A branding and graphic design firm established in 2004, Emma Catarino Designs offers clean, effective graphics to help clients cater to their target audience through branding, logos, annual reports, invitations, cards, announcements and more.
Let's talk about how Emma Catarino Designs can help your business grow.
Raleigh Moms Blog is a community – online and off – of women raising kids in the Triangle area. We are a collaborative resource site written by and for local moms with daily posts on things to do around town, ways to get involved in the community, parenting solutions, ideas for family activities, personal essays from local moms, local business spotlights, giveaways, and more.
I founded Vend Raleigh out of a love and great passion for other women's businesses. I'd love to share what I've learned with my three online business to get you as a business owner and your business to the next level!
No matter where you are in your business, haven't started or been at it for years, I'd love to work one on one with your online business presence to increase engagement on your website, create a marketing plan for greater interaction on social media, get you power networking with other Raleigh small business women, begin to create a valuable email marketing list or whatever your needs are!
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Meeting with Cary was literally a God-send for me and for my business. I was truly struggling with the direction in which I would be moving our business for the future. Cary was able to understand those difficulties and ask the right questions to help me recognize the importance of knowing what I was really passionate about and how I could use that passion to grow the business. She took the time to look through my website and social media pages and offered great suggestions on how I could improve the look and feel of each one. I have already implemented many of her ideas and I am looking forward to implementing more on our newly updated website. Having started several businesses and Vend Raleigh, Cary has personal knowledge of how to connect to customers, subscribers and others in a truly relational way. If you are looking for someone to get a "fresh set of eyes" on your business, I would highly recommend Cary. Her perspective and advice have been invaluable to me. I am certain that she will bring that same enthusiasm to all her clients.
Former owner of Stay at Home Rock Star LLC and Social Butterflies NC.
This is a program developed to guide teen girls to know who they are, strengthen who they are inside and out, so they can serve and lead their generation.
Welcome to Color Street! 100% real nail polish: solids, glitters and designs all in easy to apply nail polish strips. No tools, heat or drying time needed and easily removed with nail polish remover, this manicure will last you up to 10 days. Second only to OPI in retail sales in the US, Color Street is in its first 24 months with a Direct sales approach, although the product has been around for many years.
As a former corporate controller turned homeschool mom, the first time I tried them I immediately knew that with the quality of the product, ease of use, and the compensation plan I had found the business opportunity I was looking for. Color Street allows for a fun and flexible schedule from hosting Girl's Night In & themed Nail Bars, to striking up conversations after compliments on my manicures while running errands, to leaving my son's basketball game with freshly manicured mom friends.
Color Street goes everywhere with me and with my customer. The best thing about Color Street? Too many things to pick from: An affordable salon quality, consumable product, a company that supports its Stylists with training from Industry leaders, a compensation plan that allows for income 10 different ways all with a focus on empowering women with limitless possibilities for their lives. Contact me for a sample and find out how nail polish put a sparkle on more than just my nails.
I have a passion for navigating my buyers and sellers through what can be a daunting process. I work with all price points and love how every transaction and client is a new adventure. I am extremely passionate about my clients and for advocating for their best interest. I go above and beyond your typical agent and have a team pf agents, contractors, attorneys, you name it on my side to make this process as seamless as possible. It is crucial for me to start with a client/realtor relationship and end as friends. I enjoy keeping up with all my clients after the closing!
I have lived in the Triangle Area in several locations for 13 years. I was born in Great Falls, Montana and moved back to NC a few days later when my father was discharged from the Air Force.
I spent the first few years after college teaching elementary school and education for children is a passion of mine. I have 3 children of my own so I try and stay very abreast of things with Wake County Schools and preschool programs in the area.
After putting my career in recruiting on hold to raise a family, I now have the "me" time to pursue the things that interest me the most. As much as I enjoyed helping people find their ideal company and position, it was no longer my passion and I decided to try something new. My real passion is home and family. What better way to do what I love than to help other families find what I have… a great home in a great community!
My family and I have lived in the Cary/Apex area for more than 20 years. We LOVE it and I know you will too. As a wife and Mom of two teenage girls, decluttering has become my special talent! Between volleyball, NC State games, a few part time positions, and lots of family hobbies, etc…you can imagine how much "stuff" a family can accumulate after time. That's why I provide all of my listing clients with a personalized home staging and decluttering assessment. I know that your home is a major investment and I want to see you make the most of it when it's time to sell. And the same is true for buyers. Let me show you how to get the home you love in the neighborhood you want to be in, without over paying! My buyer's strategy plan will help set you apart from other buyers in a tight market.
Follow along with us here at Chatham Grace Homes as we share our journey. Whether it's decorating, recipes, gardening, decluttering projects or community activities, you are sure to find some favorites here!
I look forward to you becoming part of the Chatham Grace Life!
You started your business but your brand still needs to be boosted, your team needs to be developed and your strategy plan for this year hasn't been finished yet.
M³ & Co.– Global Strategy, Development & Consulting is an international results-driven firm helping companies, organizations and professionals. Our consulting and development firm helps companies and professionals fine tune their direction and growth for the benefit of the organization and the customers. With a focus on Business Strategy, Personnel and Management Development and Brand Consultation, we help drive revenue and profit.
If you feel like you are a Team of 1 and your business could use some brand "envigoration", a focused strategy plan, guidance on your budget, team or CEO development/support or business coaching, visit our website and contact us. We'd love to help your business grow and stabilize to success.
At Riven Revive, ethically sourced, recycled, and fair-trade pieces are used whenever possible to make unique geometric and minimalist jewelry. North Carolina native Kristin Harvey is the designer and artist behind Riven Revive and makes each piece by hand in her Clayton, North Carolina workshop. From simple everyday pieces to gifts to wedding jewelry, you will find your unique handmade accessories at Riven Revive. Visit https://www.etsy.com/shop/RivenRevive or find us at a local event.
Did your first website designer abandon you after you paid them? I can redesign or create your website so that you can make changes if necessary – and I won't abandon you! I will give you a detailed tutorial at website completion that will allow you to changes to your posts and pages so that the power of your website will be in your hands. I will also make free edits 30 days after your initial rollout. Let me take the stress off of your website so that you can go back to the core purpose of your business.
Contact me at [email protected] for a free quote.
Offering voice lessons for all levels and piano from beginner through early intermediate. Students gain confidence and poise, and hone your skills in a supportive environment. Private and group lessons, recitals, student audition experiences, music festivals, and many other performance opportunities are available!
Paula offers personalized style services to simplify your life and elevate your style. Whether you need help creating a capsule wardrobe, planning outfits for a photo shoot, or choosing the perfect accessories for your bridesmaids or a holiday party, Paula will be able to help you.
Contact Sparkle with Paula where she'll help you sparkle from the inside out!
Pop It and Pour It with Devra represent and exclusively pours ONEHOPE Wine. ONEHOPE is a boutique vineyard based in Napa Valley, California. Our ONE HOPE is to bring together a community that makes the world better through memorable wine and experiences. We partner with numerous non-profits and with the help of the ONEHOPE Foundation, are able to make a measurable impact for those organizations. To date, we have donated more than $3 million, provided 46,000 people with global healthcare, 56,000 forever homes for shelter animals, planted 105,000 trees in our global reforestation project, provided over 2 million meals to hungry children and much, much more.
Whether you purchase wine, coffee or a gift box, each purchase has a built-in impact. When you decide to host at in-home wine tasting, you may turn your evening into a fundraiser and support a non-profit of your choosing. (some limitations apply). I would love to speak with you and discuss how we can improve the world together.
But A Moment Photography is one of my great loves. I am the owner, call me Shan. I am an internationally published wedding photographer based in Holly Springs, NC. I serve the Carolinas and destinations through the US and worldwide.
My goal is to capture your wedding day with images that could easily grace the pages of wedding magazines. I strive to tell your story in a way that is intimate, organic, romantic and timeless.
Pictures tell stories for generations to come, and it would be my pleasure to preserve your wedding day memories in photographs.
1. I am a true functioning introvert. I absolutely love people, I can hold my own and get things done. You will find that I capture moments as they happen, while also jumping in to make sure you look your absolute best in your images and that you are in the best light. You willnot find me laying on the ground to get the shot, it is your wedding day and all eyes should be on you.
2. You do not have to be a supermodel or even comfortable with the camera to have magazine worthy images. I just need you to show up and be in love…I will handle the rest.
Contact me to check availability and to get my current pricing or just to tell me your love story.
Carrie Stafford is a passionate coach with a heart to help others in career and life transitions. Her mission is to inspire, motivate, and encourage others to achieve their personal and professional goals. As a Career Transition Coach, she empowers others who are dissatisfied or unmotivated in their careers to find purpose and fulfillment in whatever work they choose to do. Carrie helps clients understand why they feel stuck, identify what is driving their career dissatisfaction, and coaches clients through career transitions. Her ultimate goal is to help others find work they are truly passionate about. She launched "From the Inside Out Coaching" in early 2013 upon receiving her professional coaching certification from the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (IPEC).
Davis Family Chiropractic has been serving the Raleigh community for 20 years. Our practice focuses on family health and wellness with a special interest in Moms and children. We enjoy helping families create their best health possible with chiropractic care.
As a full time licensed North Carolina Broker and Real Estate agent with Coldwell Banker HPW (Howard Perry and Walston), I am dedicated to providing you the soup to nuts of your real estate needs. As an experienced Marketing Executive it is my endeavor to make you the most strategic buyer and marketable seller in the market.
I take great pride in providing high-end home buying and selling by partnering with the right group of professionals I consider "My Arsenal" – all for your convenience.Whether you are looking for your dream home, considering selling your current home, or even if you just have a real estate related question, please contact me. It will be my pleasure to serve you.
I'm Yolanda, hand-lettering artist at Sunshine Letter Crafts, and I believe in this quote with all my heart! So much so, that it's how I came up with the name of my business. It brings me great joy to share my love of hand-lettered cards, gifts, and decor to cheer and encourage others. Personalized or custom requests are welcome! Please visit me on social media to interact and see more samples of my work, or visit my Etsy shop.
Our mission is to help businesses use digital marketing to tap into their full market share while changing the world.
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I am the owner of a sewing and embroidery business. I make everything from baby items to upcycled clothing for adults and child. I also create Memory bear, pillows and quilts. I can custom almost anything you are looking for. I can digitize and embroider most images.
Whether it's helping you launch or improve your own business as an entrepreneur, or helping you get financially fit, or working with you on your sense of well-being, TRIBE is passionate about helping you re-create and re-envision your whole idea of life after 40, 50 and 60 (sometimes referred to as "retirement age").
Vorola Services is a small business staffing firm designed to support small businesses in The Triangle reach their full potential. We provide coaching and discussion around where you are leaving money on the table and where your time could be better used.
We provide administrative, retail and assistant support resources to retail shop owners, makers and entrepreneurs. Our clients range from photographers who need an assistant during a shoot, to makers who use Vorola Services for retail support during markets and events to even service providers who need an extra set of hands to write thank you notes, following up with clients or other administrative tasks.
Our goal is to enable our clients to stop working 'in' their business and instead work 'on' their business with a flexible schedule and a minimal number of hours a month.
Hello love, I am Zoe Clark, a Maternity and Newborn Photographer in the Raleigh, North Carolina area. I have 2 silly daughters that are going into their teen stages soon. My husband is my best friend and nothing is more important to me than my family. I am a foreigner from a big city, Hong Kong, who loves to cook, eat, travel, dance, and practice yoga.
Whether you are a working mom with a crazy-busy life or a stay at home mom with toddlers and you are trying to grow your family, I'm here to help you capture and document all these beautiful, precious moments that past by too fast. I'm here to remind you to enjoy every moment with your little newborn because how fast time flies without notice. I'm here to tell you that it's ok to be on camera when you think you are not in your best shape while you carry your beautiful baby in your belly or you need to lose that 10 or 15 pounds baby weight. Because all of those little moments of details will turn into a memory and we freeze them into all these beautiful images that you and your baby will appreciate more and more as time goes by.
And, like many of you, I struggle with how fast time seems to fly by. That's one of the reasons I'm in love with photography. When a client tells me, 'My newborn is growing so fast, she looks different every day.' I totally get it. Or, 'I just want to get some portraits taken before he loses those chubby cheeks.' I get that, too. And I especially get it when someone says, 'She is already One Year old, it's crazy how fast the first year went by!
So call me. We'll plan your session, we'll have a great time, and you'll love your pictures!
Molly Stillman is the founder and creator of Still Being Molly, a life and style blog started in 2007, and the host of the Business with Purpose podcast. With over 600,000 readers in the last year, stillbeingmolly.com has become a trusted community for women, especially moms, who love everything from ethical style and clean beauty, to parenting and real food, to serving in their communities and making the world a better place. Her true passion lies in helping inspire women to know that they were created on purpose, with a purpose, and for a purpose. Molly has had the honor of collaborating with well-known brands such as Stitch Fix, Target, Elegantees, The Root Collective, Sseko Designs, CAUSEBOX, Sevenly, Noonday Collection, and more. Molly is honored to have been featured in such publications and media as US News & World Report, Scary Mommy, Fashion Revolution's Zine "Loved Clothes Last", The 700 Club, North State Journal, Cary Magazine, and was named as one of "the Carolina's 75 Most Stylish People" by Carolina STYLE Magazine. She is a wife, mama, dog mom, a loud laugher, lover of Jesus, Diet Coke and all of the Chipotle burritos. You can find her on the internets at stillbeingmolly.com.
If you're like most business owners, you understand the importance of good bookkeeping and the crucial role that it plays in making sure that your business is being run as efficiently as possible, but you probably don't get excited about devoting more than 45 seconds of time and energy to the bookkeeping effort.
With 16 years of bookkeeping experience, Abbi Tenaglia is prepared to help you as little or as much as you need. If you just need a little bit of guidance and coaching, she can do that. Or if you need someone to completely manage the process for you so that you don't have to think about it at all, she can do that too.
In addition to QuickBooks, she's also well-versed in PayPal, Square, 17 Hats, Amazon seller back office, Stripe, E-giving and LulaRoe back office.
Bookkeeping hourly rates are typically much less than hourly rates for a CPA. For this reason, clients often find it beneficial to engage Abbi to do most of the legwork for their tax preparation at the end of the year, then hire a CPA for an hour to check over the documents and e-file the tax return. This proves to be much more cost effective for the business owner than paying a CPA for several hours of work, and much more efficient than hiring an employee to manage the books all year. It's a way to cut costs without taking on huge headaches.
There are so many needs in our community, and many community members have some fascinating ideas for addressing these needs. But it's important for nonprofits to know the laws and to ensure proper management of the funds entrusted to them by donors. Abbi started and ran her own nonprofit for seven years before eventually merging with a larger organization. She's been hired as a consultant by several nonprofits to share her knowledge in the realm of nonprofit management.
Need help? Grab a spot on Abbi's calendar for a quick 30 minute call to discuss more details.
I'm a part-time executive paper pusher by day and a full-time wife and mom all day, every day!
A collection of my hand-crafted jewelry and small watercolor and oil paintings, The Painted Pearl is my creative passion project and side hustle once my kids to go bed.


Romeo Ruben (Rumble Impact x Fabulous Pin , June 2017) landed the first success of his short career to date at the seventh time of asking writes Mark Pierrepont.
Bred and owned by Dave Firmager , a huge supporter of British breeding over many years , Ruben was trained to perfection by John Mullins to land the £4,000 to the winner BGBF Puppy Cup Final at Owlerton Stadium , Sheffield last night.
Ruben didn't have everything his own way though. Patrick Janssens had told Star readers that his blue jacketed, Goldies Allen (Kinloch Brae x Newinn This Way , July 2017), would need a flying start in order to have a chance. He got just that. Allen trapped well, showed the best early pace and despite moving to the middle of the track he led at the first turn.
Ominously though , supporters of Allen would have been hugely concerned upon looking in behind them as they headed off the second turn to see Queen Swift (Eden The Kid x Shaws Dilemma , May 2017) and Romeo Ruben both within a length and a half.
One way or another , it appeared likely that the writing was on the wall. As they approached the third turn , it was Ruben who had drew level with Allen, Swift meanwhile struggling for a run on the inside and checked back , her chance now gone.
Ruben powered around the outside , two lengths clear of Allen by the time they came off the fourth and final turn , the result beyond doubt. Ruben was not only on the way to the first victory of his career , he was on his way to landing the BGBF British Bred Puppy Cup Final trophy and the £4,000 winners prize that goes with it.
Ruben stopping the clock in a fastest time of the competition 28.95 (normal). A good nights work for trainer John Mullins, owners / breeder Dave Firmager and the team at Dillymore kennels.
King Idol (Eden The Kid x Shaws Dilemma , May 2017) , sent off the 6/4 favourite for the final for Liz and Rab McNair , Brendan Keogh and the KSS Syndicate, missed the break half a beat and this was enough to see that he was crowded early , a combination of Goldies Allen moving off, with Fearsome Aria (Geelo Vegas x Fearsome Dee, May 2017) moving in , his chance was all but gone by the first bend.
It's to Idols credit though that he didn't give up , he showed good pace along the back straight and tried his upmost to stick with Ruben , eventually going down in second place by just 2 1/2 lengths. Saving Sonic (Kinloch Brae x Newinn This Way , July 2017) had a poor draw to overcome and the fears of trainer John Mullins were realised early on.
Crowded on the run up by Goldies Allen and the incoming Fearsome Aria. Sonic was then further hampered on a couple of occasions as he rounded the first couple of bends.
Though beaten 5 1/2 lengths, Sonic has left at least the biggest part of this on the track, he was running on strongly to the pick up once eventually free of crowding. Keep him in your notebooks for the coming months , particularly when drawn in red.


The pay date is the first day the employee could possibly have access to the funds. In most scenarios, this would be the day the employee has their check in their hands or if they're set up for direct deposit, this is the date the funds will be available in their account. The pay date is also the date that determines when tax amounts are due. Refer to the Constructive Receipt section above for more details about the importance of this date.


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Analysis of Methods for Screening Plant Viruses
Aw, Dennis Wei Jin (1987) Analysis of Methods for Screening Plant Viruses. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.
Potato virus X, belonging to the group of viruses known as the potexviruses, is an economically important virus, affecting potato crops worldwide. The detection of this and other plant viruses has, so far, mainly been dependent upon the antigen-antibody assays such as the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (or ELISA). By using the ELISA: 1) a large number of samples can be handled at the same time; 2) the antigen-antibody reaction is specific for the virus; 3) results can be obtained within a couple of hours using prepared trays, 4) the assay uses an immunoglobulin marker in place of a radiolabelled isotope, resulting in negligable loss of activity after extended periods of time, and 5) the assay is sensitive with small amounts of enzyme-labelled immunoglobulin, thereby dispensing with expensive detection systems. The use of the ELISA for the detection of PVX strains in crude plant sap showed a high degree of sensitivity. The assay could detect isolates of both strain-group 3 (PVX/PVX N) and strain-group 2 (PVB) to at least 10 x dilution (reaching 10 x dilution with one isolate of strain-group 3). The assay was also very sensitive in the detection of purified PVX/PVB viral particles, detecting 20 ng of viral particles or 200 pg RNA with purified RNA samples (equivalent to approximately 33 ng virus particles). However, the main disadvantage of using serological assays, even with one as sensitive as the ELISA, is that only viral antigens are detected, giving no information about the infectious RNA within. An alternative system was, therefore, developed with the aim that it would be as sensitive as the ELISA, easy to handle, and one which allowed the detection of the infectious viral RNA. The assay was a dotblot system using nitrocellulose to which the RNA was bound by baking. Aliquots of infected sap, purified viral particles or RNA were applied and bound to sheets of nitrocellulose. The filter, containing the samples, was then be hybridised with labelled complementary DNA probes, detecting the RNA. Two systems were devised for the hybridisation stage of the assay using two different probes, one radiolabelled and the other a biotinylated probe. Both 32P-labelled and biotinylated nucleotides were incorporated into cDNA probes, using PVX N RNA as template. These probes hybridised to complementary sequences, detecting the signals on the filters by autoradiography for the 32P-labelled probe and with an enzyme reaction (streptavidin conjugated to biotinylated alkaline phosphatase) for the the biotinylated probe. The alkaline peroxidase-conjugated streptavidin, in the presence of substrates, converted the substrates into visible precipitates on the filters. With the radiolabelled probe, RNA in the viral particles of crude sap could only be detected to 10-1 x dilution with both PVB and PVX isolates (reaching 10-2 x dilution maximum), compared to 10-3 to 10-6 obtained with the same sample using ELISA. For the detection of purified viral particles, the radiolabelled probe was sensitive to 20 ng and to 200 pg with purified RNA. Results for the biotinylated probe were identical, although the radiolabelled probe could be increased in sensitivity when the exposure time to X-ray film was increased. A third probe, produced by cDNA cloning a section of the PVX N RNA template and labelled by nick translation, was also used to detect complementary RNA on filters. The final clone (pPVX21 N) used for hybridisations contained an insert between 550-600 bp in length but only detected PVX RNA in the PVX (strain-Group 3, PBI) crude sap samples to 10 and purified RNA to 20 ng with a 7 day exposure, results which were much less sensitive than either of the cDNA probes by at least 2 logs. However, an increase of non-specific hybridisation was also noted with the filter. The nick-translated probe did not detect PVB (strain-Group 2, PBI) or PVX N in the crude sap isolates or purified viral particles at all, unlike the cDNA probes. In addition to the development of these assays for the detection of viral RNA, studies were undertaken to obtain structural information on the 3' terminal region of the RNA. These studies included the synthesis of complementary DNA from an RNA template in the presence and absence of various primers. Initial results conflicted with the published literature of Sonenberg (1978) which reported the absence of poly (A) sequences at it 3' terminus, but confirmed the report of a poly (A)-rich region in PVX RNA by Morozov et al. (1983). These results were checked by affinity chromatography on oligo d(T) cellulose columns which selectively bound poly (A)-rich regions in RNAs. These experiments were further backed by selectively degrading the RNA with enzymes which could then be sized on polyacrylamide gels. The position of the poly (A) sequences was determined using RNase H, an enzyme which specifically attacked and degraded these poly (A) nucleotide sequences when bound to oligo d(T), leaving the RNA in two or more fragments which could then be analysed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Lastly, the size and position of these poly (A) sequences were checked by direct RNA sequencing, a method dependent upon a series of base-specific RNases. PVX RNA was labelled, purified on a 4% polyacrylamide gel to remove excess label, digested with the enzymes and analysed on a thin gel by thin-layer, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and autoradiography. The size of the poly (A) region in PVX N RNA was found to be between 8 and 16 nucleotides long and positioned at the 3' terminus rather than being an internal sequence.
Botany, Plant pathology

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Now that Harvey Weinstein has lost his job, his family, his friends, and every aspect of his reputation as decades of alleged sexual misconduct come to light, we're left to grapple with the monster that was apparently in plain sight the entire time. People ranging from Meryl Streep to Hillary Clinton have had to temper what they allegedly knew and did with what is now being reported, all of which is what makes all these archival clips about Weinstein so deeply unpleasant. It was such an "open secret" it was a joke.
There will be a lot more of this, and it will all look bad.
Update: MacFarlane has since issued an explanation of his joke.


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Apple sells two million iPads in two months
20 January 2020: Study: people infected by new coronavirus 'likely' hundreds more than confirmed
17 January 2020: Seismic activity continues to shake Puerto Rico with 5.2 quake
15 January 2020: U.S. House to decide on submitting articles of impeachment to Senate
13 January 2020: Iran admits downing Ukrainian jet, cites 'human error'
10 January 2020: Greek prime minister reaffirms EastMed pipeline project is open for other countries to join
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The Apple iPad is capable of reading, sending, and receiving e-mails.
Apple announced Monday that it has sold over two million iPads, just two months after the device began shipping in the US and only days after its international launch.
Apple shares rose 2.9 percent (US$7.41) to US$264.29 Tuesday afternoon. Market analysts also upped price targets and sales estimates in response to the announcement. Shares for AT&T, who provides data plans for the iPad, also rose yesterday.
Prior to the iPad's April 3 launch, many analysts had speculated about the viability and marketability of the device. However, iPad sales have been faster than anticipated. Although it was only expected to sell one million iPads for the whole quarter, Apple announced in early May that it had surpassed the one-million mark in just 28 days. It again surprised industry watchers, who were expecting about 1.6–1.7 million iPads to have been sold when Apple announced that it had passed the two-million mark. iPad sales may make up over ten percent of Apple's revenue this quarter, a feat that took the iPhone twice as long to achieve. The iPad has been so popular and supplies of the tablet so low that Apple tried to place limits on the number of iPads a person can purchase earlier.
Apple had postponed sales of the iPad to Europe and Asia until last weekend due to strong demand for the tablet in the US. In addition to the US, it now sells the devices in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, and the U.K., and will begin shipping iPads to Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, and Singapore in July.
"Apple shares rise as iPad sales top 2 million" — Associated Press, June 1, 2010
Levy, Brett, Tina Trinh, and Carrie Halperin. "TechBytes: 2 Million iPads Sold" — ABC News, June 1, 2010
Madway, Gabriel and Sinead Carew. "Apple shares rally on strong iPad demand" — Reuters, June 1, 2010
Computerworld staff. "Apple on Track to Sell 7.6 Million iPads in 2010" — PCWorld, June 1, 2010
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Stuart Ramsey reports from Nairobi, where two unexplained explosions have been heard at the Westgate shopping mall.
As President Uhuru Kenyatta confirms all assailants from the Westgate Mall siege in Nairobi are either dead or in custody, Colin Brazier assesses the scene.
Editor's Note: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta announced Jan. 16 the 19-hour siege was over and that at least 14 people had been killed. On Jan.


Guess what four of our nine events have in common this week? They're FREE. Don't miss out on fun that doesn't cost a penny. Also, get your thinking caps on, because Denver has a wide variety of educational events this week including Denver's street car history, writing lessons and even a look into outer space. If you're still not sure, check out the food, music or cycling events listed.
When: July 25, 1p.m.-2 p.m.
The Lowdown: This one is for the history buffs out there. Experience a blast from the past as you explore Denver's street car history with the History Colorado Center. Take a look at the similarities between the development of Colorado's 20th-century street car and Denver's light rail system today.
When: July 26, 9a.m.- 5p.m.
The Lowdown: Summer is the best time to appreciate Denver's "living museum" and you can do it for free this Tuesday, thanks to funding from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District. Free days do not include ticketed events.
The Lowdown: If the mystery that is this galaxy is calling to you then you will love this opportunity from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Take a virtual trip into space as you sit in on a lecture with museum scientists to learn about new developments in the space technology.
When: July 26, 6p.m.-8 p.m.
The Lowdown: Calling all Colorado food and art lovers — the two will come together this week as local restaurants cook up creative "culinary interpretations" of Clyfford Still Museum's most beloved works. Also, enjoy hand-crafted cocktails made with Colorado spirits. Museum exhibitions will be open for viewing.
The Lowdown: If you've ever wanted to know more about the fantastic history of Denver, a LoDo Walking Tour is what you need. Fun and informative, the LoDo Walking Tours are courtesy of Historic Denver. They begin and end at Union Station, cover roughly a mile and last approximately 85 minutes. The tour explores Denver's transportation history, commercial architecture, preservation efforts and other areas of Denver history. Historic Denver also offers walking tours of Larimer Square and Capitol Hill.
The Lowdown: Colorado Music Festival collaborates with Boulder Valley Velodrome this weekend for you to enjoy the cycling party of a lifetime. Ride on the banks of the Velodrome while enjoying live performances that include DJ Spooky and other Festival musicians. You're welcome to enjoy the full experience with the cycling ticket or simply come for the party with the spectator ticket.
The Lowdown: Final Friday is a collaboration of community entities that are striving to support the healthy development of North Denver-based neighborhoods. Final Friday hosts up to 25 bands on three main outdoor stages. Participating neighborhood venues throughout the River North Art District will host a variety of performances and offer local goods and food to create a friendly marketplace atmosphere.
The Lowdown: Harry Potter is back and Denver's BookBar is celebrating his return in style. Join the BookBar for the midnight release of the eighth book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child." There will be food, drinks, performances and a costume contest. Don't forget your broomsticks and get ready for a magical event.
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B/H/S (B/H/S)
LGBTI RIGHTS
Life partnership
Legal counseling and representation
Activities for community
Portal LGBT.ba
Women's Network BiH
Žarana Papić School of Feminism
Equality Academy
Somebody Said Feminism?
Initiative for the monitoring of EU integration of BiH
Anti-discrimination Law
The strategy to combat discrimination
The Law on Ombudsman for Human Rights
Questioning Series
Human Rights Series
BH Politics Series
Gender Series
Mental health and social work professionals in Tuzla Canton trained for inclusive psychosocial support for LGBTI persons
Two one-day trainings on LGBTI inclusive psychosocial support and mental health services were held in Tuzla on November 18 and 19 as part of the European Union-funded project "Regionalising LGBTI Inclusive Psychosocial Support and Access to Mental Health Services in Bosnia and Herzegovina," hosted by Sarajevo Open Centre. The participants were employees of the mental health centres and centres for social work in the Tuzla Canton. The participants were from the following towns/municipalities: Tuzla, Kladanj, Čelić, Živinice, Teočak, Kalesija and Banovići.
Darko Pandurević from Sarajevo Open Centre presented the topic of human rights of LGBTI persons, LGBTI identities, discrimination and equality, SOC legal counseling. During his presentation, he discussed certain identity determinants across the LGBTI spectrum, as well as the basic challenges of being a lesbian, gay man, bisexual, trans and intersex person, as well as challenges in the field of human rights and discrimination in various social spheres. Darko also discussed activism in public space and the LGBTI movement in BiH.
Sarajevo Open Centre's project partner is the Wings of Hope Foundation from Sarajevo that works to improve social inclusion and strengthen women, children, youth, and other vulnerable groups through its mental health protection program, by promoting and protecting human rights, mental health, and educational support.
Psychologists/Gestalt psychotherapists Zvjezdana Savić and Marija Šarić from the Wings of Hope Foundation were lecturers in the second part of the training, where they discussed how to approach LGBTI persons in mental health and social care systems, in providing psychological support and counseling, the problems and needs of LGBTI persons and their family members, as well as the work with parents.
During the human library, participants had the opportunity to talk to LGBTI persons (gay and transgender men) about experiences of coming out, (non)acceptance through various spheres of society, seeking support from mental health professionals and generally within the health and legal system. This part of the training proved to be the most useful for the participants because, through direct contact with people who need support, with empathy and listening to personal stories, they can best understand their problems and needs and additionally sensitize to work with them.
Participants from these centres expressed a desire to cooperate with SOC and the Wings of Hope, but also common training sessions for these two institutions, both in providing support in their work and procedures, additional training and educational materials.
Some of the guidelines for inclusive psychosocial support are the following:
work on the practical inclusion of LGBTI persons in personal life and community
raising awareness of psychologists'/psychotherapists' personal prejudices
strengthen the role of the media and educational institutions
connect with organizations that provide support, activism, creative activities/performances
The project "Regionalising LGBTI inclusive psychosocial support and access to mental health services in Bosnia and Herzegovina" aims to create an environment in which LGBTI people are encouraged and supported to access social protection and mental health systems that offer inclusive and sensitized services. It is required to increase the capacity of social protection and mental health institutions, as well as to expand the institutional network of psychosocial support, in order to provide LGBTI people with access to such care. It is also vital to strengthen the capacities of civil society organizations that provide this type of service, as well as to train their employees on LGBTI topics.
So far, following this principle, mental health and social protection professionals were educated in Mostar, Zenica (Zenica-Doboj Canton) and Banja Luka (entity Republika Srpska).
For more information about the project, please contact Delila Hasanbegović Vukas, Programme Coordinator, Sarajevo Open Centre.
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Mental health and social work professionals of cities in Republika Srpska trained for inclusive psychosocial support for LGBTI persons
Steps towards establishing LGBTI inclusive psychosocial support in Zenica
The first steps towards more inclusive psychosocial support for LGBTI people in Mostar have been taken
Sarajevo Open Centre (SOC) advocates the full respect of human rights and social inclusion of LGBTI people and women.


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Statewide vaping product excise tax policy and use of electronic nicotine delivery systems among US young adults, 2014–2019
In Response to Michael Pesko's Comments "Scientific Concerns"
Hsien-Chang Lin, Dae-Hee Han and Dong-Chul Seo
In Response to Clive D Bates' Comments "By ignoring the impact of a vaping tax on smoking, the paper misses the most important point"
Scientific Concerns
Michael F. Pesko
By ignoring the impact of a vaping tax on smoking, the paper misses the most important point
Clive D Bates
Hsien-Chang Lin, Associate Professor Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington
Other Contributors:
Dae-Hee Han, PhD Candidate
Dong-Chul Seo, Professor
We thank Pesko for his comments and the opportunity for us to respond and clarify.
First, we appreciate Pesko's clarification that Cotti et al. (2020) clustered standard errors to account for clustering. In the present study, we used multilevel analysis not only to account for clustering of respondents (i.e., design effects) but also to incorporate different error terms for different levels of the data hierarchy which yields more accurate Type I error rates than nonhierarchical methods where all unmodeled contextual information ends up pooled into a single error term of the model.
Second, we understand that Cotti et al. (2020) evaluated the magnitude of e-cigarette tax values, which does not contradict to our statement because our study focused on the effects of e-cigarette excise tax policies on individual e-cigarette use and prevalence rather than aggregated sales at state or county levels. We also clearly described the reason why we examined the e-cigarette excise tax policy implementation indicator rather than its magnitude in our paper's discussion section.
Third, our study used a nationally representative sample of young adults (rather than a nationally representative sample of general adult population). While we understand Pesko's concern that a sample's representativeness might be lost when subgroups are explored, we believe our use of sampling weights in analysis has reduced such a concern.
Fourth, in Table 3,...
Fourth, in Table 3, please note that vaping product excise tax policy indicator is a time-variant variable in Model 1. However, to present results of a standard difference-in-differences model with a binary indicator, the policy implementation status was operationalized as a time-invariant variable in Model 2, which is not unusual.
Disclosure: We did not receive any funding from the tobacco industry.
1. Cotti, C. D., Courtemanche, C. J., Maclean, J. C., Nesson, E. T., Pesko, M. F., & Tefft, N. (2020). The effects of e-cigarette taxes on e-cigarette prices and tobacco product sales: evidence from retail panel data. National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER Working Paper No. w26724.
We appreciate the comments from Bates and the opportunity for us to respond and clarify.
First, Bates' argument heavily relies on the assumption that e-cigarettes and combustible cigarettes are substitutes, which is theoretically possible as some consider vaping as a harm reduction alternative to combustible cigarettes. Empirically, however, there have been mixed findings about whether e-cigarettes and combustible cigarettes are substitutes (or complements). Bates cited Pesko et al. (2020) that concludes e-cigarettes and combustible cigarettes are substitutes, whereas other studies have shown that they are complements. For example, Cotti et al. (2018) found that higher cigarette excise taxes, in fact, decrease sales of both e-cigarettes and combustible cigarettes, suggesting that they are complements. Such mixed results abate Bates' argument that taxing ENDS could lead to more use of combustible cigarettes.
Second, Bates might have ignored that our study focused on young adults aged 18-24 years rather than general adults when examining the effect of vaping product tax on e-cigarette use. Although Pesko et al. (2020) suggests that e-cigarettes and combustible cigarettes are substitutes, the findings are based on the general adult population (average age: 55 years) which may not be generalizable to the young adult population. In fact, one study conducted by Abouk and Adams (2017) indicates that e-cigarettes and combustible ci...
Second, Bates might have ignored that our study focused on young adults aged 18-24 years rather than general adults when examining the effect of vaping product tax on e-cigarette use. Although Pesko et al. (2020) suggests that e-cigarettes and combustible cigarettes are substitutes, the findings are based on the general adult population (average age: 55 years) which may not be generalizable to the young adult population. In fact, one study conducted by Abouk and Adams (2017) indicates that e-cigarettes and combustible cigarettes are not substitutes for young people. Established cigarette smokers may use e-cigarettes as a cessation tool but it is less common in young adults. In addition, even if e-cigarettes and combustible cigarettes are substitutes to some degree, the direction of substitution as well as co-use versus subsequent use should not be overlooked. Studies have shown that e-cigarettes may serve as a gateway to future combustible cigarette smoking among young people. For example, a study conducted by Hair et al. (2021) shows that youth and young adults who reported ever e-cigarette use had significantly higher odds of ever cigarette use one year later. Therefore, e-cigarette use versus combustible cigarette smoking is not simply an issue of substitution in particular among young people.
1. Abouk, R., & Adams, S. (2017). Bans on electronic cigarette sales to minors and smoking among high school students. Journal of Health Economics, 54, 17-24.
2. Cotti, C., Nesson, E., & Tefft, N. (2018). The relationship between cigarettes and electronic cigarettes: Evidence from household panel data. Journal of Health Economics, 61, 205-219.
3. Hair, E. C., Barton, A. A., Perks, S. N., Kreslake, J., Xiao, H., Pitzer, L., ... & Vallone, D. M. (2021). Association between e-cigarette use and future combustible cigarette use: Evidence from a prospective cohort of youth and young adults, 2017–2019. Addictive Behaviors, 112, 106593.
4. Pesko, M. F., Courtemanche, C. J., & Maclean, J. C. (2020). The effects of traditional cigarette and e-cigarette tax rates on adult tobacco product use. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 60(3), 229-258.
Michael F. Pesko, Associate Professor Georgia State University
I have a number of concerns with the paper as currently written.
1) The authors write: "Besides, none of the previous studies except Pesko et al (15) that examined the associations between vaping product excise tax adoption and ENDS use has accounted for the clustering of respondents within the same localities…" This is not accurate, as citation 19 also clusters standard errors at the locality level in all specifications.
2) The authors write: "A working paper reported reduced ENDS sales, but not ENDS use prevalence or behaviours, after implementation of a vaping product excise tax policy. (19)" This is not accurate, as the cited study uses the magnitude of e-cigarette tax values, rather than an indicator variable for tax implementation. States have adopted e-cigarette taxes of different magnitudes and a number of them (such as California) have changed the magnitudes of these taxes after adoption. All of this variation is used in citation 19, contrary to the current study's description. It's also unclear from the sentence whether citation 19 studied use and found imprecise estimates, or did not study use. It's the latter and this should be clarified. It's also unclear why the authors did not use magnitude of e-cigarette taxes themselves in the current paper, as has been commonly done in the referenced literature.
3) Authors write they use a "nationally representative sample of US young adults." I do not beli...
3) Authors write they use a "nationally representative sample of US young adults." I do not believe this is not accurate. The TUS-CPS sample itself may be nationally representative, but this representativeness may be lost when subgroups are explored.
4) The "vaping product excise tax policy" variable in Table 3 appears to be re-defined mid-table. Based on the discussion of the results, in column 1 it appears that this variable is an indicator equal to 1 only at the time when a state has an e-cigarette tax in place. In column 2 though, this indicator equals 1 when a state ever has an e-cigarette tax in place (even prior to it being in place). The use of the same row for a variable that changes across columns is unusual and can easily lead to the wrong interpretation.
Clive D Bates, Director Counterfactual Consulting Limites
I would like to make three comments by way of a brief post-publication review.
1. The impacts of vaping tax on smoking have been completely overlooked
For a study of e-cigarette taxation to have any public health relevance, it must consider the impact of e-cigarette prices on *cigarette* demand. Cigarettes and e-cigarettes are economic substitutes. The demand for one responds to changes in the price of the other, an idea well understood in economics and quantified through the concept of cross-elasticity. The paper appears to pay no regard to the impact of vaping taxes on cigarette demand, Yet such effects might easily overwhelm any benefits from reduced e-cigarette use - in fact, impact on demand for other tobacco products and the development of informal markets are by far the most important impacts of a vaping tax. By way of example, a 2020 paper by Pesko et al. [1] concluded:
"Our results suggest that a proposed national e-cigarette tax of $1.65 per milliliter of vaping liquid would raise the proportion of adults who smoke cigarettes daily by approximately 1 percentage point, translating to 2.5 million extra adult daily smokers compared to the counterfactual of not having the tax."
2. The case for reducing adult vaping by taxation has not been made
The authors have based their paper on an unexamined assumption that it is a justifiable goal of policy to lower rates of adult e-cigarette use. Why should...
The authors have based their paper on an unexamined assumption that it is a justifiable goal of policy to lower rates of adult e-cigarette use. Why should this be a policy goal any more than reducing caffeine use or moderate alcohol use? The goal of public health policy is to address significant harms or self-destructive patterns of use, not to modify behaviours that the authors find distasteful. What are the harms that justify state intervention to reduce adult vaping with a tax? Further, they appear indifferent to welfare costs and the distributional impact of imposing a regressive tax burden on people who use vaping products. Tobacco control advocates should become more familiar with the idea that punitive policies impose harm on users, even though these users are supposed to be the intended beneficiaries. For example, a vaping tax harms families by drawing on the household budget of those who continue to vape.
3. The analysis to support the policy recommendations is wholly inadequate
The authors make over-confident policy recommendations without considering the full range of impacts of the measures they are proposing.
"Our findings suggest that adopting a vaping product excise tax policy may help reduce ENDS use and suppress the increase of ENDS use prevalence among young adults. Considering that there are still a number of US states that have not implemented vaping product excise tax policy, wider adoption of such policy across the nation would likely help mitigate ENDS use prevalence."
Without considering all the possible responses to the tax they support, they may easily be proposing tobacco control policies that do more harm than good. In fact, the most important public health impact of this policy is entirely excluded from the analysis. That is the effect of a vaping tax on smoking or other tobacco use. Given the two orders of magnitude difference in risk between smoking and vaping, only a tiny uptick in smoking would be needed to completely offset the benefits, if any, arising from reduced vaping
[1] Pesko MF, Courtemanche CJ, Maclean JC. The effects of traditional cigarette and e-cigarette tax rates on adult tobacco product use. J Risk Uncertain 2020;60(3):229–258. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11166-020-09330-9
I have no competing interests with respect to the tobacco, vaping, or pharmaceutical industries. I have been an advocate for tobacco harm reduction for many years, including switching from smoking to vaping. Vaping taxes work against this strategy.


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Grassley happy to see Mueller report released
DES MOINES — Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley applauds today's release of the still-redacted version of the report investigating alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Grassley, a Republican, says tens of millions of taxpayer dollars were spent on the near-400-page report and he says it should be made public, with the exception of a few key areas. "You get accountability with transparency," Grassley says. "Obviously, that doesn't apply to grand jury and hurting people's privacy or hurting national security."
Grassley says he will not join with Democratic leaders who are calling for special counsel Robert Mueller to testify before Congress about the report he compiled over the past 22 months. "That's up to Mueller. I've stayed out of what the special counsel's doing," Grassley says. "I wanted him to finish the job and his job is finished. If he wants to testify, he's going to have to testify within the law."
Grassley says parts of the report do need to be kept secret, like sections involving people who were questioned but who weren't indicted. Those people could have their reputations "ruined," Grassley says, if it came out they were investigated by Mueller. In addition, Grassley says sections of the report that could jeopardize our nation's security shouldn't be published — or discussed by Mueller if he choses to testify before Congress.
"I would expect that he would respect that law. He's an honorable man," Grassley says. "He's testified many times before me, both as chairman and a member of the Judiciary Committee over several years that he was FBI director." During a news conference in Washington D.C. this morning, U.S. Attorney General William Barr said the Mueller report found no "collusion" between the Russian government and the Trump campaign or any other Americans.


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Prosecutors can't seek execution in case against immigrant
by: JACQUES BILLEAUD, Associated Press
Posted: Jul 5, 2019 / 10:34 PM UTC / Updated: Jul 5, 2019 / 10:49 PM UTC
File – This undated file booking photo provided by the Maricopa County (Arizona) Sheriff's Office shows Apolinar Altamirano, a citizen of Mexico charged with murder in the shooting death four years ago of a convenience store clerk in a Phoenix suburb. A judge has ruled prosecutors can no longer seek the death penalty against Altamirano because he is intellectually disabled. The ruling means Altamirano will face life in prison if he's convicted of murder in the 2015 killing. He has pleaded not guilty to the murder charge. (AP Photo/Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, File)
PHOENIX (AP) — Prosecutors can no longer seek the death penalty against a Mexican immigrant charged with murder in the 2015 shooting death of a convenience store clerk in a Phoenix suburb because the accused is intellectually disabled, a judge has ruled.
The ruling Wednesday means Apolinar Altamirano will face life in prison if he's convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of 21-year-old clerk Grant Ronnebeck at the store in Mesa.
The case against Altamirano has been cited by President Donald Trump, who has railed against crimes committed against American citizens by immigrants who are the United States illegally.
Trump, who has created a new office to serve victims of immigration crimes and their relatives, has invoked such crimes at rallies, pointing to case after case in which people were killed by immigrant assailants who slipped through the cracks.
It's unclear whether prosecutors will appeal the ruling. "We are reviewing the analysis and the record to assess next steps," according to a statement from the Maricopa County Attorney's Office, which is prosecuting Altamirano.
Altamirano is a citizen of Mexico who has lived in the United States without authorization for about 20 years. He was deported and returned to the United States.
He is accused of fatally shooting Ronnebeck after the store clerk insisted that Altamirano pay for a pack of cigarettes.Authorities say Altamirano stepped over Ronnebeck to get several packs of cigarettes before leaving the store.
He led officers on a high-speed chase before his arrest, and a handgun and unopened pack of cigarettes were later found in his vehicle, police said.
Altamirano has already been sentenced to six years in prison for his earlier guilty pleas in the case to misconduct involving weapons.
He still faces murder, robbery and other charges in Ronnebeck's death. He has pleaded not guilty to the remaining charges. His trial is scheduled for Aug. 1.
Judge Michael Kemp concluded Altamirano, 34, has subaverage intellectual functioning, explaining Altamirano had completed only the fifth grade and needed special education courses but none was offered in rural Mexico where he lived before moving to the United States.
In an October decision, Kemp prohibited prosecutors from introducing evidence at Altamirano's trial that he was in the United States illegally. The judge said the prejudice from Altamirano's immigration status outweighs any relevance it may have.
The U.S. Supreme Court in 2002 barred the execution of intellectually disabled people.
Follow Jacques Billeaud at twitter.com/jacquesbilleaud.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid growing outcry over the treatment of migrants and the move to effectively end asylum on the U.S.-Mexico border, Kevin McAleenan, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, testified before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday.
McAleenan anticipates border emergency funds to reach the southern border later this month
by ALAN SUDERMAN, Associated Press / Jul 19, 2019
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Donald Trump has been very good for Virginia Democrats.
Voters unhappy with the Republican president, particularly in suburban areas, powered historic Democratic gains in the state House two years ago. Last year the same energy helped Virginia Democrats knock out three incumbent members of Congress.
by HERBERT G. McCANN, Associated Press / Jul 19, 2019
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Police Board on Thursday fired four police officers for allegedly covering up a white officer's 2014 fatal shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald.
The nine-member board found the officers exaggerated the threat posed by the 17-year-old McDonald to justify his shooting by Jason Van Dyke and voted unanimously for the dismissal of Sgt. Stephen Franko, and officers Janet Mondragon and Ricardo Viramontes. All but one voted to fire Daphne Sebastian because of violations of department rules. She was not found to have made false reports.


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Active species of sulfated metal oxide catalyst for propane dehydrogenation
Ryo Watanabe, Nozomu Hirata, Choji Fukuhara
The active species over a sulfated transition metal oxide catalyst for propane dehydrogenation were evaluated. The unsulfated catalyst showed a high conversion for the dehydrogenation of propane, with significantly low selectivity to the desired product of propylene, on the other hand, the sulfated catalyst displayed a high selectivity to propylene, though the conversion was slightly decreased. The sulfation treatment was especially effective for the Co and Fe catalysts. The sulfate species were reduced to the active species of the sulfide ion in the reaction atmosphere, which increased a selectivity to propylene.
Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute
https://doi.org/10.1627/jpi.60.223
Catalyst selectivity
Transition metals
Propane dehydrogenation
Sulfation treatment
Sulfide ion
Transition metal oxide
Watanabe, R., Hirata, N., & Fukuhara, C. (2017). Active species of sulfated metal oxide catalyst for propane dehydrogenation. Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute, 60(5), 223-231. https://doi.org/10.1627/jpi.60.223
Active species of sulfated metal oxide catalyst for propane dehydrogenation. / Watanabe, Ryo; Hirata, Nozomu; Fukuhara, Choji.
In: Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute, Vol. 60, No. 5, 2017, p. 223-231.
Watanabe, R, Hirata, N & Fukuhara, C 2017, 'Active species of sulfated metal oxide catalyst for propane dehydrogenation', Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute, vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 223-231. https://doi.org/10.1627/jpi.60.223
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Home » Cultural Analysis » Rwanda under Paul Kagame: From Genocide to Fast Growing Economy
Herland Report: In addressing the current secret NATO/US war in Africa, the new Scramble for Africa in which Western forces attempt to regain control over vital African resources that China for the most part controls, we ask why African leaders allow this scramble to continue year after year.
Does Africa have non-corrupt, responsible leaders who look after the best interests of their own citizens? Or do they mostly look after their own wealth?
Does Africa have good leaders, and if so, who is an example? The Rwandan miracle points to the leadership of president Paul Kagame, who has transformed the nation devastated by genocide into one of the fastest growing economies in Africa.
July 1994 Kigali: Rwandan vice-president Paul Kagame, the Tutsi-led RPF (Rwandan Patriotic Front) commander.
When Paul Kagame became Rwanda's president in 2000, he inherited a country that had been torn apart by genocide.
To rebuild it, he had to rely on mostly uneducated guerrilla fighters and a handful of ill-trained cadres. Even the most optimistic of analysts doubted his chances.
But 19 years later, the country is stable, prosperous, unified and, in large part, reconciled.
Social services, such as education, healthcare, housing and livestock are provided to the needy, with no distinction of ethnicity or region of origin – two forms of discrimination that characterised the governments leading up to the genocide against the Tutsi, which Kagame, as leader of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), brought to an end, writes attorney, lobbyist and independent political analyst based in Kigali, Gatete Nyiringabo Ruhumuliza,first published at Al Jazeera.
Outside of Africa, however, Kagame raises mixed feelings, with human rights groups classifying him as an authoritarian leader, who curtails press and political freedoms and presides over an undemocratic nation whose constitution he changed to remain president beyond his legal term.
While justified, the critics make one mistake: to imply that these freedoms were already existent in Rwanda and that Kagame simply took them away. They weren't. Kagame and Rwandans have been working to establish them in a country that has never had them.
The president's critics outside of Africa are failing to acknowledge the complexities of governing post-genocide.
READ MORE: Libya was Africa's richest country before NATO war 2011. Now Raging Civil War.
Born in southern Rwanda in 1957, Kagame's parents fled the country during anti-Tutsi pogroms when he was two years old. He was raised in Rwandan communities in refugee camps in Uganda, where he observed and was a victim to the recurrent oppression visited upon his people.
He later joined a Ugandan guerrilla movement, the National Resistance Army, that installed Yoweri Museveni as president of Uganda.
When he returned to Rwanda as leader of the RPF, the country's coffers had been looted, an estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus had been killed, the survivors were traumatised, the killers fearful of retribution and the returnees destitute. Rwanda was a failed state by any measure.
Twenty-five years after the genocide, the wounds are slowly healing. Survivors still see Kagame as the guarantor of their existence. He pardoned the perpetrators and set the country on a journey to unity and reconciliation.
Kagame has been tough in his style of governance; intransigent on corruption, populism and divisive speech. Politicians with hate-charged rhetoric have consistently faced harsh sentences and lengthy prison terms.
Speech is regulated to prohibit ethnic prejudice while democracy was trimmed and tailored to the peculiar predicament facing the Rwandan people. This was necessary to instal a new "governmentality".
A new, unified country had somehow to be built with the same people – killers and their victims living side-by-side with a unity of purpose: the betterment of their village, the district, their country.
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In this endeavour, Kagame was acting with the people's mandate and within the ambits of the Rwandan constitution. His mission as Rwandan leader is first and foremost to protect the Rwandan people from genocide – by any means necessary.
This mission, which is not sufficiently understood by the Western world, will probably also be passed on to his successors for two or three generations to come.
International analysts and champions of democracy have not embraced Kagame's atypical approach, often assessing Rwandan politics through a Western lens and thus missing the complexities of governing post-genocide.
As a result, they may have missed what is arguably the most edifying case study in national transformation of the last 25 years.
Rwandan mothers receive ante and post-natal healthcare and maternal mortality ratios in the country decreased by 77 percent between 2000 and 2013. Newborns are vaccinated. The city is clean and people can walk safely at night.
Since last month, ministers no longer require personal security details. "Your security will be guaranteed like that of other Rwandan citizens," they were told. Progress is visible.
This, from a Rwandan viewpoint, is human rights in practice – and it explains why, in 2015, more than 60 percent of voters signed a petition calling for constitutional changes to allow Kagame to stand for election again after his term ended in 2017.
Some outsiders seem concerned that Kagame has not groomed a successor, and although there are no crown princes in Rwanda, the president has chosen to groom thousands of young men and young women, in particular, to lead the country into the future.
The average age of his cabinet is 40. Women make up 50 percent of the cabinet, 61.5 percent of the parliament and 50 percent of supreme court judges.
In 2018, Kagame chaired the African Union, championing potentially game-changing initiatives such as the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA), which was signed in the Rwandan capital, Kigali.
African youth are enthusiastic about Kagame. It is not uncommon to see calls on social media for Kagame to be "borrowed" as president of their respective countries, even if just for a few months to "fix things".
The beauty of Africa is that every 25 years, the population renews itself; over 70 percent of the Rwandan population is what we call the "Kagame Generation": empowered, ambitious young people free from the prejudices that animated their parents.
Of course, major challenges remain. In 2017, the unemployment rate was 16.7 percent and the youth unemployment rate 21 percent. But Kagame is betting on the country's MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) strategy and information communications technology and off-farm employment opportunities to absorb the 250,000 young people who enter the job market each year.
The bookmakers are still out, but with Rwanda's economy expanding by 8.6 percent in 2018, the county rated the second-best place to do business in Africa and it having soared up the human development index, the indicators are looking promising.
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For some time now First have run a scheme trying to get big yellow school buses like seen in America onto the roads of Britain in a campaign to make it safer for children. But I want to pose the question do we really need them? First say that they are much safer and that they are more efficient than a normal school bus while trying to campaign to the government for money to buy them therefore making more money. But I think in this area we don't need them. They are much bigger than a normal bus like a Volvo Citybus or Leyland Olympian but only carry around half of the people that those buses would. For example the Olympian will take 76 and these will only take around 40 at the most 60 for a bigger one which won't even fir on the country roads around here which is the whole point of the school bus. To get people who can't use a bus service or live close to the school they are trying to get too. To extend if they do happen to fit on the roads they use a lot more fuel than a standard bus. It will cost a lot on money to get the buses over to England in the first place which is also very un-environmentally friendly. I have also filled out a questionnaire (which I'm not supposed to do as I am a student) in a manor which goes very against what First are trying to campaign for. I have said that it will force the other companies out of business as school routes play a key part to the success of the companies. I have also put down that the children are always very good which they are on my bus but I know are not on all buses thought around my part they are always well behaved. So hopefully other people in the area have also put them off putting them here but who knows. The campaign bus has already been? So will it come for good.
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5 Best Ceiling Fans To Buy Online In India
A ceiling fan is a gadget that hangs from the ceiling of your room. The blades of a ceiling fan rotate to circulate air. Ceiling fans are available at a variety of speeds to suit the demands of the user. Ceiling fans are powered by electricity. Ceiling fans initially debuted in the United States in the 1860s and 1870s. Ceiling fans come in a variety of shapes and sizes, depending on the application. These are the kinds:
Commercial or Industrial ceiling fans are generally used in offices, factories, etc.
Low-profile ceiling fans are installed in rooms with lower ceilings.
Outdoor ceiling fans are used on the porch exposed to the garden.
The buyer of a ceiling fan enjoys several advantages. The following are some of the numerous benefits of a ceiling fan:
Energy Efficient– A ceiling fan consumes less energy in comparison to conventional fans. Thus, they reduce heavy energy costs.
Trendy– They are available in various sizes, colors, and forms to complement your interior decor and add a modern touch.
Versatility-Ceiling fans are versatile. Different types of ceiling fans can be put to other uses.
Money-saving– Ceiling fans are cost-efficient. They are cheaper as an initial investment as compared to any other cooling device.
Ceiling fans are safe; since it is installed on a ceiling, it is out of reach of children.
Before we list the best ceiling fans for you to buy, we can consider a few things. Knowing the features of fans will give you a good notion of choosing the ideal one for you. So here are some of the factors that can help you in deciding between different fans to purchase.
Length of blades– The longer the blades, the more air circulation in the room.
Speed of rotation– Fast rotation leads to greater airflow.
Blade surface area– The more blade surface area to more airflow.
We're here now to assist you in finding the greatest fans. So, let's get started on the list right away:
1. Bajaj New Bahar Deco 1200mm Best Ceiling Fan (Brown)
This ceiling fan by bajaj tops our list due to its high durability.
It has a high-speed motor for smooth rotation, providing a fast cooling experience.
It is equipped with a double ball bearing, enabling a longer life.
It has a metalized ornament and body ring, which compliments the decor of your interiors.
It has a strong metal body which makes the ceiling fan highly durable and sustainable.
The fan has a rust-free coating, which makes it easy to clean.
It comes with a warranty of up to 2 years.
2. Polycab Vital Platinum 1200MM High-Speed Premium Ceiling Fan (Antique Brass)
This ceiling fan by Polycab is a premium choice ceiling fan.
The fan comes with anti-corrosion properties; this protects the fan blades from corrosion and ensures anti-rust protection.
Polycab fans restrict dust particles from settling on the fan's blades, thus, ensuring easy cleaning.
It has a uniquely engineered high-speed motor that emits low heat even after running for hours. This increases the motor's efficiency.
It has a double ball bearing which reduces friction and performs consistently in any orientation.
3. Crompton Energion E-Save 1200 mm (48 inches) Energy Efficient Designer BLDC Ceiling Fan (Brown)
This ceiling fan by Crompton is famous due to its high energy efficiency.
It uses low energy of around 50 percent less than conventional fans.
The fan is remote-controlled, which makes it easy to use.
It has an aesthetic design to suit the decor of your house.
The fan has an in-built sleep timer function.
It comes with a 5-year warranty.
4. Crompton Uranus 1200 mm (48 inches) Decorative Best Ceiling Fans with Lights (Ivory)
If you are looking for a fan that could give your home a royal touch, this might be the right option for you.
It features exquisite carvings that give it a contemporary flair.
It has decorative lampshades that give you a royal lightning experience.
It has a cord attached to it to control the speed and light of the fan.
It comes with a gold finish. Furthermore, the fan is available in various colors.
5. Orient Electric Apex-FX 1200mm Best Ceiling Fans (Brown)
This product by orient is highly reliable and efficient.
It comes with a powerful motor that ensures longer life and quality performance.
The fan features wide blades that provide optimum airflow.
It is equipped with a double ball bearing that eliminates undesirable noise.
The fan also comes with ribbed blades that increase the airflow over a large area.
We hope this information helped you find some of the best ceiling fans in India. For a better experience, we recommend reading the reviews and experiences of customers who have already purchased these products. We wish you luck with your purchase.
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