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Labour conference passes Young Labour Israel and Palestine motion
Elliot Chappell
Delegates at the Labour Party annual conference in Brighton have today passed by a show of hands a composite motion on Israel and Palestine put forward by Young Labour that condemns "Israel's continuing illegal actions".
Moving the motion, Young Labour's Jawad Khan said that the motion would "bring us one step closer to finally ending the shameful century of British complicity and the denial of the right to self-determination, liberation and return".
Also addressing the annual party gathering ahead of the vote this afternoon, Labour Friends of Israel chair Steve McCabe argued that the motion was "too shouty, too angry, too one-sided and not at all focused on the search for peace".
He told the conference delegates that it was "completely hostile to the people of Israel", adding: "If Labour had adopted this approach in Northern Ireland, we would never have got to the Good Friday agreement."
Commenting after the vote, McCabe said: "This motion is completely unacceptable, grossly inaccurate and morally repugnant. It does not represent Labour's longstanding policy in support of a two-state solution, backs the toxic BDS movement, which singles out the world's only Jewish state and propagates the apartheid smear.
"It will undermine the process of rebuilding Labour's relationship with Britain's Jews and with Israeli progressives who are fighting for peace, coexistence and reconciliation. This vote shows that there are still too many in the party who remain unhealthily obsessed with Israel. We must continue to work to restore our party's proud tradition of support for Jewish self-determination and the state of Israel."
The motion passed without the need for a card vote today. It comes after delegates passed rule changes on the legally mandated recommendations of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission on Sunday evening.
The EHRC published a report on antisemitism within the party last year, finding Labour responsible for "unlawful acts". The rule changes passed this week include provisions for the establishment of an independent complaints process.
Below is the full text of the Israel and Palestine motion passed today.
Composite one – Israel and Palestine
Conference condemns the ongoing Nakba in Palestine, Israel's militarised violence attacking the Al Aqsa mosque, the forced displacements from Sheikh Jarrah and the deadly assault on Gaza.
Together with the de facto annexation of Palestinian land by accelerated settlement building and statements of Israel's intention to proceed with annexation, it is ever clearer that Israel is intent on eliminating any prospects of Palestinian self-determination.
Conference notes the TUC 2020 Congress motion describing such settlement building and annexation as 'another significant step' towards the UN Crime of Apartheid, and calling on the European & international trade union movement to join the international campaign to stop annexation and end apartheid.
Conference also notes the unequivocal 2021 reports by by B'Tselem and Human Rights Watch that conclude unequivocally that Israel is practising the crime of apartheid as defined by the UN.
Conference welcomes the International Criminal Court decision to hold an inquiry into abuses committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territories since 2014.
Conference resolves that action is needed now due to Israel's continuing illegal actions and that Labour should adhere to an ethical policy on all UK trade with Israel, including stopping any arms trade used to violate Palestinian human rights and trade with illegal Israeli settlements.
Conference resolves to support "effective measures" including sanctions, as called for by Palestinian civil society, against actions by the Israeli government that are illegal according to international law; in particular to ensure that Israel stops the building of settlements, reverses any annexation, ends the occupation of the West Bank, the blockade of Gaza, brings down the Wall and respects the right of Palestinian people, as enshrined in international law, to return to their homes.
Conference resolves that the Labour Party must stand on the right side of history and abide by these resolutions in its policy, communications and political strategy.
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Captain America and Agent Carter just helped two superfans get engaged and it's the cutest
By Elizabeth entenman
It's official: Chris Evans is a real-life superhero. When he isn't hanging with kiddos or making generous donations, he's making his fans smile any way he can. This past weekend he appeared at Comic-Con in Salt Lake City with some of his Captain America co-stars, and gave two fans in particular a weekend they'll remember for the rest of their lives.
During a photo op with co-star Hayley Atwell, a Captain America doppelganger dropped to one knee and proposed to his Black Widow-ed out girlfriend. She said yes, of course, and before the two celebrities could process what happened, they were engaged. The looks on Hayley's face is absolutely priceless!
Kelsey Jenkins is engaged, and she wants to say a big THANK YOU to Hayley and Chris for being there. We can't tell who's more excited: the bride-to-be, or the actress! Chris Evans was honored to be part of their proposal, and all of the special moments that happened throughout the weekend.
Hayley was, too.
All in a Comic-Con's day's work. Chris and Hayley seem so down-to-earth, and genuinely grateful for the chance to share personal moments like these with their fans. We think the panelists have just as much fun as the fans do at these events—if not more!
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Obama's Guantanamo Bay Closing Speech: Plan For Cuba Detention Facility Revealed By President, Pentagon
By Clark Mindock @clarkmindock
U.S. President Barack Obama discusses administration plans to close the Guantanamo military prison while delivering a statement at the White House in Washington Feb. 23, 2016. Photo: REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Razor wire tops a fence near the guard tower at the entrance to Camp V and VI at the U.S. military prison for 'enemy combatants' in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on June 25, 2013. Photo: joe raedle/getty images
UPDATE: 11:45 a.m. EST — Republican presidential candidate Florida Sen. Marco Rubio jumped in the fray to criticize President Barack Obama's plan he announced Tuesday to close the Guantanamo Bay prison facility before the end of his final term. Rubio argued that the facility would not be closed and that he would put more prisoners into the facility should he become president.
"We shouldn't be releasing the people that are there now. They are enemy combatants. They're terrorists of foreign terrorist organizations," Rubio said at a campaign speech in Nevada Tuesday ahead of the evening caucuses. If he becomes president, not only will prisoners not be sent to the U.S., he said, "they're going to Guantanamo and we're going to find out everything they know."
Joining Rubio in speaking out on the issue were several high level Congressional leaders. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, criticized Obama's plan for its lack of specifics and Colorado Sen. Michael Bennett said that Guantanamo detainees should not be sent to his state — a location that has been considered.
Moving Guantanamo detainees into the US poses significant security risks & endangers American families simply for the legacy of @POTUS
— Senator Dan Coats (@SenDanCoats) February 23, 2016
UPDATE: 11:10 a.m. EST — Republicans in Congress, including Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Arizona Sen. John McCain criticized President Barack Obama's Tuesday announcement for plans to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba before the end of his presidency. The group of conservatives said, in part, that Obama has so far failed to convince Americans that it is safe to move the suspected terrorists to U.S. soil and that the costs associated with doing so aren't clear.
Congress' leading Democrat, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, also reacted by saying what amounts to the opposite message of the Republicans: Obama has a detailed and strong plan to responsibly close Guantanamo.
My statement on the Obama administration's Guantanamo plan: https://t.co/0wTrIyF5ya pic.twitter.com/eHDWP763Tt
— Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) February 23, 2016
.@POTUS has presented a strong, detailed plan to responsibly close #GuantanamoBay Detention Facility. My statement → https://t.co/A8LP18hrXE
— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) February 23, 2016
McConnell tweeted that the president's plan to move prisoners to the U.S. is illegal — an issue Obama addressed in his speech. McConnell also released a GIF showing mug shots of Guantanamo detainees and the acts of terror that they are suspected of.
"Today we received the descriptions of where the President would like to detain terrorists within the United States — though not any actual proposed locations — despite the fact that it would be illegal under current law to transfer foreign terrorists at Guantanamo into the United States," McConnell said on the Senate floor Tuesday morning before Obama's address. "This isn't a case where the President can even try to justify the use of some 'pen and phone strategy' by claiming that Congress failed to act. To the contrary, Congress acted over and over again in a bipartisan way to reject the President's desire to transfer dangerous terrorists to communities in the United States."
.@POTUS would like to detain #Gitmo terrorists in the US despite the fact that it would be illegal under current law to do so. #Guantanamo
— Leader McConnell (@SenateMajLdr) February 23, 2016
Who are the #Guantanamo terrorists that @POTUS wants to import to the US? #Gitmo pic.twitter.com/oPPao0FxfP
McCain, who Obama said agreed with him in 2008 that the facility should be closed, questioned whether the president had a responsible plan to move prisoners.
After 7 1/2 yrs, @POTUS misses major chance to convince American ppl he has responsible plan to close #Guantanamo: https://t.co/qzz7SpSffG
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) February 23, 2016
UPDATE: 10:45 a.m. EST — President Barack Obama told reporters Tuesday that he was renewing his effort to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, which he promised he would close during his 2008 presidential campaign. He said that the facility hurts the American image abroad and said that keeping the facility open is a costly national security threat that galvanizes terrorist efforts against the U.S.
"I don't want to pass this problem on to the next president, whoever it is," Obama said. "If we don't do what's required now, I think future generations will look back and are going to ask why we failed when the right course, the right side of history and justice and our best traditions was clear."
WATCH: Pres. Obama: In discussions with world leaders, Guantanamo "is viewed as a stain on our broader record". https://t.co/Hu8VkGW1K6
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) February 23, 2016
Obama did not point to specific facilities where the detainees would be moved within the United States and recognized that closing the facility would require hard work alongside a Republican-controlled Congress that has recently expressed opposition to closing the prison. The president outlined a four-pronged strategy that includes sending 35 detainees to other countries, implementing periodic review of the current detainees, pursuing legal avenues to try the detainees in military courts and working with Congress.
#Guantanamo Bay "undermines" our national security - President Obama https://t.co/74zgzNHyBG https://t.co/7H9PShZmgm
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) February 23, 2016
"I am very clear eyed about the hurdles of closing Guantanamo. The politics of this are tough," Obama said in his closing remarks. "President [George W.] Bush said that he wanted to close Guantanamo despite what he had invested in it. I've been working for seven years now to get this thing closed. As president I have spent countless hours working on this. I am not exaggerating."
"This is about closing a chapter in our history," he said.
President Obama on Guantanamo Bay: "The detention facility at Guantanamo Bay does not advance our national security" https://t.co/JAzga5TLzs
— ABC News (@ABC) February 23, 2016
In a final year push to make good on President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign promise to close the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Pentagon was expected to send a detailed plan to Congress Tuesday that would lay out the costs and savings of closing the facility and relocating detainees. The plan calls for as much as $475 million in construction that would be offset by as much as $180 million a year in saved operating costs, according to the Associated Press. Obama was expected later to deliver remarks on the issue.
There are currently 91 detainees in Guantanamo, most of which are Yemeni citizens, according to a New York Times project that tracks the detainees in the facility. That's down from a peak of 680 prisoners in 2003. The majority of detainees have been sent to ally nations to be held or eventually released, however as many as 60 terror suspects in detention would need to be sent to an American facility. Republicans have repeatedly pushed back on Obama's effort to relocate prisoners to any of the 13 proposed facilities.
Admin estimates transfer of detainees to US prisons would save $65-$85-million a year. Gitmo detention now costs $445-million
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) February 23, 2016
The administration has had a rocky road on the issue in the past 7 years.
Soon after winning the 2008 election, it became clear that closing the offshore prison facility was intended to be a priority for the president-elect. Just a week after Obama's decisive victory over Arizona Sen. John McCain Obama's team began a review of classified files of the approximately 250 detainees who were being held in the Cuban base at the time.
Since then, the Obama administration has come up short of the goal to close the prison within the first year of his presidency and has instead slowly cut down on the number of detainees held there. Whether or not the president would be able to close the facility was, and has been to this day, widely questioned.
As the president's final year approached last year, though, administration officials and the president himself began to signal that the quest to close Guantanamo was anything but abandoned. In his final news conference on 2015, Obama said that he believed Congress would see the wisdom in closing the facility if the number of prisoners was so low that each individual detainee was prohibitively expensive to keep there. White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough said in January that the president feels "an obligation to his successor" to close the prison.
The detention center was opened in January 2002 when the George W. Bush administration transferred 20 prisoners suspected of terrorism from overseas holding cell. The facility came to be representative of some of the more gruesome aspects of the country's invasions of Iraq, Afghanistan and military operations in the Middle East. Many of the prisoners were unable to get adequate legal aid and a 2005 hunger strike forced the military to adopt a new policy of strapping down prisoners and force-feeding them liquid nutrients so that they would not die. Several prisoners have died in custody, including three prisoners in 2006 who were suspected of conducting coordinated suicides.
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Sara Janes is an appellate lawyer who has successfully handled appeals in both state and federal courts. In addition to these matters, Sara is involved in strategy and briefing at the trial level, including dispositive motions and other pre-trial and post-trial motions, trial briefs, jury charges and legal memoranda.
She has trial, arbitration and appellate experience in a variety of substantive and procedural subject areas, including labor and employment, complex contract disputes, trade secrets, complex divorces, class actions, health care, pharmaceuticals, trademarks, and insurance. She has also provided pro bono representation at the trial and appellate level to immigrants seeking asylum in the United States.
Obtained reversal of a 12(b)(6) dismissal in a multi-million dollar fraud case.
Successfully defended the dismissal of a False Claims Act suit on appeal.
Successfully defended a summary take-nothing judgment on tortious interference claims on appeal.
Successfully defended a jury verdict against Batson challenges.
Obtained reversal of trial court's denial of a motion to dismiss a health care liability case.
Second-chaired successful defense of employer in retaliation case; obtained award of attorneys' fees from plaintiff.
Successfully obtained asylum for Nepalese immigrant fleeing torture; successfully defended grant of asylum on appeal.
Successfully defended a federal trial court decision in a Hague Convention international child abduction case.
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Discovery Mandamus Practice, UTCLE 21st Annual Conference on State and Federal Appeals, Presenter, Co-Author
State and Federal Appeals – What's the Difference?, Texas Bar CLE 23rd Annual Nuts and Bolts of Appellate Practice, Co-Presenter, Co-Author
Overview of the Law of Misappropriation of Trade Secrets and Covenants Not to Compete in Texas, 2014 Civil Justice Conference, Co-Author
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U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fifth, Eighth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits
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The Rhythmic Sound of Living Cells
What does the sound of living cells sound like? This article explores the discovery of cellular sounds through the science nano-biotechnology and how it is being utilized in art.
What does the sound of living cells sound like?
Living cells create sound as a natural aspect of their metabolic process and each type of cell has a unique 'song' that changes when the cell is stressed.
In 2002, Professor James Gimzewski and Andrew Pelling at the UCLA Department of Chemistry first made the discovery that yeast cells oscillate at the nanoscale. Amplifying this oscillation results in a sound that lies within the human audible range.
An Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) is employed to 'listen' to the sounds of cells. Unlike microscopes that use optical imaging, the AFM 'touches' a cell with its small tip, comparable to a record needle 'feeling' the bumps in a groove on a record. With this interface, the AFM 'feels' oscillations taking place at the membrane of a cell. These electrical signals can then be amplified and distributed by speakers.
Termed 'sonocytology', this new science may hold great potential for medical diagnosis and therapy in the future.
In this short video the sound of a healthy yeast cell has been made visible on the CymaScope instrument, revealing complex geometrical features.
Sophia Roosth: Sonocytology and Cellular Sounds – Techniques of the Listener
Sophia Roosth's research focuses on the twentieth and twenty-first century life sciences. Her first book manuscript examines how the life sciences are changing at a moment when researchers build new biological systems in order to investigate how biology works. In this work, Roosth asks what happens to "life" as a conceptual category when experimentation and fabrication converge.
The Dark Side of the Cell
The Dark Side of the Cell is an audio-visual event exploring the recent discoveries in cellular sounds.
The project is the collaborative effort of the media artist Anne Niemetz, and the nano-scientist Andrew Pelling, who teamed up to combine their research and interests in nano-biotechnology, sound and installation design.
The Dark Side of the Cell is the first composition ever to utilize cell sonics. The staging of the 'musical cells' takes place in a darkened, acoustically immersive space, enhanced with a number of sculptural objects, onto which microscopic imagery of the sonic cells and their cellular sonograms are projected.
The Dark Side of the Cell I 2004
The Dark Side of the Cell Premiere in the nano space at LACMA 2004.
Audio-visual installation by Anne Niemetz and Andrew Pelling.
The Dark Side of the Cell II 2006
The Dark Side Of The Cell II at 'informARTics' 12 – 21 May 2006, ZKM + HfG Karlsruhe
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Artist and Writer; Studied Fine Art (BA) and Physics (Bsc); Editor-in-Chief: Interalia Magazine; Founder and Director of The Interalia Centre (founded in 1990 - www,interaliacentre.org), an organisation which addresses the relationship between the Arts, Sciences and Consciousness through innovative conferences, lectures and workshops, establishing a dialogue between art and science at an accessible level. Since The Interalia Centre was founded, it has successfully run 11 International conferences, 2 art/science festivals, "Dialogues" between artists and scientists, "science-in-art" residencies, as well as taking the art/science dialogue into the business environment. Lectured widely on the Art/Science interface, and has also given courses on colour theory and practice, geometry and art, and scientific concepts in early 20th century art. Book publications include – Andy Goldsworthy: Ice and Snow Drawings (Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 1992); Susan Derges: River Taw (Michael Hue-Williams, London, 1997); James Turrell: The Elliptic Eclipse (MJH/Cantz Publishers,1999); Strange and Charmed: Science and the Contemporary Visual Arts - contributing chapter: – 'Uncertain Entanglements: Art and Physics' (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 2000). Shortlisted for the Arts and Business 'Creative Britons 2000' Award, and recipient of a Sci~art 2000 award (with Professors John D Barrow and Martin Kemp), for the project 'Connections in Space: from the Quantum to the Cosmos' - CD and Website.	View all posts with Richard Bright →
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For some reason, our mild-mannered neighbor to the north has been steadily reducing its gold reserves since the middle of 2011. But recently Canada has divested itself of virtually its entire reserve and, according to a government report last Thursday, rendering itself effectively gold-free. Reportedly Canada's gold has been replaced by bundles of currency from the U.S. and other countries.
Really? So who bought all that gold?
Data from the World Gold Council now indicates Canada is the only G7 country with no gold reserves. In a move that showed how financially savvy they really are, Canada sold off the last of its gold reserves in February, in the midst of some of the most disturbing market unrest in years, and right as gold prices were beginning to take off.
Even if one could accept the logic of Canada selling its gold in exchange for worthless paper, you would still question their timing. The Canadians started selling the last of their gold reserves during a long price slide prompted by a strong dollar. In other words, Canada sold an undervalued asset and used the proceeds to purchase a vastly overvalued asset. Over the years we've laboriously established that common sense is not a requirement for running a central bank. But every so often a nation runs so far off the trail that even we're surprised. For an institution with the stated purpose of "enhancing returns" of the country's assets, that was a loser trade.
If you're trying to maximize the asset value of your portfolio, then investing in currency is a really bad idea. The world is engaged in a global race to the bottom on currency valuations. The nations with the weakest currency have the most favorable exchange rates and that makes goods produced in those nations cheaper in world markets. By devaluing its currency, a country can frequently experience economic growth in the form of increased manufacturing. You can see that illustrated perfectly in the behavior of Japan.
Japan's been dumping money into its own economy on a massive scale in an attempt to devalue its own currency. To keep that cash flowing in the economy, Japan's combining stimulus with negative interest rates. In simple terms, their central bank, the Bank of Japan, is printing massive quantities of cash and then penalizing savers for putting any of it away for an emergency. If Japan were the only country doing it, the rest of us could just point and laugh. But Japan got the idea from the European Central Bank and the central banks of a handful of other small European countries. In effect, Japan gave the volatile combination of stimulus and negative interest rates a try because all the cool kids in Europe were doing it. But what's hard to grasp is that supposedly sensible Canada, from a 5,000 mile vantage point, decided investing their nation's wealth in that kind of currency madness would be better than holding on to their gold.
A country that controls its own money supply is able to print more money to meet emergencies; it can, literally, paper over its mistakes with money. You and I can't do that, we have to actually be responsible investors. Being responsible means understanding that you use gold to hedge the buying power of your currency. This ultimate liquid hard asset will hold its value, even if irrational currency policies reduce all paper money to trash; a fact that has held reliably true for centuries.
The last official total indicates the government of Canada is down to just seventy-seven ounces of gold, roughly $130,000 in gold coins. Some of our readers now have more gold than the government of Canada; a fact that clearly shows who is the wiser investor.


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What will happen to Turkish real estate in 2020?
Real estate is a basic sector in Turkey, especially from the beginning of the 2000s. If we give a deep look at the subject, constructional need in the country is a must because Turkey stayed behind in the renovation progress unlike most of the country in Europe. Constant migration to Istanbul from inside the country and the countries –migrating due to wars and political situations- around it was very effective. That's why the population in the city jumps up fast and creates an undesirable view of buildings all over the place. However, within the starting of the renovation process, the city started to gain a new ambiance and attracted foreign investors more and has still kept its attraction.
Residencial life starts to be common and makes the city gain a modern-like view nowadays. Despite the doubt of bankruptcy in the construction industry, the buildings which are newly made show us the doubt is only an illusion because the statistics say that sales in real estate to foreigners increased %23,3 in January when we compare it with the same month in previous year that means the real estate will keep being a basic industry in the country.
Additionally, Istanbul starts to become one of the most suitable business centers thanks to being just 3 hours away to the important points in three continents such as Germany, France, Dubai, Abu Dabi, Russia, Iran, Italy and more. Also, the expansion in the currency between Turkish Lira and other currencies like dollar and Euro makes Turkey be more suitable for companies that want to be close every direction and low salary. As being a European person, it would be an inevitable opportunity right next to you.
On the other hand, when we analyze the real estate outside of Istanbul. We see that the market amazingly jumps up with the tourism element in the sides near the sea. Actually, the Mediterranean and Aegean sides of Turkey are always famous for tourism and foreigners bought properties in these sunny lands. English people were common people who bought a property in the 90s. In the 2000s, Germans dominated the market. Despite middle eastern people begin buying property, investment in Turkey still attracts the European countries and of course Russians.
Besides, we evaluate buying a property in residence according to a local customer;
Residences and luxury villas offer earthquake-proof unlike most of the buildings in the city do not.
The infrastructure and pavement process still keeps
Turkey seems as if it is a sanctuary for people around despite the whole problematic situation.
Not only the countries around but also other countries from Europe to China make an investment here
Migration from Eurasia and Afro-Asia continues its augmentation
Individual life increases in the big cities
The mortgage has the lowest ''problematic credits'' among the whole credits
The total income of the country increase from 200 billion dollars to 800 billion dollars in 2017 and expected to be 2 quadrillions in the future.
%80 of the total land of the country belongs to the state and the rest belongs to people
Buying property is still seen as one of the best investment instruments for local people, even bankers
Draw your attention to the statistics of finance and market while focussing on rumors.
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Visit the mysterious Stonehenge and ponder what its purpose might have been
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Team Introduces Targeted Capture Method for Use in Groups of Related Plants
Sep 16, 2014 | Andrea Anderson
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Plant scientists from the US and the Czech Republic have developed a targeted sequencing and genome skimming strategy aimed at assessing both low-copy plant genes and high-copy genetic elements such as sequences encoded in plant organelles.
The method, known as Hyb-Seq, scours transcriptome and genome sequences from a representative plant in a given lineage and uses information from these sequences to design probes for targeted capture and sequencing in related plants, Oregon State University botany and plant pathology researcher Aaron Liston told In Sequence.
The idea was to come up with a targeted sequencing approach that was "specific enough that it would pick up primarily low-copy genes," he explained, "but broad enough that it could work across a range [of plants] — across an entire genus or a group of related genera."
As they described in a protocol note appearing in the journal Applications in Plant Sciences, Liston and his co-authors used Hyb-Seq to look at sequences from plants in the same lineage as the milkweed plant Asclepias syriaca. Using milkweed transcriptome sequences and a draft version of the plant's genome, they designed 80 to 120 base pair probes to capture and sequence thousands of exons from the genomes of a dozen related plant species or genera.
Through Illumina MiSeq sequencing on these enriched samples, the team successfully assembled sequences coinciding with the majority of the genes and exons targeted. From the off-target reads, meanwhile, it put together sequences representing the genomes of the plants' plastomes and other high-copy sequences.
Although targeted sequencing has been used for humans and other animals for many years, the approach is more difficult to apply across plant species due to the enormous complexity of plant genomes, which are prone to duplication.
"For targeting, you want to target things that are 'single-copy' in your genome," Liston explained. "That's one of the big challenges: whole-genome duplication."
Plants also lack the sort of phylogenetically informative ultra-conserved elements that are often targeted for animal studies, he noted. Consequently, targeted capture techniques and related phylogenetic analyses have generally been developed on a species-by-species basis.
"The challenge was to make something that would work across a range of close relatives — different genera, for example," Liston said.
To that end, the team turned to its own genome and leaf/bud transcriptome data for the milkweed — a representative plant from its initial lineage of interest.
By mining this unpublished sequence data, the researchers designed targeted capture probes corresponding to 3,385 milkweed exons. These coding sequences, in turn, coincided with coding sequences for 768 genes suspected of being present in single copies in the milkweed genome.
Possible gene paralogs were weeded out of the probe design process by excluding targets within milkweed that share 90 percent sequence similarity or higher. Likewise, the team tossed potential single-copy targets that spanned fewer than 120 bases or so in an effort to enrich for plant sequences that were at least as long as the original probes.
Through solution hybridization, the investigators used the final probe set to enrich for related sequences from 10 other Asclepias species and two plants from nearby plant genera, called Calotropis procera and Matelea cynochoides before sequencing the resulting libraries with Illumina's MiSeq.
With the help of a reference guided assembly approach, they then aligned the targeted capture reads to the original milkweed sequences.
The approach made it possible to pick up some part nearly 93 percent of the exons the team had targeted. Together, those sequences offered a look at 99.7 percent of the genes initially sought after.
From the 760 or so loci that they began with, for instance, the investigators lost 60 to 70 percent of markers when looking at more distant members of the family, Liston noted. Nevertheless, enough information remained to begin looking at relationships within the milkweed lineage.
Between almost 2 percent and 13 percent of sequences spanning the original 768 genes varied amongst the plants included in the study, for example, offering clues to phylogenomic relationships in the milkweed lineage.
It remains to be seen whether there is an optimum number of Hyb-Seq markers for delineating relationships in this and or other plant lineages, Liston noted. He and his colleagues are currently putting together a phylogenic tree for this plant group that's built around sequences coinciding with roughly 1 percent of the milkweed's exome.
While that may be modest in a whole-genome context, the Hyb-Seq strategy provides far more resolution than that available from plant family trees built with data at just one or a few genes, Liston argued. "Just getting the sample size up to 1 percent is, I think, going to lead to much more robust phylogenies in the future."
Even if some markers cannot be detected in some or all of the plants tested, the remaining loci continue to provide phylogenetic clues, he explained, whereas existing PCR-based gene-by-gene approaches to looking at such plant relationships are "very onerous, very time-consuming."
Given that the targeted sequencing technique currently has 50 percent efficiency or so, around half of the sequences coming out of Hyb-Seq experiments correspond to targeted regions of the plant genomes, Liston explained.
The remaining sequences detected typically stem from high-copy sequences found in plant organelles such as ribosomes, mitochondria, and plastids. Plastid sequences tend to be particularly common, he noted, given that these genomes are between 10 and 100 times as prevalent as mitochondrial genomes.
Those high-copy sequences "can be readily assembled" from the sequence data, Liston said, noting that the analytical pipelines used to look at low-copy plant genes from the nucleus and high-copy organellar sequences are slightly different.
At the moment, there do not seem to be differences in the applicability of Hyb-Seq within different types of plants or plant lineages. Prior to the paper's publication, the authors shared details of the Hyb-Seq approach with investigators working on grasses, legumes, and a range of other land plants.
"You could do this for any plant of interest," Liston said. "With a transcriptome and a genome skim, you can basically have all your data to design a set of probes that will work across that entire genus."
For the current study, he and his colleagues generated their own draft genome sequence for milkweed. Genome quality is not particularly important for this particular application, according to Liston, as long as the bulk of the plant's gene space is represented.
Nevertheless, the availability of both transcriptome and genome sequences from the plant used for probe design is important for accuracy, he explained, particularly given the variability that tends to spring up in the intronic sequences that fall between coding portions of related plant genes.
Introns "are too variable to reliably use as a probe when you want to go across species," Liston insisted, explaining that probes designed to match these variable sequences are less likely to effectively enrich for sequences across different plant species. By targeting the rapidly evolving introns, "you're going to lose the flanking exon too."
Instead, he recommends targeting adjacent coding sequences, since the exon-targeting probes will inevitably pick up at least some neighboring intron sequences. "It's part of the whole splash zone idea. You target the exon, but depending on your read length … you can easily pick up 250 base pairs on either side of your exon," Liston said.
On the other hand, probes designed using transcriptome data alone are apt to inadvertently span sequences interrupted by introns in the genome.
"Computationally, you can predict where the introns are," Liston said. "But … the introns change rapidly, so having the genome is the best way to find the introns."
For the time being, Hyb-Seq probe design is expected to be most effective when both genome and transcriptome data are available, he argued, though that may change as more and more plant transcriptomes and genomes become available and intron predictions improve.
For their part, members of Liston's Oregon State University group are applying Hyb-Seq to a wide range of phylogenetic and targeted gene experiments. For instance, they hope to get a better look at not only the nature of plant relationships with one another, but also the extent to which certain gene duplications are shared or distinct between closely related species.
The team believes the technique has potential for other applications as well, including efforts aimed at exploring the biological features of the organelles producing the high-copy sequences detected by Hyb-Seq. Population genetic studies are another possibility, Liston pointed out, though the extent to which it can be applied across large sample sizes may still be somewhat prohibited by cost.
The price of the approach changes over time and depends on the technology used. Generally speaking, though, the team has been able to do the Hyb-Seq analysis for between $50 and $100 per sample.
Most of the samples the researchers are considering at the moment are multiplexed at both the hybridization and sequencing levels.
So far, they have relied exclusively on Illumina sequencing technologies, though the same general approach is expected to be compatible with other high-throughput sequencing technologies such as Ion Torrent.
The team is pleased with the way the method itself is performing, though Liston noted that there may be room for improvement in curbing the cost of library preparation and/or making the analytic side of the pipeline more straightforward.
"The [analytical] methods are so much still in development," he said. "Making the methods more available to a broad audience would be good."
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Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Vulnerable Claimants
14 speeches
What recent steps the Government has taken to protect the welfare of vulnerable universal credit claimants.
PIP Assessments: Appeals
What recent estimate she has made of the average number of personal independence payment assessments that are overturned on appeal; and what the average waiting time is for such appeals to be heard.
Universal Credit: Roll-out
What recent steps the Government have taken to ensure that universal credit is rolled out effectively.
Universal Credit: Supporting People into Work
6 speeches
What assessment she has made of the efficacy of universal credit in supporting people into work.
Universal Credit: NAO Report
What assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the findings of the NAO report entitled rolling out universal credit, published on 15 June 2018.
Universal Credit: Financial Hardship
What assessment she has made of trends in the level of financial hardship experienced by universal credit claimants.
What progress her Department is making on the roll-out of universal credit.
Universal Credit: Death of Applicants
How many universal credit applicants have died during the period that their application was being assessed and as a result have received a zero payment for the days during that period when they...
Universal Credit: Claimant Satisfaction
What assessment her Department has made of rates of universal credit claimant satisfaction.
Supporting People with Disabilities and Health Conditions
How much her Department has spent on supporting people with disabilities and health conditions in the last 12 months; and what the change in that amount has been in real terms since 2010.
Employment: People with Family Responsibilities
What steps the Government are taking to improve employment opportunities for people with family responsibilities.
How many people have taken receipt of the state pension in (a) 2010 and (b) 2018 in Kettering constituency; and what the change in the value of the state pension has been over that period.
PIP: Early Assessments
What criteria her Department uses to recall people in receipt of personal independence payments for an early assessment.
Assisted Technology
What steps the Government have taken to encourage assisted technology as a means to help disabled people into the workplace.
Pension Transition Arrangements
What recent representations she has received from people affected by the pension transition arrangements for women born in the 1950s.
If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Detainee Mistreatment and Rendition
(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on whether the Government will now reinstate the judge-led inquiry that the...
Saddleworth Moor and Tameside: Ongoing Fire
(Urgent Question): To ask the Home Office if it will make a statement regarding the ongoing fire on the Saddleworth and Tameside moors.
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With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on last week's European Council. The focus of this Council was migration, and there were also important conclusions on security...
On 8 February 2018, I announced the appointment of Sir Brian Langstaff to chair the infected blood inquiry. From the outset, Sir Brian has been clear that he is determined to put people at the...
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[Relevant Documents: Oral evidence taken before the Justice Committee on 26 June 2018, on Prison Population 2022: planning for the future, HC 483; oral evidence taken before the Justice...
Department of Health and Social Care and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Business of the House (4 July)
Ordered, That, at the sitting on Wednesday 4 July, business in the name of Ian Blackford shall be treated as being taken on an allotted half day provided under paragraph (2)(b) of Standing...
Ordered, That, at the sitting on Thursday 5 July— (1) notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (4) of Standing Order No. 14 (Arrangement of public business), the Motion in the name of...
Ordered, That Stephanie Peacock be discharged from the International Trade Committee and Sir Mark Hendrick be added.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Selection Committee.)
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Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mims Davies.)
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At a recent feminist transnational psychology conference, I found myself chatting with Dr Ramani Durvasula, a psychologist, researcher, professor and author. Durvasula has done extensive research on narcissism for her upcoming book Should I Stay or Should I Go? Surviving A Relationship with a Narcissist. I thought about the countless patients, colleagues and friends that have shared their frustration, hurt and doubt about that 'vain' person in their life, not realising that the spoken-about symptoms could possibly stem from Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). We chat with Dr Durvasula about her upcoming book and NPD.
Are certain kinds of people or a gender more likely to be narcissistic?
It [Narcissism] is far more prevalent in men; likely because of differences in socialisation. But anyone can be narcissistic. The book is going to be useful to women, but also gay men and men who are in relationships with narcissistic women. These people tend to be pretty on the outside, but empty inside. While they are often successful, they are also controlling, manipulative, entitled, vain, and have no empathy. If your significant other can be charming one moment and leave you feeling disappointed and doubting yourself the next, you may be involved with a narcissist.
Doing it all without complaining is held as one of the biggest paragon of the perfect Indian woman. What does she need to know?
It is what I call the 'Good Enough Paradox'. The feeling of "I don't feel good enough" is the mantra of the person in a narcissistic relationship. Because if you were 'good enough', then your partner would be satisfied and would pay attention to you. Since that's not happening, it must be because you are somehow lacking. If you keep trying harder to please someone and never really can, or can only succeed for short time, it can leave you feeling inadequate. Interestingly, most people don't initially recognise that perhaps it is their partner who is un-please-able.
What are some behaviours that people should look out for to identify a narcissistic partner?
It can help to reflect on some of your own patterns. These 'coping' mechanisms allow the broken narcissistic dynamic to continue unchecked.
Is it possible to have a future with someone with NPD, if so, what does it look like?
Many people stay in relationships with narcissists because of self-doubt. In addition, self-doubt will grow while you are in a relationship with a narcissist. Several dynamics may play into this: being second-guessed by your partner, being ignored by your partner or being mocked by your partner (and often all three). This will undercut your ability to make a decision. If you doubt your ability to do something, your confidence will be eroded. There is one hard fact about pathological narcissism that most people don't know. I share this in my book and give the tools for how to stop making the same mistakes. The research is not predicated on false hope, forgiveness, 'communications skills'—or the idea that the beast can become a prince. Rather, it promises a realistic roadmap for how to navigate this landscape to reclaim your true self.
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Surviving A Relationship with a Narcissist by Post Hill Press is available for pre-order on Amazon.


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3.	Do eliminate all photographs, wall posts, information that could be damaging to your matter, such as posts or photographs related to illegal substances, partying, unsuitable living conditions, boasting, and/or unemployment. In other words, eliminate all posts or photographs that you would not want a Judge to see.
4.	Do NOT post pictures of your child doing anything that could be considered inappropriate. Do not let others post anything inapporpriate of your child either.
We recently had a case where the grandmother had a photograph posted of her grandchild (the child who was the subject of the custody dispute) sipping an alcoholic beverage. Needless to say the Judge was not amused.
5.	DO NOT post status updates or wall posts regarding your ex or your kids, whether it has to do with your ongoing custody battle, or your most recent exchange of a child. During a protective order hearing I recently tried, the Judge found a parent's posting of "I'm going to take you down" was enough of a threat to grant a final protective order. In other words, keep your custody battle off of Facebook! In addition, urge your mother, brother, friends, and next door neighbors to keep any and all posts regarding your ex off of Facebook.


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The valley is not flat. These are the White Mountains and they are aptly named. Rides can be flattish. They can be rolling. But they aren't Florida or even rail trail flat.
Before taking a spin on the valley's back roads and mountain bike trails, be sure to carry the essentials. Not only are bike tools important, so is knowing your ability for what to do with them.
Give a swift wow to the new Albany Town Forest trails, about a four-mile network of blue-blazed pathways.
Many cyclists have a goal of riding 100 miles in a single day — a century. That is a worthy and attainable goal. Around these parts, it usually means having to deal with hills, and lots of them.


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NASDAQ:COLM
Columbia Sportswear Stock Forecast, Price & News
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Columbia Sportswear Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, sources, markets, and distributes outdoor, active, and everyday lifestyle apparel, footwear, accessories, and equipment in the United States, Latin America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Canada. The company provides apparel, accessories, and equipment that are used in various activities, such as skiing, snowboarding, hiking, climbing, mountaineering, camping, hunting, fishing, trail running, water sports, yoga, golf, and adventure travel. It also offers footwear products that include lightweight hiking boots, trail running shoes, rugged cold weather boots for activities on snow and ice, sandals and shoes for use in water activities, and function-first fashion footwear and casual shoes for everyday use. The company sells its products under the Columbia, Mountain Hard Wear, SOREL, and prAna brand names through the company owned network of branded and outlet retail stores, brand-specific e-commerce sites, and concession-based arrangements with third-parties at branded outlet and shop-in-shop retail locations, as well as through independently operated specialty outdoor and sporting goods stores, sporting goods chains, department store chains, Internet retailers, and international distributors. As of December 31, 2019, it operated 143 retail stores. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.
Consumer Discretionary Sector
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Apparel, Finished Products From Fabrics & Similar Materials Industry
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Columbia Sportswear has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 6 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.
According to analysts' consensus price target of $100.20, Columbia Sportswear has a forecasted upside of 8.0% from its current price of $92.80.
Columbia Sportswear has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.
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Columbia Sportswear has received 57.17% "underperform" votes from our community.
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Columbia Sportswear does not currently pay a dividend.
Columbia Sportswear does not have a long track record of dividend growth.
In the past three months, Columbia Sportswear insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $57,500,004.00 in company stock.
41.15% of the stock of Columbia Sportswear is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.
40.64% of the stock of Columbia Sportswear is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.
Earnings for Columbia Sportswear are expected to grow by 176.98% in the coming year, from $1.39 to $3.85 per share.
The P/E ratio of Columbia Sportswear is 50.44, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 24.41.
The P/E ratio of Columbia Sportswear is 50.44, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 50.23.
Columbia Sportswear has a PEG Ratio of 8.48. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.
Columbia Sportswear has a P/B Ratio of 3.39. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.
Industry Apparel, finished products from fabrics & similar materials
Sub-IndustryApparel Accessories & Luxury Goods
SectorConsumer Discretionary
Current SymbolNASDAQ:COLM
CUSIP19851610
Webwww.columbia.com
Employees8,900
P/E Growth8.48
Annual Sales$3.04 billion
Price / Cash Flow14.18
Net Income$330.49 million
Net Margins4.97%
Next Earnings Date2/4/2021 (Confirmed)
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Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ:COLM) Frequently Asked Questions
How has Columbia Sportswear's stock price been impacted by Coronavirus?
Columbia Sportswear's stock was trading at $69.08 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, COLM stock has increased by 34.3% and is now trading at $92.80.
Is Columbia Sportswear a buy right now?
12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Columbia Sportswear in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Columbia Sportswear stock.
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What stocks does MarketBeat like better than Columbia Sportswear?
Wall Street analysts have given Columbia Sportswear a "Buy" rating, but there may be better short-term opportunities in the market. Some of MarketBeat's past winning trading ideas have resulted in 5-15% weekly gains. MarketBeat just released five new trading ideas, but Columbia Sportswear wasn't one of them. MarketBeat thinks these five stocks may be even better buys.
When is Columbia Sportswear's next earnings date?
Columbia Sportswear is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 4th 2021.
View our earnings forecast for Columbia Sportswear.
How were Columbia Sportswear's earnings last quarter?
Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ:COLM) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 29th. The textile maker reported $0.94 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.22 by $0.28. The textile maker earned $701.10 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $767.13 million. Columbia Sportswear had a net margin of 4.97% and a return on equity of 7.30%. The firm's revenue was down 22.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.75 EPS.
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How often does Columbia Sportswear pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Columbia Sportswear?
Columbia Sportswear announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.26 per share on Monday, March 23rd. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.12%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 9th. This is an increase from Columbia Sportswear's previous quarterly dividend of $0.24.
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When did Columbia Sportswear's stock split? How did Columbia Sportswear's stock split work?
Columbia Sportswear's stock split before market open on Monday, September 29th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, July 24th 2014. The newly issued shares were issued to shareholders after the market closes on Friday, September 26th 2014. An investor that had 100 shares of Columbia Sportswear stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.
What guidance has Columbia Sportswear issued on next quarter's earnings?
Columbia Sportswear issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.07-$1.32 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.63. The company issued revenue guidance of $850-$880 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $914.39 million.
What price target have analysts set for COLM?
12 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Columbia Sportswear's shares. Their forecasts range from $72.00 to $115.00. On average, they expect Columbia Sportswear's share price to reach $100.20 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.0% from the stock's current price.
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Who are some of Columbia Sportswear's key competitors?
Some companies that are related to Columbia Sportswear include V.F. (VFC), Tapestry (TPR), Ralph Lauren (RL), PVH (PVH), Hanesbrands (HBI), Carter's (CRI), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), Oxford Industries (OXM), Fossil Group (FOSL), Movado Group (MOV), Vera Bradley (VRA), Delta Apparel (DLA), Iconix Brand Group (ICON) and (ZQKSQ) (ZQKSQ).
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What other stocks do shareholders of Columbia Sportswear own?
Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Columbia Sportswear investors own include Intel (INTC), NIKE (NKE), Netflix (NFLX), AbbVie (ABBV), Cisco Systems (CSCO), salesforce.com (CRM), The Walt Disney (DIS), QUALCOMM (QCOM), AT&T (T) and Caterpillar (CAT).
Who are Columbia Sportswear's key executives?
Columbia Sportswear's management team includes the following people:
Mr. Timothy P. Boyle, Chairman, CEO & Pres (Age 71, Pay $2.67M)
Mr. Jim A. Swanson, Exec. VP & CFO (Age 47, Pay $826.65k)
Mr. Thomas B. Cusick, Exec. VP & COO (Age 53, Pay $1.33M)
Mr. Peter J. Bragdon, Exec. VP, Chief Admin. Officer, Gen. Counsel & Sec. (Age 58, Pay $1.02M)
Mr. Franco Fogliato, Exec. VP of Global Omni-Channel (Age 52, Pay $1.21M)
Mr. Andrew Shuler Burns CFA, Director of Investor Relations & Competitive Intelligence
Ms. Mary Ellen Glynn, Director of Corp. Communications
Ms. Richelle T. Luther, Chief Human Resource Officer & Sr. VP (Age 51)
Ms. Lisa A. Kulok, Exec. VP & Chief Supply Chain Officer (Age 55)
Mr. Douglas H. Morse, Sr. VP of Emerging Brands (Age 54)
What is Columbia Sportswear's stock symbol?
Columbia Sportswear trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "COLM."
Who are Columbia Sportswear's major shareholders?
Columbia Sportswear's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.76%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%). Company insiders that own Columbia Sportswear stock include Andy D Bryant, Douglas H Morse, Edward S George, Franco Fogliato, Gertrude Boyle Trust, Joseph P Boyle, Lisa Kulok, Malia H Wasson, Murrey R Albers, Peter J Bragdon, Ronald E Nelson, Sarah Bany, Thomas B Cusick and Walter Klenz.
View institutional ownership trends for Columbia Sportswear.
Which institutional investors are selling Columbia Sportswear stock?
COLM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Columbia Sportswear company stock in the last year include Gertrude Boyle Trust, Lisa Kulok, Peter J Bragdon, Sarah Bany, and Thomas B Cusick.
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Which institutional investors are buying Columbia Sportswear stock?
COLM stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Trust Walden Corp.
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How do I buy shares of Columbia Sportswear?
Shares of COLM can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
What is Columbia Sportswear's stock price today?
One share of COLM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $92.80.
How big of a company is Columbia Sportswear?
Columbia Sportswear has a market capitalization of $6.14 billion and generates $3.04 billion in revenue each year. The textile maker earns $330.49 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.72 on an earnings per share basis. Columbia Sportswear employs 8,900 workers across the globe.
What is Columbia Sportswear's official website?
The official website for Columbia Sportswear is www.columbia.com.
How can I contact Columbia Sportswear?
Columbia Sportswear's mailing address is 14375 NORTHWEST SCIENCE PARK DRIVE, PORTLAND OR, 97229. The textile maker can be reached via phone at 503-985-4000 or via email at [email protected]


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5 Reasons Kids Should Be Allowed to Use Social Media
by Bethany Ramos
Jun 06, 2018 at 7:00 pm EDT
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It's not breaking news that some people think the internet is no place for a kid to hang out. There are tons of arguments against it (it keeps kids from engaging with others off-screen and exposes them to inappropriate content, among other things), but it turns out there are actually some good reasons to let your kids indulge in a little social media now and then.
According to a new Pew Research Center survey (released May 2018), 45 percent of teens now say they are online on a near-constant basis — but parents of those teens face scrutiny for letting their kids spend time on Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook and Twitter. Plus, the exact "best age" a kid should have their first social media account still remains murky — and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act makes it illegal for commercial websites and apps to offer accounts to children under 13 without parental consent.
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Still, some experts say it can be beneficial to introduce social media to your child, albeit slowly and appropriately. Here's why.
1. Group inclusion
Social media makes sense in the world of teen socialization (and teen angst). Dr. Barbara Winter, a Florida-based psychologist with over 20 years of experience, explains, "Social media allows teenagers to be part of a group, which is a cornerstone to self-esteem." And according to a 2014 study published in the Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, teen social media use "provides new contexts for reflecting upon and trying out new identities, for learning and attempting new social skills and for establishing affiliations."
2. Online learning
This might make you feel a little less guilty as the parent of an Instagrammer: Technology counts as one of our cultural languages. "Social media is a great tool for learning, especially for kids that are almost glued to their computers," Katya Seberson, speed-reading and memory teacher at ExecutiveMind, says. "It bridges the gap between the fictional world of video games… and the real world. Social media is in between the two. It talks about real world events, but it's happening in a digital form."
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3. Access to news
Good luck getting your teen to subscribe to The Wall Street Journal. But that doesn't mean they have to be out of the loop of world news. "Teens often favor social media for news and happenings in the world rather than looking at traditional news sources," Winter explains. According to research by Common Sense Media in 2017, 47 percent of kids get their news from Facebook, while 41 percent of tweens get their news from YouTube. Of course, talk to your teen about the fact that social media sites are not news sites and explain that they should always follow suggested "news" links on social sites to their original (journalistic, fact-checked) source.
4. Freedom of expression
As parents, we also use social media for this reason: to share our thoughts and feelings in our own corner of the internet. Likewise, says Winter, social media allows teens to express their individuality through stories, pictures and quotes, which can be beneficial to emotional, sexual and spiritual health.
If your child is ready to dip their toes into the waters of online creative expression, Seberson suggests going old-school first. "Tumblr is an old platform that allows artistic minds to express themselves," she says. "I introduce kids to bookfessions.tumblr.com, and they get hooked. They start following artists they love and share their own poetry, drawings — even essays."
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5. Exposure to the real world
Yes, of course we all want to keep our little baby chicks in the nest for as long as we can, but keeping kids sheltered for too long will inevitably set them up to fail. Seberson encourages parents to use online education hand in hand with real-world exposure to produce a lasting impact. "I hate to see kids grow up in a safe bubble that bursts when they go to college," she says. Research from 2009 published in Computers in Human Behavior also suggests that among the college age group, using social media regularly can make you more open-minded and open to new experiences.
A version of this article was originally published in June 2014.
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Substance dependency is a chronic illness that is identified by uncontrollable substance seeking and use, regardless of the harmful effects and alterations in the brain that can be permanent. These adjustments in the mind can prompt to the hurtful practices found in individuals who take drugs. Addiction to drugs is a disease that can throw people into relapse too. Relapsing is when a person starts to use drugs again after he/she attempted to quit.
Using drugs out of one's volition is the road that leads to drug addiction. With time, the user is unable to stop voluntarily the need to use the drug. The desire to search for and make use of drugs will now rely on a very huge urge. The increased length of time that the person's brain relies on drugs to function is the cause of this. Dependency affects regions of the brain that are involved in learning and memory; motivation and reward; and command over behaviour.
It isn't easy, but, yes, drug addiction is treatable. It is not possible for people to overcome drug addiction simply by abstaining from drug use for some days, because drug addiction is chronic. To come back to their old lives and overcome drug addiction totally, many addicts will require repeated or prolonged care periods.
Adhering to treatment sufficiently long is critical.
The most frequently used forms of treatment are counselling and other behavioural therapies.
Treatment procedures must be measured frequently and altered to fit the patient's evolving needs.
Treatment ought to address other conceivable mental problems.
What Steps Are Involved In Treating Addiction?
Treatment should compromise mental and medical health services as required. Family or community based recovery support systems are some of the things involved in a follow-up care.
Withdrawal During the detoxification process, medication helps suppress the physical reactions. Detoxification is not in itself "treatment," rather just the initial phase all the while. Patients normally go back to the use of drugs if their treatment is not continued after detoxification. According to one study of treatment centres, medications were utilised in close to 80 per cent of detoxifications (SAMHSA, 2014).
Relapse Prevention The cravings for drugs can be lowered and normal brain functions restored in the patients with the help of medications. Medications are accessible for management of opioid (heroin, prescription pain relievers), tobacco (nicotine), and alcohol dependence. Scientists are also currently developing additional medications to treat addiction to marijuana and stimulants, like cocaine and methamphetamines. Individuals who utilize more than one drug, which is extremely normal, require treatment for the majority of the substances they utilise.
How Are Behavioural Therapies Used To Treat Drug Addiction?
Patients can get treatment in a wide range of settings with different approaches.
Outpatient behavioural treatment involves different programs designed for patients with an organised calendar of regular meetings with a counsellor for behavioural health. The greater parts of the projects include individual or group drug advising, or both.
At first, treatment can be as intensive as multiple outpatient sessions every week. After the intensive treatment is complete, patients move on to regular outpatient treatment to help maintain their recovery by continuing to meet weekly but for fewer hours.
Residential/inpatient treatment can also be extremely successful, particularly for patients with more serious issues (including co-occurring conditions). 24-hour planned and organised care system, coupled with proper medical care and safe housing are given in residential treatment facilities that are licensed. Private treatment offices may utilize an assortment of remedial methodologies and they are for the most part gone for helping the patient carry on a drug free and crime free way of life after treatment.
A therapeutic community that is a very structured programme in which a patient stays at a residence, usually for 6 months to a year. The entire community, comprising treatment employees and patients in recovery, act as essential agents of change, affecting the patient's understanding, attitude, as well as conduct linked with substance use.
Recovery housing, which is normally an aftermath of inpatient or residential treatment, and where patients are given limited term housing under an expert watch. People can move onto independent life through recovery housing - it assists them for example to learn financial management or job hunting, while linking them to community based support groups.


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Thank you for sharing your talents with us! Stay tuned for more recommendations throughout this month!
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My good friend Erika from Author Erika Kind invited me to participate in this challenge. If you haven't visited her blog yet I encourage you to do so now for some great posts that will enrich your lives.
A child would watch a sun, a moon and a star and think how far it could go to touch it. A child would watch sun rising from dark and think if it could hold it in its' palms. A child would lay on wings of imagination and fly through cosmos. A child would always try to follow its' soul. A child could do all of that…could you?
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The 'Like' Button: Enabler of the inactive participant OR Advocate of the introverted blogger?
I remember when I first joined wordpress and I got my very first 'like' on that first post – I was ELATED! As belsbor says in his comment it is indeed a great boost! Someone out there thought my work was good enough to be liked! …Then, when I received my first comment… I was beyond thrilled.
As a business major and professional, I know how difficult it can sometimes be to get responses. Some projects never take off because of not being able to generate enough interest. Of course, this blog was not or rather is not a business venture, but it is something that I am quite passionate about and thus, generating a strong readership is important to me…Coming back to the issue at hand…as to whether or not the 'like' button is an enabler or an advocate, I believe it can be both and like some of you have said in your comments I too have worn both hats on different days.
Since that first initial boost of getting a 'like', I have felt that initial 'elation' become a 'pleasantly pleased' emotion. Although I still love it, I am thrilled to get comments as it allows me to understand exactly how much the reader liked my work or how they connected with it but I appreciate that 'like' none the less. I agree, it is not just an advocate for an introvert, although it can become one in many cases. Sophie L raises an excellent point that I had not thought of with regards to the language barrier and how the 'like' button becomes an universal tool of approval. It is like casting a vote, just like nobody puts a comment on that ballot card, it is just enough support for the candidate and in this case the author's post. I do not see it as a negative button in any sense, and like many of you I always try to read what I have liked. As Genuine Poetry (Denise) puts it, it is a way of letting the reader know that you were there and you liked their post; however, lately I have been feeling a bit guilty of being an inactive participant due to the lack of time.
I understand that as the number of blogs I follow increases along with my readership, it will be harder to keep up with all the posts all the time…but I have caught myself using the 'like' button as a crutch… and I did not like it. Sometimes, I skim longer posts, like it, saying to myself that I would come back and read it thoroughly later but there are days that it doesn't happen. It made me wonder how many others actually read the post before liking. Ronovan raises a good point about how liking after barely a second of publishing kind of gives away the fact that it never really was read… and though thankfully, I am not guilty of that, it was just something I needed to reflect on and be more conscious of. I always try my best to comment when I have the time, especially with the blogs I follow regularly and have built a rapport with, but like many of you stated, time becomes a factor on how much I can do.
In conclusion, I think the 'like' button can be one of the best tools to encourage fellow bloggers. But before pushing that button, ALWAYS read the post you are about to like, if you have the time to comment please do and always be conscious that you do not become one of those 'inactive participant' using the like button as an automated response.
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Mitch has simply amazed me with his photography skills from the first post I saw by him. He says he is there to explore anything, and his work certainly speaks volumes about capturing these explorations in a way that always strikes a chord with the readers. I absolutely recommend all my viewers to go check his blog to treat your eyes with his wonderful photos!
I have been following Al's work for a few weeks now and I really enjoy his photography on nature. He also writes fiction that I am sure a lot of you will enjoy. I encourage all my readers to check out his wonderful blog and beautiful photography!
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