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It is said that organisational culture has a far longer lasting and real effect on people than any other formal policies and procedures associated with the organisation. Practically speaking, people working in a certain area act and react in a similar manner. This is because they are following UGRs, which are termed as Unwritten Ground Rules within an organisation. UGRs are not set by the organisation in writing or any other formal method, but still people tend to act in certain ways, which suggests the presence of culture within an organisation.
UGRs can be both positive and negative in nature. For example, in certain organisations it is assumed by the workers that if they have a problem it is not worth complaining because they know that nothing would be done. This sort of culture is termed as negative. Similarly, in a certain organisation customer complaints are termed as priority and every possible step is taken to resolve their issues, this type of culture is termed as positive.
Many medium and large sized organisations have a separate HR department that is responsible for the generation of written rules and policies that need to be followed by every person working within that organisation. But there are certain unwritten rules as well that are not specifically monitored by any department of the organisation but still have a strong impact as everyone tends to follow them. It is observed that UGRs are found in almost every walk of life, from professional organisations, to sports teams, religious institutions, educational institutions and family life. They are an indicator of acceptable and unacceptable behaviour.
It is very important for the senior employees within an organisation to understand that unwritten ground rules can have both a positive and a negative effect within an organisation. They should not be assuming that UGRs are a method of bringing positive culture to their working environment because sometimes it can adversely affect the performance of the organisation. So it is better to address the issues that can be a hindrance in the growth of the organisation. It is observed that the behaviour of senior management influences the way everyone interacts, works and the way decisions are made. If an individual is rewarded fairly for his contributions then he would be willing to work more efficiently. This way a positive culture is seen, where everyone is recognized and rewarded for their efforts. But certain UGRs have such a strong impact that even the leaders and senior management are unable to bring about changes.
To bring success to an organisation it is necessary to build a culture that helps and supports the growth and development process. For this purpose, certain UGRs can be changed or modified. People tend to act and mould their behaviours according to the prevailing UGRs in their work environment, and they characterise their behaviour accordingly. The unwritten ground rules have no written form of course, but they are still identified by the members of an organisation because they tend to observe each other's behaviour in certain situations and take note of the actions taken against certain behaviours. In this way people tend to follow certain set UGRs.
This article has been written based on original content by Steve Simpson - creator of the UGR concept. Please visit his website www.ugrs.net for more information.


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As we all know, the polycystic kidney disease(PKD), a genetic disease, has a large amount of cysts on the kidney. And with the cycles enlarging, there will appear so many symptoms, such as flank pain, high blood pressure, anemia and muscle cramp, which are so serious. If the PKD patients don't receive the treatment timely, it will worsen to kidney failure. So I think the PKD patients with flank pain are eager to know the causes and treatment for PKD.
The main reason for flank pain is the enlarged cysts. There are so many cycles covering on the kidney, and with the time going on, they will grow bigger and bigger. You can imagine that, the enlarged cysts will oppress your flank areas seriously. So you will feel flank pain. And with the cysts enlarged, they may be broken, and there are some toxic pus, they will get out of the cysts. As a result, the kidney will be infected, and the surrounding tissues of the kidney will be infected, too. So the PKD patients can suffer from flank pain.
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The five-day Bhavani deeksha viramana concluded on a grand note at Sri Durga Malleswara Swamivarla Devasthanam at Indrakeeladri. With 'poornahuti' at yagasaala near Sivalayam on Indrakeeladri at around 11 a.m, It marked the end of Bhavani Deeksha relinquishment.
Thousands of Bhavani devotees, after taking a holy dip in the Krishna River, visisted the Kanaka Durga temple and offered special pujas to the goddess. A huge 'homagundam' constructed on Arjuna Veedhi was used by the devotees to deposit their 'Irumudi'.
During the five days of the ritual, it is estimated around 5.5 lakh devotees had darshan of the goddess. Around 1.5crore revenue has fetched from the hundi.


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French mayor wants Mont Blanc climbers to pay 15,000 euros in rescue and funeral deposit
(CNN) — Anyone wanting to climb Europe's highest mountain, Mont Blanc, may soon have to make a €15,000 (about $15,300) deposit to cover potential rescue and funeral costs under plans announced by a local mayor who has had enough. the "contempt" of risk-taking climbers.
Jean-Marc Peillex, mayor of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, a town on the French side, says too many unqualified climbers gamble with their lives on the mountain, where recent warm weather has made conditions more treacherous.
"The municipality of Saint-Gervais plans to take measures adapted to the irresponsibility of some and the risks they pose to rescue workers," Peillex said in a statement to Twitter.
According to the mayor, the $15,000 bail corresponds to the "average cost of a rescue ($10,000) and the cost of a victim's funeral ($5,000)."
"It is unacceptable that it is the French taxpayer who bears these costs," Peillex said, adding that those who are now making the climb are doing so "with death in their backpack".
'Russian route'
Due to the "extremely dangerous" conditions along the Couloir du Goûter – a particularly challenging section also known as the Corridor of Death – Peillex said he reached the top of Mont Blanc via a popular trail known as the Voie Royale, of Royal Way, was strongly discouraged.
Climbing Mont Blanc has been made more risky by large rock outcrops and a period of drought and heat waves, he added.
The mayor accused about 50 "pseudo mountaineers" who crossed the route in July of "playing the latest fashionable game: Russian roulette!"
His statement said gendarmes in a helicopter used a megaphone to signal a group of Romanian hikers to return from an attempt to climb Mont Blanc using a megaphone on July 30.
On the Italian side of the mountain, the mayor of the ski resort of Courmayeur, Roberto Rota, has described Peillex's deposit plan as "surreal."
In comments confirmed by his news agency, Rota told Corriere della Sera newspaper that "the mountain is not owned".
"We, as administrators, can limit ourselves to reporting sub-optimal routes, but it's surreal to ask for a deposit to climb to the top," he said. "The decision to close a path, a route, is made when there is an objective risk."
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Some years ago Bill Gates was asked in an interview what future scenario it was that kept him awake at night.
To the surprise of the interviewer, he did not say climate change, or financial collapse, or nuclear war. He said he most afraid of the next major pandemic, in the vein of the Spanish Flu of 1918, which killed up to 100 million people – around 5% of the world's population at the time.
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When you are a billionaire, and you have a thought about something, the next thing you do is hire a load of people to look into it. Gates did just this, and his team simulated a pandemic using a computer model that was designed to replicate the flows of human travel around the world.
The model found that if there was another deadly disease of the same virulence and deadliness as Spanish Flu, there would be cases in virtually every urban centre on earth within a matter of weeks.
This was principally due to the ease with which people can fly around the world infecting each other, compared with a century ago when the best you got was a train or a ship, so the geographical spread was narrower and the continent-hops slower.
It is this insight that has the world's health experts worried every time there is an outbreak like the coronavirus currently bedevilling China. So far 4,515 cases have been recorded in the country, and authorities are struggling to contain its spread, principally because so many people fled in the hours between the announcement of a ban on movement and the ban coming into effect.
As with everything, there is a business angle to this. Investors are nervy because they are trying to work out just how serious the situation is likely to get. Equities the world over suffered on Monday, with the UK's own FTSE 100 falling 2%, the worst day of trading since October, when politics was getting everyone seriously down in the markets. Wall Street is facing a similar situation, and companies lost 1.5% of their value on average.
The fear is that the disease could really get a hold and echo the SARS virus, which also came from China, and caused over 8,000 infections and 774 deaths in 17 countries.
It is telling that, even though the international community has managed to get on top of several of these, from foot-and-mouth disease, BSE, Ebola and so on, the outbreak of a new one is causing serious apprehension.
It suggests that there is perhaps a feeling in the trading community that one day, one of these is going to be the big one, potentially infecting hundreds of thousands of people. The news coming from China is alarming if you look at it through that prism: the containment strategies do not seem to be working that well, and the World HealthOrganisation is getting involved.
One of the main risks is that because this comes in the middle of the Chinese New Year holiday season, a huge amount of pent up anger may arise among the populations affected by the bans on movement.
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On a lighter note, business is booming for manufacturers of medical facemasks in mainland China, as millions of people scramble to get their hands on them.
It's worth keeping an eye on this story – even as I was writing this post, the first case of human-to-human transmission was confirmed in Germany.
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History of Electric Christmas Tree Lights
Thomas Edison's Employee Pioneered the Electric Christmas Tree
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Like so many things electrical, the history of electric Christmas lights begins with Thomas Edison. During the Christmas season of 1880, Edison, who had invented the incandescent bulb the previous year, hung strings of electric lights outside his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
An article in the New York Times on December 21, 1880, described a visit by officials from the New York City government to Edison's laboratory in Menlo Park. The walk from the train station to Edison's building was lined with electric lamps was illuminated with 290 light bulbs "which cast a soft and mellow light on all sides."
The first use of electric Christmas lighting was by Thomas Edison in 1880.
The first illuminated Christmas tree was shown off by one of Edison's employees to reporters who visited his Manhattan house in 1882.
Electric lights were very costly at first and required the services of a trained electrician.
When the cost of electric lights became affordable, their use quickly spread as they were much safer than candles.
It doesn't appear from the article that Edison intended the lights to be associated with Christmas. But he was hosting a holiday dinner for the delegation from New York, and the novel lighting seemed to fit in with the holiday mood.
Up to that time, it was common to illuminate Christmas trees with small candles, which could, of course, be dangerous. In 1882, an employee of Edison put on a show with electric lights that was fully intended to establish the practical application of electricity to the celebration of Christmas. Edward H. Johnson, a close friend of Edison and the president of the company Edison formed to provide illumination in New York City, used electric lights for the first time to illuminate a Christmas tree.
The First Electric Christmas Tree Lights
Johnson rigged up a Christmas tree with electrical lights, and, in typical style for the Edison companies, he solicited coverage in the press. An 1882 dispatch in the Detroit Post and Tribune about a visit to Johnson's house in New York City may have been the first news coverage of electric Christmas lights.
A month later, a magazine of the time, Electrical World, also reported on Johnson's tree. Their item called it "the handsomest Christmas tree in the United States."
Two years later, the New York Times sent a reporter to Johnson's house on the East Side of Manhattan, and an astoundingly detailed story appeared in the edition of December 27, 1884.
Headlined, "A Brilliant Christmas Tree: How an Electrician Amused His Children," the article began:
"A pretty as well as novel Christmas tree was shown to a few friends by Mr. E.H. Johnson, President of the Edison Company for Electric Lighting, last evening in his residence, No. 136 East Thirty-sixth Street. The tree was lighted by electricity, and children never beheld a brighter tree or one more highly colored than the children of Mr. Johnson when the current was turned and the tree began to revolve. Mr. Johnson has been experimenting with house lighting by electricity for some time past, and he determined that his children should have a novel Christmas tree.
"It stood about six feet high, in an upper room, last evening, and dazzled persons entering the room. There were 120 lights on the tree, with globes of different colors, while the light tinsel work and usual adornment of Christmas trees appeared to their best advantage in illuminating the tree."
An Edison Dynamo Rotated the Tree
Johnson's tree, as the article went on to explain, was quite elaborate, and it rotated thanks to his clever use of Edison dynamos:
"Mr. Johnson had placed a little Edison dynamo at the foot of the tree, which by passing a current through from the large dynamo in the cellar of the house, converted it into a motor. By means of this motor, the tree was made to revolve with a steady, regular motion.
"The lights were divided into six sets, one set of which was lighted at a time in front as the tree went round. By a simple devise of breaking and making connection through copper bands around the tree with corresponding buttons, the sets of lights were turned out and on at regular intervals as the tree turned around. The first combination was of pure white light, then, as the revolving tree severed the connection of the current that supplied it and made connection with a second set, red and white lights appeared. Then came yellow and white and other colors. Even combinations of the colors were made. By dividing the current from the large dynamo Mr. Johnson could stop the motion of the tree without putting out the lights."
The New York Times provided two more paragraphs containing even more technical detail about the Johnson family's astounding Christmas tree. Reading the article more than 120 years later, it's obvious that the reporter considered the electric Christmas lights to be a serious invention.
The First Electric Christmas Lights Were Costly
While Johnson's tree was considered a marvel, and Edison's company tried to market electric Christmas lights, they did not become immediately popular. The cost of the lights and the services of an electrician to install them was out of the reach of the general public. However, wealthy people would hold Christmas tree parties to show off electric lighting.
Grover Cleveland reportedly ordered a White House Christmas tree that was lit with Edison bulbs in 1895. (The first White House Christmas tree belonged to Benjamin Harrison, in 1889, and was lit by candles.)
The use of small candles, despite their inherent danger, remained the popular method of illuminating household Christmas trees until well into the 20th century.
Electric Christmas Tree Lights Made Safe
A popular legend is that a teenager named Albert Sadacca, after reading about a tragic New York City fire in 1917 caused by candles lighting a Christmas tree, urged his family, which was in the novelty business, to begin manufacturing affordable strings of lights. The Sadacca family tried marketing electric Christmas lights but sales were slow at first.
As people became more attuned to household electricity, strings of electric bulbs became increasing common on Christmas trees. Albert Sadacca, incidentally, became the head of a lighting company worth millions of dollars. Other companies, including most notably General Electric, entered the Christmas light business, and by the 1930s electric Christmas lights had become a standard part of holiday decorating.
Early in the 20th century the tradition began of having public tree lighting. One of the most famous, the lighting of the National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C., began in 1923. A tree, place on the ellipse, at the southern end of the White House grounds, was first illuminated on December 24, 1923 by President Calvin Coolidge. A newspaper report the following day described the scene:
"As the sun sank below the Potomac the President touched a button which lighted up the nation's Christmas tree. The giant fir from his native Vermont instantly blazed with myriad electrics which shone through tinsels and reds, while those who surrounded this community tree, children and grown-ups, cheered and sang.
"The crowds on foot were augmented by thousands who came in motor cars, and to the music of the singers was added the discord of horns. For hours the people thronged to the ellipse, which was dark except in the spot where the tree stood, its brilliancy heightened by a searchlight which shed its rays from the Washington Monument overlooking it."
Another prominent tree lighting, at Rockefeller Center in New York City, began modestly in 1931 when construction workers decorated a tree. When the office complex officially opened two years later, the tree lighting became an official event. In the modern era the Rockefeller Center tree lighting has become a yearly event carried live on national television.
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Difference between Taoism and Daoism
Key difference: The key difference between the two terms 'Taoism' and 'Daoism' is based on their version and usage of the romanization system.
Taoism is a great philosophical and religious tradition that originated in China; it is sometimes also referred to as Daoism. In Chinese, the word 'Tao' means 'the way', the force that flows through all life in the universe. It is considered to be the driving force behind everything that exists. The objective of Taoism is for a person to align harmoniously with the 'Tao' i.e. to achieve immortality by taking the right path in life.
This concept of Taoism was introduced by Laozi (Lao Tzu); he wrote a book named 'Tao Te Ching' which was a compact and ambiguous book based on the principle of philosophy and politics. Although, the two terms mean the same and are used as similar references, the difference between the two words is based on their romanization system.
In linguistics, the term 'Taoism' and 'Daoism' are different English phonetic adaptations of that word. The term 'Tao' is from a romanization created by the early European traders to help them understand the Chinese language. Phonetically, it is close but not always identical to the word in their sound. In 1958, the Chinese government adopted pinyin, a Romanization that is more consistent with the phonetic sounds in the, government accepted, Mandarin dialect. In pinyin, the character is spelled and pronounced as 'Dao'.
In English, the difference between the terms 'Taoism' and 'Daoism' is based on their sinology, phonemes, loanwords, and pronunciation. The root meaning of the terms, 'the way', is romanized as 'Tao' in the older Wade–Giles system, while the term 'Dao' is used in the modern Pinyin system.
In standard Chinese, the term '道' is pronounced as 'Tao' with a tone. However, the same tone cannot be reproduced by most native English speakers, which is why, the term '道' is pronounced as 'Dao' by them. Though, the argument is not about which term is correct, but it is more about which term, when read aloud, has a better pronunciation in Chinese. Also, with several systems for the Chinese pronunciations, the Pinyin system was considered the far more accurate system for the Chinese sounds than the Wade–Giles system.
Even though the oldest system for transcribing Chinese into the Roman alphabet is the Wade-Giles, and the term 'Taoism' is more familiar and older than 'Daoism', the modern Pinyin system is fast gaining grounds in the international standards. It is the official system of romanization used by the governments of the People's Republic of China, Singapore and Taiwan. Though, many sinologists increasingly prefer the term Daoism, traditionalists continue using the well-known Taoism.
Comparison between Taoism and Daoism:
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It is used in the Pinyin system.
It is an older and more traditional term.
It is a modern term.
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Taraji P. Henson: Ambush Interview!
The "Empire" star talks about her Hollywood star, mental illness and her new film "Best of Enemies."
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That's why when Ms. Taraji P. Henson, aka cookie from "Empire" stopped by, I snagged her for another edition of "Ambush interview". Take a look. Thank you. I love when you come here. Where do I take my shoes off? I got you. I'm going to take you to your car, take you right outside. Thank you. Where's my team? Your team, they're okay. This way to the streets. We'll get you out of here. Oh, there are more cameras in here. Hello, cookie. Cookie? ��� Ambush interviews ��� ��� they say it's the street but it's really an interview, ambush interviews ��� Hello, cookie. I feel set up. Help. Your car is out there. There's no way to get to it but it's out there. Can we call you cookie? That's not really my name but okay. Okay, cookie. I'll play along. In your name, it's taraji -- what is the P. In taraji P. It stands for penda. It's swahili and means love. I used to get tortured as aidid bebecause this one kid named Bobby used to call me penda tail on the donkey. Don't laugh at that. Bobby, ew. Keep those cookies in your mouth. Why don't you share your name, Bob. He was called Bob. Don't go there. I just thought misery loves company. I had a big booty. He was teased for being Bob. Big booty Bob. I feel your pain. We're connected on this. They can pin the tail on your behind then. An easier target. Maybe I'll just sit here and eat cookies and you two just keep on going at me. Hey, Bob, I don't think that's a good idea. Come on, big booty Bob. Since you were here last time you got a star on the Hollywood walk of fame. So how many times in your life did you think or plan like what would I say if that moment happened? I never planned for that because I never knew exactly what happens. I just thought you die and you get a star. It's a little -- I have to go by and see that it's really there. Have you gone back? No, I haven't. That's why it doesn't feel real to me. You applied to be at a performing arts high school and they rejected you, true? They still get shine because they didn't accept me. People still go, that's the school she wanted to go to, I'm going to go. We want to start our first -- you have your own star on the walk of fame. We want to start our own here for "Strahan & Sara." Wow, okay. You can be the first star on our walk of fame. I'll take these cookies. No, don't touch the cookies. Leave that milk for me later. I got you, boo. That will give you gas. That's okay, do you. I'll be gone. We're going to have her put her hands on each side. Let's get thcolored pencils. You have long arms. Yes, I have long arms, get the colored pencils. Pencils? Put your hands on each other. Put your hands here. This is how we do it. This is like, you know what -- Very official. See, we even get your ring in there. Okay? I'm making the fingers nice. Okay, all right. Pinky is going to look -- all I'm going to say is don't judge the show from this. Okay, yeah. This is what I like to call high class. You are the first person, inaugural member. We'll double stick it. Your foundation was named after your father, Boris Lawrence Henson foundation. I know how important mental health is to you. Yes. You've spoken about anxiety, depression. Tell us about it. Mental illness is something that the African-American community, we really don't deal with it and it bothers me. The reason we don't talk about it is it's looked upon as a weakness in our community. We're shunned. It's shunned. It's taboo, we don't talk about it. When it was time for me to seek help for myself and for my son it was difficult to find someone not even my color or who looked like me but someone cultural competent. Being an African-American male if you haven't noticed, it is true though, it's almost seen as a sign of weakness that you have something that bothers you or you don't want someone to look at you in that light as not a strong person. It's amazing what you're doing, it really is. Thank you. Your new movie, "The best of enemies," hits theaters today. Yes. Your character does not play. No, she doesn't. Take a look at the clip. I hope it's the clip where she hits him upside the head with the phone. Spoiler alert. Now you listen to me councilman, and you too, Mr. Tucker. We ain't going nowhere until we get down to the brass tacks. You understand me? Everything all right here, bill? Mr. Odom, now we have been sitting here for over half-an-hour and the councilman here ain't done nothing but -- We're going to give you your chance to speak tomorrow night. Are we good now? Not yet. What in your life can make you that mad? A bully messing with someone I love. I'm very protective of the people I love. I don't like bullies and I don't like mean people. I was that kid who used to battle bullies for everybody in school. She's talking to you, Bobby. What was the boy that teased you? Bobby. I didn't have to hit him though. Bobby, Bob, it all -- pin the tail -- all comes around -- Booty on Strahan. How about you two just have another cookie and leave me alone. We need to cut you off on the cookies. You know what though, you know I love you. You know that. Thank you, thank you. "The best of enemies" is in theaters now. Make sure you go check it out, everybody. Taraji P. Henson. The one, the only, and you thought you were getting in your car. And check out her star on the Hollywood walk of fame. GM me with a picture of you by it so I know it's real.
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This is the first post of a blog series by Tony DeNardo of St. Clair Shores, Michigan. Tony is bass player of the world renowned rock and roll band "The Muggs." He has quite a come back story, and quite a way of story telling. Tony wanted to share his blow-by-blow journey to our Rock the Stroke readers, as well as his lessons and profound insights.
You ever heard of the word 'soliloquy'?
I've done a lot of that over the past 12 years. I'd like this blog to be therapeutic for me, is that okay? Sure sounds good to me. You know you're talking to yourself again?
I'm good if you're good? Okay, so let's begin. Who are you, by the way?
My name is Tony DeNardo. Yes, go on….. And I had a stroke when I was 28 years old.
Some people would say, "you had a bad roll the dice kid!" Yeah, I know…… but I don't see it that way. Really? How so? Life is what you make it. Sure, I didn't choose to have this stroke, but I can choose how to conduct my life thereafter, can't I? And boy has it been a great life so far. Okay fair enough where would you like to begin? I don't know? You pick a day! Okay then, let's begin on that fateful day.
The day began just like any other day I suppose. I was working at a scrapyard for my brother Frank on the southwest side of Detroit. It was and still is family-owned. Back then, Frank was the boss, my brother Joe worked as a crane operator, my cousin Denny worked the scale where we weighed the scrap, my sister Sara worked up in the office and I was the yard manager and sheer operator. For those of you wondering, think of a sheer as a giant industrial pair of scissors on tracks that can maneuver any landscape and cuts thick steel like a knife through butter.
Just before lunch, I learned that my brother, Frank and his wife, Lisa just had their third child that morning and they named her Angelina. That morning was Tuesday, September 4, 2001.
I worked throughout the morning and around noon, I went to lunch at Arby's. Yuck!
When I returned from lunch, I went upstairs to the main business office and said hi to my sister Sara and then proceeded to make a phone call. The phone call? We'll get to that later. During the phone call, I started losing my speech….. words weren't coming out right. I panicked. I hung up on her. Who was she? I said, we'll get to that later. There are so many layers to me and my story, just bare with me.
So I walked into the bathroom and tried to collect my thoughts. I started making goofy faces, stretching out my mouth, my reflection did not like what was happening in the mirror. My speech wasn't coming out right. I started swearing, and even that didn't come out right. My brother Frank was out to lunch so I went into another bosses office, Al Agbay's office.
I was pacing around in front of his desk. He asked, 'what was the matter' and by that time I couldn't speak making any sense so I just shrugged my shoulders. He asked me to write it down but at that point I think I was slowly becoming paralyzed. My right hand was so shaky that he couldn't make out my writing. Figuring I got stung by a bee and was having an allergic reaction, Al sent me to the hospital accompanied by Jim, a sales rep for the business.
Running down the stairs to Jim's car was the last time I would ever run for the rest my life.
During the car ride to the hospital, I started slumping over. From my perspective, Jim was running every red light he could to get me to the hospital. I said to him, "I think I'm having a stroke." I remember my grandfather having a stroke when he was 82 and he couldn't speak either. It was the only thing that went through my head that I could make sense of at that time. Jim rolled up to the ER and a guy with a wheelchair came out to help wheel me in. I didn't realize that I was paralyzed by that time. My whole right side felt tingly and numb and euphoric. He opened the car door and I thought I was going to just leap into the wheelchair. In reality, I fell into the guys arms as he poured me into the wheelchair.
He wheeled me to the front desk and the nurse asked me, "what was the matter?" I think I said, " I'm having a stroke," but the words didn't come out that way. They stripped me down of my dirty work clothes and took me to have a CT scan. Everyone was on edge. They called my mom and my best friend Danny I later found out. The doctors gave me some kind of medicine through an IV which made me throw up all over myself. Maybe they thought you were having an ischemic stroke? Probably but it was much worse.
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Berkeley College will host an Open House from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. The event is for high school juniors, seniors and adult students. Guests will have the opportunity to meet and greet staff and faculty, and learn about degree programs, as well as financial aid and scholarship opportunities. Transfer students will learn about transfer opportunities. For further information, please call 800-446-5400, ext. CAL, or visit www.berkeleycollege.edu.
Berkeley College will host a free Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Information Session from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. At the event, you will receive an overview of the program by the faculty, learn what requirements are necessary for you to apply, and tour the facilities and nursing labs. Then, following a question and answer session, interested students will have the chance to apply to the program. For more information, call 800-446-5400, ext. ELN, or visit www.berkeleycollege.edu.
Berkeley College will host a free Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Information Session at 6:00 pm. At the event, you will receive an overview of the program by the faculty, learn what requirements are necessary for you to apply, and tour the facilities and nursing labs. Then, following a question and answer session, interested students will have the chance to apply to the program. For more information, call 800-446-5400, ext. ELN, or visit www.berkeleycollege.edu.
Berkeley College will host an online Open House from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. The event is for high school juniors, seniors and adult students. Visitors will have the opportunity to hear from staff and faculty, and learn about degree programs, as well as financial aid and scholarship opportunities. Transfer students will learn about transfer opportunities. For further information, please call 973-405-2111 or visit www.berkeleycollege.edu.
Berkeley College will host a free M.B.A. Information Session from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. This is an overview of the new Master of Business Administration in Management program, designed for working professionals. Berkeley College admissions representatives and faculty will talk about the career advantages of an M.B.A. For more information, call 973-405-2111 or visit www.berkeleycollege.edu.


The population development of Gwangmyeong-si as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images).
Source: National Statistical Office of the Republic of Korea (web), Ministry of the Interior: Resident registration demographics (web), Korea Immigration Service (web).
Explanation: The tabulated population figures consist of Koreans registered as resident and of resident foreigners.


A Gurn from Nurn: Delnies please not Nairn South - anyone? Golf course, hotel, and 300 homes to start within a year?
Delnies please not Nairn South - anyone? Golf course, hotel, and 300 homes to start within a year?
"Work on a long-planned £70million Nairn golf and 300-home development could finally get under way next year.
Plans for the project have been on the table for almost a decade, but now Cawdor Maintenance Trust have revealed they hope to start work late next year or early 2018.
Critics of the proposal are adamant, however, that vital infrastructure to support it is not in place.
The development is planned for land north of the A96 Inverness-Aberdeen route at Delnies, and features an 18-hole course, a luxury hotel, a tourism and heritage centre, equestrian centre and housing."
Would the sewage have to go to Ardersier though given the state of the local infrastructure? Plenty more in Iain Ramage's article here with comment from some of the usual suspects.
How about neither. after all they are ruining the area a bit further along the road at Tornagrain.
You can just move to Tornagrain and be away from it all. Make A home available for the people born in Nairn and want to stay in Nairn.
What a wonderfully open minded and 21st century outlook....not..
and this development is going solve this how exactly? People will just keep on going to Inverness or shop online, we're in a different ball game than where we were 10 years ago, shopping patterns have changed and I don't think multiple houses, multiple golf courses, an hotel etc, etc is going to help Nairn High Street at the moment.


When photographing pets, I edit the animals as minimally as possible because I want to ensure that the dogs look as realistic as possible, especially if they are still in search of their "furever" home (from my adoption sessions). I do most of my editing in Lightroom, and the edits that I choose to do are not to make the animal look any better or different. My edits are meant to create a consistency in my work and show the animals in the best light.
The model featured in this post is Sunday. She is housed through Social Tees NYC, a not-for-profit, nokill 501c3 rescue organization based in the East Village of New York, New York. Social Tees NYC recently rescued Sunday from a kill-shelter in California.
Step 1: Basic Edits – I'm not very precise with these, and will often go back after I finish the bulk of the editing and play with them more. It's just a starting point.
I don't mess with the tone curve much. All I did was slightly bring down the shadows and raise the light midtones.
Step 3: Hue, Saturation, and Luminance – I like a very specific color pallet so this is an important step in my editing process. Note: This is the only part of my workflow that is not the same in every photo. This is dependent on the color backdrop that I am using and the color of the animal.
Hue: I like to raise up every color except for blue because I like to create a brighter look to my photos.
Saturation: I've already raised the saturation in Basic Edits, so here I lower the saturation on specific colors (again dependent on the animal and backdrop). In this particular image I've lowered the saturation on every color except for Orange (because that would cause the dog to turn grey) and purple (because of the effect it would have on the backdrop).
Luminance: This setting is the most dependent on the backdrop. In this image, I used the Plum backdrop from Savage Universal. Editing with this color in mind, I brought down the Reds, Oranges, Blues, Purples, and Magentas.
Step 4: Lens Corrections – This one is simple. I check Remove Chromatic Aberration and Enable Profile Corrections. I know my lens has a tendency to vignette so I do raise that up a bit.
Step 5: Camera Calibration – This is one of the biggest parts of how I create my style. It helps to create the lighter look that I love in my photos.
Step 6: Crop – I usually wait until the end to crop unless it's very obvious that I need to change the crop for some reason (light stand in the frame or something like that). I do this because my photos have a different feel after I lighten them up and finish my editing, so I don't like changing the crop until I go through my entire workflow.
In this case, I leveled out photo a little bit and cropped in at the bottom because there was too much background in the frame. It's important to always keep in mind that in pet portraiture the most important part of the image is the pet, so it should take up the majority of the frame.
Step 7: Assessment – At this point unless there is anything else wrong with the image I'm done. 8 times out of 10 I don't need to do anything here, that being said I chose to talk about this image because it's one of the images that does need some extra editing.
I saved the hardest part for last. I'm seeing some color from the backdrop reflected onto Sunday's nose. This is a little harder to fix in Lightroom, so I brought the image into Photoshop, created a Hue/Saturation Layer Mask, brought down the saturation of the reds and raised the lightness a little to even it out, and then just painted white over the area with the color cast.
And that's it! Thanks for taking the time to read about my editing process! I hope that you walk away with some new ideas about editing your own work. Remember- consistency is key!


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DUBLIN (BCN) -- All lanes of the connector from southbound Interstate Highway 680 to westbound Interstate Highway 580 in Dublin have been shutdown tonight following a fatal crash, according to California Highway Patrol officials.
CHP Dublin said the closure will remain in place until around 11:30 p.m. as they investigate after a car hit a pedestrian on the transition ramp.
The incident was initially reported at 8:28 p.m. on the highway connector.
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Spectacular meteor explosion injures hundreds in Russia
More than five hundred people have been injured after a meteor exploded in the atmosphere over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk.
People watched in amazement as a giant fireball streaked across the sky before exploding, leaving windows smashed and fiery debris strewn across the region. Fragments landed in a nearby lake and also in the West Siberia region.
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Most people are reported to have suffered only minor injuries, but there are reports of some more serious injuries with people hospitalised.
The display happened at just after 09:20 am local time and panic ensued when several explosions were heard along with a bright flash. Some people believed they were witnessing a plane crash.
The Russian Academy of Sciences estimated that the meteorite weighed about 10 tons and entered the Earth's atmosphere at a speed of at least 33,000 mph, shattering about 30-50km (18-32 miles) above ground.
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Reports claim that Russian officials say they had already found the main chunk of the meteorite which had fallen on the outskirts the city.
Speaking to Russian news agency Pravda, Maxim Shingarkin, deputy chairman of the Duma Committee on Natural Resources, Environment and Ecology said that the meteor was likely a satellite of the asteroid 2012 DA14, which is now flying in the vicinity of the orbit of Earth.
However, according to NASA scientists: "The trajectory of the Russian meteorite was significantly different than the trajectory of the asteroid 2012 DA14, making it a completely unrelated object. Information is still being collected about the Russian meteorite and analysis is preliminary at this point. In videos of the meteor, it is seen to pass from left to right in front of the rising sun, which means it was traveling from north to south. Asteroid DA14's trajectory is in the opposite direction, from south to north."
Shingarkin compared the phenomenon in the Chelyabinsk region with the Tunguska meteorite of 1908, which also exploded above Russia:
"The most significant manifestation of this kind of celestial objects that has ever been observed by man, was the fall of the so-called Tunguska meteorite. However, even after his fall of such a large object, there were no fragments of the meteorite found on the ground because it actually was not solid.
"It was a concentration of gas and ice-like substances that exploded in Earth's atmosphere. However, the destruction of that meteorite produced a strong blast wave. The phenomenon that we could observe in Chelyabinsk this morning was similar, although it was of a much smaller scale."
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Taiwan is considered crucial to the global bicycle market, and Taichung is home to Taiwan's prosperous bicycle industry and picturesque bikeways. 2018 OK Taiwan Taichung Cycling Festival is based in Dongfeng Bicycle Greenway and Houfeng Bikeway. The festival genuinely invites domestic and international visitors alike to embark on a low carbon cycling adventure in Taichung.
The festival kicks off with the "Flower Young Kids Bicycle Day" scheduled on September 29th at Iron Hill Cycling Sport Village. Visitors can experience a thrill of excitement racing on professional tracks by signing up for a variety of family-friendly competitions including kids push bike racing, and dirt bike racing for kids and for adults respectively.
"Bike Industry Festival" takes place on September 30th at Dongshi Hakka Cultural Park. Highlighting the leisure of cycling, the festival this year appeals to both passionate cyclists and general riders to enjoy a pleasant cycling journey along Dongfeng Bicycle Greenway and Houfeng Bikeway, which are both excellent routes for enthusiastic cyclists and families seeking for an outing activity.


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InsideOutMusic/Sony Music announce the signing of Jethro Tull
InsideOutMusic/Sony Music are extremely pleased to announce the signing of progressive rock legends Jethro Tull to the label. The band has already completed a new album titled 'The Zealot Gene', which can be expected in early 2022.
Ian Anderson had this to say about the new signing – "After 54 years in the world of music recording, it is with great pleasure that I now sign Jethro Tull to a record company which reminds me, in many ways, of the old Chrysalis label – both as an independent and in its later years in partnership with EMI. Here are real music guys with a passion for the best and most creative in rock music. We look forward to a long and fruitful relationship and more releases to come."
InsideOutMusic Label Manager Thomas Waber states, "Adding Jethro Tull to the roster is an incredible honour for us. The band are true innovators of the genre and we are looking forward to working with them on their new album. We are sure their countless fans will be as excited about it as we are!"
With more than 30 albums to their credit and sales totaling more than 50 million, Jethro Tull are one of the most successful rock bands of all-time with a catalog that contains classics that still resonate today. Led by Ian Anderson, Tull still continue to tour throughout the world, entertaining audiences of all ages.
The band currently consists of:
Ian Anderson – Flute, acoustic guitar, harmonica, vocals
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Florian Opahle – Guitar (album only)
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John O'Hara – Piano, keyboards and accordion
David Goodier – Bass guitar
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We are interested in the characterisation of complex microbial communities with cultivation-independent molecular genomic approaches to disclose the ecological function of uncultured archaea and bacteria. Meta-genomic technologies have been used for many years for this purpose and as a logical next step we have recently established meta-transcriptomic approaches in our laboratory.
Meta-transcriptomics offers the opportunity to reach beyond the community's genomic potential as assessed in DNA-based methods, towards its in situ activity. In addition, the analysis of the RNA pool of a community links its taxonomic structure and function, as it is naturally enriched not only in functionally but also taxonomically relevant molecules, i.e. mRNA and rRNA, respectively. In addition rRNA can be used for PCR-independent community profiling of all three domains of life.
We have established appropriate experimental and analytical procedures (the "double-RNA" approach) for in-depth characterization of microbial communities by studying mRNA and rRNA molecules simultaneously from the same sample.
The overarching goal of CryoCARB is to advance organic carbon estimates for cryoturbated soils, focusing on the Eurasian Arctic and to understand the vulnerability of these carbon stocks in a future climate. Our vision is that one can build on this knowledge to improve existing models to better predict the responses of cryoturbated soils to future climate conditions. The constraints to our understanding of carbon dynamics in cryogenic soils are currently manifold. First. due to cryoturbation, organic matter is unevenly distributed within the soil, making SOC estimation very difficult. There is evidence that the North American arctic carbon stock is bigger than previously thought, also because of underestimation of carbon stored in distorted, broken and warped horizons. Second, most studies dealing with SOC in arctic soils fail to account for carbon stored in the upper permafrost, although the latter is directly under threat in a rapidly warming Arctic. Thawing of the upper permafrost will also mobilize old, geogenic C, which is rarely addressed. Third, the mechanisms of carbon stabilization are largely unknown thus hampering the prediction of c1imate-C02 feedbacks. Knowledge of the chemical composition of organic matter and the processes on how carbon is stabilized is necessary to predict the magnitude and the time-scale at which SOC will get remobilized from thawing permafrost under climate change.
Although present in very large numbers, very little is known about the physiology of ammonia oxidizing archaea. Their chemolithoautotrophic growth mode has so far been shown only for a single cultivated isolate from a marine aquarium and for two enrichments from hot environments. Therefore, the physiology of ammonia oxidizing archaea in particular of those from soil has remained elusive and their contribution to nitrification has been debated. We have recently isolated a chemolithoautotrophic ammonia oxidizing archaeon from a garden soil in Vienna that is stably growing in laboratory cultures for three years now. The overall goal of this project is to get a deeper insight into the physiology, general activities, evolution and genomic potential of Candidatus Nitrososphaera viennensis and thus to develop it into a model organism for ammonia oxidizing archaea from soil. For this purpose we will perform detailed physiological characterisations, as well as genomic and functional genomic studies. In total we expect to get a deeper insight into this widely distributed and potentially ecologically significant group of archaea.
Sequence analyses of complete bacterial and archaeal genomes have led to the discovery of Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (in short CRISPR). The potential function of these repeats and their intervening short spacer sequences as well as the function of their associated (Cas-) proteins as constituents of an immune defense system against viruses and other genetic elements, has only recently been recognized. Although CRISPR/Cas systems are found widespread in bacterial and archaeal genomes and exhibit considerable diversity, little insights into the action of most of the CRISPR modules have been obtained in particular in Archaea due to the lack of suitable in vivo test systems. We have recently demonstrated CRISPR/Cas-based immune defense in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. Recombinant variants of the SSV1 virus containing a gene of the conjugative plasmid pNOB8 that represents a target for a corresponding CRISPR spacer in the chromosome were tested in transfection experiments. Almost 100% immunity against the recombinant virus was observed when the chromosomal CRISPR spacer matched perfectly to the protospacer. Different from bacterial systems immunity was still detected, albeit at decreased levels, when mutations distinguished target and spacer. CRISPR/Cas targeting was independent of the transcription of the target gene. Furthermore, a mini CRISPR locus introduced on the viral DNA with spacers targeting the (non-essential) chromosomal beta-galactosidase gene was unstable in host cells and triggered recombination with the indigenous CRISPR locus. Our experiments demonstrate in vivo activity of CRISPR/Cas in archaea for the first time and suggest that – unlike the recently demonstrated in vitro cleavage of RNA in Pyrococcus - DNA is targeted in this archaeon.
The functioning of Arctic soil ecosystems is crucially important for the global climate. Permafrost soils contain nearly twice as much carbon as the atmosphere and it is assumend that large quantities of carbon are lost (in the form of methane and carbon dioxide) when these soils thaw. Understanding the composition and functioning of the microbial communities in arctic soils is therefore crucial in order to be able to predict their vulnerability and reactions in a changing climate. Nitrification is considered important for ecosystem functioning in the arctic, because the availability of nitrogen, the major limiting nutrient in the system, is directly dependent on it. But the major drivers of nitrification in the arctic are currently unknown. We have recently measured different gross situand potential nitrification rates in arctic soils that were dominated by distinct phylogenetic clades of ammonia oxidizing archaea (AOA) suggesting differences in the activities of various clades and also dominance of AOA over ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) in most soils or even their exclusive presence in some. Furthermore, an enrichment of an arctic AOA of an uncharacterized lineage was obtained that is abundant in the European arctic tundra. overall goal of this proposal is to get insight into the distribution and activity of AOA in arctic ecosystems. To achieve this we will follow two experimental paths: One involves the study of AOA in diverse arctic ecosystems and the second the characterization of Nitrosovradea arctica, an organism representing one of the abundant lineages in arctic soils. will study the distribution and abundance of the six major AOA clades in various arctic soils, using deep sequencing and a clade-specific quantitative PCR assay and will link these to environmental parameters and gross nitrification rates. Samples will be obtained in the frame of two international projects studying terrestrial arctic ecosystems, in which we participate (CryoCarb, ESF) or collaborate (CryoN/PAGE21, EU). The direct and indirect contribution of AOA to NO production and nitrification will be studied in incubation experiments with various inhibitors. Metatranscriptomics will be employed in order to investigate their activity in soils at situand increased temperatures. In the second part of the project, the enrichment culture of the arctic strain will be used to study growth characteristics, inhibitors, and NO emission. Furthermore, the genomic sequence will be determined and transcription studies will be performed in order to analyse adaptations and physiological characteristics. Both project parts will be closely interlinked.total, we will contribute to a better understanding of arctic ammonia oxidizers including their direct or indirect influence on nitrification and NO production and we will contribute to a better understanding of the physiology of ammonia oxidizing archaea in general.


The apartment in the Mara's Separovic house is 50 meters from the sea and the beach. There are also 3 double bed rooms for rent separate from the apartment. Parking place is secured near the house for all the apartments users.
The beach is concrete slabs on the stone coast. The sea near the beach is bright and half to 3 m deep. The beach has an enclosed space with sea water, suitable for smaller children.


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JCK Group Receives Three Magazine Awards
September 24, 2007 by JCK Magazine
Rob Bates, JCK senior editor, received a Gold Eddie Award for his article "Whatever Became of Sierra Leone?" which appeared in the Oct. 2006 issue of JCK magazine. Bates' award was one of three received by the JCK International Publishing Group during the presentation of Ozzie and Eddie awards, held Sunday at the New York Marriott Marquis.
JCK Luxury magazine received two awards: A Silver Eddie for its Winter 2007 issue, and a Silver Ozzie for the design of its Summer 2006 issue. Carrie Soucy os the editor of JCK Luxury and Todd Gast is the art director.
Both Eddie awards for were in the "Business to Business: Retail" category of the program. The Ozzie award was in the category of "Best Feature Design: B-to-B under 100,000 circulation."
"These awards are a testament to the JCK editorial and art team's talent and dedication to excellence," said Hedda T. Schupak, JCK editor-in-chief and editorial director of JCK International Publishing Group. "Together, we've won nine Folio awards in the past seven years: four gold, four silver, and one bronze—all of which not only underscore JCK's leadership position as the undisputed industry authority, but also prove that we truly do know how to serve up substance and style."
Sponsored by Folio: magazine, the Eddie Awards honors editorial excellence while the Ozzie Awards honors design excellence. Gold, silver, and bronze medals are awarded in each category.
A panel of more than 100 judges—including editors, publishers, creative directors and Web masters—considering roughly 3,000 entries in more than 100 categories submitted by magazine publishers spanning the globe.


R.C. Slocum spent nearly three decades coaching football at Texas AM, and if the rules changed, recruiting didn't.,But money, social media and the pursuit of national glory changed recruiting in the Lone Star State, at least at Texas and AM.,For the first time in 20 years, Texas, AM and Oklahoma will finish in the top five of the 247Sports' composite recruiting rankings.,Now that recruiting budgets at Texas and AM have climbed into seven figures, it's easier for coaches to go national as well as fly recruits in for visits.,Besides 10 Texas recruits this year, he signed players from Georgia, California, Kansas, North Carolina, Arizona, Arkansas, Tennessee, Florida and Washington D.C.
NORMAN— The No. 1 Oklahoma men's gymnastics team hosts the No. 8 Ohio State Buckeyes inside McCasland Field House Saturday night at 7 p.m. CT as the Sooners chase their 105th straight victory.,Oklahoma continues its chase for its fifth straight national title on Saturday as the No. 1 Sooners (7-0) welcome No. 8 Ohio State (2-3) to McCasland Field House at 7 p.m. CT.,Entering his 20th season at the helm of OU men's gymnastics, head coach Mark Williams and his team are aiming at an NCAA men's gym record 12th national championship in 2019.,In the Road to Nationals rankings, OU holds the top team average (414.500) along with the top spot on floor exercise (70.325), still rings (70.025), vault (72.450) and high bar (67.250).,Individually, senior co-captain Genki Suzuki recorded the top all-around score of the season (83.600) in last weekend's home opener, putting him at No. 1 in the all-around ranks.


Square wooden dining table with 8 matching wooden and wicker chairs. Dark wood. Few tiny blemishes but generally good condition. 1500x1500mm. Height 790mm. One chair needs minor repair to fix stabilising strut (has slight wobble but very minor and chair can be used in current state). No aesthetic damage to any chair. All others solid. Selling as moved house and table does not fit in new house. Also matching side board for sale seperately.
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A beautiful dining table, unique bevelled edge. Leg material brushed stainless steel and table top is tempered glass. Dimensions in cm: Width 200 Height 75 Depth 100 Chairs available for sale.
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The organization involved in the Paradise Papers leak allegedly represented a bank accused of funding terrorism, report says
Appleby allegedly represented the Federal Bank of the Middle East (FBME) since 2004, a bank accused of money laundering and terror financing.
Finance 2018-01-19T01:59:11Z
Tax-avoidance schemes are being offered up to the wealthy like vacation packages
New investigations into the Paradise Papers reveal that companies are offering enticing tax-evasion "packages" to wealthy investors.
UK 2017-11-21T12:00:00Z
The Royal Family's brand is worth £67.5 billion
It was recently reported in the Paradise Papers that some royal assets were being kept in off-shore accounts.
Who is Philip May? Theresa May's husband and closest advisor
The prime minister's husband has been linked by the Labour party to the Paradise Papers tax avoidance scandal.
Explained: Blind trusts and the questions facing Theresa May and her husband
Downing Street is refusing to disclose details about the blind trust owned by the Mays. Here is what we know about it.
Theresa May's husband has 'serious questions to answer' on tax avoidance
Labour calls for Philip May to answer questions about his role at a company linked to the Paradise Papers scandal.
REPORT: Theresa May's husband's firm named in the Paradise Papers leak
Philip May works for Capital Group, which was named in the Paradise Papers data leak, according to Private Eye magazine.
Sports 2017-11-14T09:31:06Z
How Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton makes and spends his £131 million fortune
Hamilton has recently been caught up in the Paradise Papers scandal.
How a nerdy Swedish database startup with $80m in funding cracked the Paradise Papers
The Paradise Papers showed how the rich and powerful hide their money offshore to avoid paying tax.
Paradise Papers: The biggest names caught up in the leak so far
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published the latest of its investigations into the financial affairs of the rich and famous.
The Duke of Westminster, Britain's youngest billionaire, named in Paradise Papers
Thanks to careful planning from his family's estate, Grosvenor avoided paying 40% "death duties" usually levied when assets pass from one generation to another.
BI General Contributors 2017-11-07T11:23:00Z
Here's the Swedish startup behind the 'Paradise Papers' — which made all hell break loose
The company counts NASA, Ebay and Accenture among its customers.
Executive Lifestyle 2017-11-07T10:45:11Z
This is how Lewis Hamilton avoided paying tax on a £16.5 million private jet
The Formula One world champion also appears to have avoided paying tax on a €1.7 million motorhome.
The Queen's complicated tax status — explained
The Paradise Papers leak has sparked debate about whether the Queen should have offshore investments.
The UK minister formerly in charge of anti-money laundering has been named in the Paradise Papers leak
Lord Sassoon has been named as one beneficiary of a family trust based offshore.
The massive 'Paradise Papers' leak reveals how the world's wealthiest individuals and companies move their money
The Paradise Papers have revealed Trump's commerce secretary Wilbur Ross' Russia ties and Queen Elizabeth's offshore accounts


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The Cliffs Plantation is a Southern plantation with a historic mansion located in Natchez, Mississippi, USA.

History
The land of the Mount Hope Plantation was acquired by Thomas and Alexander Henderson, two planters of Scottish descent, in 1828. When Thomas Henderson died in 1857, it was inherited by his son John W. Henderson, an 1853 graduate of Oakland College.

Construction of the -story house began in 1856, and it was completed in 1858. It was built for John W. Henderson and his wife, Ellen Newman. In 1868, it was acquired by John Coulson, the former owner of Belvidere, another historic mansion purchased by Henderson shortly after. It was later sold to the Brown family, until it was purchased by Mr Meade Hufford in 1979.

Architectural significance
The house was designed in the Greek Revival architectural style. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since September 18, 1980.

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Turkey's National Parks
From ancient Trojan ruins to snow-capped mountains to Mediterranean coastlines, these parks protect some of Turkey's greatest treasures.
The landscape of the Munzur Valley National Park in Turkey.
The Republic of Turkey is a transcontinental country in Eurasia whose primary region is located in Anatolia in the Western part of Asia and some portion of the country is on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. Turkey borders eight countries which include Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Armenia, Iraq, Iran, and Syria. The country also borders water bodies including the Aegean Sea, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and the Turkish Straits. Turkey has an extraordinary ecosystem and habitat diversity and has a broad range species. Ranging from the ancient Trojan ruins to snow-capped mountains and to Mediterranean coastlines Turkey's National Parks protect some of the country's significant flora and fauna species.
Lake Beysehir National Park
The national park is located in the province of Konya in central Turkey and was established in 1993. The park has an elevation of 1,100 meters with Lake Beysehir being the third largest lake and Turkey's largest freshwater lake. The park is a natural habitat to 85 families, 305 genera, 545 species, 54 subspecies, and 149 varieties with 88 of the 560 taxa in the park being endemic. Some of the common plants in the park include Fir, poppy, snowdrop, the walnut tree, the Turkish cedar, and Phoenician Juniper among others. The lake is also habitat for 16 species of freshwater fish including zarte, zandar, and carp. The lake is vital to water birds and has 153 species of birds such as heron, mallard, pelican, Grebe and little grebe among others. Areas around the lake are also home to 34 mammals, 14 reptiles, and three amphibian species. Activities carried out in the park are hiking, camping, mountain biking and trekking making May to October as the best time for recreational activities. Lake Beysehir national park was the largest national park in Turkey covering an area of 335 square miles until Mount Ararat national park was established in 2004.
Munzur Valley National Park
The Munzur Valley National Park is the most diverse and largest national park in Turkey located at the Munzur Valley of Munzur Mountain Range in the Tunceli Province of Eastern Anatolia. The geological structure of Munzur Valley consists of intrusive and sedimentary volcanic rocks, several unexplored caves, travertines and hot springs, canyons and waterfalls and glacial lakes. The ecosystem of the Munzur Valley includes 1,518 registered species of plants with 43 of them being endemic to the park and 227 endemic to Turkey. The environment within the Munzur Valley offers adequate natural habitat for wildlife, and there is a protected region in the Munzur River valley that is reserved for breeding various game animals. The Munzur experiences harsh climate with extreme winters making mid-June to late August the best time to visit the park for activities such as hiking, camping rafting, mountaineering, and sport fishing. The Munzur Valley is one of the richest floristic regions of Anatolia and was established to protect the scenic beauty and wildlife of the region covering an area of 165 square miles. The biggest threat to the Munzur Valley is the illegal construction of dams which will flood the park.
Aladaglar National Park
The Aladaglar National park is located in southern Turkey and was established on April 21, 1995. The Aladaglar National Park is a mountainous range of Anti-Taurus Mountains, and it stretches over Aladag in Adana Province, Çamardi in Nigde Province and Yahyali in Kayseri Province. Aladaglar has am the average elevation of 3,500 meters above sea level and covers an area of 213 square miles.
Kaçkar Mountains National Park
Kaçkar Mountains National Park is a group of mountain range located in Eastern Turkey that rises above the coast of the Black Sea. The national park's highest peak is the Kaçkar Dagi with a height of 3,937 meters and mountain plateaus with 3,000 meters in height is the top peak part of the Pontic Mountains. The Kaçkar are glaciated mountains that are Alpine in character and have steep rocky peaks and many mountain lakes. The Kaçkar was declared a national park in 1994 and covers an area of about 205 square miles. Tourism is the primary activity in the park including mountaineering, camping, hiking and trekking.
Other National Parks In Turkey
Turkey has a total of 40 national parks which are located the five protected areas in Turkey. 1% of the total population of Turkey consists of national parks. Turkey has a varied landscape which makes it possible for the diversity of flora and fauna.
What are the national parks in Turkey?
Lake Beysehir National Park, Munzur Valley National Park, Aladaglar National Park, and Kaçkar Mountains National Park are a few national parks in Turkey.
Turkey's National Parks Area
Aladağlar National Park 213 square miles
Altınbeşik Cave National Park 4 square miles
Altındere Valley National Park 17 square miles
Ancient Göreme National Park 37 square miles
Ancient Troya National Park 52 square miles
Battle of Sakarya National Historic Park 53 square miles
Beydağları Coastal National Park 120 square miles
Boğazköy-Alacahöyük National Park 10 square miles
Commander-in-Chief National Historic Park 158 square miles
Dilek Peninsula and Büyük Menderes Delta National Park 107 square miles
Hatila Valley National Park 65 square miles
İğneada Floodplain Forests National Park 12 square miles
Karagöl-Sahara National Park 13 square miles
Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park 16 square miles
Kazdağı National Park 81 square miles
Kaçkar Mountains National Park 205 square miles
Kuşcenneti National Park 66 square miles
Köprülü Canyon National Park 138 square miles
Küre Mountains National Park 146 square miles
Kızıldağ National Park 213 square miles
Lake Beyşehir National Park 335 square miles
Lake Gala National Park 24 square miles
Lake Kovada National Park 25 square miles
Marmaris National Park 113 square miles
Mount Ararat National Park 340 square miles
Mount Güllük-Termessos National Park 26 square miles
Mount Honaz National Park 36 square miles
Mount Ilgaz National Park 4 square miles
Mount Nemrut National Park 53 square miles
Munzur Valley National Park 165 square miles
Nene Hatun National Historic Park 1 square mile
Saklıkent National Park 6 square miles
Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Mountains National Park 87 square miles
Soğuksu National Park 5 square miles
Spil Mount National Park 26 square miles
Sultan Reedy National Park 94 square miles
Tek Tek Mountains National Park 75 square miles
Uludağ National Park 50 square miles
Yedigöller National Park 6 square miles
Yozgat Pine Grove National Park 1 square mile
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Browsing Transboundary Fish Diseases in Southeast Asia: Occurence, Surveillance, Research and Training by Author "Theungphachanh, Thongphoun"
The paper discussed the current status of transboundary fish diseases in Lao, PDR. The following were given focus in the paper: status of Koi Herpesvirus in the production of common carp and koi and the status of viral diseases in the production of shrimps and prawn. Surveillance, monitoring and diagnosis of diseases of aquatic animals and the quarantine services to prevent entry of diseases of aquatic animals were also discussed.


How did we get to week 12 without featuring Youngie? Jack Young rode for Monarchs for three years, and created a record which can surely never be beaten. A star in his first UK season in 1949, he stepped up a gear in each of the following two seasons, becoming the sport's most talked-about rider by 1951. He was virtually unbeatable in Monarchs' colours, and rode regularly on Division One tracks in Test matches and special second half appearances. He had qualified for his first World Final in 1950 (top qualifier), and made it again with ease in 1951. This was a remarkable final because fellow Aussie Jack Biggs needed just one point in his last ride to take the title, but he didn't get it and set up a 3-man runoff against Youngie and Split Waterman. Biggs made the gate, Young passed him and became champion - the only second division rider ever to do it or ever likely to. Young moved to West Ham for £3,750 the following year, retained his title and is certainly one of the ten greatest riders ever. The pictures shows the 1951 champion with Biggs on the left (still smiling) and Waterman on the right.


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This is a 12 or 24v trolling motor and has a 12 inch prop. Found it on CL. Anyone know what model it is, or how much thrust it will produce? Needing a starter trolling motor for my 24 foot toon.
I search google hard for info on the 12 inch prop, but no luck finding any useful info. I figure this thing will move the toon around enough to fish when it's not super windy. Gonna run in 24 volt mode with some 2 awg.
1. That model was a standard on my 96 Stratos. It just had a Johnson sticker on the side instead of Evinrude. The thrust was 47lbs and it pushed my 18ft bass boat until about 3 months ago. Those TM are tanks!! you can purchase parts, props, pins, covers, etc. online.
2. You may want to be careful as I believe they only come in 42 in shaft length. That may be too short for a toon. Also, IMO that would be underpowered for a 24ft toon.
3. There are two sized props for that motor, I believe it was an 8" and a 12" You'll have to check the bottom of the prop to determine which one fits.
Got the 37lb model on my 78 MonArk. Very reliable motor. Go on Evinrudes page and look under the parts section. They will have a break out of almost all the engines and motors they made. I can view parts for my 78.
That's awesome info guys. Thanks alot. Cool to know the support for these trolling motors is good.
I might keep looking. Really wanna get setup on my toon, but hoping to find a more powerful motor.
I have this old dinky motorguide trolling motor with like a 5 inch prop that pushed my old 24' toon around nice on 24 volt. I am going to sleep on it but might give this thing a try. I am getting it for reasonable money. I can alway upgrade later once the funds get better.
Really wanna start fishing from this toon. Summer pattern is kicking in.
Considering an 82lb hand control trolling motor now. What do you guys think about a hand control on the bow of my toon? Been scouring CL aftering reading the post about being underpowered. Might be good to be able to motor around quick in spots.
I believe they are a 56lb thrust with the larger prop like the one pictured. You also nee the "pan" that goes with that motor to install it correctly. How much was it listed for on CL?
Correct the 12" prop models were call High Output. They are three speed and 12 or 24 volts.
The 8" prop models were 41#.
The Pan that goes under the mount has the rubber pads that the motor rests on when stowed.
The "Go Fast" boat crowd likes those old motors since they are so lightweight.
If you have an extra $125.00, I'd grab that motor!! Looks to be in great shape and if you ever get a jon boat, it's a perfect one to have!!
That motor was available with a 36" shaft, 42" shaft and a 48" shaft. I had all three.
Those motors are great. We had one on our '93 stratos until this spring. The steering cable snapped for about the fourth time so we finally decided to get one with more thrust. For a smaller boat you can't beat it, especially for $125. And if you're looking for information on the motor, get on Smithville Marine's website and go to the parts section. Type in the model number on the side of the motor and it should tell you just about everything you need to know about it. This was helpful for me this spring when the cable snapped.
Thanks for the info guys. Really appreciate it. I ended up buying a terrova for the pontoon. Just had it out for testing last night and it did great. Getting back on the water tomorrow evening.


May 13 - Is Germany's economy picking up? Plus results from Airbus parent EADS and Puma coming up on Tuesday.
Europe's finance ministers meeting to choose that -- -- slowly gender including Cyprus bailing out Greece Portugal's budget gaps. Spain and Slovenia. But -- -- -- Richard McGuire says nothing concrete outcome of that. If you'll get much traction is because the key issues that says that looking at in your opinion of the banking union and the imbalances in Spain and Slovenia. I suspect in terms of the banking unions. From that as much has yet we -- it's a very complex task in this full control it has written in the Financial Times. He's still pushing for an EU treaty change so I think any traction on the front any concrete Willis is still somewhere else. Big dates error of the day comes from chimneys that EW think tank their index of analysts and investors sentiment expected to rebound in May. After April shop full the full cost -- below march's 48 and a half reading. The Euro zone debt crisis and disappointing data continue to fuel uncertainty. McGuire also signs -- bombings is concerned the Japanese. It's perhaps worth noting that the aggressive policies don't some parts of the Bank of Japan and the weakness at the end that is coursing is a threat to determine high end. And export sector and so it could put for the term pressure. Now on the economy doing full. Plenty of company results coming out BA yes taking off net profit of the Airbus parent seen more than doubling in Q1. -- a cost also sent to deliver profiting Europe's biggest mail company seen rising to an office sends. At a shot in the arm from prophet of the German drugmaker seen rising sixteen point 8%. Truman getting off track these sports apparel maker expects to report net profit warning nine point 3%. I T decision makers will be gathering in Florida tomorrow to hear from SAP executives about the latest business technology trends and innovations. We'll be talking with SAP CEO Jim -- line from the conference in Orlando tomorrow often. In fixing come Spain's treasury plans to issue between three and four billion euros of six months and twelve month T bills tomorrow. Finally a UK court expected to rule on allegations the government that Goldman Sachs off part of its tax bill the campaign group. UK on -- legal action claims the taxpayer lost out. Are around twenty million pounds as a result of what it calls a sweetheart deal. At Soledad to choose the -- problems as runs.


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Keytruda FDA Approved in Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval for Keytruda (pembrolizumab) to treat patients with advanced (metastatic) non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose disease has progressed after other treatments, and with tumors that express a protein called PD-L1. Keytruda is approved for use with a companion diagnostic, the PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx test, the first test designed to detect PD-L1 expression in non–small-cell lung tumors.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, with an estimated 221,200 new diagnoses and 158,040 deaths in 2015, according to the National Cancer Institute. NSCLC is the most common type of lung cancer. "Our growing understanding of underlying molecular pathways and how our immune system interacts with cancer is leading to important advances in medicine," said Richard Pazdur, MD, Director of the Office of Hematology and Oncology Products in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. "Today's approval of Keytruda gives physicians the ability to target specific patients who may be most likely to benefit from this drug."
Keytruda works by targeting the cellular pathway known as PD-1/PD-L1 (proteins found on the body's immune cells and some cancer cells). By blocking this pathway, Keytruda may help the body's immune system fight the cancer cells. In 2014, Keytruda was approved to treat patients with advanced melanoma following treatment with ipilimumab, a type of immunotherapy. Another drug, Opdivo (nivolumab), manufactured by Bristol-Myers Squibb, also targets the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway, and was approved to treat squamous NSCLC (a certain kind of NSCLC) in 2015.
The safety of Keytruda was studied in 550 patients with advanced NSCLC. The most common side effects of Keytruda included fatigue, decreased appetite, shortness of breath or impaired breathing (dyspnea), and cough. Keytruda also has the potential to cause severe side effects that result from the immune system effect of Keytruda (known as "immune-mediated side effects").
The effectiveness of Keytruda for this use was demonstrated in a subgroup of 61 patients enrolled within a larger multicenter, open-label, multi-part study. The subgroup consisted of patients with advanced NSCLC that progressed following platinum-based chemotherapy, or, if appropriate, targeted therapy for certain genetic mutations (ALK or EGFR). This subgroup also had PD-L1 positive tumors based on the results of the 22C3 pharmDx diagnostic test. Study participants received 10 mg/kg of Keytruda every 2 or 3 weeks. The major outcome measure was overall response rate (percentage of patients who experienced complete and partial shrinkage of their tumors). Tumors shrank in 41% of patients treated with Keytruda, and the effect lasted between 2.1 and 9.1 months.
In the 550 study participants with advanced NSCLC, severe immune-mediated side effects occurred involving the lungs, colon, and hormone-producing glands. Other uncommon immune-mediated side effects were rash, and inflammation of blood vessels (vasculitis). Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding should not take Keytruda because it may cause harm to a developing fetus or newborn baby. Across clinical studies, a disorder in which the body's immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system (Guillain-Barré syndrome) also occurred.
The FDA granted Keytruda breakthrough therapy designation for this indication because Merck & Co, Inc, demonstrated through preliminary clinical evidence that the drug may offer a substantial improvement over available therapies. The drug also received priority review status, which is granted to drugs that, at the time the application was submitted, have the potential to be a significant improvement in safety or effectiveness in the treatment of a serious condition.
Keytruda was approved under the agency's accelerated approval program, which allows the approval of a drug to treat a serious or life-threatening disease based on clinical data showing the drug has an effect on a surrogate end point reasonably likely to predict clinical benefit to patients. This program provides earlier patient access to promising new drugs while the company conducts confirmatory clinical trials. An improvement in survival or disease-related symptoms in patients being treated with Keytruda has not yet been established.
Keytruda is marketed by Merck & Co., Inc, based in Whitehouse Station, NJ, and the PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx diagnostic test is marketed by Dako North America Inc, in Carpinteria, CA.
US Food and Drug Administration. FDA approves Keytruda for advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Updated October 2, 2015.
Uncategorized - October 16, 2018
Biomarker-Guided Targeted and Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy in Melanoma: Best Practices from the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
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AACR, Web Exclusives - October 12, 2020
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Do Not Increase Mortality in Patients with Cancer and COVID-19
One question on oncologists' minds recently is whether treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with cancer has a negative effect on COVID-19 disease. So far, the data have not shown a deleterious effect, but the definitive answer is unknown. In fact, some experts think immune checkpoint inhibitors may have a positive effect on the virus.