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Following on from Michelle Berriedale-Johnson's investigation into PPD hair dyes here, Alex Gazzola surveys what PPD-free and all-natural alternatives are available.
No hair dye product can ever be deemed totally risk-free, as allergies to most ingredients are theoretically possible.
When using any type of colourant or dye on your hair, perform a 48-hour patch test first (some brands sell trial tester sizes for £1 or so) – even if you've used the product before. Always follow instructions carefully, and if you do have allergies, ensure you take sensible precautions, such as keeping a friend or at least your mobile nearby – and don't use the product behind a locked bathroom door. Always use the gloves / cap usually supplied (though beware that these are often of latex, should you be allergic to it – our Latex Allergy section has suggestions for latex-free gloves). Stick to the timings given in the instructions, not only to avoid damaging your skin – but also your hair. Remember to always read the full list of ingredients, even if you are familiar with the product, as ingredients change regularly. A consultation with a dermatologist is well worth your time should you have had skin-related reactions before.
The best stockists we have found for these are Suvarna. These types of dyes cannot lighten hair and results aren't as effective as using other methods, but their purity and strong 'free from' qualities appeal to many women looking for wholly natural alternatives. Radical changes – blonde to dark, for example – aren't possible using natural dyes, but covering of partial grey hair can work well. All disclose their ingredients fully online.
These use artificial colours but contain some natural ingredients and occasionally (but certainly not always) have reasonable 'free from' qualities too. Sometimes the names of the products belie their dyes' synthetic origins, and it can be easy to assume that the colouring agents in them are botanical when they are not.
Those using the PPD alternative 'toluene 2,5 diamine sulphate' (TDS) – which research suggests is less allergenic than PPD – with hydrogen peroxide.
Note that some hair dyes which go under a 'natural' banner may not be free of PPD or other potentially problematic ingredients: Daniel Field's Natural Colours is a good example.
Natural hair colourants made with pure herbals grown and harvested according to ayurvedic traditions.
Free from: PPD, ammonia, peroxide, parabens, resorcinol, or propylene glycol.
Certified organic henna powder, indigo powder, and other botanical oils and powders to mix and match.
Free from: artificial ingredients, PPD, peroxide, preservative, ammonia, petrochemicals.
100% natural and pure products based on Ayurvedic formulations.
Natural herbal hair dyes which come in creams or powders.
Contains: natural plant colours (eg beetroot, henna, indigo, coffee, cassia), wheat proteins, fragrance, alcohol.
Free from: artificial colourings, PPD, peroxide, preservative, ammonia etc.
Synthetic-free henna-based 'no s**t' dye which come in 'blocks' from this popular high-street store.
Contains: Cocoa butter, henna, botanicals, fragrance.
100% natural colours which last 4-6 weeks.
Temporary hair colour range available in 13 colours lasting up to 8 washes.
Free from: ammonia, resorcinol (currently being phased out), PPD, hydrogen peroxide, fragrance, alcohol, diaminobenzene, silicones, wheat proteins, nuts.
Range of hair colourants whose makers are against the often-given advice to undertake a 48 hour patch test.
Contains: Synthetic dyes. Ingredients not listed on website.
Free from: PPD / PTD, peroxide, ammonia, resorcinol.
'Non-Permanent Color Rinse'. (Note that their Permanent Hair Colorant does contain what are described as "minimum levels of PPD").
Free from: PPD, peroxide, ammonia, resorcinol and parabens.
A semi-permanent dye which combines natural dyes – herbs and fruits from Brazil and India – and artificial dyes.
Contains: petrochemical derivatives, nut extract (Brazil nut), artificial colours (full ingredients at point of sale online).
Free from: PPD, peroxide, ammonia, parabens, resorcinol, artificial fragrances or heavy metals.
A semi-permanent colour range with some organic ingredients (they also have a permanent range which has PPD).
Free from: ammonia, parabens, resorcinol, peroxide, PPD, PTD.
Claims to be "the first hair colouring which colours, protects, nourishes and strengthens the hair all within one treatment".
Free from: ammonia, parabens, PPD.
Its Coloursafe range has been reformulated to no longer contain PPD.
Contains: TDS, sesame, wheat, SLS, fragrance, silicones, hydrogen peroxide, petrochemical derivatives (full ingredients supplied on website).
Free from: ammonia, resorcinols, parabens, PPD.
First published July 2013. Updated May 2015.


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A country women's GILET (or city women's VEST) is actually the same thing. They are both a thin outer layer that adds a little extra warmth over a sweater or lightly acts as the perfect layering under down for extra winter warmth. I ride indoors now with this particular, pretty, very English looking vest, not only for the fact that its multi plaid works well with a variety of riding pants, but adds perfect cache for any kind of barn workout. The quilted gilet has is made as a comfy padding and coats in a similar way as a bed quilt. Light enough but warm enough – it has pockets of down fill material that acts as soft insulation to trap the air – helping to keep you super warm even on frigid days.
Riding clothing is just cool gear any time of year and on the occasion when I am sporting one of these gilets on a shopping spree, I have to direct another cute cut right up to The Barbour. Such was the case with a handful of Kate Spade shoppers looking for another place to trot to before the shops closed.
These Barbour vests also run true to size (this is an XS and worn over a cashmere sweater) and are available in navy, black and hunter green, on the Orvis website. Or at Manhattan Saddlery or an occasional flash at Nordstrom's – unless you take a ride right through the gates at 80th and Madison. It is a sure bet – that you'll leave with more than a simple gilet.


Lone Tree lost their regional volleyball opener 3-1 to Morningstar Academy, ending their season.
A strong first set gave Lone Tree an early 1-0 lead, but Morningstar took the next three straight to move on in the postseason.
The Lady Lions got strong performances out of their freshmen. Kylie Patterson had 10 kills, Kasey Chown had seven kills and Alyssa Knock had 21 digs in the loss but had strong showings in their first postseason match.
As a team the Lady Lions had 32 kills. Patterson, Chown and Skylar Smith combined for 25 of the 32. Setter Whitney Willoz had a pair of kills and 22 assists on the night.
Willoz and Patterson each had 20 serves during the Tuesday night match and both went 19-20. Patterson had two aces and Willoz had four.
The Lady Lions close out their season with a 1-27 record. Their lone win came on Aug. 20 against Tri-County. Kylie Patterson finished as the team leader in kills at 55.
Willoz was the team leader in serve efficiency, going 211-225 on her serves with 37 aces. Willoz led the team with 134 assists.
Knock had 107 digs to lead the team. Patterson had 17 blocks to lead the team with Kasey Chown just one behind at 16.


Our adventure through the arid terrain of the infinite Mojave Desert continues with Salt Creek. A part of Bentley's Western Edge™ Collection, Salt Creek tells the unspoken story of the southwestern soil as it depicts the broken geometry of its primitive, cracked earth and its rich unadulterated tones.
Adding to the range of the collection, Salt Creek is available in broadloom and tile. The complete line of Western Edge illustrates the complex simplicity of the desert landscape as its variegated form echoes across diverse layers of time.


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Ohio ARES Provides "Situational Awareness" During January Blizzard
Ohio ARES members stared down "Snowmageddon" 2019, the mid-January blizzard that blanketed the lower Great Lakes region. Based on ominous forecasts and discussion with Assistant SECs across the state, Section Manager Scott Yonally, N8SY, and the Ohio Watch Office, SEC Stan Broadway, N8BHL, asked ARES operators to provide observations and reports to assist decision makers at the Ohio Emergency Operations Center and county emergency management agency centers.
"We could do this safely from our homes, and integrate our reports (remotely) into the state's WebEOC management system, which could be read by the Ohio Watch Office and any other emergency official around the state," Broadway said. "We had never tried this, and it seemed like a great way to promote the Amateur Service's ability to provide situational awareness on a wide scale." Broadway said conditions generated by the storm "could have resulted in an emergency" and warranted a statewide ARES response.
A statewide net was convened on Saturday, January 9, as conditions deteriorated. Amateurs quickly began checking in and reporting their local conditions with specific details. The reports were compiled by Ohio's AuxComm Team station W8SGT, which was operated from Broadway's residence on 80 meters, and the VHF/UHF Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) network (the Ohio Talk group), simultaneously.
By nightfall, storm conditions had stabilized, and reporting slowed to the point that the statewide net could be closed. Many county-level nets were also in operation.
The Ohio "Snow Net" received 131 reports from 44 of Ohio's 88 counties, split evenly between HF and DMR. The short-notice net was entered into the ARES Connect system and more than 50 amateurs signed up for the net event. Several other local snow nets entered for county events also. The statewide reports were logged and submitted every few hours to the state Homeland Security/Emergency Management Agency Watch Desk through WebEOC.
Broadway said emergency managers around the state were impressed that Amateur Radio could furnish reports with such detailed information. He said HF capability to reach across the state was a proven asset, with effective communication in all directions. The DMR system functioned much like Ohio's public safety radio system, connecting nearly 80 repeaters across the state through the internet. This service had been untested and this event created the perfect proving ground, Broadway said. "We needed dependable statewide communication where all stations would benefit by hearing reports as they were filed," he pointed out. "The Ohio Talk Group was used with great success, with no known problems with dropout or system faults. Communication proved reliable even with the severe weather threatening power loss and antenna corruption."
Ohio ARES operators provided a broad range of information including snow depths, wind speeds, and "Level 3" declarations, closed airports and more. Under Level 3 in Ohio, non-essential motorists on roadways are subject to arrest.
Broadway conceded that more aggressive alerting of District and county Emergency Coordinators would have given them more time to prepare. More guidance for local nets might have contributed to more realistic expectations and efficient operation — the specific weather information sought and time frame of operation anticipated, he added.
"Winter storms are part of the Ohio landscape, and we don't propose ramping up a net for every snowfall. But when the forecasts call for extreme conditions, ARES operators have now proven we can be a true asset for our served partner agencies. — Ohio Section Emergency Coordinator Stan Broadway, N8BHL


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President of the Forest Owners Association Peter Weir expects a raft of changes within the industry, he says, following criticism about the way it handles debris.
Residents in the Gisborne region are calling for the industry to be held accountable after logging debris carried in floodwaters, caused million tonnes of logs and forest debris to be dumped on farms, in rivers and on beaches over the last week.
Flood-hit farmers around Tolaga Bay have demanded an immediate halt to all forestry in the area, until a government inquiry into the industry was carried out.
Forest Owners Association president Peter Weir, who is also the environment manager for a Gisborne forestry company, said the debris was from trees harvested five years ago.
He told Checkpoint not much could be done to help with the clean-up until roads were restored.
"We have offered housing to people who are dislocated. We are offering our counselling services to such people. We would love to get down with our machinery out of the forest to help the clean up but there is a couple of large holes in the district council road where landslides have come down on farms," Mr Weir said.
"Farmers don't want our heavy machinery on their paddocks because the paddocks are sodden and we can absolutely understand that. So we all have to collectively take a breath and wait til this dries out a bit."
Mr Weir said it was the first he had heard of the farmers' request for $100 million to clean up the mess but his company was committed to help in other ways.
"Our company has commited to make excavators available for as long as it takes to do the clean up but as I say we have to wait for the sun to come out and the paddocks to dry out a bit before we can do that."
In response to the risk of legal action from farmers, Mr Weir said their actions followed rules already set out and didn't see the potential for a case to brought forward.
"Under the resource management act, our company had a complete audit in our forest eight weeks ago, a two-day audit, there were no issues raised ... I'm not really seeing the grounds for such things."
He said they continued to maintain and clear debris traps for four or five years after harvesting but the burst of rain had caused issues in those catchments.
"Our debris traps were completely overwhelmed and ripped out, this was a big event. This was bigger than Cyclone Bola but incredibly localised and in one catchment."
Another forest with a debris trap 15km away had not experienced that same damage, according to Mr Weir.
He said he expected an inquiry and more changes to rules to come through after these events, even though stricter rules on cleaning up forestry debris had already come in last month.
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AI is the fastest growing field in enterprise tech. Here's how to get an AI job you will love.
For senior IT people, 2019 may not look to be the happiest of new years. Many experienced technologists are finding their roles outsourced, with other employers looking for only younger (read: cheaper) employees. "I had three jobs in three years," Mike, a 50-something New York-based IT specialist, told me a year ago. "They've all ended with even new hires being let go and the work outsourced. I had to go before a judge to explain my financial situation, and he said I should take a class to update my skills. As if that would fix it."
As it turns out, there is a class. AI job listings have become the fastest growing category on LinkedIn, and Indeed is packed with listings. But most job requisitions seek a computer scientist type with a PhD in neural networks or some other years-long study. The trick is to look past those, and you'll find that what many companies need can't be outsourced or given to a freshly minted college grad: an IT pro with enterprise-scale experience who also knows how to deliver on a machine learning project.
Here's the secret: There are plenty of AI-related jobs that aren't advanced science but simply applying new machine learning features from cloud services giants to familiar IT environments. "Most ML jobs aren't about advancing ML technology and algorithms," says Ross Mead, founder and CEO of robotics software startup Semio and an industry consultant in AI with a PhD from the University of Southern California. "The money in AI for most companies is using ML for better business intelligence."
That means using turnkey ML packages to analyze internal data—customer behavior, sales, etc.—to look for patterns that indicate likely business success. Machine learning is different from deep learning, the more esoteric field of AI that it is often confused with. As Mead puts it, deep learning is like teaching a computer the rules of chess so it can figure out new strategies. Machine learning is like feeding it the records of 10,000 games so it can calculate the confidence level that a particular move leads to a winning outcome. "It's really a big data project," he says. "They need to get enough qualified data together to train the ML engine."
We don't get clients asking for AI people, or machine learning. People with AWS certificates get snapped up, though.
"We don't get clients asking for AI people or machine learning," says Chris Bloomquist, a partner at Seattle-area recruiting firm Viri Technology. "People with AWS certificates get snapped up, though." Among cloud-based services, AWS is the go-to platform for many startups, but it's also used in enterprise-level IT infrastructures.
In late November, Amazon put its internal training courses for the machine learning features in AWS online for free, to make AWS engineers easier to find for ML projects. The company's general manager of AI, Matt Wood, explains, "There are more than 30 self-service, self-paced digital courses with more than 45 hours of courses, videos, and labs for four key groups: developers, data scientists, data platform engineers, and business professionals."
Bloomquist says, "With the courses now free, the question for candidates is more, 'Why haven't you taken them?'"
Cloud computing: Nearly every ML project is a cloud project.
Scalability: There's no such thing as a "small" machine learning project.
App security, cloud security: Machine learning systems are based on and driven by personal data, enough of it that even anonymized data can sometimes be triangulated to a specific individual.
Edge computing/Internet of Things: Much of the data analyzed by business intelligence systems is or soon will be uploaded by IoT devices that report their location and status for better tracking and monitoring.
Need help with your artificial intelligence strategy? We have a Dummies Guide for that.
Mike, who couldn't find work in New York, ended up moving to Dallas for a job building a BI system that uses Azure, which leverages his years of Microsoft platform experience. But if you've already got a job, there might be a better path than looking for an ML project elsewhere: Stay put. AI is inevitably working its way into enterprise infrastructure and operations. AI operations (AIOps) platforms, as Gartner calls them, "utilize big data, modern machine learning and other advanced analytics technologies to directly and indirectly enhance IT operations (monitoring, automation, and service desk) functions with proactive, personal, and dynamic insight."
It's not just DevOps that's being made over. IDC forecasts that corporate spending on AI systems in 2022 will be more than triple that of the past year. The hottest areas of application: customer service automation, threat intelligence and prevention, sales process recommendation and automation, and automated preventive maintenance. AI, mostly machine learning, has the potential in all these areas to increase the number and size of sales and prevent revenue losses due to downtime and disruption.
That's why if your real goal is a sustainable career, as you build your AI chops, you also need to change your focus to how these new technologies are best for business, advises Gnu Talent executive recruiter John Hughes. "Yes, companies with a focus on AI or ML will need that specific experience in their CIO or CTO," he says. "However, most companies need a technology leader who's more broad than that. What they are asking for now is a tech leader who's really a business leader first and foremost, so they can help the business place the right technology bets that line up with their business strategy."
If you're looking to boost your immediate hiring appeal, Amazon's ML courses for AWS seem the best bet. But to become a long-term leader who can't be outsourced, the way to future-proof your career in an AI world may be not to jump to a new workplace, but to take the lead in bringing AI into yours to show where it's good for business.
AI for most companies means machine learning. Take Amazon's free ML courses or those for another cloud service if your employer uses it.
Focus on how machine learning can deliver better business intelligence. Most "AI" jobs don't involve developing machine intelligence, but rather applying turnkey ML services to improve efficiency, accuracy, or profitability by analyzing patterns in relevant company data.
Make your goal not just moving on, but moving up. Combine your prior experience with enterprise-level IT with newly acquired ML chops to step up from technician to business leader—a veteran whose tech-savvy counsel is essential.


I had the pleasure of speaking with Tracey Johns, the Vice President of Communications for the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. The museum is located in St. Michaels, Maryland and the organization was a 2017 recipient of the Constant Contact All-Star Award. The All-Star Award is granted to the top 10 percent of Constant Contact users who met a set of criteria for email marketing excellence in the previous year.
Constant Contact: For readers who might not be aware of, what is the mission statement of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum?
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum: The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is dedicated to preserving and exploring the history, environment, and culture of the entire Chesapeake Bay region, and making this resource available to all.
CTCT: How important is marketing for the museum?
CBMM: Marketing is extremely important to CBMM and fulfilling our mission. We are a destination, a history museum, a full shipyard, a wedding venue, a boat donation and sales business, and a retail store, on top of being an educational institution and museum. So we have a lot of goals that must be met. CBMM's earned, owned, and paid media help us to sustain and grow the museum, and its education programs in particular. We have numerous constituents to communicate with.
CTCT: What other channels are important to your marketing efforts?
CBMM: All owned, paid, and earned channels are important, but especially in how we interpret the museum from a photographer, writer, or videographer perspective. Our YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Flickr channels show journalists how we translate into their medium, and goes beyond our forever needs to attracting and retaining members, donors and guests to CBMM. Also, our business listings on Google have seen incredible growth in audience over the past year, and we are dedicating resources to post on these sites and more. Their analytics are awesome also.
CTCT: What is your strategy for email marketing?
CBMM: Email marketing is a critical component of our communications strategy. It's how we launch much of the promotions regarding our programs, festivals, and other important news. Because people can sign up on our website or on their mobile, it's also easy to grow the audience. We send a member newsletter out each Monday through Constant Contact, and monitor our click-thru rates, which are consistently above industry rates, which is another plug for Constant Contact because you help clients benchmark their efforts in this way. We also have several departments with dedicated email communication efforts, specifically for Education, Volunteering, Charity Boat Donation, and Member news. Recently, the most engaging articles in our Navy Point News general newsletter have been earned media stories from major publications that are shared via hyperlinks.
CTCT: How has it benefited your organization?
CBMM: We are able to meet and exceed our earned revenue and donor revenue while growing our education, collections, and Shipyard programs. Also, CC created a template for us that is mobile responsive and matches our website look and feel. A win!
CTCT: What is your advice for someone just starting in email marketing?
CBMM: Make sure you are using a mobile/tablet friendly template, check all your hyperlinks with text and make sure you add descriptions for ADA [Americans with Disabilities Act] compliance and monitor your click-thru rates and effectiveness using CC's reporting tools.
CTCT: What does winning a Constant Contact All-Star recognition mean for the museum?
CBMM: We feel this award helps quantify how effectively we are using email marketing and legitimizes excellence in our work in this area. One of our values is Stewardship (see below), and that means being good stewards of our financial resources, which includes our annual investment in using Constant Contact for communications and making sure we leverage that asset to the best of our capabilities.
We provide meaningful and accessible experiences to all of our communities and constituencies.
We seek to represent genuinely the people and cultures whose stories we preserve and tell.
We value the priceless assets entrusted to us and accept their preservation and enhancement as our paramount responsibility—our collections, our campus and facilities, our financial resources—and we support the volunteers and staff who perform our Mission and make CBMM the rich enterprise it is.
A big thank you to Tracey for taking the time to talk with us and share their All-Star experience with their fellow Constant Contact customers! If you're an All-Star and would be interested in being featured on the Constant Contact Community please learn more on how to do so here.
Thanks for sharing our stories!
So, how do you become an "All-Star"? Because it seems like I would meet all of the criteria. Just curious. Thanks!
Although you were not selected as an All Star for this year, don't let that get you down. We select new winners yearly and I'd encourage you to keep up the great work!


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San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz on Tuesday lauded FEMA efforts in hurricane-battered Puerto Rico and dismissed President Trump's tweets about the nation's massive debt as unrelated to the island's deepening humanitarian crisis.
"Make no mistake, there is a humanitarian crisis," Cruz told CNN. "There are thousands and thousands of people going back to their homes to find out they don't have a home to go back to."
Cruz said, however, that aid was starting to reach the island, and "that is making people feel like we're not alone and we can make it," Cruz said, adding "FEMA people have been wonderful."
That drew an almost immediate Twitter response from Trump: "Thank you to Carmen Yulin Cruz, the Mayor of San Juan, for your kind words on FEMA etc.We are working hard. Much food and water there/on way."
Trump also tweeted about Puerto Rico on Monday, saying that Texas and Florida are "doing great" after hurricanes Harvey and Maria. But he cited Puerto Rico's fragile infrastructure and massive debt in noting that the island was "in deep trouble."
"These are two different topics," Cruz told CNN. "You don't put debt above people, you put people above debt.
Cruz said workers have been feverishly working to rescue islanders from the rubble. The island is struggling to regain power, and some water systems have failed. Bridges are out. Food and water is at a premium, she said.
The island is home to 3.4 million people, 60% of whom Cruz said lived below the poverty line before Hurricane Maria made its devastating hit last week.
In Punta Santiago, a town of about 5,000 people 40 miles southeast of San Juan, someone scrawled on a street in words the size of cars: "S.O.S. Necesitamos agua/comida!!" — We need water/food!!
"There is a moral imperative," Cruz said. "When someone is in need, when someone is in dire need, when someone is in a life or death situation, there is a human, moral imperative to deal with that situation before dealing with anything else."
Some bits of good news were emerging from the chaos. Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said Tuesday that airports in Aguadilla, Mercedita, Isla Grande, Ceiba and Vieques also were seeing limited service.
San Juan's Luis Munoz Marin International Airport was powering up after days without air conditioning, computers and radar equipment. A limited number of passenger flights were getting out, and vital aid flights were getting in.
Still, Rosselló stressed that Puerto Rico needs more help.
"Our ask to the (Trump) administration is, let's recognize that this is unprecedented and let's increase that support," Rosselló told MSNBC. "Or else it's going to be a tough road ahead for the people of Puerto Rico."


Music brings us together. Sometimes much closer than you can imagine. Here, married music duo Maximalism seduces with 4 originals that support the rule of less being more.
An EP that builds on minimalistic dance arrangements to not only let the vocals play out in full glory, but also show with how little you can create feelings, that immerse yourself in the sound itself. With a good sense for what is important, the couple is able to create an EP, that is able to go beyond its sound structure and win you over with pure emotion. An intimate release, that is further underlined with a powerful & cinematic remix from french talent Anton Dhouran.
With a slower & more melancholic approach, 'Glimpse' is the perfect B-side for a living room experience. Gentle melodies circle around a warm bassline that support Alicia's intimate vocals with a charming undertone. Opening up to the end, the atmospherics combine to a full & wide sound, that flip the switch for a positive final of a thoughtful production.


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Q: Change Datepicker Date Format for Sql https://jsfiddle.net/jquerybyexample/dxbtp/494/
i used this code for Date Range but this input format is MM/dd/yyyy . i want change this format MM/dd/yyyy for send my Database.
if i change this line
        var dtFormatted = mm + '/'+ dd + '/'+ y;

to
        var dtFormatted = dd+ '/'+ mm + '/'+ y;

input tag doesn't work properly

A: Here is a working demo:
<div>
    <input type="text" id="txtFromDate" />To:
    <input type="text" id="txtToDate" />
</div>
<link href="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.1/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
    <script>
        $('input[id$=txtFromDate]').datepicker({
            dateFormat: 'dd/mm/yy'
        });
        $('input[id$=txtToDate]').datepicker({
            dateFormat: 'dd/mm/yy'
        });
    </script>

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A: set dtFormatted as a string, with the format below.
var dtFormatted = "dd/mm/yy";

A: I fixed
 <input asp-for="@Model.Reservation.StartDate" type="text" class="datepicker" id="txtFromDate" autocomplete="off" required placeholder="Check In">

<input asp-for="@Model.Reservation.EndDate" type="text" class="datepicker" autocomplete="off" id="txtToDate" required placeholder="Check Out">

<script type="text/javascript">

    $(document).ready(function () {
        $('#txtToDate').datepicker({
            dateFormat: "dd/mm/yy"
        });
        $("#txtFromDate").datepicker({
            dateFormat: "dd/mm/yy",
            minDate: new Date(),
            onSelect: function (date) {
                var date1 = $('#txtFromDate').datepicker('getDate');
                var date = new Date(Date.parse(date1));
                date.setDate(date.getDate() + 1);
                var newDate = date.toDateString();
                newDate = new Date(Date.parse(newDate));
                $('#txtToDate').datepicker("option", "minDate", newDate);
            }
        });
    });
</script>

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How to poop at work
We've all been there but don't like to admit it. As much as we try to convince ourselves otherwise, the WORKPOOP is inevitable. For those who hate pooping at work, following is the Survival Guide for having a dump at work.
CROP DUSTING : When farting, you walk briskly around the office so the smell is not in your area and everyone else gets a whiff but doesn't know where it came from. Be careful when you do this. Do not stop until the full fart has been expelled. Walk an extra 30 feet to make sure the smell has left your pants.
FLY BY : This is the act of scouting out a bathroom before pooping. Walk in and check for other poopers. If there are others in the bathroom, leave and come back again. Be careful not to become a
FREQUENT FLYER. People may become suspicious if they catch you constantly going into the bathroom.
ESCAPEE: This is a fart that slips out while taking a leak at the urinal or forcing a poop in a stall. This is usually accompanied by a sudden wave of embarrassment. If you release an escapee, do not acknowledge it. Pretend it did not happen. If you are standing next to the farter in the urinal, pretend you did not hear it. No one likes an escapee. It is uncomfortable for all involved. Making a joke or laughing makes both parties feel uneasy.
JAILBREAK : When forcing a poop, several farts slip out at a machine gun pace. This is usually a side effect of diarrhea or a hangover. If this should happen, do not panic. Remain in the stall until everyone has left the bathroom to spare everyone the awkwardness of what just occurred.
COURTESY FLUSH : The act of flushing the toilet the instant the poop hits the water. This reduces the amount of airtime the poop has to stink up the bathroom. This can help you avoid being caught doing the WALK OF SHAME.
WALK OF SHAME : Walking from the stall, to the sink, to the door after you have just stunk the bathroom. This can be a very uncomfortable moment if someone walks in and busts you. As with farts, it is best to pretend that the smell does not exist. This very uncomfortable walk can be avoided with the use of the COURTESY FLUSH.
OUT OF THE CLOSET POOPER : This is a colleague who poops at work and is damn proud of it. You will often see an Out Of The Closet Pooper enter the bathroom with a newspaper or magazine under his or her arm. Always look around the office for the Out Of The Closet Pooper before entering the bathroom.
THE POOPING FRIENDS NETWORK (P.F.N) : A group of co-workers who band together to ensure emergency pooping goes off without incident. This group can help you to monitor the whereabouts of Out Of The Closet Poopers, and identify SAFE HAVENS.
SAFE HAVENS : A Safe Haven is a seldom-used bathroom somewhere in the building where you can least expect visitors. Try floors that are predominantly of the opposite sex This will reduce the odds of a pooper of your sex entering the bathroom.
TURD BURGLAR : This is someone who does not realize that you are in the stall and tries to force the door open. This is one of the most shocking and vulnerable moments that can occur when taking a poop at work If this occurs, remain in the stall until the Turd Burglar leaves. This way you will avoid all uncomfortable eye contact.
CAMO-COUGH : A phony cough that alerts all new entrants into the bathroom that you are in a stall is called a Camo-Cough. This can be used to cover -up a WATERMELON, or to alert potential Turd Burglars. The Camo-Coughis very effective when used in conjunction with an ASTAIRE.
ASTAIRE : An Astaire is a subtle toe-tap that is used to alert potential Turd Burglars that you are occupying a stall. This will remove all doubt that the stall is occupied. If you hear an Astaire, leave the bathroom immediately so the pooper can poop in peace.
WATERMELON : A watermelon is a big poop that creates a loud splash when hitting the toilet water. This is also an embarrassing incident. If you feel a Watermelon coming on, create a diversion. See CAMO-COUGH.
HAVANA OMELET : A case of diarrhea that creates a series of loud splashes in the toilet water. Often accompanied by an Escapee. Try using a Camo-Cough with an Astaire.
UNCLE TODD : An Uncle Todd is a bathroom user who seems to linger around forever. This person could spend extended lengths of time in front of the mirror or sitting on the pot. An Uncle Todd makes it difficult to relax while on the crapper, as you should always wait to poop when the bathroom is empty. This benefits you as well as other bathroom attendees.
Hope the Survival Guide helps, as the WORKPOOP is an inevitable part of life.
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A Peyton Manning you have NEVER seen before!
Hello, Mrs. Cardinal
Good bye snow, we hardly knew ye.
March Madness!!! Division II Barton vs. Winona St.
The best end of a game, EVER. Worth the 3 1/2 minutes, trust me!
David S. as a little kid?
From a little book called "Disorder in the Court."
They're things people actually said in court, word for word.
Q: What is your date of birth?
A: July fifteen.
Q: What year?
A: Every year.
Q: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
A: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
Q: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
Q: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
A: I forget.
Q: You forget. Can you give us an example of something that you've forgotten?
Q: How old is your son, the one living with you?
A: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.
Q: How long has he lived with you?
A: Forty-five years.
Q: What was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke that morning?
A: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
Q: And why did that upset you?
A: My name is Susan.
Q: And where was the location of the accident?
A: Approximately milepost 499.
Q: And where is milepost 499?
A: Probably between milepost 498 and 500.
Q: Sir, what is your IQ?
A: Well, I can see pretty well, I think.
Q: Did you blow your horn or anything?
A: After the accident?
Q: Before the accident.
A: Sure, I played for ten years. I even went to school for it.
Q: Trooper, when you stopped the defendant, were your red and blue lights flashing?
Q: Did the defendant say anything when she got out of her car?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: What did she say?
A: What disco am I at?
Q: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about
it until the next morning?
Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year old, how old is he?
Q: Were you present when your picture was taken?
Q: Was it you or your younger brother who was killed in the war?
Q: Did he kill you?
Q: How far apart were the vehicles at the time of the collision?
Q: You were there until the time you left, is that true?
Q: How many times have you committed suicide?
Q: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
Q: And what were you doing at that time?
Q: She had three children, right?
Q: How many were boys?
A: None.
Q: Were there any girls?
Q: You say the stairs went down to the basement?
Q: And these stairs, did they go up also?
Q: Mr. Slatery, you went on a rather elaborate honeymoon, didn't you?
A: I went to Europe, Sir.
Q: And you took your new wife?
Q: How was your first marriage terminated?
A: By death.
Q: And by whose death was it terminated?
Q: Can you describe the individual?
A: He was about medium height and had a beard.
Q: Was this a male, or a female?
Q: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice
which I sent to your attorney?
A: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?
A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
Q: All your responses must be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
A: Oral.
Q: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
A: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
Q: And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?
A: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an
autopsy.
Q: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
Q: Did you check for blood pressure?
Q: Did you check for breathing?
Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began
the autopsy?
Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
Q: But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?
A: It is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere.
Q: You were not shot in the fracas?
A: No, I was shot midway between the fracas and the navel.
Don't let the bunny die! Easter will never be the same!
Really, click his belly.
Burglars Steal 220-Pound Gold Bar
You're going to want to actually put $2 million worth of gold block in a secure place.
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They deserved to get it stolen!
This made me laugh
Ever seen a stack of cash worth $200,000,000?
Can you smell the drugs from here?
"Who else seen the leprechaun? Say YEAAAHHH!"
Signs, signs, everywhere are signs
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Did you know that Thurston's Lobster Pound was featured in the movie Cider House Rules? It's located in Bernard, ME on Mt Desert Island. More pics of Thurston's here.
Lost dog in an Asian neighborhood
Are you stoopid?
How to catch a gull
Analemma
Explanation: If you took a picture of the Sun at the same time each day, would it remain in the same position? The answer is no, and the shape traced out by the Sun over the course of a year is called an analemma. The Sun's apparent shift is caused by the Earth's motion around the Sun when combined with the tilt of the Earth's rotation axis. The Sun will appear at its highest point of the analemma during summer and at its lowest during winter. Analemmas created from different Earth latitudes would appear at least slightly different, as well as analemmas created at a different time each day. The analemma pictured to the left was built up by Sun photographs taken from 1998 August through 1999 August from Ukraine. The foreground picture from the same location was taken during the early evening in 1999 July.
HOW TO ARGUE EFFECTIVELY
I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me. You too can win arguments. Simply follow these rules: DRINK LIQUOR
Suppose you are at a party and some hotshot intellectual is expounding on the economy of Peru, a subject you know nothing about. If you're drinking some health-fanatic drink like grapefruit juice, you'll hang back, afraid to display your ignorance, while the hotshot enthralls your date. But if you drink several large martinis, you'll discover you have STRONG VIEWS about the Peruvian economy. You'll be a WEALTH of information. You'll argue forcefully, offering searing insights and possibly upsetting furniture.
People will be impressed. Some may leave the room.
MAKE THINGS UP
Suppose, in the Peruvian economy argument, you are trying to prove that Peruvians are underpaid, a position you base solely on the fact that YOU are underpaid, and you'll be damned if you're going to let a bunch of Peruvians be better off. DON'T say: "I think Peruvians are underpaid." Say instead:
"The average Peruvian's salary in 1981 dollars adjusted for the revised tax base is $1,452.81 per annum, which is $836.07 before the mean gross poverty level."
NOTE: Always make up exact figures.
If an opponent asks you where you got your information, make THAT up too. Say:
"This information comes from Dr. Hovel T. Moon's study for the Buford Commission published on May 9, 1982. Didn't you read it?" Say this in the same tone of voice you would use to say, "You left your soiled underwear in my bathroom."
USE MEANINGLESS BUT WEIGHTY-SOUNDING WORDS AND PHRASES
Memorize this list:
Let me put it this way
As it were
You should also memorize some Latin abbreviations such as "Q.E.D.", "e.g.", and "i.e." These are all short for "I speak Latin, and you don't."
Here's how to use these words and phrases. Suppose you want to say,"Peruvians would like to order appetizers more often, but they don't have enough money."
You never win arguments talking like that. But you WILL win if you say:
"Let me put it this way. In terms of appetizers vis-à-vis Peruvians qua Peruvians, they would like to order them more often, so to speak, but they do not have enough money per se, as it were. Q.E.D." Only a fool would challenge that statement.
USE SNAPPY AND IRRELEVANT COMEBACKS
You need an arsenal of all-purpose irrelevant phrases to fire back at your opponents when they make valid points. The best are:
You're begging the question.
You're being defensive.
Don't compare apples to oranges.
What are your parameters?
This last one is especially valuable. Nobody (other than engineers and policy wonks) has the vaguest idea what "parameters" means.
Don't forget the classic: YOU'RE SO LINEAR.
Here's how to use your comebacks:
You say: As Abraham Lincoln said in 1873...
Your opponent says: Lincoln died in 1865.
You say: You're begging the question.
You say: Liberians, like most Asians...
Your opponent says: Liberia is in Africa.
You say: You're being defensive.
So that's it. You now know how to out-argue anybody. Do not try to pull any of this on people who generally carry weapons.
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I love Breaking Bad. When I started watching it on Netflix I blew through all of the episodes in probably a week or two. Its intense and compelling story of meth cooking and drug dealing is itself a drug, and I'm an addict.
This is why I was so bummed when it didn't win any Golden Globes this past weekend. Bryan Cranston, especially, I thought deserved to win best actor in a television drama series. Granted, I haven't really watched Homeland (don't kill me) or any of the other shows with actors up in this category except for Mad Men (and mm, Jon Hamm – I would have been okay with his beautiful mug winning too), but I still find it hard to imagine that anyone could have done anything better than Cranston's gritty, complex, and oddly endearing performance.
With only half a season left, Breaking Bad is soon sadly coming to an end, but I think it is a testament to Vince Gilligan's expertise at what he does that this series does have an end in mind. Rather than just trying to take the show as long as he possibly can, stringing us all along, it's actually going somewhere. This is an important thing to keep in mind for anyone who is devising, writing, running, directing, or producing a television series. In the end, you don't want to leave things hanging or bore your viewers with an aimless overarching narrative. Despite the serial nature of the medium, you still have to have a complete story and a conclusion in mind.
In this article Vince Gilligan discusses the difficulties of concluding the series. It's definitely an interesting read. Let me know what you think of his comments and his process. How do you think it should end?
"We're not gonna please everyone, we're not gonna please everyone … This is what I keep telling myself so I can sleep at night," Vince Gilligan laughed last month, even though he wasn't exactly joking. When he spoke to Vulture, he was putting the finishing touches on the story for the third to last episode, getting very close to tackling the series finale (the show's last stretch of eight episodes airs on AMC later this year).
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City Officials Hear Protesters Out in South Dallas
| City Hall |
Stephen Young | June 4, 2020 | 9:25am
Protesters, city and county officials take a knee before Wednesday's listening session in South Dallas.
After days of rallies, marches and clashes with police, the Dallas protesters calling for change after the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police office paused Wednesday to air their grievances in front of audience that included members of Dallas City Council, Dallas County Commissioners Court and Dallas Police Review Board.
Anyone who managed to find a spot within earshot of the speakers outside the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in South Dallas — the event's microphone was connected to a too-small speaker — would've heard plenty of righteous anger. Dallas protesters, in the streets again because another black man has been killed in dubious circumstances by the police, have been penned in, subjected to curfews, gassed and fired upon with foam bullets this week, all as they've pursued justice in a city where it's been hard to come by.
The line of speakers that took the stage at Dallas City Council member Adam Bazaldua's event spoke for more than three hours, lamenting the past and repeatedly calling on each other to create a better future by electing better leaders throughout federal and local government.
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One speaker, a white man named Steve, called on the crowd to keep its energy up, even as its members grew tired from the work they've put in this week. The next person to take the mic, a black woman, asked Steve his age, after he replied — the Observer didn't catch what he said — she called him out. Centuries of oppression give you the right to be tired, she said, not a week of protest.
Standing at the back of the crowd, Aaron Harris, a black man, said it wasn't up to the protesters to solve the politicians' problems.
"It ain't for us to answer, it's for them to figure out," — Aaron Harris
"It ain't for us to answer, it's for them to figure out," Harris said. "We've been talking. We're done talking."
More than two hours into the event, Bazaldua took the stage.
"I'm going to stand with you until we see change," he said. "I cannot tell you how proud I am to represent a city that had people as passionate as each and every one of you to help make this city change."
There was no visible police presence at the listening session. When it was over, what remained of the crowd briefly marched away from the community center on Malcolm X Boulevard, took a knee for the eight minutes and 46 seconds that Floyd remained pinned on the ground by Derek Chauvin, the officer who killed him, turned around and came back to the community center without incident.
The path toward any potential changes in Dallas city policy begins Friday with a specially called meeting of the City Council. Monday, the Council's Public Safety Committee will review DPD's actions during the protests.
Stephen Young has written about Dallas news for the Observer since 2014. He's a Dallas native and a graduate of the University of North Texas.
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RAC December- packed with exclusive content!
While some industry magazines may seem a little flat inside, the fully charged December issue of RAC magazine - out next week - is packed with exclusive content, together with a unique 'subscriber only' section.
The December issue of RAC magazine comes with over 14 pages of exclusive content, together with a unique 8 page subscriber section that includes RAC's ground-breaking Air-conditioning Roundtable event, and the findings from the ICE-E cold storage program.


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Saint-Martin-de-Villeréal ist eine französische Gemeinde mit  Einwohnern (Stand ) im Département Lot-et-Garonne in der Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (vor 2016: Aquitanien). Die Gemeinde gehört zum Arrondissement Villeneuve-sur-Lot und zum Kanton Le Haut Agenais Périgord (bis 2015: Kanton Villeréal).

Geographie
Saint-Martin-de-Villeréal liegt ca. 30 km nordnordöstlich von Villeneuve-sur-Lot in dessen Einzugsbereich (Aire urbaine) in der historischen Provinz Agenais am Dropt.
Umgeben wird Saint-Martin-de-Villeréal von den fünf Nachbargemeinden:

Einwohnerentwicklung
Nach Beginn der Aufzeichnungen erreichte die Einwohnerzahl bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts einen Stand von rund 400. In der Folgezeit sank die Größe der Gemeinde bei kurzen Erholungsphasen bis zu den 1960er Jahren auf rund 150 Einwohner.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Kirche Saint-Martin

Persönlichkeiten
 Louis Lavelle (1883–1951), Philosoph

Weblinks

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BANKERS LIFE AND CASUALTY COMPANY LAUNCHES NEW ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS INITIATIVE
CHICAGO (October 24, 2002) - Chicago-based Bankers Life and Casualty Company has piloted a cutting-edge electronic program, that will improve the accuracy and turnaround time on open enrollment policy applications.
Bankers agents can now use their laptop computers to upload a policy application directly to Bankers' mainframe. The entire uploading process takes approximately 90 seconds. Bankers partnered with NxLight, using the eTransaction Platform™ to develop the E-Apps program.
Matt Poole and Jim Hanna, both attached to the Charlotte, North Carolina Branch Sales Office, combined forces to became the first Bankers Agents to submit an electronic application.
"E-apps is an incredibly efficient tool that works to everyone's advantage, the customer's, ours and Bankers," said Matt Poole. "It is truly groundbreaking."
"The sky is the limit for E-Apps," said Jim Hanna. "Everyone in our office is excited about the program's enormous potential."
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Seth Walker
The Wood Brothers
SETH WALKER KEEPS IT REAL
Seth Walker at Sam's Burger Joint and Music Hall, March 15, 2013
SethWalker has the uncanny ability to make a song feel like a treasured classic and vibrantly new all at the same time. His distinctive sound – a smooth, soulful voice interlaced with masterful guitar playing – shines brightly on "Sky Still Blue," set for a June 10th release from The Royal Potato Family record label.
In his eighth album, Walker returns to the blues that he gravitated toward when he first picked up the guitar. The North Carolina-born singer-songwriter credits his move to New Orleans a year and a half ago to the album's feel.
"This one I think incorporates, gets back to some blues guitar stuff – that's what got me started," Walker said in a phone interview June 3.
"I wanted to turn it up a little bit, you know, and I think the New Orleans influence has definitely crept in … you mix those two things with the collaboration with Oliver Wood (The Wood Brothers) on the songwriting and production end, and that's the product," Walker said.
"Life in New Orleans is great. I'm not there a whole lot but when I am there, I'm very influenced by the city," Walker said. "The tradition and the culture – it's the whole place. It's syncopated. And I really enjoy soaking it up and I think it's definitely seeped in. I'm really enjoying it."
The title of the new album comes from a lyric in the song "High Wire" – "If it pours down on you and the sky is still blue / It might be me crying from my high wire." When I first heard the song, its cadence reminded me of Walker's 2006 mournful ode to Hurricane Katrina, "2' left to the ceiling." And hearing the lyrics, "I'm up here on this chair," I couldn't help but picture him hanging on to his tenuous post above floodwaters.
But don't believe for a second that such a lonesome image sets the tone for the whole collection. A news release publicizing "Sky Still Blue" calls the feel a "funky melting-pot swagger." When I listened to some of the tracks, in particular "Tomorrow," the first word that came to mind was "sassy." And the horn-infused "All That I'm Asking" had me chanting: "More cowbell!"
Another new favorite is "For a Moment There," where the pleasant tinkling of piano keys made me wanna grab a dance partner and scoot across a wooden floor strewn with sawdust.
Yes, his music is that visual. It's easy to understand when Walker describes the album's creation.
"One thing that really came through on that album is the fact that all the players on it – from the musicians and the engineers, to the producers and the writers – are all like a big family. And I think that comes through," he said.
Walker is also thrilled that this venture will be his first in wax.
"It's my 8th album and I've never printed on wax. Wax is on the way back and it's pretty cool so we're excited about that. I'm hoping we'll have vinyl for the San Antonio show (June 12). There's an experience to the vinyl, from the sound, the grooves, the ritual of it," Walker explained, who also wrote about the experience in his "From the Road" blog.
As Walker's song catalog grows, he often finds himself with difficult decisions.
"Songs are like relationships, they really are. And a little bit of them, just like any relationship you have, stays with you. As you move forward to the next relationship … some of that influence is present in the new, some more than others. It's all connected, obviously, at least for me," he said.
"But sometimes it is hard when you're making a set list and there's some of your old babies that' you've neglected a long time. You can't sing them all. Some of them you just move past, because they don't resonate as well as they used to."
Walker's fans can find a whole new collection of songs that will resonate with them when "Sky Still Blue" is released tomorrow. Go to his website to order your copy, or better yet, check him out live at one of his upcoming shows.
That's all that I'm asking…
Seth Walker at Sam's Burger's Joint and Music Hall, Sept. 27, 2013.
Labels: Hurricane Katrina New Orleans Sam's Burger Joint and Music Hall Seth Walker The Wood Brothers
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Has the ECB reached the end of its rope?
Why, at its March 7 meeting, did the European Central Bank tinker with the mounting risk of a damaging eurozone recession – has it reached both its political and technical limits?
Ashoka Mody
European Central Bank before and after lights are dimmed during the WWF Earth Hour event in Frankfurt, March 30, 2019.
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A rapid economic slowdown was already evident when the ECB's Governing Council met on September 12-13 last year. World trade growth had slowed since the start of the year – and eurozone growth, perennially dependent on international trade, had predictably decelerated. The slowdown was sharpest in the three largest eurozone economies, but the growth momentum was petering out everywhere. The evidence was not lost on the Governing Council, which coyly noted that risks to economic growth had "tilted to the downside."
Thus began the latest cycle of kicking the can down the road. The Governing Council's members expressed confidence that the "underlying" economy remained strong. They persuaded themselves that "broad-based expansion" was set to continue, and "inflationary pressures" would soon defeat the deflationary tendencies. Thus ignoring the "downside risks," the Council acted on its optimistic assessment. The decision: asset purchases under the quantitative easing (QE) program, initiated to reduce long-term interest rates, would end in December.
True to that promise, the ECB ended QE in December, thus tightening monetary policy just as recession became a real threat.
The bad news kept coming. By early this year, Italy and even Germany seemed to be sinking into recession. At their January 23-24 meeting, members of the Governing Council said they were surprised. Growth indicators, they now noted, had taken a turn for the worse and "the near-term growth momentum would likely be weaker than previously anticipated."
The poorer outlook did not justify easier monetary policy, the Council concluded. Such a change in direction was "premature."
No, such denial and delays are not standard operating procedure for central banks.
US economic growth also slowed in the second half of 2018, especially in the fourth quarter. Even so, US GDP growth, at a more than 2 percent annual rate, was significantly higher than the less than 1 percent growth pace in the eurozone. And the possibility of a recession in the United States seemed remote.
Yet, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), recognizing the economic deceleration, dropped its plan for "further gradual increases" in its policy interest rate. FOMC members also concluded that selling the assets acquired through QE would push interest rates up and therefore they indicated that they might stop the sale of those assets. In late February, in his testimony to the House Financial Services Committee, Fed chair Jay Powell reiterated that the drawdown of the Fed's assets would be likely to end by year-end.
The Fed's easing of monetary policy was greeted by a rise in global stock prices, reinforcing the Fed's claim as the world's central bank.
The Fed remains effective because it operates on the risk management principle. As Chairman Alan Greenspan famously said, the time to take action is when an elevator is in free fall, not after it has crashed. The Fed's January decision was very much in that spirit. It chose to ease monetary policy stance from a position of relative strength. The contrast with the ECB was striking, which simultaneously tightened despite facing much bleaker economic prospects.
The ECB, riven by conflicting national interests, always acts late, often too late. The northern eurozone countries, with their higher inflation and growth rates, perceive less need for monetary stimulus and so oppose ECB measures to reduce interest rates. They held back eurozone QE in the crucial 2012-2014 years, when large parts of the Eurozone – especially Italy and France – fell into a recession and a deflationary psychology. Italy's "lowflation," in particular, has kept its real (interest-adjusted) inflation over 2 percent, which is much too high for a country with zero productivity growth.
Now, with mounting evidence of impending recession, the ECB is caught in political and technical traps. Bundesbank president and ECB Governing Council member Jens Weidmann has continued to oppose monetary stimulus. In late January, he called for monetary policy "normalization" by selling assets purchased under QE and "phasing out ultra-low interest rates." On February 27, the same day as the Fed's Powell repeated his call for patience in raising rates, the Bundesbank's annual report warned that waiting to raise rates created "risks" and adverse "side effects."
Held back by such opposition to more stimulus, the ECB has continued to offer its customary cheap talk. Yes, all policymakers rely on cheap talk. But stymied in its actions, the ECB relies particularly heavily on its words. Asked after the January monetary policy meeting how the ECB intends to fight recessionary and deflationary tendencies, ECB president Mario Draghi's gave his standard response. Domestic economic and, especially, financial conditions, he said, remain "very favorable." In any case, "We have lots of instruments and we stand ready to adjust them or use them." Draghi has used these same words since November 2013, when the eurozone began to slip into deflationary psychology. This pattern of repeated denials, delays, and half-measures is the antithesis of risk management.
And because the eventual scale of actions do not match the words, the ECB has steadily lost credibility. Predictions of an imminent rise in inflation have proven false repeatedly. Italy and France are stuck in lowflation despite modest economic recovery in 2017. Businesses and households in these two countries act on the belief that inflation will not rise anytime soon, which causes them to postpone purchases, which keeps inflation low. Spanish inflation, after a brief spurt in 2016 and 2017, is sliding into lowflation territory. The ECB provides little discernible stimulus to economic growth: the timing of eurozone growth coincides with global trade growth, not with ECB monetary policy.
Having frittered away its firepower, the ECB can now do little. Restarting QE will face extraordinary political obstacles. After all, as Draghi underscored, the ECB has already purchased 25 percent of eligible eurozone government bonds. Northern countries are not anxious to buy more bonds of countries that may eventually not repay their debts.
With little choice at the Governing Council's March 7 meeting, Draghi announced that the ECB would extend cheap liquidity to banks through its much-touted targeted long-term refinancing operations (TLTROs). In past iterations, the weakest Italian and Spanish banks have gobbled up large chunks of such liquidity. Under new regulatory requirements, these banks will require larger liquidity buffers, which will likely prove too costly to build from market sources.
Thus, in effect, the ECB will continue to subsidize banks' lending. Not surprisingly, French central bank chief François Villeroy de Galhau and his Finnish counterpart Olli Rehn are worried. Subsidizing the lending of Italian and Spanish banks, they recently emphasized, is not monetary policy. The subsidies prop up the weak banks and their zombie borrowers. Weidmann is right that prolonged "ultra-accommodative" monetary policy can have troubling "risks and side effects."
Moreover, TLTROs are an odd tool to deploy with the economy slowing down and banks, especially in Italy and Spain, anticipating reduced credit demand. This is especially so since the TLTROs will kick in only later this year, by when the recession will likely be deeper and the credit demand even less.
The ECB has also promised it will not raise its policy interest rates until the end of the year. That is an empty promise. Financial markets know that the ECB dare not raise interest rates in any foreseeable future.
For the rest, the Governing Council is still not persuaded that the downturn could "persist." Members believe that the eurozone economy will hum again later in the year because Chinese growth will pick up, trade disputes will fade, and Germany's auto industry will surely rev up again.
Members believe that the eurozone economy will hum again later in the year because Chinese growth will pick up, trade disputes will fade, and Germany's auto industry will surely rev up again.
In any case, Draghi repeated, the ECB has "lots of instruments and we stand ready to adjust them or use them according to the contingency that is produced." What instruments?
Meanwhile, the latest Chinese economic stimulus can only modestly delay an inevitable slowdown from the country's historically unprecedented stretch of high growth. Even Chinese authorities project slower growth next year. The eurozone's primary driver – world trade growth – is set to slow in tandem. Poorer trade prospects will weigh down the apparently favorable domestic conditions. Consumption and investment will slide. As growth rates fall and some countries linger in recession, financial vulnerabilities will rise and, eventually, threaten to spiral out of control. Tremors will spread from the Italian fault line.
Long-time ECB analysts have welcomed the Governing Council's March 7 decisions, but the more discerning financial markets have barely took note. Analysts have had their expectations beaten down by the ECB's long-standing niggardly policy stance. They, therefore, are inclined to cheer any change that has a faint prospect of helping. Investors, in contrast, have their money at stake and recognize that they can expect little, if anything, from the ECB.
For the eurozone, a coordinated fiscal stimulus is the only option to prevent a long-drawn recession. Hence, not just to dodge the likely recession, which could morph into a crisis, but also to achieve more robust long-term growth, the eurozone needs a coordinated surge in spending that invests in the future.
Not just to dodge the likely recession, which could morph into a crisis, but also to achieve more robust long-term growth, the eurozone needs a coordinated surge in spending that invests in the future.
The rationale for such a policy course is reinforced by the economist Antonio Fatás's warning: failure to counter recessions and crises causes unused resources to atrophy and, thus, weakens long-term growth potential.
But can eurozone authorities give up the encrusted identification of a good European with the practice of fiscal austerity? Make no mistake, aside from its jumble of words, the ECB has nothing else to offer going ahead. Relying on an ECB miracle and holding back a fiscal stimulus will inflict more wounds on Europe's deeply scarred economics and politics.
Update on March 26:
The ECB's March 7 decision will, I believe, be remembered as the day when the ECB lost its ability to act as a normal central bank. It cannot do more QE, its forward guidance is meaningless since markets know that it cannot raise rates, and targeted liquidity programs (TLTROs) are principally holding up weak Italian and Spanish banks, who are facing falling demand for credit, but need liquidity buffers to meet more stringent regulatory requirements.
The ECB denied for the past six months that large parts of the eurozone economy were at risk of recession. Now, the eurozone will live without monetary policy stimulus during the next recession, which seems imminent. The data has turned even worse than when I posted this piece two weeks ago. I don't see why the ECB will have any more latitude during the recessions that follow. The ECB will continue to hold out the hope that the economy will improve and it will say it stands ready to use "all the instruments at its disposal," words that mean little and cannot be matched by credible action.
The original article was posted by Menzie Chinn at Econbrowser on March 13, 2019.
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Statins: The Next Miracle Drugs?
Besides cutting cholesterol, they may fight breast cancer, even arthritis
By Adam Marcus
TUESDAY, July 27, 2004 (HealthDayNews) -- If you've been paying any attention to medical news in the last few years, you've almost certainly heard the word "statins."
You may even have heard this question: "Could statins be the next miracle drug?"
Statins, the marketing term for a group of drugs called HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors -- named for the enzyme whose activity they block -- are most commonly prescribed for their ability to lower levels of LDL cholesterol, the "bad" kind that clogs arteries.
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They are extremely effective at this task. Studies have shown that statin therapy can cut a person's LDL levels in blood by between by 25 percent to 35 percent. That translates into a significantly lower risk of heart attack and stroke.
Statins also appear to raise levels of HDL, the "good" cholesterol, too, which further reduces the risk of cardiovascular trouble. And they help the heart and vessels in other ways -- by preventing the breakaway of clot-forming deposits, or plaques, that line diseased arteries, and by relaxing blood vessels, spurring the formation of new vessels and preventing blood clots.
Evidence also indicates that higher doses of statins continue to bring down LDL, which doctors are increasingly coming to recognize as "the lower the better" marker of heart disease risk.
The strength of their cholesterol-busting properties has propelled statins to blockbuster status. In 2000, they were already the world's number two class of prescription drugs, with sales of $15.9 billion, according to IMS Health, a market research group.
And use of statins is expected to increase. U.S. health officials earlier this month issued new guidelines for heart patients to lower their LDL levels to 70, from the previously recommended level of 100.
Still, statins are still considered to be widely under-prescribed, at least for cholesterol.
Roughly 11 million Americans are getting the drugs, while an estimated 36 million should be on them, experts say. More than 200 million people worldwide meet the criteria for statin treatment, yet only 25 million are using the drugs.
Research is showing that statins have beneficial attributes for other health problems, including breast cancer, stroke, bone strength and rheumatoid arthritis.
Breast cancer. A study published in the online edition of Cancer in April found that postmenopausal women who used statins for more than five years had a lower risk of breast cancer. Denise M. Boudreau, lead author of the study, which was her Ph.D. dissertation project at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, said the study added more information to what earlier research had indicated. "I believe we can be confident about what's going on. It's too early to draw a conclusion, but I think they're encouraging results and reassuring, and they are supported by laboratory data that show that statins do, through a variety of mechanisms, decrease cancer risk," she said.
Stroke. People who have an ischemic stroke while they're taking statins seem to have better outcomes than stroke survivors who weren't taking statins at the time of their stroke. That's the finding of a study published in April in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. Ischemic strokes are caused by a blood clot that blocks blood flow to the brain.
Bone strength. The data from four large studies reviewed in a January 2004 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine suggested that people taking statins had a 38 percent to 81 percent lower risk of hip fractures and a 5 percent to 51 percent lower risk of non-spine fractures.
Rheumatoid arthritis. In the first study of its kind, presented last fall at the American College of Rheumatology's annual scientific meeting in Orlando, Fla., researchers found statins eased some of the inflammation that is a characteristic of rheumatoid arthritis, while reducing cholesterol levels and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease. "This is very important and potentially a turning point in the way in which we think about treating rheumatoid arthritis," said Dr. John Klippel, president and chief executive officer of the Arthritis Foundation.
As encouraging as the research is, statins aren't ready to be added to drinking water. They can cause potentially serious side effects, including a muscle destroying disease called rhabdomyolysis that can be crippling and even deadly if not caught early. Bayer pulled its entry in the statin stakes, in August 2001, after 31 people died of rhabdomyolysis linked to the medication.
Statins also have been known to cause muscle pain and weakness, fatigue, memory and cognitive problems and sleep disturbances. And the drugs may lead to erectile dysfunction and sweats and other trouble regulating body temperature.
And in April, researchers from the U.S. National Institutes of Health reported that statin use by women during the first trimester of pregnancy may increase the chances that their babies will be born with severe central nervous system defects and limb deformities.
To learn more about statins, visit the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
SOURCES: Denise M. Boudreau, Ph.D., research associate, Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle; April 8, 2004, news release, American Heart Association; Jan. 26, 2004, Archives of Internal Medicine; John Klippel, M.D., president and chief executive officer, Arthritis Foundation, Atlanta; Oct. 23-28, 2003, presentations, American College of Rheumatology annual scientific meeting, Orlando, Fla.; Maximilian Muenke, M.D., chief, medical genetics branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Md.


Kevin Ma launched sneaker blog Hypebeast from his Vancouver bedroom in 2005. Since then, the company has grown to be much more than the passion project of an Air Jordan fanatic. Hypebeast is the linchpin in a network of websites chronicling what's cool in pop culture; together, they generate more than 8 million unique visitors per month.
Chasing the latest trends in sneakers and streetwear taught Ma what consumers want from these categories, and in 2012, he launched HBX, an online marketplace that sells monied millennials the Adidas they were just geeking out about on Hypebeast. By 2015, the annual revenues of HBX, which also stocks edgy brands like Raf Simons, Opening Ceremony, and Hood by Air, were $7.2 million. Hypebeast has also been growing its creative services division, which helps brands such as Gucci and Adidas produce advertising for both Ma's sites and others'. In April 2016, eyeing international expansion—Hypebeast is headquartered in Hong Kong but 54% of its business comes from the U.S.—Ma took the company public.
Ma plans to use the company's new influx of funds to provide better customer service at HBX and gain a foothold in markets in Southeast Asia, Europe, and beyond. While Hypebeast started out reviewing shoes and clothes, going forward, it's more likely to provide those pieces to consumers rather than tell them what to buy from on high.
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Defining Alternative Facts! | drcelucienjoseph, "Thinking and Meditating"
January 22, 2017 January 23, 2017 Dr. Celucien Joseph UncategorizedAmerican Politics in the era of President Donald Trump, A definition of alternative facts, Defining Alternative Facts!, What is a fact? Facts do not exist!
Origin: A phrase or expression invented in the United States of America by Kellyanne Conway, President Donald Trump's counselor (Press Secretary) and a prominent member of the Republican Party, in January 21, 2017, in the aftermath of President Donald Trump's inauguration.
Objective (s): 1. to usurp the power, collective agency, and the will of the people; 2. to undermine real facts; and 3. to discount the historical credibility of what it is commonly believed to be factual and evidential.
Meaning: A post-presidential inauguration syndrome that overturns any verifiable truths, facts, verities, and challenges mass eyewitness testimonies and reliable public opinions.


Paradoxosomatinae: Sulciferini. Oxidus gracilis (Koch, 1847); note blunt, non extended paranota. Asian introduction into North America, abundant in US & Canadian cities; often undergoes population explosions.
Paradoxosomatinae: Orthomorphini. Asiomorpha coarctata (Saussure, 1860). Introduced. Lesser Antilles, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, St. Vincent. Photo courtesy of M. de Silva.
Paradoxosomatinae: Tectoporini. Helicorthomorpha holstii (Pocock, 1895). North America, USA, Florida, Orange Co. An Asian species introduced into a plant nursery in Florida. Photo by G. B. Edwards.
Paradoxosomatinae: Tectoporini. Helicorthomorpha holstii (Pocock, 1895), caudal end. North America, USA, Florida, Orange Co. An Asian species introduced into a plant nursery in Florida. Photo by G. B. Edwards.
Paradoxosomatinae: Tectoporini. Helicorthomorpha holstii (Pocock, 1895), anterior end. North America, USA, Florida, Orange Co. An Asian species introduced into a plant nursery in Florida. Photo by G. B. Edwards.
Australiosomatinae: Australiosomatini. Somethus sp. Australia, Tasmania. Reproduced from Tasmanian multipedes site (http://www.qvmag.tas.gov.au/zoology/multipedes/mulintro.html) with permission of R. Mesibov.
Paradoxosomatinae: Hylomini. Desmoxytes purpureus, the Shocking Pink Dragon Milliped. Asia, Thailand.
Australiosomatinae: Australiosomatini. Akamptogonus novarae (Humbert & Saussure, 1869). Oceania, New Zealand, Chatham Islands, Chatham I. Specimen courtesy of H. Heatwole; photo by A. E. Bogan.
Paradoxosomatinae: Nedyopodini. Nedyopus sp. Asia, Japan, Ryu Kyu Islands, Iheya-jima. Photo courtesy of Z. Kors�s, from albums on Facebook Photo page (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1776455888#!/photos.php?id=1667514442).
Paradoxosomatinae:Catharosomatini. South America, Peru, Cusco Dept., Aguas Calientes. Photo courtesy of P. Wittman.
Uncertain subfamily & tribe. Tholerosoma monteithi Mesibov, 2006, midbody segments. Australia, Queensland. Photo courtesy of R, Mesibov.
Paradoxosomatinae: Catharosomatini. Iulidesmus sp. South America, Ecuador, near Ba�os. Photo courtesy of R. Oudejans.
Asia, Vietnam, Cuc Phuong. Photo courtesy of W. Vandevender.
Asia, Vietnam, Cat Ba National Park. Note magnification of water droplets. Photo courtesy of W. Vandevender.
Paradoxosomatinae: Orthomorphini. Asiomorpha coarctata (Saussure) showing gonopods in situ; North America, USA, Florida; introduced. Photo by D. Martinez-Torres.
Paradoxosomatinae: Sulciferini. Oxidus gracilis (C.L. Koch, 1847); note blunt midbody paranota. North America (introduced), USA, North Carolina, Wake Co.
Paradoxosomatinae: Orthomorphini.Midbody segments of Asiomorpha coarctata (Saus-sure, 1860). Note sharply pointed, acuminate para-nota. North America, Mexico, Jalisco. Photo courtesy of F. Cupul.
Paradoxosomatinae: Tectoporini.Helicorthomorpha holstii (Pocock, 1895). close-up of right gonopod. North America, USA, Florida, Orange Co. An Asian species introduced into a plant nursery in Florida. Photo by G. B. Edwards.
Australiosomatinae: Antichiropodini. Pogonosternum sp. Australia, Tasmania. Reproduced from Tasmanian multipedes site with permission of R. Mesibov.
Australiosomatinae: Australiosomatini. Akamptogonus novarae Oceania, NZ, Chatham I. Specimen courtesy of H. Heatwole; photo by A. E. Bogan.
Paradoxosomatinae:Catharosomatini. South America, Peru. Photo courtesy of P. Wittman.
Paradoxosomatinae: Orthomorphini. Gigantomorpha sp. Asia, Eastern Malaysia, Sabah. Photo by N. Messina.
Uncertain subfamily & tribe. Tholerosoma corrugatum Mesibov, 2006. Australia, Qld. Photo courtesy of R, Mesibov.
Asia, Vietnam, Tam Dao. Photo by W. Vandevender.
Asia, Vietnam, Cuc Phuong. Photo by W. Vandevender.
Asia, county and locality unknown. Gonopods in situ. Photo by D. Martinez-Torres.
Paradoxosomatinae: Orthomorphini. Gigantomorpha immanis. Asia, Brunei, Temburong Dist. Photo by F. Trnka.
Paradoxosomatinae: Orthomorphini. Asiomorpha coarctata (Saussure, 1860). Asian species introduced from Florida southward. Photo courtesy of F. Cupul.
Paradoxosomatinae: Hylomini. Desmoxytes sp. Asia, China. Note sharp segmental spines.
Paradoxosomatinae: Orthomorphini. Asiomorpha coarctata (Saussure); note sharply pointed, acute, midbody paranota. Lesser Antilles, St. Barthelemy. Photo courtesy of K. Questal.
Australiosomatinae: Antichiropodini. Pogonosternum sp. Australia, Tasmania. Reproduced from Tasmanian multipedes site (http://www.qvmag.tas.gov.au/zoology/multipedes/mulintro.html) with permission of R. Mesibov.
Australiosomatinae: Antichiropodini. Uncertain systematic position. Notodesmus scotius Chamberlin, 1920. Australia, Tasmania. Reproduced from Tasmanian multipedes site (http://www.qvmag.tas.gov.au/zoology/multipedes/mulintro.html) with permission of R. Mesibov.
Paradoxosomatinae: Tectoporini. Helicorthomorpha holstii (Pocock, 1895). Oceania, USA, Hawaiian Is., Oahu, Honolulu; introduced. Photo courtesy of F.G. Howarth. Bishop Mus. Occas. Paps., 108:45, 2010.
Paradoxosomatinae: Hylomini. Chamberlinius hualiensis. Asia, Japan, Ryu Kyu Islands, Iheya-jima. Introduced and invasive on the island. Photo courtesy of Z. Kors�s, from albums on Facebook Photo page (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1776455888#!/photos.php?id=1667514442).
Paradoxosomatinae: Catharosomatini. ?Mestosoma sp. South America, Peru. Photo courtesy of P. Wittman (http://stock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Philip-Witman/P0000eX_pW_aVVGU).
Paradoxosomatinae: Xanthodesmini. Habrodesmus sp. Africa, Ghana. Photo courtesy of N. Messina.
Asia, county and locality unknown. Anterior end, ventral view. Photo by D. Martinez-Torres.
Paradoxosomatinae: Sulciferini. Chondromorpha xanthotricha (Attems, 1898). Introduced. Lesser Antilles, St. Vincent & the Grenadines. Photo courtesy of M. de Silva.
Paradoxosomatinae: Orthomorphini. Asiomorpha coarctata (Saussure, 1860) mating pair. Introduced. Jamaica. Photo courtesy of M. van de Merwe.
Paradoxosomatinae: Paradoxosomatini. Strongylosoma stigmatosum mating pair. Europe. Hungary. Photo courtesy of Z. Korsos.
Paradoxosomatinae: Orthomorphini. Orthomorpha sp. Asia, Vietnam, Cat Tien National Park. Photo courtesy of Nguyen Duc Anh.
Paradoxosomatinae: Hylomini. Desmoxytes draco (Cook & Loomis, 1924) Asia, China, Jiangxi Prov., Guling, S of Jiujiang. Photo by H.F. Loomis.
Australiosomatinae: Antichiropodini. Dicranogonus sp. Australia, Tasmania. Reproduced from Tasmanian multipedes site (http://www.qvmag.tas.gov.au/zoology/multipedes/mulintro.html) with permission of R. Mesibov.
Australiosomatinae: Antichiropodini. Aethalosoma solum Jeekel, 2006. Australia, Tasmania. Reproduced from Tasmanian multipedes site (http://www.qvmag.tas.gov.au/zoology/multipedes/mulintro.html) with permission of R. Mesibov.
Paradoxosomatinae: Sundanini. ?Opisthodolichopus sp. Asia, Eastern Malaysia, Sabah. Photo courtesy of N. Messina.
Paradoxosomatinae: ?Tectoporini. ?Tectoporus sp. Asia, Eastern Malaysia, Sabah. Photo courtesy of N. Messina.
Asia, Vietnam, Kom Tum. Photo courtesy of W. Vandevender.
Paradoxosomatinae: Orthomorphini. Asiomorpha coarctata (Saussure), gonopod, lateral view. North America, USA, Florida; introduced. Photo by D. Martinez-Torres.
Paradoxosomatinae: Orthomorphini. Asiomorpha coarctata (Saussure), gonopod, medial view. North America, USA, Florida; introduced. Photo by D. Martinez-Torres.


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