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Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells with great Therapeutic Potential.
Sheykhhasan M1, Wong JKL2, Seifalian AM3.
Research Center for Molecular Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan. Iran.
Imperial College School of Medicine, Imperial College London, London. United Kingdom.
Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine Centre (Ltd), The London Innovation BioScience Centre, London. United Kingdom.
The potential use of stem cell-based therapies for the repair and regeneration of various tissues and organs offers a paradigm shift in regenerative medicine. The use of either embryonic stem cells (ESC) or induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) in clinical situations is limited because of regulations and ethical considerations even though these cells are theoretically highly beneficial. While clinically, adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) are one of the most widely used types of stem cells used more than five years in clinically setting. It has many advantages including; yields a high number of ADSCs per volume of tissue, high rate of proliferation, anti-fibrotic, anti-apoptotic, anti-inflammation, immunomodulation, and paracrine mechanisms have been demonstrated in various preclinical studies. It is much easier to harvest compared with bone marrow stem cells. Results of clinical studies have demonstrated the potentials of ADSCs for stem cells therapy for a number of clinical disorders. The aim of this paper was to provide an update on the most recent developments of ADSCs, by highlighting the properties and features of ADSCs, critically discussing its clinical benefit and its clinical trials in treatment and regeneration. This is a multi-billion dollars industry with huge interest to clinician, academia and industries.
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Gallery of imaginary landscape oil paintings by the artist Brian Hanson.
Oil paintings - imaginary landscapes and scenes. Some of these paintings are illustrations for imaginary stories - as in childrens books where a line of text is used for inspiration and becomes the title of the picture.


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Book Review of This Woven Kingdom (This Woven Kingdom #1) by Tahereh Mafi
By: Rosemary Hallmark | February 03, 2022
Title: This Woven Kingdom (This Woven Kingdom #1)
Series: This Woven Kingdom
Cover Story: All That Glitters
BFF Charm: Meh x2
Talky Talk: Let's Get This Party Started Already
Bonus Factor: Persian Mythology
Factor: Series Starter
Relationship Status: Growing on Me
Ohhhh so shiny! You can't tell from the image but this cover is full-blown metallic gold. It would make a very pretty addition to any book shelf. I love the armor interwoven with roses too, however, this armor does not appear anywhere in the book. Alizeh wears something called a "snoda" which is a piece of silky fabric that hangs over half her face to cover her eyes. But it's a servant thing, not a battle thing. There are no battles in this book, so maybe this is hinting at what's to come?
In a world where tensions between Jinn and Clay (humans) have dated back through millennia, Alizeh's only chance at survival is to stay hidden. She's the long lost queen of an ancient Jinn kingdom, and ever since humans inherited the earth and the Fire Accords were established, hatred for Jinn people runs rampant. Alizeh is prophesied to be the one who can save the Jinn civilization. But her glowing eyes, educated speech, and magical powers would give her away in an instant, so she lives her life as a servant girl, which allows her to wear a snoda to keep the top half of her face covered, and keeps a roof over her head. Every day is a lesson in survival as Alizeh tries to keep her employers happy and spends her free time sewing beautiful dresses for spare coin.
Kamran is the next in line for the throne of the Clay kingdom Ardunia. His grandfather, King Zaal, lives in constant fear of being overthrown by the rise of the Jinn people. When Kamran discovers Alizeh, he can't seem to stay away from her, even though he knows that she could be the one to bring down his grandfather, his kingdom, and even all of humanity.
Here's the thing about Alizeh: she's more Disney princess than warrior. Like, sure she has secret powers, can fight multiple burly men at once, and still has a heart of gold despite a pretty terrible life. But personality-wise, it's giving Aurora or Cinderella. And do I love Sleeping Beauty? Yes. But would I describe Aurora as having a lot of personality? No. I'm hoping that in the coming books, Alizeh opens up a bit more. She's capable of a lot, but it's all hidden behind a very placid facade.
Kamran is a dark and brooding prince whose familial expectations weigh heavy. He's intense, morally grey, and sick of his King grandfather's bullshit. Like Alizeh, I think there's some potential for Kamran to become more interesting in later books – whether that's as a hero or even possibly a villain (gasp!) – but in this book, he just sort of obsessed over Alizeh a lot.
*sniff sniff* I think I'm getting a whiff of insta-love. Kamran is consumed by Alizeh from the moment he sees her, and in love with her as soon as he can get her alone long enough to lay one on her. Alizeh is taken with Kamran too, but she's too worried about making sure she has a roof over her head at night to obsess over him.
Mostly, though, the romance felt a bit disposable. I got a sense that Mafi wasn't putting her back into it as I was reading, and SHO NUFF things happened at the tail end of the book that lead me to believe the romance in book two is about to get a lot more complicated…and crowded.
This Woven Kingdom is a bit of a departure from Mafi's previous work. Unlike her dystopian/sci-fi Shatter Me series and historical fiction (lol sob!) novel, A Very Large Expanse of Sea, Mafi eschews the first person POV in favor of third person dual POVs. Mafi's writing is always accomplished, and writing fantasy allows her to really lean in stylistically.
I would've enjoyed this a lot more if it had been about 200 pages shorter than it was. The story picks up in the second half, but the first 250 pages could have been condensed down to about 50-75 pages, tbqh. It would've made for an action-packed start that hurled the reader into the story. Instead, I won't be surprised if a lot of people get bored and put the book down before things really get started.
Mafi includes an author's note about wanting to write a fantasy book inspired by Persian mythology, and I honestly wish there had been MORE of that mythology in the book. The story was inspired by Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, an epic poem that tells the story of the Persian Empire's mythological history.
Yup, she's gonna be a trilogy. Which means – you guessed it, this bad boy ends on a major cliffhanger. Proceed with caution.
This book was hyped as a Persian Empire Game of Thrones which had me at HELLO. But it became very apparent early on that This Woven Kingdom is more Cinderella than GoT. So yeah, there was some initial disappointment, especially during the slowly paced first half. But once the action ramped up, I started to get into it a little more. And judging by the ending, I have hopes that book two will deliver more powerful queens, clashing empires and dragons.
Literary Matchmaking
An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes #1)
A slave in hiding and a sexy soldier team up in this ancient Rome-inspired story by Sabaa Tahir.
Girl, Serpent, Thorn
For another fantasy story based on Persian mythology, check out Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust.
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass #1)
Secret queens and brooding princes about in the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas.
FTC Full Disclosure: I did not receive money or Girl Scout cookies of any kind (not even the gross cranberry ones) for writing this review. This Woven Kingdom is available now.
jinn,
magic,
mythology,
Persia,
royalty,
secret identities
About:Rosemary Hallmark
Rosemary lives in Little Rock, AR with her husband and cocker spaniel. At 16, she plucked a copy of Sloppy Firsts off the "New Releases" shelf and hasn't stopped reading YA since. She is a brand designer who loves tiki drinks, her mid-century modern house, and obsessive Google mapping.
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Next: Slippery Creatures (The Will Darling Adventures #1)
The Sugared Game (The Will Darling Adventures #2)
Subtle Blood (The Will Darling Adventures #3)

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How Much Damage to Our Coastal Communities and Ecology For a Biden/Cooper 'Win' on Wind?
by Jon Sanders
Director of the Center for Food, Power, and Life, Research Editor | John Locke Foundation
In 2020, citing risks to the state's coastal economy and ecology, Gov. Cooper got Pres. Trump to add North Carolina to his offshore energy leasing moratorium, finding out later it meant not only no oil and gas exploration, but no wind exploration, either
Since Trump's 10-year moratorium would begin July 1, 2022, the Biden administration has been trying to rush "rapid offshore wind development"
In response, Cooper, some North Carolina congressional representatives, and others have abandoned their concerns for the coastal economy and ecology in favor of a blind pursuit for a political win at all costs
Energy exploration off the shores of North Carolina has long been controversial. For uncertain benefits it threatens disruption of commercial and recreational fishing, economic impacts against coastal communities, depressed tourism from ugly viewsheds, and ecological damages to sensitive underwater environments.
In 2016, Pres. Barack Obama pulled his plans to allow oil and gas exploration in the Atlantic region, originally part of his "all-of-the-above" approach toward domestic energy production. His final five-year plan put 94% of the Outer Continental Shelf off-limits.
On April 28, 2017, Pres. Donald Trump issued an executive order to "encourage energy exploration and production, including on the Outer Continental Shelf." In 2018, the U.S. Department of the Interior under Trump released a five-year draft proposal for opening up offshore oil and gas exploration that included offshore North Carolina.
In 2019, the U.S. District Court in Alaska ruled against Trump's attempt to overturn Obama's memorandum permanently banning offshore oil and gas exploration in the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, a ban issued in the closing days of the Obama administration. This court case set a precedent binding future administrations, too.
In the meantime, political concerns over offshore exploration merged with several other concerns about unknown impacts on fisheries, tourism, coastal and oceanic ecosystems, and the environment, so that by early September 2020 Trump announced a presidential memorandum to remove the waters off the coasts of Florida up through South Carolina from energy exploration for 10 years, beginning July 1, 2022.
On Sept. 16, 2020, Gov. Roy Cooper announced to the press that he had sent Trump a letter urging that the waters off the coast of North Carolina be added to Trump's 10-year moratorium.
Cooper cited several reasons for his request:
Threats to "North Carolina's coastal economy and environment"
Risks to the state outweighing the benefits
"North Carolina's coastal tourism generates $3 billion annually and supports more than 30,000 jobs"
"Commercial fishing brings in another $95 million to our economy each year"
The economic importance of "North Carolina's 300 plus miles of coastline" and estuarine waters and shoreline — "we cannot afford to endanger them"
"North Carolina's history of hurricanes" and obvious "risk of storm damage" to offshore equipment
Shortly afterward, Trump added the waters off the coasts of North Carolina and Virginia to his 10-year moratorium. His Sept. 25, 2020, memorandum "prevents consideration of this area for any leasing for purposes of exploration, development, or production during the 10-year period beginning on July 1, 2022, and ending on June 30, 2032." Trump's memorandum carries the same legal binding as Obama's.
A Moratorium on Energy Exploration Includes Wind, Too
While initial reaction hailed the prevention of offshore oil and gas exploration, the full scope of Trump's protection of the coast of North Carolina from energy exploration became evident later. As explained by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), it "includes all energy leasing, including conventional and renewable energy."
Suddenly, the politics of protecting the state's coastal economy, its marine ecology, its commercial and recreational fishing, its tourism, etc. changed. The people still affected by those concerns now became obstacles, not allies. To Cooper and the new president, Joe Biden, that date of July 1, 2022, became a big problem.
In his first week in office, Biden set a goal of "doubling offshore wind by 2030." On March 29, 2021, Biden announced "a set of bold actions that will catalyze offshore wind energy" that would include going "up and down the Atlantic Coast." These actions would result in "rapid offshore wind deployment."
On April 8, 2021, all five of North Carolina's Democratic representatives in the U.S. House and two of the state's eight Republicans — Rep. David Rouzer and Rep. Richard Hudson — urged the Biden BOEM to "take swift action" and "expeditiously begin" finding and leasing wind areas off the coast of North Carolina. Their reason for the panicked rush? The coming moratorium.
Cooper, despite his election-year stand for "North Carolina's coastal economy and environment," likewise threw caution to the wind. On June 9, 2021, he announced a political goal for "development of 2.8 gigawatts ('GW') of offshore wind energy resources off the North Carolina coast by 2030 and 8.0 GW by 2040." On cue, the Biden administration used this "goal" as a justification for its push to approve the proposed Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind Project offshore North Carolina (to connect to Virginia's energy grid).
On Oct. 28, 2021, the Biden administration started the process for lease sales "in the Carolina Long Bay area" involving the Wilmington East and Wilmington West projects that would be only a few miles offshore from Brunswick County beaches (see the map).
MAP: Proximity to the southern North Carolina coastline of the proposed Wilmington East and Wilmington West offshore wind projects
Source: U.S. BOEM as published by Port City Daily
Several Brunswick County towns and the county commission have united in opposition to the project, worried about the projects' negative permanent impacts on their tourism, economy, natural environment, natural resources, and ecology. The projects' proximity to the shoreline, disrupting the viewshed, is especially a sore spot. While BOEM has approved buffers for other coastal communities potentially affected by offshore wind projects of between 24 to 33.7 nautical miles, BOEM would allow siting of wind turbines for Wilmington East only 15 nautical miles offshore. For Wilmington West, they would be allowed a mere 10 nautical miles offshore.
Even a major political 'win' cannot justify not fully considering potential risks
The pursuit of offshore wind development is already enormously expensive, let alone for a variable, unreliable energy resource that is entirely dependent upon when the wind blows. There are much cheaper, much more reliable resources — including zero-emissions nuclear power — that require much, much less disruption of the surrounding environment than does offshore wind.
Nevertheless, offshore wind is a major political goal for the Biden administration as well as the Cooper administration. Standing in the way is a political barrier erected by the Trump administration against offshore leasing for energy exploration, development, or production. This barrier was ironically urged by Cooper for protecting "North Carolina's coastal economy and environment," thinking it would affect only oil and gas.
Regardless, the blind pursuit of a political win at all costs is putting the coastal economy and ecology at potentially great risk. How great, we can't say, because part of this mad rush includes not taking the time to study the manifold risks to North Carolina in order to make a sober assessment of projects' costs and benefits.
Jon Sanders is director of the Center for Food, Power, and Life and also Research Editor at the John Locke Foundation. At the CFPL Jon focuses on the policy issues of agriculture, energy, and the environment. These are issues of critical importance to people, their families, and their businesses — food, power, and life — and as such, he knows it is vital to protect and expand freedom in these all-important areas.
Restoring the Separation of Powers in North Carolina


Welcome to Day 2 of my "A Tracy a Day" series. What I love most about statement maxi dresses is that everything else can stay super simple so that the focus stays on your dress- which makes getting ready a breeze! This simple and easy look is then perfect strolling around town and wandering down to the beach. I am OBSESSED with the bright jewel tones in this dress- they are just gorgeous! Lucky for you Tracy brought back this popular style dress this season! Do you love statement maxis as much as I do?
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Time to #fixcopyright and free the panorama across EU
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Freedom of panorama is a fundamental element of European cultural heritage and visual history. Rooted in freedom of expression, it allows painters, photographers, filmmakers, journalists and tourists alike to document public spaces, create masterpieces of art and memories of beautiful places, and freely share it with others.
Within the Best Case Scenarios for Copyright series we present Portugal as the best example for freedom of panorama. Below you can find the basic facts and for more evidence check the Best Case Scenario for Copyright – Freedom of Panorama in Portugal legal study. EU, it's time to #fixcopyright!
Exception/Limitation: Freedom of Panorama
What is freedom of panorama?
Derived from the German word Panoramafreiheit, freedom of panorama generally refers to the right to visually document works of architecture, sculptures, street art, or other copyrighted works, as long as they are permanently located in public spaces. In Portugal, the exception covers all sorts of documentation—not only photographs and video footage.
The exception is justified by freedom of expression and public interest.
All uses are exempted: users can share pictures, videos, drawings, or other reproductions of works located in public places. They are also permitted to create and share adaptations — all without infringing rights in the original work.
All works permanently located outdoors or in public interior spaces can be documented.
Users may benefit commercially from the reproductions and adaptations created under the exception, as long as such uses pass the three-step test (see "limits" below).
Users must give credit to the authors of the underlying works.
Who can use it?
Anyone can benefit from the freedom of panorama exception: citizens, individual artists, organizations, and companies.
Yes, it is free. No remuneration is due to authors or rights holders of the featured work.
What are the limits to the freedom of panorama exception?
The three-step test: by law, uses are only exempted if they do not conflict with the normal exploitation of the work, and do not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the rights holder. A correct application of the three-step test requires a fair balance between freedom of expression and the interests of the right holders.
Economic and societal impact
It is hard to imagine European culture and imagery without documentation of our public art and surroundings. Artists use city skylines, public architecture, and familiar landmarks as the raw materials to express collective and personal identities through painting, photography, and films. Historically, panorama artworks provide invaluable evidence to natural, urban, economic, and societal transformations over the centuries.
Examples of use
The Lisbon Municipality runs Galeria de Arte Urbana, a project presenting graffiti, street art and other urban artworks located in public spaces all over Lisbon to the public. GAU includes free publications on street-art made available online at Issuu, a Facebook page, where the Lisbon Municipality and fans alike post new entries regularly, and other social media activities that also promote urban art events.
Several Portuguese filmmakers and photographers rely on the freedom of panorama to create their own works. For instance, Mónica de Miranda is a Portuguese artist whose work is based on themes of urban archeology and personal geographies. Her art project "Underconstruction" (2009) includes panoramic photographs, photographs of buildings, and a panoramic video journey across a road in Lisbon, Portugal.
Article 75.º, paragraph 2, point q) of the Portuguese Code of Authors' Rights and Neighboring Rights (Código do Direito de Autor e dos Direitos Conexos), created by the Decree-Law no. 63/85 of 14 March 1985 (as last amended by the Law no. 49/2015 of 5 June 2015)
The wording is similar to the 2001 InfoSoc Directive: "the use of works, such as, for instance, works of architecture or sculpture, made to be located permanently in public places" without the author's consent is permitted
First introduced in 2004, with the implementation of the InfoSoc Directive
Why we chose the Portuguese example?
When it comes to the so-called freedom of panorama, Portugal has taken "full advantage of all policy space available" under the European Union law. This was achieved by almost literally transposing into national law the freedom of panorama exception "prototype" provided for in the "InfoSoc Directive" into national law – it has been argued that this is the best way to achieve the most flexible implementation of the optional EU exceptions. That is what Portugal has done.
Moreover, for freedom of panorama, instead of limiting the scope of application of the national exception to reproduction, communication to the public, making available to the public, and distribution, the Portuguese legislator decided to further apply the exception to include the unharmonised right of adaptation.
As a result of this national strategy, in Portugal we now find a relatively abstract norm that allows for a broad spectrum of unauthorised uses, provided that the three-step test criteria is met.
For details on how the freedom of panorama functions in Portugal, please see the Best Case Scenario for Copyright – Freedom of Panorama in Portugal analysis prepared by Teresa Nobre, LL.M. IP (MIPLC) on behalf of the Communia Association.
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Best Case Scenarios for Copyright is an initiative by COMMUNIA, presenting best examples of copyright exceptions and limitations found in national laws of member states of the European Union. We believe that, by harmonizing copyright exceptions and limitations across Europe, using as a model these best examples that are permitted within the EU law, the EU would reinforce users' rights in access to culture and education.
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Confessions of a Wall Street Insider
A Cautionary Tale of Rats, Feds, and Banksters
Although he was a suburban husband and father, living a far different life than the "Wolf of Wall Street," Michael Kimelman had a good run as the cofounder of a hedge fund. He had left a cushy yet suffocating job at a law firm to try his hand at the high-risk life of a proprietary trader — and he did pretty well for himself. But it all came crashing down in the wee hours of November 5, 2009, when the Feds came to his door—almost taking the door off its hinges.
While his wife and children were sequestered to a bedroom, Kimelman was marched off in embarrassment in view of his neighbors and TV crews who had been alerted in advance. He was arrested as part of a huge insider trading case, and while he was offered a "sweetheart" no-jail probation plea, he refused, maintaining his innocence.
Kimelman is guilty of one thing: writing a helluva book. If you want a front row seat to a Wall Street Witch hunt -- read this.
Turney Duff, bestselling author of, 'The Buy Side'
Kimelman's account as a defendant in the federal criminal justice system provides insights into just how broken, and frightening, that system has become.
Walt Pavlo, Jr., Forbes Columnist and Co-Author of Stolen Without A Gun
If you like wild rides, you'll love Confessions of a Wall Street Insider, Michael Kimelman's gripping, well-written, memoir of his incredible journey from an associate at the tony law firm Sullivan & Cromwell to the lunacy of day trading and into the great beyond of Wall Street hedge funds. When he's arrested for insider trading in 2009, the adventure really begins.
When prosecutors place a political agenda and career ambition over truth and justice, people inevitably get trampled. Michael Kimelman is a perfect example of that collateral damage.
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If you occasionally overlook your partner's fast and loose behavior, Confessions of a Wall Street Insider is required reading. You might avoid 30 months in jail and spare your family the ignominy, which Mike Kimelman learned the hard way and now chronicles in a WTF page-turner for anyone with a pulse.
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The Oxford dictionary definition of weaning is "to manage without something to which one has become dependent or excessively fond." In the first three years of your child's life, the two usual areas of weaning are shifting from the breast and/or bottle to a cup, and giving up or reducing dependence on the pacifier. These forms of weaning mean helping your child give up sucking as a form of soothing to find another, more developmentally advanced, form of self-comfort.
Asking your child to give up such a powerful form of gratification and soothing can bring up strong feelings for a parent. For mothers who have found breast feeding a rewarding and bonding experience, there are often questions as to when and how to wean their baby, or if weaning will be emotionally damaging. Mothers have their own feelings about losing this close way of connecting with their baby and about becoming more separate from their child as he or she grows. Similarly, babies become attached to being fed their bottles and mothers can wonder how they can feel as secure without them. Your young toddler may ask for her pacifier when she is upset or tired and rely on it to fall asleep at night. Parents often wonder whether they should wean "cold turkey" or more gradually. Mostly they want to know how to facilitate this transition so as to enhance their child's emotional development.
All kinds of factors can make parents feel it is time to wean their baby or toddler. They can be told by their pediatrician or dentist that the bottle or pacifier will negatively affect their child's teeth. A ten month old baby might not be as interested in breast feeding because she has become so curious about the world around her. Your baby or toddler may only be able to go to sleep on the breast making falling and staying asleep difficult for her and leaving you sleepless. Or, perhaps you think your child relies too much on her pacifier for comfort. Often mothers feel a conflict between the demands and their own inner wishes and fears. For example, mothers can closely identify with the comfort their child gets from falling asleep from nursing or going to sleep with the pacifier and don't want to deprive them of that experience.
With guidance from a warm, experienced group leader, mothers are given a space to figure out what will work best for them and their child and to learn from other mothers. We help mothers think through a step-by-step process in which they can gradually help their child tolerate increments of frustration and develop other forms of comfort. In particular instances, it might be more helpful to a child to wean him all at once, particularly with an older child and the pacifier, although of course with preparations. In helping a child give up one form of comfort and shift to another, a mother needs to give more of herself in the transition period. It can help mothers to know that this process, which can feel stressful, is temporary. We help mothers think about how they can talk to their child, matching their language to the child's developmental level.


The 'holy grail' of ferroequinearchaeology. Visited the route escorted by the base archaeologist, with a UXO officer in a following truck keeping us on a short leash. The trail of the Monorail is evident by scattered wood and a trail of nails, bolts and hardware. Undisturbed artifacts are abundant. I am prohibited from publishing most of my tour photos.
In 1917 a deposit of Epsom Salts was found near the old Wingate Wash Borax Road at the southern end of Death Valley. In 1919 the claims were acquired by Los Angeles florist Thomas Wright. Although close to an existing road, Wright devised other plans to exploit the find. A scheme to dissolve the salts and transport them via a 28-mile pipeline to the Trona railroad had to be abandoned due to the lack of water. In 1922 Wright began construction of a monorail at Magnesia siding on the Trona railroad, six miles South of the town of Trona. It ran Eastward across the south end of Searles Lake, through the Slate Range via Layton Canyon, across tip of Panamint Valley, over Wingate Pass and thence to the mine. It consisted of a single steel rail on the top of a heavy wooden beam supported by A-frame trestles about three feet high. Locomotives and cars ran on two wheels much like pack saddles on a mule's back. Construction took 2 years and a cost of $200,000. Simple in concept, the line never worked properly, and after several attempts to increase efficiency the operation ceased in 1927. In the late 1930's the rail and beam were salvaged, leaving only the A-frames, most of which have since disappeared.


I came across an older news story about the Ombudsman looking into the 52% increase in black offenders in the federal system in the last decade. Black people comprise only 2.5 % of the Canadian population while black offenders make up 20 % of the federal prison population. Aboriginals represent a quarter of all inmates while comprising only four percent of the general population.
Why are these figures so illogical? Why is it that the colour of skin or heritage or ethnicity creates a greater chance that I will find myself imprisoned? What have we done and seem to be doing? Is poverty a factor? Does the colour of my skin influence the severity with which the law deals with me? Do we profile?
How long does it take for an attitude to change? Had I been allowed in a bar in my youth I would have walked in a different entrance and sat in a different area than aboriginals. That image would have seared my mind as to their value and despite our progress the scar would linger. When they started letting black people drink from any fountain they wanted, people didn't stop lynching them. It takes some time for a belief to truly change. It has many images, words and experiences to which it is rooted. They were still throwing around nasty words when anyone could sit anywhere on the bus. To some extent there is an underlying attitude of less than in some minds still. Has it revealed itself in these statistics?
We are somehow failing two diverse and culturally significant populations. I know a little aboriginal spirituality, their simple wise beliefs and traditions, their beautiful culture. I have known several and have one as a friend. They have endured humiliation, segregation and general mistreatment from people they share their land with but few stand prouder. Let what I know of aboriginals into prisons and the men and women in them will absorb it. We need to include families and communities in our institutions. Social bonds lead to order and people can be shown how to be better citizens. If all I see is orange I can't reflect much else. We need to give people the opportunity to be changed by imprisonment rather than simply being punished by it. While we're waiting to change who ends up in prison lets change who comes out.
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Where Will the Food Come From to Satisfy China's Growing Consumption?
Each day brings the world one day closer to global Agri-Food inadequacy. On one side demand around the world continues to rise as the number of people increases and higher incomes allow those in China and India to buy food on world markets. As we have written many times, China has demonstrated that hunger is not a problem of inadequate Agri-Food. Hunger can be cured by higher incomes that allow consumers to simply buy Agri-Food in world markets. Such is the approach being implemented in China, and they may have the money to outbid many.
In our first chart above is plotted, using the green line and the left axis, China's consumption of three of the most important grains. Shown is the sum of the corn, wheat, and soybeans consumed by people of China. Light green line is a linear regression, and the tight fit around that trend line should be noted. Historical data for this chart comes from the USDA, and that data was used to project 2011 values.
In the five years of the chart, China's consumption of these grains will experience an increase of 40 million tons, or about 15%. To help put that quantity in perspective, the increase is greater than the total production of corn, wheat, and soybeans by Canada. Where will the world get another Canada with which to feed China over the next five years? And then, we will need another to feed India in the five years that then follow after.
Red line in that chart, using the right axis, is the percentage of the world's production of corn, soybeans, and wheat consumed by China. In the Agri-Food price crazy year of 2008 that percentage reached 18.6%. 2009 was, according to the USDA, a great global crop year, and the ratio fell. USDA is now forecasting second year of good luck in the farm fields, and the ratio is expected to fall slightly again. In 2011, the USDA's black hat of forecasts will probably be out of rabbits, and the ratio will rise back to 18.3%. The forecast difference between China's share of global consumption of these three grains will be 0.3% shy of the 2008 level, when Agri-Food prices went up dramatically. And finally, note that China has about 20% of the world's population. What happens to Agri-Food prices when, not if, they get their fair share?
In the past decade the world got lucky as the increased production of Argentinian and Brazilian farmers prevented the world from being either hungrier or paying more for the Agri-Food. In that decade those farmers increased the acreage growing soybeans or corn by about 15 million acres, or by about a third. In the past five years, the increased production of soybeans by Argentina and Brazil represented about 65% of the increase in global soybean production. In case you are wondering why that matters, every meal you consume every day includes some vegetable oil, one likely made from soybeans.
So much for history, what about the future? The above chart helps to understand the limits of Agri-Food. In the early 1990s, Brazil and Argentina used less than 40% of their combined arable land to produce corn and soybeans. In recent years, almost 70% of the arable land in those two nations was dedicated to producing corn and soybeans. A quite reasonable assumption is that those two nations will need to grow something besides corn and soybeans. Limits to growth in Agri-Food do exist, and they are measured in acres.
China will feed the nation in the years ahead as it will be generating the income with which to buy the necessary Agri-Food. However, the world does not have another Brazil and Argentina with which to keep Agri-Food prices from rising. And then in a few years, India will be in global Agri-Food markets buying also as incomes rise in that nation. Whether or not Agri-Food prices in the future will be higher is no longer a relevant question. Rather, how high will Agri-Food prices rise and how will the rest of the world afford the higher prices?


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PHOTO: Shahid Khan withdraws interest on Wembley
SPORTS WORLD NEWS
by yellowdanfo 17th October 2018 17th October 2018 0939
PHOTO: Shahid Khan withdraws his interest on Wembley buy
The Wembley Stadium will no longer be sold, as Shahid Khan who had earlier indicated interest on the English Football National Stadium, announced he was withdrawing from the deal he had earlier offered £600millon for.
According to report, the English FA were to take a crucial decision on whether or not to sell the ground to Fulham owner on October 24th, but not all members of the FA Council were on board on the plan sale, which could have given the FA funds to promote grassroots facilities across the country in the next two decades.
Khan's decision to pull the deal was due to the fact that he felt, the FA were not being truthful with him, and seems not interested in selling.
The English FA Chief Executive Martin Glenn while responding to the matter on Wednesday, said:
"Earlier this year, The FA received an unsolicited official offer from Shahid Khan to buy Wembley Stadium. It was a very credible offer and was given very serious consideration.
"Shahid Khan has informed us today that he will be withdrawing his offer to buy the stadium – and we fully respect his decision.
He stated further saying:
"At a recent meeting with Mr Khan he expressed to us that, without stronger support from within the game, his offer is being seen as more divisive than it was anticipated to be, and has decided to withdraw his proposal.
"Wembley Stadium is an iconic venue that is revered around the world and it will continue to thrive under the ownership and direction of the FA."
On his own part, Khan released a statement, which reads:
"I've been clear publicly, as well as in my correspondence with the FA Council, that it would require a proper partnership, with the full and enthusiastic commitment of all involved, to maximize the benefits to the FA and game of football by way of 100 per cent private ownership of Wembley Stadium.
"At this moment, following last week's FA Council hearing, it appears there is no definitive mandate to sell Wembley and my current proposal, subsequently, would earn the backing of only a slim majority of the FA Council, well short of the conclusive margin that the FA Chairman has required.
"The intent of my efforts was, and is, to do right by everyone in a manner that strengthens the English game and brings people together, not divides them" The statement reads.
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Should I allocate part of my marketing budget for retargeting ads?
If I'm convinced that retargeting is right for my business, how much should I be spending on retargeting?
Well, if you want to be wise about your retargeting efforts you shouldn't just blindly throw your ad spend around and hope that something sticks. You need to determine how much you want to spend and how you want to spend it.
If you plan ahead you can determine how much you should be spending to acquire a customer through retargeting and when you should pull the plug.
To help you with this, i've devised a cost-checklist so you can determine how much you should be spending on retargeting ads. In no way is this article comprehensive but it's going to give you the basics needed to get started on retargeting. Let's begin.
How much of your marketing budget should you spend on retargeting?
Bid optimization: Where should you display your retargeting ads?
According to a recent study from Marin software, the majority of marketers are spending less than 10% of their ad budget on retargeting. This means you don't have a lot of competition (yet) with your retargeting ads, compared to other channels, like Google Adwords.
Determining how to set up the cost (CPC, CPM, CPA) can be tricky. You want to get the best value for the money you spend, but how are you supposed to pick?
When you utilize an ad provider they're doing a lot of behind-the-scenes work to optimize your campaigns (such as choosing where your ads will show up). These ad service providers buy ad space (usually at CPM) and they will set their costs (those shown to you) to run ads across different websites. You will be sold retargeting ad space in one of three ways: CPC, CPM, CPA.
CPC (Cost-per-click): You'll only be charged when someone clicks on your retargeting ad. You set up how much your max spend per click will be ie. $1/click, $2/click, and your ad will only be shown on the sites where it costs up to that target amount per click. This is a good route to go when the people who click-through on your ad are actually converting on your offer. However, if you notice that you're getting a lot of clicks but they're not actually converting on your offer, you're wasting your money. If this is the case you should re-evaluate where you're sending them. Did you set up an optimized landing page? Does the offer match the offer on your retargeting ad?
CPM (Cost-per-mille/Cost per 1000 impressions): With CPM, anytime your ad is shown 1000 times (whether they've actually seen the ad or not) across the web you will be charged a certain amount. This could work in your favor if you're getting X number of clicks however, if your retargeting ad keeps showing up at the bottom of the screen and no one sees it (yes, this happens), it's going to be a waste of money. You're paying whether you get clicks or not. So although it may be more profitable if you're actually getting clicks, if you're not getting any then you're wasting your ad spend. Some things to evaluate: Have you created an eye-catching retargeting ad banner? Have you created different sizes of banner ads so they show up on different parts of websites?
CPA (Cost-per-acquisition): This is how much it will cost for one person to convert on your offer. CPA is probably going to be higher than CPC or CPM but it will guarantee that you'll be getting conversions for your retargeting efforts. If you show a retargeting ad for a dress someone was looking at and your retargeting ad is shown to them and they buy the dress, you will be charged. The thing about CPA is that it's tricky to measure whether it was the retargeting ad that convinced them to purchase or they came back to purchase regardless of whether your retargeting ad was there or not. Retargeting companies will charge you as soon as someone completes a purchase even if it wasn't because of the retargeting ad itself (ie they never saw it because it was off the screen). I recommend trying out CPC or CPM before going using CPA. If you're optimizing your retargeting ads you should do well with CPC or CPM.
It's always a good idea to test out different ad providers and see whether CPC, CPM or CPA will be best for you.
In order to reach the right customers you need to know where your customers are. According to Google, 95% of a person's time online is spent on content such as reading the news or their favorite blog (like the Wishpond one). Just because this is where people are, it doesn't necessarily mean this is where your qualified customers are.
You can optimize your bids by determining which sites will lead to more qualified leads (those who have visited your pricing page) versus someone who had just read a single blog article. If you bid more aggressively on sites for people who are more qualified and interested in your offers you might have an initial higher spend but you'll not only have more people click on your retargeting ads but more who convert on your offer.
If you don't set a frequency cap or limit your membership duration your ad will be shown as many times as possible until your money runs out. Don't do this. If you're new to retargeting you might think, the more times I show my ad the better, right? Wrong. Bombarding people with ads is going to come across as creepy and cost you unnecessary money. If they aren't going to click on your ad within the first 30 impressions or so, they're probably not going to.
Frequency capping: This is the maximum number of times you'll show your retargeting ad. If you're too aggressive it's going cost you and make people hate your business. I recently have been retargeted a minimum of 30 times per day by an undisclosed company and I'm personally never going to do business with them. Plus, the more your ads are shown, the higher your daily cost will be. If you aren't limiting the amount of times your ads are seen you could be spending up to 20% higher than your daily budget.
Membership duration: This is the length of time you want to keep a person in an audience segment (based on the pages they've browsed on your website). Don't just set this for as long as possible, limit it based on your buying cycle (the length of time it takes someone to purchase your product).
Why? A persons interest in your business will (generally) decay over time. If you want to sell to an individual company there is a set amount of time you can do this in. You can determine this length of time based on purchase data you have accumulated over time. For example, if you're selling SaaS it could take 60-90 days for them to get all the information they need to make a purchase. After this time there's a good chance they've either purchased your product, bought a competitors product or decided against it all together.
For example, according to Adroll this is how much it will cost for a 90 day membership duration.
If you want to find success in your retargeting ads you need to pay close attention to how much you're spending. Making smart decisions about how you want to be charged and how frequently your ads are shown will not only keep your costs down but your customers happy.
Do you have any questions about the cost of retargeting? Which cost structure do you find works best for your business: CPC, CPM, CPA? Please, comment below.


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Journalists show range of emotions after Trump presser
by Brian Stelter @brianstelter August 16, 2017: 12:15 PM ET
Trump's words are making racism OK
Reporters waited in the lobby of Trump Tower on Tuesday for vague remarks from President Trump about infrastructure. White House aides tamped down expectations ahead of time: they said the president was not expected to take questions.
The reporters and aides were both surprised by what came next.
Trump said "both sides" were responsible for the violence in Charlottesville that left three people dead on Saturday, seemingly equating neo-Nazis with anti-racism activists.
After the Q&A session, members of the media freely expressed shock, disappointment and sometimes outright disgust.
"Wow," CNN's Jake Tapper said immediately afterward. "That was something else."
"What I just saw gave me the wrong kind of chills," Chuck Todd said on MSNBC. "Honestly I'm a bit shaken by what I just heard, and I suspect it's not just me."
An editorial in Wednesday's Washington Post was titled "The nation can only weep."
MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace wondered if some of Trump's aides would resign.
Others wondered aloud about the president's fitness for office.
Some hosts and commentators on Fox News were also sharply critical of the president. "I'm wondering if it's actually real life what I just watched," 5 p.m. co-host Kat Timpf said. But the channel's prime time shows spent more time attacking liberals and the media.
The closest analogue to Tuesday was Oct. 8. That's the day the obscene "Access Hollywood" tape came out via a story on the Post's web site.
Trump prevailed in the election one month later, in spite of all the shock and sadness about his comments on the tape.
Some TV commentators tried to keep that in mind while reacting, at times emotionally and personally, to the president's remarks on Tuesday.
At one point, while speaking to CNN's Anderson Cooper, Van Jones said, "I don't know what to say tonight... I'm just hurt."
David Gergen said on Cooper's program that people increasingly feel like Trump is "posing a danger not just to his party but to the country. He's going to tear us apart."
Other political experts spoke in equally stark terms.
"I would say to all Americans: we've got a problem," presidential historian Michael Beschloss said on MSNBC. "We've got a president who sent a big message today to hate groups: I'm going to make it easier for you."
A tweet by presidential biographer David Maraniss went viral, perhaps because it tapped into wishful thinking by liberals. It said: "The living former presidents -- Bushes, Carter, Clinton & Obama -- should make a joint statement calling on the racist Trump to resign."
The hashtag #ImpeachTrump was the #1 trending topic on Twitter for several hours on Wednesday.
On Thursday, a new hashtag took over: #WhyWeMustImpeachTrumpIn7Words.
Trump's unexpected Q&A was a media critique through and through. He argued with members of the press corps, assailed "dishonest" coverage, and threw in a "fake news" smear for good measure.
A White House official told CNN's Jeff Zeleny that Trump had been fuming in closed-door meetings about what he saw as unfair media coverage, and it spilled out very publicly.
Veteran White House reporter Mark Knoller of CBS tweeted afterward, "Have never seen as frenzied a Q&A session with a president. Or as high-decibel an exchange either."
Late-night hosts ripped up their scripts.
And some GOP pundits ripped up their talking points. The White House's nightly "communications briefing" for media outlets quickly leaked out, partly because some of the recipients thought it was ridiculous. (The first bullet point about Charlottesville said "the president is entirely correct.")
Related: 'All manner of stupid came out': Late night responds to Trump's press conference
Even before those talking points came out, former Republican National Committee communications director Doug Heye, now a CNN commentator, tweeted: "I've asked the press offices at both the White House & RNC to remove me from their email lists."
Conservative commentator Scott Jennings offered an impassioned plea to Trump on CNN. "Mr. President," he said, "we want to be with you in policy. But you are making it impossible for us to be with you in spirit."
None of the broadcast networks televised Trump's Q&A live, because it wasn't expected to be groundbreaking. But after it happened, the broadcasters scrambled to produce special editions of their nightly newscasts.
The "CBS Evening News" devoted its entire half hour to all things Trump and Charlottesville. The other newscasts squeezed in some other stories, but still focused squarely on the Q&A and the sweeping criticism that followed.
"Remember," correspondent Hallie Jackson said on "NBC Nightly News," "he came down to the lobby in the first place to talk about infrastructure."
CNNMoney (New York) First published August 16, 2017: 2:54 AM ET


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Introduction San Marino
The third smallest state in Europe (after the Holy See and Monaco), San Marino also claims to be the world's oldest republic. According to tradition, it was founded by a Christian stonemason named Marino in A.D. 301. San Marino's foreign policy is aligned with that of Italy; social and political trends in the republic also track closely with those of its larger neighbor.
Geography San Marino
Southern Europe, an enclave in central Italy
total: 61.2 sq km
land: 61.2 sq km
about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
border countries: Italy 39 km
0 km (landlocked)
none (landlocked)
Mediterranean; mild to cool winters; warm, sunny summers
rugged mountains
lowest point: Torrente Ausa 55 m
highest point: Monte Titano 755 m
building stone
arable land: 16.67%
permanent crops: 0%
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification
signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution
landlocked; smallest independent state in Europe after the Holy See and Monaco; dominated by the Apennines
People San Marino
0-14 years: 16.8% (male 2,534/female 2,372)
15-64 years: 66.2% (male 9,316/female 10,055)
65 years and over: 17% (male 2,149/female 2,825) (2006 est.)
female: 41 years (2006 est.)
10.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
total: 5.63 deaths/1,000 live births
noun: Sammarinese (singular and plural)
adjective: Sammarinese
Sammarinese, Italian
Government San Marino
conventional long form: Republic of San Marino
conventional short form: San Marino
local long form: Repubblica di San Marino
local short form: San Marino
name: San Marino
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
9 municipalities (castelli, singular - castello); Acquaviva, Borgo Maggiore, Chiesanuova, Domagnano, Faetano, Fiorentino, Montegiardino, San Marino Citta, Serravalle
3 September AD 301
Founding of the Republic, 3 September (AD 301)
8 October 1600; electoral law of 1926 serves some of the functions of a constitution
based on civil law system with Italian law influences; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
chief of state: Cochiefs of State Captain Regent Antonio CARATTONI and Captain Regent Roberto GIORGETTI (for the period 1 October 2006-31 March 2007)
head of government: Secretary of State for Foreign and Political Affairs Fiorenzo STOLFI (since 27 July 2006)
cabinet: Congress of State elected by the Great and General Council for a five-year term
elections: cochiefs of state (captains regent) elected by the Great and General Council for a six-month term; election last held in September 2006 (next to be held March 2007); secretary of state for foreign and political affairs elected by the Great and General Council for a five-year term; election last held 13 December 2003 (next to be held NA)
election results: Antonio CARATTONI and Roberto GIORGETTI elected captains regent; percent of legislative vote - NA; Fiorenzo STOLFI elected secretary of state for foreign and political affairs; percent of legislative vote - NA
note: the popularly elected parliament (Grand and General Council) selects two of its members to serve as the Captains Regent (co-chiefs of state) for a six-month period; they preside over meetings of the Grand and General Council and its cabinet (Congress of State), which has 10 other members, all selected by the Grand and General Council; assisting the captains regent are 10 secretaries of state; the secretary of state for Foreign Affairs has assumed some prime ministerial roles
unicameral Grand and General Council or Consiglio Grande e Generale (60 seats; members are elected by direct, popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 4 June 2006 (next to be held by June 2011)
election results: percent of vote by party - PDCS 32.9%, Party of Socialists and Democrats 31.9%, APDS 11.9%, United Left 8.7%, New Socialist Party 5.4%; seats by party - PDCS 21, Party of Socialists and Democrats 20, APDS 7, United Left 5, New Socialist Party 3, other 4
Council of Twelve or Consiglio dei XII
Communist Refoundation or RC [Ivan FOSHI]; Ideas in Movement or IM [Alessandro ROSSI]; National Alliance or AN; New Socialist Party; Party of Socialists and Democrats [Claudio FELICI]; San Marino Christian Democratic Party or PDCS [Giovanni LONFERNINI]; San Marino Popular Alliance of Democrats or APDS [Roberto GIORGETTI]; San Marino Socialist Party or PSS [Alberto CECCHETTI]; Socialists for Reform or SR [Renzo GIARDI]; United Left
CE, FAO, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ITU, ITUC, OPCW, OSCE, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNWTO, UPU, WHO, WIPO
San Marino does not have an embassy in the US
honorary consulate(s) general: New York, Washington, DC
honorary consulate(s): Detroit, Honolulu
the US does not have an embassy in San Marino; the US Consul General in Florence (Italy) is accredited to San Marino; note - ambassador to Italy Ronald SPOGLI was appointed in September 2006 to be US Ambassador to San Marino; when the accreditation process is complete, Ambassador SPOGLI will be the first US Ambassador to San Marino
two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and light blue with the national coat of arms superimposed in the center; the coat of arms has a shield (featuring three towers on three peaks) flanked by a wreath, below a crown and above a scroll bearing the word LIBERTAS (Liberty)
Economy San Marino
The tourist sector contributes over 50% of GDP. In 2000 more than 3 million tourists visited San Marino. The key industries are banking, wearing apparel, electronics, and ceramics. Main agricultural products are wine and cheeses. The per capita level of output and standard of living are comparable to those of the most prosperous regions of Italy, which supplies much of its food.
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
agriculture: 1%
services: 57% (2000 est.)
-1.7% (2001)
wheat, grapes, corn, olives; cattle, pigs, horses, beef, cheese, hides
tourism, banking, textiles, electronics, ceramics, cement, wine
6% (1997 est.)
trade data are included with the statistics for Italy
building stone, lime, wood, chestnuts, wheat, wine, baked goods, hides, ceramics
wide variety of consumer manufactures, food
euros per US dollar - 0.79669 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002)
Communications San Marino
general assessment: adequate connections
domestic: automatic telephone system completely integrated into Italian system
international: country code - 378; connected to Italian international network
1 (San Marino residents also receive broadcasts from Italy) (1997)
Transportation San Marino
paved: 104 km (2003)
Military San Marino
no regular military forces; Voluntary Military Force (Corpi Militari Voluntar) performs ceremonial duties and limited police functions (2006)
males age 18-49: 6,331 (2005 est.)
males age 18-49: 135 (2005 est.)
$700,000 (FY00/01)
Military - note:
defense is the responsibility of Italy
Transnational Issues San Marino


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Young Thug's new album So Much Fun has arrived on Friday (Aug. 16).
Led by the hit single "The London" with Travis Scott and J. Cole, the project's official release date was revealed just earlier this week on Saturday (Aug. 10) in an Instagram post. Cole serves as executive producer on the album as well.
Though a seemingly unlikely pair, Cole told radio host Angie Martinez in 2018 how much of a fan he is of Thug's work.
"He's just ill," Cole said. "If you wanna talk about Thug as like, an artist, he's an innovator. You can call him a mumble rapper all you want, but if you know skills and the art of rapping, and you know like, how you put words together, you know pockets, you know flows, you know the things he does with his voice, dude is a genius."
The 19-track album also features a star-studded cast of Future, 21 Savage, Juice Wrld, Lil Baby, Gunna, Lil Uzi Vert, Quavo and others.
Thug will hit the road with Machine Gun Kelly this fall, so fans will get to see these tracks performed live.
Listen to So Much Fun for yourself below.
Young Thug's So Much Fun Tracklist
1. "Just How It Is"
2. "Sup Mate" Featuring Future
3. "Ecstasy"
4. "Hot" Featuring Gunna
5. "Light It Up"
6. "Surf" Featuring Gunna
7. "Bad Bad Bad" Featuring Lil Baby
8. "Lil Baby"
9. "What's the Move" Featuring Lil Uzi Vert
10. "I Bought Her" Featuring Lil Duke
11. Jumped Out Window"
12. "I'm Scared" Featuring 21 Savage and Doe Boy
13. "Cartier Gucci Scarf" Featuring Lil Duke
14. "Big Tipper" Featuring Lil Keed
15. "Pussy"
16. "Circle of Bosses" Featuring Quavo
17. "Mannequin Challenge" Featuring Juice Wrld
18. "Boy Back" Featuring Nav
19. "The London" Featuring J. Cole and Travis Scott
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The grounds (if any) for the notice.
The notice must be properly 'served' to you in person, by post, by fax, or hand-delivered in an addressed envelope to a mailbox at your residential or business address.
If there is a mistake in the notice or it is not served properly, you can argue in the Consumer Trader and Tenancy Tribunal that it is invalid and the landlord's application should be dismissed. However, the Consumer Trader and Tenancy Tribunal has discretion to overlook defects in the notice or how it was served.


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Carapicuiba, São Paulo State (Brazil)
Last modified: 2002-11-02 by joe mcmillan
Keywords: sao paulo | brazil | carapicuiba | cross (red) | lozenge (yellow) |
7:10 by Joseph McMillan
About the Flag
Index of Brazil Pages
São Paulo State
Municipal Flags of São Paulo State
Brazilian Municipal Flags
About the Flag of Carapicuiba
The flag of Carapicuiba resembles that of Brazil itself: a yellow lozenge on a green field, with the municipal coat of arms replacing the blue celestial sphere and the field divided by a yellow-bordered red cross. (This arrangement is said incorrectly to conform to Portuguese heraldic tradition.) The cross symbolizes those who discovered the region and the Christian religion, while the lozenge is said to be a symbol of motherhood. Yellow and green are the national colors established by the first emperor, Dom Pedro I. In addition to the usual explanation of these colors (green for spring and for the Portuguese royal house of Bragan�a, and yellow for gold and for the Austrian imperial house of Habsburg, the family of the emperor's wife Leopoldina), the official description of the flag of Carapicuiba says green also recalls the triangle on one version of the flag ascribed to Tiradentes, the most famous participant in the failed rebellion known as the Inconfidência Mineira of 1789. The municipal website also says the besiegers of the Bastille used green foliage taken from the trees of the Palais Royal as their emblem. In addition to gold and the Habsburgs, yellow is ascribed to "the ardent rays of our live-giving summer." These and the other colors in the flag are further assigned the symbolism standard for Brazilian municipal heraldry. As is also common in such flags, the coat of arms is said to represent the municipal government, the lozenge the city in which it has its seat, the arms of the cross the radiation of municipal authority throughout the territory of Carapicuiba, and the green quadrants formed by the cross the rural areas of the municipality. The measurements of the flag follow those of the national flag for the proportions and the lozenge. With the flag itself prescribed as 14 units by 20 units, the red cross is 0.5 units in width and the yellow border 0.5 units on each side of the red. The field of the coat of arms is yellow. On the center shield is a green inescutcheon divided by a bend wavy on which are six sardines, a pun on the name of the original grantee of the land, Afonso Sardinha. To the right and left of the inescutcheon are the three letters IHS below the cross of Christ. The IHS monogram evokes the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) who founded the original parish. Above the inescutcheon is a red Catherine wheel, the instrument of martyrdom of the patroness of the municipality. The blue wavy fess below the inescutcheon is for the Rio Tiet�, by which the bandeirantes entered the Piratininga Valley. The shield is surrounded by gears and sledgehammers for industry. The scroll is inscribed with the name of the municipality and the dates of the founding of the settlement (1580) and of the municipal charter (1965).
Source: Official municipal website
Joseph McMillan, 26 August 2002


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DW: Rose Review
October 3, 2018 September 30, 2018 David Hogan
This is not just a Doctor Debut Story, but it was the story that re-debuted the series in general and made it a success all over again. Writer Russell T. Davies looked back on past debut stories for this, specifically Spearhead from Space, and then weaved a more modern family story into it. The result is a very good adventure indeed, and a great debut for both Christopher Eccleston's Doctor and Billie Piper's Rose Tyler. Let's take a closer look!
Rose Tyler, a young woman of 19 is accidentally trapped one evening in the London department store where she works. Soon she finds herself surrounded by plastic mannequins that have come to life and moments before her death she's saved by a man who introduces himself as "the Doctor". This fateful encounter is just the beginning of their journey…
*spoilers appear from here on out!*
Cast of Characters:
How could you say no to that face?
The Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) – The Time War is finally over, but The Doctor has a lot of cleaning up to do. The battles between the Daleks and the Time Lords have left many planets in ruins, and many species looking for a new home…
Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) – Rose is just your average young adult beginning to make her way in life, working a regular dead-end job and hanging out with her boyfriend… Boy is her life ever going to get turned around soon!
Jackie Tyler (Camille Coduri) – Jackie is a single mother who has been raising Rose since she was little. Due to this, she is very weary of seeing her go out and about, let alone when she survives a shop exploding…
Mickey Smith (Noel Clark) – Mickey is Rose's boyfriend, and a bit of a wimp who thinks he's a cool bad-ass. Still, could be worse, he could be made of plastic and wanting to kill you!
The Nestene Consciousness – The Nestene Consciousness has returned to Earth in order to take it over again, but this time out of necessity due to its home worlds being dramatically effected, if not lost entirely, during the Time War.
Clive (Mark Benton) – Clive is a Doctor obsessive, having tracked the same man over multiple time periods. Can one man really be immortal, or is he an… ALIEN?!
Hey look, it's Rose from "Rose".
As I stated in the opening paragraph, this does a great job of establishing, or rather re-establishing, the world of Doctor Who, though a different one. The Doctor is a war-torn man full of regret and wearing a leather jacket, and his companion is given more character development in this one episode than most of the companions from the original TV series ever got. Rose is a great creation by Russell T. Davies, 19-year-old who is living with her mother in a rundown flat in a block of rundown flats, ends up becoming a hero of sorts by meeting up with The Doctor at the right time.
Christopher Eccleston is great in his role as well, funny and sarcastic, but also full of anger and regret. After all the Time War-related fiction we've had recently, you end up seeing this episode in a new light, The Doctor is trying his best to be his old self again after a long time fighting in a war and not going by that name. He's initially unwilling to even see Rose again, but soon tries his best to get her to come along with him on his journey, almost desperate for her to help him return to his old ways. The final shot of Rose, who had turned The Doctor down before he returned and she accepted, running towards the TARDIS with glee in slow motion is great stuff.
A common theme during this series is races that were adversely affected by the Time War wanting recompense or just a new home, and kicking things off with a displaced Nestene Consciousness was a great idea. The Autons (shop dummies come to life) are such an effectively creepy but also classically wacky idea that it is a great choice to introduce people to the show, as it did back in the 70s. While the effects of the Nestene Consciousness itself is a bit wonky now (to say the least) the Autons themselves, being physical things, still hold up. Plus they actually get to smash through shop windows this time!
There are some fun things done with the Autons this time round as well, with an Auton arm attacking The Doctor and Rose in the latter's apartment, and The Doctor removing an Auton-d Mickey's head to use to track a signal, leaving the body to flail about smashing things.
Some good fun to be had with Jackie Tyler as well. Her trying to come on to The Doctor, who repels her advances with perfectly timed retorts, still puts a smile on my face. Super-fan parody Clive is harmless as well, it's a shame to see him get gunned down in front of his family by an Auton, but hey-ho, that was the intention!
It's better than the 80s Who CGI at least, which you'd expect after two decades…
Auton Mickey is a little too… Auton-y, so much so that I just don't buy that Rose would fall for it, especially when he started malfunctioning and repeating the same word, and she just asked if he was "feeling okay".
Also, I'll mention it, when Mickey gets captured he's "sucked" into a wheelie bin that's being controlled by the Nestene, and after it swallows him it lets out a burp, which… yeah, makes no sense at all, it's just there to get a laugh out of the kids watching. That's fine, obviously, but it's also true that Doctor Who entertained kids for decades without dropping to the lowest (and cheapest) way of getting them to laugh possible. This obviously gets worse before it goes away, but that's a review for another time…
The Continuity:
Killer shop window dummies… still as freaky now as it was then (and in 1970, I imagine!)
The obvious one is the Nestene Concsiouness and its Autons having debuted in the Third Doctor debut story "Spearhead From Space", and subsequently returned the following season in "Terror of the Autons". This makes this only their third TV appearance, which is surprising, really!
Beyond that and slight references to the Time War, this doesn't really connect with any other story, which is how it was designed to be.
Rose was a great way to kick off a new era of Doctor Who. Plenty of action and a great new Doctor, but also lots of development for the new companion, creating a little world of her own to come from. "Series One" has some ups and downs, but it certainly gets off on the right note!
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It just shows how lost in other things I am, that I actually missed an entire round that had 3 more puzzles of mine. I only realized now while quickly solving through the rounds. The puzzle quality in general is superb. Refer to the previous post for a link to the forum topic where all the puzzles are posted.
Out of these 3, 2 I think are the hardest ones of the set I sent. I guess its appropriate they were used in the team round. The Odd Even Heyawacky requires a lot of thinking of patterns, and the Dotted wall, is just an unfamiliar type with some tricky deductions. The Yajisan Kazusan though, I don't think is that hard. People who're used to solving these will find it fine enough until a pause moment near the end, if I remember right. There were 6 more puzzles I sent that'll be used at a later time. My personal favorites of the set are among those 6.
Anyway, Enjoy! Next post, Tuesday Sudoku.
P347 : Dotted wall – Reading from left to right, top to bottom, every Nth shaded cell is marked by a dot. N is a constant value that needs to be determined by the solver. The shaded cells must form a contiguous wall. No 2×2 group of cells can be entirely shaded. The number at the top of the clue gives the number of shaded cells around it, and the number at the bottom gives the number of dots around it.
P348 : Odd Even Heyawacky – Shade in some cells. No two shaded cells should be adjacent, and all of the unshaded cells should be in one contiguous region. There may never be a horizontal or vertical line of unshaded cells that crosses two thick boundaries. An O in a region means there are an odd number of shaded cells in that region. An E in a region means there are an even number of shaded cells in that region (including zero).
P349 : Yajisan Kazusan – Shade in some cells. Shaded cells cannot be orthogonally adjacent. The remaining white area has to be connected. The clues indicated the number of shaded cells in the direction of the arrow. The clues that are unshaded must be true. Once shaded, a clue is irrelevant.


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DAAD Graduate Awards
Campus Application Deadline:
Download Application Files:
DAAD Grad Awards Stanford Cover Sheet
Application Link(s):
Stanford Pre-Application Form
DAAD Graduate Scholarship Website and Application
DAAD Graduate Research Grants Website and Application
Study Grant Eligibility:
Graduating seniors, graduate students and recent graduates who have completed degrees no longer than 6 years before the application deadline.
Students in the first year of a full Master's program in Germany may also apply for an extension to fund the second year of the Master's.
Research Grant Eligibility:
Full-time enrollment in doctoral program or in a full-time postdoctoral position. For short-term grants (1-6 months) applicants must have ABD status by the time of application, but those applying for long-term (7-10 months) should have reached ABD status by the time of the grant period. Post-Docs applying for short-term (1-6 months) should have completed their degrees no longer than 4 years before the time of application. Those applying for long-term grants (7-10 months) should have completed their degrees no longer than 2 years before the time of application.
Enrolled at Stanford University (undergraduate or graduate) at the time of application.
Bachelor's degree by the grant start date.
U.S. or Canadian citizen or permanent resident. Foreign nationals may be able to apply if they have been full-time students at Stanford for at least two years at the time of application. This does not apply to German citizens.
A well-defined study/research project that makes a stay in Germany essential. Preference will be given to applicants who have been invited by a German faculty member.
Have adequate knowledge of the German language to carry out proposed research.
The DAAD Graduate Awards have a campus process and require a Stanford nomination. Therefore, you need to be aware of two deadlines: a campus deadline and a national deadline. The campus deadline is typically in mid-October and the national deadline in early November. The application process is lengthy and requires many months of preparation.
Important information, which can help you determine if a DAAD Award is right for you, can be found here: https://stanford.box.com/Should-I-Apply-General-Handout
Additional information on the DAAD Awards, including application criteria, can be found at:
Graduate Study Scholarship: https://www.daad.org/en/find-funding/graduate-opportunities/study-scholarship/
Graduate Research Grant: https://www.daad.org/en/find-funding/graduate-opportunities/research-grants/
DAAD offers other grant opportunities for which Stanford students may apply. More information can be found at: https://www.daad.org/en/find-funding/
Campus Process
Campus Deadline Submission Checklist
DAAD STUDY SCHOLARSHIP application includes the following:
Stanford Campus Application Coversheet (available on our webpage, see above)
DAAD Online Application Form
Full CV/Resume - (max. 3 pages)
Study proposal - (max. 3 pages) this should include a narrative about academic and personal reasons for the planned study explaining why the program was chosen and how it will further your educational and career goals. No format restrictions regarding font, spacing and paragraphs.
Letter of admission to a study program in Germany. If this is not available at the time of the application deadline, this can be subsequently submitted before the scholarship-supported study program begins.
"Information about your Preferred Master Programs" (see DAAD website)
For Master's degree applicants:
- Applicants who will be starting their master's program in Germany: when completing the form, DAAD recommends listing up to 3 potential degree programs to avoid a situation in which you are granted a scholarship but end up not getting accepted into a Master's program. However, when writing your proposal, you should focus on your first choice, and mention briefly additional programs at the end of your proposal.
- Those who are already in the first year of a master's degree program in Germany: complete the form, and list your current program.
- OR For a study period in Germany as part of an American or Canadian postgraduate or Master's degree: submit proof that the academic credits earned in Germany will be recognized by your home institution (e.g. letter from your department).
University Degree Certificate(s)
Official Transcripts – including explanations of grading system
DAAD Language Evaluation Form (Sprachnachweis) - See DAAD official website for details - go to Application Guidelines and Checklist.
For Campus Level: One Letter of Recommendation (Original letter on letterhead stationary with signature and 2 photocopies enclosed in one sealed envelope)
For National Level: 1 signed reference form from a university professor in your major field in a sealed envelope. Your reference must send a scan of the signed form via email to gradscholar@daad.org . The reference form is available on the DAAD portal, also called referee's report.
Stanford Nomination Form and Waiver (available at the ORC)
DAAD RESEARCH GRANTS application includes the following:
Full CV/Resume (max. 3 pages)
List of Publications (max. 5 pages), if applicable
Extensive and detailed description of the research proposal which has been discussed with the academic adviser and a description of previous research work (max. 5 pages)
Schedule of planned research work
Letter confirming supervision by an academic adviser in Germany, which refers to the applicant's proposal and confirms that the host institute will provide a workplace
Official Transcripts - (Doctoral, Master's (or JD), Undergraduate)
DAAD Language Evaluation Form (Sprachnachweis) – See official checklist for link
For Campus Level:
1) One Letter of Recommendation (Original letter on letterhead stationary with signature and 2 photocopies enclosed in one sealed envelope) OR reference form
2) For Ph.D. candidates, a letter on university letterhead from your department confirming that you are in ABD status.*
3 copies of the "Application Summary", which is generated in the portal in PDF format, and which can be printed out after the application procedure is completed (printed one-sided, not stapled)
*Note: PhD Candidates at North American institutions applying for short-term grants (one to six months) must have ABD status by the time of application deadline, but no more than four years before applying. For those applying for long-term grants (seven to 10 months) must have reached ABD status by the start of the grant period, but no more than four years before applying.
For Both DAAD Graduate Study and Graduate Research Award Applicants:
Submit both the paper version and the electronic version of the following to the Overseas Resource Center, 2nd floor, Bechtel International Center by 4pm on the campus deadline:
Email the following materials to Diane Murk dmurk@stanford.edu:
PDF of Application (to be downloaded from DAAD application system once you submit your application)
Stanford DAAD Cover Sheet (see above on this webpage)
Stanford Nomination Form Waiver (available at the ORC)
Drop off / Deliver the paper version of the following materials:
3 Copies of the Application, Cover Sheet, and Waiver (do not staple)
1 sealed envelope of reference forms/letters.
(For PhD candidates, include your ABD letter with the application materials for the campus level.)
We will forward all of candidate's application material to our DAAD Campus Screening Committee the day after our campus deadline. Our faculty member panel will decide which two applicants will be Stanford's Preferred Candidates / Nominees for special consideration. Please keep in mind that we forward, by mail, all approved applications to the DAAD office for review and selection before the national deadline.
How the ORC can help?
After reading this website and the official DAAD website you should attend an information session. Info sessions can be found at http://bechtel.stanford.edu/overseas-scholarships. This is your first step in working with the ORC team.
monthly payment of € 750 for postgrads and around € 1,000 for doctoral candidates and postdocs
About The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Graduate Scholarship
The German Academic Exchange Service, Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) is a private, federally and state-funded, self-governing national agency of the institutions of higher education in Germany. The DAAD awards competitive, merit-based grants for use toward graduate study and research in Germany in any academic field and at any academic level at any of the accredited German institutions of higher education. There are two types of DAAD Graduate Awards for our campus process:
Study Scholarship: A 10-month scholarship to be used for a full master's degree program at a German university or for study at a German university as part of a postgraduate or master's degree program completed in the home country. All recipients of study scholarships must enroll in courses.
Research Grant: Available to doctoral and post-doctoral students whose goal is to conduct research for either 1-6 or 7-10 months. Students may apply for multi-year research grants to pursue a doctoral degree.
Please note that as a partner university, Stanford is allowed to select two "preferred applicants" whose applications will be entered into a separate pool. While preferred applicants are not guaranteed an award, their chances are reasonably good. However, all applicants are forwarded on to DAAD for consideration.
Administered by Stanford
DAAD German Academic Exchange
DAAD Graduate Study Scholarship
DAAD Graduate Research Grants


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Complete list of running events in and near Nokesville, VA: Marathons, 1-milers, 5Ks, half-marathons, 10Ks, obstacle courses, walking events & more.
The ZIP Code 20182 is associated with the city of Nokesville in Prince William County in the state of Virginia.


CARE began working in Guatemala in 1959, supporting community groups to improve rural health care and education. We responded to a devastating earthquake in 1976 and since then we have continued to work with communities to address the underlying causes of their vulnerability, including chronic poverty, lack of infrastructure, and persistent gender inequalities.
Women and girls are at the centre of our drive to combat poverty and injustice. We work to increase girls' attendance at school while helping women to access micro-credit to set up and sustain small businesses.
Over the years, we have developed an extensive working relationship with public and private sector agencies. We support local organisations to gain legal status so they can participate in and lead democratic and development processes in their communities. We also help the many people who lost their identity documents in the civil war to become registered and regain their documents. We raise awareness of laws and frameworks that influence democracy and the development processes, thus enabling communities to participate in them fully.


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using QLChuyenBay.DAO;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace QLChuyenBay.BUS
{
    public class AddFlight_BUS
    {
        SanBay_DAO Airport_DAO_Obj = new SanBay_DAO();
        ChuyenBay_DAO Flight_DAO_Obj = new ChuyenBay_DAO();

        public DataTable Get_List_Airport()
        {
            return Airport_DAO_Obj.Get_List_Airport();
        }

        public bool Insert_Flight(string id_from, string id_to, DateTime date, TimeSpan time)
        {
            date = date.Date.AddHours(time.TotalHours);
            return Flight_DAO_Obj.AddFlight(id_from, id_to, date);
        }

        public DataTable LoadAllFlight()
        {
            return Flight_DAO_Obj.LoadAllFlight();
        }

        public bool UpdateFlight( DataTable dt)
        {
            return Flight_DAO_Obj.Update_Flight(dt);
        }

        public DataTable SearchFlight(string to, string from, DateTime date)
        {
            return Flight_DAO_Obj.SearchFlight(from, to, date.Date.ToString());
        }
    }
}

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