Peru has enacted a law prohibiting fishing and extraction of manta rays in its coastal waters.
The new prohibition comes less than one year after a group of fishermen in Tumbes hauled a one-ton manta ray ashore. The men said the manta ray was hooked by their vessel's anchor and hauled it to shore after it tired of hauling the ship.
Even in cases of accidental captures as the Tumbes fishermen claimed, extracting manta rays from Peruvian waters is now a crime under the new law.
"The landing, transport, capture, processing and/or sale of the giant manta ray species, Manta birostris, is prohibited throughout the Peruvian coast," reads Article 2 of Resolution 441-2015-PRODUCE.
Violators can be fined and have their fishing licenses revoked for up to six months. The law also tasks Peru's oceanic institute IMARPE with monitoring manta ray populations in Peruvian waters.
The Tumbes fishermen ultimately fetched $0.08 per pound for the one-ton manta ray, which was likely butchered and sold in Peru's Lambayeque state, where eating manta ray is believed to boost libido. Manta rays are also caught for their gill plate cartilage, which is used in Chinese herbal medicine.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has classified the giant manta ray as vulnerable due to increased fishing and the rays' low reproductive rate.
"Dive tourism involving this species is a growing industry and it has been demonstrated that sustainable tourism significantly enhances the economic value of such species in comparison to short-term returns from fishing," reads the IUCN website.
"Manta ecotourism is a potential source of income for the fishermen," a government official told National Geographic.


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Home News FIREWIND release their new single 'Rising Fire', the first track to be taken from upcoming album 'Firewind', out 15th May on AFM Records
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Since power metal masters FIREWIND announced their new line-up (which now features Herbie Langhans from Avantasia on vocals), fans and critics alike speculate how FIREWIND's new incarnation might sound. Their questions find an answer now in the band's brand new music video 'Rising Fire' The song is taken from the upcoming album, simply titled 'Firewind', which will be released on May 15th.
Pre-order has been kicked off now.
Gus G. comments:
"Hey everyone! We're finally back with some new music for you! 'Rising Fire' is the first single of our upcoming self titled 9th studio album. It features our new singer Herbie Langhans, who sounds amazing! This song is about overcoming difficulties and situations that one might be stuck in. We've all been there at some point in our lives. We hope 'Rising Fire' can be a soundtrack to a positive mindset. So play it loud!"
Each time Firewind released an album over the last 20 years, it wasn't just the brilliancy of exceptional guitarist Gus G (Ozzy Osbourne, Arch Enemy, Dream Evil) that fans were in awe of, but also the skills of every one of the band's vocalists. Fantastic riffs, hooks and solos by the gifted hands of guitarist Gus aside, it's the great vocal melody – an integral part of every Firewind song – that's causing a stir. In that respect nothing has changed in their newest album, simply titled 'Firewind', quite the contrary: with his charismatic voice new member Herbie Langhans (Avantasia, Radiant, Seventh Avenue, amongst others) refines each and every last one of the eleven new songs and infuses them with an expressive force that is remarkable.
With Herbie I feel like we're doing a relaunch of the original Firewind cast, because his singing style bears a certain resemblance to that of Stephen Fredrick, our first vocalist," comments Gus. "I'm proud and happy that we can continue with the tradition of great Firewind vocalists thanks to Herbie."
'Firewind' tracklisting:
01. Welcome To The Empire
02. Devour
03. Rising Fire
04. Break away
05. Orbitual Sunrise
06. Longing To Know You
07. Perfect Stranger
08. Overdrive
09. All My Life
10. Space Cowboy
11. Kill The Pain
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Agave fortiflora ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Gattung der Agaven (Agave). Ein englischer Trivialname ist "Lechuguilla Agave".

Beschreibung
Agave fortiflora wächst einzeln. Die offenen Rosetten sind bis 180 cm breit. Die grauen bis bläulichen, variabel angeordneten, spitz zulaufenden, warzigen, quer gebänderten Blätter sind 50 bis 100 cm lang und 8 bis 12 cm breit. Die Blattränder sind variabel gezahnt. Der graue bis braune Enddorn wird 3 bis 5 cm lang.

Der rispige gerade bis gebogene Blütenstand wird 4 bis 6 m hoch. Die gelben Blüten sind 72 bis 82 mm lang und erscheinen am oberen Teil des Blütenstandes an den variabel angeordneten Verzweigungen. Die Blütenröhre ist 11 bis 13 mm lang.

Die Blütezeit reicht von Juni bis August.

Systematik und Verbreitung
Agave fortiflora wächst in Mexiko im Bundesstaat Sonora an Kalksteinhängen in 100 bis 650 m Höhe. Sie ist vergesellschaftet mit zahlreichen Sukkulenten- und Kakteenarten.

Die Erstbeschreibung durch Howard Scott Gentry ist 1972 veröffentlicht worden.

Agave fortiflora ein Vertreter der Gruppe Ditepalae und wächst begrenzt im Nordwesten des Bundesstaates Sonora in der Sierra Jojoba, Sierrita de Lopez Region und der San Carlos Bay Umgebung. Typisch sind die großen, kräftigen, langlebigen Blüten (Gentry: 1982: S. 438). Die Blütenstruktur von Agave wocomahi ist ähnlich, jedoch werden Unterschiede der Blattstruktur deutlich.

Literatur
 Howard Scott Gentry: Agave fortiflora. In: Agaves of Continental North America. The University of Arizona Press, 1982, S. 421, 439–440.

Einzelnachweise

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Q: Xamarin Forms Custom Control binding issue I have a custom control that I supply a List<string> parameter and it draws a box for each string as a label.
Here is a version that is working.  Clicking 'Add Tab' adds one tab at a time for each click.
I want to change the code so the List is converted into a different type of object and that is what the control displays.

First I show the code that is working for the image above.  Then I show a changed version of the code that I am unable to get working.  Hopefully for anyone answering this question, seeing the before code that works and the after code that doesn't work, you can easily spot the issue.
MainPage.xaml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             xmlns:local="clr-namespace:App7"
             x:Class="App7.MainPage">

    <StackLayout>
        <BoxView HeightRequest="100" />

        <local:CustomControl
            SideTabs="{Binding MainNavigationTabs}"
        />

        <Button Text="Add Tab" Command="{Binding AddTab}" />

    </StackLayout>

</ContentPage>

MainPageModel.cs
public class MainPageModel : FreshBasePageModel
{
    public MainPageModel() { }

    public List<string> MainNavigationTabs { get; set; }

    private int _index = 0;

    public Command AddTab
    {
        get
        {
            return new Command(() =>
            {
                _index++;

                var tabs = new List<string>();

                for (var index = 1; index <= _index; index++)
                {
                    tabs.Add($"Tab {index}");
                }

                MainNavigationTabs = tabs;
            });
        }
    }
}

CustomControl.xaml
<ContentView xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
                 xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
                 x:Class="App7.CustomControl"
                 BackgroundColor="Beige"
                 x:Name="this">
    <ContentView.Content>
        <StackLayout>
            <StackLayout Orientation="Vertical"
                             BindableLayout.ItemsSource="{Binding Source={x:Reference this}, Path=SideTabs}">

                <BindableLayout.ItemTemplate>
                    <DataTemplate>
                        <ContentView WidthRequest="237"
                                         Margin="0"
                                         BackgroundColor="Blue"
                                         Padding="10">
                            <Label Text="{Binding .}" TextColor="White" />
                        </ContentView>
                    </DataTemplate>
                </BindableLayout.ItemTemplate>
            </StackLayout>
        </StackLayout>
    </ContentView.Content>
</ContentView>

CustomControl.xaml.cs
[XamlCompilation(XamlCompilationOptions.Compile)]
public partial class CustomControl : ContentView
{
    public CustomControl()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    public static readonly BindableProperty SideTabsProperty = BindableProperty.Create(
                                       propertyName: "SideTabs",
                                       returnType: typeof(List<string>),
                                       declaringType: typeof(CustomControl),
                                       defaultBindingMode: BindingMode.OneWay,
                                       defaultValue: new List<string>());

    public List<string> SideTabs
    {
        get { return base.GetValue(SideTabsProperty) as List<string>; }
        set { base.SetValue(SideTabsProperty, value); }
    }
}

I changed the CustomControl to transform the List<string> to a List<SideTab> object and have the control bind to that.  Here's the code...
CustomControl.xaml.cs
[XamlCompilation(XamlCompilationOptions.Compile)]
public partial class CustomControl : ContentView
{
    public CustomControl()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    public static readonly BindableProperty SideTabsProperty = BindableProperty.Create(
                                       propertyName: "SideTabs",
                                       returnType: typeof(List<string>),
                                       declaringType: typeof(CustomControl),
                                       defaultBindingMode: BindingMode.OneWay,
                                       defaultValue: new List<string>());

    public List<string> SideTabs
    {
        get
        {
            var tabs = new List<string>();

            foreach (var tab in _SideTabs)
            {
                tabs.Add(tab.Text);
            }

            return tabs;
        }
        set
        {
            var tabs = new List<SideTab>();

            foreach (var tab in value)
            {
                tabs.Add(new SideTab() { Text = tab });
            }

            _SideTabs = tabs;
        }
    }

    public List<SideTab> _SideTabs
    {
        get { return base.GetValue(SideTabsProperty) as List<SideTab>; }
        set { base.SetValue(SideTabsProperty, value); }
    }
}

public class SideTab
{
    public string Text { get; set; }
}

CustomControl.xaml
<ContentView xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
                    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
                    x:Class="App7.CustomControl"
                    BackgroundColor="Beige"
                    x:Name="this">
    <ContentView.Content>
        <StackLayout>
            <StackLayout Orientation="Vertical"
                                BindableLayout.ItemsSource="{Binding Source={x:Reference this}, Path=_SideTabs}">

                <BindableLayout.ItemTemplate>
                    <DataTemplate>
                        <ContentView WidthRequest="237"
                                            Margin="0"
                                            BackgroundColor="Blue"
                                            Padding="10">
                            <Label Text="{Binding Text}" TextColor="White" />
                        </ContentView>
                    </DataTemplate>
                </BindableLayout.ItemTemplate>
            </StackLayout>
        </StackLayout>
    </ContentView.Content>
</ContentView>

Notice the addition of a property _SideTabs.  When SideTabs is set, it transforms the List<string> into a List<SideTab>.
How can I make this work?  Here is the result from the above code changes...

A: Try like this,
 public static readonly BindableProperty TabsListProperty = BindableProperty.Create(nameof(TabsList), typeof(List<TabItem>), typeof(ScrollableTabs), null, propertyChanged: (bindable, oldValue, newValue) =>
    {
        ((ScrollableTabs)bindable).InitializeTabs();
    });

    private void InitializeTabs()
    {
        //Write your logic here
    }

    public List<TabItem> TabsList
    {
        get
        {
            return (List<TabItem>)GetValue(TabsListProperty);
        }
        set
        {
            SetValue(TabsListProperty, value);

        }
    }

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Q: Directory and Filename Concatenating does NOT work I am working in Netbeans IDE.
What I want to do is:

*

*Get The directory of the Current Java Application (Ex: "F:\PadhooWorld")

*Join a file name to it. (Ex: "\Somestuff.txt")

*Check if that File exists (Ex: "F:\PadhooWorld\Somestuff.txt")

*Do a if.. else activity

When I tam trying to Join Directory + Filename, it is throwing lots of error messages like Path cannot be converted to string etc . Searching the net the whole day, doesn't yield any simple usable solution
Please specify a very simple solution.
EDIT
I have only 2 lines of code as yet
String AppPath = System.getProperty("user.dir");
String fullPath = AppPath + "\Surabhi.txt";
The First Line resolves alright
The Second line (I tried different variations) No Luck. It is underlined in red. Error hints say stuffs like 'Path cannot be converted to string'..
I cannot RUN the code.

A: It sounds like you're overthinking it. You can just create a File object with the file name you want (the path to the current directory will be used by default) and then call exists() on it:
File f = new File("filename.txt");
System.out.println(f.getAbsolutePath()); //Just for debug if you want to check the path
if(f.exists()) {
    //Whatever
}

Alternatively, if you want to specify the path as well as the file name:
String AppPath = System.getProperty("user.dir");
String fileName = "Surabhi.txt";
File f = new File(AppPath, fileName); //f.getAbsolutePath() will give the concatenated name
if(f.exists()) {
    //Whatever
}


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Most Patidars voted for BJP again, Gujarat rejected congressional caste policy
By Julie J. Strong	 Last updated Sep 30, 2021
First of all, it is no small task, indeed a stupendous achievement, to beat 22 years of opposition to power and yet to triumph by an 8 percent margin of the vote in Gujarat, in the midst of a highly sectarian and virulent campaign unleashed by the main state opposition party, Congress and its allies. The only other parallel in Indian political history can be found in the dominance of the leftist government in West Bengal, which ruled for more than three decades. A comfortable majority for the BJP in Gujarat for a sixth consecutive term is another categorical endorsement of its performance and development policy. It is also a rejection of the politics of ducks, of division and negativity.
Gujarat has been one of the most developed states in India and much of the credit goes to Prime Minister Modi, who as Chief Minister of the State and Chief Architect of the famous Gujarat model , ensured good governance, 24 hours a day. electricity, world-class infrastructure, safety and security for women and an enabling business environment, among others.
BJP's track record on most development parameters in Gujarat speaks for itself. It was the only economy that consistently grew at a rate much higher than the national average. The average annual rate from 2005-2006 to 2011-2012 was 9.9% and 8.9% from 2012-2013 to 2015-2016. The average national growth rate during these years was 6.9 percent. The state has seen a sharp increase in per capita income to Rs 1,41,504 from Rs 13,665 during the 22 years the BJP was in power.
Besides the fact that Gujarat is the home state of Prime Minister Modi, it is his contribution to the state, widely recognized by leaders and institutions around the world, that put Gujarat on the world map. . Whether it was the massive rehabilitation exercise in Kutch after the devastating earthquake of 2001, the Rann Utsav which became a three month festival from a three day festival in 2005, the success of "Vibrant Gujarat", or the impressive improvement in social indicators, the Gujarat model has been accepted and ratified by the people in election campaigns time and time again.
On the other hand, the Congress Party, which has lost considerable support across the country and suffered humiliating defeats since 2014 under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, seemed desperate to craft narratives that would compensate for the ramifications of their electoral routs stemming from their history of inept governance and widespread corruption. A leaderless and visionless Congress of Gujarat had contracted out its campaign to self-proclaimed caste leaders, who had no ideological affinity with the Congress party. The result was a complete decimation of the state leaders of Congress, all of whom lost their election.
Congress has made baffled attempts to undermine the success and acceptance of the Gujarat model. He resorted to the division of Gujarati society according to caste and used derogatory language for the prime minister, which hurt "asmita" or Gujarati pride. He even tried to project the Congress Party and its leaders as the mascot of the "soft Hindutva" that they never were and never will be. He also made dishonest, unworkable and financially unhealthy promises to the people of Gujarat.
Congress also relied heavily on "Patidar Andolan" to show the world that there was social unrest in the state. They caused unrest in the Patidar community which had traditionally supported the BJP for decades, hoping to create a rift in the BJP's armor. Even though the turmoil led to localized unrest, in hindsight the BJP demonstrated exemplary poise and poise in dealing with what could have been worse. But the community, aside from a few pockets, has once again extended its support for BJP. They also hoped that the inconvenience caused to people due to India's biggest anti-black money campaign, demonetization as well as problems starting the biggest structural reform, the GST, would translate into votes. for them.
But according to most accounts, as the results show, their hopes have been dashed. Their model of social engineering has failed. Patidars, Dalits, Adivasis and OBC voted in favor of development and against the politics of division. The trading community also supported the BJP. The party largely won the tribal belt with a significant improvement in the percentage of votes and seats. He once again swept the region of Surat and Mehsana which was projected to be the epicenter of the state's disenchantment.
The results also repudiated the alleged rural-urban divide in the state. A closer look at the results indicates that the pattern of support for BJP in urban and rural areas is similar and that the "rural distress" manifested in some pockets was exaggerated. While dominating the urban seats, the BJP managed to garner the support of around 50 percent of the rural voices. This is where political experts hesitated as they predicted huge gains for Congress. The people of Gujarat who have been wise enough to trust the BJP for 22 years could see through the lies and attempts to mislead them.
At the same time, the BJP is aware of the setbacks in the Saurashtra region and humbly accepts the verdict. It is paving the way for the next government to do some soul-searching and focus on redressing the grievances in this region as a priority.
To sum up, there may have been some dissatisfaction, but there was no disenchantment with the BJP. A poll of more than 49% with an increase of about 1.5% compared to the 2012 result, against the backdrop of 22 years of anti-nomination and consolidation of all anti-BJP forces, is confirmation of this.
The defeat of the Congress party proves that the people of Gujarat have rejected its policies, which threatened to sever the social fabric of the state, which its leaders will never recognize publicly.
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From the Big Flour Test
Please Note - we are not connected with any flour vendor mentioned on this web site. We can't tell you where to find any of these flours outside our own home town, and we have no idea why the vendor discontinued your favorite flour, or why your favorite recipe is no longer on the back of the package. And now... here's the review of this flour.....
Where we bought it: Gunnison Valley Vitamins and Health Food Store, Gunnison, Colorado
What we paid for it: $1.29 for 1 pound in 2002
Protein content: 13.3% (13.3 grams of protein per 100 gram serving according to the VitaSpelt web page)
Interesting Vendor Story: Spelt is an ancient form of wheat. Although quite common in Europe, it was all but forgotten in the USA until a decade or so ago when it was rediscovered by the health food community. Some of the marketing hype says that Spelt is an alternative to wheat. It's not. It is a form of wheat. However, some people with wheat sensitivities can eat spelt without ill effect. This does not seem to be the case for people who have celiac disorder or other gluten sensitivities. VitaSpelt, a division of Purity Foods, is the main, and perhaps only, distributor of spelt products in the USA.
Important Disclaimer - I am not a doctor. I haven't even played one on TV. As a result, I will not suggest anyone try Spelt as an alternative to wheat. If you have a medical problem that prohibits you from eating wheat, talk to your health care professional before eating spelt. It's your life. Please protect it as if it were the only one you had!
Our first impressions : Dr. Ed Wood raved about spelt flour in one of his books, so we had to try it. Most of his recipes called for the use of some spelt flour, rather than using all spelt flour. We used all spelt flour in part so we could see what it was really like, and in part to see what someone who could use spelt instead of regular wheat flour would encounter.
Our first observation is that it's expensive. Expensive enough that if this was our only choice, we might decide to forgo bread altogether. On the other hand, using spelt flour is no more expensive than buying artisanal bread from a bakery, and would have the advantage of being edible if we were in a position of needing to avoid wheat, but being able to tolerate spelt.
We found it handled nicely. And it should for that price.
Any special reason we're testing this flour: To see what it's like, see above.
How'd we screw up the tests this time? For reasons unknown, the Simple Sourdough Pan Bread over proofed and collapsed, giving the bread a flat top. The bread rose no longer than the other times we've made this bread, and we were using the same sourdough culture, so we assume that this related more to the flour than us. Also, we forgot to take the "Family Portrait".
Conclusion - we'd like to say we loved this flour, but in the end, we liked it. But for the price we have to pay for it, we want more than like. We'd have to love this flour to be able to cost justify it, unless it was the answer to our health needs. That's not the case for us, so we'll just pass on this one.
The Breads
TheBohemian Rye was very nice. The mild flavor of the VitaSpelt White Flour stayed out of the way of the rye and caraway. A very nice bread, with a very nice crumb. Doughs made with the VitaSpelt White Flour seem wetter that you'd expect for the amount of flour and water used. That helped this recipe, which has been a bit too dry with some flours.
While Ciabattais one of our favorite breads, the ciabatta we made with VitaSpelt White Flour didn't thrill us. It didn't have as wonderful a crumb as some, it didn't rise well, and it spread out too much. The taste was fine, though a bit on the subtle (or bland) side, with too little wheat taste to thrill us. It didn't have the big holey texture we like in our ciabatta, but I'm not sure that a bread that flat can have big holes. It's not that it was bad, mind you, it's just that it wasn't very good.
Simple Sourdough Pan Bread - A simple bread, well made, can provide a great deal of breadish pleasure. The Friends of Carl Simple Sourdough Pan bread is such a bread. It brings out the sour in most flours, and delivers a very pleasant loaf. Sadly, this loaf, while pleasant, didn't distinguish itself. One issue was that the dough over proofed and collapsed rather quickly, which caused the loaf to have a flat top. If were were to use this flour again, we'd reduce the amount of starter so we could extend the rise time without causing the bread to over proof. It was a nice loaf, but the flour was mild and the sourness development minimal - especially considering the loaf had been over proofed. The crumb of the bread was nice, with some medium sized holes in it. We don't know what the crumb would have been like if the loaf hadn't collapsed. The crust color was a bit too light. In short, we've had versions of this bread we liked better.
Three stage French bread, or Pain au Levain, is a complex traditional French bread, unlike the sticks of air that are sold as French bread throughout this country. The taste of the VitaSpelt white flour version of this bread was somewhat bland, delivering neither a good wheaten taste nor a strong sourdough taste. The crumb wasn't terribly well defined, but the crust color was delightful. This bread showed, more than the others, the slightly gray cast to the flour. This is probably partly due to the flour, and partly due to the flour being unbleached. Again, there isn't anything really wrong with this bread, but you can do better.
Hydration Pictures As discussed, we took pictures at 60, 80, and 100% hydration. At each hydration level, dough made with VitaSpelt white flour seemed wetter than with many other flours. This let us avoid the flying crust that plagues many of the rye breads we've made in the course of this test. Even at 60% hydration, the dough remained wet and pliable, and it let us seal seams in the dough.
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Google takes Carillion to the top of March contracts league
5 Apr 16 A £300m order for Google's new London headquarters sent Carillion to the top of the Builders' Conference BCLive contracts league table for March 2016.
It was the second time that a contractor has won the monthly BCLive title with this Google job; BAM was awarded the same contract way back in June 2013 before it went back out to tender.
It is also the second month in a row that Carillion has headed the league, as it also came first for February 2016.
The total value of contract awards recorded by the Builders' Conference in March 2016 returned above the £4bn mark, having dipped to £3.76bn in February.
Romping into second place on the BCLive league table for March was Galliford Try with a 17 contract haul worth a combined £274.2m. The largest of these was a £73m contract to build three new schools in Scotland under the Morrison Construction name.
Student accommodation also helped McAleer & Rushe make its first foray into the BCLive Top 10 for some considerable time. The company picked up five new contracts in March with a combined value of £199m, the largest for the construction of new student accommodation at Queens University Belfast.
Kier remains on a roll, netting 23 new contract awards worth a combined £180.3m to claim fourth spot. This included the construction of 259 new homes for Bristol City Council. But Morgan Sindall signed the highest number of individual contracts, picking up 25 for a combined value of £76m.
Builders' Conference chief executive Neil Edwards said: "Despite the scaremongering from the Office of National Statistics, among others, all of this brought a positive end to a positive quarter. The total value of contracts awarded in the first quarter of 2016 was £11.6bn, up 6% on the previous quarter. And while tenders for the same period tell a less positive story, anyone pronouncing the post-recessionary rally over is, at best, premature and, at worst, misinformed."
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Q: Diophantine Equation. Prove that it only have one set of equation I have this equation  $25x - 35y = 40$. I have found a set of solution for it. How do I prove that it only has one set of solution?
Thank you so much.

A: It's $$5x-7y=8$$ or
$$5(x-y)-2y=8.$$
Let $x-y=t$.
Thus, $$5t-2y=8$$ or
$$t+2(2t-y)=8.$$
Let $2t-y=-m$, where $m\in\mathbb Z$.
Thus, $$t=2m+8,$$
which gives $$y=5m+16$$ and $$x=7m+24$$ or
$$y=5(m+3)+1$$ and
$$x=7(m+3)+3$$ and we got the answer:
$$\{(7m+3,5m+1)|m\in\mathbb Z\}$$

A: Note that the given diophantine equation is equivalent to $5x - 7y = 8$. One "easy" solution is $(3,1)$. Let $(x,y)$ be another solution, then
$$5(x-3)=7(y-1)$$
and since $\gcd(5,7)=1$, it follows that $y-1=5k$ and $x-3=7k$ for some $k\in\mathbb{Z}$. Moreover, it is straightforward to verify that $(7k+3,5k+1)$ with $k\in\mathbb{Z}$ is a solution of $5x - 7y = 8$.
Therefore, the whole set of solutions is $\{(7k+3,5k+1):k\in\mathbb{Z}\}.$

A: Solutions for linear diophantine eq such as
                         ax + by = c
exist only if gcd (a,b)  divides c. (all letters stand for integers)
Then the solutions are given by
   x= r + (b/gcd(a,b))t       and  y= s -  (a/gcd(a,b))t

where r and s are any specific (integer) solution , in this case r=3, s=1,
and t is any integer.


Penn runners share their advice on getting from 0 to 26 miles.
Start small, stay consistent — build up to it.
Consistency is key. Take it slow and build up your endurance. There are a ton of different training plans out there, but they usually consist of one long run, one day of cross–training (swimming/cycling/walking), and three to four days of shorter fast runs.
For example, this first–time marathon program advises gradually increasing your weekly long–run from six to 20 miles over the course of 13 weeks. What about the last six miles? "At that point you just want to finish," says Louise Tanski (C '19). On the race day the adrenaline and rush of the group run is often enough to propel runners to the finish line.
Last spring, Tanski, a former member of Women's Crew Team, suffered a bad case of mono that went undiagnosed for months. Louise signed up for the marathon as a personal challenge, to prove she was fully recovered.
For some runners, they stay motivated with an aim to beat a specific time. "My goal is to run [the marathon] in under three hours and five minutes," says Wes Wendell (C '21), a member of Penn Run Club.
To meet this ambitious goal, Wendell runs 44 to 55 miles per week—one long run over 15 miles per week and four shorter runs at six to 11 miles. Like most runners Wes is tapering off his training in the weeks leading up to the race.
"I'm taking two days off this week and doing much shorter distances," he says. Tapering gives your body time to rest and recover before the final push of the marathon.
Listen to your body. Long distance running is high impact, repetitive stress on your muscles and joints. If left untreated, minor injuries can worsen and hinder training.
"I got injured a lot the first couple weeks of training. I had to stop and strength train my legs before increasing my mileage," says Sal Villatoro (C '19). As a pre–med student with a job, Villatoro finds time to sneak in long runs between studying and working. He stresses the importance of listening to your body during training.
Stress fractures, or small cracks and bruising within the bone are also common injuries caused by overuse and repetitive training. Athletes with lower body masses are more prone to stress fractures and take longer to heal.
Louise is mindful of what she eats and makes sure to maintain her weight throughout training. "I've had stress fractures in the past—in my foot and in my ribs. They usually happen when I drop weight too quickly," she says.
Eating properly before, during, and after running is essential for peak performance.
Your body can only store so much glycogen, which is its primary source of fuel during a run. Wes says, "I've been practicing eating during my runs." Consuming small amounts of carbohydrates during the run, whether in the form of energy chews or gels, can prevent runners from "hitting the wall" or experiencing intense muscle fatigue.
The days immediately following the race are critical. Your body has gone through the toughest test of endurance and your immune system is particularly vulnerable. Take it easy.
"Foam roll, take hot baths, drink a ton of Gatorade, treat myself to McDonald's," advises John Casey (W '21) as he describes his post–race recovery ritual.
John took 10 days off after the Baltimore Marathon in October and waited a full three weeks before going back to intensive training. Recovery time can vary widely person to person; however, most people need at least a week before exercising again.
So if you're considering running a marathon or even a more manageable half marathon, now's the time to start training. Just be sure to arm yourself with information first before you hit the running trails. Your time spent training will help you conquer those 26 miles, but you won't get that far without listening to your body and get plenty of rest.


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As one of the most internationally renowned Chinese pianist and conductor in the world, Xu Zhong is currently Music Director and Chief Conductor of Israel Haifa Symphony Orchestra, Principal Director of Fondazione Arena di Verona, General Director of Shanghai Opera House and Chief Conductor of Suzhou Symphony Orchestra. Between 2012 and 2015, he was Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of Teatro Massimo Bellini.
Xu Zhong was born in a family of well-known physicians for generations in the city of Shanghai. At the age of 16, he received the rigorous formal piano music education in the class of Dominique Merlet at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with the sponsorship of Chow Ching Lie Foundation.
Xu Zhong won numerous prestigious international competitions since 1988, including the First Prize at the Maria Canals International Piano Competition (1988), the Second Prize at the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition (1991), the First Prize at the Santander Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition (1992), the First Prize and other five awards at the Tokyo International Piano Competition (1992) and the Fourth Prize at the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow (1994).
Xu Zhong's professional experience and achievements are twofold, both artistic and administrative. He is Founder and Artistic Director of Shanghai International Piano Competition. He was Artistic Consultant of China Shanghai International Arts Festival and Artistic Director of "French Culture in Shanghai", L'Année de la France en Chine 2003/2005. He was nominated as Music Consultant of Shanghai Concert Hall, member of Shanghai Grand Theatre Arts Group Artistic Committee and Vice President of Shanghai Oriental Art Centre Arts Committee.
Xu Zhong was awarded the "Chevalier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" in 2010, and was promoted as the "Officier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" in 2018 by the Ministry of Culture and Communication, France, for his contributions in classic music and cultural exchange.


Chipping Ongar Airfield - 21 June 1947 in a reserve status.
Royal Air Force Chipping Ongar or more simply RAF Chipping Ongar is a former Royal Air Force station located 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Chipping Ongar; about 20 miles (32 km) northeast of London.
Opened in 1943, it was used by both the Royal Air Force (RAF) and United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). During the war it was used primarily as a bomber airfield. After the war it was closed in 1959 after many years of being a reserve airfield.
The airfield was opened in the early spring of 1943 and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Eighth and Ninth Air Forces.
Chipping Ongar was known as USAAF Station AAF-162 for security reasons by the USAAF during the war, and by which it was referred to instead of location. It's USAAF Station Code was "JC".
The 387th Bomb Group began combat on 15 August 1943 by joining with three other B-26 groups attacking coastal defences on the French Coast near Boulogne, and was mounted in thick fog. In common with other Marauder units of the 3d Bomb Wing, the 387th was transferred to Ninth Air Force on 16 October 1943.
The 387th Bomb Group moved to RAF Stoney Cross in Hampshire on 21 July 1944 when Ninth Air Force moved the 98th Bomb Wing's four Marauder groups into the New Forest area at the earliest opportunity to place them closer to the French Normandy Invasion beaches.
During September 1944, the airfield was used temporarily by IX Troop Carrier Command as advanced C-47 base during Operation Market-Garden.
Troop carrier squadrons of the 61st Troop Carrier Group used the airfield on 24 March 1945, carrying British paratroops as part of Operation Varsity, the airborne crossing of the Rhine River, who dropped near Wesel.
With the departure of the Americans, the airfield was never used again for military flying. It was closed on 28 February 1959.
With the end of military control, Chipping Ongar airfield was reverted to agricultural use.
One of the large T-2 Hangars was dismantled and re-erected at North Weald airfield. It is believed to be the one nearest the M11 motorway, and now used as a freight forwarding warehouse.
A section of the perimeter track and some loop dispersal hardstands are still intact, connected to a small private landing strip converted from a straight section of the wartime perimeter, aligned 04/22, and one small section of a secondary full-width runway (09/27) on the southeast side . On the northeastern side, the Operations block, Norden Bombsight Store, and the base of the pilots' briefing room are grouped together, and are in quite good condition 51°43′53″N 000°18′09″E / 51.73139°N 0.30250°E / 51.73139; 0.30250.
^ "Chipping Ongar". American Air Museum in Britain. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
^ "53d Service Group". American Air Museum in Britain. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
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We have a friendly relationship with the Czech Republic and 2013 marked the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations.
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The Czech Republic and New Zealand enjoy a strong record of cooperation in multilateral areas. As small countries, we each work through international bodies to ensure our voices are heard. The Czech Republic and New Zealand served together on the United Nations Security Council in 1993-94.
We have a reciprocal working holiday scheme in place which enables 1,200 young Czech working holiday makers to travel to New Zealand each year.
There are strong links between our countries dating back generations and a small community of Czechs in New Zealand. Bohemians, Moravians and Slovaks first came to New Zealand in the 1860s. More recent migration followed in the late 1960s. More than 3,700 Czechs visit New Zealand each year. Approximately 100 New Zealanders are long-term residents in the Czech Republic. A number of New Zealand soldiers who fell in World War II are also buried in Commonwealth War Graves in the Czech Republic.
A number of prominent Czechs have contributed to New Zealand's cultural landscape including artist Gottfried Lindauer, whose portraits of Māori were exhibited in his birthplace, Pilsen, from March to May 2015 as a keynote event of Pilsen's year as the 'Europe Capital of Culture'. More recently Fred Turnovsky ONZ, OBE (1916-1994), a well-known, Prague-born, Wellington businessman was influential in the development of music and arts funding in New Zealand.
The Czech Australia and New Zealand Association (CANZA), based in Prague, is active and hosts many community and business events year round.
Year ending March 2019 statistics
Total trade
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GDP per capita US$22,973
There is potential for growth in services trade in education and tourism, particularly as a number of Czech universities increasingly offer a range of courses and degrees in English. We already have some science and education links, most notably through Lincoln University.
New Zealanders aged between 18 and 35 can apply for a 12-month working holiday visa for the Czech Republic.
To apply, you can go to, or post your application to, the Consulate of the Czech Republic in Sydney. You can also go to Czech Republic embassies in Berlin, Brussels, and London.
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German International Parliamentary Scholarship
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Zlatna Dolina is Edo Maajka's first soundtrack album, released in 2003. One song from the album is Maajka's, the title track. Other songs were by various rappers and Disciplinska Komisija. The single "Zlatna Dolina" was a major Bosnian hit and was part of the soundtrack to Ljeto u Zlatnoj Dolini.

Track listing
 "Zlatna Dolina" (Golden Valley) by Edo Maajka
 "Jeste Li Spremni" (Are You Ready) by DJ Cekic
 "Jaran" (Friend) by Rima D
 "BTS" (Burn the System) by Disciplinska Komisija & Billy
 "Suze" (Tears) by Marchelo & Edo Maajka
 "Home Team" by DJ Cekic & Amon Ra featuring Verbalistics
 "Ustekaj Se" (Plug Yourself In) by Sove
 "Svijet" (World) by Mucenicka Grupa
 "Pismo Majci" (Letter to Mom) by Rima D
 "Amon Racija" by Amon Ra

2003 albums


Is it normal to take ssris prn?
Just take 5-htp supplements. It naturally increases serotonin and effects you almost immediately. Don't mess with that psychiatric crap. Too many stupid side effects and taking 6-8 weeks to work is ridiculous, not to mention withdrawal crap if you stop taking it. Sometimes I think the drugs are worse than the disease.
You need to see a doctor. But in the meantime....I don't know what you mean by "macrodosing", but don't take both of them together, unless it's in the exact combination dose prescribed by your doctor. And don't take more of a dose than what was prescribed to you. Also, don't take any of them if you were told by a doc to discontinue use. Both of those are SSRIs. Taking more than your prescribed dose often makes things worse because of their mechanism of action. Don't think taking three times the dose will make them work three times better or faster. That's just not how they work. Also, if you've been off the drugs for a few months, both those drugs usually take 2-4 weeks to start working again. So, if you don't have enough for many weeks dosing, you're wasting your time.
I am a medical student. No, Paxil (paroxetine) or Celexa (citalopram) are not PRN drugs. It is common for therapeutic results to be achieved after taking it daily up to 6-8 weeks. If you run out, of your surplus, you could experience withdrawal symptoms that will make your depression symptoms worsen.


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Local Players Participate in Pro Day
It's every young football player's dream to make it to the NFL. 16 more of those hopefuls walked onto Danny Hale Field at Bloomsburg University to ...
Author: Courtney Harrison
Published: 6:33 PM EDT April 11, 2014
Updated: 6:47 PM EDT April 11, 2014
It's every young football player's dream to make it to the NFL. 16 more of those hopefuls walked onto Danny Hale Field at Bloomsburg University to prove their talents to some tough critics. More than a dozen NFL scouts were on hand analyzing players under the microscope. And the pressure was on high!
"Little nerves, little butterflies, but I'm also happy to get it off my back and come out here and perform. I've been training for the past couple weeks, so I'm glad I came out here," said former Hanover Area grad, Brian Clarke.
Of the 8 teams represented, five Huskies were trying to become top dogs. Offensive lineman Matt Feiler and defensive end Larry Webster Jr. performed well at the NFL combine in Indianapolis last month. During that time, Larry, the son of former NFL player Larry Webster Sr., was hot on the heels of standout Jadaveon Clowney.
"I did a couple of tight end drills, and I think I did pretty good. I didn't drop any balls, actually all day. I'm just doing a lot of things. I don't care which one it is as long as I'm there because I like playing football so I'll adjust to either one," said Webster Jr.
Both Larry and Matt have participated in the NFL combine and can try to improve their numbers, but for the other players, this is the first impression they're making on the scouts, hoping they did enough to be drafted in May.
"Getting out here is our last chance to show what we had to the scouts and coaches so it was a good feeling to get back out here and show them," said Feiler.
"There's a lot of scouts out here today so I feel confident in my performance so I'll talk to my agent later today and get the inside scoop from all the scouts and see where it goes from there."
Missing from the workout was Bloomsburg's star running back, Franklyn Quiteh, who had surgery on his shoulder during the off season. Franklyn is working hard to recover and get back out there and perform.
"I'm just hoping and keep telling them to watch the film. My agent is doing the same thing. All the guys here work hard doing the same thing so I have the film and numbers and hopefully someone takes a chance on me and I can show them that in camp," said the former Pocono Mountain West grad.
Jim Coles on bad fans and bad coaching


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A Marriage be it Valid or Invalid: a Dowry is a Dowry!
Article for Blog Post Writing Competition 2011 | by Ankita Vashisht
April 28th, 2011 → 9:36 pm
The Supreme Court has held that a husband could be punished for demanding dowry during a second marriage even if he proves that he has not divorced his first wife.
The following are the types of marriages which can be treated as invalid:
Marriage between minors is valid and it can be annulled only on the plea by one of the partners, the Delhi High Court ruled on Wednesday.
A marriage when any one or both the parties are already married to another man or woman and have not yet been divorced from the first husband or wife comprise the category of invalid marriage.
Marriage between a Hindu and a Christian is invalid under the Hindu Marriage Act, as the Act provides for only Hindu couples to enter into wedlock, the Supreme Court has ruled.
A bench, comprising Justice Doraiswamy Raju and Justice Arijit Pasayat noted that the evil of dowry ought to be curbed and the law should be liberally construed so as to rope in not only those validly married but also anyone who had undergone some or other form of marriage and thereby assumed for himself the position of husband to live, cohabitate and exercise authority over another woman.
Writing the judgment, Mr. Justice Pasayat said the object of the Dowry Prohibition Act was "to prevent harassment to a woman who enters into a marital relationship with a person and later on, becomes a victim of the greed for money."
"Can a person who enters into a marital arrangement be allowed to take shelter behind a smokescreen to contend that since there was no valid marriage, the question of dowry does not arise? Such legalistic niceties would destroy the purpose of the provisions of the Act."
Further, the Act was introduced to combat the ever-increasing menace of dowry. Any money, property or valuable security given as a consideration for marriage would be covered by the expression `dowry', the Bench said.
It is not only the husband but also his relations who are covered by Section 498 A IPC (relating to dowry offence).
Section 498 A IPC states:
Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty.
Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine.
Explanation-For the purpose of this section, "cruelty" means-
(a) Any willful conduct which is of such a nature as is likely to drive the woman to commit suicide or to cause grave injury or danger to life, limb or health whether mental or physical) of the woman; or
(b) Harassment of the woman where such harassment is with a view to coercing her or any person related to her to meet any unlawful demand for any property or valuable security or is on account of failure by her or any person related to her meet such demand.]
The provisions of this section are very much applicable in case of invalid marriage.
The legislature had taken care of children born out of invalid marriage, the Bench said. "Could it be conceived that they closed their eyes to the plight of a woman, who unknowingly or unconscious of the legal consequences, entered into the marital relations?"
Ankita Vashisht
University School of Law and Legal Studies
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When I got the job that brought us back to Wenatchee seven years ago, it was despite the fact that I applied for a position which I was under qualified. Nonetheless, since nobody qualified wanted the job, they gave it to me. Well, a little over two years ago, a similar event took place at our church. When they needed a music leader, nobody else wanted it so I (Mr. Unqualified) ended up with the job... without even applying. I don't really know the first thing about singing, and I don't really know the second thing about playing guitar - well, maybe I know the second thing about playing the guitar, but certainly not the third or fourth.
All that to lead up to this random observation. The past couple weeks I have noticed an annoying phenomenon. I have a tiny gap between my upper two front teeth. It's about the size of pin hole and not really noticeable except that air can pass through it. I think this is fairly common, right? I started noticing a couple weeks ago that when I sing, air passes through the hole and makes small air bubbles form under my top lip. As we progress through a song, the off-key vibrations emitting from by vocal chords seem to drive these spit bubbles to the bottom of my lip. It feels like they are trying to free themselves by leaping out of my mouth. This starts a small chain reaction. First of all, to keep the bubbles from escaping, I make funny movements with my top lip while I sing. This results in me singing even more strange than I normally do.
Anyway, I think my solution is to refrain from flossing Sunday mornings... at least between the top two teeth. I'll let the weird white stuff build up so it plugs the hole. Otherwise, I might just get a small piece of chewing gum and stick it on the inside of my upper central incisors. Any other suggestions?
I have slowed down in this whole blogging bit, so I better get another post in before January ends. A lot has happened, so I have several random topics to discuss. Some of this stuff has already been on Facebook, but I don't really trust that Facebook is reliable enough to maintain our family's "online diary."
Spencer has been giving us a run for our money. The first two weeks of January were a blur of fit throwing, time-outs, much screaming, and many (many, many) instances of "applying swift force to the tender posterior." We were about to pull our hair out... or someone's hair out. He seems to be doing a little better now... there are still a few kinks that need to be worked out before his cuteness outweighs his trouble again.
The little trouble maker turned 4 last week. We threatened to take away his birthday so he would stay 3 for another year, but we ended up throwing him a party. When Spencer was asked what he wanted for dinner he replied, "pancakes." So we subjected our families to breakfast for dinner with pancakes, a couple different egg dishes, bacon, and a glorious blueberry pastry thingy that Lindsey made (I think there is a real term for it, but I don't remember).
Spencer is always trying to play with our iPods, so we made him an iPod shaped cake. We also got him a cheap mp3 player so he can listen to his songs without messing around with ours.
Spencer got another toy guitar for his birthday. He loves them all. It plays a few songs with the lyrics. On the most popular song, Wesley said he thought it plays, "Sweet Home on the Llamas."
Spencer, while getting his cereal ready to eat, looks at the milk carton and says, "Oh yeah, this is from cow squirt." Our kids are very interested in where our food products originate.
This morning at breakfast, Elliott mixed up some chocolate milk for him and his brothers. When he finished drinking his milk, he looked at the chocolate mix left in the bottom of the cup and said, "there's some sludge in the bottom of this cup." I asked him where he learned to use the word "sludge." Apparently his language enrichment class is doing good for him.
Lindsey texted me this message: I started watching a cooking show and Spencer stopped to watch it with me. Then he said, "Mom, I wanna cook now." I hope we have a chef in the making!
The other day we went to Eastmont Park for a change of pace. We don't visit that park very often because the play equipment isn't very impressive. There were several people with unleashed dogs. On our way out, we passed a lady with an unleashed dog and Wesley took the initiative to look out for his little brother and inform the lady, "Spencer doesn't like dogs." The lady replied, "It's okay, he likes people." Yeah, cause that makes it all better!
I haven't posted much about my new found hobby, scuba diving. Last fall Lindsey and I started thinking about taking a trip to Hawaii. I mentioned to a scuba certified friend that if he and his wife came with us, I would get scuba certified also so we could dive there. Well, they agreed to go on vacation with us (coming up in May) and I signed up for scuba classes. My dad also got excited about the idea, so over the week of Thanksgiving the two of us took scuba classes in the evenings. My first couple dives to get certified were in Lake Chelan the last week of November. We used dry suits so even with 4 inches of snow on the ground, 27 degree air temp, and 38 degree water temp, we stayed pretty warm.
After we got certified, we waited a couple weeks while our own equipment was being ordered. Then on December 29th, Aaron took my dad and me out to Whidbey Island for our first real dive. Since there were a lot of "firsts" happening, I struggled with my buoyancy for a while at first, but once we got down deep enough, it was amazing. Now I'm looking forward to doing a lot more!
I thought I better catch up a little and add a few Christmas pictures. We spent Christmas Eve with Lindsey's parents. To limit the number of gifts we had to provide for the extended family, we had a gift exchange for the kids and one for the adults. For the kids turn, they drew numbers to see who could draw first. There was no stealing allowed. The trickiest part of a gift exchange for the kids was finding gifts that were exciting for kids ages 3 through 12.
Christmas morning we were at home and unwrapped presents and stockings. We don't have too many pictures to post because everyone was in their pajamas and still looked rather sleepy.
Later Christmas morning, we headed over to spend Christmas afternoon with my family. We did a little sledding and then enjoyed the family.
Now that the busy time of Christmas is past, I am finally getting around to blogging about some of the December activities leading up to our Christmas festivities... hence the pre-Christmas, post-Christmas blog post. I will try to post some pictures from Christmas within the next few months.
When I was a kid, my grandma would make one of my favorite breakfasts. Its basically deep fried dough, similar to donut holes but in strange shapes. Because of the strange shapes this breakfast received the name "birdies" because they sometimes look like they have little deep fried wings. My sisters made a great breakfast that featured these birdies. The proper way to eat them is to dip them in powdered sugar (double-dipping is allowed). Good food, but not good for you.


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Every two weeks in a new installment of "Leading Questions", the young, lantern jawed Mark Stack will ask Comics Bulletin's very own Chase Magnett a question he must answer. However, Mark doesn't plan on taking it easy on Chase. He'll be setting him up with questions that are anything but fair and balanced to see how this once overconfident comics critic can make a cogent case for what another one obviously wants to hear.
So without any further ado…
In 1997, The Flash was Wally West, Green Arrow was Connor Hawke, Green Lantern was Kyle Rayner, and Superman was electric blue. DC Comics had become a publisher willing to challenge and change their roster of characters in a way that Marvel Comics has/had never really attempted. Why?
While I suspect some people may see this question as being oriented towards the classic battle of "Marvel Vs. DC", one that we kicked off this column with, I don't really see it that way. Sure, there's plenty of interesting conversation to be had about where these characters originate from and how they function best, what assets each publisher has cultivated over the years and where their unique strengths lie, but that doesn't explain 1997. No, in order to explain 1997, you have to go a full decade into the past. You have to start with what happened after Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Crisis is something we've covered extensively at Comics Bulletin, and I'll just leave it alone as the tire fire with some very nice Perez drawings that it is. However, what it provided DC Comics with was a clean-ish slate to start telling new stories. While Legion of Super-Heroes and the various Hawk-people at DC would never really find a defining continuity or hook in the aftermath of this mega-event, it's where DC Comics began to flourish in many ways. Beyond the obvious examples, some of which have aged well like "Batman: Year One" and others not so much (*cough* Byrne *cough* Superman *cough*), there was a bastion of experiments occurring at DC Comics.
In addition to reinvigorating all of their most iconic characters, the company wanted to create new ones and popularize B- and C-listers as well. This effort began in the follow up event to Crisis in 1986-87 called Legends. While Legends itself was nothing to write home about, it spun out some of the best series ever published by the company. The two most notable series beginning in 1987 being the Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis Justice League (later renamed Justice League International or JLI) and John Ostrander, Kim Yale, and Luke McDonnell's Suicide Squad. Others like a new Flash, Wonder Woman, and Shazam title are all notable, but often became more significant as the years advanced. Justice League and Suicide Squad were perfect launching pads from their very first issues.
While these two series focused on opposite ends of the spectrum of DC Comics characters, the heroes vs. the villains, the big-time vs. the low-life, they accomplished remarkably similar things. Both incorporated lots of characters that had previously been relegated to supporting roles or were completely ignored, while helping to create enduring new identities as well. They cobbled together unlikely teams into books that would last more than five years each in consistent creative runs, ones continually focused on these characters rather than headline-grabbers like Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman.
Both of these series grew new characters from a place of quality rather than market-oriented content too. They featured big action, excellent illustrations, and a dynamite sense of humor. The stories were being told by some of the absolute best talent in the DC Comics stable of the day, and they were telling stories that mattered to them. Even almost three decades later, these series are still regularly championed and reprinted, with dedicated fan followings born well after they debuted. It's the quality of these series that ensured so many of their characters would become lasting fixtures within the DC Universe.
Without Justice League Guy Gardner never becomes the lovable boor and mainstay in a sector packed with far too many Green Lanterns. The Blue and The Gold never become a standard duo and the high-watermark of superhero bromance that still make fans thrill at the thought. Fire and Ice barely even exist as characters, much less ones making regular appearances in animated series. And the greatest Justice League member of all-time, the Martian Manhunter, never receives his defining role as the heart and soul of this team forever more (no matter what Geoff Johns has to say about it).
As much as I love that Justice League though, I think the accomplishments of Suicide Squad are even more remarkable. You only need look at a handful of characters from this vast team to recognize its impact. Let's start with Amanda Waller a.k.a. The Wall. While she technically debuted in Legends #3, The Wall is really an original character of Suicide Squad. It's here that she was defined as the most unexpected anti-hero in superhero comics of the 1980s and 90s. A squat, middle-aged, professional, black woman, The Wall ran roughshod over a group of the meanest, ugliest, and toughest supervillains around. She's a woman that stood up to Batman and made him back down (see: Suicide Squad #9). Not only was she a great character, wonderfully presented over the course of the series, but she's shown remarkable staying power. She has been played by different actresses in a total of four live-action adaptations to date, in addition to various animated series and many comics appearances since Suicide Squad concluded in 1992.
The second most obvious example is Floyd Lawton a.k.a. Deadshot. Unlike The Wall, Deadshot had already been around since 1950 when Suicide Squad finished the job begun by a much needed costume redesign in the 1970s. It's here that Ostrander and Yale created a rich background and troublesome internal life that would transform Deadshot from one-trick pony to one of the most compelling anti-heroes in the DC Universe. He has appeared regularly since then in a variety of mini-series as well as in plenty of adaptations. People have long since ceased to think of him as a gimmicky Bat-villain and begun to consider Deadshot one of the great villains of this universe on par with Deathstroke or Black Adam.
You can continue down the list looking at Vixen, Captain Boomerang, Count Vertigo, Rick Flagg, and so many others to see how good creative talent and faith in new or unpopular characters led to a potential goldmine of IP for DC Comics. It's these discarded characters that are now the backbone of a major blockbuster picture on which Warner Bros. seems to be hanging their hopes after the box office debacle that is Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Focusing on comics again though, the success of these series and other down the road continued to creep into the consciousness and working philosophy behind DC Comics. Future successes, like James Robinson and Tony Harris' Starman and Mark Waid's The Flash, that played on the legacy and inventing new characters in familiar or sort-of-familiar roles, only emboldened the company. Now you may want to stop and point out that Wally West, the one crystallized in Mark Waid's work, was part of your portrait of DC Comics in 1997. Except Wally West as The Flash was nothing new in 1997. By then he had been The Flash for over a decade having been passed the role in 1986 during Crisis on Infinite Earths. As much as series like Justice League and Suicide Squad paved the way for this more innovative, legacy-driven, and changing look to the DC Universe, so did the existence of Wally West as The Flash.
While 1997 may appear to be a flashpoint in retrospect, it was really the result of a decade of proud work being done in a genre that is much maligned during this decade. But while the X-Men titles were churning out infinite crossover and holographic covers led to a dangerous speculator market, DC Comics was producing some of the most exciting and innovative shared continuity, superhero comics ever. The world of Connor Hawke and Kyle Rayner and Red/Blue Superman, these icons with new faces, was built on the success of Amanda Waller, Booster and Beetle, Jack Knight, and most importantly Wally West.
These characters and the very talented creators who told their stories during this decade made it clear that the superhero readership didn't need to grow stagnant. They showed that these shared universes could keep moving forward, growing more diverse and telling a wide array of stories, without losing readers. It was a great time for superhero comics, one that may very well have have peaked in 1997 or soon after.
Now, we could go into why things reverted the status quo in the decades to follow, but that's another question for another time.
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The best baseball players born on Jan. 3
Revisiting Roberto Clemente's best moments
The best baseball players born on Oct. 3
The best baseball players born on Sept. 29
Facts & figures on every Allegheny River HR
The top Bucs Draft pick from every season
Pirates' top players with a case for the Hall
The best baseball players born on Jan. 12
Here's the Bucs' all-time single-season team
10 biggest trades in Pirates history
Bucs position players with the best seasons
Best Pirates of all time, by uniform number
Pirates all-time retired numbers
How the Pittsburgh Pirates got their name
10 players you forgot were once Pirates
The best Pirates pitching season of every era
Best Opening Day moments in Pirates history
The 5 best seasons in Pirates history
Ranking Bucs' best homegrown Draft talent
Pirates have long history with LECOM Park
The history of the Pittsburgh Pierogy Race
By Shaun O'Neill @oapostrophesd
Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here's a subjective ranking of the top five for Jan. 3:
By Nathalie Alonso
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the tragic death of Roberto Clemente, we present this article that was originally published on Dec. 31, 2021.
By Rick Gold
Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here's a subjective ranking of the top five for Oct. 3:
By Chris Shaeffer
Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here's a subjective ranking of the top five for Sept. 29: 1) Ed Morris (1862) Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Morris grew up in California and was one of
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Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here's a subjective ranking of the top five for Sept. 28.
By Adam Berry and Justice delos Santos @justdelossantos
PITTSBURGH -- The shortest distance from PNC Park's home plate to the Allegheny River, according to the Pirates, is 456 feet -- straight down the right-field line. That proximity to the water has created a tantalizing target for left-handed power hitters over the years, no different than the "splash hits"
By Jake Crouse @JakeCrouseMLB
PITTSBURGH -- How have the Pirates fared with their first selection in past Drafts? Here is a list of the Pirates' top pick in each year's Draft since it began in 1965.
By Adam Berry
PITTSBURGH -- The Pirates' greatest players have a place in Cooperstown. Honus Wagner was part of the Hall of Fame's first class. The Hall waived its mandatory five-year waiting period to elect Roberto Clemente in 1973, less than a year after his tragic death. Willie Stargell, Paul Waner, Arky Vaughan,
By Anthony Castrovince
Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here's a subjective ranking of the top five for Sept. 23:
Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here's a subjective ranking of the top five for Oct. 5: 1) Claude Ritchey (1873) Ritchey, know as "Little All Right" due to his stature, played 13 years
Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here's a subjective ranking of the top five for Jan. 12.
By Susan Bryson
Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here's a subjective ranking of the top five for Oct. 9: 1) Joe Sewell (1898) Sewell, the first of two Hall of Famers on this list, found his
PITTSBURGH -- What would the Pirates' dream lineup look like? You're probably thinking about an infield of Willie Stargell, Bill Mazeroski, Honus Wagner and Pie Traynor playing in front of an outfield of Ralph Kiner, Max Carey and Roberto Clemente. If you've got room for a designated hitter, maybe you
PITTSBURGH -- The Pirates' long history of trades runs the gamut from amazing to appalling, from deals that set up World Series champions to swaps that set them back for several seasons. No matter the immediate reaction, most trades wind up falling somewhere in the middle. But everyone remembers the
PITTSBURGH -- Whether you prefer the early 1900s greatness of Honus Wagner, the early '90s dominance of Barry Bonds, the graceful excellence of Roberto Clemente or the powerful presences of Ralph Kiner and Willie Stargell, there's no doubt that the Pirates have had some historically great position players take the
PITTSBURGH -- For some players, names and numbers are interchangeable in conversation. You can't see "21" in Pittsburgh's black and gold without thinking of Roberto Clemente. No. 8? That's Willie Stargell. Bill Mazeroski is No. 9, and there will never be another in Pittsburgh. But what about all the other
PITTSBURGH -- The Pirates have retired the numbers of seven of their players, all Hall of Famers. The standard is high to be immortalized by the Pirates, but the long history of black-and-gold baseball features some of the game's all-time greats. Stroll around the perimeter of beautiful PNC Park, and
PITTSBURGH – What's in a team nickname? For some sports franchises, the origin is obvious and needs no explaining. "Phillies" is short for "Philadelphians," an easily understood name for the baseball team on the other side of Pennsylvania. Other names, like the Pittsburgh Penguins, were the result of a selection
PITTSBURGH -- For the most part, the most famous players to wear a Pirates uniform are known for their time in Pittsburgh. When you think about Roberto Clemente or Willie Stargell or Bill Mazeroski or Honus Wagner, you identify them as Pirates. Dave Parker, Barry Bonds and Andrew McCutchen played
PITTSBURGH -- There are no pitchers in the Hall of Fame wearing a Pirates cap, and Pittsburgh has only featured two National League Cy Young Award winners: Vern Law in 1960 and Doug Drabek in 1990. But that doesn't mean the club's history is devoid of quality pitchers who have
PITTSBURGH -- Opening Day is one of the most special days of the year, and it has helped create some special moments. With a long history, the Pirates have had their fair share of Opening Day memories, even though more have come on the road than at home. Here is
With nearly a century and a half of Major League history, the Pirates are not lacking in incredible seasons. Some were defined by their postseason result, some by their regular-season body of work and some by both. One was defined by a crushing streak it broke. Many of them were
PITTSBURGH -- The Pirates have a lot to look forward to this July, as they hold the No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 MLB Draft. But a first-round talent is not a certainty to be an impact player. It could be someone taken in the double-digit rounds that ends
PITTSBURGH -- As is tradition, the Pirates shipped out their equipment truck to LECOM Park for Spring Training this week. But this tradition goes a little bit further back than for other teams. What is today called LECOM Park in Bradenton, Fla., has existed for 98 years, wearing many names
In the midst of a 20-year streak of losing seasons, the Pirates found a durable winner. The year is 1999, and it's the seventh year in the two-decade period of struggles. The scoreboard at Three Rivers Stadium was often in the visiting team's favor. But for a couple of minutes,


BIOTRONIK, a worldwide leader in manufacturing cardiac medical devices and pioneer of remote patient management solutions, today announced it has successfully completed its final interoperability testing process for BIOTRONIKHome Monitoring®, an Internet-based system for patient and implantable cardiac device information.
During the week of January 9, 2012, BIOTRONIK participated in the "Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise" (IHE) North American Connectathon in Chicago, Illinois, to test its implantable device cardiac observation (IDCO) profile. This testing1 demonstrated the ability of BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring®to connect to third-party electronic health record (EHR) systems and cardiovascular data management systems using defined industry standards. The connecting technology from the BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring®system to the EHRs is called BIOTRONIK EHR DataSync®.
The conclusion from this successful testing is that BIOTRONIK EHR DataSync® will enable physicians and hospitals to share data seamlessly, which should increase productivity, eliminate redundant medical device management systems and improve clinical decision making and quality of care. In this round of testing, BIOTRONIK proved the ability of BIOTRONIK EHR DataSync® to connect with widely implemented EHR vendor systems (e.g., Epic and Medical Micrographics), as well as emerging and established cardiovascular data management systems (e.g., ScottCare's OneView(TM) CRM).
The IHE developed their testing process to promote the adoption of standards that enable healthcare information to be shared seamlessly across clinical settings. The IHE's goals are to drive standards for interoperability, to increase efficiency, and to reduce costs to healthcare customers, such as those in the cardiology, radiology and laboratory markets.
Implantable cardiac devices are also designed to capture and record information about medical device performance and patient heart rhythms that is vital to patient care. BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring®quickly organizes this information and allows data to be sent directly and securely to a clinic's or a hospital's EHR system. That data is then available to include in the patient's personal health record.
"Electronic health records support efficient access to important patient healthcare information, so making this data readily available via secure data transport is vital," said Jake Langer, President of BIOTRONIK, Inc. "Streamlined connectivity to critical device and lead data is an increasingly important priority for physicians and the broader U.S. healthcare network, and therefore BIOTRONIK made it a priority too. This demonstration of our system's broad capabilities proves BIOTRONIK's willingness and ability to provide yet another breakthrough, best-in-class innovation in accessing patient information."
Data integrity is guaranteed and has been proven through validation testing. Data security is ensured by using U.S. Commerce Department encryption methods. In addition, the BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring®system adheres to patient privacy standards and requirements for the electronic transmission of health information in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) standards.
The system is unique because it allows continuous, automatic, wireless remote monitoring of patient and device status with daily updates-all independent from any patient interaction.
With immediate access to patient information through the secure BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring® website, physicians can remotely monitor and assess patient device data and determine the level of care needed. Alert notifications can be customized to fit each clinic's workflow, helping to optimize clinic efficiency.
BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring® has pioneered advances in remote patient management since its first U.S. clinical application in 2001. Today, BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring® is extensively used with a growing number of patients in more than 3,800 clinics and 55 countries worldwide.
2 Varma N et al., Circulation, 2010, 122, 325-332.
3 Varma N et al., Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol, 2010, 3:428-436.
As one of the world's leading manufacturers of cardiovascular medical devices, with several million devices implanted, BIOTRONIK is represented in over 100 countries by its global workforce of over 5,600 employees. Known for having its finger on the pulse of the medical community, BIOTRONIK assesses the challenges physicians face, and provides the best solutions for all phases of patient care, ranging from diagnosis to treatment to patient management. Quality, innovation and reliability define BIOTRONIK and its growing success, and deliver confidence and peace of mind to physicians and their patients worldwide.


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A Posteriori dietary patterns, insulin resistance, and diabetes risk by Hispanic/Latino heritage in the HCHS/SOL cohort
Nutr Diabetes. 2022 Oct 13;12(1):44. doi: 10.1038/s41387-022-00221-3.
Luis E Maldonado 1 2 , Daniela Sotres-Alvarez 3 , Josiemer Mattei 4 , Martha L Daviglus 5 , Gregory A Talavera 6 , Krista M Perreira 1 7 , Linda Van Horn 8 , Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani 9 , Madison N LeCroy 9 , Linda C Gallo 6 , Sandra S Albrecht 10
1 Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
2 Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
3 Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
4 Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
5 Institute for Minority Health Research, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
6 Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
7 Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
8 Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
9 Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
10 Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. ssa2018@cumc.columbia.edu.
Objective: We examined links among dietary patterns (DPs), insulin resistance (IR), and diabetes risk by heritage in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.
Methods: Hispanics/Latinos of Cuban, Dominican, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Central American, and South American heritage aged 18-74 years and diabetes-free completed two 24 h dietary recalls at baseline (2008-2011) and provided 6-year follow-up data (2014-2017; n = 7774). We classified 6-year IR status [improved, unchanged (referent), worsened] using a 1-SD change in fasting insulin between visits and defined incident diabetes based on American Diabetes Association criteria. We derived heritage-specific DPs via principal factor analysis and estimated their associations with 6-year IR status (multinomial) and incident diabetes (binary) using complex survey-based logistic regression.
Results: Five overarching DPs based on high-loading foods were shared by two or more heritage groups: "Burger, Fries, & Soft Drinks"; "White Rice, Beans, & Red Meats"; "Fish & Whole Grains"; "Cheese & Sweets"; and "Stew & Corn". Comparing highest-to-lowest DP quintiles, the Dominican "Burger, Fries, & Soft Drinks" and Cuban "White Rice, Beans, & Red Meats" DPs were associated with worsened 6-year IR status (log-odds: 2.35, 95% CI: 1.02, 3.68, Ptrend = 0.037 and log-odds: 1.27, 95% CI: 0.49, 2.06, Ptrend = 0.009, respectively). The Puerto Rican "Burger, Fries, & Soft Drinks" and the Central American "White Rice, Beans, & Red Meats" DPs were associated with greater diabetes incidence (OR: 3.00, 95% CI:1.50, 5.99 and OR: 2.41, 95% CI: 1.05, 5.50, respectively).
Conclusions: A diet characterized by higher intakes of burgers, fries, and soft drinks and another characterized by higher intakes of white rice, beans, and red meats may be adversely associated with IR and diabetes risk in some Hispanic/Latino heritage groups. Future work is needed to offer more heritage-specific dietary guidance for diabetes prevention in this population.
© 2022. The Author(s).
Diabetes Mellitus* / epidemiology
Insulin Resistance*
N01HC65236/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States
R24 HD050924/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States
T32 HL129969/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States
K01 DK107791/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States


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$200 Million Re-Opening of Medium Term Notes Issued by 407 International Inc.
TORONTO, June 5, 2013
407 International Inc. announced today that it has agreed to issue $200 million aggregate principal amount of a re-opening of 3.98% Senior Notes, Series 12-A2, due September 11, 2052, through its $1.2 billion Medium-Term Notes program and pursuant to a base shelf prospectus dated August 3, 2012, in an agency transaction with a syndicate led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and RBC Dominion Securities Inc. The syndicate also includes CIBC World Markets Inc., National Bank Financial Inc., Casgrain & Company Limited, Scotia Capital Inc. and TD Securities Inc. The distribution of the Senior Notes is scheduled to close on June 10, 2013. The original issuance of the Senior Notes was completed in September 2012. An aggregate of $400 million of such Senior Notes will be outstanding after giving effect to this offering.
Aggregate net proceeds of approximately $185.8 million, after paying the costs of issuance and funding of the series reserve account, will be used (i) to repay $106.3 million aggregate principal amount owing by the Company to certain Canadian chartered banks under certain of the Company's senior secured revolving credit facilities, and (ii) for general corporate purposes.
407 International Inc. is owned by Cintra Infraestructuras S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of Ferrovial S. A. (43.23%), by indirectly owned subsidiaries of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (total 40%), and by SNC-Lavalin (16.77%).
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Incorporating habitat mapping into practical koala conservation on private lands
Lunney, D, Matthews, A, Moon, C & Ferrier, S 2000, Conservation Biology, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 669-680.
Incorporating community and field surveys, this study mapped koala habitat in the Coffs Harbour shire at the scale required by planning authorities, with a focus on identifying remnant habitat on private land. Community survey respondents reported a total of 3309 koala sightings. Faecal pellet and field surveys were carried out at 119 sites, 37 (31%) of which had been used by koalas.
Koala locations reported by survey respondents were collated and overlaid with a vegetation community map. Koala density of each vegetation unit was calculated and ranked accordingly. Field surveys examining community composition, tree species and geology provided an objective evaluation of habitat preference, with sites selected from each of the vegetation units. Habitat survey results were merged to develop a combined rank for each vegetation map unit. Findings from community surveys showed a concentration of sightings along a coastal strip (20km x 15km). Of the 1570 locations of koalas, the vast majority (82%) were on private land, with only 16.5% in either state forests or national parks. No koalas were sighted during field surveys; however, koala scats were observed in half of the vegetation units sampled. Scat data showed that 32 different tree species were used by koalas, of which Eucalyptus microcorys was preferred most, especially on quaternary deposits. Other tree species that were regularly used were often found in association with E. microcorys. Scats were observed more frequently than expected on southern and eastern aspects and in gullies – a likely reflection of the distribution of preferred vegetation types.
A high degree of overlap was detected after community and field survey data were overlaid. Sixty per cent of the area identified as high-density habitat by the community survey was distinguished as prime habitat from the field survey. This finding accords with other research that shows that E. microcorys is most common in high-density areas in the southeast sector of the shire. Preferred habitat was found to be largely fragmented, with developed land enveloping remnant bushland patches. As high-quality koala habitat is correlated with flat, fertile land, it is also valuable land for development. A significant proportion (78.3%) of vegetation that remained on private land was identified as koala habitat and as such, these areas must be incorporated into local planning frameworks.
This study demonstrates the importance of detailed vegetation mapping and its role in identifying valuable habitat outside of the reserve system. The procedure for mapping koala habitat outlined by this study enables planners to identify priority conservation areas on private land within the framework of a shire, thus allowing for their incorporation into environmental protection zones. Indeed, the most notable outcome of this study was the integration of the koala habitat map into the Coffs Harbour local environmental plan.
Summarised by Julian Radford-Smith
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Who's going to the Gartner Customer 360 Summit? Saleslogix that's who! This year's event runs May 18-21. Saleslogix is a silver sponsor and will be in the exhibit hall for the event. We have employees from different departments within Swiftpage attending and presenting. This is the 'must-attend' Summit for CRM Professionals. This event is where you will get complete coverage of the new strategies and technologies that are enabling organizations to better understand and engage their customers, build loyalty and grow business. It brings together senior business, marketing and IT leaders to focus on creating a strategic, unifying vision for customer engagement and experience management. After all isn't that what CRM is all about?
I will be managing the Saleslogix booth at the event and invite you to swing by and visit on Monday from 12pm-2pm, and again from 5pm til…the drinks run out. Tuesday also has exhibit hours again from 12pm-2pm. I hope to see some of you at our new tradeshow booth.
We also have our own 'Special Event' happening at the Gartner show. On Monday, May 19th we will be announcing the official release of the brand new Saleslogix Xbar. The announcement will be via a webinar at 3pm EST. At the event you will hear about our shiny new Saleslogix Xbar, see it in action and find out how you can get your hands on it all in under 30 minutes. If you have not already signed up for the Saleslogix Xbar unveiling you can sign-up right here.
I hope to see all of you at BOTH events! If not, you can check back here and I will post details of all the great things that happened at this year's Gartner Customer 360 Summit.
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State Bank of India (SBI) Recruitment for 2000 Probationary Officers (PO) Posts 2019, Other details are given below.
Educational Qualification: Graduation in any discipline from a recognised University or any equivalent qualification recognised as such by the Central Government. Those who are in the Final Year/ Semester of their Graduation may also apply provisionally subject to the condition that, if called for interview, they will have to produce proof of having passed the graduation examination on or before 31.08.2019. Candidates having Integrated Dual Degree (IDD) certificate should ensure that the date of passing the IDD is on or before 31.08.2019. Candidates possessing qualification of Chartered Accountant may also apply.


Based in East London, I spent over five years working as a documentary event photographer, shooting fashion and large-scale events. From photographing Prince Charles to Gucci, my work always requires me to shoot discreetly and tell a story. Every shoot is unique and I truly love what I do for a living. In 2016 however, I took a break to embark on my biggest job yet, Motherhood.
During those early days with my daughter, I realised how lucky I was to be able to capture everyday moments with my camera: the newborn snuggles, the colic-fuelled tears, the mess of weaning. Sunshine and smiles, tears and tantrums, I wanted to remember it all. Inspired by my very own little muse, I felt compelled to offer a photography service which captures the true essence of family life.
I love to seek out beautiful, storytelling moments, the ones which happen naturally but mean so much; the proud, tired smiles of new parents, the loving gaze of a mother settling her baby into a feed. I'm always looking for the subtle details that might otherwise be missed, those in-between moments that tell your story.
I love working on location. Your home and your favourite places tell me so much about you; it's all part of your story. Setting the scene is my favourite way to encourage a truly great photography session. My shoots are playful experiences. I love to plan age appropriate activities with you, whether it's bathing a newborn in the kitchen sink or feeding the ducks with a toddler, you'll be so swept up in the occasion, you won't even notice I'm there, capturing it all.
I'm inspired by the sweetest and most subtle of moments and love to capture the stories of families being themselves. This is where the magic happens. I'm a people-watcher by nature, so I'll only ever offer a little gentle direction. I love to keep things real and natural; there won't be any bright flashes or loud direction from me. I'm always looking for the perfect way to capture your memories, without interfering too much. I'll simply listen, watch and photograph those moments that will make your heart burst.