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by CCI Ottawa | Feb 12, 2021 | News | 0 comments
Ottawa, February 12, 2021 — International students bring so much to Canada, contributing more than $21 billion annually to Canada's economy and supporting the vitality of its communities.
The pandemic has presented myriad challenges for international students, and the Government of Canada has taken action to assist them through this difficult time with a variety of measures, including offering open work permits for former international students who hold or held a post-graduation work permit (PGWP).
As part of the Government's efforts to support international students, Marco E. L. Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, announced today further measures to ensure international students won't miss out on opportunities due to the pandemic after they graduate. With the prospect of many international students continuing online learning from abroad for several more months, temporary changes to the PGWP Program put in place earlier in the pandemic are being extended and expanded.
These measures will assist international students by ensuring studies completed outside Canada will count towards a future PGWP, and by allowing international students to complete their entire program online from abroad and still be eligible for a PGWP. The measures apply to all international students who are enrolled in a PGWP-eligible program, and meet all other PGWP criteria.
The government has made significant efforts to encourage international students to settle permanently in Canada. They bring strong employment and language skills, bolstered by their Canadian education and work experience, so they are typically well positioned to apply for permanent resident status. More than 58,000 graduates successfully applied to immigrate permanently in 2019, and their decisions to stay in Canada will help to address our stark demographic challenges.
As Canada confronts the pandemic's second wave and charts a course for recovery, attracting skilled immigrants is a central part of its plan. This new policy will help more graduates fill pressing needs in areas like health care, technology and more. It will help even more former international students build their futures in Canada, contributing in ways large and small to our short term recovery and long term prosperity.
"Whether as health workers on the pandemic's front lines, or as founders of some of the most promising start-ups, international students are giving back to communities across Canada as we continue the fight against the pandemic. Their status may be temporary, but the contributions of international students are lasting. This new policy means that students hoping to work in Canada after graduation won't miss out on opportunities, while ensuring that Canada meets the urgent needs of our economy for today and tomorrow. Our message to international students and graduates is simple: We don't just want you to study here, we want you to stay here." — The Honourable Marco E. L. Mendicino, P.C., M.P., Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
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Returning Online Goods? You Are Eligible For A Refund From CBSA
We have all purchased casual goods that just don't work out. Sometimes grandpa does not want a new phone. Sometimes those new pants are just a wee bit too tight. Regardless of the purchase, we all make returns and we all want refunds.
The good news is when you return your goods that have been imported into Canada you are able to apply for a refund of the Canadian duties and taxes paid on the original purchase. You can apply with Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and their Casual Refund Program.
What Is The Casual Refund Program?
The Casual Refund Program manages the refund and adjustment process for the duty and taxes paid on non-commercial goods hand carried, mailed and couriered into Canada. The program allows for the refund of duties and taxes if:
The goods were in fact returned to the sender.
There is proof the imported goods had duty and taxes.
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CBSA has Casual Refund Centres (CRC) located throughout Canada. The centres are responsible for the receipt, review and processing of all casual requests.
If you wish to request a refund on duties and taxes paid to CBSA on non-commercial imports, you are required to submit a B2G Form. The CBSA provides you with detailed instructions on how to fill out the form, as well as the addresses where the form can be mailed to.
Keep in mind the CRC will not consider a casual refund request if the amount of duties and taxes is less than $2.00 CAD.
You can authorize a third party, such as a customs broker, to submit the request. However, you must provide a signed letter authorizing the third party to act as an agent on your behalf. Don't fret, only the person who paid the duties and taxes is entitled to a refund.
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how does habitat fragmentation affect genetic diversity within species?
Fragmentation decreases diversity by reducing the number of individuals subject to genetic drift.
Why is the value 0.0 listed as resistant to disturbance?
The value represents no change in biomass.
Which is the best way to measure whether increased biodiversity results in lower soil erosion?
Measure soil depth over time on a variety of experimental plots containing different levels of species richness.
Why is environmental sequencing an effective way to catalog biodiversity?
It can provide a broad view of allelic diversity without cataloging individual species
Why are small geographically isolated populations at high risk for extinction?
They are unable to be recolonized.
Why does high species richness result in high productivity?
because of resource partitioning
Why is the 11 percent of land protected so far not enough to avert a mass extinction?
because the 11 percent does not consist primarily of biodiversity hot spots.
Terry Erwin and J.C. Scott used an insecticide to knock down insects from the top of a single canopy tree. Why did they do this?
to extrapolate and use the data as an indicator of global arthropod species diversity
What are biodiversity hotspots?
They are regions that are extraordinarily rich in species diversity.
If the last remaining population of a particular bird species were all highly related, which type of diversity would be of greatest concern when planning to keep the species from going extinct?
Based on how you would go about measuring biodiversity, which of the following is true?
The most intensively studied lineages are vertebrates.
On Easter Island, data show that it was once covered by massive palm trees. How can an ecosystem collapse from removal of just one species of large tree?
Humans use the trees as a resource.
Species of plants needing shade no longer have it.Without large trees, soil erosion increases and reduces productivity.
Large trees are habitats for many species.
Which of the following is a likely mechanism for biodiversity increasing productivity?
Certain species facilitate the growth of other species.
More species means more niches for other species and greater productivity.
Resource use is more efficient.
How does crossing over break up linkage between alleles?
It involves a physical exchange of segments from homologous chromosomes.
Mendel crossed yellow-seeded and green-seeded pea plants and then allowed the offspring to self-pollinate to produce an F2 generation. The results were as follows: 6022 yellow and 2001 green (8023 total). The allele for green seeds has whatrelationship to the allele for yellow seeds?
Recessive
PEA IMAGE: Should the experiment shown in the figure be considered a failure? Why or why not?
No. It clearly shows that the null hypothesis is correct.
Which event makes meiosis a reduction division and why?
separation of homologs in meiosis I because it produces 2 haploid (n) daughter cells from a single diploid (2n) parent cell.
Homologous chromosomes _____.
carry the same genes
Which of the following processes contributes directly to genetic variation?
Which statement shows population thinking?
Variation among individuals in a species is real and important.
Which of the following statements is an example of typological thinking?
Women are shorter than men, have longer hair and like to shop.
The Irish "elk" described by Georges Cuvier suggests that _____.
organisms could go extinct
Which of these conditions are always true of populations evolving due to natural selection?
Condition 1: The population must vary in traits that are heritable.
Condition 2: Some heritable traits must increase reproductive success.
Condition 3: Individuals pass on all traits they acquire during their lifetime
Conditions 1 and 2
For a gene suspected of causing hypertension in humans, you observe the following genotype frequencies: A1A1 0.574; A1A2 0.339; A2A2 0.087. Is this gene in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium? Why or why not?(Assume that a difference of 3% or more in any of the observed versus expected frequencies is statistically significant.)
No. The expected genotype frequencies are A1A1 0.553; A1A2 0.381; A2A2 0.066.
How do stabilizing and disruptive selection differ?
Stabilizing selection reduces the amount of variation in a trait. Disruptive selection increases the amount of variation in a trait.
Which of the following types of selection is most likely to be found in a large lake (open water in middleand shallow water around the sides) with a high density of these fish?
disruptive selection
Which statement about genetic drift is correct?
The direction of evolutionary change due to genetic drift is random.
Biological, morphological, and phylogenetic species concepts allow biologists to identify evolutionarily independent groups because they all rely on criteria indicative of _____.
no gene flow between populations
Which mechanism causes postzygotic reproductive isolation?
hybrid sterility
The habitat between the populations is not suitable for these birds. When birds from the two populations are brought together, they produce young whoseappearance is intermediate between the two parents. These offspring will breed with each other or with birds from either parent population, and all offspring of these pairings appear intermediate to various degrees.
spatial reproductive isolation
Two hypothetical species of sparrow, A and B, overwinter together in mixed flocks in Costa Rica. In spring, species A goes to the east coast of North America, and species B goes to the west coast. What can you say about the isolating mechanisms of thesetwo species?
Their winter habitat has no bearing on their degree of reproductive isolation.
Which statement best describes why the Cambrian explosion was important?
because there was an explosion in ecological diversity among animals
A hypothetical island lies far from any other landmasses. There are many different types of plants, but only one animal–a beetle that can fly or walk from plant to plant and feedsby chewing leaves. Given that the beetle is not exploiting all the resources on the island, which morphological change would be most likely to trigger an adaptive radiation of the beetles?
a mouthpart that can pierce fruits and seeds
In what way(s) could the evolution of animals that move throughout marine environments-from animals that live exclusively on the ocean floor- contribute to speciation and ecological diversification?
The more mobile animals represent new species.
The presence of animals at an array of ocean depths creates selection pressure for the evolution of species that can eat them.
The ability to move off the ocean floor allows animals to exploit new resources.
Why are algal blooms harmful to people?
People can get paralytic shellfish poisoning during algal blooms.
This group of fungi has the ability to penetrate its host's cell wall, thus increasing the efficiency with which materials are passed from fungus to host
According to the endosymbiotic theory, why was it adaptive for the larger (host) cell to keep the engulfed cell alive, rather than digesting it as food?
The engulfed cell provided the host cell with ATP.
Which disease is caused by a protist?
Where should the loss of circular muscles be placed on the phylogenetic tree?
at the base of Nematoda
Upon close inspection of movement in annelids and nematodes, you would notice an obvious difference. Nematodes tend to wriggle back and forth, while annelids tend to contract along their length as their girth swells and then thin out as they stretch.What anatomical feature explains this type of movement?
The nematodes lack circular muscle fibers.
Which evidence supports the endosymbiotic hypothesis for the origin of the mitochondrion?
Mitochondria have their own ribosomes and manufacture their own proteins.
Which of the following organisms would you expect to have the largest surface-area-to-volume ratio?
a platyhelminth
Species that have embryos inside the female's body during development, followed by birth to live young are said to be _____
viviparous
The structure that develops into the vertebrate spinal cord is the _____
dorsal hollow nerve cord
You decide to bake bread from scratch. Which of the following is required to make your dough rise?
Lophotrochozan phyla include _____
mollusks, annelids, and flatworms
Which of the following characteristics is true of all protists?
contain a nucleus
Which of the following adult animals might you find floating in the open ocean, suspension feeding using its pharyngeal gill slits?
a salp
What is believed to be the most significant result of the evolution of the amniotic egg?
Tetrapods were no longer tied to the water for reproduction.
A mutualistic relationship between plants and fungi can be determined experimentally by _____.
an increase in labeled carbon in fungi
Why is it more difficult to treat fungal infections than bacterial infections in humans?
Fungal and animal cells and proteins are similar. Thus, drugs that disrupt fungal cell or protein function may also disrupt human cell or protein function.
Which of the following is a characteristic of all chordates at some point during their life cycle?
What do all deuterostomes have in common?
The pore formed during gastrulation becomes the anus.
Which character would allow you to identify that something was an Echinoderm and not a Chordate?
radial symmetry
Many amphibian populations have been decimated by a parasitic fungi belonging to which lineage?
Chytridiomycota
What is the synapomorphy of the Ecdysozoa + Lophotrochozoa clade?
protostome development
The Mycelia _____.
have a large surface area composed of branching hyphae
Which one of these groups does not molt?
Hyphae are _____.
think filaments
Many researchers who study the origin of life propose that the first life-form capable of templating its own replication and catalyzing self-replication was made of _____.
When bone first evolved in vertebrates, what structure did it form?
an exoskeleton
As a group, invertebrates are _____.
paraphyletic
Basidiomycetes are the only fungal group capable of synthesizing lignin peroxidase. What advantage does this group of fungi have over other fungi because of this capability?
This fungal group can break down the tough lignin, which cannot be harnessed for energy, to get to the more useful cellulose.
You notice several unfamiliar small (less than one millimeter in length) animals and decide to study them. You observe that the animals have a coelom, eat microscopic food particles,reproduce by parthenogenesis, and offspring do not undergo any larval stages. What else would you expect to observe about this organism?
a corona
What is the relationship between Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya?
These groups are descendants of a single common ancestor cell.
Suppose a researcher for a pest-control company developed a chemical that inhibited the development of an embryonic mosquito's endodermal cells. Which of the following would be a likely mechanism by which this pesticide works?
The mosquito would have trouble digesting food, due to impaired gut function.
The eye of most vertebrates has a flexible lens which changes shape, by the action of the ciliary muscle, depending on the distance between the lens and the object on which the animal is focusing. Which mollusk's eye is most similar to the vertebrateeye?
The presence of vestigial hip and leg bones in boas and pythons is considered evidence for what evolutionary link?
Snakes have limbed ancestors.
Because whitefly nymphs cannot escape predation by moving, you hypothesize that their translucent bodies make them hard to spot by predators. How could you directly test this hypothesis?
Compare rates of predation on whitefly nymphs coated with a nontoxic dye vs. undyed whitefly nymphs.
Consider the following data: (a) Most ancient eukaryotes are unicellular. (b) All eukaryotes alive today have a nucleus and cytoskeleton. (c) Most ancient eukaryotes lack a cell wall. Which of the following conclusions could reasonably follow the datapresented?
The first eukaryote may have been capable of phagocytosis
Primate evolution and behavior–such as hunting skills–has been directed in part by the development of depthperception. What anatomical change made depth perception possible?
movement of the eyes to the front of the head
When a mosquito infected with Plasmodium first bites a human _____.
the Plasmodium cells infect the human liver cells
Which statement is correct?
Synapomorphies identify monophyletic groups.
Which of the following classes is comprised of carnivorous predators that are able to extend their stomachs through their mouths to feed?
Which mollusk group can be described as having several calcium carbonate plates along their dorsal side?
What does phylogenetic evidence tell us about protostomes?
that there were multiple transitions from water to land
Assume that some members of an aquatic species of motile, photosynthetic protists evolve to become parasitic to fish. They gain the ability to live in the fish gut, absorbing nutrients as the fish digests food. Over time, which of the followingphenotypic changes would you expect to observe in this population of protists?
loss of chloroplasts
Mushrooms and puffballs are examples of structures used for _____.
Most fish deposit fertilized eggs, but some sharks keep the fertilized egg inside the female until she gives birth to a relatively well-developed pup. These sharks would thus be characterized as _____.
ovoviviparous
The amniotic egg is produced by _____.
mammals and reptiles
In what way are monotremes similar to more ancestral chordate lineages, as opposed to more recently evolved mammals?
Monotremes lay eggs; other mammals bear live young
Plants provide sugars to some mutualistic endophytic fungi in exchange for what?
a chemical toxic to herbivores
A cephalopod's tentacles are modified from its _____.
What characterizes an Ecdysozoan?
They all grow by molting.
There are four recognized phyla of deuterostomes: Echinodermata, Hemichordata, Xenoturbellida, and _____.
Which of the following species would you not classify as an animal?
choanoflagellates
How do fungi acquire their nutrition?
They absorb their nutrition from other organisms, living or dead.
Chloroplasts arose via _____.
endosymbiosis of cyanobacteria
Fungi have an extremely high surface-area-to-volume ratio. What is the advantage of this to an organism that gets most of its nutrition through absorption?
The larger surface area allows for more material to be transported through the cell membrane.
A particular species of protist has obtained a chloroplast via secondary endosymbiosis. How can you tell?
The chloroplasts have three or four membranes.
Which one of these mollusk groups can be classified as suspension feeders?
Which of the following do Nematoda and Arthropoda have in common?
They grow by shedding their outer covering.
Which of the following statements is consistent with the assertion that protists are paraphyletic?
Some protists evolved into other eukaryotic groups.
Why are fungi so important to the carbon cycle?
They make it turn more rapidly by breaking down wood, freeing up carbon atoms.
Which of the following statements best describes the term synapomorphy?
a trait common in a single monophyletic group, but not generally found outside of that group
The digestive system of most animals is lined with cells through which nutrients are absorbed. What is the embryonic origin of these cells?
endoderm
This large and diverse phylum is exclusively marine and is named for its organisms' many spines and spikes.
An example of a vertebrate is _____.
a lamprey
It is believed that the coelacanths and lungfish represent a crucial link between other fishes and tetrapods. What is the major feature in these fish in support of this hypothesis?
Their fins have skeletal and muscular structures similar to amphibian limbs.
Having a placenta and showing viviparity are most likely mechanisms for increasing _____.
parental care and offspring survival
Plankton is comprised of photosynthetic protists and bacteria. What is the primary importance of plankton to humans?
They are food for many marine organisms that humans eat.
One part of the cell theory states that all cells come from _____.
preexisting cells
In Pasteur's experiment, the purpose of the swan neck on the flask was to _____.
trap cells from the air before they reached the growth medium
Pasteur's results showed that _____.
when growth medium is not contaminated by preexisting cells, the growth medium remains sterile
Natural selection acts only on traits that are _____.
heritable
Darwin described the process of "descent with modification." What is this process?
The characteristics of a species change from generation to generation.
Which of the following statements is true about biological studies?
Hypotheses may be tested by a combination of observation, measurement, and experimentation.
The role of controls in scientific experiments is to _____,
test for factors other than the one being investigated that might influence the outcome of the experiment
What is the new bar coding technique primarily used for?
It is primarily used to estimate species diversity.
What is the dominant conservation problem faced by marine species?
The dominant problem is overexploitation
In Brazil, a research group that set up plots to study forest fragments of different sizes found that _____.
smaller fragments had more rapid loss of species diversity
What would be an example of a stochastic event?
a severe storm
David Tilman and colleagues planted varying numbers of species from different functional groups of grassland plants in an experiment that examined which question?
How does species richness affect biomass?
When biologists refer to community stability, resilience is a measure of _____.
how quickly a community recovers following a disturbance
What does the GAP analysis program do?
It identifies the gaps between geographic areas that are rich in biodiversity and those that are actually being managed to preserve biodiversity.
What did the Malpai borderlands (Arizona and southwest New Mexico) case history demonstrate?
Private individuals and agencies can work together to benefit local people as well as biodiversity.
What does NPP (net primary productivity) result in?
biomass, organic material that can be consumed
Wolves reintroduced to Yellowstone had far-reaching effects on the food web, known as _____.
Toxaphene is concentrating at higher levels in the arctic food chain despite the fact that _____.
it has never been used there
Which habitats are the most productive?
the tropical rainforests and coral reefs
What was the idea behind the iron-fertilization experiments?
They were proposed as a way to increase the productivity of the open-ocean ecosystems.
A study conducted at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest watershed areas provided experimental evidence that _____.
deforestation increases the rate of nutrient loss from ecosystems
How are humans impacting the global water cycle when they pave over soil, convert forest to agriculture, and irrigate that agriculture?
The water table is dropping on every continent.
Carbon dioxide functions as a greenhouse gas because it _____.
traps heat radiated from the Earth the way the glass of a greenhouse traps heat
What is negative feedback in the context of global warming?
It is when global warming is reduced because the uptake and sequestering of carbon dioxide increases.
How is NPP (net primary productivity) changing as a result of global warming?
NPP is increasing on land but decreasing in the oceans
Biologists study how nutrients and energy move among organisms and through water, soil, and air. Which level of ecological study is this?
it is ecosystem ecology.
Spring and fall lake turnovers occur in response to _____.
changes in air temperature
Which lake zone does not receive sunlight?
the aphotic zone
Which freshwater environment is characterized by low pH, lack of nitrogen, and anoxic conditions, making it relatively unproductive?
Biomes are major groupings of plant and animal communities that are defined by _____.
dominant vegetation type
What terrestrial biome has more biomass belowground than it does aboveground?
temperate grassland
Hadley cells explain why _____.
the tropics are much wetter than other regions
Different types of research have all concluded that global climate change is _____.
making climates more extreme
What was the significance of the Wallace line?
It separated Asian and Australian species that could not disperse across a constant water barrier.
What biotic factor is negatively impacting hermit warblers?
competition with Townsend's warblers
Which of the following statements is correct?
Fossils form in sedimentary rocks.
Why does the pattern of resemblance between the fossil record and the living species in a geographic area support the theory of evolution by natural selection?
It provides evidence that species change over time.
Which statement about vestigial traits is correct?
Vestigial traits are similar to functional traits in closely related species.
Why do related species share homologous traits?
Related species have inherited homologous traits from a common ancestor.
Which is an example of a structural homology?
the similarity in number and arrangement of bones in vertebrate forelimbs
How is biological fitness measured?
Biological fitness measures the relative reproductive success of an individual relative to others in the population.
Only populations can evolve.
Why did the 1977 drought on Daphne Major lead to evolutionary change in the medium ground finch population?
Medium ground finches with large and deep beaks had high biological fitness during the drought.
Which statement about adaptation is correct?
The adaptive value of a trait varies as the environment changes
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the internet allows users to share opinions and recommendations about products/services/experiences in which type of community?
the statement, "we expect our study to show that students who sleep fewer than five hours the night be-fore the exam will perform more poorly than those who sleep more than five hours," would be considered a(n)
xyz, inc. has a beta of 1.06. the risk-free rate is 6 percent and the expected return of the market is 15.25 percent. what is xyz's cost of equity using the capm? (round to one decimal place)


The Islamic Republic of Pennsylvania?
A state judge in Pennsylvania has dismissed an assault and harrassment case against a Muslim defendant who admitted attacking the victim. Magistrate Judge Mark Martin, a veteran of the war in Iraq and a convert to Islam, ruled that Talag Elbayomy's sharia defense – what he claimed was his obligation to strike out against any insult against the prophet Mohammed – trumped the First Amendment free speech rights of the victim.
There will be much more to say about this. For now, you can find details, here, including the YouTube recording of Judge Martin hectoring the assault victim, Ernie Perce, an activist atheist who paraded last October in a "Zombi Mohammed" costume. Before dismissing the case, Martin lectured Perce about the principles of Islam and the tender sensibilities of Muslims, calling him a "dufus" for failing to appreciate same.
In 27 years of trying and analyzing legal cases, this performance is as shocking and disgraceful as anything I've ever seen from an American trial judge.
February 24, 2012 in Culture.
Can't be true. I have been told that pointing out this is happening makes me a bigot, a hater and closed minded. Well, I may be all those things, but I know YOU are not. So this story must be a lie.
Ernie Perce, an activist atheist who paraded last October in a "Zombi Mohammed" costume.
To be clear, this is despicable.
Martin lectured Perce about the principles of Islam and the tender sensibilities of Muslims, calling him a "dufus" for failing to appreciate same.
I wonder how quickly the ACLU would have descended upon this little court had the judge and defendant been Christian.
Before the judge had even finished admonishing the victim.


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Dave Benton
Dave Benton ( born January 31, 1951, Aruba ) is a pop singer living in Estonia.
Dave Benton was born under the name Efren Eugene Benita on Aruba and moved as a young adult in the United States over. As a drummer and singer he worked with, among others, The Drifters, Tom Jones, Billy Ocean, Jose Feliciano and the Platters.
In the 1980s, he met his future in the Netherlands Estonian woman Maris know. 1997 Benton moved permanently to Estonia. He was then as a musician and singer in Northern Europe, especially the Baltic states operate successfully. Benton came into Germany on, among other things in the musical City Lights. Among other things, he also released an album in his native language Papiamentu.
Euro Vision Song Contest
He won in early 2001 with the song Everybody together with the Estonian Tanel Padar and rock singer of the band 2XL first Estonian preliminary round and then the Euro Vision Song Contest 2001 in Copenhagen.
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Mt. Juliet, Tenn. – A pizza delivery man was robbed by two men at Forrest View Apartments in Mt. Juliet. The robbery took place on Tuesday, December 4th around 11:00 PM after the 36 year old victim completed a delivery at an apartment. While the victim was walking back to his vehicle, he was approached by two suspects. One of the suspects was armed, and he ordered the victim to surrender his money. The victim complied, but the armed suspect opened the victim's car trunk and told the victim to get in. Spooked by witnesses walking nearby, the suspects fled on foot before the victim ever had to enter his car's trunk. The victim was able to flag down the witnesses who called police about the robbery. Mt. Juliet Police officers immediately responded two minutes after the call. Those officers searched the area for the suspects, but no one could be located.
The first suspect is described as a light skinned black male with a thin build. He is approximately 5'7" tall and 145 pounds. During the incident, he was wearing a black hoodie-style sweatshirt, black pants, and an orange bandana covering his face.
The second suspect is described as a dark skinned black male with a heavy build. He is approximately 6'2" tall and 230 pounds. During the incident, he was wearing a grey hoodie-style sweatshirt, black pants, and a blue bandana covering his face.
No one was injured during the incident, and the suspects fled with an undisclosed amount of cash from the victim. Mt. Juliet Police has not arrested anyone in this case, and it remains under investigation.


Drastic action taken to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in recent months, according to MARD official.
Official construction of Ba Ria Vung Tau project now underway, with completion expected by 2020.
Test runs and official opening put back nearly a year under contractor's latest proposal.
Mr. Dinh La Thang was arrested on December 8.
NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on official visit to Australia from November 29 to December 2.
Official visit to take place prior to his attendance at the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting.
Winning design to serve as official logo for all celebrations linked to next year's anniversary.
Official statement from German Embassy refutes reports on social media that visa issuance has been suspended.
JLL secures contract for boutique Hanoi office building, scheduled for completion in the third quarter.


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The two pusher system drastically reduces the overall length of the unit by as much as 4 feet. A short pusher pre-feeds the bar then retracts, then a second full-length pusher lowers into position to continue the feeding process.
Dual anti-vibration devices stabilize the bar stock at two critical points between the guide channel and lathe spindle maximizing RPM potential. Its adjustable roller design provides superior support and easy setup of all bar diameters without the cost of multiple bearing blocks.
Optional bushing-blocks replace rollers on out-board steady rest when running shaped stock.
The gripper device holds and inserts the new bar into the bar collet and is also used to extract the remnant. Bar ends that are free of burrs require no additional chamfering. The gripper requires no adjustment for bar size changes as it 'self-centers'.
The bar pusher is equipped with a standard rorating tip that ensures smooth running at high RPM. The bar stock collet is a common thread-on or pin-on type.
As a standard feature on the C320/C332, the Synchronization device for Swiss style lathes employs an electro-magnetic coupling, mechanically linking the lathes headstock's z-axis travel to the bar feeder's pusher to ensure synchronous movement and no loss of connection between the bar stock and collet-pusher. The bar remnant is withdrawn to the back end of the magazine. A gripper extracts it from the bar stock collet and deposits it in a hide-away remnant basket.
The C320/C332's double pusher system is propelled by a toothed belt for accuracy as well as smooth quiet running.
A Mitsubishi controller and servo drive provide the Minuteman's motion control and functionality.
The top guide channel is profiled for all bar stock sizes. The 'U' shaped bottom guide channel sections slide easily out of their base. Simply insert the new channel size, tighten the screw and the C320/C332 is ready for the new bar stock.
The control is easy to program, yet flexible enough for all applications. Parameters are set through simple F functions. Alarms are well defined and displayed on the operator control panel. Panel swings out for ease of use.
Heavy gauge structural steel ensures rigidity and long term durability.
The bar stock magazine is an incline rack with a loading capacity of 10 linear inches. Bars can be loaded from the front or the rear sides of the bar feeder.
The bar stock alignment guides are quickly and easily adjusted for different bar diameters, effectively reducing set up time.
The channel is flooded with oil to create a hydrodynamic effect resulting in higher RPM with reduced noise and vibration.


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from __future__ import absolute_import
from __future__ import unicode_literals
from future.builtins import bytes, zip

import hmac
from locale import setlocale, LC_MONETARY
try:
    from hashlib import sha512 as digest
except ImportError:
    from md5 import new as digest

from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
from django.utils.timezone import now
from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _

from mezzanine.conf import settings
from mezzanine.utils.importing import import_dotted_path

class EmptyCart(object):
    """
    A dummy cart object used before any items have been added.
    Used to avoid querying the database for cart and items on each
    request.
    """

    id = None
    pk = None
    has_items = lambda *a, **k: False
    skus = lambda *a, **k: []
    upsell_products = lambda *a, **k: []
    total_quantity = lambda *a, **k: 0
    total_price = lambda *a, **k: 0
    calculate_discount = lambda *a, **k: 0
    __int__ = lambda *a, **k: 0
    __iter__ = lambda *a, **k: iter([])

    def __init__(self, request):
        """
        Store the request so we can add the real cart ID to the
        session if any items get added.
        """
        self._request = request

    def add_item(self, *args, **kwargs):
        """
        Create a real cart object, add the items to it and store
        the cart ID in the session.
        """
        from cartridge.shop.models import Cart
        cart = Cart.objects.create(last_updated=now())
        cart.add_item(*args, **kwargs)
        self._request.session["cart"] = cart.id

def make_choices(choices):
    """
    Zips a list with itself for field choices.
    """
    return list(zip(choices, choices))

def recalculate_cart(request):
    """
    Updates an existing discount code, shipping, and tax when the
    cart is modified.
    """
    from cartridge.shop import checkout
    from cartridge.shop.forms import DiscountForm
    from cartridge.shop.models import Cart

    # Rebind the cart to request since it's been modified.
    request.cart = Cart.objects.from_request(request)
    discount_code = request.session.get("discount_code", "")
    if discount_code:
        discount_form = DiscountForm(request, {"discount_code": discount_code})
        if discount_form.is_valid():
            discount_form.set_discount()

    handler = lambda s: import_dotted_path(s) if s else lambda *args: None
    billship_handler = handler(settings.SHOP_HANDLER_BILLING_SHIPPING)
    tax_handler = handler(settings.SHOP_HANDLER_TAX)
    try:
        # if request.session["order"]["step"] >= checkout.CHECKOUT_STEP_FIRST:
            billship_handler(request, None)
            tax_handler(request, None)
    except (checkout.CheckoutError, ValueError, KeyError):
        pass

def set_shipping(request, shipping_type, shipping_total):
    """
    Stores the shipping type and total in the session.
    """
    from future.builtins import str
    request.session["shipping_type"] = str(shipping_type)
    #request.session["shipping_type"] = shipping_type
    request.session["shipping_total"] = shipping_total

def set_tax(request, tax_type, tax_total):
    """
    Stores the tax type and total in the session.
    """
    from future.builtins import str
    request.session["tax_type"] = str(tax_type)
    #request.session["tax_type"] = tax_type
    request.session["tax_total"] = tax_total

def sign(value):
    """
    Returns the hash of the given value, used for signing order key stored in
    cookie for remembering address fields.
    """
    key = bytes(settings.SECRET_KEY, encoding="utf8")
    value = bytes(value, encoding="utf8")
    return hmac.new(key, value, digest).hexdigest()

def set_locale():
    """
    Sets the locale for currency formatting.
    """
    currency_locale = settings.SHOP_CURRENCY_LOCALE
    try:
        if setlocale(LC_MONETARY, currency_locale) == "C":
            # C locale doesn't contain a suitable value for "frac_digits".
            raise
    except:
        msg = _("Invalid currency locale specified for SHOP_CURRENCY_LOCALE: "
                "'%s'. You'll need to set the locale for your system, or "
                "configure the SHOP_CURRENCY_LOCALE setting in your settings "
                "module.")
        raise ImproperlyConfigured(msg % currency_locale)


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Works of filmmakers from Finland, Iraq, France, China, Japan, Kazakhstan, Iran, Armenia, Brazil, Paraguay, Estonia and the Czech Republic will be screened today.
34th edition of Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF) is underway on April 20-25 in Charsou Cineplex.


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El castillo de Libros se halla en el municipio de Libros, provincia de Teruel, (Comunidad Autónoma de Aragón, España)

Figura entre los enclaves templarios de Teruel, y es mencionado en el documento de anexión de la orden de Monte Gaudio, que serían sus propietarios hasta la disolución de la misma y anexión a la Orden del Temple.

Historia

Libros formó parte de la Comanda templera de Villel, que con la disolución de la orden a principios del siglo XIV (1312), pasó a ser parte de la Castellanía de Amposta de la Orden del Hospital, a la que también pertenecía Castielfabib, villa del vecino Rincón de Ademuz. Una de las primeras referencias al castillo de Libros se halla en un documento de 1196 escrito en latín medieval y en catalán, en el que el maestre de la Orden de Monte Gaudio pasa oficialmente a ser parte de los templarios y les hace entrega de las propiedades que tenía la orden en el Reino de Aragón, incluyendo el castillo de esta localidad:

La comunidad templaria de Villel, a la sazón centro neurálgico de su Encomienda, puso en marcha una política agraria con finalidad colonizadora en el territorio de su jurisdicción, estableciendo una serie de contratos agrarios –en noviembre de 1212 extendieron carta de población a Libros, zona fronteriza con el recién conquistado territorio del pre-Rincón de Ademuz (Ademuz y Castielfabib)-: se trataba de un contrato agrario entre la entidad señorial (templarios) y los cultivadores que quisieran acudir a poblar el lugar:

Cuando se ordenó el arresto de todos los templarios en la Corona de Aragón, el castillo de Libros, comandado por Frey Pedro Rovira, fue sitiado por las fuerzas del rey, resistiendo un prolongado asedio de seis meses antes de rendirse en junio de 1308. El asalto final al castillo de Villel tuvo lugar el 25 de julio de 1308, interviniendo ballesteros de Teruel, Ademuz y Castielfabib.

Descripción
Del antiguo castillo templario de Libros quedan escasas ruinas visitable, situadas en la cima del risco conocido como "el Mortero": un muro de contención, dos de cierre apoyados en los riscos (de los cuales uno está entero y del otro solo queda una parte), una pared que parece haber sido una división interior y una depresión circular que, según la tradición popular, es un pozo que penetraba la montaña entera hasta llegar al cercano río Guadalaviar.

Por la localidad discurre el Camino de la Vera Cruz desde los Pirineos, ruta peregrinal que procede de Puente la Reina (Navarra) y concluye en Caravaca de la Cruz (Murcia), siguiendo antiguos castillos y posesiones templarias.

Galería

Véase también
 Anexo:Castillos de España
 Castillo de Camarena de la Sierra.
 Castillo de El Cuervo.
 Castillo de Tormón.
 Castillo de Tramacastiel.
 Castillo del Cid (Villel).
 Castillo de Valacloche.

Notas y referencias

Bibliografía

Enlaces externos

 Página web del CRONISTA OFICIAL DE LA MANCOMUNIDAD DE MUNICIPIOS DEL RINCÓN DE ADEMUZ

Libros (Teruel)
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More than 600 participants attended the 3rd National Congress of the Algerian Pharmaceutical Federation, organized with the involvement of the ISPOR Algeria Chapter. Among international guest speakers was Professor Lou Garrison (ISPOR Past President 2017-2018) who delivered a short course on "Managed Entry Agreements" and presented in a panel session with Dr Djouad Bourkaib, the head of Social Security in Algeria, on the affordability of innovative products.
The ISPOR Algeria Chapter of The Algerian Pharmaceutical Federation is organized a conference, "Health Technology Assessment (HTA): International Experience and the Perspectives for Algeria?." This conference focused on new challenges in pharmacy and health economics evaluation and was a useful information and networking event for pharmacists and healthcare professionals involved in HTA.


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Fitzwilliam Museum
The dazzling festival that will see Cambridge's biggest landmarks lit up
King's College Chapel will be illuminated with LEDs
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Organisers of Cambridge's annual festival of light, e-Luminate, are getting ready for the big switch-on.
Key buildings in the city will be lit up during the six-day spectacular early in February.
The landmark edifices include:
The Senate House: optical illusions based on shape and colour projections created by artist Ross Ashton;
The Guildhall: an LGBT-themed design created by the Lumineer Studio with Led Linear and Architainment products, and in partnership with the Encompass Network;
King's College Chapel: conceptual artist Robert Montgomery will use laser-cut aluminium and LED light to create a large scale 'illuminated poem';
The Fitzwilliam Museum: images of artefacts from Cambridge museums will be projected onto the Victorian building;
Trinity Hall: a light show based on the role played by women historians.
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The festival, which runs from February 9 to 14, is being supported by Cambridge University, the colleges, and businesses, including Lexus Cambridge, ARM, Marshall's and Panasonic.
The Senate House in 2016 (Picture: David Johnson)
It will also feature other events, including talks, 'light trails', and fun sports.
A spokeswoman said: "As day turns to night, people will be able to see Cambridge's most iconic buildings drawn from the darkness and transformed by an array of breathtaking light-art installations, created by some of Europe's leading artists.
"Organised by charity Cambridge Live, the festival attracts thousands to Cambridge each winter to see the dazzling light installations over the course of six exceptional evenings and take part in a host of events.
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"The festival offers the public a truly unique winter spectacle as ephemeral light art designs play with the richness and diversity of the urban landscape, transforming everyday buildings and spaces into something magical for a few short hours."
Artistic director: Alessandra Caggiano
The festival's artistic director Alessandra Caggiano has invited British art historian and BAFTA-nominated broadcaster Dr James Fox to be 2018's guest curator.
He said: 'I've been dazzled and delighted by e-Luminate Cambridge since it started in 2013. It floods Cambridge with light at a dark time of the year, and makes us see this beautiful city with fresh eyes.
"I am therefore delighted to be working with Alessandra in curating the 2018 festival. Together we will explore a subject very close to my heart: colour. We'll explore the complex relationship between light and colour from various perspectives, combining art, science, and technology."
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Let's face it. Workplace pensions aren't what they used to be.
Old-style workplace pension schemes, those based on years worked and salary earned, will soon be consigned to the pension history vaults.
New-style workplace pension schemes, which are funded by both employer and employee are the next generation long-term savings structure. According to The Pensions Regulator, more than eight million employees (2017) have been enrolled into a workplace pension since the launch of automatic enrolment in 2012.
However, for many employees saving for the future just isn't a priority. That's not a criticism but more a fact of modern day life, which is expensive. And unlike the other things they may be saving for - a car, a holiday, a new home - their retirement can feel far off and unimportant.
Plus, for those who aren't financial experts, saving can be confusing - full of complex rules and jargon.
them taking more interest in their savings.
This new status quo brings different challenges for employers who now have a responsibility to try and help their employees save for the future.
Workplace benefits and a good pension can be a proven and powerful way of attracting and retaining employees. But outdated communication methods, confusing financial jargon and limited support cause many people to disengage and undervalue the importance of their pension.
So things need to change, we all know that; it's not a revolutionary idea.
But challenging this status quo and changing savings behaviour is.
NEXT GENERATION SAVINGS is our vision of how to take on this challenge and to help people plan and change their attitudes and behaviour towards saving.
The foundation of our vision is based on a renowned behavioural change model developed from over 35 years of scientific research and currently in use by numerous professionals and businesses in different ways around the world.
Using the model's fundamental structure, we've adapted the 5 step process and applied it to the modern day workplace environment.
NEXT GENERATION SAVINGS connects with employees' lives by encouraging them to interact with their savings on a regular basis. Using innovative and modern channels such as social media, digital communications, online tools and financial education we can help employees change and improve their savings for the better.
By encouraging a planned behavioural change, then connecting it with employees' day-to-day lives, we believe the status quo can be challenged.
Below we've outlined the fundamental steps of the model and how we apply them.
Not ready stage. At this point, people are unaware of the need to change and are resistant or not motivated to take the next step.
Getting ready stage. People are now thinking and planning to make a behavioural change. An intention is starting to form.
Ready stage. People at this stage will now have formed a firm intention to act and a clear action plan of how and what to change.
The stage beyond just thinking and preparing to act. People have now implemented an action that has changed a behaviour.
Often the biggest challenge. Maintenance is the crucial ongoing stage that maintains and supports the person's actions.
The true power of this model really becomes apparent when we recognise these stages are sequential and conditional.


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Senior promotion at Monahans
By Anita Jaynes on 21 February, 2014
Shelly Smith has been appointed to senior manager in the business recovery and insolvency team at Monahans.
An experienced employee with more than 18 years in the industry, Shelly offers extensive knowledge of the SME market, working across a range of sectors including property, hotels, retail and e-commerce.
Steve Elliott, Monahans business recovery and insolvency partner said: "There has been demand for our services from companies across the South West as the region continues to face tough economic conditions."
"With her strong track record of advising businesses in distress, we believe Shelly will be key to building our profile across the region, and ensuring that companies are aware that there are experienced professionals locally to whom they can turn."
Shelly started her career with Solomon Hare in Bristol before moving on to manage the insolvency team at Robson Taylor. Shortly after she qualified as an insolvency practitioner and joined KPMG as a manager. Shelly joined Monahans in 2010, keen for the direct client contact and variety an independent firm brings.
Monahans is one of the largest independent chartered accountancy groups in the West of England. The firm, which also incorporates Monahans Financial Services and Monahans Accountancy Services, provides a full range of accountancy, tax, investment and insurance services to businesses and private individuals.
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Set in a stunning presentation box this set features two of Japans finest single malt whiskies.
1x Yoichi Rum Wood Finish.
1x Miyagikyo Rum Wood Finish.
Both of these unique whiskies have had a finishing period in a Rum Wood for up to 12 months and were bottled in 2017.
Distilled at Nikka (Yoichi & Miyagiko) Distilleries, Japan.


The rest of the questions are not filled in for those who are temporarily present.
12. Does (the respondent) follow of any religion, church or denomination?
Questions 15-17 are filled in for persons 6 years and above.
16. For those without primary education, are they literate?
Questions 21-28 are filled in for 15-75 years old persons.
Questions 22-24 were asked of those who had a job or income-producing business.
25. Did the respondent look for a job during 4 weeks preceding census day?
26. Looking for a job for the first time?
Question 27 was answered by those who did not have a job or income-producing business and were not looking for a job during the 4 weeks preceding census day.
27. Are you currently available for work within subsequent 2 weeks if suitable job is offered?
Question 28 was answered by those who were not looking for work and were not available to work.
28. Why are you not looking for work?
The other sections are not completed for absent households.
B1. Who is the owner?
C1. Does the household perform agricultural crop production in the lands under their use (own, including farmland, leasing with rent or without rent) or busy with livestock farming for own consumption, sale or other?
C3. Fill in the agricultural lands that are under household?s ownership (regardless they are in use or not), including given for leasing (with an accuracy of 0.00 hectare).
D3. Do any members of the household have disability status according to the legal definition?


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Cross-Language Transfer of Reading Ability
posted Feb 21, 2012, 11:01 AM by Essia Bernstein
Evidence From Taiwanese Ninth-Grade Adolescents
By: Hui-Kai Chuang, R. Malatesha Joshi, L. Quentin Dixon
Abstract: How proficiency in reading the first language (L1) influences proficiency in reading in the second language (L2) was explored in this study. Reading scores in Mandarin Chinese (L1) and in English (L2) for 30,000 Taiwanese ninth-grade students were randomly selected from all who took the national Basic Competency Test during a 6-year period in Taiwan. Results of regression analyses showed that proficiency in L1 reading predicts with statistical significance the L2 reading proficiency of those whose scores were analyzed. In addition, participants' gender and school district also played small but statistically significant roles affecting the cross-language transfer of reading ability. The results are discussed in light of Cummins's linguistic interdependence hypothesis.
From : Journal of Literacy Research. http://jlr.sagepub.com/content/44/1/97.abstract. Full text available: Journal of Literacy Research March 2012 vol. 44 no. 1 97-119.


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During the last two years, Tallinn's real estate market has expanded by nearly 100,000 square meters, or almost 30 percent. Ongoing construction means some 80,000 more square meters are on the way, and this growth rate will continue for the next couple of year at least.
Between 2003 and 2005, the 500,000-square-meter Linstow Center in Tartu and the 25,000-square-meter Viru Center in Tallinn will open their doors.
Tallinn is witnessing a growth of retail areas so rapid that it exceeds the income growth of the population by two to three times and experts say this development is cutting into retail profits. Both salesmen and construction companies worry about overhasty development in an atmosphere in which consumers cannot keep pace.
There are some 0.9 square meters of shopping area per resident in Tallinn, while in Europe the number is roughly two square meters. But while the retail level has not reached its optimal level according to European standards, Tallinners' purchasing power is lower than their European counterparts'.
The most developable space is in the residential district of Lasnamae, but the buying ability and consumer preferences of Lasnamae residents are underdeveloped compared to other districts of Tallinn.
The absence of a clear district center in Lasnamae also inhibits construction of malls and supermarkets, prompting developers to build closer to central Tallinn.
But banks appear unenthusiastic about funding so many new projects.
Another problem is the difficulty the situation presents for smaller retailers, who are finding it hard to compete with the big foreign firms.
It is virtually impossible to find free space to rent in Tallinn's many supermarket complexes and malls, largely because mall owners are picky about to whom they rent. Usually, a 15,000-to 30,000-square meter mall has just 200 square meters of temporarily free space, so they look very closely at the background and the product variety of each potential renter.
This is resulting in leveling off of demands for rental space, but it's hurting the small stores which try to compete on their own against the big guys. Many of the smaller retail chains have sold themselves to bigger competitors.
The size of a retail sale company is getting more and more important and local businesses have not managed to accumulate enough capital and know-how to stand competition with foreign chains.
Tough competition in the retail -area market has forced all the local companies to carry huge research and development expenses, causing many to end last year in red.
Only a powerful foreign chain can afford to work without profit for a long time, and this suggests that the many mergers and acquisitions already seen are not complete yet.
The largest local chains are endangered species – sooner or later the market will be divided between the big foreign retail chains.
In this tough competition, firms that target price-sensitive consumers have the best conditions for a long struggle. Lowering prices is the best instrument for taking over a competitor's clientele. The main growth of demand for additional retails areas will be connected to taking over clientele from the open markets.
At the same time, the open markets will always keep a certain part of loyal customers. Pressure aimed to decrease the retail-area prices will likely appear after the market divides.
A relatively small number of major renters would hold the majority of areas, thus being able to dictate their conditions to landlords. Rent prices will be down due to inflation because landlords will not be able to raise the prices by their will.


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Early Interracial Oneness Pentecostalism
Talmadge L. French - Wipf and Stock Publishers
Early Interracial Oneness Pentecostalism is a look at what is perhaps the least-known chapter in the history of American Pentecostalism. The study of the first thirty years of Oneness Pentecostalism (1901-31) is especially relevant due to its unparalleled interracial commitment to an all-flesh, all-people, counter-cultural Pentecost. This in-depth study details the lives of its earliest primary architects, including G. T. Haywood, R. C. Lawson, J. J. Frazee, and E. W. Doak, and the emergence of Oneness Pentecostalism and its flagship organization, Pentecostal Assemblies of the World. This is a one-of-a-kind history of Pentecostalism, through the lens of the Jesus' Name movement and the interracial struggles of the period, interlinking the significance of Charles Parham, William Seymour and the Azusa Street revival, COGIC, the newly formed Assemblies of God, and dozens of the earliest Oneness organizational bodies. Exploration of the significance of the role of African American Indianapolis leader G. T. Haywood is central, as are the development of the movement's key centers in the United States and the ultimate loss of interracial unity after more than thirty years. These crucial events marked, indelibly, the U.S., the global missionary, and the autochthonous expansion of Oneness Pentecostalism worldwide.
Published 02 July 2014


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Discovering Accessible Learning Resources with Benetech Labs—Part 1
By Benetech, posted on November 26, 2013
The digital revolution and ongoing advances in technology have made it possible to get more content, in more ways, to more people. This could truly be a golden age for people with print disabilities, such as those who are blind or have dyslexia, who cannot access or efficiently use books, apps and other information in most standard formats. But what good is accessible content if no one can find it?
Imagine yourself in a situation where you might need accessible content—say, a science textbook with image descriptions, because you were a student with low vision. Or, say you needed an audio format of a textbook, because you happened to have dyslexia. If you searched for these online accessible resources in alternative formats, you'd quickly realize that it's very difficult to find them. In fact, oftentimes they wouldn't show up in your search results at all, although they may as well exist. Why is this the case, at a time when accessible digital content in alternative formats is becoming increasingly more available?
The answer is: the lack of information about the accessibility features of applications and digital content—features like supported accessibility APIs, keyboard accessibility, captions, image descriptions or other specialized formats. This information is called "accessibility metadata."
At Benetech, we believe that as accessible digital content and applications increasingly become more available, they must also be easily discoverable. That's exactly what we set out to do through the Accessibility Metadata Project, one of our Benetech Labs projects.
Before I describe how we're addressing the lack of accessibility metadata, let me first explain better how metadata relates to the World Wide Web and why it's especially important in the case of learning resources.
Metadata in the context of the World Wide Web is information webmasters use to markup their pages in ways recognized by the major Internet search engines, such as Google, Bing or Yahoo! This information (webmasters also call it Schema.org rich snippets or microdata tags) is important because it allows these search engines to effectively comb the vast online content and return narrower results based on defined categories, instead of thousands of hits.
Now let's take a short virtual trip into the world of educational content. Here, as textbooks, exercises or labs are becoming more granular and therefore increasingly available by the chapter or concept, it's already difficult to create a focused search to effectively find these learning resources on the web. That's why a group called the Learning Resources Metadata Initiative (LRMI) has created specifications for educational content metadata. The problem is that this group's work hasn't included accessibility metadata—that is, information about the accessibility properties of educational content.
This lack of accessibility metadata means that if you search for, say, a diagram of the heart on Google, you'd have no easy way to filter those diagrams that contain accessibility properties like captions, image descriptions, audio or other specialized formats. You'd need to know how to search for each content type in multiple specific locations and even if you do have that knowledge, your search results might still not reflect what's available, because the available content isn't encoded with metadata for accessibility properties. The paradox, then, is that while these accessibility features are becoming more widely available, it's getting ever more difficult to find the right accessible learning resources.
To address this challenge, Benetech is leading a group effort by experts in the field of educational resources and accessibility. Together, and with support by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we're developing the accessibility components of educational metadata so as to extend the LRMI. These added metadata items will make it possible for students, teachers and parents to discover, evaluate and use the educational resources that best fit their specific learning needs for maximum success in the classroom and beyond. Moreover, the accessibility metadata we develop will be applicable to all creative works, such as blogs, books, audio, video and more.
Our goal is to make accessibility metadata tagging a standard part of the publication process. We see this step towards making accessible content discoverable as key part of the shift into a world where people can widely find and use accessible online materials. We call our vision of this brave new world "Born Accessible": a world in which all content born digital is made accessible—and discoverable—from the outset.
In October of this year, I joined the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to deepen Benetech's participation in the evolution of standards that enable educational content to be born accessible. Our first opportunity for deep engagement came earlier this month with the W3C Technical Plenary and Advisory Council (TPAC) meeting in Shenzhen, China. You can read more about the latest developments advancing accessibility in digital publishing in my update on W3C's blog.
Meanwhile, we're also making great progress with the Accessibility Metadata Project. Here's a taste of what we're up to:
Earlier this year, we submitted to Schema.org—an initiative supported by the major search engines—our group proposal for accessibility metadata that would make it widely possible to find online content with accessible features. Today we have big news to share: the Schema.org team has just announced it agreed to adopt the accessibility properties we proposed! This is a tremendous milestone in the collaborative journey towards enabling a born accessible future and reaping its benefits.
To get a better sense of what such a future could be like, consider this implementation case of our accessibility properties:
Over the summer, we incorporated a draft accessibility metadata specification into Bookshare, tagging our entire collection of over 220,000 titles with accessibility metadata. This means that information about Bookshare titles—from content type, to age ranges, to available media formats—is now available in a manner that makes its discoverable by search engines. For example, you can find textbooks in Bookshare with image descriptions via a Google Custom Search query.
We have a number of other cool project implementations in progress, which I'm presenting these days to key stakeholders in the education technology and accessibility community at various conferences and workshops. I'm glad to say that there's enthusiastic interest in the outcomes of our work and their implications.
I look forward to sharing insights from our test project implementations in a future blog post. For more updates on our work, please check back the Accessibility Metadata Project website.


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Lac Hydrin 5 Lotion reviews are quite positive relating to lac hydrin 5 lotion's ability to treat all different types of dry skin conditions, slowly exfoliating the layers of dry skin and keeping it hydrated.
It has also been used in some cases to treat Keratosis Pilaris (those little goose bump type bumps on arms and the top of thighs that can contain ingrown hairs) as well as acne.
Some people use it to reduce their fine lines and wrinkles as well.
There is a variety of skin conditions such as Eczema, Xerosis, Ichthyosis Vulgaris that cause your skin to become dry, chapped, and start peeling. These conditions often times can itch to the point of causing pain.
In addition, some acne medications can cause your skin to dry out and become scaly as well. While most moisturizing lotions are of some help, few can relieve that dry itching feeling for long, and even fewer can actually exfoliate some of that dry skin to leave it looking less dry and healthy.
Lac Hydrin Lotion consists of a combination of Lactic Acid and Ammonium hydroxide and is known to work very effectively to exfoliate, soften and hold more moisture into the skin.
Lac Hydrin moisturizing lotion is practically odorless, goes on smoothly and doesn't feel greasy, all of which is a plus if you are going to use a moisturizing lotion twice a day.
It is simple to use. You just smooth on a small thin layer of the lotion to the affected area, making sure you rub it into the skin well.
In most cases, it is recommended that you apply the lotion twice a day once in the morning after you shower and just before bed.
However, if you are using it on your face, it is recommended that perhaps you may want to limit using it to only once a day or once every two or three days as it does contain some strong ingredients that may affect those with sensitive or extra sensitive skin.
Judging from the posted Lac Hydrin 5 Lotion reviews, it becomes clear that this skin moisturizing lotion has done wonders for people with KP and dry skin conditions.
Most users find that Lac Hydrin 5 provides at least some improvement for their dry scaly skin with a large portion of these users stating that it cleared up their various skin problems almost completely and left their skin feeling and looking years younger as well as softer.
Almost more than half of the reviewers who used this lotion for their KP (Keratosis Pilaris) found that it either greatly reduced or completely cleared up those small bumps on their arms and legs. It took some time for some users, with the average reporting that improvement came within 3 or 4 months.
Even those who felt that this product did not do much for their KP, reported that their skin felt smoother and softer. Some users felt that the lotion worked great on ingrown hairs on the arms and legs.
The majority of people who use Lac Hydrin 5 Lotion for acne, fine lines and wrinkles reviewed that it did improve their acne, helped to reduce fine lines and wrinkles and left their complexion "dewy." However, several of those consumers who applied on their face as part of an acne treatment stated that it is best to only use it every few days since daily use could sometimes increase their acne problem rather than decrease it.
This lotion seems to score big with people using it to treat dry and scaling skin. 75% to 80% of those users have reported a vast improvement, sometimes within only a day or two. Most said it was the only skin care product that ever worked this well for moisturizing and softening that dry, cracked and scaly skin.
It is non greasy and unscented though it has a slight natural scent which most users love.
It absorbs quickly, leaving no residue behind to stain your clothing.
It only takes a small amount to treat each effective area and it keeps you skin soft and moisturized far longer than other skin lotions.
It helps relieve the itching and the scaling of dry skin for the majority of users.
It helps reduce acne breakouts for most people who use this lotion for this purpose.
It is known to effectively treat KP for at least 50% of those who try it.
You can purchase Lac Hydrin 5 without a prescription.
Although somewhat rare, it can have some side effects that they are usually quite mild. Some of these side effects may include: allergic reactions, burning, stinging, rashes and flushing. Some of these reactions can happen only in the beginning and they stop once your skin gets used to the lotion. However, if you notice more strong side effects and for not just the beginning, you should quit using it and consult your Physician.
If you are pregnant, nursing, or taking prescription medications you should consult your doctor before using this lotion.
In conclusion, what Lac Hydrin 5 lotion reviews agree on is that this product is an effective treatment for dry skin and other skin related conditions.
It has helped many users find relief from the itching and unattractiveness of dry scaly skin and it can be the right lotion to help you with KP issues.
AmLactin Lotion is a similar lotion containing the same main ingredient and that is ammonium lactate, a combination of lactic acid with ammonium hydroxide.
AmLactin Lotion is a formulation of 12% Lactic Acid neutralized with ammonium hydroxide. That makes a lac hydrin lotion which has a pH of 4.5-5.5.
AmLactin is mostly suitable for body use because it has 12% lactic acid which is strong for face use. So, if you are interested in using lac hydrin for the body, AmLactin lotion is a good alternative.
Another alternative closer to Lac Hydrin 5 Lotion is Geri-Hydrolac 5 Lotion which you can read more about in our article on lac hydrin lotion sold over the counter.