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package io.spring.initializr.metadata;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

import io.spring.initializr.metadata.BillOfMaterials.Mapping;
import io.spring.initializr.metadata.InitializrConfiguration.Env.Kotlin;
import io.spring.initializr.test.metadata.InitializrMetadataTestBuilder;
import io.spring.initializr.util.Version;
import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;

import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;

/**
 * @author Stephane Nicoll
 */
public class InitializrMetadataTests {

	@Rule
	public final ExpectedException thrown = ExpectedException.none();

	@Test
	public void invalidBom() {
		Dependency foo = Dependency.withId("foo", "org.acme", "foo");
		foo.setBom("foo-bom");
		InitializrMetadataTestBuilder builder = InitializrMetadataTestBuilder
				.withDefaults().addBom("my-bom", "org.acme", "foo", "1.2.3")
				.addDependencyGroup("test", foo);

		thrown.expect(InvalidInitializrMetadataException.class);
		thrown.expectMessage("foo-bom");
		thrown.expectMessage("my-bom");
		builder.build();
	}

	@Test
	public void invalidRepository() {
		Dependency foo = Dependency.withId("foo", "org.acme", "foo");
		foo.setRepository("foo-repo");
		InitializrMetadataTestBuilder builder = InitializrMetadataTestBuilder
				.withDefaults()
				.addRepository("my-repo", "repo", "http://example.com/repo", true)
				.addDependencyGroup("test", foo);

		thrown.expect(InvalidInitializrMetadataException.class);
		thrown.expectMessage("foo-repo");
		thrown.expectMessage("my-repo");
		builder.build();
	}

	@Test
	public void invalidBomNoVersion() {
		BillOfMaterials bom = BillOfMaterials.create("org.acme", "foo-bom");

		InitializrMetadataTestBuilder builder = InitializrMetadataTestBuilder
				.withDefaults().addBom("foo-bom", bom);

		thrown.expect(InvalidInitializrMetadataException.class);
		thrown.expectMessage("No version");
		thrown.expectMessage("foo-bom");
		builder.build();
	}

	@Test
	public void invalidBomUnknownRepository() {
		BillOfMaterials bom = BillOfMaterials.create("org.acme", "foo-bom",
				"1.0.0.RELEASE");
		bom.getRepositories().add("foo-repo");

		InitializrMetadataTestBuilder builder = InitializrMetadataTestBuilder
				.withDefaults().addBom("foo-bom", bom);

		thrown.expect(InvalidInitializrMetadataException.class);
		thrown.expectMessage("invalid repository id foo-repo");
		thrown.expectMessage("foo-bom");
		builder.build();
	}

	@Test
	public void invalidBomUnknownAdditionalBom() {
		BillOfMaterials bom = BillOfMaterials.create("org.acme", "foo-bom",
				"1.0.0.RELEASE");
		bom.getAdditionalBoms().addAll(Arrays.asList("bar-bom", "biz-bom"));
		BillOfMaterials barBom = BillOfMaterials.create("org.acme", "bar-bom",
				"1.0.0.RELEASE");

		InitializrMetadataTestBuilder builder = InitializrMetadataTestBuilder
				.withDefaults().addBom("foo-bom", bom).addBom("bar-bom", barBom);

		thrown.expect(InvalidInitializrMetadataException.class);
		thrown.expectMessage("invalid additional bom");
		thrown.expectMessage("biz-bom");
		builder.build();
	}

	@Test
	public void invalidBomVersionRangeMapping() {
		BillOfMaterials bom = BillOfMaterials.create("org.acme", "foo-bom");
		bom.getMappings().add(Mapping.create("[1.2.0.RELEASE,1.3.0.M1)", "1.0.0"));
		bom.getMappings().add(Mapping.create("FOO_BAR", "1.2.0"));

		InitializrMetadataTestBuilder builder = InitializrMetadataTestBuilder
				.withDefaults().addBom("foo-bom", bom);

		thrown.expect(InvalidInitializrMetadataException.class);
		thrown.expectMessage("FOO_BAR");
		thrown.expectMessage("foo-bom");
		builder.build();
	}

	@Test
	public void invalidBomVersionRangeMappingUnknownRepo() {
		BillOfMaterials bom = BillOfMaterials.create("org.acme", "foo-bom");
		bom.getMappings().add(Mapping.create("[1.0.0.RELEASE,1.3.0.M1)", "1.0.0"));
		Mapping mapping = Mapping.create("1.3.0.M2", "1.2.0");
		mapping.getRepositories().add("foo-repo");
		bom.getMappings().add(mapping);

		InitializrMetadataTestBuilder builder = InitializrMetadataTestBuilder
				.withDefaults().addBom("foo-bom", bom);

		thrown.expect(InvalidInitializrMetadataException.class);
		thrown.expectMessage("invalid repository id foo-repo");
		thrown.expectMessage("1.3.0.M2");
		thrown.expectMessage("foo-bom");
		builder.build();
	}

	@Test
	public void invalidBomVersionRangeMappingUnknownAdditionalBom() {
		BillOfMaterials bom = BillOfMaterials.create("org.acme", "foo-bom");
		bom.getMappings().add(Mapping.create("[1.0.0.RELEASE,1.3.0.M1)", "1.0.0"));
		Mapping mapping = Mapping.create("1.3.0.M2", "1.2.0");
		mapping.getAdditionalBoms().add("bar-bom");
		bom.getMappings().add(mapping);

		InitializrMetadataTestBuilder builder = InitializrMetadataTestBuilder
				.withDefaults().addBom("foo-bom", bom);

		thrown.expect(InvalidInitializrMetadataException.class);
		thrown.expectMessage("invalid additional bom");
		thrown.expectMessage("1.3.0.M2");
		thrown.expectMessage("bar-bom");
		builder.build();
	}

	@Test
	public void updateSpringBootVersions() {
		BillOfMaterials bom = BillOfMaterials.create("org.acme", "foo-bom");
		bom.getMappings().add(Mapping.create("[1.2.0.RELEASE,1.3.x.RELEASE]", "1.0.0"));
		bom.getMappings().add(Mapping.create("1.3.x.BUILD-SNAPSHOT", "1.1.0-BUILD-SNAPSHOT"));
		Dependency dependency = Dependency.withId("bar");
		dependency.getMappings().add(Dependency.Mapping.create(
				"[1.3.0.RELEASE, 1.3.x.RELEASE]", null, null, "0.1.0.RELEASE"));
		dependency.getMappings().add(Dependency.Mapping.create(
				"1.3.x.BUILD-SNAPSHOT", null, null, "0.2.0.RELEASE"));
		InitializrMetadata metadata = InitializrMetadataTestBuilder
				.withDefaults().addDependencyGroup("test", dependency)
				.addBom("foo-bom", bom)
				.setKotlinEnv("1.3",
						createKotlinVersionMapping("[1.2.0.RELEASE,1.3.x.RELEASE]", "1.1"),
						createKotlinVersionMapping("1.3.x.BUILD-SNAPSHOT", "1.2"))
				.build();

		List<DefaultMetadataElement> bootVersions = Arrays.asList(
				DefaultMetadataElement.create("1.3.6.RELEASE", "1.3.6", false),
				DefaultMetadataElement.create("1.3.7.BUILD-SNAPSHOT", "1.3.7", false));
		metadata.updateSpringBootVersions(bootVersions);
		assertThat(metadata.getConfiguration().getEnv().getBoms().get("foo-bom")
				.resolve(Version.parse("1.3.6.RELEASE")).getVersion()).isEqualTo("1.0.0");
		assertThat(metadata.getConfiguration().getEnv().getBoms().get("foo-bom")
				.resolve(Version.parse("1.3.7.BUILD-SNAPSHOT")).getVersion()).isEqualTo("1.1.0-BUILD-SNAPSHOT");
		assertThat(metadata.getDependencies().get("bar")
				.resolve(Version.parse("1.3.6.RELEASE")).getVersion()).isEqualTo("0.1.0.RELEASE");
		assertThat(metadata.getDependencies().get("bar")
				.resolve(Version.parse("1.3.7.BUILD-SNAPSHOT")).getVersion()).isEqualTo("0.2.0.RELEASE");
		assertThat(metadata.getConfiguration().getEnv().getKotlin()
				.resolveKotlinVersion(Version.parse("1.3.7.BUILD-SNAPSHOT"))).isEqualTo("1.2");
	}

	@Test
	public void invalidParentMissingVersion() {
		InitializrMetadataTestBuilder builder = InitializrMetadataTestBuilder
				.withDefaults().setMavenParent("org.foo", "foo-parent", null, false);

		thrown.expect(InvalidInitializrMetadataException.class);
		thrown.expectMessage("Custom maven pom requires groupId, artifactId and version");
		builder.build();
	}

	@Test
	public void stripInvalidCharsFromPackage() {
		InitializrMetadata metadata = InitializrMetadataTestBuilder.withDefaults().build();
		metadata.getGroupId().setContent("org.acme");
		metadata.getArtifactId().setContent("2foo.bar");
		assertThat(metadata.getPackageName().getContent()).isEqualTo("org.acme.foo.bar");

		metadata = InitializrMetadataTestBuilder.withDefaults().build();
		metadata.getGroupId().setContent("org.ac-me");
		metadata.getArtifactId().setContent("foo-bar");
		assertThat(metadata.getPackageName().getContent()).isEqualTo("org.acme.foobar");
	}

	private Kotlin.Mapping createKotlinVersionMapping(String versionRange,
			String kotlinVersion){
		Kotlin.Mapping mapping = new Kotlin.Mapping();
		mapping.setVersionRange(versionRange);
		mapping.setVersion(kotlinVersion);
		return mapping;
	}

}

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As someone recently told me, "Sometimes you win, and sometimes you learn."But as I edge toward 30, I've started to want to do more things right and fewer things wrong.
After reflecting on my own experiences, reading books and articles about others', and listening to advice from some very wise people, I came up with 29 habits that probably aren't doing us any favors.
On Facebook, Tio commented "It's all about perceptions of "exoticness", which is why you have Bazungu women falling all over themselves for Masaai men, drape, spear and all." One attraction of the Rasta is that they're easy for us Bazungu to recognise them. Because with their shaved heads, every Ugandan man can look the same from a distance – at least when you first arrive in the country.
The Rastas stand out, they are easy to spot in the crowd.
These guys know how to play the game," my male friend said.
In Uganda, most people agree that Rastas are "either artists, layabouts or career Muzungu daters." But are those the or just the cosmetic variety?
To be Rastafarian you don't have to be black; in fact Rastafarianism has to come from the heart. Rastas are famous for smoking marijuana as a symbol of religious practice." Real Rastas – of which there are very few in Uganda it seems – do not touch alcohol.
So for the sake of this article, I have thrown the cosmetic and the real into one big cultural melting pot. I echo the sentiments of this guy, who said: "Come on people, think about it before you all start judging dem Rastas. You must be joking – you don't know what's living in that hair! Anja echoed my thoughts: "Rastas are generally a lot more liberal than most Ugandans.
While they may not be the things you could do, holding onto them could be holding you back from the relationships, career, health, and happiness you deserve.
I'm still trying to break plenty of them myself—it's definitely a learning process. No matter what age you are, there's no time like the present to start letting go of certain habits so you can keep crushing it in your 30s, 40s, and beyond. Research shows hanging out with a friend can boost your mood and decrease stress.


Finlay McKechnie continued his winning streak in the Meadowbank Barfoot & Thompson Challenge Cup with a 2/1 win over Robby Turnbull on Saturday. This extends his winning sequence to 3 and he will be able to take a break this weekend as the Presidents Foursomes is being held. The Challenge Cup will resume on April 13th after coring week.


The extremely painful condition called gout is caused by the particular sufferer's blood having too high a level of uric acids. Uric acid is a waste product that results from the breakdown of purines. Purines are naturally occurring substances found in the body, plus in several types of food.
Aim for around 2 liters of water a day, more if you're into training, have a physically demanding job, or are a larger individual.
Have got a large spoonful on this concoction, everyday, to cure rheumatism.
What this means is roughly 1 in 5 individuals endure daily distress due to soreness, therefore limiting their full satisfaction of life.
One organic remedy many are embracing is the Montmorency tart cherry and the reason is straightforward, it really works.
Being overweight puts added stress on your joints thus increasing the possibility of gout. If you are overweight the worst thing you'll want to do is to go on a crash diet. Rapid weight loss increases the numbers of uric acid in the blood. It's best to take the weight off in a slowly, methodical fashion. You will also want to avoid those low carb diets. Consuming an excessive amount of fat and protein can increase your chances of developing hyperuricemia.
You can find many more gout eating habits dos and don'ts on the internet. If your body can handle that, you can augment your diet with some foods that have moderate levels of purines. These foods include, beef, pork, lamb, turkey, cauliflower and spinach. It is actually okay to eat the infrequent high purine food item, assuming that you're not in the midst of a gout flare-up. Let your body be the judge.
While only about a tenth of the uric acid in the body comes from your diet, eating the right foods can make a big difference. Because uric acid comes from the breakdown of purines, avoiding foods that are high in these can make a significant difference. Liver, kidneys, as well as other organ foods are usually incredibly high in purines, as are fish such as anchovies and sardines. You will also find that most other meats and fish are high in purines too. While dairy products also contain higher than average purine counts, research shows that dairy foods can actually reduce the risk of developing gout.
Gout pain Arthritis Muscle Discomfort Pain Muscle Tenderness Anthocyanins working in conjunction with the other substances make the cherry the very first alternative for natural pain alleviation. Actually, it's the anthocyanins that give the actual cherry its deep red color.
Therefore the next time you are looking for an all natural method to battle pain add some tart cherries to your diet plan. of the common and average people will leave this page without taking advantage of the wonderful offer below.
For individuals who have been diagnosed with gout, treatment options can seem to be somewhat limited. Prescription drugs are commonly offered, but each comes with a special array of side effects and few really offer long term alleviation. There may certainly be times when medications are needed to help control inflammation or to decrease uric acid within the body, but true gout treatment requires a lot more than this particular. Today we will look at some advice for living with gout without becoming a slave to the condition.
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Breakfast - Cereals and breads, oatmeal, eggs, low-fat cheese, fruits, fruit drinks, peanut butter, milk, tea, and coffee.
An effective way to treat rheumatism would be to have one or two tsp of raw potato juice before food.
Whip and also drink this juice before going to bed.
Therefore with all the kinds of cherries available such as tart, dim and sweet which is the best? While, just about all cherries contain the important anthocyanins, it's the tart cherries that have proven to have better levels of anthocyanins and phenolics than the dark, sweet cherry. As the dark cherry products might be a lot more easily available, you would like use the tart cherry products because of the higher levels of anthocyanins and phenolics.
Exercise and Lifestyle Moderation as Part of Protective Gout Treatment While exercising or even walking during a painful flare of gout can be excruciating and is certainly not suggested, proper activity in the absence of symptoms can do much to increase the effectiveness of gout treatment. Even moderate exercise, such as walking or gardening, can reduce stiffness and increase both strength and range of motion in the affected joints. Research also shows that exercising regularly helps to increase the body's tolerance for pain, although again it is important to keep in mind that exercising a joint that's inflamed is definitely not medically advised.
While the development of new drugs to treat gout is welcome news, there is a downside. Many of the medications prescribed for managing gout have potentially harmful side-effects. Because of this some gout sufferers see dietary alterations as the preferred means of avoiding gout flare-ups.
Consuming half a dozen walnuts everyday is beneficial in treating rheumatism. However, make sure you chew them properly. In a bucket of warm water, atart exercising rosemary oil. Dip the affected area in this water. This would provide relief from the pain and treat the inflammation as well.
You may also eat the fruits when you prefer.
Drink the juice or take in the fruits first thing to get the vitamins working in your system.
Eating foods that are low in purines will help in keeping the gout under control.
To help you get started, here is a list of foods which are decreased purines.
Lifestyle changes can also do a great deal in helping to reduce the appearance and harshness of gout symptoms. Reducing or eliminating alcohol intake is crucial, as alcohol greatly increases the risk of high uric acid levels, and you will find that eliminating cigarettes can be equally important. Maintaining a healthy body weight can also help eliminate unnecessary stress on the joints, while the right diet can also lower uric acid intake.
Here are some other ways that you can naturally lower your risk of gout. It's best to avoid alcohol altogether, but if you must drink then do so in moderation, or perhaps only on special occasions. The reason alcohol is a no-no to the gout sufferer is that it increases the risk of hyperuricemia (an abnormally high level of uric acid in the blood), by slowing the natural removal process of uric acids from the body. If you're experiencing a gout attack then alcoholic beverages must be completely prevented. There are no exceptions!
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Avoid eating meat and fish, caffeinated beverages, sugar, white bread and also pasta, alcohol and pickled or perhaps very salty foods. All of these foods are acidic and, while they won't cause your rheumatism in order to get worse, may inhibit the work of the healthy foods in the rheumatism diet. The fewer acidic foods you consume, the more likely the alkaline foods may flush away the toxins causing rheumatoid pain as opposed to the chemicals in the foods you've just eaten.
This is a common question for people who are new to gout treatment or who have been recently diagnosed. While there is no known cure for gout, preventative measures can go a long way in reducing symptoms and increasing the number of days in which you can be free of pain and swelling.
The basic dietary approach to keeping gout in order is to avoid foods that are high in purines. These food types include: organ meat such as, brain, liver, kidney, and sweetbread; seafood like, anchovies, mackerel, scallops, mussels, and herring; and also peas, beans, and yeast. Other meat, fish as well as poultry have lesser amounts of purines and can be eaten in moderation. Let your body be the judge.
Where are You Able to Find Tart Cherries?
Fresh cherries are available in the produce section of the local food during the summer time foliage period or even from Thompson family farming. Sour cherry fruit juice could be a harder to locate, however one dependable supply is Traverse Bay Farming. The organization may even deliver the merchandise to your doorway free of any kind of delivery costs. Lastly, the cherry pills are available from Fruit Benefit. The organization actually offers free shipping on the pills. The advantage of the fluid and getting the supplements are actually these items are available for year round usage.
A quarter of cranberry juice, dissolve 4 tsp blackstrap molasses. Drink one glass of this fruit juice everyday, for curing rheumatism.
Along with helping decrease irritation in the joints to help joint disease victims, this particular ruby red fruit also helps to reduce uric acid ranges in your body and also break down uric acid deposits that form between your joint to trigger gout discomfort discomfort. Research in the University of California Davis pointed out that a one serving of cherries substantially reduced uric acid ranges in the ladies participants up to 15%.
Just How Much Tart Cherry Fruit Juice Should You Consume?
Most people suffering from pain alleviation from consuming 1 oz (2 tbsps) cherry juice concentrate daily. The very best daily serving for the cherry pills would be to take 2 pills daily. Once you start the cherry regiments you should start feeling the main difference anywhere from 2 to 4 days. Additionally, according the cherry industry professional factors to consider you are getting a great deal of cherry for each helping.
The bottom line is that gout treatment is and should be about much more than simply taking prescription medications. While there will likely be times that these are necessary for symptom management, there is no substitute for prevention. Learning as much as possible about living with gout is always a wise decision, and you will find that there is much that can be done to reduce your symptoms.


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Allen International, Inc. was founded in 1993 after Grant Allen completed 7 years with the Italian Trade Commission in Atlanta, GA where he formulated and directed efforts to promote farm equipment between Italy and the United States. With over 28 years experience in working with the farm equipment industry, Allen International, Inc. has a long history for successfully helping North American importers source the finest Italian farm and irrigation equipment. The Italian companies we represent are proven industry leaders and have been established in this market for many years – with parts and tech support in place to help our importers on a daily basis. Communicating with Italy is vital to our success and we pride ourselves on going the extra mile to help our many importers care for their many customers.
Our mission and focus has always been to effectively introduce and establish distribution for quality Italian farm and irrigation equipment lines that we represent. We have grown over the years with the attitude of "whatever it takes" to help our many importers grow with us. Key to our success has been the emphasis we place on parts availability and tech support.
A note about Italy and the farm equipment industry. Italy is about the size of the U.S. state of Arizona and has close to 60 million people (while Arizona has close to 6 million). With so many people living in a relatively small country, it has created the need to maximize efficiencies in farm production. While north American manufacturers thrive on producing the best farm equipment for large farms – the Italian farm industry has a long history of producing the best equipment targeted for small farm applications.....with the emphasis of getting the most productivity out of the limited land they have available for farming.
While the average farm size in north America is now over 500 acres, we require large farm equipment and these large manufactures like John Deere and others focus on what they do and do best. Since the average farm in Italy however is under 100 acres, and they specialize in vegetable production, Italy's focus is on producing small farm equipment for the world. Indeed, even well established manufacturers like John Deere and Kubota have some of their small farm equipment made in Italy under a private label agreement and is sold here under their respective names and colors. Allen International, Inc. continues to market some of our products as well through private label in order to reach additional markets.
With close to 200 importers, Allen International, Inc. is committed to bringing proven innovative equipment to help meet the needs of the north American farmer.


The next 7 days or so will be characterized by the buildup of a very strong anticyclone over the northern half of Europe and more unsettled, but generally very warm weather over most of the southern half of Europe. Temperatures will definitely feel a lot like summer just before the meteorological summer begins on June 1.
Much of southern and southwestern, to a lesser extent central and eastern Europe are under the influence of several broad upper lows. In particular a broad, but rather shallow upper low is located over the central Mediterranean, bringing unsettled weather with showers and thunderstorms to the region. A deep upper low is located over the Atlantic west of the Iberian peninsula.
As the week progresses, most of the shallow cutoff lows over the southern half of Europe fill and only some marginal low pressure areas remain. Most notably the upper low currently over the central Europe moves towards southeastern Europe, reaching Greece by Thursday. It will have weakened considerably. The deep low west of the Iberian peninsula persists, remaining mostly stationary. Meanwhile a strong anticyclone establishes over the northern half of Europe, bringing very stable and warm weather.
By the weekend, the a broad and very strong anticyclone will have established, stretching from Iceland across Scandinavia into northwestern Russia. The cutoff low W of the Iberian peninsula will have weakened somewhat.
Warm weather will dominate over most of the continent. Most of western and central Europe will climb to the upper 20ies by the weekend and locally possibly over 30 °C over the weekend and in the first days of the next week. Temperatures in the mid-20ies are expected over the Iberian peninsula and southern UK. The extreme western Iberian peninsula will likely be under the influence of the cutoff low and cooler, with temperatures closer to 20 °C.
Temperatures across eastern and southeastern Europe will also be gradually rising from daytime highs in the low to mid-20ies today towards mid to upper-20ies by the end of the week and the beginning of next week.
A Spanish plume situation will likely develop across western and central Europe as warm air is advected far north ahead of the cutoff low over the Atlantic / western Iberian peninsula. Some very impressive instability is indicated by GFS. While GFS is usually optimistic about instability, the situation certainly warrants monitoring. Severe potential of any storms developing in this zone will likely be limited due to rather weak shear, main threats will be torrential rainfall, severe straight line winds and marginally large hail. The area that will merit most attention will along the exit region of the jetstreak rounding the cutoff low. Any good overlap with instability will increase the threat for severe thunderstorms significantly. As the situation is still a number of days away it is too early for any forecasts.


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congressional testimony jon corzine MF Global missing customer funds pt goldman suchs real-life george bluths wall street yeah uh huh
Corzine Basically Last Person on Earth Who Knows How He Lost $1.2 Billion
Look, guys, Jon Corzine was just as shocked to hear that $1.2 billion in customer funds went missing from Jon Corzine's brokerage firm MF Global as people who weren't in charge of that money. The last few days that he was in charge of the now-bankrupt firm were, in his words to a congressional committee that called him to testify about it, "chaotic." So what he is saying is, maybe it fell out of his pocket while he wasn't paying attention, during the chaos? If it makes everyone feel better, he also checked underneath his couch cushions and the glove compartment of his car -- nothing. Weird, right? Has someone checked with one of his former employees or something?
The big stink here is that it would be illegal for the firm to have used customer funds to shore up its bad bets on European sovereign debt, and in fact the firm was required to keep those funds completely separate. Of course Jon Corzine knew this, right?
From the NYTimes DealBook:
"I never intended to break any rules," said Mr. Corzine, dressed in a dark suit but without his trademark sweater vest. "I know I had no intention to ever authorize the transfer of segregated moneys. I know what my intentions were." Mr. Corzine has not been accused of any wrongdoing.
He did not rule out possible wrongdoing at MF Global. In theory, an employee may have misused customer cash after misinterpreting the chief executive's words, he said.
Ah the old "blame the incompetent employee whose name I've already forgotten" strategy. It's not Jon Corzine's fault if some employee misread the winky emoticon in some Gchat conversation.
But the important thing is, it was never his intention to use customer funds to bankroll the company, except for the part where he lobbied to do exactly this:
Mr. Corzine, who was defeated for re-election as governor of New Jersey in 2009, also defended his dealings with regulators. Months before the firm failed, he began a personal lobbying blitz, urging regulators at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to weaken a rule that would rein in the use of customer funds.
Right then. [DealBook]

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The notion that, for a very small number of people, it is possible to be obese but healthy has been explored using genetically modified mice. The researchers used human subjects to identify a protein called HO-1, that has been linked to early insulin resistance. Mice that had the gene for this protein deactivated gained as much weight as normal mice when fed a high fat diet, but showed far lower levels of insulin resistance.
The chytrid fungus is one of the major causes of amphibian population loss. Many species of frogs and toads are susceptible to the deadly disease and its spread is difficult to control. now researchers have shown that with each exposure to the fungus, the toad's and frog's immune systems strengthened their response. This immune response even occured after exposure to killed fungus, raising the possibility of vaccinating the amphibians.
Cisplatin may be used to treat a variety of cancers, but it is most commonly prescribed for cancer of the bladder, ovaries, cervix, testicles and lung. It is an effective drug, but many cancerous cells develop resistance to the treatment. Researchers constructed a modified version of cisplatin called Platin-M, which is designed to overcome this resistance by attacking mitochondria within cancerous cells. This has shown promising results in mice, but will need more testing before clinical trials can begin.
Mice exposed to low doses of arsenic in drinking water, similar to what some people might consume, developed lung cancer, researchers have found. Although arsenic is known to be a carcinogen, this latest study has shown that very low levels - potentially within legal bounds - could raise the risk of lung cancer.
Although a few cancer therapies derived from human medicine are available for dogs, antibody treatments have not been available for animals so far. Antibody therapies have been highly successful in humans but they must be adapted for each species to prevent an immune reaction. Now scientists have developed for the first time, antibodies to treat cancer in dogs. This new treatment is similar to the human therapy cetuximab, which was originally based on a mouse antibody.
The diet of a female mouse not only impacts upon her immediate offspring, but on the health of her grand offspring as well. Mice that were starved during pregnancy were more likely to give birth to pups that later develop diabetes, and their offspring were also at risk of the disease even when they ate normally. A new study provides fresh evidence for the controversial idea that chemical or 'epigenetic' alterations to the genome — which influence gene activity, but not the DNA sequence — can transmit the effects of environmental exposures across multiple generations.


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Benedict Takes Vintage win at Carolina Motorsports Park
Gordon Slingerland
With six cars in the Outlaw Vintage group at Carolina Motorsports Park, it was shaping up to be an exciting weekend. Fred Benedict had his 914's front splitter repaired from the previous event at Roebling Road and he was eager, and ready for a rematch against Matt Isbell's 240Z. Fred Crawford made his series return with his Porsche 914 to make it a three-car shootout in V1.
In V2, we had Gordon Slingerland's 1968 Pontiac Firebird, Marty Howard's Factory Five Cobra and Lars Lattstrom's Cobra. With all six Vintage cars on grid, it brought back memories of days gone by, but all six drivers were prepared to race and race hard, not run parade laps.
At the drop of the green flag for Saturday's race, Matt Isbell and Fred Benedict pulled away from the field from P1 and P2. Racing hard, they swapped the lead back and forth several times in the first couple of laps. It was the rematch we all hoped it would be, but on lap four going into Turn 12, Isbell turned the wheel and his car went straight off the track and into the grass. He was able to get back to the pits without further damage, but a tie rod bolt had sheared off, causing his off track excursion.
This left Benedict with a lead he never relinquished, with Crawford mired back in traffic. And even though Crawford is in V1, Gordon Slingerland saw this as an opportunity. With Lattstrom plastered all over his rear bumper, Crawford became the rabbit for Slingerland to chase.
Lattstrom gave Slingerland no breathing room over the next several laps, and with him trying to hold off Lattstrom, he was unable to close the gap on Crawford until a full-course caution bunched up the field. Lattstrom set his sights on taking the V2 lead on the restart while Slingerland was determined to keep it.
However, during the restart, the cars got stacked up going into Turn 14, and several Thunder Roadsters tried to dive in where there wasn't enough room. One slammed into Slingerland, knocking him off the track and out of the race with front end damage. This left Lattstrom with the V2 lead and win because Howard was too far back to be a factor at the end. Benedict was far enough in front of Crawford that he was able to hold off the rest of the Thunder field to not only take the V1 win, but win Thunder overall.
The Vintage cars are proving they can race and win against most any other cars on the track. With the liberal and open build rules within Outlaw Vintage, they are able to equalize the technology gap with talent and ingenuity to win against cars 30 and 40 years newer.


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dc.description.abstract Illness and medical treatment profoundly alter how we experience the body and relate to our worlds. The aim of this thesis is to carry out a conceptual and empirical analysis of the role of the body in the experience of health and medical treatment. Design: 20 (7 men, 13 women) semi-structured interviews were carried out with individuals who had been diagnosed with renal failure or cancer. The technologies of haemodialysis (5), radiation therapy (7) and surgery (8) were investigated. Analysis: The interviews were analysed using a two-step analysis: (i) a thematic analysis that generated themes, which described the participants' experiences of illness and treatment, was conducted; (ii) an interpretative analysis that generated themes pertaining to the embodied experience of illness and medical treatment. Results: Two overarching motifs were generated in the findings: (i) the impact of illness and medical treatment on the individual in a physical, personal and social sense; (ii) the role of embodied meaning in the experience of illness and medical treatment. Conclusions: Embodied experiences are meaningful. Bodily changes are not experienced objectively: rather they have repercussions for the individual. Conclusions were drawn which suggested practical implications for healthcare as well as theoretical implications about how we can reintroduce the body into psychology.


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Der Borchgrevink-Gletscher ist ein großer Gletscher in den Victory Mountains des ostantarktischen Viktorialands. Er fließt in südlicher Richtung zwischen dem Malta-Plateau und der Daniell-Halbinsel und mündet unmittelbar südlich des Kap Jones in Form einer langen Gletscherzunge () in die Glacier Strait des Rossmeers.

Teilnehmer der New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1957–1958) benannten sie nach dem norwegischen Polarforscher Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink (1864–1934), Leiter der britischen Southern-Cross-Expedition (1898–1900), der bei dieser Forschungsreise im Februar 1900 den seewärtigen Teil des Gletschers besuchte.

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 Borchgrevink Glacier auf geographic.org (englisch)

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Gletscher im Transantarktischen Gebirge
Victory Mountains
Borchgrevink-Küste
Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink

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It was not until the late 19th century that Estonia developed a Jewish community of any size; indeed, before 1865, permanent settlement was banned by the Russian Tsars. Both the Nazi and Soviet eras saw the near-obliteration of this community. In spite of this, Jews played a crucial role in Estonia's two periods of democratic independence, from 1919 until the 1930s, and since 1991.
Eleven Jewish cemeteries in eight localities are known to exist in Estonia, and there are World War II mass killing and burial sites in 15 locations.
Estonia's synagogues were destroyed during and after World War II; there is a modern synagogue in Tallinn, dedicated in 2007 — the first synagogue built in the country since the 19th century.


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import { action } from "../utils/actions";

const TAB = "@@redux-hoc/tab";

export const INITIALIZE = `${TAB}/INITIALIZE`;
export const SWITCH = `${TAB}/SWITCH`;

export const actions = id => ({
    initialize: (currentTab?: string) => action(INITIALIZE, { id, currentTab }),
    switch: (tabId: string) => action(SWITCH, { id, tabId }),
});


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using namespace Imath;
using namespace IECore;
using namespace IECoreScene;
using namespace Gaffer;
using namespace GafferScene;
using namespace GafferArnold;

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Internal utilities
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

namespace
{

Box3f boundAndAutoStepSize( const std::string &fileName, const std::set<std::string> &sets, float &autoStepSize )
{
	openvdb::initialize();
	openvdb::io::File file( fileName );
	// VDB has the crazy default behaviour of making a local
	// copy of the file and then opening that instead. Even if
	// the file is local already. Even if all you do is query
	// metadata. Restore sanity!
	file.setCopyMaxBytes( 0 );
	file.open();

	autoStepSize = Imath::limits<float>::max();

	openvdb::BBoxd result;
	for( std::set<std::string>::const_iterator it = sets.begin(), eIt = sets.end(); it != eIt; ++it )
	{
		openvdb::GridBase::Ptr grid = file.readGridMetadata( *it );
		const openvdb::Vec3i &min = grid->metaValue<openvdb::Vec3i>( openvdb::GridBase::META_FILE_BBOX_MIN );
		const openvdb::Vec3i &max = grid->metaValue<openvdb::Vec3i>( openvdb::GridBase::META_FILE_BBOX_MAX );
		result.expand( grid->transform().indexToWorld( openvdb::BBoxd( min - 0.5, max + 0.5 ) ) );

		const openvdb::Vec3d voxelSize = grid->voxelSize();
		autoStepSize = std::min( std::min( (double)autoStepSize, voxelSize.x() ), std::min( voxelSize.y(), voxelSize.z() ) );
	}

	return Box3f(
		V3f( result.min().x(), result.min().y(), result.min().z() ),
		V3f( result.max().x(), result.max().y(), result.max().z() )
	);
}

} // namespace

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// ArnoldVDB
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

GAFFER_GRAPHCOMPONENT_DEFINE_TYPE( ArnoldVDB );

size_t ArnoldVDB::g_firstPlugIndex = 0;

ArnoldVDB::ArnoldVDB( const std::string &name )
	:	ObjectSource( name, "volume" )
{
	storeIndexOfNextChild( g_firstPlugIndex );
	addChild( new StringPlug( "fileName" ) );
	addChild( new StringPlug( "grids", Plug::In, "density" ) );
	addChild( new StringPlug( "velocityGrids" ) );
	addChild( new FloatPlug( "velocityScale", Plug::In, 1.0f ) );
	addChild( new FloatPlug( "stepSize", Plug::In, 0.0f, 0.0f ) );
	addChild( new FloatPlug( "stepScale", Plug::In, 1.0f, 0.0f ) );
}

ArnoldVDB::~ArnoldVDB()
{
}

Gaffer::StringPlug *ArnoldVDB::fileNamePlug()
{
	return getChild<StringPlug>( g_firstPlugIndex );
}

const Gaffer::StringPlug *ArnoldVDB::fileNamePlug() const
{
	return getChild<StringPlug>( g_firstPlugIndex );
}

Gaffer::StringPlug *ArnoldVDB::gridsPlug()
{
	return getChild<StringPlug>( g_firstPlugIndex + 1 );
}

const Gaffer::StringPlug *ArnoldVDB::gridsPlug() const
{
	return getChild<StringPlug>( g_firstPlugIndex + 1 );
}

Gaffer::StringPlug *ArnoldVDB::velocityGridsPlug()
{
	return getChild<StringPlug>( g_firstPlugIndex + 2 );
}

const Gaffer::StringPlug *ArnoldVDB::velocityGridsPlug() const
{
	return getChild<StringPlug>( g_firstPlugIndex + 2 );
}

Gaffer::FloatPlug *ArnoldVDB::velocityScalePlug()
{
	return getChild<FloatPlug>( g_firstPlugIndex + 3 );
}

const Gaffer::FloatPlug *ArnoldVDB::velocityScalePlug() const
{
	return getChild<FloatPlug>( g_firstPlugIndex + 3 );
}

Gaffer::FloatPlug *ArnoldVDB::stepSizePlug()
{
	return getChild<FloatPlug>( g_firstPlugIndex + 4 );
}

const Gaffer::FloatPlug *ArnoldVDB::stepSizePlug() const
{
	return getChild<FloatPlug>( g_firstPlugIndex + 4 );
}

Gaffer::FloatPlug *ArnoldVDB::stepScalePlug()
{
	return getChild<FloatPlug>( g_firstPlugIndex + 5 );
}

const Gaffer::FloatPlug *ArnoldVDB::stepScalePlug() const
{
	return getChild<FloatPlug>( g_firstPlugIndex + 5 );
}

void ArnoldVDB::affects( const Gaffer::Plug *input, AffectedPlugsContainer &outputs ) const
{
	ObjectSource::affects( input, outputs );

	if(
		input == fileNamePlug() ||
		input == gridsPlug() ||
		input == velocityGridsPlug() ||
		input == velocityScalePlug() ||
		input == stepSizePlug() ||
		input == stepScalePlug()
	)
	{
		outputs.push_back( sourcePlug() );
	}
}

void ArnoldVDB::hashSource( const Gaffer::Context *context, IECore::MurmurHash &h ) const
{
	fileNamePlug()->hash( h );
	gridsPlug()->hash( h );
	velocityGridsPlug()->hash( h );
	velocityScalePlug()->hash( h );
	stepSizePlug()->hash( h );
	stepScalePlug()->hash( h );
	h.append( context->getFramesPerSecond() );
}

IECore::ConstObjectPtr ArnoldVDB::computeSource( const Context *context ) const
{
	IECoreScene::ExternalProceduralPtr result = new ExternalProcedural( "volume" );
	const std::string fileName = fileNamePlug()->getValue();
	const std::string gridsString = gridsPlug()->getValue();
	if( fileName.empty() || gridsString.empty() )
	{
		result->setBound( Box3f( V3f( -0.5 ), V3f( 0.5 ) ) );
		return result;
	}

	CompoundDataMap &parameters = result->parameters()->writable();

	parameters["filename"] = new StringData( fileNamePlug()->getValue() );

	StringVectorDataPtr grids = new StringVectorData();
	StringAlgo::tokenize( gridsString, ' ', grids->writable() );
	parameters["grids"] = grids;

	StringVectorDataPtr velocityGrids = new StringVectorData();
	StringAlgo::tokenize( velocityGridsPlug()->getValue(), ' ', velocityGrids->writable() );
	parameters["velocity_grids"] = velocityGrids;

	parameters["velocity_scale"] = new FloatData( velocityScalePlug()->getValue() );
	parameters["velocity_fps"] = new FloatData( context->getFramesPerSecond() );

	std::set<std::string> allGrids;
	allGrids.insert( grids->readable().begin(), grids->readable().end() );
	allGrids.insert( velocityGrids->readable().begin(), velocityGrids->readable().end() );

	float autoStepSize = 0;
	const Box3f bound = boundAndAutoStepSize( fileName, allGrids, autoStepSize );

	result->setBound( bound );

	const float stepSize = stepSizePlug()->getValue();
	const float stepScale = stepScalePlug()->getValue();
	parameters["step_size"] = new FloatData(
		( stepSize <= 0.0f ? autoStepSize : stepSize ) * stepScale
	);

	return result;
}


There are serious regional disparities among different states of our country. Similarly, we have regional inequalities among different regions in a state. Even in a district there are disparities among different mandals. Fruits of development are not reaching all people equitably. If these disparities are not addressed immediately, then they may generate friction among various sections of the society with tragic, undesirable, and even violent outcomes.
Lok Satta government will strive to remove disparities at various levels and will take immediate measures to ensure sustainable and balanced development of all the regions.
As per Article 321 D of Indian Constitution, Regional Boards with necessary legal powers will be instituted to remove regional disparities in the state by the Lok Satta Government. Further, establishment of District Governments and allocation of funds on the basis of development indicators is guaranteed.
Lok Satta Government will duly implement all agreements, legislations and government orders that have been formulated so far to address the regional inequalities in the state. District-wise budget allocation will be done.
Lok Satta government will appoint an independent commission to examine water allocation among different regions and its recommendations will be fully implemented.
Growth corridors comprised of education zones, agricultural zones and industrial zones will be operationalised for the rapid development of backward areas in the state.
There will be strict restrictions on usage of productive agricultural lands for non-agricultural purposes. Permissions for non-agricultural usage will be granted only after the farmers have been guaranteed a better life.
Usage of natural resources for the development of tribal areas. A guaranteed share for the tribals in the income generated from the use of natural resources.


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Check Out Photojournalist Filip Springer's Photos from his American Tour!
May 16, 2017 in Books, Bookstores, Events, Non-fiction, Nonfiction, Photos, Publicity, Translation
Photojournalist and author of History of a Disappearance: The Story of a Forgotten Polish Town, is just back in Poland after a lightning two-week tour of the United States, and he managed to take some photos between all his events. We at Restless are grateful to have met this multitalented man and, after reading his incisive reportage about a Polish town, to see our own urban landscapes through his finely tuned eyes. Check out the remarkable shots he took on tour.
Tags: History of a Disappearance, Filip Springer, Sean Bye, Poland, United States, Chicago, Illinois, University of Illinois Chicago, San Francisco, California, Booksmith, Center for the Art of Translation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Common Good Books, New York City, New York, Queens, PEN World Voices Festival, Lit Crawl NYC, Greenpoint Public Library, Brooklyn, Sean Gasper Bye
Events for 'History of a Disappearance' Author Filip Springer
February 21, 2017 in Books, Bookstores, Events, Non-fiction, Nonfiction, Translation
Filip Springer, author of History of a Disappearance: The Forgotten Story of a Polish Town, will be in the United States from Poland this spring for an author tour. He'll also be in Hay-on-Wye, Wales, in May for the Hay Festival and back in the UK in August for the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Catch him in person at one of these live events! Watch this space for updates.
April 25, 2017: UIC Polish Studies Annual Hejna Conference (Chicago, IL)
April 25, 2017: Unabridged Bookstore (Chicago, IL)
April 26, 2017: The Booksmith (San Francisco, CA)
April 29, 2017: Common Good Books (Saint Paul, MN)
May 2, 2017: Ridgewoodteka Book Club at Topos Bookstore Café (Ridgewood [Queens], NY)
May 3, 2017: PEN World Voices Festival: "Water as Weapon" (New York, NY)
May 4, 2017: PEN World Voices Festival's Literary Quest: Westbeth Edition (New York, NY)
May 5, 2017: Lit Crawl NYC's "A Most Exquisite Corpse" (New York, NY)
May 6, 2017: Greenpoint Public Library (Brooklyn, NY)
May 26, 2017: Hay Festival (Hay-on-Wye, Wales, UK)
August 13, 2017: Edinburgh International Book Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
History of a Disappearance: The Story of a Forgotten Polish Town
By Filip Springer
Translated from the Polish by Sean Gasper Bye
Winner of Asymptote Journal's 2016 Close Approximations Translation Contest and Shortlisted for the Ryszard Kapuściński Prize, History of a Disappearance is the fascinating true story of a small mining town in the southwest of Poland that, after seven centuries of history, disappeared.
Paperback List Price: $17.99 • ISBN: 9781632061157 • Publication: Apr 4, 2017 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 352 pages • History: Poland / 20th Century Europe • Territory: North America and Open Market • eBook ISBN: 9781632061164
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Tags: Filip Springer, event, Poland, History of a Disappearance, United States, Sean Gasper Bye


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Can you get the Covid-19 vaccine if you're pregnant or trying? This is what we know so far
By Max / Published on Sunday, 10 Jan 2021 21:08 PM / No Comments / 15 views
This weekend, it was revealed that 18-to-34-year-old women were the most likely group to refuse the Covid-19 vaccine in the UK.
The reason? The perceived risks for fertility and pregnancy: whether they were currently expecting, trying to conceive, or just planning to have children in the future.
The YouGov poll showed that a quarter of women at childbearing age had concerns that the vaccine would either affect their unborn child or their fertility down the line.
Currently in the UK, pregnant women are being advised to wait until after the birth to have the Covid-19 vaccine while women who conceive between their doses are being told to delay the second.
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The official Government line is that there is 'no evidence' to suggest that pregnant women will be negatively affected by the Covid-19 vaccine, nor will it have an effect on fertility (1), though in reality pregnant women have not been able to take part in vaccine trials in the UK.
"Specific research into the effect of the Covid-19 vaccine in pregnancy has not yet been carried out," explains Dr Matthew Prior, Consultant Doctor and Medical Director at Dr Fertility.
"Given that little is known about the Covid-19 vaccine and pregnancy, the current Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advice is precautionary. While there is no evidence that the vaccine may be harmful, there is also no evidence that the vaccine can reduce fertility.
"The positive news is that after a long year, some people in the UK have already received vaccination against Covid-19. What's important at this stage, is that pregnant women and women considering getting pregnant understand how this may affect them, specifically."
Here, GLAMOUR takes a deep dive into exactly what we know so far about the risks, recommendations and research of a Covid-19 vaccine relating to fertility and pregnancy.
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The original Pfizer and BioNTech clinical vaccine trial in 2020 did not include pregnant women. However, researchers did later reveal that 23 of the test subjects became pregnant during the course of the study. 12 of these had received the vaccine, and 11 of them had received the placebo (2).
Dr Prior explains: "If you are recommended to have the vaccine because you are clinically vulnerable or a healthcare worker, you are currently being advised to have the vaccine and wait three months after the first dose before trying to conceive."
Under the latest guidance of Public Health England (3), if pregnancy occurs between the two doses, the second dose should also be delayed until after the pregnancy is over.
Further up-to-date information can be found at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG).
During Covid-19, it has been considered 'particularly important' that pregnant women receive the influenza vaccine to protect both the woman and the baby from the adverse effects of becoming seriously ill with flu (3). While women are routinely vaccinated for diseases such as whooping cough during pregnancy, it's not uncommon for them to be advised against a new vaccination.
Researchers have been keen to reassure pregnant women that the vaccine does not contain live SARS-CoV-2 virus and therefore cannot cause COVID-19 infection in her or in her baby (4), however further clinical research is needed to support these conclusions (5).
At present, animal studies do not indicate direct or indirect harmful effects on the pregnancy or on
embryo/foetal development, parturition or post-natal development (3).
For some pregnant women, the potential benefits of Covid-19 vaccination are particularly important, according to the JCVI (6).
It might be that they are at higher risk of catching the infection due to their jobs or circumstance. Others who have clinical conditions that put them at higher risk of suffering serious complications from
Covid-19 and may also benefit from it.
Currently, women in these circumstances are being advised to discuss the protection the vaccination may offer them with a health professional.
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The JCVI has recommended that the vaccine can be received while breastfeeding (7).
Currently, it is unknown whether the COVID-19 vaccine is excreted in human milk, however, it has long been accepted that vaccines do not pose a risk to a breastfeeding infant.
Future fertility
Women who have already had the vaccine are being told there is no reason to wait more than three months after receiving their final injection to start a family. As yet, there is no evidence to suggest they would have a problem conceiving, either.
So far, animal studies do not indicate direct or indirect harmful effects with respect to reproductive toxicity (3) yet there is no hard evidence relating to humans, as yet.
During a briefing in December, the UK Government's Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty reassured prospective parents that there was "no current evidence of any impact on fertility" adding: "Lots of concerns are there, and people (who) are wanting to start families, of course, have concerns very reasonably.
"It's not something seen as a problem – this is not an area where I think people should be concerned."
1. NHS: Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine
2. Pregnant women in the US will probably be denied coronavirus vaccines until next year despite being at high risk for complications
3. Pfizer/BioNTech guidance for Health Professionals
4. There's no evidence the Pfizer vaccine interferes with the placenta
5. The safety of COVID-19 vaccines when given in pregnancy
6. Having COVID-19 Vaccine if you are planning to conceive
7. NHS: A guide to COVID-19 vaccination
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In Alaska, Life Expeiences, Mammals, Nature, Videography
End Of the Rope : Disentangling a Humpback Whale
September 23, 2018 grizjohnson	1 Comment
It is not every day you get to save the life a whale. In fact, it may not be more than once in a lifetime. However, I can say with certainty, that if you are able to successfully save a whale from entanglement it is the best feeling in the world. You will feel like life just cannot get much better!
On September 16th, 2018, the 35-foot landing craft, Silver Spoon, cruised through the flat waters of Chatam Strait about 30 miles south of Juneau, Alaska. The bluebird day was abnormally sunny for autumn in Southeast Alaska. On board, Captain Billy Mills was taking Kurt Pesch, Kathy Pesch, Kassie Pesch-Johnson and myself up the coast looking for wildlife. We passed False Bay on the east side of Chichagof Island and were near when Wukuklook River when we spotted a whale on the surface.
We spotted a whale on the surface. At first we thought the whale was sleeping, but we soon discovered it was towing a rope and buoys.
Ordinarily a whale on the surface is just a sleeping whale. In a typical encounter they wake up, swim a bit, and may eventually take a dive. However, this whale displayed some peculiar behavior by keeping its nose above the water. As we got closer we could see it was pulling a set of buoys behind it and those buoys were keeping it from diving. We watched the whale from a distance to determine the extent of entanglement. The whale never dove and was making distressed chirping sounds with its blowhole. Armed with this information Billy radioed the U.S. Coast Guard in Juneau to report the entangled whale. They collected information on the whales condition and informed NOAA, and informed us they not have any vessels in the region to reach us soon. The whale was moving quickly so the likelihood of NOAA resighting and disentangling the whale was low. Billy made the call to go about helping the whale as we could.
The entangled whale had the buoy line through its mouth with a hundred feet or so of line dragging on the left side and about 40 feet of line attached to the buoys. The buoys were keeping the whale from diving.
Before I start into the rest of this tale I need to put out a disclaimer. Humpback Whales and ALL marine mammals deserve your respect. You need to respect all rules regarding minimum distances from whales and we only made the decision to approach this whale after knowing that professionals were not available to help in this situation. We felt the likelihood of the whale dying were high if we did not at least try to fix the situation.
We approached the whale slowly and encountered the loose green buoy line (the end not attached to the buoys) behind the whale about 100 feet. Using a boat hook we picked up the end and then began to pull the line into the boat. We pulled in much of the line before the whale panicked and took off. I was able to sever the line before the whale stripped it back out of the boat. Not many people can say they've had a whale on the line! The whale dove briefly but came back up a few hundred yards way to continue its pattern of swimming with its nose above the water. This just proved to us that the whale could not function without removing the buoys.
The whale was moving quickly, perhaps 12 knots, but we slowly came up behind it for a second approach. With boat-hook in hand our goal was to snag the buoys and complete the disentanglement. Soon I had the buoys in hand and we began to draw more line into the boat. We were fortunate! The loose end of the line began to slide through the whales mouth essentially "flossing" it. This allowed us to remove much of the line.
After pulling much of the line through the whale's mouth something truly incredible happened. The whale stopped in the water, opened its mouth, and slid backwards into the ocean. It was almost as though it knew we were trying to save it! After sliding backwards into the water the whale began to move and pull the line. More slid through its mouth before finally catching. I severed the line and the whale gave a half breach, a flip of its fluke, and then we did not see it again. Although some of the line was left on the whale it was able to dive and stay down!! We felt confident the rest of the line would eventually get removed. We had done it!!!!
After freeing the whale from most of the line and the buoy it gave a half breach and dove beneath the surface. We did not see it again! Image credit : Kurt Pesch
One of the puzzling things was why this whale was unable to stay down. Although the four crab pot boys attached it were very buoyant, it did not seem like enough to keep the whale on the surface of the ocean. The whale was medium-sized and pretty young. My theory is that the whale acted much like a horse would to the pressure of a bridle and reigns. The upward pressure of the buoys may have kept the whale on the surface. I do not have any proof that, just a theory.
After doing some research I discovered that crab pots like the one this whale entangled in are the most commonly reported. I know I will be doing my part by being as responsible as I can with my sets. Do not use floating line as was used on this crab pot set.
There are times when doing nothing can be better for the animal than doing something. It is likely in this case that the whale would have become more entangled in the long rope and would have injured itself or been unable to swim. I am proud of us all for giving this whale a far better chance for survival!
If you find a in injured, stranded, or entangled marine animal, please report it through NOAA. You can find their number for any region by visiting their website.
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Sea Life and Glaciers : Seward, Alaska
July 1, 2014 grizjohnson	10 Comments
There are many "Alaskas". The large state is renowned for its dry, cold interior and also for its coastal regions. The coast itself varies from tundra to temperate rainforest and is full of a birds and marine mammals. In the Kenai Penninsula, large tide water glaciers add icebergs to the water which are used by pupping harbor seal mothers for rest. The region is known for its rising peaks which jut from the ocean as snow-capped mountains.
On the sunny, late June day, that we departed Seward harbor the sun shone on islands and mountains around us. In every direction, gulls and black-legged kittiwakes wheeled and dove over the open ocean.Our 9-hour tour through Major Marine Tours to the Northwestern Glacier and Chiswell Islands had just begun. Once in the open water past the Kenai Peninsula your feet are floating above the largest stretch of open ocean in the world – stretching thousands of miles to Antarctica. Kassie and I had birds on the brain and our small 30 passenger ship (in comparison to some of the 200 passenger ships) was perfect for the trip we were hoping to have. The waters of the Kenai Peninsula is home to many sea (also called pelagic) birds. These birds are remarkable in that the majority of them only come to land to nest, all other times- including the brutally cold winters- are spent at sea on the water. The bodies of many pelagic birds are so tuned to sea-life that they often look awkward on the land. However, their graceful, powerful ability to swim and catch fish makes up for their awkwardness.
I'll just spoil the conclusion, by saying we had an incredible day on the water! This video highlights some of the power of calving glaciers, the beauty of sea-birds and the behaviors of marine mammals.
Birds of the Chiswell Islands
The vertical spires of Spider Island jut from the ocean just outside of Seward, AK
The vertical cliffs Chiswell Islands are perfect for nesting sea birds. Horned Puffins and Tufted Puffins burrow into the cracks to escape predating gulls. Parents are mated for life and separate during the winter, however find each other for every breeding season. Each of the puffin species found around the Kenai coast have extraordinary features. Horned puffins have a dark check-mark patch through through their eye which makes them look as though they have applied makeup to preform at a circus. Part of this check-mark is a horned protrusion comes off each eye like a fancy eyelash. Tufted puffins, the largest of the three puffin species, have large golden 'eyebrows' which waggle back and forth when they turn their head. Puffins are recognized by their large bills which they use to catch fish. Both of the pacific puffin species only have orange and cream colored bills, where the Atlantic Puffin's bill includes blue and red. Puffins can dive up 200 feet beneath the ocean's surface and they can hold their breath for a minute or two. However Puffins typically only need to stay under for 20 to 30 seconds at a time to catch the small fish that compose their diet.
A Horned Puffin flying around the Chiswell Islands.
Horned Puffin photographed at the Alaska SeaLife Center.
Tufted Puffin
Tufted Puffin picture taken at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, AK
Pelagic birds are often found in large breeding colonies located on islands. For this reason they are referred to as 'colonial nesting birds.' These islands provide refuge from land-based predators and the large numbers of birds act as sentries, mobbing any intruder which gets too close. Our Captain informed us that once they had spotted a Black Bear on an island that was a mile from shore. It feed on bird eggs for a couple weeks then swam back to shore. It was a very rare occurrence but it is easy to see how one large predator can decimate the nesting success rates on the island.
Black-legged Kittiwakes nest in large colonies in the Chiswell Islands.
Black-legged Kittiwake
Our bird list added many 'lifers' to our life-lists (along with a couple we had already seen) and many photographs to my hard drive. Our list for the day was comprised of Bald Eagles, Rhinoceros Auklets, Horned Puffins, Tufted Puffins, Parakeet Auklets, Pigeon Guillemonts, Common Murre, Pelagic Cormorant, Double-crested Cormorant, Marbled Murrelet, Black-legged Kittiwake, Mew Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, and a possible Ancient Murrelet.
Rhinoceros Auklet photographed at the Alaska SeaLife Center. These birds develop their 'rhinoceros horn' during the breeding season, and lose it each fall.
Mammals of the Chiswell Islands
There several species of whales and porpoises in the rich waters of the many estuaries of the Kenai. Sea Otters feed on clams, urchins, and other invertebrates that tend to feed on kelp. The Sea Otter is a keystone species that helps to protect the kelp beds providing shelter for a plethora of other sea creatures. Doll Porpoises, Humpback Whales, Fin Whales and Orcas cruise through the waters. The Fin Whales were a rare occurrence for the tour, our guides said they maybe see a Fin Whale 20 times a summer. Our tour saw a very rare pod of at least 6 Fin Whales surfacing together, which meant they were most likely rounding up bait fish instead of filter-feeding. On the rocks, 1 ton Stellar Sea Lion males watch over their harem of females, and the ice flows at glacier heads provide rest for harbor seal mothers and their pups. We saw several pods of Doll Porpoises throughout the day, on the way back to the harbor we had a small pod that decided to race in our wake.
One of the highlights of the trip was observing a "lunge feeding" humpback whale with her calf. Lunge feeding is when a whale dives far below a school of food (krill or small fish). Then, rushing to the surface with their mouth open the burst through to the open air swallowing anything in their mouth!
A Humpback Whale explodes on the surface, exhibiting 'lunge feeding'
This Humpback Whale is headed back down for some more food.
A Sea Otter floats on its back displaying its classic behavior. They float along and crack urchins on their chests. They spend their whole lives in the ocean, even giving birth in the water. If seen on land it is typically a sign that the animal is sick.
Harbor Seal mothers rest themselves and their pups on ice flows which have broken away from the tide-water glaciers.
Stellar Sea Lion males control and mate with many females called a harem. Male Sea Lions can be up to 2,000 pounds!
Glaciers of the Kenai
The Harding Ice Field is the largest ice field in the United States and is the source of dozens of glaciers. Some of the glaciers reach all the way down to the ocean and are classified as 'tide water' glaciers. These glaciers are constantly being eroded by the oceans daily movements and some of the glaciers have receded miles since the 1800's when the Russians were exploring the coasts. The receding glaciers open up habitat for mammals and birds. The Northwestern Glacier that we sat in front of stretched for a half mile across the blue fjord, but you would never guess its size by just looking at it!
One can get a true sense of power of the tide-water glaciers by watching them 'calf'. From time-to-time sheets of ice would break away from the exposed glacier face and cascade into the ocean. Even though our boat was positioned 1/4 of a mile away the rush of sound from the huge chunks of ice sounded like a jet engine rumbling in the not to far-off distance.
The craggy moraine of the Northwestern Glacier ending at the tideline.
Another boat sits in front of the glacier for a bit of perspective. If the boat floated at the front of the glacier it would be a mere speck on the its moraine.
The Northwestern Glacier reaches about 1/2 mile from side to side. It's split into two 'lobes' by a rock face.
This river of ice and snow is the result of a large chunk of ice which broke away hundreds of feet above. The ice-chute that it slid down poured snow and ice chunks into the ocean.
If you've made it this far I'd like to put in a quick pitch (unsolicited) for the Major Marine Tour company. Their boat the Viewfinder was piloted by a great captain and the tour guide on board was great with kids and had all the answers. The small size of the boat and number of passengers was perfect for us. They were more than happy to concentrate on birds when we told them what we were after. It was an extraordinary day.
Secondly, I would like to put in another unsolicited pitch for the Alaska Sea Life Center in Seward. Their exhibits are truly top-notch, and the chance to experience the pelagic sea-birds up close was wonderful. On top of that, proceeds go towards outreach and science. I am not normally a "zoo type" person, but everything I saw there impressed me to no end!
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What are the different types of Norna dog breeds for hunting
Hunter for the extraction of animal lives in a hole (Fox, raccoon, badger) works usually with a faithful canine friend, freely and willingly works for the beast in the hole. Fall into such a category Dachshund and Terrier. This dog breed is by nature brave, persistent in pursuit of prey, resounding in the bark of the beast in the hole, accurate and fast in the manners of the beast.
The breed is known since ancient times. At the present time have in Russia three varieties: shorthaired, longhaired and Wirehaired.
The breed is practiced in content for quite a while, however, the exact origin is not defined by anyone. The content is mainly two types: wire-haired and short-haired.
General description of the breed
The dog squat and short-legged. Bones and muscles are developed proportionately well. Before dogs developed somewhat stronger than the rear part. The Constitution is standard dry, strong. At the withers male to 27 cm, bitch — a few inches less.Temperament calm, the mobility of the standard normal.
Color different from the single color red to two-tone black with red markings. Not rare merles and brindle: red-Navy stripe.
The dog is proportionally built. An adult male at the withers should not exceed 39.5 cm, slightly below the bitch. Back length measurement at the withers — the base of the tail is 30.5 cm In General, the dog is very strong, muscular. The tail is thick, docked, leaving at least two thirds of the total length of the tail.
Very important the dog's weight, which is directly linked to its mobility and endurance. Optimal (exhibition) weight of dog – kg. 8,15 a Valid deviation to any of the parties not more than 450 grams.
The coat is dense, very dense. The coat length of the dog change with the change of the time of year.
Terrier accepted by our hunters the main dog for hunting Fox.
Hunting in the hole
Any of these breeds, after running in the hole of the beast, finds him, and persecuted for burrowing speeds with voice, trying to expel from lair of the beast on his master. Sometimes, a particularly vicious hunting dogs, capable even to strangle the beast in the hole and pull it out, especially often it happens when hunting raccoon. The most dangerous for the dog, the badger, which can cause the dog very severe injuries. The badger usually when attacking his dog out of the hole trying not to go and comes to a standstill and digs. The hunter in this case reveals hole, and the dog holds the beast's continuous barking before opening the hole or the opinion of its owner.
Good owner-a hunter always feels the fight in the hole, and in the case of the unconditional hazard for the dog, always recalls it.


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Elon Musk has proposed an unusual method of saving the second stage of the rocket Falcon
April 16, 2018 RR Uncategorized
The owner of the company SpaceX Elon Musk has proposed a "balloon party" and "bouncy house" for the preservation of the second stage of the rocket Falcon after launch.
"This is going to sound crazy, but SpaceX will try to return with the orbital velocity of the upper stage using a giant balloon for parties," wrote Mr Musk on Twitter, adding that the step should land on a "bouncy house".
April 2, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 with the Dragon spacecraft. Two days after this Dragon successfully docked to the ISS.
SpaceX will try to bring back rocket upper stage from orbital velocity using a giant party balloon
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 15, 2018.
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Types of Earnings Management in Accounting
by Cam Merritt & Reviewed by Ashley Donohoe, MBA - Updated April 08, 2019
To someone new to the world of finance, the phrase "earnings management" might seem innocuous – and maybe even sound like a good thing. In reality, earnings management is the act of manipulating a company's accounting to make its profits look better. Earnings-management techniques often aren't illegal, as they conform to the letter of accounting rules, but they can violate the spirit of those rules by presenting something other than an honest, objective picture of a company's finances.
Purpose of Earnings Management
Earnings management isn't about falsifying figures. If a company has $1 million in profit but lies and says it has $2 million, that's simple fraud. Earnings management is more about "moving money around" so that a company's profit figures look better in one reporting period, or from one period to the next.
One common application of earnings management is "income smoothing" -- shifting earnings from one period to another so that profits look steady and consistent rather than volatile. Say a company expects to have $2 million in profit one year and $500,000 the next. It might try to shift revenue and expenses around so that its books show a profit of $1.25 million each year. The overall figure is still correct, but the business's profits look far more consistent than they really are.
Revenue and Expense Recognition
Under standard accounting rules, a company must record revenue in its books when it earns that revenue – not when it actually receives payment. Similarly, it must record expenses when it incurs them – not when it actually pays money. These rules leave room for companies to manipulate their numbers for earnings management.
For example, say a company signs a deal on Dec. 1 to buy $1 million worth advertising time on TV over the next two months. The company could recognize the entire expense in December, recognize the whole thing in January or split the difference. If it records it all in December, then that year's profit will be lower by $1 million – but the company will get a "head start" on the next year's profit by not having any advertising expenses in January. Profits have been shifted from one year to the next with an accounting trick.
Cookie Jar Reserves
Companies shift earnings around by creating overly large reserve accounts in good years, then drawing them down in bad years. For example, when a company sells a product with a warranty, it must recognize the estimated expense of honoring that warranty at the same time it books the revenue. A company might conclude that it incurs warranty costs of $10,000 for every $1 million in sales. If it's having a particularly profitable year, it might decide to take a $30,000 warranty expense per $1 million in sales.
That builds up a big warranty reserve now so that the company doesn't have to record warranty expenses in the future, thus shifting profits from one period to the other. This tactic goes by the name "cookie jar accounting," because it essentially stashes excess profits away to be used when needed.
The Big Bath
There will be times when a company simply can't avoid a bad year. No matter what it does, it's going to post a loss because of a sour economy, unfavorable market conditions, legal trouble, whatever. Some companies, though, deliberately make a bad year even worse by shifting all kinds of expenses, one-time charges and write-offs into that year and shifting revenue out of it. This allows it to inflate profits in future years.
The reasoning behind this strategy is that if the company is going to "take a bath," it might as well take a big bath. The company's stock price was going to suffer anyway, the thinking goes, and the damage probably won't be that much worse if the company inflates the loss.
Role of Company Size
Companies of all sizes practice earnings management, although their goals differ. Small companies may be more inclined to use earnings management to try to avoid reporting a net loss in a given period. Large and midsize companies, on the other hand, might be more interested in keeping earnings steady.
Wall Street analysts set earnings targets for such companies, and they strive to meet or exceed those targets. They don't want to exceed them too much, though, because that could result in future targets being set even higher.
Investopedia: Earnings Management
Accounting Tools: Cookie Jar Accounting
Financial Times: Definition of Earnings Management
Cam Merritt is a writer and editor specializing in business, personal finance and home design. He has contributed to USA Today, The Des Moines Register and Better Homes and Gardens"publications. Merritt has a journalism degree from Drake University and is pursuing an MBA from the University of Iowa.
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  Ouvrouer-les-Champs est
       un village
       géographiquement positionné dans le département de Loiret en Centre. On dénombrait 480 habitants en 2008.

À coté de Ouvrouer-les-Champs sont localisées les villes de
Boynes localisée à 2 km, 1 103 habitants,
Germigny-des-Prés à 6 km, 699 habitants,
Tigy localisée à 4 km, 2 187 habitants,
Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel localisée à 5 km, 2 731 habitants,
Vienne-en-Val à 4 km, 1 692 habitants,
Darvoy située à 6 km, 1 834 habitants,
 entre autres. De plus, Ouvrouer-les-Champs est située à seulement 21 km de Orléans.

Si vous pensez venir habiter à Ouvrouer-les-Champs, vous pourrez facilement trouver une maison à vendre.

La commune offre quelques  équipements, elle dispose, entre autres, de un terrain de sport.

Le parc de logements, à Ouvrouer-les-Champs, se décomposait en 2011 en cinq appartements et 198 maisons soit
 un marché plutôt équilibré.


Schaumburg police responded about 7:54 p.m. Wednesday to a report that criminal damage to vehicle just occurred in the 500 block of Plymouth Lane. Police received a report that a female's boyfriend just through a brick through her vehicle's window. The offender was last seen fleeing in a gray Equinox heading toward Braintree Drive.


As the season marches forwards and still chasing that first Lomond salmon I set off for another day on the water. It has to be said I think that if it was only about the fishing then I would have quit long ago on this quest. Thankfully Loch Lomond has so much more to offer than purely the fish, although one would be nice! On each outing I've already noticed the changing colours and scenes of its unbounded beauty.
The route for today was to fish firstly the west shore taking in the usual marks that included The Fruin mouth, Auchentullin Bay, Finlass Water and the Golf Course with a stop on Inchmoan for lunch before heading along the south shore of Inchmoan and across towards Balmaha and then homeward past Boturich Castle.
After a few uneventful first hours carefully navigating my way northwards and trying to remember all of the gratefully received tips and advice regarding each location I finally heard the welcome sound of the striker weight jumping and the reel screeching. I lifted the "inside rod" thinking it may be weed given the area I was in and initially believed this to be the case until the rod suddenly bent into an arc as the fish sprung to life. I impatiently reeled to see the fish and tried not to curse as I realised that it was a small pike of around 5lbs. Given the size of the fish I decided to leave the remaining rods out and bring this fish in which I was to later regret as it cost me a lure on the bed of the loch, lesson learned.
No further takes ensured as I headed for Inchmoan for a quiet lunch and a stretch of the legs. Lunch it was but quiet it was not as almost as soon as I opened the sandwich box a troop of ducks was quickly followed by a family of swans padding up the shore to join me. After a "busy" lunch I met some fellow anglers who had also decided to lunch on the island and after a lot of helpful chat and advice I set off re-charged and enthused once more.
Working my way as tight in as I dared along the "long" and "short" points of "the moan" without any offers I then headed east towards Balmaha taking in the south shore of Inchfad. Turning south at Balmaha I noted that the stiff breeze that had whipped up the water. Seeking some shelter I headed along the south shores of Inchcailloch, Torrinch, Creinch and Inchmurrin but being a south west wind this did not make much difference to the increasing roll.
Finally deciding to call it a day I headed across the loch from Inchmurrin to Boturich wanting to fish the east shore homewards. As I crossed I reflected how quickly the scenes and conditions can change from flat calm this morning to a bow slapping roll.
Another enjoyable day on "The Big Loch" and a genuine thank you again to all those fellow anglers for so freely sharing their knowledge and experience as well as offering much welcomed encouragement.