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A Northamptonshire company who manufacture crisps and snacks has been fined after an agency worker lost the tops of three fingers.
Northampton Crown Court heard how an agency worker, working at Tayto Group Limited was clearing a blockage of material from a machine on the production line.
The workers hand came into contact with shears and three fingers on his right hand were severed, below the first knuckle.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into the incident, which occurred in August 2015, found that the guard on the machine was not secured at the time of the incident. The company had not implemented a formal monitoring system on this machine, to ensure that all guards were in place and secure before the machine was started.
Tayto Group Limited, of Princewood Road, Earlstrees Industrial Estate, Corby, Northamptonshire, pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 5 of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER), and was fined £330,000 and ordered to pay costs of £11,752.23.
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Q: Can't make a vector of a class containing a ptr_vector I need to have a std::vector of boost::ptr_vectors. To make their management easier, I enclosed the boost::ptr_vector in a class (Zoo) and made a std::vector of it (allZoos). Look at a minimal code for reproducing this:
#include <boost/ptr_container/ptr_vector.hpp>
#include <boost/utility.hpp>

class Animal
{
public:
    virtual char type() = 0;
};

class Cat : public Animal
{
public:
    char type() { return 1; }
};

class Zoo
{
public:
    boost::ptr_vector<Animal> animals;
};

int main()
{
    std::vector<Zoo> allZoos;

    Zoo ourCityZoo;
    ourCityZoo.animals.push_back(new Cat());

    //Uncommenting any of the lines below causes error:
    //allZoos.push_back(ourCityZoo);
    //allZoos.clear();

    return 0;
}

Declaring allZoos is okay, but calling any of its member functions causes the compiler error: (The full error log was so long, not posted)
C2259: 'Animal' : cannot instantiate abstract class c:\boost_1_49_0\boost\ptr_container\clone_allocator.hpp 34  1

This had nothing to do with boost's noncopyable utility class and custom new_clone functions and I tried them with no luck. How can that be solved?
(I'm using VS2010)

A: Actually, reading into where the error appears would've helped. It's stated clear and plainly in the Boost source:
template< class T >
inline T* new_clone( const T& r )
{
    //
    // @remark: if you get a compile-error here,
    //          it is most likely because you did not
    //          define new_clone( const T& ) in the namespace
    //          of T.
    //
    T* res = new T( r );
    BOOST_ASSERT( typeid(r) == typeid(*res) &&
                  "Default new_clone() sliced object!" );
    return res;
}

If you don't specify a way to clone the type, it will try to do so by simply copying it, which isn't possible with abstract classes. Add an appropriate clone method to the abstract_class and a new_clone function in its namespace and you'll be fine.
Here's a fixed version of your code.

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The incident took place at about 8:26 p.m. Wednesday, May 10 at the intersection of Miller Road and Plano Road.
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How the circadian clock helps the brain recover after injury
Summary: NG2-glia, a newly discovered brain cell type that can self-renew, is regulated by circadian rhythms. The findings shed new light on how the body's circadian clock can promote healing after traumatic brain injury.
Source: National Children's Hospital
A type of brain cell that can renew itself is regulated by circadian rhythms, providing significant insight into how the body's internal clock can promote healing after traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to new research from the National Hospital Children's
Published in the last issue of eNeuro, the findings open new avenues of research for future TBI therapies. Currently, these injuries are managed only with supportive care and rehabilitation, rather than targeted drug treatment options.
The findings also underscore the importance of addressing circadian disruptions to help heal injured brains.
Many of the body's cells follow a 24-hour rhythm driven by their genes known as the circadian clock. The Children's National research team found that a relatively recently discovered type of brain cell, known as NG2-glia, or oligodendrocyte precursor cells, also follows a circadian rhythm. This cell type is one of the few that is continuously renewed throughout adulthood and is markedly proliferative during the first week after brain injury.
"We found evidence for the role of this well-known molecular pathway, the molecular circadian clock, in regulating the ability of these NG2 glia to proliferate, both at rest and after injury," said Terry Dean, MD, Ph.D. ., a critical care specialist at Children's National and lead author of the paper.
"This will serve as a starting point to further investigate pathways to control cell regeneration and optimize recovery after injury."
Sometimes called the "silent epidemic," TBI affects approximately 69 million people worldwide each year, with injuries ranging from mild concussions to severe injuries that cause death or lifelong disability.
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In the United States alone, approximately 2.8 million people suffer from TBI annually, including 630,000 children. TBI is the leading cause of death in people under the age of 45, and those who survive are often left with persistent physical, cognitive and psychological disabilities.
However, no targeted therapies exist for TBI, creating a critical need to uncover mechanisms that could unlock the regeneration of these NG2-glia cells, which are the most common brain cell type which is known to proliferate and self-renew in adult brains.
"It is essential that researchers know that cellular turnover is coordinated with the time of day," said Vittorio Gallo, Ph.D., interim academic director and interim director of the National Children's Research Institute. "With this knowledge, we can delve deeper into the body's genetic healing process to understand how cells regulate and regenerate."
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Author: Katie Shrader
Contact: Katie Shrader – National Children's Hospital
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"Endogenous circadian clock machinery in cortical NG2 glia regulates cell proliferation" by Terry Dean et al. eNeuro
Endogenous circadian clock machinery in cortical NG2 glia regulates cell proliferation
The molecular circadian clock can be found throughout the body and is essential for the synchronization of cellular physiology with the 24-hour day. However, the role of the clock in regulating the regenerative potential of the brain has not been explored.
We report here that murine NG2-glia, the largest population of proliferative cells in the mature central nervous system, rhythmically express circadian clock genes over a 24-h period, including the critical clock component. Bmal1 BMAL1 RNA and protein.
Interestingly, diurnal proliferation of NG2-glia occurs preferentially during the time of day when Bmal1 expression is high, while the conditional knockout (CKO) of Bmal1 decreases both cortical NG2-glia density and cell proliferation.
Furthermore, in a model of neurotrauma, we show that pathology-induced NG2-glia proliferation is also dependent on Bmal1 expression
Because circadian rhythm disturbances are common in neurological disorders across the lifespan, including TBI, these findings have significant implications for cellular regeneration in brain injury and disease.


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Why Flint Is Being Sued by the Agency Partially Responsible for the Water Crisis
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality sued the City of Flint today over the City Council's foot-dragging in approving Detroit's Great Lakes Water Authority as its long-term drinking water source.
by Tribune News Service | June 29, 2017 AT 12:18 PM
By Paul Egan
The city has been buying water from the GLWA by extending contracts for several months at a time. The mayor wants to strike a 30-year agreement.
EPA Frees Flint of Its Water Debt to Michigan After Flint Threatened Water Lawsuit, State Removed City's Power to Sue Why Some Kids May Feel Flint Water Effects But Are No Longer Eligible for Help Flint Legal Battle Ends With Michigan Agreeing to Replace Thousands of Water Lines After Flint, Feds and Some States Speed Up Time for Notifying Public About Lead-Contaminated Water
The lawsuit is a striking turnabout for the DEQ, the agency that investigations have shown was largely to blame for the city's disastrous switch away from Detroit water to the Flint River as a temporary drinking source in April 2014.
The switch to the more corrosive river water without the DEQ requiring the addition of corrosion control chemicals resulted in lead leaching into the drinking water and a spike in lead levels in the blood of Flint children. The switch is also suspected in outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease linked to 12 Flint-area deaths.
But today, the DEQ sued the city in federal court in Detroit, alleging "the City Council's failure to act will cause an imminent and substantial endangerment to public health in Flint."
Flint Mayor Karen Weaver has negotiated a long-term agreement to keep the city on GLWA water, which Flint has been using again since October 2015, the suit alleges.
"Continued use of that reliable source is necessary to ensure the protection of public health in Flint," the suit alleges.
"Despite proposing no other reasonable alternative, the Flint City Council has refused to approve the agreement negotiated by the mayor."
The DEQ wants the court to "declare that the City Council's inaction will result in a violation of applicable law and that Flint must enter into the agreement."
Flint City Councilman Eric Mays said the federal judge should give the City Council 30 days to call officials from the administration of Gov. Rick Snyder and others to testify about the deal and allow the City Council to tweak it.
Mays said he wants to change the deal to make sure Flint doesn't lose its investment in the Karegnondi Water Authority -- a new pipeline to Lake Huron that was instrumental in Flint switching away from Detroit water while under the control of a state-appointed emergency manager.
The state caused the water crisis by taking control of Flint drinking water and is now trying to do so again, in a way that will also do damage to the city, Mays said. "It's kind of ironic," he said.
DEQ Director Heidi Grether had given the City Council a Tuesday deadline to approve the deal in a June 15 letter.
"The City is currently paying $14.1 million per year to obtain water from the GLWA through a 72-inch line that was previously transferred to Genesee County," Grether said in the letter.
"Due to its decision to transfer the line, Flint will lose use of the 72-inch line on Oct. 1, 2017, absent approval of the mayor's recommendation," she said. "No other alternate pipeline currently exists to supply GLWA water to Flint."
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On this edition, Craig Anthony answers our questions.
I've always been a fan ever since I can remember. I have four older brothers who were into it growing up so as a youngster, I would watch their VHS tapes of 80's into early 90's WWE like SummerSlam and the early WrestleMania's with Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, and Ultimate Warrior. I was hooked instantly and quickly became obsessed. That then led me into watching it on my own in the 90's with guys like Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels and I remember being in awe of those guys. Then it bled into the Attitude Era with Stone Cold coming through, and DX and Chris Jericho, and that then literally became my life and my childhood into my teens! I had the figures, the t-shirts, the sticker books, the games – anything I could get my hands on.
Now, I enjoy watching guys like AJ Styles, Seth Rollins, Pete Dunne, Kyle O'Riley, Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega, and KUSHIDA!
Well it was always something that was in the back of my mind forever. I used to play wrestling with my brothers growing up and make our own title belts, etc. I've always been quite naturally athletic too. Growing up I always used to say whenever someone asked 'what do you want to be when you grow up' I would say a wrestler. Then getting a bit older I realised that isn't an option. I said an actor. Then getting a little bit older again you say 'oh that's not realistic either'! I studied at college doing aeronautical engineering for a year before seeing my college had an acting course. I said to hell with it I'm going to peruse my dreams! I graduated uni with a degree in acting and have been working professionally in acting for 5 years now and I have now made my debut and getting bookings as a professional wrestler. So I've achieved both my childhood dreams! I still have a long way to go to get where my aspirations are for them are, but still not something a lot of people can say!
I decided to start training after meeting a friend at a New Year's party a year and a half ago and she worked with ICW and was friends with Mikey Whiplash. She knew about my passion for wrestling and we talked and she said if I was really serious she could put me in touch with Mikey and I can go and do the intake class at Source Wrestling School and see how I got on. I mailed Mikey and went to the intake and was hooked! Started training as much as I could and working my way up the beginners, intermediate, advanced classes and the rest is history as they say!
My biggest influence would obviously be my coach Mikey Whiplash. He is an incredible trainer and coach, and his attention to detail and knowledge is incredible! Also watching guys growing up like Shawn Michaels, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Jericho, Kurt Angle and Stone Cold influences me incredibly growing up watching them. Those guys were my heroes! Apart from Stone Cold and maybe Kurt Angle, they were all considered smaller guys like myself so I credit my style to them a lot!
My favourite matches and highlights so far go hand in hand really. It's been a whirlwind start! Getting to wrestle NXT UK star Jordan Devlin was a huge opportunity. Getting in there with him, you get to see first hand how good he is and how on point his timing is. It was a great learning experience! Also getting to wrestle my coach Mikey Whiplash meant a lot and I had a lot of fun doing that. My first ever title match for the SWA X Championship against Kieran Kelly is one I think was a stormer of a match, and we both put in everything we had! And recently I got to step in against BT Gunn which was so much fun and so easy working with a guy like that with his experience. Every match I have I see as a learning experience and I've had the opportunity to step in with some really established guys that I can learn something from.
Dream opponent would be Shawn Michaels without a doubt! The guy was in a different class in every aspect of the game. A true legend! Then it would be maybe Chris Jericho and AJ Styles. I would love to tear it up with any one of those guys!
Well I have high hopes for myself in this industry! I want to be at the top of the game. I want to be competing at the highest level against the best opponents. Being Scottish, obviously the top dog in the game is ICW and I'd love to make my debut and work for them. My goals are to work all over the country in as many promotions as I can, and I want to work in Europe and Japan and America. Also, WWE UK is now a top goal for me and I'll strive and do everything I can to get there. There are lots more opportunities for guys and girls in the UK now with all the promotions and WWE and WOS and I want to grab as big a piece of the pie as I can!
You can find me on both Twitter and Instagram @CraigAR_/@craigar_ and on Facebook (Craig Anthony).
I do what I do because I love it! I love the reaction of the fans, I love putting on an absolute show for them and ripping it up with whoever I'm in there with, I love to make peopled shocked, surprised, cheer, boo, shout, get out their seats and take them on a journey with me! It has everything so to me, it's the ultimate spectacle!
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Detroit's Gleaming Start-Up Tower
The Motor City is for hardcore entrepreneurs.
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Where I live in the Bay Area, there's a certain glamour to Detroit. It's the heart of what Bruce Sterling termed "dark euphoria." "Dark Euphoria is what the twenty-teens feels like," Sterling said. "Things are just falling apart, you can't believe the possibilities, it's like anything is possible, but you never realized you're going to have to dread it so much."
Detroit is the place where Bay Area types imagine an urban tabula rasa, a place where enough has gone away that the problems of stuffing millions of people into a small region can be reimagined, redesigned, remade.
So, when we arrived in Detroit, I was excited to see what was actually happening on the ground, to see what was there outside the square frames of Instagram.
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Anywhere you go in Michigan, people tell you about the Madison Building. Down by the Tigers' new stadium and the Detroit Opera House, extremely successful local businessman Dan Gilbert bought and rehabbed a gorgeous old building. The roof is so nice and fancy that you can rent it out for a wedding reception and relax in chairs that cost more than many houses in the metro area.
But the real attraction of the building, for us, was that it's the home of Detroit Venture Partners, the startup hub of the area. DVP is run by Josh Linkner, a Detroit native who founded and eventually sold ePrize, an online promotions platform. It's on the same floor as the formerly futuristic Detroit People Mover, a monorail which loops endlessly around the still mostly deserted downtown.
Linkner's office space contains his own portfolio companies as well as those of Bizdom, an accelerator that's also funded by Dan Gilbert. There's no doubt about it, as Linkner put it, "We're the dominant early stage tech VC in this region."
DVP is a traditional venture firm in the sense that they invest in digital-only companies that are trying to make something big out of what a few kids in a room can build. An old friend of mine from college, Jay Gierak, is one of them. HIs company Stik is like an Angie's List for lawyers, realtors, and other professional services. He and his cofounder Nathan Labenz recently moved their company from the Bay to Detroit, where Gierak grew up, and received $2.5 million from DVP. In press coverage of the funding, the company's move to Motown got more attention than the money did.
People want to be excited for Detroit. They want Clint Eastwood and Eminem to be right. They want grit to count for something in today's economy. Linkner, for his part, is sure that it does. "I'll put a Detroit entrepreneur up against anyone from the coasts and I think we'd kick their ass," he tell us. He quotes the Chrysler commercial, "The hottest fire makes the strongest steel."
It's easy, conceptually, to get excited about all of this. You almost get giddy looking out at all the old buildings of downtown Detroit and imagining that you could buy one for the same amount as a nice house goes for in Noe Valley, let alone Atherton.
But, at least for me, that vision requires thousands of other people committed to building the same kind of city. People like Linker and Gilbert or Gierak and Labenz are here, but what about the other few thousand that are needed to make the city feel vibrant? Not to detour into a ruin-porny segment about the state of the city, but the number of abandoned buildings in Detroit -- and the feeling they toss into the air -- is truly unfathomable to someone raised on the west coast.
Linkner, who is a self-proclaimed booster for his city, admits that the lack of density is a--if not the--problem.
"Things tend to be spread out," he said. "Something on one block and something else four blocks later. We don't have a place you can stroll around for 8 square blocks."
But he also argued Detroit needs to tell its own story in "a better and more cohesive" way. And that I'm not so sure about. For me, the narrative of Detroit has outstripped at least what I could see of Detroit. Good things are clearly happening, but the lack of connective tissue is a bigger problem than you might imagine. Between downtown and an area like Corktown, which has an excellent coffee shop, the oft-applauded Slow's BBQ, Honor + Folly*, and a couple other bars, there's just nothing. When we left Slow's on a Thursday night at 9pm to drive the couple miles to our hotel, we got about halfway when I looked in my rearview mirror and realized that there wasn't a single other car behind us, nor approaching. There were no bikes or pedestrians, either.
If I was filled with dark euphoria, I might say that this is a fascinating thing: this is a design problem that can be fixed! Put in inflatable architecture between the cool stuff. More bike lanes! Create lighting and safety corridors. Plant trees. Hell, put in the world's longest water slide during the summer. Something, anything, that might end up connecting this place to itself.
But I do not know that I have that sense of euphoria. The story requires a fairy tale ending. And the reality is so daunting. I can practically hear Linkner reading this and saying, "He's soft. He's not made for Detroit." And that's probably true.
* Correction: I initially misremembered the name of Honor and Folly as 'Arbor and Folly,' which would probably be more of a central Michigan thing.


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"The Avengers" director Joss Whedon is currently promoting his low-budget "Much Ado About Nothing" movie and is answering questions about "The Avengers" sequel and a third possible "Hulk" movie.
When asked what can be expected from "The Avengers 2," Whedon replied: "Death, death, and more death!" And regarding his plan for the sequel, he said: "I can't do any bigger, so I'm trying to do better."
He also answered a question about whether it's possible to make a good "Hulk" movie. "Yes. But it would be very, very hard," said Whedon. "The problem is [Hulk] is a very popular character, but he's not a superhero. Half of him is a superhero, half is a werewolf. You can't structure it like a superhero movie. The one thing you would have in your favor would be Mark Ruffalo. But right now I don't know if they have plans to do that or not, because he works so well as part of a greater whole. But by himself, it's tough."
Just Make Hulk a Semi-Horror movie. Its really soooooo simple.
Hulk doesn't follow the regular standard plot...it has been a tough attempts.
Hulk is best done in small doses.
This explains WHY exactly The Avengers 2 will be crap and should only be restricted to an event.
"Nothing bigger, but better." See, that means that the film will be boring.
"Half of Hulk is a superhero, half is a werewolf." That just means that Joss will butcher the character by delving into his "PSYCHIE" and trying to give him "DEPTH".
The Avengers 2 should be released sometime in 2022. At least make them a 10 year anniversary since the first came out as apposed to franchising the entire f*cking Turkey and turning it into pure crap.
The Hulk can be made into not only a great comic book adaption but also a great film. The thing is these Hollywood writers and directors don't give a sh*t about doing anything right but people always blame the character itself instead.
"I can't do any bigger, so I'm trying to do better."
Whedon has constantly said that a sequel should be quieter and more personal. And he's right. Thats one of the reasons Nolan's final Batman film was weak. It tried to hat to go big and epic. So I agree with Joss, and trust him with what he's doing.
They need to realize that some comics weren't meant to become live action.
@Avirex: Well said. I totally agree. I love the Norton Hulk film. So much can be done with a boiling kettle type character like Hulk. Suspenseful close calls, over the top boil overs, intense science/medical drama, the beast within, etc. Hulk deserves another chance.
Now you wanna blame The Hulk?
My two-cents on this is that they need to make a Planet Hulk movie. At the end of Avengers, the super heros should shoot Hulk into space to try and save humanity from his destructive ways...even after he helps save Earth. Then release a Planet Hulk trilogy that basically follows the Planet Hulk comic series and bada-bing bada-smash...you got a successful Hulk series.
@kate....how was it over rated?
Any and all Hulk films would be FINE if they would only do more of a character study on Banner instead of making the movie a constant and contrived setup for CGI action Hulk set pieces.
Focus on the HUMANITY of Bruce/David Banner.
The original hulk series was great.
And I'm sorry, but Whedon's comments on Hulk only reinforce what I've always suspected: Whedon is an over-rated fool.
"Whedon makes a valid point...the Hulk is one of those complex characters that can be a hero or villain (antihero?)"
You mean like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? Yeah, that book was an enormous literary flop, wasn't it?
It's the EXECUTION and ATTITUDE, people, not the source material. If millions and millions of women will line up on sidewalks for days to buy tickets to see gay sparking vampires but an incredible character like the Hulk can get a truly popular and proper, someone is doing something very wrong.
I mean, for starters they f*cked up his origin which is what makes you care for his character in the first place. He runs into an open gamma bomb testing zone to save someone regardless of the danger. Yet he's also partially responsible for that bomb. It sets up a recurring theme, he saves people but also causes destruction. Plus the whole bomb thing serves as commentary on the issue of using dangerous technology like this. That's already more depth than they've ever given him on film and it's before he even becomes Hulk.
On a side, I wish they would use animatronics and CGI together for the Hulk so it feels like he actually has a physical presence in the film instead of just a green computer graphic jumping around.
"I mean, for starters they f*cked up his origin which is what makes you care for his character in the first place. He runs into an open gamma bomb testing zone to save someone regardless of the danger. Yet he's also partially responsible for that bomb. It sets up a recurring theme, he saves people but also causes destruction. Plus the whole bomb thing serves as commentary on the issue of using dangerous technology like this."
Avirex, when you actually think about his origins, it does sound incredibly stupid, that a bomb designed to be more powerful than the atom bomb, could give Bruce Banner super powers. The flash fire alone would have incinerated him.
^^Well, except for the genetic factor Banner possessed which allowed him to absorb the gamma rays. Not sure about the flash fire, to be honest, as their isn't any such gamma bomb in existence. Closes would be a supernova explosion, and would depend on distance from the center of the explosion.
If all comic books were realistically based on pre-established events and science they wouldn't be comic books. They would be closer to Tom Clancy novels or something. On the surface we can say a billionaire running around rooftops and fighting a guy with make-up is 'incredibly stupid' as well. As long as the material within the comic is realistic to it's own established universe its plausible. Its all about the execution of those elements as they happen in the story. If its done horribly any concept can be made to look ridiculous. When its done well however (ie Dark Knight) these things don't seem so far fetched within the character's universe. Add to that what Mink said, its things that don't necessarily exist and thus liable to slightly different mechanics or at least enough to be accepted at face value.
bring leader into the mix or she hulk.


By some miracle, Triathlete Girl met me at the pool this morning. It was REALLY nice to see her. I think she called me a few minutes before my alarm went off but I can't quite remember. She was positive, upbeat and raring to go.
There were only two of us in my lane this morning (well, not including Tri Girl) so that was a nice switch from the usual 4 or 5. I actually got to lead and Tri Girl kicked in with a vengeance...it was a crazy hard IM practice with all kinds of turn practice - clean IM turns take some thinking, backstroke touch on your back, breast stroke pullouts, dolphin kicks on everything but the breast, etc. - and I was ON baby. It felt good to push hard and be able to hold my technique for the whole hour. At the end coach helped me some with my fly technique and I THINK I finally have it. Well, I did for one whole length anyway. At least I know I'll survive the 100 IM in the upcoming meet.
And Tri Girl seems to still be sitting on my shoulder as I made it through my morning feeding without one step toward the edge of the wagon. No caffeine, the perfect amount of cereal and a steaming hot cup of tea.
Boy am I glad she's back...even if it's just for today. I'll take it.
I went to my first Weight Watchers MEETING since I was in 7th grade on Monday. I tried the WW online thingy last spring and had some success but as I've mentioned before, self-accountability is something I struggle with (and that, my friends, is the understatement of the year).
Tuesday was day 1 of successful points calculating. The new game is to see how many days I can go without totally falling off the wagon. I'm treating this like quitting smoking. I'm pulling out all the stops and asking for help from all directions. I'm going to make the meetings work for me. I'll admit, some of it was hokey...but I've run out of options...I have to do the work and I need help doing it.
SO please check in and help me count days...day 2 is off to a good start.
Only BETTER. I was talking with Emily after swimming this morning...and we were talking about the upcoming swim meet...and I was like, "Dude, it's next weekend!" and she was all, "Nuh uh, there's a whole 'nother week in there..." And I was like, "Oh MY GOD, GINA, you're totally RIGHT!!!" (well, except that her name is Emily).
So now I have one weekend to relax and catch up, the next weekend of my work's annual sales meeting, and THEN the meet. I was thinking that the sales meeting was THIS weekend.
I feel like I can BREATHE again. And now that the side effects from doubling my meds have abated, I can tell that they seem to be doing their job. Beauty.
A few years ago when I first sat down with my swim coach, who is also a level 1 USAT tri coach, she outlined a plan for me that was based on training by TIME. In other words, figure out how much time your longest race will take you, and then schedule your workouts so that you know you can go hard for that amount of time.
I know when you're training for an Ironman, you might train so that you complete ONE of the THREE distances in one training session but you likely never do the whole ironman distance. But along the same lines, you don't really go out and train for 14 hours...if you think that's how long it's going to take you to finish an ironman.
I know when you train for a marathon or half marathon that you're more likely to focus on milage...distance run during your training sessions. Why would triathlon be any different?
...and you know...it felt pretty good to know that all my other training has given me a great base and made me a true endurance athlete. Very cool.
...for my laugh and smile. This pic brought a momentary return and a bit of a snicker...but things are tough. I'm weepy today.
I'm gonna try and be better about posting more often...it helps so much to feel connected to you all and feed off all the positive energy...might be short and sweet but I'm still here... thanks for stopping by.
Thinking about owning my very own bike trainer...I have one that's on loan from my swim coach and it's very much low end and loud and yuck...thinking about asking for one for Christmas.
So I saw the white coat doc on Friday. After giving an hour of exhaustive personal medical history (during which time I learned that, although I have what to me is a debilitating case of depression, I actually do have an awful lot of things going for me - not the least of which is triathlon) the doc announced that he will be adding Wellbutrin to my existing Zoloft regimen. The initial temptation was to up the Zoloft since I'm still only on half the maximum reccomended dosage...but doing that could cause side effects which, to date, I have not experienced. He felt I was a good candidate for Wellbutrin based on my patterns and moods so we'll give it a shot. My understanding is that the Zoloft acts on the serotonin uptake and the Wellbutrin acts on the norepinephrin uptake...and the two combined do all kinds of happy things for my brain. Once the WB takes it's full effect, we may be able to slowly back off the Z so that I'm only on one medication - which I'm all for. But it may be that I need both. The goal is to get me to my "summer self"...that's my alter ego Triathlete Girl...capable of leaping tall buildings (and eating fruits, vegetables and whole grains rather than donuts) in a single bound. We shall see.
I start it tomorrow morning and it's supposed to take up to 4 weeks to reach it's full effect. I'm hopeful. And the sun is making a difference these past few days too. Beauty.


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Egmar Goncalves, né le  à Vila Velha au Brésil, est un footballeur international singapourien. Il évoluait au poste d'attaquant.

Biographie

Carrière de joueur

Carrière en équipe nationale

Egmar Goncalves joue son premier match en équipe nationale en 2002. Il reçoit sa dernière sélection en 2006.

Au total, il compte 15 sélections et 4 buts en équipe de Singapour entre 2002 et 2006.

Palmarès

En club
 Avec le Home United :
 Champion de Singapour en 2003
 Vainqueur de la Coupe de Singapour en 2000, 2001, 2003 et 2005

Distinctions personnelles
 Meilleur buteur du Championnat de Singapour en 2004 (30 buts)
 Meilleur buteur de la Coupe de l'AFC en 2004 (7 buts)

Liens externes

Footballeur international singapourien
Footballeur brésilien
Joueur du Home United
Naissance en Espírito Santo
Naissance en août 1970

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Direct beneficiaries: • Myanmar government, with a strengthened authorities' institutional capacity for enhancing their conservation standard and management system to ensure greater effectiveness in protecting the sites of Bagan and Pyu Ancient Cities. • Public officials, who will be provided with advanced technical knowledge and skills in cultural heritage site conservation and management • Local stakeholders (village chiefs, chief monks, local residents, etc.), who will increase their awareness in basic conservation principles • DoA (Department of Archaeology, National Museum and Library), which will have a strengthened capacity on developing and operating Geographic Information System (GIS) for cultural heritage sites.


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Health advocate John Harvey Kellogg and the Invention of Flaked Cereals
31. May 2018 Tabea Tietz
On May 31, 1884, the health-food fanatic John Harvey Kellogg patented his 'flaked cereal' during his time as the superintendent of the 'Battle Creek Sanitarium' in Michigan. "A dead cow or sheep lying in a pasture is recognized as carrion. The same sort of a carcass dressed and hung up in a butcher's stall passes as food. " – John Harvey Kellogg John Harvey Kellogg and the Battle Creek Sanitarium John Harvey…
Oswald Spengler and the Decline of the West
29. May 2018 Harald Sack
On May 29, 1880, German historian and philosopher Oswald Arnold Gottfried Spengler was born. He is best known for his book The Decline of the West (Der Untergang des Abendlandes), published in 1918 and 1922, covering all of world history. He proposed a new theory, according to which the lifespan of civilizations is limited and ultimately they decay. Oswald Spengler – Early Years Already in his early life Oswald Spengler was highly interested in…
Louis Agassiz and the Ice Ages
On May 28, 1807, Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, and geologist Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was born, who is considered a prominent innovator in the study of the Earth's natural history. He was the first to scientifically propose that the Earth had been subject to a past ice age. "The time has come when scientific truth must cease to be the property of the few, when it must be woven into the common life…
Kaspar Hauser, the Mysterious Story of a Foundling
On 26 May 1828, a teenage boy appeared in the streets of Nuremberg, Germany. The boy, who answered to the name Kaspar Hauser, claimed to have grown up in the total isolation of a darkened cell. Hauser's claims, and his subsequent death by stabbing, sparked much debate and controversy. Some theories about him at the time linked him with the grand ducal House of Baden to be the hereditary "Prince of Baden".…
Dit dit dit da dit – The first Morse Telegram
On May 24th 1844 the first Morse telegram went over the line. Samuel Morse and his colleague Alfred Vail knew that the very first phrase to be sent with the new telecommunication medium was to be remembered. So what should they transmit? Morse came up with a quote from the bible, certainly well chosen for an historic occasion like this: "What God had wrought" sent by Morse in Washington to Alfred Vail at…
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On May 4, 1555, The first edition of Michel de Nostredame's (usually Latinised as Nostradamus) 'Les Propheties', a famous collection of long-term predictions that have since become famous worldwide, was published. "Perfect knowledge of such things cannot be acquired without divine inspiration, given that all prophetic inspiration derives its initial origin from God Almighty, then from chance and nature." — Michel de Nostredame, Les Propheties (1555) Very little is known about Michel de…
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On April 27, 1737, English historian and Member of Parliament Edward Gibbon was born. His most famous work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788 and is known for the quality and irony of its prose as well as for its scientific historic accuracy, which made it a model for later historians. History is little more than the register…
How Mosaic has Changed the World
On April 22, 1993, version 1.0 of NCSA Mosaic, or simply Mosaic, was released, the web browser credited with popularizing the World Wide Web. It was the first Web browser as we know today with a graphical user interface enabling an interactive easy to use browsing experience. And without graphics the Web as we know it today would not exist. NCSA Mosaic was the web browser that led to the Internet boom…
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What happened to Google and Facebook's subsea cable plans?
by Jenny Darmody
Cable-laying ship. Image: © Kalyakan/Stock.adobe.com
Following security concerns from US officials, Google and Facebook have scrapped plans for a giant subsea cable from Los Angeles to Hong Kong.
Almost four years after it was announced, plans to use a giant subsea cable to connect the US and Hong Kong have been cut.
The Pacific Light Cable Network (PLCN) was first announced in 2016, with backing from Google, Facebook and other companies including Pacific Light Data Communication and TE SubCom.
The PLCN is a high-capacity fibre-optic undersea cable running for approximately 12,800km under the Pacific Ocean between Hong Kong and Los Angeles. In 2016, Google said that the PLCN would have an estimated capacity of 120TB per second, making it the highest capacity trans-Pacific route.
"In other words, PLCN will provide enough capacity for Hong Kong to have 80m concurrent HD video conference calls with Los Angeles," the company said at the time.
While the cable itself has now been laid, costing hundreds of millions of dollars, permission from the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was needed to use it.
When did plans start to unravel?
In August 2019, The Wall Street Journal reported that US officials were seeking to block the use of the cable amid security concerns.
The US Department of Justice led a multiagency panel, known as Team Telecom, looking at the subsea cable network. Team Telecom raised concerns about investment in the project from Dr Peng Telecom and Media Group, citing ties to the Chinese government.
While Google and Facebook can be considered the most high-profile stakeholders, much of the cable's fibre optics belong to Pacific Light Data Communication, which is owned by Dr Peng Telecom.
In light of these concerns and the project delays they were causing, Google sought permission from the FCC to activate only the self-owned portions of the subsea cable network in February 2020, effectively cutting Pacific Light Data Communication from the project.
In early April, Google won special temporary authority for construction and testing. The FCC said it would allow the company to operate the segment of cable between the US and Taiwan – but not Hong Kong – for six months, pending a final disposition of the licence application.
However, as tensions between the US and China continue to grow, it became increasingly likely that US officials would reject the use of the cable on the grounds of national security.
While the special temporary authority wasn't due to expire until the end of September, Bloomberg reported last week that Google and Facebook have ditched their original plans for a subsea cable between the US and Hong Kong.
Instead, the companies submitted a revised proposal that incorporates the links to Taiwan and the Philippines, but crucially leaves out Hong Kong-based Pacific Light Data Communication.
Speaking to the BBC, a spokesperson for Google said: "We can confirm that the original application for the PLCN cable system has been withdrawn, and a revised application for the US-Taiwan and US-Philippines portions of the system has been submitted.
"We continue to work through established channels to obtain cable landing licenses for our undersea cables."
While the fight to use the PLCN drags on, Google also announced in July of this year that it is building another subsea cable, named the 'Grace Hopper' cable, connecting the UK, US and Spain.
The cable marks Google's first investment in a private subsea cable route to the UK and its first ever route to Spain. Today, 98pc of international internet traffic is carried around the world by subsea cables.
Related: internet, subsea cables, networks, China, US, politics, Google, fibre, Facebook
Jenny Darmody is the editor of Silicon Republic
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Weak growth in industry, agriculture hits GDP forecast; economic expansion to slow in Q1
By: Samrat Sharma |
Updated: August 22, 2019 1:50:10 PM
Manufacturing and construction are expected to show slow momentum in growth, but the hydroelectricity is likely to boost the electricity generation in the first quarter.
Manufacturing GVA growth is expected to ease significantly to around 5.0% in Q1 FY20 from 12.1% in Q1 FY19.
Amid a slowdown in industry and agriculture, credit rating agency ICRA has estimated the GDP growth rate at 6 per cent in the first quarter of the current financial year. GDP growth rate in Q1 FY19 was 8 per cent. Manufacturing and construction are expected to show slow momentum in growth, but the hydroelectricity is likely to boost the electricity generation in the first quarter, said the report. Expectations of GVA growth rate has been eased substantially to 5.8 per cent in Q1 FY20, which was 7.7 per cent in the same duration last year. The RBI has also pointed out the weakness in demand, consumption and investment in the economy.
"Industrial growth is expected to decelerate sharply to 5.0% in Q1 FY20 from 9.8% in Q1 FY19, driven by factors such as weakening domestic demand, a contraction in exports, muted investment activity during the elections and an unfavourable base effect," said Aditi Nayar, Principal Economist, ICRA. Manufacturing GVA growth is expected to ease significantly to around 5.0% in Q1 FY20 from 12.1% in Q1 FY19 and the weak trend in various key inputs such as steel and cement production show sign of subdued performance of the construction sector in Q1 FY20, she added.
Commerce Ministry asks traders to suggest HS codes for products having no classification
China's economy slumps to 6.1 per cent in 2019; lowest in 29 years
Forex reserves rise by $58 million to record high of $461.21 billion
The 4th Advance Estimates of crop production has indicated a year-on-year decline in rabi output in 2019 for pulses, coarse cereals and rice, whereas oilseeds and wheat recorded a healthy production. The ICRA report also underlines a considerable 33 per cent deficit in rainfall in June 2019, which would have hampered activity in the agricultural sector.
Services sector growth is expected to remain steady at 7.1 per cent in Q1 FY20, which was almost at the same level a year ago. GVA growth of financial, real estate and professional services in Q1 FY20 is also expected to surge taking cues from the enhanced profitability metrics of the banking system, led by lower provisioning, treasury gains and a turnaround in FII inflows.
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IRS Notice 2006-4 Provides Interim Relief from Section 409A Valuation Requirements for Stock Options
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The IRS has recently issued additional guidance in the form of Notice 2006-4 (available at http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/n-06-04.pdf) granting interim relief from the stock option valuation requirements included in the proposed regulations issued under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code ("Code"). As discussed in more detail below, Notice 2006-4 applies the good faith valuation regulatory provisions that have historically been available for improperly-valued incentive stock options ("ISOs") to both ISOs and non-statutory stock options ("NSOs") issued prior to January 1, 2005. The relief offered by the Notice will remain available until the proposed Section 409A regulations are finalized.[fn1]
Section 409A, as adopted by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, broadly regulates "non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements." In addition to regulating traditional non-qualified deferred compensation plans for executives, Code Section 409A encompasses a variety of less-obvious vehicles that can have the effect of deferring compensation from one taxable year to another, including discounted NSOs and ISOs that are inadvertently granted at less than fair market value. To address the valuation issues inherent in stock options and other forms of equity compensation granted by non-public companies, the proposed Section 409A regulations issued by the IRS in October 2005 generally require that the stock underlying equity awards be valued using a "reasonable valuation method." In the proposed regulations, the IRS identifies a variety of factors that it will use to judge the reasonableness of a proposed valuation method and describes three "safe harbor" valuation methods that are generally deemed to be reasonable.
Because of the number of practical difficulties in designing stock options that comply with Section 409A, and because noncompliance triggers a 20% excise tax and interest penalties on the grantee, many companies have now begun to reassess the accuracy of the valuations relating to their past equity awards, particularly those that are not "grandfathered" under Section 409A (i.e., fully vested on or before December 31, 2004). This reassessment process has generated significant concerns from the employer community about the reliability and reasonableness of valuations that pre-date the adoption of Section 409A. Notice 2006-4 is intended to address these concerns.
Valuing Pre-January 1, 2005 Equity Awards
The Code requires that ISOs be granted at (or above) fair market value, determined as of the date of grant; a failure to properly value ISOs can cause the loss of ISO status and its accompanying tax benefits. However, both the Code and the ISO regulations provide some leeway for inaccurate valuations that are performed in good faith. Notice 2006-4 expressly adopts this approach and applies it to NSOs and stock appreciation rights ("SARs") granted prior to January 1, 2005. Under this approach, where a company made a good faith attempt to set a fair market value exercise price for an option or a SAR granted before January 1, 2005, the option or SAR will be deemed to have been granted at fair market value for purposes of Section 409A. An option or SAR that meets this standard will not be subject to Section 409A, assuming the other 409A requirements applied to options and SARs are satisfied.
Valuing Post-January 1, 2005 Equity Awards
For options and SARs granted on or after January 1, 2005, the Notice indicates that the general valuation requirements included in Notice 2005-1 will remain effective: Notice 2005-1 specifies that fair market value can be determined using any "reasonable valuation method." As an alternative for SARs, the valuation method described in the proposed regulations will also be available, and for purposes of applying this method, the "any reasonable method" standard will be applicable.
As Notice 2006-4 suggests, companies should be prepared to demonstrate that the valuation method they used for grants on and after January 1, 2005 was reasonable under the relevant facts and circumstances. If the valuation method is reasonable, the resulting valuation will be deemed to satisfy Notice 2005-1, and the options or SARs at issue will not be subject to Section 409A.
Reliance on Notice 2006-4
Notice 2006-4 indicates that the relief it offers will be available until final regulatory guidance is issued under Section 409A. The IRS expects that the proposed Section 409A regulations will be finalized in 2006 and will be effective as of January 1, 2007.
1: As proposed, the Section 409A regulations will effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2007.


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GoPro Inc. the motion digicam large is doing comparatively nicely however within the occasions to return it would solely be a commodity for tech nerds and never others. Jeremy David of Citi Group talked about in a word on Wednesday and Ehud Gelbum additionally lowered its forecast relating to the expansion of the corporate and earnings. The analyst has a priority that the corporate's viewpoint digicam will be unable to draw the mainstream plenty. The agency has slacked its forecast by way of GoPro product progress to 13.5 million by Fy18 which was earlier 16 million items. The corporate's inventory went down by 5 p.c within the early buying and selling rounds to $55.67 every share. The analysts have now given the inventory a Impartial score with a 12-month value goal to be $56. Based on a survey performed by Citi Group relating to motion digicam that the now a restricted individuals want to purchase GoPro cameras for the upcoming 12 months when evaluating the gross sales from earlier July. "Only 5% of US consumers plan on purchasing an action camera in the next 12 months, down from 7% a year ago. Awareness of GoPro and its content is increasing (and now stands at 72%), but exposure to content is less likely to drive a purchase, and fewer respondents are describing the content as being "interesting." Apart from this, the GoPro cameras are extremely popular among men but the popularity of this camera amongst women is relatively declining. GoPro stocks have faced immense pressure in FY15 where they have been down by 11 percent "yr up to now". Additionally, analysts imagine that the competitors by way of viewpoint cameras can also be more likely to go up. Beforehand, a Chinese language smartphone maker Xiaomi additionally launched an motion digicam for comparatively lesser that might rupture the integrity of their merchandise. The analysts at Citi Group don't consider this to be an issue for GoPro, however the difficulty that may develop into a comparatively larger risk is drones. GoPro is all set to enter the drone market. The corporate's shares surged once they noticed a 7 p.c enhance within the shares final month. Nick Woodman the chief govt officer of the agency needs to develop a six digicam digital actuality primarily based drone and recording system. Based on Citi Group, the current bulletins by the corporate looks as if a defensive measure because the similar customers that had been into the GoPro cameras at the moment are extra enthralled by drones. The corporate must give you a brand new technique to revamp its place.