text:
import sys
from collections import OrderedDict

# Daniel Elsner
#Takes a tabular blast results file (outfmt 6), reduced to the the three colums query, hit and score (use "cut", from GNU coreutils, presumably included in most Linux distros), to obtain the score of each relevant pairwise comparison.

# note that because of phylogeny, an outgroup is included ("Outg" in the orthoMCL header format). Remove/change as necessary.

fileA = open(sys.argv[1],"r")
lineacc = []
for lineA in fileA:
    lineacc.append(lineA.split())
lineclean =[]
# Preliminary cleanup
for i in lineacc:
    if i[0] != i[1]:

        # Get rid of hits against itself

        a=i[0].split('_')
        b=i[1].split('_')
        # Get rid of the Outgroup (hardcoded, change if necessary). Can be removed if the input files do not contain it.

        if a[0] != "Outg" and b[0] != "Outg":
            lineclean.append(i)

# remove hits against same species
linecleaner = []

for i in lineclean:
    a=i[0].split('|')
    b=i[1].split('|')

    if a[0] != b[0]:
        linecleaner.append(i)
# Dynamically create a list of all species - this allows to use the script with other species sets with no modification
los = []
list_of_species = []
for i in linecleaner:
    los.append(i[0].split('|')[0])

for i in los:
    if i not in list_of_species:
        list_of_species.append(i)
        # concentrate the first list (which contains duplicates) to a list without duplicates.

# transfer the data from one list with the data in a line to three lists. a for query, b for hit, c for score.
cont_check = []
hit_check = []
score_check = []
for i in linecleaner:
    cont_check.append(i[0])
    hit_check.append(i[1])
    score_check.append(i[2])

short_list = []
cont_reduced = list(OrderedDict.fromkeys(cont_check))
### Check if there is at least one species with only one sequence
spec_dup_dict = {}
for spec in list_of_species:
    spec_size = 0

    for o in range(len(cont_reduced)):
        contig_id = cont_reduced[o]
        spec_of_interest = contig_id.split('|')[0]

        if spec == spec_of_interest:
            spec_size += 1

    if spec_size >= 2:
        spec_dup_dict[spec] = True
    else:
        spec_dup_dict[spec] = False

if False not in spec_dup_dict.values():
    sys.exit("Error in file " + sys.argv[1] +": All species have two or more sequences. It can not be guaranteed to assemble the correct cluster, two or more clusters may be present.")
    # Make sure there is at least one species with only one represented sequence. If this is not the case, abort and print the above to STDERR
# first part of the analysis. For each sequence, the sequence with the highest blast score in each of the other species is taken and added, so the sequence has an associated sum of the most similar sequence in other species (so called "Top Score"). The goal is to find the sequence cluster that is the most similar, presumably the ortholog cluster.
contig_dict = {}

for i in cont_reduced:
    check_list = []
    for o in range(len(cont_check)):
        if i == cont_check[o]:
            check_list.append([cont_check[o], hit_check[o], score_check[o]])

    max_spec_dict = {}

    for spec in list_of_species:
        max_spec_list = []

        #fuer jede Species
        for hit in range(len(check_list)):
            hit_spec = check_list[hit][1]

            if hit_spec.split('|')[0] == spec:
                max_spec_list.append(check_list[hit][2])

        max_spec_dict[spec] = max_spec_list

    spec_max_value_dict = {}

    for spec in list_of_species:
        max_check = max_spec_dict[spec]

        if len(max_check) >=2:
            m_value = max(max_check)  # taking the max from 1 creates an error...
        elif len(max_check) == 1:
            m_value = max_check[0]
        else:
            m_value = "NA" # empty = hit against self

        spec_max_value_dict[spec] = m_value

    # this is the top score per contig against other species

    contig_score = 0.0

    for spec in list_of_species:
        if spec_max_value_dict[spec] != "NA":
            contig_score += float(spec_max_value_dict[spec])

    contig_dict[i] = contig_score

    # contig with the highest score against other species = sum of top scores
# Now the last part: Rank the top score sums, get the highest contig per species.
total_max_value_dict = {}
total_best_contig_dict = {}

for spec in list_of_species:
    max_spec_dict = {}

    for o in range(len(contig_dict)):
        contig_id = contig_dict.keys()[o]
        spec_of_interest = contig_id.split('|')[0]

        if spec == spec_of_interest:
            max_spec_dict[contig_dict.keys()[o]] = contig_dict.values()[o]

    if len(max_spec_dict.keys()) >=2:
        m_key, m_value = max(max_spec_dict.iteritems(), key=lambda x:x[1])
    elif len(max_spec_dict.keys()) == 1:
        m_key, m_value = str(max_spec_dict.keys()).strip("'[]'"), str(max_spec_dict.values()).strip("'[]'")

    else:
        m_key, m_value = "NA", "NA" # empty = hit against self

    if m_key != "NA":
        total_max_value_dict[spec] = max_spec_dict[m_key]
        total_best_contig_dict[spec] = m_key

    else:
        total_max_value_dict[spec] = "NA"
        total_best_contig_dict[spec] = "NA"
# Now we have the putative cluster.
out_list = ""
for spec in list_of_species:
    out_list += "\t" + str(total_best_contig_dict[spec]).strip("[]")
print sys.argv[1] + ":" + str(out_list)
# This outputs to print, if you loop it in bash and pipe it into a single file, you make a file like the output of OrthoMCL, enabling to redo further analysis steps without modification
# Alternative way to save: Single files, currently not used.
"""
with open(sys.argv[1] + "-new-cluster", 'w') as f:
    for spec in list_of_species:
        f.write(total_best_contig_dict[spec] + "\n")
f.closed
"""


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At first I was very excited about the theme for the Art Elements http://www.artelements.net/swirl-august-theme-challenge-reveal/ monthly challenge. I thought swirls was going to be simple, so much to choose from. I had lots of ideas which I dismissed as I wanted to do something different to what I have made before. I gave myself time for my little grey cells to get working whilst busy doing other things, I'm sure you know how it is, sometimes the ideas just pop in your head when doing mundane things like housework.
Then out of the blue I started thinking of the work of Margaret McDonald, which I saw at Hill House a few years ago, it was designed by her husband Charles Rennie Mackintosh. I love that house and everything in it but that's another story.
As much as I love their work I wanted to do something that was totally 'me' so I put them out of my mind (or so I thought) and decided to look through my sketchbooks to see if there were any ideas there which I could develop. There were plenty of wavy and curving lines.
I found some lino stamping in my sketchbook, and thought I could try them out on clay.
Next came some very quick swirl scribbles (on a scrap of paper I can't find now) with thoughts of Corryvreckan. I cut some more stamps based on my swirly scribbles.
Some of my already cut stamps had more swirls than others but while I was at it I thought I'd try them all.
Once bisque fired I glazed some, used underglazes on others and fired some without any decoration, to have the application of china paint later. I made some little hollows in some of the pendants which were filled with glass frit, not knowing how the colours would hold up.
This is my nod to Margaret Mcdonald, some have gold lustre as well as china paint. Those tiny swirls look so much like roses, I wish I could say that was my intention.
I got a clay order this week so I set to and made some pieces using black and terracotta clays. I can't wait to try some glazes out on these pieces but that will have to be for another blog post.
I do love the quality of line made by stamping lino prints into clay, they are delicate, more so than I could get with tube lining.
I have plans to carve some larger designs one day, but I have a lot of glazing to do in the next few weeks so it may be a while.
Now head over an have a look to see what everyone has made, I do love this part of the challenge.
Aside | This entry was posted in kiln fired art and tagged Art Elements, August theme challenge, ceramic jewellery, ceramic pendants, clay pendants, jewellery components, kiln fired art, swirls. Bookmark the permalink.
Wow!!! As I scrolled down, my jaw progressively got lower to the floor! I am so delighted that you found your muse and shared with us. This body of work is just amazing!!!
I love your work! I need to investigate where to buy it! I especially like how the little indented parts turned out!
Hi Alison and thank you. I sell my work on Etsy I have put a link to my shop below. All of these pieces will be in my shop soon, hopefully by the end of next week.
Hi Alison, the pendants are now listed in my Etsy shop, there will be more next month once I get them glazed.
And another one who had difficulties with the topic … but wow, your muse pulled through big time in the end!
I love them all, and I love, love, love the nod to Margaret McDonald (I'm a bit jealous you have visited Hill House). If you hadn't told me the rose look wasn't on person, I wouldn't have known!
Thanks Cat, if you ever get the chance to visit you should. I have always loved Chales Rennie Macintosh designs but I learned so much more from seeing them in person. I love te way his furniture cast interesting shadows and the colours of the stained glass on the wall was something I couldn't get from a book.
Great work, I loved reading about your inspiration, and following the different steps of your creation.
The final result is amazing.
Love! Your pieces are really beautiful, I couldn't help but admire in each and every one of them how the swirls and colors mix and match so well together.
Gosh, I love your sketchbook! What kind of paper do you use?
Thank you. I did a sketchbook course with Dionne Swift and since then I have been in love with Pink Pig sketchbooks. The paper is robust enough for most techniques. Being spiral bound means you can snip between the rings to remove and also add pages so I have lots of different page surfaces in there.
I adore the ceramics by Margaret Mcdonald. She is a new artist to me. Thanks you for showing the whole process from the idea, to the carvings, to the finished glazed and fired pieces. Those details made this blog so interesting, Congrats on all the pieces that you made. Well done!
LOVE!!!! So utterly of Nature.
Gorgeous beads. The textures are fantastic and the colors are divine.
Wow! You made some great stuff! I love your swirl explorations!
First of all I love your sketches! But all the swirly ceramic goodies are just amazing- such a huge variety.
They're all beautiful Jill. I love the addition of glass and the happy accident with your Margaret Macdonald pieces. Really enjoyed reading about your process too!
Gorgeous! I have so much to say but I'll just say your Margaret Macdonald pieces are my faves too! I would love to know if you are putting them up for sale!
Hi Susan, the pendants are now listed in my Etsy shop, there will be more next month once I get them glazed.
Jill – I look forward to your posts so! Gorgeous imagery! I love your beads, especially the McDonald ones! You have sparked some ideas for me in making links between my lino prints and clay. Ive printed with my lino on clay before – but your looser approach has me thinking! ! Thank you! And I apologize for hopping so late – I was away.


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The good news about IPAB: Both parties hate it.
A rising chorus of repeal-mongers, outraged at the Obama administration's federal health-care power grab, took over Washington this week. Nope, it's not the tea party. It's Democrats against the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Yes, Democrats.
What's IPAB? A Beltway acronym for subverting the deliberative process.
The 15-member panel of government-appointed bureaucrats was slipped into Section 3403 of the Obamacare law against the objection of more than 100 House members on both sides of the aisle. IPAB's experts would wield unprecedented authority over Medicare spending — and in time, over an expanding jurisdiction of private health-care payment rates — behind closed doors.
#ad#Freed from the normal administrative rules process — public notice, public comment, public review — that governs every other federal commission in existence.
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The conservative Arizona-based Goldwater Institute has filed suit in federal court to stop IPAB. "No possible reading of the Constitution supports the idea of an unelected, standalone federal board that's untouchable by both Congress and the courts," says the think tank's litigation director, Clint Bolick. But it's the growing opposition from members of the administration's own party that may yet doom these health-care czars-on-steroids.
Look who's not biting: According to Politico, "New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone, of the Energy and Commerce health subcommittee, has zero interest in defending the board. 'I've never supported it, and I would certainly be in favor of abolishing it.'" If that's not clear enough, Pallone added that he's "opposed to independent commissions or outside groups playing a role other than on a recommendatory basis." Period.
Another House Democrat, Allyson Schwartz of Pennsylvania, is one of seven Democratic IPAB repeal co-sponsors and is scheduled to testify Wednesday at a second House hearing blasting the board. And former Democratic House majority leader Dick Gephardt channeled the tea party in a recent op-ed when he decried IPAB as "an unelected and unaccountable group whose sole charge is to reduce Medicare spending based on an arbitrary target growth rate."
IPAB defenders demand an alternative, but that's why the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission already exists. And for those unsatisfied with its woeful results, there's the demonized GOP/Rep. Paul Ryan reform package that relies on individual choice and competition over bureaucratic diktats to reduce spiraling Medicare costs.
Opponents of GOP structural reforms have now resorted to decrying Ryan's choice of beverages as a way to discredit the plan. An apparently besotted Rutgers University economist and former Kerry/Edwards economic adviser, Susan Feinberg, accosted Ryan at a D.C. restaurant last week while he was dining with two financial experts over a pricy bottle of wine. "I wasn't drunk, but I was certainly emboldened to speak my mind," Feinberg told liberal blog Talking Points Memo. She gleefully described attacking Ryan for espousing government austerity while — gasp — dining out on his own dime.
It's the same unhinged and irrational sanctimony that has New York Times columnist David Brooks assailing entitlement reformers as moral degenerates; the Washington Post's Richard Cohen likening them to Jonestown cult killer Jim Jones; and Daily Beast editor Tina Brown decrying them as "suicide bombers." Ah, the days of whine and bozos.
The good news: Thanks to sober bipartisan criticism (where are all the cheerleaders for bipartisanship when you need them?), Sebelius and company are now downplaying IPAB as a harmless "backstop mechanism" with limited powers to do anything at all to control costs. At a House hearing Tuesday, Sebelius tried to paint the board as just another run-of-the-mill dog-and-pony panel that would be "irrelevant" if Congress so chooses.
It's not quite an under-the-bus moment, but it's certainly a nudge toward rolling back the Obamacare Republic.
— Michelle Malkin is the author of Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks & Cronies. © 2011 Creators Syndicate, Inc.
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from traits.api import HasTraits, Instance

#--[Code]-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Shows the incorrect way of defining a self-referencing class.
try:
    class Employee ( HasTraits ):

        # This won't work.
        # 'Employee' is not defined until the class definition is complete:
        manager = Instance( Employee )
except NameError, excp:
    print excp

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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data.Entity;
using System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure;
using System.Data.Entity.ModelConfiguration.Conventions;
using System.Data.Entity.Validation;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Security;
using Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework;

namespace TM.UI.MVC
{
   public class IdentityDbContext : IdentityDbContext<ApplicationUser>
   {
      public IdentityDbContext()
         : base("TrainingManagerDb", throwIfV1Schema: false)
      {
      }

      public virtual DbSet<UserSpecializations> Specializations { get; set; }

      protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder builder)
      {
         base.OnModelCreating(builder);

         Configuration.LazyLoadingEnabled = true;

         builder.HasDefaultSchema("Identity");

         builder.Properties()
            .Where(p => p.Name == "RowVersion")
            .Configure(p => p.IsRowVersion());

         builder.Conventions.Remove<PluralizingTableNameConvention>();

         builder.Entity<ApplicationUser>()
            .Property(x => x.RegisteredOnUtc)
            .IsRequired()
            .HasColumnType("datetime2")
            .HasPrecision(0);

         builder.Entity<ApplicationUser>()
            .Property(x => x.LastLoginOnUtc)
            .IsRequired()
            .HasColumnType("datetime2")
            .HasPrecision(0);

         builder.Entity<ApplicationUser>()
            .Ignore(x => x.SpecializationsValue)
            .HasMany(x => x.SpecializationList)
            .WithRequired()
            .HasForeignKey(x => x.UserId);

         builder.Entity<UserSpecializations>()
            .HasKey(x => new { x.UserId, x.Specialization })
            .Property(x => x.UserId)
            .HasMaxLength(128);

      }

      public static IdentityDbContext Create()
      {
         return new IdentityDbContext();
      }

#if DEBUG

      /// <exception cref="SecurityException">The <see cref="T:System.Security.Permissions.UIPermission" /> is not set to break into the debugger. </exception>
      protected override DbEntityValidationResult ValidateEntity(DbEntityEntry entityEntry, IDictionary<object, object> items)
      {
         var result = base.ValidateEntity(entityEntry, items);
         if (!result.IsValid)
         {
            Debugger.Break();
         }
         return result;
      }

#endif
   }
}


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Some things are happening underneath the surface that very few Grenadians are aware of these days as it might be in the interest of those in power to keep "the masses" in darkness.
THE NEW TODAY has been made aware of a decision that was taken by powerful forces within the Keith Mitchell-led New National Party (NNP) government to oppose efforts by one of the convicted killers of late Prime Minister, Maurice Bishop to get admitted to practice as an attorney-at-law in the local courts.
The Justice of the OECS Court of Appeal were due to sit in St. Lucia this week to hear an appeal from former Lieutenant-Colonel, Ewart "Headache" Layne against a decision by high court judge, Justice Margaret Price-Findlay to bar him from getting admitted as a lawyer.
The information in our possession is that powerful elements within the regime had signaled their intention to join the case with a view to blocking Layne's application.
It now appears that behind the scene manoeuvres and pleadings by leftist forces now giving tacit support to the government might have won the day and got the officials to now adopt a neutral position on the issue.
These "under the surface" happenings are unknown to the vast majority of the population, however, they can have wide and far-reaching implications for the future of the country.
An anti-Layne lobby could lead to distrust between Prime Minister Mitchell and the promoters of the "Project Grenada" idea like former Foreign Minister, Peter David and trade unionist, Chester Humphrey.
THE NEW TODAY is of a similar view although there is a school of thought that the two former left-wingers in the 1979-83 Grenada Revolution are more in favour of advancing their own personal agenda and cause and not necessarily those of their former Comrades of yesteryear.
If the government had joined the battle to keep Layne out of the law courts, it would have been a slap straight in the face of Attorney-General, Cajeton Hood who was involved in the fight to clear the way for the former Army man to be admitted to the bar.
It was Hood's law firm that took Layne in and allowed him to do some of the work needed to advance his cause to seek permission to approach the court to get qualified as a barrister-at-law.
Before accepting the job as AG, Hood, while in private practice is said to have filed affidavits in support of Layne's bid to get admitted to the judiciary.
The NNP leadership has been giving too many mixed signals on its true position with respect to the so-called Bernard Coard Gang of Prisoners who are now out of prison and back in the society.
During the 2003-08 period in government, the then Mitchell administration was vehemently opposed to the Coard Gang being released from the Richmond Hill prison.
Prominent members of the government including Legal Affairs Minister, Elvin Nimrod made public statements intimating that they will not be releasing the defendants from prison despite an order from the Privy Council in London for a re-sentencing of the so-called "Men on the Hill".
The sitting judge, Justice Francis Belle recalled in his ruling that Nimrod who was the AG at the time told a public meeting in Carriacou that even if the court said the Coard Group of Prisoners should be released that the New National Party is standing firm to keep them there.
The judge highlighted the relevant part of Nimrod's statement which was reported verbatim in an affidavit filed by one Chester Humphrey, which had been copied from the New National Party's Website.
These are the words that reflected the view of those wielding power within the NNP Camp.
Now today, at least one revolutionary member of the then Opposition who was accused of fighting to release "The Men on the Hill" is now a member of the Mitchell-led NNP outfit.
Furthermore, the very said persons who in the words of the NNP government "have committed crimes against our country" are now put in charge of a state farm by PM Mitchell and company.
The NNP signals are confusing – oppose Ewart Layne on one hand but give support to some of the remnants of the Revo on the other hand.
What is really happening? Is all the manoeuverings taking place only just politicking or part of the so-called new configuration called, "Project Grenada" in which the masses are kept in total darkness to achieve personal political ends?


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Senator: College athletes aren't getting the education they deserve
by: Morgan Wright
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Earlier this year, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut, released a report titled "Madness Inc: How Everyone is Getting Rich Off College Sports – Except the Players."
He used the report to call on the NCAA to compensate student-athletes.
On Thursday, Murphy released his second "Madness Inc." report which highlights how college athletics programs keep athletes on the field and out of the classroom, limiting their opportunity for a full college education.
"To me, this is a civil rights issue," Murphy said. "To me, this is an issue of fairness."
Murphy says student-athletes aren't getting the education they deserve.
"The NCAA's defense for why they don't compensate students while all of the adults are getting rich is that the scholarship is good enough compensation," he added.
But according to Murphy, college athletes are hardly even students.
"When you are spending much of your time traveling all over the country promoting the brand of your schools, doesn't leave much time left for schoolwork," Murphy said.
In a panel discussion, higher education officials and advocates for the players put a spotlight on how college athletes spend more time on the field instead of the classroom.
"I played in three games before I even saw a classroom as a true freshman," Ramogi Huma said.
Huma, the president of the National College Players Association, knows first-hand the grind of being a college athlete and he says major reform is needed to stop the NCAA from devaluing education and valuing revenue.
The panel said one solution would be allowing college athletes to play their sport full-time and go to school part-time.
"That might mean scaling back some academics during the season, or extending the scholarships years after the eligibility is complete," Huma added.
Panelist Mary Willingham said until this is fixed, college athletes will continue to get shortchanged.
"As long as we connect academic eligibility to athletic eligibility, there's going to be fraud," she said.
The panel says it's the schools' and the NCAA's responsibility to make sure college athletes have an opportunity to get a full education.
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Title: 高科技新創企業合作網絡模式之研究
Authors: 巫立宇
Contributors: 于卓民
邱志聖
巫立宇
Keywords: 高科技
草創期
合作網絡
Abstract: 儘管實務上創業活動屢見不鮮,但是有關創業的範疇在學術上之研究仍有待開拓。本研究建構出一高科技新創企業之合作網絡模式,一方面期能突破現有理論的藩籬,另一方面希望對實務現象提供有效的描繪和詮釋。此模式共區分成三部分,第一部分說明高科技企業在草創期之合作網絡模式,第二部分說明高科技企業在成長期之合作網絡模式,第三部分說明草創期和成長期合作網絡模式的關聯性。此外,本研究也發展出衡量高科技新創企業競爭力的方式,並對高科技創業實務提供具體建議。
本研究發現,高科技企業於草創期,可透過創業家個人的人際網絡,吸引如創業團隊成員及其他廠商的投入合作(如供應商、經銷商、創投),以獲得重要或互補資源。這些草創期合作夥伴的「合作意願」主要與「信任」創業家有關,而與創業家個人擁有的資源多寡無關,這顯示「關係和情感」是主導草創期夥伴投入合作的一項最重要考量因素。這同時也說明,在草創期合作網絡的關係內涵中,「情感信任」的比重較「經濟利益」重要。
在成長期合作網絡中,本研究發現,透過「信任」可吸引新的高階主管及其他新的廠商投入合作(如新的供應商、經銷商、創投等),據以取得重要或互補資源,顯示處於成長期的高科技企業,運用人脈關係仍是企業營運的一項重要策略。此外,成長期之「夥伴合作意願」會受到「信任」、「企業草創期競爭力」的影響,而與「企業資源」的多寡無關。這表示在成長期才加入的合作夥伴,除因信任創業家而強化合作的投入,新創企業在草創期所展現的競爭力,同樣也是引發夥伴合作意願的主因。因此,在成長期的合作網絡關係內涵中,「情感信任」與「經濟利益」皆重要,不可偏廢。
在高科技企業草創期與成長期的關聯性部分,本研究發現「創業家資源」會影響「企業資源」、「企業草創期競爭力」會影響「企業資源」、「企業草創期競爭力」會影響「企業成長期競爭力」、「企業草創期競爭力」會影響成長期之「夥伴合作意願」。因此,根據路徑相依理論,高科技新創企業可透過學習,累積資源與競爭力,藉以獲取與維繫競爭優勢。
針對高科技新創企業競爭力的衡量,本研究發現,「企業草創期競爭力」可使用「創業方向」、「研發能力」和「創新能力」等三項指標加以衡量;「企業成長期競爭力」可利用「創新速度」、「迅速回應市場能力」、「產品品質」、「研發能力」和「組織成員凝聚力」等五項指標加以衡量。使用此種方式衡量高科技新創企業的競爭力,較能區別出不同高科技新創企業的實際績效。
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Sunnoveus war vor 620 Bischof von Köln.

Von ihm ist nur der Name und (von Gelenius) als unbelegtes Todesdatum der 30. September überliefert.

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Bischof von Köln
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Best Fender Products
PPP Loan Data — Best Fender Products, Mount Pleasant, TX
Industry: Travel Trailer and Camper Manufacturing
Location: Mount Pleasant, TX
Best Fender Products is a corporation located at 2364 Texas Highway 49 East in Mount Pleasant, Texas that received a Coronavirus-related PPP loan from the SBA of $2,222,100.00 in April, 2020.
Pilgrim Bank
Best Fender Products in Mount Pleasant, TX received a Paycheck Protection Loan of $2.22M through Pilgrim Bank, which was approved in April, 2020.
This loan's status is reported by the SBA as "Paid in Full", which includes both loans repaid and those fully forgiven from repayment under PPP guidelines. The loan's status was last updated by the SBA in August, 2021.
For Best Fender Products, the calculation used to estimate payroll costs is shown below:
($2.22M / 2.5) * 12 = $10.67M
Based on the standard PPP eligibility formula, it may be possible to estimate the payroll expenses represented by a company on their PPP application (see details above). In order to qualify for the PPP loan amount received, Best Fender Products' 2019 payroll expenses are estimated to be at least $10.67M.
Based on their reported 264 jobs retained, this equals an estimated average yearly compensation of $40,402 per employee1
On the PPP application, Best Fender Products reported intending to use the proceeds of their PPP loan for the following expenses:
Payroll: $2,222,100
Because the loan received by Best Fender Products is at least $2M dollars, it is subject to a full review by the SBA to ensure eligibility and compliance with PPP program requirements.
Business Information - Best Fender Products in Mount Pleasant, TX
2364 Texas Highway 49 East
Mount Pleasant, TX 75455
Travel Trailer and Camper Manufacturing
Rural / Urban: Rural
Titus County, TX — SBA Office 0610 — Congressional District: TX-04
Similar Companies near Mount Pleasant
In the Mount Pleasant area, 3 businesses in the "Travel Trailer and Camper Manufacturing" industry received a PPP loan. These local businesses reported an average of 123 employees (compared to this company's 264) and received an average PPP loan of $968,168 (compared to this company's $2.22M).
Parker Trailer Sales Inc
Mount Pleasant, TX
Double A Trailers
Nationwide, 461 businesses in the "Travel Trailer and Camper Manufacturing" industry received a total of $101.75M in PPP loans. This industry in total received less than 1% of the total PPP funding distributed.
PPP recipients in this industry report an average of 24 employees, 91% lower than Best Fender Products' reported 264 employees, and received an average PPP loan of $220,710, 90% lower than this company's loan of $2.22M.
Source: www.federalpay.org/paycheck-protection-program/best-fender-products-mount-pleasant-tx


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Mitsui Chemicals (China) Establishes Branch in Beijing
~Strengthening business activities in North China~
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo:4183; President & CEO: Tsutomu Tannowa) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Mitsui Chemicals (China), Co., Ltd. (President: Yuji Fukuyama), will open a new branch in Beijing and commence commercial operations on October 1st.
Beijing Branch of Mitsui Chemicals (China)
Until now, sales activities of the Mitsui Chemicals Group in China have mainly been conducted through its Mitsui Chemicals (China) Shanghai head office. By establishing a new base in Beijing, the Group will not only be able to provide better service in not only automotive-use materials such as elastomers and polypropylene compounds, but also materials for use in electronic information products, packaging and films, and agrochemicals.
The new Beijing Branch will be located next to Mitsui Chemicals' Beijing Office.
US$ 9.6 million (Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. 100%)
Yuji Fukuyama (Representative in China of Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.)
Room 2501, Bank of China Tower 200 Yin Cheng Road Central, Pudong New Area, Shanghai 200120, China
Sales of Mitsui Chemicals group's products
Mitsui Chemicals (China) Co., Ltd. Beijing Branch
Yuji Fukuyama (Chairman of Mitsui Chemicals (China) & Representative in China of Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.)
Deputy General Manager
Toshiaki Kuwatsuka (Director, Beijing Office of Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.)
Beijing Fortune Bldg., No.707, 5 Dong San Huan Bei-Lu, Chao Yang District, Beijing 100004, China
+86-10-6590-9033
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Humor Paranormal & Ghosts
4 Scary Haunted School Stories
Ghostly Little Students, a Dog and Orb, and Even a Whistling Nun
Getty Images/Photodisc
Stephen Wagner
Schools of every kind and in every location can be just as haunted as houses, castles, and battlefields. Maybe more so. Sometimes there are legends of students, teachers, and staff who died there, possibly accounting for the hauntings... but sometimes not.
Here are four true stories of a haunted daycare, a middle school, and a boarding school that will have you checking around every corner and down every hallway.
The Little Daycare Ghost Waiting for Parents
For a number of years, C.V. worked at a daycare school and had many times heard stories about the ghost of a little boy who occasionally appeared there. For example, when a number of children were waiting outside for their parents to pick them up, he would stand among them, confusing the staff as to how many children were actually there.
C.V. was skeptical about these stories - until a friend had first-hand experience with the little ghost. On this particular night, C.V., a friend and her husband were at the school helping to set up the kindergarten for the new school year. It was about 8 p.m. when the husband came in from outside and said that he had seen a little boy out there. He tried to talk to him but got no response. He assumed it was the son of one of the other co-workers, and he told her that she should keep an eye on him because it was getting dark and cold outside.
The co-worker just gave him a puzzled look and said she didn't know what he was talking about. The man looked toward the door of the back room where the child stood looking at him, and again asked the co-worker why she would let her son run around outside in the cold and dark. Now a bit miffed, the co-worker replied that she had not brought her son with her. As the man looked toward the door again, the child was now gone.
Sometime later, an alarm system with video surveillance was installed in the school. "One day the director called in some of the co-workers to tell them they had something on tape," C.V. says. "They had actually caught footage of the nursery door open very slowly... then close - without anyone being there." The time of the recording was 3 a.m. And the alarm never went off.
The Dog and Orb at Kangaroo Inn School
In 1993, Deb was in Year 9 at a school in a remote part of Australia. It was March when the days in Australia were getting shorter and the weather cooler. Deb's class and the Year 8 students were enjoying a sleepover at the school.
The school was called Kangaroo Inn, named after some old ruins that were nearby. "The rock walls and a window frame were all that remained of the old inn, constructed and used during the gold rush," Deb says. "Apparently the Chinese couple who ran the inn were buried under the school somewhere, but no one knew for certain."
Deb was put on cooking duty, barbecuing sausages and patties for tea. At around 6:30 p.m., some of her mates came down to ask how long tea was going to be. "As I was cooking the barbeque," she says, "I heard a dog barking. There were no dogs at the school! I could hear the bark coming from inside. I was about to investigate when a little dog - a Jack Russell, I think - popped out of the wall. It ran around barking then headed over to the Tech Studies room and ran through that wall into the room."
This was no child's imagination. One of the teachers, who was staying with the children on the overnight, came out to find the dog he heard barking. Deb told the teacher what she saw, and the teacher replied, "Well, this school is supposed to be haunted, but not by a dog."
When they heard the barking again, they all ran to the other side of the Tech Studies building. To their astonishment, the dog was standing half in the wall, barking. "We couldn't see his tail or hind legs," Deb recalls. "While we watched, an orb floated out of the wall, glowing green. The dog followed it, barking constantly."
By this time, three other students and one other teacher were witnessing the phenomenon. Then dog and orb floated up into the air and were lost from sight in the darkening skies.
"I have never seen anything like this since," Deb says, "but some Year 12 students supposedly caught video footage of a green orb earlier on -- around 1988-1989. Also, some teachers reported being shaken by the shoulders or felt cold spots when locking up the school late at night when sleepovers or events at school happened after school hours. I guess my old school was haunted, but whatever was happening never hurt anyone, just freaked us out."
The Little Boy in the Dorm That Had A Past
Christina was attending a boarding school in Ft. Apache, Arizona back in October 2006. It was her first year at the school, but one of her best friends had been there for three years and had a number of spooky experiences there.
For example, one day when she was walking past the stairs that led to the second floor, she heard what sounded like a little boy laughing, and she could hear his footsteps going up the stairs. To investigate, she went up the stairs and looked down the hallway, but she saw nothing. She checked all the upstairs rooms, but she saw and heard no one.
When Christina's friend returned to her bedroom, she glanced in her dresser mirror and saw a pale little boy sitting on her bed. But when she turned around, he was gone. When Christina came into the room, her friend told her everything she had seen and heard. She described the little apparition as having blond hair, a pale face, and was wearing a striped shirt and faded blue pants.
"I believed her," Christina says. "I wanted to see this ghost boy, so I would sit on the bottom of the stairs for about an hour every day. I heard nothing for about a week, then I gave up."
Two weeks later, however, Christina has her own encounter with the ghost boy. One morning she had just gotten out of the shower and went into her room to put her shampoo and towel away. "I opened the closet to hang my towel on my closet door," she says, "and when I was about to close the door, I saw him - the little boy exactly as my friend described."
Christina and the little ghost stared at each other for a moment, and then in the blink of an eye, he vanished. "I never saw him again," says Christina. "I knew the dorm used to be a hospital and had a lot of sick and dead people. They said that the room my friend and I are in is where a little boy died from pneumonia."
The Whistling Nun
Cate was also at a boarding school when she had her haunting experience. It was an American boarding school in England - a building that dates back to the 1600s. During Cate's first year at the school, her dorm was above an old "coach house" for the horses that was built near the school's main building, an old mansion. The coach house adjoins a strange, tall building that is also a dormitory.
At one time in its history, the building was a convent, or nunnery, where religious nuns once lived.
One night, Cate was up very late finishing her homework. It was about 2:30 a.m. and one of her roommates was still studying and another roommate was getting ready to go to bed. "As I was organizing my books, we suddenly heard whistling coming from outside the window of our room," says Cate. "The window looked down over a garden that connected us to the old nunnery building. Our room was four stories up off the ground, and the whistling sounded like it was coming from directly outside the window as if something was hovering there."
Too afraid to investigate any further, the three girls just sat and stared at the window, listening to the whistling. After a few moments, it stopped. "There was no wind that night," Cate remembers, "and we could not have heard someone that clearly whistling from the ground. Besides, who would have been out at 2:30 a.m.?"
"Many tales have been told that the nunnery building is haunted by a nun who committed suicide centuries ago by jumping from a window. Was she the one outside our window that night, whistling to us? I guess we'll never know."
When Ghosts Attack
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10 Creepy and Totally Unexplainable Paranormal Stories
The Scariest Hauntings of All Time
Spooky Tales of Halloween
10 True Stories of Angel Encounters
The World's Most Haunted Places
Haunted Lighthouses and Their Ghosts
10 Creepy Stories to Tell After Dark
4 Extreme Tales of Ouija Experiences
Spookiest Shadow People Encounters
Amazing Encounters with Angels
Camping Encounters with Monsters and Ghosts
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Miguel has ample experience as a screenwriter and can help you bring your vision to life by either writing a script based on a story or giving notes to improve an existing draft.
"Bus To Nowhere"
Short Film - Drama
A teenage girl who is sexually abused by her sister's boyfriend must make an impossible choice when her family refuses to believe what happened.
"The Broken Legacy"
Feature Film - Drama/Romance
While voluntarily testing a new drug at a research facility, a lost screenwriter recruits the help of an egotistical philosopher in order to attract the girl of his dreams. Samples available upon request.
"Lou"
A man concerned with pleasing others has to deal with an unspeakable tragedy while some of his friends pay him an unexpected visit. Samples available upon request.
"Parousia"
Short Film - Drama/Thriller (Project in Spanish)
This story is inspired by one of the most important philosophical questions that, I believe, we have all asked ourselves at some point or another: if you could meet God, what questions would you ask? Mauricio has lost his faith and when he unexpectedly encounters a divine creature, he feels compelled to confront her about his painful past.
"The Long Commute"
An emotionally distant businessman tries to reconnect with his estranged father only to discover that the wasted opportunities come with a heavy toll, but also with a ray of hope.
© Copyright 2020 by Miguel Garzón Martínez.
Bushwick, New York.


Although research is still not able to fully explain the causal mechanisms, trainers, coaches and athletes all generally recognize the importance of sleep - and that lack of sleep is detrimental to performance. For example, in a study from the Australian Institute of Sport 1 both athletes and coaches ranked sleep as the most prominent problem when they were asked about their perceptions of the causes of fatigue and tiredness. What research has determined2 is that lack of sleep (i) increases levels of hormones such as cortisol, which breaks down body/muscle tissue and, (ii) reduces levels of hormones such as testosterone, which builds up body/muscle tissue. When these processes occur, they can trigger loss of muscle mass as well as slowed injury repair and tissue recovery, which can delay a return to training or competition. Compromised sleep has also been reported3 as negatively influencing learning, memory, cognition, pain perception and inflammation. All these factors can ultimately impact an athlete's nutritional, metabolic and endocrine status.
One of the most immediate and consequential results of sleep deprivation is a reduction in muscle fuel/glycogen. A recent study 4 conducted with male athletes during simulated team-sport exercise bouts, reported that 30 hours of sleep loss (vs no sleep loss) was associated with reductions in muscle glycogen and increases in perceptions of stress. This, in turn, reduced performance and pacing strategies during intermittent sprint exercises. Such decrements can also lead to an earlier onset of fatigue, with potential increases for soft tissue injury risk in later stages of the game.
Sleep deprivation (~24-48hrs) has also been reported to negatively affect performance outcomes including maximal, peak and mean power in cycling 5, vertical jump performance6, knee extension/flexion peak torque6,7, and running performance8. Sleep deprivation is also associated with negative psychological effects: following 24 hours of sleep deprivation (vs no sleep deprivation), mood states in college age weight lifters were significantly altered, with confusion, vigor, fatigue and total mood disturbance all negatively affected by sleep deprivation9. Studies have also found indications of an increased perception of effort with endurance exercise following sleep deprivation4,8.
Sleep has been recognized as an essential component of recovery from, and preparation for, high-intensity training. Research 10 suggests that athletes are able to overcome the effects of sleep deprivation during high intensity and/or supra maximal exercise. However, they become less motivated to maintain a high level of performance in sustained exercise or in repeated exercise bouts that commonly occur in training.
The research is clear on the negative impact of chronic sleep deprivation. However, most athletes are likely to experience acute bouts of partial sleep deprivation in which sleep is reduced for several hours on consecutive nights. Restricting sleep to less than 6 h per night for 4 or more consecutive nights has been shown to impair cognitive performance and mood 11, glucose metabolism12, appetite regulation13, and immune function14. This type of evidence has led to the recommendation15 that adults should obtain 8 h of sleep per night to prevent neuro-behavioral deficits. In contrast to this, surveys have indicated that athletes may be obtaining, on average, less than 8 h of sleep per night3. Research16 has also found that submaximal, prolonged tasks may be more affected than maximal efforts, particularly after the first 2 nights of partial sleep deprivation.
High GI foods such as white rice, pasta, bread, and potatoes may promote sleep; however, they should be consumed more than 1 h before bedtime.
Small doses of tryptophan (1 g) may improve both sleep latency and sleep quality. This can be achieved by consuming approximately 300 g of turkey or approximately 200 g of pumpkin seeds.
Subjective sleep quality may be improved with the ingestion of the herb valerian; however, as with all supplements, athletes should be aware of potential contaminants as well as the inadvertent risk of a positive drug test.
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4. Skein et al. Intermittent-Sprint Performance and Muscle Glycogen after 30 h of Sleep Deprivation. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 43, No. 7, pp. 1301–1311, 2011.
5. Souissi N., et al. Effects of one night's sleep deprivation on anaerobic performance the following day. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2003;89(3–4):359–66.
6. Takeuchi L, Davis GM, Plyley M, et al. Sleep deprivation, chronic exercise and muscular performance. Ergonomics. 1985;28(3):591–601.
7. Bulbulian R, Heaney JH, Leake CN, et al. The effect of sleep deprivation and exercise load on isokinetic leg strength and endurance. Eur J Appl Physiol. 1996; 73:273–7.
8. Oliver SJ, Costa RJ, Laing SJ, et al. One night of sleep deprivation decreases treadmill endurance performance. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2009;107(2):155–61.
9. Blumert PA, Crum AJ, Ernsting M, et al. The acute effects of twenty-four hours of sleep loss on the performance of national- caliber male collegiate weightlifters. J Strength Cond Res.
10. Robson-Ansley PJ, Gleeson M, Ansley L. Fatigue management in the preparation of Olympic athletes. J Sports Sci. 2009;27(13): 1409–20.
11. Belenky G, Wesensten NJ, Thorne DR, et al. Patterns of performance degradation and restoration during sleep restriction and subsequent recovery: a sleep dose–response study. J Sleep Res. 2003;12(1):1–12.
12. Spiegel K, Leproult R, Van Cauter E. Impact of sleep debt on metabolic and endocrine function. Lancet. 1999;354(9188): 1435–9.
13. Spiegel K, Tasali E, Penev P, et al. Brief communication: sleep curtailment in healthy young men is associated with decreased leptin levels, elevated ghrelin levels, and increased hunger and appetite. Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(11):846–50.
14. Krueger JM, Majde JA, Rector DM. Cytokines in immune function and sleep regulation. Handbook Clin Neurol. 2011;98: 229–40.
15. Van Dongen HP, Maislin G, Mullington JM, et al. The cumulative cost of additional wakefulness: dose–response effects on neurobehavioral functions and sleep physiology from chronic sleep restriction and total sleep deprivation. Sleep. 2003;26(2): 117–26.
16. Reilly T, Piercy M. The effect of partial sleep deprivation on weight-lifting performance. Ergonomics. 1994;37(1):107–15.
17. Erlacher D, Ehrlenspiel F, Adegbesan OA, et al. Sleep habits in German athletes before important competitions or games. J Sports Sci. 2011;29(8):859–66.
18. Mah CD, Mah KE, Kezirian EJ, et al. The effects of sleep extension on the athletic performance of collegiate basketball players. Sleep. 2011;34(7):943–50.