Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff indicated during a quarterly earnings conference call a major product launch is in the works that will tap Canadian acquisition Radian 6's social analytics technology, according to Forbes.
The Halifax-based social monitoring and tracking software was bought by Salesforce in March 2011 in a deal worth $326 million in cash and stock. Now it looks like Salesforce will be pooling the company's software with that of Buddy Media, another large acquisition, to create a marketing cloud service portal. Benioff said during the conference call that the product will be unveiled at Dreamforce, the company's major annual conference held in San Francisco starting Sept. 18. The goal after that is to ramp up to $1 billion in revenues.
David Alston at Dreamforce 2011.
At least year's Dreamforce conference, Radian 6 chief marketing officer David Alston indicated the firm was still operating as an independent unit from Salesforce post-acquisition. It still sells its software suite separately, but this may mark the beginning of a different course for the firm.
Salesforce has been fond of Canadian startups, acquiring four in the past two years. Aside from Radian 6, it's acquired Vancouver-based Sitemasher, Toronto-based Rypple, and Halifax-based GoInstant.
If its financial report for the last quarter is any indication, Salesforce isn't letting up on its acquisition strategy any time soon. The firm has more than $1 billion in cash on hand.


Leaf and Stone Limited was set up on Tuesday the 16th of July 2013. Their current partial address is Co. Dublin, and the company status is Dissolved with the company closing on Wednesday the 20th of March 2019. The company's current directors have been the director of 0 other Irish companies between them.


Who does not get excited by the name of Diwali? Everyone does and we get Deepavali Greetings Messages and Diwali Greeting Cards on Diwali.
And what is everyone attracted to. Yeah the reasons can be many ranging from children to elders, but the main attraction for the festival is the celebrations on its advent.
And how does the celebration begin? The celebrations may last for a week or two but the process of exchanging presents is something we can never really ignore. Deepawali gifts are the perks of the festive season.
Diwali Greeting Cards and gifts may include wide variety of sweets, bakery products, assorted cookies, relishing juices and much more. Not just the edible items, Diwali gifts may also consist of gold coins from Grandparents, apparels from Mum - Dad and pecuniary tokens from other elders. So this is a sort of exchange money festival. My grandparents will give to my parents, my aunt and uncle. They will give to their children and siblings. So in short, each one will get exchanged gifts. That's how Diwali gifts bring us closer.
One thing which we as kids like about Handmade Diwali Greeting Cards and gifts is we are given so much of importance that every elder member in the house takes us to the market or include us in the discussions related to the exchange of Diwali Greetings gifts.
Our opinion is given priority and the gifts which have to be presented to random relatives or distant cousins are chosen from the gifts which have been discarded by us.
Now that's the irony of this festival. Ganesha and Laxmi ji, who are considered as deities of money showering gods, are beautifully seated in our homes on the occasion of Diwali. We pray them to shower their blessings on us and fill our pockets with wealth whereas we ourselves are busy distributing the money we have in our pockets to our relatives in form of Deepavali Greetings Messages and gifts and expecting the same from them as return gifts.
No doubt this is a custom of sharing happiness amongst our knowns and an excuse to visit the relatives we have not met for the whole year, but the chaos we make while deciding the Diwali Greeting Messages gifts is some topic which we discuss for the next year and promise that the same wont happen whereas we all know what is going to happen.
That's the way human tendency is to get Deepavali Greetings Messages.
To sum up, all we can say is Indians, divided by states and culture are united by the same.


This project is a part of START(Project for Creating STart-ups from Advanced Research and Technology) project of JST. Our target is to create open-source robotics startups based on OpenHRP3, OpenRAVE, ROS, OpenRTM, EusLisp, etc.
Euslisp developed by Dr Toshihiro Matsui at AIST and robot modelig environment(jskeus) that has been developed in JSK robotics laboratry.
Kentaro Wada, Makoto Sugiura, Iori Yanokura, Yuto Inagaki, Kei reliable picking system for various target objects in clutter", Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Pick-and-verify: verification-based highly Advanced Robotics, Vol. 31, No. 6, pp 311-321, 2017.
熊谷伊織, 小林一也, 野沢峻一, 垣内洋平, 吉海智晃, 岡田慧, 稲葉雅 幸 : "柔軟変形多軸触覚を分散配置した等身大ヒューマノイド用外装による物 体受渡作用の検知反応行動の実現", 日本ロボット学会誌, Vol. 31, No. 10, pp 985-991, 2013.
東 馳, 垣内 洋平, 岡田 慧, 稲葉 雅幸 : "対話画面インタフェースで のマルチタッチジェスチャ指示と操作候補提示に基づくロボット遠隔操作シス テム", 日本ロボット学会誌, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp 409-415, 2013.
Yoshiaki Watanabe, Kotaro Nagahama, Kimitoshi Yamazaki, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Cooking Behavior with Handling General Cooking Tools based on a System Integration for a Life-sized Humanoid Robot", Paladyn, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp 63-72, 2013.
垣内洋平, 岡田慧, 稲葉雅幸 : "色ヒストグラムを用いたカラー距離画像の高速位置合わせによる未知物体のモデリングを伴う生活環境地図作成", 日本ロボット学会誌, Vol. 29, No. 8, pp 694-701, 2011.
Kei Okada, Mitsuharu Kojima, Satoru Tokutsu, Yuto Mori, Toshiaki Maki, Masayuki Inaba : "Integrating Recognition and Action Through Task-Relevant Knowledge for Daily Assistive Humanoids", Advanced Robotics, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp 459-480, 2009.
岡田 慧, 小島 光晴, 稲葉 雅幸 : "認識行動共有知識ベースシステムにおける複数視覚特徴統合による物体認識", 日本ロボット学会誌, Vol. 26, No. 6, pp 66-77, 2008.
岡田 慧, 花井 亮, 神崎 秀, 稲葉 雅幸, 湯淺 太一 : "ヒューマノイド行動ソフトウェア基盤におけるマルチスレッドLispの実時間GC機能の導入", コンピューターソフトウェア, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp 168-174, 2006.
Kei Okada, Takeshi Morishita, Marika Hayashi, Masayuki Inaba, Hirochika Inoue : "Design and Development of Small Stereo Vision Sensor Module for Small Self-Contained Autonomous Robots", Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp 248-254, 2005.
Kei Okada, Akira Fuyuno, Takeshi Morishita, Takashi Ogura, Yasumoto Ohkubo, Yasuyuki Kino, Masayuki Inaba, Hirochika Inoue : "Device Distributed Approach to Extensible Robot System using Intelligent Device Unit with Super-micro Processor", Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp 208-216, 2004.
岡田 慧, 加賀美 聡, 稲葉 雅幸, 井上 博允 : "PCによる高速対応点探索に基づくロボット搭載可能な実時間視差画像・フロー生成法と実現", 日本ロボット学会誌, Vol. 18, No. 6, pp 896-901, 2000.
岡田 慧, 石黒 浩, 石田 亨 : "分散視覚を用いた人間ロボット協調ナビゲーション", 日本ロボット学会誌, Vol. 16, No. 7, pp 985-992, 1998.
岡田 慧 : "ロボットコンテストAmazon Picking Challenge", 電子情 報通信学会誌, Vol. 100, No. 2, pp 129-133, 2017.
岡田 慧 : "ROS、5年経って", 日本ロボット学会誌, Vol. 35, No. 4, pp 270-273, 2017.
岡田 慧 : "国際ロボット競技から見る将来展望", 日本ロボット学会誌, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp 9-12, 2017.
岡田 慧 : "海外のロボット用オープンソースソフトウェアの動向と今後 の可能性", システム/制御/情報 : システム制御情報学会誌, Vol. 56, No. 11, pp 584-889, 2012.
岡田 慧 : "ROS(ロボット・オペレーティング・システム)", 日本ロボッ ト学会誌, Vol. 30, No. 9, pp 830-835, 2012.
岡田慧 : "画像認識モジュールのヒューマノイドへの応用とその後の展開", 日本ロボット学会誌, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp 19, 2009.
岡田 慧 : "日常生活支援ヒューマノイドの環境認識・行動制御", 日本ロボット学会誌, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp 30-33, 2008.
稲葉 雅幸, 岡田 慧, 水内郁夫, 稲邑哲也 : "Euslispによるヒューマノイドロボットのシステム実現", コンピューターソフトウェア, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp 45-61, 2006.
Shun Hasegawa, Kentaro Wada, Yusuke Niitani, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "A Three-Fingered Hand with a Suction Gripping System for Picking Various Objects in Cluttered Narrow Space", Proceedings of The 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp accepted, 2017.
Kentaro Wada, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Probabilistic 3D Multilabel Real-Time Mapping for Multi-Object Manipulation", Proceedings of The 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp accepted, 2017.
Masaki Murooka, Shunichi Nozawa, Yohei Kakiuchi, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Feasibility Evaluation of Object Manipulation by a Humanoid Robot Based on Recursive Estimation of the Object's Physical Properties", ICRA2017, pp 4082-4089, 2017.
Kanae Kochigami, Yohei Kakiuchi, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Study on the feasibility and the design to support child care for a child to do chores with an interactive robot Pepper", Proceedings of the XXIII IFHE (International Federation for Home Economics) World Congress 2016 (IFHE 2016), pp 42-43, 2016.
Yuki Furuta, Kentaro Wada, Masaki Murooka, Shunichi Nozawa, Yohei Kakiuchi, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba:Transformable Semantic Map Based Navigation using Autonomous Deep Learning Object Segmentation,in Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2016), pp.614-620, 2016.
Kentaro Wada, Masaki Murooka, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba:3D Object Segmentation for Shelf Bin Picking by Humanoid with Deep Learning and Occupancy Voxel Grid Map,in Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2016), pp.1149-1154, 2016.
Yohei Kakiuchi, Ryohei Ueda, Iori Kumagai, Shunichi Nozawa, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba:Evaluation-Controlling Mechanism of Perception, Planning, and Execution for a Life-Sized Humanoid Robot,in Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2016), pp.1196--1203, 2016.
Yuki Furuta, Yuto Inagaki, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba:Self-improving Robot Action Management System with Probabilistic Graphical Model based on Task Related Memories,in Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, pp.811-823, 2016.
Iori Kumagai, Ryohei Ueda, Fumihito Sugai, Shunichi Nozawa, Yohei Kakiuchi, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Achievement of localization system for humanoid robots with virtual horizontal scan relative to improved odometry fusing internal sensors and visual information", Proceedings of The 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp 666-673, 2016.
Noriaki Takasugi, Kunio Kojima, Shunichi Nozawa, Yohei Kakiuchi, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Real-Time Skating Motion Control of Humanoid Robots for Acceleration and Balancing", Proceedings of The 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp 1356-1363, 2016.
Shintaro Noda, Shunichi Nozawa, Yohei Kakiuchi, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Redundancy Embedding for Search Space Reduction using Deep Auto-Encoder: Application to Collision-Free Posture Generation", Proceedings of The 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp 3698-3705, 2016.
Yuta Kojio, Tatsushi Karasawa, Kunio Kojimaa, Ryo Koyama, Fumihito Sugai, Shunichi Nozawa, Yohei Kakiuchi, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Walking Control in Water Considering Reaction Forces from Water for Humanoid Robots with a Waterproof Suit", Proceedings of The 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp 658-665, 2016.
Kohei Kimura, Shunichi Nozawa, Yohei Kakiuchi, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Tricycle Manipulation Strategy for Humanoid Robot Based on Active and Passive Manipulators Control", Proceedings of The 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp 5797-5804, 2016.
Masaki Murooka, Ryohei Ueda, Shunichi Nozawa, Yohei Kakiuchi, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Planning and Execution of Groping Behavior for Contact Sensor based Manipulation in an Unknown Environment", Proceedings of The 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp 3955-3962, 2016.
Kanae Kochigami, Yohei Kakiuchi, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Showing Character-Printed Cards: Evaluation of a Means of Human-Robot Communication for Supplementing Speech", Proceeding of the 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, pp IS03, 2015.
Kanae Kochigami, Jiang Jun, Yuriko Kakehashi, Chi Wun Au, Yohei Kakiuchi, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Walking Together Hand in Hand: Design and Evaluation of Autonomous Robot System That a Robot Recognizes Moving Direction with a Child's Assistance of Pulling Its Hand", Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration, pp 738-743, 2015.
Yohei Kakiuchi, Kunio Kojima, Eisoku Kuroiwa, Masaki Murooka, Shintaro Noda, Iori Kumagai, Ryohei Ueda, Fumihito Sugai, Shunichi Nozawa, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Development of Humanoid Robot System for Disaster Response Through Team NEDO-JSK's Approach to DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals", Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2015), pp 805-810, 2015.
Iori Kumagai, Ryo Terasawa, Shintaro Noda, Ryohei Ueda, Shunichi Nozawa, Yohei Kakiuchi, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Achievement of Recognition Guided Teleoperation Driving System for Humanoid Robots with Vehicle Path Estimation", Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2015), pp 670-675, 2015.
Ryohei Ueda, Masaki Murooka, Yu Ohara, Iori Kumagai, Ryo Terasawa, Yuki Furuta, Kunio Kojima, Tatsuhi Karasawa, Fumihito Sugai, Satoshi Iwaishi, Shunichi Nozawa, Yohei Kakiuchi, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Humanoid Integrated UI System for Supervised Autonomy with Massive Data Visualization over Narrow and Unreliable Network Communication for DRC Competition", Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2015), pp 797-804, 2015.
Kunio Kojima, Tatsuhi Karasawa, Toyotaka Kozuki, Eisoku Kuroiwa, Sou Yukizaki, Satoshi Iwaishi, Tatsuya Ishikawa, Ryo Koyama, Shintaro Noda, Fumihito Sugai, Shunichi Nozawa, Yohei Kakiuchi, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Development of Life-Sized High-Power Humanoid Robot JAXON for Real-World Use", Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2015), pp 838-843, 2015.
Iori Kumagai, Shintaro Noda, Shunichi Nozawa, Yohei Kakiuchi, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Whole Body Joint Load Reduction Control for High-Load Tasks of Humanoid Robot Through Adapting Joint Torque Limitation based on Online Joint Temperature Estimation", Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2014), pp 463-468, 2014.
Ryohei Ueda, Shunichi Nozawa, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Biped Humanoid Navigation System Supervised through Interruptible User-Interface with Asynchronous Vision and Foot Sensor Monitoring", Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2014), pp 022, 2014.
Shintaro Noda. Masaki Murooka. Shunichi Nozawa. Yohoei Kakiuchi. Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Generating Whole-body Motion Keep Away From Joint Torque", Proceedings of The 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp 1775-1781, 2014.
Iori Kumagai, Kazuya Kobayashi, Shunichi Nozawa, Yohei Kakiuchi, Tomoaki Yoshikai, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Development of a Full Body Multi-Axis Soft Tactile Sensor Suit for Life Sized Humanoid Robot and an Algorithm to Detect Contact States", Humanoids2012, pp 526-531, 2012.
Hiroyuki Mikita, Haseru Azuma, Yohei Kakiuchi, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Interactive Symbol Generation of Task Planning for Daily Assistive Robot", Humanoids2012, pp 698-703, 2012.
Yohei Kakiuchi, Ryohei Ueda, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Creating Household Environment Map for Environment Manipulation Using Color Range Sensors on Environment and Robot", ICRA2011, pp 305-310, 2011.
Yohei Kakiuchi, Ryohei Ueda, Kazuya Kobayashi, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Working with Movable Obstacles Using On-line Environment Perception Reconstruction Using Active Sensing and Color Range Sensor", IROS2010, pp 1696-1701, 2010.
Shunichi Nozawa, Toshiaki Maki, Mitsuharu Kojima, Shigeru Kanzaki, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Wheelchair Support by a Humanoid Through Integrating Environment Recognition", In Proceedings of The 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2008), pp 1558-1563, 2008.
Kimitoshi Yamazaki, Ryohei Ueda, Shunichi Nozawa, Yuto Mori, Toshiaki Maki, Naotaka Hatao, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "A Demonstrative Research for Daily Assistive Robots on Tasks of Cleaning and Tidying up Rooms", QOLT2009, pp J, 2009.
Mitsuharu Kojima, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Manipulation and Recognition of Objects Incorporating Joints by a Humanoid Robot for Daily Assistive Tasks", In Proceedings of The 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2008), pp 1564-1569, 2008.
Ryohei Ueda, Takashi Ogura, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Design and Implementation of Humanoid Programming System Powered by Deformable Objects Simulation", In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-10), pp 374-381, 2008.
Kei Okada, Satoru Tokutsu, Takashi Ogura, Mitsuharu Kojima, Yuto Mori, Toshiaki Maki, Masayuki Inaba : "Scenario controller for daily assistive humanoid using visual verification", In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-10), pp 398-405, 2008.
Kei Okada, Mitsuharu Kojima, Satoru Tokutsu, Toshiaki Maki, Yuto Mori, Masayuki Inaba : "Multi-cue 3D Object Recognition in Knowledge-based Vision-guided Humanoid Robot System", Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE/RSJ Intl. Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'07), pp 1505-1506, 2007.
Ryusuke Adachi, Shigeru Kanzaki, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba : "Load Distributed Whole-body Motion Generation Method for Humanoids by Minimizing Average Joint Torque Ratio", Proc. of International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-9), pp 804-811, 2006.
Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba, Hirochika Inoue : "Real-Time and Precise Self Collision Detection System for Humanoid Robots", Proc. of International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'05), pp 1072-1077, 2005.
Yasumoto Ohkubo, Kei Okada, Takeshi Morishita, Masayuki Inaba, Hirochika Inoue : "Portable Situation-Reporting System by a Palmtop Humanoid Robot for Daily Life", Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE/RSJ Intl. Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'04), pp 3553-3558, 2004.
Kei Okada, Atsushi Haneda, Hiroyuki Nakai, Masayuki Inaba, Hirochika Inoue : "Environment Manipulation Planner for Humanoid Robots Using Task Graph That Generates Action Sequence", Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE/RSJ Intl. Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'04), pp 1174-1179, 2004.
Kei Okada, Takashi Ogura, Atushi Haneda, Daisuke Kousaka, Hiroyuki Nakai, Masayuki Inaba, Hirochika Inoue : "Integrated System Software for HRP2 Humanoid", Proc. of International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'04), pp 3207-3212, 2004.
Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba, Hirochika Inoue : "Walking Navigation System of Humanoid Robot using Stereo Vision based Floor Recognition and Path Planning with Multi-Layered Body Image", Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE/RSJ Intl. Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'03), pp 2155-2160, 2003.
K. Okada, Y.Kino, F. Kanehiro, Y. Kuniyoshi, M. Inaba, H. Inoue : "Rapid Development System for Humanoid Vision-based Behaviors with Real-Virtual Common Interface", Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE/RSJ Intl. Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'02), pp 2515-2520, 2002.
K. Okada, S. Kagami, M. Inaba, H. Inoue : "Plane Segment Finder : Algorithm Implementation and Applications", Proc. of International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'01), pp 2120-2125, 2001.


Violence against women in the home comes at a high economic as well as human cost, new research from the World Bank Group (WBG) finds.
"Domestic violence isn't just an egregious human rights abuse. It's also an economic drain. This research should help to mobilize far greater investment in addressing and tackling domestic violence," WBG Gender and Development Director Jeni Klugman said in a statement to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
New research, prepared for a forthcoming World Bank Group report on challenges to gender equality, shows domestic violence has a significant impact on a country's GDP.
"This underscores that the loss due to domestic violence is a significant drain on an economy's resources. Violence against women and girls is a global epidemic, with devastating consequence for individuals, communities, societies, and economies. Addressing this challenge head-on promises to significantly advance our efforts to end extreme poverty and increase prosperity for all," Klugman said.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than one-third of women worldwide (some 35 percent) experience gender-based violence over the course of their lives. This ranges from about 37 percent in women in the WHO African, Eastern Mediterranean, and South-East Asia regions to 23 percent in the high-income region and 25 percent in the European and Western Pacific Regions.
Globally, conservative estimates of lost productivity resulting from domestic violence range from 1.2 of GDP in Brazil and Tanzania to 2 percent of GDP in Chile. And those figures don't include costs associated with long-term emotional impact and second-generation consequences. One study estimates total costs linked to domestic violence for the United Kingdom, including reduced well-being, at 10 percent of GDP.
The World Bank Group has identified gender-based violence as a frontier area in which development initiatives could have transformational impacts.


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Investment in the tech sector will secure Wales' economic future
KPMG is pleased to announce it is a corporate supporter of 'Cardiff Start', a new initiative being launched in Cardiff to help boost the city's entrepreneurial tech sector.
Cardiff Start is a community of tech and digital start ups in Cardiff, dedicated to making Cardiff a smarter, more profitable, city of start ups that share knowledge and experience to help boost growth.
Commenting on the launch of Cardiff Start, Jeremy Thomas, at KPMG in Cardiff said: "Initiatives like Cardiff Start are hugely important to Wales and will play a vital role in making Cardiff as start up-friendly as possible for fledgling tech companies looking to set up and grow here.
"Through connecting the city's entrepreneurs, advisors, investors and universities Cardiff Start will help start ups obtain the investment and advice they need to grow. This will hopefully reduce the brain drain out of Cardiff to other major conurbations and attract and retain talented entrepreneurs and students to base themselves here.
"In the long term, initiatives like Cardiff Start will help to secure Wales' economic future. The digital, technology, biotechnology and creative media sectors are the future for the country and their growth will take up the slack caused by the decline of our more traditional manufacturing and heavy industry sectors. The roots for growth are certainly in place and tech entrepreneurs and companies already represent a significant proportion of the Welsh economy.
"To support this next wave of successes, there must be mixture of private and public sector help, in both financial and non-financial terms. Businesses like KPMG have an important role to play in supporting start ups and helping them grow into established companies.
"As a corporate supporter we will work with Cardiff Start to help entrepreneurs navigate the various legal, financial and tax related requirements that they will face in the early days and advise them as they grow. We can provide support in terms of advice on structural and financial matters, business development, taxation, financing and business management as well as providing one-on-one mentoring, running drop-in clinics, through to allowing start-ups to use our meeting rooms for demos and pitches.
Tim Kay, from the Tech Growth Team at KPMG, said: "Cardiff Start is another example of the enthusiasm of local communities to become part of the drive to make the UK the pre-eminent place to start and grow a technology business.
"While the established clusters of London and Cambridge tend to get the headlines, we need to start to think of the UK as one big cluster of entrepreneurs, investors and advisors. The different backgrounds and skills of these clusters, if combined, can drive the UK to the forefront of innovation and business creation."

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I enjoy endurance racing more than any other form of motorsport. The physical and mental challenge, the teamwork, the communication, the racecraft, the strategy, the mechanical empathy, and the "whatever it takes" attitude that long races require make them so much more rewarding than any other. Thanks to a variety of new race series, endurance racing is more accessible than ever. I came across Ian Korf's website, yousuckatracing.com a while back, learned about his participation in budget endurance racing, and asked him to write about his experiences.


Php 3:13-15 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. 15 All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you.


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By Cinéologist on June 15, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )
★ / ★★★★
"I'm Artemis Fowl. And I'm a criminal mastermind," declares the twelve-year-old at the end of the movie. I was stunned because although nearly ninety minutes had passed, we learned nothing of value about the titular character, such as why he's interesting or why he's worth following, nor do we learn how he became a criminal mastermind after one so-called adventure. I never read Eoin Colfer's young adult fantasy novel of the same name, and this movie made me not want to.
The film suffers from basic screenplay and direction problems. Although the target audience is between six-year-olds to pre-teens, there is no reason for such lazy and reductive dialogue. It makes the mistake of assuming that kids are not smart enough to wade through subtleties and deep emotions; subplots and timing; intricacies and complex motivations. And so notice how lines are often descriptive, flat, expository. Take away the actors reading lines in their own unique ways and note how all the characters sound the same. For a story involving humans, fairies, dwarves, goblins, and trolls, there is a painful lack of imagination, drive, and entertainment. This is no replacement for the "Harry Potter" series.
The direction by Kenneth Branagh is rushed to the point where the story becomes nearly incomprehensible. There is a skeletal plot: Artemis Jr. (Ferdia Shaw) hopes to rescue his father (Colin Farrell) from an evil fairy (voiced by Hong Chau), but doing so requires retrieving an artifact called the Aculos, the fairies' most powerful weapon, and exchanging the item for Artemis Sr. Conveniently, the good fairies have lost the Aculos. Commander Root (Judi Dench) leads the search party. Just by reading this description, you will have an idea of how things will unfold. I bet even you can come up with more creative ways to unfurl the plot. It offers no surprises, no thrills, no magic—it works as an anesthetic because by the end you feel nothing other than unadulterated boredom.
It is simply a showcase of special and visual effects, noise, and set decoration. I liked the palatial home of the Fowls. Inside is a feast for the eyes: a massive kitchen, a chic library, loads of stylish staircases, and Artemis Jr.'s bedroom is very modern yet still childlike. I enjoyed that the mansion has its own lighthouse. I wanted to visit to look through books and curious collectibles, sunbathe and surf, examine plants and bugs around the vicinity. I didn't care for how the fairies looked, how they moved or flew, or how pointy their ears looked. The "giant" dwarf (Josh Gad—who also provides irritating narration) is obviously a nod to Hagrid from the "Harry Potter" franchise only without the charm. And speaking of "Harry Potter," the troll in "Sorcerer's Stone," which was released in 2001, looks so much more enchanting than it does here. The troll therein causes all sorts of chaos and destruction, but it has no personality.
By the end of the of picture, Artemis Jr. has formed a team composed of six individuals. Of course, it promises a sequel. But a big problem: Take any one character and choose another—these two have not shared one convincing moment in which the two find commonalities and connect in a meaningful way. The writing and direction are so busy and rushed that character development is not even a footnote. The work is such a miscalculation that it even has the bravado to show a death only to bring that character back to life after a few seconds. Then a joke is made about playing with the viewers' emotions. I just found it to be sick and disgusting. This project should have been aborted because there is nothing worth following through here.
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The Day The Music Died....
Jonnie King was gracious enough to contact me regarding the anniversary of the crash that ended the life of Buddy Holly and his band members....
"I'm sending you the Info on this Special Page that I've placed on the HOF Legends Site with a truly rare piece of Audio History. It's the actual news bulletin that was broadcast after the plane that was carrying Rock & Roll Stars Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and, "The Big Bopper", crashed on FEBRUARY 3, 1959...57 YEARS AGO.
It's been called "The Day The Music Died"...all 3 were young and had brilliant careers ahead of them. As it stands, all we have now is their memories, and, the music that they've left us.
This Historic bulletin isn't very long, BUT it's an important piece of Rock & Roll/Rockabilly History that's impacted all of us who listen to their songs on the radio until this very day: "That'll Be The Day", "La Bamba", "Chantilly Lace"...we've cruised to 'em all. Now here's the Direct Link to hear this true piece of History: http://www.legends.thewwbc.net/gpage149.html
Thanks again, Bud, for your working tirelessly for our KAAY Crew & Blog !
Jonnie www.legends.thewwbc.net "
Buddy Holly's and others' music was the genesis for what we listen to today...and it was still innocent, not like the junk today.
R.I.P.; thank you, Jonnie, for all you have done and continue to do!
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LONGHORN COWFISH
Lactoria cornuta
Stranger danger? Then take a tip from the Cowfish! They can exude poison from their skin if threatened, which repels not only enemies but also its own kind.
The Longhorn Cowfish is so named because of the protruding horns on its head that resemble those on a cow or bull. It's one of approximately 20 tropical species in the Boxfish family, whose notable adaptation is the fusion of the fish's scales into a solid, box-like carapace from which the fins and tail protrude. The Longhorn Cowfish lives in shallow coral reef lagoons, seagrass beds and muck zones across the Indo-Pacific. It grows up to 50 cms (20in) in length and is solitary and territorial. Its skin is poisonous, and when the fish is threatened it will exude a deadly toxin called Ostracitoxin which repels predators and is also toxic to other Cowfish. The Cowfish is omnivorous, feeding on minute algae, sponges, polychete worms and small crustacea and fish which the Cowfish unearths by blowing jets of water into the sand. Because of its unusual shape and colour the Cowfish is prized by the aquarium trade. It's easily caught by hand, and makes a grunting noise when captured.
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7-23-13: On this episode of the Daily Orbit, SOHO reveals some of our sun's secrets, Cassini looks at Earth from Saturn, and dolphins name each other with whistles.
Emerald Robinson: SOHO is so hot! Why are baby harp seals being abandoned? Dolphins calling each other names. And flashing cameras and bright lights on the Daily Orbit!
Hi, I'm Emerald Robinson. Welcome to the Daily Orbit! SOHO is hot and hopping! ESA and NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory not only captured video of a solar eruption but also found a gigantic coronal hole. This video shows two coronal mass ejections, or solar eruptions, taking place side-by-side. CME's are responsible for what scientists call space weather. And just a few days later, SOHO photographed a gigantic coronal hole hovering over the sun's north pole. These are dark, low-density regions of the sun's corona that contain solar material and have lower temperatures, which makes them appear darker. Coronal holes are also important to space weather as they produce solar winds three times faster than the solar wind elsewhere. The more you know thanks to SOHO! And the Sun isn't the only star this week with the astronomical paparazzi. Mother Earth got her own portrait taken, but it wasn't a close-up. The Cassini spacecraft captured images of Earth and the moon from millions of miles away. Just mere dots in the image, the Earth appears a pale blue, and the moon a stark white visible between Saturn's rings.
It's rare for spacecraft to get an image like that of our planet because it's too close to the sun, but with perfect timing and positioning of the sun behind Saturn, Cassini got the shot. And NASA called for the world to "strike a pose" telling us Earthlings to find Saturn in their part of the sky and wave at the ringed planet and share their pics on the Internet. More than 20,000 people participated. Oh, I think I see me, right there in the city!
And that might be the safest place to be according to a new study. Researchers are challenging the long-held belief that cities are inherently more dangerous than the country. Researchers found that risk of death from injuries is lowest on average in urban counties compared to suburban and rural counties across the U.
S. What kind of injuries are they talking about exactly? The top three: collisions, firearms, and poisoning. Risk of death from injuries was approximately 20 percent lower in urban areas. Risk of dying in a car crash was found to be two times higher in rural areas. Homicide is still higher in urban areas, but researchers say unintentional deaths far outweigh intentional deaths making city living overall safer. See Mama, I told you its better that I left the country.
And even though I left for the bright lights of the city, I know my Mama is always there for me. But that's not true for young harp seals off the eastern coast of Canada who are at a greater risk of getting stranded than adult seals due to climate change. Declining sea ice is leaving these baby seals stranded in greater numbers. Usually the ice is a birthing and nursing place until the pups can get out on their own, but with less ice cover, mamas are leaving the baby seals to fend for themselves before they are ready. And survival of the fittest doesn't apply in this case with the stranded population seeming to be genetically diverse. Poor baby harp seals!
Here's a cute marine story that's not so sad. Bottlenose dolphins have distinct "names" to identify individuals in their social groups. And it's all in a whistle. The names are comprised of whistles, which are created by the dolphins as they grow. They use these whistles to identify their locations to other dolphins that they meet while swimming through the sea. All in all, dolphins are quite verbal, well, if you can call it that. They use echolocation clicks to attract others to food locations and other noises to show their mood. And my dolphin name is [whistles] and I'm feeling [whistle].
And that's your Daily Orbit. See you tomorrow!
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St. Basil's the Blessed (Protection Veil of Our Lady) Cathedral, better known as St. Basil's (Intercession) Cathedral (Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed), stands in the south part of Moscow's Red Square above the sloping Moskva River bank, close to the Spassky Gate of the Kremlin. It was built in the middle of the 16th century on the order of Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible to commemorate the rout of the Kazan Khanate, a part of the former Golden Horde, and in thanksgiving for the victory.
Precise information about previous structures on the spot of the St. Basil's (Intercession) Cathedral has not come down to us as mediaeval Russian chroniclers made only sketchy and mutually contradictory references to wooden and stone churches, so there is a wealth of conjectures and legends.
According to one version, a wooden Trinity Church with seven transepts was founded on the sloping bank of the Moskva on the site of the future St. Basil's (Intercession) Cathedral soon after Ivan the Terrible returned from the Kazan campaign in 1552.
Metropolitan Macarius of Moscow, later canonised, advised Ivan the Terrible to build a stone church on the site. The basic idea of its architectural composition also belonged to him.
The earliest reliable reference to the construction of the St. Basil's (Intercession) Cathedral dates to autumn 1554. Presumably a wooden structure, it was built only to be dissembled six months later, giving room to a stone cathedral, whose construction began in spring 1555.
The cathedral's architects, both Russian, were named Barma and Postnik, though some scholars conjecture that both names belonged to one man. As legend has it, Ivan IV the Terrible ordered the architects blinded after the church of fabulous beauty was built lest they create something even more beautiful and majestic. The legend was eventually exposed as groundless conjecture.
It took only six years to build the cathedral even though construction stopped in winter. A chronicle describes the miraculous appearance of a ninth side altar in the south part of the edifice after the construction was practically over. However, the ninth altar does not break the sophisticated symmetry of the building to prove that it followed the original idea of eight transepts (in fact, side churches) surrounding the central area. The cathedral was made of brick with a white stone foundation and basement, and some of the décor is made of white limestone.
The greater part of the works had been finished by autumn 1559. All side churches were consecrated on Intercession Day while the central part, the largest of all, was not ready yet, according to the chronicle.
Metropolitan Macarius blessed the cathedral again with the consecration of its central, Intercession church on July 12 (June 29 according to Julian Calendar), 1561.
Every side church was consecrated separately – particularly, the east one after the Holy Life-giving Trinity. Researchers do not know the reason to this day. According to one hypothesis, it was an allusion to the Holy Life-giving Trinity Monastery, founded in vanquished Kazan in 1553. According to another, it commemorated the wooden Trinity Church on the site of the new cathedral.
Another four side transepts were dedicated to the saints with whose days the landmarks of the Kazan campaign coincided: the storm of Kazan finished on the day of Sts.Cyprian and Justina, October 2/15; the Ar tower of Kazan was demolished on the day of St.Gregory the Illuminator of Armenia, September 30/October 13; the army of Yepancha the Khan's son, which was hurrying to the rescue of Kazan from the Crimea, was routed on the day of St.Alexander of Svir, August 30/September 12. The fourth transept was consecrated to Sts.Alexander, John and Paul the Confessor the Patriarchs of Constantinople, also commemorated on August 30.
Three more transepts were consecrated to St. Nicholas' miraculous icon found on the Velikaya River and known as Velikoretskaya, to St. Barlaam of Khutyn and to the Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem. The central altar was consecrated to the Intercession of Our Lady as the principal and victorious storm of Kazan began on Intercession Day, the symbol of the Holy Virgin Mary's protection of Christendom (1/14 October). The entire cathedral owes its name to its central part.
Chroniclers complemented the name of the cathedral with the specification "on the Moat" due to a broad and deep fortification moat dug along the Kremlin wall across Red Square in the 14th century, and filled with earth in 1813.
The cathedral has an unprecedented layout, with nine independent churches erected on basement single foundation. The eight side churches are joined to each other with vaulted interior galleries round the central church. All of them were originally surrounded by another, open gallery. The central church is crowned with a tall domed spire, while the side ones have vaulted ceilings with an onion dome above each.
The original detached belfry had three roof tents, with massive bells suspended in the arches.
The cathedral was originally topped by eight great domes with a small cupola above the central church. To emphasise the use of red brick, which was a fairly new and expensive material at the time, and to protect the building from harsh weather, its walls were painted on the outside in red and white imitating brickwork. The fire of 1595 destroyed the original domes and cupola, so we do not know what their roofs were made or covered with.
In 1588, a tenth church was added to the cathedral on the northeast side above the grave of St Basil the Blessed, God's fool and miracle worker, who spent a long time on the cathedral construction site and bequeathed to be buried close to it. He died in 1557.
After he was canonised, Tsar Theodore, the son of Ivan IV the Terrible ordered a church built above his grave. It was a detached pillarless structure with a separate entrance.
St.Basil's silver reliquary was lost in the Time of Troubles at the beginning of the 17th century. Daily services were established in the sanctuary soon after its opening. Its name spread to the entire cathedral in the 17th century, and has been its vernacular name to this day.
Fanciful cupolas replaced the burned roof and domes at the end of the 16th century.
An eleventh church was attached to the cathedral on the southeast side in 1672. It was a small sanctuary in memory of Ivan the Blessed, another venerated God's fool of Moscow, who was buried on the cathedral grounds in 1589.
The cathedral exterior underwent major changes in the second half of the 17th century. A roof resting on brick arches and pillars replaced wooden shelters of the outer gallery, which had been frequently damaged during fires. A church of St. Theodosia the Virgin Martyr appeared above the porch of St. Basil's Church. The formerly open white stone stairs to the upper tier were covered with porches under tented roofs resting on so-called "ramping" arches.
The first multi-coloured ornamental murals appeared at the same time on the new porches and the gallery pillars, outer walls and parapets, while the facades retained their original painting that imitated red brick. A tiled inscription in large yellow letters against a dark blue background belted the upper cornice in 1683, telling the story of the cathedral construction and repair in the second half of the 17th century. The inscription was destroyed during repairs a hundred years later.
The belfry was demolished in the 1680s to be replaced by a two-tier bell tower topped with an open platform for the bell ringer.
The fire of 1737 caused great damage to the cathedral, especially its south church. The murals were cardinally changed in the repairs of the 1770s-1780s. Wooden churches in Red Square were demolished to prevent further fires, and their altars were transferred to the cathedral grounds. Some of them were installed within the cathedral. At that time, the altar of the Three Patriarchs of Constantinople was reconsecrated in memory of St. John the Merciful, the Patriarch of Alexandria, while the Church of Sts Cyprian and Justina was renamed after Sts. Hadrian and Natalia. The churches regained their original consecrations in the 1920s.
The new interior murals, representing saints and scenes from their Lives, were repaired in 1845-1848 and at the end of the 19th century. On the outside, the walls were painted in imitation of rustication. The basement arches were filled with brick, and living quarters for the cathedral clergy were made in the west side of the basement. A wing was built to adjoin the bell tower to the cathedral, while St. Theodosia's Church, the upper part of St. Basil's Church, was made into vestry.
Though Napoleon ordered his artillery to blow up the cathedral in 1812, the Grande Armée made do with looting it. The cathedral was repaired and blessed immediately after the war, and the area around it was developed and surrounded with an iron lattice designed by famous architect Osip Bove.
The idea of restoring the original look of the cathedral was first voiced at the end of the 19th century. A commission was established to unite top architects, artists and scholars, who drew up research and restoration guidelines. However, the programme was never implemented due to lack of funds and the ensuing October Revolution, which brought economic dislocation in its wake.
The St. Basil's (Intercession) Cathedral was among the first objects to receive government protection in 1918 as a monument of national and global purport. It was opened to visitors as a museum of architectural history in May 21, 1923. Nevertheless, services at St. Basil's Church continued until 1929.
In 1928 the St. Basil's (Intercession) Cathedral received the status of a branch of the State History Museum, which it retains to this day.
The cathedral regained its original exterior and some of its churches the 16th-17th century interiors following large-scale research and restoration work launched in the 1920s.
The cathedral has seen four comprehensive restorations since then, involving architects and painters. Particularly, the original 16th century wall painting imitating red brick was restored on the outer walls and in the churches of the Intercession and St. Alexander of Svir.
A construction chronicle was discovered in the central church during unprecedented restoration work in the 1950s-1960s. The precise date of the end of construction became thus known. It was July 12, 1561, Sts. Peter and Paul's Day. The iron cupola roofs were replaced by copper for the first time. The innovation has proved its worth – the roof stays intact for decades.
The restored iconostases of four churches almost entirely consist of 16th-17th century icons, which include outstanding masterpieces, including the 16th century Trinity. Other gems of the collection are the 16th-17th century icons of the Vision of Sacristan Theresius, St. Nicholas Velikoretsky with Life, St. Alexander Nevsky with Life, and the icons of St. Basil the Great and St. John Chrisostom from the original Intercession Church. 18th-19th century iconostases are extant in the other cathedral churches.
Two of them were transferred from the Kremlin cathedrals in the 1770s: the choir screens in the Church of the Entry into Jerusalem and in the central church.
A 17th century mural discovered in the outer gallery under later layers in the 1970s gave grounds for the restoration of the original ornamental murals on the facades.
1990 was a landmark year for the cathedral. UNESCO granted it the status of World Heritage Site, and divine services were renewed at the Intercession Church. A year later, the cathedral was legally transferred into joint use by the State History Museum and the Russian Orthodox Church.
The restoration of St. Basil's Church interior, icons and murals finished in 1997. Closed since the late 1920s, the church reopened to tourists and worshippers, and divine services are celebrated there again.
Liturgies are celebrated by the Patriarch or bishops at the cathedral on its principal patron saints' days – the Intercession and St. Basil's Day. An Acathistos is also read in front of his reliquary every Sunday.
Seven cathedral churches were fully restored, façade murals renewed, and the distemper murals of the inner gallery partly restored in 2001-2011. In 2007, the cathedral was nominated for the Russia's Seven Wonders competition.


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The amount of rotifers consumed by a single sea bass Lates calcarifer larva per day (R) was examined by both the direct and by the satiation-digestion methods. In the direct method, R is estimated by the number of rotifers left in the larval tanks and larval density in the tanks, while in the satiation-digestion method R is estimated by the amount of rotifers found in the digestive tract of the larvae. In both methods, the amount of rotifers consumed by the larvae increased exponentially with larval growth. The relationship between the total length (TL) and the log-log plots of the maximum amount of rotifers eaten by a larva can be expressed by the following equations; R=1.799 x TL4.398 (r=0.975) for the direct method and R= 4.861 x TL3.432 (r = 0.907) for the satiation-digestion method. The relationship between TL and body wet weight (BW) can be expressed as: BW = 2.607 x 10-4 x TL3.786 (r=0.960) for larvae smaller than 6.5 mm TL and BW = 15.053 x 10-3 x TL2.855 (r = 0.916) for those larger than 6.5 mm TL.
The index of satiation was almost the same for day 6(0-6), D-9 and D-12 (8.3-23%), higher range was observed in D-15 larvae. The index of daily feeding amount was comparatively higher in D-12 larvae compared to D-6, D-9 or D-15 larvae.
Kohno, H., & Duray, M. (1990). Daily amount of rotifers taken by a sea bass Lates calcarifer larvae. Philippine Journal of Science, 119(3), 247-255.


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A comparative analysis of surveyors from six hospital accreditation programmes and a consideration of the related management issues. (1/2447)
PURPOSE: To gather data on how accreditors manage surveyors, to compare these data and to offer them to the accreditors for improvement and to the scientific community for knowledge of the accreditation process and reinforcement of the credibility of these processes. DATA SOURCE: The data were gathered with the aid of a questionnaire sent to all accreditors participating in the study. RESULTS: An important finding in this comparative study is the different contractual relationships that exist between the accreditors and their surveyors. CONCLUSION: Surveyors around the world share many common features in terms of careers, training, work history and expectations. These similarities probably arise from the objectives of the accreditors who try to provide a developmental process to their clients rather than an 'inspection'. (+info)
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The declaration in 1980 that smallpox had been eradicated reawakened interest in disease eradication as a public health strategy. The smallpox programme's success derived, in part, from lessons learned from the preceding costly failure of the malaria eradication campaign. In turn, the smallpox programme offered important lessons with respect to other prospective disease control programmes, and these have been effectively applied in the two current global eradication initiatives, those against poliomyelitis and dracunculiasis. Taking this theme a step further, there are those who would now focus on the development of an inventory of diseases which might, one by one, be targeted either for eradication or elimination. This approach, while interesting, fails to recognize many of the important lessons learned and their broad implications for contemporary disease control programmes worldwide. (+info)
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This paper discusses five parasitic diseases: American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease), dracunculiasis, lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis and schistosomiasis. The available technology and health infrastructures in developing countries permit the eradication of dracunculiasis and the elimination of lymphatic filariasis due to Wuchereria bancrofti. Blindness due to onchocerciasis and transmission of this disease will be prevented in eleven West African countries; transmission of Chagas disease will be interrupted. A well-coordinated international effort is required to ensure that scarce resources are not wasted, efforts are not duplicated, and planned national programmes are well supported. (+info)
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Achievements in the control of acute respiratory infection (ARI) owe much to international collaboration in research, education, and delivery of services. This article highlights some of the current activities of the many international agencies involved and summarizes thoughts on their future roles. Key recent scientific advances include better surveillance, new and improved vaccines, refinement of standard clinical management plans and behavioral change techniques, and demonstration of the effectiveness of their application. Agencies involved include the World Health Organization, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, national government agencies for overseas aid, many academic departments, and professional lung health associations. However, much remains to be done, especially in collaborative research, in the devising, implementing, and evaluating of health care delivery systems in low-income countries, and in mobilizing political will and resources. These are tasks beyond the capacity of any lone agency. Success will depend on how effectively we collaborate. (+info)
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The Canadian Forces Disaster Assistance Response Team did not take long to adapt to the medical needs of 90,000 survivors of Hurricane Mitch last November. (+info)
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The World Health Organization and the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs (Nobel Peace Prize 1995) have been involved in questions concerning chemical and biological arms since the early 1950s. This memoir reviews a number of milestones in the efforts of these organizations to achieve the elimination of these weapons through international treaties effectively monitored and enforced for adherence to their provisions. It also highlights a number of outstanding personalities who were involved in the efforts to establish and implement the two major treaties now in effect, the Biological Weapons Convention of 1972 and the Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993. (+info)
Feasibility of finding an unrelated bone marrow donor on international registries for New Zealand patients. (7/2447)
Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation is the treatment of choice for several hematological conditions. Unfortunately, for the majority (70%) of patients an HLA-matched sibling donor is not available and a matched unrelated donor must be found if they are to proceed to allogeneic transplantation. Most of the donors on international registries are of Caucasian ethnic origin. It has been recognized that patients from certain racial groups have a reduced chance of finding an unrelated donor. This study reports the feasibility of finding an unrelated donor for our local New Zealand patients of Caucasian, New Zealand Maori and Pacific Islander ethnic origin presenting with transplantable hematological conditions at a single center. The search was performed on international registries using HLA-A,B and DR typings for our patients. Six of six and five of six matches were evaluated. We have shown that Maori and Pacific Islanders have significantly lower hit rates than Caucasians when searched for 6/6 antigen matches, but there was no significant difference between the three ethnic groups in finding a 5/6 antigen matched donor. This study supports the policy of the New Zealand Bone Marrow Donor Registry in recruiting New Zealand Maori and Pacific Islanders. (+info)
Hazardous wastes in eastern and central Europe: technology and health effects. (8/2447)
Issues of hazardous waste management are major concerns in the countries of eastern and central Europe. A National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences-supported conference was held in Prague, Czech Republic, as a part of a continuing effort to provide information and promote discussion among the countries of eastern and central Europe on issues related to hazardous wastes. The focus was on incineration as a means of disposal of hazardous wastes, with discussions on both engineering methods for safe incineration, and possible human health effects from incineration by-products. Representatives from government agencies, academic institutions, and local industries from 14 countries in the region participated along with a few U.S. and western European experts in this field. A series of 12 country reports documented national issues relating to the environment, with a focus on use of incineration for hazardous waste disposal. A particularly valuable contribution was made by junior scientists from the region, who described results of environmental issues in their countries. (+info)


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Axos dealing with Durbin-related snags in H&R Block pact
By Ken McCarthy March 03, 2020, 9:22 a.m. EST 1 Min Read
Axos Financial in San Diego has yet to reach a new deal with H&R Block as the bank prepares to lose an important exemption as part of the Durbin amendment.
The $11.6 billion-asset Axos, which faces a cap on interchange fees on July 1, said in a Monday regulatory filing that H&R Block can terminate their partnership if the bank does not strike a deal to compensate H&R Block for the lower fees.
"As of the date of this report, we have not agreed to the terms of such an amendment with H&R Block," the filing said. "While we intend to seek additional dialogue with H&R Block as to a suitable amendment, there can be no assurances that a mutually agreeable amendment will be reached."
Axos and H&R Block formed their partnership in 2014 when the bank agreed to buy certain assets and all the deposits belonging to H&R Block Bank. Under the deal, set to expire in mid-2022, Axos' bank agreed to provide H&R Block-branded financial products through the tax preparation firm's retail and digital channels.
Michael Perito, an analyst at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, wrote in a Monday note to clients that negotiations are continuing and that he expects a new agreement under which Axos gives up some revenue.
"That said, if an agreement isn't reached before the summer, after the conclusion of tax season, our confidence in a new deal being reached would need to be re-evaluated," he wrote.
Perito said Axos had disclosed that about $25 million in annual pretax revenue is at risk because of the Durbin amendment. He also estimated that the H&R Block relationship represents $35 million to $40 million in annual revenue at Axos.
Ken McCarthy
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Pierre Jean Robiquet (13 January 1780 – 29 April 1840) was a French chemist. He laid founding work in identifying amino acids, the fundamental building blocks of proteins.  He did this through recognizing the first of them, asparagine, in 1806, in the industry's adoption of industrial dyes, with the identification of alizarin in 1826, and in the emergence of modern medications, through the identification of codeine in 1832, a opiate alkaloid substance of widespread use with analgesic and antidiarrheal properties.

Robiquet was born in Rennes. He was at first a pharmacist in the French armies during the French Revolution years and became a professor at the École de pharmacie in Paris, where he died.

Notable scientific achievements were among other things his isolation and characterization of properties of asparagine (the first amino acid to be identified, from asparagus, achieved.  In 1806, with Louis Nicolas Vauquelin), cantharidin (1810), the sigma-1 receptor agonist noscapine (1817), caffeine (1821), alizarin (later on moved to mass industrial production by Carl Gräbe and Carl Theodore Liebermann in Germany, and by William Henry Perkin in Great Britain) and purpurin (1826), Orcin (1829), amygdalin (1830), as well as codeine (1832). Some of these discoveries were made in collaboration with other scientists.

Academic titles and distinctions
Registered Pharmacist (1808), lecturer in chemistry at the École Polytechnique (1811), Deputy Professor in History of pharmaceutical matters (1811) then Professor (1814) then Administrator-Treasurer (1824) at the Ecole de Pharmacie now the Faculté de Pharmacie see [3], member then Secretary General (1817) and President (1826) of the Société de Pharmacie later on known as Académie Nationale de Pharmacie see [8], member of the Académie de Médecine (1820), member of the Académie des Sciences (1833), one of the founders and first President of the Société de Prévoyance des Pharmaciens see [6](1820).

Distinguished with the order of the Légion d'Honneur (1830).

Discovery of asparagine, the first amino acid ever identified
In the fall of 1805, Robiquet, then a young help working in the laboratory of Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, started analyses, with what rudimentary methods were then available, with asparagus juice. After a number of operations he obtained a crystallized white matter, which he and Vauquelin tried to characterize in 1806 as day by day their attempts found it to be some kind of new "chemical principle" with hitherto unknown properties, nothing like well known mineral salts classically obtained in the 18th century. Duly convinced this is something completely new, they call this matter "asparagin", after the asparagus plant they extracted it from.
Asparagine will turn out to be one of the 22 amino acids that build-up all living matter on earth, the first ever identified and understood as belonging to a new class of molecules.
Progress in isolating the other amino acids was very slow, with less than a handful in total during the whole 19th century.

Discovery of various dyes
Even until the middle of 19th century, all dyes used for colouring cloth were natural substances, many of which were expensive and labour-intensive to extract. Furthermore, many lacked stability through washing or exposure to sunlight, or fastness.

For instance, the colour purple, which had been a mark of aristocracy and prestige since ancient times in Rome, the Middle East and Egypt, was especially expensive and difficult to produce—the dye used, known as Tyrian purple, was made from the glandular mucus of certain molluscs. Its extraction was variable and complicated, and dependent on the availability of the very specific type of shell (actually two types, now known the one as Bolinus brandaris, and the other as Hexaplex trunculus, nowadays classified within two different genders) from which it was extracted.

Another type of natural red dye used from times immemorial was obtained from madder root in Central Asia and Egypt, where it was grown as early as 1500 BC. Cloth dyed with madder root pigment was found in the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun and in the ruins of Pompeii and ancient Corinth. In the Middle Ages, Charlemagne encouraged madder cultivation. It grew well in the sandy soils of the Netherlands and became an important part of the local economy. By 1804, the English dye maker George Field had introduced new techniques known as lake madder, that extended the use of the tincture to paints.

Robiquet obtained from madder root two distinct molecules with dye properties, the one producing a magnificent red, that he called alizarin, which proved as well extremely stable, and another, of less stable properties, that he called purpurin.

Some 30 years later in April 1856, William Henry Perkin, then a mere youngster working as assistant at the Royal College of Chemistry in London within a team intent on research over the synthesis of quinine, a potent drug, discovered a process that obtained a purple dye (which he called mauveine) from aniline, which in turn could be easily obtained from coal tar; over the next ten years Perkin set up the first industrial model of molecules obtained through synthesis from coal tar and his success had prompted intense research from numerous teams all over Europe on coal tar by-products, while he himself pursued such a work on top of his industrial activity.

Thus it came that in 1868, in turn alizarin was proved to be obtainable from anthracene, in parallel by Perkin and by Carl Gräbe and Carl Theodore Liebermann, both working in Germany for the BASF company; unfortunately Perkin missed the patent priority by one single day, alizarin's extraordinary properties made it become the first really mass industry-produced dye and enabled the rise of BASF to first rank in the chemistry industry world.

Discovery and industrialization of codeine
Codeine is probably Robiquet's most important contribution, that prevails still today with a very strong presence and impact on daily life; in effect, until the beginning of the 19th century, raw opium was used in diverse preparations known as laudanum (see Thomas de Quincey's "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater"), paregoric elixirs (a number of them, very popular in England since the beginning of the 18th century), and health or even death hazards to users from improper preparation or improper use were frequent.

The isolation of codeine by Robiquet from opium's several active components while working on refined morphine extraction processes, opened the path to the elaboration of a new generation of specific antitussive and antidiarrheal potions of much safer use, based on codeine only, which became immediately extremely popular.

Codeine is nowadays by far the most widely used opiate in the world and very likely even the most commonly used drug overall according to numerous reports over the years by organizations such as the World Health Organization and its League of Nations predecessor agency and others. It is one of the most effective orally-administered opioid analgesics and has a wide safety margin. It is from 8 to 12 percent of the strength of morphine in most people; differences in metabolism can change this figure as can other medications, depending on its route of administration.

While codeine can still be directly extracted from opium, its original source, most codeine is nowadays synthesized from morphine through the process of O-methylation.

Sundry researches in pharmacology; missing by a hair's breadth the identification of the benzoyl radical in 1830
Robiquet has analysed the chemical byproducts that could be obtained from a variety of plants: asparagus, madder root, as already mentioned, with the important associated discoveries, and also others, which mostly helped in consolidating the existence of some molecules in a wide range of plants. Thus, in 1809, Robiquet extracts from liquorice root a sweetish matter which he dubs glycyrrhizine, from Glycirrhiza, the denomination of the genus to which belongs liquorice. He also obtained an oily fraction (0.8%), small quantities of a matter with properties of a gum, albuminic substances, tannins, starch, a yellowish dye, a fraction with bitter taste, and, as from asparagi, a fraction that can be crystallized and seemingly close to asparagin, which it will be indeed proven to be in 1828 by Plisson.

Robiquet likewise analysed a variety of animal tissues. Thus in 1810, he isolated from Lytta vesicatoria, an insect, a molecule that he calls cantharidin, which he proves is the cause of the severe irritations and blisters provoked by that insect, and is present in a variety of unrelated species that use the molecule as a protection of their eggs from predation [1] (Two families of insects belonging to the order of Coleoptera synthetase that molecule : Meloidae and Oedemeridae. The first family, to the which Lytta vesicatoria belongs in the Lytta genus, is rich of several thousands of species)

In fact, even back into the days of the early classical period civilizations of the western Mediterrean, some types of flies from Spain had a reputation for inducing aphrodisiac effects when used in preparations after having been desiccated. Cantharidin has never been proven to provide such collateral benefits, whereas Robiquet demonstrated it had very definite toxic and poisonous properties comparable in degree to that of the most violent poisons known in the 19th century, such as strychnine.

This particular study, that demonstrated, as early as in 1810, the possibility to separate, using "energetic" methods, a simple "principle" that was the actual effective fraction of a traditional natural compound obtained by "soft" methods has been exemplary for the burgeoning community of chemists in the early 19th century, and will prompt very rapidly a flurry of similar attempts that will yield within a few decades an incredible number of molecules from an ever growing number of research groups throughout Europe, and soon in the trail, in the US.
In the frame of that same investigation, Robiquet in addition evidences the presence of uric acid within insects feeding on plant tissues.

Over a period of some fifteen years, Pierre Robiquet will also conduct a series of investigations on bitter almonds oil, a complex substance obtained from Prunus dulcis. In 1816, together with Jean-Jacques Colin,<ref>Recherches sur la nature de la matière huileuse des chimistes hollandais, Robiquet, Colin, Annales de Chimie et de Physique, 1816, vol. 1, pp. 337–45</ref> they obtain a new component which they call "éther hydrochlorique", (1,2-dichloroethane), which they will try to promote as a reinvigorating medicine.

In 1830, together with Antoine Boutron-Charlard, Robiquet obtains a new molecule which he calls amygdalin; this component presented strange properties and was the first glycoside to be evidenced. This discovery was opening the door to the huge family of aromatic molecules, that are based on the cyclic 6 carbon benzenoic structure. In their various attempts at breaking down amygdalin in by-products, Robiquet and Boutron-Charlard obtained benzaldehyde but they failed in working out a proper interpretation of the structure of amygdalin that would account for it, and thus missed the identification of the benzoyl radical . This last step was achieved some few months later (1832) by Friedrich Wöhler and Justus Liebig, these two got all the credit for this breakthrough result that was opening an entirely new branch for the industry of chemicals with wide-ranging applications.

Amygdalin and related molecules have been used throughout the 19th (promoted by Ernst T. Krebs) and 20th centuries as anti-cancer drugs, however with inconclusive results as to actual benefits, while it was demonstrated in 1972 in a study at the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute that amygdalin (often sold under the brand name of "Laetrile") could be toxic as it breaks down in the body to form cyanide.

 Main published works
 1805 : Essai analytique des asperges Annales de chimie, 55 (1805), 152–171
 1806 : La découverte d'un nouveau principe végétal dans le suc des asperges L.N.Vauquelin et P.J.Robiquet, Annales de Chimie, 57, p88–93.
 1810 : Expériences sur les cantharides, Robiquet, Annales de Chimie, 1810, vol. 76, pp. 302–322.
 1812 : Observations sur la nature du kermès, Robiquet, Annales de Chimie, 81 (1812), 317–331.
 1816 : Recherches sur la nature de la matière huileuse des chimistes hollandais, Robiquet, Colin, Annales de Chimie et de Physique, 1816, vol. 1, pp. 337–45.
 1817 : Observations sur le memoire de M. Sertuerner relatif à l'analyse de l'opium, Robiquet, Annales de Chimie et de Physique,5 (1817), 275–278;
 1822 : Nouvelles experiences sur l'huile volatile d'amandes ameres, Robiquet, Annales de Chimie et de Physique, 21 (1822), 250–255.
 1826 : De l'emploi du bicarbonate de soude dans le traitement médical des calculs urinaires 1826 : Sur un nouveau principe immédiat des végétaux (l'alizarine) obtenu de la garance Robiquet, Colin, Journal de pharmacie et des sciences accessories, 12 (1826), 407–412
 1827 : Nouvelles recherches sur la matière colorante de la garance, Robiquet, Colin, Annales de chimie et de physique, 34 (1827), 225–253
 1829 : Essai analytique des lichens de l'orseille, Robiquet, Annales de chimie et de physique, 42 (1829), 236–257
 1830 : Nouvelles expériences sur les amandes amères et sur l'huile volatile qu'elles fournissent Robiquet, Boutron-Charlard, Annales de chimie et de physique, 44 (1830), 352–382
 1831 : Nouvelles expériences sur la semence de moutarde 1832 : Nouvelles observations sur les principaux produits de l'opium, P.J.Robiquet, Annales de chimie et de physique, 51 (1832), 225–267
 1832 : Notice historique sur André Laugier (suivie d'une autre notice sur Auguste-Arthur Plisson) See also
 Joseph Bienaimé Caventou
 Theodore Nicolas Gobley
 Carl Gräbe
 Carl Theodore Liebermann
 William Henry Perkin
 Pierre Joseph Pelletier
 Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin

 Notes

 References

 Sources
 "Pierre Jean Robiquet", in Louis-Gabriel Michaud, old and modern universal Biography: history alphabetically of the public and private life of all the men with the collaboration of more than 300 scientists and literary men French or foreign, 2e edition, 1843–1865
  comprehensive document using the obituary by Antoine Bussy for life details, and with modern insights into the researches of Robiquet, in French
 Pierre Jean Robiquet (1780–1840), dans "Figures pharmaceutiques françaises", 3 p, de Pierre Crété.
 Antoine Bussy Eloge de Pierre Robiquet. J. pharm., avril 1841 (Obituary)

 External links
  Origines de la "Société de Prévoyance des Pharmaciens"
  La codéine : Pierre ROBIQUET (1780–1840)
  La Création de l'Ecole de Pharmacie
  Académie Nationale de Pharmacie

Curiosity items about Pierre Robiquet at today's "École de Pharmacie" in Paris
The "Ecole de Pharmacie", nowadays the "Faculté de Pharmacie" (University of pharmaceutical sciences) of Paris, stands 4, avenue de l'Observatoire, Paris 5eme
 Portrait by Devouge'', Salle des Actes; visit  and go to portrait n°48
 One of the many figurehead medallions that adorn the walls of the inner court of the building represents Pierre Robiquet (along with other famed pharmacists and chemists such as Chaptal, Houel, Fourcroy, Antoine de Jussieu, Caventou et Pelletier, Brongniart, Newton, Lavoisier, Berthollet, Dumas, Bernard...) (visit  Société d'Histoire de la Pharmacie and  Les médaillons de la Faculté de Pharmacie de Paris)

1780 births
1840 deaths
19th-century French chemists
Members of the French Academy of Sciences
Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
Scientists from Rennes

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Ex-Republic of Ireland international Curtis Fleming has joined Craig Hignett's backroom staff at Hartlepool.
The 47-year-old, who was most recently first-team coach at Bolton Wanderers, is reunited with his former Middlesbrough team-mate Hignett as first-team coach at Victoria Park.
"Curtis is a fantastic fella and it's great news for me that he's coming in," the Pools boss told the club website.
Hignett started his managerial career with a 2-1 win over Yeovil on Saturday.
The 46-year-old, who succeeded Ronnie Moore on Wednesday, also said Fleming could be joined in the new-look coaching set-up by an assistant manager.


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Tuesday, February 03, 2009 | Source: Cincy Magazine
Betsky has big plans for Cincinnati Art Museum
Cincinnati Art Museum director Aaron Betsky has big plans for a local institution that hasn't expanded since 1962.
Campus expansion plans, being designed by Rotterdam-based Neutelings Riedijk Architects, include adding 35,000 to 50,000 more square feet of space, expanding the gallery space by 30 percent, and creating a spectacular new entrance off of Eden Park Drive.
Betsky would also like to move the museum's offices to the former Art Academy space, leaving more room inside the museum for the celebration of art.
"The Cincinnati Art Museum should help us understand where we came from and where we are going," he tells Cincy Magazine. "I would want it to be the first place in Cincinnati that anyone would want to spend an afternoon, especially for young creatives to come see the world."
Architecture + Design, Arts + Culture


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A team of researchers at Cornell University has begun exploring the idea of adding tactile sensation as a means for interacting with robots. To that end, they have created a robot skin that can produce goosebumps or spikes depending on a robot's mood. The team has presented a paper describing their efforts at this year's International Conference on Soft Robotics.
Up until now, the researchers note, scientists have mostly given robots human-like expressions of emotion. They give robots expressive faces, for example, or the ability to slump or slouch when sad. But other animals, they note, use their skin to express themselves. Cats for, example, can raise the fur on their necks, dogs the fur on their backs, and many birds ruffle their feathers. Humans do have a limited ability to convey emotion with their skin, the authors note—we get goosebumps when scared, cold, or sometimes when aroused. In this new effort, the researchers sought to expand on this idea as a way of allowing robots to communicate with humans via touch.
The result is a test robot that offers expressiveness with its eyes, as usual, but which also has pads on either side of its head for expressing itself tactilely. The pads are covered with elastomer skin that is manipulated by programming inside the head. Each pad has two grids of texture units—texture units are places where channels push air upward, creating bubbles. One of the grids is forms goosebumps, the other spikes. When deflated, the goosebumps merge seamlessly with the base. The spikes have to be sucked slightly below the base to prevent them from being felt. The computer inside the head controls an air pump to provide pressure. To interact with the robot, a person places their hands on the pads. By combining the actions of the bumps to different degrees, the robot is able to convey a wide variety of emotions such as anger, surprise or happiness.
The researchers suggest their emotional skin could serve as the basis for allowing robots to interact not just with hearing-impaired people, but also for situations that require quiet—or someday, perhaps, a degree of intimacy.


Seems like a dream come true for others.
Ever wonder why there are a lot of people that are making their stations online and performing any reactions or videos in general? Well for some, they do reactions or videos just for the fun of it. But, there are other people and personalities that are doing so professionally.
As soon as we state professional, we do not mean how they edit their movies but that they are actually getting paid to do so. It seems like a dream job right? The more popular you get, the more money you will start getting.
The concept is simple. The more followers our readers you have, the easier it's going to be that you evaluate endorsement and sponsorship deals. Basically, you only need is to market their goods and be sure people see these goods. What about characters like iisuperwomanii ?
She rarely promotes anything when compared with other people. Well, promoting is not the only means to earn money off those videos. Another great way to earn would be selling ad spaces and integrating them on your said videos. Ever had those instances wherein you're watching a movie and an ad suddenly pops up? Those are compensated.
Why do they need a good deal of subscribers or followers?
Most of these ads are compensated per 1000 impressions. What is an impression? Another term is an eyeball. The moment one person sees that ad, which is considered as one belief.
Depending upon your deal, this really would make you a great deal of cash. That's the reason that they need a lot of followers and a lot of views on those videos. The more perspectives that they get on those movies, the more income they would earn. Now, imagine there would be a viral video with countless views, just how much do you think that they would earn?
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2019-05-10 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Jihadist and Turkish-backed rebels merge to form new coalition to fight the Syrian Army
[MOBILE.ALMASDARNEWS] A new group comprised of several rebel factions calling themselves "Fatah Dimashq" has been formed in northwestern Syria this week.
The group, which is comprised of both jihadist and Ottoman Turkish-backed rebel groups, announced their formation on Thursday after they lost several areas to the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the northwestern region of Syria.
According to reports, the group will consist of over 20 rebel groups, including Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
, Hurras al-Deen Group, the Free Syrian Army
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
, and Harakat Ahrar al-Sham
...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014...
It is worth noting that the Hurras al-Deen Group is comprised of many foreign jihadists that have participated in many battles against the Syrian Arab Army in the past.
This coalition will also mark the first time that Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham and the National Liberation Front
...the Turkic paramilitaries intended to replace with their native jihadi ferocity all the highly trained Turkish soldiers Sultan Erdogan I the much beloved has jailed in the last few years for not worshipping the ground he walks upon. The Uighurs and so forth who did not join Al Nusra or ISIS seem to have ended up here...
groups have joined together to take on the Syrian military.
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