I am a fairly new CFI-G, just completed my second season teaching.
at a small but growing club. One area of opportunity we have for improvement is in preparing our students for the written and oral exams. To help with this I am thinking of running my first ground school.
I am looking for Ground School Presentation Materials. PowerPoint Slides and/or other electronic media I can use to produce PowerPoint presentations. I found some for Airplanes that could be purchased but not for Gliders.
This is a club environment, so Instructors and Tow Pilots don't get paid. I am willing to spend some money for materials, but free would be better as it will be coming out of my own pocket. Yes, I could pass on some of the cost to the students, but would prefer not too, if possible. In either case paid or free let me know what you recommend.
I can also recommend Bob Wander's brilliant "Safer Soaring" booklet for a "Reader's Digest" style collection of his eloquent seminars and SSA Convention presentations. Short, to the point, from which you could develop training segments for students and experienced glider pilots alike.
The 10 topics include new concepts regarding airplane versus glider landing patterns, the surprising effects of a sinking airmass on high-performance sailplanes, towplane upsets due to glider "kiting" and much more.
Also consider Wander's "Learning To Fly Gliders" booklet, a concise syllabus for CFIG lesson plans, common student errors, etc. Typical Bob Wander writing excellence -- to the point, enjoyable to read for the CFIG, the student and for any pilot wanting a review.
For Towpilot initial training, initial endorsement and their 24 month re-endorsements per FAR 61.69, the only book written about towing gliders is "The Towpilot Manual."
Chat with Bob Wander at the SSA Convention in Reno, NV, FEB 28 - March 3, 2018.
Find me hosting the SSF Seminar on Wednesday, FEB 28 at 6 PM in the Atlantis Hotel ballroom and around the Soaring Safety Foundation booth in the SSA Convention hall.
I second all of Burt's excellent recommendations.
For written test preparation, I usually recommend the Pilot Prepware materials from A.S.A. (Aviation Supplies & Academics).
While targeted toward self-study, these materials could certainly be used in a ground school setting.
For audio/video effect, I highly recommend a DVD from Sporty's Pilot Shop entitled "So You Want to Fly Gliders" starring none other than, you guessed it, Bob Wander. This DVD has more glider-related flight/knowledge information packing into a tighter package than any resource I have ever experienced. I have owned it for years and still review it regularly. It is amazing..
Use the Private Pilot Glider Practical Test Standard (PTS) as the study guide and syllabus. As the ground school instructor, work with a glider DPE to develop representative questions for each Objective/Task with each Area of Operation. Document the source(s) of the answers to those questions. These sources then become the library of documents your students should acquire and take with them to the oral. In your ground school sessions, progressively work through the entire PTS, eating the elephant one bite (AoO, Task, Obj.) at a time.
As with any instructional endeavor, the first time through will be the most labor intensive. The results will be worth the effort. One of my students was actually contacted by his DPE after the practical test and told the DPE had never experienced an applicant better prepared for an oral.
You could always buy a copy of the FAA's Glider Flying Handbook and scan the graphics and tables for presentation purposes. No copyright infringement as we all own it.
I have developed many illustrations that I use with students. They are included in my online course, Guide to Becoming a CFI-G at GLIDERBOOKS ACADEMY which you can view here - https://academy.gliderbooks.com/cour...coming-a-cfi-g. If you pay for the course, you are allowed to use the materials to teach your own students, including ground schools.
Here is a trove of information courtesy of Doug Jacobs.
Excellent information on this site with many well prepared presentations.
That said, most are on topics intended for more advanced instruction than that needed for prep for PP certificate training.
I've used some of these several times and they are a great resource.


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Tracey Edmonds Talks 'With This Ring' Cast, Deion Sanders & Making The Movie! (Video)
Sunday, January 25, 2015 Sunday, January 25, 2015 by TBL Staff
In case you missed it, Tracey Edmonds' new Lifetime Original Movie "With This Ring" made its world premiere last night.
Edmonds, who executive directed the movie, says the TV film was shot in Cleveland, Ohio last summer. Edmonds says "With This Ring" is a funny romantic-comedy about three best friends, all of whom are single and vow to get married within a year after serving as bridesmaids at their best friend's wedding on New Year's Eve. It follows their lives over the ensuing year to see if and how they will keep their vows.
Before the movie premiered last night, Edmonds spoke to Cherise Nicole (CNikky.com) about the cast and filming of 'With This Ring.'
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Swecoin US announces Joseph Quatrella accepts a Sales Engineering position in the Middletown, RI office.
Swecoin US would like to welcome Joseph Quatrella, Sales Engineer, to their Rhode Island office. He will be working from his home office on Mondays and Fridays and will spend the rest of the week in the Rhode Island office. Joseph reports directly to Elaine Bresnick, VP of Sales and Marketing. Joe's responsibilities include lead generation, selling kiosk and ticket printers and following up on quotations.


Easter is late this year with Good Friday falling on April 19, Easter Sunday on April 21 and Easter Monday on April 22. Given the time of year, most of us will be hoping for some sunshine and warm weather to make the most of the four-day bank holiday. But the UK could be in for a shock as it looks like it is going to be a cold break, according to the Met Office. The Met Office's long-range weather forecast says cold weather will prevail on Good Friday with a chance of snowfall in some parts of Britain.
The forecast states: "Thursday and Friday will be cold but mostly dry across the north with perhaps a few light showers and some snow flurries, even to lower levels, but with no significant accumulations expected.
"There is a greater chance of rain in the south, but details of this are uncertain and many areas will see some good spells of dry weather developing with some overnight frosts.
"A gradual change to more wet and windy weather is likely to develop from the weekend, particularly in the southwest, perhaps spreading into northwestern areas.
The weather pattern on Easter Sunday and Monday is less certain but the Met Office says things should get back to the seasonal average and there is a "greater likelihood or warmer and drier than average weather overall".
The Met Office has not given an indication of temperatures but the bookies have already slashed the odds on April being the coldest one on record.
Coral has a 5/4 chance of it snowing in any major city over the Easter weekend.
The bookmaker also has odds of 11/8 (down from 2/1) on it being the coldest April yet.
What is the normal temperature for April?
The Met Office says the UK's long-term temperature average for April is 7.4C, as measured between 1981 and 2010.
Last year saw an average of 8.4C, which was 1C higher, and the end of April was marked by a mixture of cloud, showers and some sunshine.
As Easter is so late this year, there will be more daylight hours, therefore there is a greater chance of sunshine than usual.
The Met Office says: "For Easters which fall late in April, up to 14 hours of sunshine has been recorded in some locations across the UK.
"A notably sunny Easter was in 1984 with more than 100 stations recording over 10 hours of sunshine on each day between Saturday 21 and Monday 23 April.
"Easter 2014 was also very sunny with 14.1 hours recorded at Kinloss (Moray) on Easter Sunday 20 April."


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Q: Ionic project on Visual Studio 2017 I'm trying to use Ionic on Visual Studio 2017 community, but when I'm just created blank ionic project, CPU overloads,  computer heats up, cooler makes noise. Task manger does not shows anything except VS, but with ending of the task, or just closing of VS, all comes back to normal.
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If someone has same experience would be helpful to get advice.

A: I suppose you are using the wrong Visual Studio. People seems to use this one on ionic projects.
https://code.visualstudio.com/
Also Ionic projects are started from the command line with:
ionic start

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Real Rose Named "The Rose of Versailles" Offered in Japan
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The Rose of Versailles is a manga series by Riyoko Ikeda in 1972-73 and probably one of the most popular shoujo manga titles in Japan even today. To celebrate the 40th anniversary, Keisei Rose Nurseries in Chiba, Japan, has developed a new kind of rose named "La Rose de Versailles/The Rose of Versailles". They will released the rose at International Roses & Gardening Show 2012 in Saitama on May 12-20 for the first time in the world. The advance pre-orders for the 100 rose plants began on March 16 and they were all sold out in only two days. The price for the plant was 3,300 yen (approximately US$39.83). Does the rose close to the manga's image?
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Originally a fortress in the 13th century, the farmhouse was completely destroyed by fire during a siege in the second half of the 14th century, hence its name 'Casa Bruciata' ('burnt house').
The house was rebuilt along with the nearby village during the 15th century. The recent reconstruction has retained the original architectural features and restored the farm to its ancient splendour.
The Nese Valley (that the farmhouse overlooks) has been populated since ancient times. Small (4-6cm high) bronze figures of an ancient population called Villanoviana that goes back to the 8th century BC have been found on the slopes of Mount Acuto.
Etruscans lived in this valley from the fourth to the first century BC – as proven by the underground chambre of Sagraia and the rest of the fortified village of Bellona at the top of the Murlo mountain. In the Middle Ages, the old cross roads at Tenuta di Casa Bruciata once linked the Duchy of Tuscany with the Papal State.


Starling Bank and Anorak have teamed up to provide impartial life insurance advice through the Starling Marketplace.
Using the Starling Marketplace, customers of the digital-only bank are now able to connect their accounts with Anoraks' insurance service.
Life insurance robo-adviser, Anorak aims to make life insurance more accessible to millions of unprotected families across the UK through data science and machine learning.
With the consent of the customer, the app will ask a few lifestyle questions. Thereafter, Anorak will recommend the protection insurance that individual requires and how long it should last.
Finally, it will scan policies from various insurers to help the customer choose the right policy for them.
Starling Marketplace offers its customers direct access to financial services and products directly through the Starling app. Currently, Starling partners with PensionBee, Wealthsimple, Wealthify, Habito, Kasko, Tail and Flux.
Anorak launched its app in 2017. Buying life insurance is a complex process. The robo-advice service is there to help make those decisions simpler.
Recently, Anorak partnered with financial API provider, TrueLayer. This was one of the first examples of PSD2 rules supporting Open Banking in the life insurance sector.
An advocate of Open Banking to promote financial independence, Anorak participated in Starling's inaugural Open Banking hackathon in April 2017.


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Photo Credit: Paul Thur/Antarctic Photo Library The South Pole Traverse crosses the polar plateau in December 2008. Using tractors and sleds to transport material and fuel overland has returned in full force, with the NSF purchasing an entire second train of vehicles and equipment with stimulus money.
Traverse on track
Use of tractors to transport cargo, fuel back in vogue
McMurdo to South Pole. South Pole to AGAP South. Byrd Surface Camp to Pine Island Glacier. WAIS Divide field camp to McMurdo. McMurdo to Whillans Ice Stream.
Paul Thur rattles off the different combinations of possible routes that a fleet of tractors may some day make across the Antarctic continent, to shuttle cargo and fuel to remote locations in support of science.
Auto pilot: Traverse may employ robotic tractors in the future
"There are a lot of traverses planned, and who knows what else people have been talking about that I haven't even heard of," said Thur, Traverse Operations manager for Raytheon Polar Services Co. (RPSC) , the prime contractor for the National Science Foundation (NSF) .
The thousand-mile haul between the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) research stations at McMurdo and South Pole is already a reality. The traverse delivered nearly a million pounds of fuel, cargo and equipment to South Pole in 2008-09 — the culmination of nearly a decade of work to establish a safe route across a Texas-sized ice shelf and up a glacier that cuts through the Transantarctic Mountains. [See previous articles: Ready to roll and Budget freeze.]
Other traverses, such as one planned from Byrd Surface Camp to the dynamic Pine Island Glacier, are deep in the planning stages and on the books. [See previous article: Byrd Camp resurfaces.] A few others are ideas still in need of study and development.
Rolling back the clock
Photo Credit: Paul Thur/Antarctic Photo Library
Explosives are used to close a crevasse for safe passage of the South Pole Traverse.
Bladders on sleds are used to transport fuel.
But one thing is clear: The use of tractors and sleds — once a routine method for Antarctic logistics by the U.S. Navy in the 1950s and 1960s — is back in vogue.
"This is the way they did it before. It's come full circle," agreed Thur, who has made two round-trips between McMurdo and South Pole over the last two field seasons.
"It's about the same — just improved technology," he said of today's method of moving over snow-flattened routes by Caterpillar and Case farm tractors. "[The Navy men] got in their tractors, had all of their support gear with them, and drove as far as they could. The basic principle hasn't changed."
The NSF sees the traverse as a cheaper, more efficient method for supplying the South Pole with fuel and materials, as well as oversized cargo that doesn't fit in the belly of a ski-equipped LC-130. Flown by the New York Air National Guard , the LC-130 has been the workhorse for the USAP, with literally hundreds of flights between McMurdo and South Pole each austral summer.
"The introduction of heavy ski-equipped aircraft, in particular the LC-130, allowed the USAP to range widely on the continent, and caused surface traversing to fall into hibernation," explained George Blaisdell, NSF Operations manager for the USAP. Blaisdell noted that the ski-equipped airplanes have their own limitations, such as surface roughness and sloping terrain.
In fact, a Twin Otter that landed on Pine Island Ice Shelf in 2008 found the terrain too tough to return, forcing the science team to delay their plans for studying the region until a traverse can be organized next year to establish a helicopter field camp. [See previous article: Pine Island Glacier.]
The aircraft limitations, "coupled with recent research interests in Antarctica needing access to access a very wide range of areas, [means] some projects are better prosecuted from a surface traverse platform," Blaisdell said. "Thus, a revival of science traverses has occurred in the USAP."
Last year's traverse team delivered 115,000 gallons of fuel to the South Pole, the equivalent of about 36 LC-130 flights. It costs nearly triple as much to fly cargo to South Pole on an aircraft versus hauling it overland.
Photo Credit: Jim Waldron/Antarctic Photo Library
A Navy traverse team from 1956.
"The science community has been a big advocate of USAP re-developing its traversing capabilities," Blaisdell said. " Not only do researchers understand that logistics traverses like the McMurdo-South Pole swing produce economies with [NSF] funds, but they see that these traverse routes create new corridors of access for scientific exploration."
Driving forward
Thur said the team is still learning how to maximize both the load and the speed. Last year, the tractors hauled too much, requiring the operators to shuttle cargo over steep or uneven terrain. That meant for every mile traveled, the machines actually logged three miles. It took 39 days to travel between McMurdo and South Pole, a trip Thur estimates should take 23.
"We've got to be light and fast, and we have to average a lot better than we did this year," he said, adding that the team will cut back on the number of fuel bladders it carries to South Pole this upcoming season.
That's because the long-term plan is to make two roundtrip deliveries each season to South Pole, each trip taking 50 days. The total traverse season is only about 110 days, so there's little leeway in the proposed schedule.
One improvement should be the switch from white- to black-colored sleds that hold the fuel bladders. Engineers with the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) hope the black sheets of high-molecular weight (HMW) polyethylene will absorb sunlight and heat up enough to self-lubricate the sled.
"If these sleds can retain heat better, maybe we could go back up to a full 62 bladders," Thur said. "That would be great, because we want to go as heavy as possible but still be fast."
However, next season's schedule isn't too tight, with only one traverse planned to South Pole, with a second, shorter trip to the base of the Leverett Glacier, which serves as the welcome mat to the polar plateau for the long-haul cargo train. On the second trip, a nine-member crew will stage and cache about 50,000 gallons of fuel for future traverses or use by scientists in the field.
Meanwhile, Thur will be busy at the end of the 2009-2010 season overseeing the receipt of an entire new traverse platform on the annual re-supply vessel that visits McMurdo each January. The additional tractors, HMW sheets, living modules, fuel bladders and other equipment were purchased using about $7.5 million in stimulus money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act .
The second train should be ready to roll for the 2010-11 summer field season. Its first mission will be to widen the snow route over a short, crevasse-ridden area dubbed the Shear Zone. It will then make a trip to South Pole later in the season.
To prepare for the future, Thur will sit out this year's fieldwork. "It's hard to let go and turn the reins over to someone else," he conceded. "It's exciting the first time you do it. It gets monotonous. Still, you can't complain."


Do you have the skills and tools to ensure your engagement mode, full of love, life, and laughter, will continue for the rest of your life? If you answer: "YES!" "We have it covered!" "We're perfect! We don't need it! We already have a great relationship!" Think again!
The Real Relationship will develop after you say "I Do" and after your honeymoon travel is over!
You return to real life and after a year or two, when the honeymoon phase is really over, and you are faced with new challenges you never expected to face, you'll remember all the skills and tools you have in your tool box to take those challenges to heart and work on them. Those skills and tools are given to you through coaching, learning, and mentoring.
Enjoy your engagement period, and grab every opportunity when you're offered a chance to learn how to stay in that engagement mode, full of love and life, for the rest of your life. If you don't receive an offer, seek it, search it, and become determined to find it.
Learning from your elders in your family, community, and your coaches are your sacred venues for growth and mindful consciousness living. Both of you as Bride and Groom, will be grateful to have learned about marriage dynamics before the need arise.
I agree. As couples we are always learning about each other. Even after over 16 years of marriage, my husband and I are still learning. Having a tool box (communication skills, family, community and coaches) is vital to a marriage.
Amanda, thank you for your great insight. Learning in a marriage is an ongoing process. You learn and grow with your husband in all dimensions of life: physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. The more tools you have in your tool box, the more healthy your learning process will be.
Ann, you've nailed it perfectly. It's an exciting stage and many don't grasp the importance of my message. Thank you for having the depth of understanding what a difference it will make for engaged couples to learn and grow together during this unique stage. Thank you.
Thank you Karen for resonating with my invitation. My message is one for those who truly listen and want to make "Happily Ever After" more than just a fairy tale!!
Nice post... made me picture my siblings of the time when they got engaged...!!
It's wise to observe others during this period and enjoy their connection and love shine. Amritt, it seems that you either enjoyed picturing your siblings or you offered help and wisdom when they needed it. Either situation, there was something in their picture for you to reflect upon. Thank you for your comment.


Wolfberry has been long touted as one of nature's most nutrient-rich natural food. Wolfberry or Goji berries contain 18 amino acids, Vitamin E, and 500 times more Vitamin C by weight than oranges. Wolfberry also contain vitamins B1, B2 and B6. They can be eaten raw, consumed as juice or wine, brewed into a tea, or prepared as a tincture.
Perfect cup for anyone do a lot of computer work. Wolfberries are rich in antioxidants, particularly carotenoids such as beta-carotene and zeaxanthin. One of zeaxanthin's key roles is to protect the retina of the eye by absorbing blue light and acting as an antioxidant.
It has a light herby-caramel-carrot taste.
Goji berries are usually found dried. They are shriveled red berries that look like red raisins.
In a big glass of hot or cold water, juice or herb tea add one tablespoon of Goji Berries and let them sit and hydrate for a few minutes or put several handfuls in a pitcher and enjoy all day as you drink your own delicious Goji Berry elixir. They will become plump and juicy. Chewing the Gojis as you drink is a wonderful experience.
I eat them once in a while. I have been told that goji berries are good for the eyes.
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Gayana. Botánica
Gayana Bot. vol.71 no.1 Concepción June 2014
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Desiccation tolerance in Dendroligotrichum dendroides (Brid. ex Hedw.) Broth. from two Chilean populations with contrasting precipitation
Tolerancia a la desecación en Dendroligotrichum dendroides (Brid. ex Hedw.) Broth. de dos poblaciones de Chile con precipitación contrastante
CRISTIAN ATALA1*, JUAN FELIPE ALFARO1, MARÍA JOSÉ PARRA2 & ALFREDO SALDAÑA3
1Laboratorio de Anatomía y Ecología Funcional de Plantas (AEF), Instituto de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Campus Curauma, Valparaíso, Chile.
2Universidad San Sebastián, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas y Químicas, Cruz 1577, Concepción, Chile.
3Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Chile.
*E-mail: cristian.atala@ucv.cl
Mosses are poikilohydrous non-vascular plants, usually with some degree of desiccation tolerance. Dendroid mosses have conducting tissues that make them analogous to vascular plants. Functional studies on these mosses, however, are scarce. Dendroligotrichum dendroides is a dendroid moss that occurs in Chile in the understory of temperate forests where it can be exposed to summer drought. We studied desiccation tolerance and rehydration capacity on D. dendroides from two populations with contrasting precipitation. We sampled plants from the northern part of their distribution (Contulmo, Araucanía district; lower precipitation), and from a southern population in Katalapi (Los Lagos district; higher precipitation). We measured relative water content and maximum efficiency of the PSII (Fv/Fm) in plants exposed to desiccation and rehydration. Plants from both populations showed desiccation tolerance and were able to recover their Fv/Fm after rehydration. However, the northern population lost water more slowly and recovered the Fv/Fm to higher values compared to the southern population. The northern population can be exposed to summer droughts. The southern population receives rain throughout the year. These differences could be attributed to local adaptation to the precipitation regimens of each site. Further studies are needed to unveil the physiological and biochemical mechanisms underlying the desiccation tolerance of D. dendroides.
KEYWORDS: Dendroligotrichum dendroides, dendroid moss, desiccation tolerance, Fv/Fm.
Los musgos son plantas no vasculares poiquilohídricas, usualmente con algún grado de tolerancia a la desecación. Los musgos dendroides tienen tejidos conductores que los hacen análogos a las plantas vasculares. Sin embargo, los estudios funcionales en estos musgos son escasos. Dendroligotrichum dendroides es un musgo dendroide que crece en Chile en el sotobosque del bosque templado, donde puede exponerse a sequía estival. En este trabajo se estudia la tolerancia a la desecación y la capacidad de rehidratación en D. dendroides de dos poblaciones con diferente precipitación. Muestreamos plantas de la parte norte de su distribución (Contulmo, Región de la Araucanía; baja precipitación), y de la parte sur en Katalapi (Región de Los Lagos; alta precipitación). Se midió el contenido relativo de agua y la eficiencia máxima del PSII (Fv/Fm) en plantas expuestas a desecación y rehidratación. Las plantas de ambas poblaciones mostraron tolerancia a la desecación y fueron capaces de recuperar el Fv/Fm luego de la rehidratación. Sin embargo, la población del norte perdió agua más lento y recuperó su Fv/Fm a valores mayores comparado con la población del sur. La población norte puede estar expuesta a períodos de sequía en verano. La población del sur recibe lluvia durante todo el año. Estas diferencias podrían atribuirse a adaptación local a los distintos regímenes de precipitación de cada sitio. Más estudios se requieren para entender los mecanismos fisiológicos y bioquímicos que subyacen la tolerancia a la desecación en D. dendroides.
PALABRAS CLAVE: Dendroligotrichum dendroides, musgos dendroides, tolerancia a la desecación, Fv/Fm.
Most bryophyte species are considered poikilohydric organisms because they present a rudimentary control of water loss and depend on environmental humidity (Kappen & Valladares 2007). Mosses usually are able to tolerate desiccation and return to full metabolic activity briefly after rehydration (Proctor et al. 2007a, 2007b, Waite & Sack 2010). Desiccation tolerance (DT) is the ability to dry equilibrating plant tissues with air that is moderately to extremely dry and then regain normal function after rehydration (sensu Alpert 2005). Many moss species are able to lose 90-95 % of their water, resulting in a physiological state with no liquid phase in their cells, but they can return to normal metabolism and growth short after rehydration (Tuba et al. 1998, Alpert 2000). Despite the many studies regarding DT in mosses, few studies address the possible underlying mechanisms (Proctor et al. 2007b). After 90 % water loss or more, desiccation-tolerant plants seem to be absolutely dry and its survival depends on: 1. Limit the cellular damage to a reparable level, 2. Maintain structural and physiological integrity of cells during desiccation, and 3. Repair cellular damage rapid and efficiently during re- hydration (Oliver 1996, Rascio & La Roca 2005, Proctor et al. 2007b, Pressel & Duckett 2010). Among the species that show DT, some like Syntrichia ruralis can withstand a very fast desiccation (Oliver & Bewley 1997, Oliver et al. 2000). Other species like Physcomitrella patens and Fontinalis antipyretica can survive prolonged periods of desiccation only if the dehydration rate is slow (Wang et al. 2009, Cruz de Carvalho et al. 2011, 2012).
Most bryophytes do not possess morphological or physiological mechanisms to retain or control water as efficiently as tracheophytes (Proctor 1981). Thus, their hydric status is rapidly balanced with the water potential of the environment (Proctor et al. 1998). This means that they can be dehydrated in a few minutes, and, in some species, remain in the desiccated state for over 20 years without losing viability (Alpert 2000). Rehydration occurs in minutes, showing total recovery of cellular functions in a few hours (Csintalan et al. 1998). The ability of these plants to tolerate rapid desiccation suggests a constitutive component in the protection mechanism, although evidence of inducible components has been also found for some species (Cruz de Carvalho et al. 2011, Stark et al. 2013). This mechanism could involve large quantities of solutes in the hydrated tissues to maintain cellular stability during desiccation (Oliver et al. 1998). These solutes correspond mainly to sugars and proteins, like sucrose and dehydrins, which content seem to remain unaltered during desiccation (Oliver et al. 1998) although recently many protective proteins have been shown to increase during the dehydration process (Wang et al. 2009, Cui et al. 2012, Cruz de Carvalho et al. 2014). Antioxidant and photoprotective mechanisms also participate in the recovery, particularly of photosynthesis, of desiccated mosses after rehydration (Beckett et al. 2000, Beckett 2001, Lüttge et al. 2008). In most plants, dehydration results in a drop in all physiological processes. In mosses, photosynthesis is negatively impacted by a rapid drop in water content (Cui et al. 2009). Fluorescence measurements have been shown to correlate with the overall status of plant's photosynthetical apparatus (Maxwell & Johnson 2000, Lambers et al. 2008). The maximum quantum yield of PSII (Fv/Fm) and electron transport rate (ETR) have been shown to decrease as water content drop (Proctor 2010). Desiccation-tolerant plants, like Hymenophyllum spp. (Hymenophyllaceae, Pteridophyta), show a very close relationship between Fv/Fm and water content both when dehydrated and rehydrated (María José Parra, unpublished data). When rehydrated, the short-time recovery rate of the Fv/Fm of desiccation-tolerant species can be very fast. In some bryophyte species, the Fv/Fm can reach 50% of maximum value within 0.1-0.5 seconds after rehydration (Proctor 2001, Proctor & Pence 2002). When rehydrated, the Fv/Fm recovery of desiccation-tolerant plants follows a logistic curve and inter- and intra-specific comparison can be made regarding the slope, asymptote and half-recovery time (Proctor 2010). The use of field plants, however, may alter fluorescence measurements due to hardening of plants.
Despite the complexity of the mosses belonging to Polytrichaceae, functional studies are scarce, and for some species non-existent (but see Longton 1981, Proctor 2000, 2001, 2010, Proctor et al. 2007a, 2007b). Recent studies on Dendroligotrichum dendroides (Brid. ex Hedw.) Broth. (Polytrichaceae) show that this moss can reach specific hydraulic conductivities (Ks) comparable to some woody angiosperms (Atala 2011). The "vascular" tissue of this moss optimizes hydraulic conductivity per unit of vascular tissue and shows acropetal conduit tapering, as many "true" vascular plants do (Atala & Alfaro 2012). This moss grows up to more than 60 cm in height (CONC herbarium samples) and can be abundant in the understory of the temperate forest in Chile. Thus, this moss could be functionally considered as a vascular plant, and its behavior when desiccation could differ from "traditional" (and more studied) mosses. D. dendroides is found in Chile from Arauco Province to Magallanes (He 1998). It grows forming a stratum where it co-exists with seedlings of vascular plants and other mosses. In the northern-most part of its distribution it can experience seasonal desiccation, particularly in spring and summer, when precipitation is scarce (Di Castri & Hajek 1976). In this context, it might be expected in populations of D. dendroides to show differences in the degree of DT, which can reflect the functional ability of this moss species to establish in a wide latitudinal and climatic range in Chile. Hence, we selected D. dendroides to study DT in tall and complex dendroid mosses with central strand of conducting tissue measuring fluorescence (Fv/Fm) as the plant desiccates and rehydrates. Two populations with contrasting precipitation were selected. This moss species represent an intermediate state between small bryophytes and vascular plants both in size and anatomy (Atala 2011, Atala & Alfaro 2012). While small mosses are affected mainly by surface tension, larger plants are affected largely by gravity (Proctor et al. 2007b). D. dendroides can conduct water internally (Atala 2011), but is still dependent on surface water. This moss forms cushion-like clusters, which reduce water loss (Proctor et al. 2007b). We hypothesize that this moss species can withstand desiccation but population differences in DT should be found, with the northern population showing higher DT.
PLANT MATERIAL AND STUDY SITES
Individuals of Dendroligotrichum dendroides were collected from Contulmo National Monument (38°01' S- 73°10' W), located in the border between the Bio-Bio and Araucanía districts, and from Katalapi Private Park (41º31' S - 72º45' W, Pichiquillaipe, Quillaipe Mountain Range) in the Los Lagos district. Both sites receive contrasting precipitation with Contulmo averaging 1400 mm per year and Katalapi between 2000-2200 mm per year (Di Castri & Hajek 1976). In Contulmo, precipitation is more frequent in the winter, with dry summers during which periods of 2-4 weeks without rain are common (Di Castri & Hajek 1976). In Katalapi, precipitations occur throughout the year (Di Castri & Hajek 1976, Parra et al. 2012).
Collected plants were hydrated and healthy individuals. After collection in the field plants were kept moist at all times and were transported to the greenhouse after 1-2 days. They were kept in the greenhouse for 4-6 weeks before the desiccation-rehydration experiment. In the greenhouse they were partially shaded by a black plastic mesh and were watered daily by an automatic watering system that applied water as mist.
DESICCATION-REHYDRATION EXPERIMENTS
Ten adult individuals per site were taken to a greenhouse at Universidad de Concepción for the desiccation-rehydration cycles. All individuals were 15-20 cm tall. These individuals were put in open Petri dishes in a dark room and their weight was monitored with an analytical scale. Plants were fully hydrated at the start of the experiment, i.e. they were put in water for 10 min or more until a constant weight was reached. The maximal efficiency of the PSII (Fv/Fm) was used as an indicator of the plant physiological status and was measured with a fluorimeter (Pocket PEA, Hansatech Instruments Limited, UK) every 5 min for 2 hours. Plants were dark- adapted for 45 min previous to the measurements of Fv/Fm. After 18 hours of desiccation, plants were rehydrated and the Fv/Fm and weight were measured as stated early until initial water content was reached.
Relative water content (RWC) in time was recorded to address the desiccation-rehydration of the plants and was calculated as:
RWC= ((fresh weight – dry weight)/(turgid weight- dry weight))*100
From the Fv/Fm and RWC curves we also estimated: initial Fv/Fm, RWC50, Fv/Fm50, desiccation slope, rehydration slope, and final Fv/Fm. RWC50 and Fv/Fm50 correspond to the time at which 50 % of RWC and initial Fv/Fm has been reached, respectively. Desiccation and rehydration slopes were calculated using the linear portions of the RWC curves when desiccating and rehydrating, respectively. The linear portions usually included 5 points (measures). These traits were calculated for each individual and average values per population were used (n=10 per population). Differences between populations were evaluated using a t-test. Data was normally distributed (Shapiro-Wilk W test, p < 0.05).
Dendroligotrichum dendroides individuals from both populations showed DT and recovered after rehydration (Fig. 1). The Fv/Fm closely followed the RWC of plants (Fig. 1, 2). Fv/Fm rapidly dropped in the first hour of desiccation reaching values close to 0.4. There were no differences between populations in Fv/Fm of fully hydrated plants (Table I t-test, p > 0.05). Similarly, we did not find population differences in the time at which the 50 % of the F /F was reached (Table I, t-test, p > 0.05). After rehydration, Fv/Fm in both populations recovered rapidly (Fig 1). However, we found that plants from Contulmo were able to reach a higher Fv/Fm after rehydration compared to plants from Katalapi (Table I, t-test, p < 0.05).
FIGURE 1. Maximum efficiency of the PSII (Fv/Fm) of Dendroligotrichum dendroides plants from Contulmo (dryer) and Katalapi (moister) populations exposed to desiccation and rehydration (n=10 individuals per population).
FIGURA 1. Eficiencia máxima del PSII (Fv/Fm) de plantas de Dendroligotrichum dendroides de poblaciones de Contulmo (seco) y Katalapi (húmedo) expuestas a desecación y rehidratación (n=10 individuos por población).
Plants reached less than 20 % of their RWC after 2 hours and were able to reach 100 % RWC after rehydration (Fig. 2). Plants from both populations dehydrated rapidly, but plants from Katalapi lost water faster than plants from Contulmo (Table I, t-test, p < 0.05). We found population differences in the time at which the 50 % of the RWC was reached (RWC50). Plants from Katalapi reached the RWC50 earlier (higher dehydration rate) than plants from Contulmo (Table I, t-test, p < 0.05). After rehydration, RWC in both populations increased to 100 % within an hour (Fig 2). Plants from both populations rehydrated at a similar speed (Table I, t-test, p > 0.05).
FIGURE 2. Relative water content (RWC) of Dendroligotrichum dendroides plants from Contulmo (dryer) and Katalapi (moister) populations exposed to desiccation and rehydration (n=10 individuals per population).
FIGURA 2. Contenido relativo de agua (CRA o RWC) de plantas de Dendroligotrichum dendroides de poblaciones de Contulmo (seco) y Katalapi (húmedo) expuestas a desecación y rehidratación (n=10 individuos por población).
TABLE I. Desiccation and rehydration curves parameters of Dendroligotrichum dendroides individuals from two populations with contrasting precipitation frequency. Fv/Fm50 = time to reach 50 % of initial Fv/Fm, RWC50 = time to reach 50 % of initial RWC (relative water content). Desiccation and rehydration slopes correspond to the slope of the linear portion of the Fv/Fm curves. Sample size = 10 plants per population. P indicates the result of the t-test. Significant differences (p < 0.05) in bold.
TABLA I. Parámetros de las curvas de desecación y rehidratación de individuos de Dendroligotrichum dendroides de dos poblaciones con frecuencias de precipitación contrastantes. Fv/Fm50 = tiempo para alcanzar el 50 % del valor inicial de Fv/Fm, CRA50 = tiempo para alcanzar el 50 % del contenido relativo de agua inicial. Las pendientes de desecación y rehidratación corresponden a la pendiente de la regresión de la porción linear de las curvas de Fv/Fm50. Tamaño muestreal = 10 plantas por población. P indica el resultado del test de t. Las diferencias significativas (p < 0.05) se muestran en negrita.
As it was hypothesized, this moss species showed population differences in the functional responses related to DT, with the northern population reaching a higher Fv/Fm after rehydration and losing water more slowly compared to plants from the southern population. There were no obvious morphological differences between plants from the two populations. Also, in plants from Contulmo (dryer site), the Fv/Fm dropped more slowly as plant desiccated compared to individuals from Katalapi (moister site). Many moss species show some degree of DT (Proctor et al. 2007a, 2007b). However, most of the studied mosses are a few centimeters tall and lack specialized conductive tissues. We found that Dendroligotrichum dendroides, a dendroid moss that can reach 60 cm tall and has a central strand of "vascular" tissue (Atala & Alfaro 2012), can also tolerate desiccation (Fig. 1). Additionally, this moss is ecologically different to other mosses in Chile since it can form tall cushion-like clusters in the understory of the temperate forest where it coexist with vascular plants like Nertera granadensis and ferns like Lophosoria quadripinnata (Atala & Parra, unpublished data). Microsite's characteristics (moisture, light, nutrients) could allow D. dendroides to occur in relatively stable microenvironmental conditions along its latitudinal distribution. Hence, microsite characteristics could result in some degree of buffering from the latitudinal environmental changes. This could help explain the lack of population differences in the time at which the 50 % of the Fv/Fm was reached.
Our results suggest that this moss species can tolerate drought stress and desiccation and is able to recover from desiccation at very low water potentials. Mechanisms such as recovery of water content, quantum efficiency (Fv/Fm), photosynthetic pigment and chloroplast ultrastructure, as well as prevention of damage to the plasma membrane have been related to the above DT (Sherwin & Farrant 1996). Additionally, both populations are exposed to different rainfall (amount and distribution) over the year (Di Castri & Hajek 1976, Parra et al. 2012). These sustained conditions over time could have resulted in the formations of ecotypes, although phenotypic plasticity in these physiological traits cannot be ruled out.
The ecophysiology of Chilean moss species is largely understudied. Studies have focused mainly on systematic and some aspects of their ecology (i.e. Larraín et al. 2011). Our results show that a dendroid moss of Chile can tolerate desiccation and recovers after rehydration. The inter- population differences in this functional mechanism could help explain the latitudinal distribution of this moss species. Many populations of this moss species experience seasonal desiccation in the summer, when precipitation is scarce (Di Castri & Hajek 1976). Individuals in the northern-most populations can survive up to 20-30 days without rain in the summer (personal observation). Other populations further south could experience freeze-induced drought during the winter due to snowfall and low temperatures. Light could be another factor influencing the functional response to desiccation between populations since Contulmo and Katalapi individuals differ in their light niche (Atala & Parra, unpublished data).
There are few physiological and ecological studies on dendroid mosses despite their particular structure and the evolutionary consequences it may have. Future studies on D. dendroides could address how long plants can survive in a desiccated state and the physiological and biochemical mechanisms underlying this capacity. This knowledge could have important biotechnological and economical applications in the future.
We would like to thank CONAF Araucanía and the Staff at Monumento Natural Contulmo for technical support and field assistance. We also thank Dr. Luis Corcuera for lodging and assistance at Katalapi Park. We would like to thanks two anonymous reviewers whose comments greatly improved this manuscript.
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The project was completed even more quickly than we thought. Giorgio Balli did a wonderful job, and put thought into every detail.
Our initial relationship with Giorgio Balli was our architect. We were so pleased that he was able to grasp our design concept and create a home we dreamed of for many years. Initially we were reluctant to also have Giorgio be our General Contractor, and in the end the decision to use him was the best decision made. Three years were spent with Mr. Balli and during that time many things could have gone wrong. Instead the end result was beyond our expectation, and to this day we are more than friends. With this said, it all comes down to vision, integrity, trust, quality and delivery. Giorgio Balli is the whole package and the real thing.


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Since his earliest adventures with a clunky three-piece VHS camera and a hodgepodge set of Legos, Doug Conant has been passionate about telling stories through motion pictures. An award-winning, story-driven director and writer, he has a passion for substantive entertainment that packs an emotional punch.
The tense drama Broken garnered much attention and praise for its delicate, honest treatment of rape survivors and counselors. The film received overwhelmingly positive reviews and is currently used as a teaching and therapy tool at various crisis centers throughout the United States and in the military.
The coming-of-age mystery Sleeping has shined worldwide on the festival circuit, being honored the winner of several "Best" international awards, including "Best Director" and "Best Film" at the prestigious EuroShorts Film Festival. It was featured on BET's Lens on Talent series and broadcast nationally on the Aspire Network. Doug is proud to have Sleeping licensed to many schools throughout the U.S., being implemented in English Literature studies to help broaden the imaginations of our children.
In addition to his directing work, Doug has also served as Producer, Production Manager, and Assistant Director on several independent productions. At Warner Brothers Television, with veteran production executive Rick Allen ("Friends"), he was involved in the production of the hit series "Supernatural," "One Tree Hill," "Men in Trees," "Pushing Daisies," "The Sarah Connor Chronicles," "The Middle," "The War at Home," and the award-winning movie-of-the-week Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front. He is also a respected visual story advisor with Show Your Story, aiding independent filmmakers with screenplay analysis and cinematic storytelling consultation.
Doug is recognized for a nuanced style of visual storytelling, strong performances, leadership ability, and creative flexibility. He is currently in development on several feature projects.
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What happenned in cycle 12 and why are estimated rewards 17 % higher than realized rewards?
TLDR: There were two issues within Tezos Baker codebase (subsequently causing Tezos Node to halt), that our previous monitoring tools didn't catch properly in time.
As a result of these two incidents we have significantly improved our monitoring systems, so this won't happen in the future.
Cycle 12 was not our best cycle by any means. Chronologically it started with the first issue in Tezos Baker. This caused the whole Tezos network to halt for ~ 30 minutes. Issue was identified by Tezos Dev team and hotfix was released in Tezos Betanet, which we applied immediately.
Timeline wise this was close to end of business in Europe, we double checked before signing off for a day, that everything works properly. Couple hours later there was a second issue within Tezos Baker, which caused the network to halt again for ~ 30 minutes. Our instance of Tezos Baker got stuck and as a result we missed on some endorsements and block rewards.
Even though the problem itself wasn't on our side, we could have had better monitoring system in place (hindsight is 20/20). As this never happened on Zeronet and Alphanet where we did all our testing, our monitoring systems weren't expecting issues like these. We have improved our monitoring systems - so issues like these will be handled automatically. We also got in touch with Tezos Dev Team and helped them with investigation.
Cycle 11 Rewards - Did we miss any endorsements?
You might have noticed in detailed statistics for cycle 11, that we have had more endorsement rights, than what is the realized number of endorsements (priority 0 + priority 1).
Unfortunately there is nothing we (or any other delegation service) can do about it. There is an open issue in Tezos, which is causing missing endorsements on blocks, which don't contain any operation. Tezos Core Devs know about this issue and they are working on a fix.
Cycle 14 - You're getting paid!


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Justia › US Law › Case Law › Federal Courts › Courts of Appeals › D.C. Circuit › 1958 › Robert C. Watson, Commissioner of Patents, Appellant, v. Mead Johnson & Company, Appellee
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Robert C. Watson, Commissioner of Patents, Appellant, v. Mead Johnson & Company, Appellee, 253 F.2d 862 (D.C. Cir. 1958)
US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit - 253 F.2d 862 (D.C. Cir. 1958) Argued December 16, 1957
Mr. Joseph Schimmel, Atty. U. S. Pat. Off., with whom Mr. Clarence W. Moore, Solicitor, U. S. Pat. Off., was on the brief, for appellant.
Mrs. Bertha L. MacGregor, Englewood, Colo., of the bar of the Supreme Court of Illinois and Colorado, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom Mr. Ralph H. Hudson, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.
Before WILBUR K. MILLER, BAZELON and BURGER, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
Appellee Mead Johnson & Company sought to register its trademark for an edible (or potable) liquid substance called "Fer-in-Sol", which is used as a dietary supplement. The Patent Office classifies commercial goods, for trademark registration purposes, into some 52 categories or classes (adhesives, fertilizers, vehicles, clothing, etc.). Appellee sought registration for "Fer-in-Sol" in two of these classes, viz., Class 18, Medicines and Pharmaceutical Preparations, and Class 46, Foods and Ingredients of Foods. The Patent Office registered the name in the Medicines and Pharmaceutical Preparations class, but refused to register it in the Foods and Ingredients of Foods class, for the reason that the Patent Office follows the practice of allowing registration in one class only and for the reason that it found "Fer-in-Sol" was not a food. The trial court in a 35 U.S.C. § 145 proceeding, held that a trade-mark may be registered in as many categories as the product's uses warrant, finding as a fact that the product was reasonably classifiable as a food as well as a pharmaceutical product. We need not decide whether this right is limited, as the trial court suggests, only by the variety of uses. On the record here presented we hold that where a product is in fact a food and a pharmaceutical preparation it may be registered in both classes.
BAZELON, Circuit Judge (dissenting).
The Commissioner of Patents says that "While the authority exists for the issuance of a single certificate for one mark properly registered in a pluralty of classes, that is, where the goods are different, that authority does not mean that plural registrations are properly issuable for the same goods merely because the goods are described as having different purposes or uses." I think this construction of the applicable statutory provisions1 is plainly permissible. I would therefore reverse the judgment of the District Court.
Sections 1 and 30 of the Trademark Act of 1945, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1051 and 1112
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Spicer: White House Promises To Put Jews 'Back In The Holocaust'
Max Inisder
Following criticism of the White House's Holocaust Remembrance Day message for its exclusion of Jews, the Trump administration backtracked today, with Press Secretary Sean Spicer issuing a statement that, following the complaints, "Jews would be put back in the Holocaust."
While the statement struck some observers as ambiguous and others as ominous, Spicer refused to take questions save for calling on Julia Hahn of Breitbart.
"Sean, what would you say would be the first part of this Jews-Back-In-The-Holocaust initiative?" She asked "Our readers are eager to know!"
Spicer pointed out that Kellyanne Conway had been keeping a list of 'journalists' who had gotten the election wrong and ought to be 'fired.' He said that Trump's loyal security forces in DHS, the Border Patrol, and the FBI would be "addressing them soon."
In other news he announced the purchase of 10 thousand new "efficiency housing blocks" (pictured above left) with "first-class central heating" to accommodate Muslim travelers who were detained by the Muslim Ban.


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Last Update March 24, 2016
Latest Helo and more for special operations at Eurosatory
By Allison Barrie, | Fox News
War Games: Innovative gadgets premiere for special ops
Allison Barrie on how countries are still equipping special ops with the best tech
New helicopters, sniper rifles and combat cameras to capture missions…all hot items for those shopping for special operations forces.
Military officials from the U.S. and around the world are back home with their wish lists compiled from their epic hunts last week through more than 1,500 companies' military tech offerings at Eurosatory in Paris.
In a climate of defense spending cutbacks, many countries are still committed to equipping their special operators with the best. Here are three in the top tech category recently revealed for special operations forces:
Special Operations Helicopter
A new powerful helicopter for special-ops recently made its debut in Europe.
The rugged medium-sized EC645 T2 made by Airbus Helicopters (previously called Eurocopter) is made to deploy for a range of missions from armed scout and light attack to search and rescue and MEDEVAC.
Powered by two Turbomeca Arriel 2E engines with dual-channel, full authority digital engine control (FADEC) -- it is the most powerful in this series.
Power is important because it can provide maximum speed and agility while carrying a full payload. The EC645 T2 has a maximum takeoff weight of more than 8,000 pounds, speed of more than 150 mph and range of about 412 miles.
Reports are it performs really well in what is called "6K/95 high & hot" conditions, meaning operating in 6,000 feet altitude and 95-degree environments.
Its design reflects special operations requirements, such as rapid easy access to confined areas and supporting fast roping, rappelling and direct air assault.
This latest model features door mounted or podded machine guns giving operators the maximum space in the cabin for themselves and their gear. The cabin has easy access through the side and rear doors for rapid ingress and egress by 10 operators.
The EC645 T2 can also be fitted with a wide range of armament, from ballistic to guided ammunition.
Pilots will find it has a modern digital one with the Helionix avionics suite, full night-vision capabilities and four-axis autopilot.
Advances include an upgraded transmission system and for improved anti-torque control it incorporates Eurocopter's Fenestron tail rotor.
The U.S. Army is operating more than 250 of the UH-72A Lakota version of this helicopter.
An immediate hit with special forces around the world, it has already been ordered by Germany for Special Forces Command (Kommando Spezialkräfte), who will receive their first helicopters next year.
DAN .338 New Sniper Rifle
Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) has introduced a brand new sniper rifle called the DAN .338.
IWIs other options are semi-automatic, so the Dan .338 is their first bolt-action. The company says it focused on combining a high level of accuracy with a robust strong system.
The bolt-action sniper rifle market for military and law enforcement is already hotly contested with a proliferation of companies fighting it out.
DAN .338 may have a design edge since they have been working closely with Israel Defense Forces (IDF) special forces' units to refine and continually improve it since 2010.
This rifle has an aluminum-alloy modular chassis with full-length MIL-STD 1913 Picatinny rails along the receiver's top and bottom. Rails can also be fitted along the side of the chassis.
Without magazine, telescopic sights, or mount, it weighs about 15.2 pounds. At about 50 inches long, it shortens to just over 40 with the lightweight stock folded.
Its 31-inch, heavy-fluted, free-floating barrel with a 1:10" twist provides sub-minute of arc (MOA) accuracy, according to the company. Without having to use specialist tools, the barrel itself can be quickly changed. It has a built-in muzzle break and can be optionally threaded for suppressors.
DAN .338 has 10 round drop-free box magazine and both ambidextrous magazine release and safety.
Mohoc - Special ops camera
New company Rapid has launched its specially designed elite ops camera – the Mohoc.
Revealed at SOFIC in the USA and Eurosatory in Europe, the Mohoc provides a smart alternative to sports-based cameras like GoPro and Contour, often also used by militaries.
Their design aims to reduce the camera being cumbersome and introduce a better fit specifically for combat environments.
The Mohoc has a low profile and is "snag-free," meaning it aims to prevent the camera snag factor when warfighters are trying to move through environments or even dismount vehicles and helicopters only to find their camera has snagged them.
Its Velcro mount and curvelock system allow it to be securely attached to an operators' helmet. Mohoc is also easy to use with a single finger one-touch operation.
Waterproof to approximately 10 feet for 30 minutes and shockproof capable of surviving a 10-foot drop test, it is also dust-proof and does not require any additional external housing.
Mohoc can last for five hours through two standard CR123A batteries or rechargeable ion batteries.
This IP68-rated camera provides full HD 1080p video and 12MP photo capability streamed wirelessly through secure connections. It also has low light and IR modes, as well as a self-contained unit.
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As oil prices inch forward, there's an inevitable consequence of lower prices building that will help them climb even higher.
Faced with significantly lower oil prices, the replenishment of oil reserves is beginning to take a massive hit.
In fact, Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS-A) recently reported that it had replaced just 25% of its 2014 production. That's just 300 million barrels of new reserves to replace 1.2 billion barrels of production.
Now you know why I call it a "crunch." It's yet another sign of shrinking future production.
Shell isn't the only one. Other operators large and small have begun to issue similar statements.
Now in today's environment of surpluses, it's hardly surprising that forward-looking production may take a hit. After all, there's very little reason to continue producing excessive amounts of crude if it's merely going to depress the price.
Of course, the impact of the crunch on oil prices is obvious and easy to understand. Any uptick in demand will result in a disproportionate rise in prices for oil futures contracts – especially as rates of replenishment fall.
As for its impact on stock valuations, it's actually the "booked reserves" – oil in the ground and readily extractable – that influences what investors will pay for a stock.
Companies do not drill for new oil simply to add to the product flow for the refining of oil products. They also drill to add to their booked reserves, boosting their share price in the process.
Typically, the more reserves a company has, the more it can command in the stock market. Conversely, falling reserves usually depresses the price.
Now you might think that in times of excess supply, the reserves on a company's books may be less of an advantage. But that's just not the case this time.
Here's why: Demand is not dropping. That's especially true during this time of year.
Once again, it's useful to remember that today's low prices were caused by too much supply, not too little demand. It's the demand side of this equation that will keep oil prices from falling much further.
In fact, this is the period when we begin to see a run up of prices in advance of the primary driving season.
For instance, take a look what is happening with gasoline prices.
While West Texas Intermediate (WTI) has climbed nearly 11% over the past month, futures prices for RBOB ("Reformated Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending," the gasoline futures contract traded on the NYMEX) have raced ahead by more than 25%.
And just this morning, the continuing conflict in Libya has closed Sarir, the nation's largest oil field. That follows earlier interruptions of the primary pipelines, along with other port and production facilities.
As a result, Brent has spiked again in London, given the more direct influence MENA (Middle East North Africa) events have on the European market. As of noon today, WTI is up 1% and Brent is up 1.2%. Meanwhile, Brent has doubled the increase of WTI for the month, climbing 24% versus the 11% increase in WTI.
Against this volatile backdrop, the overall condition of global reserves places an even greater pressure on oil prices. It's true, WTI can rely on more secure U.S. reserves. But on the other hand, Brent is very sensitive to the availability of worldwide reserves.
Remember, Brent is used as the benchmark for far more actual oil consignments internationally than WTI. The increasing lack of reserves outside the U.S., therefore, is likely to result in the expansion of the Brent-WTI spread.
This pricing difference has favored Brent for all trading sessions except three since the middle of August 2010. The reserve crunch means that spread will now be increasing again.
Several years ago, declining reserves would have been ammunition for the "Peak Oil" crowd that was always quick to point out the signs that we were running out of crude.
Today, falling reserve figures have morphed into something quite different. Yes, oil is a finite resource. But the advent of huge (and increasing) reserves of extractable unconventional oil (shale, tight, oil sands, ultra-heavy) found in regions across the globe has significantly muted the "sky is falling" approach to crude.
This has become an issue of new price ranges. But not one where $200 a barrel is in the offering. The reserve replenishment situation will be rebalanced along with supply and demand.
As the reserve crunch worsens, it will introduce another factor that will help to put a floor under oil prices. It will take the market longer to address the falling reserve balance, especially going into a period of heavier use.
That combined with continuing geopolitical uncertainty (now a market staple, not an outlier or exception to the rule) produces one overriding conclusion.
Despite ample options on the supply side, oil prices are stabilizing and will continue to move up.
The post This Massive "Crunch" Means Higher Oil Prices appeared first on Oil & Energy Investor | Dr. Kent Moors.


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Indiamart to launch online marketplace Tolexo.com
Posted on May 26, 2014 by Editor's Desk
Indiamart, which started out as an online directory for businesses in India, is currently backed by Intel Capital with Bennett, Coleman & Company Ltd as one of its investors.
New Delhi: Indiamart.com, one of the largest online listing platforms for small and medium businesses, is launching an online retail marketplace, Tolexo.com, for consumers and businesses to shop on the web. Registered as a separate entity, Tolexo Online Pvt. Ltd is expected to go live in the next five weeks, the company said.
Indiamart, which started out as an online directory for businesses in India, is currently backed by Intel Capital with Bennett, Coleman & Company Ltd as one of its investors. Founded in 1996, Indiamart.com helps 1.5 million registered sellers to connect with global buyers on its platform although the business takes place offline. Tolexo will help the company open its doors to online transactions, not just for businesses but for consumers too. Indiamart currently lists sellers for product categories ranging from clothes and cosmetics to industrial machines, from auto parts to chemicals and pharmaceuticals.
Initially, Tolexo will not stock all the product categories. "We are not going to compete with the Flipkart and Snapdeal(s) of the world. The categories that we are going to come up with will be extremely different," said Brijesh Agrawal, co-founder and director of Indiamart.com.
According to a person close to the development, the company will launch home, office and industry supplies in the first two years. The products could range from exclusive handicrafts to basic hardware like hammers, and from medical equipment to auto parts. Agrawal declined to comment on product details.
"Everybody is busy serving what is probably the 'hottest' category at the moment and the kind of fight these companies are giving each other is making the whole business proposition unviable," said Agrawal, pointing to electronics and apparels.
The two categories are not on his list for now. He thinks the bigger opportunity lies in categories no one is currently looking at—for instance, home and office supplies ranging from lighting and furnishing to hardware.
However, he does not rule out rolling out the entire catalogue of Indiamart once the marketplace matures.
Indiamart already has a significant merchant base and will not have to spend money and energy on attracting sellers, and the online move is timely, said Subho Ray, president of the Internet and Mobile Association of India. But he added that the consumer-facing segment could prove to be a challenge because there is a "difference between consumer and business buying needs."
During the last one year, shopping sites such as Myntra and Flipkart have also shifted to an e-commerce marketplace model to survive high burn rate of chasing customers. An online marketplace is a less capital-intensive business and allows easy access to foreign direct investment (FDI), which is banned in direct online retail.
The e-commerce market is anticipated to be worth $22 billion in the next five years, from $3.1 billion, according to a November 2013 report by CLSA. According to Agrawal, Tolexo would look to raise about $100 million over next two to three years. Indiamart, with revenue of Rs200 crore in March 2014, has over 2,600 employees in 40 plus offices in the country. The company generates nearly two million leads every month with a conversion rate of 7-8%.
Read the story at http://www.livemint.com/Industry/F10FzLVFT1XeDj4XquexCO/Indiamart-to-launch-online-marketplace-Tolexocom.html
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Love your animation style and the film was epic, but those monsters he was seeing, were they imaginative?
bravo... I'm realy impressed... masterpiece!!!
these animations should have won a tank that year, these are the most remarkable life changing movies ive ever seen, you're officially my favorite artist on here.
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was he in a coma or something?!?!?!
Speechless. Quite possibly one of the most powerful shorts I've ever seen-- everything was impeccably done. The animation style (especially the emphasis on darker colors) and the non-use of dialogue superbly captured the emotion and power of this piece.


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Record revenues for WFP
Feb. 18, 2015 - Western Forest Products reported annual revenue in 2014 grew six per cent to a record $1,036.9 million compared to $977.5 million earned in 2013. Increased lumber sales volumes and positive lumber sales mix, the benefit of a weaker CAD relative to the USD, and a strong domestic log market all contributed to this result.
WFP's timberlands harvest decreased five per cent in 2014 from the previous year due primarily to dry-weather conditions in the third quarter of 2014. The success in purchasing logs and standing timber in the open market largely offset the reduced harvest volume. This enabled WFP to achieve a three per cent increase in lumber production, as compared to 2013. Lumber production in 2014 was the highest annual lumber production volume for the Company in the last eight years. The increased production in 2014, in part, allowed the company to meet the strong demand for our WRC lumber products.
Weakening markets in China and Japan in the second half of 2014 impacted pricing for logs and lumber, and led to reduced 2014 adjusted EBITDA margin, in comparison to 2013. Increased labour costs, as a result of a new labour agreement, higher stumpage, and harvesting in higher cost timberlands operations also contributed to the year-over-year reduction in adjusted EBITDA.
During the year, Western implemented various optimization initiatives including combining its northern Vancouver Island timberlands operations; consolidating its Nanaimo-area manufacturing operations; and downsizing its Japan sales offices, including the closure of its Osaka office. The company expects these structural changes will improve its operating results and lead to reduced administrative costs.
Net income of $68.4 million in 2014 decreased from $125.4 million in 2013, primarily due to a deferred income tax recovery of $26.5 million in 2013, lower adjusted EBITDA in 2014 and an incremental $10.1 million in restructuring charges in 2014.
Subsequent to year-end, on February 6, 2015, WFP completed the sale of its former pulp mill site and related assets in Squamish, B.C. at a purchase price of $21.8 million. Proceeds of the sale will be used to pay down outstanding debt. The company intends to use
February 18, 2015 By Andrew Macklin
WFP adds Shineton to Board
WFP to reopen Ladysmith sawmill
Lumber companies visit India
B.C.'s indigenous foresters look to make ties with Japan
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SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. - The Kelowna Rockets scored three unanswered goals in the third period to beat the Swift Current Broncos 4-2 in Western Hockey League action Tuesday.
Zach Franko, Tyrell Goulbourne, Colton Heffley and Ryan Olsen each scored for Kelowna (23-3-2), which won its seventh straight and moved into a tie for the league's best record with idle Portland.
Zac Mackay and Tanner LaSann replied for the Broncos (19-12-3), who missed out on a chance to move ahead of Edmonton atop the Eastern Conference.
Rockets goaltender Jordon Cooke finished with 24 saves, while Eetu Laurikainen did what he could with 40 saves for Swift Current.
BRANDON, Man. ? Rihards Bukarts had a pair of goals for the Wheat Kings, who scored three in the second period to beat Kamloops.
Jesse Gabrielle, Peter Quenneville and Jayce Hawryluk had a goal each for Brandon (17-14-2).
Jesse Shynkaruk and Eric Krienke each scored in the second for the struggling Blazers (6-21-4).
Jordan Papirny made 31 saves in net for the Wheat Kings. At the other end of the ice, Cole Kehler stopped 26 shots.
SASKATOON ??? Cole Benson's short-handed goal lifted Edmonton past the Blades.
Henrik Samuelsson and Curtis Lazar also scored for the Eastern Conference-leading Oil Kings (20-9-1), who won their sixth straight.
Nikita Scherbak had the lone goal for Saskatoon (10-21-3).
Edmonton's Tristan Jarry stopped just 19 shots, while Troy Trombley was far busier in Saskatoon's net with 46 saves.
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. ??? Tyler Wong scored twice as the league-worst Hurricanes embarrassed Red Deer.
Reid Duke, Riley Sheen, Reid Nemeth and Josh Derko each scored for Lethbridge (5-24-4), which scored twice in the first period despite being outshot 11-4.
Taz Burman started for the Rebels (14-16-2) but was pulled after allowing all six goals on 27 shots. He was replaced by Grant Naherniak, who finished with six saves.
Teagan Sacher, meanwhile, earned the shutout with 35 saves for Lethbridge.
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. ??? Logan McVeigh scored in overtime as the Tigers outlasted an intense game against Calgary.
McVeigh scored just 27 seconds into OT for Medicine Hat (19-9-3), which went the entire game without a penalty.
Tigers goaltender Daniel Wapple made 39 saves for the shutout.
Chris Driedger meanwhile stopped 33 shots in net for the Hitmen (18-7-5).
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. ??? Mackenzie Skapski was spectacular with 51 saves as Kootenay survived against the Cougars.
Jagger Dirk, Jaedon Descheneau and Tim Bozon each scored for the Ice (17-15-2), who were outshot in every period.
Jordan Tkatch broke Skapski's shutout bid at 13:22 in the second for Prince George (12-17-5) before the Ice scored three unanswered goals.
Cougars goalie Ty Edmonds finished with 29 saves.
VANCOUVER ??? Travis McEvoy scored the winning goal in the second period to lift the Giants past Victoria.
Trent Lofthouse and Tyler Morrison also scored for Vancouver (15-12-7), which led 2-0 after the first period.
Ben Walker scored twice for the Royals (20-13-1), including once shorthanded.
Giants goalie Payton Lee made just 14 saves, while at the other end of the ice Coleman Vollrath stopped 30 shots.
KENNEWICK, Wash. ??? Roberts Lipsbergs scored twice as Seattle beat Tri-City.
Mathew Barzal had the other goal for the Thunderbirds (19-9-4).
Lucas Nickles scored the only goal for the Americans (17-14-3).
Danny Mumaugh turned back 22 shots for Seattle. Eric Comrie meanwhile had 29 saves in net for Tri-City.


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