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Clearly state the popular source and statistic of interest as reported by that popular source.
The statistic of concern as reported in CNN News, 20 October of 2011, "Moving out of high-poverty areas may lower obesity, diabetes risk" is that women who moved out of high poverty level areas showed a lower of propensity to be diabetic or obese by one-fifth as compared to those who stayed put.
Clearly state the academic journal from which the media-reported statistic originated and the author or authors who conducted the study.
Jens Ludwig and others published "Neighborhoods, Obesity, and Diabetes-A Randomized Social Experiment" in the October 2011 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine to describe this phenomenon.
Explain in detail how the statistic reported in the popular media was "measured." For example, how did author(s) determine that someone was an atheist? How did the author(s) determine "involvement with religious institutions? (e.g., Does it mean going to a religious service at least one a year or does it mean something else?). Did the author(s) clearly describe how data for the reported statistic was gathered? As one example: Did the author(s) interview people? If so how many, how did they recruit people to participate? What questions did the author(s) ask? What do you think of the questions?
The study dependant on data collected from families who originally resided in high poverty areas and were now residing in low poverty areas. The Department of Housing and Urban Development came up with Moving to Opportunity (MOT) program that used a lottery scheme and awarded families a voucher for rent subsidy, which enabled the families to move to better neighborhoods (Ludwig). The study was keen on establishing the effects that arose from families changing locations to better neighborhoods. The analysis in this study focused on a single woman from each household who in most cases was the head of the house and who was interviewed in the years between 2008 and 2010.
The families selected for participation had to meet one of three criteria. Families selected to obtain low poverty vouchers were given a standard rent subsidy but had to use inside a census tract with a low rate of poverty that is less than 10% in 1990. This provided with counseling as to where they could find housing. The other group were given vouchers and paid the same rent as they had in public housing. This group was used as a control to establish the difference between effects of moving with a voucher and the effects of moving to a low-poverty area. The third group was not given vouchers or any form of assistance (MacMillan). The applicants for the MTO were given a survey to complete baseline questions about their living conditions including health issues.
After the randomization and completion of survey by the participants, the team of researchers followed the progress of families in order to monitor long-term outcomes some of which included health outcomes (Ludwig). The University of Michigan's Survey Research Center collected the data in the period June 2008 to April 2010 about 12 years after the randomization and the baseline survey (Ludwig). The candidate participant was paid 50 dollars to complete follow up survey and 25 dollars to measure participants' weight, height and to take a blood sample for obesity and diabetes check. The results of the follow up were traced back to the baseline survey to determine the effects of the low-poverty voucher scheme on health and other issues.
What do you think of the way behaviors or attitudes were measured? (e.g., Can you think of a better way to determine whether someone is an atheist? Can you think of a better way to determine "involvement with a religious institution"?)
Since the research was based on a large sample group, the researchers were unable to conduct a full evaluation of everyone who participated in the low-poverty voucher scheme. The journal article also fails to give another side where the low-poverty voucher did little to improve the health of other families. The generalized information fails to give and insight into the individual effects of the MOT program to families and their members. The study also failed to account for prevalence of obesity and diabetes of those who have always lived in low poverty areas. The study should have tried to account for individual differences.
Was there any other crucial information that the popular media account left out or distorted about the reported statistic? If yes, explain what is missing. If not, explain your answer
The CNN News report correctly interpreted the information provided by the journal article as can be recognized in the title of the report. Obesity and diabetes are major health issues in America to which no permanent solutions have been found (Robbins 27). The report recognizes the flaws in the journal article and does not guarantee the effectiveness of moving to low poverty areas as a solution for obesity and diabetes. This is what the article identified in the discussion section. However, it lauds the journal article of being cognizant of the social benefits that could amount form employing such measures across the country.
Jens Ludwig, Ph.D., Lisa Sanbonmatsu, Ph.D., Lisa Gennetian, Ph.D., Emma Adam, Ph.D., Greg J. Duncan, Ph.D., Lawrence F. Katz, Ph.D., Ronald C. Kessler, Ph.D., Jeffrey R. Kling, Ph.D., Stacy Tessler Lindau, M.D., Robert C. Whitaker, M.D., M.P.H., and Thomas W. McDade, Ph.D. "Neighborhoods, Obesity, and Diabetes – a Randomized Social Experiments." New England Journal of Medicine. 365.16 (2011): 1509-1519. Print. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1103216
MacMillan, A. "Moving out of high-poverty areas may lower obesity, diabetes risk". Cable News Network, October 20, 2011. web. 15 Oct. 2012. http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/20/health/high-poverty-areas-increase-obesity/index.html?iref=allsearch
Robbins, Lynette. How to Deal with Obesity. New York, NY: PowerKids Press, 2010. Print.
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Srpska Neuzina je nekad bilo samostalno selo. Danas je dijelom sela Neuzine, u Banatu, u autonomnoj pokrajini Vojvodini, Republika Srbija.

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Za vrijeme socijalističke Jugoslavije spojena je s naseljem Hrvatskom Neuzinom u naselje Neuzinu.

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Police search for girls who helped Lincoln robbery victim
Were you there? Detectives investigating the robbery and death of Michael Broxholme in Lincoln are appealing for two teenage girls to come forward and help them.
Michael Broxholme, who was robbed of his wallet near Hermit Street. Photo: Lincolnshire Police
By Emily Norton Associate Editor
Detectives investigating the robbery and death of Michael Broxholme in Lincoln are appealing for two teenage girls, who are believed to have helped him, to come forward.
Mr Broxholme, 69, was pushed to the ground and robbed during the early evening of Friday, June 27.
He was taken to Lincoln County Hospital but sadly died the following evening.
DCI Nikki Mayo, who is the Senior Investigating Officer in the enquiry, said: "We believe that two teenage girls went to Mr Broxholme's aid after the incident.
"We would very much like to hear from them and talk to them to see if they have any information that could assist with the enquiry.
"I would like to appeal directly to them both to contact us because the information they have could help us build up a bigger picture of what happened to Mr Broxholme.
"We also believe that a woman, possibly the mother of one of the girls, was on her way to pick them both up. We would also like to talk to her to see if she can help.
"Please contact Lincolnshire Police on 101 because the information you have could prove vital to the investigation."
The garages at the back of Portland Street. Photo: File/The Lincolnite
A post mortem exam has been carried out but further tests are needed to establish the exact cause of Mr Broxholme's death.
Officers say at this stage it is not possible to say whether any injuries he sustained as a result of the robbery were linked to his subsequent death.
Anyone who has any information about the incident, or who saw or witnessed anything to do with it, is asked to contact Lincolnshire Police on 101 quoting incident 328 of June 27.
Alternatively contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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When I looked at WH Smith last year I was surprised to find a high growth company.
The impression I get from its high street stores is of a "stalwart"; a very mature business in a mature industry which is, if anything, being squeezed by the world of online retail.
That image is largely correct, but it ignores the best part of WH Smith – its passenger-facing business.
If you have been anywhere near a train station or airport in the last decade there's a good chance you have seen one of WH Smith's "Travel" retail units.
Just as you're about to metaphorically leap onto a train or plane you realise you need something to eat/drink/read. Never fear, WH Smith is there to help you (and in many cases it will be WH Smith and nobody else, as frequently there is only space available for one retail unit).
With such a captive audience and a lack of competition, prices and profit margins can be higher than is possible on the high street.
Also, given the deliberate sameness of international airports, this travel side of the business is far easier to take international, which is precisely how WH Smith intends to grow.
Thanks to these attractive features the travel side of the business has, for some years, been the company's major source of profits. I don't think it will be long before it is the major source of revenue as well.
The other side of WH Smith's business is its traditional high street stores.
This business is in long-term decline, or at least is shrinking to whatever size is possible in the modern world.
When I was young I would buy records from WH Smith, but of course that side of things has long since gone the way of the Dodo. Books, of course, are another example of a traditional WH Smith product which is suited to online retail.
The writing is clearly on the wall: There will always be a place for a convenient shop on the high street, but it will be a smaller place than in the past.
Richard Beddard at Interactive Investor recently wrote a short review of WH Smith where he kindly summarised and compared the performances of these two sides of WH Smith over the last few years.
The consistent shrinkage of the high street business's revenue is clear. However, what is more interesting (and perhaps even astonishing) is the fact that the company has grown its high street profits, even as revenues have fallen.
A manic focus on cost-cutting and efficiency are probably the main reason for that, but profit margins can only be increased so far, and at some point if revenues continue to shrink they must inevitably lead to shrinking profits, at least on the high street side of the business.
I think this chart of long-term results helps to clarify the situation. Revenues are declining, but the rate of decline is dropping off and may even have turned. This is what I would expect as the growth of travel revenues eventually overcomes the decline in high street revenues.
In contrast to declining revenues, both profits and dividends have been increasing very rapidly, with earnings going up at an unlikely to be sustained 13% per year.
So the company has above growth (both in terms of speed and consistency), above average profitability and almost no debt. In short, it has produced exactly the sort of results I like to see; but what about the share price?
On each of those multiples WH Smith comes out as more expensive, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing.
As a growth company I would expect the shares to trade on higher valuations and with a lower dividend yield.
Is the combination of its fundamental factors (Growth Rate, Growth Quality and so on) and its valuation factors (dividend yield and PE10 primarily) attractive relative to both the overall market (the FTSE 100) and other companies that you or I might choose to invest in instead?
The answer, in short, is: Not particularly.
My stock screen ranks around 230 stocks using those fundamental and valuation factors, and WH Smith is the 110th highest ranking stock. That is almost bang on the middle rank of 115, which I interpret as "fair value".
In other words, my screen is telling me that WH Smith is quite likely to be correctly valued by the market and therefore it should not be expected to outperform in the medium-term.
Of course you have to remember that the market is a chaotic and random place (in the mathematical sense of those terms) and so WH Smith's shares could double or halve in the next year; there is simply no way to know for sure.
What my screen is suggesting is that, on balance, there is no good reason to expect outperformance and therefore, in my opinion, no obvious reason to invest at today's price.
Generally I don't like to invest in stocks that are outside of my top-50 ranked stocks.
For WH Smith to reach that elite group it would have to maintain its current excellent record of fundamental growth and at the same time see its share price fall from 1,700p to around 1,250p.
That's a drop of over 26%, which sounds like a lot, but in reality it isn't. In a world where Rolls-Royce drops by more than 40% in just over a year and a half, anything is possible.
However, even though WH Smith has the sort of performance I like to see, it has a significant but relatively hidden danger – its defined benefit pension scheme.
Although the scheme was closed in 2007 the company is still legally obliged to pay out the retirement benefits that employees had built up to that point.
The problem is the size of the obligations. At £932m, the scheme's obligations are far greater than the £87m the company has earned, on average, in recent years; more than ten times greater in fact.
That is simply too much for me and represents a significant risk to the company's future cash flows.
Currently the scheme is in surplus (its assets are greater than its obligations) but the company is still having to plough around £13m a year into the scheme as part of a deficit recovery plan launched several years ago.
The risk is that if investment values decline the scheme could be left with a pension deficit of several hundred million pounds. Recovering from that situation could take many years and have a massively negative impact on cash flows and the company's future prospects.
Whether the pension scheme becomes a problem or not is unknowable, but the risk is there.
The pension issue is why I have not bitten the WHSmith apple… It's annoying because I like the company and I do believe the travel side will continue to drive further profits year after year, but are they enough to sort out the almost £1bn in legal pension obligations? Nope!
I'm glad you picked up on the pension. Most investors just seem to look at the pension deficit/surplus position rather than the overall obligation, but those obligations effectively set the size of the deficit if things go wrong, and currently the obligations are pretty huge (and growing).
It looks like the pension problem is endemic in many companies in the FTSE100 and beyond. If the relative size of the fund, is as in this example in many of these companies, and inflation stays muted for a lot longer, the deficits are going to be growing. It's scary but it could depress the whole market.
It's a small sphere, but I'm focussing my attention on companies with lots of cash, very little debt or no borrowings and the ability to fund a sensible and in some cases aggressive R&D budget for products that are needed (often well patented), widely adopted across a range of industries (not limiting exposure to just one sector ) and offer high profit margins and command customer loyalty.
Renishaw is one of these beasts.
Hi LR, that sounds like a sensible set of criteria. Renishaw is one of my top-50 ranked stocks, so at face value it looks pretty good, although I haven't looked at it in detail at all. It's very much a growth stock rather than an income stock, although as long as the price is right that shouldn't matter too much.
I agree the shares are on the 'overvalued' given EPS growth is lower than P/E, but I would love to see the company's stock valuation/EV vs. the company's EPS to visualise how overvalued WH is.
HI Walter, thanks. Unfortunately I don't use Enterprise Value to measure companies so I have no idea about where WH Smith stands relative to that metric.


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First United Methodist Church in downtown Birmingham's got a busy week on tap.
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We've also learned that this Sunday U.S. Congressman Artur Davis will be speaking in the church's dining hall between 9:45 – 10:45 a.m. The man who seconded the Democratic presidential candidate's nomination been told he can talk about whatever he wishes, though he's been asked to make comments about the role of communities of faith in urban settings.


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Until the 1700s, Americans had little reason to embrace advertising. They didn't need to broadcast their products and services to large areas, and printing in volume was too expensive to be a viable option. In 1742, Benjamin Franklin was the first to publish advertisements alongside illustrations in his newspaper, the Pennsylvania Gazette. Most of the ads then were about land, transportation, runaways (slaves and indentured servants), or they were lists of merchants' goods and announcements about newly published books. The content was factual and to the point.
By the 1800s, the methods of and reasons for advertising changed, as did the content. Faster and larger steam presses, lithography, improved papermaking techniques, and the development of color reproduction made volume printing cost-effective. America's growing population and economy also sparked greater interest in news about goods and services, and business and current events. Newspaper publishers realized that advertising was an excellent revenue source, and created the "penny paper" (1 cent rather than the standard 5 or 6 cents) in which to sell large amounts of advertising space. By 1870, magazines were also selling space as well.
Travel became faster and easier in the 19th century because of developments in the transportation industry. Manufacturers started distributing their goods to more areas and realized they needed sales promotions in those areas. They hired advertising agents to select newspapers that would be most effective for the sales promotions. These agents negotiated rates, selected and guided the printer, confirmed insertions, and handled payments. Newspapers also hired agents to sell space to advertisers. As a result, advertising agencies started to grow, offering not only ad placement services, but also ad writing, and marketing and advertising campaign strategies.
By the late 1800s, New York had become the hub for advertising, with agencies such as N.W. Ayer & Son, J. Walter Thompson, BBDO, and many others setting up shop. Branding started to evolve because people had begun to identify their personal success with material goods. Manufacturers picked up on this attitude and packaged and marketed everything—from cereals and soups to cigarettes and matches—with the message that smart consumers should accept no substitutes. Advertising jobs started to expand as more attention was paid to the copywriting and artwork, and to developing the relationship between clients and ad agency staff. What also developed was the hard-sell style of advertising: straightforward sales copy focused on the reasons why customers should buy the product and merchants should stock it.
Advertising was pretty much the Wild West in its early days. Advertisers could say whatever they wanted, without fear of punishment—at least until the government stepped in with regulations. The Food and Drug Act (1906) created a speed bump by requiring manufacturers to list their products' active ingredients on labels, and the Federal Trade Commission Act (1914) further controlled ad agencies by restricting practices that were unfair to competitors.
The 20th century brought further changes to the advertising industry. In the 1920s, radio became a new medium for advertisers, and the selling of airtime a new service to clients. After the 1929 stock market crash and the ensuing Great Depression, the advertising industry plummeted, and ad copy became sensationalistic, showing desperation for customers. The government again stepped in and enacted regulations to control the practice of advertising. The economy started to boom again after World War II, which had many ad agencies focusing on luxury products like automobiles rather than packaged goods.
Television was the next big thing in the 1950s, with the big three networks—ABC, CBS, and NBC—producing and transmitting shows, and advertisers controlling the programs. As in radio, advertisers sponsored the TV shows, and commercials were aired live. Full sponsorships were expensive, however, and by the 1960s, the networks were controlling the programs and selling advertising time to multiple sponsors. Boutique agencies started emerging, with art directors and copywriters taking the lead on projects. The youth culture led this change of thinking. Corporations such as Pepsi and Coca-Cola invested heavily in creative ad campaigns during this decade and the next, and ad agencies continued to grow.
In the 1970s, the civil rights movement led to more diversification in ad agency staff, and the feminist movement inspired many women to open their own ad agencies. This decade also brought about the Action for Children's Television, a group that lobbied the government to limit the amount and content of advertising aimed at children, as well as the Federal Trade Commission and the National Advertising Review Board demanding higher standards of honesty and disclosure in the advertising industry.
Fast forward to the 1980s for the debut of cable television, as well as to VCRs and the laserdisc—technologies that enabled viewers to bypass or fast forward through commercials, and were the forerunners of TiVo and DVRs today. Cable television helped advertisers to pinpoint their target audience, through programming on channels like CNN, ESPN, MTV, and Nickelodeon. Infomercials also caught on as a way to promote products in longer time formats that resembled talk shows. After the 1987 recession, ad agencies started restructuring and consolidating.
The development and growth of computers, laptops, and handhelds, along with the Internet and the Web, has given consumers more options for finding information when and where they choose, and helped advertisers have better insights into consumers' attitudes and behaviors online. According to Ad Age writer and president-CEO of the Association of National Advertisers Bob Liodice, top technological developments that have changed the advertising industry are social media, search engine optimization, Internet-based advertising (behavioral targeting), video on demand, measuring actions versus impressions, interactive TV, brand-specific commercial ratings, mobile advertisements and payments, and Ad-ID.
Social media has brought consumers and advertisers closer together: Advertisers can monitor the conversations consumers are having online and engage with them in real time. According to findings from a Nielsen survey, about 83 percent of people trust the recommendations of friends and family as opposed to ads. Liodice pointed out that "social media has shifted the conversation so forcefully that consumers have an unprecedented level of control over brands, rapidly turning themselves into a brand's best advertisers."
With search engine optimization (SEO), advertisers can target the consumer more specifically. SEO enables advertisers to attract consumers who are searching online for specific product or service by improving the visibility of the Web site or Web page of the product or service. SEO involves adding to Web sites and pages the keywords and phrases that people use in their online search, to move the product and service to the top of their search findings. Advertisements with links to Web sites that appear on the first page of search results have the best odds of being read and clicked on.
Internet-based advertising, or behavioral targeting, is when advertisers observe and track consumers' online behavior through their purchases and searches. For instance, if you Google "mountain bikes," and later open your Gmail and see pop-up ads for sporting goods stores selling mountain bikes, this is behavioral targeting, and it has raised concerns over consumer privacy. Media and marketing trade associations have introduced self-regulatory principles to help protect consumer privacy in online media.
The Web brought with it online video, with sites such as YouTube and Hulu. People now look to the Web for entertainment, and advertisers and brands have redirected dollars to online video due to its low distribution costs and high, built-in sharing capabilities. Advertisers can also measure and target ads through attached text and pre-roll ads.
Advertisers measure actions versus impressions with the cost-per-click model, which is pay that's based only on how many people engage an ad with a click. Marketers have a clearer idea of the return on investment from consumers who engage with the ads. Action-based systems that have developed include Google Ads, Yahoo! Search Marketing, and Microsoft Advertising, and sites like Facebook.
The development of interactive TV (DVRs, TiVo, etc.) initially concerned advertisers because people could fast forward through the ads or skip them entirely. The challenge for advertisers was to create interactive TV ads that worked within regular programming. Companies such as BrightLine iTV bring Web interactivity to TV, and Canoe Ventures was the first to bring the "receive more info" clickable ad to the airwaves.
The digital realm has given advertisers more precise statistics regarding their ad's effectiveness, but it wasn't long ago that TV ratings were less than precise, still based on the average of the commercials aired with a program. In 2007, the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) started calling for TV ratings that were specific to each commercial rather than to the average of the group.
The proliferation of cell phones, smartphones, and tablet computers has pushed mobile advertising to the forefront. Consumers rely on their smartphones and tablets in their work and personal lives, and the mobile advertising sector is growing faster than expected. An eMarketer report in September 2018 predicted that U.S. mobile advertising spending would be twice that of TV by 2020. The forecast for media spending by 2020 is as follows: mobile advertising, more than $113 billion; TV, about $70 billion; radio, more than $14 billion; print, nearly $13 billion; and out-of-home advertising, more than $8 billion. Mobile advertising is still in its infancy, but most ad agencies are now strategizing mobile advertising campaigns.
In 2003, the American Association of Advertising Agencies and the ANA introduced Ad-ID to the marketplace, a digital identifying code for advertisers. It's a Web-based system that generates a unique identifying code for each advertising asset across all media, and is meant to improve workflow between agency, advertiser, distributor, and media. Ad-ID is a 12-digit code, of which the first 4 digits are company identification prefixes; it replaces the 8-character ISCI code that had been in use since 1970. According to Liodice, it was created to "bring a higher level of accuracy to the coding process and consistency to advertisement identification, as well as enable the industry for digital convergence…it helped transform the marketing industry for the digital revolution."


It's warm enough to pack a picnic and take things outdoors—but it's all about effortless elegance, the type exemplified best by Parisian bistros.
Take inspiration from those breezy sidewalk cafés, of-the-moment NYC restaurants Claudette and Cherche Midi, as well as Crate and Barrel's spring collection for your next picnic, from the food to the drinks to the stylish setting, dressed up with different textures and patterns in a blue, white and gray color scheme.
You may hear "picnic" and automatically think park or beach, but terrace or backyard affairs are equally charming. Simply work with the space you have to create pockets of comfortable seating with plush pillows and layered rugs or blankets. Set out serving boards piled high—and then it's all about popping bottles of rosé Champagne.
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Pro Tip: Skip the perfectly arranged flowers, which feel way too fussy, in favor of something more low key. We placed bunches of fresh herbs in Crate and Barrel Weck Jars for a help-yourself flavor booster that doubles as decor.
Let your guests serve themselves from gorgeous wooden and marble boards—you want this to be a chill, communal affair.
The centerpiece of the meal is a crisp, stunner of a composed salad inspired by the classic niçoise (get the recipe). This version has thick slices of deliciously juicy, chilled roast chicken—which can be made up to two days ahead—instead of tuna. Arrange all of the ingredients—soft-boiled eggs, potatoes, haricots verts and more—in eye-catching rows so that guests can mix and match to their liking.
Pro Tip: A few opulent touches like these Crate and Barrel gold-rimmed "Savannah" plates and gold or rose gold flatware add major polish. Balancing shiny metallics with a bit of urban galvanized tin makes for a thoroughly modern look.
You're going to need something to dunk that salad in. A thick, rich herb aioli, packed with basil, parsley and chives, isn't just full of bright, fresh flavor, it's also easier to transport and less likely to spill than a vinaigrette.
Not to mention it's ridiculously quick to make (thanks to a hand from your trusty blender) and so delicious that you'll want to slather it on everything from sandwiches to roasted meats. Get the recipe.
You've stocked up on luxurious Camembert, nutty Comté and creamy Roquefort for your spread. Serve them with a side dish that toes the line between salad and pickle: Pile ribbons of Carrots Aigre-Doux (sweet-and-sour carrots dressed with apple vinegar and honey) alongside your cheese board to balance all that richness with a hit of acid and brightness. Watch the video to see how simple it is to make the perfect ribbons.
The galette is France's answer to apple pie—rustic, not too sweet and simply satisfying. Springtime's coveted vegetable, rhubarb, is the star here, brushed with lavender-infused strawberry jam to balance its natural tartness.
The dessert is also easier than pie to make—from mixing the simple buttery dough to laying down the gorgeous chevron pattern. Watch the video to see how it's done (get the recipe here), then watch those Instagram likes add up.
Bubbly may as well be the official drink of Paris, and serving it in vintage-inspired glasses like these Camille coupes from Crate and Barrel only adds to its charm. Plus, sticking to bottles of sparkling wine translates to effortless entertaining at its best: Open a variety of bottles, stash them on ice (or insert a Corkcicle Air® to keep them chilled) and let guests go to town.
See TT's favorite picnic pours here.
Details are what make a party memorable. Check out these videos for easy hacks that will ensure your friends will be talking about your picnic for months to come, from rolling your butter in herbs to the must-have tool for an elegant salad. Plus, get a genius idea for elegant, edible party favors.
Use any extra galette dough to make bite-size cookies topped with lavender sugar that you can send home with guests. Watch a quick demo.
We tucked them into tiny kraft boxes (available at craft stores), tied each one with twine and "garnished" with a fresh herb sprig.
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Led by industry visionary Ed Adams, Direct Travel is a privately-held company created to fill the significant service void in the marketplace for middle market travel accounts. Ed assembled key industry leaders to set up a distinct regional structure in order to stay closer to the pulse of our clients' needs. This unique approach provides customers with smart consultation, tailored solutions and a true partnership.
Today, Direct Travel is one of the most respected TMCs in North America and around the world, providing corporate travel, meetings and events, leisure services. Our specific focus on the mid-market means our travel experts deliver personalized service to every client.
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Twitter Now Lets You Record Spaces on Android & iOS
Twitter Spaces can also be downloaded.
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Twitter Spaces allows users to host or take part in live audio-only chatrooms with their followers. The platform is now rolling out a feature that will allow users to record a session on Android and iOS.
Once the spaces are ended, you can go back to the start and record the whole session. Only the host of the space will be able to record it. Earlier in October, a new record toggle was seen on the iOS app for Twitter, and now the feature is rolling out.
This feature will be helpful to those who didn't get time to join the session as they can listen to it later. The host who recorded the Spaces session will also get the option to share it.
Twitter Spaces Hosts Can Now Record Sessions
How to Record Twitter Spaces?
Twitter announced the feature on its official handle.
Another update on Spaces Recording:
The option for hosts to record is now available for everyone on Android and iOS! When starting a Space, tap the "Record Space" switch to have it available for public playback for 30 days once the Space has ended. pic.twitter.com/fYzaOjQJlF
According to the latest update about Twitter Spaces, the option to record a session is now available for all Android and iOS users. Previously, it was available for limited iOS users.
The host will not be able to save the recorded Spaces forever. Twitter says the users will be able to access them only for 30 days after they have been published. After that, the recorded Spaces will be deleted. If the host wants to delete earlier, then it is possible.
You will now see a "Record Space" button on both the iOS and Android versions of Twitter. While you create a Space, just toggle on Record Space.
When the recording feature is turned on, you will see a recording symbol at the top that shows the Space is being recorded by the host. Once the Space ends, there will be a link to share it out via a Tweet.
Under host settings, there is an option to select from where to start your recording. This allows to edit and cut out any blank time that occurred at the beginning.


10,000 years in the future, the world has become a very different place; monsters roam the land freely, and people, although equiped with high tech weapons and cybernetic horses, live a humble life more suited to centuries past. This story focuses on a small hamlet plagued by monster attacks and living under the shadow of the rule of Count Magnus Lee, a powerful and very ancient vampire lord.
When a young girl is bitten by the Count and chosen as his plaything, she seeks out the help of a quiet wandering stranger, D. It so happens that D is one of the world's best vampire hunters, and he takes it upon himself to cut through Magnus Lee's many minions, and put an end to the Count's rule.
Vampire Hunter D [VHD] is popular, but if you ask a fan they won't know well. You see VHD was made in the early 1980's and the character designs were done by Yoshitaka Amano, the character designer on the final fantasy games.
VHD is once again based on a popular Manga, and tells the story of a future world ruled by Vampires. Magnus Lee is the big bad who D has to go up against, however the big question that has to be answered, is 'How is a mere half human, half vampire so strong'. The answer is obvious, but the story of VHD is unhurried and everything takes time, which is a good thing.
D is a wandering man for hire, who is far too cool and relaxed. Imagine him as Clint Eastwood! To counter D's cool personality he has a parasite in his left hand. Why? Well the anime never explains, so go read the manga!
VHD battle sequences and OTT blood is similar to that found in the Fist of the North Star anime series. All in all VHD is a good entertaining anime, which is available for £9.99. The remastered job is very average, but the commentary is a welcome edition, though maybe a little to exiteable in places!
A sequel is also available, but the original still has all of that old school static charm.


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A man on the bridge between Canary Wharf and Heron Quays brought the DLR to a standstill.
Trains services on the DLR have been suspended after a man walked onto a railway bridge in Canary Wharf. He wandered the bridge between Heron Quays and Canary Wharf stations for over an hour before the authorities grabbed him and pulled him to safety.
Roads were cordoned off and crowds of workers gathered as the man clambered up the railings, paced along the railway bridge and at one point took out a book to read.
Hundreds of stranded commuters and school children watched the drama unfold from underneath the bridge.
There were cries of "don't do it" as the red hoodie-wearing men periodically hung over the railings about 100m from the ground.
Police and security staff were reluctant to approach the man because of a backpack he was carrying.
There were five police vans and several ambulances queued-up beside Middle Dock in case the worst happened.
Eventually two officers gently approached the man and tackled him to the ground. Several of their colleagues quickly swooped in.
He was held on the floor for several minutes while bystanders offered a collective round of applause, relieved that the episode had not ended in tragedy.
Barclay's employee Sophie Tucker was on her way home from work when she saw the man. "I'm not really sure what he was doing," she said. "He was running from either side and getting up on the railings. The police were staying back."
Her colleague Harry Drummond said the man had shouted something but he could not make out the words.
Several bars and restaurants along Middle Dock were evacuated, including All Bar One. The area is a popular spot for workers on the Wharf unwinding after the working day.
A British Transport Police spokesman said: "We were called at 3.26pm after there was concern for the welfare of a man between Heron Quays and Canary Wharf stations. Officers on sight are now talking to the man."
Transport for London said they hope to reopen the service this evening.


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Women are mostly unaware of the role played by their health and wellbeing when it comes to warding off breast cancer, a Newspoll survey has found.
Released at Cancer Australia's 20th anniversary Pink Ribbon Breakfast today, the study determined that three out of four women did not regard psychical activity, alcohol consumption or maintaining a healthy body weight as fundamental in reducing their risk of breast cancer.
In fact, nearly half the women surveyed were classed as overweight or obese, with only 37 per cent falling into the healthy weight bracket.
"Of concern is the high proportion of women who believe that additives in our food and using underarm antiperspirant contribute more to risk of developing breast cancer than lack of exercise, being overweight and drinking alcohol," commented Cancer Australia CEO Professor Helen Zorbas.
In Australia and New Zealand, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, including Indigenous women, with almost 15,000 new cases expected to be diagnosed this year, while one in nine Kiwi women will be diagnosed in their lifetime.
This number is expected to rise almost 15% by the year 2020.


May | 2018 | For What Saith the Scriptures?
Posted in DENOMINATIONS, CULTS, & FALSE TEACHING, DISPENSATIONAL BIBLE STUDY, How do we identify false teachers?, How do we identify false teachers?
How did the Law kill Paul?
HOW DID THE LAW KILL PAUL? HOW WILL IT KILL US?
Romans 7:9 tells us: "For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died." How did the Law kill Paul? Furthermore, how will it kill us?
The seventh chapter of Romans can be quite challenging because of the conflict so vividly described therein. You are encouraged to read it in your own time. Our purpose here is not to give an in-depth, verse-by-verse commentary on the chapter. Rather, we want to provide the chapter's overall context. After its background has been established, the chapter will be self-explanatory. Verse 9 will then be easy.
Romans chapters 1-5 present a clear Gospel of Grace. This is justification—how to have a right standing before God. It shows man's dilemma in sin, as well as God's solution. We see man's guilt in chapters 1-3, and God's provision at Calvary in chapters 3-5. The next three chapters (6-8) are sanctification. Soul salvation unto eternal life has already been covered; the issue now is Christian living in light of the believer's identity defined in chapters 3-5. Chapters 9-11 are dispensational in nature—Israel's past, present, and future statuses. We are not Israel, we are the Church the Body of Christ; we should therefore not behave like Israel, claiming her promises and blessings as our own. The Book of Romans concludes with chapters 12-16—daily application of grace principles in specific life situations.
Again, all too often people struggle with Romans chapter 7. The perspective of the chapter is firsthand—Paul wrote it—but is he speaking as a Christian or as a lost person? Dear readers, there are no lost people in the chapter. As noted earlier, this section of the Book is Christian living. If we want to find lost people in Romans, we have to go to the first five chapters. Chapter 7, however, highlights a common problem in the lives of believers in Christ even today. "I" or "me" or "my" appears nearly 40 times in the passage of Romans 7:7-25. The Law keeps us focused on ourselves. What are we doing to please God? What are we doing to measure up? Are we trying enough? Will we try harder next time?
Chapter 7 of Romans, obviously, comes immediately after chapter 6. In chapter 7, we see copious references to the Law. Halfway through chapter 6, we see the reference to the Law, a performance-based acceptance system. We also know this as religion or legalism. Christian living is entirely dependent upon the identity or position the believer has in Jesus Christ. In chapter 7, Paul is not walking in the light given in chapter 6. His flesh gravitates toward the Law. We are no different. This is how we know chapter 7 is not about lost people but about saved people thinking and behaving like lost people. There is a very close resemblance, which explains why confusion often abounds as to whether Paul is a saved or lost man in chapter 7.
The Law kills. It does not give anyone any power to meet its absolute, stringent standards. Romans 3:19-20 says: " Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.  Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin." God designed the Law to do nothing more than condemn every person as a sinner. The Law thunders out the verdict of "GUILTY!" Watch how Paul will experience this firsthand in his own Christian life.
While there is nothing wrong with the Law, there is a problem. That problem is found in the sinner. The Law simply shows us there is a sin nature in each of us. Sin will use the Law to have "dominion" (or control) over us; therefore God took us out of the Law system and put us under the Grace system! This is the heart of our Dispensation, the Dispensation of the Grace of God.
Back to Romans chapter 7: " What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.  But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead." As a preacher of the truth, Paul was poor. He saw the religious leaders around him, stealing from the ignorant naïve masses. Those professional church operators were wealthy, so Paul naturally grew envious. His sin nature took advantage of the situation, and he was completely consumed with covetousness. Without the Law, his Christian life had operated just fine. The Holy Spirit was using Grace to teach him how to live.
Something happened in Romans chapter 7. As soon as Paul introduced Law-keeping into his Christian life, sin became rampant. Again, the Law cannot do anything but condemn. It makes us the issue when Jesus Christ should be the issue. The cross of Christ is what matters—what He did to defeat sin rather than what we do to overcome sin.
Paul is now thinking like a lost man. In verse 14, he claims to be "carnal, sold under sin." He is under the assumption that he is a slave to sin. This is not reality. Paul is deceived, confused. He has abandoned the information—the truths—he just laid out in chapter 6. Many professing Christians are in the same predicament. They do not live under Grace. They live under the Law. They do not live like Christians; they live like unsaved people. They need to read and believe chapter 6, and we need to read and believe chapter 8.
Let us notice Romans chapter 6, for example: " What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?  God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?  Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?  Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
" For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:  Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.  For he that is dead is freed from sin.  Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:  Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.  For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.  Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.  Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Sin deceives us. It makes us believe that we can manage it. The Law is a sin-management system. This explains why the flesh (sin nature) gravitates toward the Law. Now we see exactly what is going on in chapter 7. God put us under grace in order to save us from condemnation of the Law. Not only are we free from the penalty of sin (Hell and the Lake of Fire), we are also from the power of sin (daily sinful living). We do not have to sin!
As Paul closes Romans chapter 7, he is a miserable, despondent person. He is so looking for deliverance, and he sees the rescue is through Jesus Christ our Lord. Chapter 8 opens with the answer. We are to walk after the Spirit and not after the flesh! We are to mind the things of the Spirit and not the things of the flesh!
By the way, in one sitting, read Romans chapters 6-8. Watch the truths in chapter 6 be ignored in chapter 7. Then, notice how they are reaffirmed and expanded in chapter 8. We are dead to sin (chapter 6), we are dead to the Law (chapter 7), and we are alive unto God by the indwelling Holy Spirit (chapter 8).
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Is the United States' recent embassy move to Jerusalem a fulfillment of Bible prophecy?
The prophecy preachers are excited now that the United States has relocated its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem! Is there any merit in their elation? Could this news be a sign of Jesus' soon return?!
Someone points to Zechariah 8:22, "Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD." By having its embassy in Jerusalem, the United States is allegedly drawing worldwide attention to said city. Perhaps other nations will follow the United States in recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital? They may even flock to the city en masse!
In His famed Olivet Discourse, Jesus laid forth many specific details about end-times prophecy. Two questions had generated that sermon: "And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?" (Luke 21:7). The more famous version is Matthew chapter 24; Mark chapter 13 is a third account. Matthew 24:3: "And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?" What we want to know about these verses is that they outline the various "signs," or indications, of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Luke 21:20 says: "And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh." Certain prophecy preachers see here the current Palestinian-Israeli conflict having been intensified by the embassy transfer.
So, what are we to make of these current events? Should we be alarmed, excited, or indifferent? Rather than offering opinions, hunches, speculations, and the like, we will look at facts.
Firstly, we should point out that very rarely is the Bible ever used as God intended. This author, many years ago, was caught up in "seeing the Bible in the newspaper and nightly news." When some world event occurred—especially concerning Israel and/or the Middle East—he arrived at the conclusion, "How close we are to the Lord's return!" It was 70 years ago this month that Israel was founded as a modern nation. For seven decades, Christian people have been saying, "Israel is in the land and the Lord's coming is near!" (A good many of these individuals have since died, having never seen His coming.) Rather than using the Bible properly, they rely on the traditional (ly wrong) approach the preachers and teachers learned in seminary and Bible College. The scoffers and skeptics then use this as ammunition to discredit the Bible. No, the Bible is not discredited; Bible corrupters and Bible abusers are discredited. These are nothing but cases in point for the need of proper Bible study. As you can see, people grab verses from just about anywhere in Scripture and try to make it fit a modern situation.
The only verse in the Bible that tells us to "study" the Bible also tells us how to study the Bible: "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15). If we keep looking and reading, we will find other verses to help us understand exactly what it means to "rightly divide the word of truth." Two passages very helpful in that regard will be shared now.
Peter the Apostle preached in Acts chapter 3: " Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.  And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:  Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began." If we get nothing else from this, friends, we at least understand that God told man some information since Adam's creation. God was unfolding His plan and He was revealing it to man piecemeal (little by little).
Paul the Apostle was led to write something quite different in Romans chapter 16: " Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,  But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:…." With Paul's ministry God is revealing some information He has kept secret since Adam's creation.
Did you notice the simple divisions presented by the above verses? In the Scripture, there is revealed truth and there is hidden truth. Revealed truth is prophecy—something God spoke since the world began. Hidden truth is mystery—something God kept secret since the world began. There is absolutely nothing difficult here unless we have a denominational system to defend or a church tradition to maintain. It is so crystal-clear if we just let the words of God say what He means and mean what He says.
All of this shows us that, if we ignore Paul's writings—the Bible Books of Romans through Philemon—we are disregarding God's Word to us the nations. We do not go to Christ's earthly ministry to find current divine revelation (remember, Jesus will not reveal the mystery until Paul's ministry some years later). It makes no sense to grab Matthew chapter 24, or Luke chapter 21, or Mark chapter 13, and try to find us or God's present dealings with man. How silly it is to yank a verse from Zechariah or Daniel and make it fit in this the Dispensation of Grace! Daniel and Zechariah had no idea about us the Church the Body of Christ.
If prophecy is ongoing, then that means the mystery program has stopped. If the mystery program is ongoing, then that means the prophetic program has stopped. Both cannot be operating because they are so radically different. Prophecy involves the nation Israel; mystery involves the Church the Body of Christ. We should stop mixing Israel and the Body of Christ, Law and Grace, Heaven and Earth, Prophecy and Mystery. Such mingling has caused absolute confusion in churches for thousands of years now.
Never once did the Apostle Paul—God's spokesman to us Gentiles—ever tell us to look for "signs" of Christ's return. We can search Romans through Philemon in vain. "The Jews require a sign," 1 Corinthians 1:22 says. Are we Jews?! Then why are we looking for "signs?" In fact, as members of the Church the Body of Christ, we have no reason to be looking for the Second Coming of Christ anyway (which is what Matthew chapter 24, Mark chapter 13, and Luke chapter 21 anticipate). The Second Coming is prophecy whereas we are living in the mystery program. We are not looking for the coming as predicted in Matthew through John. Rather, we are looking for the coming as found in Romans through Philemon—Christ's secret coming for His Body. This is commonly called "the Rapture," although the Bible uses terms such as the "resurrection," "redemption of our body," "our gathering together unto Christ" (Romans 8:23; 1 Corinthians 15:51-55; Philippians 3:20-21; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 2 Thessalonians 2:1; 2 Timothy 2:18; et al.).
While interesting, today's events are not fulfilled Bible prophecy. According to Romans chapters 9-11, prophecy is temporarily paused!
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What is "the eye of the needle" in Matthew 19:24?
" And, behold, one came and said unto him [Jesus Christ], Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?  And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.  He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,  Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
" The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?  Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.  But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
Jesus said in verse 24, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." What is this "eye of the needle?" Immediately, we think of something like a sewing needle, with its small eye through which thread passes. However, some claim that Jesus is really talking about a camel passing through a small gate (the so-called "camel gate"). Which explanation is correct?
Someone once said the camel going through the eye of a needle is an example of the Lord's humor. Think of the absurdity. A giant camel fitting inside of the tiny eye of a sewing needle!
What Jesus Christ was teaching was that material riches were a hindrance in His earthly ministry. It is not good to be wealthy in Matthew through John! His audience would not want to give up their wealth to follow Him. Think of the wealthy ruler who went away—this was the very reason Jesus mentioned the camel passing through the eye of the needle in the first place!
As per Christ's instructions, those followers in His earthly ministry were to sell all they had and give alms. Reading from Luke 12:31-33: " But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.  Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.  Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth." They did just this in Acts 2:41-47 and Acts 4:31-37.
Once the Mark of the Beast would be instituted, they would not be able to buy or sell without it. In order to keep their money, they would be pressured take the Mark of the Beast. However, if they had given up all of their wealth as Jesus commanded, they would have nothing to ensnare them.
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Question: Why wasn't your sister taking laundry with her this time [February 18, 1943]?
Answer: Because she [Note 1] and my sister Elisabeth Scholl, who was here in Munich for eight days, took all the dirty laundry to Ulm on February 5, 1943, but [she] did not bring all of it back.
Note 1: Typo in original document – capitalized "Sie" (formal you, instead of she).
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March 31 (Reuters) - U.S. oil and gas producer Apache Corp said it would sell natural gas assets in western Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, for $374 million to focus on more lucrative liquids production.
Apache is selling primarily dry gas-producing wells located over 622,600 gross acres. The assets being sold produced an average of 101 million cubic feet of natural gas and 1,500 barrels of liquids per day in 2013.
The company, which did not name the buyer, said the deal was expected to close on or about April 30.
"This transaction is part of Apache's portfolio rebalancing, which was undertaken last year to enable Apache to focus on growing liquids production from a deep inventory of crude oil- and liquids-rich opportunities in North America," Chief Executive Steven Farris said in a statement.
To narrow its focus on higher margin shale oil drilling in North America, Apache has sold assets in the Gulf of Mexico and Argentina and a stake in its Egyptian oil and gas business.
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The company said it would use the proceeds from the deal to buy back shares under its 30-million-share repurchase program.
The company's shares, which gained about 8 percent in the last 12 months, opened about 1 percent higher at $83.82 on the New York Stock Exchange.
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\subsection{Enzyme-induced aggregation and gel formation}
The gel results from the aggregation of a suspension of silica particles (Ludox TM50, from Sigma Aldrich, diameter $a=26$ nm as determined by small angle neutron scattering, SANS), dispersed at a volume fraction $\varphi=5$ \%  in an aqueous solvent containing urea at $1$ M. Particle aggregation is triggered by increasing \textit{in situ} the ionic strength of the solvent, thanks to the hydrolysis of urea into carbon dioxide and ammonia, a reaction catalyzed by an enzyme (Urease U1500-20KU, from Sigma Aldrich, $35$ U/ml)~\cite{wyss_small-angle_2004}, whose activity depends on temperature $T$. The suspension is prepared at $T \approx 4^\circ \mathrm{C}$ and brought at room temperature after loading the cell, thereby activating the enzyme and initiating aggregation. The sol-gel transition occurs $ \approx 3$ hours after loading the sample in the shear cell. The fractal dimension of the gel network, $d_f = 2$, has been determined from independent SANS measurements on a gel prepared following the same protocol.

\subsection{Oscillatory rheology in the linear regime}
We characterize the mechanical properties of the gel by measuring the frequency-dependent elastic and loss moduli ($G'(\omega)$ and $G''(\omega)$, respectively) in the linear regime ($\gamma_0 = 0.1 \%$) using a commercial rheometer (MCR502 by Anton Paar). Over the range $10^{-3} ~\mathrm{rad~s}^{-1} \le \omega \le 10 ~\mathrm{rad~s}^{-1}$, $G'$ is essentially flat and $G'' \sim \omega^{-0.4}$, a behavior consistent with the fractional Maxwell model that accounts for the gel creep. The gel slowly ages: $G'$ increases as $t^{1/3}$ and the \rd{characteristic} relaxation time $\tau_{FM}$ obtained from the fractional Maxwell model increases linearly with $t$. We let the gel age for 48h before running a creep experiment, such that during the \rd{duration} of one experiment (typically a few hours) the viscoelastic properties of the gel do not evolve significantly, with $G' \sim 5$ kPa and $\tau_{FM} \gtrsim 10^5$s. The elastic modulus dominates over the loss modulus at all measured frequencies; for $\omega = 1 ~\mathrm{\rd{Hz}}$, $G'/G'' \approx 125$.

\subsection{Light scattering}
The small-angle light scattering apparatus is described in detail in~\cite{tamborini_multiangle_2012}. In brief, the scattered light is collected by a lens system and forwarded to the detector of a CMOS camera, such that each pixel corresponds to a well defined scattering vector $\mathbf{q}$, with $q = 4\pi n \lambda^{-1} \sin(\theta/2)$, where $n = 1.338$ is the solvent refractive index, $\lambda = 632.8~\mathrm{nm}$ the laser in-vacuo wavelength and $\theta$ the scattering angle. The $\mathbf{q}$ dependent intensity is obtained as $I(\mathbf{q}) = \left <I_p\right >_\mathbf{q}$, where $I_p$ is the CMOS signal of the $p$-th pixel, corrected for the dark background as in~\cite{duri_time-resolved-correlation_2005}, and $\left <\cdot \cdot \cdot \right >_\mathbf{q}$ is an average over a small region in $q$ space centered around $\mathbf{q}$. For the silica particles used here, the form factor $\approx 1$ in the range of $q$ covered by the setup, such that $I(\mathbf{q})$ is proportional to the static structure factor $S(\mathbf{q})$.

The two-time intensity correlation function is calculated as
$$ g_2(\mathbf{q},t_1,t_2)-1 = \beta \frac{\left < I_p(t_1) I_p(t_2)\right >_\mathbf{q}}{\left < I_p(t_1)\right >_\mathbf{q}\left < I_p(t_2)\right >_\mathbf{q}}-1 \,, $$
where $\beta \gtrsim 1$ is a setup-dependent prefactor chosen such that $g_2(\mathbf{q},t_1,t_2=t_1)-1 = 1$. The intensity correlation function is related to the field correlation function $g_1$ by $g_2-1 = |g_1|^2$~\cite{berne_dynamic_1976}, with $g_1 = F(\mathbf{q},t_1,t_2)/F(\mathbf{q},t_1,t_2=t_1)$ and $F(\mathbf{q},t_1,t_2) = N^{-1}\sum_{j,k=1}^N e^{i\mathbf{q}\cdot[\mathbf{r}_j(t_1)-\mathbf{r}_k(t_2)]}$, where the sum runs over the $N$ particles in the scattering volume.

\subsection{Intermediate scattering function for a purely affine deformation}
Following Ref.~\cite{berne_dynamic_1976} with strain, rather than time, as the independent variable, the intermediate scattering function is expressed as
\begin{equation*}
g_1(\mathbf{q},\Delta \gamma) = \int Q(\Delta \mathbf{r})\exp(-i \mathbf{q} \cdot \Delta \mathbf{r})\mathrm{d} \Delta \mathbf{r} \,,\,\,\,\,\,\,\mathrm{(MM1)}
\end{equation*}
where $Q(\Delta \mathbf{r})$ is the probability distribution function of the particle displacement following a strain increment $\Delta \gamma$. For a purely affine deformation in the direction of $\hat{e}_{\parallel}$, $Q(\Delta \mathbf{r}) = \rd{1/(\Delta \gamma b)}$ and $\Delta \mathbf{r} = \rd{z\Delta \gamma \hat{e}_{\parallel}}$, with $b$ and $z$ the cell gap and the coordinate in the direction of the shear gradient, respectively. By inserting these expressions in Eq. (MM1), one finds $g_1(\qperp, \Delta \gamma) = 1$ and $g_1(\qpar, \Delta \gamma) = \textrm{sinc}\left(q_\parallel \Delta \gamma b/2\right)$. The corresponding $g_2-1$ function is shown as a line in Fig. 2b.

\subsection{Extracting the plastic activity $A(\gamma)$ from the light scattering data}
In order to calculate the plastic activity per unit strain, $A(\gamma)$, we invert Eq. (1) of the main text:
\begin{equation*}
\int_{\gamma_1}^{\gamma_2} A(\gamma) \mathrm{d}\gamma =  \left [ -1\frac{1}{f(\qperp)} \ln \frac{g_1(\qperp,\gamma_1,\gamma_2)}{R(\qperp,\gamma_2-\gamma_1)} \right ]^{\frac{1}{p}} \,.\,\,\,\,\,\,\mathrm{(MM2)}
\end{equation*}
Taking the derivative with respect to $\gamma_2$ at fixed $\gamma_1$ yields
\begin{equation*}
A_{\gamma_1}(\gamma) = f(\qperp)^{-\frac{1}{p}} \left. \frac {\partial}{\partial \gamma_2} \left[ - \ln \frac{g_1(\qperp,\gamma_1,\gamma_2)}{R(\qperp,\gamma_2-\gamma_1)} \right ]^{\frac{1}{p}} \right |_{\gamma_2 = \gamma} \,,\,\,\,\,\,\,\mathrm{(MM3)}
\end{equation*}
where the $\gamma_1$ index in the l.h.s. of Eq. (MM3) indicates that here $A$ is evaluated using data for a specific value of the initial strain $\gamma_1$. Operationally, we calculate  $A_{\gamma_1}(\gamma)$ for several values of $\gamma_1$, using $g_1 = \sqrt{g_2-1}$ and $R(\qperp,\Delta \gamma) = \exp(-q_{\perp}^2 \left < u_{na}^2 \right > /3)$, with $<u^2_{na}> = u^2_{\infty}\frac{\Delta \gamma^2}{\Delta \gamma^2 + \gamma_c^2}$ and $u^2_{\infty} = \rd{0.12} \um^2$, $\gamma_c = \rd{0.12}\%$ [line in Fig. 2d of the main text]. The derivative in the r.h.s. of Eq. (MM3) was performed either numerically on the raw data, or analytically on a 2nd order polynomial fit of $\ln (g_1/R)$. We find similar results and use the latter method, which is less sensitive to data noise. Finally, $A(\gamma)$ is obtained by averaging $A_{\gamma_1}(\gamma)$ over different choices of $\gamma_1$, in the range $1 \% \le \gamma_2 - \gamma_1 \le 6 \%$. The exponent $p$ is chosen by repeating the calculation of $A(\gamma)$ for several test values, finally retaining the $p$ value that minimizes the rms residuals between the experimental
$g_2-1$ and the correlation functions calculated from $A(\gamma)$ using Eq. (1) of the main text.
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\acknow{This work was funded by ANR (grant n. ANR-14-CE32-0005-01), CNES, and the EU (Marie Sklodowska-Curie ITN Supolen, Grant No.
607937). We thank C. Ligoure, K. Martens, T. Divoux, and D. Vlassopoulos for discussions.}

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Q: How to write custom serializer for entity with MobogDB C# Driver? I'm trying to get a document from database, but I can't do it in a desirable way.
It seems handy to use this approach to retrieve data:
var filter = Builders<Book>.Filter.Eq(x => x.Id == new ObjectId(id), true);
var result = await coll.Find(filter).ToListAsync();

But in this case InvalidOperationException is thrown when executing Find method. Exception text:
Unable to determine the serialization information for x => (x.Id == new ObjectId(value(BookService.Controllers.ImportController+<>c__DisplayClass1_0).id)).
public class Book
{
    [BsonId]
    public ObjectId Id { get; set; }

    public string Author { get; set; }

    public string Title { get; set; }
}

Otherwise, when I use this filter:
var filter = Builders<Book>.Filter.Eq("_id", new ObjectId(id));

there are no any exceptions and result contains proper entity instances.
It seems that I need to implement custom serializer to determine that when x.Id is used it means to search by _id field, but I don't know how to do that. Or maybe there are some other ways to make this work?

A: This code is incorrect:
var filter = Builders<Book>.Filter.Eq(x => x.Id == new ObjectId(id), true);

Change it to this and it should fix your problem
var filter = Builders<Book>.Filter.Eq(x => x.Id, new ObjectId(id));

I always represent ObjectId as string in my C# models and use BsonRepresentation as an attribute to ensure correct serialization
[BsonRepresentation(BsonType.ObjectId)]
[BsonId]
public string Id { get; set; }

That way your queries just look like this:
var filter = Builders<Book>.Filter.Eq("_id", id);
var result = await coll.Find(filter).ToListAsync();

Or even better
var result = await coll.Find(x => x.Id == id).ToListAsync();

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