Edelstall was a coworking space in the heart of Hanover, Germany. From 2010 until 2016 it's the place we called home, our headquarters and the breeding ground for several 533 projects. It was first the physical interpretation of our philosophy and the answer to the question "where to start?". Edelstall rented office space to freelancers, startups and small businesses on a daily to monthly basis. It was also the hub for a range of events and workshops related to design, culture, programming, technology and trends. Edelstall was an important tool to manage the risks of a growing business, and also as the go-to place when looking for talent for our portfolio companies.
In 2010 we provided the legal and business framework to make this project a reality. Edelstall incubated for two years inside 533 Group GmbH, the precursor and later subsidiary of 533 AG. In 2014, 533 Group GmbH rebranded itself to make room for Edelstall to grow. 533 AG currently owned 54% of Edelstall GmbH until its fusion into Hafven in 2016.
Key People: Christoph Zimermann, Hardy Seiler, Nikolai Reichelt, Jonas Lindemann, Hannes Buchholz, Hendrik Schwedt.


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With a strong line-up of partnerships forged behind the scenes, the Petaluma Community Foundation came out swinging this year in its announcement of a Collaboration for Youth At-Risk. PCF is know for mobilizing and channeling the contributions of its partners and donors to an interconnected network of programs and services, maximizing the collective impact of their donations. This time they brought the directors of eight organizations to the same table ahead of time to make sure that the productive connections were already set into motion. As a result of the process, and thanks to their generous funding, the Free Bookmobile will be serving Petaluma's youth in collaboration with North Bay Children's Center, Mentor Me Petaluma, the local Boys & Girls Clubs, and other hard-working groups!
Since 1975, PCF has been devoted to encouraging informed and meaningful philanthropic giving that will make a broad and dynamic impact on improving quality of life in the greater Petaluma area. A responsible steward of funds entrusted to the Foundation, PCF performs unparalleled due diligence and tracks impacts and outcomes achieved with its grant dollars. In all of these ways, PCF fulfills its role as a community asset that is informed, accessible, supportive, transparent and accountable. More information is available at http://petalumacf.org/ and a brief introductory video featuring the Free Bookmobile is available below. Be sure to catch all Free Bookmobile videos by clicking here to visit our YouTube channel.
In our continuing quest to serve the most access-challenged residents of Sonoma County, we have added a 13th regular stop to our basic monthly route. The Santa Rosa Marketplace, the large outdoor shopping complex along Santa Rosa Avenue south of downtown, is very close to low-income housing for thousands of citizens, including subsidized apartments to the east and mobile home parks to the south. After a few months of trials, we have decided to make this a permanent monthly visit for us, and hope to spread the word to surrounding neighborhoods, especially the Taylor Mountain, Bellevue, and Elsie Allen school communities. We will be located inside the large parking lot along Kawana Springs Road, just south of Trader Joe's and BevMo.
As with our other regular service locations, our schedule at the SR Marketplace will always be an evening or weekend, for maximum public access. You can find the date and time for each month on our website, always published by the 25th of the preceding month, and in print in the Sonoma County Gazette. Our other regular stops are in Geyserville, Roseland, Larkfield, Boyes Hot Springs, Cotati, Freestone, Valley Ford, Bodega Bay, Jenner, Monte Rio, Kenwood, and Glen Ellen.


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In patients with minimally symptomatic OSA can baseline characteristics and early patterns of CPAP usage predict those who are likely to be longer-term users of CPAP.
Turnbull CD., Bratton DJ., Craig SE., Kohler M., Stradling JR.
Long-term continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) usage varies between individuals. It would be of value to be able to identify those who are likely to benefit from CPAP (and use it long term), versus those who would not, and might therefore benefit from additional help early on. First, we explored whether baseline characteristics predicted CPAP usage in minimally symptomatic obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) patients, a group who would be expected to have low usage. Second, we explored if early CPAP usage was predictive of longer-term usage, as has been shown in more symptomatic OSA patients.The MOSAIC trial was a multi-centre randomised controlled trial where minimally symptomatic OSA patients were randomised to CPAP, or standard care, for 6 months. Here we have studied only those patients randomised to CPAP treatment. Baseline characteristics including symptoms, questionnaires [including the Epworth sleepiness score (ESS)] and sleep study parameters were recorded. CPAP usage was recorded at 2-4 weeks after initiation and after 6 months. The correlation and association between baseline characteristics and 6 months CPAP usage was assessed, as was the correlation between 2 and 4 weeks CPAP usage and 6 months CPAP usage.One hundred and ninety-five patients randomised to CPAP therapy had median [interquartile range (IQR)] CPAP usage of 2:49 (0:44, 5:13) h:min/night (h/n) at the 2-4 weeks visit, and 2:17 (0:08, 4:54) h/n at the 6 months follow-up visit. Only male gender was associated with increased long-term CPAP use (male usage 2:56 h/n, female 1:57 h/n; P=0.02). There was a moderate correlation between the usage of CPAP at 2-4 weeks and 6 months, with about 50% of the variability in long-term use being predicted by the short-term use.In patients with minimally symptomatic OSA, our study has shown that male gender (and not OSA severity or symptom burden) is associated with increased long-term use of CPAP at 6 months. Although, in general, early patterns of CPAP usage predicted longer term use, there are patients in whom this is not the case, and patients with low initial usage may need to extend their CPAP trial before a decision about longer-term use is made.
10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2016.01.54
Journal of thoracic disease
1 Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK ; 2 Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, National Institute for Health Research, Oxford, UK ; 3 Department of Pulmonology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

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Our Time > News > Ambeya's fundraising adventure
Ambeya's fundraising adventure
We are delighted to hear that one of our young ambassadors, Ambeya Begum, will do some more fundraising for Our Time this year. You can support Ambeya with a donation here.
Ambeya says:
"Every year, I aim to make an impact on children's lives. Working with Our Time has enabled me to use my personal experiences to teach children how to cope as young carers to parents with severe mental illnesses. These children suffer as a result of their parents' illness. They become excluded from a society, where mental illness is seen as taboo or their caring responsibilities do not fit the attributes of a 'normal kid.' As a result, society becomes oblivious to the issues which arise in families where mental illnesses exist. It isn't fair for children to live their lives as victims of society's inability to see mental illness as an illness like any other. It is not something you can hide and it is not fair to expect a child to parent their own parent.
Our Time provides a service which helps the family and the children from an early age learn how to cope with parental mental illness. They help build a bond and a close, loving relationship with a mentally ill family member. Being involved with Our Time for over five years and becoming a trustee, ambassador and an NHS young carer's champion, has allowed me to make this cause part of my life, which I don't think I will ever be able to give up. I hope that the work I do opens up doors for conversations and increases our capacity to hear from the voices of the unheard and unseen: young carers whose voices are silenced through the stigma and shame of parental mental illness.
I have taken a personal stand to speak up for those children and the message I want to share is that we all can prevent the cycle of mental illness.
Having already trekked the Great Wall of China, completed a 15,000ft skydive, and volunteered in a South African orphanage where children have lost their parents to mental illnesses, I have managed to raise money so that Our Time can carry on providing services which the public sector and health professionals are not. As crazy as it sounds, I have now taken the initiative to complete a sponsored trek across the Sahara Desert. For me to successfully complete this trek, I must raise a minimum of £2000 for Our Time.
I am delighted to be part of a movement that campaigns and helps the children of parents with a mental illness. It would be an achievement for me to complete this and I would love for you all to feel the passion and energy that I feel.
Your donations will give a voice to young carers and make a huge difference to their lives. Any amount will be appreciated, and your support will carry on driving my commitment. I would also appreciate you sharing this with anyone else who would be interested in the work I have been doing."
If you would like to support Ambeya, you can do so here.


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Eduardo Li (Puntarenas, Costa Rica, 11 de noviembre de 1958) es un expresidente de la Federación Costarricense de Fútbol y el co-fundador de Puntarenas Fútbol Club.

Eduardo Li es el co-fundador del Puntarenas Fútbol Club, junto al presidente Adrián Castro.

Es exmiembro de los comités ejecutivos de la FIFA y de la Concacaf

Trayectoria
Eduardo Li llegó al mundo del fútbol en el año 2002, cuando asumió el control del Municipal Puntarenas, un modesto club que fue parte de la Segunda División de Costa Rica. En 2004, compró la franquicia de Santa Bárbara, un equipo que fue parte de la Primera División de Costa Rica que tenía problemas económicos, y le rebautizó como Puntarenas Fútbol Club. En 2006, ganó la  Copa Interclubes de la Uncaf a nivel internacional.

En 2007, fue elegido presidente de la Federación Costarricense de Fútbol. En el 2011 fue reelegido.

Caso de corrupción en la FIFA
El 27 de mayo de 2015, Eduardo Li fue uno de los siete miembros de la FIFA detenidos en el Hotel Baur au Lac de Zúrich (Suiza), en el marco de las investigaciones lideradas por el Departamento de Justicia de EEUU en el denominado Cas Fifagate. Los dirigentes, que estaban preparando el 65º congreso de la FIFA para elegir nuevo presidente, fueron formalmente acusados de varios delitos de corrupción. Las investigaciones del FBI determinaron que los delitos se habían cometido desde 1991 y que el total defraudado superaba los 150 millones de dólares. Entre los siete detenidos se encontraban dos vicepresidentes de la FIFA, Jeffrey Webb y Eugenio Figueredo, además de Julio Rocha López, Costas Takkas, Rafael Esquivel y José Maria Marin. Simultáneamente, otra operación de registro se realizó en la sede de la Concacaf en Miami.

Eduardo Li estuvo encarcelado en Suiza hasta que aceptó, el 17 de diciembre de 2015, ser extraditado a Estados Unidos para hacer frente a los cargos que había contra él. El 8 de marzo salió en libertad bajo arresto domiciliario, pulsera electrónica y movimientos restringidos en el área de Nueva York previo pago de una fianza de 1,1 millones de dólares y la entrega de dos fincas, una en Florida y la otro en Alaska.

En octubre de 2016 admitió haber cobrado más de 600.000 dólares en sobornos y aceptó tres de los diversos delitos de lo acusado, crimen organizado, fraude electrónico y conspiración para fraude electrónico, y obtuvo trasladar el arresto domiciliario al área de Miami. En abril de 2017 le fue retirada la pulsera electrónica quedando en libertad con algunas restricciones ya la espera del juicio previsto en septiembre de 2017 en los tribunales de Nueva York.

El 21 de abril de 2017, Eduardo Li fue inhabilitado a perpetuidad por el Comité de Ética de la FIFA por incumplir las reglas de la entidad contra el cohecho y la corrupción.

EL 13 de noviembre de 2018, después de varios aplazamientos, se hizo pública la sentencia que le condenaba a 9 meses y medio de prisión, que son los que ya había cumplido entre Suiza y Estados Unidos, a dos años de libertad supervisada, a 15000 dólares de multa y una indemnización de 668.000 dólares, parte de los cuales ya los había pagado previamente. La sentencia, que no impedía la salida de Estados Unidos, permitió a Eduardo Li devolver a su país, Costa Rica.

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I don't know about you but I'm in the middle of the going back to school crazy.
I'm a college professor who advises a pretty active student group so I've already technically been "back to school".
But darn it, I still want my final days!
So I've been balancing the final, precious days of my time off with being back. But that doesn't mean I am not participating in the Black Yogi Project Thrive Tribe Instagram Challenge.
It's already five days in and at the point, I'll be working on and photographing as many poses as I can to catch up.
That doesn't mean you don't have to do the same. If you are on Instagram, you can still participate using the hashtag #bgytribechallenge . Check out the flier below for poses through the challenge.
Set you on the mat and on Instagram!


Visitors to Stonehenge in Wiltshire rarely experience the historic site without the rumble of traffic noise from the nearby A303. But UK researchers have managed to recreate the sound of a ritual there, as heard by our ancestors 4,000 years ago.
The research - which starts in an echo-free recording chamber and uses latest computer modelling techniques - has also been used to recreate the acoustics of Coventry Cathedral before it was destroyed in World War II.
The same work is also being used to design better buildings of the future - with the acoustics of Stonehenge for instance, helping to inspire modern concert venues. It is also influencing the way museums use sound to give visitors a sense of history, such as the hustle and bustle of railway stations during the age of steam.
For BBC Radio 4, Prof Jim Al-Khalili went to investigate the sounds of the past.


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RE:LIVE : Delhi-Sariska-Jaipur Eco Drive
By Soumya Prasad & Ranjan Ray
Almost everyone who lives in Indian cities today has been affected by air pollution, directly or indirectly. A large proportion of harmful particles in our air come from our own vehicles because of decisions you and I make every day to move from work to home, to drop our kids to school or pick up our groceries. Yet, the predominant attitude across society is to expect someone else, or the government to do the cleaning up after us.
About a year ago, a Whatsapp group brought together like minded people who thought slightly differently. What they had in common was that they drove the Mahindra Reva e2o, India's only fully electric car. They started sharing their experiences, and also roped in senior officials from MReva into their group to address issues. All this interaction and bonding lead them to plan, India's first community led electric car rally.
The car is very easy to drive, turn and park. It rarely picks up scratches or dents due to unique features in its body design. It costs very little to run and maintain. Yes, it was a steep investment initially, but this investment has paid off in a few years. The car's 120 km range was more than adequate for daily commute within the city. Most users learnt very soon that if driven carefully, the range could be extended to over 140-150 kms.
People are often worried about the range and availability of charging points when considering an electric car. Moving from fuel to electric cars is a paradigm shift. Most EV users will vouch that once you experience driving an EV, it is hard to move back to fuel guzzlers. Several people in India today only own EVs, with the e2o being their only car.
A new dawn for clean movement in nature reserves: 12th December, 2015, 8.30 AM, Sariska, logged the first entry of a privately-owned electric vehicle into a Tiger Reserve in India.
We decided to set up RE:LIVE to come forward collectively and make a statement. About the environment. About sustainability. About the ease of driving an EV. About going long distances with EVs. About redeeming our air, our lives and re-living the days from our childhood when the environment was much cleaner.
We started by planning the first RE:LIVE drive to Sariska. The MReva e2o needs a 15 amp plug with earthing to charge the car. This is the same plug that we use for refrigerators and washing machines in our homes. As simple as that. Several e2o users across India have listed their homes and offices as community charging stations. So have many Mahindra dealers.
Ground work around Pune showed that the common man was also willing to support EVs when they understood the simplicity of the requirements.
Preparations for the drive
We explored potential charging -stations between Delhi-Sariska and Jaipur-Sariska. Mahindra dealers in Dharuhera, Alwar and Shahpura provided us charging points. So did India's common man: a car mechanic in Alwar, the cook at Sariska forest camp, a villager at Narayanpura. We discovered that it was that it is easy to find a plug point, in big cities, in small cities, in villages and on the forest edge.
Wherever we stopped, we drew in crowds who wanted to know more about the car and e-mobility. Air, water, environment are every Indian's main concern today. We also learnt that with a little bit of planning, we can ensure that we time our car's charging optimally our stomach filling times!
Unlike fuel or CNG vehicles, we do not need major infrastructure investments to drive EVs. No pipelines or fuel stations to be installed. The charging infrastructure is already in place across most of India. The main issue facing the growing electric car community now is to convince people to provide a plug point to charge our cars. The government needs to step in to identify rates for charging vehicles at community charging stations. This should also certainly not be a difficult, given that we already have existing policy frameworks for electricity tariffs across the country. Ultimately, for e-cars to be used more widely, we need car manufacturers to give us cars with longer range and fast charge options.
Delhi-Sariska-Jaipur : The Drive video
The Central Government's recent announcement to move to electric for public buses in India is certainly a welcome move. With the government's push for solar, we are heading into cleaner energy in the coming decades. Air pollution is not just the government's burden to bear. It's our responsibility too. Together we can bring back blue skies, clean air and recreate noise-free cities.
Join RE:LIVE FB group for all updates on activities and events.
Like PluginIndia FB page or Google+ page for updates on RE:LIVE activities and events.
Nanda
Is Mahindra E2O exempted from Delhi alternate license number rationing ? If not then Mahindra should bring this matter up before Delhi govt. Electric cars like E2O don't emit any pollution and they should not be subject alternate license number ration.
In all other countries electric cars are exempted from similar restrictions. This can be a good selling point for E2O.
Dear Nanda,
As you may have read in the news, all electric vehicles are now exempted from the Delhi traffic mandate. This is surely a small victory for us and we can only hope that Mahindra Reva and other EV manufacturers use this to their advantage fully.
Ranjanray@gmail


In August 1877 members of the Salford Highways Committee were invited to the works of the Carriage Company in Ford Lane, Pendleton to inspect two special workmen's tramcars, designed by John Eades. His specially designed workmen's cars were capable of carrying 50 people, 22 inside and 28 outside, but his major innovation was in a smaller vehicle for 32 passengers (16 in and 16 out) being constructed at the same time. This was the Eades Patent Reversible Tramcar for which he filed patents in 1877.
After inspecting the first model, the Committee gave permission for its trial use for one week, first on the Pendleton route then on the Broughton service. A further inspection in September 1877 resulted in permission to use the car permanently, but with recommendations that on future cars the inside height of the ceiling should be raised six inches, and that the platform should be slightly enlarged.
John Eades was a coach-builder and the manager of the Pendleton works of the Manchester Carriage Company. In 1877 he produced a prototype of his reversible tram and tested it in Salford. In June of that year he filed for a patent which with minor amendments was granted in December. The Eades Patent Reversible Car could be worked by stud of eight horses, as against twelve for an ordinary car. But its biggest advantage was that its body, held in position by a locking pin, was able to swivel on its underframe, enabling it to be turned round at the end of a journey with horses still in harness and with the driver remaining in his seat. It was said that such a car could reverse in four seconds. The reversible apparatus allowed the builder to dispense with the second platform, so that it was cheaper to construct, as well as offering economies in operation. The prototype was described as "the roof is reached by two stairs at the rear of the car, the dangerous side step being thus dispensed with. Each axle has a compensatory wheel, enabling the car to traverse the sharp curves at street corners without grinding. The vehicle is also provided with springs which give an agreeable elasticity to the motion and reduce the jolting when any hard substance lies on the rail. The interior of the car is airy and comfortable". Beside the driving position there was a lever which locked the body to the truck. Braking was as in a normal horse car with brake beams, a sway bar and pull rods, but the chains between the pull rods and the brake staff would be unhooked by the conductor when the car was turned. At the trailing end there was an emergency brake wheel mounted on the nearside saloon bulkhead similarly linked by a chain that could be unhooked. The sway beam was slightly extended to the solebar where a hinged rack device could be engaged to hold the brakes on during reversal. Wheels on one side of the car were free to revolve on the axles to provide a differential effect.
Over 500 Eades cars of similar design were built by the Manchester Carriage Company for use in the Manchester and Salford area. In addition many more Eades trucks with various bodies, a few single deck, were built under licence by the Ashbury Railway, Carriage and Iron Co. Ltd. of Openshaw, Manchester. In addition to Manchester and Salford, places where Eades reversible trucks were used include Liverpool, Leeds, Bradford, Stockport & Hazel Grove, Chesterfield, Wallasey, Sheffield, Dundee, Newcastle, South Shields, Sunderland, the North London Tramways Company and the Tramways Sud in Paris.
From "The Manchester Carriage & Tramways Company" book by Edward (Ted) Gray published in 1977 by the Manchester Museum Society.
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Posts Tagged 'Sino-Environment'
China, Corporate governance, S-Chips, SIAS, Sino-Environment
Sino-E: Expectations raised then dashed in three weeks
In China, Corporate governance, Uncategorized on 15/05/2010 at 5:19 am
It was less than a month ago that Sino-Environment annced that S$14 million had been "secured". https://atans1.wordpress.com/2010/03/29/sino-e-wheres-the-14m/ and implied that things were looking up
So it must have come as a shock to shareholders that the CEO had quit and the company is in interim judical mgt.
Were the independent directors doing the right thing earlier this year? https://atans1.wordpress.com/2010/01/10/sino-e-where-are-the-managers-doc/
Or were they intent on making sure they could not be sued?https://atans1.wordpress.com/2010/01/03/sini-e-the-plot-thickens/
Hopefully someone will explain to the shareholders how within the space of less than a month expectations were raised and then dashed. Though I doubt it.
Corporate governance, S-Chips, SGX, SIAS, Sino-Environment
Sino-E: Could this happen?
In China, Corporate governance on 14/04/2010 at 6:04 am
If this can happen to a UK listco, which is part of the Hong Leong Gp, could happen to Sino-E or any other S-Chip that has or had management or corporate governance problems. SIAS and SGX should ask listcos what steps they have taken to prevent sumething similar happening to them in China? FT reports
Millennium & Copthorne, the hotel group, underscored the challenges for western companies operating in China on Monday after it revealed that a former employee at one of its joint ventures there had allegedly sold $48m (£31m) of the venture's assets without M&C's permission.
The company said the employee, Cheung Ping Kwong, sold the assets – which included a hotel and development land – in spite of a Chinese newspaper advertisement issued by the joint venture warning that he had been removed from his position at the group and was not authorised to sell the holdings.
China, Corporate governance, independent directors, S-Chips, SGX, SIAS, Sino-Environment
Sino-E: More $ down the drain?
Can't understand why Sino-Environment spends $ on advisers* in connection with the proposed restructuring of the Company's 4% convertible bonds due 2013 issued in an aggregate principal amountof S$149 million (the "Bonds") and its debt obligations.
When it terminated nTan Corporate Advisory in March as the independent financial adviser (IFA ) to the Company, the board said, "In line with the Company's cost-cutting measures, the Company has terminated the appointment of the IFA with effect from 18 February 2010. The Company's newlyappointed chief executive officer, Mr Sam Chong Keen, will undertake the task of negotiating and liaising with the Company's bondholders."
I think the board owes the shareholders an explanation for this change of mind. And I hope SIAS or SGX will ask the board for an explanation. Though something tells me that nothing will happen. Poor shareholders, they might reasonably think that directors are spending shareholders' money to ensure that the board doesn't get sued.
Or that the board thinks CEO is not up to job?
*Ernst & Young Solutions LLP ("E&Y") is the financial adviser. "E&Y's scope of work will include, among other things:
(a) advising and assisting the Group on suitable options for discussion with the holders of the Bonds (the "Bondholders") and providing assistance on the development of a comprehensive debtrestructuring plan of the Company's existing borrowings and liaising and negotiating with the Bondholders in connection with the debt restructuring exercise; and
(b) undertaking a business and financial analysis on certain related matters."
"The Company has also appointed Stamford Law Corporation as its legal adviser to act for the Group in relation to matters arising from the debt restructuring."
China, Corporate governance, S-Chips, Sino-Environment
Sino-E: Where's the $14m?
In Accounting, China, Corporate governance on 29/03/2010 at 5:08 am
In the middle of March, BT reported that the CEO declined to comment on the S$14 million cash reserves the group's former executive directors claimed to have kept in a Xiamen bank, saying: "We haven't sent the auditors in yet, so I don't want to make any comments on the cash as that could be quite misleading."
Have the auditors gone in yet? And if not, when? Sin0-E shld be telling its shareholders.
[Update on 18 April 2010 — Co says money is there and that it has been secured]
As a group of managers have asked for the opportunity to subscribe for 20% or more of the group's issued paid-up capital in the form of new shares, shareholders could be reassured that there is value in Sin0-E, something that the CEO was quick to point out. But they should worry that this request was tied to a pledge of support to the new directors.
A polite threat?
China, Corporate governance, independent directors, S-Chips, Sino-Environment
S-Chips: putting their cash into S'pore banks
The ST suggested that S-Chips should deposit their cash in in DBS, OCBC or UOB and not Chinese banks. This could reassure investors that the S-Chips' cash were safe. This would in turn help the shares to trade above their net cash per share.
Err might not be a gd idea. Forget about the practical reasons like
— the companies not having the cash they claim they have; or
— withdrawing the cash after depositing it for reporting purposes and deposting it again just before the next reporting date. To prevent this the banks would need clear mandates to report such actions, and manpower and systems to track such movements.
It could be that the investors are (or will be) concerned that the cash could be used up in unprofitable businesses. Chinese dot.com companies listed on Nasdaq were trading below their net cash positions after the dot.com bust. Investors rightly assumed that they would not see the cash.The cash would be used to fund internet ventures etc. Anything else except be returned to shareholders.
They were right.
China, Corporate governance, independent directors, S-Chips, SIAS, Sino-Environment
Sino-E's board are powerless/ SIAS needs to growl louder
I've always wondered why SIAS had been quiet on the lack of news from Sino-E's board on what was being done to protect the assets and business of the company. I had tot that maybe company had quietly assured SIAS that things were in motion but that publicity could cause problems.
So I was surprised to read in Wednesday's papers that SIAS had gone public on Tuesday, saying it had asked asked questions since December, but had been ignored. ST also reported that Sino-E had responded in a sense. No wonder it didn't earlier reply or inform shareholders, the news is not reassuring. Bugger-all has been done other than reconstituting the board and appointing a CEO. Production has ceased, and the cash has not been secured.
Though to be fair, the board is S'pore-based, while business, assets are in a faraway district in a faraway province from Beijing or Shanghai in China. And the board could could argue that since the shares are still suspended, there was no need to upset shareholders with the bad news.
Let's hope that SIAS has learnt that a nicely, nicely approach could be taken as a sign of weakness and impotence. More and louder growls, pls. If nec, howls pls. Wolves are feared: lap dogs and toothless mutts are not. As MM has said, S'poreans needed to be spurred.
China, independent directors, S-Chips, Sino-Environment
Sino-Environment: Still waiting for reassurance or bad news
Just before CNY, Sino-Environment annced that one of the directors had become CEO.
Well and gd that co has a CEO.
But if I were a Sino-E investor, I still want to know the state of the businesses, whether the assets are still there, and if the assets are being looked after properly. In short whether the new board is in control on the ground in China.
On this silence.
Sino-E: Waz up Doc? Again
Since https://atans1.wordpress.com/2010/01/10/sino-e-where-are-the-managers-doc/ there is no news on appointment of on-the-ground managers, or reassurance that the assets and business are being looked after properly by China-based managers.
Board, if you are helpless, say so leh? No shame telling shareholders that with you in S'pore and assets and business in a far away province in distant China. Even the Chinese emperors admitted that there were parts of China where they could do bugger-all.
Sino-E — Where are the managers, Doc?
In China, Corporate governance on 10/01/2010 at 11:01 am
If I were a small shareholder, I'd need some more information on what is happening.
Following last Sunday's announcement that the three executive directors (EDs) had resigned, the independent directors (IDs), by then the only remaining directors, said mid-week they had made three new board appointments and re-appointed the former financial controller. Two were IDs and one was a non-executive.
But till time of this post, nothing has been heard about who is managing the company in the absence of the CEO or any ED in China. And if no one is managing, who will manage it and when? Waz the point of all these directors based here? Everything of value is in China.
The IDs should be telling shareholders what they are doing to ensure that the assets of the company are not plundered or the business is not misrun in the absence of the EDs. If there are already gd managers on the ground, shareholders should be told. If there are none, why were there no plans for managers to replace the EDs? After all the IDs were seeking to remove the then EDs. And when will the new managers are expected to be in place? Shareholders need this information.
SIAS not publicly commented on this;
SGX not publicly querying company; or
none of the usual corporate governance pundits are even raising this issue.
But who knows, maybe behind the scenes? Somehow I doubt it.
Is all this corporate governance activity by the two IDs and talk by others, Wayang or shadow puppetry in its most sophisticated form?
A small shareholder might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment
Sino-E: Even IDs are in the dark
After the Chinese police refused to proceed against the chairman as requested by the independent directors, the three executive directors resigned, leaving no-one to run the company. This mass resignations seems to be taunting the IDs as they are resigning after a favourable police decision. They had refused to resign for months and the IDs had to get a court order to call for an EGM to remove the EDs.
Adding insult to injury, the company said IDs "will continue to keep shareholders updated of all material developments".
Err … But when BT asked the IDs for comments, they said that they are seeking to clarify the situation before issuing any response. As at the time of this posting, no annc has been made by the IDs.
They must be confused and worried because with the EDs resignation, no-one is managing the company. And some workers are threatening to strike over the IDs actions. And they could be sued by the chairman and shareholders.
Great way to start 2010.
They have the responsibilities and powers of directors but are powerless in reality. The co's assets are in a far away province of a far away China. Taz the reality.
Sini-E: The plot thickens
Recently I had pointed out that the independent directors, despite getting a court order, had done nothing to call the EGM to sack the executive directors. I speculated that maybe they had found out that the EDs had the votes https://atans1.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/sino-enviro-waz-up-doc/ .
Well there is now an annc on company's site saying that that the chairman had been cleared by the Chinese police of allegations made against him by the IDs.
Ouch! This is not good news for the IDs. It undermines the allegations that they are making against the EDs. As the Chinese docs are dated 25 Dec, maybe they knew about it and hence did not call EGM.
If I were an ID, I'd be concerned about the chairman suing, whether I have the appropriate insurance policy, and whether PwC can be sued. I"m sure PwC are consulting their lawyers and checking their insurance policies.
Wonder what SIAS will now say? They have been supportive of the IDs actions.
All goes to show: Taking an IDship in a company listed in one country, domiciled in another with assets in a third where there are problems with the rule of law is not to be taken lightly. It, like investing, in such a company can be the stuff of nightmares.
Sino-Enviro: Waz up Doc?
In China, Corporate governance on 31/12/2009 at 4:05 pm
When is the EGM to remove the executive directors going to be called?
On 17 December 2009, the independent directors announced, inter alia :"At the conclusion of the hearing on Thursday, 17 December 2009, Chong JC granted, amongst others, the following orders:
a. That pursuant to section 182 of the Companies Act (Chapter 50), an
Extra-Ordinary General Meeting of the members of the Company (the
"Meeting") be called and conducted within 21 days from the date of
i. To remove the Executive Directors from the Company's Board of Directors".
It's now 31 Dec, and there is no EGM annc. Why not?
One wonders if the IDs have found out that the EDs have the votes to prevent them from being removed? https://atans1.wordpress.com/2009/12/26/spare-a-tot-or-more-on-sino-environment/
Juz speculating, Watson.
But having gone to court, this silence from the IDs is deafening, and should worry the punters (sorry investors) in this stock. But then it seems the retail shareholders of this company are extremely passive. It took the IDs to get an order of court to hold an EGM, while the efforts of some shareholders (I salute them) to organise an EGM came to nothing.
They should realise passivity has its price. Ask those investors in minibonds, and HN5, Jubilee and Pinnacle notes.
Corporate governance, directors, lawyers, Liverpool, MU, Sino-Environment
To whom do directors owe their duties to?
In Corporate governance on 22/12/2009 at 10:48 am
As lawyers who are fans of MU should know,when MU (when it was a listed company) became the target of a highly leveraged buy-out offer by the Glazers, the directors sought legal advice on their duties towards shareholders and MU.
They were advised that directors owe a duty to the company and not its individual shareholders. In many instances, the distinction is not significant, since what is good for the corporation will also benefit its shareholders. Maximising the return to shareholders (or creating "shareholder value"), in many cases, does not conflict with the interests of the company.
But there may be situations where the interests of the company and shareholders may conflict.
The interests of shareholders may lie in realizing a short-term gain on their investment, something which the directors may decide is not the in the interest of the company in the long term. For example, the debts that MU incurred in going private, might have prevented the club from buying the players MU needed to win trophies. It didn't happen at MU; despite its debts MU has the wagga (dosh) to buy players. But the example of Liverpool FC shows that this fear was reasonable and legitimate.
The interests of majority shareholders may not also be the same as the interests of the company. Controlling shareholders may want the corporation to take certain action that may be in its interest, but not necessarily in the best interests of the corporation. Hedge funds, with a controlling stake, may want the company to pay a high dividend because they (the controlling shareholders) want to maximise the returns to their investors. But the company may need the cash to expand its production lines.
The correct answers to these kinds of issues depend very much on the facts of each situation: something the independent directors of Sin0-Environment are finding out the hard way.
Corporate governance, S-Chip, SIAS, Sino-Environment
Sino-Environment Cont'd
In China, Corporate governance, Investments on 20/12/2009 at 12:08 pm
SIAS has said that the share register of Sino-Environment is open, with no controlling shareholder; correcting my presumption that the EDs and connections could still control the company.
SIAS goes on to urge "minority shareholders to turn up in force at the EGM to support the Independent Directors (IDs) as their combined votes are important to ensure that the proposal to remove the EDs wins shareholder approval." (A quibble here: If there is no-one or group with a controlling interest, how can there be "minority shareholders"? SIAS must mean "small shareholders". Sorry it's the lawyer in me.)
On a very serious note: What are the implications, if at the EGM, there is a majority who vote against the removal of the EDs?
What happens when shareholder democracy clashes with possible corporate misdeeds? Remember, unlike directors (who have to act in the best interests of the company), shareholders can act in their selfish interests. Shareholders who find themselves "at the wrong end of the stick" as the English expression goes, have to go to court to protect their interests. How will everything then play out?
When general Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington in 1781 (effectively ending the American Revolution), the surrendering British army's band is reputed to have played "World Turned Upset Down". If the EDS remain in office after the EGM, some assumptions of company law and the listing manual, may be founding wanting.
As someone interested in the intricacies of company law and the listing manual and how they interact, I selfishly hope that the EDs win.
I know, I know. No a charitable tot at Christmas, especially towards many of the shareholders of the company. But they have to live with the consequences of their actions or inactions. No-one forced them to buy this particular S-Chip.
Corporate governance, S-Chips, Sino-Environment
Waz the point?
So the court has ordered the executive directors of Sino-Environment Technology Group to call for an EGM to remove the EDs (bit like asking piglets to vote for Chinese New Year) from the company's board.
As the public only has 43% of the vote, presumably the EDs and their connections control the balance. What if the EDs use these shares to block their removal? They have their rights too.
Possible moral of the story: be very careful in investing when the EDs and their connections have more than 51% of the votes.


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PURITY reports year end net profit of $12.96 million
Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica) Limited (PURITY) recorded an 11% increase in revenue to $960.32 million from $862.61 million reported for the corresponding period in 2017. For the quarter, the Company recorded revenues of $243.87 million (2017: $219.54 million), representing an 11% growth.
Cost of sales for the period rose by 7% to close at $588.15 million (2017: $548.27 million), leading to a gross profit of $372.17 million (2017: $314.34 million). Within the quarter, PURITY recorded cost of sales of $141.40 million, up 20% relative to $117.47 million booked at the end of the quarter for 2017. As such, fourth quarter's gross profit totaled $102.46 million, marginally up by 0.4%. year over year (2017: $102.06 million).
Other Income went up drastically by 1036% to close at $9.94 million (2017: $874,770). For the quarter, other income amounted to $6.82 million versus other loss of $2.50 million reported in the previous corresponding period.
The Company reported total expenses of $340.19 million, a 4% rise when compared to the $328.44 million reported in 2017. Of this, Administrative expenses amounted to $153.88 million, up 3% relative to $148.95 million reported in 2017. Selling expenses went up by 7% to close at $158.94 million (2017: $149.06 million), whereas depreciation closed at $27.37 million (2017: $30.43 million).
This resulted in an operating profit of $41.92 million for the year end compared to an operating loss of $13.23 million documented for the comparable period in 2017. For the quarter, operating profit amounted to $9.38 million relative to operating profit of $6.26 million recorded in the prior corresponding quarter.
Finance costs increased by 22% to close at $23.07 million versus $18.88 million booked twelve months earlier.
Consequently, PURITY recorded pretax profit of $18.85 million compared to pretax loss of $32.10 million. Pretax loss for the quarter closed at $4.14 million compared to pretax loss of $9.24 million in the previous comparable quarter.
The Company incurred taxes of $5.89 million (2017: $7.99 million) for the period under review, resulting in net profit of $12.96 million versus a loss of $40.10 million booked twelve months earlier. For the quarter, the Company recorded a net loss of $7.15 million compared to a loss of $17.24 million for the corresponding quarter in 2017.
As a result, earnings per share (EPS) for the year end amounted to $0.06 compared to a loss per share (LPS) of $0.18 reported in 2017. For the quarter, the loss per share totaled $0.032 relative to a LPS of $0.077 in 2017. The number of shares used in our calculations is 222,709,171 units. PURITY stock last traded on May 3, 2019 at $2.00.
Balance Sheet Highlights:
PURITY, as at December 31, 2018, recorded 'Total Assets' of $983.14 million, an increase of 7% year over year. The increase was attributed mainly to a 24% and 14% growth in 'Inventories' and 'Accounts Receivables' which closed at $43.34 million (2017: $35.01 million) and $93.93 million (2017: $82.08 million), respectively.
The Company closed the period with Shareholders' Equity totalling $720.66 million, representing a marginal 1% increase which resulting in a book value per share of $3.24 (2017: $3.22).
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Q: Help needed with using jquery to check checkboxes from php array I have a php array which I'm trying to get jQuery to check those checkboxes, but I can't seem to get it working. My php array name is "toCheck" which is:
Array
(
    [0] => 0
    [1] => 3
    [2] => 4
)

0,3,4 are the checkboxes I need checked. Here's my checkboxes:
<input type="checkbox" name="correct[0]" id="correct" value="0" />
<input type="checkbox" name="correct[1]" id="correct" value="1" />
<input type="checkbox" name="correct[2]" id="correct" value="2" />
<input type="checkbox" name="correct[3]" id="correct" value="3" />
<input type="checkbox" name="correct[4]" id="correct" value="4" />
<input type="checkbox" name="correct[5]" id="correct" value="5" />

If someone could point out what jQuery to use to make these checkboxes selected, that would be great!
<?php foreach($toCheck as $checkMe) { ?>
//i'm assuming my jquery goes here but I can't get it working
<?php }; ?>

Thank you in advance :)

A: Your HTML is invalid. id values must be unique within a document (reference).
That said, ignoring the id values, you could use this (live example):
$(':checkbox[name^=correct]').each(function() {
    switch (this.value) {
        case "0":
        case "3":
        case "4":
            this.checked = true;
            break;
     }
});

That uses a CSS3 substring selector (jQuery supports nearly all of CSS3) on the name attribute to select any checkbox with a name starting with correct, and then uses jQuery's each to loop through them. Then we set the checked property on the ones with the desired value.
You could also do it with a longer selector and without the loop (live example):
$(':checkbox[name^=correct][value=0], :checkbox[name^=correct][value=3], :checkbox[name^=correct][value=4]').attr('checked', true);

Update: Re-reading your question, it looks like you might need to do this more dynamically:
<script type='text/javascript'>
(function() {
    var boxes = $(); // Assumes jQuery 1.4 or higher
<?php foreach($toCheck as $checkMe) { ?>
    echo "boxes.add(':checkbox[name=^=correct][value=" . $toCheck . "]');";
<?php }; ?>
    boxes.attr('checked', true);
})();
</script>

...which would generate:
<script type='text/javascript'>
(function() {
    var boxes = $(); // Assumes jQuery 1.4 or higher
    boxes.add(':checkbox[name=^=correct][value=0]');
    boxes.add(':checkbox[name=^=correct][value=3]');
    boxes.add(':checkbox[name=^=correct][value=4]');
    boxes.attr('checked', true);
})();
</script>

...which would check the relevant boxes. But it wouldn't be very efficient (all of that document traversal), better off using PHP to combine the values into a selector or switch as shown above.

A: Be aware that browsers don't submit unchecked checkboxes.
See Submit an HTML form with empty checkboxes for more.

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Surprisingly I'm really excited for fall this year--chunky sweaters and blanket scarves, yes please! But I'm not ready to give up my dresses just yet. This T-shirt and slip dress combo is going to be a staple piece in my fall wardrobe. Of course I styled this look for the warmer weather with one of my favorite pairs of lace-up sandals. However, when it starts to cool down I'll probably opt for lace-up flats or booties and more than likely add a cute scarf.
I love this combo because the dress is so lightweight, making it a perfect everyday look.


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Misimović () is a Serbian surname. It is traditionally found in Bosnia and Herzegovina (in the Gradiška region), from where the family members have spread into Croatia and Serbia. There were only 3 people with the surname in Croatia in the 1950s, today there are 31, concentrated in Rijeka. Petar Misimović from Podgradci, a Partisan, fell at the Battle of Kozara. At least 46 individuals with the surname, all of whom were ethnic Serbs, from the villages of Jablanica and Sovjak in Gradiška, were murdered by the Ustaše at the Jasenovac concentration camp. At least six of these were children, murdered in 1942. It may refer to:

Zvjezdan Misimović, Bosnian footballer

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Home innovation Half Male-Half Female Songbird Captured In Pennsylvania
Half Male-Half Female Songbird Captured In Pennsylvania
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An extremely rare bird with half its body looking like a male and the other half like a female was captured recently at a nature reserve in southwestern Pennsylvania
A gynandromorph rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) was recently captured and banded … [+] during autumn migration at Powdermill Nature Reserve in Pennsylvania. This particular individual has male markings on its right side and female markings on its left side. (Credit: Annie Lindsay, Powdermill Nature Reserve/Carnegie Museum of Natural History)
Annie Lindsay, Powdermill Nature Reserve / Carnegie Museum of Natural History
One of the most enjoyable aspects of birding is that I never know what I'll find. Oh sure, I have a good idea what to expect, but I never know what I'll see until I get out there and look.
Such was the situation for a team of bird banders working at Powdermill Avian Research Center (PARC) located in the Laurel Highlands of southwestern Pennsylvania, 55 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. This facility, which is part of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History's biological research station at Powdermill Nature Reserve, comprises 10 hectares of fields, hedgerows, ponds, wetlands, and streams, providing many opportunities for research with wild birds. PARC scientists conduct bio-acoustic research, evaluate avian perceptions of glass in an experimental flight tunnel to learn how to reduce bird-window collisions, and they operate a bird banding station.
Powdermill Avian Research Center (PARC) is part of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History's … [+] biological research station at Powdermill Nature Reserve. (Credit: Joshua Franzos, Powdermill Nature Reserve / Carnegie Museum of Natural History)
Joshua Franzos, Powdermill Nature Reserve / Carnegie Museum of Natural History
It was late in the afternoon on 24 September so the bird banding team was almost finished for the day when something truly remarkable occurred: upon untangling a struggling bird from their nets, they found a songbird that looked as though it was composed of the lengthwise halves of two birds, one male and one female, that had been glued together into one individual. This bizarre bird was a rare gynandromorph, which is sometimes known more colloquially as a 'halfsider'.
A banding team member carefully removes a migrating bird from a mistnet at Powdermill Nature … [+] Reserve. (Credit: Pamela Curtin, Powdermill Nature Reserve / Carnegie Museum of Natural History)
Pamela Curtin, Powdermill Nature Reserve / Carnegie Museum of Natural History
"We carry walkie talkies around the nets with us, and the field tech radioed back to excitedly say that they had a gynandromorph", Annie Lindsay, Bird Banding Program Manager and a doctoral candidate at the University of Toledo, said in email. "[A]nd sure enough, when they brought it back, it was a half male, half female Rose-breasted Grosbeak!"
Gynandromorph rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) captured during autumn 2020 migration … [+] in Pennsylvania. This particular individual has male markings on its right side and female markings on its left side. (Credit: Annie Lindsay, Powdermill Nature Reserve/Carnegie Museum of Natural History)
"We were all excited and definitely surprised! Although we all have 'wish lists' of birds we hope we'll see 'in the hand' someday, none of us really expected to catch a gynandromorph."
These birds are incredibly rare: out of more than 750,000 birds captured during almost six decades of bird banding, the Powdermill Nature Reserve's avian research center has recorded fewer than 10 bilateral gynandromorphs.
According to Ms Lindsay, this was a "once-in-a-lifetime experience." Except, it would appear that Ms Lindsay has lived two lifetimes already because, astonishingly, this is the second gynandromorph that she's seen — and captured — at PARC.
"I was at Powdermill in a different capacity when the other bilateral gynandromorph Rose-Breasted Grosbeak was caught in September 2005", Ms Lindsay explained in email.
"I was working as a field tech then focusing primarily on bioacoustics work (analyzing nocturnal flight calls), so I saw the bird and recognized that it was quite the catch, but I understand better now how rare these birds truly are."
Indeed. Even most active birders and nature photographers have never seen a live gynandromorph bird, and far fewer still have captured and banded even just one.
Like seeing a unicorn
"The banding team was starstruck by this bird", Ms Lindsay said in email. "One of the crew said it was 'like seeing a unicorn'; one described the adrenaline rush lasting the whole day; one talked about how they 'never thought I'd see something so cool in my life'."
The tail of a gynandromorph rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus). Almost as if half of a … [+] male and half of a female bird had been sewn together into one living being. (Credit: Annie Lindsay, Powdermill Nature Reserve / Carnegie Museum of Natural History)
"The excitement and joy were palpable, and you could feel how special this bird was to them. Watching their expressions of happiness and awe made this capture even more extraordinary."
Rose-breasted grosbeaks, Pheucticus ludovicianus, are common breeding birds as well as common visitors to backyard bird feeders in southwest Pennsylvania, where this bird was captured. However, most of the local rose-breasted grosbeaks had already departed for southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America for the winter, so this particular individual "was almost certainly a bird that spent the breeding season north of us and was migrating through our area", Ms Lindsay explained in email.
Two male rose-breasted grosbeaks (Pheucticus ludovicianus) in breeding plumage visit a backyard … [+] birdfeeder. (Credit: Waldo Jaquith, CC BY-SA 2.0)
Waldo Jaquith via a Creative Commons license
"I aged the bird as an 'after-hatching-year' which means that it did not hatch this calendar year, so it's at least one year old", Ms Lindsay explained in email, then added: "We can't age a songbird beyond knowing that it hatched this year or in a previous year, so this bird could be quite old, or it could be just one year old."
Although this bird was in fresh autumnal plumage, which is considerably less fancy than its striking breeding plumage, it still shows distinct color differences. On its right side, it has rose-colored speckles on its brown-streaked breast, a rose-colored "wing pit" and black flight feathers — male plumage. On its left side, it has a yellow "wing pit" and brown streaks on its yellow breast plumage — female plumage.
"It was spectacular. This bird is in its nonbreeding [plumage], so in the spring when it's in its breeding plumage, it's going to be even more starkly male, female", Ms Lindsay said.
Courting pair of rose-breasted grosbeaks (Pheucticus ludovicianus) in full breeding plumage. … [+] (Credit: with kind permission of the photographer, Chuck Hantis.)
Copyright by Chuck Hantis, all rights reserved
"Bilateral gynandromorphism, while very uncommon, is normal and provides an excellent example of a fascinating genetic process that few people ever encounter", Ms Lindsay added.
A bilateral gynandromorph results from a developmental accident
In birds, sex is determined by sex chromosomes, just as in mammals. But unlike mammals, where females are XX and males are XY, female birds are ZW whilst males are ZZ (lots more details here). So the sex chromosome — either W or Z — determines the resulting chick's sex.
To develop properly, the ovum sheds half of its chromosomes in a small package called a polar body before it is fertilized. But if both the egg's nucleus and its polar body are fertilized by two different sperm cells (ref), and these nuclei start dividing separately, each side of the bird's body develops its own sex because one side has female chromosomes (ZW) whilst the other side has male chromosomes (ZZ).
Because rose-breasted grosbeaks are sexually dichromatic, the differences between the sexes are readily apparent, especially when the bird attains breeding plumage. Thus, these gynandromorphs are readily visible, whereas gynandromorphs of other bird species where males and females look the same are almost impossible to spot.
This raises the question: is this bilateral gynandromorph grosbeak capable of breeding and raising chicks?
Can a bilateral gynandromorph breed?
Well, it's complicated.
"Since usually only the left ovary is functional in birds, and the left side of this bird is the female side, this bird theoretically could produce young if it successfully mates with a male", Ms Lindsay explained. "The bird's ability to reproduce could also depend on whether it sings like a male, which would potentially attract females and elicit a territorial response from other males."
But this is speculation at this point because there are no documented cases of bilateral gynandromorph birds successfully breeding in the wild nor in captivity.
Last year, I interviewed ecologist Brian Peer, a professor of biology at Western Illinois University, about a bilateral gynandromorph Northern cardinal that he studied (more here) and here's what he told me then:
"I'm not sure that it is capable of breeding", Professor Peer cautioned in email. "Because the female side is on the left doesn't necessarily mean that the ovary is also on that side. The study by Zhao et al. (2010; ref) that we cited indicated that the [physical] appearance doesn't always correspond with the gonad [location]. They found two birds that appeared male on the left half, but one individual had an ovary on that side. A third individual was female on the left side and had a combination testis-ovary structure."
Such a combination structure, known as an ovotestis, is a gonad with both testicular and ovarian aspects and thus, is not fertile.
As Professor Peer explained to me last year, although we don't know much about the breeding capabilities of gynandromorph birds, there is little evidence to suggest that they are fertile. Professor Peer did mention that gynandromorph songbirds can exhibit important courtship behaviors, like singing, that make it possible for them to form a pair bond, as documented in a study of a captive gynandromorph zebra finch that behaved as a male, yet also produced infertile eggs (ref).
Might this bird reappear next year?
"It's unlikely that we'll see this bird next spring, but not impossible", Ms Lindsay said in email. "Most of the birds we recapture year after year are local breeders or winter residents, but less so with birds that are migrating through Powdermill."
After photographing and banding the bird, Ms Lindsay took it to the lab where she measured its wing length and plucked two feathers from each side of the bird (four total) for genetic analysis, before releasing it to continue on its migratory journey.
Annie Lindsay examines a migratory songbird in the lab before releasing it. (Credit: Powdermill … [+] Nature Reserve / Carnegie Museum of Natural History)
Powdermill Nature Reserve
Has anyone reported seeing this special bird?
"No local birders reported seeing the bird, either before or after it was caught and banded", Ms Lindsay replied in email.
It appears that this extraordinary songbird simply vanished, like a mythical unicorn.
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Piss Away the World Power Crisis
"...To make the battery, Lee and his colleagues soaked a piece of paper in a solution of copper chloride and sandwiched it between strips of magnesium and copper. This sandwich was then laminated between two sheets of transparent plastic.
When a drop of urine is added to the paper through a slit in the plastic, a chemical reaction takes place that produces electricity, Lee said.
The prototype battery produced about 1.5 volts, the same as a standard AA battery, and runs for about 90 minutes. Researchers said the power, voltage, and lifetime of the battery can be improved by adjusting the geometry and materials used."
This is the breakthrough by Ki Bang Lee and his colleagues from Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.
Sooner or later, who'd need crude oil?? If the Singaporeans develop the technology even further, we might soon be able to charge our phones, PDAs, or MP3 players through a quick trip to the restroom. No ne…
Short Time
Part of my rehabilitation involves getting back to that old habit of mine--downloading short stories from the Web, printing them out and reading them at my own leisure, which is usually during breaks from work. I've been going through the stories pretty slowly as I'm having a harder time digesting them compared to way back when. There's Maggot and Misogyny by Iain Grant, American Sister by Sung J. Woo, They're Made out of Meat by Terry Bisson and A Clean Well-Lighted Place by Ernest Hemingway, just to name a few. I've also gone through (and really loved) the first story of a science fiction anthology given to me by Vin. It was the lengthy and verbally-complex (at least to my standards) A New Light on The Drake Equation by Ian McLeod.
If any of you would like to get into this story download thing, go to the site I frequent: Short Stories at East of the Web, or Google "short stories" to find other similar sites. Take the printed pages with you and …
Queers of Pop
Aren't they gorgeous?
In 1999, Boyzone's Stephen Gately announced to the public that he was gay, eliciting mixed reactions from the Irish heartthrob's fans. Yet, he got the support of family, friends, and his band fellows which, I suppose, is especially important when one reaches a ridiculous level of stardom. When Boyzone first stepped into the limelight, I must confess that I found Gately the cutest of the five. And whaddaya know? As one stand-up comedian had said, birds of the same feather have the same bird...
When Westlife's Mark Feehily did the Gately just last week, it reinforces that unwritten law that at least one member of any boyband is homosexual. It would be wise, then, for female fans to screen new bands via world-standard gaydar to avoid disappointment later on.
Gately's admittance included having a relationship with Eloy de Jong, the towering member of the long-defunct Dutch boyband Caught In The Act. (The relationship ended nearly two yea…
Mauling
Today I got myself a new bag. A light blue Illustrazio shoulder bag that gives me some variety over my usual backpacks, which have begun to smell of sun and humidity like old unwashed denim. The loyal green backpack that I use more often has a few stains on it, and there's some kind of brown powdery residue inside. The resilient red one that I use on gym days deserves a break--it's my week off from iron pumping--so a massage courtesy of our able laundry woman should provide it relief.
Two weeks ago, I bought a pair of jeans, straight-comfort cut by RRJ (Funk you!). The size 33 looked great on me when I tried it on. But now I have to wear it with a belt. I should flatter myself because of the rapid decrease in my waistline, but to do so would be subscribing to a big lie; my waist measurement still rests close to 36 inches (believe it or not). The fabric stretch is a phenomenon I couldn't get used to till now, and most of my pants had undergone the mutation.
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Like many of you, I got that forwarded email weeks ago about the Mars report, that the red planet will come up close and personal late this month, the closest it'll ever get in over a long, long time. The very thought of Mars being as large as the full moon to the naked eye is freaky, so I was sort of relieved when I found out it wasn't true...
Stardome News: "The two planets won't be quite as close as they were in 2003... for Mars to appear the same size as the full moon, it would have to relocate to a distance only two times further from Earth than the moon itself. An event like that really would throw astronomers into a frenzy."
But I am certainly looking forward to Madonna's new "back to form" dance album Confessions on a Dance Floor, but the fact that Mirwais is in the credits disturbs me. The first single (Hung Up as reported in the Yahoo Launch site) will be unleashed to the world come October, with the album following the mon…
Quills Award Nominees
This is the book industry's version of the People's Choice Awards and American Music Awards, wherein the general public gets to choose which of five nominated books in 19 categories gets the glory as the best of the year. This year's nominees were selected by an extensive panel of approximately 6,000 US-based booksellers and librarians selected from the Publishers Weekly subscriber base. Publishers Weekly is the international industry magazine for book publishers and distributors.
Nominees for the Graphic Novel category are as follows:
American Splendor: Our Movie Year
Harvey Pekar
Bone: One Volume Edition
Jeff Smith
In the Shadow of No Towers
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Should I blog about the rain? Or the song of a blade of grass?
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Tonight I fiddled with my computer, repairing the operating system, disposing of a gigabyte worth of 'temporary internet files' and defragmenting the rest of the contents. The computer now runs a little bit smoother and faster, and all I need to do now is to find out how to get rid of those pesky pop-up adware that the security software can't seem to obliterate. Oh, and I have to pump up the RAM, too, since the whole family's taken to working on this baby. So much for having my own personal workhorse.
Soon, I have to invest in one of those nifty personal digital assistants, the kind that enables me to make and receive calls, do some word processing and spreadsheets, play music, and manage my schedules. Oh, and take pictures with. Jam had shown me her PDA, a complex little bugger, which let me question again my ability to keep an expe…


Stephanie first meets Newton when he bumps into her and Kara Zor-El running around Gotham U campus. Distraught that the college is going to cancel the funding for his project and he'll have to go back to the disgrace of bing a TA, the science major flicks on his machine in a fit of desperation, accidentally releasing Dracula's from the nearby 3D Movie Steph and Kara are attending.
Outside the theatre, Supergirl is attempting to hold off one of the vampires, and Steph finally swoops in and demobilizes it with a batarang. Newton comes to survey what happened. He explains to the girls that his lab had been working on a project that could generate "hard light," like a force field, and when the lab overloaded, the theatre took the brunt of the blast. He explains that although the theatre was only exposed for a second, there are twenty-four frames per second in film so therefore they need to get rid for twenty-four Draculas. He gives the girls sticks they'll have to stab into the Dracula's to destabilize them. When Steph calls them stakes, he accuses her of going all "nerd" on it, despite his earlier nerdy technobabble.
The Dracula situation is resolved, and a while after, Steph is working on her study group when she sees Newton running through the hall and yellling for help. Outside Newton is being chased and surrounded by mysterious cloaked figures. They are telling him to "pay the toll" and "join or die," as Newton grasps something tightly round his neck, terrified until Batgirl shows up. He runs when Steph tells him to. Unfortunately for him, Johnny C. shows up to "help" Steph, and inadvertantly helps the cloaked figures make their escape. Steph gets Babs to track where Newton is via satellite. Newton is found at the other side of campus, still clutching the flash drive tightly round his neck. The cloaked figures demand that he give them what they want but Newton holds his ground. The cloaked figures kill in in cold blood.
The next morning Detective Gage is examining his records, trying to shake out the mystery surrounding his death. A police officer suggests suicide but Gage knows better. Barbara decides to give Gage a bit of a hint by letting him know that there were "guys in robes" involved. Gage decides to investigate further just as his crew finds a blood-covered batarang the cloaked figures, aka Order of the Scythe obviously left to frame Steph.
The news figures Newton, who turns out to be the sone of a former cop, committed suicide due to "college stress", but Steph knows better. She blames herself forn Newton's death. So she goes out to answer the Batsignal, only to find the police waiting for her and telling her she's under arrest for the murder of Newton Flitwik.


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Ref T13222. Providers can now be deprecated (existing factors still work, but users can't add new factors for the provider) or disabled (factors stop working, also can't add new ones).
Enabled, deprecated, and disabled some providers.
Viewed provider detail, provider list.
Verified that I'm prompted for enabled + deprecated only at gates.
Tried to disable final provider, got an error.
Hit the MFA setup gate by enabling "Require MFA" with no providers, got a more useful message.
Immediately forced a user to the "MFA Setup Gate" by disabling their only active provider with another provider enabled ("We no longer support TOTP, you HAVE to finish Duo enrollment to continue starting Monday.").
Fix a double-render on the "MFA Setup Gate" screen.
I don't love this name (it means "No New Enrollments Under This Provider, But Existing Configs Will Continue to Work"), but can't come up with anything short and obviously-better. Currently planning to try to just document my way out of this.
These API changes are partly for consistency, and partly to support providers like Duo saying "you can't configure two factors for this provider", since it's redundant with Duo.
The way this cache works is that "1" is a fast path to skip the checks, and "0" puts us on the slow path where we do all the checks correctly and actually read the full application state. So this is really "dirty a cache", not "mark all users as having no MFA in some meaningful way".
In this case, a more precise name for the column might be something like canUserDefinitelySkipMFASetupGateBecauseWeKnowTheyHaveMFA.
Spelling correction, minor wordsmithing for clarity.
Or we could get rid of this state by making the enrollment in a new provider much more in-your-face: you can't disable an existing provider until you configure a new one (or sign a waiver accepting that you're killing MFA for everyone), and then all users immediately get prompted to configure the new provider.
Or we could just say that "slowly migrating to a new provider" (as opposed to a crisis migration because of a breach) is an edge case that isn't worth supporting, and prompt users at their next login/high-sec action to setup a new factor.
I think this is a little too verbose for end users. Maybe just say "You are required to enable multifactor authentication to continue, but this install does not have a valid multifactor configuration. Contact your administrator." (or similar).
Also, this is probably worth doing as a setup check?
On the "ways to lock users out by misconfiguring stuff" issues in general, I think security.require-multi-factor-auth will eventually get replaced with a configuration UI so you can set policies like "Administrators need strong MFA" or "Everyone needs MFA: Technical people need good MFA but everyone else can use SMS" (see T6115). Once that happens, you should only be able to get into a bad state by using UpDaTe ... statements to forcefully break the database. I also think it's probably (?) quite hard to break things now without being pretty aggressive about it, even though it's possible, so I'm not too worried about completely covering the lock-yourself-out edge cases.
I think this "migrate/sunset" step is at least somewhat valuable because jumping straight to "Disabled" is effectively the same as stripping the old factor -- if you move "TOTP" from "active" to "disabled", that's largely equivalent to just removing it from everyone's accounts. This might give an attacker a window to add MFA to an account without needing old MFA, since at the "MFA Setup Gate" they can just add a factor they control and then escalate their attack from there.
If the change is "corporate policy", that seems possibly bad. Even if there was a breach, it seems possibly bad unless the nature of the breach was catastrophic and the factor is completely compromised to all attackers. If the breach wasn't a total compromise, it seems bad to say "anyone who got up from their desk for a minute to get coffee can now have adversarial MFA added to their account by an opportunistic attacker".
(We do prevent you from disabling or deprecating the last active provider if security.require-multi-factor-auth is enabled, but not if it's disabled, and you can always UpDaTe ... yourself into that state or disable "Require MFA", disable all your providers, and then enable "Require MFA" to get yourself into a mess.
This message is mostly aimed at administrators, I'm just not calling them out explicitly.
I don't want to dead-end administrators here since I expect almost every user to ever see this to be an administrator who just screwed up the configuration and doesn't quite know what they're doing.
You can't get to soft setup checks (in Config) in this state.
We could raise this as a hard fatal setup check, but then we'd always be guaranteed to lock out every user immediately, which seems worse to me.
It's possible for an administrator to deprecate a provider which they have a factor for, then turn on MFA requirements, and end up in a state where new users will hit this but the administrator themselves won't. In that case, a soft setup check might help. But you have to try pretty hard to do this, and the message above should get you on the right path.
We could prevent bin/config set ... from turning on the flag in this state, but users can still edit .json or .php files, or a SiteConfig class can provide the configuration.


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"Enlightening and educational." For Enrico Feria, one of the Bridge English course coordinators for this year's Bridge Program offering, these are the words that best describe his experience as a Bridge English and Math participant during the program's previous offering last year. At the time, Enrico was about to begin his journey at the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) as a new freshman of the Associate in Arts (AA) program. Determined to prepare himself before classes officially started, Enrico participated in both the Bridge English and Math courses, where he rediscovered and relearned several topics he had studied before during his homeschooled days.
Now, why did Enrico choose to involve himself once more in the Bridge Program; but this time, as a Bridge English course coordinator? According to Enrico, he wanted to volunteer in order to "give back" or "share" what he learned from his previous course coordinators, make the most out of his extra time, and learn how to teach students. Although he knew that this commitment would mean a lot of work, Enrico also knew that this would be a good learning experience for him and challenged him to maintain the momentum and mindset he has to keep himself busy and productive. When asked about his volunteer experience with the Ugnayan ng Pahinungod UPOU, Enrico shares that this was "challenging and intriguing", as he experienced "the responsibilities and struggles our course coordinators and FICs have." In addition, he "had fun meeting and working with new people while exploring different software to create modules."
As an active volunteer, Enrico believes that other undergraduate students of UPOU would be encouraged to get involved in volunteering by seeing fellow students participate in volunteer work. Moreover, Enrico suggests that it would be better if the University "would recognize volunteering in the Ugnayan ng Pahinungod Bridge Program as part of the NSTP courses." By seeing fellow undergraduate students volunteering in the program, other students will be inspired to try and do the same.
At present, Enrico has several other roles and responsibilities, as he is a first-year student and the head student officer of the AA program. Through his example, Enrico continues to show his fellow students that becoming a volunteer who is of service to one's community and nation is indeed possible, no matter the circumstances. He also reminds everyone about the importance of serving their immediate communities such as the UPOU community as mga Iskolar ng Bayan: "Volunteering is a way to give back to your community, and what better community to give back to but the one you are currently studying in, right?"
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We really do come across the most marvelous and unique books and ephemera here on AbeBooks. Today's wonderful find of an amazing book is this beautifully bound 1776 legal manuscript, from Spain.
It is hand-lettered by don Ramon Zazo of Ortega, the scribe, historian and official herald and genealogist for the Spanish crown during the reign of Charles III. This lovely illuminated manuscript is bound in torn, nicked but nevertheless gorgeous leather. It boasts remarkable decoration and detail, from its coloured illuminations to the handwritten letters, the gilt on its covers, and the adornments of individual pages. Making reference to the city of Seville, this antiquarian gem, from a time when as much attention was paid to aesthetic as to content, is a dream for any rare book collector. It appears to be a study in genealogy, exploring the lineage and origins of the Spanish name/family Larrea in the 18th century. Regardless, it is certainly a most unusual and beautiful antiquarian book. More pictures below.


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