivating knowledge capabilities in resource-limited settings . Existing research shows that the global pharmaceutical multinational corporations (MNCs) based in resource-rich countries have tended not to develop drugs for exclusive use in the developing world or to make significant investments in drug development for neglected diseases [3–5]. The role of emerging market firms in filling this gap, as well as enhancing affordability, is of much interest, but is not a key focus for this paper. Suffice it to say that previous publications , and our ongoing studies, do suggest that emerging market firms, as a group, have a greater overall focus on addressing developing-world diseases than their major global competitors. Nonetheless, we have also argued that diseases that almost exclusively affect poor market segments in the developing world are unlikely to be addressed by emerging market firms as well, and require specific attention from the global health community and local and international governments.
This paper analyzes key issues and implications of corporate innovation in emerging economies. The core research questions we address here are: how do health technologies develop in emerging economies? Have companies in emerging economies specialized on technologies? What entrepreneurial strategies and enterprise structures have been commonly used to facilitate the transition into business models that emphasize innovation? What are the key barriers to health product innovation? What is the role of the state in innovation within health enterprises in the emerging markets? What is the role of emerging market companies in the global pharmaceutical sector, and how do emerging-market competitors interact with incumbent firms based in the developed economies?
The results of our analysis of the mechanisms that shaped corporate competitiveness in emerging markets yields insights at two levels: first, on country policies that enable and support technological upgrading and specialization; and second, on entrepreneurial strategies and business models that enhance corporate innovation and global competitiveness.
The basis of this article is qualitative case study analysis of indigenous biopharmaceutical enterprises in each of Brazil, China, India and South Africa. Qualitative research approach was chosen as it can help us understand a phenomenon of interest in its complexity, to identify areas that need to be influenced, and to see the consequences of policy intervention in real life (; p.10). This analysis builds on a series of country-specific studies published in the Nature Biotechnology journal [9–12], which focused on products and services, partnerships, intellectual property (IP) portfolios, business models, financial environments and barriers to development for companies in each country. This analysis is a comparative assessment across the four nations and is informed by face-to-face interviews with representatives of 91 domestic biopharmaceutical companies (Table 2) as well as 25 other institutions in the stated countries. Institutional informants included government agencies involved in biopharmaceutical development, venture capital firms, technology parks/incubators, and industry associations. The interview data complemented insights gained from published reports and articles, websites of companies and relevant government institutions and policy documents. Interview data was employed to enhance confirmation of and elaboration upon documentary evidence. The firms chosen were primarily involved in the development and production of vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics. With a few exceptions, interview data was collected through site visits and semi-structured, face-to-face interviews lasting approximately 60–90 minutes.
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The modern pharmaceutical industry finds its origins in the synthetic dye industry in Germany and Switzerland and the discovery of medicinal effects of some dyestuffs . The large-scale production of penicillin during World War II spawned considerable R&D investments and productivity in terms of pharmaceutical innovations particularly by the major US-based companies . The 1976 inception of Genentech (San Francisco, now part of Roche based in Basel, Switzerland) spawned the modern biotechnology industry. The latter is characterized by many small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). With the exception of a few large firms, biotech SMEs are dispersed across a considerable number of countries. Notwithstanding somewhat distinct developmental trajectories, pharmaceutical and health biotechnology sectors are increasingly intertwined due to mergers and acquisitions and overlapping activities. While key firms remain based in a relatively small group of countries – including the U.S., the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, and France – the global dispersion of their activities is increasing, as is the emergence of indigenous firms in different countries.
The geographic concentration of innovative activities in health technology is thought to be a function of historical differences in institutional environments . Therefore, it is of interest to examine how the changing institutional context in the emerging markets has impacted the development of biopharmaceutical sectors in these nations. The adoption of the World Trade Organization’s Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement has been among key institutional adjustments and has enhanced the impetus to innovate. It is against this backdrop that we witness a growing number of firms in the emerging markets building innovative capability. This capacity may be particularly crucial in the post-TRIPS era where the power of emerging market manufacturers to affect drug prices in poor markets is likely to be diminished , and drug prices rise due to the marketing of high priced products by pharmaceutical MNCs .
The health biotech sectors of emerging economies are undergoing a major transformation characterized by increased technological sophistication of product portfolios and R&D activities. In a recent study, we identified 376 medicinal or vaccine candidates within the pipelines of 66 indigenous companies in China, India and Brazil (Unpublished Results). An estimated 60% of the 376 candidates involve new chemical or molecular entities, and as such could be considered new-to-the-world type of innovations. The rest include innovations that build on known molecules or products. Among the 376 candidates identified, over two-thirds are in the discovery or preclinical stage, and only about 3% (11) of products have reached the domestic market. These results, together with studies cited previously, demonstrate that domestic companies in the emerging markets are developing new capabilities and novel health products, but also that they are at a relatively early stage from the perspective of innovation.
A common strategy for entrepreneurs in emerging economies has been to develop technologically and financially less demanding products before venturing into more sophisticated areas as internal capabilities and revenues improve. Historically the major thrust of firms in emerging economies has been mainly to offer non-novel products and services under contract to established pharmaceutical multinational firms, or as low-technology traditional formulations. By and large, the development of globally innovative products by emerging market firms is a relatively recent phenomenon and has been enabled by a number of factors. Reverse engineering of existing drugs has had a considerable learning effect for industries in China, India and Brazil, facilitating the adoption of new technologies and easing the transition into innovative activities. Firms have not only gained experience in health product manufacturing and marketing, but have also developed the necessary technical expertise to allow them to venture into more sophisticated areas. In this respect, the absence of a strong domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing sector in South Africa puts it in a different category than the other three countries studied, resulting in the dearth of a skilled knowledge base on which to build.
A key driver of technological upgrading, particularly by Indian firms, has been an interest in export markets, including the major markets of the U.S. and Europe. While domestic populations constitute the main market – at least presently – for most health biotech enterprises studied, there is a growing interest among executives in many medium and large firms to export products. Thus far, export of finished products is notable only in India, where the traditional pharmaceutical sector has increased its foreign sales by over 21% annually between 1996 and 2005 and the country’s fast-growing biotech sector, as a whole, garners 56% of its revenues from exports . Major Indian firms have been able to increase exports to the U.S. and elsewhere, by upgrading their manufacturing facilities to meet the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requirements. The growing number of strategic alliances between pharmaceutical MNCs and Indian companies also allows the latter group of firms to capitalize on their manufacturing capacity and the considerable marketing resources of MNCs to address global markets . In contrast, few companies in China, Brazil, and South Africa have thus far exported finished medicines to highly regulated markets. This trend is likely to change however, as these countries continue to enhance their own manufacturing standards.
Notwithstanding the fact that health biotech industries in the emerging markets are in a transition period, one can observe patters of specialization by country. Diagnostics and medical devices were common starting points for a number of firms in Brazil and South Africa, respectively, while vaccines represent a major entry point for many firms in India. For instance, Hyderabad-based firms Bharat Biotech and Shantha Biotechnics (now part of Paris-based Sanofi-Aventis) started out in vaccine manufacturing, and have since expanded their range of activities to include manufacturing of other recombinant products. China’s Beijing Wantai, primarily a diagnostics company, has focused on innovative research including efforts to commercialize a novel hepatitis E vaccine. Similarly, Brazil’s FK Biotech (Porto Alegre) has expanded its range of activities from manufacturing of monoclonal antibodies for diagnostic kits to development of cancer vaccines. Starting with local markets, some firms have become major players at a global scale. Vision Biotech (Cape Town, South Africa) for example claimed to be the second-largest manufacturer of rapid tests for malaria worldwide, and the Serum Institute of India (Pune) is a major global vaccine supplier. Also, a growing number of incumbent pharmaceutical companies are developing manufacturing capabilities for recombinant products, with many in India and China already benefiting from related efforts over the past decade.
Indian companies have become key global vaccine suppliers. A dozen vaccine companies generate over 50% of the annual revenues for the biotech sector, a market that reached US$2.5 billion in 2007/8 . The entry of Indian, as well as some other developing-country firms, into vaccine production took off in the 1990s as manufacturers in the industrialized countries began to abandon these markets in favor of more lucrative ones elsewhere . It has been suggested that the emergence of Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) and the GAVI Fund played a significant role in stimulating the technological expansion of developing world vaccine manufacturers particularly in India and Brazil . Among the largest Indian vaccine producers are Serum Institute of India, Panacea Biotec (New Delhi), Biological E (Hyderabad), Bharat Biotech and Shantha Biotechnics. Some of these firms have become major global suppliers of vaccines to public immunization programs in collaboration with the UNICEF, PAHO and the WHO . Recent involvement of Indian companies - namely, Bharat Biotech, Zydus Cadila (Hyderabad), Panacea Biotech, the Serum Institute and Biological E - in the race towards a domestically developed vaccine for H1N1 influenza signals the country’s growing technological capability in vaccine development. It is worth mentioning that some of these firms relied on in-licensing of the core technology from foreign firms. Other key focus areas for the Indian firms include a growing trend towards production of biogenerics and the discovery and development of novel small-molecule drug candidates. Mumbai-based Piramal Life Sciences and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals are among the leaders in this group, each having over 10 lead drug candidates in development. Other Indian firms are working on developing new drug delivery systems, monoclonal antibodies and diagnostic tests, and manufacturing recombinant medicines . In anticipation of India’s adoption of the TRIPS agreement in 2005, the pharmaceutical industry in India spent approximately US$292 million (13.2 billion Indian rupees) on R&D between 2003–2004, accounting for 3.6% of overall revenues . The global competitiveness of India’s private industry in both vaccines and therapeutics is, in part, a result of the relative openness of its domestic market and limited involvement of the government sector in health product manufacturing. In China and Brazil (and until recently in South Africa), the prominent role of state-sponsored or public sector institutes in vaccine development and production has diminished the scope for the domestic private sector in this area.
Chinese firms involved in innovation have a considerable focus on developing novel therapeutics in frontier areas and often leverage traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) knowledge and resources. Gene therapies against some cancers, developed by Shenzhen SiBiono (Shenzhen) and Shanghai Sunway (Shanghai), have been on the market for over four years . As of mid-2009, approximately 9,000 patients had been treated for head and neck cancer with SiBiono’s innovative gene therapy product, marketed as Gendicine®, approximately 1,200 of whom came from outside China. Other innovative projects in the pipeline included a novel drug candidate for cutaneous T-Cell lymphoma by Shenzhen Chipscreen (Shenzhen), an HIV treatment candidate by Fusogen (Tianjin) and products to address lung fibrosis and liver cirrhosis by Shanghai Genomics. There are also significant efforts towards modernization of TCM, involving manufacturing quality control, efficacy tests, and determining active ingredients and their mechanisms of action. While China’s efforts towards new vaccine development have generally trailed behind India, strong emphasis by the Chinese government in recent years on technological advancement in this area may be reversing this trend. The Chinese vaccine-manufacturing sector is one of the largest in the world in terms of production volume, where approximately 30 vaccine manufacturers, mostly domestic enterprises, produce over a billion vaccine doses annually . As a sign of recent progress, Sinovac Biotech (Beijing) gained manufacturing approval in September 2009 from the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) for its single-dose H1N1 vaccine – a time frame similar to leading global firms and preceding the launch of clinical trials by its Indian counterparts mentioned above.
The Brazilian health biotech industry is populated by a growing number of technology-based small and medium sized (SME) enterprises as well as generics-based pharmaceutical incumbents, some of whom are transitioning to innovative R&D activities. Overall, the sector remains very young with the vast majority of health biotech enterprises coming into existence in the past decade . A handful of the SMEs we studied had marketed and/or were developing novel technologies. Examples of these firms include Pele Nova Biotechnologia, Recepta Biopharma (both in São Paulo), and FK Biotec (Porto Alegre). Some of these firms have leveraged early success in diagnostics to develop more technologically advanced products . Similarly, large generics firms including Cristália (Itapira) and Aché Laboratories (São Paulo) are building capabilities in discovery and development of innovative drugs. Some firms such as Aché and Eurofarma (São Paulo) were developing capabilities to manufacture large molecules, as part of their foray into biotechnology. However, regardless of size, Brazilian companies tend to shy away from vaccine development and production due to the dominant role played by the country’s public sector in this area. Furthermore, in Brazil and China the public sector supplies a considerable portion of basic medicines deemed essential for public health. Where public and private domains have significant, overlapping, and unclear boundaries it can create tension between the sectors , possibly detracting from the country’s overall innovative capacity.
The nascent health biotech sector in South Africa relies considerably on the research capabilities of the country’s universities and research institutes to identify novel technologies and products for commercial development . For example, Elevation Biotech (Johannesburg), which was spun out of the University of Witwatersrand and the National Health Laboratory Service (both in Johannesburg), is developing novel peptides to inhibit HIV entry into cells. Elevation has received grants from the South African government and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (New York) to develop and test new vaccine antigens. Other innovative firms include: iThemba Pharmaceuticals (Modderfontein) focused on drug development for tuberculosis (TB), malaria and HIV/AIDS, Arvir Technologies (Modderfontein) is developing cost-effective methods to manufacture HIV drugs, and Disa Vascular (Cape Town), which is involved in development and manufacturing of coronary artery stents. A few South African firms have also ventured into nutraceuticals including Biomox Pharmaceuticals (Pretoria) and Cape Kingdom (Cape Town). Biovac Institute (Cape Town) was founded in 2003 as a public-private partnership to supply South Africa’s vaccination program, after attempts at a purely public system failed to accomplish this goal. It remains the only vaccine manufacturer in Sub-Saharan Africa.
In all four countries, locally abundant natural resources are increasingly leveraged to identify and develop novel health technologies. Biodiversity resources and traditional medicines serve as a major source for lead compound identification for firms in the emerging markets. For example, Shanghai Ambrosia Pharmaceuticals (Shanghai) uses its novel platform technologies to screen TCMs for lead molecules against cancer and immunological diseases. Brazil’s Aché Pharmaceuticals and Pele Nova Biotechnologia have marketed phytotherapeutic-based products used for inflammation and skin lesions respectively, and a number of others are developing other products originating from Brazilian biodiversity . India’s Piramal Life Sciences, in collaboration with public universities and research institutes, has developed a large bank of natural products and product extracts as well as a microbial library containing over 40,000 different cultures. Many of the company’s lead molecules under study – including some in clinical trials – were sourced from these assets. Avesthagen (Bangalore) uses a multi-disciplinary approach to develop health products, including dietary supplements, drawing extensively on knowledge from Indian medicinal plants.
Specialization patterns are broadly reflective of a complex interplay involving the institutional environment in each country, local knowledge as embodied in universities and research institutes, access to unique and country-specific resources, the divergent involvement of the public sector in health product manufacturing and provision, and the evolving competition and cooperation between local and global rivals.
As recently as a decade ago, life-sciences firms in emerging markets were engaged mainly in activities such as manufacturing, formulating, packaging and distributing generic products. By contrast, today a much broader scope of business models and strategies are used to generate revenues and invest for future prosperity across the emerging markets. A growing number of firms view product R&D as an important component of their business models. However, the extent of their commitment to R&D and the nature of their involvement vary across firms and countries. The divergent involvement in innovation is influenced by two key factors. Global MNCs have historically tended to concentrate in high margin market segments in the emerging markets, leaving domestic companies to settle for second and third tier cities, rural areas and other neglected niche segments. The resulting pressure on margins for local companies, together with dearth of private capital to support biopharmaceutical innovation has meant that indigenous firms have also had to innovate in business models.
First, the relatively few pure R&D firms in existence today, such as Recepta BioPharma (Brazil), Fusogen Pharmaceuticals Inc. (China), and iThemba Pharmaceuticals (South Africa), have tended to garner significant support from governmental sources. Most companies we studied in China, Brazil and South Africa had received some government funding for their innovation projects. Indian firms have traditionally had less direct support from government sources, perhaps contributing to the near absence of a pure R&D-based business model among firms in this country.
Second, health enterprises studied rely considerably on partnerships with domestic universities and research institutes as well as foreign entities. Firm-university linkages typically serve to fill in gaps in internal R&D capabilities and access facilities/equipment and, to a lesser extent, to the transfer of new technologies to firms. Notwithstanding these benefits domestic university-company links remain weak overall, largely for cultural and historical reasons. There appears to be a strong correlation between the degree of firms’ engagement in innovative R&D and their likelihood of having linkages with domestic universities and research institutes in all countries studied. For example, R&D-intensive firms such as Recepta Biopharma of Brazil, Shanghai Sunway and Sinovac Biotech of China, and Avesthagen in India have strong collaborations with academic institutions. Similarly, most South African firms, which are often established to commercialize technologies originating from universities, maintain close linkages with these institutes. In contrast, domestic entrepreneurial collaboration, particularly partnerships aimed at product development, appears limited across all countries studied.
Third, most innovation-minded entrepreneurs have adopted an indigenous growth model at or shortly after inception, where R&D activities are financed through internal revenue generation. The result is that these enterprises often undertake two distinct sets of activities: one set aims at generating revenues in the short-term, while the other is focused on innovation for long-term growth. For example, when Mr. Eduardo Cruz, the founding director of Cryopraxis (Rio de Janeiro), wished to start a company in 2000 that would develop stem-cell therapies, his initial strategy was to start a cord blood banking service to help finance R&D activities. A common approach for generating revenues in all four countries remains the in-house manufacturing and marketing of products, be they generics, copycat therapeutics, or modifications of existing health products often targeted at niche markets. Another prevalent strategy among innovative firms in China and India is to offer a variety of product development and/or manufacturing services, often to foreign clients. Examples of firms that grew by utilizing this model include India’s Bharat Biotech and the Chinese firms Shenzhen Chipscreen and Shanghai Genomics. In industrialized economies it is well established that financing new product development with current revenues is more expensive and constraining compared to investment-driven financing. Nonetheless, even where available, emerging market equity investors typically demand revenues from early on in Investee Company’s life cycle – in some cases causing them to abandon innovative projects with extended development periods.
Fourth, a relatively recent trend particularly notable in China and India is growing international linkages of domestic firms to advance innovative R&D activities. These partnerships often manifest in one of two forms – outsourcing or co-development arrangements. The provision of contract R&D services in the emerging markets is relatively new and transactional in that services are rendered in return for payments upon completion of specified milestones. Previously, domestic companies only offered manufacturing and clinical research services with limited capability in other aspects of drug discovery and development. Companies adopting the newer model typically serve foreign clients by focusing on discovery and development as well as contract manufacturing for proprietary health products. Among a growing group of service providers are China’s Wuxi Pharmatech, Sundia Meditech Company (both in Shanghai) and India’s Advinus Therapeutics (Bangalore) and Jubilant Organosys (Noida), all of whom have enjoyed considerable growth in recent years. Co-development projects on the other hand involve joint discovery and/or development of novel technologies between Indian and Chinese firms and foreign counterparts, usually large multinational corporations (MNCs). China’s Hutchison MediPharma (Shanghai) is an integrated R&D company whose discovery and development activities are supported, in part, through relationships with Eli Lilly (Indianapolis, IN), Merck KGaA (Whitehouse Station, NJ) and Johnson & Johnson’s subsidiary Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals (Raritan, NJ). India’s Jubilant Biosys (Bangalore) and Suven Life Sciences (Hyderabad) are other examples of companies that have significant levels of collaborations with multinational firms. What distinguishes co-development from outsourcing is that under the former approach, the emerging-markets partner shares in longer-term risks and returns form commercialization projects. Such relationships are motivated, in part, by the desire on the part of multinationals to reduce drug development costs by tapping cheaper scientific labor in the emerging markets. Benefits to domestic firms include: access to financing for innovative projects, technological learning, sharing of future royalties, and reputational advantages of working closely with major global enterprises.
Our analysis revealed a number of important barriers that hinder entrepreneurial progress in health product innovation in the countries studied. Although many of the challenges are similar across the four countries studied, the underlying mechanisms that give rise to the challenges differ.
While all four countries have expanding capabilities in science and technology in general and life sciences in particular, access to specially trained personnel in health biotech innovation is often limited. The most common strategies to fill shortage of skilled labor have been to: a) increase science and technology capacity in general through investment in R&D, b) develop targeted training programs, and c) recruit highly trained personnel from abroad. As a result of the first strategy, all countries studied have increased their relative contribution to global scientific publications in recent years. In particular, China’s publication and citation rates have been rising substantially, making it the fifth largest publisher globally . This country’s scientific publications grew at an average annual rate of 16.5% between 1995–2005, compared with 4.7 and 8% for India and Brazil respectively . While this trend speaks to a strengthening of the science and technology base, it is often not sufficient to address shortages of specially trained personnel. Efforts by the emerging economies to train personnel domestically are not only time-consuming, but face challenges of their own. Many training programs relevant to health biotech in the emerging economies are based in university systems, which have been traditionally isolated from industry. As a result they are not perceived to be effective at detecting and addressing the changing industrial demands.
Nonetheless, some efforts in this regard are underway. For example, India’s Department of Biotechnology has a number of programs including sponsorship of post-graduate training in biotechnology and the provision of stipends for post-graduate students to work in the industry for six months. Similarly, Brazil has initiated a program that sponsors researchers’ salaries for a period of time while they work in the industry. South Africa’s human resource challenges seem related to the country’s inability to sufficiently retain highly trained individuals and the lack of a strong pharmaceutical manufacturing sector to provide a basic skill-set for further industrial development. Lastly, the Chinese, and to a lesser extent Indian, industries have been beneficiaries of returnees, who in many cases have obtained specialized training abroad and have strong scientific and commercial networks. China’s post-1978 policies towards overseas study allowed tens of thousands of Chinese students and scholars to go abroad for education and training. However, only an estimated 25% of these students return to China after their training . In response, the Chinese government has put in place an ambitious suite of programs and incentives to recruit back highly-trained Chinese professionals and academics from abroad, with mixed results . For instance, Simon and Cao find that these incentives have thus far failed to recruit the most-highly trained and accomplished groups . What is also uncertain is whether those who do return will be sufficiently supported to stay for the long term, and if the skewed compensation scheme in favor of returnees can be maintained without adversely affecting overall employee morale. What is clear is that China’s ambitious R&D infrastructure-building programs, as part of its overall goal to build an innovative and globally competitive bioeconomy, is likely to create ongoing demands for specialized skills in various areas. It remains to be seen whether current initiatives will be sufficient to meet this demand.
As many companies in the emerging economies have ventured into innovative activities only in recent years, their in-house R&D capabilities and infrastructure are often limited. A common strategy to obtain required services is to partner with researchers within universities and research institutes. This strategy is helpful to a degree but a number of factors detract from its effectiveness. These include the historical lack of an entrepreneurial culture within universities and the traditional isolation of the public and private sectors in these countries. Although governments have made some efforts to bridge the divide between public and private sectors – often through funding of collaborative projects – in most cases there is little indication that these efforts have made a significant impact. An exception to this may be China, where the involvement of government in many state-owned enterprises (SOEs) is thought to make interactions with universities and research institutes easier for these firms. In addition, China has embarked on an ambitious infrastructure-building exercise through its Hi-tech Parks Initiative. In the span of less than 20 years, the country has built 54 high-tech parks, an estimated 20 of which have a life sciences component. The largest of these is the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park in Shanghai. Initiated in 1992, this park occupies an area of 25 square kilometers and is already home to over 4,000 enterprises, with approximately 400 being life science companies, institutes and service providers. Other major life science clusters include Zhongguancun Life Science Park in Beijing, and bioBay in Suzhou, which is a joint project between China and Singapore. These parks offer a host of benefits and invariably have one or more incubator facilities, which especially cater to small and medium technology-based enterprises. While India and Brazil have a few clusters, that are similar in certain respects, the scale and speed of development in China is breathtaking by comparison.
One of the most common challenges facing innovation-inspired firms in the emerging economies relates to the clarity and effective enforcement of regulations governing health products. Again, while the outcome often manifests in delays in regulatory approval, the underlying causes often vary across nations. For instance, while a fragmented regulatory regime in India has historically posed serious challenges to the growth of the innovative health biotech sector, lack of practical experience on the part of Brazilian and South African regulators was thought to make product approval challenging in these countries. Other challenges in Brazil and South Africa were primarily related to delays in approval of clinical trials, which was perceived to detract from a major competitive advantage possessed by these countries. In recent years India has been in the process of reforming its biotech regulatory system by trying to institute a centralized regulatory agency called the National Biotechnology Regulatory Authority (NBRA). Long in coming and motivated in part by the desire to better regulate genetically modified crops, limitations on NBRA’s scope of activities serve to maintain the anachronistic separation of institutions that govern small- versus large-molecule drugs. In this sense, India is missing the opportunity to create a truly centralized regulatory agency, which can oversee all heath products and optimize resultant synergies. China’s regulatory regime has also had significant setbacks in recent years due to corruption scandals involving some high-ranking officials at the country’s SFDA. However, the agency has rebounded from these challenges and has recently made progress in a number of areas. For example, in early 2009 the SFDA instituted its Green Channel initiative, which is an expedited approval process, allowing regulators to waive requirements for Chinese trials for innovative new drugs, new combinations, and those targeted at unmet medical needs in the country. Furthermore, it has undertaken a variety of initiatives aimed at addressing product quality issues in the country’s vast and complex pharmaceutical sector.
The theoretical rationale underlying patenting is that it incentivizes innovation efforts by creating a temporary monopoly. The TRIPS agreement was an attempt to expand the number of countries and product classes where such markets could be established. Although evidence on the impact of strong IP protection on innovation efforts of firms in all sectors is mixed [25–31], the relationship has been much more firmly established in the pharmaceutical sector , albeit not in all countries . This is, in part, due to the fact that once discovered pharmaceutical products/molecules are relatively easy to copy and reproduce . While it is generally believed that IP protection incentivizes greater investments into innovative R&D activities, it is not the only driver of R&D expenditures. Market demand [35, 36], and enhanced market valuation are among other factors that tend to motivate firm-based R&D.
While biopharmaceutical firms in all four countries are increasingly cognizant of the importance of patenting, issues related to the efficiency of processing patent applications and effective enforcement of property rights continue to create uncertainty. In all of the countries studied except South Africa, a new pharmaceutical product patent regime was formally adopted between 1993 and 2005. While these countries are still adjusting to the new IP regime, they also struggle to minimize the negative impacts it might have for both public health and domestic industries. These attempts have resulted in country-specific peculiarities in patent legislation that serve to diminish associated incentives and have led to a few high-profile court cases – particularly in Brazil and India where patent rights have either been denied or not enforced as expected. Among the most controversial elements built into patent legislation are provisions related to compulsory-licensing and those that aim to curtail the practice of ‘ever-greening’, which allows companies to collect monopoly rents by patenting minor changes to a given drug whose patent life is about to expire. For instance, in September 2009, the Indian patent office rejected an application by Gilead Biosciences (Foster City, USA) for the anti-AIDS drug tenofovir, in part based on arguments that the application lacked sufficient inventiveness. Brazil had earlier declined patent rights for the same product, declaring it of interest to public health in that country. Under the new Indian patent act, new uses for existing products are not patentable unless they demonstrate improved efficacy . It is not yet clear how this will impact domestic companies, many of which are mainly concerned with improving existing technologies such as combination vaccines and new drug-delivery systems. Concerns regarding China’s patent regime stem primarily from the nature of its decentralized enforcement regime. Patent infringement cases are generally handled by municipal courts at the jurisdiction of the accused, introducing potential conflicts of interest into the process . Amendments to China’s patent legislation, which took effect in October 2009, are aimed at enhancing the quality of patents, improving enforcement and alignment of China’s approach with that of other major markets.
While private financing, especially from institutional investors, has been improving in the emerging markets in recent years, relatively few of these investors back companies that undertake highly innovative projects. Venture capital (VC) firms that have made investment in innovative companies include BioVeda China Fund (Shanghai), APIDC Ventureast Biotechnology Venture Fund (Hyderabad, India), DFJ-FIR Capital (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) and BioVentures (Cape Town, South Africa). Limitations on financial exits for investors are thought to be a key contributor to the shortage of VC investments in innovative companies. The BOVESPA-MAIS (São Paulo) branch of the Brazilian stock exchange and China’s recently launched Shenzhen Stock Exchange aim at improving the investment environment for technology-based companies. On rare occasions, they have listed in foreign stock exchanges as a way to achieve a more favorable valuation. Recent interest in company acquisition by multinational corporations in China and India may provide yet another avenue for investors to divest, and may eventually attract more investors into the sector. Volatility of stock markets, highly exaggerated price to earning ratios, and lack of sophisticated secondary markets are all detrimental to financing of high-risk innovation projects. The role of debt financing and the need to attract foreign capital in non-debt forms are crucial in the context of emerging markets. In the meantime, many companies in the emerging markets, particularly the small and medium enterprises, rely considerably on governmental support to finance innovation projects.
Overall commitment to science and technology development, as measured by national R&D expenditure, has been growing in all four emerging markets studied. China’s R&D expenditures as a portion of its gross domestic product (GDP) was 1.44% in 2007, amounting to approximately US$102 billion in purchasing power parity (PPP) – a more than doubling from its US$39 billion expenditure in 2002 . While India and Brazil’s expenditures remained fairly constant as a portion of GDP (at 0.78% for India and 1% for Brazil), their real R&D investments nearly doubled during the 2002–2007 period due to GDP growth – rising from approximately USD 13 to 25 billion in India and US$13 to 20 billion in Brazil in PPP [40, 41]. South Africa doubled its R&D expenditures between 1997 and 2005 when its overall R&D expenditures were 0.9% of GDP, approximately 53% of which was contributed by the business sector . In contrast, businesses R&D expenditures as a percentage of national expenditures constituted 29.6% in India, 44.7% in Brazil, and 70.4% in China in 2007 .
Among the countries studied, China has the largest pool of public money dedicated to its science and technology programs. It administers much of these funds through three key programs: the High-Tech Research Development Program (known as the 863 Program), the Torch Program, and the National Key Basic Research Program (known as the 973 Program). The Torch Program is perhaps of most direct significance to the industry as the other two primarily focus on basic research. This program has an array of initiatives designed to support development of new technology industries. Since its inception in 1988, it has facilitated the building of 54 National High-tech Parks, which are designed to integrate R&D, manufacturing and enterprise incubation. The Torch program also administers a 7 billion RMB (US$1.02 Billion) innovation fund (Innofund), which funded 11,980 firms from 1999–2007, with approximately 20% of funds devoted to biotechnology. China’s 12th Five-year Plan (2011–15) had dedicated US$308 billion to science and technology development with biotechnology as a priority sector for advancement.
India’s Department of Biotechnology (DBT) is the lead government agency that promotes biotechnology and pharmaceutical innovation in the country. DBT targets approximately one third of its annual budget – estimated at approximately Rs. 900 Crores (~US$201 M) for 2008/9 – to promoting public-private collaborations. Among its key programs supporting industrial R&D is the Small Business Innovation Research Initiative (SBIRI), which in 2009 provided funding for 48 projects within enterprises. The DBT’s other key foci are in skill development and regulatory reform. The overall contribution from other agencies, particularly with respect to support of R&D within enterprises has been more modest thus far.
In Brazil, the Studies and Projects Funding (FINEP) Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology is the key program that supports enterprise R&D. Through a series of initiatives, including sector-specific funds and investments in venture capital funds, FINEP aims to advance innovation within the industrial sector. One of its latest initiatives is the Prime Program (Primeira Empresa Inovadora), which aims at supporting approximately 5,000 technology-based startup companies between 2009–2011. It offers R$120,000 (~US$68,000) in grants to each enterprise over the first year, followed by interest-free loans for qualifying applicant during the subsequent year.
The 2001 National Biotechnology Strategy in South Africa was the key policy instrument that highlighted the need to capture the commercial opportunities offered by biotechnology. The strategy led to the establishment of Biotechnology Regional Innovation Centers (BRICS), the main government initiatives in biotech development. The South African government had earmarked 450 million Rands ($58 million) from 2004–2007 for related initiatives .
Overall, governments in China, India, Brazil and South Africa have played a crucial catalytic role in spurring health product innovation within the private sector – albeit on a limited scale. While all of the countries studied have housed strong universities and research institutes for decades, to kindle innovative activities within the private sector has required more focused government policies. It is noteworthy that the mere adoption of a product patent regime in pharmaceuticals by China in 1993 (even prior to its adoption of the TRIPS agreement and its enforcement in 2001), by Brazil in 1997, and the expectation of the pending TRIPS enforcement in India in 2005 were not sufficient, on their own, to spur significant entrepreneurial investment into the development of novel health products. Rather, entrepreneurial commitment to innovation, as a trend, became noticeable concomitant with increased government support for innovation within the entrepreneurial sector. In our experience the majority of emerging market companies that undertake innovation projects, with the objective to develop novel products, have benefited from governmental assistance. The more recent and targeted government policies attempt to increase entrepreneurial commitment to innovative R&D by direct subsidization of these efforts and/or through indirect measures. The latter mechanisms include building of shared R&D infrastructure, particularly in China, enhancing entrepreneurial access to public-sector R&D resources in Brazil, support of technology-focused venture capital funds most notably in China and Brazil, and the creation of Biotechnology Regional Innovation Centers in South Africa. It remains to be seen whether governmental efforts in these nations will be of sufficient scale and duration to help galvanize the private investments necessary for a successful transition to innovative sectors.
Relatively high and fast-rising domestic consumption is undoubtedly contributing to the biopharmaceutical sector’s development in the key emerging markets studied. At the same time, how governments implement cost-containment and central procurement measures may have considerable implications for innovation within the sector – particularly for diseases that predominantly affect local, and other developing world, populations.
Four key trends point to the globalization of health innovation, with a growing integration of emerging market firms, particularly evident in India and China. These trends add to existing relationships between pharmaceutical MNCs and emerging market firms, which have, until recent years, been largely limited to contract manufacturing and marketing. First, as discussed previously, there is an increasing number of co-development partnerships between firms in China and India and their foreign counterparts. Through these partnerships, companies in emerging economies have developed capabilities that have enabled independent basic research and commercialization. Second, large multinational corporations finance some innovation projects within emerging market firms in return for future development/marketing rights. These relationships rely on development of IP generated and/or owned by the emerging market partner. This practice has augmented the capabilities of emerging-economy partners with crucial relationships that subsequently enable independent commercialization and marketing activities. Third, the emergence of R&D services-based businesses that provide sophisticated and cost-effective research, development, and manufacturing should further augment innovative capabilities of the sectors as a whole at a time when the independent innovative capacity of multinational companies may be waning. Fourth, another emerging trend is the acquisition of domestic biopharmaceutical firms by foreign entities and the growing presence of the former in other nations. Examples of the first include recent acquisition of: India’s Shantha Biotechnics (Hyderabad) and Brazil’s Medley (São Paulo) by Sanofi Aventis (Paris, France), Piramal Healthcare (Mumbai) by Abbot Laboratories (Abbott Park, IL), India’s Ranbaxy by Takeda (Daiichi Sankyo, Tokyo), South Africa’s Vision Biotech (Cape Town) by Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. (Waltham, MA), and China’s Guangdong Techpool Bio-Pharma (Guangzhou) by the Swiss drug maker Nycomed (Zurich, now part of Osaka-based Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.). Select emerging market firms have also ventured to expand their global presence through acquisitions or setting up subsidiaries. For instance, China’s CapitalBio Corporation has subsidiaries in San Diego (USA) and Hong Kong, Piramal Healthcare has a subsidiary in Canada (Torcan Chemical Ltd., Aurora). The above trends, as well as domestic industry consolidation serve to augments capabilities and enhance specialization, which makes indigenous enterprises more competitive globally.
Whether integration into the global system, on balance, proves beneficial to the emerging markets, or other developing nations, remains an open question. The suggestion here is merely that this phenomenon is indeed taking shape and in doing so is creating new opportunities – as well as new challenges – for emerging market entrepreneurs.
This study shows that while China, India, Brazil and South Africa vary in certain respects, entrepreneurs in each of these countries aspire to become innovative in biopharmaceuticals, and have made inroads against this objective. Regardless of geography, these entrepreneurs are affected by similar forces and often respond in analogous ways. There are important similarities in national approaches to: enhancing innovative capabilities, breaking down innovation barriers, financing innovative activities often through innovative business models, collaborating with international firms, profiting from intellectual property, and to facing global competition. The commonalities highlight that biopharmaceutical firms in the China, India, Brazil and South Africa are influenced by forces emanating, in part, from industry globalization. Consequently, their responses carry implications for the global industry as a whole.
Our research shows that the trajectories of companies in the developed and emerging economies are becoming increasingly intertwined. Few of the firms we studied planned on developing novel therapeutics for global consumption fully on their own because they do not have the necessary technical and financial resources and cannot tolerate the associated investment risks. As a result, promising leads in development within the emerging market firms will likely find a home within the pipelines of major global players, or be developed through collaborative arrangements with other firms. Enhanced innovative capabilities in the emerging markets, the associated cost arbitrage, and improved IP protection regimes are increasingly facilitating outsourcing of R&D activities from pharmaceutical MNCs to emerging market firms. Yet many of the companies we studied also aspired to global competitiveness within an element of the value chain. The new pattern that seems to be emerging is a globally disintegrated drug development value chain with greater participation of the emerging markets at different stages of activity. This is not to suggest that this evolution will reduce diversity in business models. Indeed the opposite is likely to be true as companies carve out specific niches within an expansive, global value-chain.
In summary, the ultimate outcome of each country’s collective activity is likely to be shaped as much by global factors as local conditions. It is exceedingly important to realize that success in biopharmaceutical innovation is about the hard work of adapting scientifically, nationally and globally all at the same time. The implication is that countries that can best understand this complexity and situate their own strengths vis-à-vis the broader global value chain will be most likely to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. It is also possible that the globalization of biopharmaceutical innovation will have deleterious effects on domestic industries in the emerging markets, and on access to health technologies in the developing world. Failure to sufficiently adapt to new realities could, for instance, lock emerging market firms into low-value segments of the innovation value chain for years to come, and/or limit their growth prospects by preventing access to new technologies. These areas deserve further study and continued vigilance to minimize adverse impacts on emerging market industries and pharmaceutical access.
Notwithstanding above observations, recent developments in the emerging markets have the potential to change the global drug development model itself, with a promise to making it more productive and accessible. It offers the possibility for more cost-effective innovations and significant impacts on health systems everywhere. Technological upgrading within many of the existing pharmaceutical manufacturers in the emerging markets is leading to a more competitive global pharmaceutical generics market – leading to lower drug prices. At the same time, we are witnessing the birth of a highly integrated global industry when it comes to innovation – promising greater therapeutic choice and lower drug development costs. In this respect, emerging markets with greater economies of scale, in terms of domestic market size, and the scope of capabilities built over time appear to be in an advantageous position. The implication is that smaller countries such as South Africa with more limited biopharmaceutical purchasing power and skill-base to build on appear to be at a disadvantage vis-à-vis China and India. Similarly, historical dominance of the state sector and a host of other institutional factors contribute to dampening Brazil’s potential when it comes to health technology innovation. On the whole however, greater involvement of the entrepreneurial sectors in the emerging markets in health innovation holds considerable promise for patients everywhere.
We gratefully acknowledge the comments of Jocalyn Clark. We recognize contributions of the late Sara Al-Bader to earlier drafts and her work on the South African case study. We are grateful to Stephen M. Sammut for his contributions to this study at earlier stages of this work. We acknowledge contributions of Halla Thorsteinsdöttir, Charles Gardner, Mario Gobbo, Hannah Kettler, Andrew Taylor, and Marsha Wulff in shaping the overall project design. We are indebted to the numerous interviewees in Brazil, China, India, and South Africa for sharing their time, experiences and insights with us. This research was funded by Genome Canada through the Ontario Genomics Institute (Toronto), the Ontario Research Fund (Toronto), Rockefeller Foundation (New York) and BioVentures for Global Health (Washington, DC, USA). RR was supported through a Doctoral Research Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and is currently supported through a post-doctoral fellowship from the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (Vancouver) and the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. This research was based at the Sandra Rotman Centre (SRC), based at the University of Toronto and the University Health Network (Toronto). SRC is financially supported from a variety of sources found at http://www.srcglobal.org.
PAS is on the scientific advisory board of BioVeda China fund.
ASD, PAS and SEF participated in study design, sourcing of research funds and review/revisions of manuscript drafts. RR and SEF conducted interviews and drafted the manuscript. AM contributed to research design, and revisions to manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. | 2019-04-20T10:56:24 | https://health-policy-systems.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1478-4505-10-18 |
Wouldn’t it be GREAT to end this Holiday Season LIGHTER than you were when it started?
This 8-week program starts anytime in November and eight weeks later. This program will help you survive the dangers of Thanksgiving to New Years’ time—the time of year when most people gain weight. It is very easy to let working out slide during the busy holiday season…and let’s not even talk about all the opportunities for eating rich foods! Most people ring in the New Year sporting at least a couple of extra pounds. Get a jump-start on your new-year weight loss with this program…you’ll be SO glad you did come the new year when everyone else is just getting started on his or her weight loss.
You will have the information you need to exercise at home for body toning and/or weight loss, and also a diet strategy to avoid those extra holiday pounds.
Includes: 2 in-home personal training sessions, eight-week individualized exercise program, and individualized diet guidelines. Rates may vary based on our travel. This package starts at $309.
This plan offers all the benefits of the Bronze plan, but your program will have more variety, which will yield better results and help squelch boredom. Your diet will include specific meal templates to help you plan meals and snacks that fit your guidelines with ease. You will also learn a new motivational tactic every other week to help you gain willpower to stick to the program, and enjoy an in-home personal training session with your trainer every other week to help with form, improved results, and motivation.
Includes: 4 in-home personal training sessions, two separate (to be alternated) eight-week individualized exercise programs, and individualized diet guidelines that include meal templates. Rates may vary based on our travel, but this package starts at $569.
This plan offers all the benefits of the Gold plan, but you will also receive a personalized supplement regimen recommendation for accelerated results. You will enjoy even more variety in your workouts because you will meet with the trainer once per week and have a completely different workout every time you see the trainer. You will learn a new motivational tactic every week rather than every other week. You will stay motivated because the trainer will be coming every week to check up on you and give you a great workout!
Includes: 8 in-home personal training sessions, two separate (to be alternated) eight-week individualized exercise programs, and individualized diet guidelines that include meal templates. Rates may vary based on our travel, but this package starts at $914.
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What makes the new Zachry Engineering Education Complex special?
What exactly is an active learning studio?
As students step inside a learning studio, instead of desks, the Zachry Engineering Education Complex (ZACH) learning studios offer technology worktables with wireless connectivity and multidevice sharing screens. Each worktable accommodates up to four students and their devices.”We have rethought the classroom experience to accommodate today’s technology-savvy students,” said M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean. The ZACH is one of the largest active learning spaces in the country with 18, 96-person learning studios, 14, 48-person learning studios, 1, 36-person learning studios and 5, 24-person learning studios.
Did you know? The Zachry Engineering Education Complex is the largest academic building on campus, large enough for two Boeing 747s placed end to end.
The ZACH expands the original Zachry Engineering Center’s footprint by more than 200,000 square feet. | 2019-04-23T08:34:56 | https://zachry.tamu.edu/features/ |
The word “carnivorous”, which appears in the title of this book, means “meat-eating”, and once you have read such a bloodthirsty word, there is no reason to read any further. This carnivorous volume contains such a distressing story that consuming any of its contents would be far more stomach-turning than even the most imbalanced meal.
To avoid causing discomfort, it would be best if I didn’t mention any of the unnerving ingredients of this story, particularly a confusing map, an ambidextrous person, an unruly crowd, a wooden plank, and Chabo the Wolf Baby.
Sadly for me, my time is filled with researching and recording the displeasing and disenchanting lives of the Baudelaire orphans. But your time might be better filled with something more palatable, such as eating your vegetables, or feeding them to someone else (goodreads.com).
After traveling rather far in the trunk of Olaf’s car the Baudelaire children finally arrive at Olaf’s destination, the Caligari Carnival, where he wants to meet up with his fortunate teller in order to find out some information about the Baudelaires. Apparently, this is how he has been able to find the orphans no matter where they end up.
Once the children figure out that they don’t have anywhere to go because they are out in the middle of nowhere, they decide to disguise themselves as freaks in order to get a job at the carnival’s Freak Show. Klaus and Violet become a two-headed person and Sunny dresses up as a wolf baby using some of the costumes that were found in the truck of Olaf’s car.
While in disguise the children figure out that the fortune teller may not be who she says she is and one of their parents may still be alive and may be hiding in the distant mountains. After much thought they end up having to join Olaf’s crew in order to get to the mountains. The book ends with them traveling with Olaf and his associates to the mountains and is left on a huge cliffhanger after something happens with the children!
I thought the plot to this book was interesting because this time we get to see the Baudelaires in disguise and Count Olaf as himself. The children do a great job with their disguises and manage to fool everyone for quite some time. While in disguise the children learn that being a person with a deformity or strange talent at this Freak Show isn’t that great. They are laughed at constantly and treated horribly. It is a good lesson for children to learn that you shouldn’t treat people differently because they may be a bit different than you.
The pace of the book was great and I was fairly interested in the story from beginning to end, especially because I wanted to figure out why the book is entitled the Carnivorous Carnival, which you don’t discover until the near end of the book. I was also pleased to sort of find out something about the initials V.F.D. The ending was also great and I am enjoying that the endings are left on a bit of a cliffhanger to make you really want to read the next book.
The one thing that I didn’t like about the book was the crowed at the end as well as the characters who didn’t seem to care that they were sacrificing someone to be eaten by a bunch of ravenous lions. Everyone was really excited about it and that just doesn’t seem right at all.
The new characters introduced in this book are several people in the freak show. There is Hugo who has a hunchback, Kevin who is ambidextrous so he thinks he is a freak, and Colette the contortionist. So far they haven’t played too much of a role in the story, but it seems that they will be in the next book since they are following Count Olaf.
Another character introduced, who won’t be in another book, is Madame Lulu the fortune teller. She ends up not being who she says she is and the children attempt to have her help them, but you know how that goes.
The Baudelaires were entertaining because they had to disguise themselves and become someone else, which took them out of their comfort zone. It was great reading about all the problems they encountered, but I was surprised at how well they were able to pull it off. Also, Sunny is becoming better at speaking, so not everything she says has to be translated anymore!
The writing is about the same as it has been in all the other books, so you will know what to expect. Again, several things are explained to younger readers, but it doesn’t really distract from the story.
This is a great addition to the series and I believe the books keep getting better. I think we are just a little closer to solving all the mysteries! | 2019-04-23T18:03:46 | https://navigatingneverland.org/2015/06/01/the-carnivorous-carnival-a-series-of-unfortunate-events-9-by-lemony-snicket/ |
Father's day is fast approaching and to celebrate,as we do every year, it is time to invite the Dads, Uncles, Grandfathers, or Guardians to join their young person in the gym from Monday 3rd through to Saturday 8th September.
All gymnasts are urged to invite their adult to participate in their class which will be full of fun games and partnered activities. This is a chance for the adults to work along side their young person and experience first hand the amazing gymnasts that they are becoming.
Throughout the week we will be collecting donations for the Cancer Council, so dont forget to bring your gold coins! | 2019-04-26T14:34:45 | https://www.kaygeesgymnastics.com.au/latest-news-a/2018/9/4/bring-a-dad-to-gym-week |
What is One Laptop per Child?
One Laptop per Child is a project of a United States’ nonprofit organization appropriately titled, One Laptop per child Association Inc.
The One Laptop per Child is led by the organization’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Rodrigo Halabay, who always envisioned the World to be a land of opportunity and promise for all of its inhabitants.
This belief, in essence, strove Halabay to start this ambitious effort, which places its primary focus on the development, construction and deployment of the XO-1 (a small, mass-produced laptop that is shipped all over the world) laptop to underprivileged students throughout the world.
The One Laptop per Child Association is a charitable organization aimed at providing educational tools (not just laptops) to the developing world. The organization became one of the more popular not-for-profit groups in the world when it began commercially producing the XO-1 laptop.
This specific laptop was designed for deployment and use in developing nations; it’s small, easy to use and utilizes innovative educational technologies. The X0-1 laptop is the primary mechanism to institute the One Laptop per Child’s ultimate mission—the main project of the group is to carry-out the so-called “$100 laptop.” Announced in 2005 at the World Economic Forum, the “$100 laptop”, would be deployed under-privileged schools throughout the world to aid impoverished students in an assortment of subjects.
Working with various technological companies and schools, such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, the developers and leaders of the One Laptop per Child initiative offered an innovative low cost laptop which was formally deployed to schools in the developing world in the latter portion of 2007.
The X0-1 laptop contains a number of specialized traits which make it suitable for the Association’s lofty goals. Some of the specs on the laptop include: individual child ownership, open source, saturation, low ages for users and connectivity. In addition, the Xo-1 Laptop utilizes a Linux-based operating system and is reinforced with sturdy materials to create a rugged and durable shell.
The work of the One Laptop per Child was made possible through the support of a numerous innovators and tech giants, including Intel, Google, Red hat, News Corporation and eBay.
Child development refers to the psychological and emotional changes that occur in human beings between birth and the end of adolescence. Child development, in essence, is the growth process from dependency to a state of increasing autonomy.
As a result of the numerous influences during this stage of growth, particularly genetic factors and events during prenatal life, the field of genetics and parental development are considered fundamental studies of child development. Other related terms include developmental psychology and pediatrics, which is the branch of medicine relating to the care of children.
Changes to a child’s development may occur as a result of a genetically controlled process, known as maturation, or as a result of environmental fluctuations or factors, including what the child learns from school or his or her friends.
Furthermore, influences in the child development stage may arise as a result of human nature and the ability to learn from the environment around us; all human beings are in possession of a keen sense to adapt to their surroundings—this is what child development most astutely encompasses.
The field of child development, as a result of the all-encompassing nature of information this stage possesses, is broken into specific areas experienced during the maturation phase.
Some age-related development periods and examples of a solidified interval include: newborn (ages 0-1 month); infant (ages 1 month to 1 year)l toddler (ages 1-3 years); preschooler (ages 4-6 years); school-aged children (ages 6-13 years); adolescent )ages (13-20).
With these classifications in mind, some organizations will alter the naming or groupings depending on the particular objective or course of study. For instance, some institutions, such as the World Association for Infant Mental Health, will use the term infant to encompass a broad category, including all children ages zero to three.
Child development is painstakingly researched and studied as a result of the importance of the cycle; the optimal development of a child is considered vital to society. As a result of this importance, it is crucial to understand the social, emotional, cognitive and educational development of children.
The increased efforts, in regards to overall interest and research in the field of child development, has resulted in the creation of new theories and strategies, with specific regard to practice that promotes development within the educational system. | 2019-04-22T07:35:50 | https://children-laws.laws.com/child-development |
Welcome to Cobble Creek Farm! We are a family owned Adirondack farm just outside the village of North Creek. Visit our website to find out everything you need to know about the farm including our vegetable share options, organic growing, pig options, poultry, and maple syrup. | 2019-04-22T20:00:11 | https://www.goremountain.com/businesses/cobble-creek-farm |
CARING FOR YOU HOME SERVICES LTD is a specialist in care in the home for all our clients needs. We operate out of Sudbury in Suffolk, and cover the surrounding towns and villages in a 10 mile raduis (further on request). We have clients in Sudbury, Lavenham, Long Melford, Glemsford, Great Waldingfield and many other villages.
There are times in our lives when we may require some help with our day to day living. This can simply be following a stay in hospital, or help on a short or long term basis due to general ill health, disability or lack of mobility. | 2019-04-21T22:15:21 | https://infolink.suffolk.gov.uk/kb5/suffolk/infolink/service.page?id=3thMc3-Merk |
Plus Model Magazine recently released the January 2012. In it is a spread showing a size 14 plus sized model standing next to, hugging, and embracing a runway model. The contrast is stark and shows the extreme thinness of the runway model. She kinda scares me actually.
And the size fourteen is beautiful. Her name is Katya Zharkova and she is Russian. She is lovely and even though there is "extra flesh" there is something very pleasing about her lines and curves. I realized what it was, she looks normal.
This makes sense when one realizes that the average American woman is size 14 or over. And the average clothing manufacturer makes clothing for women size 14 or under. Twenty years ago, a runway model was size two to size eight, and a plus size model was size 12 to size 18. Think Emme.
Today, a plus sized model is a size 6 to a size 14. !!??
As a woman in America, I have never particularly thought of myself as pretty. I have seen myself as strong, or attractive, or clearly confident. Pretty was never an adjective I aspired to. When I grew up, you were either pretty or smart. I wanted Smart. I wanted to be annoying smug Hermoine Granger and not Cho Chang who ruined it for everyone because she wasn't strong enough to fight back.
And as far as my size goes. I am a big girl. I am almost six feet tall, and the last time I was a size 12 I was 12. I was in junior high school. I was a swimmer and strong muscles do not allow for a girl being a size nuthin.' Most of us who swam the fly were sizes 10-14. Only one girl I know is still a size 10, and it is because she still swims and runs, and even works as a coach. The rest of us are real people who exercise as a part of our daily lives, but not as a profession anymore.
One question I have is whether or not the sizes have remained constant throughout the years. It seems that a size ten today is the equivalent of a size something completely different years ago, and the size ten is different for different manufacturers.
The bottom line is that size 6 is not the new anything. It remains that a number is just a number. What we assign to it in terms of social meaning is up to us.
The sizes have changed. I read a report showing the body area in inches and then the size by he Decade. A size 8 in the 1940's is different then a size 8 in the 50's, 60's, 70's, etc.
I would love to see this report. Do you know where I can get my hands on a copy?
I think that by showing the two models naked embracing they are not trying to say, "Look, fat is better" but rather embrace your size whatever it is because WOMEN are beautiful, PEOPLE are beautiful. And yeah, manufacturers are making smaller size numbers represent larger clothes.
I don't think anyone is trying to any size is better. I certainly am not, and I don't think the model is fat, by any means. Thanks for this, I appreciate the feedback and will soon post about a women's weekend I went on where I learned that bodies are beautiful. Coolest thing I have ever learned in the moment. | 2019-04-22T00:32:36 | http://www.debutantegonewrong.com/2012/01/6-is-new-14.html |
Originally posted September 5, 2014.
So nice I can confidently read a book without the worry of running into F bombs and constant expletives used as everything from adjectives to adverbs. And as any regular reader of this blog is aware, I tend to more mystery, thriller and suspense than romance. This was my one romance book of the year.
Loved the concept of the idea–a quilt by Christmas–a charming legacy to contemplate (and one my husband’s mother bequeathed to her children and grandchildren for years before her death). I’m sure I tried for this Giveaway on Goodreads because I loved the cover.
This is more of a familiar old-time love story with a time-honored plot that gets to end happily ever after then we have read in some time. I became a fan of Justin early on, but became a little tired of Taryn’s constant wringing of hands as she anguished ad-nauseum about her “secret” and how to handle it with Justin. With her background of rejection, one could understand her lack of confidence and reluctance to place herself in a position of possible rejection again. However, she had found a measure of success in less emotional avenues (teaching). I loved the character of Grandma Jemma. Both the engaging characters and the hometown North Carolina atmosphere weave a tight visual and emotional plot.
I really liked the quilt theme (and the wonderful promo card that I received along with the winning book), but missed seeing in the book an explanation of an “Irish chain quilt.” Loved the cover anyway and on the whole, found it an enjoyable and quick read.
I got this book as a Goodreads Giveaway and highly recommend as a sweet, clean change of pace.
Jodie Bailey is the CBA Best-selling author of novels about freedom and the heroes who fight for it. Her second novel, Crossfire, was a RT Reviewers’ Choice Award winner and her contemporary romance Quilted by Christmas received the Selah Award and spent two months on the CBA Bestseller List. Jodie is also a public speaker and teacher who packs her novels with the knowledge she’s gained as an Army wife.
In college, she met the love of her life—a soldier who rides a Harley and jumps out of airplanes for fun. This prompted a whole lot of moving from place to place, and she had no idea how much those moves would work their way into her stories. For ten years, she pursued her second love, teaching. Now a full-time writer, she still teaches part-time because the kids keep her young and, every once in awhile, she needs some time away from the imaginary characters. Jodie currently lives in North Carolina with her husband, her daughter, and two dogs who think they rule the world. Series website here.
So appreciate the reblog! Thank you. | 2019-04-21T07:14:44 | https://rosepointpublishing.com/2018/01/25/throwbackthursday-author-jodie-bailey-book-review/ |
Deciding on floors is a big decision and when you’ve narrowed things down, now choosing between concrete vs. vinyl plank, there’s a lot to consider.
Concrete is a new trend in the home design circuit, and with good reason. With the promise of a chic, long-lasting style, many homeowners are gravitating toward this industrial option.
Vinyl plank is an alternative to hardwood that’s gotten high praise in the industry as well. Gorgeous aesthetics and affordability – so enticing all the way around.
Both these great floors don’t make choosing easy, that’s for sure. So, we’ve created this comparison guide to decipher between the top qualities and inevitable downsides of concrete and vinyl plank flooring, to hopefully help give you a clear winner.
Concrete, of course, is an incredibly tough and durable flooring type. After all, it’s what’s used for sidewalks, parking lots, and cross-country highways.
It can manage the weight of cars and now it’s being used as a long-lasting floor option in residential settings, too. Concrete won’t buckle under heavy furniture and it’s difficult to scratch, making it a solid option (literally) in any household.
Vinyl plank is also rather durable in that scratches and marks won’t be easily distinguishable, but it’s far more penetrable than concrete. Sharp objects will surely pierce the surface of vinyl plank so clumsy cooks will want to hold on tight to knives and forks in the kitchen.
But keep that in mind that with concrete, fragile items will definitely shatter upon contact with the super hard surface. So, maybe just work on being less clumsy.
Concrete will last for decades, even after years of foot traffic, while vinyl plank flooring, depending on its thickness, can last as little as five years (although some vinyl plank can last for 20).
What’s more is that vinyl plank can’t be refinished so once it is worn down, you’ll have to replace the entire floor. On the other hand, concrete can be refinished and sealed multiple times to help it last longer.
As with all types of flooring, cost varies depending on quality and style but overall, vinyl plank should cost you less. Ranging from $3 to $7 per square foot, you can install vinyl plank yourself, keeping costs relatively low. The only prerequisite is a smooth subfloor, meaning if you need to level everything out, you’ll want to include that in the budget.
Since most subfloors are already concrete, you may not need to install anything at all. But chances are, you’ll want to refinish the floors for a polished look. Refinishing concrete floors can cost anywhere from $2 to $30 per square foot, so in some cases it certainly could be less costly than installing vinyl plank.
But, the real money will be spent if you need to install fresh concrete on top of getting it refinished. It’ll cost you between $2 to $15 per square foot and it’s crucial to get professional installation since the process can actually be quite dangerous. Unlike vinyl plank with easy glue-on application or “click and lock” installation.
Conversely, vinyl plank isn’t very versatile. Once worn down, you’re looking at replacing it completely, as previously mentioned. But with concrete, if you decide you want to switch it up, you can just lay new flooring right on top. Plus, with the ability to refinish and its long-lasting nature, concrete is much more versatile.
While you may assume that concrete is just a drab, industrial-looking, uneven surface only feasible for driveways and basements, this option has come a long way in aesthetics. Concrete is available in a wide variety of colors and textures that look stunning in a modern home.
In some cases, color is directly mixed into wet concrete before installation for uniform pigments. Otherwise, pre-laid concrete can be dyed and stained for a polished look. With just a bit of refinishing and sealing, your floors will be beautifully smooth or stylishly textured to your liking.
Vinyl plank is made to resemble hardwood and does a respectable job of it. Even some experts can’t tell the difference between them. Coming in a plethora of different hues and styles, you can have gorgeous wood-look floors at a fraction of the cost in practically any shade you prefer.
One downside of vinyl plank is that it will fade when exposed to sunlight – something that won’t occur with concrete. Especially if you have a skylight or floor-to-ceiling windows, it’s important to know before you buy. Coatings can help prevent or prolong the process but investing in some decent curtains and blinds for your windows won’t hurt.
One of the biggest differences between concrete and vinyl plank is the level of comfort and vinyl plank definitely wins this race.
Concrete is extremely unforgiving and standing on its surface for long periods of time can wreak havoc on joints and lower backs. On top of that slip and falls will be far more painful on concrete vs. vinyl plank.
Another advantage that vinyl plank has on concrete is that vinyl plank acts as an insulator. Concrete gets freakishly cold and can be extremely slippery while vinyl plank holds heat (and sound, for that matter) well.
Both floors are extremely low-maintenance when it comes to concrete and vinyl plank cleaning, only requiring some sweeping, vacuuming and a wet mop with mild cleaning products. You should wax concrete occasionally, somewhere between every 3 to 9 months.
Vinyl plank doesn’t even need waxing. In fact, you shouldn’t really wax it at all. In general, you probably couldn’t find floors that are easier to maintain than vinyl plank, which is a good thing in every regard.
With concrete and vinyl plank, there are a few more notable advantages and disadvantages of both.
The first is that vinyl plank is 100% waterproof while concrete is not. This makes vinyl plank a fantastic option for kitchens, bathrooms, and basements since spills and leaks won’t affect it. Concrete, being susceptible to water, can actually become hospitable to mildew and mold of water seeps into its pores, which certainly isn’t ideal.
If you value eco-friendliness and sustainability, it’ll be tough to choose which is better when it comes to concrete and vinyl plank, essentially because they’re both not very environmentally conscious.
One positive for concrete is that most subfloors already consist of concrete. So, if all it takes is a bit of refinishing, you’re actually not using any extra resources. But, installing new concrete floors expels high amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere – not good.
Vinyl plank flooring is easy on energy levels in that it’s a good insulator, meaning you’ll be using fewer resources to heat or cool your home on a daily basis. However, vinyl plank is not biodegradable and will be spending its dying days in a landfill. Plus, it can release harmful emissions as well – also not good.
If you’re in the market to put floors in your kitchen or bathroom, it’s probably better to go with vinyl plank since it’s absolutely waterproof, while concrete is not. The only thing you’ll have to worry about with vinyl plank in the kitchen is sharp objects nicking the floors. So, hold on to your forks.
Another thing to consider is: who will be gracing those floors? If your aging mother-in-law lives in your basement, it’s probably best to install vinyl plank. It’s much softer than concrete – repeat, much softer – so potential slip and falls will be a lot more graceful. Plus, joints will be less achy.
Similarly, if you have young children running around or a toddler just learning to walk, concrete won’t be the best option for you. Falling down repeatedly on concrete won’t be a good time for anyone.
Concrete will be the perfect option for anyone looking for modern flair. It’s great if you place a high value on being trendy.
It’s one of the latest trends in interior design. A refinished concrete floor will bring a chic, industrial feel to your space. It’s durable, long-lasting and since it comes in a wide range of color and texture options, the end result is truly stunning.
Plus, if you are, in fact, flooring an industrial building that houses heavy machinery, for instance, concrete floors will do the job – and, these days, look good doing it.
Overall, most people will probably choose vinyl plank. It’s easier to DIY, looks fantastic, and works in most rooms. But for those who dare to be different, concrete is a trendy option that’s sure to turn heads.
Concrete is tough, durable, and long-lasting, coming in so many styles it’ll make your head spin. Simply, rip off that carpet and usually you’ll find concrete underneath. With a simple refinish, you’ll be enjoying simply gorgeous floors.
Vinyl plank is often totally waterproof, easy on joints, and you can install it on your own. Resembling true hardwood floors, it’s an affordable way to have beauty beneath your feet. | 2019-04-25T02:07:45 | https://floorcritics.com/concrete-vs-vinyl-plank-flooring/ |
Fundamentally we believe that good wine is primarily made in the vineyard by producing healthy, ripe intense flavoured grapes. The importance of the winery is to put into the bottle the largest possible potential of the fruit we produce.
We ferment all varieties and selections in separate tanks. As we use only natural yeast, the first couple of tanks may be a bit slow in starting fermentation, but after a couple of days all tanks ferment without any problems. When fermentation is finished, we take the wine off the skins and put it in barriques, larger “botti” or steel, depending on the wine for malolactic fermentation and ageing, which can last between 12 and 24 months. We reduce the use of sulphites to the absolute minimum necessary to achieve the best quality. We use a small percentage of new oak barriques so as not to spoil the fantastic varietal character expressed by our grapes in this unique territory.
From the heart of the beautiful Chianti Classico hills, close to Siena in Tuscany, tradition and innovation, natural viticulture and balanced winemaking. | 2019-04-21T22:56:25 | http://www.tenutacappellina.com/the-winery/ |
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2015 On the reversal bias of the Minimax social choice correspondence. (2015). Gori, Michele ; bubboloni, daniela. In: Papers. RePEc:arx:papers:1508.05948. | 2019-04-20T04:59:14 | http://citec.repec.org/s/2018/flowpaper.html |
We’re moving offices! To make what’s inevitably going to be a very painful process just a little bit easier, we’re liquidating the office cellar.
Each case contains 12 bottles of red wine and is conservatively valued at $300 RRP. I packed them myself, so can guarantee that there’s not a bad bottle amongst them - it’s all bloody good booze. At just $10 / bottle it's the bargain of the century. Enjoy! | 2019-04-21T10:08:07 | https://www.thewinecollective.com.au/products/ceo-mystery-reds-mixed-case |
It seems that vintage Singer machine enthusiasts either love or hate their original "button" type foot controller. Besides being awkward and uncomfortable to use, the carbon disk resistance system inside them which provides the speed control by design gets hot with use, and is prone to breakage and mis-adjustment. When plugged in there is always power going to to the foot controller since there is no off switch (except for just the light) on the vintage Singers. This can make for a dangerous situation.
This modern replacement foot controller is much more comfortable and offers better speed control than the Singer button type controller. The modern solid-state design offers better ergonomics, lighter weight, better speed control, and is safer.
These are available for most vintage Singers as follows. Choose the one you want from the Cord Connection Options pull-down menu.
Comes complete with wires installed.
Note: If you would like this controller supplied with some other cord set we will be glad to make that up for you. Just contact us by email and we will get you what you want. | 2019-04-19T21:02:01 | http://www.quilters-connection.com/shop/Singer-301-Parts/p/Electronic-Foot-Controller-x39842740.htm |
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With the new method, strains of the fungi that produce aflatoxin are overwhelmed through the introduction of related but entirely harmless strains. These were identified and tested through several years of meticulous research supported by the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and carried out in collaboration with the Agriculture Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture, University of Arizona in the USA, University of Bonn in Germany and University of Ibadan in Nigeria.
Researchers found that inoculum containing the beneficial strains can be produced most efficiently on sorghum grain, resulting in a dry formulation, which can then be broadcast on moist soil in farmers’ maize fields. Laboratory and field tests have demonstrated that the harmless strains spread quickly from the soil to maize plants, where they reduce aflatoxin-producing strains on maize grain by 91 to almost 100 percent. A single application is sufficient to control the problem in the crop treated, though a few additional applications may be required to achieve long-term control in farmers´ fields. Large-scale testing of the new method is currently under way in Nigeria.
Aflatoxins are produced by various fungi, such as Apergillus flavus and A. parasiticus, which grow as molds on staple grains and root crops both before harvest and in storage. Contamination of maize causes particular concern, because it is sub-Saharan Africa’s most important cereal.
The toxins are especially damaging to children. Continuous exposure has been shown to stunt growth and even contribute to infant mortality when coinciding with kwashiorkor, a form of malnutrition caused by dietary deficiency of protein and other nutrients. The insidious combination of impaired development and undernourishment accounts for about half of the 4.5 million deaths of children under the age of 5 occurring annually in sub-Saharan Africa.
Aflatoxins are also believed to affect the human immune system, making people more vulnerable to infectious diseases, such as malaria and HIV/AIDS. In addition, the toxins are linked to liver disorders and can act in synergy with the Hepatitis B virus to cause hepatocellular carcinoma. This is the most common cancer in sub-Saharan Africa, accounting for as many as 10 percent of adult male deaths in parts of West Africa.
Aflatoxins further damage the well-being of Africa’s rural families by limiting exports of maize and groundnut in particular. Grain-importing countries maintain high food quality standards, with especially strict controls on aflatoxin content. African food and feed products showing levels of contamination above the acceptable limits cannot penetrate major grain markets, resulting in significant loss of agricultural income.
Except when people die of acute poisoning, as happened in Kenya during 2004-2006, aflatoxins seldom receive adequate attention in the region, even though they clearly have serious consequences and are quite widespread. In Benin and Togo, for example, researchers found that aflatoxin levels are about five times the safe limit of 20 parts per billion in up to 30 percent of household grain stores. According to other results from a study carried out in those countries and Nigeria, 99 percent of blood samples collected randomly from children contained aflatoxins.
In an effort to reduce aflatoxin contamination, researchers at IITA and elsewhere have deployed various methods, involving, for example, modifications in grain drying, storage and food preparation practices. To complement strategies that have already proved effective, scientists have also actively pursued in recent years the option of biological control, building on the Institute’s long and extraordinary record of success in using this approach to combat major pests such as the mango and cassava mealybugs, cassava green mite, desert locust and banana nematodes and weevils.
The biocontrol strategy that appears to be effective against aflatoxin employs a mechanism that researchers refer to as “competitive exclusion.” This is made possible by the presence in nature A. flavus populations, not only of “toxigenic” strains, which produce copious amounts of aflatoxin, but also “atoxigenic” strains, which lack this capacity. In order for the strategy to work, researchers must identify and successfully introduce harmless strains that show a large competitive advantage over the dangerous ones.
Such a strategy has proved effective for controlling aflatoxin on cottonseed, groundnut and maize in the USA and on groundnut in Australia.
The challenge for scientists at IITA was to identify entirely safe atoxigenic strains of A. flavus that are indigenous to Africa and serve effectively as biocontrol agents. For this purpose, they first collected more than 4,200 samples of the fungus from different ecological zones of Nigeria. In these they identified 2,127 distinct strains, of which 1,000 proved to be atoxigenic. Only 26, though, were selected for further testing.
This involved an extremely laborious series of procedures, one of them, for example, involving.more than 30,000 crosses between different strains. The purpose was to group the selected strains according to “vegetative compatibility” and make sure they belong to groups consisting only of atoxigenic strains that cannot cross with toxigenic strains in nature. This procedure ensured that release of the biocontrol agents in the field would be absolutely safe, leading to a drastic reduction, rather than an inadvertent boost, in aflatoxin levels.
From the 14 unique atoxigenic groups identified, one strain each from eight groups was chosen for further evaluation for ability to compete with toxigenic strains. When maize grains were inoculated in the laboratory and field with both a highly toxigenic A. flavus strain as well as atoxigenic strains, one of the latter reduced aflatoxin levels by 91 percent and two others by nearly100 percent.
In experimental field plots, various atoxigenic strains proved capable of spreading quickly from the soil on which they were released to maize plants. One especially promising strain was found on nearly 99 percent of the maize grains analyzed.
The eight promising strains were further screened for their ability to get established rapidly after release, continue spreading and survive in plant debris. Strains showing these abilities can achieve effective biocontrol of aflatoxin-producing strains over multiple years, with only a few additional applications after initial release.
Having identified several excellent candidate strains to serve as agents of biocontrol, IITA researchers are further testing these in large-scale trials at various locations in Nigeria. To permit wide release of these biocontrol agents in the fields, researchers have developed safe, efficient and effective methods for producing and applying inoculum. IITA now seeks further support to disseminate the biocontrol technology as part of a “basket” of simple aflatoxin management practices that can reduce aflatoxin levels in Africa’s food and improve the health of its people. | 2019-04-22T22:04:39 | http://scienceinafrica.com/biotechnology/agriculture/new-hope-improved-food-safety-sub-saharan-africa |
The world of independent chemical testing has a shiny veneer. The public is reassured that chemicals they’re exposed to on a daily basis are certified by technicians in spotless white lab coats who carefully conduct scientific studies, including on animals in neat rows of cages.
That was just one of a host of problems uncovered at IBT which conducted an estimated 35 to 40 percent of all the toxicology tests performed in the United States including for FDA regulated products and EPA regulated pesticides and chemicals. Scientists at the FDA were the first to spot the fraud and misconduct and blew the whistle on IBT in Senate hearings in the late 1970s. Soon after, the EPA was forced to deal with the issue and estimated behind the scenes that some 80 percent of the data provided to them for chemical registration from IBT was nonexistent, fraudulent, or invalid.
The IBT scandal presented the EPA with a potentially immense crisis. Knowing that almost every IBT test it had looked at was seriously flawed and presumptively fraudulent, it could order retests and withdraw its approval from every IBT-tested chemical. This course of action would have been fully warranted, scientifically. But it would have had drastic effects on the chemical industry, on public confidence, and on the newly-formed EPA itself.
This transcript is part of more than 20,000 documents, weighing over three tons, just released by the Bioscience Resource Project and the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), on the “Poison Papers.” website. Most of the Poison Papers were collected by author and activist Carol Van Strum, who used documents obtained through public interest lawsuits and open records requests to investigate chemical pollution, and digitized by journalist Peter von Stackelberg. Van Strum’s remarkable story was detailed this week in the Intercept.
The Poison Papers represent a vast trove of rediscovered chemical industry and regulatory agency documents and correspondence stretching back to the 1920s. Collectively they shed light on what was known about chemical toxicity, when, and by whom, in the often-incriminating words of the participants themselves.
The Howard Johnson’s transcript is a prime example of the materials in the trove. It allows us to “listen in” on a conversation that took place decades ago, but still has implication for us today.
The transcript “exemplifies as well as any other single document among the Papers the history of everyday regulatory failures and agency complicity that is the unknown story of the EPA and its enduring collusion with the chemical industry, and whose result is a systemic failure to protect the American public from chemical hazards,” says Dr. Jonathan Latham, Director of the Bioscience Resource Project.
The Howard Johnson’s meeting was called to discuss the IBT scandal and plan a way forward. No consumer groups, environmental groups or members of the public were present that day in Arlington under HoJo’s cheerful orange roof when the topic of how to deal with the dead animals, the fraudulent, and the corrupt data was discussed.
“We determined that [i]t was neither in EPA’s interest or the public interest or the registrants’ interest [to replace all IBT data] because a large number of studies, which were performed at IBT, were performed satisfactorily,” Arnold said (p. 6).
Yet Arnold’s contention that some of the studies were “satisfactory” was contradicted multiple times in the same meeting. It was later stated, for example, that not one IBT study was free of errors (p. 16). Dr. Arthur Pallotta, Consultant to the Special Pesticide Review Division in the EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs, stated that “there were few [IBT] studies that did not have discrepancies, errors and omissions” (p. 27). Elsewhere in the transcript, EPA accepted that over 80 percent of the test results from IBT were invalid (p. 123).
But Arnold’s assertion that it wasn’t in anyone’s interest to demand new studies had striking ramifications. It was the grounds for not removing any chemicals from the market, for reassuring the public, and for kicking the IBT mess down the road. By 1983, EPA had determined that over 90 percent of IBT’s studies submitted to them had serious, invalidating problems.
Early in the meeting, EPA made a list of IBT errors that it planned to ignore to make the task of “validating” IBT’s studies manageable.
It planned to ignore whenever animals were missing from (or added to) studies. No statistic existed then – nor does it now – to compensate for such measurement irregularities, but this difficulty was glossed over by the EPA.
“Now, we have come across the 90-day study where the study started on, let’s say, the 1st of June. The invoice for shipment of the test material from the firm was the 9th of June, and the diet preparation sheets are for the 12th of June.
“In other words, by the time the diet was prepared, according to the raw data, the study has been underway for 12 days for a 90-day study.
“This does not necessarily invalidate the study, of course. You can still get some information from it, but the whole base line, which you are working from, has to be altered to deal with an 88-day [sic] study or whatever length it is and conclusions have to be drawn on this sort of basis” (pp. 34-35).
“I can’t say that I am very happy about this on scientific grounds, but we are trying to run this as a salvage operation and, if we can come up with something which gives us a reasonable base line for controls which may be applicable to a number of studies, then, when controls are not available, we’ll compare them against those controls,” he said (p. 41).
EPA’s Arnold also admitted at the meeting what appeared to be EPA’s own historical fraud. In revisiting original data sent to them by IBT, manufacturers might find that, in the past, EPA had itself examined the tissue samples and determined there to be “no significant finding” when in fact “the truth of the matter is the organ was never examined” (Arnold, p. 102).
By the time the FDA and EPA had taken a strong interest in the testing lab, IBT had begun a “policy not to sign” its own reports, according to the transcript, indicating that staff were unwilling to stand behind the findings.
As Fred Arnold told the attendees, “A number of scientists, who may have been involved in the early states of a test, are no longer there and nobody can state, categorically, that everything reflected in the report, in fact, is borne out by the raw data” (pp. 63-64).
Arnold admitted that EPA had in the past sometimes accepted unsigned studies. So he stated that its remedy to the new signature problem would be to adopt such unsigned studies in order not “to create a double standard now” (p. 64), effectively adopting IBT’s unprecedented practices as its own.
It was later uncovered in court proceedings that IBT also forged signatures.
Three IBT officials went to prison, closing a chapter on a massive scientific fraud, but the book was never closed.
“As the Howard Johnson transcript reveals, a majority of the IBT studies were never intended to be redone, and still underlie the U.S. chemical regulatory system,” said Latham.
Mary Bottari contributed to this article. The Poison Papers website and document trove is a project of the Bioscience Resource Project of Ithaca, New York, and the Center for Media and Democracy of Madison, Wisconsin. You can explore the Poison Papers documents at PoisonPapers.org. You can read the illuminating Howard Johnson’s manuscript here.
We need to know what chemicals are in products.
The stakes are high for our nation’s health.
In 1937, GE and Monsanto made a business decision to continue making PCBs despite knowing that they were highly toxic. | 2019-04-26T10:38:34 | https://truthout.org/articles/poison-papers-snapshot-hojo-transcript-illustrates-epa-collusion-with-the-chemical-industry/ |
Chrome: Tons of photography apps, like Google Photos and Apple Photos, try and automatically make sense of objects in your photos and add automated tags, and it turns out Facebook does that too, even though you’d never know it. Show Facebook Computer Vision Tags is a Chrome extension that reveals all those tags.
Facebook uses software to look at the images you upload, then adds tags based on what it sees. Weirdly, it doesn’t show you any of this. The only aspect of this software you’ll see is the facial recognition feature that suggests a face in an image, but Facebook also tags photos with data like how many people are in a photo, whether it’s indoors or outdoors, and more. This is useful for a number of reasons, but it’s mainly used for blind users who might depend on screen readers to understand an image. With the tags in place, accessibility software can describe the image.
If you’re curious about what tags your photos get, you can figure it out using Chrome’s dev tools, or just install the Computer Vision Tags extension, which adds a little overlay for each image with a list of the tags Facebook’s added to those photos. | 2019-04-20T14:54:23 | https://lifehacker.com/show-facebook-computer-vision-for-chrome-reveals-facebo-1790716574 |
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‘Allahu Akbar’ – ‘Gud er stor’.
Sådan lød major Nidal Malik Hasans sidste ord, inden han i går åbnede ild mod andre soldater på militærbasen Fort Hood i Texas, fortæller generalløjtnant Robert Cone.
– Der er flere øjenvidner, som fortæller, at han skreg ‘Allahu Akbar’, inden han begyndte at skyde, siger generalløjtnanten til NBC News.
Major Nidal Malik Hasan affyrede to automatiske håndvåben og dræbte 13 personer, mens mindst 30 andre blev såret af skud.
Mens myndighederne forsøger at klarlægge motivet til blodbadet, står det imidlertid klart, at Nidal Malik Hasan var muslim med en noget ekstrem fortolkning af koranen.
Det fortæller kolleger til den 39-årige major og militærpsykiater, som selv overlevede massakren med fire skud i kroppen og nu befinder sig i myndighedernes varetægt.
FORT HOOD, Texas — At approximately 1:30 p.m., Nov. 5, a Soldier, Maj. Hasan Nidal Malik, allegedly fired shots into the Soldiers Readiness Processing Center on Fort Hood, resulting in 13 dead and numerous injured. As of this morning, 27 remained hospitalized.
In an early morning press conference, Lt. Gen. Bob Cone, III Corps and Fort Hood commander, confirmed that the major was injured but still alive and in stable condition. He is in custody.
Lt. Gen. Cone said the female officer first responder who shot Hasan was injured at the scene but is in stable condition at an area hospital.
The incident took place near a theater where 138 college graduates were receiving their diplomas. The Soldiers in the theater where able to gain control of the scene and no one in the theater was hurt.
Cone said his number one priority was to care for the wounded. Army and Federal Bureau of Investigation officials are investigating the incident.
The victims were largely military. No children were involved. The commander expressed his heartfelt condolences the families and friends of the victims.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Secretary of the Army John McHugh and Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. will hold a press conference on Fort Hood at 1:30 p.m. today (Friday, Nov. 6). The press event will be proceeded by an Army-wide moment of silence in honor of the Fort Hood victims, family members and loved ones.
The gunman who killed 12 people today at Ft. Hood appears, based on current media reports, to be Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan who was listed as a participant in a Homeland Security Policy Institute’s presidential transition task force last year. The task force was not officially affiliated with the White House. It was a project of the Homeland Security Policy Institute, an independent thinktank housed at George Washington University, aimed at drafting policy recommendations for the incoming Obama administration.
Vesten skal passe på med at fremstille islam som uforenelig med Vestens værdier. Det siger den demokratiske præsident Barack Obama i et interview på CNN.
Som barn levede Obama godt fire år i Indonesien. Her oplevede han en tolerant og sekulær udgave af islam, hvor kvinder havde frihed til at arbejde og klæde sig som de ville, og hvor kristne levede side om side med andre troende.
Den oplevelse har præget præsidentkandidatens syn på islam. Han mener, at islam er forenelig med den moderne verden, og at man skal være påpasselig med at overdrive retorikken om et sammenstød mellem Vesten og islam.
Islam is Indonesia’s dominant religion with approximately 88%, over 200 million, of its population identifying as Muslims, making it the most populous Muslim-majority nation in the world.
Most Muslims are Sunni, although some follow other branches of Islam, including the Shia, who number approximately 100,000 nationwide. In general the mainstream Muslim community belongs to two orientations: “modernists,” who closely adhere to scriptural orthodox theology while embracing modern learning and modern concepts; and predominantly Javanese “traditionalists,” who are often followers of charismatic religious scholars and organized around Islamic boarding schools.
Tvivlen om Obamas religiøse bagland opstod, da to medlemmer af Hillary Clintons kampagnestab i januar skrev en række mails, som spillede på præsidentkandidatens muslimske baggrund.
Obama har dog i adskillige år været medlem af Trinity United Church of Christ i Chicago.
– Jeg er en inderlig kristen, fastslog han i denne uge på en konference med fremtrædende religiøse ledere i Pennsylvania, USA. | 2019-04-21T19:01:06 | https://annalyttiger.wordpress.com/tag/barack-obama/ |
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Since Lisa began her journey on PumpUp, she accomplished more than she ever thought she was capable of. "I wanted to be healthy, fit, and happy with how I look and feel," she said. "I struggled for over two years and finally made the decision to eat right and exercise regularly. There are so many women on PumpUp who have inspired me to achieve more than I thought was possible." Making that decision was difficult, but not impossible. Lisa makes a conscious choice to live healthy every day. "With PumpUp, I reached my goal weight, I gained some muscle definition, and lost almost 3 dress sizes," she said excitedly. "I feel better physically. Eating healthy had a lot to do with it. On the days I slip, I notice a difference in how I feel. I hope that I encouraged others on PumpUp because they inspired me so much!"
Emotional eating no longer has as great of a hold on Lisa's life as it used to. "I've been dealing with severe depression since I was a teenager. Food was my comfort when I was sad, and also a way to celebrate when I was happy. Food was my answer to everything." Though Lisa faces a daily struggle with emotional eating, it gets easier thanks to the healthy routine that she adopted. "I ask myself if I'm actually hungry anytime I want to eat. I've been able to identify whether I'm eating based on my mood, and I hold back as best as I can," she elaborated. "There are still times that I slip, but I'm getting better and always get back on the wagon. PumpUp's community is amazing. No negativity and everyone is so supportive. It has been something amazing in my life! I really do love this app and the whole community!"
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I really can't pick a favorite!! I generally like to do full body workouts on PumpUp but I do love how you can customize what you want to do everyday!! I can say though that I enjoy trying new routines to challenge myself, I get bored with too much repetition!
I grew up moving a lot, 23 times in fact. I had to switch schools over 10 times so I learned to adapt. I was born in the south but moved to Las Vegas when I was 11. Absolutely loved it out there and ended up joining the U.S. Navy at 17. I was stationed in San Diego and spent time in Florida as well. I was an aviation electrician and worked on the S3-B Viking. Lots of good times while serving! I met my husband at my first squadron and we married young (I was 20) and our first child came along later that year (I was 21). We have been together for 12 years now and have 2 beautiful children. I love to read, I'm kind of a movie buff, and have had a pet deer that I named Bambi.
Keep Lisa pumped on the app @tinker_fit! Have questions for Lisa? Are you struggling with emotional eating? Let her know in the comments below! | 2019-04-25T21:52:46 | https://www.pumpup.com/blog-archive/tag/emotional+eating |
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Kingston, July 3 (IANS/CMC) Commanding centuries from Upal Tharanga (174 not out) and Mahela Jayawardene (107) steered Sri Lanka to a mammoth 348 for one and a crushing 161-run victory over India in the third match of the Celkon Cup tri-nation series at Sabina Park here Tuesday.
Sri Lanka blunted the Indian attack and played untroubled as their openers posted 213 for the first wicket before the innings closed with a daunting 348 on the board for the lost of Jayawardene, CMC reports.
India, who successfully chased 330 against Pakistan a year ago, were expected to challenge the opposition, but the Sri Lankan bowlers proved too restrictive and the total too imposing for the reigning ODI champions. They were dismissed for 161 with five overs remaining.
After a watchful start, where the first 50 came off 12 overs, Jayawardene slammed his century off 107 balls and Tharanga brought up the 100 off 21.1 overs and kept the Indians toiling as they stretched their unbroken stand to 213 in the 39th over.
However, there was no let-up as the left-handed Tharanga changed gears along with captain Angelo Matthews. Sri Lanka added another 135 for the second wicket off 11 overs. Tharanga seemed at his best and also recorded his highest ODI score in helping Sri Lanka to post a historic 348 for one.
The Indian bowlers seem bewildered by the situation as their persistent length balls went for regular boundaries. Tharanga also showed remarkable acceleration. While his first 72 runs came off 105 balls, he hammered an additional 102 off just 54 balls while striking 19 fours and three sixes.
When the Indians batted, they slipped into early trouble as opener Rohit Sharma was dismissed for five with the score on 12 off 4.2 overs, and never got into a position to threaten the Sri Lankans.
They reached 50 in 14 overs and were 64 for four, losing captain Virat Kohli for two, by the 19th over.
Suresh Raina (33) and Dinesh Karthik (22) staged a minor fightback putting on 53 for the fifth wicket. But once they were separated, with the score on 118 for five, the last five wickets managed just 69 runs. It was all over when Malinga fired a yorker into the stumps of Yadav in his eighth over.
West Indies lead the tri-nation series with nine points after victories over both Sri Lanka and India, and the Sri Lankans picked up four points for the win over India.
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Bollywood actor Riteish Deshmukh is all set with plans for his second production – a biopic titled “Pocket Dynamo”…. | 2019-04-20T16:43:25 | http://hillpost.in/2013/07/india-suffer-161-run-thrashing-by-sri-lanka/92373/ |
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Most romantic comedies follow along with the same premise – two people fall in love, have a fight, break up, and then get back together for their happy ending. What’s so romantic about that storyline? If they really loved each other, they wouldn’t have given up on each other in the first place.
You deserve so much more than a relationship like that. You should have someone in your life who always chooses you, not who chooses to take you back. Don’t waste your time on someone who comes back – if they love you they won’t leave you.
Couples fight, that’s just a fact. They argue about small things, like whose turn it is to take out the trash, as well as things that are seemingly colossal. If someone allows these things to get in the way of their love for you, you need to ask yourself how much they really care.
They say that “love conquers all” so why can’t it conquer something as trivial as an argument. Surely, if whatever caused you to fight was big enough to make you break it off, it wouldn’t be a relationship worth ever getting back into.
You deserve someone who loves you enough to never let words stand in the way. They should love you unconditionally. You partner should be the person who stands by you no matter what. If they break that trust, you shouldn’t have to give them a second chance.
You’re worth something amazing. If someone is too blind to see that, then let them go. You shouldn’t ever be someone’s second option when they have no one left to turn to. Most of all, you shouldn’t be someone’s safety net just because they’re scared to be alone.
Someone who really loves you will make you their priority. They’ll want to be with you, and only you. Unlike people that are just here to play games, someone who truly cares about you won’t leave you behind and come back when they’re bored. They’ll want to be with you more than they want anything or anyone else.
In a relationship, you’re allowed to be passionate and affectionate. You’re allowed to tell them that you love them and talk to them about the future. If that scares them away or they need a “break,” they’re not worth the love that you’re giving them.
One day you’re going to meet someone amazing who appreciates the passion in the way that you love. Not only that, but they’ll return it to you tenfold. The only person that you should ever settle for is someone who loves you just as much as you love them. Don’t waste your time on someone who’s scared away so easily.
You deserve so much more than someone who comes back. What you deserve most in life is someone who would never dream of leaving you. That’s the only kind of love that’s worth settling for.
Have you been in a relationship like this? Share your experiences with us. | 2019-04-24T20:46:25 | https://thepowerofsilence.co/dont-waste-your-time-on-someone-who-comes-back-if-they-love-you-they-wont-leave-you/ |
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