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Die Kornnatter (Pantherophis guttatus), auch Gewöhnliche Kornnatter, ist eine ungiftige Schlangenart aus der Familie der Nattern (Colubridae) und ist in Nordamerika beheimatet. Mit einer typischen Körperlänge von 120 bis 150 cm zählt sie zu den mittelgroßen Arten innerhalb der Gattung der Amerikanischen Kletternattern (Pantherophis). Sie ernährt sich als dämmerungs- und nachtaktiver Lauerjäger von kleinen Säugern, Amphibien, Reptilien und Vögeln. Aufgrund ihres großen Verbreitungsgebietes, welches sich über weite Teile der östlichen USA erstreckt, ist die Art in ihrem Erscheinungsbild sehr variabel.

Beschreibung

Kornnattern erreichen eine Körperlänge von 120 cm bis 150 cm, in Ausnahmefällen auch über 180 cm (der beschriebene Rekord liegt bei 189 cm). Die Kornnatter gehört damit zu den mittelgroßen Nattern innerhalb der Gattung Pantherophis. Das Gewicht einer adulten Kornnatter kann abhängig von Jahreszeit und Ernährungszustand erheblich schwanken und reicht von 200 g bei jungen, geschlechtsreifen Tieren bis zu über 800 g bei sehr großen und gut genährten Individuen.

Die Geschlechtsunterscheidung anhand äußerer Merkmale ist nur schwer möglich. Auskunft über das Geschlecht können dabei die sich beim Männchen durch das Vorhandensein von Hemipenistaschen, einer weniger spitzen Schwanzpartie sowie das Vorhandensein einer geringeren Anzahl von Subcaudalia beim Weibchen im direkten Vergleich geben.

Der Körperbau der Kornnatter ist im Allgemeinen schlank, der Kopf ist nur leicht abgesetzt. Die Augen sind groß und nahezu unbeweglich, die große, runde Pupille wird von einem braunen Irisring eingeschlossen. Der 4. und 5., alternativ auch der 5. und 6. der 8–9 Oberlippenschilde (Supralabialia) stehen in Kontakt mit dem Auge, welches von einem Präoculare, zwei Postocularia und einem großen Supraoculare umgeben ist. Die Anzahl der 203–245 Ventralia und der 47–84 Subcaudalia nimmt innerhalb des Verbreitungsgebietes von Nord nach Süd zu. Der Analschild ist geteilt.

In Färbung und Zeichnung ist die Kornnatter durch ihr großes Verbreitungsgebiet sehr variabel, die Grundfarbe reicht von einem matten Grau bis zu einem starken Braun-Orange. Die 34–47 rechteckigen, mehr oder weniger stark schwarz eingefassten Körper- und Schwanzflecken ("Sattelflecken") weisen zumeist eine orange bis rötlich-braune Färbung auf und sind in ihrer Form und Anzahl ein wichtiges Merkmal zur Abgrenzung der Kornnatter von der ihr sehr ähnlichen Prärie-Kornnatter (Pantherophis emoryi). Auch in der Intensität der Färbung lässt sich bei Pantherophis guttatus eine Veränderung entlang der Nord-Süd-Linie des Verbreitungsgebietes beobachten, wobei sich die eher kontrastarm grau-braun gefärbten Individuen aus nördlichen Populationen deutlich von ihren rötlicheren, kontrast- und farbintensiveren Artgenossen aus dem Süden unterscheiden. Die helle Bauchseite zeichnet sich durch ein für die Kornnatter typisches "Schachbrettmuster" aus, welches aus sich abwechselnden, hellen und braun-schwarzen, rechteckigen Schuppen besteht. Die Kopfoberseite ziert ein variables Ornament, welches am Hals in den ersten Sattelfleck überläuft.

Lebensraum und Verbreitung
 Das Verbreitungsgebiet der Kornnatter erstreckt sich entlang der Ostküste der Vereinigten Staaten vom Bundesstaat New York bis in die Florida Keys. Die westlichsten Populationen von Pantherophis guttatus finden sich in den Bundesstaaten Mississippi, Louisiana und Tennessee, wo das Verbreitungsgebiet an die Habitate der Slowinski-Kornnatter (Pantherophis slowinskii) und der Prärie-Kornnatter (Pantherophis emoryi) grenzt.

Bedingt durch das große Verbreitungsgebiet bewohnt die Kornnatter unterschiedlichste Lebensräume, die sich zum Teil erheblich in ihrer geographischen Beschaffenheit und dem Lokalklima unterschieden. So reicht ihr Lebensraum von Habitaten auf Seehöhe bis hinauf in höhere Lagen von über 750 m. In den unterschiedlichen Zonen ihres Verbreitungsgebietes bewohnt die Kornnatter sowohl sommerfeuchte Laub- und Nadelwälder, Busch- und Graslandareale als auch Feuchtgebiete, als Kulturfolger ist sie darüber hinaus häufig in der Nähe menschlicher Siedlungen zu finden.

Lebensweise

Verhalten
Kornnattern gelten im Allgemeinen als nacht- und dämmerungsaktive Tiere, können aber teilweise auch tagsüber an exponierten Stellen beim Sonnenbad beobachtet werden. Die Suche nach geeigneten Beutetieren findet zumeist nachts oder in der Dämmerung statt.
Den Großteil ihres Lebens verbringt die Kornnatter verborgen unter Laubstreu, Rindenmulch, Felsen sowie in hohlen Baumstämmen und Höhlen. Kornnattern sind ausgesprochen gute Kletterer und sind somit auch in Bäumen anzutreffen, wo sie Vögel erbeuten oder deren Nester plündern – Wasser wird, obwohl die Tiere gute Schwimmer sind, weitestgehend gemieden.

Auf Bedrohung reagieren Kornnattern zumeist mit Flucht, nur selten kann das typische Abwehrverhalten beobachtet werden – dabei richtet die Schlange ihr vorderes Körperdrittel in einer für viele Schlangenarten typischen S-Haltung auf und schnellt daraus bei anhaltender Bedrohung blitzschnell vor, um Abwehrbisse auszuführen. Besonders bei jungen Kornnattern kann in Stresssituationen auch ein deutliches Vibrieren mit der Schwanzspitze beobachtet werden, welches ein einschüchterndes, rasselndes Geräusch erzeugt.

In großen Teilen des Verbreitungsgebietes begeben sich Kornnattern in der kühleren Jahreszeit in eine mehr oder weniger ausgedehnte Winterruhe. Zu diesem Zweck versammeln sich oft hunderte Exemplare an geeigneten Stellen um gemeinsam zu überwintern. Diese Ruheperiode dauert je nach lokalem Klima bis zu 4 Monate, in denen die Tiere keine Nahrung zu sich nehmen.

Ernährungsweise
Als dämmerungs- und nachtaktiver Lauerjäger ernährt sich die Kornnatter von einem breiten Nahrungsspektrum, welches vorwiegend aus kleinen Säugetieren (Mäuse, Ratten), Reptilien (z. B.: Anolis) und Amphibien besteht, auch Vögel werden mitunter erbeutet. Darüber hinaus ist bekannt, dass die sehr kletterfreudigen Kornnattern auch Vogelnester plündern und die darin enthaltenen Eier und Jungvögel verspeisen.

Die Kornnatter verfügt zum Beutefang über keinerlei Gift und tötet ihre Beute deshalb durch Erwürgen. Zu diesem Zweck schlingt sie ihren sehr muskulösen Körper mehrmals um das mit den Kiefern fixierte Beutetier und erhöht damit den Druck auf die inneren Organe ihres Opfers so lange, bis der Tod eintritt. Dem eigentlichen Schlingakt voraus geht zumeist eine kurze Ruhepause, ehe die erlegte Beute – zumeist mit dem Kopf voran – durch Bewegungen der äußerst flexiblen Kieferhälften und unterstützt von windenden Muskelbewegungen des vorderen Körperdrittels im Ganzen verschlungen wird.

Sinnesleistungen
Die Kornnatter nimmt ihre Umgebung hauptsächlich durch das am Gaumendach liegende vomeronasale Organ wahr, welches dazu dient, die mit der gespaltenen Zunge aufgenommenen Geruchspartikel der Umgebungsluft zu analysieren und deren Ursprünge genau zu orten. Durch die Spaltung der Zunge ist die Schlange fähig, sich anhand der olfaktorisch wahrgenommenen Informationen auch räumlich zu orientieren.
Der Gesichtssinn der Kornnatter ermöglicht ihr ein scharfes, binokulares Sehen auch auf längere Distanz (bis hin zum 5-fachen ihrer eigenen Körperlänge).

Fortpflanzung, Entwicklung und Geschlechtsreife
Die Paarungszeit der Kornnatter beginnt mit dem Abschluss der ersten Häutung nach der Winterruhe (vereinzelt bei männlichen Exemplaren auch schon früher) im Frühjahr. Männliche Tiere zeigen zu dieser Zeit eine erhöhte Aktivität und durchstreifen unermüdlich das Gebiet auf der Suche nach paarungsbereiten Weibchen. Treffen zwei Männchen dabei aufeinander kommt es häufig zu unblutigen Ritualkämpfen, bei denen sich die Tiere umschlingen und versuchen, den Konkurrenten niederzudrücken. Weibchen signalisieren ihre Paarungsbereitschaft durch das vermehrte Abgeben von Pheromonen.

Der Paarung voraus geht zumeist ein ausgedehntes Balzritual, bei dem das Männchen das paarungsbereite Weibchen verfolgt und versucht, auf dessen Rücken zu gelangen. Die Paarung selbst geschieht durch das Einführen eines der beiden stachelbesetzten Hemipenes in die Kloake des Weibchens und dauert im Regelfall 10–30 Minuten.

Nach einer sehr variablen Trächtigkeitsdauer von 30 bis 70 Tagen legt das Weibchen gewöhnlich zwischen April und Juni ihre 8 bis 20 weichschaligen Eier an einem dafür geeigneten Ort (z. B. unter Baumstümpfen oder Felsen) ab und verlässt danach das Gelege. Ein Brutpflegeverhalten bei Kornnattern ist nicht bekannt.

Die 20–30 cm langen und unter 10 g schweren Jungschlangen schlüpfen in Abhängigkeit von der Inkubationstemperatur nach ungefähr 60 bis 80 Tagen aus den Eiern, indem sie die lederartige Kalkschale mit ihrem Eizahn eröffnen. Bis zu ihrer ersten Häutung ungefähr 1 bis 2 Wochen nach dem Schlupf ernähren sich die Neonaten von den Resten des vor dem Ausschlüpfen in die Bauchhöhle zurückgezogenen Dottersacks, danach erbeuten sie selbstständig ihre erste Nahrung, zumeist in Form von kleinen Amphibien und Reptilien, seltener auch jungen Säugetieren oder Wirbellosen. In den ersten drei Lebensjahren wachsen Kornnattern recht zügig und sind beim Erreichen der Geschlechtsreife im Alter von ungefähr 3 Jahren (unter optimalen Ernährungsbedingungen kann die Geschlechtsreife auch schon erheblich früher, teilweise in einem Alter von erst 9 Monaten eintreten) bereits zwischen 100 und 120 cm lang. Während der Wachstumsphase unterliegen Färbung und Zeichnung des Individuums einem deutlichen Wandel vom weitgehend grau-braunen Jugendkleid zur häufig intensiv rot und orange leuchtenden Farbe der adulten Kornnatter.

In Gefangenschaft erreichen Kornnattern ein Alter von über 20 Jahren, über die Lebenserwartung im Freiland ist nur wenig bekannt, allerdings dürfte diese deutlich unter dem in Menschenhand erreichten Höchstalter liegen.

Systematik und Namensherkunft

Beschreibungsgeschichte
Die Erstbeschreibung der Kornnatter erfolgte bereits 1766 durch Carl von Linné unter dem Taxon Coluber guttatus, sie gehörte damals zu den ersten wissenschaftlich beschriebenen Schlangenarten Nordamerikas.

Erst beinahe ein Jahrhundert später wurde diese Klassifizierung durch Leopold Fitzinger revidiert und die Kornnatter somit 1843 unter dem heute wieder gültigen Namen Pantherophis guttatus weitergeführt, ehe sie 1985 – nach zahlreichen Neubeschreibungen – von G. Stebbins unter dem Taxon Elaphe guttata in die umfassende Gattung der Kletternattern (Elaphe, Fitzinger 1833) gestellt wurde, in welcher sowohl Alt- als auch Neuwelt-Colubriden beschrieben wurden.

Moderne Systematik
In eingehenden wissenschaftlichen Untersuchungen zur Monophylie der Gattung Elaphe stellten Utiger et al. (2002) und Utiger et al. (2005) anhand von DNA-Analysen und Untersuchungen am Aufbau der Hemipenes deutliche Abweichungen innerhalb der Gattung fest, woraufhin diese revidiert und in 13 Gattungen aufgespalten wurde. Seither wird die Kornnatter gemeinsam mit neun ihr nahe verwandten Spezies der wiedereingeführten Gattung Pantherophis , 1843 zugeordnet.

In einer nahezu zeitgleich veröffentlichten Überarbeitung durch Frank T. Burbrink (2002) verloren auch die vier bislang beschriebenen Unterarten der Kornnatter (Elaphe guttata gutatta, E. g. rosacea, E. g. meahllmorum und E. g. emoryi) ihre Gültigkeit und wurden in verschiedene Arten eingegliedert, sodass keine Unterarten von Pantherophis guttatus anerkannt werden (Stand 2014).

Etymologie
Die wissenschaftliche Bezeichnung der Gattung Pantherophis setzt sich zusammen aus den griechischen Wörtern panthera ('Leopard') und ophis ('Schlange'). Der Artname guttatus hingegen ist lateinisch und bedeutet übersetzt 'gesprenkelt'. Die Herkunft ihres am häufigsten verwendeten englischen Trivialnamen Corn Snake ('Maisschlange' bzw. 'Kornschlange') lässt Raum für zwei Erklärungen: Eine Variante ist der Lebensraum der Kornnatter, die mit Vorliebe auf Getreidefeldern und in Kornspeichern den dort häufig anzutreffenden Nagetieren auflauert. Eine weitere Erklärung liefert der bunte Indianermais (engl. Indian Corn), dessen Kolben Ähnlichkeit mit der Bauchzeichnung der Kornnatter aufweist.

Die Kornnatter und der Mensch
Als Kulturfolger hält sich die Kornnatter gerne in der Nähe menschlicher Siedlungen auf, um auf Kornfeldern und in Kornspeichern ihren Beutetieren aufzulauern. Diese Nähe zum Menschen in Verbindung mit ihrem sehr ruhigen Temperament und den einfach herzustellenden Haltungsbedingungen machte die Kornnatter schon sehr früh zu einem beliebten Terrarienpflegling. Aus den zahlreichen, auch in der Natur immer wieder vorkommenden Farbmutanten und Lokalformen züchtete der Mensch im Laufe weniger Jahrzehnte eine Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Farbvarietäten (sogar "scaleless" also schuppenlose Tiere), die sich ungebrochener Beliebtheit bei Heimtierhaltern aus aller Welt erfreuen.

Gefährdung und Schutzstatus
Die Kornnatter wird von der IUCN als "nicht gefährdet" (Least Concern) geführt, da sowohl ihr Lebensraum als auch die Stabilität der einzelnen Populationen bis auf Weiteres gesichert und gut dokumentiert sind.

Literatur
 G. Köhler, P. Berg: Kornnattern. Herpeton, Offenbach 2005, ISBN 3-936180-14-8.
 K. Kunz: Die Kornnatter. Natur und Tier-Verlag, Münster 2004, ISBN 3-937285-08-3.
 D. Schmidt: Kornnattern und Erdnattern. Natur und Tier-Verlag, Münster 2000, ISBN 3-931587-48-7.
 M. Hoffmann: Handbuch Schlangenpflege. BEDE-Verlag, 2006. ISBN 3898601358.
 M. Glaß und D. Bohle: Haltungsgrundlagen der Kornnatter. Vivaria-Verlag, Meckenheim 2012, ISBN 978-3981317657.
 M. Glaß und D. Bohle: Farb- und Zeichnungsvarianten der Kornnatter. Vivaria-Verlag, Meckenheim 2012, ISBN 978-3981317664.

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks

 [ Eintrag zu Pantherophis guttatus in der IUCN Red List] (englisch)

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It was created as part of Exeter Arts Festival two years ago and can be found in Musgrave Rowe around the side of Exeter Phoenix, but is now partially covered in vines.
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Familiar faces that have appeared in Lewis's work include Elvis Presley, ET, Marilyn Monroe, Elmo and Winston Churchill.
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Atlantic menhaden
Menhaden are truly the most important fish in the sea. They are a key forage species for countless predatory species. Menhaden feed on plankton. That means that this little fish cleans the water as it feeds as well as helping to convert the sun's energy to protein. So, they provide a critical link in the food web between primary production and higher organisms.
Menhaden are currently managed as a single species meant for harvest. There was an overwhelming push in 2016 to manage menhaden for their ecological significance, Despite an enormous public outcry, the decision was made to wait until an updated stock assessment becomes available in 2019.
Currently, the lion's share of menhaden harvest is being taken by Omega Corp out of a single port, Reedville, VA.
Year End Update
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Here is our final update for 2019.We wish you a very Merry Christmas and a joyous holiday season. Action on Menhaden We have been waiting for the next shoe to drop in the ongoing menhaden saga and it did late last week. In a letter dated Dec. 17, Chris Oliver, assistant administrator for Fisheries at
Virginia Governor Asks For a Menhaden Moratorium
Because of the actions of Omega Protein, Gov. Northam is asking for a moratorium on menhaden harvest.
@ ASMFC: MENHADEN, STRIPED BASS, BLUEFISH AND BLACK SEABASS
ASMFC met April 30th to May 3rd, here's what went down By Capt. John McMurray The Spring 2018 Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) meeting took place last week, and of course, we were there. While there were a number of topics discussed, and actions taken, in the interest of simplification and providing readers with
THE TRUTH ABOUT MENHADEN AND LOCALIZED DEPLETION
As the reduction industry fights to take more fish in the Chesapeake, things get muddied By Capt. John McMurray To those of us who fish, it seems so darn obvious. If you take a HUGE amount of what by all accounts is a critically important forage source for, well, just about everything, out of a
New Developments in Menhaden Management
On March 6, the Richmond Times Dispatch reported that the bill from Governor Northam to keep the Virginia reduction fishery in compliance was killed by the House of Delegates. Omega Protein, a major political donor in Virginia, is fighting a ruling that gave them an 8% increase in quota because it also limited the amount
AT ASMFC'S FEB MEETING, HERE'S WHAT WENT DOWN
Striped bass in Maryland, menhaden in VA, and regional management for black seabass By Capt. John McMurray While there were many issues discussed, and action taken on several different species at last week's ASMFC meeting, the below are what we felt were issues important to anglers. For the full meeting report, see the Commission's 2018
WITH MENHADEN, THEY'LL ALWAYS JUST WANT MORE…
Virginia files an appeal, because apparently, 80% of a public resource is not enough By Capt. John McMurray Last November, the ASMFC Menhaden Board met with the intention of finalizing Amendment 3 to the Atlantic Menhaden Fishery Management Plan. We wrote about the outcome here: With Menhaden, Here's What Went Down. But the long and
CHESAPEAKE BAY MENHADEN IN JEOPARDY
If Commissioners don't do the right thing next week, we risk immense localized depletion By Tony Friedrich Several of weeks ago, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, received a letter from John Bull, Virginia ASMFC commissioner stating, "Virginia hereby appeals the decision of the Atlantic Menhaden Management Board (the "Board") to set the coast-wide total
THIS IS WHAT I'M THANKFUL FOR…
2017 was a good year, but in the end, it can all go away pretty easily Let me be clear about something… I'm not done by any means. The stripers are still going, and for sure I'll get a few, hopefully more than a few, more cracks at them. And, I'm pretty sure, or at
WITH MENHADEN, HERE'S WHAT WENT DOWN
While things didn't work out like we hoped they would, there is reason for hope… Having spent the last two days at the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Menhaden Management Board meeting, we are of course disappointed at the outcome. While we've written about menhaden A LOT during the weeks prior to such meeting,
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Hidetada Yamagishi Retires After 17 Year Bodybuilding Career
Japanese IFBB Pro bodybuilder Hidetada Yamagishi told Dennis James that he retired from the sport. Yamagishi's successful career spanned 17 years which is longer than most at this elite level. He is one of the most influential Japanese bodybuilders of all time. However, at 48 years old, it seems he's ready to move on from the sport.
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HIDETADA YAMAGISHI RETIRES
The official announcement that Hidetada Yamagishi retired came from the man himself while appearing on The Menace Podcast, hosted by Dennis James.
James asks both Yamagishi and the legend Iris Kyle if they're officially retired as to which Yamagishi replied, "I'm officially retired, I've done everything I wanted. I did the 2020 Olympia, and during the prep, I knew it would be my last show. I was happy I did it, but I knew I didn't belong there physique-wise."
WHO IS HIDETADA YAMAGISHI?
Hidetada " Hide" Yamagishi is an IFBB pro bodybuilder originally from Japan, born in 1977. The now 48-year-old grew up playing sports and got into weightlifting while in high school. His first competitive bodybuilding competition came in 2005, where he finished in seventh place at the Ironman Pro. In 2007 Yamagishi qualified for the Olympia, where he placed 13th.
In 2008 Yamagishi was arrested in California and spent 65 days in prison for the possession and alleged distribution of steroids. All felony charges were eventually dropped against Yamagishi. Then in 2010, his first big win came at the Europa Show of Champions. Then he moved down into the 212 division, where he took first at the 2014 Tampa Pro.
Yamagishi's biggest win came in 2016, where he placed first at the Arnold Classic in the 212 division. Over the next few years, he did well but didn't win a major show again until 2019, where he won the Europa Dallas Pro in the 212 and the Monsterzym Pro 212. The last competition that he competed in was in the 2020 Olympia, where he placed 14th.
Yamagishi has a total of 5 big wins plus 10 Olympia appearances. He now runs Powerhouse Gym in Las Vegas, alongside one of the best female bodybuilders of all time, the 10 time Ms. Olympia, Iris Kyle.
Yamagishi had a great career, and we respect these athletes who recognize when their time is up. He brought the possibility of bodybuilding to Japan and probably introduced the sport to more people than most could hope for. We hate to see him go, but we wish him well in his future endeavors.
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Rental companies are playing pivotal role in shaping the global aerial work platforms market. The market comprises scissor lifts, boom lifts, and other types of AWPs. These platforms are used by various end-use industries for regular maintenance, inspection, and other jobs while working at certain height. The use of AWPs has significantly increased with rise in infrastructural activities, and these platforms are usually purchased directly from manufacturers or distributors, which are further rented out.
Among the major AWP types, boom lifts are expected to retain a maximum market value share in the years coming ahead. Scissor lifts areused when there is requirement of maximum vertical and horizontal outreach to work at crowded job sites. The market is likely to witness higher demand for scissor lifts in near future, which will reportedly enable scissor lift sales to reach a market value of over US$ 8,600 Mn by the end of 2028.
Hybrid scissor lifts are finding higher application scope in the global market. This is a result of the efficiency in performance that hybrid lifts depict. Rental fleet owners also witness a high prevalence of hybrid platforms as it provides flexibility of scissor lift performance for higher utilization and longer term rentals. Hybrid scissor lifts are expected to support the industry hold its focus. Further, as emission standards continue to increase, the complexity of diesel engine scissor lifts will also increase which will be drive the growth of hybrid Aerial Work Platforms in the market.
The growth of hybrid lifts is also a result of enhancements in safety standards. OSHA and other associations have developed several standards, which are promoting the growth of the Aerial Work Platforms market. The market is resulting in emergence of safe and efficient working of aerial work platforms.
Growing awareness, understanding, safety concerns, and pricing, are expected to serve as the prominent factors limiting the growth of aerial work platforms market globally. High cost of AWPs stands as one major hurdle in the growth of market. Scissor lifts with increased features cost relatively higher than conventional ladders and towers. Subsequently, the number of consumers in developing countries and nations with low per capita GDP are relatively lower than developed countries.
Developing regional markets cover a major part of the global aerial work platforms market due to the rise in infrastructural growth and advancements. However, they lack in the capital investments and as a result, have to stick with the traditional practices for carrying out aerial work. Maintenance activities are still being carried out using traditional bamboo and conventional metal scaffolding for minor or major repairs in most of the developing as well as underdeveloped regions.
The main objective of the report is to offer insights on the advancements in the global aerial work platforms. The study provides market dynamics that are expected to influence current environment and future status of the aerial work platforms over the forecast period. The primary objective of this report is to offer updates on trends, drivers, restraints, value forecasts, and opportunities for manufacturers operating in the aerial work platforms.
A section of report discusses on how the overall competition in the market is steadily increasing. It discusses various factors that are shaping internal as well as external competition in the market. The sales of aerial work platforms and components is estimated to grow at a rapid pace in the near future. Moreover, rapid growth of construction activities, economic recovery, and rising demand for AWPs are expected to flourish the growth of the aerial work platforms market.
The report provides details market share analysis of the aerial work platforms on the basis of key manufacturers. A section of the report highlights country-wise aerial work platforms. It provides a market outlook for 2018–2028 and sets the forecast within the context of the report, including the new technical developments as well as product offerings for niche applications in the aerial work platforms.
FMI collects data from secondary sources including company annual reports, association publications, industry presentations, white papers, and company press releases apart from these we leverage over paid database subscriptions and industry magazines to collect market information and developments in exhaustive manner. After being done with desk research, detailed questionnaire and discussion guide is formulated to initiate primary research with key industry personnel; the discussion aims at collecting key insights, growth perspectives, prevalent market trends and quantitative insights including market size and competition developments. Both of these research approaches help us in arriving at base year numbers and market hypothesis.
In this phase, FMI validates the data using macro and micro economic factors. For instance, growth in electricity consumption, industry value added, other industry factors, economic performance, growth of top players and sector performance is closely studied to arrive at precise estimates and refine anomalies if any.
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The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has issued a collection of narrow scope amendments to IFRS. The collection includes amendments to three standards as well as Annual Improvements to IFRS Standards, which addresses non-urgent (but necessary) minor amendments to four standards.
The changes are summarised in this Adviser Alert.
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Costing and Your Business's Sound Financial Performance
Christiane Caisse
Senior Manager | CPA, CA, M. Sc. | Financial advisory
Costing improves profitability and is therefore of paramount importance for any business, including service companies. This is particularly true in these times of uncertainty.
Like manufacturing companies, service companies are constantly evolving and will need to arm themselves better than ever to stay the course and consolidate their operations in order to face the uncertainties of the coming months. Managers must have all the information they need to make informed decisions and ensure the company's financial performance.
By definition, costing is the sum of all expenses needed for producing a good and finalizing a service.
Establishing costs for informed decisions
There are several advantages to knowing and controlling the cost of your services, such as:
• Determining the sales price of services;
• Making informed decisions about contracts (because in negotiations with the client, the manager is better able to understand the available margins);
• Recognizing the difference between profitable and non-profitable services.
In many companies, costing is a neglected management tool, either because of lack of time or lack of knowledge.
As a result, many managers navigate rough waters and cannot rely on costing in the many strategic decisions they must make.
Here are some points indicating that you would need to update or review your costs:
You have had to review your priorities because of the pandemic;
Your costs were last updated more than a year ago;
Significant changes were made within your business;
Your range of services has increased and you don't know how to price your new services;
You're not sure you included all of the relevant costs in your costing;
Your profit margin does not reflect the estimated profit margin at the time of a tender.
To evaluate the cost of a service, you have to understand that it is composed of several elements:
Salaries;
Subcontracting;
Operating costs;
Sales expenses;
Administration expenses.
When determining your costs, one of the most common pitfalls is to evaluate a resource's hourly rate based on hours worked rather than taking into account productive hours (vacation and other days off, breaks and training).
For example, if we take an employee with a $25 hourly rate including benefits, this is equivalent to an annual salary with benefits of $52,000 per year. This annual expense, based on the number of productive hours per year ($52,000/1,660 hours in our example), gives us a productive hourly rate of $31.33. It is this rate that should be taken into account when assessing a service contract and not the $25 hourly rate.
When assessing your services, you will be confronted with several traps . One of the most important ones to avoid is postponing the project or waiting for 100% accurate information to determine the cost price. Remember that, like your company, costing is a constantly evolving process.
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ASPE: Redeemable Shares Issued in a Tax Planning Arrangement
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Retractable or Mandatorily Redeemable Shares Issued in a Tax Planning Arrangement
Section 3856, Financial Instruments, currently provides an exception in paragraph 23 that requires retractable preferred shares issued in a tax planning arrangement under specific sections of the Canadian Income Tax Act (ITA) to be presented as equity and measured at par, stated or assigned value.
Following publication of two Exposure Drafts in 2014 and 2017 and various discussions on the comments received, in December 2018, the Accounting Standards Board of Canada (AcSB) published the definitive amendments to Sections 3856 and 3251, Equity, to amend the balance sheet classification of retractable preferred shares issued in a tax planning arrangement. These amendments will result in significant changes in the accounting for these shares.
Accordingly, some of the preferred shares now classified as equity under the previously described liability classification exception will remain classified as equity if they meet certain conditions. However, we expect many preferred shares will be reclassified as liabilities and measured at their redemption amount.
These amendments are relevant to private enterprises that report under Part II of the CPA Canada Handbook – Accounting and apply ASPE and are applicable for fiscal years beginning on of after January 1, 2021 (in April 2020, the AcSB deferred the application date from 2020 to 2021).
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Digital transformation: A key driver for business recovery
Nancy Jalbert
Partner | CPA, CA | Management consulting
With all the rapid changes of the last few weeks, it has become clear that the future of business depends on technology.
When the global COVID-19 crisis emerged, industries suddenly had to find new ways to protect their operations while complying with public health directives.
No one could have foreseen the far-reaching impacts of the pandemic, but the businesses that have successfully pulled through are now better equipped to deal with its consequences. And in many cases, they owe their survival to a digital transformation initiated before the crisis began.
Now more than ever, companies need to strengthen their digital capabilities in order to overcome the challenges triggered by the pandemic and position themselves for a brighter future. Digital transformation plans should be realistic and broken down into phases. They should also take into account the organization's needs and resources.
Adapting to new consumer habits
When the pandemic forced businesses to close, consumers turned to online shopping for everything from essential goods to entertainment. The situation forced the hand of even the most reluctant consumers and, as a result, e-commerce has skyrocketed 118% in Quebec (source: Adviso).
Even now that businesses are reopening, traditional sales in brick-and-mortar locations aren't expected to bounce back quickly. Consumers are reluctant and a general sense of insecurity prevails. By the time the crisis is over, a certain proportion of in-store sales may have made a definitive shift to online sales and consumer behaviour may be changed for good. In fact, global retail e-commerce sales are expected to double by 2023 (source: Statista).
Consequently, temporary processes implemented to help businesses continue selling products and services during the crisis will become permanent. But they'll need to become more efficient.
Aligning processes for better consistency
Digital transformation isn't just about maintaining and pushing sales. If all corporate data and processes are aligned and connected, it can also improve decision making and optimize each step in the value chain.
But this isn't new. Our experts were talking about it as early as 2018. Now that social distancing is essential, it makes even more sense to reorganize production lines, add automated systems and include connected robots (which have no physical limitations).
Digitizing the customer journey to create a memorable experience
COVID-19 containment measures have forced many retailers and service providers to turn to digital technology to continue driving sales. Those that had already begun the transition before the pandemic quickly found themselves ahead of the competition. Today, all businesses need to consider the digital user experience, whether they need to build it from scratch or rethink their existing assets. It's essential for protecting their business continuity in the post-COVID-19 era.
If you haven't already done so, it's time to redesign your business model and add digital services. Businesses that can successfully innovate and provide customers with a smooth purchase experience will be able to take advantage of the current situation and increase their market share quickly. The opportunity is there. It's time to seize it.
Digitizing operations to reduce reliance on humans
Whether the issue is a pandemic or a labour shortage, relying on human resources for most business processes puts companies at risk. If we rely on people, productivity can plummet or operations may even be forced to halt.
From production to distribution, inventory management, stocktaking and costing, all business processes should be connected and automated. Before the crisis, companies were already embracing this shift in order to gain efficiency and work around labour shortages. COVID-19 has only accentuated and accelerated the need for businesses to hop on the digital bandwagon.
Digitizing supply chains to increase agility
Product shortages, logistical constraints, quarantines, delays, new shipping routes, supplier changes… Businesses are currently facing significant supply chain disruptions as a result of the pandemic. These challenges reveal an opportunity for businesses to review their processes and create a more integrated and robust supply chain for the future. This involves digitizing processes from end to end to achieve better visibility and control of the entire chain. A big-picture view allows you to optimize efficiency across the chain and respond quickly to disruptions.
It's time to face facts. Sales of household appliances, electronics, building materials and home renovation products have jumped 625% in Canada since the beginning of the pandemic. (source: Statista) If we want to protect local jobs, supply local markets and stimulate the local economy, our homegrown businesses need to embark on a digital transformation journey. If we don't embrace digital technology, consumers simply look somewhere else. Ease of doing business trumps all.
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UPDATE: In 2000 Rezko made a donation to the democratic party long before Obama's tenure. Could this be tied to the Clintons and Hillary's senatorial run?
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Maybe this evidence of a $15,000 campaign donation from Rezko to Clinton in the 2000 election will jog her memory.
why isn't anyone talking about Hillary being the first bisexual presidential candidate?
the book Bitter Legacy, has a quote from bill clinton that hillary has been with more women then him!


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We originally launched this small project based on the feedback that we had received since booting up our 1st YouTube Channel (@BiteSizeBitcoin) and since then it's continued to grow, like clockwork, every single month.
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We wanted to take a small moment and thank all of the folks who not only helped support the project (and use it, daily!) but also the many people within our community who gave a ton of useful feedback and remarks on what could ultimately make a coin market capitalization website exceedingly useful to users – we've take all of that feedback and it's been captured for future review!
We hope to release some of these more advanced tools later this year!
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I was in one of those dreamy moods I guess….. :) I've found myself coming across the odd stock photo of a model that just inspired an image in my head immediately, something that needed to be created just to get it out of my head. The original photo of this model was one of them, so as has been happening from time to time lately, I relaxed my "no stock" policy and got creative….
This image was created using Elements 2.0, using my own photo of Lake Taupo for the backdrop, my own Apophysis fractals for the moons, standard PSP brushes for the stars and stock by GothicSelene for the model.
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Challenges and Processes in a Complete Voiceover and Video Integration Project
The article below describes the various steps that go into a complete voiceover integration project given only a video with an audio narration in the source language. The case is taken from a real project for conversion of a video narration from one language to several.
The input material was a video which contained a background track and a narration. No script, translation or subtitle document was provided. This was a stimulating and engaging project with a myriad challenges, not only by virtue of the number of different target languages, but also the sheer number of intermediate processes and sub-processes, many of which did not form part of the final deliverables, but were essential in the path.
The main task involved replacing the source narration with a target narration. This required the following in reverse order:
Integration of the video with the new script.
[ *A video file WITHOUT the source narration.
*A separate audio file with the background music
(if any) contained in the original source video file. ]
(to be provided)
Audio recording of the new script
voiceover artiste
Validation of script
client & voiceover artiste
A script in the target language.
A raw translation of the source narration.
translator / subtitlist
A transcription of the narration in the source language.
transcriptionist
[* A video file WITH the source narration embedded
and background music merged. ]
As can be seen from the table above, the requirements provide a step by step outline of the process in reverse order as we trace the requirements backwards. For ease of explanation, the processes have been numbered E-A and shall be referred to with he same letters in the rest of the article.
A. Transcription & B. Translation (Subtitling)
The first step involved the transcription of the existing voice narration in the source language so that it could be translated. In order to maintain integrity of frame size, it is important to have relevant and significant data on the same page. These include:
the timings (start and end) of a particular frame
the narrated text in that span of time
the character count of the transcribed text (calculated automatically)
the translation
the character count of the translation (calculated automatically)
the variation between source and target texts (also calculated automatically)
the translated text adapted for narration, and
its length
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Subtitle Text
0.00 0.06 Some people have a lot, some have very little
0.07 0.08 I was one of them.
0.09 0.10 But I had a dream,
0.11 0.13 To take what little I had and turn it into something meaningful
0.13 0.16 To me , to my family, to the people in my small little world.
The above format was devised and used for the transcription. With this information readily available and visible to the subtitlist / translator, s/he is able to immediately view the character count of one's translation and how much it deviates from the source. In this way, s/he can choose to modify the translation to fit the frame. Guidelines to this are usually provided by the client.
It is important here to note that there are two diverse goals to be achieved here. These determine the nature of the translation desired.
Is the objective to get good subtitles ?
Is the objective to find a smooth-flowing script for narration in the target language?
The translator must know the objective so as to tweak his or her translation. While the first objective will lay emphasis on the visual representation of the text, the second objective will emphasise the aural element. Both texts can be markedly diverse. What may appear good to read considering the frame on screen, may not be the best heard in a background narration.
It may be wise to have two versions of the text available so that subtitles can be used where the narration is of a different language, and vice versa. For example, in a video with Kannada or Hebrew narrations, the English or Tamil subtitles can be superimposed, and likewise for the Tamil and English narrations, subtitles of other languages such as Kannada and Hebrew can be made available.
C. Script Writing & Editing
Once the source text is translated into its corresponding subtitles, the text must be modified or improved to make it tenable for a narration, something that reads fluidly. This involves not only making changes in the language and style but also the sequence of segments and perhaps shifting elements of various segments above and below across the script. This may be required for the structural differences of both languages as well as for better correlation with the presentations and happenings on screen. It is advisable to retain the time-codes for the script here too, as this acts as a guideline for the voiceover artiste while recording.
D. Validation of Script
The script is then validated by the voiceover artiste, and opinion could be sought from the translator as well. The best is for the script-writer, translator and the voiceover to work in consultation with each other, rather than the project manager having to transfer incremental versions of the script from one to the other. Collaborative improvement of the script in a team, works best. The final sign off should be by the voiceover artiste, who is going to narrate the script.
Once internally finalised, the script is sent to the client for their final approval, if the client so desires.
In many projects, the role of the script-writer may be performed by the voiceover artiste; and the subtitle and script versions of the translations may both be created by a single linguist. These roles are fluid and need not be performed by different people. Important is that they be treated as distinct steps in the process and performed separately.
E. Voice Recording
After the script has been finalised and vetted, it is then rendered to the artiste's voice. It goes without saying that the artistes tries his or her best to adhere to the timings indicated in the scripts, without trying to hurry up or slow down too much. Variations in the duration of segments across two languages can be adjusted in the integration stage as we shall see.
F. Integration of Audio and Video
By this time, a new voice file in the target language is available. To integrate this with the original video it is important to have
the original video file WITHOUT any background audio or narration
background music file, if any
This video is not the same as the one used for transcription and subtitling in the first place. Here, the file has to be the raw file without any background audio so that the new narration can be integrated with it.
While integrating the video with the narration AND the background scores, modifications in the length can be be made to of parts of the video in order to match the pace of the narration. If this is done, this should be notified to the subtitling division; this communication is vital as the time-coding of the subtitles in comparison with the final integrated video will vary and corresponding changes need to be effected in the subtitles before superimposing them on the new video.
And there we have it! The project is now ready for delivery to the client.
A systematic step-by-step process description, marking important inter-process communication makes the execution of the project methodical and stress-free. The overview of the chronology of the processes and the requirements at each step make it easier to plan ahead and communicate with all the stakeholders and linguists involved in the process. It illuminates expectations and requirements to each participant in the process. Background preparation for the upcoming and subsequent steps can be completed while an earlier stage is being implemented. For a project manager, the overview of such process adds to his / her efficiency and gives the client an affirmative and hassle-free experience with the team.
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100 million tons of unlovable plastic: The container-bottom numbers game
By SusanHubbard (TC Daily Planet) | August 5, 2012
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Every year 1.3 percent of the world's crude oil and an equal amount of energy are used in the production of 100 million tons of plastic packaging that we will toss out almost immediately after we buy it. This is called "post-consumer" plastic and according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, only eight percent of the plastic we throw away gets recycled. Until recently what was accepted for curbside recycling were only bottles with a neck and the symbol #1 or #2 inside tiny recycling arrows. Now some local recycling programs have added more plastics but what is accepted differs by community, creating confusion as to what to put in our blue bin and whether this stuff is getting recycled.
Recently, Minneapolis announced that it will collect for recycling all plastics, labeled #1-#7. Hennepin County now requires recyclers to start picking up plastics labeled #3, #4 and #5 by the end of 2012. Are all those plastics really being recycled? Or are they going somewhere else?
FULL DISCLOSURE: The author, Susan Hubbard, is founder of Nothing Left to Waste, a consulting practice aimed at helping people to prevent waste. Before founding Nothing Left to Waste, Susan co-founded and worked at Eureka Recycling, a 501(c) 3 nonprofit corporation whose mission is to demonstrate that waste is preventable.
It's About the Numbers – Or is it?
In the struggle to explain which of the thousands of plastics are recyclable the only way to distinguish between the different types of plastics is through the recycling arrows and numbers on the bottoms of the containers. Besides being nearly impossible to see, the numbers represent the type of resin used to make the plastic — not whether it is recyclable. To top it off, # 7 plastic is a general category for the thousands of other plastics that aren't #1 through #6.
For plastics to really get recycled, what we put at the curb must be made into a new products or packaging and that demands a market. The company that picks up curbside recycling then delivers it somewhere (the market) to be recycled into something new. Not all of the plastic labeled #1 through #7, or even #1 through #6, has a market.
The Market's Appetite for Plastic
#1 & #2 plastics, the market loves them. There are ample opportunities to make new products out of these plastics. But it is very different for #3 plastic. According to Steve Alexander, CEO of the Association of Post Consumer Recyclers (APR), the #3 plastics are simply a "contaminant to other plastics that can get recycled." # 4 plastics are bags. While the markets for plastic bags are good, the bags need to go to grocery and retail store recycling bins because they create big problems for sorting machines at the recycling centers. #5 plastic looks better and better to the markets, especially as health and environmental concerns with plastic #3 and #7 increase. #6 plastic also has a bleak outlook for real recycling. A #6 manufacturer operates a drop off site in California. They won't pay anything for it and you have to get it there.
As for #7 plastic, Alexander, from APR states "If the companies that collect plastics are not required to prepare it for recycling, that means separating it all out – then you can't make sure it gets recycled."
What Do We Put in Our Bin?
Last November, Hennepin County notified recycling coordinators that by the end of this year, plastics #3, #4 and #5 must be added to the old standbys #1 & #2. When asked why #3 plastics are required since there are no markets, Paul Kroening, Supervisor, Waste Reduction and Recycling at Hennepin County explained "We didn't want to confuse people more than they already are so we left the #3 plastic in to simplify education but we are hoping that it will ultimately disappear in the packaging market place." Kroening said that they were hopeful that adding these plastics would "reinvigorate people's interest and increase recycling in general."
Scott Merkley, St Louis Park Public Works Coordinator said that they are working with the nonprofit that collects and processes their plastics, Eureka Recycling, to add more materials including other plastics. "Eureka has concerns about #3 in particular because they can't find markets." St. Louis Park's contract requires Eureka to verify where they sell the materials to assure that they are being recycled. "Is there a market? We want to be honest with the public. If we collect it for recycling then it needs to get recycled." said Merkley.
"Recycling isn't just collection" said Bryan Ukena, Business Development Director at Eureka Recycling. "We won't collect and ship plastic unless we know it is getting recycled. It just puts the environmental burden on another community"
David Heberholz, Director of Solid Waste and Recycling for Minneapolis said they decided to add #1 through #7 plastics in April, when Allied Waste Inc., the company that processes and sells their materials gave them the green light. Heberholz said Minneapolis's current contract does not require Allied to provide proof that the material actually gets recycled but that the city is about to issue a new RFP for these services that will include that requirement. Rich Hirstein of Allied Waste did not return our calls. (The Minneapolis city website says: "Contracts require that all materials be sold for recycling purposes only.")
The Solution is Not in Our Blue Bin
Amy Fields, General Manager who led a recycling effort at the Eastside Food Cooperative for the past five years spoke from her experience operating a #1-7 plastics drop off there. "If people think they are recycling it, then they think it is okay to keep using it," she said. Fields is convinced that this isn't the consumers' issue but a legislative one, and points to the bottle deposit legislation which has been "stalled at the legislature for five years." Fields says she feels that it is demoralizing to be in a business that is forced to sell so much single use packaging. "Multiply our impact by millions," she said, "and that is the size of the problem."
What kind of plastics do you recycle?
Do you think that cities should collect plastics in the recycling process, even if they won't be recycled?
When you put something in your blue bin, do you expect it will be recycled?
SusanHubbard


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HART — The following were sentenced recently in 78th District Court:
– Brian Christopher Ford, 42, of 53 1/2 State St., Hart, was found guilty Aug. 10 of disorderly person – obscene conduct. He was sentenced to 90 days discretionary jail to ensure compliance with court orders; credit for time served if imposed; and $460 in fines and costs.
– Dillon Devon Hinkle, 21, of 7545 Zoble Ct., Fair Haven, Mich., was found guilty Aug. 10 of operating while intoxicated. He was sentenced to 93 days discretionary jail to ensure compliance with court orders; credit for time served if imposed; $1,190 in fines and costs; and must complete substance abuse evaluation recommendation. Conviction reportable to the Secretary of State (SOS). One count of operating with a high blood alcohol content (BAC) was dismissed.
– Raymond Paul Harford, 41, of 1103 S. Dryden St., Apt. 1, Hart, was found guilty Aug. 10 of domestic violence. He was sentenced to 93 days discretionary jail to ensure compliance with court orders; credit for time served if imposed; and a $75 fine.
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– Grady Jackson Drown, 26, of 2900 16 Mile Rd., Cedar Springs, was arrested July 12 by the Oceana County Sheriff's Office (OCSO) for misdemeanors of possession of marijuana and open intoxicants. Pretrial: Sept. 22 at 2:45 p.m. Bail: $2,500/cash/surety/10 percent cash.
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US-based Envia Energy has produced its first gas-to-liquid product at its Oklahoma city plant. ENVIA Energy is a joint venture between Waste Management, Inc (NYSE:WM), NRG Energy, Inc (NYSE:NRG), Ventech Engineers International LLC, and Velocys plc (LSE:VLS), formed in March 2014 to develop a series of GTL plants. The Envia project is located adjacent to the East Oak landfill site and uses a combination of landfill gas and natural gas as feedstock. The plant deploys Velocys' full-scale commercial Fischer-Tropsch (FT) reactors.
First finished, saleable products have been produced at the plant – premium, renewable waxes, diesel and naphtha. The fuels produced at the plant are expected to qualify under the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) and generate tradeable credits in the form of Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs).
The on-site operations team has completed the debugging of several units of the plant – activities that are routine during the start up of a plant of this complexity – and is continuing the implementation of the pre-planned programme of ramping up production to target operational capacity over the coming months.
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Sometimes your controllers and models start growing exponentially as your application starts getting bigger and bigger. After a while, your application will be so complex that to implement a feature or maintain existent ones will take so much time and effort that you will lose the love about the project or even your work. So, for your sake and your project's, you actually don't want that to happen. What could you do when you start feeling that's going to be the case? Or what could you do to prevent that?
With the following strategics you will be able to refactor and/or start your application with a really good set of patterns and a great way to develop Ruby on Rails applications.
Are your controllers too complex? Are they too big with too much business logic? If so, you should extract some of the logic to some patterns that I will present next.
Let's say you have a controller that does a user registration, sends a welcome email and give credits to the user. That's too much business logic to be in a controller. Models are not the place as well, because you want to go far away as possible from fat models. So what can we do?
Service Objects are the way to go. They are a simple Ruby Object that implements the user's interactions logic.
In Rails they usually live in app/services folder and you don't need to install anything else in your application, it's just Plain Old Ruby Objects (PORO).
To learn a detailed way to implement Services Objects in your Rails application, take a read here.
Does your controllers instantiates too many global variables with different models to just render one view? Presenters are for you then.
Let's say you have the following action and you will have some other pages that use the exactly same variables, you would probably copy and paste it.
Presenters are just Plain Old Ruby Objects, so to test it is really easy.
And your tests should make sure to just instantiate the presenter.
Somethings you find your self writing SQL queries to filter some data from your model in your controllers. In time to time, it will repeat and you will end up with too many different ways to do the same thing, with the long run, it will probably break the consistence of your filters. So, how do you solve it? Extract it to scopes on models.
Let's use the following controller as example.
You can see in the code above that we have two filter logic in the appointments model. First is filtering by completed appointments and other is filtering between starts and ends at.
We can extract these filters to two scopes to the appointment's model.
With this change, you will be able to test more easily and maintain more consistency across your application.
There are several strategics to avoid fat models, but I will not talk about that, I will talk about some small changes that you can do and get a great return from it.
Scopes exists for one reason, to specify a filter method for your data. Why do you use self.method_name if we have scope :scope_name?
model and see what are the methods to filter data.
Here an example of refactoring you could do.
Also you should note that scopes are always chainable, different from class methods, that depending of how you create your methods, they might not be. To read more about it, check this awesome article.
Why do you don't use delegate? Sometimes you will write something like the following code and will not realize that you could use Ruby's delegate to obtain the same thing.
You should avoid using callbacks, they usually go back to hunt you after a while. Instead you can use Observers, that provide you a good API and easy testing. To read more about why callbacks are bad, go over here.
Check the rails-observers gem out: rails/rails-observers.
Decorators are a way to extract record related logic from views or even models to an object.
You can find this logic in several places and if you need to change something, you will need to do it over and over again. You may end up with inconsistence. Also there is the testing factor, using decorators, will help you test this kind of things.
In this example I used the draper gem.
There are several patterns that you can use to improve the code base of your application and keep the harmony. I just presented some with just a little bit of information, each one of these patterns could be a different article with a lot more details. But instead, I chose to just present a summary of them so you can go and learn more on each of them.
Take some time off and research for more posts/articles about these patterns and what else could you use to help your application. Enjoy your reading time.


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If you are a futures or Forex trader, this chapter will show you a strategy to reduce your risk to the current strategy you are trading. Stock traders sometimes buy puts to hedge their risks, but what about Forex traders or futures traders? The strategy in this article will discuss using Nadex as a hedge against risk for futures and Forex trades.
Use the square footage or rooms method to allocate every expense of your home including mortgage interest, real estate taxes, rent, utilities, repairs and maintenance, insurance and depreciation. The IRS limits use of HO expenses by requiring business income to offset the deduction, except for the mortgage interest and real estate tax portion. Link the HO Form 8829 to TTS trading gains or transfer some to Schedule C to unlock the HO deduction. If you have trading losses, carry over unallowed HO deductions to subsequent tax year(s). Converting personal home expenses to business use is great.
Whether you are new to trading or a seasoned veteran, every trader has bad habits that they would like to change. Some habits are buried deep within and need to be brought to the surface so they can be identified and changed. A good way to identify and change habits that are affecting your trading is to look at the habits of successful traders. While reading this chapter, do a self-analysis of your habits by comparing them against the habits of successful traders. As you identify habits that you would like to change, write them down and describe what action you will take to change these habits. Then take the actions that you describe.
Would you drive a car without insurance? Would you even think of owning a home without insurance? Most people buy insurance to protect their investments from loss. One never wants to collect on a policy, but buying insurance is prudent, regardless. Options, like insurance policies, can be used to limit risk.
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The win/loss ratio of their trades.
The risk/reward ratio of their trades.
Notice that I intentionally worded each bullet point above with the words "of their trades." It may seem practical and objective to back test a trading system to determine these ratios, but what's more realistic is to trade a method yourself over a significant, statistically significant number of trades, record your actual real-world results, and use these numbers as your own win/loss and risk/reward ratios.
I know traders who play one game or the other.
Electronic trading platforms are designed to theoretically level the playing field, but they actually give new advantages to the larger participants, and to those capable of building trading bots that can identify and exploit certain very short-term advantages in price action.
If you come to these specialized, professional markets from equities, as most aspiring traders do, you will inadvertently bring attitudes, rules, techniques and behavior that are maladaptive within this ecosystem and make you vulnerable to exploitation.
In zero-sum markets, the more you try to be the good and responsible trader you have been trained to be, the more punishment you will likely receive.
Knowledge is Power! Never forget that simple unobtrusive statement. Knowledge gives you the power to achieve whatever you want to achieve. Knowledge increases your abilities and capabilities.
Most people approach Forex on the assumption that finding a "system" is all that is needed to become profitable. "Enter here when this happens, exit there when that happens." They are so very wrong in that assumption. All systems are worthless in the hands of people who lack knowledge, understanding, skill, and experience.
I have managed to make my living as a trader for more than 20 years in an industry where most traders only last a few years and where most people lose. Looking back, the journey has had a lot of good lessons. What I have learned over that time that really works can be reduced to some basic principles. Over this period, I have continued to learn and refine these principals. In this article I am going to share some key points that can help you in your successful journey over and over again, particularly as it applies to the intra-day action in fast-moving commodity markets.


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