Good grief, I feel like I just shared her 6 month update! Does it keep getting quicker? If so I'm not sure that I can handle that.
Trying solid foods for the first time!
Yes, we waited until she was 6 months old because girlfriend has been super satisfied with breastmilk only till this point. We began with oatmeal cereal because I wasn't loving what I read about rice cereal. Then we also started some baby foods like apple, pear, sweet potato, and squash. I have a feeling she isn't going to like change much because every time we start a new food we swear that she hates it. But then sure enough, the second day she at least tolerates it and sometimes even face-dives for the spoon. So funny. So far she likes sweet potatoes the most!
First trip as a family of three!
I already shared all about our beach trip in this post, but here's a few pictures of Aven I didn't include in that post. We had to snap some of her in her fancy dress from Mimi.
I will be so sad when those little wrist rolls disappear.
like her swing (too long, but we still use it!), little lamb sleeper (affectionately known as "Lamby"), and a lot of her clothes. She's also almost too long for her infant tub, but isn't ready to sit up on her own yet.
2nd illness of her life….BOOOOO.
There's maybe nothing more pitiful than a sick baby.
She got sick for the first time when she was only 10 weeks old from my husband, even though we had practically quarantined him – she still got it.
Thankfully she is better now and it only lasted a few days.
Learning how to sit up on her own!
She literally just started this over the past week and she gets better at it every day.
and looks like a baby bird – hilarious.
Hair: getting longer all over. And of course her rat tail continues to be my favorite thing ever. I don't care what anyone thinks.
Who does she look like? more people are saying she's favoring me lately.
Clothing: mostly 9 months, especially in sleepers because they have to accommodate those legs!
Favorite toys: she loves playing with the Pampers wipes box in spite of all her toys. Really anything that's not a "toy" is what she wants…my phone, the remote, my hair….
Routine: we went back to feeding every 3 hours because she was waking up a lot during the night when we tried to stretch it out. She still takes a morning nap most days and usually an afternoon nap if we're lucky but we have to work for them! They don't just happen like they used to.
Food: breastmilk, oatmeal cereal once/twice a day, and baby food once/twice a day.
Nighttime sleep: totally hit or miss right now. She wakes up at least once most nights. Bummer.
New Discoveries/Milestones: Beginning to sit up on her own using her hands to stabilize; Rolling, rolling, rolling all over the place; Laughing a lot more; Starting to learn the wave motion with her hand but doesn't quite understand it yet; Reaching for people (the best!).
This is her new favorite face to make. And it cracks me up every. single. time.
I love you, little bird! You are my favorite 7 month old in the world.
Thank you for the sweet words, Nicole! Couldn't agree more about Aven, but naturally I would think that! Haha 😉 Thanks for following along and congrats on your new blessing!


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Terms of exchange or return of goods
EXCHANGE OF GOODS
In accordance with the current legislation of the Republic of Moldova, the buyer, if desired, has the right to return the goods within 14 days from the date of payment, excluding the day of purchase, if there is a receipt.
If the required size of the goods is not on sale at the time of the exchange, the buyer will be refunded as in a normal return of the goods.
The exchange of goods is carried out under the following conditions:
The goods you want to exchange must be sent by the delivery service "___" along with the completed form for the exchange / return of goods that was received with the order.
The order can be exchanged in whole or in part. If the order was placed for several items, the buyer sends only the product that needs to be exchanged and indicate it (them) in the form for the exchange / return of goods.
Sending a parcel with goods for exchange is at the expense of the buyer.
The parcel with the exchange must be sent by the delivery service "___" without cash on delivery.
If a unit of goods has no traces of use, washing, has no dirt and damage, returned in its original packaging and all tags and labels have been retained - in this case it must be exchanged.
The goods are returned under the following conditions:
The goods you want to return must be sent by the delivery service "___" along with the completed form for the exchange / return of goods that was received with the order.
The order can be returned in whole or in part. If the order was placed for several items, the buyer sends only the product that needs to be returned and indicate it (them) in the form for exchange / return of goods.
Sending a parcel with goods for return is at the expense of the buyer.
The returned parcel must be sent by the delivery service "___" without cash on delivery.
If a unit of goods has no traces of use, washing, has no dirt and damage, returned in its original packaging and all tags and labels have been retained - in this case, it must be returned.
In case of returning the goods, if the goods meet the conditions of clause 4 and are subject to return, the money will be returned to the buyer in one of the following ways:
If the order for which the goods are returned was paid by the buyer on the site using a bank payment card of any bank - the money can be returned only to this card with which the order was paid on the site.

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Detectives on Wednesday sought the public's help to find the thieves who stole a trailer filled with art supplies that were meant for dozens of kid's who have autism in Lake Elsinore.
The trailer was found, but almost everything inside of it was stolen.
Crystal Schenck-McFarlin used the trailer to store supplies for her mobile art studio called Pretty Paints which provides art therapy for children, many of them who have autism, including crystal's daughter scarlet.
"Seeing the colors that they choose and the shapes they make it's absolutely amazing," she said.
Schenck-McFarlin also gives 50 percent of the money she earns to a nonprofit organization that helps with kids who have autism.
"They took our banners they took our paint supplies," Schenck-McFarlin said.
But early Tuesday, someone stole her trailer from outside her Wildomar home.
The owner of an RV park found the trailer in a grassy area. Almost all of the art supplies, costing about $3, had been taken.
Fortunately the RV park gave Schenck-McFarlin surveillance video of the suspect's SUV driving in with the trailer and then leaving without it. Parents whose kids attend the art therapy classes are heartbroken.
"Ezra has a duel diagnosis of autism and ADHD," said Elizabeth Dezarov, a parent.
She says the art classes have changed her son's life for the better.


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Title: Sustainable soils: Introduction
Citation: Six, J., Herrick, J.E. 2012. Sustainable soils: Introduction. In: Wall, D.H., Bardgett, R.D., Behan-Pelletier, V., Herrick, J.E., Jones, H., Ritz, K., Six, J., Strong, D.R., van der Putten, W.H., editors. Soil Ecology and Ecosystem Services. Oxford University Press, UK. p. 299-300. Available: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199575923.do.
Interpretive Summary: The six chapters in the final section of the book address the role of soil biota in a wider context of maintaining soil resources for sustaining the earth's capacity to provide critical ecosystem services. This is quite possibly the most important, and frequently overlooked, function that soil biota provide. Without soil biota, the soil resource as we know it would not exist, and soil recovery in most ecosystems would proceed at orders of magnitude less than a snail's pace. Net primary productivity would be dramatically reduced by much slower rates of nutrient cycling, and therefore lower plant nutrient availability and nutrient effects would be exacerbated by water limitations as the lack of a stable soil structure would maintain relatively low plant available water holding capacities and even lower infiltration rates. Together, these chapters provide a summary of current knowledge and remaining challenges to identify, measure and generalize the importance of soil biota for sustaining soil resources and their related ecosystem services in agroecosystems.
Technical Abstract: The six chapters in the final section of the book address the role of soil biota in a wider context of maintaining soil resources for sustaining the earth's capacity to provide critical ecosystem services. This is quite possibly the most important, and frequently overlooked, function that soil biota provide. Without soil biota, the soil resource as we know it would not exist, and soil recovery in most ecosystems would proceed at orders of magnitude less than a snail's pace. Net primary productivity would be dramatically reduced by much slower rates of nutrient cycling, and therefore lower plant nutrient availability and nutrient effects would be exacerbated by water limitations as the lack of a stable soil structure would maintain relatively low plant available water holding capacities and even lower infiltration rates. Together, these chapters provide a summary of current knowledge and remaining challenges to identify, measure and generalize the importance of soil biota for sustaining soil resources and their related ecosystem services in agroecosystems.


Manufacturing and fabricating businesses generally have their own unique risks and exposures to accidental loss.
The exposures range from loss or damage to the plant buildings, exposures to loss or damage to production equipment operating in the plant, exposures to loss of manufacturing time owing to insured loss/damage to the building or production equipment and potential loss of sales/sales ability as a result of not being able to manufacture and sell their products.
The loss of sales/sales ability where a manufacturer is unable to manufacture and sell their products owing to an insured loss to the plant or equipment is a business interruption loss. On occasion there exists exposure to more than simply a loss of sales but can also involve a loss of a customer to a competitor.
Manufacture's and fabrication businesses are able to secure business interruption insurance under a number of different business interruption insurance contracts and where the re-construction of a complete plant and equipment would take in excess of 12 months to restore, businesses can obtain business interruption coverage for periods of greater than 12 months.
These businesses would also have need to arrange for insurance covering their "legal liability" to ensure they have an indemnity agreement to reimburse them for accidental damage to property of others as well as accidental injury to others in the event their premises accidentally causes such an accident or whether their product accidentally causes such an accident.


I finally feel like I accomplished something this month! I finished a deliverable: my personal finance for grad students presentation, which I gave on November 13. I said earlier that I thought Grad Student Finances was my passion project for the fall, but it turned out that this presentation was.
I'm noticing that my priorities at the end of a month don't match well my priorities at the beginning of the month. That's a major component of why my goal reports have had a low GPA. I'm not doing less than I wanted to, but just different things than what I wanted to. I think I might do better by setting week-by-week goals, but I don't want to bore you guys with such frequent updating so I don't think I'll put them up here.
I gotta tell you guys – I think the presentation went REALLY well. Similarly to my defense last August, I rehearsed many, many times and delivered the presentation I wanted to. Of course going back over it there are things that I will change for next time, but I'm happy with what I delivered this time around. My friends who were in attendance and the anonymous feedback said that the presentation was very good.
The reason this goal gets an A PLUS is that we recorded the full presentation. I had low expectations for the quality since we had never done it before, but you can see and hear things reasonably well! Check out the clip below of me answering a question. I had just finished outlining my passive investing philosophy (with the caveat at the start that you should develop your own investing philosophy), and an audience member inquired about actively managed mutual funds.
I have a firm date, time, location, host, etc. to give the PF-for-grad students talk at one of the other local universities. The other university closed the door on booking me this year because they already had brought in a financial professional to talk about personal finance. I am working on preparing pitches for a few non-local colleges and universities, but haven't actually approached any yet (see goals below).
I have broadly outlined the presentations I have in mind but haven't started building any of them specifically.
My focus just wasn't on GSF this month. I did take a look at how far along I was in writing the core content and added to a few of the pages, but there is still a ways to go.
Nope, didn't do it! I think I'm going to finish writing the core content and get the site online before doing this so it's a bit clearer what I'm asking of them and where their stories will fit in.
My personal income in November was just from my contract job (earned in October). No online income was paid out.
My goal for December is to earn $1,000 at my contract job. I was able to do this in November, but as I anticipate a major slowdown around Christmas this will still be a big challenge. I did see a slowdown over Thanksgiving as well, but thankfully I had paced myself so that I reached my earnings goal by the beginning of Thanksgiving week.
I'm going to lump my next funemployment period together between December and mid-January. I know I'm going to have a big interruption over Christmas as we are traveling for two weeks, plus in mid-January I am moving to DC for the next phase of my funemployment, so my goals will look different after that point. So given all the personal stuff going on I know I'll need a bit of a longer period to get this stuff accomplished!
1: Create a website to advertise my personal finance for PhDs (at various career stages) talks.
I have a mission statement. I have the suite of talks I want to give. I have video clips. Now I just want to put it together on a new site.
2: Put together my three prioritized presentations.
Instead of outlining and working on all the presentations at once, I have three talks that are my priority. Two are comprehensive talks for other audiences and one is a more in-depth topical talk. I want these presentations fully together by the time I start my fellowship so that when they are booked all I have to do is rehearse them.
3: Pitch my presentation(s) to target institutions #1, 2, 3, and 4.
I'm going to put myself out there and try to sell one or more of my presentations! I have specific institutions in mind but I'd rather not publish them now. I'm starting out with ones I have some kind of connection with.
4: Launch Grad Student Finances.
To accomplish this, I need to finish writing the core content, decide on a theme/layout, and get Grad Student Finances online. As I said above, I won't worry about the supplements from other bloggers/grad students just yet.
5: Write a guest post about PhD Stipends.
New entries to PhD Stipends have virtually stopped, so I need to do something to goose them again. I have a blog in mind to submit a post to that I'm sure will help both the number and diversity of the entries. If anyone has suggestions for grad student blogs to approach I'd like to hear them!
For sure creating the three presentations is going to be my most time-consuming goal, but also the most fun!
How much are you lowering your expectations for your productivity over winter break? Can you predict over the course of a month what you will want to accomplish?
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That's awesome that you're able to sell what you know! I know crossing off items from my grad school list is definitely something that brings me a lot of relief.
Emily, you still have time to keep up with your goals, having almost a month. Good luck on your new website. I'm so excited about what you will post on personal finance for PhDs.
I'm trying to avoid making myself feel bad at the end of December! We are going to be out of town from mid-month to the end. I'm sure I will work a bit during that time but not as much as usual.
I'm excited for GSF, too… I just need to DO IT!
Congratulations on your presentation. You've been putting a lot of effort into and I'm glad it went well! Hopefully it won't be long before you do it again!
Thank you! It was very gratifying. The next one is in January!
I like your idea of giving yourself a grade for each goal. I also think its great how you are pitching to school. Do you have an elevator pitch. I know there are a few different ways to go about it.
Also how do you set up your new sites look when you don't have anything published. I'm new to the blogging realm but I found it hard to visualize the site with no content attached. Since I the layout doesn't look like the example when there is nothing displayed. Is there a hack for that I just don't know about ..
Hm, I haven't had to explicitly develop an elevator pitch yet as I'm mostly emailing people. But I do explain it verbally as well. I should work on an explicit elevator pitch – thanks for the suggestion!
I have some general ideas for the layout of GSF but I really haven't worked it out fully so I don't have a good answer for you! I am lucky that my husband can tweak the CSS of any layout we choose to be exactly what we want (when he makes time!). I would say just find other sites you like and figure out what their themes are.
My husband is from the Los Angeles area and we went to college there. We want to settle in San Diego but we are still 1-2 moves away from getting there. Where do you live?
Just caught up on your blog – congratulations on the fellowship in DC! I hope you have time for museums on the weekends. 🙂 Also, living apart from your spouse is not ideal, but 3 months isn't too long. Best of luck with everything.
Thank you! I'm sure I will hit up the Smithsonian at least a couple times. I will probably go to the Koshland Museum as well – I haven't been since 2007. I'm sure 3 months sounds like nothing to someone who is partway through a multi-year living apart situation – and it is!


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60 minutes stood between Kilkenny's James Stephens and All-Ireland glory as we were off to Croke Park with Martin Quilty, Aine Farrell and the scoreline sports team for the final club camogie game of the year.
Listen back to the exclusive live commentary of the AIB intermediate camogie club All-Ireland championship final, James Stephens v Clonduff right here on Big Game Live.


"SB43-16/17: Resolution Regarding Program Prioritization Efforts" by Julian Adler, Elle Fettig et al.
SB43-16/17: Resolution Regarding Program Prioritization Efforts. This resolution passed 22Y-1N-1A at the December 7, 2016 meeting of the Associate Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).
Adler, Julian; Fettig, Elle; Greenfield, Chase; Ricci, Anisa; and Pelletier, Stephen, "SB43-16/17: Resolution Regarding Program Prioritization Efforts" (2016). Senate Resolutions, 2007-Present. 580.


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I can not express how excited I am to discover Piper! It is an amazing little hacker toolbox based on a Raspberry Pi that shows you how to build electronics by playing Minecraft.
I have been wanting to purchase a Raspberry Pi for a long time but just haven't found the right way to grasp my kids' attention. Until now!
My kids LOVE Minecraft!! Especially my son who, if permitted, will spend his entire day building elaborate cities and mini-games for his own server.
Over the past few years, I have shared with him a variety of tutorials and computer programming programs to encourage him to take his love for the game farther. Nothing has really stuck until we tried Piper earlier this week.
The creators behind Piper have created a system that will empower children to build electronics, gadgets and sensors – including a responsive flashlight, an ambient light detector and a sound and light keyboard – all by playing Minecraft.
They have been able to modify Minecraft on the Raspberry Pi to detect whether circuits are built correctly, and have structured the software to guide students through the basics until they reach more complex levels. Kids will enjoy playing Minecraft in a new way and parents will love the simplicity!
To see Piper in action, watch this tutorial on Vimeo.
My kids and I had so much fun playing with Piper that we didn't want to leave. The Minecraft interface captivated their attention – allowing them the freedom to be creative – all the while teaching them how to add different electrical components.
Both of the kids wanted to tinker with the gadgets and they each remarked on the cool lazer cut "hacker toolbox" that houses the Raspberry Pi and other components. Lazer etchings were subtle and the box can be personalized to further express a child's creativity.
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Ohio House considers 'stand your ground' bill; critics call it a racist legal concept
Jake Zuckerman, Ohio Capital Journal
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Legalized lynching. Citizens' license to kill. Codification of black men's deaths.
These were just a few of the characterizations people offered to the Ohio House Criminal Justice Committee of a "stand your ground" proposal that lawmakers reviewed Tuesday.
Starting in the afternoon and continuing well into the evening, a steady stream of citizens implored lawmakers to nix the proposal. They said the bill is overly generous to people who shoot someone, purportedly in self-defense, and will establish further legal protections of racist killings.
Stand your ground laws are associated with two high-profile deaths of black men by white killers. Florida jurors who acquitted George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin discussed the law in making their decision. Also, prosecutors in Georgia initially declined to charge two men in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man, citing the legal concept.
Tuesday's hearing comes after the death of George Floyd, a black man who died with the knee of a white police officer over his neck. The officer has been charged with murder. Floyd's death has triggered a nationwide reckoning of racial disparities in the American criminal justice system.
"Are we so desperate to shoot first and ask questions later that we want to codify that desperation into law?" asked Katherine Mesmic, one of three lawyers from the Franklin County Public Defender's office who testified against the bill Tuesday.
Mesmic and her colleagues face a difficult task dissuading the Republican majority against the bill. Many House Republicans campaign on gun rights, some on stand your ground laws specifically.
The committee chairman, Rep. George Lang, recused himself from the hearing, citing an unspecified conflict of interest. He owns a gun liability insurance company along with two executives from the Buckeye Firearms Association, a powerful gun lobby group in Ohio.
Current Ohio law says people in their home have no "duty to retreat" from a situation before using force, including deadly force, in self-defense. HB 381 would remove that duty to retreat anywhere that people are lawfully present, so long as they reasonably believe the force is necessary to defend themselves.
The proposal automatically allows anyone who uses force in self-defense to demand a pretrial hearing. There, a prosecutor must prove by clear and convincing evidence that the person did not act in self-defense.
Critics say the bill works on different levels against black people. For one, it protects people who may "reasonably believe" their actions were necessary, though deep-seeded racism could fuel that belief. Likewise, they say black people are much less likely to successfully mount any successful stand your ground defense.
"This will allow people who are privileged to shoot first and ask questions later," said Sandra Fisher, a black woman who spoke against the bill. "Is this really what we want for the state of Ohio?"
Other groups like the ACLU of Ohio and the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association testified against the bill as well.
Throughout the hearing, Rep. Tavia Galonski, D-Akron, one of few black lawmakers at the Statehouse, asked a series of what were technically questions to witnesses, but effectively provocative statements against the proposal.
"Could the goal of HB 381 be to get rid of black and brown people in Ohio?" she said.
Several who testified Tuesday scratched their heads at the timing. Windows around the Statehouse are covered in plywood after the George Floyd protests turned destructive two weeks prior.
The hearing was originally scheduled for last week, then postponed amid massive, peaceful demonstrations on Columbus streets about Floyd, racism in America and police brutality. Proponent testimony came on the anniversary of Trayvon Martin's death.
Lara Kwalcyk, a rising college freshman, offered lawmakers a blunt take.
"This bill will allow one to choose violence when there's a way to retreat and diffuse the situation," she said. "I do not believe adding guns to the situation is a solution."
Related Topics:ACLU of OhioAhmaud ArberyFranklin County Public DefenderGeorge FloydGeorge LangGeorge ZimmermanHB 381Lara KwalcykOhio Prosecuting Attorneys Associationstand your groundTavia GalonskiTrayvon Martin


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package org.lnu.is.converter.person.address;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;

import org.junit.Test;
import org.lnu.is.domain.address.type.AddressType;
import org.lnu.is.domain.admin.unit.AdminUnit;
import org.lnu.is.domain.asset.Asset;
import org.lnu.is.domain.person.Person;
import org.lnu.is.domain.person.address.PersonAddress;
import org.lnu.is.domain.street.type.StreetType;
import org.lnu.is.resource.person.address.PersonAddressResource;

public class PersonAddressResourceConverterTest {

	private PersonAddressResourceConverter unit = new PersonAddressResourceConverter();

	@Test
	public void testConvert() throws Exception {
		// Given
		Long addressTypeId = 1L;
		AddressType addressType = new AddressType();
		addressType.setId(addressTypeId);

		Long adminUnitId = 2L;
		AdminUnit adminUnit = new AdminUnit();
		adminUnit.setId(adminUnitId);

		Long assetId = 3L;
		Asset asset = new Asset();
		asset.setId(assetId);

		Long personId = 4L;
		Person person = new Person();
		person.setId(personId);

		Long streetTypeId = 5L;
		StreetType streetType = new StreetType();
		streetType.setId(streetTypeId);
		String zipCode = "zip cide";
		String street = "street";
		String apartment = "apartment";
		Date begDate = new Date();
		Date endDate = new Date();
		Long id = 2L;
		String house = "house";

		PersonAddress expected = new PersonAddress();
		expected.setAddressType(addressType);
		expected.setAdminUnit(adminUnit);
		expected.setAsset(asset);
		expected.setPerson(person);
		expected.setStreetType(streetType);
		expected.setZipCode(zipCode);
		expected.setStreet(street);
		expected.setApartment(apartment);
		expected.setBegDate(begDate);
		expected.setEndDate(endDate);
		expected.setHouse(house);
		expected.setId(id);

		PersonAddressResource source = new PersonAddressResource();
		source.setAddressTypeId(addressTypeId);
		source.setAdminUnitId(adminUnitId);
		source.setAssetId(assetId);
		source.setPersonId(personId);
		source.setStreetTypeId(streetTypeId);
		source.setZipCode(zipCode);
		source.setStreet(street);
		source.setApartment(apartment);
		source.setBegDate(begDate);
		source.setEndDate(endDate);
		source.setHouse(house);
		source.setId(id);

		// When
		PersonAddress actual = unit.convert(source);

		// Then
		assertEquals(expected, actual);
	}

	@Test
	public void testConvertWithNoRelations() throws Exception {
		// Given
		String zipCode = "zip cide";
		String street = "street";
		String apartment = "apartment";
		Date begDate = new Date();
		Date endDate = new Date();
		Long id = 2L;
		String house = "house";

		PersonAddress expected = new PersonAddress();
		expected.setZipCode(zipCode);
		expected.setStreet(street);
		expected.setApartment(apartment);
		expected.setBegDate(begDate);
		expected.setEndDate(endDate);
		expected.setHouse(house);
		expected.setId(id);

		PersonAddressResource source = new PersonAddressResource();
		source.setZipCode(zipCode);
		source.setStreet(street);
		source.setApartment(apartment);
		source.setBegDate(begDate);
		source.setEndDate(endDate);
		source.setHouse(house);
		source.setId(id);

		// When
		PersonAddress actual = unit.convert(source);

		// Then
		assertEquals(expected, actual);
	}

	@Test
	public void testConvertAll() throws Exception {
		// Given
		Long addressTypeId = 1L;
		AddressType addressType = new AddressType();
		addressType.setId(addressTypeId);

		Long adminUnitId = 2L;
		AdminUnit adminUnit = new AdminUnit();
		adminUnit.setId(adminUnitId);

		Long assetId = 3L;
		Asset asset = new Asset();
		asset.setId(assetId);

		Long personId = 4L;
		Person person = new Person();
		person.setId(personId);

		Long streetTypeId = 5L;
		StreetType streetType = new StreetType();
		streetType.setId(streetTypeId);
		String zipCode = "zip cide";
		String street = "street";
		String apartment = "apartment";
		Date begDate = new Date();
		Date endDate = new Date();
		Long id = 2L;
		String house = "house";

		PersonAddress expected = new PersonAddress();
		expected.setAddressType(addressType);
		expected.setAdminUnit(adminUnit);
		expected.setAsset(asset);
		expected.setPerson(person);
		expected.setStreetType(streetType);
		expected.setZipCode(zipCode);
		expected.setStreet(street);
		expected.setApartment(apartment);
		expected.setBegDate(begDate);
		expected.setEndDate(endDate);
		expected.setHouse(house);
		expected.setId(id);

		PersonAddressResource source = new PersonAddressResource();
		source.setAddressTypeId(addressTypeId);
		source.setAdminUnitId(adminUnitId);
		source.setAssetId(assetId);
		source.setPersonId(personId);
		source.setStreetTypeId(streetTypeId);
		source.setZipCode(zipCode);
		source.setStreet(street);
		source.setApartment(apartment);
		source.setBegDate(begDate);
		source.setEndDate(endDate);
		source.setHouse(house);
		source.setId(id);

		String zipCode1 = "zip cide1";
		String street1 = "street1";
		String apartment1 = "apartment1";
		Date begDate1 = new Date();
		Date endDate1 = new Date();
		Long id1 = 3L;
		String house1 = "house1";

		PersonAddress expected1 = new PersonAddress();
		expected1.setZipCode(zipCode1);
		expected1.setStreet(street1);
		expected1.setApartment(apartment1);
		expected1.setBegDate(begDate1);
		expected1.setEndDate(endDate1);
		expected1.setHouse(house1);
		expected1.setId(id1);

		PersonAddressResource source1 = new PersonAddressResource();
		source1.setZipCode(zipCode1);
		source1.setStreet(street1);
		source1.setApartment(apartment1);
		source1.setBegDate(begDate1);
		source1.setEndDate(endDate1);
		source1.setHouse(house1);
		source1.setId(id1);

		List<PersonAddressResource> sources = Arrays.asList(source,source1);

		List<PersonAddress> expecteds = Arrays.asList(expected,expected1);
		// When
		List<PersonAddress> actuals = unit.convertAll(sources);

		// Then
		assertEquals(expecteds, actuals);
	}
}

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For a blogger or a writer, nothing is more precious than the editor on which he/she writes. Being a blogger, I often try new ways which help me write better. In the past 9 yeras, I have used many blog editors such as Desk, Blogo, Windows Live writer, Hemiingway Editor, Mars edit to name a few. Today I'm comparing three popular apps for Mac – Desk Vs. MarsEdit vs. Blogo which I have used over a month now.
I got to know about Desk when someone guest post about this on ShoutMeLoud. The problem with App Lists is that they only tell you the features of each and not an actual comparison of these apps.
I used each of the three apps mentioned above for quite some time and here's my opinion about each.
I started trying Desk in the month of January 2015 (Recently), and I'm in love with this desktop blog editor. What fascinating about this app is, it's designed for writers and bloggers both. The distraction free writing and seamless integration with all major blogging platform including WordPress makes it the best in this lot of Mac desktop editors. This app is priced at $29.99, but I believe it's underpriced. I would have gladly paid up to $49 for this awesome app. My only reason for praising this app is, it makes writing fun. Eespecially in today's date when my Mac is full of so many apps, it's only when I use Desk, I forget about everything else but writing. (Thanks to their distraction free writing feature).
Blogo is another great desktop editor for Mac. Since I use WordPress and recent updated version of Blogo offers everything which you look in a desktop editor. It offers offline editing which is a must have, and powerful features like Image editor will make your work easier. I use Snagit for image capturing and editing which you should try.
Browser plugin which you can use to send content directly from browser to blogo.
I purchased this app last month after being satisfied with the trial. The app allows you to do almost everything you use the WordPress editor for.
The Server Options shows you in writing the Post Status. You don't have to be skeptical before hitting the Send to Blog button unlike the other two apps even though they have this option and notifiers in the form of small icons. The HTML editor is nifty.
As you can see for yourself, I have added custom fields for Thesis in MarsEdit thus leaving nothing for the WordPress editor. While I have gotten familiar with all the keyboard shortcuts, I would appreciate a formatting toolbar instead of the menu in top right corner. Another missing feature is that of adding tooltip for Links.
Priced at $49.95 MarsEdit from App store is the priciest but also the option closest to being perfect, at the moment.
In 2018 as we are seeing an increasing number of desktop writing apps for Mac. From this list, Desk and Blogo are two of the best app according to my opinion. If I have to suggest one of them, I would recommend you to buy Desk app.
Let us know which is your favorite application for the said purpose or do you still rely on the good old WordPress web editor.
Have you tried Desk PM @ http://desk.pm?
Not yet, will share a review about it soon and will add it into the collection here.
What do you reccomend – Desk or blogo?
Could you write a review on Desk.pm?
Yes I have tried Desk and it's worth your money. I'm currently using it and will do a review soon.


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By Paula Bolyard
In an exclusive story at RedState, Jen Van Laar reports that sources inside the intelligence community say a high-ranking defector from China has been working for months with the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). According to Van Laar's confidential sources, that high-ranking defector claims to have knowledge of special weapons programs in China—that include bioweapons.
Adam Housley first reported via Twitter on Thursday that "the increased pressure on China in recent days is due to a defector with intimate knowledge" of the program. According to Housley, FBI director Christopher Wray "didn't know right away because they wanted to make sure they got all they needed before telling him."
In fact, Wray was "ambushed" with the information, according to Van Laar's sources, as was the CIA. "Sources say DIA leadership kept the defector within their Clandestine Services network to prevent Langley and the State Department from accessing the person, whose existence was kept from other agencies because DIA leadership believes there are Chinese spies or sources inside the FBI, CIA, and several other federal agencies," according to the report.
Why was the defector so important that he had to be kept under wraps?
Housley says it's because the defector has information on the origins of the Wuhan virus: "China is trying to produce variants that suggest it came from bats to cover up that coronavirus originally came from a lab." He later clarified: "US intelligence has a Chinese defector with Wuhan info. AND China is trying to produce variants that suggest it came from bats to cover up that coronavirus originally came from a lab."
According to RedState's sources, "the defector has been with the DIA for three months" and has provided "an extensive, technically detailed debrief to US officials."
"In DIA's assessment, the information provided by the defector is legitimate," wrote Van Laar. "Sources say the level of confidence in the defector's information is what has led to a sudden crisis of confidence in Dr. Anthony Fauci, adding that U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) personnel detailed to DIA have corroborated very technical details of information provided by the defector."
All of this raises many questions. Why, "suddenly," did the U.S. legacy media en masse turn-tail and start pointing fingers at China and doubting Fauci? Why did left-wing outlets like the Washington Post and BuzzFeed "suddenly" decide it was the right time to drop Fauci's emails—just days after the lab-leak story was "suddenly" no longer verboten on social media? Fauci's emails revealed what we've been reporting here at PJ Media for months (mostly behind the paywall for our VIP subscribers to avoid the Gestapo social-media censors): that Fauci was working with a Chinese scientist from the Wuhan lab; that he asked Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg to help with COVID messaging; and that he signed off on funding for dangerous gain-of-function research in Wuhan.
One gets the sense that a dam the size of Three Gorges on the Yangtze River is about to blow. The question will be, as it almost is when political figures are caught in a coverup: What did they know and when did they know it? And who knew what was really going on?
If any of this turns out to be true—particularly the suggestion that China may have intentionally unleashed the most deadly bioweapon in world history—you might want to begin thinking about where you're going to spend the U.S.-Sino War. If, as Housley claims, the FBI, CIA, and other federal agencies are swarming with Chinese spies, it would constitute the biggest national security failure in U.S. history—and the most deadly.
The implications are terrifying.
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From lovable animals to classics like the Mary Jane, brands look to revamp and expand their high-quality offerings for Fall '13.
Yosi Samra: Elements of Ease
Footwear Webdesk | April 2, 2013
Zooligans
Animal House Additions
B.o.c. by Born:
Getting It Rite
Back to So-Cal Cool
Elements of Ease
In a competitive market where designers might feel pressured to bend to consumers' every want and need so long as it results in a sale, designer Yosi Samra has stood his ground in traditional shoemaking by taking a unique—and more literal—approach to bendable footwear with his eponymous line of foldable ballet flats. Since 2009, Samra has carved a niche in the women's market with moderately priced packable shoes that make traveling a breeze. "I launched the flats more as an online concept store and then it took off overnight," he says.
That's putting it lightly. In the first season, Samra sold three times the amount of pairs he anticipated (approximately 50-60,000) and the line drew buyers from the likes of Harvey Nichols and Piperlime right out of the gate. Sold in more than 85 counties, Samra has since opened branded stores in Saudi Arabia, Korea, Turkey and the Philippines.
The enthusiastic response to the women's line and moms' demand for girls' styles, confirmed what Samra always believed: a children's line was a no-brainer. "Our women's customer likes a simple shoe that fits into all areas of the wardrobe and that is easy to wear. The same goes for kids," the designer explains. He tested first run samples with his cousin's 2-year-old daughter. "She was so excited to put on the shoes by herself and they were comfortable enough for her to run around the house," Samra recalls.
The line in sizes 5C to 4Y launched for Holiday 2012 with a girls' ballet flat modeled after the Classic in the women's collection. Trendy retailers like Kitson of Los Angeles and Lester's on the East Coast took a fancy to the collection's metallic, leopard print, pink pony hair and black and white cap toe styles. Fall '13 delivers a collection of ballet flats and Samra's latest additions—a bootie and an elastic loafer silhouette—both inline with the brand's premise of ultra-flexible, fold-up footwear. "We're using a lot of modern fabrics and textures," Samra says of the leather line accented with croc, cap toes, glitter bows and heart studs. The autumn palette spans midnight blue and jewel tone Bordeaux to bright pink, which the designer reports does exceptionally well. "We did a study recently and pink was a top seller even in the women's line," he adds. Other styles marry leather with suede accents to show off the silhouette's clean lines.
For now, Samra says the brand is staying true to how it launched and will continue to target specialty and high-end boutiques. "We get good attention at this level of retailers and we've managed to get great distribution," he explains.
—Angela Velasquez
Evos: Back to So-Cal Cool
The Chino, CA-based Evos, a division of CMerit, didn't have to look far for inspiration. The West Coast, with its lively skate culture and relaxed lifestyle, provides an endless amount of inspiration for the young line focused on sneaker silhouettes for toddlers size 10 to 4 and boys' 3 to 7 that blend street smarts with functional elements drawn from the legendary skate shoe houses.
"Kids on the West Coast are into skating, BMX riding and motocross and they like that look, too," says Rolando Garcia, director of marketing. The shoes may never step on a half pipe but they are fully equipped for school and the playground. Styles that toe the line between hi- and lo-tops feature padding on the sidewalls that, Garcia notes, is designed to take a lot of abuse. Other popular styles include the Sidewalk Surfer, a toddler hi-top in cobalt blue and gray.
In terms of colors and fabrications, Garcia says the boys' category is following in its men's collection footsteps, which is becoming increasingly adventurous and more fashion-forward, but he adds that the company is careful to not go overboard. "Too much neon turns boys off," he says, adding that they do a better business with gray and black uppers paired with blue, orange, lime green and even camouflage print soles—an Evos signature.
And where Gotta Flurt, the CMerit line geared for trendy girls, relishes embellishments, prints, color and sequins, Evos is focused on durable styles that can withstand boys' action-packed days. "If we use canvas, it has to be really tough, heavy canvas. Vulcanized styles have great flexibility, but we've found that they wear out faster than cup soles, so we use cup soles," Garcia explains. Other styles feature skater shoe hallmarks, like hidden eyelets that help protect laces, not to mention add a touch of skater coolness.
Garcia says boys might look up to an older brother or cousin for fashion cues, but he says there's a prominent niche of kids, especially on the West Coast, that are into action sports, race car drivers and X-Games and as a result these influences are found in their fashion. "Boys are really inspired by whatever they are watching," he adds, noting that East Coast kids tend to look towards musicians.
"You won't see a cowboy boot in the collection any time soon," Garcia quips, but the lifestyle brand is preparing to expand the breadth of styles and may dabble in hiking in the future. In the meantime, thanks to consistent sell through at a mixture of children's boutiques, DSW, Off Broadway Shoes and online, Evos is in development of building special collections for key partners and Spring '14 will bring another point of inspiration: the Pacific. "We're looking into more surf styles, lower profiles and casual, beach looks," Garcia says.
Zooligans: Animal House Additions
Koalas, monkeys and pandas—oh my! That's the reaction Joel Rusnak has received to his line Zooligans from parents and children alike since its debut in Spring 2012. Rusnak, formerly a design consultant, wanted to create a shoe that's both functional and fun for kids. "Zooligans is really something that connects with kids and moms as well. It's just a fun, playful product that is a little un-shoe like. It's not like other products out there; the shoes have a really strong personality," he says.
The collection started with classic styles from Mary Janes to sandals, and for Fall '13 is expanding to boots and soft-sole baby shoes. Other animals are also joining Zooligans' menagerie, including ponies, dinosaurs and penguins. "Retailers are excited to have more product, more characters and to have year-round products," Rusnak notes. He describes the leather-made shoes as "really flexible, soft and easy to put on and take off," adding that they are made to stay on the foot and have a roomy toe box for growing feet.
The co-founder and designer of Zooligans believes that the brand's success comes from its uniqueness, adding that retailers can profit from the line because it stands alone. "It doesn't really compete with mainstream brands," he says. "It's something that they can add to their mix and it won't take away from what they already have." And it doesn't hurt that children love the shoes and respond to the animals' big eyes and wide smiles. "They really develop a bond with these shoes; they become their little friends that they wear on their feet—they go places with them, explore with them, and have adventures with these shoes," Rusnak says. Each pair of shoes also comes in a "pet carrier" box that many children continue to use to cart around their pair of Zooligans or even a favorite toy.
Wholesale prices for the line range from $11.50 for the soft-sole footwear to $21.50 for the boot collection, and the footwear comes in sizes toddler 4 to 12 and youth 13 to 1. Rusnak plans on adding styles to accommodate various price points for Spring '14 as well as more animals and silhouettes. "If you have something that is fresh, stands out, is well made and functions perfectly for what it is, there's room for growth and success, and that's what we're doing," he says. "I have fun designing funny kids' stuff."
—Maria Bouselli
B.O.C. by Born: School Rules
Little ladies will always want sparkle and boys love their kicks, but basic black or brown footwear is the skeleton key to every kid's closet, especially if there's a uniform requirement at school. (And take note: The average American youth spends 900 hours per year there.) With that in mind, comfort and quality go hand in hand in girls' B.o.c. by Born school shoes, produced by BBC International. It all starts with the brand's signature Opanka construction where the uppers, sock linings and outsoles are hand-sewn together in a single process. Not only does this method make the shoes flexible, it also creates a natural cushioning effect. As a result, the under foot conforms and rebounds with every movement, providing a consistently comfortable environment for children's feet.
"We see a constant demand for quality- and comfort-based footwear. That market never goes away and we're seeing an increase in the younger audience," says Debbie Ouellette, brand manager at BBC International, though she's quick to note, "The challenge now is the 6- to 8-year-old girl who's becoming more fashion savvy and having a lot more influence over her purchase." And while fashion runways lately have been full of menswear-inspired oxfords and smoking slippers for women, the flat is falling out of favor with mini-fashionistas. But that's not to say the company is shunning it completely: a leopard cap toe with scalloped edges offers a fun spin on the style. "Overall we're seeing a downtrend in the ballerina business, which is an opportunity for us to grow our boots and booties," Ouellette offers. "The money that parents previously allocated for flats is being redirected to vulcanized athletic sneakers and while we don't do sneakers, we see the overall opportunity to grab and shift that redirection towards our boots."
For Fall '13 that means the Geneva, a western-inspired classic mid-calf boot with embroidery on the vamp and braiding and floral embellishment that stays true to the brand, and an update on its bestselling riding boot. Another addition is a short wedge Mary Jane with rosette appliqué on the toe. Available in both toddler and grade school sizes, the fall collection wholesales from $14 to $30. And when school's out, B.o.c. offers a collection of fun-to-wear sandals with generously padded insoles. "We have a very strong spring sandal collection so our goal is to continue to grow that segment as well as our boot collection to complement the depth of the brand and increase the market presence each season," she says. "Boots and sandals are where we've created a niche."
—Lyndsey McGregor
Stride Rite: Getting It Rite
With 95 years of experience in making children's footwear, Stride Rite knows a thing or two about fitting kids' feet and keeping customers happy. "Stride Rite has an unparalleled reputation for quality, fit and service that keeps consumers coming back," says Gillian Meek, vice president of product at Stride Rite, now a subsidiary of Wolverine Worldwide. "We are multi-generational and a rite of passage for those first steps, especially. Our service model focuses on education and provides consumers with a reason to return."
For Fall '13, the brand is expanding its assortment with boot silhouettes and new colors and prints. Stride Rite is increasing its offering in the Made2Play collection with a hiking boot for boys and a Mary Jane for girls. "Now no matter the occasion, kids can be ready to play," Meek notes. The brand is also giving additional options for kids in its light-up shoes, with a Darth Vader light and sound shoe for boys and a Disney Wish Lights collection for girls that features shoes changing from white to pink every 2,000 steps. "We are also inspiring kids to get active by delivering lighted shoes that release a strobe light the faster you run," she adds. According to Meek, the customer's request for more fashion helped to push the designs for fall. "This fall we feel we have the ideal combination of innovation and style from baby through big kids and we are also winning with the additional energy our co-branded partnerships provide," she says. Wholesale prices approximately run from $9.50 to $32 for sizes 0 to 8, $16.50 to $28.50 for sizes 8.5 to 12, and $16.50 to $32 in 12.5 to 5.
The brand, now a part of the Stride Rite Children's Group (also includes Sperry Top-Sider, Keds, Jessica Simpson and Saucony brands) will continue to focus on innovation while staying true to its customers. "Our consumers—moms and kids—are at the center of everything we do, and all seasonal trend inspiration that we apply to the line filters through a consumer lens," says Marc Loverin, senior design director at Stride Rite Children's Group. Adds Dawn Phillips, group design director, "We strive for perfection. We have a passionate group of people dedicated to making 'kid-rite' footwear and we plan on growing and evolving in the years to come."
Primigi: Quality Control
Bill LaRossa thinks things are starting to look up again. Coming off a successful round of fall market trade shows, the president of Primigi U.S.A. says he is "guardedly, cautiously, optimistic." The economy is improving and so is the willingness of consumers to invest in quality footwear for the children.
Since launching stateside 16 years ago, Primigi has become synonymous with high-quality kids' shoes in the premium tier. Maintaining a tight grip on the European brand's core values that made it a leader in the market has been no easy task amid the recession. Many consumers cut back wherever and whenever they could. They were forced to do with less or, worse, without. But that has taken a toll and, LaRossa says, has created a pent-up demand. "People are tired of junk and they're tired of paying a premium for poor quality, and I think that certainly bodes well for us and other companies that have kept their eye on the ball as far as quality goes," he says, adding, "Product is king and we decided to not cut any corners."
Known for classic Mary Jane and loafer silhouettes, Primigi is embracing an edgier look for Fall '13 that includes playful takes on motorcycle and equestrian boots. The reason? Necessity. "We were definitely listening to our customers this season," LaRossa says. "We've never chased trends and we've never chased fashion but for fall we looked at what our designers came up with for the European market and brought some of that to this market." He points to the smoking slipper as one example. "It's something you can do in nice materials like sparkle and kids love it," he says. "When we can produce something in that [trend] category that's really well made and soft, people say, 'Hey, this is worth spending a little bit more on.'"
A tale he's heard all too often from buyers of late is that they feel they're putting their hands in a lot of plastic shoes at the shows—an unfortunate byproduct of tough economic times. "Quality suffers and service suffers, and I think that's what sets us apart. We have the same team we had five years ago and people like doing business with us." LaRossa adds, "If you can show your customers that you understand the problems they're going through and work with them to overcome them, it definitely resonates," he says.
To that end Primigi continues to feature a broad selection that includes some price-sensitive options (SRP from $65 to $75) as well as sportswear and an expanded selection of its successful Gore-Tex licensed boots program. "We're one of the only kids' brands in the market with the Gore-Tex license—it's hard to get and hard to keep," LaRossa notes, adding the consistency in the line is another factor behind its success. "Given the way the economy has been in the past three years, anyone that has charted a steady course and has some of the hallmarks we have will do OK," he says. "And now with a little assistance from the economy, we're back on the path that we originally set out on."
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Two upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusives have been pushed back without any hints at new release dates. Sony announced today that The Last of Us Part II and Marvel's Iron Man VR, which were originally arriving on May 29 and May 15, respectively, will no longer meet their planned launch dates.
"SIE has made the difficult decision to delay the launch of The Last of Us Part II and Marvel's Iron Man VR until further notice," said the official PlayStation Twitter account. "Logistically, the global crisis is preventing us from providing the launch experience our players deserve."
In a separate announcement, the developer Naughty Dog said that the game's development is almost finished, and it is currently "in the midst of fixing our final bugs." Mirroring the Sony announcement, the studio said the delay is "due to logistics beyond our control," and that it wants to ensure that everyone can experience its new game around the same time.
"We were bummed about this decision but ultimately understood it's what's best and fair to all of our players," Naughty Dog added. "We're hoping that this won't be a long delay and we'll update you as soon as we have new information to share."
Over on the Xbox side, two Microsoft-owned studios also delayed their games just a couple of days ago, also due to logistics issues that have popped up due to the current situation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
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I am an evolutionary biologist interested in genome evolution, molecular ecology, and phylogenetics of arthropods. After joining the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at The University of Sydney in 2009, I was an ARC QEII Research Fellow from 2010-2014, and I am currently an ARC Future Fellow (2017-2021). I was Biodiversity Research Initiative Leader at the Australian Museum, Sydney from 2008-2009, and an ARC Australian Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Sydney from 2004-2007. I also held postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Milan, Italy (2003-2004) and the National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (Tsukuba, Japan; 2001-2003).
Key factors behind the success of arthropods are the complex interactions they have with microbes, and - in the case of social insects - with each other. I use a combination of molecular, genomic, and bioinformatic tools to investigate these interactions, across various temporal scales. I have a general interest in the evolution of arthropods; my main study organisms are termites, cockroaches, and ticks, including pest species from each of these groups.
National Taxonomy Research Grant Programme (NTGRP) - Student Travel Grant; Lo N, Van Der Wal C; Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS)/Travel Grant.
Predictability in evolution: from behaviour to genome; Lo N; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Future Fellowships (FT).
Resolving the dual anomalies of global termite diversity patterns; Bourguignon T, Lo N; DVC Research/Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Scheme.
Molecular ecology of the eucalyptus pest Thaumastocoris peregrinus; Lo N, Lawson S; Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)/Research Support.
2013-14 ABRS Student Travel Grants; Lo N, Arab D; Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS)/Travel Grant.
Intergenomic conflict and the evolution of uniparental inheritance of mitochondria; Beekman M, Lo N; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP).
The evolution of caste determination systems in termites; Lo N; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP).
Purification and genome estimation size of Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii symbionts from the ticks Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes holocyclus; Lo N; Australian Academy of Science/Australian participation in COST.
The functional genomics of locust migratory behaviour; Sword G, Simpson S, Lo N, Kang L; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP).
The evolution of diverse interactions between Wolbachia bacteria & their invertebrate hosts: insights from a novel lineage infecting termite societies; Lo N, Smallridge C, Smallridge C; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP).
Lo, N., Eggleton, P. (2011). Termite Phylogenetics and Co-cladgenesis with Symbionts. In David Edward Bignell, Yves Roisin, Nathan Lo (Eds.), Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis, (pp. 27-50). Dordrecht: Springer.
Lo, N., Eggleton, P. (2010). Evolution and Function of Endogenous Termite Cellulases. In David Edward Bignell, Yves Roisin, Nathan Lo (Eds.), Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis, (pp. 51-68). Dordrecht: Springer.
Lo, N., Beninati, T., Sacchi, L., Bandi, C. (2006). An alpha-proteobacterium invades the mitochondria of the tick Ixodes ricinus. In Kostas Bourtziz and Thomas A Miller (Eds.), Insect Symbiosis, (pp. 25-39). Boca Raton, Florida, USA: CRC Press.
Hayashi, Y., Miyata, H., Kitade, O., Lo, N. (2013). Neotenic Reproductives Influence Worker Caste Differentiation in the Termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera; Rhinotermitidae). Sociobiology, 60(4), 446-452.
Simpson, S., Sword, G., Lo, N. (2011). Polyphenism in insects. Current Biology, 21(18), R738-R739.
Lo, N., Watanabe, H., Sugimura, M. (2003). Evidence for the presence of a cellulase gene in the last common ancestor of bilaterian animals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 270(Suppl 1), S69-S72.
Beninati, T., Lo, N., Noda, H., Esposito, F., Rizzoli, A., Favia, G., Genchi, C. (2002). First Detection of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Ixodes ricinus from Italy. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 8, 983-986.
Beninati, T., Lo, N., Noda, H., Esposito, F., Rizzoli, A., Favia, G., Genchi, C. (2002). First detection of spotted fever group rickettsiae in Ixodes ricinus from Italy. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 8(9), 983-986.
Lo, N., Casiraghi, M., Salati, E., Bazzocchi, C., Bandi, C. (2002). How many Wolbachia supergroups exist? Molecular Biology and Evolution, 19(3), 341-346.


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To manage the Council's banking business and investments.
Council's main sources of revenue are from the Central Government (Grant-in-Aid), fees payable under the 8th Schedule (18.5%), Entertainment Tax, Advertisement and Publicity Fees, Fees from Markets and Fairs (5.3%) and Interest on Investment (1.7%).
Council's 'own' revenue raising capacity being limited, our budget is financed at 72% mainly by the Government in terms of grant -in-aid.
It is worth pointing out that the bulk of the Expenditure (64.9%) is being incurred by the Works and Health Departments only, as these departments are the main ones which provide the essential services, such as scavenging, construction of roads and drains, street lighting etc.
In order to enhance the level of infrastructure within the Moka/ Flacq area, several projects were undertaken and completed by the Council: a new Traffic Centre at Central Flacq; a new Market at Quartier Militaire and at Saint Pierre and a Reception Hall at the District Council.
Most of the Council's 'own' revenue is collectible from economic operators who pay license fees under the 8th Schedule of the Local Government Act 1989. These fees are payable in advance by 31st January each year, otherwise a surcharge of 50% is applied if payment is effected after this date.


In one of my data-center, I have 2 servers, a Windows Server 2008 Core, a Hyper-V host and a Windows Server 2008 standard, the Hyper-V manager. I can access the servers remotely using Logmein and no VPN is in place.
I had to copy a large file from my office to the core server and decided to use PPTP VPN. Before I knew, the VPN was connected and Logmein kicked me out. I knew I had to disable the 'use default gateway on remote network' but it was too late to make the change.
I could have disconnected the PPTP from the office LAN if I was in office or the firewall had remote management enabled.
So I tried to find a standalone RDP client that would allow connection to the server. Luckily I found ChrisControl, I copied the executable to the Server core and ran the application. It worked but I still could not connect to the server.
On the Configuration tab, I saw the option to enter the path to the mstsc.exe file, I changed the settings to point to the location of the mstsc.exe file on the manager server and tried connecting again. It worked like a charm, I could see the server desktop and disconnect the VPN connection.


"Did you hear that bearcat was playin' backseat bingo with that flyboy?"
A few nights ago, my silly husband was making me laugh saying goofy out-of-date phrases, which inspired me to bring you some vintage slang. Many of these phrases are still used today but some died out long ago.
It's funny to read some of these things and think about some of the strange things that we say today. I wonder if our grandchildren will laugh at us!
It's amazing how much of that language we still use - only, we barely consider it slang anymore, it's been around for so long!
What a great post! Struggle buggy- too funny.
Lovely drinking partners. I love hearing antiquated phrases pop out now and then.
A southern one I said the other day was RIGHT AS RAIN.
Great post! I love using 1920s slang in everyday convo. It's always good for a laugh.
Very interesting, I'll have to see how many I can slip into my conversations.......hehe............. Love the photo's of you two !!!!
Your photos are just ducky ;) Looks like you two babies might be on a caper, or at the very least, you'll end up spifflicated - LOL.
Vintage slang is too fun - I use it often. Gee, I've always called my vehicle a jitney - does that mean I can start charging passengers 5 cents??
haha! Just the bee's knees, doll! You look so ritzy for a dame on the hooch!
lol, you gals are too much fun! or should I say "you slay me!" hehehe!
Is it too late to change my name from 23SkidooWithYou to Spifflicated???
btw The pics from the train station were terrific. My fav was the reflection shot in the window. Really terrific! I really liked the red snood with the olive dress too.
I love "spifflicated"! The train station pics were so much fun to do. My hubby is my photographer and the reflection pic was his fav! He's got a good eye for it!
Very nice! Looks like you two dames sure did have a swell time!
These pictures are so cute!!! It looks like you two had a ton of fun that day!
Hehe. I loved this post! Can't wait to use some of these terms and phrases when I'm out and about. You girls look like you're having fun as well!
So cute...but do you know if there are any slang for Thanks?


Font, J. A., Rezzolla, L., Giacomazzo, B., Baiotti, L., & Link, D. (2011). Towards modelling the central engine of short GRBs. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 314: 012013.
Abstract: Numerical relativity simulations of non-vacuum spacetimes have reached a status where a complete description of the inspiral, merger and post-merger stages of the late evolution of close binary neutron systems is possible. Determining the properties of the black-hole-torus system produced in such an event is a key aspect to understand the central engine of short-hard gamma-ray bursts (sGRBs). Of the many properties characterizing the torus, the total rest-mass is the most important one, since it is the torus' binding energy which can be tapped to extract the large amount of energy necessary to power the sGRB emission. In addition, the rest-mass density and angular momentum distribution in the torus also represent important elements which determine its secular evolution and need to be computed equally accurately for any satisfactory modelling of the sGRB engine. In this paper we summarize our recent results from fully general-relativistic simulations of the coalescence of unequal-mass binary neutron stars, whose evolution is followed through the inspiral phase, the merger and prompt collapse to a black hole, up until the appearance of a thick accretion disk, which is studied as it enters a regime of quasi-steady accretion. Our simulations show that large-scale, quasi-Keplerian tori with masses as large as ~ 0.2M can be produced as the result of the inspiral and merger of binary neutron stars with unequal masses.


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Release Day Blitz in celebration of book two, THE HIGHLAND COMMANDER by Amy Jarecki
Posted on June 27, 2017	by eileendandashi
Title: The Highland Commander Lords of the Highlands, Book 2
Author: Amy Jarecki
Published by: Forever
Mass Market: $7.99 USD
eBook: $3.99 USD
Audio: $22.98 USD
The Lords of the Highlands Series
The Highland Duke, book 1
The Highland Commander, book 2
The Highland Guardian, book 3 releases December, 2017
She cannot resist the man behind the mask…
As the illegitimate daughter of a Scottish earl, Lady Magdalen Keith is not one to partake in lavish balls or other frivolities. Yet at her father's urging, she agrees to dance with the battle-weary officers at this year's holiday masquerade. It's practically her civic duty! But when one such officer—whose dashing good looks cannot be disguised by a mere mask—sweeps her off her feet and into his arms, the innocent lass can't help herself. Her lips are his for the taking.
But will he betray his country for a kiss?
Navy lieutenant Aiden Murray has spent too many months at sea to be immune to the charms of this lovely beauty. Even after he returns to his ship, she lives in his dreams. But when he discovers Maddie's true identity—and learns that her father is accused of treason—will the brawny Scot risk his life to follow his heart?
Review: Author Amy Jarecki is a auto-buy author for me. Her books are packed with emotion, suspense, sometimes based loosely on history, other times follows very closely the time and events. Her books take you to a world where challenges seemingly are insurmountable, where you cheer for the success of the 'good guys' and ready to punch out the lights of the bad. Her stories also expose injustices, the brutality of man in the political arena and religious ones. Something, even today, man hasn't crawled out of this chasm of human frailty. What you discover about her characters are easily identified in man to this day.
Lord Aiden Murray is a second son of an earl who takes to the seas becoming his own man at a very young age. He is posted as First Lieutenant sailing aboard the Royal Mary. At 22, he is ribbed by his fellow officers, has very good rapport with them. He certainly is not a novice in the skills he's acquired on sea, except for one small item. He doesn't have a woman in many ports, he doesn't have a woman in any ports, and he just hasn't had a woman at all. Being a young man, this worries him. He's eager to find a woman of some skill to bring him fully into manhood. 'Tis verra' embarrassing to him.
His thoughts: But by the saints, he'd been aboard the Royal Mary for the past month without setting foot shore. Bloody oath, he intended to kick up his heels this eve–swill ale, swing the lassies in a reel–mayhap he'd even find a bonny lass he fancied.
Damn the cold.
Damn political posturing.
Damn the war.
And whilst I'm at it, damn the queen.
This was Hogmanay–a pagan Scottish holiday–and he would enjoy the piss out of it for once in his miserable highborn life.
I am amused and delighted with the innocence of Aiden. While at the party, he meets a young woman, Lady Magdalen Keith, whom he's immediately attracted to. But seeing she, too, would be chartering new waters, virginal as he is, he only sneaks a kiss. This kiss, however, stays with him and torments him with such internal conflict, he quickly becomes a hero close to the heart.
Lady Magdalen Keith, has had a difficult time growing up in Stonehaven. She's a bastard, rarely leaves her small town, but when her father gets involved in a political skirmish, finds himself in prison, she is determined to help him. Perhaps, she'll finally mean something more to him. She happens upon Aiden in London trying to figure out how to get to her father. She is so much a fish out of water, but her character does her a great service.
She is an amazing character with strengths and weaknesses, a woman of honor and a love for Aiden, you will identify with her, feeling her pain and wonder of new love.
This series is a must-read for those who love settings in the Highlands and London. Jarecki brings it all to life in four-dimensional living color! That is to say, what you see is not necessarily the complete picture, hidden multi-layered nuances enrich the story. Join Jarecki's many fans who love her stories!
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Amy Jarecki is a descendant of an ancient Lowland clan and adores Scotland. Though she now resides in southwest Utah, she received her MBA from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. Winning multiple writing awards, she found her niche in the genre of Scottish historical romance. Amy writes steamy edge-of-your-seat action adventures with rugged men and fascinating women who weave their paths through the brutal eras of centuries past.
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5 Responses to Release Day Blitz in celebration of book two, THE HIGHLAND COMMANDER by Amy Jarecki
I won't read your review yet as I am currently reading this book, but I love Amy's Books so I doubt I give it a bad review.
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Waiting to read this review until after I finish the book.
You'll find her not lacking in this one, either!
Thank you for sharing the review with your audience!
Lovely review, Eileen.


bring their friends with them when they use them. If you're out on the Web and your friends don't know that you're taking certain actions, it's hard to have a conversation around what you're doing. With Facebook Connect, we are trying to enable that for any site on the Web.
X: Facebook launched a native iPhone app in July that includes chats, photos, and status updates. What else are you guys doing to help users tap into their Facebook network from their mobile devices?
DM: We spend a lot of time thinking about mobile. We have a great mobile version of the website, and we also have the Facebook for the iPhone application, which we're really excited about. But we also spend time thinking about how our APIs interact with the mobile device and how we can make it easier for mobile developers to access the social graph and do interesting things with the Facebook Platform. One of the innovative ways we are doing that is this fall we're releasing Facebook Connect for the iPhone. It's the same basic concept as Facebook Connect, but it will work on the iPhone. So we're creating a software development kit for iPhone app developers that leverages our APIs.
X: How would a mobile application tap into Facebook Connect? Can you give me an example?
DM: One of the more popular things to do with Facebook is to play asynchronous games like Scrabble, where I take a turn, then you take a turn. Let's say there was a game like that on the iPhone. Normally you would just play against yourself or against a leaderboard. But with Facebook Connect you will be able to open the app, log into your Facebook account, connect to the Facebook Platform, and choose any of your friends to play with. It leverages the same APIs as in Facebook Connect, with a few extra pieces for the Cocoa programming language that Apple uses for the iPhone.
X: Are you working on similar systems that might run on phones with other operating systems, like Java, Symbian, or Android?
DM: It's something we're evaluating as time goes on. Our platform today is actually fairly easy to leverage on any mobile device. It's just easier on some and not as easy on others. As time goes on we'll continue to develop that.
X: As you know, Xconomy focuses on the technology scene in Boston and Seattle, and soon in San Diego. What are some of your favorite applications from developers in those cities?
DM: Cities I've Visited is one, from TripAdvisor, a Boston company. We really like their application—it shows you a map of everyplace you've been, and how you're doing in travel quizzes and the like. Stylefeeder is great, and Kayak. Another good Boston one is Utterz.
In Seattle, there is this great little company called Picnik. They have one of the best online photo editors. We really love these guys; they are doing neat stuff. They basically have created this incredibly robust, beautiful photo editor that enables you to do all kinds of neat things with your photos, like editing and adding effects and captions, and their interface is incredibly beautiful. They've integrated that directly with the photo albums on Facebook. We are actually one of the largest photo sharing sites, if not the largest—we host over 6 billion photos. But we are not specialists in doing photo editing or customization, and these guys are able to provide these kinds of functionality to our user base of 100 million users.
Another great Seattle company is called All Widgets. They do amazing work creating applications for large brand platforms. They've grown from one person to about 12 people recently. For example, the Visa Business Network on Facebook was created by those guys.
In San Diego, FaceReviews does a variety of different things within the Facebook ecosystem. They create some of their own applications. They write a blog about some of the better Facebook apps. They also do some consulting with large brands about how to get into Facebook. Rodney Rumford, the founder of FaceReviews, is one of the big leaders in the San Diego Facebook ecosystem.
X: A lot of the developers I've spoken with who were building Facebook apps have expressed frustration with the Facebook platform being somewhat unpredictable and unreliable, and with a lack of advance communication from the company when you make revisions to the platform and changes to the APIs. What have you been doing to deal with those concerns?
DM: We work really hard to increase the amount of communication we're doing. We're committed to building a trustworthy, meaningful ecosystem that all businesses big and small can participate in. We've put a lot of great things in place, from simple things like bug trackers to communication systems like our blog. We're trying really hard to be as transparent as possible and to communicate as much as possible, so that people understand what changes are being made and what things we're doing to make the platform more stable. We truly want people to build great businesses on the platform, but it's been a learning process. We've been very humbled. It's grown so much faster than we ever imagined, so it's one of those things. We've been trying really hard to get developers the information they need.
X: As Facebook grows, can you imagine opening new development centers in places like Boston or Seattle?
DM: Right now Facebook is almost entirely in Palo Alto. We have a couple of sales offices, in New York and London. We are still a pretty small company, though we have world-wide ambitions. But as time goes on we'll definitely think about that. Facebook is rooted here [in Cambridge], after all.


Creative solutions for complex divorce issues • Sisemore Law Firm, P.C.
One of the first things you need to realize about your divorce is that it isn't like anyone else's divorce. Advice from friends or family members who have been through it can be helpful, but no one else has your unique set of circumstances, reasons, relationships and a whole host of other factors.
These factors can make the case rather complex. A cookie-cutter approach doesn't work. You need creative solutions.
For example, you may need to be creative when setting up a parenting plan. Because of your ex's work schedule, a traditional setup where the kids live with you and visit him or her on the weekends may not work. Are you flexible enough to try out non-traditional ideas and find a plan that fits your family?
Don't try to force your life to fit the plan; create a plan that fits your life.
Creativity may be needed when life changes, as well. What if you get a new job, but it's in a different city? Are you allowed to relocate, or would that make it impossible for your ex to see the kids? What is allowed under the divorce agreement?
Parents often feel like they have to choose between children and careers, but there may be a way that you can take the job opportunity, still see your kids and find an agreement that your spouse likes. Don't be afraid to think outside of the box.
We work hard to find creative solutions when they're needed. If you have any questions about how we do this, our website can offer a lot of helpful information.


With the legal sector undergoing a great deal of change this law firm was no exception. It had undergone a period of significant expansion and needed to match the new reality with the appropriate structural and governance support. Skarbek was able to bring the combination of sector expertise and consulting power to see new practices take hold and flourish.
Like all law firms that have expanded internationally this client faced a number of significant challenges. They needed to achieve clarity of new and evolving roles and responsibilities. The had to design the most appropriate governance structure including a balance of global against local decision making. In doing so they had to motivate and build team cohesion whilst making savings and maximising cross-selling opportunities.
We worked very closely with the firm's management and by the end of the assignment they were fully set up for further success. In the time since the restructure they have posted results reflecting the success of their newly restructured business.


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Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God, presents this collection of the most jaw-dropping true stories from his career as a journalist and explorer.
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Douglas Preston's journalistic explorations have taken him from the jungles of Honduras to the haunted countryside of Italy. He was granted exclusive journalistic access to the largest tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, and he broke the story of the extraordinary mass grave of animals killed by the asteroid impact that ended the age of the dinosaurs. When he hasn't been co-authoring bestselling thrillers featuring FBI Agent Pendergast, Preston has been writing about some of the world's strangest and most dramatic mysteries.
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One Mobile Projector per Trainer (OMPT), a non-profit that revolutionizes how information is delivered to remote populations through tech-based solutions, is pleased to announce that it has selected the Canon Vixia HF R700 as its new dedicated camera model. OMPT trains organizations in the 50 poorest countries in the world to use video for poverty alleviation. Videos on topics such as disease prevention and agricultural training are shown to communities on battery-powered video projectors that can be taken to the most remote regions of the planet.
We want to share with you some industry-related news from our friend Matt York, founder of the non-profit OMPT (One Mobile Projector Per Trainer). OMPT was recently selected by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to respond to the Ebola crisis in West Africa.
Local videographers head to heart of Ebola outbreak to help health education effort.
Ebola. What's your reaction to that word? Do you shudder a bit? Recoil in fear? Envision the epidemic in West Africa? Think about the Americans who've been infected, including the two who died? Worry about it spreading to the North State?
Adapted from Government Video Press Article.
CHICO, Calif. — One Mobile Projector Per Trainer has been selected by the Centers for Disease Control to respond to the Ebola crisis in West Africa.
Video and projectors are commonplace in the educational landscape of the developed world. However, barriers in cost, equipment size, and access to electricity have left these tools underutilized in mEducation environments in developing and low-resource environments. Recent, disruptive innovations in LED light engines and battery power allow organizations to use SD-cards and mini projectors to take their message to more areas and reach more people, while maintaining control over the end message. Since 2010, One Media Player Per Teacher(OMPT) has trained the staff of organizations to locally produce simple videos for improved learning outcomes, behavior change and sharing knowledge. OMPT found that organizations can be quickly taught to harness the advent of locally produced video and cordless projectors in as little as four days, just as organizations learned to embrace mobile phones, computers, and the internet. With improvements in solar technology, having projectors permanently dedicated to low-resource areas and classrooms is a viable option.


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Q: extensive JS in php-file with buffering - how I'm including a great deal of (partly server-generated) JS in a php.file.
What's the best approach?
I know there's something like ">>>excerpt" or something that just let me type anything,
but I forgotten..
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A: Decouple the generated part from the static part and generate it either inline or as one other external JS.

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Q: English equivalent for new Brazilian Portuguese slang term "desaplaudido"? I read in Twitter in Spanish, translation mine:

In Portuguese from Brazil there is a word for those people who always try to get attention but cannot achieve that because, in fact, they are not good at anything: he/she is a desaplaudido. It is wonderful. We have to import it to Spanish.

I was curious about it and dug around a bit, to find WordReference does not recognize it and also some people in that Twitter thread are replying to say they do not know the word. It must be some new, informal term.
Does English have a similar term for that?

A: There is no direct English translation, but since it's such a new word in Brazilian Portuguese slang, perhaps we'll see a similar slang word emerge in English!
I agree with the suggestion made by @Tom22 that buffoon is probably one of the closest English words that describes something similar, although it's not nearly as descriptive as desaplaudido.

A: We have the noun try hard

A person who puts a large amount of effort into achieving a certain image, or counter-image, to the point where it is obviously contrived. Rather than achieving an image through genuine personality, the try-hard consciously attempts to fit a certain style through deliberate imitation, forced style, or scripted behavior. That is to say, he/she is trying hard to create an image.
Examples:
   An affluent, suburban dweller who makes great efforts to
  cover himself in tattoos and piercings; try-hard.
A person who wears certain items of clothing for the express intention
  of appearing "non-conformist", and flaunts it; try-hard.
Someone who purchases a motorcycle only to appear as a "bad-boy";
  try-hard.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=try-hard