Managing Remote Workers

Remote working has become a part of day-to-day life as more companies choose to coordinate their workforce remotely, even as the pandemic begins to ease in some countries. As remote working continues, we have found sales and marketing teams need more concise and useful tools to help them with their daily work schedule. There is the need to have a platform where you can manage all remote workers easily.

Many team members get overwhelmed when working remotely because they cannot focus their energy on a particular task. While we have found this to be a particular issue with remote teams, it is actually a problem that persists across the board. How do you prioritise your daily tasks? How do you make sure you are following best practices? If you have lost your train of thought or get distracted, how do you know where to pick up again?

This is where our set of tools for managing remote working come into play.

Munro Agency provides a remote working tool that is a one-stop productivity centre for your team. It is a combination of the task manager, activity feed, and custom report options that make the tool very useful to your sales and marketing staff while allowing managers the overview they need in this new working environment.

Features of the tool

Task Manager

The task manager feature in the remote working tool maximises efficiency with a streamlined to-do list of the daily scheduled tasks for all your team members. It automatically prioritises leads who have recently interacted with your team, which makes it easy to either do a follow-up or set up meetings with them. You can also access the specific records that you want to view without having to sort the information yourself.  You can simply go to the data set you want to access and get the information you need.

Activity Feed

This feature gives you complete visibility of all ongoing engagement with the entire team in real-time. It provides you with a birds-eye view of your active leads for optimal outreach. You get to see when they open emails, view media, visit tracked pages, and so much more. The best thing about this feature is that it allows you to filter on activities so that you can look at what you are most interested in, such as lead assignments, social interactions, or email engagement.

Custom reports

This feature helps define success your way with dozens of pre-built widgets that make it simple to build the reports you really need. You can personalise the remote working platform we offer by adding reporting widgets that keep the most relevant KPIs top of mind. It gives you the ability to highlight and isolate the things that are useful for each person that is actively using the application.  That could vary from a management perspective,  a sales perspective, or a content-generating perspective. The unique thing about this feature is that you can access your clients’ data right from your own log-in. You will have access to not just your infrastructure, but also to what your clients are bringing to the table.

In-App Walk Through of the Remote Working Tool

One of the key benefits of this tool is that it gives you control of how you interact with the data in the system each day. It gives you control over your productivity, the relationships you have with the leads in your system, and your data. When you first log into your remote working platform, you will have the tasks on the launch pad pop up. This gives you an overall glance at the information system. To access this, you can click on the circular icon with a number on it. You can find this on the top right side of the screen. The number displayed there shows the number of tasks that you have currently for that day.

You can see the three main components of the remote working tool here. This includes the activity feed, the task manager, and the combined dashboard, where you can customise the information you are getting. On each component, you have the option to ‘set as default’ when you hover over each of them. Under the task manager, you will view all the tasks that are currently assigned to your user. There are four different types of tasks, which include email tasks, meeting tasks, phone tasks, and general tasks.

marketing dashboards

Creating a New Task

You can create a new task by clicking on the ‘Task’ icon. Once you add the task, it will show up in the task manager. As you can see above, there are other functionalities to the task manager, where you get reminders for overdue tasks like the ‘Due February 13th’ reminder highlighted above. You can complete the task you need to do directly from this section. If you need to complete an email task, for example,  you can send out the email from here directly. When you add a task to the task manager and add your email, you will get the tasks placed on your calendar, allowing you to keep track of what you need to do. You can create tasks both for yourself and for other members of your team.

The other important component of this platform is the activity feed. This feature allows you to consolidate all your leads. If you log in, you will see the activities your leads are undertaking, such as opening emails and filling forms. It increases engagement and gives you an understanding of your lead’s behaviour. You can pin activities you are focused on and would like to come back to later on. There are options you can use to sort the leads, which allow you to choose the lead type you want to look at. You can either filter by the lead owner or by activities, as seen below.

marketing dashboards

The dashboard section gives you a visual representation of the custom reports. This feature is not just powerful in terms of analytics and reporting, but it is also fun to play around with when using the widgets. You can come up with the reports that give you the relevant data.

Using the Dashboards

There are default dashboards in our system to help you keep tabs on what is happening. These are the combined dashboard, the sales dashboard, and the marketing dashboard.

From the combined dashboard, you can see the number of added contacts, completed tasks, open tasks, and other metrics. This is a great report when you are looking to create quarterly reports or annual reports for your team. It is a combination of everything going on in the system.

marketing dashboards

Sales Dashboard

The sales dashboard is more focused on the sales side of the application. It includes things like sales, revenue, open tasks, and tasks completed. There are also some pipeline reporting values in this dashboard.

marketing dashboards

Marketing Dashboard

The marketing dashboard is more focused on the marketing content and how that plays into your system. It has information such as the number of email opens, sales influenced by emails, and sales influenced by forms, among many others. This dashboard allows you to create and share your own custom marketing dashboard. There is no limit to the number of dashboards that you can create. You can also rotate the dashboards to have the ones that are important to you immediately accessible.

Choose a title for the report and the theme you prefer. There are different widgets that you can use to build your report. They include campaign widgets, chatbox widgets (these allow you to pull in and data from your chats), contact widgets, email widgets, media centre widgets, and opportunity widgets. This interface uses drag and drop to add items to your report.  Every widget has a set of parameters that you can set to get the information you want to obtain. You can add multiples of the same widget and sort them out by client accounts.

marketing dashboards

There are report filters that you can use as you customise your page. These give you parameters that you can use to sort our information. When you finish creating your report, save it. You can share your report using a private link that allows you to share a link with a team member who is also logged into the system as well. You can also create a public dashboard and broadcast the marketing dashboard reports using the link.

Why use our remote working platform?

The dashboard interface in this tool is impactful to the success of a team’s sales and marketing activities and in increasing conversions. You can focus your attention on the things that increase your revenue. Our remote working tool makes this possible because through the reports, you can identify the areas and channels that bring the most to your company. You can then give attention to these channels in your marketing campaigns.

The remote working tool is also beneficial to the internal operations of a team. It makes remote working easier because you can have all members of your team work from one platform and coordinate all their activities. This, in turn, increases productivity and makes running organisation tasks and activities more efficient.

If you would like to see how our remote working tool can help your business grow, feel free to give us a call and request a free trial at Munro Marketing. Besides our remote working tool, we work with several marketing packages for small to medium-sized companies. These tools are designed to improve your productivity, make conversions easier, and take the stress of your sales and marketing teams. Get in touch with us today!


CMake 3.0.0 is out

CMake 3.0.0 has lots of bug fixes from the last release (2.8.12), and it
also contains a number of policy changes. The primary ones that effect
GNU Radio’s build system are in (1) using a name before it is declared
(e.g., ‘gnuradio-runtime’, which is used for ‘test-gnuradio-pmt’ before
‘gnuradio-runtime’ is declared); and (2) trying to find the location of
a non-declared name (e.g., ‘/usr/bin/python’ is not something in the
current build, and thus has no ‘location’ associated with it). That
said: (1) None of the policy changes seem to effect the actual build or
anything else; they can be treated as warnings instead of errors. (2)
The actual build still seems to work as it did before; CMake 3.0.0 seems
to be more of a new numbering rather than a major set of API changes.
So, mostly good news. Since I’m working on updating the CMake build to
work more robustly, I’ll see if I can fix these issues too. - MLD

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Supercap, the team and its shared workflow.

What’s behind the production of a bottle cap? Let’s find out together!

Our “Team Experience” starts and evolves with a project that leads to the manufacture of the best product for each individual customer.

Producing a cap for a bottle is, for us, an experience that involves many different professionals, both in-house and outside the company.

From our salespeople’s very first contact with the customer, a process is set in motion that begins with an analysis of the specific requirements, through planning, the choice of design and materials, and ends with the delivery of the product to the end customer.

That is why at Supercap we refer to “experience”.

For us, producing a cap is a shared process that sees our experts and the customer working as a team every step of the way.

That’s why we think it’s important to create a relationship with each lead, which goes beyond just being a supplier.

We consider customer care to be just as important as the research and development of new materials and products.

A cap is anything but a simple and trivial object; actually, it involves extremely complex and detailed know-how.

Its technical characteristics and specifications, from wine stoppersto those for spirits, and dispensers for oils and vinegars, vary according to their context of application.

Preserving the qualities of the contents over time and ensuring that they remain unchanged is only possible if every member of the team developing it really works together.

It’s very important to translate the customer’s needs in the correct way and make the cap efficiently. Starting from the choice of the ideal materials to the timely delivery of the finished product.

Only in this way is it possible to give each customer and each bottle the cap that will enhance and protect the contents.

A continuous work that leads us to achieve new goals and new successes.

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Five tips on how to make fabulous presentations

I’ve had clients from almost all well-known industries across different hierarchical levels in the last five years. They all want to present themselves well, but surprisingly they mainly worry about ‘what’ they want to say rather than ‘how’ they want to say. Now there could be multiple reasons for this. Our academic institutes hardly focus on the presentation aspects, our parents never seem to stress over how we present ourselves, and they too seem to be immersed in our grades and marks. And especially women are never encouraged to express openly through their body language. Basically, nobody seems to have any particular interest in how we talk, look, behave, and respond. There is a fundamental flaw in this approach. As the famous author Elizabeth Gilbert talks in her book ‘Big Magic’ that pretty much everything that is happening in this world has already been done in some form or the other. There aren’t any ground-breaking, genuinely creative ideas and procedures. We are all doing the same things slightly differently. And when you have to do something differently, your entire approach has to change, your entire body should act and respond differently and that’s how things are done in a different way. So without much ado, I would like to go straight to my top five strategies to deliver fabulous presentations at work:

Power voice

Multiple researches indicate that our brain is like a hungry toddler, almost always seeking attention. The brain can get into a dull sleepy mode every 30 to 45 minutes. So one way you can attract attention is to have an amazing expression in your voice. As a woman, you must bring out the coarse texture of your voice to sound more powerful. Replay Sushmita Sen’s voice in your head. Doesn’t she sound completely in control? That’s the kind of voice you must aim for. Research by MIT in USA states that when you talk like a story teller, people listen to you more intently because your vocal chords modulate up, down, soft, and loud. This also makes you sound more interesting. The other thing to keep in mind is your rate of speech – how fast or slow you speak. Ideally, you should speak almost 20 per cent slower than your normal rate of speech when addressing a group of people. The slower your talking speed, the easier it is for others to comprehend your message because you end up sounding more clear.

Hand gestures

You can have an unbelievable advantage over others when you use your hand gestures while presenting. Research indicates that you sound more energetic, impactful, and believable when you use hand gestures. I can explain why. When you bring your hands close to your torso or chest area, your heart rate increases relatively, as more blood reaches the heart. This makes you feel more energetic.

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You can use the famous steeple hand gesture while presenting. This is one of the most neutral hand gestures and makes you look very confident. Your impact increases when you say something and back it with an action (in this case, your hand movement); your point is more affirmative and clear and you end up making your point with a lot more conviction.

Body stance

Your body posture is the next big thing to consider during presentations. If you stand closed feet with closed arms, your body starts releasing cortisol (the stress hormone) and in no time, the signals are sent to others. I suggest an open body stance. As a woman, you must stand hip width apart with open hand gestures and wide shoulders. This adds to your presence. Basically, the more space you claim, more dominant is your presence. This stance is also known as ‘power posing’. Search for a video of power posing on the Internet and you would know the meaning of it.

Power point presentation

If you have to regularly deliver presentations to VC’s or at work, your content must not be very textual in nature. Research indicates that a fairly small percentage of people in this world learn through auditory and textual means, while majority learn faster through visual-spatial. So you must ensure that your presentation has key points which can further be elaborated by you. This can only be possible if you have practiced your presentation at least once or twice. The practice gives you better ideas and you end up presenting in a ‘story-telling’ format rather than the usual rhetoric. Remember, people always relate to stories and examples rather than theory. Also, focus on the closure. The end should only be a summary of all the main points discussed. This works as a great refresher for your audience who are overwhelmed with information. And if you are an entrepreneur, this becomes even more important because you have limited time to present tons of things. Keeping room for a quick recap is a very smart strategy. This shows your level of preparedness and makes you look like a thorough professional. This also makes it easier for the audience to ask you relevant questions as it refreshes their memory.

Corporate dressing

I’m not going to get into the formal or casual theory, you know enough of that already. You must, however, keep the colours in mind. Go for wardrobe neutral colours as they don’t look too bright or dull. By the way there is no colour that you can’t wear, you just have to keep in mind what type of colour looks good on you. For example, you cannot say that you don’t like red, because chances are that you might like a certain shade of pink or maroon, both of which come from the red colour family. Also, whatever body type you have, opt for straight cuts when you dress for a business presentation. Straight cuts depict structure and formality. Avoid snug fit clothes or anything that you are not used to wearing. That will make you very conscious and uncomfortable. You must incorporate accessories like a simple neck pieces, scarves, or small earrings. These can uplift your overall look and add the desired colour to your outfit.

About the Author – Shreya Dhingra is a Certified Image Coach, and the Founder of Your Image and I – an image communication consultancy where Shreya works with individual and corporate clients to build their personal and professional image through better people skills, voice patterns, body language and wardrobe. Shreya is an MBA by qualification and worked in the retail and media industry for three years before starting up five years ago.

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The Creative Journey

rock paintings of ancient people, showing a hunt for wild animals

When widowhood brought her freedom, she continued on her creative journey, enlightened and emboldened by friends.  She followed artistic and scientific interests.  When she re-married she began to flourish.  Only when she was widowed again did she begin her true life’s work, a combination of art and science, at 72.

Creativity really is a lifelong journey.  And what is creativity anyhow?

When I think of the creative spark in friends and family I see inspiration in each one, though manifested in different ways.  I’ll endeavour to showcase them in the future.  There are artists and musicians in the circle.  There are a few who don’t believe they’re creative, but I see they are.  Imagination is resplendent in their gardens, their work, their appealing homes and their cooking, or even the parties they throw.  Or they’re comedians!

For my own part, I always wrote.  And I gardened and baked.  Then I abandoned my stories for years.

Creative block

So what happens when creativity is ‘blocked’?   There can be many reasons:  in my case a paralytic combination of a relationship ending, financial struggle and plain old fear.  But my characters and their stories stayed in my mind.  I would re-start and quit, time after time.

How does your creativity express itself?  Have you experienced creative block?  Send me a note and let me know!


Bio-diversity documentation

A list of notable fauna observed by a French environmentalist during a one day visit to Sarang hills. This shows the tip of the ice berg. We invite interested people to volunteer and help us in documenting the entire flora and fauna of Sarang’s regenerated watershed area and natural farm.

Amphibians Malabar flying frog Rhacophorus malabaricus 12 individus
Amphibians Bronzed frog Hylarana temporalis 1 individu
Amphibians Ornate Narrow-mouthed Frog Microhyla ornata 2 individus
Amphibians Beddome’s Toad Bufo beddomii 2 individus
Bird Common Flameback Dinopium javanense 4 individus
Bird White cheeked Barbet Megalaima viridis 2 individus
Bird Malabar grey Hornbill Ocyceros griseus 6  individus
Bird Common Hoopoe Upupa epops 1 individu heard
Bird Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus severals individus
Bird Green bee-eater Merops orientalis 1 individu
Bird Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis severals individus
Bird Asian fairy Bluebird Irena puella severals individus
Bird Golden fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons 2 individus
Bird Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda severals individus
Bird Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos severals individus
Bird Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus 1 individu
Bird Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus severals individus
Bird Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer severals individus
Bird Yellow-browed Bulbul Acritillas indica 2 individus
Bird Indian Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus horsfieldii 1 individu
Bird Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica 6 individus
Bird Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus 1 individu
Mammal Bonnet Macaque Macaca radiata 2 families
Mammal Wild boar Sus scrofa Tracks

Biodiversity Conservation

In 1982, Gopalakrishnan and Vijayalekshmi came to work as government teachers in Attappady region in Kerala, India. Attappady was once home to dense rain forests just like it’s neighbour, the evergreen Silent Valley, but it had been rendered arid by man’s over consuming activities. Seeing the man-made desert around them, they realized that watershed management, biodiversity conservation and natural farming were essential to the education system they envisaged. With this realization they searched high and low in Attappady for a suitable place where they could started their experiments on land. Their search was for a micro watershed area with degraded land without easy access from outside. They were also looking for potential to harness wind energy in the future.

The land that they finally settled on was situated at about 800 m height on the slopes of three hillocks. It had been abandoned because due to denudation and erosion agriculture was impossible. The only source of water was drying up.

Poachers caught red handed. Real field experience is the highlight of our presentations

Poachers were photographed so as to threat them. Camera was a scary thing at that time

Regeneration of the water source and ‘cultivation of soil’ became the prime priority. All the family’s energies were channeled towards this. Several percolation pits were dug throughout the land to retain the rain water in the ground. Check dams were built to restrain the run-off of rain water. Bamboo was planted to prevent gully formation. The land was mulched using available biomass. The neighbours were asked not to allow livestock to graze on their land, explaining to them the reason for such a request. The family guarded the land from poachers many of whom were caught red-handed and scared off. They had to face another problem, man-made forest fires. It was almost a custom in the region to put fires during festivals and during the summer. Many a times they had to run out in pitch dark to put out fires. The Sarang family went to all corners of Attappady with slide shows raising awareness about the harms of forest fires. They also planted a live fire boundary on the land, a boundary of agave plants.

All these efforts slowly bore fruit. Grass became more abundant in the beginning. Later the grass gave way to small shrubs and trees. Gopalakrishnan and Vijayalekshmi did not plant more than half a dozen trees on their farm and once there was no human or animal interference, forests started growing naturally. Birds and wind helped to spread the seeds. The seeds sprouted and grew under the protection of the shrubs and small trees.

The water table of the valley rose as a result of retention of rain water by percolation pits, check dams, mulching, bamboo plugging and afforestation. Six years later the dead spring was reborn!

Water lillies grow in the valley where it was just dust in 1983

Today, thick deciduous forest covers much of Sarang. Dry leaves form a thick forest floor and prevent erosion and enhance percolation. Below this mulch, soft fertile soil is being naturally rebuilt. Presence of weeds like lantana and eupatorium, still rampant in neighbouring farms, almost vanished.

Along the water channel, a riparian forest began to grow and even moss thrived in the valley. Many evergreen species put in their appearance. It was also noticed that species that had been long unseen were coming back to the area. This is true about Rhacophorus Malabaricus, an evergreen frog species and a particular fern plant growing in the valleys that had vanished from that area 13 years previously.

The rich biodiversity of the Sarang campus has not yet been fully documented and it would be a worthwhile effort to take up this work.

Sarang’s campus has been developed into a live textbook for Sarang’s dynamic curriculum. Here our children open their minds, eyes and hearts to nature’s wonders and live in tandem with it’s rhythm. The most important lesson they learn here is that man need not fight with nature in the name of development. Strengthened with these lessons let our children work towards cultivating sustainable energy from wind and water just as soil and water were cultivated.


Books by Shawna Delacorte

The Sedgwick Curse

The Sedgwick Curse has a promising premise for a gothic romance, but the shaky execution makes it fall short of its potential. One hundred years ago, Lord William Sedgwick became obsessed with Emily Kincaid, a young woman who lived in the village near his estate. Unfortunately for everyone invol ...


Java Anon Proxy — knowledge base

Java Anon Proxy, also known as JAP or JonDonym, is a proxy system designed to allow browsing the Web with revocable pseudonymity. It was originally developed as part of a project of the Technische Universität Dresden, the Universität Regensburg and Privacy Commissioner of Schleswig-Holstein. The client software is written in the Java programming language.

Cross-platform, free and open-source, it sends requests through a cascade and mixes the data streams of multiple users in order to further obfuscate the data to outsiders.

JonDonym is available for all platforms that support Java. Furthermore, ANONdroid is a JonDonym proxy client for Android.

The speed and availability of the service depend on the operators of the Mixes in the cascades and therefore varies. More users on a cascade improve anonymity, but a large number of users might diminish the speed and bandwidth available for a single user.

Cost, name change and commercial service

Use of JonDonym has been (and still is) free, but since financial backing of the original research project ran out on 22 June 2007, a startup, Jondos GmbH, was founded by members of the original project team. Jondos GmbH has taken over development and continues to work on an improved blocking resistance function that would make it easier for users from restrictive countries to get a connection to the system. To cover costs of running mix cascades and increase speed as well as anonymity, Jondos and other Internet firms launched a commercial version of the anonymizing proxy.

As a consequence, the JAP client has been renamed to JonDo and the service itself from AN.ON to JonDonym. JonDonym mix cascades are mostly operated by SMEs in multiple countries and mix cascades always include three mix servers for advanced security. As contractors of Jondos GmbH must ensure sufficient throughput of their mixes, anonymous web browsing at standard DSL speeds is possible. The cost-free Cascades are still in operation, although they do not offer the low latency, multiple Mixes per Cascade or guaranteed bandwidth the commercial ones do.

In July 2003, the German BKA obtained a warrant to force the Dresden Mix operators to log access to a specific web address, which was hosting child pornography. AN.ON then decided to introduce a crime detection function in the server software in order to make this possible. The feature was made transparent by publishing the changed source code on August 18, 2003, and subsequently criticized by many users. For the Dresden Mix, the feature continues to be part of their software until today. Tracing activities back in the past is still technically not possible for the operators, but anonymity now extends only to the time point that a surveillance court order is issued. It was pointed out though that the new feature was covered by the AN.ON threat model and not a security leak by itself.

As a reaction to the threat from local authorities, the system has spread internationally. If the Mixes of a cascade are spread over several countries, the law enforcement agencies of all these countries would have to work together to reveal someone’s identity. AN.ON publishes every year the number of successful and unsuccessful surveillance court orders. Further research is being done by AN.ON to make the crime detection functionality more privacy-friendly. These features are still in an early stage and only available in the beta version of the software.

Originally published at on September 9, 2019.

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Interim Leave Behind Lobbying Ask Fall 2021

Our volunteers want to lobby their new and returning MPs now.  In October, some of them will be asking their MPs to foster cross-party cooperation in Parliament on climate policy in the lead-up to COP26. In November, the volunteers will consider asking their MPs to sign onto the Parliamentarians’ Call for a Fossil Fuel Free Future. Full details will be in the November 2021 CCL Canada Action Sheets.

On the October 2021 calls, our volunteers concluded that the following items would be our interim lobbying asks.

Autumn 2021 Interim Lobbying Asks

  1. We support the federal government’s announced intention to gradually increase the federal carbon price to $170/tonne by 2030 and that the rebates will be in the form of quarterly dividends.
  2. Furthermore, we are now recommending the government study the following carbon prices in the context of complementary policies also enacted:  $210 by 2030 to $295 by 2035.
  3. We have always recommended that carbon price must be revenue-neutral, upstream, economy-wide with minimal, principled exceptions and dividends returned to households equitably.
  4. All measurable GHGs must be priced. To begin with, we need natural-gas produced electricity to be removed from the Output-Based Pricing System and pay for all their GHG emissions, immediately. As well, a full accounting of all measurable GHGs must be included in the Federal GHG Inventory including and not limited to volatile anaesthetics such as Desflurane and Sevoflurane.
  5. We encourage the government to enact Border Carbon Adjustments (BCAs) and work with trading partners to have them implemented by 2025 at the latest. BCAs will ensure Canadian industries and jobs are protected.
  6. We applaud the government’s intentions to review the standards used to assess provincial carbon pricing systems, and engage with provinces and territories as well as with Indigenous Peoples in this review. Strengthening and harmonization of carbon pricing across jurisdictions will be necessary to ensure our carbon pricing policies comply with international trade laws including border carbon adjustments.

CCL Canada is a volunteer-driven and non-partisan organization. Since 2010, we have been focused on advocating for an incrementally increasing price on carbon pollution, with 100% of the revenue returned directly and equitably back to citizens. To date, we have 42 active chapters covering over 120 ridings across the country and have met with government officials over 1200 times.

Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada will be formally updating our lobbying ask in early 2022. There are several reasons why we are holding off on going through the process of determining our collective lobbying asks including:

  1. Article 6 in the Paris Agreement Rule book has yet to be finalized. It is anticipated that it will be finalized at COP 26 in Glasgow.
  2. The federal government will be updating its climate plan after COP 26, and it will take time to analyze.
  3. Our MPs, new and returning, need time to adjust to the new Parliament, develop their portfolio and find out which committees they will serve on.
  4. The Cabinet and Opposition portfolios have to be determined.
  5. The new cabinet and their mandate letters from the Prime Minister are yet to be announced.
  6. It takes two to three months and about a dozen or so meetings to manifest our formal lobbying asks. We work on it as a team across Canada.


Iran, Pakistan agree to facilitate truck traffic from China to Europe

Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Rostam Qassemi said that Iran and Pakistan have agreed to facilitate truck traffic from China to Europe.

Speaking in a conference on asphalt and related machinery on Tuesday, Qassemi criticized the current construction methods and said that the Ministry under his leadership would use experts to leverage modern building and roads construction technology to prevent energy dissipation and reduce renovation costs.

He referred to his recent meetings with Pakistani officials and said the two countries have agreed to facilitate the traffic of Iranian trucks directly to China and Pakistani truck to Europe.

Iran has great advantages in transportation sector, he said, pointing to the passage of a Finnish cargo train which took 21 days to reach to its destination, while it had to spend three months to travel though marine routes.

He also said that the Ministry of Roads and Urban development was determined to make a great transition in railroads and highways as well as the relation transportation fleet.

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How to prevent people changing questions after they have been answered?

I’ve just again come across a post where the answers didn’t seem to fit the question well, and a look in the edit history showed that the question had been substantially altered after the answers had been given.

As this is not the first time I’ve seen something like this, I wonder if there could be technical measures to prevent this.

Obviously blocking all edits after an answer has been posted would not be a good idea. It would block all possible improvements of the question, including those that don’t invalidate the answer.

If the distinction between large and small edits gets implemented, one might consider allowing only small edits after an answer was posted.

Another possible measure would be that the threshold above which edits no longer need review is higher for questions with answers, than it is for questions without answers. Possibly with a grace period, so that question edits generally don’t fail because someone posted an answer while the OP was already editing the question.

It’s entirely possible to make even major edits to a question without invalidating answers, but I do think it would be worthwhile to require review of edits to questions with answers without regard for whether it’s the OP editing or someone else (but still allowing sufficiently trusted users to edit with fewer or no reviews as usual).

That said, I doubt we’ll need this for quite a while; it’s enough for MVP and some time beyond to simply have a site culture of not allowing chameleons.

I don’t think there is a technical solution for this. People will have to judge whether an edit changes the question too much. At most the system can provide a flag for that reason.

Quite simple - we force edits on questions with accepted answers to always require review (and you are unable to review your own edits). The only problem I see here is people ignoring the question itself and simply accepting the edit, but that’s an unrelated problem that I’ll likely make a new topic about.

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Disagree. The few times I did actually ask a question, it was useful to be able to update the question to include more information in response to comments.

The way to deal with this is to make the rules clear, and have there be consequences when they are broken. I’ve certainly seen cases where questions have changed out from under existing answers, including my own, but that’s rather rare.

Excepting the author, of course.

That’s why I’ve specifically stated accepted answer questions only.

Accepted answers requiring a review isn’t a bad idea IMO.

Something else (which is more bothersome) is updating old questions or answers. As is being discussed elsewhere, sometimes a newer version of things needs to be addressed without being a duplicate, and digging through answers for the “latest” version isn’t the right solution. Maybe requiring review for questions after a certain number of days/weeks/months would be beneficial as well.

This could work out incredibly well for Dealing With Obsolete Content - #25 by Corsaka also. Every 6 months/1 year, we can send questions to a review queue where they’re checked for inaccuracies or problematic edits.

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Force all questions to go to review? Ugh no. After several years that queue is going to be HUGE.

But for editing the question, the answer, (or even adding a new answer), those should be in the review queue.

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Certainly not at least for those people that have gained some trust, however the system measures that.


A Forgotten Classic: the Plymouth Road Runner

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A Forgotten Classic: The Plymouth Road Runner

The Plymouth Road Runner was a classic car that ran from 1968-1980. It was built by the Plymouth Division of the Chrysler Corporation. Although classic race car history enthusiasts rave about the iconic sedan, it has somewhat disappeared from the public consciousness.
But it’s not a ride to be forgotten about. According to Driving Line, the Plymouth Road Runner was not just a brilliant marketing idea but a phenomenal effort. It pierced through to the heart of buyers who needed a V8 fix and also catered to thrifty speed enthusiasts.

How did the Plymouth Road Runner get its name?

A close-up look at a retro Plymouth logo.
The iconic Plymouth logo graced the front of the Road Runner for over 10 years.
The meaning behind the car's name can be traced to the Road Runner Cartoon by Warner Bros. The Plymouth Road Runner centered on the horn that made an iconic beeping noise—mimicking the chirp of the cartoon. And after an aggressive ad campaign featuring Wiley Coyote, the name stuck.
As a result, Plymouth had to negotiate some deals to overcome the copyright and usage issues the name brought. Eventually, they had to pay $50,000 for naming rights, and cough up a further $10,000 for the horn sound.

The vehicle's design, features, and specifications

The Plymouth Road Runner was meticulously designed to be a high-performance muscle car. It had no carpet and was otherwise relatively low on interior spec. The anterior and rear seats were both benches. Also, it had no air conditioner, radio, trim, cruise control, and very few color options.
And from a car purist’s standpoint, that principle made sense—less stuff meant higher performance. It also saved the consumer money, as the base level design of the Road Runner cost less than $3,000.
Meanwhile, the low spec-high performance plan worked. All versions of the Plymouth Road Runner began with a 335hp 8-cylinder engine. It also had a 425 lb-ft of torque. The car's spring rate was hardened to help with road-holding.

The end of the Plymouth Road Runner

Sadly, by the end of 1980, the Road Runner was abandoned, primarily due to emissions and regulations issues. The US government wanted to mitigate hazardous and environmentally expensive vehicles. And muscle cars were among the least economical around.
The Road Runner did try to adjust over the course of its production time, though. Plymouth made the car smaller with less powerful engines. While those changes made sense, they paved the way to the ultimate collapse and end of the car.

The Road Runner, racing, and running away

The Plymouth Road Runner was often used as a street machine or drag car due to its high power output. It accelerated very well, and remained steady on the road at high speeds, making it a good option for drag race enthusiasts.
It was also sometimes used for other, more illicit activities. Because the Road Runner was so large and sturdy, moonshiners often opted to use it to carry out nighttime deliveries and drives. And if things got risky, the Road Runner often had enough muscle to pull away from police cars on country backroads.

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The Piana Campana and the MANN

Many ancient historians have handed down conflicting stories about the peoples who inhabited the Piana Campana, their dominating forces, and the myths linked to their origins: each author, in fact, was deeply conditioned both by the nature of the information collected and by the need of being understood and appreciated by his contemporaries. Based on these accounts, nowadays archaeologists and historians try to interpret the findings, looking for possible relationships between funerary rituals, the form of an object, and certain “ethnic” characteristics in specific historical phases.

In the Piana Campana, indigenous populations structured flourishing settlements from the Neolithic, without interruption, to the contemporary period, always maintaining relationships with the rest of the peninsula and the Mediterranean Sea. In such a complex context, interpretative categories are continually questioned by the wealth of archaeological data, which always raise new questions. This exhibition aims to create a dialogue between the data of the excavations conducted between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including the search for ancient finds on the antiquary market now merged into the Museum’s collections, and the extraordinary evidence discovered through extensive excavations conducted by the Soprintendenza di Napoli e Caserta from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s, with the objective of broadening our understanding of regional history. The necessity of operating in very extensive areas containing massive public works projects, in fact, have given impetus to the transition from “recovery archeology” to “preventive archeology” that plans preliminary investigations for the execution of programmed interventions. This preliminary research is proportionate to the overall extent of the public work, to available economic and professional resources, and to the timeline for their completion.

In particular, in the area of Gricignano di Aversa and Carinaro in the province of Caserta, the extensive excavations carried out since the mid-1990s, for the constructions of the US Navy military base and the Rome-Naples High Speed railway line revealed traces of an intense frequentation starting from the final Neolithic (late 5th-early 4th millennium BCE) to the Roman period. A selection of archaeological contexts from the Early Bronze Age to the Early Archaic period is exhibited here for the first time, with the eighteenth and nineteenth century excavations in the Museum’s collections, to trace a new path of knowledge of this extraordinary region of the ancient world.

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Question: Is marriage registration mandatory in India?

People often debate whether to have their marriage registered in court or not. The Supreme Court of India, in 2006, made it mandatory to register all marriages in the eyes of the law, making it an important certificate to prove your relationship with your spouse.

Is marriage valid if not registered in India?

What happens if I don’t register my marriage in India?

1. Absence of registration of marriage does not make it illegal. Your marriage is valid for all the legal and practical reasons. If your husband remarries without obtaining divorce he shall be guilty for the offence of bigamy which carries an imprisonment of up to 7 years.

Is it necessary to get marriage registered?

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Is it mandatory to have marriage certificate in India?

What happens if you dont register your marriage?

Is marriage certificate valid if not registered?

Dear PAO, It is considered as valid if the parties who are male and female and have legal capacity to contract marriage freely consented to a marriage in the presence of the solemnizing officer (Article 2, Family Code). …

What documents can be used for proof of marriage?

Documents Used to Prove a Bona Fide Marriage

  • Deed to property showing both names.
  • Mortgage or loan documents showing both names.
  • Lease agreement showing both names.
  • Driver’s licenses or IDs showing the same address.
  • Bank statements showing the same address.
  • Voided or cancelled checks showing the same address.

What is marriage certificate in India?

The marriage certificate is an official declaration that states that two people are married. In India, Marriages can be registered either under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 or under the Special Marriage Act, 1954. For both types of marriages, a marriage certificate is legitimate proof that a couple is married.

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The need to belong

Our visit to the Salinas Valley State Prison was an inundation of experiences and emotions. Toward the end of our time there, we were in the yard that housed some of the most active members of the gangs that fill the prisons, which is consequently one of the most regimented yards. Each gang controls certain parameters, and our guide explained that there has been bloodshed over determining who owns which territory. As the inmates were released in a controlled fashion, they circled the inside track and found their places at a cement picnic table or against the back wall, where they posted themselves to quietly survey the scene. Presumably this continues for the duration of their time outside their cells for the day. Our guide brought up the need to belong, and also how everyone there feels a sense of fear. The inmates fear what terrifying consequences will occur at the hands of other gang members if they make the smallest mistake, and they also fear leaving the gang, because it could cause them to lose this sense of belonging, their identity, and the group that has become family. Our guide described that when some previous gang members step down, they may be traumatized and lose their sense of direction and role. The corrections officers are also fearful — that an event will set off violence, that they won’t be able to control it, that someone or themselves will be badly injured. Everyone in the yard has an underlying fear that something awful will happen, but instead of being able to express that fear, it must be masked by a façade of toughness.

There was an eerie sense in the yard, very measured interaction, a careful line that everyone is walking in order to maintain “getting along.” Pushpa pointed out that it was sad – especially how the northern gang was acting. They had virtually no interaction with one another. They were standing still against the back concrete wall, arms crossed, vehemently performing their assigned role in the gang, which they would continue for hours. We’re all seeking to have a role and a purpose, but for the inmates, this is where their need for belonging and purpose brought them — to the corner of a cement enclosure, where their role has become to protect their piece of the yard. But this need to belong also had very real consequences for others while these inmates were in society. It made me wonder, what makes it possible for individuals to change for the better? For these prisoners, whose role is now so deeply engrained, what can lead to the psychological shift that allows change to happen? Is it time, or events, or a particular piece of learning, that can cause the need to belong to shift to incorporate different priorities?

Just half an hour later, we found ourselves sitting in on a group session of substance abuse prevention at the Correctional Training Facility. The group was discussing their values — what is most important to them in their relationships, physical environment, intellectual growth, and emotional growth. The men in the group were so open, thoughtful, and expressed great clarity about their priorities. It was an inspiring community. Everyone that was participating seemed both eager and realistic. They embraced that they will face very real challenges when they return home…temptations to return to an old lifestyle and to fall into previous patterns, but also a belief that they can be true to the relationships they deeply value, and who they have come to understand themselves to be. Feeling the energy in the room made me feel hopeful, but it also made me concerned as to whether society is ready to accept their personal changes. I hoped that the incredible resilience and strength that they showed in that room will carry over when they face another unimaginable challenge — the stigma and expectations associated with those that have been incarcerated. How will they find a job, and housing for themselves and their families? Our systems are not set up to support individuals who are not the same as when they became incarcerated. It made me want to learn a great deal more about how those with records go about navigating society, if they are able to do the hard work on themselves in order to be released. The post-prison system is one of our nations most broken systems, as ex-offenders are likely to fail because the system predominately sets them up to do so. As options for parole become more prevalent, and the culture of rehabilitation is returning to the prison system, how is that matched by employer practices? How can community views of the previously incarcerated population transform, to reflect an understanding of how those individuals have also changed?

After the visits, Julie, who is a journalist that focuses on crime reporting, talked to us about sentencing practices. She had just told us about a juvenile that was sentenced to 65 years for being involved in a crime where a murder occurred, although he didn’t pull the trigger. I asked her about her opinion of the fairness of sentencing, especially in relation to drug charges, and the degree to which this might have impacted the inmates of SVSP and the CTF today. She pointed out that this is something that the incarcerated community does not have the privilege of questioning – due to their circumstances it could destroy one psychologically to spend their days in prison thinking about how their sentence could be predominately tied to their race. She discussed how this is the role and opportunity of the journalist community and those that are not part of the incarcerated population — to question these policies and seek to expose realities. It was a reminder of the opportunity we have to be able to think critically about issues such as sentencing, and due to these privileges we have a duty to productively share what we learn.


Your question: How did the Normans change England?

What good things did the Normans do?

The Normans built the Tower of London and many castles such as Dover castle. They were also famous for being able to build Motte and Bailey castles very quickly. It is estimated that as many as 1000 castles were built in England by the Normans in the Middle Ages.

What changes did the Normans bring to England quizlet?

What were the main changes that the Normans made to English law? Feudalism, legal language, Trial by Battle, stronger central government.

What did the Normans do in Britain?

Medieval England was in thrall to the powerful, French-speaking elite installed by William the Conqueror from 1066. As land-owning lords, the Normans dominated politically and economically, building grandiose castles to symbolise their strength.

How did William the Conqueror’s actions in 1066 change England?

What was significant about the changes William made to the land ownership in England?

William transferred land ownership from the nobles who hadn’t supported him to Norman barons who had. These were men he could trust and rely on. The greatest change introduced after the conquest of 1066 was the introduction of the feudal system.

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Why was the Norman conquest so important?

Do Normans still rule England?

In 1066, Saxon England was rocked by the death of Harold II and his army by the invading Norman forces at the Battle of Hastings. … Although no longer a kingdom itself, the culture and language of the Normans can still be seen in Northern France to this day.


Spicy Buffalo Tofu Drummettes

  1. Drain and slice the block of tofu lengthwise through the center to create 2 slabs. Lay each slab on its side and slice lengthwise down through the center to create 4 slabs total.
  2. Thoroughly press the tofu until it is not releasing any more liquid. This is important: the drier the tofu, the better the texture of the finished dish (this can also be done with a tofu press using the whole intact block and the block sliced after pressing).
  3. Preheat the oven to 325°F.
  4. Now cut each slab into 3 drummettes. Try slicing on a slight diagonal, turning the knife slightly to left on the first slice and then slightly to the right on the second slice so the drummettes are irregular rectangles, for a total of 12 drummettes. This will give them a more natural and less uniform appearance. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat and place the drummettes on the baking sheet in a single layer. Bake uncovered for 30 minutes, turning after 15 minutes. Remove to cool.
  5. In a bowl, whisk together the nutritional yeast, milk, mayo, salt and seasonings until smooth. In a separate bowl, add the garbanzo bean flour.
  6. Dip each drummette in the milk mixture and then dredge in the flour and set aside on a plate. Replenish the flour as needed. Let the drummettes dry for about 10 minutes and then dredge them in the flour again.
  7. In a skillet or wok, heat about ½-inch of oil over medium-high heat until the oil begins to shimmer. Fry the drummettes in the hot oil for several minutes until golden brown. Remove to a plate lined with a paper towel to drain.
  8. Meanwhile, melt the butter or margarine and whisk together with the hot sauce until smooth. Just before serving, drizzle the sauce over the drummettes in a bowl and turn the drummettes gently until they are thoroughly coated with the sauce. Transfer to a serving plate and serve immediately with the dipping sauce of your choice (i.e., vegan blue cheese or creamy ranch dressing).
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Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages, psychology assignments help

1. Assignment: Pick one (only one) of Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages and relate it to later consequences in either (a) intimacy, or (b) career success. Be sure to reference course lectures, video, as well as outside internet research in your 2-3 paragraph response.

2. Assignment: What does the insight learning of Kohler’s chimps suggest about skill learning in child development? Explain in 2-3 paragraphs.

3. What are the effects of divorce on the development on children?

4. What behavior did not increase in frequency when it was followed by a desirable, positive consequence—if the law of effect did not operate?

What are all the things that would be different?

Explain the most effective type of discipline.


Is an alternative host a co host?

Can an alternative host make someone a co-host?

If the co-host feature is enabled for the meeting, the alternative host will become a co-host.

What is an alternative host in Zoom?

When scheduling a meeting, the host can designate another Licensed user on the same account to be the alternative host. The alternative host can start the meeting on the host’s behalf. This user will receive an email notifying them that they’ve been added as an alternative host, with a link to start the meeting.

What is the difference between host and co-host?

A host is the “owner” of a meeting or webinar and is the person who can administer the meeting via the host controls . The host is the only person who can end a meeting or make someone else the host. A co-host is an optional role that can be assigned to someone to assist the Host in moderating a meeting.

Can alternative hosts record Zoom meetings?

A host can set up a participant as an alternate host to give other participants recording permission so that the host can record meetings without joining the meeting. When participating in a meeting, the alternate host can perform local recording * 4in the absence of the host .

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Can alternative hosts start Zoom meetings?

Alternative hosts can start the meeting by using the meeting ID or meeting link from the invitation email. The meeting will not display in the upcoming meetings list in the desktop client or mobile app for alternative hosts.

What is the difference between alternative host and co-host in Zoom?

Alternative hosts can be designated in advance, whereas co-hosts must be assigned during the meeting. Alternative hosts have full host privileges until the host account joins the meeting and automatically becomes the host. Co-hosts can do almost everything a host can. A co-host cannot start or end the meeting.

What can a co-host do in Zoom?

The co-host feature allows the host to share hosting privileges with another user, allowing the co-host to manage the administrative side of the meeting, such as managing participants or starting/stopping the recording. The host is the only user who can assign a co-host.

Can alternative host assign breakout rooms?

Only the primary host of a Zoom meeting can assign users to breakout rooms, co-hosts do not share this ability (see this table for a full breakdown of meeting roles).

What co-host means?

: one of two or more people who host something (such as a television show) together As cohost of the network’s late-night wrap-ups of its Winter Olympics coverage, the effervescent Sullivan drew nothing but encomiums …—

What is alternate host in pathology?

An alternate host in plant pathology is the host belonging to a different family that helps complete the pathogen’s life cycle and its survival. …

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Can a co-host share screen on Zoom?

In a webinar, only the host, co-hosts, and panelists can share their screen. If you’re using the desktop client, you can show Zoom windows during screen share.


Because of this pandemic, I feel like I am having to have more hard conversations with my teens than ever before. We are in one another’s space all of the time, there is no easy way to “take a break” from one another, remote school is energy sucking and for right now, the end still seems illusive.

One thing I do know is that hard conversations are necessary, and they actually make our relationships stronger when they are handled in a way that honors each person involved.

One of the best things I learned in coach and leadership training, and something that I use daily, is the art of finding value. Finding value is a key component to a hard conversation going well, as it opens the door to understanding and trust. When someone says something that activates me, my job is to find something of value that I can point out about what was said, how it was said or the sentiment behind it. Once I have done that, only then can I add what I would like to share. This is not about “blowing smoke” or speaking something I don’t believe…it is truly about finding something that I value, sharing it and incorporating it into the conversation as I go.

Finding value is a muscle to practice. Just like any new muscle you are developing, it takes time and practice. The more you practice, the easier they get, turning them from hard conversations into easier ones!

Start practicing finding value in everyday conversations. Here is an example:

You are having a conversation with your teen about the weekend. You want to do something a little different, like get active or have a change of scenery because it would actually be good for the whole family, and they want to stay in their room and watch YouTube, TikTok or Netflix. Instead of getting angry and lashing out, find value in what they are saying. That value could be that you appreciate how comfortable they are at home and that makes you happy. You could appreciate that they have had a lot of schoolwork this week and that it is good that they want to take care of themselves and give themselves some downtime. Then you can enroll them in what you are wanting for the family and how much you want them included.

Finding value – acknowledging or appreciating something about someone – can diffuse negative emotions and turn a hard conversation into a more productive one. The art of finding value is a game changer! When people feel seen, heard and valued, the defenses go down making a hard conversation much easier!

I am committed to supporting families to have better hard conversations. If this is something that has got your wheels turning, and you realize you could use more support with your teen, please reach out to me…we can have a conversation, and go from there.


Frequent question: How many chromosomes are present in eukaryotic cells?

They are diploid cells, which means that those 46 chromosomes are organized into 23 pairs.

How many chromosomes are present in prokaryotic cell and eukaryotic cell?

coli has around 1.6mm, or 4 million base pairs, of DNA—compare this to the 2m of DNA inside each human cell.

Eukaryotic chromosome.

Eukaryotic Chromosome Prokaryotic Chromosome
Size Large Small
Number Multiple Single
Location Nucleus Nucleoid (region in cytoplasm)

How many pairs of chromosomes do eukaryotes have?

Do eukaryotic cells have chromosome?

A chromosome is a single, long molecule of DNA. … In contrast, in eukaryotes, all of the cell’s chromosomes are stored inside a structure called the nucleus. Each eukaryotic chromosome is composed of DNA coiled and condensed around nuclear proteins called histones.

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How many chromosomes are in a eukaryotic genome?

Genome Size Matters

Most eukaryotes maintain multiple chromosomes; humans, for example have 23 pairs, giving them 46 chromosomes.

How many chromosomes are present in prokaryotic cells?

Most prokaryotic cells have just one chromosome, so they are classified as haploid cells (1n, without paired chromosomes).

What is the size of a eukaryotic cell?

Eukaryotic cells are typically larger than prokaryotic cells, ranging from around 10 to 100 μm in diameter.

Do we have 46 chromosomes in each cell?

How much DNA is present in eukaryotes?

Eukaryotes typically have much more DNA than prokaryotes: the human genome is roughly 3 billion base pairs while the E. coli genome is roughly 4 million. For this reason, eukaryotes employ a different type of packing strategy to fit their DNA inside the nucleus (Figure 4).

Why do eukaryotes have linear chromosomes?

In most eukaryotic cells, DNA is arranged in multiple linear chromosomes. … This is a phenomenon which occurs due to the directionality of DNA replication enzymes, resulting in the gradual loss of genetic material at the ends of linear chromosomes after each subsequent cycle of cell and DNA replication.

How many chromosomes are there in a haploid cell?

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What is present in all eukaryotic cells?

Each eukaryotic cell has a plasma membrane, cytoplasm, a nucleus, ribosomes, mitochondria, peroxisomes, and in some, vacuoles; however, there are some striking differences between animal and plant cells.

What are 4 types of eukaryotes?

There are four types of eukaryotes: animals, plants, fungi, and protists. Protists are a group of organisms defined as being eukaryotic but not animals, plants, or fungi; this group includes protozoa, slime molds, and some algae. Protists and fungi are usually unicellular, while animals and plants are multicellular.

How many chromosomes are in a diploid cell?

Diploid is a cell or organism that has paired chromosomes, one from each parent. In humans, cells other than human sex cells, are diploid and have 23 pairs of chromosomes. Human sex cells (egg and sperm cells) contain a single set of chromosomes and are known as haploid.

How many chromosomes are in your somatic cells?

There are 23 pairs of chromosomes in somatic cells; one member of each pair is paternal (from the father) and one maternal (from the mother).

What is eukaryotic genome?

Eukaryotic genomes are composed of one or more linear DNA chromosomes. The number of chromosomes varies widely from Jack jumper ants and an asexual nemotode, which each have only one pair, to a fern species that has 720 pairs. It is surprising the amount of DNA that eukaryotic genomes contain compared to other genomes.


Best answer: What happens during early metaphase of mitosis quizlet?

What happens during early metaphase of mitosis?

What happens during metaphase in mitosis quizlet?

A cells genetic DNA condenses, spindle fibers begin to form and the nuclear envelope dissolves. What happens during Metaphase? The duplicated chromosomes line up and spindle fibers connect to the centromeres. … A cell plate forms followed by a new cell membrane, and finally a new cell wall forms.

What happens early mitosis?

Prophase is the first phase of mitosis. During this phase, the chromosomes inside the cell’s nucleus condense and form tight structures. … In particular, two structures called centrosomes move to opposite sides of the cell during this phase and begin building the mitotic spindle.

Which is the first stage of mitosis quizlet?

The first phase of Mitosis, The chromosomes “condense,” or become so tightly wound that you can see them under a microscope. The wall around the nucleus, called the nuclear envelope, disappears. Spindles also form and attach to chromosomes to help them move.

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What happens during metaphase II?

During metaphase II, the centromeres of the paired chromatids align along the equatorial plate in both cells. Then in anaphase II, the chromosomes separate at the centromeres. The spindle fibers pull the separated chromosomes toward each pole of the cell. … Cytokinesis follows, dividing the cytoplasm of the two cells.

What happens during anaphase in mitosis?

During anaphase, each pair of chromosomes is separated into two identical, independent chromosomes. The chromosomes are separated by a structure called the mitotic spindle. … The separated chromosomes are then pulled by the spindle to opposite poles of the cell.

What happens during G1 phase?

What happens during G1 phase apex?

In G1, cells accomplish most of their growth; they get bigger in size and make proteins and organelles needed for normal functions of DNA synthesis. Here, proteins and RNAs are synthesized, and, more especially the centromere and the other components of the centrosomes are made.

What is metaphase quizlet?

Metaphase. Phase of mitosis in which chromosomes move to the center of the cell and line up along the equator. Spindle fibers link the chromatids of each chromosome to opposite poles. Anaphase.

Why is metaphase important in mitosis?

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What happens during the 4 stages of mitosis?

1) Prophase: chromatin into chromosomes, the nuclear envelope break down, chromosomes attach to spindle fibres by their centromeres 2) Metaphase: chromosomes line up along the metaphase plate (centre of the cell) 3) Anaphase: sister chromatids are pulled to opposite poles of the cell 4) Telophase: nuclear envelope …

What is accomplished during mitosis?

What happens in the stages of mitosis quizlet?

A process of nuclear division in eukaryotic cells conventionally divided into five stages: prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase. Mitosis conserves chromosome number by equally allocating replicated chromosomes to each of the daughter nuclei. … Two new cells are produced just like the original.

What happens during mitosis quizlet?

What is mitosis? … What happens during mitosis ? Is the time during which the duplicated chromosomes (known as the sister chromatids) separate into two daughter nuclei, and the cell divides into two daughter cells, each with a full copy of DNA. What are the stages of mitosis?

What happens in the mitosis phase quizlet?

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what happens during mitosis? the first stage of cell division during which the chromosomes become visible as paired chromatids and the nuclear envelope disappears. the second stage of cell division, between prophase and anaphase, during which the chromosomes become attached to the spindle fibers.

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Quick Answer: Do you have to pay tourism tax?

Several states in the US, including California and Texas, have an occupancy tax, which you pay when you book your lodging. The tax applies at hotels, motels, inns, and other, similar places.

Do you pay taxes as a tourist?

If you are visiting the USA for pleasure and receive no income from USA sources, you do not have to file a USA income tax return.

Is there tourist tax in the UK?

The UK’s 5% VAT rate for the leisure and hospitality sector is set to expire and return to 20% at the end of March 2021. Tourism contributes £106bn to the British economy and supports 2.6m jobs, according to Condor Ferries UK Tourism Statistics 2020.

Is there a tourist tax in Ireland?

In fact, Ireland is one of only nine EU countries with no tourism taxes, according to the European Tourism Association.

How does tourism tax work?

Tourism taxes are small fees usually levied indirectly through accommodation providers or holiday companies, and typically aimed at overnight visitors. … In recent years there has been a growing backlash against tourism driven by people tired of their homes being swamped.

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Is there tax free in USA?

In America, there is no Federal Sales Tax ( national level sales tax). When you buy goods in US, the respective State or Local Government charges you State Sales Tax. … The sales tax you pay for shopping in US goes to the respective state govt. or local govt and does not go to the federal government.

What is tourism VAT?

The Government is coming under intense pressure from the tourism industry to further extend in next week’s budget the sector’s preferential 9 per cent rate of VAT, which was cut from 13.5 per cent a year ago to help tourism operators keep their heads above the stormy waters of the pandemic.

How much is tax on a hotel room?

The Hotel Room Tax (or “transient occupancy tax”) is a 14 percent tax levied on hotel room charges. The tax is collected by hotel operators from guests and remitted to the Treasurer/Tax Collector. Many local governments impose this tax to recover some of the costs of governmental services associated with nonresidents.

Do hotels in UK charge VAT?

Hotels usually charge VAT (Value Added Tax) at a rate of 20% on UK hotel accommodation (reduced to 5% for the next 6 months). However, as a business, you can claim all this VAT back if the Hotel booking was done as part of a business trip.

What is tax free Ireland?

This means that if you earn €16,500 or less you do not pay any income tax (because your tax credits of €3,300 are more than or equal to the amount of tax you are due to pay). However you might need to pay a Universal Social Charge (if your income is over €13,000 and PRSI (depending on how much you earn each week).

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How does Tax Free Shopping work in Ireland?

Visitors to Ireland from outside the European Union (EU) can buy goods in Ireland to take home with them and benefit from tax relief. This is called the Retail Export Scheme. … The visitor must provide proof that they are a visitor from outside the EU when making each purchase.

What is tax free allowance in Ireland?

Their total income for 2020 is €35,000. As Anne is 65 or over, and their total income for the period is under the exemption limit of €36,000, they are exempt for Income Tax for 2020.

Exemption limits.

Limits Amounts
First Qualifying Child €575
Second Qualifying Child €575
Third Qualifying Child €830
Adjusted Exemption Limit €37,980

Does Airbnb pay tourist tax?

Guests who book Airbnb listings that are located in the City of Pacific Grove, California will pay the following tax as part of their reservation: Transient Occupancy Tax: 12% of the listing price including any cleaning fees, for reservations 30 nights and shorter.

Who is in charge of tourists?

The National Travel and Tourism Office, part of ITA, creates a positive climate for growth in travel and tourism by reducing institutional barriers to tourism, administers joint marketing efforts, provides official travel and tourism statistics, and coordinates efforts across federal agencies through the Tourism Policy …

How is tourist tax calculated?

To get the hotel tax rate, a percentage, divide the tax per night by the cost of the room before taxes. Multiply the answer by 100 to get the rate. For example, the total cost of a night’s stay is $134.50, with the room’s pre-tax cost at $115. Your tax per night would be $19.50.

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14. What should I look for in a medical device and the company that supplies it in terms of wireless capabilities, expertise, and support?

The medical device needs to meet the functional and clinical requirements for the job to be performed. The manufacturer should have a solid and demonstrable understanding of the wireless technologies they have chosen for their device. The manufacturer also should be able to provide documentation adequate to ensure that it meets the interoperability and security requirements of your facility, as well as adequate instructions to ensure that the device can be supported in a manner that ensures its safety and efficacy when installed on the chosen wireless infrastructure. The manufacturer should provide a network disclosure statement to the HDO detailing the constraints and capabilities of the device, as well as the requirements from the organization’s infrastructure. The manufacturer should also provide information mentioned in the Security section.

15. What wireless specifications should I be writing into my RFPs for medical devices?

The RFP (request for proposal) should include specifications that reflect the HIPAA, wireless security, and wireless operational policies of your facility. It should include requirements for the vendors of both the medical equipment and IT equipment to provide information necessary to ensure the proper functioning of the medical equipment and continued support. For more detailed information, you should consult the IEC 80001-1 risk management standard and its technical reports covering wireless network design considerations and responsibility agreements. Support of hospital authentication/encryption requirements and specific wireless standards are two specific concepts to include. Please see Appendix A, Example Prepurchase Questionnaire, for a sample of questions that might be asked of MDMs.

16. How can I engage my C-suite and encourage them to invest in the wireless infrastructure?

One option is to consider security, consistency, and timeliness of data, as all of these have an impact on clinical outcomes—the heart of quality and affordability agendas that guide decisions made by virtually every health system. To support your argument, be prepared to discuss how your particular initiative (strategy and tactical plan) can improve quality (perhaps including impact to brand) and be affordable.

A healthcare technology management leader at a large health system shared these experiences:

“We removed the veil of technical secrecy from the requests and communicated very clearly the value of the investment from the standpoint of clinical efficiency and improved patient outcomes. Including very specific data on how proposed wireless and wired infrastructure upgrades would improve clinician access to the system, reduce downtime, and speed up transactions made it very obvious to the C-suite that the resources needed to be approved.

“It was common several years ago for IT infrastructure requests to be among the first items cut when there was a need to cut the capital budget. The turning point was the integration of mobile and fixed computing devices into the clinical workflow. When we were preparing to implement our EHR at our first sites, it became readily apparent that our existing infrastructure would negatively impact clinical workflow and ultimately patient outcomes.

“Wireless VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) phones transitioned from being ‘nice to have’ to a critical part of the clinical workflow. Communicating how the investment in better phones and enhanced wireless infrastructure would better support clinical workflow and patient outcomes helped the C-suite understand the importance of the investment.

“Quantifying costs using indirect measures such as communicating return on investment (ROI) in dollars may be difficult. Executives realize that every clinician waiting an extra 30 seconds for a refresh from the EHR server multiple times per day adds up to wasted dollars. Similarly, the count of lost connections that have to be restarted due to inadequate wireless infrastructure adds up to wasted dollars and clinician frustration. Frustrated clinicians lead to turnover, and the costs of clinician turnover have been well documented. Similarly, the cost of EHR downtime (estimated by a large hospital chain at more than $10k per hour) may be used to justify upgrading the system to reduce downtime.”


Golf Fade Swing

Golfers are always seeking tips to help develop a better golf swing. This can be frustrating, especially if you know all is well but have no success. This is among the primary reasons why golfers give up after just a few months. Knowing the fundamentals is essential to improving your golf swing. It’s not simple. There are some golf swing tips you can apply to improve your golf swing.

To master the correct golf swing basics it is essential to first adopt an appropriate stance for your golf swing. Place your feet in the middle of the back, with your weight evenly distributed throughout the body. Your right shoulder should be in the front of your right hip. Then , you can lean forward your chest to get additional back support. It is important to have the right balance and strength during the golf swing. A solid base for your golf swing will help you to control the movement in the downswing . It will also make it easier to follow through.

The second step to improve your the speed of your golf swing is to get your tempo to be on the right track. Tempo is defined as the individual rhythm when you swing golf. The ideal tempo is when your body and mind work in harmony and everything flows smoothly. Even when you swing, you should feel and see your whole body working in perfect coordination. To master this crucial golf swing , spend some time focusing on your downswing, and your follow through. Pay special attention to where you’re making good contact with the golf ball at all times in your golf swing.

The third element to improve your golf swing speed is staying in the correct finish position. The majority of golfers put too much importance on the backswing and the downswing. Instead of paying attention to their hands and arms they focus on the golf ball’s impact. This bad habit is easily eliminated. Simply put your right hand in the exact same position as your left arm to make contact with the ball.

Fourthly, you must maintain the correct posture for a perfect golf swing. Don’t let your shoulders slump or your elbows to drop. Stay upright with your back straight and head down. Also, don’t allow your shoulders to hang down. The backswing can only be as good as the angle and position of your shoulders.

Fifthly, your tips for improving the golf swing must address the goal. If you want to hit the golf ball straight and far, you have to hit the ball on a high plane. To achieve this, you have to prepare to hit the golf ball by putting your left foot forward. Then, put your left foot in front of the golf ball and align your right foot directly behind it. Then, move your right foot forward until your shoulders are 90 degrees to the goal.

Sixth, you need to master the backswing as well as the downswing to improve your golf swing. Both the backswing and downswing are comprised of three main components namely the setup as well as the downswing and follow through. The setting is when you place yourself up to hit the target and engage in a throwing motion i.e. raise your left arm up and then lower it towards the ground. The downswing is a movement of the body after it comes to rest after the throwing motion.

Finally, the golf swing tips to improve your golf swing are centered on the follow through. The distance between your left shoulder and the ground after you’ve completed the throwing motion of your golf swing is referred to as the follow through. You can improve your golf swing by practicing the same golf swing repeatedly without changing the setup, downswing or follow through. If you keep practicing you will see the following improvements: your golf swing will be more consistent, the wrists will be more relaxed and release the golf ball at a greater distance.


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Wisdom Seeker

The Force is Strong With This One
Hi everyone, hope you are all remaining strong during these bizarre times.
I have a good friend of mine who had a terrifying experience last night that she was able to share with me.
It reminded me of one I had read in 'High Strangeness: Hyperdimensions and the Process of Alien Abduction'.
I would appreciate you all to comment on what you think and give advice etc so that she feels more at ease.
I told her to read the Cassiopeans because as we all know: "Knowledge Protects & Ignorance Endangers".

Here is her experience:

I woke up at 01:35am.

That very night, I fell asleep relatively quickly into a deep sleep. I vaguely remember my dream but at some point, I was in a van with 4 of my friends and a driver, who I knew very well. When I spoke, no one replied, no one acknowledged me. Suddenly, we all begin to float, it was impossible to talk and it was challenging to breath. Everything went quiet, the sound was muffled as my perception of reality shifted into slow motion. I felt stuck in glue and abruptly possessed by some sort of powerful energy, a rather dark and gloomy one.

All of a sudden I wake up in a creepy hotel room, I remember the sky being dark blue. I was alone and vulnerable. I hear voices in the corridor, I tell myself that I was safe, that I had managed to escape the viscous energy in the van. However, something was not quite right, I do not recall checking-in to a hotel, this was simply another dream, another plane of reality.

I start to fight with my inner demons to open my eyes, as I manage to subtly open them and grasp awareness, I find myself in my bedroom but the energy was still present and trying to suck me back into the dream - it quickly turned into a battle. I realise that this energy was present and had been following me in all the realms: the van, the hotel room and my bedroom.

My instincts tell me that I am familiar with this energy, that it’s not the first time that it tries to possess me - every time I had the impression that my spirit is going to leave my body like a 4th density bleed-through. However I wanted to understand this energy so I decided to let myself go and let it take over but I panic as an intense vibration pulsates around me. I feel as if my eardrums are about to explode, I have pins and needles throughout my body, from the head to my toes.

Suddenly, I feel as if I shifted into another dimension/ density in which I see black, blue and white. It’s a terrifying universe in which I do not have full conscious. I hear millions of voices simultaneously and see countless strangers’ faces. It's at this moment in time that I acknowledge that I was in danger. I tell myself ‘WAKE UP!” But those energies I fell prey to were chaining me to this dark realm of reality. They were trying to suck my soul and take control of my entire body.

I wanted to wake up and escape this mortifying environment. The intense clash with this energy continues - I could feel it trying to take hold of my spirit and steadily take control of my body, it was extremely bizarre.

I am simply overwhelmed by this experience but I am certain that this energy wanted to invade my mind/body/spirit.

The conflict continues, I knew that if I managed to open my eyes, I would have won. As I barely manage to get a glimpse of my bedroom - my whole body starts to shake, like a seizure, I feel this pressure, a hand on my right leg. There is this sound that resonates so powerfully that I am under the impression of becoming death, it was as if I was travelling at the speed of light. I continue to hear voices from afar. I wake up, the energy is still present, I won but this was not the last time…

The Living Force

This is probably not a good idea when dealing with something like this.

It is difficult to say whether this is some sort of lower astral entity attack or something else.

In my experience, what ultimately helps against these dark or low vibrating entities is to do whatever you can increase your habitual frequency or vibration. This needs to be done on all levels:

Mental: stopping negative thought loops, letting go of limiting or negative beliefs, visualizing a better future for yourself, etc.

Emotional: clearing low-vibrating emotional baggage in general, such as processing emotional charges, self-healing emotional wounding in meditation. Also things like meeting emotional needs, doing fun things, etc.

Physical: good diet, exercise, detoxing if necessary.

Energetic: It seems that these attacks usually happen when there are significant “holes“ in the energy body. These can be created through a previous illness in some part of the body and you can usually tell which part of the body has a lot of “stuck energies“ or problems.

For short term solutions, it can help to burn sage or something similar and let the smoke take away the lower energies before meditating and asking for help from your Higher Self again and again.

FOTCM Member
Hello Wisdom Seeker,
Your friend's experience must have been terrifying. It is likely that she'll have trouble sleeping the next nights with all the anxiety and the fear of living the experience again.
What she could do in the short term is to salt around her bed and room, with the intention to erect a protective barrier (maybe a shower too), and also to visualize a protective shield (a dome for instance) around her before sleeping, while breathing deeply and slowly.
As for the long term, like axj said, body mind and psychic hygiene, starting with diet, meditation, cleasing of emotional issues, will help a lot. These aspects are discussed in many threads of the forum so you may help her when she asks.
Hope it helps.

Jedi Master
This sounds super scary. In this situation I would think it is difficult to decide what is dream and what is reality. Perhaps the two are combined and bleeding into each other. I used to experience some sort of psychic attack at night (and still do very occasionally). I distinctly remember waking up sometimes and fighting off something I could not see. I now pray for protection and visualise a dome of light over my room. The apex being in the highest density levels and the base going into the centre of the earth. I also used to use this for pendulum work. I think the burning of sage at night would be very useful for your friend. The advice given by Axj sounds comprehensive.

There is no way I would have relaxed and let it take over though. I cannot think this could possibly be a good idea. I hope she finds some resolution to this horrible situation.

FOTCM Member
I agree with mkrnhr, Wisdom Seeker. Diet, meditation, dealing with emotional issues helped me a lot in the past and it still does. I don't know whether your friend is capable of the following, but what helped me a couple of times was to take on the role of being an observer. I just watched the strange visions I was having while lying in bed with some kind of curiosity. It enabled me to take a step back and not give in to fear. It's like studying psychopaths, which we can do from a distance without getting emotionally involved.

If your friends knows there are ways of dealing with these terrifying experiences it will help set her mind at ease and give her confidence and make her feel stronger.

Your friend mentions 4D bleed-through though, so I assume she has been reading about high strangeness? Is there anything she did in the past which could have invited these 'energies'? As Laura often says the 4D realm is a jungle which is much more dangerous than an ordinary jungle here on earth. So, perhaps the axiom knowledge protects, ignorance endangers applies here? FWIW.

The Living Force
FOTCM Member
Gosh, that sounds like a scary experience! You have had some good advice so far, I'd just like to second the advice to encourage your friend to read high strangeness. Perhaps she would like to be involved in the forum and the Work? Passing on the advice here can help, but I think they would get more out of it if they were to become involved and seek/apply the knowledge themselves. I wish her the best.

Wisdom Seeker,

The hardest part of your friend's experience is her lack of knowledge of these "entities" that can attack us in our dreams. It is important to know that as 3D beings, it is impossible for us to fight with them, since we are unable to know who they are, how many of them there are, what their energy level is, and so many other things. At one period of time I was attacked by dark beings during the night, as soon as I started to fall asleep, men walking in front of me, or arriving in a black van, trying to take me by surprise to kidnap me, I woke up with a start, trying to find a way to stop them from doing so. It is possible that my determination to resist them, to refuse their maneuvers, protected me for a long time.

It is thanks to my "stone of protection of dreams" that these attacks stopped in 2017. It is a beautiful green stone, bluish in the sun, which I love very much and which bears scars, marks of blows, which allow me to guess that it had to fight quite often, during its life of stone. It protects me really well, and it stays under my pillow every night.

I agree, knowledge protects.

Padawan Learner
This gives me a sense that something was trying to download. The description reminds me of Neo transitioning into the Matrix, you know?
It’s a very sudden and very forceful rewriting of sorts, experienced by the individual as slow motion.
I agree, the bit about the energy feeling “familiar,” and the empathy involved with “wanting to understand it,” are serious warning signs. They become the doorways to the pitfall of “letting go.”
We must resist. If we die, we die without giving our consent to the download.

Different analogies work at different times, in my experience.

Demon, invader, computer virus.

Get those firewalls up, friends!

FOTCM Member
While psychic attacks can happen, it sounds to me like this is just as likely, if not moreso, to be a case of alternating between a dream and a hypnogogic (body aware) state. It is common to hear reports of hyponogogic states describing sensations like electricity and tingling, like consciousness and body are loosely anchored and creating the sensation when they touch. It's also common for people to say that they feel the necessity of waking up to break the spell (because it's scary!), and that they might sense a presence or energy from outside themselves. Maybe sometimes that sense is true, but it's hard to tell because if the person is particularly sensitive to any stimuli (external or internal, thought, feeling, or physical) at that time, things can be confused. Especially when fear is involved. To add to that, if someone is alternating between that state and dreaming, all sorts of dream type interpretations can be put on those sensations. And dreams can interpret things funny!

That being said, the advice to work on diet, meditation, dealing with emotional issues, and keeping awareness up and fear at bay is just the ticket for whatever the cause.

And a little salting never hurt, but I'd advise not to get stuck on the idea that this was an attack.
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A further person has died after testing positive for  coronavirus  - bringing the total number of deaths in Scots  hospitals  from the virus to 2,363.

Figures released by the  Scottish Government  on Monday revealed that the number of positive cases of Covid-19 has risen to 15,418, which is an increase of 18 compared to yesterday’s figures.

The number of people being treated for confirmed or suspected cases of the virus in hospital stands at 1,046 with 27 patients in intensive care.

The latest statistics were released by Nicola Sturgeon at her afternoon press conference - which marks the fourth day of some restrictions  being lifted  in Scotland.

The new figures were released by Nicola Sturgeon

Scots are now allowed to meet up with one other household and play a range of non-contact sports after Scotland moved into Phase One.

People are also allowed to meet in groups of eight, given they social distance.

Over the weekend Scots headed to beauty spots, however Loch Lomond locals expressed fears they may be further exposed to the virus after crowds of people ignored government advice on Saturday.

Throughout the course of today a number of recycling centres across Scotland have opened as lockdown restrictions are eased.