It provides chances for student leadership and mentoring.
It allows for constructive competition and positive peer influence.
It is an additional organizational structure beyond traditional grade and gender divisions.
It helps to foster student mentoring relationships across grade levels.
It allows for a new relational dimension in student-teacher relationships.
Each house is maintained at an equal number of students and a relatively equal distribution of age and gender. Faculty serve as House Counsel (two per House), and students from the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades apply each year to lead their Houses as House Senators. Students remain in the same House during their tenure, and siblings are placed together in the same House.
Despite the similarity in structure, Houses are encouraged to each develop their own distinct identity. The four Houses of Annapolis are named for biblical archetypes, allowing students to study many note-worthy individuals throughout church history, ancient and modern. Students can then learn from the common virtues and positive attributes these exemplars embody and talk honestly about their shortcomings and faults.
Named for the men and women of old who boldly proclaimed the word of God in the face of persecution and death, and for the men and women who even today stand with integrity for truth, the House of Prophets stands for boldness, honesty, and perseverance. The colors of the House of Prophets are light blue and ebony. The Eagle, a speedy messenger known for its farsightedness and often lonely journey, is the crest for the House of Prophets.
Compassion, diligence, and humility are the marks of those who truly embraced God's call to shepherd and minister to His people. The House of Priests is named for the men of old, and the men and women now, who serve and love God's people. The colors of the House of Priests are hunter's green and white. The Griffin is the crest for the House of Priests, due to the mythical icon's dual nature- the heavenly and the terrestrial, fierce yet healing, a danger and protector.
The righteous rule with justice, mercy, and reason. The House of Kings is named for both the historical monarchs who aspired to these ideals and the men and women of today who take seriously and humbly the responsibility of leading others. The colors of the House of Kings are purple and gold. The Lion, a symbol of regal power and authority, is chosen to be the crest of the House of Kings, with a reminder to heed the lion's example as the protective leader of its pride.
The House of Martyrs is named in memory of those men and women who displayed valor, integrity, and fidelity as they nobly faced suffering and even death for the sake of the Gospel and the truth. The colors of the House of Martyrs are crimson and silver. The mythical Phoenix is the crest of the House of Martyrs, chosen because the new life that was said to be born out of the ashes of a phoenix's fiery death mirrors the reality of a new life to which those who persevere until the last breath will awake.


In the past I have asked you to pray DWBS for Messiah. Pray that we will have a DEEPER walk with Jesus. Pray that we will have a WIDER impact for His glory. Pray that we will grow into a BIGGER church. Pray that we will get SMALLER by developing Bible-studies and mentoring relationships and friendships.
Today I want to share with you about the privilege of becoming smaller in a different sense – a way to become smaller so that we become wider to the glory of God – sending and partnering with missionaries.
P and J are long-term missionaries sent from Messiah. They visited with us last summer. Please pray for them!
Kendra and Jeremy were part of Messiah for over a decade. They have been serving in Zambia with Operation Mobilization for nearly a year. Please pray for them!
Steve, with his wife, Stella, are living in Nigeria. Please pray for an open door for Steve in teaching and training pastors and church leaders.
Richard has a city ministry in Ottawa and across the country in mobilizing and equipping pastors and churches to come together in prayer and in evangelism. Please pray for him.
Please pray for Paul, recently returned home after serving with YWAM (Youth with a Mission) in the Middle East.
The following are not from Messiah, but have close connections to us. Please pray for Norm and Audrey in Angola; Aaron in Jerusalem; Robbie and Malia in Canada supporting their ministry to orphaned boys in Uganda and D**** in London.
Please pray for me as I minister and preach in Angola this week. By the time you read this I will have preached at an open-air church service today via a translator.
Please pray that the Lord will grow in Messiah a heart for our city and a heart for the world – both our Christian brothers and sisters around the world, but also the sheer need of many. We may not have much to give, but we can and should pray.


Metastasis-free survival was 36.6 months with enzalutamide-ADT versus 14.7 months for placebo-ADT, which correlates with a 71% reduction in risk of metastasis or death (hazard ratio [HR], 0.29; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.24 to 0.35; P < .0001). These results have resulted in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) designating enzalutamide for breakthrough priority status review for patients with nmCRPC.
Patients in the enzalutamide treatment arm tolerated enzalutamide well, given their median age of mid-70s, and there were no new safety signals or adverse events not previously detailed in numerous prior phase II/III global trials which evaluated enzalutamide.
The approval of apalutamide, and the FDA's priority review of enzalutamide for nmCRPC marks the importance of clinician awareness to appropriately identify nmCRPC patients.
With 1 approved therapy and another highly likely to follow very soon, clinicians should be encouraged to improve their diagnostic acumen for identifying these nmCRPC patients, whom are invariable, asymptomatic, except for their ongoing ADT sequelae, and thus discuss with those patients who could benefit from earlier daily oral AR inhibitor treatment.
In both the SPARTAN and PROSPER trials, the nmCRPC accrual population required a PSADT of less than or equal to 10 months, with median PSADT of 4.5 and 4.0 months, respectively.
A recent study consistently linked higher baseline PSA level and faster PSA doubling time with imminent metastasis in men with M0 CRPC.10 The finding confirms PSA as "an important prognostic and an intermediate biomarker for progression", commented Dr. Hussain.
Enzalutamide, a novel androgen receptor inhibitor, has been approved for treating metastatic CRPC patients either before or after chemotherapy.
Both SPARTAN and PROSPER used the same enrollment criteria for PSA doubling time,4 and both trials have used MFS as the primary endpoint for evaluation, whereby the FDA has agreed to use metastasis-free survival as a pathway for prostate oncologic drug approval.
PROSPER investigators defined the primary metastasis-free survival endpoint as time from randomization until radiographic progression or death within 112 days of stopping treatment. Making metastasis-free survival a "conservative endpoint" reflects the need to carefully balance risk with benefit when shifting cancer treatment earlier in the disease course.
Secondary efficacy endpoints in the PROSPER trial included safety, overall survival, time to PSA progression, and time to first use of new antineoplastic therapy. Patients in both arms were elderly (median age, 74 years) and the median PSA doubling time was 3.8 months – far less than the 10-month cutoff. "This basically means that their PSA was doubling in between [clinic] visits," said Dr. Hussain.
was approximately 33 months longer with enzalutamide than with placebo, reflecting a 93% risk reduction (median time to PSA progression, 37.2 months vs. 3.9 months; HR, 0.07; 95% CI 0.05 to 0.08; P < .0001). The median time to first use of a new antineoplastic therapy was about 22 months longer with enzalutamide versus placebo, a 79% relative risk reduction (39.6 months vs. 17.7 months; HR, 0.21; 95% CI, 0.17 to 0.26; P < .0001).
Use of new antineoplastic therapy is a correlate of presumed disease progression. In both arms of PROSPER, most progression events consisted of new soft-tissue metastases, while about a third of events comprised new bone metastases and less than 7% involved metastases of both tissue and bone.
At interim data cutoff, there were only a very limited number of deaths for both the PROSPER and SPARTAN trials, as the vast majority of MFS events related to imaging progression of the disease, and thus only trends for overall survival were mentioned for both ASCO GU plenary presentations. In PROSPER, median overall survival was not reached in either arm, but the estimated risk of death from any cause was about 20% lower with enzalutamide compared with placebo (HR, 0.80; 95% CI, 0.58 to 1.09; P = 0.152). Final survival analyses for both PROSPER and SPARTAN are planned.
The PROSPER findings reflect that enzalutamide's safety profile resembles its prior trials in mCRPC (see, AFFIRM/PREVAIL/ STRIVE/TERRAIN trials). All-grade adverse events affected 87% of patients in the enzalutamide-ADT arm and 77% of patients in the control arm, while grade 3 or higher adverse event rates were 31% and 23%, with treatment discontinuation for adverse events, 9% and 3%, respectively.
Besides hypertension, the most common grade 3 or higher adverse events included fatigue (enzalutamide: 3%; placebo: 1%) and hematuria (2% with enzalutamide; 3% with placebo). Enzalutamide was associated with a risk of all-grades cognitive/ mental impairment (5% vs. 2% for placebo) and major adverse cardiovascular events (5% vs. 3%).
In both arms, the incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events was higher in patients with a history of cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, or age of at least 75 years.
Enzalutamide's FDA label also includes warnings on an increased risk of seizure (0.5% overall and 2.2% in patients with predisposing factors) as well as posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome. In PROSPER, there were three events of convulsions (less than 1% of patients) in the enzalutamide-ADT arm and no events in the placebo-ADT arm. No patients developed posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in the PROSPER trial.
Patients continued enzalutamide for a median of 18.4 months (range, 0 to 41.9 months) versus 11.1 months for placebo (range, 0 to 42.8 months).
Furthermore, the results of SPARTAN linked apalutamide therapy to a small increase in the relative risk of falls, fractures, and grade 3 or worse rash, he noted. In PROSPER, there was a death rate discordance of 15% vs 2% for patients coming off of the trial.
If a patient has been initiated with ADT, and has a PSA rise, despite a castrate level of testosterone, and has no positive imaging findings for metastasis, then the option to consider an approved treatment now exists. Reviewing patient performance status, co-morbidities, CRPC disease biology, and other individualized variables will certainly help inform the physician-patient shared decision-making analysis.
The CHAARTED, STAMPEDE and LATITUDE trials have confirmed the survival benefits of shifting next-generation prostate cancer treatments more proximally within the natural history of earlier diagnosed advanced prostate cancer. Additional combinations, novel sequencing strategies as well as other therapeutics with unique mechanisms of action, approved, or in clinical trials, may significantly change future decision-making treatment options.
Designing trials with agreed upon endpoints which can both justify clinical utility decision making as well as attain regulatory approval are essential. The FDA's acceptance of metastasis-free survival as such an endpoint has allowed for the design and completion of two very important global phase III trials for the nmCRPC patient population. There are ongoing phase III trials investigating enzalutamide for treating localized prostate cancer at high risk of recurrence (ENZARAD; NCT02446444), M0 hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (EMBARK; NCT02319837), and metastatic, hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (ARCHES; NCT02677896). Additionally, the ATLAS trial (NCT02531516) is evaluating whether adding apalutamide to ADT and radiation therapy benefits patients with high-risk, localized or locally advanced disease.
The future holds promise for genomic and molecular profiling of prostate cancer biology which could enhance the precision of our therapeutic choices, which will presumably optimize clinical outcomes and maximize value-based healthcare models.
Hussain M, Fizazi K, Saad F, et al. PROSPER: A phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo (PBO)- controlled study of enzalutamide (ENZA) in men with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (M0 CRPC). J Clin Oncol 2018;36(6_suppl):3 (abstr 3).
US FDA. FDA approves apalutamide for non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. https:/ www.fda.gov/Drugs/InformationOnDrugs/ApprovedDrugs/ucm596796.htm Accessed March 20, 2018.
Liede A, Arellano J, Hechmati G, et al. International prevalence of nonmetastatic (M0) castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). J Clin Oncol 2013;31(15_suppl) (abstr e16052).
Small EJ, Saad F, Chowdhury S, et al. SPARTAN, a phase 3 double-blind, randomized study of apalutamide (APA) versus placebo (PBO) in patients (pts) with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC). Presented at: 2018 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium (ASCO GU); February 8-10, 2018; San Francisco, CA, USA. Abstract 161.
Schalken J, Fitzpatrick JM. Enzalutamide: targeting the androgen signaling pathway in metastaticcastration‐resistant prostate cancer. BJU Int 2016; 117(2): 215-225.
Penson DF, Armstrong AJ, Concepcion R, et al. Enzalutamide versus bicalutamide in castration-resistant prostate cancer: the STRIVE trial. J Clin Oncol 2016;34(18):2098-2106.
Xie W, Regan MM, Buyse M, et al. Metastasis-free survival is a strong surrogate of overall survival in localized prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol 2017;35(27):3097-3104.
Smith MR, Saad F, Oudard S, et al. Denosumab and bone metastasis-free survival in men with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: exploratory analyses by baseline prostate-specific antigen doubling time. J Clin Oncol 2013;31(30):3800-3806.
Highlights of prescribing information. XTANDI® (enzalutamide) capsules, for oral use. https:/www. astellas.us/docs/12A005-ENZ-WPI.PDF Accessed March 16, 2018.


The Vice President for international relations and institutional of the University of León a support scholarship invites the Secretariat of the Area relations Interuniversitarias PAS, PDI.
this scholarship is subject to physical persons income tax, and in any case your enjoyment will have juridicos-laborales effects between the student and the University of León, and consequently its granting does not imply any kind of contractual labour or administrative relationship with the University.
requirements are enrolled in the University of León in the second or upper courses of the first or second cycle degrees and dominate the Russian and English languages.
instances, addressed to Mr. Vice-Rector of students, must be submitted with the documentation indicated therein, the Vice President of students (University services, Campus de Vegazana building) or the registration of the University before 14: 00 on September 7, 2012.
valued the academic record will be the selection of applicants by a Commission chaired by the Vice-Chancellor, or person to whom to delegate and integrated by the relations Interuniversitarias PAS-PDI Secretary and a representative of the student Board. The Commission may carry out personal interviews, if it deems it appropriate.
the Vice President made the appointment of fellows, whose list will be made public the day 10 September 2012, on the Bulletin Board of the Vice-Rectorate for students, and in the www.unileon.es.
selected applicants headlines, they shall be presented in the Vice-rectorship of University students, on September 13, provided a photocopy with the bank details where they want them to be entered the amount of the scholarship. The enjoyment of these scholarships is compatible with aid to the study of the Ministry of education and science, Junta de Castilla y León, and aid to the study by scarcity of resources, and incompatible with the enjoyment of other collaboration scholarships, or any other convened by the University or if the student is taxpayer with income from work.


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Георгий Иванович Кублицкий (1911 — 1989) — советский писатель, журналист, путешественник, кинодраматург, популяризатор географии и истории стран мира. Автор более 30-ти книг, в том числе детских, а также статей, заметок, очерков в различных изданиях. Также автор рассказов для радиопередачи «Клуб знаменитых капитанов». Специальный корреспондент «Литературной газеты» в США. Член Союза писателей СССР (с 1951).

Биография
Георгий Иванович Кублицкий родился 18 декабря 1911 года в Красноярске. Его отец погиб на Западном фронте в 1914 году, в начале Первой мировой войны. Первое своё путешествие, на пароходе «Лена» по Енисею, Георгий совершил в 1916 году, вместе с матерью и сестрой.

В связи с революционными событиями и Гражданской войной школы не работали, поэтому Георгий начал обучаться на дому. Первой учительницей Кублицкого была Л. С. Крутовская, которая привила ему любовь к путешествиям и познанию нового. Он учился вместе с братьями Абалаковыми — Виталием и Евгением, впоследствии известными альпинистами. По прошествии времени писатель считал, что его будущая жизнь определилась в 1922 году.

В 1926 году семья Кублицких переехала в Новосибирск. Осенью Георгия приняли в школу № 12 имени профессора К.А. Тимирязева. В школьные годы Георгий Кублицкий состоял в ученическом комитете и был членом правления школьного кооператива, а также был прикреплен к секции благоустройства Новосибирского городского совета. Его первые статьи, написанные для школьной стенгазеты, посвящались работе этой секции.

В 1927 году Георгий Иванович впервые отнёс свою заметку в редакцию газеты «Советская Сибирь», но она не была опубликована. Первая его публикация появилась в 1934 году, с которого и начинается его журналистский стаж.

В 1930—1934 годах работал геодезистом, начальником изыскательных партий.

В конце 1930-х годов начинает работу в редакции газеты «Правда». Его первый очерк был на тему «Отметить на карте Ильича». В 1939 году выпустил первую книгу очерков. Первые книги для детей Кублицкий начал писать в 1947 году.

Он также автор рассказов для послевоенной радиопередачи «Клуб знаменитых капитанов». В 1949 году вышли в свет две первые книги для детей — «Енисей, река Сибирская» и «Открыватели Антарктики». Следующими были книги «По материкам и океанам» (1950), «Большая Волга» (1951), «На великой реке» (1953).

В 1951 году принят в Союз писателей СССР.

В 1958 году за повесть "Фритьоф Нансен" Г. Кублицкий был удостоен второй премии на Всесоюзном конкурсе на лучшую художественную книгу для детей.

В 1959 году Кублицкий начал работать в документальном кино. Он автор сценариев следующих фильмов:
 «Солнце свободы взошло над Ираном»,
 «Первый рейс к звездам» (1961),
 «Диво Кубы»,
 «Нет мира в Лаосе»,
 «Мексика, которую мы любим»,
 «Перу: тысяча и три года»,
 «Рожденные Октябрем»,
 «Страна наша Тюмения»,
 «Мы на Волге живем» и других.

Скончался в Москве 1 мая 1989 года.

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 Сын — Никита.

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Ссылки
 Писатели Москвы: Биобиблиографический справочник / Сост.: Е. П. Ионов, С. П. Колов.— М.: Моск. рабочий, 1987. — С. 237.
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Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada district unit of Health and Family Welfare Department will be distributing de-worming tablet- 'Albendazole' to all those between the age group of 1 to 19 years, on February 8, as part of the 'National De-worming Day'.
Dakshina Kannada District Health Officer (DHO) Dr Ramakrishna Rao told mediapersons at his office, on Wednesday that the department has already supplied tablets to all the Primary Health Centers (PHC), Taluk Health Centers, government schools and aided schools, ITI and Diploma institutions.
"The teachers at schools and colleges should distribute the tablets to the children and make sure that they consume the same after food. The children, who are in the age group of three to 19 years can take one full tablet and the ones below three years can be given half the tablet. There are no side effects of the tablets and adults too can consume them. However, if a child is already suffering from any illness, it is better not to take the tablets," he said.
"The department has provided tablets for 5,15, 433 children who are in the age group of one to 19 years in Dakshina Kannada district. Among them, 2,40,901 students are from Mangaluru taluk, 95,652 students from Bantwal taluk, 65,668 students from Beltangady taluk, 78,077 students from Puttur Taluk and 35,135 students from Sullia taluk. The Anganwadi and ASHA workers will be engaged in disbursing tablets to the students", Rao added.
"This initiative needs to be coupled with improved sanitation, hygiene, and availability of safe drinking water for reducing worm load. In order to achieve the status of being 'worm-free', parents should make their children drink hot water, maintain cleanliness while taking food and other good habits," he said.


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Most of us have heard about smart technology, from smartphones to smart watches, vehicles, and gadgets for your home. Smart technology is the wave of the future, and if you're a homeowner, you might be interested in making your home a smart-home. Not only will incorporating smart technology into your space add convenience to your life, it will also increase your home's value.
First, think about what type of smart tech platform you'd like to use. Some popular choices are Amazon's Alexa system (with the Echo or Echo Dot), Apple's Siri app (for iPads and iPhones), and Google Assistant (for Android and Google Home). Each of these options have their share of pros and cons, so it will be up to you to research which of these devices fit your individual needs. If price is an issue, the Alexa device is the most affordable of the three. However, listening to music on the Alexa device doesn't produce the sound quality that can be expected from other devices.
Each of these devices can be paired with other smart devices in your home. Lighting, air conditioning, and ceiling fans are only a couple of examples of home utilities you can control and monitor from your smart-home hub. The degree of difficulty in setting up your smart devices, and the usability of each device is subjective. While some people prefer the ease of using Google Assistant, others are put off by the fact they have to say "okay Google" to initiate any command.
When considering which smart-home brand you'd like in your home, you should make yourself aware of what your intentions are, and how many additional products you need in order to control different utilities in your home. For example, if you want to use Siri to control the lighting in your home, you're going to need your original Apple device as well as a Phillips Hue lighting kit so your device has something to pair with. Some platforms require independent devices in order to control your utilities. This may include smart electric plugs, a smart-capable thermostat, or a specific brand of lightbulb. Consider these factors before you decide.
While smart-home technology might seem confusing at first, opting to use it in your home is going to improve your energy usage and make lighting, air conditioning, or air circulation a breeze. For a more in-depth look at different smart options, as well as pairing instructions, please take a look at this article at the New York Times.


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SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE: Benicia's rejection of oil trains could reverberate across country
Repost from the San Francisco Chronicle
Benicia's rejection of oil trains could reverberate across country
By Kurtis Alexander, 9/21/16 5:11pm
The Valero refinery is seen in the background behind signage for a railroad crossing on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 in Benicia, Calif. Photo: Lea Suzuki, The Chronicle
Benicia's rejection of plans to bring trains filled with crude oil to Valero Corp.'s big refinery in the city was hailed Wednesday by critics of the country's expanding oil-by-rail operations, who hope the flexing of local power will reverberate across the Bay Area and the nation.
Of particular interest to environmentalists and local opponents, who for years have argued that Valero's proposal brought the danger of a catastrophic spill or fire, was a last-minute decision by U.S. officials that Benicia's elected leaders — not the federal government — had the final say in the matter.
Word of that decision arrived just before the City Council, in a unanimous vote late Tuesday, dismissed Valero's proposal for a new $70 million rail depot along the Carquinez Strait off Interstate 680. Valero had said the project would not only be safe but bring local jobs, tax revenue and lower gas prices.
"We're pleased with the decision and the implications it will have across the country," said Jackie Prange, a staff attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, one of several groups opposed to the project. "This issue is live in a number of sites across the country. This is definitely a decision that I think cities in other states will be looking to."
As oil production has boomed across North America, so has the need to send crude via railroad. The uptick in tanker trains, though, has been accompanied by a spate of accidents in recent years, including a 2013 derailment in the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic in which a 72-car train exploded and killed more than 40 people.
The authority of communities to limit oil trains has been clouded by the assertion of some in the petroleum industry that local officials don't have jurisdiction to get in the way. Companies like Valero have contended that railroad issues are matter of interstate commerce — and hence are the purview of the federal government.
Shortly before Tuesday's meeting, however, Benicia officials received a letter from the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, which wrote that Valero, based in Texas, was not a railroad company and that the proposed rail terminal fell under city jurisdiction.
"It's what I was waiting for to help me make my vote more defensible," said Councilman Alan Schwartzman at the meeting.
Earlier this year, Valero had asked the Surface Transportation Board for "preemption" protection for the project after Benicia's Planning Commission rejected the proposal. The plan proceeded to the City Council upon appeal.
The plan called for oil deliveries from up to two 50-car trains a day, many passing through several Northern California communities en route from the Bakken shale formation in North Dakota. Those trains would carry as many as 70,000 barrels of oil.
The company billed the project as a way to keep gasoline prices low in the absence of a major oil pipeline serving the West Coast. Crude is currently brought to the Bay Area mostly by boat or through smaller pipelines.
On Wednesday, Valero officials expressed frustration at the city's decision.
"After nearly four years of review and analysis by independent experts and the city, we are disappointed that the City Council members have chosen to reject the crude by rail project," spokeswoman Lillian Riojas wrote in an email. "At this time we are considering our options moving forward."
The vote directly hit the city's pocketbook. Nearly 25 percent of Benicia's budget comes from taxes on the oil giant, and the city coffers stood to grow with more crude. The refinery employs about 500 people, according to city records.
But the city's environmental study showed that oil trains presented a hazard. The document concluded that an accident was possible on the nearly 70 miles of track between Roseville (Placer County) and the refinery, though the likelihood was only one event every 111 years.
The document also suggested that much of the crude coming to the Bay Area from North Dakota, as well as from tar sands in Canada, was more flammable than most.
Several cities in the Bay Area and Sacramento area joined environmental groups in calling for rejection of the project.
"The council's vote is a tremendous victory for the community and communities all throughout California," said Ethan Buckner of the opposition group Stand, who was among more than 100 people who turned out for the council's verdict. "At a time when oil consumption in California is going down, projects like this are unnecessary."
At least two other plans are in the works for oil delivery by rail elsewhere in the region — in Richmond and Pittsburg. A handful of other proposals have been put forth in other parts of California, including the expansion of a rail spur at a Phillips 66 refinery in San Luis Obispo County, which is scheduled to be heard by the county planning board Thursday.
Prange, with the Natural Resources Defense Council, said this week's finding by the Surface Transportation Board gives cities the confidence to reject the proposed oil trains, if they wish to do so.
"It reaffirms the power of local government to protect their citizens from these dangerous projects," she said.
U.S. oil deliveries by rail have grown quickly, from 20 million barrels in 2010 to 323 million in 2015, according to government estimates. In response, federal transportation officials have worked to improve the safety of oil-carrying cars with new regulations.
But over the past year, rail deliveries nationwide have slowed, in part because of the stricter rules as well as local opposition, falling crude prices and new pipelines.
Critics have complained that the tightened rules have fallen short, pointing to incidents like a June train derailment in Mosier, Ore., which spilled hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude into the Columbia River. Leaders in Oregon are discussing a statewide ban on crude trains.
Kurtis Alexander is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.
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Mosier groundwater contaminated after derailment spill
Repost from the Hood River News
By Patrick Mulvihill, July 22, 2016
TREATMENT PLANT in Mosier came back online in mid-June. The city had been trucking sewage to Hood River for treatment while their system was shut down following the train wreck. Photo by Patrick Mulvihill
Regulators have found contaminated groundwater at the site of the June 3 fiery oil train derailment in Mosier.
There's no current threat to drinking water or beach users, according to Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), but concerns have surfaced for wildlife health in the Rock Creek wetland near the Columbia River.
"It really isn't a significant issue of harming human health; however, there is a wetland (nearby) and we're mainly concerned for animals (living there)," said Bob Schwarz, DEQ project manager.
DEQ staff found high levels of benzene and other volatile organic compounds in one of four test wells crews installed north of the Union Pacific train tracks in Mosier shortly after the train wreck.
Schwarz described the contaminant levels discovered at the east-most site as roughly 10 times higher than the safe amount for animal populations — 1,800 parts of benzene per billion, compared to the ecological risk level of 130 parts.
The wetland ecosystem includes various amphibians and insects, he said.
DEQ has ruled the local drinking water safe because Mosier's municipal water supply is located about a mile away from the spill area, uphill.
Beach access at Mosier — a popular watersports access spot — has been deemed safe. Booms laid out on the river following the derailment (to catch a small sheen of oil) have since been removed.
Mosier's wastewater system is also back in action. While heavy green sewage tanks and pump trucks were a common sight during early June, the town no longer trucks sewage to Hood River for treatment.
In the derailment, 16 cars of a 96-car Union Pacific train bearing Bakken crude oil left the tracks in what U.P. ruled an accident due to faulty rail bolts. At least three cars caught fire. Crews extinguished the blaze by early morning the next day.
About 47,000 gallons of oil escaped from four rail cars.
During the wreck, one of the railcars tore off the lid of a sanitary sewer manhole, allowing roughly 13,000 gallons of oil to flow into the nearby Mosier wastewater treatment plant. That system was shut down as crews worked to pump out oil and clean the piping network.
As a temporary fix, workers trucked sewage from Mosier to Hood River for treatment at the municipal plant on Riverside Drive. By June 16, the plant was restored, and shortly after Mosier's system was fully functional.
A small sheen of oil leaked into the Columbia River through the wastewater system at some point following the wreck, DEQ reported.
Crews cast out absorbing booms into the river to contain the sheen. The exact amount is "unknown but low in volume," according to a DEQ fact sheet, but it quickly dissipated.
Surface water samples in the river didn't show any significant contamination from the spill, Schwarz said. He expects the booms will be replaced in September, before autumn rains, in case new rain flushes any oil from the ground into the river.
Agencies reported that the rest of the oil was burned off or absorbed into the soil. Excavation workers disposed of about 29,600 tons of earth that had been contaminated with petroleum.
Oil remaining in the derailed cars was transferred by truck to The Dalles, then hauled by rail to Tacoma, Wash., its original destination. The emptied railcars were taken by truck to Portland for salvage.
Following the derailment, DEQ oversaw the installation of six wells near the train tracks — two extraction wells and four monitoring wells. At the fourth monitoring site, staff found high petroleum levels and other compounds.
Now, DEQ is working with the railroad's consultant to design an underground system that will treat the contamination, Schwarz said.
The "biosparge" system will include vertical pipes where air will be injected into the ground water. That oxygen will spur growth of naturally occurring microbes that will break down the oil.
"We are still waiting for groundwater flow direction information from CH2M, the consultant for Union Pacific Railroad," Schwarz said in a July 6 memo.
Local conservation group Columbia Riverkeeper raised concerns about U.P.'s role in the high pollutant levels and called for a third party to steer the cleanup.
"It's very concerning that we have such high levels of toxic pollutants so close to the river," Riverkeeper staff attorney Lauren Goldberg said.
She asserted that the public needs to hold state officials accountable so that "U.P. is not at the wheel of this cleanup."
Schwarz expects a small drill rig and a half dozen or so workers will be on scene in Mosier to implement the treatment system.
For more information, go to deq.state.or.us/lq/ecsi/ecsi.htm .
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Cindy and Will's Story "Bald is Beautiful"
My son Will was 7-years-old when I noticed a bald patch on the back of his head. Will had always had immune disorders which made him get sick a little easier than most, but we made accommodations and had only dealt with breathing trouble previously.
When we saw our pediatrician for the hair, we were told it was ringworm After about 30 days on antibiotics, and a return visit, we ended up seeing a dermatologist who diagnosed Will with Alopecia Areata. We've traveled from Springfield to Kansas City and to St. Louis to see dermatology, endocrinology, rheumatology, immunology and probably others I can't even recall.
Will's spots became patches and his hair line finally crept up enough that we began cutting his hair differently and finally began shaving his head. Most recently his Alopecia has become universalis: a condition characterized by the complete loss of hair on the scalp and body. The Alopecia took away his eyebrows, eyelashes, and most of all, Will's self confidence and a little more of my heart.
We try to teach Will that he is just the way God made him and that "bald is beautiful". Unfortunately, he's 9-years-old and only wants to look like his peers. Will has social anxiety and bites on his fingers and his skin until it bleeds. His teeth are brittle from his thyroid problem, so they chip from his nervous habit. We have tried creams, diets, supplements, natural remedies, and everything in between. So all we can do from here forward is encourage Will to love himself and be who he is. We know God has great plans for our little Will.
When we go out in public, it's usually the adults who stare or come up to us directly to ask Will if he's completed treatment for cancer or what his struggle is. We are really good at interjecting and letting people know he's healthy fairly quick. We regularly have meals paid for, cash offered and many other kind gestures from complete strangers. We now allow Will to accept money and let him spend it on whatever he wants to! It's far less embarrassing for the people who give to him and we know their hearts are in the right place.
I just want people to know to please treat my son, or anyone else with no hair, the same as you would another person with hair. Please encourage your children to invite Will or others with the same condition, to birthday parties and on play dates. Send him or her a candy-gram at Christmas and make sure he's not chosen last in games. Alopecia isn't contagious.
Children can be cruel, just because you don't hear them, doesn't mean they aren't being unkind. I wish parents would explain what Alopecia is to their children. Sometimes kids just need to know. Alopecia is an autoimmune disease which doesn't allow hair to grow. That's it! Will wants everyone to know he doesn't have cancer! He's healthy except for a little asthma and slightly sluggish thyroid. Will is going to grow up and be a successful, strong, and compassionate man. We believe it him so much!
Overall, our lives are blessed. Will is a vivacious, energetic and kind hearted little guy. He has an old soul and is the heart of our family. He's the baby, with an older brother and sister and he is loved. Will enjoys riding his dirt bike and watching WWE wrestling. His exceptionality also comes out in his love of fitness and workouts. Every day Will works out and tries to be the most fit for his age. We are excited to be attending Alopeciapalooza 2016 in Las Vegas this July. We hope this will be an opportunity for Will to meet other kids who deal with the same things he does.
My advice to another parent or child facing an odd diagnosis such as Alopecia is to educate, love yourself and speak up. We have left "no stone unturned" to make sure we weren't missing something larger. It's always okay to get a second, third or even fourth opinion! You are the expert at your own and your child's health.
The silver lining in all of this is that our family has grown closer, loved more, and become more aware of where beauty really come from. Throughout our journey we have grown to appreciate being healthy and know that there are many others a lot worse off than us. We have gained a whole new perspective on physical appearance. I find that we are grateful for the emotional support, and friendships we have made and continue to make. I really hope another kid or parent reads my story and realizes they aren't alone and sometimes it helps to hear about other struggles. Through each of our journeys we can lift, inspire and help others - that's a silver lining too.
Sharing our story has helped in so many ways! Not only by raising awareness about alopecia, but also allowing Will to feel special. For mom, there was healing in explaining our journey. Will is excited to be starting a new school in the fall for 5th grade. We are leaving to attend our 2nd Alopeciapalooza in Namples Maine in a couple weeks! We are enjoying our journey and embracing each step, that's the silver lining.


The World According To Tom: Something in the Water?
I got back from my Romania "roots" trip a little more than a week ago, and I have at least ten ideas circling in my brain currently as to what I will blog about in the near future. The reason for my delay in actually blogging has generally stemmed from my laziness to go through thousands of pictures from my trip to find suitable ones for posting, as well as an overall intensive schedule I am attempting to set for this summer vacation. But really, at the core, basically I have been slacking on this whole blogging thing. My bad!
So this will just be a short post until I actually get some good pictures on my computer and decide to share some interesting thoughts and things about Romania. Right now, however, what's on my mind is something that my family has been pondering about ever since we got back from Romania: why did we not feel sick after eating so much food (we ate so much it's unbelievable), and why didn't any of us gain weight.
I'm am relatively confident that anyone who, in North America, has ever been to a restaurant for more than a few days consecutively probably felt as if their stomach was about to explode (as well as other things.) The "food sweats", I suppose, is an accurate term to describe this. Go out, eat way too much, and then curl up in a ball until the sun rises and our stomach somehow manages to revive itself from the abuse it was just subjected to. That is more or less how I view things, anyway. I am also relatively sure that anyone who proceeded to do this, day in day out for two weeks at any North American restaurant chain, would gain weight. Perhaps not much, but at least some. It is kind of inevitable. The food is simply too loaded with fat, sugar, and carbs for anything else to happen.
And yet after eating out in Romania over two weeks, probably more than we had done in a few good years, nothing actually happened to us that was visible. Sure our cholesterol and blood sugar levels probably increased, but other than that nothing happened that we could tell. We never felt sick after eating out (as we often do here,) and no one gained weight. And the European concept of going on a walk after dinner could not have possibly covered the damage we thought to have been done. We ate a tonne of food, pictures of which I will be adding later because Romanian food is absolutely amazing, and there was only a day or two when we walked until we felt exhausted. Other than that it was a rather lethargic time.
Anyway, I have been puzzled ever since returning home. I know food in Europe generally contains less preservatives than North American food, and is somewhat more "real" (Pepsi for example is made with real sugar and not corn syrup), but could that make such a difference? The food in restaurants does have that "home cooking" feel to it, but would that make eating massive portions every single day for two weeks not have much of an impact? I simply do not have an answer, which is worrying to me.
What kind of "stuff" do they put into food here that is absent from European food? Europe, the place where it sometimes feels as if smoking is a continental sport, and where getting anything less than a liter of beer at a restaurant is unusual, has food that is drastically better for you than in North America? Perhaps it is an overall lowered stress level, or maybe it's the fact Europeans bike and walk more, but I still find the whole situation strange to say the least. What is the difference in our food that makes indulgence here so bad for us, while in Europe it appears to not have much effect at all?
I will be doing more reading on this, and hopefully I find something that explains it. Whatever the reason however, I think the industrialized process that almost all of our food undergoes may be harming us in ways that are not always evident. If anything, this only strengthens my opinion that trying to eat less processed food is a worthwhile goal, and that the whole "farm fresh" attitude I mentioned in my last blog post is definitely the right attitude in moving forward.
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The Blue Carbuncle, As Told via Animated Gif
"It arrived upon Christmas morning." [BLUE]
Usually we save our Christmas greetings on this site for "the second morning after Christmas." But in this case, we found a relic from our digital version of Holmes's own "large tin box" [MUSG] containing notes of his early cases.
In our own instance, the artifact is an animated gif that we found and sought permission (some four years ago) from a member of Holmesian.net named "whorl". We had misplaced the image, and then did not have an appropriate hosting service to be able to share it with you.
Now, on Christmas morning, that has all been solved. We're proud and honored to bring you The Bloo Sparkly (click for the fullsize image), a retelling of "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" with stick figures, which you can see below. If you're reading this on a feed reader or via email, please click on "I Hear of Sherlock" in the header of the email to advance to the website to see the animation. The slides advance automatically, so if you need to start over, just hit F5 or refresh your browser to start over.
We hope that your holiday is an enjoyable one. Expect to see us back here again in two days (i.e. "the second morning after Christmas" [BLUE]).
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It pays a handsome 5.22% dividend yield, but over the last five years, its shares have gained a mere 3.4% The S&P 500 is up 66% over the same period.
And popular dividend funds aren't doing much better.
The iShares Core High Dividend ETF (NYSE Arca: HDV) is up 27.2% over the last five years, better than BP's growth, but still just a third of the S&P 500's performance. And its dividend yield is a mere 3.35%.
Fortunately, if you're looking for big dividends – we're talking better than 10% yields – and serious growth potential, we've got you covered.
Thanks to the Money Morning Stock VQScore™ system, we're able to key in on the 1,500 most profitable companies and find stocks with the most growth potential.
And we've found three of these growth stocks with dividend yields above 10%.
And it is also one of the biggest Internet companies in the country.
CNSL pays out a dividend of $1.53 a share. With a current share price of $11.20, that yields a 13.62% return on your initial investment.
CNSL has paid this dividend for 50 consecutive quarters. That's a great sign the company knows how to manage its cash. And it tells us it won't be scrapping this payment program any time soon.
CNSL is one of the 10 biggest fiber optics providers in the United States thanks to its strategic acquisitions that nearly doubled its fiber capacity last year.
That's part of what helped it earn $1.5 billion in 2017 alone. But it isn't stopping there.
The company has an aggressive plan to turn its latest acquisition – the takeover of FairPoint – into another new service provider. Plus, by combining the two companies, Consolidated Communications expects to be able to expand its own service and reliability.
Not only does that improve CNSL's ability to compete as an ISP, but it locks it in early as Internet usage continues to boom. As cord-cutting grows, more and more Americans are getting their entertainment and information through Internet connections.
That's why the video-streaming market alone is expected to grow from a $30 billion industry in 2016 to a $70 billion industry in 2021, a jump of 133%. Companies that provide reliable, high-speed Internet connections, like CNSL, are primed to grow.
Analysts are projecting CNSL stock could surge 86% higher over the next 12 months, reaching a share price of $20. And we aren't surprised. With a perfect VQScore of 4, the stock is ready to pop.
Just Energy Group Inc. (Nasdaq: JE) is a Canadian electrical power company that primarily uses low-cost natural gas.
It's also a big-dividend-paying stock sitting right in our "Buy Zone."
JE pays a dividend of $0.39 a share, which is a yield of 10.5% at a share price of $3.68. Because the share price is comparatively low, you can control more stock and make a 10% return on the dividend alone.
That's nearly six times the average yield of the S&P 500.
Plus, JE is one of the best growth stocks you can buy right now.
While based in Canada, JE is aggressively expanding into Europe and the United States. It's already the ninth-largest commercial retailer in the United States, and the company just pushed into Germany in 2016 and Ireland in 2017. It isn't stopping there, either.
The company entered the Japanese market at the end of 2017. JE plans to continue its expansion there, modeling its strategy on its successful entrance into the U.S. and UK markets.
The company's global growth is the linchpin of its plan to grow profits. By controlling more and more market share, JE will be able to return more profits to shareholders.
That's why analysts are giving it target ratings as high as $9.99 a share, which implies share price growth of 170% over the next 12 months. And this isn't some rogue outlier, either. The average price target comes in at $7.88 a share, or 113% growth.
With a perfect VQScore of 4, we are just as bullish.
You are very right about CNSL!
to plug this up and go to work on my backlog. my last hp was great but it just died and left me behind trying to research my penny stocks.
I own SJT! Last Divi was .015 Your 11% doesn't compute. The Divi has gone down since Jan 2018, from .067 to .015. You being paid to pump this stock? I'll sign up just so you get this msg. Other services tell me to dump this stock. Very strange, you like it. As Lawyers do, you can always say, It's my opinion. In my opinion, your blowing smoke. Show me the numbers, not a guess. .067 to .015 doesn't look like a winner.
Who is saying this stock is going to $20.50? I'd love it, where's the proof? Seen some bad info about writers who post stuff like this. Seen articles about how to turn $50 into over a $1,000,000 in three trades in pot stocks, except the writer seemed to buy the stocks before they even existed. With the Internet, much easier to check the facts. Hottest stocks going should be Pot stocks. I own all the top dogs and from day to day they go up and they go down. Good money I'm making is in oil n gas Mlp's. SJT has been a loser for me so far. Show me were you get $20.50!


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Meme Marketing: Advertising's Next Generation
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Memes are becoming increasingly popular. We've seen them, laughed at them, and frequently shared them. But, if we told you that you could profit from this trend as well, would you believe us?
Marketing is no longer dominated by creating advertisements solely to sell a product. Brands all over the world are working hard to increase engagement. And, over time, their focus has shifted to an entirely new marketing strategy – Meme Marketing Strategy.
Memes are no longer just for making people laugh. They have now become a delightful medium for spreading awareness. Simply put, meme marketing is an ingenious hybrid of social media marketing and content marketing.
What are Memes?
Before we get into meme marketing, let's define the term "meme." Richard Dawkins coined the term "meme" in 1976, when he stated, "How an idea could spread and have a stronghold in popular culture (audience) in the same way that genes multiply" (shareability). A meme is a phrase, a joke, or a GIF/video based on popular cultures, such as a TV show or a movie.
What is Meme Marketing?
Meme marketing is the use of memes to promote your business. It's a lighthearted way to connect with your audience or followers and allows you to interact with your readers. Memes are highly relatable and shareable to most social media audiences, giving brands a significant advantage in improving their storytelling and brand narratives.
The Advantages of Meme Marketing
It is difficult to establish a relationship with difficult-to-reach customers in a world where people skip ads. Memes are one way to get to them. There are numerous advantages to using memes or meme marketing:
1. Memes are Low-cost Content
Memes are simple to create and do not have to be unique all of the time. Digital marketers can save time and engage their customers/followers by repurposing existing content. Trending memes that use an analogy from a TV show or movie highly likely to go viral. In the case of memes, one does not need to be concerned about resolution or design.
2. Memes Have a Wide Reach
One of the primary benefits of using memes is the increased reach. Memes are relatable to nearly everyone, and with the right hashtags, they can reach a large audience. Most importantly, meme content is more shareable than advertisements and can help you increase your brand's visibility.
3. Memes Have a High Recall Rate
We only remember things that are extremely important to us or that catch our attention. Good memes can entice you to put down your phone and engage with it instead of scrolling through it. We are more likely to remember posts that have been shared by our friends or make us laugh uncontrollably. If it was a perfect meme, there's a good chance the user will remember your brand. Although not all users who like your memes will become customers, they will remember your brand and consider what you offer.
4. Memes Increase Engagement
Likes, shares, comments, and a brand recall are all on the rise! Meme marketing provides all of this while also increasing your social media followers. Users may not mind if a meme is related to a service or product every now and then. Balance is essential in this situation. You can use a 75/25 rule, in which 75 percent of memes are general, and 25 percent are specific to your service/product.
How to Do Meme Marketing?
Memes can be used almost anywhere. Templates for emails, Banners for social media, Postcards, T-shirts, Flyers, Ads, Cards for greetings, Presentations, Swag. If you're feeling brave, you can even incorporate memes into your logo. No matter where you use them, memes are a simple way to make your designs and marketing more enjoyable.
However, to do meme marketing can be a risky move because you're using them to drive sales and engage with your audience. When you use memes as part of your marketing strategy, you claim them as an integral part of your brand in a way that you do not when you simply share memes for fun.
1. Find Memes that are Relevant to Your Brand
Memes are a type of language. They use abbreviations. Before you can use memes in your design and marketing efforts, you must first determine which memes are compatible with your brand by understanding your target audience. Because their audiences see memes every day, some brands, such as video game companies and geeky apparel retailers, have extensive meme vocabularies. As a result of their audiences' limited exposure to memes and their less playful brand personas, others' meme vocabularies are more limited.
2. Use Memes in the Appropriate Context
Knowing where to use meme marketing is the next step in making your brand a meme machine. Memes can be found on social media, but they can also be found on your website's graphics and even within blog posts. Consider what you're saying with the memes you're using. Once you've answered that, you'll know where to put them. Assume you own a grocery store and want to use memes to connect with younger customers and differentiate your marketing from competitors. You could use "starter pack" memes in your circulars to highlight specific items you stock and why buyers might buy them together.
Knowing when and where to use memes necessitates understanding your target audience. Will they laugh at a meme you share but be perplexed by a website design in which each button morphs into a different Advice Animal when you mouse over it? The more meme-savvy your target audience, the more daring you can be with memes in your design.
3. Everything Revolves Around Timing
Memes come and go at a breakneck pace. One disadvantage of using meme marketing is that you're working with a vocabulary with a finite lifespan. Use a meme when your brand's popularity is dwindling, and it appears to be falling behind. When you use an out-of-date meme, you seem entirely out of touch.
Alternatively, using an old-school meme can protect your brand from appearing out of touch if you're willing to be self-aware about it. If you don't want to go retro with your memes, pay close attention to which memes are trending up and which are trending down. Using memes in short-form marketing materials such as Facebook ads and limited offer landing pages is a simple way to work with passing trends.
4. Recognize that Memes Change
Some memes are damaged goods (such as Pepe the Frog), while others were icky from the start (like Ugandan Knuckles.) Using them will only harm your company's reputation. When looking for memes to incorporate into your designs, do your research thoroughly. If you choose a favorite of edgelords (and your brand isn't edgy), you risk being offensive.
Remember that no one owns a meme, not even the person who created it. No meme is immune to being paired with obnoxious captions, adopted as a symbol of something objectively awful, or simply morphing into something that feels overdone or too silly to match your brand voice any longer.
Examples of Meme Marketing
Here are some of the most successful examples of meme marketing from recent years to give you an idea of how brands are using memes to great success.
∙ Netflix
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With over 6 million Twitter followers and 61 million Facebook likes, Netflix is well-known for its extensive online social media following. But that doesn't stop them from using funny memes to grow their audience.
Their campaign for the film Bird Box is one of their most recent examples of a successful meme marketing campaign. The film was produced and released as one of Netflix Originals. It was promoted on social media with many hilarious and viral memes, such as the one below. Because of the flurry of memes that came the film's release, many users were exposed to the memes who had never seen the film before. With so many jokes and constant memes (many of which required viewing the film to understand), this convinced many users to finally watch it.
∙ BarkBox
Image is taken from Barkbox Facebook page
BarkBox is a subscription box for dogs with toys and treats every month. BarkBox has over 300,000 Twitter followers and 3 million Facebook fans, and it has grown its following by posting a variety of dog-related memes. Here are some of the most popular memes from their Twitter account. BarkBox, unlike other brands, pays attention to its target audience and creates a variety of dog-related meme marketing that its fans will love. Rather than constantly spamming users with their product (as many brands do), BarkBox has found a fine line between humor and product placement within their memes.
∙ AirPods by Apple
Image is taken from Medium
When it comes to marketing, Apple needs no introduction. With a billion-dollar marketing budget, they don't appear to need to post on social media to get people to buy their products. In recent years, the most popular Apple product has not been their phones or laptops, but their AirPods. These wireless earphones have become a massive hit with consumers and, like most Apple products, have become a status symbol. On Twitter and other social media sites, there was an enormous storm of memes highlighting the price when they were released. Although some may argue that these aren't funny or show the product positively, the amount of exposure and free advertising they received was well worth it. Here are some of the meme marketing by Apple that trended on Twitter at the time of their release.
Although it is unclear whether these memes were created by Apple or by users, they have significantly impacted their brand's exposure. Not only did they reach millions of users worldwide, but they also became an even more desirable item, with most Apple stores worldwide selling out.
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Memes are becoming increasingly popular, with meme-related content appearing on visual content platforms like Tumblr, Pinterest, IGTV, LinkedIn, and Twitter. More people than ever before are creating and consuming memes online. Meme marketing is an effective vehicle for many brands' marketing strategies. Trust your instincts when it comes to humor, as you should with most creative processes. If you don't think a meme you made is funny, interesting, or insightful, your customers will likely disagree. Use your best judgment, and keep in mind that the more memes you consume, the better you will become at creating them. Let the memes begin!
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Q: Sort value of HashMap in descending order by list size in Java I have following HashMap.
Map<String, List<String>> teamsPerLocation = new HashMap<String, List<String>>()

I want to sort the HashMap in descending order by the size of the value list.
Example:
// Before sorting
"New York" -> ["Team1", "Team2"]        // 2 teams
"Berlin" -> ["Team3", "Team4", "Team5"] // 3 teams
"Boston" -> ["Team6"]                   // 1 team

// After sorting
"Berlin" -> ["Team3", "Team4", "Team5"] // 3 teams
"New York" -> ["Team1", "Team2"]        // 2 teams
"Boston" -> ["Team6"]                   // 1 team

I need a sorted Map at the end.

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Home » News » B.C. is About to Become Last Place on West Coast to Allow Open-Net Fish Farms
B.C. is About to Become Last Place on West Coast to Allow Open-Net Fish Farms
by Administrador web|Published March 15, 2018
Fish farm opponents and proponents alike are waiting with bated breath as a bill to phase out open net pen aquaculture farms in Washington State sits on Governor Jay Inslee's desk for final approval.
If Governor Inslee signs the bill, it would mean the end of farmed Atlantic salmon reared in open net pens in every jurisdiction on the West Coast of North America — except British Columbia. Alaska practices a controversial form of salmon ranching, but the state, along with California and Oregon, does not allow open net pen fish farm operations.
As pressure mounts on Washington State, where a mere 10 fish farms are in operation, attention has turned to British Columbia where more than 100 fish farms dot the southern and central coasts.
B.C. mulls moving fish farms with expired tenures — but where?
The B.C. government is currently considering whether or not to renew the tenure of 22 operations, 18 of which are clustered in the Broughton Archipelago, a narrow wild salmon migratory route between the mainland and Vancouver Island where local First Nations have historically opposed the aquaculture industry.
A spokesperson from Inslee's office told DeSmog Canada the Governor has "publicly stated that he supports removing non-native fish from Washington state waters."
The e-mailed statement read: "As fish don't respect man-made borders, it would likely have an impact on British Columbia. However, the governor's office believes that B.C. should do what is best for the province."
Doug Donaldson, B.C. Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development told DeSmog Canada, "we're aware of what is happening in Washington state, which does not affect the process we're following in B.C."
"We're committed to wild salmon," the minister said via an e-mailed statement. "We're engaged with First Nations on a government to government basis to address concerns that First Nations have with fish farms in their territories.
"What's happening in Washington State is really exciting for those of us trying to get farms out of the water in B.C. for the last two decades," said Aaron Hill, executive director and ecologist with Watershed Watch Salmon Society.
"There's growing evidence that fish farms spread diseases and parasites to wild salmon and the Washington State government has recognized that and they've taken real action that we need B.C. to follow suit with."
Hill said some B.C. politicians have floated moving the fish farm tenures to ocean areas outside the Broughton Archipelago, an idea he said doesn't represent a true solution.
"Sure, you'd get these fish farms out of these migratory choke points, but they'd still be out there spreading diseases and viruses in someone else's territory."
When asked if the B.C. government is considering relocating farmed fish operations from the Broughton Archipelago to alternate locations, the department of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development provided a statement saying, "the province is concerned about protecting wild salmon and the migratory routes that they use and is interested in moving to closed containment where feasible."
Source: https://www.desmog.ca/2018/03/14/b-c-about-become-last-place-west-coast-allow-open-net-fish-farms
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