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3 Value Stocks in Focus as Rotation Continues
Friday, March 5, 2021 | Sean Sechler
What began as a slight pullback in growth stocks a few weeks ago has now turned into a mass exodus out of growth and into value. Investors need to understand that it takes time for institutional investors to unwind positions and add exposure to new sectors in the market. That's why it's still a good idea to consider buying certain value stocks even if they've already started to rally. These companies might not have the most exciting businesses or massive growth potential, but they do offer reasonable valuations and less risk and volatility which is very attractive given the recent market activity.
While there are plenty of value stocks that are showing strength these days, investors should be focused on only the best names to avoid getting caught up in dreaded "value traps". That's why we've put together a list of 3 value stocks to keep in focus as the rotation in the market continues.
Altria (NYSE:MO)
While you might be thinking that the tobacco industry is on the decline in the U.S., there's a lot to like about a company like Altria at this time. While it is true that the cigarette volumes are on the decline, Altria can offset these declines with price increases for many years to come. The company has proven to be resilient throughout the pandemic and reported year-over-year net revenue growth of 4.2% in 2020. It's also worth mentioning that Altria has more to its business than just cigarettes. With products like smokeless tobacco, vaporizers, e-cigarettes, and wine/beer brands, Altria's business offers more diversity than meets the eye.
Since Altria's business model isn't very capital intensive, it can return a lot of money to shareholders. Investors should be attracted to the stock's strong dividend yield of 7.64% and the fact that Altria has grown its dividend payouts for 51 consecutive years. Altria also recently announced a $2 billion share repurchase program in January that will boost the share price. Finally, investors should take note of the fact that Altria offers exposure to the growing cannabis market thanks to its 45% stake in Cronos Group. This is a solid value stock that dividend investors should have their eye on at this time.
Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG)
The energy sector has been rallying lately in tandem with the price of oil, and investors might want to look at a company like Diamondback Energy if they are interested in adding exposure. Energy companies are always at the mercy of oil prices, but there's certainly reason to believe that prices will stay around their current levels in the near term after Thursday's announcement that OPEC and allied producers will roll over production cuts during April. There's also the possibility that the oil demand will rebound sharply as more and more people around the world are vaccinated against COVID-19.
Diamondback Energy is a U.S. independent oil and natural gas company that operates exclusively in the Permian Basin. It's a strong energy name to own because it's a financially healthy company that is trading at a low forward P/E ratio of 9.44 when compared to other stocks in the sector. The company recently reported strong Q4 earnings numbers that saw average daily oil production increase by 3% from Q3 along with Q4 free cash flow of $242 million. Diamondback also increased its annual dividend payment by 6.7% to $1.60 per share and the stock currently offers investors a 2.15% yield. Finally, the company recently announced that it is acquiring QEP Resources and Guidon Operating LLC which will provide a 42% increase in Midland Basin acreage and lead to millions of dollars in synergies. These are signs of strength that investors should take note of.
3M (NYSE:MMM)
When it comes to deciding which value stocks are worth your time during a tough period in the market, focusing on a diversified blue-chip industrial company makes a lot of sense. 3M has been underperforming the market over the last year, offers a 3.3% dividend yield, and is well off of its all-time highs. Shares are likely undervalued at this time due to concerns about litigation, and the fact that the stock's dividend yield is on the high-end of the company's historical dividend yield range might be telling investors something important. Although the lawsuits are a risk worth keeping in mind, there's enough to like about 3M to consider adding shares.
This is a company that has a history of innovation and generates substantial free cash flows from its wide variety of products in manufacturing, industrial, health care, safety, and consumer end markets. Back in 2019, the company went through a restructuring that could deliver significant earnings upside over the long term. All four of the company's segments experienced top-line growth last quarter, which could be a sign of good things to come. The stock is trading at a discount relative to the S&P 500 and is one of the best value picks out there at this time.
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CDC on H1N1 ..Not Good
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Delivery of some swine flu vaccines has been delayed because companies cannot make as much as they had hoped, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday.
The CDC's Dr. Anne Schuchat said while 40 million doses had been anticipated for the end of October, only about 28 to 30 million doses would be available.
"Yields for vaccine are lower than would be hoped," Schuchat said in a telephone briefing.
She also said deaths from H1N1 swine flu were above the epidemic threshold in some U.S. cities and states. H1N1 flu activity was widespread in 41 states, she said.
"It is unprecedented for this time of year to have the whole country having such high levels of activity," Schuchat said.
She also said more children had died in the space of a few weeks than usually die in an entire influenza season. "There are now a total of 86 children under 18 who have died from the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus," Schuchat said.
As of Wednesday 11.4 million doses of H1N1 vaccine were available and 8 million had been ordered by states for distribution.
The U.S. government has ordered vaccine from five companies: Sanofi-Aventis SA, CSL Ltd, Novartis AG, GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca unit MedImmune.
Schuchat said 15 percent to 20 percent of patients with H1N1 who needed to be hospitalized were requiring intensive care.

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A South Pacific Root Could Be Promising Against Bladder Cancer
Tyler Blythe, March 25, 2014 July 6, 2018
Scientists are finding promise of a bladder cancer treatment — one of the most common cancers in the U.S. — in a South Pacific root called kava.
Dr. Xiaolin Zi, an associate professor of urology at the University of California, Irvine, noticed that while cigarette smoking is a leading cause of bladder cancer, the western Pacific Islands see a relatively low incidence of bladder cancer despite high smoking rates. He thinks kava might have something to do with it.
Traditionally ground and turned into a drink for its relaxing qualities, kava contains compounds called flavokawains, which Zi has shown to stop bladder tumor growth in cell cultures and animal studies. Flavokawains, Zi believes, might also help slow or prevent bladder cancer in humans.
Kava has been used for thousands of years throughout the Pacific Islands as a social and ceremonial beverage; in the Hawaiian culture specifically, it is called `awa. The roots of the plant are fashioned into a drink and are believed to relieve anxiety, relax muscles, and improve sleep. Native cultures, like those in Fiji, sip and share kava drinks during important meetings — reportedly to calm nerves and reduce possible conflict.
Currently, Zi is focusing on the kava compound flavokawain A. His team has used mouse models of bladder cancer to demonstrate how the compound protects against the carcinogenic effects of tobacco. They found that flavokawain A encourages cell death in precancerous cells by overcoming the effects of the mutated p53 protein — a protein that plays a critical role in keeping cells from becoming cancerous.
Zi's study set out to show that mice fed high doses of the kava compound experience slower tumor growth. So far, all three bladder cancer mouse models have responded to the treatment.
Kava gained fame in western cultures when it was marketed as an herbal treatment because of its calming effects. However, the root has been linked to some cases of liver damage, though the jury is still out on whether it's the actual kava that caused the liver damage, or if it was the taking of the root with other drugs/herbs. The FDA has issued a warning that the root carries a rare but potential liver failure risk.
A 2011 review of kava in the journal "Chemical Research in Toxicology" sought to explain why Pacific Island people could consume kava safely for centuries while people in the U.S., Europe and other western nations sometimes experienced toxic effects. The review found no consensus on kava toxicity, although several theories have emerged, including deviations in the traditional methods of preparing kava and the particular species of plants being used.
So far in his research, Zi has not seen any evidence of toxicity from the kava compound, and he is hopeful for its potential use as a treatment for human bladder cancer patients.
"The majority of bladder cancer occurs after age 65," Zi, who is also a member of UC Irvine's Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, said in a statement. "Any agents that can delay the onset of cancer are highly beneficial. … For older people, being cancer-free for years longer dramatically improves quality of life."
Because many bladder cancer treatments come with uncomfortable side effects, Zi hopes that treatments derived from natural sources could carry fewer side effects.
"Although there are not yet a lot of studies showing the cancer-fighting effectiveness of natural treatments, many cancer patients are using them," Zi said in the statement. "More studies are needed to find out if these natural supplements work and in what circumstances people should use them. There's a lot of exciting potential in this area of research."
Zi is hoping to conduct clinical trials on human patients with the kava compound in the near future. Meanwhile, other studies are being conducted hoping produce similar results on the compound's effects on lung cancer.
(Source: Huffington Post)
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EMF-Portal | Effect of 3G Cell Phone Exposure with Computer Controlled 2-D Stepper Motor on Non-thermal Activation of the hsp27/p38MAPK Stress Pathway in Rat Brain.
Effect of 3G Cell Phone Exposure with Computer Controlled 2-D Stepper Motor on Non-thermal Activation of the hsp27/p38MAPK Stress Pathway in Rat Brain. med./bio.
To examine the effect of exposure to a radiofrequency electromagnetic field emitted by a 3G mobile phone on the brain of young rats (45 days old).
Three groups of rats were examined (n=6 per group): 1.) cage control, 2.) sham exposure and 3.) exposure group. The experiments were repeated thrice.
In the exposed group, the level of reactive oxygen species, DNA damage, protein expression of all examined proteins and the apoptosis rate were significantly increased compared to the sham exposure group. No significant changes occurred between the sham exposure group and the cage control.
The authors conclude that exposure to a radiofrequency electromagnetic field emitted by a 3G mobile phone could have a deleterious effect on the brain of young rats.


I made just two at first, for an art exhibit. The necklaces spell out "what?" in binary code. I made them as a statement on digital communication (or really miscommunication, as I wanted them to say, but in binary that was way too long). I began to produce them in different colors and took the show on the road.
My first year in business I started at close to home, doing the Art Star Craft Bazaar, and then traveled far from it to do the Designboom Mart in Valencia, Spain. I was invited to participate in the Martha Stewart Holiday Craft Sale in 2010, and in 2012 was an invited artist at the American Craft Council Show in Baltimore. In 2011, I participated in the World Maker Faire in Queens NY where I was given an Editors Choice Award.


In the ten years since Arduino was first released, there's been a huge proliferation of hundreds of different "Arduino boards" available. On one hand, there's an Arduino for just about every kind of specialized purpose, but on the other hand - it can get quite confusing!
In this tutorial we'll be focusing on the Arduino UNO which is the classic Arduino, by far the most popular and is what 99% of projects use. It's basic, well supported, and is a great starter-duino.
As you do more you will find that there may be other Arduino compatibles you could want!
The Arduino Micro, on the other hand...is a bit smaller! It has a different Atmega32u4 chip that can do native USB so it can act like a keyboard or mouse. Its slim and has downward-pin headers so you can plug it into a breadboard.
And really, there are hundreds of others... once you start with the Arduino you can take it anywhere!
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How to handle a tenant's deposit
By Isabelle Coetzee
Imagine you've acquired a property you don't intend to live in. You may consider renting it out so that you can gain an additional income. Similarly, you may sublet a second bedroom in an apartment you're renting from your own landlords.
In either case, you're likely to put your tenant through a thorough vetting process, and use the tenant's deposit as insurance that your contract will be abided by. However, are you aware of the legal requirements regarding a deposit?
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What are the legal requirements?
According to Tanya Haffern, who trains students on property investing in South Africa for Rich Dad Education, the Rental Housing Act 50 of 1999 states that tenants are not legally obliged to pay a deposit. However, the landlord is legally allowed to ask for a deposit.
"The actual amount is not specified by law and is agreed upon between the parties. Often it's a full month's rent. Some landlords ask for two months' deposit to safeguard themselves against damages and tenants leaving before the end of the lease," says Haffern.
She explains that if the lease states that a deposit is required, then the act imposes certain conditions. The deposit must be held in an interest-bearing account as the landlord's security for any damage the tenant may cause to the property, or for rental arrears or any other relevant amount owing.
"The deposit is regulated through what the act refers to as 'deemed' provisions. In other words, even if the landlord fails to invest the deposit in an interest-bearing account with a financial institution, it is deemed, or treated, as if it had been correctly invested and had earned interest while it was being held by the landlord," says Haffern.
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Where should the deposit be kept?
Grant Smee, managing director of Only Realty and the founder of a variety of other innovative property solutions start-ups, points out that a tenant has the right to request, at any time during the lease period, written confirmation of the interest accrued on the deposit.
"I would advise landlords to make use of a separate bank account for a tenant's deposit, but further to this, to ensure their bookkeeping is kept up to date so that accurate records are kept of the deposit and the interest accrued to it," says Smee.
"The deposit can be invested in any type of account that is interest bearing. However, the landlord must pay the tenant interest at a rate that is no less than a rate applicable to a savings account with the same financial institution," he explains.
Linda Segal, rental consultant at Jawitz Properties Atlantic Seaboard, adds that a simple savings account provides flexibility in that there are no penalties for early withdrawal of funds.
"Funds locked into an investment account often attract penalties if withdrawn early – penalties which may exceed the interest accrued. It can be costly to close an investment account ahead of the time," says Segal.
She explains that this might happen if an owner and tenant agree to an early cancellation of a lease. This can be for various reasons, such as if a tenant receives a promotion to a new job in another city or country.
Steps to follow…
So then how should you go about handling a deposit? Haffern recommends the following steps when receiving a deposit:
Give your tenant a receipt detailing:
Tenant's name, address for which deposit is paid, the type of dwelling (e.g. flat, apartment, house, room, garage or cottage etc).
The date the deposit was paid.
Reason for payment (deposit)
Landlord's signature
Invest the deposit with a bank in an interest-bearing account.
Provide the tenant with written proof of accrued interest when the tenant makes such a request.
Henno Bothma, attorney at Abrahams & Gross, points out that it's vital that the parties do a joint in-going inspection and reduce the findings to writing.
"At the end of the lease, another inspection must be done within three days before the tenant vacates, to inspect for any damage to the unit. Failure to do these inspections may affect the landlord's right to use the deposit to remedy any damage caused to the property," says Bothma.
Timeframes to be aware of
According to Dylan Gordon, sales director at Landsdowne Property Group, it's important that landlords familiarise themselves with the Rental Housing Act.
"It outlines the timeframe in which the deposit needs to be paid back to the tenant after the lease has expired," says Gordon.
He outlines the following timeframes to keep in mind regarding rental deposits:
Within 7 days if there are no damages.
Within 14 days if there are damages and repairs need to be done.
Within 21 days when a tenant refuses joint inspection.
"It's also important to note that the deposit should not be used in lieu of rental. This could cause issues if there are damages at the end of the lease period," he adds.
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Cell migration, the movement of cells from one area to another generally in response to a chemical signal, is central to achieving functions such as wound repair, cell differentiation, embryonic development and the metastasis of tumors. This protocol outlines the steps for conducting a cell invasion assay through a BME barrier.
Matirgel is considered as basement membrane and generated from EHS sarcoma. Invasion of tumor cells into Matrigel has been used to characterize involvement of ECM receptors and matrix degrading enzymes which play roles in tumor progression.
This new 10-page protocol outlines the steps for conducting a Transwell insert-based cell invasion assay through a BME barrier with special notes for conducting a chemotaxis assay without a BME or ECM barrier. It is a generalized protocol and can be easily adapted to suit your needs.
Matirgel is considered as basement membrane and generated from EHS sarcoma. Matrigel contains not only basement membrane components (collagens, laminin, and proteoglycans)but also matrix degrading enzymes/their inhibitors and growth factors. Invasion of tumor cells into Matrigel has been used to characterize involvement of ECM receptors and matrix degrading enzymes which play roles in tumor progression.


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Q: Row-wise replace operation in pandas dataframe In the given data frame, I am trying to perform a row-wise replace operation where 1 should be replaced by the value in Values.
Input:
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame({'ID': [1,1,1,2,3,3,4,5,6,7],
                   'A': [0,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,np.nan,0],
                   'B': [0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0],
                   'C': [1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1],
                   'Values': [10, 2, 3,4,9,3,4,5,2,3]})

Expected Output:
   ID   A   B   C   Values
0   1   0.0 0   10  10
1   1   2.0 0   0   2
2   1   0.0 0   3   3
3   2   4.0 0   0   4
4   3   0.0 9   0   9
5   3   0.0 3   0   3
6   4   4.0 0   0   4
7   5   0.0 0   0   5
8   6   NaN 0   2   2
9   7   0.0 0   3   3

**Note: The data is very large.

A: Use df.where
 df[['A','B','C']]=df[['A','B','C']].where(df[['A','B','C']].ne(1),df['Values'], axis=0)

ID    A  B   C  Values
0   1  0.0  0  10      10
1   1  2.0  0   0       2
2   1  0.0  0   3       3
3   2  4.0  0   0       4
4   3  0.0  9   0       9
5   3  0.0  3   0       3
6   4  4.0  0   0       4
7   5  0.0  0   0       5
8   6  NaN  0   2       2
9   7  0.0  0   3       3

Or
df[['A','B','C']]=df[['A','B','C']].mask(df[['A','B','C']].eq(1),df['Values'], axis=0)

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My data is really large and it is very slow.

If we exploit the nature of your dataset (A, B, C columns have 1s or 0s or Nans), you simply have to multiple df['values'] with each column independently. This should be super fast as it is vectorized.
df['A'] = df['A']*df['Values']
df['B'] = df['B']*df['Values']
df['C'] = df['C']*df['Values']

print(df)

   ID    A  B   C  Values
0   1  0.0  0  10      10
1   1  2.0  0   0       2
2   1  0.0  0   3       3
3   2  4.0  0   0       4
4   3  0.0  9   0       9
5   3  0.0  3   0       3
6   4  4.0  0   0       4
7   5  0.0  0   0       5
8   6  NaN  0   2       2
9   7  0.0  0   3       3

If you want to explicitly check the condition where values of A, B, C are 1 (maybe because those columns could have values other than Nans or 0s), then you can use this -
df[['A','B','C']] = (df[['A','B','C']] == 1)*df[['Values']].values

This will replace the columns A, B, C in the original data but, also replaces Nans with 0.

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Subj:	Re: LOVE THIS COUNTRY ,MY GOD AND MY GUN.
I'm not sure what prompted your email to me. A quick guess would be that you read my old letter-to-the-editor on gun control. Its obvious, however, that you have a lot more on your mind than just the Second Amendment. You view the government (of the people, for the people, and by the people) as your enemy and an obstacle to your freedom rather than as your servant and guarantor of your freedom. That's too bad. Like you I view guns as machines and tools much like cars. In my opinion such equipment ought to be subject to regulation.
Imagine if there was a second amendment for automobiles all about a well regulated militia being needed to patrol the streets. We could insert pop out knives into axles, a la James Bond, and use them to puncture the tires of drivers who didn't behave on the freeway. It wouldn't be hard to mass produce such vehicles. We could argue that it would be safer on the highways if everyone drove such a machine because everybody would drive politely out of the fear that they would be run off the road if they misbehaved.
Greg, I took a gun safety class in jr. high at the YMCA. I've got guns in my house too. Its just that I don't drive around with a bumper sticker saying "My President is Charleton Heston."
I think guns should be subject to sensible regulation. What's sensible is open to personal interpretation and I'm willing to let the majority determine where the lines will be drawn. I don't think my position is a threat to the Constitution. On the other hand I do think that the promiscuous supply of cheap guns is a threat to my personal safety.
When the Constitution was written hardly anyone owned guns. It took months and months for the average wage earner to earn enough to purchase a single shot long bore rifle. People who lived in Cities had no need for such an extravagance. It wasn't until the Civil War that modern mass produced gun manufacturing even began. Nowadays a single small drug deal will give a dealer enough money to buy a couple Saturday night specials each capable of shooting half a dozen rounds. One visit to an unmonitored gun show is all it would take.
If that's the freedom you want you are welcome to it. Just don't expect me to agree with you that by trying to fill this loophole I'm trying to curtail your rights.


Listening to the new drake album this morning, trying to get myself pumped up for the day. haha. Anyone else do this? Music can totally change my mood and get me going.
The other day, we were driving down the road trying to get Kai to sleep when I saw these huge aloe plants. I yelled to Chris "Pull over!" and we jumped out and shot this outfit really quick. Dresses have been my saving grace right now with this hot and humid weather here in FL. I love the mixed prints and the colors work well together - how cute for 4th of July?!


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Board members are champions willing and able to advance the mission of the UN Global Compact acting in a personal, honorary and unpaid capacity. Drawing in particular on the expertise and recommendations of its business members, the Board is also expected to play a role in the implementation of the initiative's integrity measures. In addition to their overall Board responsibilities, the civil society and labour constituency groups are expected to provide close liaison to their communities and share insights into the most recent trends and best practices of corporate sustainability in their respective domains.
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The UN Global Compact Board was first appointed by the UN Secretary-General on 20 April 2006, following an extensive review of the UN Global Compact governance framework. The establishment of the Board was aimed at enhancing the synergies between the global and local levels of UN Global Compact activities, providing greater attention to integrity management and quality assurance, as well as promoting broader ownership of the initiative by all of its participants and other stakeholders.
Appointment of Board members follows a comprehensive consultation process involving all UN Global Compact stakeholders, including the Local Networks. Each of the appointees has demonstrated a long record of commitment to the mission of the UN Global Compact and its Ten Principles and enjoys the support of a regional or constituency group. UN Global Compact Board Members.
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Rural livelihoods are people's best defence against famine. Interventions that reinforce rural livelihoods meet immediate food needs, mitigate displacement pressures, reduce the overall humanitarian burden and lay the groundwork for recovery.
FAO is delivering large-scale, strategic combinations of assistance to rural people at high risk of hunger, providing them with cash transfers for food and water purchases, plus the means to continue farming and veterinary care to keep their animals alive.
Massive livestock losses – which are severely impacting household food security and nutrition in pastoral communities – will require many seasons to recover. Similarly, farmers will need sustained support to recover from consecutive poor harvests.
Livelihoods will require sustained support for the remainder of 2017 and through 2018 to avert famine and begin recovery. Livelihoods must be restored in order to make lasting improvements to food security (which will remain fragile for some time).
Humanitarian efforts must help farming communities to remain in rural areas and encourage early IDP returns.


As reported by Chuck Colson in BreakPoint, "Loren Marks, who teaches at the School for Human Ecology at Louisiana State University said, 'An interview with the Australian magazine, Mercatornet, listed some of the reasons why religious beliefs and practices make such a difference for many men.
"'First, married couples who are actively involved in the same faith tend to have stronger, happier marriages and this impacts father-child relationships in a positive way.
"'Second, religious fathers are far less likely to abuse alcohol and other drugs than non-religious fathers, and an estimated 80 percent of child abuse is alcohol related.
As H. Jackson Brown, Jr. said, "Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get." And Robert Fulghum, "Don't worry that children never listen to you. Worry that they're always watching you."
Suggested prayer: "Dear God, as a father (and/or mother) please help me always to be 'as Jesus' to my children and family members—and everybody else—and so live that they, seeing Jesus in me, will want Jesus for themselves. Thank You for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully in Jesus's name, amen."


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Shining a light on Israeli aggression in Gaza
By Keghart
Haroon Siddiqui, The Toronto Star, 20 September 2009
So, Stephen Harper and his ministers were defending possible war crimes and crimes against humanity, while Michael Ignatieff and senior Liberals were staying mostly mum. And much of our mainstream media were averting their gaze from, or excusing, the possible crimes.
Now, no less an authority than Richard Goldstone, former chief prosecutor with the war crimes tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda, says that the three-week Israeli onslaught on Gaza eight months ago amounted to "war crimes and possibly, in some respects, crimes against humanity."
Releasing his report Tuesday, he said: "As a Jew with a long-standing affiliation with Israel, it's obviously a great disappointment to me, to put it mildly, that Israel behaved as described in the report."
His four-member United Nations panel found that both Israeli and Palestinian groups committed war crimes, the latter by rocketing Israeli civilian areas. But the panel reserved its harshest judgments for Israel: Its Dec. 27-Jan. 18 attack was "directed at the people of Gaza as a whole," not just at Hamas militants (as Israel claimed).
In fact, Israeli operations were "carefully planned in all their phases as a deliberately disproportionate attack designed to punish, humiliate and terrorize a civilian population, radically diminish its local economic capacity to work and to provide for itself, and to force upon it an ever increasing sense of dependency and vulnerability."
Israel was following its Dahiya Doctrine – "the application of disproportionate force and the causing of great damage and destruction to civilian property and infrastructure, and suffering to civilian populations."
Goldstone has pronounced Israel guilty of:
Attacking residential areas, water wells, rooftop water tanks, agricultural land, citrus groves, chicken farms, greenhouses, business factories and police stations.
Using phosphorous incendiary shells on a UN compound sheltering more than 600 civilians.
Using phosphorous and high explosive artillery shells on Al-Quds hospital. (He rejected the contention that Hamas or other militants were using the hospital.)
Attacking a crowded mosque during evening prayers. (He rejected the contention that arms and militants were inside.)
Using flechettes, 4-cm metal darts fired from missiles, planes or tanks "that penetrate straight through human bone and can cause serious, often fatal, injuries."
Using Palestinians as human shields in house searches.
Goldstone urged the UN Security Council to ask both the Israeli and Palestinian authorities to hold transparent investigations and report back in six months.
Failing that, the council should turn the matter over to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
Israel had boycotted the panel and refused it entry into Israel. Panellists entered Gaza via Egypt for inspections and interviews. They went to Jordan to meet Palestinian Authority officials from the West Bank. They heard testimony from Israelis, including some victims of Hamas attacks, by flying them to Geneva.
The 575-page report (Adobe Reader required) – based on 188 interviews, 10,000 pages of documentation, 1,200 photographs and satellite imagery – is not easily dismissed. But Israel and its defenders are trying, with a smear campaign:
What else would you expect from a report done for the anti-Israeli UN Human Rights Council? Where was the need for a UN inquiry when Israel has conducted more than 100 of its own?
The former South African Supreme Court and Constitutional Court judge is not easily cowed into silence. "It is grossly wrong to label a mission or to label a report critical of Israel as being anti-Israel." He urges "fair-minded people" to read the report for themselves. (Go to the UN website, UN.org, and search for the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza conflict.)
Goldstone's report is a condemnation not only of Israel but also its apologists in Canada, including the media. The latter are now busy burying the report under an orchestrated avalanche of negative reaction without ever properly reporting its contents.
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Lenovo Vibe C2 with Android 6.0, 4G LTE, 5-inch display and 8 MP cam announced
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Lenovo had introduced Vibe C a few months ago. The company has now announced its upgraded version, Lenovo Vibe C2 in Russia.
Lenovo Vibe C2 Specifications
Lenovo Vibe C2 sports a 5-inch full HD display at a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, 70% NTSC color gamut and 8000:1 contrast ratio. It is powered by a 1 GB RAM and 1 GHz Quad-core MediaTek MT6735P processor with Mali-T720 GPU and runs on Vibe UI that is based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The device comes in two variants of internal storages of 8/16 GB. Both the variants can be expanded up to 32 GB using microSD.
Lenovo Vibe C2 features an 8 MP primary camera with LED Flash, Sony 219, ¼ sensor and a 5 MP selfie camera. It supports Dual SIM, GPS, Bluetooth 4.0 LE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n and 4G LTE. The device is also packed with features such as Smart PA with Waves, FM Radio, 1W speaker and 3.5 mm audio jack.
Vibe C2 has a 2750 mAh battery and weighs 139 grams.
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Here's Why Windows 8.1's Encryption Doesn't Seem to Scare the FBI
October 22, 2014, 6:40am EDT
The FBI isn't happy about the latest versions of iOS and Android using encryption by default. FBI director James Comey has been blasting both Apple and Google. Microsoft is never mentioned — but Windows 8.1 uses encryption by default, too.
The FBI doesn't seem worried about Windows 8.1's default "device encryption" feature. Microsoft's encryption works a bit differently — Microsoft holds the keys and could hand them over to the FBI.
Why the FBI is Blasting Apple and Google
FBI directory James Comey has said Apple and Google are creating "a black hole for law enforcement." Encryption "threatens to lead us all to a very dark place," according to the FBI.
The latest versions of Apple's iOS and Google's Android automatically encrypt a smartphone or tablet's storage by default. Previously, this was just an option most users wouldn't enable. Because of the way encryption works, only a person who knows the key can decrypt it and access the unencrypted files. If Apple or Google received a warrant — or some sort of secret "national security letter" — they wouldn't be able to decrypt the files even if they wanted to. They don't have the encryption key. (A national security letter is a secret order that may contain a "nondisclosure" requirement, preventing the person who received the national security letter from ever talking about it for the rest of their life under threat of criminal prosecution.)
This is the main issue for the FBI — encryption that prevents thieves from accessing your data after they steal your device is fine. However, the FBI wants to have a way to force Apple or Google to provide access to the encrypted data. In other words, they want Apple and Google to have a key they can use to gain access to the encrypted data.
Windows 8.1's Device Encryption Gives Microsoft a Key
RELATED: Windows 8.1 Will Start Encrypting Hard Drives By Default: Everything You Need to Know
New Windows 8.1 devices ship with something called "device encryption" enabled by default. This is different from the BitLocker encryption feature, which is only available in more expensive Professional editions of Windows and not enabled by default.
If you have a supported device, the device's storage comes pre-encrypted — but it uses an empty encryption key. When you sign in with a Microsoft account, the encryption is activated and a recovery key is uploaded to Microsoft's servers. (If you sign in on a domain, the recovery key is uploaded to Active Directory Domain Services, so your business or school has it instead of Microsoft.) If you use a local account, there's no way to enable the device encryption.
In other words, device encryption can only be used if you upload a recovery key to Microsoft's servers (or to your organization's domain server). If a thief stole your device, they wouldn't be able to gain access. However, if law enforcement were to send a warrant (or a secret national security letter) to Microsoft, Microsoft would be forced to give the government your recovery key.
This is exactly what the FBI wants from Apple and Google — they want them to hold a recovery key they can disclose. Apple and Google are digging in, but Microsoft already gave the FBI what they wanted.
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RELATED: How to Set Up BitLocker Encryption on Windows
Now, this isn't all about providing a backdoor for the FBI. Average Windows users who forget their password will be able to get a recovery key from their Microsoft account by going through a password reset process. They'd just have to visit http://windows.microsoft.com/recoverykey and sign in with the same Microsoft account — using an account recovery procedure if they can't remember the password. Typically, encryption can't be bypassed — if a user forgot their password, they'd lose access to all the files on their computer. Microsoft seems to consider this unacceptable.
But this is all a bit weird. There's no way to enable device encryption without uploading a recovery key somewhere — not even a hidden power user option. This is very unusual for encryption — Android and iOS certainly don't do it this way. BitLocker offers to back up your recovery key to your Microsoft account, but this part isn't mandatory. It's one of many different ways to create a backup of your recovery key — unlike with the default device encryption.
Even ignoring law enforcement access, this makes the encryption weaker. Someone could go through the password reset process in your Microsoft account to gain access to your encrypted files. We've previously seen people abuse password reset procedures with social-engineering tricks to gain access to other people's accounts. It's just less secure.
Law Enforcement Can Get Everything, Anyway
If the FBI wants to get access to text messages and phone calls, they can get it from the cellular carriers. If the FBI wants to get access to emails, social media posts, and files stored in cloud storage, they can get it by contacting the associated web services — yes, even Google and Apple would have to respond and hand over users' data.
The US and other countries even have massive secret databases containing logs of who's called who. They're even trying to monitor all the traffic on the web and shove it into a database so it can be queried later.
Whatever sensitive data is protected via encryption is probably available elsewhere. Even with iOS and Android, devices are set to upload data to Apple's iCloud and Google various services. That uploaded data could be gotten from their servers with a warrant or national security letter.
Pass a Law If It's So Important
There's a way for the FBI to actually get these backdoors — the government would just have to pass a low mandating backdoors for law enforcement. Currently, implementing encryption with no backdoors for law enforcement is completely legal in the US. The FBI actually gave up on pushing for such a law:
"The F.B.I. has abandoned a component of its original proposal that would have required companies that facilitate the encryption of users' messages to always have a key to unscramble them if presented with a court order. Critics had charged that such a law would create back doors for hackers. The current proposal would allow services that fully encrypt messages between users to keep operating, officials said."
If it's so dangerous to allow encryption without a backdoor, why did the FBI give up on it? Probably because they know they'd lose. But, if the FBI's current rhetoric is anything to go by, we could see such a law start to take form again.
Overall, device encryption is still a useful feature in Windows. Encrypting files but allowing the FBI to gain access is still an improvement over not encrypting those files. The encryption at least prevents thieves from gaining access. Let's not mince words: Device encryption is good. It's better than the complete lack of default encryption Windows used to offer, even with this concern.
However, Microsoft's means of allowing law enforcement to access encrypted files is something that's flown under the radar. It's particularly relevant when we see Apple and Google digging in and refusing to enable this covert access. Apple and Google can't provide law enforcement with access to your encrypted data, but Microsoft can.
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Following tonight's meeting of the Democratic House caucus, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is ready to bring a health care bill with the "robust" public option (currently defined as a public option with Medicare +5% rates) to the floor of the House.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has chosen to put the public option favored by the liberal wing of her party in the healthcare bill that goes to the House floor, pending agreement later Tuesday night by the full caucus, according to two House sources.
Leaders are planning to roll out the bill next week, and are hoping to vote the first week in November.
[T]he liberal option saves the most money, according to congressional analysts, by competing with those companies and driving down premiums. A Democratic leadership source said the leaders have received an analysis that shows that both forms of the public option reduce healthcare costs across a 20-year time frame.
This is an enormous step forward for the public option campaign. If the House passes a health care reform bill with the Medicare +5% public option, which now appears likely, the chances of a public option of some sort ending up in the final bill skyrocket.
By going with the stronger, Medicare +5% public option gives the House negotiating room in the Senate for a weaker public option--negotiated rates, Schumer's "level playing field," or the opt-out--to emerge in the final bill. If the House goes into conference committee with a weaker public option, they will have less room to negotiate with the Senate.
Now, if the Senate brings the opt-out public option to the conference committee--and Ben Nelson is now openly supporting the opt-out--the debate won't be whether or not to have a public option, but what kind of public option will end up in the final bill.
The end game of the Blue Dogs and Douche Caucus members are passionately arguing for a more expensive bill would be pretty spectacular.
Huge props to Pelosi for pulling this off.
its no balloon baby but I think this is good news we can all gather around.


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It's also making it harder for customers to buy its cheapest model.
It's also making it harder for customers to buy its cheapest model. The company did not provide any specific reason for the changes announced on Friday, but it endured a tough 2018 after months of manufacturing hangups and delays in rolling out its best-selling Model 3.
Last week it reported a 31% fall in deliveries in the first three months of 2019 compared to the previous quarter, the single largest drop ever.


Augsburg FC have reinforced their ranks with a deadline day signing from the Premier League. The central defender in question, Reece Oxford, has been loaned from West Ham United for half a year (until 30th June 2019). The precise figures surrounding the deal are to remain confidential.
The 20 year old defender, who has been involved in every stage of the England youth team, returns to the Bundesliga having played for Borussia Mönchengladbach last season on a loan spell (eight matches).
"The Bundesliga is a very special league. I learnt that during my time with Borussia Mönchengladbach. I'm therefore looking forward to playing with Augsburg and get more Bundesliga games under my belt. I want to help and try to get as many points as possible during the coming weeks and hopefully have something great to celebrate at the end of the season," said Reece Oxford about his transfer.


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Postdocs share research, get feedback at Research Day
By Chris Casey
Eunyoung Tak, a postdoctoral fellow doing research on acute liver injury, is a native of South Korea and still working on her English. That didn't stop her from enthusiastically explaining her research to passersby at the third annual University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus Postdoctoral Research Day.
Eighty-one postdoc fellows from the Denver Campus, Anschutz Medical Campus and National Jewish Health presented their research projects in Trivisible in Research 2 on Friday.
"I'm learning lots of things here," said Tak, who came to Anschutz Medical Campus after completing her doctoral degree in Seoul, Korea. "I'm learning how to become an independent young scientist."
She credited her principal investigator on the "Hypoxia Inducible Factors in Acute Liver Injury" project, Holger Eltzschig, MD, PhD, for being an excellent mentor. "I'm trying to learn good things from other scientists. It's a nice environment here for that."
Kristina McFadden, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychiatry and chair of Postdoctoral Research Day, said there are about 300 postdocs at Anschutz Medical Campus and the Denver Campus.
The annual event is "meant as a nice venue for postdocs to get out of the lab and to see research that their peers are doing," McFadden said. "Let them kind of see what's going on around campus and to have a venue in which to present their research and get feedback from their peers and faculty."
The Postdoc Day also featured career development workshops, national speakers and an abstract competition. A group of nine postdoc fellows as well as faculty and staff judged the abstracts of all of 81 posters, selecting three for special recognition. The fellows who worked on those three projects -- Dana Higbee, MS, MD; Brendan Giles, PhD; and Sandra Christoph, MD, PhD -- gave 15-minute presentations about their research.
Speakers included keynote Lawrence Tabak, DDS, PhD, who is the principal deputy director of the National Institutes of Health, and Jorge Cham, MS, PhD, the creator of "Piled Higher and Deeper (PhD)," the popular comic strip about life (or lack thereof) in academia.
While many of the postdocs are headed toward a career as a tenured faculty member leading their own labs -- they are in different stages of research, from first year to several years logged -- Tabak encouraged the fellows to consider alternate scientific careers. Besides performing research that could have potential therapeutic benefits to disease, researchers could go into health care delivery, industry based research, science administration and policy making positions, Tabak said.
"All of this stuff that has exploded about H5N1, all the work that exploded related to stem cell use -- it was policy people with scientific backgrounds that carried the day," he said. "Goodness knows, we need more people teaching K through 12 about science."
Research is hard work, and it will never get easier, Tabak added. The key is "to make sure whatever it is you're studying is something that you are really passionate about."
The university Postdoctoral Association has several upcoming events. For information check for the latest on the Postdoctoral Office site or call Coordinator Valerie Saltou at 303-724-2930.
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Before the conference sessions kick off, you'll have the opportunity to visit some of the South West's greatest family businesses in the afternoon of 5 June.
Bath Ales is the brewer of a distinctive range of premium, authentic and inventive beers for the discerning drinker. From its west country base, Bath Ales brews a range of consistently superior and well-crafted beers.
Founded in 1995, Bath Ales' new chapter began in July 2016, when it was acquired by St Austell Brewery – one of only 28 independent, family-owned brewers in the country. St Austell Brewery, established in 1851 – and one of Cornwall's oldest businesses – committed to investing in a new brewery at Bath Ales which opened its doors in May 2018.
Fronted by flagship ale Gem, the new four-vessel brew house (Hare Brewery) has the capacity to produce more than 50,000 brewers' barrels of beer –over 14.5 million pints. With 12 new fermenting vessels in place, a highly sophisticated and technologically advanced brewery has doubled the available brewing capacity at Bath Ales.
Bath Ales beers are available in supermarkets nationwide and in pubs across the country. An exciting schedule of new beers have launched alongside the brewery opening, including an IPA – Lansdown – and premium English lager, Sulis.
The Bristol Port Company was privatised in 1991. Bristol remains a privately owned independent business with an estate of over 2,600 acres providing employment for over 7,600 people. Over £500m has been invested in Bristol since privatisation, to create one of the world's most productive and technically advanced ports. The Bristol Port Company is a Member of Port Skills and Safety which provides the industry with information on current issues and best practice.
Clarks is a 7th generation family business founded by brothers Cyrus and James Clark in Street, a village in Somerset. In 1825, using the off-cuts from his brother Cyrus' tannery, James Clark creates a sheepskin slipper. It was the very first Clarks shoe. Within a year sales of the 'Brown Petersburg' were averaging 1,000 pairs a month. In this tour you'll have the chance to visit C & J Clark's archives and shoe museum.
In order to ensure the host businesses are able to ensure all the health and safety arrangements are organised prior to the visit, please register for your preferred Family Business Visit by Friday 24 May. Email forum@ifb.org.uk.
Places are limited on all Family Business Visits so please register early to avoid disappointment.


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Accounting for diffusion, broader family planning program effects found in Nigeria
June 6, 2021 September 28, 2020 David K. Guilkey, Lisa M. Calhoun and Ilene S. Speizer
Africa, Children, Family
Few investigators examine program diffusion because they lack data from outside the intervention areas. Using data collected from state-level surveys, David Guilkey, Lisa Calhoun and Ilene Speizer demonstrate the spread of a Nigerian family planning program to non-target rural and urban areas through the diffusion processes of mass communication, social influence, and social learning.
Innovations can spread through direct exposure to an intervention or indirectly through other pathways such as mass media. Messages may thus be shared and discussed outside a specific intervention area or through social influence and social learning (Montgomery and Casterline, 1996; Kohler et al., 2001). This spread of interventions beyond their original target area is often discussed in terms of diffusion of programs or innovations (Dearing, 2009). Diffusion is rarely studied because of a lack of data available for areas outside of the program target areas. In a recently published paper (Guilkey et al., 2020), we examine diffusion of the Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI) to areas outside the target cities.
NURHI was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to increase modern contraceptive use in six major urban areas of Nigeria using intervention activities designed to change demand for family planning (mass media and social mobilization), improve service delivery (training of providers and provision of a full range of methods), and attract additional funding and stakeholder support for family planning programming (Krenn et al., 2014). At the time of NURHI launch, it was hoped that activities in the major urban areas would diffuse or spread beyond the target areas, but no specific plan was undertaken to measure this diffusion.
This study provides a unique opportunity to measure the influence of indirect pathways – such as diffusion of ideas or information through, for example, interactions at the interpersonal level or through mass communication – on modern contraceptive use. This study uses representative data from two Nigerian states (Kaduna and Oyo) that surround two NURHI program cities (Kaduna and Ibadan) to study diffusion of program activities to rural areas and other urban areas in each target state.
This study explores how three separate aspects of diffusion influence modern contraceptive use in non-target cities. Mass communication, an impersonal channel through which ideas may diffuse, was explored by asking respondents from non-target cities about exposure to program campaign activities. Social influence, which makes certain behaviors normative, was explored through a proxy question which asked whether respondents thought that they would receive praise from other community members for using modern contraception. Finally, social learning, whereby individuals learn through interacting with other people about their experiences, was explored by looking at the effect of lagged community-level modern contraceptive use on modern contraceptive use in the next period, similar to what was done in earlier analyses (Montgomery and Casterline, 1993; Rosero-Bixby and Casterline, 1994).
We estimated cross-sectional models for analyses exploring the relationship between exposure to mass communication variables and our proxy for social influence on modern contraceptive use. We used a pseudo-longitudinal panel dataset constructed from reproductive calendar data to explore lagged individual and community-level contraceptive use (a commonly used proxy for social learning) on modern contraceptive use.
The NURHI program, implemented in 6 cities in Nigeria from 2011-2015, focused on changing norms, ideational factors and behavior through implementation of a diverse set of demand-side program activities (Krenn et al., 2014) aiming to increase modern contraceptive use in the six cities. Modern contraception includes female sterilization, implants, intrauterine devices (IUD), injectables, oral contraceptive pills, emergency contraception, male or female condoms, and lactational amenorrhea (LAM). We measured the association of women's use of modern contraception with exposure to four components of the NURHI program in cross-sectional models with socioeconomic control variables that included age, education, wealth, and religion among other factors. The four program components were exposure to NURHI family planning messages on the radio, exposure to NURHI-supported programs or advertisements on television, having seen the NURHI badge worn by a service provider, and exposure to NURHI-initiated outreach events that included an outreach worker talking about family planning at life events (e.g., weddings, naming ceremonies, graduations, freedom ceremonies, and Christmas/Eid).
Figure 1 shows the estimated average marginal effects for these models separately for rural areas and other urban areas, that is, the increase in the proportion of women who would use modern contraception if they went from no exposure to a program component to exposure.
In the model for rural areas, exposure to NURHI radio programming and NURHI outreach were positive and significant while only exposure to the NURHI badge had a significant positive effect in other urban areas. Thus, there appears to be evidence of diffusion through the mass communication diffusion channel, although for only a few aspects of the NURHI program.
A key focus of the NURHI program was to change attitudes and perceptions around the use of modern contraception with the hope that this would result in increased modern contraceptive use. We estimated models that include our proxy measure of social influence: whether the woman thought that she would receive praise from community members for using modern contraception. Presented in Figure 2 are the estimated average marginal effects for the model that includes praise as the key social influence variable. As seen in the figure, the praise variable is strongly significant for both rural and other urban areas and the impact is quite large – the marginal effects indicate a 5-6 percentage point increase in modern contraceptive use when the respondent feels that she would receive praise for modern use versus feeling that she would not. These results provide clear evidence that this measure of social influence has a positive association with modern contraceptive use in rural areas and non-target program cities.
We examined lagged community modern contraceptive use to determine if this proxy for social learning influences modern contraceptive use in Kaduna and Oyo states in addition to the effect of the respondent's own previous use of contraception. After estimating the model, we used a dynamic simulation approach to predict the percentage of women using modern contraception each year over the five-year period, assuming that no women are using modern contraception in year 1 in this simulation. We present the predicted probabilities of modern contraceptive use under two scenarios: social learning and no social learning (Figure 3). Under the social learning scenario, there is evidence of social multiplier effects whereby lagged community use of contraception is larger in each subsequent year and stimulates higher probabilities of modern contraceptive use in the years that follow.
The findings from this study have important implications for donors and program implementers. The results suggest that programmatic gains made during program implementation may continue to have effects, and even be built upon, after the end of implementation and this should be measured and considered from the outset.
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Guilkey, D.K., Escamilla, V., Calhoun, L.M., & Speizer, I.S. (2020). The examination of diffusion effects on modern contraceptive use in Nigeria. Demography, 57(3), 873-898. doi:10.1007/s13524-020-00884-6.
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Welcome home to the historically preserved building of 2nd Street Lofts! This is an irresistible downtown living retreat, with architectural beauty, extended ceilings, expansive windows, and stunning city views sure to fit all of your loft needs. Located in the trending North Loop area of Minneapolis, within walking distance of cutting edge restaurants and shopping. Enjoy Light Rail, entertainment and nightlife right outside your door. Photos are of a similar unit. Pricing is subject to change.


I'm looking for some good steel for making a thin parting tool. The tool I made and have been using needs sharpening constantly. Metals Depot doesn't appear to sell 1/16" steel bar. Any suggestions?
I saw Capt. Eddie use a blade for a lawn edger to make a parting tool. Should be pretty tough stuff. Check out his vid on youtube.
Check 0nlineMetals for their 01 steel. It's pretty easy to work and heat treat/temper.
I made from a Dewalt rescue blade. Like this.
Thanks for both suggestions. Now I'm wondering if 3/32" wouldn't be better than 1/16". 5/64"?
I've used an old 1-1/2" thick Band Saw blade slapped two pieces of wood, one on either side, drilled and put two rivets to hold it together.
I used a hack saw blade. If you have a grinder to remove the teeth and shape the end be sure to keep it cool with a cup of water to dip it in so you don't loose the temper. If no grinder you can use a Dremel to shape it.
blunt ones free from metal shops.
I got some 12" planner blades from a few guys who were going to throw them away. They are very hard and just perfect for the job. You can ask a few guys here if they have any they are going to throw away.
I made one from a 2mm x 30mm x 200mm piece of M2 HSS. I ground out a tang and turned a handle, and viola! A stout and narrow parting tool for less than 8 bucks!
I would definitely recommend HSS for turning tools. Much easier to freshen the edge on the grinder than any of the heat treated steels.
My wood turning teacher has made his own thin parting tool out of an old rail road tie hacksaw blade. Apparently you can find these in many places including flee markets, antique stores and even along the railroad tracks. When ever a blade got dull the workers would change the blade and toss the old one on the ground, and there it stayed. But the steel is supposed to be really good and strong. I assumed from his story that he was talking about, railroad workers from 50+ years ago….
That being said, I have used a sharpened butter knife to get the job done as well…just make sure its solid steel and not the two part plastic handle kind….
I use old Sawzall blades. They work great just grind off teeth a a and throw a handle on it. Parting tools AR not expensive to buy but I am cheep and will make tools before buying them.


The distance between Budapest, Hungary and Porto De Moz, Brazil is approximately 8,758 km or 5,442 mi.
To reach Budapest in this distance one would set out from Porto De Moz bearing 40.7° or NE and follow the great circles arc to approach Budapest bearing 74.8° or ENE .
Budapest has a marine west coast climate (Cfb) whereas Porto De Moz has a tropical monsoonal climate (Am).
Budapest is in or near the cool temperate moist forest biome whereas Porto De Moz is in or near the tropical moist forest biome.
Total annual precipitation averages 1816.4 mm (71.5 in) less which is equivalent to 1816.4 l/m² (44.58 US gal/ft²) or 18,164,000 l/ha (1,941,852 US gal/ac) less. About 1/4 as much.
The altitude of the sun at midday is overall 32° lower in Budapest than in Porto De Moz.
The table shows values for Budapest relative to Porto De Moz. You can also view this comparison the other way around from the perspective of Porto De Moz vs Budapest.


This course is a more in-depth version of Computer Applications. Students master skills in word processing, database, spreadsheet, presentation, and Internet use. Topics also include: business document writing, career choices, communication, and ethical issues.
This advanced business course uses the Microsoft IT Academy online curriculum to refine concepts learned in Business Technology Applications. A major emphasis is placed on guiding students through real-world experiences to aid in the school-to-career transition. Microsoft Office skills and projects are integrated throughout the course. A major emphasis is placed on preparing students for optional credentialing through Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification available upon completion of this course.
Course designed to provide students with hands-on skills involving graphic design, digital photography, Web publishing, and digital video production. Students use various hardware peripherals and software for completing documents. Students contribute material for school websites and their own personal portfolios. FBLA is the Career Technical organization that is an integral, co-curricular component of the course. A prerequisite of Creative Writing is recommended but not required.
Course designed to further the hands-on skills of graphic design, digital photography, Web publishing, and digital video production. Students use various hardware peripherals and software for completing documents. Students contribute material for print publications, school websites, and their own personal portfolios. FBLA is the Career Technical organization that is an integral, co-curricular component of the course.
Work-Based Learning (WBL) is a work-based learning opportunity for seniors and provides educational opportunities not typically found in the classroom. WBL is a component of Career and Technical education allowing students to complete paid, supervised, work-based training in fields related to the student's career objective. James Clemens High School partners with the student's employer to create an individualized training plan allowing the student to develop a productive work ethic along with specific job and employability skills.
For more information or to see if you are qualified for Work-Based Learning, contact your counselor or Work-Based Learning teacher Ms. Bentley in A223.


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Antonio Grant joins Poitiers
Antonio Grant (198 cm, South Carolina'01) has agreed to return to Union Poitiers Basket 86 (France-ProA) after a 10 games with Gigantes Edomex (Mexico-LNBP). He joined Edomex at the beginning of the 2012-13 season and has played 10 games, averaging 16.6 points per game. Last season with Poitiers he played in 29 French ProA contests and compiled a 9.8 points per game average. Grant played four season with South Carolina before moving to the North Charleston Lowgators of the NBA D-League in 2002. After a season in the D-League he signed with BC Silute (Lithuania-LKAL), the moved up to Nevezis Kedainiai (Lithuania-LKL). Grant has also played for Spartak St. Petersburg (Russia-A Superleague), Cholet Basket (France-ProA), BC Siauliai (Lithuania-LKL), KK Split (Croatia-A1), SK Cherkasy Monkeys (Ukraine-UBL), JSF Nanterre (France-ProB), Taiwan Mobile Leopards (Taiwan-SBL), and Neptunas Klaipeda (Lithuania-LKL).
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The 2 greatest aspects when looking to purchase a new mattress, is comfort and also support.If you lie down on a mattress, it should correctly support your body, sinking and also adhering around your form in the ideal locations to make sure your spine stays aligned as you sleep with the night. It is imperative to have proper alignment from top to bottom as you sleep. This is necessary to make sure you get a healthy rest, and to ensure you are reducing your back and neck pain. While a mattress is being supportive, it is important that it provides you with stress relief also. Your stress points are responsible for you having a rough nights sleep, if you move around at night a lot. The reason memory foam mattresses have really become so popular because late results in the fact they're exceptional at being both supportive in addition to comfortable.
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