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Today, rising amounts of documents and the contained information have to be processed by enterprises to be able to use the hidden content. This is either done by time-expensive manual text summarization or by using an automatization solution. Automatic text summarization helps humans to efficiently process the growing volume of information.
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What exactly is automatic text summarization?
The Oxford English dictionary defines automatic text summarization as "the creation of a shortened version of a text by a computer program. The product of this procedure still contains the most important points of the original text." [1]
A good example where summarization can be useful is the annual reports of companies. Those documents contain a lot of facts that can be crucial for investors since they include information on many factors such as sustainability or environmental policies which can help the investors' decision. However, the annual reports are normally very long documents with hundreds of pages, which makes their analysis a time-consuming process that could be facilitated by an automatic workflow.
How can we summarize text in PDF files?
1. Use Object Detection for Page Segmentation
2. Use OCR to convert the image to text
3. Text Summarization of any paragraph
Text Summarization with PEGASUS and Faster R-CNN Whitepaper
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How to use object detection for page segmentation?
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We divide the process into three main parts. For each of those steps, we go more into detail in the following sections of this article. Feel free to jump right into the details or let us first walk you through the main outcomes of each step.
In the first step, we need to select those parts of the document that have to be focused on. With page segmentation or also called layout analysis, we refer to the division of a document into separate parts. This is done with our own trained model because we couldn't achieve the needed outcome with off-the-shelf software like Tesseract or Abbyy FineReader. While we can get a lot of already summarized information from images, graphs, and headlines, it is the text that is the most complete source of information. A possible way to split the document into different components is to use a computer vision approach. A model for multiclass object detection can automatically differentiate between different elements in the annual report. All content can be split into five categories: title, text, table, list, and figure. Only the found locations of the category text are used for the following steps of the summarization process.
The next step is to convert the selected bounding boxes of the document into text. This part can be defined as an optical character recognition (OCR) problem, which was resolved using established tools. Of course, this step can be omitted if the documents already have text embeddings. However, it is often necessary to read tables or scanned documents, for example. In our software solution, the users can decide for any project if they want to use text embeddings, Tesseract, or a commercial OCR.
The final step is the summarization of the selected content. So-called Transformers, which lately have proven to be powerful models, come to play. We used the tailored BERT model PEGASUS which is specially designed for automatic summarization. The outcome shows us a summarized version of the paragraph that we detected and extracted from the report in the first steps. The original length of 910 characters was reduced to 193 characters, leading to a time saving of almost 80%. Still, all the relevant information to understand the paragraph is included.
This approach shrinks paragraphs in a PDF file by 80 %.
The result of the automatic text summarization with the PEGASUS model of one paragraph extracted from the annual report shows us a good result. Let's step through it to check what kind of aspects are included: name of the company, likelihood of an event, amount of the fine, name of the commission.
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Object detection is a task where objects of a known class are identified in the image and information about its location is provided. A very known architecture for this task is the Faster R-CNN. This architecture has two outputs for each object: a class label and a bounding-box. It consists of two modules: one deep fully convolutional network to propose regions and a Fast R-CNN that detects objects in those regions.
The way that works is that an input image is fed to a convolutional network that provides a feature map of that image. Then, a separated network (the region proposal network) takes that feature map and predicts possible regions for the objects (region proposals). Those region proposals are fed to a ROI pooling layer that reshapes them into a predefined size. Finally, the output vector from the pooling layer is used to classify the proposed regions and to refine the bounding boxes.
More recently, Mask R-CNN, which is an extension of the Faster R-CNN, added a third output that allows having the mask of the object. This results in having the classification, bounding box and the mask of the object. The mask prediction is done in parallel with predicting the class and the bounding box [2].
The goal is to select only the relevant parts of the report, in our case the text paragraphs. Other parts that already contain summaries, such as headings or tables, are not relevant. So the first thing we need is an annotated dataset with the different document elements. PubLayNet is a dataset with Annotations of text, figures, titles, lists, and tables on more than 360,000 pages of scientific papers [3]. By fine-tuning a mask-R-CNN model trained in PubLayNet, we obtain a model that allows us to detect the parts of the documents that correspond to text. The model we used is available in the Detectron2 platform, a platform from Facebook AI Research that enables rapid testing of state-of-the-art algorithms [4]. In the figure we can see the bounding boxes and the classification shown with a different color for each class, which was the result without any fine tuning. For our problem, we are not interested in the mask of the text, but only in the bounding box marked in blue.
Register for free and try out the page segmentation API with your own documents. Register to access our API documentation. Using our document labelling tool you can create a dataset and fine-tune the PubLayNet model on your own documents.
After having found the portion of the images that we are interested in, the next step is to extract the text from them with the use of optical character recognition (OCR). OCR can be done by computer vision approaches that can include detection, segmentation and recognition of characters but most recent approaches include a combination of CNNs and Recurrent Neural Networks.
An example of a OCR pipeline can be:
Text recognition - detects where the characters are located
Pre processing - the text is normalized
Feature extraction - the output is the feature map of the image
Post-processing - errors can be corrected, for example by comparing with more frequent word sequences.
How does text summary work?
Summarization is now commonly performed using Transformer models. Transformers are a type of neural network architecture introduced in 2017. They were initially designed for machine translation, but are now used for almost all modern NLP applications, such as entity recognition, natural language inference, question answering and summarization. Transformers are able to process all incoming data in parallel, in comparison to the previous state-of-the-art models, LSTMs, which processed data sequentially. This ability for parallelization makes them easier to scale up with an exponentially growing amount of compute and data.
The main novel concept introduced in the Transformer architecture is the use of "multi-head attention". In the Transformer, each element in the input sequence is split into three vectors: Q, K, and V. Attention calculated as a weighted sum of these vectors, where the weights are both learned and are context-dependent. In other words, the data input into the model decides where the model should focus its attention. Multi-headed attention implies that we split each vector into multiple "heads" and calculate attention across each head in parallel. Therefore, we perform multiple attention calculations at once, all in parallel, before combining the results together at the output. [5]
The most commonly used Transformer variant is called BERT. BERT only uses the encoder from the original Transformer with very small architecture changes. The main novelty of BERT is that it was trained as a "masked language model" on a large amount of unlabelled text. Masked language models are tasked with "filling in the blanks" of a given sentence, i.e. given a sentence replace a few of the words with a [MASK] token and then try and predict what the actual word was. It turns out that this task teaches the model a lot about natural language, so much so that it is now common to take a pre-trained BERT model and then fine-tune it to your desired task. This is usually a good starting point when trying out neural networks for NLP and most NLP research is now focused on how to improve Transformer models and their variants by either tweaking the architecture or inventing a new pre-training objective.
PEGASUS is a model designed for automatic summarization. The architecture is similar to the original Transformer, with the decoder, but it is pre-trained on two tasks simultaneously. The first task is the masked language modelling task introduced by BERT. The second task involves predicting an entire sentence that has been masked out in the input. PEGASUS is first pre-trained trained on a huge amount of text, consisting of 1.5 billion news articles and then fine-tuned on the target dataset. It achieved state-of-the-art performance across twelve commonly used summarization datasets. [6].
[1] He, K. et al. (2017). Mask R-CNN. Facebook AI Research (FAIR).
[2] Ren, S., He, K., Girshick, R., & Sun, J. (2015). Faster r-cnn: Towards real-time object detection with region proposal networks.
[3] Zhong, X., Tang, J., & Yepes, A. (2019). PubLayNet: largest dataset ever for document layout analysis. In 2019 International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR) (pp. 1015-1022).
[4] Yuxin Wu, et al (2019). Detectron2 Github Repository.
[5] Vaswani, A. et al. (2017). Attention is all you need.
[6] Zhang, J. et al (2020). Pegasus: Pre-training with extracted gap-sentences for abstract summarization. In International Conference on Machine Learning (pp. 11328-11339). PMLR.
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Governor-The governor is vested with the chief executive power of the state. He is the commander in chief of the military and local forces and may call out the militia to maintain the peace. He is required to inform the general assembly, by message, of the condition of affairs of the state and to recommend needed legislation. He may, by proclamation, call a special session of the assembly or adjourn it in case of disagreement between the two houses. He has the power to appoint certain officers and during a recess of the senate may fill vacancies or remove certain officers and may call special elections to fill vacancies in certain offices. He may make requisitions upon the governors of other states for the return of fugitives from justice or offer rewards for the arrest of offenders against the laws of the state. He exercises a general supervision over the penitentiaries and may grant reprieves, commutations and pardons and may restore the rights of citizenship to ex-convicts. He may approve acts of the legislature and exercise the veto power. Lieutenant-Governor-This officer is ex-officio president of the senate and has the power to cast the deciding vote in case of a tie. In case of the death, conviction on impeachment, failure to qualify, resignation, absence from the state or other disability on the part of the governor, the lieu
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Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Panel (AJGP) | Michigan Medicine – uofmhealth
Posted By admin on October 18, 2021
What Are Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Diseases?
Ashkenazi Jewish genetic diseases are a group of rare disorders that occur more often in people of Eastern European (Ashkenazi) Jewish heritage than in the general population. Even though most of these diseases are severe and can cause early death, some can be treated to reduce symptoms and prolong life. Some of these diseases can be found during pregnancy through chorionic villus sampling (CVS) or amniocentesis. This testing is done usually if one or both parents are carriers of a genetic disease.
Diseases in this group include:
About 1 out of 4 people of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage is a carrier of one of these genetic conditions, most commonly of Gaucher disease, cystic fibrosis, Tay-Sachs disease, familial dysautonomia, or Canavan disease.footnote 1
An Ashkenazi Jewish genetic panel (AJGP) is a blood test that checks to see if a person is a carrier of a genetic disease that occurs more often in people of Eastern European (Ashkenazi) Jewish heritage. These diseases do not just affect people of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage but are more common in this group of people. Other racial and ethnic groups have genetic diseases that are more common in their groups.
An AJGP test tells parents if they have an increased chance of having a child with certain genetic diseases. Anyone who is interested in knowing his or her carrier status can ask for the test, but a doctor must order the test. Different labs may have different tests in the panel.
Talk to your doctor about which diseases are important for your family. Genetic counseling can help you understand the test and possible results so you can make the best decision for you.
A carrier is a person who can pass a genetic disease on to his or her children but does not have the disease. Carrier identification is a type of genetic test that can help show whether people of high-risk groups (certain ethnic groups or a family history of a disease) for a specific disease are likely to pass that disease to their children. This type of test can guide a couple's decision about having children and making choices about diagnostic tests during a pregnancy.
An Ashkenazi Jewish genetic panel (AJGP), done on a blood sample, can see whether you or your partner is a carrier of gene changes that cause certain genetic diseases. If positive, the test can help show whether you and your partner have an increased chance of having a child born with one of these diseases.
Genetic tests can be done for anyone who wants to know whether he or she is a carrier of certain diseases. The Ashkenazi Jewish genetic panel (AJGP) shows the chance of having a child with a disease that is more common among people of Eastern European Jewish heritage. Anyone who is interested in knowing his or her carrier status can ask for the test, but a doctor must order it.
Genetic test results often raise ethical, religious, or legal concerns. You should have genetic counseling before making a decision about testing. Genetic counselors are trained to explain the test and its possible results clearly. A genetic counselor can help you make well-informed decisions.
An AJGP may be recommended for people of Eastern European Jewish heritage, including:
If only one member of a couple has Ashkenazi Jewish heritage, that person is tested first. If test results show that the person is a carrier of a genetic disease, then his or her partner also should be tested.
It is more common to be a carrier of a genetic disease, such as cystic fibrosis (CF), than to have the disease. If tests show that you are a carrier of a disease, your partner also should be tested. Both parents must be carriers of a disease for a child to get the disease.
The tests are not 100% accurate, so a person may test negative and yet be a carrier. If you are a carrier and your partner tests negative, there is still a very small chance that you will have a child with the disease.footnote 2
If you and your partner are both carriers of the same genetic disease, there is a 1-in-4 (25%) chance that your child will have the disease.
About 90% of the time, the test accurately shows whether or not a person is a carrier of an Ashkenazi Jewish genetic disease. So there is a small chance that you may be a carrier of one of these diseases even if the test results are negative.footnote 2
The decision to be tested is a personal one. You may wish to be tested if you are concerned that you or your partner might be a carrier of a disease that is on the test panel. Being a carrier is more likely if you have a family member with the disease.
Some people decide to be tested to know their chances for having a child with a disease or for passing an abnormal gene to their child.
Carrier tests are expensive. Another factor that may guide the decision to have the tests is whether the cost of the tests is covered by your insurance company.
You may decide to have carrier tests if you are already pregnant and the test results will affect your decision to continue your pregnancy or help you make decisions about caring for your baby.
If you find out you are a carrier of one of these genetic disorders, other members of your family (such as your brothers and sisters) may want to get tested, too.
There may be reasons you would choose not to have the carrier tests.
Author: Healthwise StaffMedical Review: Patrice Burgess MD - Family Medicine Martin J. Gabica MD - Family Medicine Adam Husney MD - Family Medicine Siobhan M. Dolan MD, MPH - Reproductive Genetics
Medical Review:Patrice Burgess MD - Family Medicine & Martin J. Gabica MD - Family Medicine & Adam Husney MD - Family Medicine & Siobhan M. Dolan MD, MPH - Reproductive Genetics
Committee on Genetics, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2009). Preconception and prenatal carrier screening for genetic diseases in individuals of Eastern European Jewish descent. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 114(4): 950-953.
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commissariat building, ottawa
The design of the building combines the functional requirements of a commissariat with a finely balanced composition of window and door openings, testifying to the superior design ability of the Corps of Royal Engineers. The building's balanced proportions and symmetrical elevations lend it a particularly imposing presence, which is strengthened by the visual weight and texture of the masonry walls. The Commissariat Building is a Classified Federal Heritage Building because of its historical associations, and its architectural and environmental values.Historical valueThe Commissariat Building is one of the best examples of the national theme of the military defence strategy for Upper and Lower Canada in the 1820s and the evolution of that strategy over time. See FHBRO Building Report 91-134. One hundred and ninety-one years later, this building still has much to tell. The Commissariat Building also displays a distinctly pre-Confederation commercial and industrial character which was emphasized by the restoration of the building to its 1840s configuration. Any change to the form, finish or detail of the building, or any departure from the 1980s restoration work, should be based on documentary evidence.The position of the Commissariat Building within the valley overlooking the northern entrance of the Rideau Canal contributes to its imposing character. See FHBRO Building Report 91-134. As part of the Rideau Canal National Historic Site of Canada, it is the northernmost station along the Rideau Canal and … The Commissariat Building, also known as the Bytown Museum, is an imposing three-storey, rough-coursed masonry structure that features three bays, a gable roof, supply doors on all three levels of the building, and a regular fenestration pattern. As part of the Rideau Canal National Historic Site of Canada, it is the northernmost station along the Rideau Canal and is the oldest remaining stone building in Ottawa. Saturday, June 2, 2018 - 10:00 to 16:00 3 Canal Lane, Rideau Canal National Historic Site, Ontario, Canada, Commissariat BuildingBytown MuseumMusée Bytown. The design of the building balances the functional requirements of a commissariat with a finely balanced composition of window and door openings, testifying to the superior design ability of the Corps of Royal Engineers. Its high-quality craftsmanship and materials, which reflect the building's importance, for example: the rough coursed and textured masonry walls, with their well-executed masonry detailing, still in excellent condition and which testify to the skill of its builders; the interior detailing such as the wainscoting in the former residential section at the north end, the fireplace in the reading room on the third floor and a post and spindle staircase linking the second and third floors; the stone floors and walls of the interior.The Commissariat Building's visual prominence, contribution to the historic military character of its park-like setting, and landmark status, as evidenced in: its imposing position within the Colonel By Valley, facing the Rideau Canal and overlooking its northern entrance; its direct relationship to the other elements of the Ottawa Lockstation, including the locks proper and Lockmaster's Building, and to the site's 19th century circulation patterns, reinstated in the 1990s; its public function as an historical museum, which allows it to remain highly accessible. Any new landscape elements should respect this position and its direct relationship with the canal locks proper. The building has also been popularized in innumerable paintings, photographs and souvenir items. The Commissariat Building is located on the west side of the locks at the Ottawa Lockstation, at the lower end of Colonel By Valley, in the heart of Ottawa. … The Commissariat Building is located on the west side of the locks at the Ottawa Lockstation, at the lower end of Colonel By Valley, in the heart of Ottawa. Open Hours During the 1980s the building was restored to its 1840s appearance. (Other Name). Whether a house of worship or a simple farmhouse, the fabrication of a building reveals both the unspoken cultural aspirations of the builder and the inevitable exigencies of the construction process. Parks Canada is the custodian. Housed in the Commissariat Building, Ottawa's oldest remaining stone building, the museum provides a comprehensive overview of the origins of Bytown and its development and growth into the present city of Ottawa. The Commissariat Building, also known as the Bytown Museum, is an imposing three-storey, rough-coursed masonry structure that features three bays, a gable roof, supply doors on all three levels of the building, and a regular fenestration pattern. The following character-defining elements of the Commissariat Building should be respected. Historical valueThe Commissariat Building is one of the best examples of the national theme of the military defence strategy for Upper and Lower Canada in the 1820s and the evolution of that strategy over time. ShuttlePublic WashroomsDisabled AccessBike ParkingFamily FriendlyOC Transpo NearbyGuided Tour Available The Commissariat Building is located on the west side of the locks at the Ottawa Lockstation, at the lower end of Colonel By Valley, in the heart of Ottawa. We would love to hear from you. During the 1980s the building was restored to its 1840s appearance. The following character-defining elements of the Commissariat Building should be respected. Learn all about this spectacular heritage building from the foundation to the rafters, the vault, and stories of its former uses and inhabitants. National Historic Sites Directorate, Documentation Centre, 5th Floor, Room 89, 25 Eddy Street, Gatineau, Quebec, Rideau Canal National Historic Site of Canada, Rideau Canal National Historic Site of Canada is a 200 km man-made waterway running through a corridor of communities from Ottawa River to Lake Ontario. Built in 1827 as Colonel By's storehouse on the Rideau Canal, this building still has many stories to tell. The designation is confined to the footprint of the building. Website Having served as a depot for supplying the many construction sites along the Rideau Canal, and as the oldest remaining stone building in Ottawa, it is associated with the military origin and subsequent development of the Rideau waterway and the City of Ottawa. The Commissariat Building is a Classified Federal Heritage Building because of its historical associations, and its architectural and environmental values. http://www.bytownmuseum.ca. The site's 19th century circulation patterns were reinstated in the 1990s, using contemporary materials.The building's balanced proportions and symmetrical elevations lend it a particularly imposing presence, which is strengthened by the visual weight and texture of the masonry walls. The building's balanced proportions and symmetrical elevations lend it a particularly imposing presence, which is strengthened by the visual weight and texture of the masonry walls. The Commissariat Building, also known as the Bytown Museum, is an imposing three-storey, rough-coursed masonry structure that features three bays, a gable roof, supply doors on all three levels of the building, and a regular fenestration pattern.
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I didn't realise I hadn't yet posted this review.
So I'm going to keep this quite nice and short for you.
You have to dip your fingers in this which is not so hygenic.
I love it and I'm so going to repurchase!


Michelle joined the team at the Mason Deerfield Chamber in March 2019. She is originally from Indiana but has been in Ohio since 2003. She is the youngest of eight siblings where she learned to talk fast if she wanted to keep up! Her parents taught and lived out the importance of hard work and discipline.
Michelle got married shortly after college where she graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Communications & Special Event Planning as well as a minor in Criminal Justice. She and her husband moved to Kettering, OH where her husband got his first teaching job and she worked 12 years for a marketing company that served higher education. They started a family and the rest is history!
She has taken the past several years off from working outside the home while enjoying their four children in their younger years. She stays active by volunteering at church and school and also supports her husband in his work. She is excited about this next chapter in this new season and is looking forward to giving back to the community by working with the MADE Chamber.
Michelle loves traveling with her husband and kids, reading, coffee with a friend, and being outdoors doing anything active! But most of all, she loves being home with her family on any ordinary evening enjoying a game or a good movie together.


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Q: Sketch the locus of points that satisfy $|z-1+i|<2.$ Sketch the locus of points that satisfy $|z-1+i|<2.$
I know that $|z|=1$ is a circle around 1 but other then I don't know what to do.
Please help
What are the next step in doing this ?

A: Hint: The distance between the numbers $z$ and $w$ in the complex plane is given by $|z - w|$.  You're looking for the locus of points which satisfy $|z - (1 - i)| < 2$.

A: If you write this as
$|z-(1-i)|<2
$,
you can see that
this is the set of points
that is within $2$
of
$1-i$.
In other words,
this is the interior
of the circle
with radius $2$
and center $1-i$.

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'Love is in the air' with this super trendy light in neon style! This LED-light is an energy efficient and durable version of the popular neon light. It is made of plastic and can therefore be used safely in kids rooms.


Eskimos have nothing on the Jack Quinn's runners. The crew charged into another freezing run - the fourth in a row - on Tuesday.
And though the crowds were thin, there were two runners who ran for the 50th time and several who earned their 10-run shirts.
Good news! It's supposed to be in the 70s next week!
And it Garry Harrington was on hand to promote the movie "The Is No Finish Line," a documentary film that celebrates the life and spirit of Joan Benoit-Samuelson, the first Olympic women's marathon gold medalist. The movie will be one of three shown at Running Film Festival on Wednesday (April 23) at Stargazers Theatre. More info here http://bit.ly/ZjMZ69.


The endocannabinoid system modulates physiological processes including appetite, pain-sensation, mood, and memory. Endogenous cannabinoids such as anandamide exert their influence by binding to cannabinoid receptors, proteins which are expressed on the cell membrane and are members of the G-protein coupled receptor family. Cannabis is a plant made up of over 500 different compounds, including the phytocannabinoids tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), as well as numerous terpenes, flavonoids, and fatty acids. It is known that THC, CBD and synthetic cannabinoids with analogous structures can bind to cannabinoid receptors, displacing endocannabinoids due to their higher binding affinity (smaller dissociation constant, Kd). Researchers also suspect that non-cannabinoid components of the plant (i.e., the terpenes) may modulate binding to the cannabinoid receptors.
In previous work in our lab, we investigated the binding of low molecular weight thiols (odorants such as tert butyl mercaptan) deployed to promote fuel gas safety (J.L. Burger, K.M. Jeerage, and T.J. Bruno Analytical Biochemistry (2016)) and the crucial role of metals in regulating the response of odorant receptors (Li et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2016)). This related project (Activation and Deactivation of Transmembrane G-Protein Coupled Receptors in Olfaction) utilized Hana3a cells, which had to be transfected to express the odorant receptor under investigation. This binding was investigated by use of saturation transfer difference (STD) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. STD-NMR spectroscopy is a method for detecting the interactions of small ligands with large proteins. Cultures with poor transfection efficiency do not generate enough signal for STD-NMR spectroscopy and this has hindered method development.
We seek proposals aimed at determining the dissociation constants (Kd) of endocannabinoids, phytocannabinoids, and synthetic cannabinoids for two known receptors within the endocannabinoid system: Cannabinoid Receptor 1 (CB1) found primarily in the nervous system and Cannabinoid Receptor 2 (CB2) found primarily in the immune system. Proposals that investigate the impact of terpenes on the dissociation constants or the behavior of drug mixtures are of interest. These measurements will aid forensic investigators and law enforcement develop an accurate device to detect persons under the influence of drugs. We are also interested in proposals that improve the underlying STD-NMR measurement for live cells. A 600 MHz NMR, cell culture facility, and other analytical techniques will be available to develop this project.


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U.S. Navy kicks off three-carrier exercise in Western Pacific
News 3 anchor Todd Corillo reports
NORFOLK, Va. - The three-carrier exercise involving the USS Ronald Reagan, USS Nimitz, and USS Theodore Roosevelt got underway Saturday.
It's the first three-carrier exercise in the Western Pacific since 2007.
The exercise demonstrated the U.S. Navy's capability to operate multiple carrier strike groups as a coordinated strike force effort.
"It is a rare opportunity to train with two aircraft carriers together, and even rarer to be able to train with three," said U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander, Adm. Scott Swift. "Multiple carrier strike force operations are very complex, and this exercise in the Western Pacific is a strong testament to the U.S. Pacific Fleet's unique ability and ironclad commitment to the continued security and stability of the region."
The strike force plans to conduct air defense drills, sea surveillance, replenishments at sea, defensive air combat training, close-in coordinated maneuvers and other training.
U.S. Navy aircraft carriers have recently conducted dual carrier strike group operations in the Western Pacific including in the South China Sea, East China Sea and Philippine Sea.


How to Create Animated Video Presentation in PowerPoint 2013 or 2016. Today 46% of college students take at least one class online. By 2019, roughly half of all college classes will be online.
How to Convert PowerPoint 2016 Presentation to Video?
How to create a video using Powerpoint 2016 by Office 365 I've been googling about this and I can't seem to find anything to help me create a video using Powerpoint 2016 by Office 365 after I have added all the animations and such.
PowerPoint 2016 record video. PowerPoint application is a simple way to create a screen recorder is in place (often referred to as screencast) at times it can be somethi-ng that you want to display and provide an explanation helpful.


In September 2013, China became the biggest net importer of crude, beating out the U.S. for the first time. This came as no surprise, given how rapidly China's thirst for oil has grown, although landing in top place happened a little ahead of U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA) predictions that it would take place in 2014. However, where the U.S. has been shoring up its own internal production, China has lagged behind. Between 2011 and 2014, U.S. oil production rose by 31 percent, as opposed to China, which saw its own production increase by a little more than 5 percent over that time. This leaves China utterly dependent on oil imports, a vulnerable position to be in at a time when its economy is beginning to wobble.


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Q: Search category names in basic search and return matching products I am associating my products with categories in Magento, and I'd like to modify the basic search so that products from category names that match the search query are included in the results.
Is there a buried option that allows that? Category is not an attribute as such, and I can't find an option in each category to include in search.

A: There is no out of the box way of doing this, but you can trick magento into doing this.
You can create a hidden attribute called category_names that is seachable but not displayed in the frontend.
Then create an observer for the catalog_product_save_before where you take all the category names from the associated categories and place them in this field.
Something like this (untested):
public function setCategoryNames($observer)
{
    $product = $observer->getProduct();
    $categoryIds = $product->getCategoryIds();
    $storeId = $product->getStoreId();
    $categories = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->getCollection()
                ->setStoreId($storeId)
                ->addAttributeToFilter('entity_id', $categoryIds)
                ->addAttributeToSelect('name');
    $names = array();
    foreach ($categories as $category) {
        $names[] = $category->getName();
    }
    $product->setCategoryNames(implode(' ', $names));
}


When Barry Verragio arrived in the United States from Moscow at age 14, he did not know that in just a few short years he would begin transforming couple's lives. Studying at the knee of a master jeweler in New York City, the young apprentice learned to combine his innate artist's eye with dazzling technical skills to create fine bridal jewelry. As a result, some of the most exquisite, intricate and elegant engagement rings on Earth. More than 20 years later, Verragio has become one of the premier and most exclusive brands in bridal jewelry. Why are Verragio engagement and wedding rings so special?
From the beginning, Verragio's engagement rings have been a labor of love. Literally. The first Verragio engagement ring was designed to capture the heart of Barry Verragio's then-girlfriend, now-wife, Tanya.
2. The setting should enhance, never detract from, the beauty of the diamond (just as the perfect wedding dress enhances and doesn't overwhelm the bride).
3. Elegance, imaginative details and delicacy would take precedence.
Verragio's bridal rings never look like anyone else's. With the focus on side profiles, intricate scrolls and delicate swirls, even Verragio's Paradiso collection — for the active woman — brings refinement to a comfort-oriented design. Verragio's hallmark is the use of curves to create supremely feminine designs that combine both form and function. And it appeals to all budgets and sensibilities.
The Parisian Collection allows for customizable shoulders and lower-cost 14K gold that looks like a million bucks.
The beautifully detailed Venetian Collection focuses on supremely intricate side profiles that the wearer will adore when gazing at her hand from every angle. The profile of this ring can be customized in five different ways.
Verragio's Couture Collection is clean, sleek, and modern. It features the trademark Lumina setting and showcases the diamond. This collection is available in multiple two-toned looks, including white, rose and yellow gold.
And the Paradiso Collection is the perfect design for the active woman. Keeping the ring snug on the finger are beautiful scallops that match the contours of her finger.
The Insignia Collection is perhaps the most "vintage" and feminine of all, with gorgeous, discreet scrolls enhancing the stone, highlighting Verragio's signature on the profile of the ring.
Verragio has not forgotten about you. Verragio's fashion-forward, unique wedding rings for men let you express individuality, masculinity and confidence on the hand. VERRAGIO offers a complete line of wedding bands designed just for men.
Beard's is one of the few handpicked, authorized showcases for exclusive Verragio jewelry. Verragio's craftsmanship and quality have made it popular among celebrities. Caveat emptor, there are imitators on the scene. The best way to ensure that your Verragio ring is authentic is to purchase from an authorized retailer.
1) Look for the VERRAGIO marking inscribed inside the ring's shank.
2) Make sure to purchase this most important of rings from an authorized Verragio retail partner.
Beard's is the perfect fit for Verragio. Here, the exceptional meets affordable in a refined and risk-free shopping environment in Jacksonville, Florida. Our experienced sales people have been helping our customers select exactly the right pieces for their needs for the past 30 years. Like Verragio, our gemologists handpick only elite diamonds that meet our precise and exacting standards. By partnering directly with diamond sightholders and jewelry artisans, we can also eliminate expensive middlemen from our buying-and-selling process.
Take a look for yourself at our wide selection of exquisite Verragio bridal jewelry or by visiting our store at the St. John's Town Center. If you would like to learn more about how to buy the finest jewelry at the best prices, visit the Beard's Jewelry Education Center.


Over the weekend I was out of town, soaking up March Madness in Las Vegas. When I got back on Monday my millennial daughter called to make sure I knew about the big Bernie Sanders rally scheduled for Tuesday night at the San Diego Convention Center. Space was filling up quickly in Halls D and E. And like many a panel at Comic-Con, interest in the free Sanders event was outpacing the number of seats available (10,000).
My daughter registered to attend. I was proud and pleasantly surprised that this 19-year-old showed as much interest in securing admission to a Sanders political rally as she did in getting tickets to the Leon Bridges show at Observatory North Park.
I'd always brought my daughter along to my polling places over the years. Now, this is her first year being eligible to vote. She plans to cast a ballot for the crotchety, gray-haired senator from Vermont. He may look like comedian Larry David, but curbed enthusiasm is not the issue here—just the opposite.
It's a plus that the late-in-the-game California primary election (June 7) will include some drama, even if more focus will be on the circus tent housing the Republicans and the delegate race for the Orange Yapper. Reserving judgment on whether The Bern can still overtake Hillary Clinton's delegate lead in the Democratic race (superdelegate issue notwithstanding) I'm satisfied that Sanders' candidacy has spurred political awakenings in millennials all over the country. His positions on income inequality, free college and universal health care have resonated with youth—as well as with older demographics, though not to such a dramatic degree.
I'm glad Sanders' substance matches the style I'd want young people to think could be the norm for political discourse. Time and again during Democratic political debates, Bernie Sanders refused to take the low road. He talked about issues, not about personalities or half-baked rumors. He didn't call any opponents or voter blocs derogatory names, didn't try to lead by alienation and didn't attempt to gain leverage through fear.
There are Clinton supporters in the Senate, including Barbara Boxer, who are calling on Sanders to "do the right thing" for the party and drop out of the race. "The writing is on the wall," Boxer said, according to Politico. That writing on the wall is contrary to the cash still coming in the door, though. Politico also reported that in February Sanders raised more money than Clinton ($43 million to $30 million).
In the end, even if The Bern falls short, Sanders will still have made his points and his advocacy will not have been for naught. His time on the national stage allowed his progressive voice to be heard. And he most certainly forced Clinton to lean to the left.
Hopefully that will translate into a more liberal Clinton presidency. Once in the White House, Clinton will most assuredly have to maintain a relationship with the Berner base.
And those young people, like my daughter, who Sanders brought into his campaign? They may be disappointed, and some might stay home rather than vote for Clinton. But they've been initiated into the process and are now engaged by politics. The Sanders campaign has been the formative experience of their coming of age in the political arena. It could influence how they think about politics over the course of their voting life.


Our race night downloads page features an auction form template, which is used to keep track of the winning bids when you auction horses off in the last race.
You only need to print one auction form, it's just a simple table where you can note down the winning bidder as well as the amount they bid.
To calculate the winners prize simply add together the winning bid for each horse and divide the total in half.
The auction sheet is a rather simple form but it is often overlooked and as auctions can raise a lot of money it is worth having one to hand when running a race night.


Located in the heart of Historic Puhoi Village, 35 minutes from Auckland City, this quirky and relaxed market is a friendly affair, a place to support our local community, socialize, and listen to live music.
This month we have Five 'n' Dime, a North Shore based Acoustic Rock duo performing a variety of different Classic Rock in their own fun and relaxed style. And supporting artist is Sharon Burt, a young talented singer songwriter.
It is our Autumn Harvest Market this month, combined with a Car Boot Fair so treasures and bargains to be found.
New stall holders and car boot bookings welcome, contact puhoivillagemarket@gmail.com.
This is a great venue with a safe play area for the kids and free parking.
The Puhoi Village Market is in easy reach of canoe hire facilities, Cheese Factory, Bohemian Museum, Puhoi Cottage Tearooms, the Puhoi Pub, historic church and walking tracks – more than enough to make a full day out for city visitors.
This quaint Bohemian village is just two kms from the end of the northern motorway at the Johnstone Hill tunnels.
More information on the Puhoi Village Market Facebook page.


I photograph subjects that are a part of my life and have strong ties to my emotions, such as daily moments, memories and events, which I appropriate. I work on the border between directed studio work and documentary photography that aims to perpetuate a brief moment. I mix both and incorporate images such as flowers inspired by my grandmother's stories, soup leftovers, an old negative, an old wallpaper and more.
The photos you are looking at are a part of a series I started making three years ago, shortly after my parents left the house of my adolescence. During moving, I noticed many objects they had brought with them from USSR, such as vases, cups, and maps. I was caught by surprise, as I never paid attention to those objects yet they had been there all along. Maybe the fact that they were hidden and were forbidden to touch as if they were statues could explain my indifference towards them.
After taking photos of the cups first, I started being intrigued with photographing objects that portray what I interpret as "a Russian experience." They evoked feelings towards a culture I used to be ashamed of for many years. At that time, I felt "Israeli enough" to be confident in researching my roots.
Roses, for example, are hard to grow and is a metaphor for moving from one ground to another, trying to live regardless of difficulties. Through making such images, I reevaluate my connection to a place and define my divided identity. The gap between the object and me allows me to see the changes I went through. In other words: used cups carry the story and history I capsulate in the photographs, and tell my story, as well as the story of my family and friends. It enables me to have a complex dialogue with my Russian and Israeli identity.


UK-based banking group Lloyds is reportedly planning to switch its IT infrastructure to a new core banking platform in order to reduce operating costs.
According to a Financial Times (FT) report, Lloyds Bank is planning to transfer data of 500,000 customers from its legacy IT infrastructure onto a cloud-based core banking platform developed by Thought Machine.
The FT report says that if the platform move is successful, Lloyds could carry out a similar transfer across the next few years.
The move comes three months after Lloyds partnered withThought Machine and invested £11m for a 10% stake.
Lloyds plans to shift customer data into Thought Machine's core banking platform, known as Vault. Thought Machine's cloud-based platform, Vault, is said to simplify outdated online systems and help reduce operating costs for the company.
According to the report, 'Vault' provides better insight into customer data, as well as faster development cycles, and further digital banking improvements.
Lloyds, which spends around £2.2bn a year on maintaining its IT infrastructure, is expected to save more than £750m in annual costs, according to the FT report.
However, the potential transfer of customer records is likely to face strict assessment from regulators due to multiple system failures over the last few years.
Last year, TSB banks failed migration from parent company Lloyds' Banking Group's system cost the company £200m.
Lloyds Bank recently secured a banking licence in Germany to operate in the EU market post-Brexit.
Lev Lesokhin, SVP of strategy and analytics at CAST, commented on Lloyds' announced change, saying: "Lloyds Banking Group are to be congratulated for taking action to modernise. However, a move of this size, migrating the data of half a million people, carries considerable risk.


Hairspiration: Meet Nkiru! Emem again!
Hello everyone! I just wanted to share a pic of one of the staff at my Sizzelle Online Store. Her hair is about the same length as mine and she is extremely passionate about taking care of her hair. Infact, she's way more fussy than I am! LOL! She started working for me last year when I just started The Sizzling Mommy Store and I taught her about prepooing, deep conditioning and as much as I could about healthy hair care. This is a pic of her hair taken yesterday. She is truly a relaxed hair inspiration that anyone can grow healthy hair!
In addition, I have a pic of a dear reader of this blog, Emem. Her hair growth simply amazes me and she doesn't JOKE about her hair at all. She just told me recently that as soon as she gets home, she throws on a shower cap to retain moisture!
Not everyone has the same hair texture and thickness but when you take care of your hair the right way, there's bound to be some improvement! Do take care lovelies!
I roller set my daughter's hair!!!!
Feature Friday: Meet Emem! Remember Ifai?
9 Comments to Hairspiration: Meet Nkiru! Emem again!
Well, what do you know! *blushing.
Nice growth. Her hair is so shiny.
My hair is always cutting, no matter any treatment i applied, it will still cut. what do i do? pls i need ur help.
I'll send you a free copy of my e-book in hair breakage. Sorry about this dear!
I just stumbled on your blog for the first time, and we do share the same passion, however, I have issues with my hair, it gets shorter by the day. Right now, I decided to let it "breathe" by wearing on a wig. Please hellllllllpppppppppppppp!!!
Sorry for my delayed response Nnenna. The main reason why your hair keeps getting shorter is because it's breaking. There are so many causes of hair breakage. I'll direct you to my posts on hair breakage and we can talk better after you've read them. Hugs!


It's come full circle. It's so close to what I do, to 70s classic rock, that the line or wall, or veil is quite invisible. I just spent 10 days in Nashville. I can't tell you the amount of people, literally hundreds who came up to me and said, "We're so glad you're in town." They didn't say. "'Welcome to Nashville." They said "Welcome Home. This is where you belong. Please come and write songs with our band. We grew up playing your music. We think you've written the greatest music in North America history, and that you're still around to write and play and sing with us is fantastic. The songs you wrote in The Guess Who and B.T.O., we grew up on. They are our Bibles. They are our standards." I've been getting invites to write with 10 or 20 of the best songwriters or bands in Nashville. And, all I do is go in and do what I normally do. 70s kind of classic guitar riffs and they love it. All they put over is the little honky tonk piano or slide guitar or fiddle, and it's pretty much 70s rock with one more instrument added, and it might be a diffle or slide guitar.
I left the band in early 1977 and at that point I was going to do a solo project. Back in the beginning, I financed the band, the album, and produced it. I also had the foresight to take out and register the trademark with the B.T.O. gear and the B.T.O. logo. I said, "Look, I need my name, Bachman, 'cause I'm going out as a solo." At the time I owned everything. They said "we want to continue going as the band B.T.O." So we decided they would take the B.T.O. and I would take the Bachman-Turner Overdrive and out of that I could use my name, Bachman. It's really weird when somebody else owns your name. So that was our split. We got back together oh, 6 or 7 years ago due to the classic rock thing, the solid gold format. We joined together and toured as Bachman Turner Overdrive, B.T.O. but it got very tiring after a couple of years.


The first stage of maintenance was carried out this week on Monday, August 7th. As previously announced, in continuation with this maintenance, the second stage will take place on Monday, August 21st.
This time, only relocation of the subsystems will be done and since the database and such will not be relocated, service will not be stopped.
With this, maintenance related to this platform transition will come to an end. Your cooperation is appreciated.
Although mentioned in the entry below, we'll take you through the details again.
The URL external monitoring, AWS integration, and Azure integration subsystems will be relocated.
There will be no stoppage of service. However, there is a possibility that monitoring with the above-mentioned subsystems may occasionally stop working.
After maintenance is completed, the source IP address used for notification channels from Mackerel such as URL external monitoring, AWS integration, Azure integration, and Webhook will be changed. Email notifications will not change.
Additionally, in regards to URL monitoring, it's possible that measured response time trends may fluctuate slightly in order to for the observation conditions, including location, to change.
For users who are subject to IP address restrictions, please add the new IP address in addition to the current IP address to the transmission permission targets by the maintenance date.
※Due to the possibility that rollbacks may occur after maintenance is completed, please keep the current IP address concurrently for a few months. We will make a separate announcement regarding deletion of the current IP address.
Announcements will be made from our Status Page (http://status.mackerel.io).
We'll be making occasional status update announcements from the status page. In the unlikely event that maintenance should be extended, we will inform you from the status page.
In addition, after maintenance is completed, we will update our blog with details including actual times of implementation.
For inquiries regarding this matter please email us at support@mackerel.io.
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Director Fraud, Error, Debt and Grants Government Functions - Cabinet Office
Lyn Mcdonald (OBE) is Director of the Cabinet Office's Fraud, Error, Debt and Grants (FEDG) team. This team, at the centre for government, leads the functions by being a centre of expertise in each area, setting standards and assuring performance. They are helping secure reductions in losses from fraud, bringing in previously unpaid debt and ensuring efficient and effective use of the annual £115bn grant expenditure. Lyn has been a career civil servant, spending 16 years as a Tax Inspector specialising in International Tax and investment banking. She then moved to the Department for Work and Pensions and among other achievements conceived, delivered and led the multiple award winning Tell Us Once service. She moved to the Cabinet Office in 2012 where she led the first ever review of government grants spend, leading to delivery of the grants programme and the first ever specialist financial policy team for Grants. She led a Prime Minister's review of Fraud and Error and then also took on responsibility for the Debt team in 2015.


The Universal Orlando Resort announced more details about one of its most anticipated attractions, Fast & Furious–Supercharged.
The collective Fast & Furious movies are already among of the highest-grossing film franchises of all time, and in spring 2018, the characters, storylines and vehicles will come to life at Universal as part of the Fast & Furious–Supercharged attraction.
For the new attraction, guests will come face-to-face with two characters never before seen at Universal, Tej (Chris "Ludacris" Bridges) and Mia (Jordana Brewster), as well as familiar stars like Dom (Vin Diesel), Letty (Michelle Rodriguez), Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson), Roman (Tyrese Gibson) and criminal mastermind Owen Shaw (Luke Evans).
One of the best parts of the Fast & Furious–Supercharged attraction is the vast array of cars featured in the films making their way to the park. Guests visiting the Universal destination will be able to witness and even take pictures with many of the vehicles, including Dom's iconic Dodge Charger and Letty's Turbo Truck.
While many of the aspects of the attraction will be based off previous Fast & Furious movies, the storyline for the new Universal experience will be custom designed for the theme park.
Visitors will be transported to a race after-party on a bus when Dom calls with an urgent message. The evil Owen Shaw will be chasing you and your fellow passengers and the cast of Fast & Furious will be there to lead you to safety.
More details about the Fast & Furious–Supercharged attraction will be released over the coming months. For travel agents looking to book a Universal adventure for their clients, visit the theme park's official website.


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Bulletin from Annual General Meeting in HMS Networks
by Linda Johansson | Apr 25, 2019
HMS Networks AB (publ) held its Annual General Meeting on April 25, 2019. The Meeting resolved in favour of all matters in accordance with the proposals of the Board of Directors and the Nomination Committee. The main contents of the most important resolutions are described below.
The Annual General Meeting resolved to approve the Board's proposed dividend of SEK 1.80 per share. The record date for the dividend was set to be April 29, 2019. The dividend is expected to be distributed by Euroclear Sweden on May 3, 2019.
Adoption of the income statement and balance sheet and discharge from liability
The Annual General Meeting resolved to adopt the income statement and balance sheet for HMS Networks AB and the group as presented by the Board. The Board and the CEO were discharged from liability for the 2018 financial year.
Election of Board members and auditors and determination of fees
The Annual General Meeting resolved in accordance with the Nominating Committee's proposals, namely:
that six (6) Board members should be elected without any deputies,
that one (1) registered public accounting firm should be elected as auditor,
that the Board members Charlotte Brogren, Ray Mauritsson, Fredrik Hansson, Anders Mörck, Cecilia Wachtmeister och Ulf Södergren should be re-elected,
that Charlotte Brogren should be re-elected as Chairman of the Board,
that Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers AB, with Fredrik Göransson as auditor in charge, should be re-elected as auditor,
that the fees to the Board members should amount to a total of SEK 1,625,000, of which SEK 500,000 should be paid to the Chairman of the Board and SEK 225,000 to each other Board member, and that fee for work in the Audit Committee should amount to SEK 100,000 to the Chairman and SEK 50,000 to each other member in the Audit Committee and that no fees should be paid for work in other committees.
Guidelines for remuneration to senior executives
The Annual General Meeting approved the Board's proposal for guidelines for remuneration to senior executives.
Authorisation of the Board to resolve on new share issues
The Annual General Meeting resolved, in accordance with the Board's proposal, to authorise the Board to resolve on new share issues of maximum 2,340,943 shares in order to finance or carry out company acquisitions with the company's own shares.
Implementation of Share Saving Plan 2020-2023 and hedging activities to enable delivery of shares within the program
The Annual General Meeting resolved, in accordance with the Board's proposal, to implement a performance-based share saving plan, Share Saving Plan 2020-2023. The program is addressed to all employees and comprise a maximum of 100,000 shares. In order to enable the company's delivery of shares to the participants in the program, the Annual General Meeting further resolved, in accordance with the Board's proposal, to authorise the Board to repurchase a maximum of 100,000 of the company's own shares and to transfer the repurchased shares to the participants in the program.
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CFO Joakim Nideborn, phone: +46-35-710 69 83
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Among the ruins of ancient civilisations, vibrant beaches and cities that combine a fiery Latin character with indigenous traditions, there seems to be something magical in the air of South America, a continent whose character is as proud as it is affable. Keep reading
Among the ruins of ancient civilisations, vibrant beaches and cities that combine a fiery Latin character with indigenous traditions, there seems to be something magical in the air of South America, a continent whose character is as proud as it is affable. South America is the ideal place for escaping the daily grind without having to give up the comforts of big cities, which offer unique experiences to say the least, from the opportunity to enjoy a sublime gastronomic scene up to meetings with wise brujas. Explore deserts full of surreal colours between Chile and Bolivia, make the Brazilian "felicidade" your new creed or sail to the colourful Galapagos islands where fantastic animals reign. Show less


There has been a long-lasting relationship between GDP growth and real estate price action. In times of sluggish GDP growth, real estate prices have had slower or negative rates of appreciation, compared to buoyant economy periods. This relationship is witnessed across developed nations such as UK and USA. A closer look into Dubai's GDP and real estate growth cycles reveal that Dubai has the same trend with UK and USA. This reinforces the maxim that Dubai's history is essentially intertwined with that of real estate.
Real Estate has historically contributed 1/4th of Dubai's GDP (Construction & Real Estate services), making it an essential component of its growth trajectory and engine for job creation. At the inception of freehold the construction sector accounted for 26% of the workforce, which almost doubled nearer to the peak of 2008. Keeping its importance to the economy, real estate's contribution as a percentage of overall GDP is expected to rise significantly in the years ahead.
As Dubai real estate assets began its price revival in 2012 after the crash, developers have launched an array of mega projects in the areas of housing, entertainment and infrastructure. Between 2015-2020, an estimated 301 B dirham contracts will be completed, which on average is double of the current output of the construction sector. These large scale projects will create immediate demand in the work force, reducing the current occupancy rates of housing stock.
Using a per unit of value job creation metric, we extrapolate that the number of jobs created in the real estate sector will rise by approximately 60% in the next five years. We opine that as these jobs are created, there will be a mismatch between the sectors where the jobs are created (predominantly at the mid end) compared to the topography of the real estate, which is skewed towards the higher end. This projected demand is expected to translate into price activity in the medium term.


These grilled easy Sticky Chicken skewers are bursting with flavor. They are the perfect summer-time food!
My family and friends LOVE these easy sticky chicken skewers. The sauce has sweet, Asian-inspired flavors and when you grill it, the chicken gets all sticky and caramelized.
When you grill these skewers, the aromas will blow you away! You can smell every ounce of flavor that is coating the chicken. You'll instantly become hungry. It's one of our all time favorite grilled chicken breast recipes.
I usually make this chicken kabob recipes when we go on vacation to Ocean City, NJ. Our condo is right on the boardwalk and the aromas of this easy sticky chicken recipe waft across the boardwalk. People are always stopping to ask what we're making.
The secret to this easy sticky chicken recipe is the sauce. It's layer upon layer of flavors. Just like my Crock Pot Sticky Chicken, this recipe is full of Asian flavor.
This is one of my favorite healthy grilled chicken recipes. Because the sauce is so flavorful, you really don't need a lot of it. Garlic, onion and fresh ginger are the aromatics. They're combined with soy sauce, sesame oil and vinegar. For a sweetness, there's ketchup and brown sugar.
The best part about this recipe is you can make the marinade a day or two ahead of time. In fact, I think it's better if you do. It gives the sauce time to cool down and for all of the flavors to become one with each other.
. It keeps very well in the fridge.
A few hours before I'm ready to grill, I'll put the chicken breast in the bag and make sure it all gets evenly coated. Then I keep it in the fridge until I'm ready to grill.
You can use chicken breast or thighs in this recipe.
If you're using bamboo skewers, make sure you soak them in water for at least 20 minutes. This will prevent them from burning when you grill them.
If you use thinly sliced chicken, these kabobs grill up in no time.
Heat vegetable oil in medium saucepan. Add onions and saute until soft and translucent, about 7 minutes.
Add garlic and ginger and saute until fragrant, about 1 minute.
Place chicken in a resealable bag and pour half of the sauce over chicken; reserve remaining sauce for basting.
Close bag and knead to ensure all chicken is coated in sauce. Refrigerate for 6 hours to overnight.
Remove chicken from marinade and throw marinade away.
Thread chicken onto the skewers.
Spray grill lightly with cooking spray and preheat grill on medium high.
Place chicken on grill and grill until well browned on one side, about 5 – 7 minutes.
Turn chicken and baste with sauce.
Grill another 5 to 7 minutes. Turn and baste again.
Continue grilling until well caramelized and the internal temperature reaches 160 degrees.
Remove chicken and serve with reserved sauce.
This has become a family favorite at our house. Easy to make and so flavorful!
I love this recipe. Made it recently but didn't print so I was going crazy trying to find it online again!
Everyone do yourself a favor and print it out because this will be a regular recipe. So good!
YAY! I'm so glad you loved it! It's definitely one of our faves too!
Awesome!! I'm so glad your family loves it! It's a hit at our house too!


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Brandon L. Garrett
Book Talk at ACS
At this week's ACS Book Talk:
Too Big to Jail
by Brandon L. Garrett, Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law. Since the 2011 publication of Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong, Professor Garrett has written widely on issues of criminal procedure, scientific evidence, corporate crime, and the law. This fall, Harvard University Press published his new book, Too Big to Jail: How Prosecutors Compromise with Corporations.
Prominent cries of "too big to jail" greeted the decision by federal prosecutors in 2012 not to convict HSBC, the international bank headquartered in London. When HSBC was investigated for violations of international sanctions with countries like Cuba, Iran, Libya, Sudan and Burma, and, if that were not enough, facilitating the laundering of "at least $881 million in drug proceeds," it paid a then-record penalty of $1.4 billion. The scale of the violations was shocking. And prosecutors described concerted efforts to help dirty money transactions avoid detection, with internal notes like: "care sanctioned country," "do not mention our name in NY," or "do not mention Iran." Drug cartels usedcash boxes "designed to fit the precise dimensions of the tellers' windows in HSBC's Mexico branches." When HSBC's compliance officers raised alarms, they were "discouraged" and ignored.
"We accept responsibility for our past mistakes," said the bank's CEO at the time HSBC settled the case. A corporate monitor would supervise a revamping of compliance. The bank had hired hundreds of compliance employees and spent millions improving anti-money laundering programs. But the bank was not convicted of any crime. This galledadvocates, editorial boards, members of Congress, and the public. The same day prosecutors filed their case, they asked the judge to approve what is called a deferred prosecution agreement. The case would be put on hold to give the bank a chance to show good conduct. A money laundering conviction could have resulted in termination of the bank's U.S. charter. Yet no employees or officers were prosecuted either. At the time, Assistant-Attorney General Lanny Brueur explained: "Our goal here is not to bring HSBC down, it's not to cause a systemic effect on the economy, it's not for people to lose thousands of jobs." And upon announcement of the settlement, HSBC shares rose.
Such deals are now quite common. In my new book, Too Big to Jail: How Prosecutors Compromise with Corporations, I examine the rapidly evolving world of corporate prosecutions. I assembled a vast database with information from corporate prosecution agreements and plea agreements from the past decade and beyond, all of which is available online. A decade ago, federal prosecutors adopted an approach favoring such out-of-court agreements. To be sure, my data shows how penalties in corporate prosecutions haveexploded in recent years. But too often, I argue, prosecutors do not insist on punishments that are truly criminal.
Companies cannot literally be put in jail, of course. And that is why adequately holding them accountable for crimes is so important. Responsible officers and employees can be targeted. Firms can be structurally reformed. Firms can pay deterrent fines and compensate victims. I found that many companies pay no fine, and even the biggest payments are typically greatly discounted. I describe how victims have intervened, like in the BP Texas City Refinery explosion case, to seek greater corporate accountability only to have their voices ignored.
Real changes to end "too big to jail" are much needed. I suggest concrete improvements such as more stringent prosecution agreements, judicial oversight, and greater transparency. I tell the success stories of companies like Siemens, which responded to the largest foreign bribery penalty of all time by totally transforming its leadership, compliance, and approach towards doing business. I describe how some judges have intervened. The judge in the HSBC case, noting "heavy public criticism" of the agreement, insisted on being kept apprised of the company's compliance. I tell the story of the KPMG tax shelter prosecutions, and describe the challenges faced by prosecutors pursuing individual wrongdoers. And I tell the story of the corporate criminal trial of the century, the Arthur Andersen trial, and how the very complexity of corporate crimes can obscure fault.
From the ongoing suffering caused by the last global financial crisis, to environmental disasters like the Gulf spill, to the harmful flow of dirty money to cartels, terrorists, and totalitarian regimes, corporate crimes impact us all. That is why corporate prosecutions are themselves too important and too big to fail.
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Adaptive pathways has the potential to cut up to eight years off the time it takes to develop a drug. It's clear therefore that the developments that we are reporting go right to the core of your business. The debate on adaptive pathways in the EU is heating up and Scrip Regulatory Affairs has been instrumental in driving that debate.
The diabetes market has seen a proliferation of treatments over recent decades, with modern insulin's and new classes of oral drugs – most recently including DPP-IV inhibitors, GLP-1 agonists and SGLT -2 inhibitors – flooding onto the market in waves.
This compilation of articles is drawn from the regularly-published Compliance Corner column, dedicated to aiding readers with advice and insight on navigating FDA's interpretation of the Quality System Regulation. These articles include expert interviews, handy how-to guides, and insight from the industry's most prolific companies.


There is only 1 Dojo listed in Broxburn. This page shows 20 Martial Arts Schools found within 10 Miles of Broxburn. Based on the information available from these Dojos, Tae Kwon Do, Kick Boxing, Karate, Tai chi, Arnis/Kali/Escrima/FMA, Jeet Kune do & Jiu-Jitsu (Jujutsu/Jujitsu) are the most offered Martial Arts in Broxburn area. Most of these schools offer self defense classes for men, women and children near Broxburn.
Chart based on information available from Martial Arts Schools in Broxburn area.
Distance is shown approximately from the downtown area of Broxburn. For a list of Martial Arts Schools near you, Search with your complete address. Click on a Dojo name to view details. Clicking on 'Map' next to a Dojo will show the school on the Map.
See Martial Arts Schools in places nearby Broxburn: East Calder, Mid Calder, Newbridge, Livingston & Kirkliston.
Are you associated with a Martial Arts School, Club or Dojo in the Broxburn area? Please make sure it is listed with dojos.co.uk.