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Skylanders publisher Activision and Frito-Lay have teamed up for a contest that offers a glimpse at three potential new characters in the action figure/video game's next installment, which is scheduled to be released this year.
The contest allows entrants to choose between three characters — a dragon-like insect, a bat witch and a dolphin pirate, all of which you can see below — and give them a name and a backstory. Judges at Activision and Frito-Lay will select a single entry for each character in May, and voters will then choose from those three names. The winning character will be included in the unnamed Skylanders game and the winner will receive a $100,000 scholarship.
Those interested in participating can sign up at the contest's official site.
Little is known about Skylanders' 2014 version, though Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hershberg revealed that Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure and Skylanders Giants developer Toys for Bob would be developing this year's installment. Last year's game, Skylanders Swap Force, was developed by Vicarious Visions. During its most recent financial disclosure, Activision revealed that the series has generated more than $2 billion in worldwide sales.
For more on the toy/video game hybrid, be sure to read Polygon's feature about Toys for Bob, the studio that created the series, and character designer I-Wei Huang. You can also read our reviews of the last two entries in the series, 2012's Skylanders Giants and 2013's Skylanders Swap Force.


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Malden Catholic Hockey Topples Catholic Memorial in Physical Battle
By Eamon Convey (@eamonconvey)
Brighton, Mass. - A rough start to a season can be turned around in one game, especially when that contest pits one league opponent against another.
That is precisely what the Malden Catholic Lancers (1-2-1), the state's No. 11 ranked team according to Hockey Night in Boston, hope to have done after getting their first Catholic Conference victory of the season with a 3-1 result versus the No. 8 Catholic Memorial Knights (3-2-0).
Coming off consecutive losses in the annual Serino Holiday Tournament, first to Hingham in a shootout in the preliminary round, then a disappointing 5-1 result versus Austin Prep in the consolation round, Lancers' head coach John McLean wanted his team to get back to simple hockey.
"Early on we got the puck deep and we went to work," McLean said. "It is the first time all season that team said 'you know what, we're not as good (this year) as we usually are, but we're going to work' so they banged bodies and got dirty and didn't get too cute."
One play in the opening quarter was decidedly "too cute," as a lapse in concentration by a Lancers' defenseman resulted in an easy goal for the Knights to open the scoring, courtesy of freshman Tommy Rooney's heads up play to poke the rebound home.
However, just two minutes later, a penalty committed by Knights' freshman forward Will MacNeil put the Lancers on the power play. After an initial shot from the top of the top of the left circle by Lancers' sophomore Riley Duran, Knights' senior captain goalie Brendan Clancy lost track of the rebound, and senior Colin Nestor slammed home the game-tying goal.
Towards the end of the first period, Lancers' goalie Kevin Burkett made a fantastic save after MacNeil found junior assistant captain Chris Rooney out front for a one-timer. Moments later, another pass from MacNeil found a cutting Tommy whose wrist shot beat Burkett stick-side, but rang off the left post and out.
When asked if there were any adjustment made at the first intermission, McLean responded, "zero."
The Knights attempted to set the tone early in the second period with two heavy open-ice hits on its opponent, but credit the Lancers for shaking off the cobwebs and continuing to play the brand of hockey they needed to be successful.
"Yeah, they killed us on those two hits, it was great," McLean said with a smile. "Both good, clean hits, too, really just good hockey plays. I told our guys that's what happens when you don't move the puck. You move the puck, you keep your head up, and those hits won't happen to you."
As for the message to his team going into the final period of play tied up 1-1, "We just need these two points in league play."
Early in the third the Lancers were gifted a power play and immediately began to generate chances. After Clancy stopped an initial slap shot from the blue line by Lancers' sophomore Cam Lawhorne, the rebound was loose in behind the Knights' goalie, and eventually poked home by junior Jerry Bazile to give Malden a 2-1 lead.
Minutes later, Lancers' sophomore Carson James went to the box for a slash that put the Knights on the power play with a chance to re-tie the game. After a couple of good scoring chances were turned away by Burkett, the Lancers forwards made another big play on special teams, this time on the penalty kill.
"Duran picked (CM's) pocket and hit me with a nice little saucer pass," senior captain Ryan Noonan said. "First I had to beat the defenders into the zone, which I did. When I looked up I thought I saw something open above the glove, and beat (Clancy) with a good, hard shot to put us up 3-1."
Despite holding a two-goal advantage, the remainder of the third period wasn't as smooth as the Lancers might have liked. After putting the Knights on a power play courtesy of a slash by freshman David Bazile, Burkett was called on to make a handful of difficult saves in the final minutes to preserve the win.
The best of those last chances by the Knights came on a nice play at the blue line to spring a forward in alone on goal. Burkett never looked fazed and took the opportunity to dive out and poke the puck away, preserving the Lancers' two-goal lead.
"We were really able to shut them down with our penalty kill late in the game," Noonan said. "Burkett was awesome behind us and gave us the confidence to play a little faster, maybe a little more aggressive. We got pucks deep, chased them down, made some plays, got pucks on net and thankfully were able to put a couple home.
According to McLean, the Lancers likely will not get another full practice under their belt until the morning of the next game, a home league tilt versus St. John's Prep, Saturday at 1 p.m.
"We're just excited to get back out there after getting this monkey off our back," Noonan said. "We aren't as talented as teams here in the past, but we can definitely get the job done like they did. We will just have to commit to working a little harder than they did."
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Court Backs the FMCSA's Stance on Mexican Truck Permits
A lawsuit brought by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters was recently dismissed by the federal court. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals filed last June 29, 2017, that it sided with the Department of Transportation (DOT) in this case.
The petition challenged the FMCSA's authority to permit Mexican-domiciled carriers to conduct long-haul operations in the United States. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) also backed the Brotherhood in this case, acting as an intervenor in the litigation.
The union claimed that the Mexican-granted access was primarily based on a pilot study previously conducted by the agency. The group claimed the program — that was a prerequisite to the issuance of permits — contained faulty methodology.
The court, however, ruled that the pilot program could not be reviewed and dismissed the petition challenging it.
The panel held this position because Congress didn't impose any sample size or statistical validity requirements for the study. The lack of established standards means the court has no way of measuring the FMCSA's decision to allow the entry.
The Denied Petition
The judges recognized that the unions had sufficient reason to file the complaint. The FMCSA's decision on allowing Mexican long-haul carriers to operate within the U.S. increased the amount of competition present.
According to the doctrine of "competitor standing," a rise of competition eventually results in injury. The panel noted that this increase in market players give current stateside carriers a harder time to obtain profit.
The petitioners filed three separate appeals — all of which was consolidated by the court for review.
The FMCSA's decision of granting Mexican carrier Trajosa operating authority within the United States;
The FMCSA declining the union's protest against the permit application of Trajosa; and,
The pilot program report being issued.
The judges held that the FMCSA's release of the study cannot be challenged.
The Congress-mandated program is a prerequisite to long-haul permits being granted to Mexican-domiciled carriers. The publication, however, was not a final action by the agency and, therefore, had no legal consequence in its issuance.
In short, the FMCSA could still legally choose to decline permits granted to Mexican carriers even with positive results. Because the study's release lacked any substantial legal effect, the panel decided to dismiss this particular petition.
The union's challenge on the other two appeals was grounded on the requirements of the Accountability Appropriations Act of 2007. The legislation mandated that the pilot program's plans contain a reasonable amount of participants needed to provide statistically valid findings.
The petitioners argued that the report's conclusion was unsupported due to the collected data relying on an insufficient sample size. They believed that the FMCSA lacked the authority to grant Trajosa the operating permit because of the invalid study.
The panel, however, justified that the number of participants mentioned only referred to the pilot program's "plans."
Since the Act did not state anything about the "results" being statistically valid, no legal imposition can be made. The judges, therefore, believe that the Act contains no explicit standard to measure and judge FMCSA's exercise of discretion.
Because of the inability to gauge the agency's actions, the court ruled in favor of the FMCSA and dismissed the petitions.
The Pilot Program
This case is not the first time that the union filed against FMCSA's pilot program. Before the study even began, the group had already petitioned to the D.C. Circuit to have the research enjoined.
The Brotherhood primarily questioned FMCSA's plan regarding the participant amount needed to obtain statistically valid results. They argued that the lack of a fixed threshold on the number of carriers joining the study compromised sample size.
The court, however, justified that FMCSA had an adequate participant amount by allowing an unlimited number of carriers to participate. Therefore, the judges rejected the union's appeal and allowed the agency to proceed with their study.
The program ended with a report being released last January 2015 detailing the results.
Only thirteen carriers participated in the study. The DOT concluded that the sample size was too small to draw inferences on the entire Mexico-domiciled carrier population's safety.
The FMCSA, nevertheless, still decided the data to be representative.
The findings obtained from the thirteen participants were supplemented with information from 952 other Mexican-domiciled carriers operating in the U.S.
The agency found Mexican carrier groups to perform just as well as U.S. and Canada-based carrier groups.
The FMCSA approved of the safety levels of Mexican-domiciled companies, which led to the normalization of application acceptance and granting permit in the U.S.
The NAFTA Dispute
One of the key factors influencing the decisions being made is the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In a nutshell, NAFTA is an agreement that allows reciprocated open trade between the United States and Mexico.
After the agreement had taken effect on 1994, the U.S. announced a program to allow Mexican-domiciled carriers to operate throughout the country. The U.S. Government, however, soon limited this access to specific areas within southern border states.
Mexico complained about the unfair treatment to a NAFTA arbitration panel.
After the investigation, the body granted Mexico permission to impose retaliatory tariffs until carriers are allowed operation inside the United States. President Bush signed a law in response that gave the FMCSA authority to allow Mexican-domiciled carriers access in the country.
Another Congress-mandated legislation was imposed which required the implementation of a pilot program to ensure Mexican trucker road safety. This study started in 2007 but was soon defunded by a law signed by former President Obama. In response, Mexico imposed a $2.4 billion retaliatory tariff on the United States.
To fix the situation, President Obama signed a law which reinstated the funding, thereby allowing the study to recommence.
With the pilot program back in effect on October 14, 2011, Mexico suspended the tariff imposed on the United States.
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USPTO and National Women's Business Council Pay Tribute to Women Innovators and Entrepreneurs
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USPTO and National Women's Business Council Events to Pay Tribute to Women's Innovation and Entrepreneurship
To celebrate Women's History Month in March, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the National Women's Business Council (NWBC) will pay tribute to women whose whose ingenuity and inventions have improved our lives.
The first event, "Women Entrepreneurs: Celebrating the Past, Inventing the Future," will be held March 1 in the USPTO's Madison building auditorium in Alexandria, Va., and is open to the public. It will highlight the passage of the America Invents Act and one provision specifically that allows the USPTO to begin tracking the gender of patent applicants.
NWBC recently commissioned a comprehensive study on women who applied for and received patents or trademarks over the last 35 years. The results will be released at the March 1 event, but preliminary findings already indicate that the number of women obtaining patents has accelerated in recent years. The largest spike came in 2010, when 22,984 patents were granted to women, a 35-percent jump over the previous year.
Through its research, NWBC is examining the link between women business owners and intellectual property (IP). NWBC is a nonpartisan federal advisory council created to serve as an independent source of advice and policy recommendations to the president, Congress and the U.S. Small Business Administration on economic issues of importance to women business owners. Additional information and registration details can be found at www.nwbc.gov.
The second annual Women's Entrepreneur Symposium will be held in Shreveport, La., March 25-26. U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, chair of the Senate's Small Business Committee, will serve as the keynote speaker and co-host. The event will focus on women entrepreneurs, the importance of IP protection for their innovations, and how to leverage economic opportunities for women-owned businesses. The symposium will also offer networking opportunities with experts in the IP field as well as government and industry representatives who will help attendees gain insight into all facets of the business cycle. Agenda topics include IP in the global marketplace, strategies to leverage IP assets, accessing financial resources, driving business growth by leveraging business relationships, and federal contracting.
The USPTO, Invent Now® and the National Society of Inventors are planning a Tampa Regional Inventors Conference to be held April 27-28 at the University of South Florida's Embassy Suites hotel, with a pre-conference on the evening of April 26. The conference will include breakout sessions by USPTO experts about patents, patent searching, claim drafting, trademarks, trademark searching, obviousness and tips for seasoned inventors.
More information for the Women's Entrepreneur Symposium and the Tampa Regional Inventors Conference will be available soon at www.uspto.gov.
Finally, the USPTO is expanding its nationwide call for nominees for the 2012 National Medal of Technology and Innovation (NMTI). The congressionally authorized medal, the country's highest award for technological achievement, is awarded annually by the president of the United States to individuals, teams of up to four individuals, companies or divisions of companies for their outstanding contributions to America's economic, environmental and social well-being. By highlighting the national importance of technological innovation, the medal is also meant to inspire future generations of Americans to prepare for and pursue technical careers to keep the United States at the forefront of global technology and economic leadership. Past laureates have been awarded the medal for a wide variety of achievements, and the USPTO seeks to build on this diversity in 2012.
The USPTO administers the medal program on behalf of the Secretary of Commerce. Detailed information about the requirements for submitting a nomination, including a nomination form, can be downloaded at the USPTO's National Medal of Technology and Innovation information pages. All completed nominations must be submitted to the USPTO by 5 p.m. ET, March 31.
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The Financial Markets Panel (FMP), a research project of Nomura Research Institute, has come to an end.
Launched in 2009, the FMP met 48 times before wrapping up in March 2019. Its agenda, initially devoted to unconventional monetary policy, evolved over the years to address policy responses to the global financial and European debt crises and, later, policy prescriptions for developed economies mired in slow growth and too-low inflation. The FMP was Japan's first privately sponsored permanent forum where researchers and practitioners took the lead in discussing policy responses mainly in the context of central banking. Its output was well received and shared widely not only in Japan but also overseas.
I was privileged to organize the FMP's activities for ten years. I could not have done so without a lot of help. I would like to thank the FMP standing members who actively participated in meetings despite their busy schedules, the policymakers and other experts inside and outside Japan who offered insightful advice, the journalists who publicized the FMP's work and the diverse crowd of practitioners and researchers who attended the FMP's public conferences.
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Iran-Russia joint naval drill sending clear message
Rokna: Referring to Russian and Iranian naval drill, the Deputy Coordinator of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Army said that the joint naval drill with Russia demonstrates the naval authority of Iran's Armed Forces.
"When the powerful Russian navy conducts exercises with the navies of the Islamic Republic Army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, it sends a clear message," said Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari on Sunday.
"Iran's Navy is at the level of the world naval powers in terms of equipment, manpower, technique and tactics, command and control, communication and access to new equipment," he added.
According to Admiral Sayyari, the joint exercise is aimed at establishing security in the North Indian Ocean.
Referring to the various threats of extra-regional countries from the beginning of the Islamic Revolution until today, he said, "Our country has been facing many threats since the first days of the victory of the Islamic Revolution, and the enemies have put forward various plans in this regard, all of which have failed."
Sayyari said that the reason for the failure of the enemies' plans is the authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the deterrent power of the Armed Forces of the country, adding, "The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, especially the Army, with regard to its mission of maintaining territorial integrity and independence, has achieved authority and dignity and will definitely respond to the threats of enemies."
Russian Ambassador to Iran Levan Dzhagaryan announced last week that Russian, Iranian, and Chinese naval drills will be held in the Indian Ocean in mid-February.
It is planned to work out interaction during search and rescue operations and measures to ensure the safety of navigation, Dzhagaryan told to RIA Novosti.
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It was in 1951, when I was serving as a Fisheries Officer of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Service and was stationed at Mwanza, Tanganyika (as it then was), that I first became acquainted with gill nets made from nylon twine - then a very new and high-tech, material so far as nets were concerned. My boss. Lt.Cdr. George Cole in Kisumu, sent me a couple of these nets with instructions to try them out and report on them. This I did and found that they not only caught more fish than conventional cotton and flax nets set alongside them in the same fleet , but also that they appeared to have a very long life by comparison with the other nets. I reported to my boss in these terms.
A few weeks later, George came to Mwanza on one of his periodic visits, bringing with him a bulging sack. This, he told me, contained 50 nylon gill nets and I was to take these on safari with me and to sell them to any interested fisherman who would like to try them. I asked how much I was to charge for a net. "Seventy-five shillings,'' said George. "And that's cost price." Apparently the nets had been made by hand by African Explosives and Chemical Industries, the South African subsidiary of ICI.
Fishermen on Lake Victoria
To say that I was staggered would be an understatement! At that time, most of the African fishermen in my area used home-made cotton nets which they made from sewing twine produced by the well-known firm of J. and P. Coates of Paisley. A fully mounted net cost about Shs 7.50 to produce -- the fisherman's time counted for nothing and a man would walk down the road with hs netting wound on a forked stick over his shoulder, knotting away at it as he went. That being so, who was likely to be interested in paying ten times as much for a kind of net with which he was totally unfamiliar? Afncan fishermen might be simple folk, but they are definitely not daft! However, I knew that they set great store by the actual strength of net twine and by their ability to break it with their bare hands -- not too difficult in the case of cotton or even flax twine. I therefore devised a "publicity" scheme, based on a small spool of nylon twine which had come with the nets. Arriving at a fishing camp on the Lake shore, I would assemble the fishermen under a convenient shady tree and extol the virtues of this new twine. I would go through an act of really exerting myself in an effort to break a length of twine and finally, using that dodge one employs to break parcel string by winding it round one hand and then looping it over itself and giving a smart tug, I would finally succeed in breaking the twine. I would then cut off a length and hand it to the nearest fisherman, inviting him to try to break it himself. The man would carefully wind the twine round a finger of one hand and then round a finger of the other hand and would then give a hearty tug, expecting the twine to part easily - as it eventually had with me. Of course it did not, and usually cut his fingers to the bone, evoking much merriment from his mates as the blood dripped from his wounded fingers. I would then suggest that he must be a weakling and, taking the twine from him, I would break it easily (using the parcel string dodge). Brutal maybe, but it certainly kindled keen interest and quite a ready sale for my nets - even at Shs 75.00 a time!
I noted the names of the fishermen who bought nets and asked them to keep a record of the catches made in them.
In the course of a safari a couple of months later, I visited the fishing camps where I had sold nets and asked the owners how they had found them in service. In every case there were beaming smiles and expressions of astonishment at the performance of these nets. As I had known would be the case, they had caught as much as five times as many fish as the old-style nets set adjacent to them. One man summed them up by telling me: Bwana, mitego hii ina uchawi kama sumaku! Yavuta samaki ndani yao. (These nets have magic like a magnet. They draw fish into them).
From then on, my nylon nets sold like hot cakes and my stock of fifty was soon gone. The fishermen who had them christened them Chapa Sumaku (magnet brand) and clamoured for more - which, in due course, were forthcoming. As time showed, not only did they catch many more fish than cotton or flax nets, but they were virtually indestructible, whereas the other types of net seldom lasted for longer than a month or so.
Having off-loaded my fifty nets at ten times the cost of a cotton net, I occasionally wondered whether, perhaps, I had made a mistake in choosing a career as a Fisheries Officer. Maybe I should have been a salesman..... ?
Map of Northern Tanganyika and Lake Victoria, 1948
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Home » Health News » Old miracle frankincense – Helps against numerous diseases
Old miracle frankincense – Helps against numerous diseases
Incense is also used in traditional medicine to use
Incense is used not only in the Church, but also as a natural remedy in traditional medicine. A new book provides a comprehensive Overview of the scientific research and up-to incense-based knowledge, in its content of substances and their active principles.
Part of religious ceremonies
According to Tradition, belonged to the incense in the Holy Three kings and the gifts they brought with them in addition to myrrh and Gold to the newborn baby Jesus to Bethlehem. Since ancient times the aromatic fragrance of the incense resin is a component of many religious ceremonies and gives up today in the Church many of the festivals in a special expression. And also in the traditional medicine of incense since many years.
Extensive Overview of the scientific research
"Incense has been used for Thousands of years to religious and medical purposes," explains the chemist Prof. Dr. René Csuk of the Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) in a message.
The expert, together with colleagues from the University of Nizwa (Oman) is in a new book, a comprehensive Overview of the scientific research and up-to incense-based knowledge, in its content of substances and their active principles.
Kilograms of incense can cost up to 2,000 euros
According to the figures, the first known source of frankincense from Egypt in the year 1500 dates back to before Christ. In India, Africa, China, ancient Greece and Rome, this tree resin has been used for many different purposes.
And also in the Bible 22, in which incense is directly mentioned.
"Currently, frankincense is enjoying a Renaissance, especially in the Wellness industry. All the incense products are not really meaningful, but the business is very lucrative," says Csuk
A kilogram of frankincense can be obtained on the market up to 2,000 euros.
Of particular interest is the Boswellia acids
Frankincense is obtained from Boswellia trees, which grow mainly in Oman, in India, and in Parts of Africa. The trees are added in several Places-sections in which a liquid outlet.
When this has dried, you can harvested from the frankincense resin. Of particular interest are the boswellic acids, the plug in the incense.
As it says in the message, the first scientific study on incense, to the year 1892: The two chemists Alexander Tschirch and Oscar Halbey were the First to have dealt with the composition of incense.
The researchers from Germany and Oman have worked for your book over 350 scientific publications to incense and boswellic acids.
"Our goal was to provide a comprehensive Overview of the research to incense," says René Csuk.
The chapters address not only the chemical mode of action of the individual ingredients as well as pharmaceutical studies. They also give an Overview of the different incense types and historical aspects.
Without the strong side effects
"A remarkable way confirm the latest studies on the efficacy of the incense of the traditional, very wide range of purposes," says Csuk.
For instance, several studies, for example in the incense contained boswellic acids have an anti-inflammatory effect.
The substances can not only relieve inflammation, but also in the treatment of chronic diseases, such as osteoarthritis or Crohn's disease, skin diseases, malignant vascular neoplasms, or ulcers achieve good results.
In addition, they have the effect of diseases in Parts even against some types of cancer. Some of the ingredients of the incense could also be a very good complement to other drugs and even the effects of other substances increase.
The special feature: most of The studies describe no significant side effects.
"However, serious clinical studies to incense are not, as yet, a lack of product, the clinical efficacy is not yet sufficiently researched and proven. Our book will also provide impetus for further research projects," says Csuk.
Incense itself has not yet been researched yet completely: So it could be other, yet unknown ingredients. (ad)
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Atkins' last studio album generated four No. 1 hit singles, and it would have been a huge temptation to recapture some of that success on the new set. But instead of going into a Nashville studio, according to press materials, Atkins recorded in his home studio, which gives it a refreshingly non-Nashville country feeling.
"Tell A Country Boy," "Got It Good," "Fifteen Minutes," "The River Knows," "Rockin' of the Cradle" and the title track would make formidable chart contenders.
There are a few distorted guitar licks spaced through the collection, but they're the exception and not the rule, which is really rare on country albums nowadays. What's here is tight and inventive backup, with plenty of organic country textures that never overshadow Atkins' unabashedly countrified country vocals or the honest sentiment of his lyrics.


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New Startup RedMoto XEV to Launch 3 New Electric Bike/Scooters in 2021
By Hetal Jethwa
The Indian auto market has been booming with electronic startups of two-wheeler vehicles which have been contributing to increasing the number of opportunities for companies and consumers to conduct business and on profits. So many companies are coming ahead and are working hard to launch new vehicles that are eco-friendly and beneficial for the environment. Chhattisgarh-based startup RedMoto XEV is working towards launching three new electric vehicle models that will be available in the Indian market from May 21 this year.
These startups also bring in great opportunities for youngsters who want to invest their knowledge and work at such companies. The best part of these newly launching companies is that they have been laying their focus on reducing pollution and environmentally safe vehicles at an affordable price so that the general public can afford those utility vehicles. RedMoto XEV has also been committed and dedicated towards this goal and it makes sure that all its customers will not have to take the burden of any more expenses after the purchase of the electronic vehicle.
RedMoto XEV Ready to Launch in India
The RedMoto XEV, one such startup for electronic vehicles has been working ahead on its next-generation electric scooter and bike which is a piece of incredible news to know about. It is a Chhattisgarh-based company that is ready to launch in front of its potential consumers, it is all-new electric vehicles. It is going to launch three electric vehicles very soon in the upcoming month i.e. May 21, 2021, . It is going to launch two scooters and one motorcycle.
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The Chhattisgarh-based startup i.e. our favorite RedMoto XEV's new models will be available for the consumers in the market to purchase from 21st May onwards. The best part is that these are eco-friendly vehicles which are very beneficial in keeping control of pollution and with the help of such electric vehicles; we can maintain an eco-friendly environment. These electric vehicles are designed in a way that they have been efficiently passed high-quality testing and will be launched in the auto sector soon. The best part that you all are going to love is the price point.
RedMoto XEV plans to keep Affordable Prices
The Chhattisgarh-based startup company RedMoto XEV has been planning to keep the prices are very economical as compared to what other vehicles costs. It is so because they wanted that the general public can use these electric vehicles and the prices are not heavy on their pocket.
Along with the economic prices, they have also kept in mind the trends that are going along with the consumer needs and requirements. They have worked hard on providing you with the best design possible for the vehicles that give an elegant look. The manufacturer has made sure that while creating an electric vehicle only a few electricity units are required for charging purposes.
Along with keeping the retail price to as minimum as possible, they have not compromise with the quality standards and have passed the prescribed standards. Now all of us will be able to use electric vehicles that can easily run up to 1000 kilometers in only Rs. 200 that ultimately costs the minimum compared to petrol scooters.
Words of the Founder and CEO of RedMoto XEV
The founder and CEO of the company RedMoto XEV Mr. Jitendra Kamavisdar recently said that the company is all set and excited to launch its new electronic vehicles to Indian consumers at an affordable price. He also said that they are working the best to produce one of the best product designs in the market. The electric two-wheelers that are going to be launched will be termed affordable bikes with a better design in the market. Also, he will provide electric bikes and scooters to consumers in a price range of Rs. 80,000 to Rs. 85,000.
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The best feature of these electronic scooters is that you only need to charge them for four hours and these vehicles can easily run up to 60 kilometers. Also so the vehicles have a low-speed unit which is featuring a 48V system that also provides you a battery type of lithium or VRLA which is an optional battery type. Also, these three electronic vehicles that are almost set to be launched in the next month, have been tested in the low-speed category under the guidelines of ICAT.
Upcoming Electric Vehicles by RedMoto XEV – R3X, R1X and R5X
RedMoto XEV will launch three electric three variants namely R3X and R1X scooters and R5X which will be a bike. Initially, the company is targeting to launch these vehicles in Chhattisgarh and will be later made available in other states as well to consumers. All three e-vehicles R3X, R1X, and R5X are ICAT tested in the low-speed category. These e-vehicles will feature a 48V system with an optional battery type of Lithium or VRLA.
Founder and CEO Jitendra Kamavisdar said that the company is prepared to sell its e-vehicles at an affordable price. The e-scooters R1X and R3X will cost between Rs.65000 to Rs.72000.The R5X motorcycle will be available at a price between Rs.80000 to Rs.85000 depending on the product design. The charging will take around 4 hours to be fully charged and have a runtime of 60 kms.
Pan India Services Will be Available Soon
The amazing news is that the Chhattisgarh-based startup by the CEO and founder Mr. Jitendra of RedMoto XEV is also planning to cover all over India very soon. The company has been working hard on its logistics so that its operations can be insured on a large scale and consumers can purchase electronic vehicles pan India. The preparations of the mechanism that will be required to conduct the process of retailing these vehicles in two other cities of India have also been set up completely. This is going to help the company e to initiate its sales all over India in just a few weeks which is incredible.
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There's More to Come
The company has decided to begin with the three models but there is no stopping after these three models, the company has also decided to launch a much more range of vehicles in the coming future very soon. The best part is that there is not a lot of expenditures on the part of maintaining these vehicles. This is one of the plus points of purchasing an electronic vehicle because after purchasing the vehicle you have no extra burdens to pay for the maintenance of the vehicle.
Indian auto market is trending for electric two-wheeler start-ups currently considering the endless opportunities in electric vehicle segments. More and more companies are opening and launching e-vehicles to target the market. RedMoto XEV is focusing on the cost of ownership and operation and reduced emissions. The company is committed to its goals and says that customers will not be burdened with maintenance expenses. This is in tandem with the government's commitment to making the business environment for electric vehicle manufacturers conducive.
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This metastasis suppressor gene product is a membrane glycoprotein that is a member of the tetraspanin/transmembrane 4 superfamily. Expression of this gene has been shown to be downregulated in tumor progression of human cancers and can be activated by p53 through a consensus binding sequence in the promoter. Its expression and that of p53 are strongly correlated, and the loss of expression of these two proteins is associated with poor survival for prostate cancer patients. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been found for this gene.

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St Luke's is dependent, like all other churches, on the funds we raise from our parishioners and the kind benefactors within our village.
Fundraising events are organised throughout the year and we are always ready to hear ideas for ways and means in which we can raise funds for the church.
In December each year the fundraising committee organise a "Christmas Concert". A local choir is joined by choristers from St Edmunds School for a festive and light hearted welcome to the Christmas season. The music is interspaced with readings from secular literature often to the amusement of a full and joyous "congregation"
We also have "spot" events from time to time and ideas for these are always welcome.


On 31st October it's Halloween.
Do you celebrate Halloween or something similar in your country?
No we don't. In Brazil the most close to halloween that we celebrate is the day of the dead on november second. But it is not a festival. We go to the cemeteries and put flowers on our ancestors graves and we pray.
Throughout history the 1st November we have celebrated the "All Saints' Day". It's a religious festivity to honor the family's deaths. But, nowadays, not much people celebrate it. However the kids celebrate Halloween against the feelings of their grandfathers. Although the great party celebrated in Spain that is like Halloween, it's Carnival on February.
I don't think Halloween is celebrated in India. I certainly haven't seen any sign of hollowed out pumpkins or anything like that.
I personally do not celebrate Halloween and so do the most here, but there are always a few people who like to do things brought from abroad and yes the shops offer orange-black stuff.
I don't think I've ever celebrated Halloween either @Hermine.
What a shame @Marianne, you native English Girl.
@ebravo hi, what do you mean by `stable`. Isn`t a stable a shelter for animals or harvest?
I'm not sure if this should go in the Food section or here, but how about these for Halloween treats?
I don't need Haloween; I had already my worst nightmare today.
??? @April. Is it your car?
I have my Halloween lantern, and a bowl full of treats. We don't always get trick or treaters, but they did egg a neighbours car last year, so I don't want to be caught out.
Seemingly the usual Halloween scares are doing the rounds. Look what they've done to my gummy bears!
How did I forget it? We also celebrate "la castanyada", a family festivity not religious. So tonight, stay with family and feel myself up with candy, especially "panallets".
How did I forget? We also celebrate "la castanyada", a family festival, not religious. So tonight, I will stay in with my family and fill myself up with candy, especially "panallets".
I hope you are not feeling yourself up with candy @fewrna. Do you mean that you are filling yourself up?
Actually @Lynne, one and another misery and disappointment are chasing me since a couple of days.
Simply and solely yesterday, I already made two blunders, as far as I can remember.
In the morning I broke a pottery pumpkin lantern when we were doing line dancing.
I'm sure the ghouls and ghosts are out of revenge for this.
And to make my day worse another blunder happened in the afternoon.
At 3pm, as usual, I was expected to be at school to help the elderly people learning how to work on the computer.
I was sure that my laptop showed 2.30pm when I closed it and then I left home.
Can you imagine how shocked I was when I opened the door and found the students were already there for one hour long?
I was one hour too late!
As you know, my Halloween was spent running around cleaning the house because we were having people round, only to be told at 6:30 pm that we were meeting up in a restaurant! Grrr.
I hope you hadn't got too much prepared for them @Lynne.but at least there wasn't any washing up.
@mheredge Yes. With "feel myself up" I mean "filling up". A big fail.
in france , i have seen some signe of Halloween but it's not very frequented here !!
In France, I saw some signs of Halloween, but it's not very popular here.
Be careful @az360, it was the same in Germany when I first moved here, but this year there were lots of kids trick or treating.
@fewrna - Thanks for the giggle. You got a bonus correction.
Clowns are banned in France @Lynne? Really? Not that I'm very keen on them. I find them rather sinister.
I tried to see what a group of clowns might be called @Lynne, but it seems that there isn't a collective term (though pandemonium of clowns sounds quite good).
According to wiki, traditionally there were three types of circus clowns: the whiteface, the auguste and the character. However, nowadays there's a fourth type, the tramp or hobo clown that's being recognised separately. It sounds like these evil clowns might fall into this category.
It seems in India, the parents of kids who have tried to embrace Halloween have come under a fair amount of flak. Criticism is being levelled at parents who allowed their children to dress up as Dracula, the Mummy, a zombie and so on, as Halloween is seen as not having any roots in Indian culture.
The journalist writing the piece in the Times of India however, also noted that Halloween gave a good excuse to prolong Diwali, the three-day festival which this year happened to fall just before the end of the month.
Quite late, but here children and some adults go out in costumes. I saw some lads dressed in school girl uniforms. Only kids go after sweets and candy though. I'm not sure if this counts as celebrating halloween.
I think the kids going out asking for sweets is 'trick or treat' and very much part of the Halloween celebration isn't it @SLB?
I know it doesn`t fit in here, but anyway I just want to tell you today is the beginning of carneval 11. 11.
Maybe having such a festival so soon after Halloween might discourage too many people following the latter, which I think is an American import @lichaamstaal.


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Elisa Berger's first-grade students at Lamar Elementary surpassed their Accelerated Reader (AR) goal of 60 points for the third six weeks with 99.6 points. Six students met or exceeded their personal AR goals. Students received one balloon for making their goal and two for making it to 80 points. Each balloon had a treat inside!


If you read our last post on potty training you will know we found it so hard this time round.
You would think after having potty trained 3 children previously it would have been a walk in the park. How wrong was I?
It was more difficult than I could have imagined.
I feel like I put it off for too long and this wasn't Seth's fault. It was simple because life got in the way.
Having three older siblings made it more challenging. I didn't have time to just sit in the house for a week or few days to get the basics down. We are always on the move and sadly I was just getting annoyed by it all.
Then Dry Like Me contacted us and asked if we would like to try them out.
I have always said there is no point in using a pull up. Way to confusing for the little ones as it's still a nappy. However these were not nappies just liners to go in the pants.
I spoke to one of my mom friends and she said a few years ago she didn't really get on with them. I thought I would try them anyway as I was really struggling.
Well Dry Like Me really did save the day as cheesy as that sounds they have really helped.
I'm not talking about confidence for Seth it was confidence for me. One of the things I really struggled with was the school run and short car journeys. I didn't want to put him back in a nappy for 30 mins but likewise I really didn't want the push chair or car seat ruined with wee.
I know some parents carry a potty round but it's just not for me. I couldn't get the potty out on the school run I just couldn't.
So knowing that he had the liner in that will catch small wee's really gave me the confidence to do the short trips without reverting back to nappies.
The liners are so slim that Seth just didn't notice. This is brilliant as he still has his favourite pants on but if we're not quick enough he doesn't feel like his failed.
I have finally been able to carry a small handbag round rather than a huge rucksack/nappy bag. I think this is the first time in the last 8 years. They are so slim and come with a handy little bag and they just slide in your handbag. One pair of spare pants and I'm off.
Dry Like Me gave me the chance and confidence to go nappy free all day even though we are a super busy family. And this gave Seth the chance to get used to no nappy. And I'm pleased to say we have nailed it now.
I really can't express how happy I am now as we had nursery looming over our heads and he is over three now so I really felt the pressure.
Dry Like Me can be used at any stage of potty training as the design allows you to double up on the pads to cover all the pants or just use the one as they are getting the hang of it.
They really are a brilliant alternative to pull ups and really saved my sanity through potty training.
Disclaimer: I was sent these pads free of charge for review purposes. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Hi we found bare bum at home worked best for us and prompted every 15 mins for the first day or so. Then gave lots of praise if he managed to go on one of the attempts.
Really it's what works for you the pads work brilliant when you're out and about but if you're at home I would bare bum as you're so close to the potty or toilet.
Good luck it's not the easiest part of parenting ?


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4 steps at entrance to building.
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A mobile website is the basic need of every business. As people are moving the smart way mobiles phones have become the most preferred method for internet access. Following the crowd in this trend, a mobile website is the primary need for every business.
80% of all internet users use a smartphone. Almost 1.2 billion people access web through their smartphones. Smartphones are the major contributors of internet traffic, hence a website optimized for smartphones are necessary.
Responsive mobile website uses the same URL and coding as of the desktop site. Such websites are cost effective and optimizes to the changing devices and screen resolutions. It is more efficient and simpler for Google search spiders to crawl, regulate, index, and organise content.
As mentioned above, it is unnecessary that you should have a separate mobile website. Keeping the same website makes it easier for easier Search Engine Optimization strategy. Adding mobile specific keywords like 'nearby' to the SEO strategy can cover the SEO process for the mobile website along with the main website.
People behave differently while browsing in mobile phones. Mobile phones users tend to consume more visual content like short videos and images than desktop users. Capturing this traffic needs optimized design techniques. Including minute social share buttons, WhatsApp share options and page optimized for various mobile screens will bring more traffic to the page.
If a particular website is not mobile friendly Google may not consider it as a legitimate search result. According to Google ideology, if your website is useless for mobile users there is no point in listing it in search results and it makes real sense. Google's goal is to increase search traffic including mobile search traffic.
Most of the users switch between multiple screens like PC, tablet or mobile phone. This means at some point of the process they may tend to visit your website in a hand held device. A poor mobile page will definitely affect a purchase decision negatively.
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Rift widens in NDA as Beniwal, Vasundhara supporters spar
Thursday - December 3, 2020 11:30 pm , Category : INDIA
Jaipur, Dec 3 (IANS) A war of words broke out on Twitter on Thursday between Nagaur MP Hanuman Beniwal, whose Rashtriya Loktantrik Party is a constituent of the NDA in Rajasthan, and the supporters of former BJP Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.
In wake of Beniwal expressing his intention to rethink his association with the NDA over the new agricultural bills, BJP MLA Pratap Singh Singhvi, in a scathing attack on Beniwal, alleging that his party only dominates a particular caste in a particular region and is not effective in any other area.
Singhvi also said that Beniwal termed NDA government as a farmer-friendly government earlier and now is protesting against it. He also alleged that the RLP chief has not yet read the new laws.
In his response, Beniwal sought to remind Singhvi that he was in the opposition and "it will be better to strengthen the role of the opposition in democracy".
He said that Singhvi cannot "suppress the irregularities and scams of (the Ashok) Gehlot government by being a part of their alliance". Alleging state Urban Development and Housing Minister Shanti Dhariwal was indulging in corruption to save the Congress government, Beniwal questioned Singhvi's silence despite having held the same ministry in the Raje regime.
Singhvi is staunch supporter of Raje and Beniwal left the BJP due to his differences with her. However, in recent Lok Sabha elections, the BJP had an alliance with Beniwal's party after which Raje has maintained distance from BJP state headquarters and other state party activities.
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EPA completes demo, remediation of former New York factory
The Charleston Mall, which once housed several manufacturers and served as a factory outlet, has been abandoned since the early 1990s.
Posted by Haley Rischar | December 19, 2022
The cleanup of asbestos contamination at the Charlestown Mall, located on the border of Utica and Frankfort, New York, has been completed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). According to the agency, nearly 30,000 tons of debris from the site were removed as part of the cleanup.
"This area is now an opportunity for redevelopment. This site was a contaminated eyesore, but through EPA's Superfund Program, we are turning blight into might, protecting people's health and safeguarding the environment," says EPA Regional Administrator Lisa F. Garcia in a Dec. 14 press release. "Over the coming months, EPA will engage with local elected officials and regional economic development leaders to open up discussions about potential future uses at this site."
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In August 2020, a massive fire destroyed more than 500,000 square feet of the former manufacturing and retail space. EPA began the site cleanup in June 2022 by tearing down the remaining structures to their foundations and removing the asbestos-containing waste. Now that site cleanup activities are completed, EPA says its Superfund Redevelopment Program will provide ongoing reuse support services to the community to transform the site from a "liability into an asset supporting economic development."
The Superfund Redevelopment Program works with local communities to help repurpose cleaned-up sites. The program provides site owners and prospective buyers with direct support, such as technical assistance and redevelopment planning services, as well as tools and resources to help communities explore reuse choices.
For a fact sheet that contains further information and specifics, including cleanup history, property ownership status, present site characteristics and prospects for site reuse, visit here.


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How My Love Affair with New York Started
In a new literary anthology, I talk about falling in love ... with the Big Apple.
By Maura Kelly
Lovelies!
I'd like to start of the week by telling you about how I fell for the love of my life. It's not a man I'm talking about--and not a woman either (hot as those nekkid pictures of Milla Jovovich (opens in new tab) might make me)--but, rather, a city.
Though I've been to San Francisco plenty of times--not to mention Paris, London, Berlin, Venice, Boston, Austin and a jillion other destinations--I've never left my heart any place but here. New York is the object of my affections. And I started to truly fall for it one night in a small West Village jazz club called Smalls (opens in new tab).* Before then, I'd heard all the stories--about the mystery, the brilliance, the vast depths--and I certainly had a crush on this place I now call home. But it was through Smalls that my real intimacy with New York began.
I wrote about the Smalls' phase of my life for a groovy little web site called Mr. Beller's Neighborhood (opens in new tab); now that story has been re-published in a brand new anthology, Lost and Found: Stories from New York (opens in new tab) (which also has pieces by some amazing literary writers like Meghan Daum, Jonathan Ames, Charles D'Ambrosio and Sam Lipsyte).
The first section of my story--which recounts how I was first taken to Smalls by an architect I was dating--is below ...
from Smalls, or The Place Where All the Ladders Start
If you asked me to choose a single event to mark the beginning of my long love affair with the city, it would be my first night at Smalls--the tiny West Village speak-easy where the jam sessions kept going past dawn, where some of the musicians lived in the back rooms when they had no place else to go, and where the city's jazz kids developed into giants.
A new year had just begun and I was living in DC--doing some writing for The Washington Post, doing more working at a coffee shop in Dupont Circle--when I took a trip to Manhattan to spend a long weekend with a guy I'd just met.
James was his name. A scrawny architect, a friend of a friend, he lived in a studio on West Tenth, just down the street from Three Lives Bookstore. We'd sit on his fire escape to smoke, wear each other's jeans, and sleep together in his bed under an old map of the city, with calligraphic letters and fraying edges. He took me to all his favorite spots in his neighborhood. Of those, Smalls was best.
As we approached the club late that baptismal Friday night, a guy was sitting off to the side of an otherwise unremarkable door. He had the slow, wise eyes of a lizard and a head so bald it seemed hair had never dared grow there. Other than a crocheted hippie beret, his clothes were unremarkable. He appeared to be both older than me-I was young enough then that everyone did-and ageless. In his lap, a well-worn book was open like a hymnal, and he would glance at it occasionally, although he seemed less concerned with reading it than with watching the streets, waiting for someone to arrive.
But who? Godot? The Man? Us, as it turned out. Or customers, at least. He was the Charon for that underworld, collecting the entrance fee, as well as Smalls' owner. Mitch.
I was already tipsy by then, thanks not only to wine but also to the boy with good cheekbones by my side and the spell of New York. So when I saw that what Mitch had was a collection by Yeats, I interpreted it as one more omen that I was finally where I belonged. I couldn't help saying playfully: "Are we about to go down into the foul rag and bone shop of the heart?"
Mitch came right back with: "Isn't that where you have to begin? Where all the ladders start?" It was his quote from the poem I'd alluded to, "The Circus Animals' Desertion." Mitch was, as it turned out, an eccentric who seemed to plant a riddle, a deeper meaning, in every sentence. And by uttering that Yeatsian shibboleth, I'd joined his game before he'd even invited me in.
Once James and I descended, we pushed through a velvet curtain to a small, smoky room. It was packed with people listening to the slew of musicians crowded onto a wooden stage: saxophonists-and saxophones-of every size; a couple of trumpeters; a pianist; a bassist; a drummer; even a man pulling a slide trombone. They played underneath a sepia-toned photograph of a beaming young man, outfitted in culottes and argyle socks pulled up to his knees, his arms resting on his folded legs, who seemed to be guarding and godding the place, like a crucifix over an altar. But he hadn't died for anyone's sins--not Louis Armstrong.
In that shrine to jazz, the other pictures covering the walls were of Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Sidney Bechet. There were wooden icons of men blowing horns. There was the burning of a certain pungent holy weed by a few devotees in a far corner. There was the congregation in their seats, bobbing and swaying like they were swooning or praying.
We seemed to have been transported to back in time. I couldn't believe a place like that existed outside of the past or my dreams. It was exactly where I'd wanted to be every other night in my life that I'd gone out-full of beautiful music and odd characters, where a new improvisational drama was always being performed-but I had never seen anything like it before.
Hours later, near dawn, full of pale ale and heavy jazz, James and I made our way out. We found Mitch at the bottom of the stairwell this time, and effused to him about what a time we'd had before sauntering back to the apartment, across Seventh Avenue, across Waverly. The sky was just starting to ripen into the gold of morning, and the only other people around were the dog-walkers and the grocery-delivery men. They seemed like extras on the scene.
At that moment, I could have sworn that New York belonged entirely to James and me.
PS: The CD Jazz Underground: Live at Small's (opens in new tab) will give you a little taste of the music I used to hear there.
PPS: Arlo Pumpernickel (opens in new tab) says hello.
xxx!
Maura Kelly
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2018 Report Cards
Serving 10+ Years (Senate)
Serving 10+ Years (Senate) / Missed Votes
These statistics dissect the legislative records of Members of Congress during the 115th Congress (Jan 3, 2017-Jan 3, 2019), as of Jan 20, 2019.
A higher or lower number below doesn't necessarily make a legislator any better or worse, or more or less effective, than other Members of Congress. We present these statistics for you to understand the quantitative aspects of legislating and make your own judgements based on what legislative activities you think are important.
Keep in mind that there are many important aspects of being a legislator besides what can be measured, such as constituent services and performing oversight of the executive branch, which aren't reflected here.
Look at report cards for...
All Representatives (438)
House Republicans (238)
House Democrats (200)
Serving 10+ Years (House) (187)
All Senators (99)
House Freshmen (67)
House Sophomores (61)
Senate Republicans (50)
Senate Democrats (47)
Serving 10+ Years (Senate) (46)
Senate Sophomores (13)
The percentage of votes each legislator missed in the 115th Congress.
most absent
#1 14.0% Sen. Robert "Bob" Menendez [D-NJ]
#2 11.0% Sen. John "Johnny" Isakson [R-GA]
#3 6.3% Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL, 2001-2018]
#4 6.2% Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
#5 6.0% Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]
#6 4.5% Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]
#7 4.2% Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]
#7 4.2% Sen. Bob Corker [R-TN, 2007-2018]
#9 3.0% Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]
#9 3.0% Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
#11 2.8% Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]
#11 2.8% Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO, 2007-2018]
#13 2.7% Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]
#14 2.5% Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]
#14 2.5% Sen. James "Jim" Inhofe [R-OK]
#14 2.5% Sen. Bernard "Bernie" Sanders [I-VT]
#17 1.7% Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
#18 1.5% Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]
#19 1.2% Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]
#20 1.0% Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]
#20 1.0% Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]
#20 1.0% Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]
#23 0.8% Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]
#23 0.8% Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
#23 0.8% Sen. Michael Crapo [R-ID]
#23 0.8% Sen. James Risch [R-ID]
#23 0.8% Sen. Richard Shelby [R-AL]
#23 0.8% Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]
#29 0.7% Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]
#30 0.5% Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT, 1977-2018]
#30 0.5% Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
#32 0.3% Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
#32 0.3% Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]
#32 0.3% Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]
#32 0.3% Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
#32 0.3% Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]
#32 0.3% Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]
#38 0.2% Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]
#38 0.2% Sen. Robert "Bob" Casey [D-PA]
#38 0.2% Sen. Charles "Chuck" Schumer [D-NY]
#41 0.0% Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]
#41 0.0% Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]
#41 0.0% Sen. Charles "Chuck" Grassley [R-IA]
#41 0.0% Sen. Mitch McConnell [R-KY]
#41 0.0% Sen. John "Jack" Reed [D-RI]
#41 0.0% Sen. John Thune [R-SD]
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The Speaker of the House is not included in this statistic because according to current House rules, the Speaker of the House is not required to vote in "ordinary legislative proceedings, and the delegates from the five island territories and the District of Columbia are also not included because they were not elligible to vote in any roll call votes.
The Speaker's Votes: Missed votes are not computed for the Speaker of the House. According to current House rules, the Speaker of the House is not required to vote in "ordinary legislative proceedings." In practice this means the Speaker of the House rarely votes but is not considered absent.
Leadership/Ideology: The leadership and ideology scores are not displayed for Members of Congress who introduced fewer than 10 bills, or, for ideology, for Members of Congress that have a low leadership score, as there is usually not enough data in these cases to compute reliable leadership and ideology statistics.
Missing Bills: We exclude bills from some statistics where the sponsor's original intent is not in the final bill because the bill's text was replaced in whole with unrelated provisions (i.e. it became a vehicle for passage of unrelated provisions).
Ranking Members (RkMembs): The chair of a committee is always selected from the political party that holds the most seats in the chamber, called the "majority party". The "ranking member" (sometimes "RkMembs") is the title given to the senior-most member of the committee not in the majority party.
Freshmen/Sophomores: Freshmen and sophomores are Members of Congress whose first term (in the same chamber at the end of the 115th Congress) was the 115th Congress (freshmen) or 114th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.