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Asian Journal of Bio Science
Basic & Applied Science Collection
T. V. Shadakshari
N. Senthil
M. B. Boranayaka
R. Kambe Gowda
G. Rajesha
Genetic Diversity Studies in Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] based on Morphological Characters
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T. V. Shadakshari 1, T. Kalaimagal 1, N. Senthil 2, M. B. Boranayaka 3, R. Kambe Gowda 4, G. Rajesha 5
1 Centre for Plant Breeding and Genetics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, (T.N.), IN
2 Centre for Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore (T. N.), IN
3 Centre for Plant Breeding and Genetics, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai (T.N.), IN
4 Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, University of Agricultural Sciences, G.K.V.K., Bengaluru (Karnataka), IN
5 Department of Plant Pathology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, (T.N.), IN
Asian Journal of Bio Science, Vol 6, No 1 (2011), Pagination: 7-11
From the genetic diversity studies based on 12 morphological characters of 50 soybean genotypes it could be inferred that, the traits seeds per plant and seed yield per plant contributed maximum to the genetic diversity. The clustering pattern revealed that there was no correlation between the geographical diversity and genetic diversity. The clusters IX (JS 90-29 and IC18277) and X (IC93656) were the distant clusters and clusters III (IC 39873 and IC 93751) and VIII (IC 34057 and IC 18736) were the nearest clusters. The clusters IX and I possessed the high mean values for many of the traits studied. With respect to seed yield per plant the clusters IX, VI and I were the superior clusters. The entries viz., JS 90-29 and IC18277 of IX cluster and IC93656 of X cluster can be used in crossing programme for development of good recombinants for seed yield.
Soybean, Diversity, Cluster, Dendrogram.


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Detection and genomic characterization of Bovine papillomavirus isolated from Chinese native cattle.
Peng Hao, Wu CuiLan, Li Jun, Li ChangTing, Chen ZhongWei, Pei Zhe, Tao Li, Gong Yu, Pan Yan, Bai HuiLi, Ma ChunXia, Feng ShiWen, (2019). Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 66(6), 2197-2203. Wiley, Berlin, Germany. English language
First report of soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines) on soybean from Gansu and Ningxia China.
Peng, D. L., Peng, H., Wu, D. Q., Huang, W. K., Ye, W. X., Cui, J. K., (2016). Plant Disease 100(1), 229. American Phytopathological Society (APS Press), St. Paul, USA. English language
Differences in the high-temperature tolerance of Aphis craccivora (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on cotton and soybean: implications for ecological niche switching among hosts.
Lu ZhaoZhi, Feng LiKai, Gao GuiZhen, Gao LingLing, Peng Han, Shashi Sharma, Myron P. Zalucki, (2017). Applied Entomology and Zoology 52(1), 9-18. Springer-Japan, Tokyo, Japan. English language
First report of soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines Ichinohe) on soybean in the province of Quebec, Canada.
Mimee, B., Peng, H., Popovic, V., Yu, Q., Duceppe, M. O., Tétreault, M. P., Belair, G., (2014). Plant Disease 98(3), 429. American Phytopathological Society (APS Press), St. Paul, USA. English language
Orthezia quadrua (Homoptera: Ortheziidae): a native natural enemy of Ageratina adenophora and Chromolaena odorata.
Xu Jin, Liu EnDe, Xiang ChunLei, Chen Li, Peng Hua, (2011). Journal of Yunnan Agricultural University 26(4), 577-579. Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China. Chinese language
Effect of mixed culture Setaria sphacelata on the phenotypic characteristics of Ageratina adenophora.
Peng Heng, Cao ZhiYong, Gui FuRong, Li ZhengYue, Wan FangHao, Xu LaiChun, (2010). Journal of Yunnan Agricultural University 25(3), 303-308. Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China. Chinese language
First report of the cyst nematode (Heterodera filipjevi) on wheat in Henan Province, China.
Peng, D. L., Ye, W. X., Peng, H., Gu, X. C., (2010). Plant Disease 94(10), 1262. American Phytopathological Society (APS Press), St. Paul, USA. English language
A preliminary study on the effects of herbicide tolerant soybeans on the dynamic of the main soyabean pests.
Wu Qi, Peng Huan, Peng KeWei, Chen QiangQiang, Peng YuFa, Peng DeLiang, (2007). Plant Protection 33(5), 50-53. Guoji Shudian (Institute of Scientific and Technological Information of China, China Publications Centre), Beijing, China. Chinese language
An alien species, Sisymbrium orientate (Brassicaceae), emerged in Yunnan, China.
Zhou HongXia, Liu EnDe, Liu ZhenWen, Peng Hua, (2007). Acta Botanica Yunnanica 29(3), 333-336. Science Press, Beijing, China. Chinese language
Potential global range expansion of a new invasive species, the erythrina gall wasp, Quadrastichus erythrinae Kim (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Eulophidae).
Li HongMei, Xiao Hui, Peng Hu, Han HongXiang, Xue DaYong, (2006). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54(2), 229-234. Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. English language
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Mining projects get new tax break under Inflation Reduction Act
U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) on Aug. 16. The IRA includes roughly $369 billion of federal funding for climate change and energy security that aims to boost domestic capacity to produce wind turbines, solar panels and electric vehicles (EV).
It is the largest investment ever made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and could provide a boost to domestic mining as well.
In addition to extending existing EV subsidies to consumers the IRA includes incentives to mining companies that produce the minerals needed for the production of batteries for EVs and other renewable energy technology.
The IRA states that at least 40 percent of the critical metals in the EV battery – lithium, nickel, cobalt and manganese – must come from the United States or a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) partner. That percentage rises to 80 percent in 2026. Automakers lobbied against these links to domestic production, arguing that the United States does not have the capacity to mine or process the materials needed to meet the demand. However, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), the architect of the minerals sourcing component of the EV subsidy section said it will spur development. Auto-makers should "get aggressive and make sure that we're extracting in North America, we're processing in North America and we put a line on China," Manchin said.
To encourage domestic production, mining companies that produce any amount of critical minerals will be able to write off 10 percent of the cost of their operations. Other provisions of the law are aimed at encouraging greater production of critical minerals in the U.S. include $500 million for "enhanced use" of the Defense Production Act to provide economic incentives to create, maintain, protect, expand, or restore domestic sources for critical components, critical technology items, and industrial resources. And $40 billion commitment authority for the U.S. Department of Energy's Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program.
"It's a huge boon for critical minerals within the United States," Ben Steinberg, executive vice president of the Battery Materials & Technology Coalition, an ad-hoc industry group made up of mining and mineral processing interests, told E&E News.
"NioCorp could benefit substantially from these new production tax credits in the future," Mark A. Smith, NioCorp's President, CEO and Executive Chairman. "This and other provisions in this law send a powerful signal to producers, markets, and investors that the U.S. government wants to up its game in terms of encouraging more production of American-made critical minerals."
NiCorp is developing a critical minerals project in Southeast Nebraska that will produce niobium, scandium and titanium. It is one of a handful of companies rushing to get critical mineral projects in the United States into production, however, significant hurdles remain, including the permitting of domestic mines.
It currently takes seven to 10 years for a mine to be permitted in the United States and a number of projects that would include critical minerals such as Twin Metals copper and nickel mine have recently been blocked.
Manchin and Senate Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), issued a statement that said, "We have reached an agreement with President Biden and Speaker Pelosi to pass comprehensive permitting reform legislation before the end of this fiscal year."
The Inflation Reduction Act is in addition to $6 billion that was awarded to the Department of Energy as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that was passed in 2021. The Department of Defense is separately investing in a $120 million rare earths separation plant in alliance with Australia's Lynas Rare Earths.
Such huge U.S. government investment in mining and metals processing hasn't been seen since the Second World War and the Biden Administration has invoked a relic of the Korean War – the Defense Production Act – to stimulate it further.
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General Description This biosphere reserve is situated in the Isernia (Molise) province in central Italy, and encompasses 637 hectares of calcareous-clay ground. The Penna Mountain (1,277 meters above sea level) borders the area to the east and the 'Colle San Biagio' to the west. Collemeluccio has smoother and lower relifs (1,080 meters above sea level).
Main habitats include silver fir forests, mixed forest of silver fir and turkey oak, turkey oak forest with coppices of hornbeam, hash, field maple and stone, and beech forests. Silvicultural intervention has been carried out to replenish turkey oak stands. Furthermore, phytosociological and entomologic analysis has been carried out.
The area is not populated and is subject to some tourism. Small villages are spread around the biosphere reserve with about 4,000 inhabitants (2003). Their main economic activities are agriculture, breeding and traditional handicraft. Many people also commute to the town of Molise.
A new biosphere reserve zonation project is in progress. The two separate core areas of Collemeluccio and Montedimezzo will be included into an enlarged area delimited by two ancient sheep-tracks, which will also comprise several villages.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Reportedly Not Attending Princess Diana Memorial Event
Mike Nied Published: October 11, 2021
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will reportedly not be in attendance at an upcoming event honoring Princess Diana.
ET reports that the couple won't be able to make it to London for the memorial event taking place at Kensington Palace this week. Additional reporting by The Telegraph confirms the news.
Prince William will host the event, which is expected to have approximately 100 attendees. That includes some of the late princess's friends such as Elton John.
The event was supposed to take place in July to correspond with the unveiling of a statue honoring Princess Diana on her 60th birthday. However, it was postponed and retooled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Prince Harry was able to make it to London for the statue's more intimate unveiling. He and his brother were photographed there together despite reports that they have been feuding ever since Harry and Meghan's bombshell interview with Oprah.
It is unclear why the couple will not be in attendance. Prince Harry's presence was apparently initially expected, especially since travel restrictions relating to the pandemic have been lifted, according to The US Sun.
"You would have thought it would definitely be something Harry would really want to be at," Majesty magazine Editor in Chief Ingrid Seward told the publication.
"I can't imagine anything less important for him because he would want to respect his mother. It is an important gathering of his mother's friends," Seward added. "I am sure Meghan would want to be there for Diana and Harry."
Although the pair will reportedly not be traveling across the globe this week, they recently traveled to New York City. One of their first stops on the trip was the World Trade Center Observatory where they met with Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York Governor Kathy Hochul, according to Us Weekly.
They also attended Global Citizen Live in Central Park where they advocated for vaccine equity in the continued battle against the pandemic. Prince Harry took part in Global Citizen's VAX Live: The Concert to Reunite the World in Los Angeles earlier this year.
It is currently unclear when they will next travel to the U.K. Although we don't know what travel plans they have in the future, we do know that Snoop Dogg invited them to his place for Thanksgiving in a recent interview with The Mirror.
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Fund managers warned to be 'true to label'
ASIC has directed fund managers to do more to remain "true to label" after finding that funds labelled as cash had assets other than cash such as mortgages and fixed income securities.
After recent surveillance of fund managers, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has concluded that fund managers need to do more to ensure that their product name aligns with the underlying assets.
It came after ASIC found that fund managers were using confusing or inappropriate cash product labels.
ASIC undertook a targeted surveillance of 37 managed funds operated by 20 responsible entities that collectively hold approximately $21 billion in assets, following concerns with product labelling practices.
These funds were identified after data analysis and an initial assessment of the product names and labelling practices of more than 350 funds in the cash, fixed income, mortgage and property sectors across funds holding more than $65 billion in assets.
ASIC examined the appropriateness of the product labels used by the 37 managed funds and assessed whether the way the funds were labelled and promoted aligned with the underlying assets in terms of risk and liquidity.
ASIC found that out of 22 managed funds with over $15 billion in funds under management that used the term cash in their labelling, 14 funds had confusing or inappropriate labels.
It found that some funds that were labelled as "cash funds" had asset holdings similar to a bond or diversified fund, which are significantly higher risk and have less liquidity compared to a traditional cash fund.
This was especially the case in funds that use words such as "cash enhanced" and "cash plus" in their labelling.
ASIC also found that on average, funds labelled as "cash plus" and "cash enhanced" had more than 50 to 70 per cent of their respective assets invested in assets other than cash or cash equivalents, such as fixed income securities and mortgages.
Despite these findings, ASIC found that most of the funds reviewed in the mortgage, property and fixed income sectors were appropriately labelled.
ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester said the corporate regulator's surveillance exercise uncovered two significants points of concern.
"First, confusing and inappropriate product labels across 14 'cash' funds with under $7 billion in assets," she said.
"And second, redemption features not matching the liquidity of underlying assets, with a significant mismatch in three funds with under $1 billion in assets."
Furthermore, while ASIC said that the redemption features offered by the funds reviewed in the fixed income and property sectors largely matched with the liquidity of the underlying assets, it did find that in a small number of funds, there was a significant mismatch.
It said that in these funds, the liquidity of the underlying assets did not support the short redemption terms offered to consumers.
Ms Chester said: "Managed investment products are not prudentially regulated or government-guaranteed, so it is paramount that consumers are not misled about the level of risk associated with a particular product."
She noted that consumers may be seeking alternative investment options that could offer regular or higher returns during times of market volatility, and emphasised the importance of financial products remaining true to label to guide consumers on what they are investing in.
She pointed out that if the underlying liquidity of the fund does not align with its redemption promises, investors may be unable to redeem their investments when they expect to do so.
This could heighten liquidity risks for funds and investors, especially during times like the current economic downturn due to the coronavirus crisis.
"Funds should be true to label. This is not a nice-to-have. It's a must-have for responsible entities in meeting their legal obligations to their investors, especially in times of market volatility.
"Inappropriate labelling of a fund can mislead investors into believing that the fund is much safer or more liquid than it actually is. Put simply, a fund should not use terms such as 'cash' or 'cash enhanced' unless its assets are predominantly in cash and cash equivalents."
Following the review, ASIC has sought corrective action from 13 responsible entities where it identified mislabelling of products.
As a result, so far, seven responsible entities have voluntarily changed or proposed to change the names of their funds (nine in total) to reflect the nature of the product.
One responsible entity is proposing to change the asset allocation of the fund to reflect its name, three have undertaken or committed to undertake a review of their funds, while one withdrew misleading promotional materials on their website, and thereafter wound up its fund.
ASIC said it will continue to monitor the outcomes and consider suitable regulatory action, including enforcement action if required.
[Related: ANZ CEO laments responsible lending quagmire]


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Grace Exhibition Space presents over 30 curated live performance art exhibitions each year, showcasing new work by more than 120 performance artists annually from across the United States and the world. Grace Exhibition Space, opened in 2006, is devoted exclusively to the support and exhibiting of Performance Art – we offer an opportunity to experience visceral and challenging performance works by the current generation of international performance artists, whether emerging, mid career or established. Being a Brooklyn loft, our events are presented on the floor, not on a stage, dissolving the boundary between artist and viewer. This is how performance art is meant to be experienced, and our mission is the glorification of performance art.
LIVE ART FRIDAYS! Every Friday, Doors 8:30 and performances beginning at 9:00 we host 3-4 original, new live performance art pieces. and on presenting Jeff and Vela from Boston, Miles (a new artist for us) from Brooklyn and Danielle Fischer who is in NYC from Israel. She was student of Adina Bar-On who was scheduled to present at GES this Friday, but for personal reason must postpone until spring.
Grace Exhibition Space Workshop Series: Grace Exhibition Space teaches the process behind creating and understanding performance art through a series of action- and exercise- based workshops. This educational series introduces performance art practices to all levels of participants. Within a group context, individual participants are guided through their own development and engagement with performance art, through a first-hand exploration of performance art techniques.
Tell us a little bit about your members?
Our members are people who have to come to us because they are performance artists and/or because they are interested in seeing and learning more about performance art. Our members are artists who are a part of the larger, global, performance art community. We have some members who are friends and some whom we had never met and they knew nothing about performance art, and now come to every event. Our members are a mix of people, from all cultural and economic backgrounds.
Jill: The last pieces that floored me and left me speechless were Edwin Torres, Gim Gwang Cheol, Nyugen E. Smith, Esther Nef fand her Occupy Grace Exhibition Space, Rafael Sanchez, Arianne Foks and SP38 drinking Esther Neff's blood. We work very hard on curating and become attached to every artist and their work. Plus, I am overwhelmed by the intensity that every artists brings to Grace Space, I am overly excited and nervous for every event and the energy of the pieces is the storm that blows around me thrilling every part of me. Sounds a bit too visceral, maybe? Well, I am passionate about performance art, it only takes a minute at Grace Space to feel the passion.


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Debt — easier to get into than out of
Dan Carpenter
Debt.
Easy (for most) to get into … hard (for more) to get out of.
According to a report titled "Average Credit Card Debt" on the website Value Penguin, Texas ranks well above the national average of $3,500 per person, with the average Texan currently carrying more than $5,100 worth of debt. Alaska ranks No. 1 in the nation with an average of more than $6,900 of consumer debt per person.
So, what is the secret to getting out of debt? Some might say the best way is to not get into debt in the first place.
"If you already there (in debt), you likely worked your way into debt over time; it will be over time that you work your way out," said Mark Layton, an Abilene certified public accountant. "Seldom are there short-term, quick, easy solutions. Patience and perseverance are key."
Layton said that contrary to popular belief, it is possible to live without credit cards.
"Most will say not possible but it is (possible to live without credit cards)," he said. "You may have to have a debit card for some purchases, but as long as you keep the receipts and track those daily — or at least weekly — you can live without a credit card."
An important tool in properly managing finances, Layton said, is the budget.
"Making a budget can be easy; sticking with it is the essential component," he said. "You can't stick with a budget that does not include essential items. If you have lived without a budget and don't know where you are spending money, then start with where you are; looking at where the money has gone will help guide you in the right direction of figuring out where your money has been spent."
Budgeting tends to lead to difficult discussions and of what is essential for the family, Layton added. "At some point you have to budget the current obligations and see how much income is left. That may mean some things have to go in order to reduce fixed payments to allow for the necessities of life that are not in the budget."
Putting together a plan to get out of debt can be a daunting task, but Layton said a few key things must rule the discussion.
"The old saying, 'What is the first thing you should do when you find yourself in a hole? Put the shovel down. Quit digging.' applies well here," Layton said. "Deficit spending (spending more than you make) must stop immediately — or as soon as possible. You must discipline yourself to only live on what you have coming in — no exceptions."
Some people have no clue where to start when it comes to deciding how to pay down — or pay off — debt. Layton said there is a good rule of thumb to use.
"You pay off the debt that is incurring the highest cost first," he said. "If you have 18 percent interest credit cards that is where you start and work your way down."
An article titled "American Household Debt" on NerdWallet.com says cutting expenses is another key factor.
"This sound simple, but it's critical," the article stated. "You need to know how much you make and what you spend it (your income) on. Ask yourself: do I really need my cable subscription right now? Do I still need to have a landline phone? There are basic things consumers at any income level can do to increase their wealth — even if it just means being able to pay off their credit card balances faster."
Layton said planning for emergencies, contingencies and other unexpected expenses is important, albeit challenging if someone is living month to month.
"If you are just barely making it monthly, then you have to either reduce expenses or increase income," he said. "If expenses are only for the essentials, someone needs to take a part-time job and use that money to establish a savings account for emergencies, contingencies, etc. Many times, however, most of that money gets used for more 'essentials' we can't live without, so a change does not happen. It's a delicate balance."


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election exterior house colors gallery, can choose neutral colors such as white, gray, and beige. The color match when paired with any color. Or maybe if you want a house has its own characteristics, you can also use other colors. Such as red, orange, or yellow can describe personal being cheerful. Or you can also choose the color purple so the house looks beautiful and elegant..
A combination of black, red, and gray. Three color combination is rarely applied but there is no harm in trying. If you have a cheerful and jovial character, can use a combination of orange / orange with beige. If you want to get an impression of cool, shady, calm but still authority may use a combination of green and gray. Combination exterior house gallery purple and black colors give the impression of bold and represent a dynamic and positive characteristics owner.
Do not also forget the combination of exterior paint colors house with the interior of the house. Make sure the selected paint color house paint colors in harmony with a minimalist interior and also household furnishings on the inside of the house itself. In addition, note also the furniture found on the exterior of the home such as tables and chairs that are usually found on the terrace or garden.
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Impulsive Action And Impulsive Inaction: Toward an integrative theory of impulsivity
Leila Guller, Lauren Boyle, Nichea S. Spillane, Gregory T. Smith
Historically, the construct of impulsivity, also referred to as disinhibition orbehavioral undercontrol, has been understood to reflect the tendency to act in rash, illadvisedways. In recent years, theory and research have moved toward a different andbroader understanding of impulsivity. Carver, Johnson, and Joorman (2008) defined aconstruct called reflexive responsivity to emotion (RRE), which refers to the tendency torespond to intense negative emotions in an immediate way, with the goal of distractingoneself from, reducing, or avoiding subjective distress. From their perspective, thetraditional conceptualization of impulsive action is only one form of RRE. The impulsiveactions of heavy drinking, disordered eating, smoking, and gambling (as well as otherbehaviors) often serve the function of distracting one from the distress one was in prior tothe impulsive act. The second form of RRE is referred to as impulsive inaction. Impulsiveinaction refers to a tendency not to act, when acting would better serve one's interests. Attimes, inaction helps one avoid intense subjective distress. Examples include not askingone's boss for a raise or not asking a date to the prom. Those two forms of inaction areimpulsive in the sense that they are often not chosen because, after careful consideration,one believes they meet one's ongoing needs and goals. Rather, they are chosen withoutreflection because they provide immediate relief from distress, even though they areinconsistent with one's needs and goals. This chapter reviews these recent advances inthe context of the traditional conceptualization of externalizing and internalizingpsychopathology, and addresses several questions: (1) Is there empirical evidence thatthere are common risk factors for impulsive action and impulsive inaction? (2) What arethe neurobiological underpinnings of RRE? To what degree do the same brain systemsunderlie impulsive action and impulsive inaction? (3) What factors influence whether agiven person is more disposed toward impulsive action or impulsive inaction? (4) Howcan we understand RRE in the context of development?
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Guller, L., Boyle, L., Spillane, N. S., & Smith, G. T. (2014). Impulsive Action And Impulsive Inaction: Toward an integrative theory of impulsivity. In Psychology of Impulsivity: New Research (pp. 77-91)
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Full disclosure: since my resolution to watch all the Oscar best picture nominations I have decided I won't be reviewing Mad Max Fury Road. I tried to watch it but within the first 30 minutes I knew it wasn't going to be my kind of film.
On to the current post. Read on to find out my thoughts on sci-fi adventure movie, The Martian.
Astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is missing, presumed dead during a manned mission to Mars. What his crew mates don't realise is that he has been saved from certain death by his own blood clotting to seal the tear in his suit (ok, you've got to suspend disbelief quite a bit for this one). As Mark tries to figure out a way to survive until the next mission to the planet in several years, he records his experiences via webcam. Meanwhile, the NASA bods figure out that someone is moving down on the planet and start to find a means by which to communicate with the stranded astronaut and eventually bring him home.
I really enjoyed this film. It is a well-told adventure story with an excellent cast and a script (adapted from the book by Andy Weir by Drew Goddard)) which is by turns humorous and tense. It is a story which is well paced and exciting. The visuals are also amazing and one gets a feel for the vastness of Mars as Mark makes it his solitary home.
I found this to be a really gripping film with a number of successes and failures during Mark's stay on the red planet leading the audience to ride each wave of emotions as Mark does; hope, excitement, despair, and fear. The Martian is blessed with an amazing cast featuring actors such as Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sean Bean, Jessica Chastain and Kristen Wiig (to name but a few) who bring life to their supporting roles.
I suspect this is not the sort of film which should win best picture, though it is a solid and entertaining one nevertheless.


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Cyberpunk 2077 patch finally fixes game bug on PC
Cyberpunk 2077 has received an important hotfix for an issue on PC which caused saved games that expanded beyond a certain size to stop loading.
Obviously, a save game corruption is one of the worst kind of bugs, so it's good to see that CD Projekt Red deployed a patch swiftly, after the glitch was well-publicized at the end of last week – although arguably it shouldn't have been present in the first place.
At any rate, the new patch (which weighs in at 993MB) brings the game to version 1.06 on PC and consoles, with the fix for that save game bug removing the 8MB file size limit (which was the problem causing corruption for those who did a lot of crafting, and majorly expanded the size of their save).
The important thing to note is that if your save file has already been corrupted, this fix won't cure it. The patch only ensures that going forward, your saves won't encounter this particularly cruel bug.
There's also a small quest fix in this patch, to the effect that: "Dum Dum will no longer go missing from Totentanz entrance during Second Conflict". The previous patch, 1.05, fixed a shed-load of issues with quests, as well as solving those performance problems with AMD Ryzen CPUs that the PC version was also suffering from.
Some consolation
PS4 and Xbox One gamers will doubtless be glad to hear that hotfix 1.06 also improves the game with console-specific measures, with the developer noting that memory management has been improved, meaning the game is more stable and you should encounter fewer crashes.
As you've no doubt seen, the console versions of Cyberpunk 2077 have been the far shakier releases, suffering from all manner of performance glitches, crashing and other assorted nastiness. The PC version is in much better shape, particularly now those biggest bugbears – the save corruption and AMD processor problems – have been resolved.
CD Projekt Red has offered refunds to disgruntled folks who are unhappy with the state of the game upon release, although by all accounts, there are still massed ranks of satisfied players out there – Cyberpunk 2077 has sold some 13 million copies, the publisher recently asserted, and that's after refunds have been counted.
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CHMS basketball teams play on the road
The Charles A. Hughes Middle School boys and girls basketball teams will be on the road for two league games this week.
CHMS teams played at Swainston Middle School in North Las Vegas Monday night in games that ended past Desert Valley Times press deadline.
The Hawks and Lady Hawks will then travel back to North Las Vegas on Wednesday to face Sedway Middle School.
The girls will tipoff at 4 p.m. with the boys' game to follow at 5:15 p.m.
Both CHMS teams currently stand at 0-2 in Northwest Division I play and are 1-3 overall.
The Hawks and Lady Hawks are in the midst of playing five of six games on the road.
The only home game in that stretch will be next Monday when they host arch-rival Mack Lyon Middle School of Overton at the Hawks Nest.
The girls play at 3:30 p.m. and the boys at 4:45 p.m.
After hosting Mack Lyon, CHMS will go back out on the road for games at Findlay Middle School in Las Vegas (Feb. 12) and Cram Middle School in North Las Vegas (Feb. 18).
Beginning with a home game against Johnston Middle School of North Las Vegas (Feb. 20), CHMS will play five of its last six games at home in the Hawks Nest.


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THE RECRUITING GUY: Magnolia guard Ford driven on weight program by Richard Davenport | January 12, 2021 at 2:00 a.m.
Magnolia junior guard Derrian Ford's strength is more like that of an athlete on the football field than on the basketball court.
Weight training is a big part of Ford's workouts and has helped him become one of the more sought-after prospects in the nation for the 2022 class.
"My dad always told me you got to have a body to play this game," Ford said. "So we always put weights into our workouts."
Ford, 6-4, 204 pounds, has more than 20 scholarship offers from schools like Arkansas, Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Missouri, Texas A&M, Kansas, Vanderbilt, Baylor, Oklahoma State and TCU. LSU was the latest to offer him on Dec. 23.
During the offseason, his father Darnell, who played point guard at Southern Arkansas, puts Ford through weight training three days a week for about 30 to 45 minutes. The younger Ford does four sets of 10 in numerous lifts, including bench press, lat pulls, shoulder press, curls, incline bench press, military press, squats and others.
The hard work has produced a best of 295 pounds on the bench press along with the ability to do 10 reps of 225 pounds in the same lift.
His above-average strength gives him an advantage over opponents.
"I'm able to [use] my body against defenders," said Ford, whose father at age 52 has benched pressed 355 pounds. "I have quickness and strength, so that gives me an advantage over more people because usually people just have quickness or they have a lot of strength. So I have both."
Physical play in the lane doesn't impact Ford as much as others because of his thicker and stronger body.
"It feels normal to me just like a normal layup," Ford said
According to nflcombineresults.com, three cornerbacks, four receivers and a running back did 10 reps or less of 225 pounds on the bench press at the 2020 NFL Scouting Combine.
As an example, former Ohio State cornerback Jeff Okudah, who was the third overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, did 11 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press at the combine.
Opposing players have commented on Ford's strength.
"I usually just tell them I work out a little bit," Ford said.
Nothing But Net Magazine's Van Coleman, who has been scouting high school prospects since 1976, rates Ford a 4-star recruit and the No. 61 overall prospect in the nation.
"Amazing strength for high school backcourt talent who uses that strength to finish in traffic at the rim," Coleman said.
Coleman is on the McDonald's All-American game and Naismith Player of the Year selection committees. Former Iowa point guard Andre Woolridge is the only other basketball prospect that Coleman can recall with Ford's strength.
"I had [a] camper in Andre Woolridge who could bench similar numbers in high school who later benched over 350 in college," Coleman said. "He's only one at similar size I remember close to that. He looked like an NFL running back with the shirt off."
Ford still does light weights during the season.
"I usually just do reps every day just to keep my body tight," Ford said.
When not playing basketball, lifting weights and doing homework, Ford is often talking to college coaches.
Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Auburn, Vanderbilt Georgetown LSU, Georgia Tech, Ole Miss and Texas A&M are the schools in constant contact with Ford.
Arkansas Coach Eric Musselman and at least six other staff members communicate with Ford and his family.
"I talk a lot to the Arkansas staff," Ford said. "Almost all of them really. It's almost every day."
Ford said he usually talks to two to three staff members from the other schools. He has no time frame to when he might narrow his list or make his college decision.
"I'm 17 years old, still trying to figure things out," Ford said.
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Feb. 14 - Markets take the prospect of the Italian prime minister resigning in their stride as they bank on a pro-reform replacement. And euro zone growth surprises. Joanna Partridge reports.
End of the road for Enrico Letta. Italy's prime minister drove himself to the presidential palace to resign on Friday. Letta's hand was forced after his government was criticised for failing to pass major reforms. That's despite euro zone figures showing Italy grew marginally last year for the first time since mid-2011, as economic growth returns to the rest of the bloc. Italian centre-left leader Matteo Renzi and his party withdrew their support for Letta, but Italians aren't sure what to expect. SOUNDBITE: Francesca, Passer-by, saying (Italian): "I don't understand what will change, I hope something will." SOUNDBITE: Giuseppe, Passer-by, saying (Italian): "What plans does Renzi have? We don't know what his policies are. He'll go there and what will he do?" 39-year-old Renzi leads the Democratic Party, the largest in the ruling coalition. He wants a more ambitious government to pull Italy out of a decade of sluggishness - and is expected to become the new prime minister. That may not mean big policy changes, says James Walston from the American University of Rome. SOUNDBITE: JAMES WALSTON, PROFESSOR OF ITALIAN AND COMPARATIVE POLITICS AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME, SAYING (English): "The policies that Renzi is going to follow will be very similar to those which Letta was trying to implement, in other ways it will be a big change in style. The style, we've seen already a difference in style between Letta and Renzi. Renzi is a much closer person in terms of style of leadership to the other two populists, the other two populists who are not in parliament - Berlusconi and Grillo." Italy's borrowing costs were largely unchanged after Letta's resignation, hovering around the 8-year lows seen in the past few days. Italy's President, Giorgio Napolitano will consult political parties on Friday and Saturday to form a new government - the third administration in a year. He'll want to avoid extended political uncertainty, which could unsettle investors. European shares rose on Friday thanks to stronger-than-expected euro zone growth figures, especially in Germany and France. But concerns remain about Greece - where unemployment hit a new record high of 28% this week - and other peripheral economies, says Phil Tyson from ICAP. SOUNDBITE (English) Phil Tyson, Head of Strategy for Interest Rate Products, ICAP, saying: "Greece and Portugal, there are still some key issues. I think there is a real risk that growth is going to disappoint, that the public are suffering from austerity fatigue. We've already seen certain reforms being blocked in Portugal. So I don't think we're out of the woods there by any means yet.'' The euro zone may be moving in the right direction - but more signs the fragile recovery is likely to be patchy and uneven.


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WASHINGTON, September 28, 2014 — The death of al-Qaeda, whose decimation was announced by President Obama 32 times in 2012 alone, is generally recognized now to have been greatly exaggerated. It made that clear on Saturday when it launched rockets at the U.S. embassy in Yemen. The sudden appearance of a brand-new al-Qaeda affiliate, Khorasan, underscores the point.
Al-Qaeda is not an easy thing to kill. The terrorist group, founded by Osama bin Laden in August, 1988, has carried out thousands of terrorist attacks around the world since then. It has an estimated core membership of under 1,000, but it has a total membership estimated in the tens of thousands, with cells in a hundred countries.
Al-Qaeda does not depend on its core members for its operations. It uses operatives from a network of related groups, including al-Shabaab (Somalia), al-Nusra (Syria), Abu Sayyaf (Phillipines), Ansar al-Islam (Kurdish areas, Iraq), the Taliban (Afghanistan), the Haqqani Network (Afghanistan), and more than a dozen others. It also has more tightly-bound affiliate groups, like al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (Yemen).
Not all of al-Qaeda's affiliates have remained in the family; they have spun off as competitors. In 2002, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi joined al-Qaeda to create al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). Zarqawi's enthusiasm for beheading captives and other harsh tactics were too much even for al-Qaeda, not because al-Qaeda's leadership wasn't bloodthirsty, but because these tactics alienated local support.
Al-Qaeda has cooperated with Hezbollah, the Iranian-supported, Shiite terrorist group based in Lebanon. AQI's attacks on Shiite holy sites in Iraq resulted in retaliatory strikes against Sunni targets, creating friction with al-Qaeda's leadership. AQI rebranded itself as the Islamic State in Iraq in 2006, though it did not formally break away from al-Qaeda until 2013, after it attempted a hostile takeover of fellow al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra, resulting in battles that killed over 3,000 members of the two organizations.
To talk about al-Qaeda as a nexus of Islamic terrorist groups, or as the head whose death will cripple Islamist terrorism, is to misunderstand the enemy we face. Al-Qaeda central has served as a sort of clearinghouse for terrorist activities, but it doesn't function as a leader. To kill al-Qaeda is like trying to destroy Russian thistle, and especially noxious weed. Blast the plant apart, and the bits can all form new plants.
To switch metaphors, to destroy al-Qaeda would have the same effect on Islamist terrorism as destroying McDonald's would have on capitalism. There will always be a Wendy or a burger prince waiting in the wings to be the next king of fast food. And you can't kill McDonald's by killing Osama bin-Kroc. Killing bin-Laden was an exercise in catharsis, not anti-terrorism.
The al-Qaeda family of terrorist businesses as grown, diversified, and spun off competitors. It also attracts new startups. Last week the Obama Administration announced the success of strikes against a deadly new terror group, Khorasan.
Muhsin al Fadhli, a disciple of bin-Laden and a member of al-Qaeda in the heady days of 9/11, created Khorasan from an al-Qaeda cell in Iraq. The group apparently planned to place a bomb on an aircraft for detonation over Europe, taking advantage of the chaos in Syria not to attack the government of President Assad, not to strike their rivals in the Islamic State, but to strike out at the West.
The lawless conditions that prevail in much of Syria and Iraq, and the huge turbulence created by the flow of hundreds of thousands of refugees across the expanding regions of conflict, are fertile soil for terrorist groups. The sudden newsworthiness of Khorasan also underscores the vitality of the al-Qaeda brand.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) apparently loaned the services of Ibrahim al Asiri, its explosives expert and the man whose work has made it harder for you to take printer cartridges and your underwear on an airplane, to help Khorasan build its bomb. The plan was to provide the bomb to an operative with a western passport in order to hit an aviation target.
Al-Qaeda is not dead, it isn't dying, and it isn't even decimated. Ideologically it is alive and well, operationally it is distributed across a diverse and robust ecosystem of terror, and the sudden appearance of Khorasan is just one more bit of evidence that our fight against al-Qaeda has not been entirely effective. Al-Qaeda is apparently less decimated than Obama hoped.
As hard and disagreeable a task as nation building might be, our only hope against al-Qaeda and related organizations is to end the chaos that has spread through the region, in large part thanks to our own efforts. What we need there are strong and stable governments; if they happen to be democratic, so much the better, but democracy is not and has never been required.


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Lieberman Returns to Government
by: Edgar Asher
Lieberman and PM Netanyahu
Friday, 27 May 2016 | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yisrael Beitenu party leader Avigdor Lieberman signed a coalition agreement on Wednesday, 25 May, after agreements were reached on Lieberman's conditions to join the government as defense minister.
The agreement between the two politicians can only be described as an expediency, as Netanyahu needed to enlarge his coalition base in order to remain in power in the medium term. The Knesset [Parliament] still needs to approve the agreement.
There must be raised eyebrows in the defense establishment that Lieberman has been given the defense portfolio. Former defense minister Moshe Ya'alon was a former IDF Chief of Staff who resigned from active politics over 'disagreements on moral and professional matters with Prime Minister Netanyahu'.
Avigdor Lieberman, 57, came to Israel from Moldova in 1978. He served in the IDF reaching the rank of corporal. After leaving the army he studied in the Hebrew University and was awarded a BA in international relations and political science.
In 1983 Lieberman was partially responsible for the foundation of the Zionist Forum for Soviet Jewry. In 1988 he started working with Binyamin Netanyahu, and in 1993 when Netanyahu became party leader, Lieberman was appointed Director-General of the Likud party.
When Lieberman's Yisrael Beitenu party joins the coalition the government will have sixty-six seats in the 120-seat parliament.
Source: (Excerpt of article originally published by Ashernet on 25 May 2016. Time-related language has been modified to reflect our republication today.)
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Realizing a fear is hard. Having that fear to come light in your life is often more terrifying than the fear itself. In the midst of joy and excitement about our pregnancy, with my own anxieties lightly looming at the surface, my biggest worry came to life. We learned the day after my birthday that our sweet little baby, the one whose heart we listened to and watched beat, the one we prayed for and dreamed about…that same sweet baby was no longer with us. It was incredibly unexpected and the shock and grief that accompanies is almost inexplicable.
I will never forget that night, lying on the table. And as soon as he swiped the wand across my stomach and I looked at the screen, I felt it. I looked for that familiar little flicker, proof of vitality, and I hoped that I was just missing it. That my eye was untrained or that he was struggling to get a clear view. I could tell that the ultrasound tech was searching, and I finally stopped looking at the screen because I felt in my heart what he hadn't said yet. I felt all of those fears of loss and tragedy becoming a reality in my life, and I felt all of those dreams we had slipping away, but mostly I felt the depth of loss creeping in, the loss of one you love.
We had planned for a home birth with this baby, so instead of being in a clinical setting, we were in the home of our ultrasound tech. And I am so grateful for that. Grateful for the intimacy and the warmth of a house where real people live, not just a place where people work and hand out good or bad news. He was so kind, so gentle, and so sincere. His words have replayed in my head for days, hundreds of times. "Honey, I'm sorry I'm just not going to have good news." They're like a CD that keeps skipping at the same part over and over again. But instead of a sterile attitude, it was much different. While Tommy and I cried on his table, he spoke to us of he and his wife's own loss, he shared positive experiences after loss, and he told me at least a hundred times that this was not my fault, that there was nothing I did wrong or nothing that could've prevented this. He told me statistics and spoke to me about his own experiences-- that in the 400 scans a month he does, with his knowledge of chromosomes and their formation in pregnancy, he said it was simply a miracle that loss and tragedy don't happen more often than they do. And while the statistics and reassurances of my lack of fault didn't comfort in that moment, they've been a healing balm in the days that have followed as I have questioned myself and my actions. And instead of just the typical "I'll give you a moment," he quietly walked out and called my midwife whose number he had in his personal cell phone and let her know so I wouldn't have to speak it out loud yet. I spoke with her too, listened to the compassion in her voice, and knew immediately that even though this was not the ending we wanted, we had picked the right care providers, the ones that we needed. I couldn't stop the tears from the moment that he spoke until the moment that we left. He hugged me before I walked out the door, and as I've remembered those moments-- moments filled with shock, and excitement turned to sorrow, I have been grateful for this man's presence there with Tommy and I as we mourned. He was not uncomfortable with our grief, and that made a difference.
Before we pulled out of his driveway, we prayed. We cried out for ourselves and the precious life we so desperately missed. And even though I couldn't speak much in that moment, Tommy did, and he prayed through his tears and his faith was steadfast. The car ride home was hard and filled with waves of sadness and grief so deep I felt like I would drown. And yet, there was God's faithful hand in that moment too. Because when we pulled up in the driveway and walked in the door, utterly changed and different people than who we were when we crossed that threshold just hours before, there came a little girl in pink pajamas. Running to me and yelling, "Mama!" with a smile. And there was comfort in those moments, when everything else felt wrong and the heartache was so heavy I could hardly breathe, she was there too, this living proof of God's provision in our lives.
Much like with birth, we felt that my body just needed time. So we opted out of any medical procedures and waited. The waiting was hard. Too difficult to explain.
It was my birthday the day before we found out. We had gone shopping all day, bought all sorts of summery maternity clothes for me to wear to our upcoming beach vacation. And even though this little life was no longer with us, I still looked pregnant. And that was hard too. My regular clothes didn't fit and still don't. But I ached to look at my maternity clothes, to put them on, because it felt like a lie.
But the waiting period ended. I had feared that I would be alone, but I was not. Tommy was with me. I will spare details because they are just too personal, and memories that only we share of our final moments with our precious baby. But again, I was thankful that I had labored before. I felt that God had prepared me for this moment physically. So when the pain began, it was more like a familiar friend. And because Tommy and I have labored naturally together before, he knew what I needed and what comforted me. They were painful hours, physically and emotionally. Unlike my previous labor that left me with a baby in my arms, this left me with what felt like a gash in my soul. But like my labor with Abi Kate, even in the midst of pain, there was a gentleness that prevailed. She was asleep for a good portion of the time, and her monitor was on in our room. And while contractions crashed over me and all the sadness that they brought, I heard the music playing in her room. "Blessed Be Your Name"--the timing of that song playing in that moment….The bridge, "You give and take away. You give and take away. My heart will choose to say, 'Lord blessed be your name'…." filled up our room during an intense few moments, and I knew that God's plan was unfolding. The plan that we didn't expect, and the plan that we don't understand and won't try to. And even though I felt alone and broken, I knew He was there. Even if I couldn't feel it. While it wasn't the ending we had prayed for, our pregnancy did end where it began- in the quietness of our own home-- and that is what we planned from the beginning.
I have been overcome in following days, by so many emotions and memories. The necklace that we ordered for Mother's Day arrived in the mail the day after our loss, a nest with two little eggs to symbolize our babies. It hurt, to see the two and know that only one would share our physical home. But when we bought it, Tommy had suggested that we choose the birthstones for the month not that they were born, but the month that we conceived them-- because that's really the moment that they joined us. And so, it was perfect, even though we had no clue when we ordered it that we would be without life when it arrived. Even though this baby will not share our home, they will always share our hearts.
The new breastpump that I ordered two days before will arrive soon, and with it will come deterred dreams, knowing that I will never nurse this baby late at night like we'd planned. And packing away the new maternity clothes, the cute dresses and shirts I'd planned to wear, that was hard too. Knowing that this baby will not make my stomach swell and my skin stretch... It is painful.
I teach pregnancy and childbirth. I am familiar with statistics and both processes. And yet, despite my knowledge, the questions arise. It's just different when it is you and not someone else. I fall into this small statistic of loss. Less than 10% in fact. Having had a strong heart beat at 8.2 weeks, a correctly measuring, intact, and well-implanted gestational sac and baby. We are much more diligent about eating organic, whole foods now than we were 2 years ago. My house has been free of chemicals for over a year. I haven't stopped taking prenatal vitamins since January of 2010. I rarely, if ever, take medication. Most people who know me know that I am a Nazi about my water intake, particularly during pregnancy. I had very few food aversions with this pregnancy in comparison to Abi Kate's, so I ate much more often and much healthier foods. I continued walking for exercise during this pregnancy. And instead of losing 8 pounds in the first few weeks, I gained weight. For all intents and purposes, this was a healthier pregnancy than Abi Kate's from the outside looking in. This baby was more likely to be healthier, stronger. I am young and I don't fall into any risk categories of miscarriage. And yet, against all odds of their health and survival, 11 weeks is all we received with this little one before their heart simply stopped beating. It is hard to embrace and confuses the mind. I've always been afraid of miscarriage, simply because I know so many people whose lives it has touched and hurt. It's one of the reasons why we wait to announce my pregnancies until a bit later, until my pregnancy is visibly obvious (which with both my babies has been sooner rather than later). In both pregnancies, once we reached double digits, I started to feel relief. To be a week out from completing my first trimester and to experience a loss-- we just never saw it coming. We were counting down the weeks until we went for a gender scan. Only 4 weeks away. Announcing a loss publicly was hard, and something I'd always hoped to avoid by waiting to share that we were pregnant. But in some ways, I was grateful that others knew about our baby because this little life was celebrated. Others rejoiced with us in their arrival and grieved with us at their loss. And it helped me to feel that even though I wouldn't have tangible proof of this baby's life, they were not forgotten. Their short little life was celebrated and welcomed by many.
From the moment I saw our still, little baby on the screen until now, Job 2:10 has run through my mind. "How can we accept good from God and not adversity?" Even though it hurts, I know that God is good and that is plans are not only right, they are perfect. And while this is what we prayed against, His way has prevailed. Throughout the process, we knew that His plan was reigning over us, but it is hard to accept. It will never make sense to me, and so I'm trying to be content with accepting that I will simply never understand. And that's ok, because His ways are higher than mine. We don't know why God chose to write this into our story. But we offer Him praise for giving us this life anyway. Psalm 139:16 says that he knows the number of our days before a single one comes to be. And while we thought our baby would have many more days, God gave them to us, in full knowledge that a few short weeks was the number of this baby's life. And I am blessed to have been chosen to carry this little one, to love them, to be their mother. It is hard to offer praise in the midst of grief, but even if it feels monotonous, I choose to. To search for and grab hold of the tiniest fabric of praise. I have to. Because it heals my heart and I know that God is still good.
The thoughts of what if's and fears for future pregnancies swirl close to my heart and mind. But in the midst of such sadness, I can't give them too much thought or leeway. Otherwise they would overtake me.
It is cruel to experience such a loss, and for me, especially now that I am a mother. When I birthed Abi Kate, I birthed my motherhood. And so I approached this pregnancy differently than hers in some ways, simply because I was already a mother this time and I hadn't experienced motherhood yet when I was pregnant with her. I loved this baby deeply, spoke to them and prayed for them, intimately connected to this life from the earliest of days. There were things I felt I already knew about how their personality would be, because I am a mother and a mother knows their child, even from the beginning. And now that they are gone, I know exactly what I will miss with them-- I know what it is to carry life for 9 months, to feel the love that labor brings, to hold a baby in your arms for the first time and examine their face, to learn who they are and what they like, to watch them grow, to nurse them and comfort them. I know exactly what has been lost with this child. So, we didn't lose just our baby but our plans for them inside this family as well. It is an ache that is hard to describe.
I have known grief in my life, though nothing this deep and heavy. Sometimes it feels so encompassing that I feel almost hollow. And I know that it will take many more weeks than this life was with me to fully mourn their loss. That the lives of others will go back to normal quickly and mine will still be shattered and rocky. That people will be talking about other things around me, but my mind will be fully fixated on the child I no longer carry. It is too fresh to feel anything other than sorrow right now, but I fear anger and bitterness. I know for some these are healing emotions. But for me, in any grief, they've only served to be what they are and have offered no healing-- just the stagnancy of frustration. It is so easy for me to turn to them, but I know they will do me no good. So I am praying against them, and longing to flee from them when they creep near.
This is not what we wanted. Not what we anticipated. Not what we prayed for. But I have seen the evidence that God was with us, lightening the load and giving us peace in these moments. Though it would appear to be a constant reminder, I feel blessed to teach in the birth community. Because these women understand how sacred the journey of pregnancy is and how valuable each life and experience is, even if it is only for a few weeks. They understand these things in a way most people, even most women, do not. They are not confused about why my grief would run so deep and last so long, why a week later the agony feels just as fresh as the day it happened. So to have them grieve alongside me has been like water for my soul. And the outpouring of love and prayers we have received from friends and family and acquaintances alike has touched our hearts. I haven't even had to cook dinner in a week because others brought it to us. As a people, we often don't know what to do or say when others grieve. I'm guilty of that. Some people say too much or the wrong things, but they are trying. Some people say nothing at all, and that's harder for me to digest. It is such a unique, personal loss and grief that it's hard to understand unless you have walked through it. And even then, we all mourn differently. But I am so thankful for the people who try, and mostly for those who've prayed.
In the hours before our baby was born, a sweet friend sent me a song, knowing that music ministers to my soul. A song I had forgotten about. It was on an album that I had listened to driving to work for months while I was pregnant with Abi Kate. It was a song I skipped every time it came on during that time frame because I was terrified of losing her. But this time, as I listened to it, it ushered in healing and comfort. It spoke to the truth that this baby, though with us for a short time and small in size, is now part of our lives forever, etched into the very fabric of our souls. That we will never "get over" the life and loss of this life, but we will carry them with us always. They will always fill the spot of our second child, the one who made our number 4 instead of 3. "…I will carry you all my life… I will praise the One Who's chosen me to carry you." And because I couldn't do anything else, this is the song I sang to our baby in the last hours.
We don't really have good days yet. They mostly feel the same, and the crushing sadness comes in waves. But I know there will be good days in the future. Joshua 1:9 stayed with my heart during this entire pregnancy, especially in times of anxiety. It is so applicable now, and I didn't realize in the previous weeks how relevant it would be. "Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go." Even in the darkness, He is indeed here.
Oh, Katie. :( My heart aches for your loss. You're an amazing woman of God, and I am so thankful that you are because it makes loss like this easier in some ways. You now have a baby waiting for you in heaven, and you'll be reunited someday. :) This is most certainly not goodbye. I know it doesn't make things easier right now, but know that I'm praying for you and Tommy, and God will bless you abundantly for your faithfulness. This is a testimony that many women need to read. You give hope in the darkness. Thank you for sharing this difficult journey.


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Do you want to create your own online store?
Etsy and Shopify: How Three Makers Used Both to Grow Their Businesses
by Desirae Odjick
When you're taking your very first steps into the world of ecommerce, there's a lot to learn.
You might have the 'make amazing products' part down, but there's no getting around the fact that your first experiences packing a shipment, helping a frustrated customer, or dreaming up a marketing campaign are all going to involve learning some new tricks. That goes for everything you've never done before in pursuit of growing your own online storefront.
That's why marketplaces like Etsy hold such appeal and can be such a good fit for makers who are just considering the idea of getting their products in the hands of customers. Marketplaces by definition come with a built-in audience who are already looking for what you have to offer, and the scope of what you need to learn feels more manageable than venturing out on your own platform from day one.
As you begin to scale your business on Etsy, there might come a time when you start to get curious about running your own store, finding and connecting with your own audience, and creating a memorable brand outside of Etsy's marketplace.
Creating your own Shopify store is one way to take that next step—but just because you're thinking about opening a Shopify store doesn't mean you need to shut down your Etsy operations. Growing on Etsy and Shopify provides a rare chance to actually have your cake and eat it, too. Selling on one doesn't preclude you from selling on the other.
As with every strategic decision, choosing to sell your products on both a marketplace like Etsy and your own online store has to make sense for your business. If you're considering it, we spoke with three store owners who have done both. Their experiences and lessons learned can help you chart a course that's right for you.
Floral Neverland: Using marketplaces to test the market
Photo courtesy of: Floral Neverland (1 2 3)
Olivia Wang, founder of Floral Neverland, was still in school when she launched her store on Etsy. She heard about Etsy as part of her research for a class paper, and its focus on handmade goods and vintage items felt like a perfect fit based on her love of crafting. Olivia figured selling on Etsy would be a great way to earn money on the side, so she jumped in.
"I started my Etsy site in the winter of 2014," says Olivia. "It was my first attempt at selling online."
"Etsy was really straightforward to set up. I took some pictures of my products, uploaded them to Etsy, added a cute shop banner, wrote two paragraphs of the story behind my shop, and that was it."
But as she graduated from university into a career in digital marketing, Olivia realized that many of the marketing skills she was learning could be better applied outside of Etsy. She began to notice that while getting started on Etsy had been a perfect introduction to the world of selling online, she wanted more flexibility to really create a brand and stand out.
"I didn't want my shop just to be a side gig. I wanted it to be my full-time job someday," she said. "So I decided it was the time for me to build a brand outside of Etsy, grow my own community, and tell my own stories. Although I still keep my Etsy store open, I dedicate most of the time to my Shopify store now as it generates more sales."
"It was time for me to build a brand outside of Etsy, grow my own community, and tell my own stories."
Telling your own stories can be one of the most challenging parts of branding, especially if you're new to ecommerce. Olivia had her digital marketing skills to help her scale, but even if your current job doesn't include marketing, there are ways you can build a brand and get the word out about your store.
A short marketing curriculum for makers:
How to DIY A Stunning Visual Brand (No Photoshop Required)
5 Brand Strategies to Uniquely Position Your Ecommerce Business Above the Competition
The Beginner's Guide to Ecommerce SEO
Instagram Marketing 101: Using Hashtags, Stories, and More to Grow Your Business
How to Grow Your Ecommerce Business with Email Marketing: A Detailed Guide
"Within a year of opening my Shopify store, I built a dedicated Instagram following in line with my brand philosophy and aesthetic. I'm starting to get my brand voice heard," says Olivia of her progress. To stress the importance of branding, she notes that the competition on Etsy can be fierce, especially when other sellers offer similar goods.
Photo courtesy of: Floral Neverland on Instagram
"Building brand loyalty on Etsy is hard. Most of the time, a customer's loyalty is to Etsy, not to your brand."
To lay the foundation for a long-term business, eventually you're going to need to find and nurture an audience of people who are uniquely attracted to what you're doing, and why you're doing it. That means creating your own channels to connect and acting on every opportunity to leave a lasting impression—including small touchpoints, like when someone receives their order in the mail.
In a bid to stay competitively priced with other sellers on Etsy, Olivia previously relied on shipping products in plain bubble mailers as letter mail so she could offer free shipping. However, it never delivered the experience she wanted for her customers.
"I believe that packaging is an essential part of a brand and I put time and love to my packaging," says Olivia. "On my Shopify store, I offer a flat shipping rate to cover shipping in branded packaging materials. Now I get people writing emails to me or tagging me on Instagram, thanking me for putting a little personal touch on the packaging."
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HaldeCraft: Creating space to grow with Shopify
Photo courtesy of: HaldeCraft
When Lorena Haldeman, owner of HaldeCraft, first dove into the world of making and selling, she was able to start with a solid foundation thanks to her previous retail experience as part of a team. Along with two friends, she ran a yarn shop, but they unfortunately had to close their doors when the economy took a hit.
That's what led Lorena to start selling on Etsy in 2010.
"Etsy wasn't the first time I'd sold online, but it was the first time everything was mine and mine alone. I sold yarn that I hand-dyed myself and soap that I made, but my main focus was the ceramics that I'd had a lifetime of making as a hobby," says Lorena. "That was thanks to my grandmother, who had a ceramic studio in the 50s and 60s, and taught me everything she knew as I was growing up."
As her business grew, there were small things about Etsy that began to frustrate Lorena. Specifically, given her wide range of products, she needed additional categories to keep her store organized.
"I wanted more than ten categories, because I was branching out and making more and different ceramics, and dyeing more and different weights of yarn. The more products I added, the harder it was making categories on Etsy that helped people find what they wanted."
On her Shopify store, she was able to create categories and subcategories that organized all of her products in a way that worked for both the store and her customers.
"Customers shouldn't have to browse through pages trying to find a specific thing, and a well-designed shop should feel very intuitive. It should be very easy to find exactly what you're looking for."
"Customers shouldn't have to browse through pages trying to find a specific thing."
While Lorena was originally worried that building her own store would be cost-prohibitive, after running the numbers she realized it was affordable enough that she could keep both open at the same time.
"I kept both stores open until very recently—just a few weeks ago, in fact. When I started my Shopify site in 2012, I moved over all of my yarn and all of my soap, and about 75% of my ceramics. The only things I kept on Etsy were things that repeatedly sold there, especially around the holidays. While the majority of my time was spent promoting my Shopify site, I'd start beefing up the Etsy one around August, leading into the holidays."
Lorena's approach speaks to one of the best ways to balance running a Shopify store and selling on Etsy: pay attention to how each product is selling.
If you have a blockbuster Etsy product, it's worth keeping your store open just to capture that traffic, not to mention the exposure to new audiences. Lorena noted that her Etsy presence, even with fewer products, ended up being a strong way to gain new customers.
"I've had a number of people come over to my Shopify site from Etsy, looking for things I no longer sold there, and they've since become repeat customers on my Shopify site."
Crucially, Lorena also carries the appeal of supporting a small, handmade business through to her store. Etsy's focus on handmade goods and personal connections is what makes it so appealing to customers, but with a bit of work, you can add the same feeling to your store.
"There are plenty of ways that Etsy makes things personal that you can take with you to grow on Shopify. Did you handwrite "Thanks, I hope you like this!" on your packing slips when you were on Etsy? Keep doing that with Shopify," advises Lorena.
"One of the reasons people like shopping on Etsy is that they like the story that goes with a handmade piece. Allow repeat customers to become part of your story by answering what they say on Instagram, or Facebook. People crave connections, so connect with them! It doesn't take as much time and energy as you think it might, and the personal touch goes a long way."
Conquest Maps: Building a multi-channel business from square one
Photo courtesy of: Conquest Maps (World Map Poster)
When Ross Worden started his business, Conquest Maps, he had no business experience, no idea about the potential market, or any idea how to ship a package. What he did have was a desire to give his wife a great travel map, but he couldn't find anything online that fit his vision.
So he made his own. When it turned out nicely, he made five more, and posted a listing on Etsy to sell them. They sold, which was all the encouragement Ross needed to keep working on Conquest Maps.
When he started to look at options to grow beyond Etsy, he evaluated a number of ecommerce platforms.
"I actually didn't land on Shopify at first," says Ross. He initially tried two other options to build and launch his own store, but neither one was a fit with his skillset or reached the performance he wanted on the site. "It was around then that I actually had a little bit of revenue, but it was still at a time when 'free' was about all I wanted to afford. But I had heard good things about Shopify so I tried it out, and I was honestly pretty impressed. The support was great, it was pretty intuitive, and before I knew it, I had a site up."
These days, Conquest Maps sells their products on multiple sales channels. If you're wondering about the terminology, a sales channel is somewhere your customers can find and buy your products. That includes:
Selling in a retail space
Selling via a Shopify store
Selling on Instagram
Any other place you make your products available for sale
This multi-channel approach is why Ross continues to operate both a Shopify store and on Etsy.
"I still have both channels open, in addition to others," says Ross. "While we always try to attract our traffic to our Shopify store over any other channel, Etsy is still a very good place to operate. This year it accounts for nearly 13% of our gross revenue, so it's not insignificant. We're fortunate to now have the majority of our sales coming through Shopify."
One of the biggest reasons that Conquest Maps tries to drive people to their Shopify store is the relationships they can build with their customers.
"Etsy is a super place to start," says Ross. "It's a great place to test things and validate product ideas, because they have a lot of traffic already on the site that is ready to buy awesome stuff, but the downside is that those customers aren't actually yours. They're Etsy's customers. When Etsy changes their algorithm, changes terms of service, or just becomes too flooded for you to show up in searches, you might find yourself in a pickle."
"When you operate a Shopify store though, your customers are your customers."
"When you operate a Shopify store though, your customers are your customers. You can contact them and market to them how you want, as long as they've approved it."
Photo courtesy of: Conquest Maps
Many growing businesses expand into multiple sales channels, and Ross shared some key pieces of wisdom based on his experience doing exactly that.
"The reality is that things will always be changing in ecommerce, no matter what you do. Take advantage of the opportunities you have now and roll with the punches," advises Ross.
"My suggestion is to operate on as many channels as is viable for you. Use the 80/20 principle: if a channel is making your business enough money to stay active there, keep at it. If one channel loses momentum, hopefully the other 2 or 3 (or more) will keep you in good shape so you can pivot as needed and adapt."
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Future-proof your business: Own your brand and audience
Since you've already built a successful business on Etsy, launching a Shopify store might be the right next step for your business. Ultimately, the steps you take to grow your business are always going to be personal decisions, but Ross had it right when he said that things in ecommerce are always changing.
One of the best ways to solidify your business for the future is to create a relationship with your customers directly, on channels that allow you to tell your story, build your brand, and connect in authentic ways with the right people. That way, when algorithms change, or you bump up against limitations on a platform, you have other sales channels to rely on.
There's work involved to create all of that from scratch, but it could be just the thing to take your business to the next level.


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Q: Magento 2.2.4 - unable to print messages. - New Theme I have a Module which processes a Post action, and then redirects.
for example i am trying to overwrite - Magento\Checkout\Controller\Cart\Add
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on frontend , i am unable to render this message.
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