The market analysis is one of the most important parts of any startup strategy. Do it right, and you will have a clear idea of the path down which you are headed. A good market analysis will enable you to lure investors, sidestep pitfalls, and most importantly, attract customers.
Bear in mind that all businesses starting out are different, and they may be creating business plans and strategies for different reasons or audiences. If your business is quite small and you know your customers inside and out, this may not be the best use of your time. If this is an internal plan, and there isn't a need for industry data to corroborate your forecast, a market analysis may not be necessary. Be sure to assess the value of this information for your business, and act accordingly.
Market analysis; it's really exactly what it sounds like: determining the characteristics unique to your particular market and analyzing this information, which will help you make decisions for your business. Your market analysis should include an overview of your industry, a look at your target market, an analysis of your competition, your own projections for your business, and any regulations you'll need to comply with.
This is where you'll discuss the current state of your industry overall and where it's headed. Relevant industry metrics like size, trends, life cycle, and projected growth should all be included here. This will let banks or investors see that you know what you're doing, and have done your homework and come come prepared with the data to back up your business idea.
In the industry description section of your market analysis, you were able to look at the general scope. In this section, you've got to be specific. It's important to establish a clear idea of your target market early on. A lot of new entrepreneurs make the rookie mistake of thinking that everyone is their potential market. To put it simply, they're not.
User Persona and Characteristics: You'll want to include demographics such as age, income, and location here. You'll also need to dial into your customers' psychographics as well. You should know what their interests and buying habits are, as well as be able to explain why you're in the best position to meet their needs.
Market size: This is where you want to get real, both with the potential readers of your business plan and with yourself. Do your research and find out who and where your competitors are, and how much your customers spend annually on your product or service. How big is the potential market for your business?
Market: How big is the market for goods and services similar to what you plan on offering? What's the growth rate? Include the general outlook and trends for this market. Who are your main competitors? Are there any secondary competitors who could impact your business?
Competitor strengths and weaknesses: What is your competition good at? Where do they fall behind? Get imaginative to spot opportunities to excel where others are falling short.
The importance of your target market to competitors: Ideally, you're going after customers whose needs aren't being met by your competitors.
Barriers to entry: What are the potential pitfalls of entering your particular market? What's the cost of entry—is it prohibitively high, or can anyone enter your market? This is where you examine your weaknesses. Be honest, with investors and yourself. Being unrealistic is not going to make you look good.
Market share: When you know how much money your future customers spend, you'll know how much of the market you have a chance to grab. Be practical, but don't sell yourself short. Make sure you are able to explain how you came up with your numbers.
Pricing and gross margin: This is where you'll lay out your pricing structure and discuss any discounts you plan to offer. Your gross margin is the difference between your cost and the sales price. Again, be realistic yet optimistic. Optimistic projections not only serve as a guide, they can be a motivator.
Are there any specific governmental regulations or restrictions on your market? If so, you'll need to bring them up here and discuss how you're going to comply with them. You will also need to address the cost of compliance. Addressing these issues is essential if you are seeking investment or money from a lender, and everything has to be legally squared away and above board.
Your current customers: If your business is already up and running, your current customers are an invaluable resource. They are your existing market. You can use online surveys or social media to gather feedback about buying habits, needs, and other psychographic information.
U.S. Census Bureau: Here's where you'll find demographics you can use to figure out your market share. There is plenty of other information you can use in your market analysis here as well.
Business.gov: The go-to place for national industry information, as well as links for state and local resources.
U.S. Small Business Administration: The SBA offers industry guides, development programs, and local resources, as well as loan guarantees when the time comes.
Bureau of Labor Statistics: The BLS is the place to find out where your industry has been and where it is headed.
Commerce.gov: The U.S. Department of Commerce has a lot of good general information that you may be able to use, depending on your industry.
Internet: You can do internet searches to find information about any state or local regulations or licenses you may need for your industry. As always, there's a lot of stuff out there, so make sure you're depending on reliable sources. For your market analysis, Wikipedia won't cut it. On the other hand, you can find plenty of useful information, including sample business plans right here on Bplans, where you can also obtain free industry reportsas well.
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David Hunter practises securities, corporate and natural resources law. He has acted for a broad range of public and private companies, as well as institutional venture capital investors and local governments. He advises on public and private equity and debt financings, takeover bids, acquisitions, arrangements and mergers, with a particular focus on mineral resource companies. He also advises public company clients on a variety of corporate and securities law issues including regulatory compliance, disclosure and corporate governance.
Mr. Hunter has acted for corporations in various sectors, including mining, oil and gas, forestry, telecommunications, manufacturing, and chemical processing. His recent projects include a "go-public" transaction by a retirement home developer and operator, advising on the disposition of significant BC-based coal assets, and the structuring and financing of an international unconventional oil and gas E&P company. In addition, he has ongoing engagements advising TSX and TSX Venture Exchange companies on securities law compliance, financing and M&A transactions; local governments on commercial utility and infrastructure projects to better leverage public assets; and venture capital fund managers on the formation and organization of venture capital funds, and on fund investments.
Mr. Hunter handles all aspects of private and public venture capital financing, and prepares various commercial agreements for resource industry, technology, and local government clients, including share and asset purchase agreements, joint venture agreements, royalty agreements, shareholders agreements, management and consulting agreements, option agreements, investment agreements, and bulk commodity supply agreements. In addition he advises clients on BC mineral title maintenance, tenure disputes, due diligence issues and reclamation obligations, disputes, due diligence issues and reclamation obligations.
Prior to his career in law Mr. Hunter worked for five years as a commercial lending and risk management officer with a major Canadian bank, principally serving clients in the service and resource development sectors.
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Mr. Hunter has acted for the following clients:
Canada Development Investment Corporation in connection with its management of the Dominion Coal Blocks
Element Lifestyle Retirement Inc. in its reverse takeover of Sonoma Resources Ltd.
San Antonio Ventures Inc. on the amalgamation with R2 Energy Ltd. to form Renaissance Oil Corp.
Rainy River Resources Ltd. in a bought-deal short-form prospectus financing
Atna Resources Ltd. in connection with the acquisition from Pinson Mining Company (a subsidiary of Barrick Gold Corporation) of an additional 70% interest in the Pinson Mine, giving Atna 100% control of the high-grade Nevada gold resource
Realm Energy International Corporation in the completion of its $146 million business acquisition by San Leon Energy plc.
The board of directors of Atna Resources Ltd. in its successful defence of a hostile proxy battle at its 2011 annual general meeting
Pediment Gold Corp. in its $137 million acquisition by Argonaut Gold Inc.
Yaletown Ventures in organizing and financing its new $120 million venture capital fund
Rainy River Resources in connection with a $75 million bought-deal financing
Rankings and recognitions
International Financial Law Review 1000, Canada: Banking and finance; Private equity; M&A, 2019
2017 Best Lawyers in Canada: Recognized leading lawyer in the areas of Mergers + Acquisitions Law, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law and Securities Law
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Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia
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Polarization among political groups has important consequences for successful democratic consolidation during transitions from authoritarianism. However, existing theories fail to explain why these groups emerge more or less polarized from authoritarian periods. In this paper, I test one possible mechanism through which the repression that defines authoritarian regimes affects processes of polarization in these systems. Drawing on psychological theories of social identity, I posit that the nature of repression – whether it targets a specific group, or is more widespread – alters group members' group identification, in turn changing the perceived distance between groups, and ultimately shaping the level of affective and preference polarization among these groups through processes of group differentiation. I test the proposed causal relationship through lab experiments conducted with 434 adult citizens in Tunis, Tunisia in May 2016. The results reveal that a targeted repression prime increases in-group identification and affective and preference polarization between groups, while a widespread prime decreases these same measurements. In addition, the widespread prime increases identification with the out-group. Subsequent analyses reveal the effect of the primes on preference polarization appears to be mediated through group identification. I discuss the implications of these results for Egypt and Tunisia, two historical cases in which previous regime repression conditioned levels of polarization among opposition, with important consequence for countries' potential democratic transitions.
For Academic Citation: Nugent, Elizabeth. "The Psychology of Repression and Polarization in Authoritarian Regimes ." Paper, Middle East Initiative, June 2018.
Tunisia's first post-uprisings local elections are Sunday. Can they bolster citizens' belief in democracy?
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Last month, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described air pollution as "the new tobacco". he top half of India portends how bad it can get: in WHO's list of the world's 20 most-polluted cities in terms of PM2.5 levels, 14 are located in a belt that extends from Punjab to Bihar. Between 2007 and 2017, the air quality here has gone from bad to worse.
"With the right kind of push and pull measures, if you introduce gaseous fuels in NCR, it can bring tremendous benefits," he says. He also suggests that as new vehicular norms become effective, monitoring older vehicles should remain on the radar for action. Public transport options that are not based on fossil fuels should be increased. Finally, for a problem that plagues an entire region, these measures also need to move out of Delhi and make up for the lost time.


"So in a way, it will be the government which will direct the banks on the NPA resolution mechanism and this could be the way forward", the source said. The government had earlier asked the RBI to make sector-specific relaxations in the timeline for the implementation of the circular.
"Directions which can be issued to banks can only be in respect of specific defaults by specific debtors". Some had even challenged the validity of the RBI's directive saying its "one-size-fits-all" did not account for external factors.
What the Supreme Court basically said is that the powers of the RBI under Section 35AA have to be exercised in a particular manner and henceforth we have to comply with the directions of the Supreme Court in this regard and act accordingly.
A Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy report tabled past year had said some 40,000 megawatts of stressed power capacity across 34 projects were at risk simply because of external factors such as fuel shortage, sub-optimal loading of coal, absence of fuel supply agreements with state-run monopolies and lack of power purchase agreements signed by states who were the sole buyers of electricity in most cases. Similar petitions were moved at the Madras High Court and the Delhi High Court. The RBI argued that the circular had been issued in the public interest, with a view to ensure the timely resolution of stressed assets.
CNBC TV said that the judgment is "bank credit negative", meaning that if defaulters are forgiven for bad debt, banks are the ones at a loss without punitive powers. "All these options are within the commercial domain of banks.they will still remain answerable to the RBI", Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan Executive Partner Punit Dutt Tyagi said. This circular imposed very stringent conditions on lenders in relation to large loan accounts.
In February 2018, the RBI put out a circular on classification of non-performing assets that required banks to refer any account with a loan of more than Rs 2,000 crore to bankruptcy court if it is not resolved within 180 days of a default. However, the resolution process, which was expected to be expedited, may get delayed, Gupta said.
"Incremental NPA formation is estimated to have halved to 3.7 per cent (of opening net advances) for the full year ended March 31, 2019, compared with 7.4 per cent in fiscal 2018", Financial Sector Ratings Director Rama Patel said.


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United States Abandons Finally Its Effort to Seize Mask of Ka Nefer Nefer in St. Louis, Egypt's Plans Unknown
Posted by Nicholas O'Donnell on July 29, 2014 at 10:17 AM
The Department of Justice has made public its plans to let the deadline pass for seeking rehearing or further review of the June, 2014 decision affirming the dismissal of its efforts to seize the Mask of Ka Nefer Nefer in the St. Louis Art Museum by civil forfeiture. In an interview with St. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States Attorney Richard Callahan stated that "The Department of Justice will take no further legal action with respect to the mask."
Topics: Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer, St. Louis Art Museum, Department of Justice, Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e), the Art Law Report, 19 U.S.C. § 1595a, United States, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Museums, Customs, Civil Forfeiture, Ancient Egypt
St. Louis Art Museum Dismisses Its Lawsuit Over Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer, Could Bring it Again if It Chose
Posted by Nicholas O'Donnell on June 24, 2014 at 1:12 PM
I wondered aloud two weeks ago what the St. Louis Art Museum would do with its declaratory judgment action over the Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit affirmed the dismissal of the related forfeiture action brought by the government. With the question of seizure answered for good, I suggested that the museum's next move might be to dismiss its first-filed lawsuit, because its incentive to litigate the question of title was effectively removed entirely with the forfeiture off the table. Judith H. Dobrzynski picked up on this theme at Real Clear Arts.
Topics: Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer, Real Clear Arts, St. Louis Art Museum, Department of Justice, Judith H. Dobrzynski, Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e), 19 U.S.C. § 1595a, United States, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Customs, Civil Forfeiture, Ancient Egypt
What Happens to St. Louis Art Museum Suit Against the U.S. over the Mask of Ka Nefer Nefer—Will Museum Dismiss its Case Voluntarily?
On the heels of the St. Louis Art Museum's victory against the civil forfeiture action over the Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer, the question arises what the museum will do with the lawsuit it filed in 2011 concerning the mask. That lawsuit, The Art Museum Subdistrict of the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District of the City of Saint Louis and the County of Saint Louis, (the "SLAM Case") filed before the civil forfeiture action that was the subject of last week's opinion(United States vs. Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer, hereafter the "Forfeiture Action"), sought a declaratory judgment on several issues. This tactic is not uncommon when two parties disagree over a claim; essentially the party who would ordinarily be the defendant (here the possessor of the property, the museum), seeks offensively a declaration about the parties' rights. Because of its recent victory in the Forfeiture Action, the museum's best move may be to dismiss the SLAM Case now, rather than litigate ownership questions that it no longer has to answer.
Topics: Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer, Mohamed Ibrahim, St. Louis Art Museum, Department of Justice, Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e), the Art Law Report, 19 U.S.C. § 1595a, United States, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Customs, Minister of Antiquities, Civil Forfeiture, Ancient Egypt
Appeals Court Rules Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer Will Stay at St. Louis Art Museum Because Government Missed Deadlines
Posted by Nicholas O'Donnell on June 12, 2014 at 7:10 AM
The Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of the U.S. government's attempt to seize the Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer from the St. Louis Art Museum. Despite the government's persistent characterization the mask as stolen before it entered the country, the civil forfeiture case has been rebuffed. The narrow issue was whether the trial court had properly denied the government's request to amend its complaint after an initial challenge, but as the 8th Circuit put it, "Underlying that issue is an attempt to expand the government's forfeiture powers at the likely expense of museums and other good faith purchasers in the international marketplace for ancient artifacts." That latter question will have to wait another day, because the case was resolved on the government's missed deadlines and nothing more.
Topics: Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer, St. Louis Art Museum, Department of Justice, Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e), the Art Law Report, Restitution, 19 U.S.C. § 1595a, United States, Antiquities, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Customs, Civil Forfeiture, Ancient Egypt
St. Louis Art Museum Prevails Against U.S. Claim to Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer
Posted by Nicholas O'Donnell on April 3, 2012 at 1:23 PM
The St. Louis Art Museum has defeated the federal goverment's efforts to seize the Egyptian Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer under U.S. customs laws.
The Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer is a funerary mask of an ancient Egyptian noblewoman. The St. Louis Art Museum purchased it from a dealer in 1998. Sometime later, the United States began to seek its seizure, arguing that it was stolen property. The museum sued the government in the first instance to seek a declaration that the attempts to seize the Mask should cease. The United States then brought a civil forfeiture action under U.S. customs laws (proceedings in which the object is the defendant, making the case United States v. The Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer; it is left to the person claiming ownership to file a claim in which she bears the burden of proof). In its papers, the government essentially argued that the fact that the Mask had gone missing in Egypt by 1973 and then surfaced in a sale in the United States decades later, meant that it could not have been imported legally.
Topics: Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer, St. Louis Art Museum, 19 U.S.C. 1595a, the Art Law Report, United States, Customs, Civil Forfeiture, Ancient Egypt


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atelier RIGHT HUB renovates an old chinese house into a contemporary boutique hotel in hangzhou
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in a village in hangzhou, china, RIGHT HUB renovated an old house and its adjoining four courtyards to create a boutique hotel that blends traditional chinese architecture with contemporary design. the project, appropriately named ?MYMORY? that consists of ?my? and ?memory?, is meant to keep the old residence?s spirit of the older generations. located in the foothill of the tianmu mountain, the boutique hotel is surrounded by picturesque natural landscape, overlooking the distant village and outlining a beautiful chinese ink painting.
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RIGHT HUB started from an old, yet beautifully preserved, house built in the 1970s featuring rammed earth walls and wooden frames. this became the premise of the project?s overall planning. the architects wanted to preserve the essence of the old building yet add a new one to integrate the four existing courtyards. the existing walls and wooden structures were repaired and reinforced, and floor made of steel structure and concrete.
for the renovation, the architects covered the rammed earth walls with the recycled old bricks, and the wooden structures became exposed in the interior space. the historical traces of the old house and the beauty of the structures become completely evident to the guests. RIGHT HUB replaced the original single residential function of the old house with the multi-function of the hotel, which now includes a lobby, reception, lounge, tea room, dry kitchen, w...
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Cargo Description: 236,000 board feet of lumber bound for Chicago from Cheboygan, Michigan.
Owners: Original owner: Hosea Rogers, Charlotte, New York. Final owner: F.M. Bruce, Chicago, Illinois.
The wooden three masted schooner Joseph Cochrane was built in 1856 by Rogers & Dickson at Charlotte, New York. Most sources refer to her as a schooner, although a couple mention her as a barkentine. In 1861 the vessel was valued at $9,000 and rated A2. At the time of her loss the vessel was rated B1 and may have been worth $10,000. The official registry number was 12755.
1859: Reportedly went to the Atlantic Ocean.
June 1862: Collided with the schooner L.B. Crocker on the St. Clair River.
November 1863: Collided with the schooner J. Fretter on the Detroit River.
June 1869: Sunk in the Welland Canal and raised.
Last Document Of Enrollment Surrendered: Chicago: 6/30/1871: "Vessel Lost".
October 22, 1870. The schooner Joseph Cochrane, laden with 236,000 feet of lumber bound from Cheboygan, Michigan for Chicago, sprung a leak during a gale. The following morning she attempted to put into Bailey's Harbor, but the Cochrane missed the channel and stranded upon the reef. The captain and crew were stranded over night until the brig H.E. Mussey managed to rescue them. Within two days the schooner went to pieces, spilling the load of lumber, of which, 100,000 feet were later salvaged by the schooner Market Drayton.


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Il cane da pastore del Cumberland è una razza canina estinta legata al border collie e ad altri vecchi tipi di collie da lavoro.

Si sostiene che sia uno degli antenati del pastore australiano e nella prima parte del XX secolo alcuni cani da pastore del Cumberland venivano chiamati border collie e potrebbero essere stati assorbiti in quest'ultima razza.

I cani da pastore del Cumberland furono descritti nel libro Dogs In Britain, A Description of All Native Breeds and Most Foreign Breeds in Britain di Clifford LB Hubbard, 1948.

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 Hubbard, Clifford LB. 1948. Cani in Gran Bretagna, una descrizione di tutte le razze native e della maggior parte delle razze straniere in Gran Bretagna.
 3 Cumberland Sheepdogs (foto)
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 Razze da una radice comune

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WSTS meetings serve for the purpose of directing the WSTS policy and operation, as forums of information exchange within the semiconductor industry, and of preparing an industry forecast 3 years ahead. This document provides information on meeting objectives, participants, frequency and locations.
Purpose: To direct and supervise the operation of WSTS and its financial management.
Participants: The 13 appointed directors, the Chairman (the WSTS Administrator acting) and the recording secretary. Other participants may be invited. Representatives of the Semiconductor Industry associations are traditionally invited guests.
Frequency: Minimum twice a year, usually co-located with the Committee Meeting (see below).
Purpose: To direct WSTS policy and programs.
Participants: The WSTS Chairman, the Vice Chairmen of the 4 Regions Americas, Europe, Japan and Asia-Pacific, the WSTS Administrator and the recording secretary. Other participants may be invited. Representatives of the Semiconductor Industry associations are traditionally invited guests.
Purpose: To review and implement changes and adjustments to the WSTS programs, to approve changes to the bylaws and to elect the chairman. To review the status of the semiconductor industry and to prepare an industry forecast covering the remaining quarters of the current year and the three following years.
Participants: One committee representative per member company (holding voting rights), other participants from member companies, chairman, vice chairmen and directors, administrator, assistant to administrator, observers from semiconductor industry associations and special invited guests. The number of participants is usually between 60 and 70.
Frequency and Duration: Twice a year lasting for 3 days.
Location: Both the spring meetings and the autumn meetings will subsequently take place in any of the four regions: USA, Europe, Japan, Asia Pacific.
Output: Presentations, minutes, semiconductor forecast.
Scope: The four regions Americas, Europe, Japan and Asia-Pacific hold regional chapter meetings.
Purpose: To review regional market developments, to conceive and initiate regional policies and projects, to formulate proposals for classification format changes, to prepare inputs for the worldwide meetings, to nominate and elect regional WSTS representatives.
Participants: Representatives of regional member companies, regional vice chairman and invited guests (e. g. representatives of member companies from other regions, who have a strong business presence in the host region, the WSTS administrator, representatives of the regional semiconductor industry association).
Frequency: 2 to 4 meetings per year; in Asia Pacific currently separate meetings are held for Korean and Taiwan based companies.
WSTS may from time to time form specific task forces or working groups to accomplish certain goals. Participants to these initiatives will be volunteers from member companies.
The info page for the next Committee Meeting is accessible from the home page, however, as participation is limited to employees of WSTS member companies, detailed information such as the agenda, the list of participants and so on will need login. Post meeting information from previous meetings is only accessible after login.
Semiconductor companies who are not WSTS members but intend become members may participate in WSTS meetings under guest-status. If this is your situation you should contact the Administrator for the Committee meeting or the regional vice chairman for the regional chapter meeting.
Applying for WSTS Membership is a matter of three minutes. Fill in the online application form.


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Inimai Chettiar & Ames C. Grawert: Crime isn't out of control. Trump's facts are
IN HIS FIRST ADDRESS to Congress on Tuesday night, President Trump once more painted a bleak picture of a country besieged by crime, drugs and terrorism. The unexpectedly positive tone he used shouldn't obscure the falsehoods at the heart of his rhetoric.
By Inimai Chettiar and Ames C. Grawert
Noah Feldman: The way toward a compromise on voting rights
In an important decision that's unusual for being almost unanimous, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday clarified the constitutional rule for the design of majority-minority legislative districts.
Jose Antonio Vargas: Trump could deport me. That's why I attended his speech to Congress.
This is my country, too.
By Jose Antonio Vargas
Revised Trump immigration order will not ban citizens from Iraq
The order will exempt current visa holders and legal permanent residents, and it will not impose a blanket ban on those from Iraq. It will also not include an exception for religious minorities.
By Matt Zapotosky and Abigail Hauslohner
Dahleen Glanton: Trump plays with fire by taunting foreign nations
THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS don't like the way President Donald Trump is running the country. That's probably an understatement.
By Dahleen Glanton Chicago Tribune (TNS)
Ramesh Ponnuru: What does predicted GDP effect of losing illegal immigrants really mean?
It's an eye-opening finding: If the United States no longer had any illegal immigrants, its GDP would be $5 trillion smaller over 10 years.
By Ramesh Ponnuru Bloomberg View (TNS)
Noah Feldman: A loss, but maybe also a gain, for transgender movement
Now that the Trump administration has reversed the Department of Education policy on transgender bathroom use, the Supreme Court will probably dismiss the case it's hearing on the matter rather than issue a decision.
By Noah Feldman Bloomberg View (TNS)
Trump administration promises no random immigration arrests, Gov. Terry McAuliffe said
The governor has repeatedly faulted the Trump administration for taking an aggressive stance against immigrants, saying it creates a climate of fear and scares away foreign businesses that might want to locate in the state.
By Gregory S. Schneider
Transgender teen's state wrestling title stokes an already heated gender-identity debate in Texas
Mack Beggs ended a highly controversial and dramatic weekend by becoming the first transgender participant to win a Class 6A girls' state championship in Texas high school wrestling.
By Kent Babb
Danielle Allen: Trump may gut an institution that can fix our divisions
At his news conference earlier this month, President Donald Trump vowed that he would do everything within his power to fix the divisions in our country.
By Danielle Allen
Jennifer Rubin: White House gives plenty of ammunition to travel ban's opponents
OPPONENTS OF President Donald Trump's travel ban have one big advantage — the Trump White House. If not for the confusion, lack of staffing (nary a deputy, let alone an undersecretary or assistant secretary, has been named in national security-related departments), organizational disarray, policy differences or all of the above, the administration might have put together on its first try a legally enforceable executive order. It might by now even have come up with a new executive order, thanks to a road map provided by the 9th Circuit. However, the rollout has been pushed back to this week.
Jen Aulwes: My transgender 7-year-old has a message for Donald Trump
Last spring, when I heard Donald Trump say that Caitlyn Jenner could use whatever bathroom she wanted at Trump Tower, I breathed a sigh of relief. There weren't many things Trump and I agreed on, but this was one. Surely, I hoped, if he became president, he would extend the same courtesy to my 7-year-old daughter, Henry.
By Jen Aulwes
Christine Flowers: Critics of Yiannopoulos are hypocrites
I've often thought that some of the most vocal critics of child abuse really didn't care as much as they pretended to care about abused and neglected children.
It's not always about romance. Some singles want a parenting partner, not a life partner.
The possible makeups of co-parenting relationships are endless, and they're contributing to a growing number of representations of what family can look like.
By ritany Robinson
Dana Gioia: Supporting the arts for our sake
The National Endowment of the Arts is under attack — again. The foes are the same tired cast of characters who have assaulted the agency for the last 30 years. Their arguments are the same threadbare notions that have been repeatedly rejected. They are mounting a partisan battle that will do the nation no good. But for the sake of the arts, it needs to be fought again and won.
By Dana Gioia Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Trump administration considering "more streamlined" version of travel ban
Legal analysts have said a new executive order that maintains bans would not likely allay the concerns of federal judges who put the original order on hold.
By Michael Birnbaum and Lena H. Sun
Utah Republican argues against equal pay for women: It's 'bad for families' and society
Green said in his letter that men make more than women because they're "the primary breadwinners" of their families, and paying women equally would somehow ruin the makeup of a traditional family.
By Kristine Guerra
"That's how dictators get started": McCain criticizes Trump for calling media "the enemy"
The 80-year-old Republican senator was responding to several tweets by Trump over the past week, in which he repeatedly attacked the media as "fake news."
By Amy B Wang
Rick Santorum: Democrats shouldn't oppose supremely qualified Gorsuch
When he was nominated for a federal judgeship in 2006, Neil Gorsuch was confirmed by voice vote in the Senate, and there was not a single objection to an obviously qualified nominee.
By Rick Santorum The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)
Jared Bernstein: Trump's wilted word salad on helping urban communities
I want to focus on a particular answer President Donald Trump gave at his news conference Thursday, as it underscores a theme of mine: He knows only how to campaign; he knows not how to govern.
By Jared Bernstein
Anthony B. Kim: Reversing the decline in America's economic freedom
Economic freedom has been on the rise in many countries around the globe. So why has it been declining here in the United States?
By Anthony B. Kim The Heritage Foundation (TNS)
Noah Feldman: Gorsuch should answer a big question on abortion
If the U.S. Supreme Court were to reverse Roe v. Wade, individual states could still permit abortion. But, in theory, the Supreme Court could go further, and rule that laws permitting abortion violate the equal protection rights of unborn fetuses.
Teens are the worst behind the wheel? Nah, it's millennials, a new study finds.
The AAA study found that 88 percent of drivers 19 to 24 admitted that within the past 30 days they had sped, run a red light or texted while driving.
By Ashley Halsey III
Wegmans is the latest company to face Trump-related boycotts
The regional supermarket chain with a cult following is facing calls to remove Trump Winery products from its 10 Virginia stores.
By Abha Bhattarai
Trump praises Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, saying she endured a "very unfair trial"
DeVos, a major Republican donor and longtime advocate for vouchers and other alternatives to public schools, stumbled over basic policy questions at her Senate confirmation hearing.
By Emma Brown
Basketball revolt: Make the girls quit or forfeit, N.J. archdiocese told grade schoolers. They forfeited.
Instead of a scheduled game against another school, the co-ed team's season ended Friday with an inter-squad scrimmage, "unity" T-shirts, a pizza party and prayer.
By Katie Mettler
Ramesh Ponnuru: Will Trump defund Planned Parenthood?
During the presidential campaign, Trump said he would "defund" — that is, stop providing federal funding to — Planned Parenthood. He can advance that goal by executive order if he wants.
Increasing numbers of Muslim migrants trek north to Canada
After President Trump signed an executive order barring travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries, Canada adopted a welcoming stance.
By Ben Guarino
Trudy Rubin: Iraqis who helped U.S. now wait under immigration ban
As the courts ponder President Donald Trump's ill-advised immigration ban, nothing better illustrates its cruelty and carelessness than its impact on Iraqis who risked their lives to help Americans.
By Trudy Rubin The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)
Conor Sen: The Democrats' new base should be Romney voters
There's a paradox within the Democratic Party right now as leaders plot their path forward. On the one hand, they want to get back to their labor roots. On the other hand, electoral trends will pull them in the other direction.
By Conor Sen
Noah Feldman: Trump lawyers should prepare for a lot of court appearances
The legal challenges to President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration from seven majority Muslim countries aren't over. Not even close. That's because a number of challenges to different aspects of the order by different kinds of plaintiffs are pending in courts across the country.
Megan McArdle: Marriage as cause of stability, not just effect
Well-adjusted children and functional marriages go together. But are the kids thriving because the parents' marriage works, or does the marriage work for the same reasons that the kids are thriving?
Charles Krauthammer: The travel moratorium was a hopeless disaster
Stupid but legal. Such is the Trump administration's travel ban for people from seven Muslim countries. Of course, as with almost everything in American life, what should be a policy or even a moral issue becomes a legal one.
Julian Zelizer: Protests didn't hurt Reagan, and they're not going to stop Trump
People who see signs that Trump's presidency is imploding probably should not start uncorking the champagne bottles just yet.
By Julian Zelizer
Christine Flowers: Incendiary Hitler imagery is lazy and offensive
Despite what some protesters would have people believe, we are not, in fact, living in the Fourth Reich.
Michael Gerson: Two frightening weeks
Stepping back, cooling off a bit, displaying some strategic patience, taking the long view: The first two weeks of the Trump administration have been the most absolutely frightening of the modern presidency.
Megan McArdle: Obamacare, abortion and the ease of extremism
It's easy to hold radical opinions on political issues when you have no hope of passing legislation.
Trudy Rubin: Stephen Bannon's deeply troubling worldview
Standing squarely behind President Donald Trump and whispering in his ear is his chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, who is shaping up to be the second most powerful person in the White House.
Cal Thomas: Be careful what you wish for
At the National Prayer Breakfast last week, President Donald Trump promised to "totally destroy" the so-called "Johnson Amendment," a law that prohibits churches from endorsing or opposing political candidates at the risk of losing their tax-exempt status.
By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency (TNS)
Calls for "sanctuary" campuses multiply as fears grow over Trump immigration policy
The push for sanctuary campus status unfolding at Notre Dame is also playing out at schools across the country amid renewed fears about the fate of undocumented students.
By Joe Heim
Ussama Makdisi: Trump order pits Muslims against Christians
President Donald Trump's unwarranted anti-Muslim ban imposed on refugees, immigrants and visitors from seven mostly impoverished and war-torn countries contained an extraordinary clause exempting Christians.
By Ussama Makdisi The Dallas Morning News (TNS)
Cal Thomas: The unfolding narrative
Just days into the administration of President Donald Trump, the left's narrative is clear.
By Cal Thomas
Josh Rogin: Can anyone stop Stephen Bannon?
IF THE FIRST two weeks of the Trump presidency has shown anything, it's that chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon has outmaneuvered his White House rivals, Cabinet secretaries and even Republican leaders in Congress. But Bannon is just getting started; he's got a longer-term strategy to dominate White House policy making for months and years. The question now is, can anyone opposed to his power grab prevent it from happening?
By Josh Rogin
Murtadha Al-Tameemi: The U.S. once invited me here because I'm Iraqi. Now Trump wants to ban me for it.
Last Tuesday night, I got an unexpected and somewhat frantic call from my lawyer asking whether I was outside the United States and pleading with me to return immediately: "Trump might be signing an executive order that would ban people from Iraq, and a few other countries, from entering the country."
By Murtadha Al-Tameemi
Sarah Jaffe: #DeleteUber is introducing a new generation to the horror of scabbing
The age-old labor movement term "scab" has lost weight in recent years along with the decline in labor union membership and the corresponding decline in militancy among the remaining union members.
By Sarah Jaffe
Tom Nowak: As an immigrant, I support strict moves to keep our country safe
I have seen people denied visas of all types based on silly things and bad employees of the State Department. I have had to wait while my bags were searched when coming home as though I was a threat or a smuggler.
By Tom Nowak The Dallas Morning News (TNS)
Leonid Bershidsky: The U.S. was hardly wide open before Trump
President Donald Trump's immigration order was so boorish, purposely hostile and ill-conceived that it has obscured an inconvenient truth for many of those who oppose it: The U.S. was refusing entry to many Muslims long before he took office.
Sam Quinones: Consumer culture and its consequences
A few years ago, I met a kid whose mother worked in a beef slaughtering plant in Garden City, Kan.
By Sam Quinones Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Eugene Robinson: A disgraceful exercise in cruelty
President Trump's refugee ban and travel restrictions are a disgraceful exercise in cruelty. They do nothing to make us safer — and may, in fact, make us less safe — but they punish Muslims, and that is his whole point.
Jennifer Rubin: The right splits, and the nature of our democracy is up for grabs
The schism in the GOP could not be more obvious: On one side stands "blood and soil" nationalists bent on stirring the passions of working-class whites who have been convinced that all Muslims are dangerous.


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He is a board-certified OB/GYN and is a fellow of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery. Dr. Tangchitnob is also very involved in the Citrus Valley Health Foundation, serving on their board of trustees.
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Dr. Tangchitnob combines warmth and compassion with modern medicine to improve both comfort and care for his patients.
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This is when you're really pumped to finally have those glorious natural tresses. You happily toss out your relaxer and go buy some natural haircare products. Pinterest and hair blogs become your best friend, and when you notice those natural coils first starting to emerge, you pat yourself on the back for your commitment.
Now that your hair has a little more texture to it, you can start trying out some of those natural hairstyles you've been drooling over. Twist out? Yes please! Curly hair? Count me in! The number of bobby pins and little hair accessories you have will shoot through the roof, but you don't mind. You've got the length and the texture, and your hair is your playground.
Stage 3: Wait, where's my hair gone?
The happiness comes to an abrupt halt when you start to experience shrinkage. You're used to your hair being a particular length, so when you wash it and it looks significantly shorter, your emotions can range from a frown to complete despair. Your hair looks shorter so it's harder to style. You're wary of washing it because of the shrinkage, but you don't want to always blow it out because heat and natural hair do not get along. You sigh, but you've come this far, so you push on.
Stage 4: Moisturise, moisturise, and moisturise!
One thing I realised is that natural hair soaks up moisture like a sponge. When my hair was relaxed, I could get away with moisturising it every other day because it would still be manageable. Natural hair is a different story. You have to find the right shampoo, the right conditioner, the right hair oil and the right hairspray to keep your hair moisturised. And the good stuff costs a pretty penny. By the time I'm done washing, conditioning and moisturising my hair, a good two to three hours have passed and my arms feel like they've been pumping iron in a gym. At least you get a good arm workout from it all.
Congratulations, you have made it to the end! Your hair is now completely natural, and although it required some big changes to your haircare routine, you're happy with the results. You're a pro at protective styling, you inspect the labels of hair products for anything that could harm your precious crown, and you can't keep track of how many little pins, combs and hairbands you own. Sure, it cost quite a bit in the beginning, but now you have a nose for spotting good deals and dabbling in some DIY recipes to get your hair just how you want it. There will be bad days of course, natural hair is as unpredictable as it is beautiful, but that's what your arsenal of headscarves and hats are for. You look back at your decision to transition from relaxed to natural, and you have no regrets. You're a loyal, card-carrying member of #TeamNatural.
nycc..went natural last year in feb and the DIY recipes have done wonders for me,hehehehehe..
Lol. If I hadn't already joined #TeamNatural, this article would have convinced me to.


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Experiments on the identification of interaural time and interaural amplitude differences were conducted to evaluate the effects of stimulus range on identification performance. Three stimulus sets, large range (LR), small-range center (SRC), and small-range side (SRS), were used in experiments on interaural time and amplitude identification. As expected, data for both sets of measurements show worse resolution for LR than SRC or SRS, demonstrating that the ability to distinguish between two fixed interaural differences can be strongly influenced by the total range of such differences in the stimulus set.
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Koehnke, J., & Durlach, N. I. (1989). Range effects in the identification of lateral position. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 86(3), 1176-1178. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.398112
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When I posted a blog titled, The Holy Grail: Real ROI from social in 5 steps, a few weeks ago, I was delighted to get a tweet about it from Michael Caveretta who happens to be the Technical Leader for predictive analytics at Ford Motor Company's Research and Advanced Engineering division. In short, he's a smart guy and one to learn from. Mr. Caveretta and his team operate as internal consultants at Ford using technologies in big data, machine learning, artificial intelligence, data mining, text mining, and information retrieval to improve business processes across the enterprise. With that in mind, we took the opportunity to ask Mr Caveretta a few questions to get his perspectives on how data can help guide business improvements. He kindly responded and we thought it worthwhile to share his responses with you in this blog post.
You've been at Ford for 15 years. What is the most significant change to the way Ford uses data science and your group's talents since you began?
The biggest change is the focus the company has on making data-driven decisions. Hiring Alan Mulally changed the focus to, "If you're making a decision you'd better have data to back it up." Also, at the beginning of my time with Ford, we worked primarily in departmental silos and most of our work now is across the enterprise.
Any advice for someone that wants to knock down data and knowledge siloes within his or her organization?
We've had good success breaking down data siloes by delivering iterative proof of concepts. Being in the Research and Advanced Engineering organization and having experience working with almost all areas of the company, has allowed us to know the highest-value data and business problems across different siloes. We start small and iterate, continuing to generate insights on a regular cadence. This cadence is generally between 2-6 weeks.
What are the toughest challenges you see in converting social data into useable information?
Social data is tough because we'd like to get beyond simple counts, 'x people tweeted about the Ford Focus today', to deeper topics. What are they talking about? Is it new vehicle features? The design? How do they feel about it? There are some NLP tools in this space, but it's still an area of active research. We also are looking at Crowdsourcing.
Do you have any tips on working with people that rely on intuition and experience over data—is there a happy medium?
Sure. There are many situations where the data is only going to get you so far. It might be because the data is incomplete, the situation has unique elements, or one of a dozen other things, but the key is to integrate the analytics with experience. Many times this can be done with just good conversations.
Ford Data & Analytics team accepting the INFORMS prize for the outstanding widespread use and influence of operations research throughout the company.
Have you seen a rise in data literacy among marketing professionals and other traditionally non-technical functions since the Big Data discussion entered the mainstream?
I think data literacy has been increasing prior to the Big Data hype. Marketing professionals are now coming out of school with skills in analytics and, more importantly, a greater appreciation for how it can improve the business. A couple of years ago we were doing some work with a newer marketing manager who wanted to see the coefficients to our regression equations. That didn't happen 10 years ago.
What are some of the main characteristics of predictive data?
I wouldn't say the data itself is different as much as the analytics are different. It's usually easier to find data that correlates with metrics than predicting those metrics. This is one of the areas of caution for Big Data, it's easy to find correlations, but those correlations might not have any predictive power.
How is social data unique among data types?
Social data is rather broad from our perspective. Facebook, Twitter, online reviews / comments / questions all have their unique components. Ultimately, the key is finding some way to find quantifiable metrics. Simple stuff like counts, or likes is sometimes enough, but we're moving to more sophisticated analysis using NLP and that's where things get interesting. Text is such an interesting type of data, full of complicated meaning.
What is your advice on measuring ROI from data mining activities similar to those your team performs?
We feel the key to measure ROI is to connect our work to the metrics important to the company. We look at pre- and post to measure ourselves. Did sales increase? How much compared to the same time last year? Many times we use analytics to quantify the ROI of our analytics.


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Victor Valley Union High School District » News » What's New » VVHS Career Day
VVHS hosts nearly 80 speakers for Career Day
VICTORVILLE — Nearly 80 speakers visited Victor Valley High School on Friday, March 23, for the school's second annual Career Day, and students were also treated to a performance by rapper Famous Uno.
All students in the school attended four different sessions with their choice of speakers from a wide range of fields including medicine, sports, law enforcement, the military, politics, law, the arts, journalism and more.
"We started this last year with a focus on college and career readiness, to get kids excited about what is out there," VVHS Principal Nancy Noyer said. "But it also brings the community into our school and shows them what our kids are really all about. Several of the presenters commented on how receptive the students were and that the students asked great questions."
Student volunteers ushered the guest speakers into the signup area and classrooms, and VVHS culinary students cooked breakfast for the guests. Noyer said this year's Career Day was organized by VVHS AVID Coordinator Shannen Avila.
Among the speakers was Dr. Raquel Grogan-Webb, a 2004 VVHS graduate who was a star soccer player for the Jackrabbits (then known as Raquel White) and now a successful chiropractor. Daily Press photographer James Quigg spoke to students about photography and journalism.
After the career day presentations, students were treated to two lunchtime performances by Famous Uno, a rapper who is popular with many of the students.
"The kids didn't believe us that he was really going to be here and I said, 'yes, he is!' " Noyer said. "Both years, the kids really enjoyed Career Day."


Creativity meeting Reality: It's official - I'm an APPLE Fan!
And Nine months were all it took! I am totally in love with my Macbook Pro (MBP). For those of you who do follow my blog (the trace lucky few), I had a post last December for first time Mac users . I had taken a pledge to not use Windows for as long as I could. I win people! Till date, my Macbook Pro has not seen a copy of Windows installed on it. I actually have done just fine without Windows. Well, to be honest, I have to accept that I wouldn't have been able to manage at work. I have an office laptop running Windows XP to keep my office network people happy.
Anyways, I can firmly state with a lot of conviction and confidence that anyone who begins using a Mac will not want to ever ever go back to Windows! I seriously do find it difficult navigating Windows now. Trust me... Apple has built such an intuitive and user friendly OS that is clearly in sync with the hardware inside. I hardly have any serious issues with my MBP and in all of these months, its hung on me TWICE! The only Microsoft product that I use is Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 which frankly feels much better than what they have for Windows. The themes and templates are in plenty and are so built to match Keynote (Apple's version of Powerpoint). I heard that Windows 7 addresses many of these woes, but I still haven't had the opportunity to check it out.
My journey with Apple has just begun. I had the iPod, I still have the iPhone 3G, I have the Macbook Pro.... and just recently I went and got myself one of those fancy Time Capsules. Wonderful stuff....It basically is a wireless router and a hard disk put into one piece of equipment. The Time Capsule is able to wirelessly backup all the data on my Macbook Pro. I am even able to use it as a wireless server. Apart from this, it also sends out two sets of wireless signals. One that can be used for guests to only be able to use the internet. Another for using the internet and also having access to all the computers connecting to the network. And it took me just 5 minutes to set it up! The first back up is best carried out with a LAN cable and can take well over 6 hours (assuming you have around 200GB of data on your hard disk)... But then what do we have 1TB of storage on the Time capsule for!
I'm now waiting for the iPhone 4 to be launched in the Philippines after which I am most certainly getting myself one of those! I think I'm one of the most frequent visitors to the Globe website . I go there everyday to check if they have any news on when they are launching the iPhone 4 in the Philippines! For now, the wait continues!


On 9/14/15, at approximately 11:45 AM, the Westborough Police received a report of a robbery at the Citizen's Bank located inside Stop and Shop at 32 Lyman St.
The employees reported that a white male, between 5'5" and 5'7" entered the bank and handed the teller a note demanding money. The suspect was wearing a baseball hat and had a mustache. There was no weapon shown. An undetermined amount of cash was stolen.
At 6:15 PM, Det. Sgt. Peter Goodney of the Westborough Police Department assisted by the Northborough Police Department, arrested Christopher W. Comeau, age 20 of 74B Ridge Rd. Northborough at his residence. He has been charged with unarmed robbery and will be arraigned in WDC on Tuesday morning.


In October, Stacey Abrams, the Democratic candidate for Georgia's 2019 gubernatorial race, visited the CSU campus, making an unscheduled stop at University Hall.
The politician, who was the first African American woman to obtain a major U.S. party nomination for governor of Georgia, then spoke on the importance of voting. Other Democratic candidates, such as State School Superintendent candidate Otha Thornton Jr. made appearances.
During her "We are Georgia" bus tour, Abrams visited cities all over the state, making appearances at a number of college campuses. During her speech at University Hall, Abrams informed voters about early voting in the Columbus area; she also explained its importance in her campaign, as voting rights were one of the key issues on her platform.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced that Abrams would deliver the speech on the evening of Feb. 5.
Abrams had not yet announced any plans for her political career, but it seems that whatever position she takes or is chosen to take, she will continue to be an adamant supporter of voter rights.


Art-stone company has launched a new class of products and offers you its dry stack stone veneer panels.
Our panels are made using white high-strength cement M-500 and have special metal fasteners from galvanized steel. Using these fasteners a panel is fixed to purlins with screws.
The installation of our dry stack stone veneer panels can be made at any time of the year, as it does not require the use of glue and other quick setting agents. The ability to use this facing material all year round makes it extremely convenient for those (both builders and homeowners) who plan to complete exterior finishing during a cold season, when it is impossible to apply adhesives.
As a result of installation of dry stack stone veneer panels, you get an impressive wall surface that conveys the color and relief of natural stone.
Installation of stone veneer panels on wooden or metal guideways allows to insulate (if necessary) any facade. In this case, we recommend using mineral (or stone) wool and a vapor barrier layer as insulation.
Mechanical fastening with self-tapping screws is very reliable and can withstand 150 kg in tension test. Panels' weight varies from 30 to 40 kg per square meter. Manufactured stone is much lighter than natural while having all the advantages of natural stone finishing: reliability, durability, environmental friendliness, fire safety, low maintenance, frost and moisture resistance as well as resistance to temperature changes. The stability of the color of our dry stack stone veneer panels is ensured by German pigments used in our production, which retain their shades for good (especially if special impregnations are applied).
1. Panels can be mounted on a wall built of any material. The wall does not need to be pre-treated with any coating, but we recommend treating wooden surfaces with an antiseptic and fire-retardant coating.
2. Guideways from wood or galvanized profile are installed on the wall.
3. If desired, you may insulate the surfaces between the guideways with mineral or stone wool and wind protection.
4. With the help of special fasteners mounted into the panels, they are fixed to the guideways using galvanized self-tapping screws. What kind of self-tapping screws is needed is determined by the material from which the guideways are made.
5. Installation can be started from any angle. Mounting direction is from the bottom up. Panels like puzzles are assembled to make one monolithic surface in order to obtain the effect of a solid seamless stone or brick wall.
6. After cladding panels Antique Brick, Small Brick, Wooden Brick, Clinker Brick, etc., if desired, use decorative grouts of any color to simulate real masonry.
7. After the installation is completed, we recommend impregnating the surface with hydrophobizators. If the installation was done during the cold season, the treatment with protective coating should be postponed to the warm season.
Installation of dry stack stone veneer panels produced by Art-Stone Company can be carried out in various weather conditions. This kind of facing material allows you to do exterior finishing both in the warm and the cold season.
Our company can also offer services for the installation of dry stack stone veneer panels. Upon customer's request, we can visit the site, take the required measurements, make the necessary calculations and mount the panels on any surface.
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Perth party lords Metric Events have taken a trip to the opposite side of Australia to bring Brissie and Sunshine Coast locals a sweet summer party by the beach.
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Sapphire, the gemstone often associated with royalty is now getting more popular for engagement rings especially with Kate Middleton's renowned 12-carat oval blue sapphire engagement rings, inherited from its first owner, Princess Diana. This blue and teal precious gemstone leaves a unique and lasting impression. With a score of 9 in the Mohs scale, sapphire proves it's not just beautiful but also durable. Sapphire is a perfect centre stone for your engagement ring.
Monty Adams Jewellery Concierge offers high quality sapphire engagement ring that comes with a lifetime warranty. Our team of professional jewellers design and create your custom engagement ring with the best blue sapphire to perfectly match you. Have the perfect and unique sapphire ring for your engagement.
Considered as one of the Big Four of precious jewels alongside diamonds, rubies and emeralds, sapphire has its own unique beauty. Historically, this blue gem is associated with honesty and wisdom, making it a colour for royalty. In contemporary time, sapphire is still associated with wisdom and symbolises loyalty, sincerity and devotion, a perfect gemstone for engagement rings Sydney.
Sapphire, like diamonds, is available in a rainbow of hues. It can be colourless, green, pink, orange, yellow, brown or even black. Blue sapphires are among the rarest, most valued and most sought after coloured gemstones.
There are blue sapphires for every skin tone making it even more ideal for your engagement ring. Sapphire with pale undertones is perfect for those with light skin, classic royal blue sapphire is best for those with more olive complexions while deep cobalt stones make an amazing contrast against darker skin tones.
The best blue sapphire set in the most ideal metal band makes the perfect sapphire engagement ring for you. Monty Adams Jewellery Concierge offers a wide selection of sapphires you can choose from. We design and create the best sapphire engagement ring to complement your personality and lifestyle.
Monty Adams Jewellery Concierge specialises in bespoke engagement rings. Our gallery shows some of the best sapphire engagement ring designs you can choose from and modify according to your preference and budget. You also have the choice to make your own design. We will guide you through the process of designing and sketching your engagement ring.
We are mobile jewellers. Our concierge comes to your designated location on your preferred schedule. We cut off on operations cost that saves you thousands of dollars. At Monty Adams Jewellery Concierge, we provide you with the best sapphire engagement ring you've always wanted without compromising on quality and budget.
Your sapphire engagement ring is custom made by our GIA certified jewellers. Our team is composed of award-winning professional jewellers with years worth of experience in the industry. We listen to your ideas, inspirations, expectations and requirements and provide expert advice and suggestions to create the perfect sapphire engagement ring for you.
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Strega Nona returns with her bumbling assistant, Big Anthony, and Bambolona, the baker's daughter, in time for the big Christmas Eve feast.
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Inducible T-cell costimulator is an immune checkpoint protein that in humans is encoded by the ICOS gene.[1][2][3]
CD278 or ICOS (Inducible T-cell COStimulator) is a CD28-superfamily costimulatory molecule that is expressed on activated T cells. It is thought to be important for Th2 cells in particular.[4][5]
2 Knockout phenotype
3 Combination therapy
The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the CD28 and CTLA-4 cell-surface receptor family. It forms homodimers and plays an important role in cell-cell signaling, immune responses and regulation of cell proliferation.[3]
Knockout phenotype
Compared to wild-type naïve T cells, ICOS-/- T cells activated with plate-bound anti-CD3 have reduced proliferation and IL-2 secretion.[6] The defect in proliferation can be rescued by addition of IL-2 to the culture, suggesting the proliferative defect is due either to ICOS-mediated IL-2 secretion or the activation of similar signaling pathways between ICOS and IL-2. In terms of Th1 and Th2 cytokine secretion, ICOS-/- CD4+ T cell activated in vitro reduced IL-4 secretion, while maintaining similar IFN-g secretion. Similarly, CD4+ T cells purified from ICOS-/- mice immunized with the protein keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) in alum or complete Freund's Adjuvant have attenuated IL-4 secretion, but similar IFN-g and IL-5 secretion when recalled with KLH.
These data are similar to an airway hypersensitivity model showing similar IL-5 secretion, but reduced IL-4 secretion in response to sensitization with Ova protein, indicating a defect in Th2 cytokine secretion, but not a defect in Th1 differentiation as both IL-4 and IL-5 are Th2-associated cytokines. In agreement with reduced Th2 responses, ICOS-/- mice expressed reduced germinal center formation and IgG1 and IgE antibody titers in response to immunization.
Ipilimumab patients expressed increased ICOS+ T cells in tumor tissues and blood. The increase served as a pharmacodynamic biomarker of anti-CTLA-4 treatment. In wild-type C57BL/6 mice, anti-CTLA-4 treatment resulted in tumor rejection in 80 to 90% of subjects, but in gene-targeted mice that were deficient for either ICOS or its ligand (ICOSLG), the efficacy was less than 50%. An agonistic stimulus for the ICOS pathway during anti-CTLA-4 therapy resulted in an increase in efficacy that was about four to five times as large as that of control treatments. As of 2015 antibodies for ICOS were not available for clinical testing.[7]
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Preview: No. 11 Creighton Takes On Marquette in Milwaukee
Riding high off of yet another dominant performance over Villanova, the Creighton Bluejays head up north to The Cream City to take on the Marquette Golden Eagles for a rematch of their New Year's Eve encounter.
By Christopher Novak@ChrisMNovak Feb 19, 2014, 8:00am EST
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Teams: No. 11 Creighton (21-4; 11-2) vs. Marquette (15-10; 7-5)
Day: Wednesday, Feb. 19
Time: 8:00 PM ET
Location: BMO Harris Bradley Center; Milwaukee, Wisc.
TV: FOX Sports 1
Radio: 540 AM ESPN (Marquette) or 1620-KOZN AM (Creighton)
Creighton Storylines
"Creighton bounces back from a tough trip on the road with a dismantling of Villanova."
It should. After squeaking out a victory at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, the Bluejays welcomed the then-No. 6 Villanova Wildcats to Omaha. It was not the same type of thrashing that Doug McDermott and the Jays dished out a month ago in The City of Brotherly Love. But the thousands and thousands inside CenturyLink Center Omaha saw Creighton lay the smack down on Villanova for the second time this season.
Do you smell with the Bluejays are cooking?
They are cooking up a storm this season. Almost unparalleled offensive efficiency; the surefire National Player of the Year, whose accomplishments grow larger by the hour; and solid defensive play that has paved the way for the Bluejays to stand above all in the BIG EAST Conference with two weeks left this season.
It might certainly concern some that within their second go-around of the BIG EAST season, Creighton has had a few hiccups. Their record stands at 3-1, but the only truly impressive performance was Sunday evening against the Wildcats. The Bluejays merely squeaked by lowly Butler and DePaul, and fell to the rolling St. John's Red Storm at Madison Square Garden.
Have the Bluejays been figured out? Their performance against Villanova may not suggest that, but the other three performances could dictate a trend. With this trip to Milwaukee looming against a tough, defensive-minded Marquette team that is just trying to get on the bubble at this point in the season, it could bring us some answers to that question.
But as it stands right now, it could not be any clearer that Omaha now joins Asbury Park, N.J. as locations of "Beasts of the East."
Marquette Storylines
Downtrodden times have circulated through Milwaukee this season. But as of late, things are starting to turn around for the Marquette Golden Eagles.
Coach Buzz Williams and his team came into the season with high expectations. This much is true, as the Golden Eagles were picked to be the cream of the crop in the inaugural season of the new-look BIG EAST Conference. Sadly, things have not gone Marquette's way this season, and the cream of the crop has not yet risen to the top.
But on the back of a three-game winning streak, the Golden Eagles walk into this showdown with the Creighton Bluejays with some confidence, and some swagger. They have scored an average of 75.67 points in their last three games, which is 4.55 points better than their season average of 71.12 points per game. They are succeeding under their own roof as well, winning their last three games in a row at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
The play of Jamil Wilson has been a big reason for this run. Over the course of the three-game win streak for the Golden Eagles, the Racine, Wisc. native has scored an average of 19.33 points, including a 25-point showing against Seton Hall last Tuesday night. While Wilson's efficiency is still an issue, his level of play as of late is not. There is no doubt who is making things happen for Marquette lately.
Against Villanova, Devin Brooks returned to form. Riding through some inconsistencies, and with a high usage rate as well, Brooks scored 12 points in 12 minutes of action with relatively good efficiency to boot. The Harlem native shot 44.4 percent from the field on nine attempts, and sunk all four of his free throw attempts. He picked up the slack for senior Jahenns Manigat, who was held scoreless throughout the night, and that type of play will be everything that the Bluejays need again against this Marquette team.
Meanwhile, Davante Gardner could find himself having a good night down low. One of the Bluejays' weaknesses is and despite scoring just nine points, Villanova's Daniel Ochefu was rarely challenged when he got the ball on Sunday. Ochefu missed just three of his seven attempts from the floor, as the 6'11" sophomore hovered right around his average of 62.1 percent on 2PT FG attempts. Gardner might not be the size of Chris Otule, who like Ochefu is 6'11", but the 6'8" forward could provide some ammunition for the sluggish Golden Eagle offense on Wednesday night if things go right.
Team/Factor Effective FG% Turnover% Off. Rebounding% FTA/FGA
Creighton 58.7 15.0 29.2 34.1
Marquette 48.5 17.6 35.2 42.7
The Prediction
Call this writer crazy, but an upset could be looming. The Bluejays have not had the easiest of go-arounds in the second run through the BIG EAST Conference. Whether or not there is a correlation to that, Marquette does fit the bill of the teams that have given them the most trouble. And additionally, the BMO Harris Bradley Center fits the bill of environments that Creighton has walked into as of late that could give them fits. Marquette is in desperate need of a signature victory to help catapult any chance of landing on the bubble, which is outstandingly weak this year. The Golden Eagles should prevail in this contest thanks to a tough-minded defensive effort, and Davante Gardner could find himself having a big night.
Creighton 60 Marquette 64
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Thomas Novak, PhD, PE (born September 27, 1952 in Brownsville, Pennsylvania) is   the Alliance Coal Academic Chair of Mining Engineering at the University of Kentucky, appointed in 2010. Previously, he held appointments at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Virginia Tech, the University of Alabama and Pennsylvania State University. He received his PhD in mining engineering from the Pennsylvania State University in 1984. His research focuses on techniques to assess and improve mine safety and ventilation. His most recognized contributions to the field have been in understanding how electrical hazards such as lightning can trigger explosions in underground mines. This work has helped to explain a number of mine-related catastrophes in the last 30 years and has served to significantly improve mine safety.

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

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DKK 4 MILLION FOR RESEARCH ON LIFE STORIES
New research project aims to uncover how we humans create our life stories. The scientists behind the project have recently received DKK 4 million from the Velux Foundation.
2013.11.12 | Tine Bagger Christiansen
Researchers from Aarhus University will be investigating the concepts of life chapters in collaboration with researchers from other universities. Photo: Colourbox.
Backed by a grant of DKK 4 million from the Velux Foundation, the project "Chapters in life stories" aims to investigate the concept of life chapters. Life chapters are periods in our lives that are based on a collection of memories grouped together because they share certain characteristics. The research focuses on the connection between these different chapters and how chapters influence our self-perception as humans:
With six different studies they will be researching: 1) whether chapters are central to our experience of remaining the same person over time? And 2) how chapters are established? Among other things, the project includes diary studies and experiments, using both young and old participants. Moreover, the researchers will compare healthy participants with patients suffering from schizophrenia.
"We expect that the project will give way to a range of new theoretical perspectives and methods in terms of how to understand and investigate life stories. Life stories are essential, because they are believed to have an influence on our mental health," explains Associate Professor Dorthe Kierkegaard Thomsen from the Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences at Aarhus University, School of Business and Social Sciences.
In addition, the project is designed to challenge existing theories about memory, as chapters are in fact a type of memory; one that is not included in the traditional theoretical framework.
What is self-perception?
How do we maintain a perception of ourselves as being the same person, when we obviously develop and change over time? The researchers proceed from the notion that our personal life story is very significant to our self-perception, since our life story can account for how and why we gradually develop to become who we are today. Life stories contain information about periods of stability in our lives - about how each of us has been one way before gradually changing. Having long periods of stability in our lives is significant for who we are and how, across time, we succeed in maintaining a perception of ourselves as being the same person.
Moreover, the researchers want to emphasise and promote this notion that chapters have a significant influence on our self-perception and that they are more important than individual life events. When our long periods of stability are interrupted by breaks, which in turn lead to new periods of stability, it gives us a sense of being the same person.
Of course, the concept of life stories is not the only thing that has significance to our self-perception; but if, as the researchers are aiming to determine, it does have a role to play, then the chapters of our life stories are more important than our individual life events. Earlier research on the concept of life stories has mainly focused on recollections of single events, and the researchers behind "Chapters in life stories" therefore want to contribute to filling the gap in the research field.
Dorthe K. Thomsen from Aarhus University collaborates with the following researchers:
David Pillemer, University of New Hampshire
Norman Brown, University of Alberta
Torben Østergaard Christensen, OPUS at Aalborg Psychiatric Hospital
Associate Professor Dorthe Kirkegaard Thomsen
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