Travis and I finally made it to Thailand! We've been wanting to go forever and already had one failed attempt last February. We took a risk going during monsoon season but wanted to get in a good babymoon before I'm too puffed up to travel. This was a risk that paid off nicely- cheaper hotel rates, fewer people on the beach, and best of all- 10 days of glorious SUNSHINE! Something we never see in Japan.
There are lots of potential places to visit in Thailand, but we decided on a tour of the most beautiful beaches in Phuket, Koh Phi Phi, and Koh Samui. This was the most chill trip we've ever made- our pace was much slower than our usual adventurous frenzy hither and yon. To slow us down even more, Travis stepped on a sharp stick on the beach our second day, punching a deep hole in the arch of his foot so he limped the rest of the trip. Bless his heart– he didn't complain but I know it was painful. By this time, my feet looked like braised biscuit dough, swelling up so big that I couldn't squeeze into my flip flops! The swelling was followed by a really fun rash all over my hands and feet that can only be explained by pregnancy. Needless to say, we were a pitiful pair and felt supremely old among all the skinny, tanned 20-nothing backpackers! So we didn't mind lazing around most of the time, sipping fruity cocktails (mocktails for me), and playing our favorite travel game of "where are they from?" I ate my weight in fresh tropical fruit- another thing that's hard to find in Japan! I had forgotten what a decent banana tastes like. mmmmm. Oh, and we both discovered that sometimes the mocktails, at least in Thailand, can be more delicious than the hard stuff.
Our first stop was at the Indigo Pearl resort in Phuket, just minutes from the airport. It's nestled on a beautiful, quiet beach, but what made this place so remarkable was the design.
I don't normally look up hotel designers, but every detail was so cool- I had to know who was responsible! His name is Bill Bensley, a Bangkok-based Californian architect and designer who Time Magazine calls the "King of exotic luxury resorts".
Inspired by the island's tin-mining roots, the Indigo Pearl is all 'industrial glam' with beautiful contrasts- lots of blue gemstones, nuts & bolts, the "Rebar", silverware in the shape of tools, rusted industrial flower sculptures, etc.
The room exceeded our expectations. For the price we paid, I certainly didn't expect a giant bathtub on our very own porch!
Phi Phi Leh- where The Beach was filmed.
There are no hotels or infrastructure on this island- we did good getting there early. As we were leaving, Chinese tour boats were showing up in fleets!
Back at the hotel, we had a delicious dinner but soon grew tired of the hotel's "entertainment"- a slideshow with pictures of Thailand, accompanied by the Amazing Thailand theme song on repeat. So the second night, we wandered up the beach in search of variety, and found a hilarious budget hotel's "show" right on the beach, featuring a sequence of amateur acts with the General Manager as the emcee/choreographer (obviously his dream job), and members of the hotel staff as the singers and dancers. For those of you who know about my time in the UAE, this was the RAK Hotel (Klub 88) equivalent. Maybe the entertainment was not as talented but they were equally endearing. They tried so hard and were so proud! We stayed for the entire show.
First act: a Thai Elvis impersonator. The Holiday Inn did not have that!
Third Act: A 'Cabaret' show to Paula Abdul's Rush, Rush. Holiday Inn certainly didn't have that!
we were almost convinced it was a real match until the dramatic ending where one climbed the other like a tree, knocked him to the ground, and he was swiftly dragged away. Impressive, nonetheless!
We were sad to say goodbye to Ko Phi Phi but pressed eastward to Ko Samui, a short flight away. It was my first time on Bangkok Air- they not only served us a meal for a 40 minute flight, but they put is in the very front row– something about a "softer landing for the pregnant lady." It was a striking difference from Air-ghetto-Asia that demanded I sign a waver saying I wouldn't sue them if anything happened to my baby from a rough flight!
We stayed four nights at the Buri Rasa Village on Chewang Beach in Ko Samui. This was another TripAdvisor score- the place was beautiful and possibly the best deal we've ever had on a hotel. Since it was low season, they surprised us by upgrading us to a family suite.
The place also had a fantastic beach and amazing food which was good news for the disabled Pattons!
At some point, we got our second wind and pulled ourselves together for some excursions- thanks to Yui, the sweet front desk lady who was so good to us on this trip. On 2 separate day trips, we kayaked and snorkeled at the Ang Thong National Marine Park and the island of Koh Toh.
On our last night, we had a special dinner at the Dining on the Rocks restaurant at the Six Senses in Koh Samui. It's set up on a beautiful hill overlooking the Gulf of Thailand. So pretty, and the air felt least 10 degrees cooler up there! The in-flight magazine on Bangkok Air (Fah Thai) told us that this restaurant kick-started the 'haute cuisine revolution' on Samui and we were curious.
The menu's preface told us not to take the menu options literally, that the traditional dishes were deconstructed and reassembled. Travis went for the big one called "The Experience"- with 10 interesting courses accompanied by 5 different wines.
Travis has voluntarily not been drinking so much since I've been pregnant, but this was a special night and he needed to indulge. Still… I was not too overjoyed about the prospect of watching him drink 5 glasses of the good stuff under my nose, while I sipped on water and grapefruit mocktails! For the first time in my pregnancy, I had a little drinksie. Please don't judge- I indulged in half a glass of Chardonnay over the course of 3 hours. I was trying to really savor it, but it was so hot and sweaty before I could finish, it was almost not even worth it!
We were sad to say goodbye and I was unsuccessful at convincing Travis to go AWOL and live in Thailand for bit. If we ever come back for a beach trip, we'll probably do just Phuket or Ko Phi Phi because the beaches were the most beautiful and it's the easiest place to reach.
Oh, and an update on my Space-Available travel experience: The rotator to Singapore was an entirely different experience this time! I was so nervous to fly on this plane again. For those of you who don't know, the last time I flew on this plane returning from Singapore, almost a year ago, I had an injury that I still feel in my back. The plane hit a big pocket of nasty and I was thrown into the ceiling from a sound sleep. Felt like the impact of a car accident. There were only 6 passengers on the plane, and 2 of us didn't have on our seat belts- me and a sweet lady named Elizabeth from Yokosuka Naval Base who I had gotten to know before the flight because we were the first at the terminal at dark o'thirty that morning. Elizabeth hit so hard that she fell into the aisle and was unconscious. After 2 hours over the ocean, we did an emergency landing in Okinawa to drop her off. It was so upsetting for the rest of the passengers to see the very cavalier attitude of the pilot (who did not even declare an emergency and we waited what seemed like forever before the paramedics came on the plane). Then we overheard him say to somebody on the runway that we had "mild turbulence". I don't think knocking somebody unconscious should be classified as 'mild', and so upsetting for the passengers who were with her for 2 hours trying to get her to wake up and keeping her still. This is not a military plane- it's a contracted company hired by the Air Force, with full service and flight attendants who are responsible for waking up passengers to insure they have on their seat belts if we're going through rough air. And with only 6 passengers to look after, some heads obviously rolled from this accident because it was a different experience this time. With every slightest bump, the captain (a different one this time) would throw up the seat belt sign and the flight attendants were checking every single person. I've wondered what happened to Elizabeth and have no way of finding out, so I asked the flight attendants if they knew. Their response was that she was in a coma for 2 days before waking up and the accident is "still being investigated", but they wouldn't tell me anymore. Knowing how much pain I was in and even still feel it sometimes almost a year later, I can't help but wonder if Elizabeth broke her neck on the center aisle TV that she hit? I hope and pray that she is okay and doesn't have any lasting injuries! If anyone out there knows Elizabeth and her whereabouts, I'd love to know if she is okay! All of this to say it was a much better experience this time, a new (more attentive) crew, and my confidence has been somewhat restored to fly on this plane.
That's all for today; if you're still reading- thanks!
Hi Natalie, saudades! Have you received your order? It was very difficult to send, rs, excuses, problems in mail service here. How is pregnancy? And the baby? Kisses!


Happy Cinco de Mayo! To read about why this day is celebrated click here. Today I'm celebrating by sharing another of the Make & Take projects from the OnStage event in April. It features several new products, including the Detailed With Love Stamp Set, Delightfully Detailed Laser Cut Specialty Paper, Delightfully Detailed Note Cards & Envelopes, 5/8″ Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon, Grapefruit Grove Card Stock, Share What You Love Artisan Pearls, and the Detailed Trio Punch. As a matter of fact, I think the only current product we used is Very Vanilla Card Stock. Oh, and adhesives.


At Door Furniture Direct we offer replacement porcelain roses in both a black and a white finish because we understand how fragile these items of door furniture can be and that accidents do happen. We also sell a range of metal roses that can be used with porcelain and china door knobs. These come in brass, chrome, satin chrome and other popular finishes.
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Regrowing brain cells with psychedelics could cure depression and anxiety
VicesJuly 03, 2018 By Sean Lawlor
Many years ago, academics studied psychedelic drugs with tremendous enthusiasm. In the '50s and early '60s, the reputation of LSD in psychotherapy was that it could potentially be a miracle drug; for in the right dose and context, it consistently aided patients suffering from various mental diseases, including addiction, depression and anxiety.
President Nixon, however, put a stop to that after making most psychedelics illegal. And it wouldn't be until recently previous findings would mean something again. Like in a newly published psychedelic study of note (revealed last month by researchers at the University of California, Davis), which demonstrates numerous psychedelics alter the physical structure of neurons of rats and fruit flies — something that promotes positive growth of nerve cell structures.
In short, the study shows drugs like LSD, MDMA and DMT can promote a "rebuilding" of the brain — with the ability to cure us of some pretty horrible emotional/mental afflictions. )Who knows, maybe they'd even help us lower that ever-climbing suicide rate, too.)
In humans, mental diseases prevent cellular communication channels from operating optimally. Past studies have shown a connection between emotional and mood disorders (including depression and anxiety) and abnormal functioning of neurons in the brain — specifically, in the prefrontal cortex (PFC), the region believed to regulate emotions.
This abnormal functioning in the PFC manifests as "atrophy of neurons," "loss of dendritic spines," and "elimination of synapses," says the study's authors.
So, if the cellular behavior is replicated in human neurons (as it was found in rats and fruit flies in the study), then we'd have fairly strong data to de-schedule psychedelics — as we may cannabis — in the near future. Or at least create better medications based off of psychedelic structures.
Other studies have shown ketamine acts in similar ways on cells, too. In fact, the UC Davis researchers used ketamine studies as a jumping off point, and their results suggest psychedelic therapeutic possibilities "comparable to or greater than" those of ketamine.
Even if you're still skeptical, let's observe something undeniable to this paradigm: Cells can regrow, and psychedelics enhance their growth. That's pretty amazing.
The researchers also present their results with an emphatic claim: "Nearly all psychedelic compounds tested were capable of robustly promoting neuritogenesis." Not just promoting. Robustly promoting. These results are so astounding, scientists have to use evocative adverbs!
For those living your days in existential agony, abated mildly by some SSRI whose terrible side effects have sucked you in to a seeming point of no return: There is hope yet. Research is happening, and each finding is opening new gateways of cognitive possibility.
Only top-tier assholes like Nixon would be threatened by people being the happiest, healthiest versions of themselves. Good thing he's dead.
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Q: Detecting eigenvals of opposite sign Consider a large (in the region of 500 by 500 up to 2000 by 2000) real, square symmetric matrix.
What would be a good way of algorithmically determining if it has any pair of eigenvals with opposite signs? I want to avoid finding the whole spectrum if at all possible.

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Q: Prestashop I can't make regex_replace works I have this regex_replace in my template :
{$product.unit_price_full|regex_replace:"/^[\d\s]*,?\d{2}\s*[€$₪]*\s*/u":""}

the $product.unit_price_full returns me "1,12 $ L" and my regex_replace "/^[\d\s]*,?\d{2}\s*[€$₪]*\s*/" : " " is supposed to remove everything before the "L" but it still display everything like the regex didn't worked, but I try it on regex101 it works perfectly.
If I add the unicode markup, it just removes the dollar symbol but nothing else
This is the output I get
1,00  2.21
So I have to capture the space markup in my regex rule?

A: I suggest the following changes:

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*$ inside a double quoted string literal is used to interpolate string literals and should be escaped with a single backslash if you need to make it a literal $ char. Else, and it is recommended, just use single quotes

*As you have Unicode chars out of ASCII range in the pattern pass u modifier to the regex so that the string pattern and the input string could be correctly parsed with PCRE.

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Q: HTTPS URL server certificate in Ruby How to get https server certificate using Net::HTTP or HTTPClient Ruby lib?

A: I found a solution using HTTPClient lib
require 'rubygems'
require 'httpclient'

client = HTTPClient.new
response = client.get("https://gmail.google.com")
cert = response.peer_cert

Make sure you have httpclient gem installed
sudo gem install httpclient

A: I don't think that you can do it with either of these libraries, or even with much more advanced libcurl and it's wrappers. But as an alternative - if you have openssl command line tool available, you can invoke it and parse the output, the command you need is as follows:
openssl s_client -connect my.server.name:443
It will give you a full dump of the certificate as well as some parsed information - subject, issuer, etc.


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Q: browser issue in php? i design one form for registration of users.
in that i use  tag
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<fieldset style="width:618.233px;" align="center">

but now problem is that in IE it run successfully.But in firefox it cant accept "align=center".
it just display form bydefault(means left align)
i cant user  tag because form get ugly look.
what should i do?

A: give margin : auto;

A: There is no align property to the fieldset tag in html. See here.
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About Litecoin (LTC)
Litecoin (LTC) is a decentralised online payment system created to address some of the issues associated with Bitcoin, such as transaction confirmation speed, scalability, mining process and transaction fees. Initially, Litecoin was a copy of the Bitcoin open source software; however, creator Charlie Lee, a former Google employee, made many changes to the code to address the issues stated above. Litecoin was released in October 2011, and by late 2013 had a market capitalisation of $1 billion.
Upon creation, the primary focus of Litecoin was to increase transaction times comparative to Bitcoin, which often took over 10 minutes for one confirmation. Litecoin uses the Proof of Work (PoW) mining system, similar to Bitcoin. However, there are some crucial differences between the two. While Bitcoin uses the SHA-256 hashing algorithm, Litecoin uses Scrypt, which is a memory intensive algorithm that ultimately makes the mining process more decentralised. Miners don't necessarily need computational power to mine; instead, anyone with access to memory in the form of a memory card can mine Litecoin, making the entire process more decentralised. Because mining Litecoin is more decentralised compared to Bitcoin, more miners can mine blocks and receive rewards, which leads to a better distribution of rewards. Moreover, Litecoin has faster process times at 2.5 minutes compared to Bitcoins 10 minutes, it is also capped at 84 million units compared to Bitcoins 21 million units.
Litecoin's goal is to become the primary decentralised online payment system. The main priority then is to ensure continued adoption by the masses. Litecoin focusses heavily on developing relationships with organisations globally to increase the number of merchants that accept LTC as a form of payment. Litecoin already has a large number of merchants that accept Litecoin. For a full list click here. For more information regarding Litecoin visit the official webpage.
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Happy hump day, friends. Anyone else having a low energy week?! I had a little too much fun over the past several days, and now I'm definitley paying the price. But sometimes, it's SO worth it. And can we take a moment - because how darling is my new J.Crew Factory sweater?! Whether I'm pairing it with white jeans, a pencil skirt, or a pleated midi & heels, it always looks perfect. And I love the ladylike vibe it lends. I also, absolutely adore this one, and the back detail on this one is to die for. Love, love!
For this spring, I've also purchased this gorgeous & affordable dress (look at those buttons), and this pretty red dress + love how they styled it on the model. Also yes, it's maternity, but it totally fits like a normal dress so I bought it anyway. Too cute to leave behind and apparently perfect for those over-indulgent pizza nights. Haha! Lastly this blouse has the same buttons as my dress and I love the sleeves / wrap look. It'll be perfect with denim shorts for summer dates or with high-rise skinnies for spring (these are the best BTW).


SafeSurf is a practical tool that can be used to protect your computer and internet connection by restringing the pages that are allowed to be loaded in your system. It enables you to create a list of the sites you consider to have improper content and that shouldn't be opened in working hours or by young users. It lets you select from a list the pages that should be blocked or enables you to create one from the scratch. Also, it can help you when you need to block social networks or online instant messengers and avoid your employees from wasting time on those WebPages.


orking to ensure a smooth transition to Tiger for users of all current MOTU products, Tiger compatible versions of MOTU products are now shipping. The updates include new drivers for MOTU FireWire audio interfaces and PCI audio interfaces, plus public betas for MachFive and AudioDesk. Digital Performer is already Tiger compatible.
Also included in the round of updates is the free Version 2 upgrade to MX4, the multi-synth instrument plug-in for MAS, Audio Units and RTAS. All MX4 users can download MX4 Version 2 and begin using it immediately.
MX4 Version 2 is packed with major new features and hundreds of new presets that instantly expand your sonic palette. It all starts with the pulsating, rhythmic textures of MX4 V2's new Pattern Gate, Arpeggiator, Pattern Sequencer and Trigger Sequencer.
The MX4 Version 2 upgrade is a complete install of the instrument and includes a 14-day free trial period. So anyone can download MX4 and immediately enjoy using a new, full-functioning virtual instrument in their favorite audio software, such as Garage Band, Digital Performer, Logic or Pro Tools.


Department of Agricultural Science and Natural environment, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
Anthracnose; Biofungicides; Biopesticides; Colletotrichum destructivum; Cowpea.
Obi, V. and Barriuso-Vargas, J. (2014) Situation of Biofungicides Reconnaissance, a Case of Anthracnose Disease of Cowpea. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 5, 1202-1211. doi: 10.4236/ajps.2014.59133.
 Amadioha, A.C. and Obi, V.I. (1998) Fungitoxic Activities of Extracts from Azadiractha indica and Xylopia aethiopica on Colletotrichum lindemuthianum in Cowpea. Journal of Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants, 6, 33-40.
 Smith, S.N., Helms, D.M. and Temple, S.R. (1999) The Distribution of Fusarium Wilts of Blackeyed Cowpea within California Caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp tracheiphilum Race 4. Plant Diseases, 83, 694.
 Nduagu, C., Ekefanand, E.J. and wankiti, A.O.N. (2008) Effect of Some Crude Plant Extracts on Growth of Colletotrichum capsici (Synd) Butler and Bisby, Causal Agent of Pepper Anthracnose. Journal of Applied Biosciences, 6, 184-190.
 Palhano, F.L., Vilches, T.T.B., Santos, R.B., Orllando, M.T.D., Ventura, J.A. and Fernandos, P.M.B. (2004) Inactivation of Colletotrichum gloeosporiodes Spores by High Hydrostatic Pressure Combined with Citral or Lemon Grass Essential Oil. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 95, 61-66.
 Enikumehinand, A.O. and Kehinde, I.A. (2007) In Vitro Screening of Some Tropical Ash Samples against Seed Borne Pathogen of Wheat (Tritticum aestivum L.). Australasian Plant Pathology, 36, 587-590.
 Latunde-Dada, A.O. and Lucas, J.A. (2007) Localized Hemibiotrophy in Colletotrichum: Cytological and Molecular Taxonomic Similarities among C. destructivum, C. linicola and C. truncatum. Plant Pathology, 56, 437-447.
 Heath, M.C. (1998) Involvement Reactive Oxygen Species in the Response of Resistant (Hypersensitive) or Susceptible Cowpea to the Cowpea Rust Fungus. New Phytologist, 138, 251-263.
 Liu, B., Wasilwa, L.A., Morelock, T.E., O'Neil, N.R. and Correll, J.C. (2007) Comparison of Colletotrichum orbiculare and Several Allied Colletotrichum s for mtDNA RFLPs, Intron RFLP and Sequence Variation, Vegitative Compatibility, and Host Specificity. The American Phytopathological Society, 97, 1305-1314.
 Sun, H. and Zhang, J.-Z. (2009) Colletotrichum destructivum from Cowpea Infecting Arabidopsis thaliana (Wall Cress) and Its Identity to C. higginsianum. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 125, 459-469.
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The 11 year old from Central said he enjoys everything about his time at camp.
Located at the Clemson University Outdoor Lab, the camp is for children ages 7-13 who have hearing and speech impairments, as well as underprivileged children.
The summer-long camp is sponsored by the Sertoma Club of South Carolina. Each area club in the state sponsors children to go to camp for free as well as raise money for the camp facilities.
This year, the Clemson Sertoma Club sponsored 20 children, which is half of the campers in this week's camp session. It's a unique model in that the campers are recruited by the Sertomans. Every summer 240 Sertoma campers from across the state pass through the camp's gates.
'Sertoma means service to mankind,' said Charlie White, Clemson Sertoma Club member and longtime former camp director. 'This is part of our service to the community.'
The children stay in cabins on site and participate in a multitude of activities such as a ropes course, canoeing, fishing, swimming, archery, overnight camping trips and arts and crafts.
For 25 years, camp Director Leslie Conrad has watched the children grow and come back year after year as campers or as counselors.
'I see them growing in confidence, independence and in their relationships with others,' Conrad said. 'Our goal is to make it that awesome of an experience that they don't want leave and want to stay longer.'
At the end of the week, each camper gets a rock with a character trait written on it they've demonstrated during camp. The rocks are placed under a tree near the amphitheater, next to a plaque that reads 'I have come here to find myself. It's is so easy to get lost in the world. Here we will always be home.'
Will Hamilton has more than one rock under the tree with his name on it. One of his rocks says friendliness and another says leadership.
But head counselor Hannah Casey has watched the 13-year-old boy from Norris break out of his shell in the four summers he's attended camp.
'I've grown a lot,' Hamilton said. 'I've learned about plants, crafts and to swim better. I've met brand-new friends.'
The children at the camp are the reason Casey has spent her summers in Clemson for the last 10 years.
'It changes us forever,' Casey said. 'Every Saturday we [counselors] say 40 pieces of our heart just drove out of the gate.'
But this camp didn't just change her heart. It changed her career path. She started as a counselor the summer after her junior year in college, and then decided to get her masters in intervention and deaf education. Now she teaches special education in Charleston.
'We call this the real world, because here this is true and honest,' Casey said. ' When I came here I realized I wanted to work with children who are hard of hearing ... This is a really cool place where people get loved for who they are.'
The outdoor lab also facilitates other camps for children with visual impairments as well as children and adults with special needs.
'The most awesome part of it is being able to offer the opportunity that for one week the camper gets to be a camper,' Conrad said. 'For a lot of campers and staff there's a lot of lives changed. A week is a short time, but that's the beauty of it.'
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Firsthand Brings You Recent Tweets Wherever You Go
by Alex Wilhelm — in Apps
TNW Quick Hit:
Firsthand is a simple browser add-on that brings you recent tweets from the people and things you are reading about.
Love It: You don't have to leave the webpage that you are on to get more information. Tweets load quickly and with little clutter.
Hate It: I wish that there were more Twitter accounts for it to find. The app does have a limited potential install base.
Overall: 4/5
Firsthand is a browser add-on for Chrome and Firefox that brings you data from Twitter. Firsthand will scan and identify specific words or names that can be associated with a Twitter account. Once it has finished, the tool will place as a small blue Twitter icon next to these words.
It looks like this:
Of course, this add-on is only useful to the person who not only understands Twitter, but knows how to work with the data that it brings. That does limit the potential reach of the product to the Twitter using masses, but for that market it is a very useful tool.
The Twitter Media Blog itself fell all over the application saying that it was "enamored" with it. Not a bad start.
You can download an install the plugin here.
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Hedge Funds Have Never Been This Bullish On Health Insurance Innovations Inc (HIIQ)
How do we determine whether Health Insurance Innovations Inc (NASDAQ:HIIQ) makes for a good investment at the moment? We analyze the sentiment of a select group of the very best investors in the world, who spend immense amounts of time and resources studying companies. They may not always be right (no one is), but data shows that their consensus long positions have historically outperformed the market when we adjust for known risk factors.
Is Health Insurance Innovations Inc (NASDAQ:HIIQ) ready to rally soon? Investors who are in the know are getting more bullish. The number of bullish hedge fund bets moved up by 4 in recent months. Our calculations also showed that hiiq isn't among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
We're going to go over the recent hedge fund action surrounding Health Insurance Innovations Inc (NASDAQ:HIIQ).
Hedge fund activity in Health Insurance Innovations Inc (NASDAQ:HIIQ)
Heading into the second quarter of 2019, a total of 22 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were bullish on this stock, a change of 22% from one quarter earlier. Below, you can check out the change in hedge fund sentiment towards HIIQ over the last 15 quarters. So, let's check out which hedge funds were among the top holders of the stock and which hedge funds were making big moves.
When looking at the institutional investors followed by Insider Monkey, Hunt Lane Capital, managed by Dennis Puri and Oliver Keller, holds the largest position in Health Insurance Innovations Inc (NASDAQ:HIIQ). Hunt Lane Capital has a $24.1 million position in the stock, comprising 3.3% of its 13F portfolio. Sitting at the No. 2 spot is J. Carlo Cannell of Cannell Capital, with a $23.8 million position; the fund has 5.8% of its 13F portfolio invested in the stock. Some other hedge funds and institutional investors that hold long positions include Amy Minella's Cardinal Capital, Claus Moller's P2 Capital Partners and Israel Englander's Millennium Management.
As one would reasonably expect, some big names have been driving this bullishness. Hunt Lane Capital, managed by Dennis Puri and Oliver Keller, created the largest position in Health Insurance Innovations Inc (NASDAQ:HIIQ). Hunt Lane Capital had $24.1 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Ron Bobman's Capital Returns Management also made a $4.4 million investment in the stock during the quarter. The following funds were also among the new HIIQ investors: Daniel S. Och's OZ Management, Philip Hempleman's Ardsley Partners, and D. E. Shaw's D E Shaw.
Let's now review hedge fund activity in other stocks similar to Health Insurance Innovations Inc (NASDAQ:HIIQ). These stocks are AudioCodes Ltd. (NASDAQ:AUDC), Century Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNBKA), Ultra Clean Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UCTT), and ImmunoGen, Inc. (NASDAQ:IMGN). All of these stocks' market caps are similar to HIIQ's market cap.
AUDC 14 21544 3
CNBKA 2 11330 -1
UCTT 9 45721 -1
IMGN 16 69185 0
Average 10.25 36945 0.25
As you can see these stocks had an average of 10.25 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $37 million. That figure was $154 million in HIIQ's case. ImmunoGen, Inc. (NASDAQ:IMGN) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand Century Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNBKA) is the least popular one with only 2 bullish hedge fund positions. Compared to these stocks Health Insurance Innovations Inc (NASDAQ:HIIQ) is more popular among hedge funds. Our calculations showed that top 20 most popular stocks among hedge funds returned 1.9% in Q2 through May 30th and outperformed the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by more than 3 percentage points. Unfortunately HIIQ wasn't nearly as popular as these 20 stocks and hedge funds that were betting on HIIQ were disappointed as the stock returned -12.5% during the same period and underperformed the market. If you are interested in investing in large cap stocks with huge upside potential, you should check out the top 20 most popular stocks among hedge funds as 13 of these stocks already outperformed the market in Q2.
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As per central excise duty act, there is no statutory condition of auditing of excise duty. But if company audits his audit duty, it will be helpful for company because with audit, all bills, transactions and records relating to excise duty will be checked by professional. So, before paying excise duty, all errors and mistakes can be easily rectify or after paying excise duty, company can claim for refund of excess excise duty payments.
Audit of excise duty is done by CA or cost accountants who are the professionals for all types of audit working.
CA will verify all the bills, sales invoices and documents relating to the excisable goods which are bought and sell.
As per current provisions, whether obtained or paid excise duty is correct. It is the duty of auditor to check it.
Auditor should review the CENVAT credit register and correct the mistake if there is in it.
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There are lots of reconcilations relating to excise duty which auditor should review.
c) Reconciliation between excise duty credit on input services and capital goods.
There are economic and export oriented units and special economic zone where govt. gives exemption for paying excise duty and income tax for some time. Auditor should check updated rules and also review of the documents relating to EOU and SEZ.
Auditor should review of store and other records which are relating to excise duty. He should verify each transaction and also check physical quantity.
This is the final step of excise duty audit. In this, auditor will make the report inwhich he or she will write his opinion relating to correctness and fair view of excise duty's records.


"When you do it right, your body looks like an upside down tuning fork," says Park City local Tommy Kirchhoff. "The key is in the rotation of the waist. It's feels something like doing the Chubby Checker Twist." Kirchhoff invented the technique he calls "Waist Steering" last winter based on the Chinese art of Tai Chi.
When Kirchhoff felt his Waist Steering technique was starting to solidify in January of 2005, he began sharing the concepts with Park City local Gary Dranow, a certified USSA coach. Dranow was able to understand and apply Kirchhoff's radical fundamental changes, and began skiing much better. In turn, Dranow began formalizing a learning progression for the new technique.
How effective is "Waist Steering?" For starters, the ModernSkiRacing.com website, which represents the partnership of Kirchhoff and Dranow, publishes many glowing testimonials. Also, Gary Dranow is ranked as the number one Nastar expert age 50-54; he's nationally ranked 9th overall, with Daron Rahlves, Casey Puckett and A.J. Kitt all ahead of him in the top seven. Dranow is also ranked second in the Intermountain Masters Division, Class 6. Kirchhoff is the number one ranked Nastar expert in the state of Utah for ages 30-34, although he does not race formally very often.
Rossignol views the Modern Ski Racing Team as a unique instructional channel for recreational ski racers. They (the MSR Team) will help Rossignol gain market share by increasing product awareness within the recreational racing world and by teaching their cutting-edge Waist Steering technique. Thus, recreational racers throughout the country will gain interactive exposure to innovative Rossignol products.
While the technique may not yet be turning the heads of Bode Miller or the Austrian national team, Kirchhoff and Dranow taught a "Waist Steering" clinic with almost 30 nationally-ranked Nastar racers in March, and have a tour of clinics across the country slated for this winter. Their first will be a Thanksgiving race clinic at Snowbasin Resort.
Many racers have studied the Waist Steering technique informally on www.modernskiracing.com, and have drawn very diverse conclusions. Some bulletin boards even have people arguing and getting angry about it. While Kirchhoff and Dranow offer all of the technique's details for free on their website, they don't understand why people get upset about a theoretical new ski technique which has shown to help racers ski faster and more safely.
Tommy Kirchhoff teaches Tai Chi at the Park City Racquet Club.


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Careers Requiring Good Math & Chemistry
Changing Careers
By Mary Dowd Updated November 11, 2020
What Does a Doctor of Neuroscience Do?
Careers for Applied Science Degrees
Salary of a Neuroscience Ph.D. & M.D.
What Is an Animal Pathologist?
Careers With a Master's in Chemistry
Mastering challenging subjects like math and chemistry opens the door to many exciting careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) that pay excellent wages. U.S. News & World Report suggests that STEM careers are in demand even during times of economic downturn. High school students can build a solid foundation for advanced study in the STEM field by taking classes in honors algebra and geometry, AP calculus, AP chemistry, organic chemistry and physics.
Careers with math, chemistry and biology include medical doctors and specialists such as surgeons, psychiatrists and anesthesiologists who assist patients with medical or psychological conditions. They are experts in scientific research and stay abreast of new procedures. All doctors must understand the physiology of the human body and know how to calculate proper doses of drugs to prescribe or administer.
The path to become a physician starts with earning a college degree and excelling in pre-med classes such as biology, chemistry and advanced math in preparation for the medical college admission test (MCAT). Medical school entails another four years of study that requires analytical skills in math, chemistry and biology. After passing the medical boards, licensed physicians often pursue residencies and fellowships in specialty areas of practice such as psychiatry, pediatrics, plastic surgery or orthopedics.
Average annual physician salary varies by training and specialization, according to the 2020 Medscape Physician Compensation Report, for example:
Orthopedics: $511,000
Plastic surgery: $479,000
Anesthesiology: $398,000
Psychiatry: $268,000
Chemical engineers enjoy careers with physics, chemistry and math applications. They use their analytical skills and STEM training to solve problems in the manufacturing processes of oil, food, plastics and drugs. They optimize large-scale production processes in chemical manufacturing. Working in labs, refineries and industrial plants, their jobs entail calculating production costs, designing chemical production processes, troubleshooting and ensuring compliance with safety regulations.
Chemical engineers minimally need a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from an ABET-accredited chemical engineering program. Some go on to earn a master's or a Ph.D. in chemical engineering. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that chemical engineers earned an annual median salary of $108,770, as of May 2019. Median means that half of these professionals earn more and half earn less. Salaries can range from less than $66,810 to upwards of $176,090. Average salaries for chemical engineers vary by certain industrial sectors, including:
Petroleum and coal products: $119,010
Research and development in physical and engineering science: $116,250
Medicinal drug manufacturing: $98,160
Crime Lab Analyst
Police detectives and FBI agents may use their intuition when investigating crimes, but hard physical evidence is needed to solve cases and to convince juries. Crime lab analysts use mathematical principles along with their knowledge of chemistry and physics to help law enforcement find clues in blood spatter patterns, hair and fiber samples, and DNA found at the crime scene. Forensic reports prepared by crime lab analysts are used by police to reconstruct crimes and identify suspects.
Most forensic science technicians have a bachelor's degree or higher with an emphasis in chemistry and forensic science. Some may specialize in an area such as DNA, toxicology or forensic ballistic analysis. The median annual wage of forensic science technicians is $59,150, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. Employers include state and federal government agencies, testing labs and medical diagnostic labs.
Community or Research Pharmacist
Chemistry and math jobs include pharmacists who work in community pharmacies, hospitals, universities and manufacturing settings. Typical duties include dispensing prescriptions, explaining when to take medications, noting possible side effects, conducting wellness screenings and giving flu shots. Some work as researchers for pharmaceutical companies assisting with clinical trials of new drugs. Others teach and conduct research at colleges and universities.
Pharmacists hold a Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree awarded by an accredited pharmacy school. Aspiring pharmacists take college classes in math, chemistry and physics to do well on the pharmacy college admissions test (PCAT) and succeed in pharmacy school. Those interested in managing or owning a retail pharmacy may also earn a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. Pharmacists earn a median salary of $128,090 per year, the BLS reports.
Medscape: Physician Compensation Report 2020
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Chemical Engineers Pay
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Physicians and Surgeons
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Pharmacists
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Forensic Science Technicians
Mary Dowd holds a doctorate in educational leadership and a master's in counseling and student affairs from Minnesota State Mankato. Helping students succeed has been her passion while serving in many areas of student affairs and adjunct teaching. Currently she is a dean of students at a large, public university. Dr. Dpwd's writing experience includes published research, training materials and hundreds of practical online articles.
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Chris McDaniel to Newsmax: 'I Will Defeat Sen. Cochran'
By John Gizzi | Sunday, 15 June 2014 10:24 AM
With just over a week to go before the nationally-watched run-off election in Mississippi June 24, signs strongly point to defeat for 36-year incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran, his state's first Republican senator since Reconstruction and possibly the next chairman of the all-powerful Senate Appropriations Committee if the GOP take control of the Senate this fall.
According to two just-completed polls, Cochran trails conservative State Sen. and tea party favorite Chris McDaniel, who made headlines nationwide when he outpolled the veteran senator in the initial primary last month.
A recent Chism Strategies poll shows McDaniel beating Cochran by a margin of 50.6 percent to 47.6 percent among likely voters, while a National Strategic poll showed McDaniel ahead of the senator by 52 percent to 46 percent.
Coming on the heels of fellow insurgent Dave Brat's defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in Virginia's 7th District, McDaniel could make Cochran the first incumbent senator from Mississippi to lose a primary since 1942. A McDaniel's win would be cited by the press worldwide as evidence that tea party-style anti-establishment politics is alive and well among Republicans.
In an exclusive interview with Newsmax last week, McDaniel, 41, predicted flatly that "I will defeat Thad Cochran." The people of Mississippi, he told us, "are conservative and we led in the primary because we took our message to them. They were energized and motivated to turn out then, and they will be even more energized and motivated to vote on June 24."
"The money was coming in strong even before the primary, when people thought we might just do it," he said, "and since the primary, there have been more and more volunteers coming to help us at headquarters. They appreciate our message of restoring the constitution and reawakening the people to the dangers of big government. And they realize that Sen. Cochran is not a conservative and has not raised a voice against the liberal agenda.
"So right now, we've come from the impossible and the improbable to the unstoppable."
Cochran and supporters like former Gov. and Republican National Chairman Haley Barbour are clearly nervous about McDaniel's momentum. Politico reported recently that Cochran's post-primary strategy "will involve reaching out to casual voters — including independents and Democrats — to swell the electorate with Mississippians who may not have participated in this week's first round of voting."
In addition, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Napster co-founder Sean Parker, both major bankrollers of liberal causes, recently donated $250,000 each to a super PAC backing Cochran. The support of Bloomberg, one of the nation's best-known gun control advocates, is particularly incongruous, given Cochran's endorsement from the National Rifle Association.
Much of the anti-McDaniel broadsides in the runoff are focused on comments he made as a radio talk show host before he won his state senate seat. In the last two weeks, The New York Times and the Washington Post have run page one stories highlighting remarks McDaniel made on-air a decade ago. On different broadcasts, McDaniel referred to Hispanic women as "mamacitas" and wondered aloud if "homosexual churches exist."
"That shows the weakness of the Cochran campaign," the challenger said, "and I think the people of Mississippi know the difference between what a radio talk show said on the air ten years ago and what I have done as a state senator for the past seven years."
In a state where the largest employer is the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and where more than 50 percent of residents are on food stamps, outside observers were astounded that voters would give second place to a senator poised to chair the Appropriations Committee or the Agriculture Committee in the Senate.
McDaniel believes that "Mississippians are a moral people and feel it is immoral to spend up to a $17.5 trillion debt and get to a point where we are now taking some 46 cents out of every tax dollar to service that debt. Something's got to be done."
Already backed by such conservative stalwarts as Sarah Palin and Rick Santorum, McDaniel recently picked up the endorsements of Ron Paul and Fox TV's Sean Hannity.
Asked if a historic upset to Cochran might then catapult former Rep. Travis Childers to striking distance of becoming the Magnolia State's first Democrat to win a Senate race since 1982, McDaniel replied without hesitation, "No, Mississippi's the most conservative state in the nation. Once the voters hear [Childers'] record, the possibility of him winning is zero."
With just over a week to go before the nationally-watched run-off election in Mississippi June 24, signs strongly point to defeat for 36-yearincumbent Sen. Thad Cochran, his state's first Republican senator since Reconstruction and possibly the next chairman of the...
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Mohamed Farrah Hassan Aidid (; em árabe: محمد فرح حسن عيديد) (15 de dezembro de 1934 - 1 de agosto de 1996) foi um ex-general e diplomata da Somália. Foi considerado um líder controverso e sanguinário, muitas vezes descrito como um senhor da guerra.

Foi líder do Congresso Somali Unido (USC) e mais tarde da Aliança Nacional Somali (SNA). Ele fez parte da resistência que derrubou a ditadura de Mohamed Siad Barre e mais tarde, liderou a luta contra as tropas das Nações Unidas e dos Estados Unidos. O General Aidid foi um dos principais opositores da Operação Restore Hope, onde as forças da ONU forneciam ajuda humanitária à população e ao mesmo tempo tentavam restaurar a ordem no país. Aidid foi o principal alvo da Operação Serpente Gótica iniciada no final de agosto de 1993, após uma resolução proposta pelo presidente americano Bill Clinton. A operação consistia no deslocamento das forças especiais do exército dos Estados Unidos para Mogadíscio com o objetivo de capturar Aidid e suas lideranças políticas. Alguns de seus comandantes e conselheiros foram presos, porém, Aidid nunca chegou a ser capturado. Se tornou o presidente da Somália por um curto período de tempo, embora seu governo nunca tenha sido reconhecido internacionalmente.

Em 2 de agosto de 1996, Aidid sofreu um ataque cardíaco depois de ser ferido numa emboscada e morreu aos 61 anos.

Biografia
O General Aidid nasceu em Habar Gedir em um clã na região somali de Mudug. Teve uma educação em Roma e Moscou e serviu o governo de Mohamed Siad Barre, em diferentes posições até se tornar o chefe do serviço de inteligência somali. Em 1985, Barre descobriu seus planos de golpe de Estado e o prendeu por seis anos. Em 1991, os movimentos de oposição somali conseguem derrubar de Barre do poder, e Aidid foi libertado da prisão e liderou o Congresso Unido Somali. Após a queda do ditador Siad Barre, diversas facções começaram a disputar o espaço deixado, levando o país a uma violenta guerra civil entre os diferentes grupos. A população civil foi quem mais sofreu com isso, a fome se instalou no país e a ajuda humanitária internacional não conseguiu atenuar o sofrimento da população. Os comboios de alimentos eram constantemente interceptados pelas milícias de Aidid, que sufocava regiões contrárias a ele usando a fome como arma. Cerca de 300 mil pessoas pereceram, a maioria por inanição, abandonadas e subjulgadas pelas forças do general.

Isto levou a Organização das Nações Unidas a intervir. A ferocidade da luta contra as forças lideradas por Aidid com as tropas estrangeiras levou-o a se esconder. Como resultado, os Estados Unidos impuseram um preço sobre sua captura ($ 25.000 dólares). Em 3 de outubro de 1993, uma força de rangers e Delta Force norte-americanos (Força-Tarefa Ranger) organizaram uma operação para capturar vários oficiais da milícia de Aidid em Mogadíscio. Embora tecnicamente bem-sucedida, a operação não correu como planejado, e entre 500 a 1 500 somalis, 18 soldados norte-americanos e um malásio foram mortos na batalha subsequente. Esse episódio foi mais tarde dramatizado no filme Black Hawk Down de Ridley Scott.

As tropas dos Estados Unidos se retiraram da Somália pouco depois da batalha de Mogadíscio (1993) e as Nações Unidas fizeram o mesmo em 1995. Depois disso, Aidid declarou-se presidente da Somália, embora seu governo não tenha sido reconhecido internacionalmente. Em 1996, o general morria em 2 de agosto, como resultado de um ataque cardíaco sofrido após ferimentos ocasionados por um tiroteio entre clãs rivais.

Ver também
Hussein Farrah Aidid, filho de Aidid

Fontes
 Binney, Michael. Joint Close Air Support in the Low Intensity Conflict (thesis). Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School. Junho de 2003.
 Bowden, Mark. Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War. Berkeley, California: Atlantic Monthly Press. Março de 1999.

 Lutz, David. Hannover Institute of Philosophical Research. The Ethics of American Military Policy in Africa (research paper). Front Royal, Virginia: Joint Services Conference on Professional Ethics. 2000.
 McKinley, James. How a U.S. Marine Became a Warlord in Somalia. New York: The New York Times. 16 de agosto de 1996.

Presidentes da Somália
Políticos da Somália
Senhores da guerra da Somália
Batalha de Mogadíscio (1993)

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Measures reinforced to contain pneumonic plague
Govt. Seychelles
Dr Jude Gedeon met with the media on Wednesday 11th October to give an update on the pneumonic plague situation in Seychelles. Speaking to several media houses, he addressed the case of pneumonic plague that was confirmed yesterday. He also stressed on current and additional measures being taken by the Ministry of Health to prevent this from spreading.
"According to our guidelines once someone tests positive for the plague we do contact tracing," Dr Gedeon said speaking of surveillance that will continuously be done. "This involves getting in touch with everyone who has come into direct contact with the infected person."
Everyone who had direct interaction with the infected person were immediately contacted. This includes his close family and friends. "There are 12 members of his close family who have been brought to the military academy in Perseverance to remain under active surveillance." Additionally, other people have also been brought in for preventative treatment since the man attended a gathering upon his return to the country on Friday 6th October 2017. These people have been put on prophylactic treatment though none have having symptoms.
Dr Gedeon expressed his unhappiness that advices were ignored. "Sadly in this case the person did not follow the recommendations of health officers and he attended a public gathering on Friday at Chili Bar." He is also reminding everyone who have travelled to Madagascar and have been placed on passive treatment by the Public Health Authority to remain at home until notified otherwise.
Several tests have been done on those who are admitted in isolation at the Seychelles Hospital. Since they do not have any cough and are not producing phlegm, the rapid test could not be performed. A blood sample has been taken and sent to L'Institut Pasteur in France for further tests.
The Ministry of Health currently does not have the means of performing blood test for plague. Addressing the National Assembly earlier today, the Minister for Health has confirmed that this equipment should be available in the country within two weeks to be used along with the precautionary measures in place.
NEW MEASURES BEING IMPLEMENTED AGAINST PNEUMONIC PLAGUE:
Everyone entering Seychelles from Madagascar will immediately be referred to the Isolation centre in Perseverance.
No foreigners coming to Seychelles from Madagascar will be granted entry. Only Seychelles citizens will be allowed to enter the country.
A Travel Advisory has been issued, in collaboration with Seychelles Tourism Board requesting all transiting points (Mauritius, Kenya, and Reunion) to redirect all passengers who are not a citizen of Seychelles.
Cargo ships will continue to be monitored as before. If anyone presents with symptoms within less than 7 days of leaving Madagascar, the ship will remain in isolation at sea. If anyone on board is sick, they will receive treatment.
Cruise ships are advised to remain at sea for at least 7 days before entering the port after visiting Madagascar. If it is less than 7 days (incubation period) all passengers and crew will remain under surveillance for the recommended time before entering the country.
Dr Gedeon concluded by issuing further advices. Fisherman who continue to informally visit Madagascar are advised to cease this practice. If they have visited Madagascar they are also advised to come forward and be placed on treatment if necessary. Members of the public are advised not to panic as there is no outbreak within the country. They are additionally advised to remain updated with latest information that is correct.
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Seychelles: Preparedness for the Plague Emergency Plan of Action Final Report DREF n° MDRSC005
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Ancient British History
A Curious Adherence to Hereditary Right
Arthur was barely a teen. He certainly was not a warrior. Yet he was king. Why?
Forget the story of the Sword in the Stone for a moment. Even if it was true, it wasn't the real reason Arthur was the ruler of the land. He was king because his father was king. King Arthur was the son of Uther Pendragon, High-King of the Britons. Few things in history are so simple.
Let's review the historical situation for a moment. History tells us that there weren't anyBritons, except for a rag-tag bunch of folks who called themselves warriors and claimed to fight fortheir homeland. So, these Britons were fighting to keep their land their home, in the face of an everincreasing invasion of Saxon settlers. They needed a leader. But a war leader wouldn't do. Ambrosius found that out the hard way. Britain needed a king.
So, then we saw Uther, brother of Ambrosius. He was made High King. He served long enough to win a few victories but not long enough to feel the effects of his success. He left behind the hopes of a nation–and a small boy.
Nobles made their claims and fought for their lands for years. Again Britain had no king. The Saxon presence grew stronger. Suddenly, a High King was crowned–Arthur.
Why did the nobles accept a teenage boy as their king? It could be argued that they had no choice–that they needed a leader, someone to rally around and to unite them. It could be argued that they were afraid of the wrath of Merlin, who was unequivocally behind Arthur's claim to the throne. It could be argued that they were desperate for a figurehead. (Indeed, some of the nobles undoubtedly believed that they would be able to manipulate the boy.)
However, it can be successfully argued that Arthur was king because his father was king. He was not a powerful lord. He was not a great warrior. He was not a mysterious wizard. He was just a boy–a boy with the right bloodline.
British history before and since is full of examples of coups and revolutions and other such government overthrows of legitimate rulers, those who had the right bloodlines. Why, then, was Arthur's claim to the kingship allowed to stand? Perhaps it was the necessity of the times. Perhaps it was magic. Perhaps it was because the nobles realized that he was their best hope. As with so many things Arthurian, we don't know. We have only very sketchy facts and a whole lot of legend. It is curious and extremely noteworthy that the young Arthur was allowed to rule at a time when perhaps a more desirable clainianat could have been found. That the nobles allowed Arthur's rule is to their credit. Why they allowed it is lost to the sands of history.
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Employees: Closed clinic owes us
A mental and behavioral health clinic with offices in Gaston, Lincoln and Cleveland counties is shutting down. Some employees say they haven't seen a paycheck in weeks. But the agency in charge of funneling taxpayer dollars to the clinic says True Behavioral Healthcare has been filing claims and receiving payments.
True Behavioral, based in Gastonia, will be replaced with an Albemarle-based company, Monarch. Robert Hazen, an employee with True, said he and around 88 of his co-workers have not been paid for almost two weeks. Hazen said the company owes him around $2,000. "And I'm one of the lower paid," he said. "That's 88 people that didn't get paid. Eighty-eight people that have mortgages to be paid, 88 car payments. It's a real hardship."
True Behavioral had been working with Partners Behavioral Health Management, formerly Pathways Behavioral Health. Partners receives taxpayer dollars to cover Medicaid patients. It contracts the services to health clinics like True Behavioral. Those clinics are paid for services after filing claims with Partners, much like a doctor's office would file with an insurance company, said Stacy Bryant, a Partners spokeswoman.
Partners canceled the contract with True after finding that the clinic could no longer deliver services to its 400 clients, she said. Those services include substance abuse treatment, living skills training, helping the severely mentally ill find housing, and assisting developmentally disabled members of the community. Now, Monarch has begun taking over the company.
Paychecks come late, then stop: The trouble started in September, Hazen said, when paychecks started showing up late. The issue was never addressed, he said. Hazen says his paycheck was even taken out of his bank account 10 days after it went in. When he went to the bank to see what happened, he was told to talk to his company, he said. Hazen was eventually reimbursed but said the paychecks stopped completely this month. His bosses gave different reasons for the missing money, including the partial government shutdown, Hazen said.
All the while, Bryant said, Partners had been sending True Behavioral money to cover the claims filed. "We have paid and continue to pay the claims that True has submitted," Bryant said. The government shutdown has not had any effect on the payments, she said. Where that money went, Bryant said, is a question for True Behavioral. Chanda Truesdell, the president and board chairwoman for True Behavioral Healthcare, refused Monday to talk about the situation.
Contract canceled, Monarch comes in: Last Friday, the staff at True Behavioral was told the company's contract with Partners was being canceled. "Determining to end the contract was a risk management decision," Bryant said. "We had learned that True was not at a viable place to be able to continue delivering those services." The contract was canceled Thursday. In compliance with Partner's 30-day notice policy, it will officially end in November.
By Friday, Dr. Peggy Terhune, CEO of Monarch, was contacted about taking over the mental health services offered by True Behavioral. Monday, Monarch was beginning the transition. "We're trying to make things very easy," Terhune said. "We're looking forward to getting to know our community and working to build some community partners."
Services to clients will not be disrupted during this time, Terhune said. Monarch is hiring True employees. Around 85 percent of those workers were hired by Monarch, according to Terhune. Hazen said he has been told he still has a job, but it's not official yet. "Thank God for that," Hazen said. "But it's been hard on the employees."
With Monarch's takeover, he is hoping for the best. "I do have high hopes," he said. "Apparently they have a great track record. They seem a lot better organized." Employees or clients with questions can call Partners at 1-888-235-HOPE (4673).
You can reach reporter Lauren Baheri at 704-869-1842 or Twitter.com/lbaheri.


The best you could say is that this reference makes Hillary look really, really old — like old enough to have been alive during a time when the word "Negro" was considered acceptable. Yeah, she's the candidate for "change," all right. Christ. I bet even McCain never used the word "Negro," and he was born in the late 1800s.


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Home/Articles/"Zimbabwe does not belong to us." Youth and the struggle in the breadbasket
"Zimbabwe does not belong to us." Youth and the struggle in the breadbasket
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By Tariro Senderayi
When Zimbabwe secured its independence in 1980, the then Ceremonial President, Canaan Banana, said something that today as a young person makes me wish was the motto of the governing leaders of Zimbabwe. He said "Zimbabwe does not belong to us, it is loaned to us by future generations and thus we should leave it in a better place for them."
Fast forward to the present day, is our generation in the better place that our custodians promised to provide? Are we not living in a stalemate of broken promises and dashed aspirations?
Girls and women now sell their wares in the light of day, prostitution no longer offers the cover of night. Shame is a thing of the distant past, moral composure is tossed away whilst they gear up for survival mode.
A new dimension of prostitution has arrived. Vending is seen as a means to ensure survival since the formal sector has proved impenetrable or non-functioning. However, make no mistake that whilst their wares of trade are on display, alternative wares are also often being showcased. During the day, deals and agreements are struck to facilitate the activities of the night. When night creeps in they change from their vending outfits to clothes befitting the night trade and put their best foot forward. In fact it would appear as though vending is a mere façade for the real business of the day.
Those who use public transport to get around are privy to the fact that as the day winds down the number of young women who are getting into the CBD takes a steep hike. It seems there is an attraction: a moth to a flame for young women and the CBD in the after hours.
In my research I have discovered that with the trying economic situation and the scarcity of jobs the world's oldest trade now dictates that traders become the more aggressive in a bid to survive. Aggression comes in the form of trading their wares around the clock without any care whether it's either day or night. So dire is the situation that prostitutes are now quick to suggest that if the client has no money then any grocery items that are equivalent to the fee will do. There have been some situations whereby ladies in the trade now demand sugar or rice. Some are so bold as to suggest that the trade takes place at the client's home and they go ahead and rob the client of valuables.
Young men have become "pimps" operating day and night. They do not flinch when they trade their sisters to older predators in exchange for money, alcohol and fuel. For them it's a game.
It has become so dire that some young men even encourage their girlfriends to give in to the advances of sugar daddies so that they can partake in the spoils. Gone are the days when a young man would work his knuckles to the bones so that he can provide for his lady. Instead they are cowards and are not embarrassed to ride on whatever freebies they can get their greedy hands on. This is the new generation of men in Zimbabwe who do not protect their sisters but instead sell them out.
With an alarming appetite for moral decay going around I cannot help but feel that those who have been loaned the nation of Zimbabwe for safekeeping on our behalf have surely let us down. Prostitution and crime are so rife and no one is batting an eyelid. Unfortunately, the sentiments quoted in the opening paragraph of this article remain a distant hope because the custodians of the nation have not only dismantled what they had fought for in the struggle but have taken away hope for the future of Zimbabwe.
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More than 150 years old, the Macdonald Randolph Hotel is the oldest operating hotel in the city, offering a combination of history and luxury with a great central location. The public areas offer heritage tones with contemporary embossed wallpaper and charming black-and-white photos of Oxford and its Alice in Wonderland connections.
Each of the rooms is unique in size and character, with shades of muted gray and purple and rich fabrics and furnishings. Views vary, but many of the rooms overlook either the Ashmolean Museum at the front, or the Martyrs' Memorial and Balliol College to the side.
There are a number of dining options, including the Acanthus Restaurant, the Cartoon Bar, and the wood-paneled Morse Bar.
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We think this is a perfect option for those looking for a historic hotel which also offers a full range of facilities, including a spa and gym.
All rooms are unique in size and layout but feature a common style with classically elegant decor in a range of muted tones. Views vary, but many overlook either the Ashmolean Museum opposite or the Martyrs' Memorial and Balliol College. Rooms are fitted with double glazing to reduce noise and the Executive rooms are large enough to include an extra bed if required. Complimentary Wi-Fi is available throughout and all rooms have either a shower, bath or both.
The Macdonald Randolph Hotel has a central location opposite the Ashmolean Museum and is just a short walk from Oxford's main shopping street and some of the city's oldest colleges.
The Acanthus, the hotel's restaurant, is decorated with Oxford college shields and serves classic British dishes reinvented in a contemporary style and made from regionally-sourced, seasonal food. There are also two bars: the Cartoon Bar, with a focus on gin and champagne, and the traditional, wood-paneled Morse Bar, named after the fictional Oxford detective. Alternatively, enjoy afternoon tea in the hotel's luxurious drawing room.
The Macdonald Randolph Hotel is one of the only hotels in the city to offer a small gym, as well as a luxurious spa facility. Located on the lower ground floor under a vaulted ceiling, there are four treatment rooms, a steam room, Jacuzzi and sensation shower.
There are a number of mobility accessible rooms and a lift which is wide enough to accommodate a wheelchair.
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Interior designing is an aspect which is the best way to create new dimensions for your apartment, house or any other place through architecture rendering which has a lot of benefits intact. This includes new models, new tools as well as new ideas which help one to take due advantage of these benefits that are presented through tools like AutoCAD.
AutoCAD presents such features as well as tools that help one to save a lot of time as the software does not require you to sketch and do things manually.
In the past, normal processes used to take tons of processes in them as they required scanning and faxing of different rules and forms with everyone who is making unique changes to the project and drawings again and again.
The best part of AutoCAD is that here one can do all of this, very easily just at one place.
This AutoCAD technology makes different architectural plans more efficient because most designing processes require a lot of images to be processed for them which requires a lot of efforts as well as time each time one wants such results. However, when you use such technology then you can get rid of all these aspects and remain very easy at hand at the same time as well.
Through AutoCAD software and its drawings, the CAD technology provides options for storing all the images or things that you have made and done so that they can be used whenever one wants to very efficiently again.
AutoCAD drawings, sketches, templates and tools not only help one to have the best way possible for ideas thought and presented by their creators but they present dual variety at the same time too. The variety is not only in the forms that are presented through AutoCAD drawings and forms for implementation of a variety of tasks, but they also provide variety for people belonging to different fields such as engineers, architects, designers and such at the very same time.
AutoCAD is the best way to make sure that all your estimations as well as approximations, fall correctly of the way in which they are specified. They make sure that if an engineer or an architect is thinking of certain ideas and dimensional forms then they are put on through this software to make sure that they are not wrong or non-feasible as well.
Hence, this way many redundancies, errors, issues as well as views are brought to light which are also checked, verified and double-checked for their presence of availability in reality too.
Hence looking at all the above benefits, one should definitely consider using AutoCAD for interior designing.


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WARSAW, Poland � Vice President Joe Biden says the U.S. is considering rotating American forces to the Baltic region as a step toward ensuring the collective defense of NATO allies against Russian aggression.
Biden says that those forces could conduct ground and naval exercises, plus engage in training missions.
Biden is speaking after meeting with Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves in Warsaw, Poland. Biden is in Europe to reassure allies who are concerned about Russia's intervention in the Ukrainian region of Crimea.
Biden says the rotating forces are among multiple steps the U.S. is exploring to strengthen NATO. He says in recent weeks the U.S. has augmented its rotation of NATO's air-policing program in the Baltics. He says the U.S. is working to line up other countries to augment that program, too.
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Vitamin B12 identified as the inhibitor of a key enzyme in hereditary Parkinson's disease
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Iban Ubarretxena. Credit: University of the Basque Country
Iban Ubarretxena, an Ikerbasque researcher and director of the Biofisika Institute (CSIC-UPV/EHU), participated in a study that identified new inhibitors that could be used to develop drugs to combat Parkinson's. The research has been published in Cell Research.
Parkinson's is the most common, chronic neurodegenerative movement disorder affecting 1 percent of the global population over 70 years of age. Right now, there is no cure for this disease, and the available treatments focus on addressing its symptoms but not its progression.
Although most cases of Parkinson's are sporadic, the inheritable variants of the disease are mainly associated with mutations of the gene that encodes the LRRK2 enzyme. In 2004, an international research team established the link between one of the mutations in this enzyme and patients diagnosed with the disease.
The LRRK2 enzyme, also called "Dardarina," the Basque word meaning "tremor," has become one of the most attractive therapeutic targets for developing new drugs to combat inheritable Parkinson's. Neurotoxicity and the pathogenic effects as a whole associated with LRRK2 are mainly due to the fact that pathogenic mutations increase its kinase activity, which has prompted an international race to develop inhibitors. Right now, specific, powerful inhibitors of the kinase activity of LRRK2 do, in fact, exist. Yet many of them cause undesirable side effects or produce very unclear clinical results.
This research, conducted by Iban Ubarretxena, together with an international research team, has revealed that AdoCbl, one of the active forms of vitamin B12, acts as an inhibitor of the kinase activity of LRRK2 in cultured cells and brain tissue. It also significantly prevents the neurotoxicity of the LRRK2 variants associated with Parkinson's in cultured cells of primary rodents, as well as in various genetically modified models used to study this disease.
According to the study, vitamin B12 comprises a new class of modulator of the kinase activity of LRRK2. Iban Ubarretxena says, "This constitutes a huge step forward because it is a neuroprotective vitamin in animal models and has a mechanism unlike that of currently existing inhibitors. So it could be used as a basis to develop new therapies to combat hereditary Parkinson's associated with pathogenic variants of the LRRK2 enzyme."
Newly described process in Parkinson's protein as a potential new therapy route
More information: Adam Schaffner et al. Vitamin B12 modulates Parkinson's disease LRRK2 kinase activity through allosteric regulation and confers neuroprotection, Cell Research (2019). DOI: 10.1038/s41422-019-0153-8
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Nutmeg Soaring Association (NSA) - Soaring since 1956!
Originally founded in 1956 in Connecticut (Nutmeg is the Connecticut nickname), NSA is looking for enthusiastic new members ages 13 and older .
We are a private, volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to teaching and enjoying the art, science and safety of flying sailplanes.
Many power pilots find soaring not only a challenging diversion but an exceptional opportunity to sharpen their existing skills. We also offer ground and flight instruction for transitioning power pilots.
Flight operations are every weekend mid April through early November with an encampment the week of July 4th. During the encampment week we fly from Saturday to the following Sunday. Many Saturday mornings one or more of our instructors can be found leading a ground school. All are welcome as safety and pilot readiness are our highest priorities.
Set near the idyllic Catskill Mountains and adjacent to the beautiful Catskill Creek, the Freehold Airport is owned and operated by Nutmeg Soaring Association Members. The NSA owns ten aircraft hangars, two Tow Planes and four sailplanes, two of which are high performance models. There are 22 campsites with electricity available to members. For those who fly in for a weekend visit, tie-downs are available on the field. A bunk house and showers afford visitors and members comfortable overnight accomodations. A fully equiped kitchen and pilots lounge/club house are a favorite locale for social events after the days soaring is done. When a warm summer afternoon comes to a close, many members, friends, and extended family enjoy swimming in the Catskill Creek before the evenings social activities begin.
Demo Rides available for $139. Weight limit 242 lbs.
Our airport has a 2275-foot long blacktop runway, with a 600-foot over-run at both ends. With the northern Catskill Mountains and Windham High Peak 5 miles southwest and 3550 feet in elevation, we frequently enjoy thermals and wave, keeping us aloft even on days when other area gliding sites are on the ground.


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Strategy was not too strong. C-level was weak.
Figure out a real strategy that will actually work.
Perks are top notch (flex time off, summer fridays, surprise and delights, good insurance and 401K plan). The company moves fast so you learn a lot and take a lot of responsability within a few weeks of starting the job.
Never had a day when I wasn't running around stressed. Work never gets done no matter how early you come in or how late you stay - and the hours are long. Pay is not enough for the amount of work you put it and there are no bonuses. Promotions come in every 2-3 years. You feel overworked and underappreciated.
Instead of beong reactive and short term revenue focused, think longer term.Investing in your brands and your employees.
The culture overall is really great, to name a few of the good aspects: the people, surprise and delights, regular company parties, bagel Fridays, and samples sales (even though they barely exist anymore). However, they rely on this WAY too much.
Even though I know this will fall on deaf ears, figure out a way to make your employees feel valued and empowered in their careers. If you do this it will be a lot less in turnover cost in the long run!
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