Are you all but ready to start your own online home based business, but have no idea on how to market it on the Internet? I was just like you six months ago, wondering how on earth I could afford to pay for all the Pay Per Click advertising I thought I had to do. But then I realized that even the so-called Internet marketing 'gurus' used totally free resources to promote their websites and products. So if it was good enough for them, it had to be good enough for me! Resource #1 - Wordpress: Wordpress started life as a blogging platform, but has since developed into one of, if not the best Content Management Systems (CMS) there is.
Wordpress is a collaboration of hundreds of programmers worldwide, with no one person actually owning it, which is why it's so good. However many internet marketers use it because it fully complies with what's known as Web 2.0, which in other words is the ability to interact with your visitors in such things as leaving comments, or participating in polls etc. Wordpress can easily be enhanced by plug-ins, which can add the functionality of a professional looking contact form, advertising manager, search engine optimization program, subscription form and much, much more, with most simply requiring you to fill in a few boxes with your website information, then click OK, and the plug-in does everything it needs to automatically. And, as I said previously, by using Wordpress' own hosting, it's free. Better still, if you've ever had your own website before and decided it needed freshening up, or you simply had enough of it, then you'll remember how arduous it could be to change it all.
Not a problem with Wordpress as you just pick a new theme and change your entire web site automatically! Resource #2 - Forum Posting: For the major search engines to rank your website high, you need to get one-way backward links to your website. An easy way to achieve this, is by posting questions or replies in Internet forums related to your website theme. Try to find quality forums to post your questions or comments. Look for sites with a minimum Pagerank of 3 if possible. So-called authority sites with a Google Pagerank of 5 plus are the forum sites to go for if you can. Any backlinks from these sites will add more weight! Resource #3 - Article Writing: Even better than forum posting is article writing.
This is because articles are pretty much just what the search engines are after - fresh, relevant content that humans can use, to find answers to their questions and solutions to their problems. The more relevant content a search engine provides, the more people will use it and the more advertising revenue the search engine can generate - and you thought you were simply writing an article! If you are able to author a document that is relevant to your chosen topic, and then publish the document with a reputable article directory, the chances are that not only will it rank in search engine results way ahead of your own website, but actually persuade the reader to click on your resource box to visit your website or sign-up for your newsletter. Not forgetting that's on top of building good links back to your web site. In most cases, article writing is totally free and is one of the best ways to market any online business.
You may think that all of this is too much hard work and why bother when you could use Pay Per Click. Well, unless your web site conforms to Google's idea of a good site, you will pay more and get listed below ad's that do conform. Publishing articles, using Wordpress will please the search engines and keep you ahead of the game.
Bottom line - your PPC costs will be lower and you may well rank higher than your competition for less cost.
Michael Hemmins is a successful online business owner, qualified 'Guerrilla Marketing Coach' and webmaster of Home Business Ideas, a free resource and information website helping small business owners develop their businesses using little or no money, working from home. To learn more, follow this link to subscribe free to Michael's blog to get the latest news, reviews and information relating to online home business.


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Wmen at Work attempts to explore the realities of Canadian women's experiences, and proposes a framework which begins to answer why the double exploitation of women as mothers and workers has persisted to the present day.
Abstract: The nine articles here recount in detail the lives of women in the workforce when Toronto was becoming industrialised. Included with the articles are detailed charts, drawings and photographs. Examples are varied: working in "massage" parlours; seamstresses; teachers; student nurses and domestics. The articles detail many aspects of working life. Included are the role and exploitation of women in the workforce in the 19th and early 20th centuries; descriptions of the workday, the woefully inadequate pay and why women were essentially a transient workforce. They also tackle two intertwined subjects: the concept of femininity and its impact on the fight for rights and politically the reasons for their lack of unionisation.


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Arsene Wenger: We know we have the football to make the top four
By Harry Robertson
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says last night's FA Cup win was as important as the away win against Manchester City in the Premier League.
The Gunners continued their trophy defence with a very convincing 2-1 win against Manchester United at Old Trafford and the Frenchman was delighted with the performance of his players after the game.
"It was important for us to start at a high pace, put them under pressure and I think we started without any apprehension," Wenger said on Monday.
"That gave them problems. Unfortunately at half-time it was 1-1 but overall we felt we were in control in the second half after we scored the second goal.
"We could have scored one or two more. Overall I'm pleased above all with the performance and the mental aspect of the game. It was always positive and you know that I like that.
"I hope [the win will be a turning point].
"On the day we have shown that we are mentally on the level that was requested because it was a very physical game, a very committed game where we needed to deal with a very dedicated Manchester United team and we did that well without forgetting to play our football.
"You need some quality to do that.
"Every win makes you stronger and you could see the fact that we have won at Manchester City certainly helped us to deal with the other part of the game."
Asked what the victory means ahead of the last part of the season, Wenger said: "When you win in the big games it's more [of a mental boost].
"We know we have the football to go with it but the belief is important as well."
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More than just college planning… college caring!
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I accept only a limited number of students each year. Not because I can't handle more, but rather because I want to get to know my students. I meet their families. I get to know what they want… not only out of school, but beyond college. It's only after I get to know everyone involved in the decision… mom, dad, and student, do I begin working on the plan for your success. And when we come up with that plan we're going to have a roadmap for success based on meeting the short and long term goals of a student and a family who are about to make a big step.
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You can't imagine how excited I was on 12/17/2016. We signed the papers and got the keys to our fabulous "Builder Basic" home. This was a home that I knew had tons of possibilities and one we could make our own with some love and a few makeovers. Living closer to family had been such a desire, so now all my dreams were coming true.
This is what the house looked like when we walked in with our keys in hand and said this is our new home. (All the before images are from the MLS listing.) Hard to believe how much has changed in just 1 1/2 years.
This year & half has had so many Blessing that it is hard to count them all. We have had so much fun turning our wonderful "Builder Basic" into a home that fits us to a tee. We still have rooms to makeover and landscaping to do, but we are getting there.
I always love a good before and after - wow, you've gotten a lot done in a relatively short period of time. You made so many beautiful changes and I am happy you are enjoy your lovely home!
Your home looks amazing Marty! I love that you have beanpole to pull it together so quickly. I am still working on ours and it has been not quite two years.
Marty you took a boring builder model and made this into a cozy and beautiful AZ home. I think my favorite part of your changes was the kitchen and the pool area. So beautiful. Your wonderful decor touches have made this home so gorgeous.
Marty, what an amazing transformation from a builder basic to your own personal style. You have done a beautiful job in a short time!
Wow, great post. Congratulations on the home you have made so beautiful.
Love all the updates you've done to make this basic builder house feel like your home. I especially love your kitchen and those pulls are gorgeous. What a fabulous makeover!
You have added such warmth and character to your home, Marty! What a difference!
Simply beautiful, Marty. Was your backyard really gravel when you bought? Maybe it just looks that way in the photo. I am intrigued because I don't think I have ever seen that before.
Yes, wall to wall gravel with nothing except a half dead lemon tree in the middle. Nothing else. This is definitely called builder basic.
Stunning!!love the ideas,brilliant read.Thanks for this informative post.
Your home was such a great find. I don't think of it as a builder's basic at all. I do love the pool that you added and the updated kitchen. I hope you are doing well with your back recovery.
These before and afters are amazing. So much inspiration here! I love your color scheme and all the textures and wood tones.. just beautiful!
It's all amazing! I love the kitchen makeover especially, but everything looks beautiful!


A Day in the Life of an Apprentice | biddible.
I started my apprenticeship at biddible. on the 20th of June 2016. Being an apprentice for almost four months now has been an eye opening experience. I am learning so much already! My day starts at 9am but I always arrive at the office a little earlier. Being an apprentice I get to experience what it is like to have a full-time job as I work 9 till 5. The team, Kasia, Jordan, John, Mark & Katy work very hard for their clients and I know I am learning from the very best in the business. I really appreciate being an apprentice at biddible. and I'm excited to see what the future holds for both myself and the company. My supervisor is Kasia and I report to her on an ongoing basis but I work closely with everyone in the office to improve the performance of all the client accounts. I have been working on AdWords a lot during my apprenticeship which is good because I am gaining experience as I need to do a fundamental AdWords exam soon.
I also got to experience how to work on AdWords Editor as Mark sent me some work for one of his clients. Sometimes, Mark sends me work to do for some of his clients but most of the time my work is from my supervisor Kasia. Doing work for different clients is great because I am learning more every day about biddible. and their clients. So, I get to do different tasks every day which keeps things interesting. The best part about being an apprentice is being a part of the team and the good work they do. Everyone in the office is so lovely and friendly and I am very grateful to be working with them.
Thank you, biddible. for this amazing opportunity, I am working with the best people.


Does neon-yellow and a leg dangle automatically mean Valentino?
This came across our Youtube feed the other day. Apparently, this gentleman was riding his 2017 Aprilia RSV4 RF on the Magny-Cours GP track in France, where – as you can see by the video – he was getting on pretty well – touching onto 240kph.
That is, until he gets passed by someone going a whole lot faster.
The Youtuber states that it was the one and only Valentino Rossi that passed him. With the dayglo yellow and blue track suit and signature leg dangle, I can certainly see why you'd think that. But could it really be the Doctor himself? Or is this a case of someone saving face down the pub after the event?


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Pacific: Forum leader Henry Puna 'not privy' to talks about his future
Forum SG Henry Puna
Secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum, Henry Puna, has said he was "not privy" to discussions about his future as top diplomat of the region.
It comes as Puna condemned the attacks on Ukraine by Russia, saying he was "very concerned" about the escalating war.
"That's why our leaders have come out very strongly in condemning the aggression by Russia," he said.
"Individually, we're nothing we're so tiny, nobody will take notice of us.
"But we have stewardship of 40 percent of the Earth's surface, and so our voices matter as a collective"
Puna said he was not involved in conversations around the future leadership of the Forum.
Five Micronesian countries vowed to leave the Forum after Puna was appointed last year.
But the President of the Federated States of Micronesia said his country had paused its withdrawal from the Pacific Islands Forum as they expected the current head, Cook Island's Henry Puna to step down in June.
"We're all keen to preserve and maintain the unity of the forum, whatever it takes," Puna said.
"The Micronesian countries have signalled their intention to defer their withdrawal from the forum, and that gives us plenty of time now, hopefully, for some face to face discussions."
But, Puna said he was not against considering stepping down for the future unity of the Forum.
"If that is an option for maintaining the unity and solidarity of the region, and the Forum family, then of course, it's worth looking at," said SG Puna .
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HANSARD 1803–2005 → 1860s → 1863 → May 1863 → 18 May 1863 → Commons Sitting
THE AUDITOR OF THE PRIZE ACCOUNTS.—QUESTION.
HC Deb 18 May 1863 vol 170 cc1836-7 1836
§ MR. LIDDELL
said, he wished to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether it is true that the late Accountant General has been in the receipt of £300 per annum from the funds of Greenwich Hospital; and, if so, what duties on account of the Hospital he performed; whether his successor continues to receive the same salary and to perform the same duties; and, if not, what arrangements are made for the proper auditing of the Prize Accounts, and under what authority the remuneration for the performance of such duties is charged upon the Revenues of Greenwich Hospital?
§ LORD CLARENCE PAGET
In answer to my hon. Friend, Sir, I have to say, that Sir Richard Bromley late Accountant General of the Navy, enjoyed a sum of £300 per annum on account of duties, which I believe were onerous, performed by him in connection with auditing the 1837 Prize Accounts; but that money was not taken from the funds of Greenwich Hospital, but from a fund created by a charge on all Prize Monies for various contingencies, future claims, and other matters.
But those funds belong to Greenwich Hospital?
No; they had nothing whatever to do with Greenwich Hospital. They were naval prize monies, bounties, and other monies, of which an annual account was laid before Parliament; and if the hon. Member will look to that paper, he will find amongst the items a sum of £300 paid to the Auditor of the Prize Accounts. That was the sum paid to Sir Richard Bromley. My hon. Friend also asks what are the intentions of the Admiralty in respect to the future. The question who should be the Auditor of the Prize Accounts, and likewise what salary he should receive, is now under the consideration of the Government.
Back to THE COTTON DISTRICTS.—QUESTION.
Forward to RELATIONS WITH BRAZIL.
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Where Is Qaen City? Everything You Must Know 2022
Where is Qaen city?
Qaen city is located in the land of red saffron gold in the north of South Khorasan. This city is limited to Khaf and Gonabad cities of Khorasan Razavi from the north, and Sarayan city from the west, and to Birjand city from the south, and the east, it has a border of approximately 130 km with Afghanistan.
The center of this city is Qaen city. The city of Qaen is 180 km from the Asia-Mashhad highway to Zahedan to the Afghan border and is 1440 m above sea level. It is 105 km away from Birjand and Gonabad, 372 km south of Mashhad, and 1300 km away from Tehran.
History of Qaen
According to archaeological evidence and findings, the history of human settlement in Khonik Cave located 18 km south of Qaen dates back to 12 to 20 thousand years BC. Regarding this city, it can be said that Qaen is one of the ancient and historical cities of South Khorasan province, which according to historical texts dates back to pre-Islamic times. This city was important in the Sassanid period.
Qaen was the largest city of Ghohestan in the Islamic period and has always been important because it was located on the important trade routes of Sistan and Kerman and the shores of the Oman Sea. The commercial and economic importance of Qaen was such that in the fourth century AH, it was called (Oman Gate and Kerman Dock and Khorasan Warehouse). In the Islamic period, this city had a fort with different gates and a moat surrounded it, which still has a small part of the remains of this moat.
Nasser Khosrow Ghobadiani visited this city in the middle of the fifth century AH and described it as follows: I have not seen Khorasan bigger than that and that arch is not suitable for that mosque and the mansion of the whole city is in a dome …). At the end of the fifth century AH, this city, and other areas of Ghohestan were the scenes of clashes between the Ismaili martyrs and the forces of the Seljuk government. In the middle of the seventh century AH, Holakukhan destroyed the castles of Alamut and Ghohestan, and in this enclave, many cities and settlements were destroyed and many were killed.
On this date, peace was lost from Qaen because Hamdullah Mostofi in 720 AH mentioned Qaen and his people as follows: Archaeological excavations in recent years, which began with the excavation of the hill of Prince Hussein Qaen, led to the discovery of the remains of the Qaen Grand Mosque, which indicates the prosperity and prestige of the city in the Seljuk period.
As biographers and historians have quoted, the Qaen region with a history of thirty thousand years is one of the first origins of the Khorasan civilization.
Qaen city
Fakhr al-Islam attributes the birth of Cain to the time of Cain, the son of Adam, and in the culture of Dehkhoda, the first building of the city of Cain named Sam Ibn Nariman in the revival of the kings is attributed to Ki Lohrasb, the father of Goshtasb. They are sitting on the stone of this city. According to Sykes' travelogue, written in 328 BC, 13,000 defenders of the city of Qaen came against Alexander the Great's army, and Dr. Blue Goldsmith believes that the castle of Mount Qaen was in the hands of the Achaemenids.
Qaen in the era of Sassanid rulers is also one of the important centers of power and one of the few strategic cities of Iran. Hijri has named the three gates of the city as Darkun, Draklauj, and Darzaqan.
Marco Polo and Nizi considered Ghaen's weather to be extremely moderate and Yaqut Hamavi and Abda … Mohammad Ibn Ahmad Moghaddasi introduced it as the port of Khorasan and the treasury of Kerman. He camped, but by the grace and wisdom of the ruler of the city, he passed by it without war or bloodshed.
In the Safavid era, in 1002 AH, Shah Abbas Safavid visited Qaen, and years later, during the Zandi dynasty, when Lotfali Khan Zand fled Kerman and came to Qaen, he was received there. On his return, the Qaenians gave him several cavalries to fight with Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar.
Dr. Joseph English considered Ghaen to be from the populated areas of Khorasan and the camp of brave men who had lived through swordsmanship and archery.
Qaen city has many historical and tourist attractions, which will be introduced in the package of Eidaneh and tourist attractions, so that dear travelers who intend to travel to Ghaenat, the land of red gold, will have good and happy moments in this city.
According to the General Population and Housing Census (2011), the population of Ghaenat city is 152,401 people and the number of households is 42,100, of which 64,832 people live in urban areas and 87,569 people live in rural areas. Of this population, 75,881 are men and 76,520 are women.
Barberry is native to temperate and subtropical regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, and South America. Iran is the largest producer of barberry in the world, among which Khorasan province and Ghaenat city, with nearly 97% of the cultivated lands of this product, produce 95% of the world's barberry.
As everyone knows, saffron in the city of Qaen is famous in the world and everyone in Iran knows the city of Qaen as the city of saffron. Saffron This city has many fans around the world and also this city is the largest saffron producer in Iran.
It is also worth mentioning that all the saffron of our company is harvested from this city.
Saffron is sold in 5 types in Ghaenat, each of these types has different characteristics and prices. For example, Negin saffron has the highest quality among the types of saffron and also the highest price. On the other hand, Konj saffron has the lowest price. If you are not familiar with the types of saffron, we suggest you read the rest of the article.
1. Types of saffron-Dasteh (in English Bunch) Saffron
"Dasteh" or "Dokhtar-Pich" is the main strand of Iranian saffron. When the farmer picks the strands of the saffron from the petals, he dries them and puts them together. The top part of these strands is red and the bottom part is orange.
This type of Iranian saffron is graded as the 4th grade and the overall color of this type is between 120 to 150 units. The price of this type of saffron is the lowest. For information on the properties of saffron during pregnancy, you can refer to the article on the Benefits of saffron for pregnant women.
2. Types of saffron-Poushal Saffron
As you can see from the figure above, if the farmer cuts the stigma from the part lower than the red part, it is called Poushal saffron. In this type of saffron, you can see a yellowish strand. This shows that the saffron is genuine and therefore many people trust this type of saffron more (However, if you trust the brand's name, Sargol and Super Negin are better). This type of saffron has an overall color of between 170 and 250 units.
3. Types of saffron-Sargol Saffron (aka Sarghalam)
If the farmer cuts the top red part of the stigma, it is called Sargol saffron (which means the tip of the flower in Persian). Therefore, this type of saffron is all-red. The overall color of this type of saffron is between 210 to 260 units.
4. Types of saffron-Super Negin Saffron
This saffron is a type of Poushal saffron. if the farmer separates the thick strands of red stigma, this type of saffron is produced. Many companies use this type of saffron for export and have the best appearance and color among all types of saffron. Ana Qayen also uses this type of saffron for export.
This saffron has an overall color of 230 to 270 units. It is worth mentioning the production of this type of saffron is a bit difficult and time-consuming, yet the stigmas are long and thick which is alluring to the customers.
5. Types of saffron-"Konj" or White Saffron
As you studied earlier, saffron has two parts: Sargol (stigma containing three branches) and root (cream). The main part is red and is famous for Sargol (which means the tip of the flower in Persian). The white part attached to the end of the Sargol is called the saffron root or white saffron.
The color of these strands is light yellowish-white. Saffron root is also famous for Konj saffron. Although the color of this part of saffron is very low, there are also saffron compounds in this part. That is why some people use this type of saffron in the treatment of some diseases. White saffron has a good flavor but is much less expensive than other saffron products because of its low color.
Saffron root does not contain Crocin. The main color of saffron is crocin which causes the red stigma of the saffron. However, White Saffron has all the properties of Sargol saffron. But what is the use of white saffron? Saffron has many medical properties that if you can not buy it because of its high price you can use white saffron (cream) for a much lower price. Traditional medicine used the infused properties of the saffron root.
Many famous scientists such as Zakaria Razi, Al-Biruni, and Ibn Sina used saffron to cure diseases. As was mentioned earlier, saffron root does not have the color of Sargol, yet it includes all the properties of saffron that have led to significant results in new research on saffron, including the treatment of jaundice, sexual and liver enhancement, learning disorders, etc.
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Richard Dawkins. Norton, New York, 1986.
A very well presented defense of evolution against the assault of creationism. The key creationist objection to Darwinism, that organisms are too complex to be the result of chance events, is met head on. To the creationist claim that the existence of a watch is evidence of a watchmaker, Dawkins responds that chance events guided by natural selection can in-deed produce complex results, a blind watchmaker guided by trial and error. This book presents a great general account of evolution, a lucid explanation of Darwinism good enough to satisfy professional biologists and yet so well written that any reader can easily grasp what Dawkins — and Darwin — are saying. You may find you like this book more than The Selfish Gene, Dawkin's earlier and better known book, reflecting today's sense of alarm at the pervasive influence of creationism, and the excellent job Dawkins does spearing their arguments in this newer book.


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Shapiro Beer supports ALYN Hospital's Wheels of Love, the world's premier charity bike ride. ALYN Hospital is a world leader in the rehabilitation of children who have been severely injured or born with significant physical challenges.
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Q: Switch left & right alt keys I just installed Arch Linux on my Macbook Air, and I've been using Macs for so long that my PC keyboard muscle memory has all but deteriorated. In Mac when I type "special" chars like $, @ etc. I use the left option (or alt) key to do that. Now in linux (or Windows, for that matter) the right alt key gives me those chars and left alt is just a modifier key. Is there a way to switch those two?
xmodmap -pm output:
xmodmap:  up to 4 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):

shift       Shift_L (0x32),  Shift_R (0x3e)
lock        Caps_Lock (0x42)
control     Control_L (0x25),  Control_R (0x69)
mod1        Alt_L (0x40),  Meta_L (0xcd)
mod2        Num_Lock (0x4d)
mod3
mod4        Super_L (0x85),  Super_R (0x86),  Super_L (0xce),  Hyper_L (0xcf)
mod5        ISO_Level3_Shift (0x5c),  Mode_switch (0xcb)

A: You can easily completely remap you entire keyboard, including all "special" keys. If your Arch Linux uses Wayland, you need xkb (which requires some reading), if it uses X, play around with xmodmap, and load your layout on session login.
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2 Women Detained For Speaking Spanish In Montana Settle Border Patrol Lawsuit
Written by Huffingtonpost on November 24, 2020
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Two girls who have been detained in northern Montana by U.S. Customs and Border Safety brokers for talking Spanish whereas purchasing at a comfort retailer have reached an undisclosed financial settlement of their lawsuit in opposition to the company, the ACLU of Montana introduced Tuesday.
Ana Suda and Martha "Mimi" Hernandez, each U.S. residents, stated their constitutional rights have been violated after they have been detained within the car parking zone exterior a the shop within the metropolis of Havre for 40 minutes after an agent demanded their identifications.
In settling the case, U.S. Customs and Border Safety stated it didn't admit legal responsibility and added in an announcement that "the overwhelming majority of CBP staff and officers carry out their duties with honor and distinction, working tirelessly every single day to maintain our nation secure."
The case emerged after Suda took a video of the Might 2018 interplay wherein she requested Agent Paul O'Neill why he was questioning them.
"Ma'am, the explanation I requested you to your ID is as a result of I got here in right here and I noticed that you simply guys are talking Spanish, which could be very extraordinary up right here," O'Neill stated within the video. Suda and Hernandez had legitimate Montana drivers licenses.
O'Neill, and a supervisor who arrived later made it clear by phrases and actions that the ladies weren't free to go away the comfort retailer car parking zone, ACLU legal professional Alex Fee wrote within the lawsuit.
"We stood as much as the federal government as a result of talking Spanish is just not a cause to be racially profile and harassed," Suda stated in an announcement offered by the ACLU. "I'm proud to be bilingual, and I hope that because of this case CBP takes a tough take a look at its insurance policies and practices. Nobody else ought to ever should undergo this once more."
U.S. Customs and Border Safety stated in its assertion that its staff "are educated to implement U.S. legal guidelines uniformly and pretty and they don't discriminate primarily based on faith, race, ethnicity or sexual orientation."
It added that the settlement "is by no means meant to be, and shouldn't be construed as, an admission of legal responsibility or fault on the a part of america, its brokers, servants, or staff, and it's particularly denied that they're liable to the plaintiffs."
The company didn't reply to emailed questions asking if O'Neill nonetheless works for the company or confronted any self-discipline associated to the case. The company and the ladies's attorneys didn't disclose how a lot cash can be paid within the settlement.
In gathering info for the lawsuit, the ACLU stated Customs and Border Safety brokers in northern Montana acknowledged they routinely profiled non-white folks.
"It's a small place and now we have a number of brokers right here and no person actually has a lot to do," an unnamed border safety supervisor instructed attorneys with the ACLU in a videotaped deposition.
He stated he noticed two individuals who seemed to be of Mexican descent on the mall whereas he was off responsibility, began reaching for his cellphone to name in what he noticed however then noticed one other border patrol agent behind them already speaking on his cellphone.
"If there's any individual talking Spanish down there it's like hastily you've received 5 brokers swarming in, 'What's happening?' the supervisor stated.
Suda and Hernandez confronted backlash in Havre for bringing their grievance, the ACLU stated.
"They each in the end left Havre for worry of their households' security," stated Caitlin Borgmann, government director of the ACLU of Montana.
Suda was born in Texas and moved to Montana together with her husband in 2014. Hernandez was born in California and moved to Montana in 2010. Each are licensed nursing assistants and labored at an assisted-living middle.
Havre is a metropolis of practically 10,000 folks in north-central Montana about 30 miles (48 kilometers) from the U.S.-Canada border and close to two Native American reservations.
Town's inhabitants is usually white, about 15% Native American and about 4% Hispanic, in accordance with the U.S. Census.
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Full Disclosure 5
The Truth About South African Banks' and Companies'
Ability to Identify and Address Climate Risks
Centre for Environmental Rights
Emitters and Emissions
African Rainbow Minerals (ARM)
ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA)
Gold Fields
Sappi
Ten companies are responsible for 61% of South Africa's greenhouse gas emissions
The ten highest emitters assessed in Full Disclosure 5 emitted 324 MtCO2e in 2018. That's more than 164 countries each emit in a year – including Spain, Qatar, and Bangladesh.1
Sasol's plant in Secunda emits more greenhouse gases than every car, truck, bus, train, and plane in South Africa combined.2 To effectively manage our greenhouse gas emissions and ensure that we contain global warming, our country needs a concerted effort on the part of Sasol and the other large emitters to reduce their emissions quickly and strategically.
See how the Emitters compare
Emissions place us at risk.
Our banks and financial institutions
There is increasing international recognition that climate change will affect the financial system. The failure of climate change mitigation and adaptation is among the top five risks in terms of likelihood of impact according to the World Economic Forum.
Risks to loan portfolios, which have increased into 2019 driven by notable defaults in the construction and manufacturing sectors3, will be exacerbated by climate change and could lead to financial crises.
South Africa is particularly at risk of drought and heatwaves which have already affected our water and food supply.
At global warming of 1.5°C, the average length of droughts will increase by four months. With warming of 2°, the average drought will increase by six months.
A lack of strategy places emitters at risk.
Climate change will lead to damaging physical, environmental, and economic consequences which could disrupt supply chains and impact companies' ability to access resources. Non-physical impacts of climate change are manifesting today as external factors drive the transition towards a low-carbon economy.
External factors driving the transition
Shifts to renewable energy
Increasing relative costs of fossil fuels
Increasing cost of credit and finance
More stringent regulation
Higher costs of insurance and guarantees
Shifting market supply and demand
Mounting international pressure
Taxes on emissions
Adapting to these changes affect a company's revenues, expenditures, assets and liabilities, and capital and financing budgets. Companies that do not have a strategy to mitigate the financial impacts place their shareholders, investors, and financiers at risk.
Global greenhouse gas emissions must peak in 2020 and then decline rapidly to keep global warming within 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, according to the UN Environmental Program. To avoid overshooting 1.5°C, emissions must decline by 45% from 2010 levels and reach net-zero around 2050, according to the IPCC.
Despite this, only two of the ten emitters assessed in Full Disclosure 5 use a 2° or lower scenario to inform their strategy for mitigating climate impacts and set absolute long- and short-term targets to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Only South32 has a target of net-zero emissions by 2050.
The TCFD Recommendations can help companies secure jobs, investment & profitability.
Voluntary disclosures under the TCFD encourage companies to formulate strategies to ensure their resilience. By putting strategies in place, companies can maintain their profitability and safeguard people, assets, and their reputation.
TCFD Recommendations encourage company resilience
The TCFD recommendations encourage companies to disclose how they will adapt to climate-related impacts that materially affect their businesses.
Companies should assess a range of scenarios to develop their strategies. The strategy that is implemented should ensure the company's resilience as it reduces its greenhouse gas emissions in the transition towards a low-carbon economy.
Scenario based strategies contribute to a Just Transition
Companies that have plans to adapt their business to a low-carbon economy are more resilient and can contribute to a just transition.
By creating and implementing mitigation, adaptation, resource efficiency, pollution reduction and transition plans, companies can ensure that they do not cause significant job losses, or negatively impact surrounding communities and the economy.
Life After Coal – Just Transition
Analysing scenarios to inform strategies, and setting targets to reduce emissions, can reduce risks and secure the future of our planet
Targets to meet regulatory requirements and reduce emissions avoid risk
Continuing to emit high amounts of greenhouse gases poses physical and transitional risks to companies. To mitigate these risks, companies should set targets for reducing their exposure, which includes targets for reducing their greenhouse gas emissions.
The TCFD recommends that companies disclose the metrics and targets used to inform their strategies to address climate-related risks and opportunities. This includes disclosing their current direct and indirect emissions, and targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, water usage, and energy usage. The targets that companies set should be based on anticipated regulatory requirements, market constraints, or other goals.
Scenarios analysis uncovers the impacts of risk and informs strategies and targets
Facing potentially catastrophic risks as a result of unabated emissions, should encourage companies to change course by implementing a strategy to avoid climate-related impacts.
The TCFD recommends that companies disclose the risks of various scenarios of global warming, including a 2°C scenario, to assess the extent of their risks if such a scenario would arise. While companies are not obliged to follow a strategy in line with a 2°C or lower scenario, they might face increasing regulatory risk. These risks may come in the form of government regulation to enforce lower emissions, reputational damage, and higher costs of doing business.
The TCFD Provides the tools and framework to support companies in formulating their strategies based on scenario analysis.
Understanding Scenario Analysis
There is no excuse. Companies have the tools, motivation, and support to report.
Structural shifts in the regulatory environment will soon force companies to report and reduce emissions. They will punish companies who do not comply. Companies have the opportunity to get ahead of the curve now, and avoid a regulatory cliff-edge, by voluntarily reporting on their own terms. Thousands of companies around the world have already begun reporting and their experiences, as well as the tools provided by the TCFD, can help companies in South Africa to comply.
Choose to reduce risk exposure
TCFD recommendations are voluntary, which means that companies may choose whether to implement all or some of the recommendations.
Supporting the TCFD and implementing the Recommendations can satisfy financiers, reassure shareholders, and reduce the impacts of climate-related risks. Choosing to make disclosures in line with the TCFD Recommendations can prepare companies for the inevitable regulations that will make reporting mandatory.
Nearly 800 public- and private-sector organizations have announced their support for the TCFD and its work, including global financial firms responsible for assets in excess of $118 trillion.
– TCFD Status Report 2019
Four of the companies assessed in Full Disclosure 5 are supporters of the TCFD, with 785 companies and organisation committed as supporters of the TCFD.
Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
From 2020, the PRI will make reporting under the TCFD Recommendation mandatory for all signatories out of concern "that the longer the world goes without a safe trajectory on climate change, the greater the risks for investors of an abrupt policy response."
The UN PRI is the worlds largest investor network on sustainable investing with over 2250 signatories representing over $83 trillion of assets under management. It was set up by the United Nations in 2005.
Critical investors in the companies assessed in Full Disclosure 5 such as the Public Investment Corporation, Old Mutual, Allan Gray, Sanlam, Alexander Forbes Investments, Coronation Fund Manager, and ABSA Asset Management are signatories.
Climate Action 100
+161 company and 373 investor signatories of the Climate Action 100+ have committed to providing enhanced disclosures in line with the TCFD Recommendations to enable investors to assess the robustness of companies' business plans against a range of climate scenarios, including well below 2°C.
The Climate Action 100+ was launched in 2017 as a five‑year initiative to ensure the world's largest corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters take critical action to align with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Five companies assessed in Full Disclosure 5 are members of the Climate Action 100+ including Anglo American, ArcellorMittal (parent), Eskom, Sasol, and South32.
Climate Action 100+ 2019 Progress Report
Structural shifts support reporting
Regulatory shifts are changing the economy for greenhouse gas emitters. Companies that do not report on their strategies and targets for reducing emissions face increased costs, taxes, and fines.
The institution of a carbon tax raises the cost of emitting greenhouse gases for companies, which should encourage companies to reduce their emissions or face declining profits.
South Africa's Carbon Tax Act came into effect on 1 June 2019. The law prices emissions at R120 per tonne of CO2 equivalent (approx. $8/tCO2e). The rate will increase at CPI+2% until 31 December 2022 and at CPI after this date. For perspective, Sasol estimates its liability to be in excess of R1 billion, according to media reports.
Taxes encourage the market to find innovative ways to reduce their carbon emissions. It is the preferred alternative to government regulation for many companies, as more stringent regulation cold disrupt business. Companies may come under fire for failing to report on their strategy to reduce the tax burden to shareholders, which would necessarily require reducing emissions.
Only four of the ten emitters assessed in Full Disclosure 5 report on their carbon tax liability to their shareholders through their mainstream, and only to a limited extent.
World Bank Carbon Pricing Dashboard
National Climate Change Bill
South Africa's proposed climate change law will require companies to submit plans to the Minister of Environmental Affairs on how they will reach and comply with an enforced carbon budget or potentially face a fine.
The Bill envisions a carbon budget that will be applicable to companies in line with a greenhouse gas emissions threshold. Once enacted, the Bill will force companies to reduce their emissions and to put in place a strategy for emissions reductions, based on regulations which are subject to the input of various stakeholders. Companies who don't prepare, are at risk of reaching a regulatory cliff edge with consequences for their operations.
Using the TCFD Recommendations, companies can voluntarily prepare for the effects of future carbon budgets and implement mitigation, adaptation, resource efficiency, pollution reduction and transition plans that are best suited for their inevitable transition.
CER Comments on Climate Change BillUnderstanding Carbon Budgets, WWF
Companies can comply
Nine out of the ten emitters assed describe how their business strategy might change to address climate-related impacts, with five providing a sufficiently detailed description of efforts such as mitigation, adaptation, resource efficiency, pollution reduction and transition plans. However, only two of the ten companies provide sufficient details of the scenario's used to inform their strategies.
Scenario analysis forms the foundation of a company's strategy and informs the metrics and targets that company might use to assess and manage its climate-related risks and opportunities.
A scenario analysis is a hypothetical construct, or 'what-if' analysis, aimed at assessing the impacts of climate change on a company under various conditions. The TCFD recommends that a company should consider a 2°C or lower scenario, which means that it should assess the impacts of climate change based on a trajectory that is "consistent with holding the increase in the global average temperature to 2°C above pre-industrial levels."
Tools for scenario analysis
The TCFD provides tools, data, models, and guidance to preparers of financial disclosures through the TCFD Knowledge Hub. Industry specific resources are available which can help companies understand and apply scenario analysis, even where a company has not yet developed appropriately granular, business relevant data and tools.
Preserving confidential business information
Releasing confidential business information may be a concern for come companies when disclosing the climate-related scenarios used to inform their strategy. However, the TCFD has highlighted how BHP, Citi bank, BlueScope Steel and others have managed to company with the Recommendations without compromising proprietary information. Companies could use scenarios available in the public domain, such as those developed by the International Energy Agency (IEA) or Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as a starting point for scenario building. Scenario's disclosed by other companies could be used as examples to inform report writers of possible levels of disclosure.
Disclosing Financial Impacts of Scenarios
The TCFD Recommendations set out considerations for assessing financial impacts of climate related risks and opportunities under categories including revenues, expenditures, assets and liabilities, and capital and financing. Based on examples provided by the TCFD, companies might determine the extent of financial impacts by asking how supply chains and distribution channels may be disrupted, and how the likelihood of business interruption changes, due to impacts from climate change. Asset values may also change as a result of transitional risks with financial impacts which should be considered. The cost of transitioning away from coal could require investment in new technologies, changed in research and development spend, and adjustments to capital allocation plans as additional elements for consideration.
TCFD Status Report 2019
Rank (Highest Emissions)
% of South Africa's Total Emissions
Total Annual GHG Emissions (Scope 1 & 2 South Africa)
1 Eskom Holdings SOC Limited 39 205.5 MtCO2e
2 Sasol Limited 13.52 71.29 MtCO2e
3 ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited 2.81 14.82 MtCO2e
4 South32 Limited 2.74 14.43 MtCO2e
5 Anglo American plc 1.4 7.36 MtCO2e
6 PPC Limited 0.8 4.29 MtCO2e
7 Sappi Limited 0.53 2.78 MtCO2e
8 African Rainbow Minerals Limited 0.4 2.11 MtCO2e
9 Exxaro Resources Limited 0.16 0.86 MtCO2e
10 Gold Fields Limited 0.1 0.5 MtCO2e
Source: CDP, South Africa Climate Change 2018 apart from Eskom and Sasol
Country data recorded in 2014.
http://awsassets.wwf.org.za/downloads/wwf_2016_transport_emissions_in_south_africa.pdf
https://www.resbank.co.za/Lists/News%20and%20Publications/Attachments/9276/FSR%20First%20Edition%


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2 Bed Homes For Sale in Griffin (25) $ 154,076
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Griffin, Georgia
Griffin is a city in Spalding County, Georgia. It is the county seat and part of the Atlanta metro area. The city, which falls among those built to foster true community spirit, has Atlanta to the north. It is made up primarily of 12 neighborhoods. The annual average temperature in the area is about 62 degrees, while the average annual rainfall is 53".
Founded in 1840, Griffin was named after Col. Lewis Lawrence Griffin, a landowner. It is an ethnically-diverse community, with people of numerous racial groupings living here. The city is the 38th-largest community in the state of Georgia. It is easily accessible to Interstates 75, 85 and 285. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is located less than an hour away.
As of 2010, Griffin had a population of 23,643 people. Majority of the residents (about 38 percent) were aged less than 25 years, while less than 14 percent were older than 65 years. The city is neither predominantly white-collar nor blue-collar. The residents work on both white- and blue-collar jobs almost in equal proportions. Per capital income was about $18,000 in 2010, with this ranking as middle income in Georgia and lower middle income in the United States.
The area has over a dozen schools which are managed by the Griffin-Spalding County School District. The school district boasts more than 10,000 students and over 650 full-time teachers. The city has a Southern Crescent Technical College branch. A branch campus is also maintained in Griffin by the University of Georgia. The proportion of adults in the community with a college degree is lower than the national average, but not so much so.
In recent years, Griffin has been making efforts to promote itself as a community for the arts, from fine arts to crafts and chorals. The Griffin Area Arts Alliance plays a pivotal role in this regard. The organization worked toward the restoration of the Griffin Auditorium, a 1100-seat facility which is used for the annual concert series of the Griffin Community Concert Association and some other performances and events.
There are several annual festivals in Griffin which provide great excitement to not only residents but visitors from other places. One of this is the Griffin-Spalding Chamber of Commerce-sponsored Iris City Arts and Crafts Festival. The annual, two-day event, which is held in April around City Park, provides great local entertainment. It attracts numerous artists and craftsmen as well as clubs and organizations that seize the opportunity to raise funds for charitable projects.
Another major attraction is the Kiwanis Spalding County Fair held every October. This event not only appeal to the old, but also to the young with games and rides part of exciting activities at the event. These events and several others also give attendees opportunity to be awed by the distinctive architecture of the historic Griffin downtown.
Griffin is known to be welcoming to both families and businesses. Families will especially like it here considering the city's hometown feel, essential amenities and many fun activities. It is also a place that would appeal to some creative individuals, including artists and craftsmen.
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Currently Griffin has 373 properties on the market for sale. The inventory was last updated 07/16/2019. Of these properties, 178 single family homes are for sale by their owners in Griffin, and 3 condos are for sale by their owners in Griffin. The average price of the single family homes for sale in Griffin, is $282,341, the average condo price in Griffin, is $223,644. The average price per square foot of the active inventory is $207. This is based the living area square footage.
Over the last year, there have been 4,270 of properties sold in Griffin. Of these properties, 3,754 single family homes have sold by their owners in Griffin, and 96 condos have sold by their owners in Griffin. The average sales price of the single family homes sold in Griffin, is $173,538. Single family homes have been selling for 108 per square foot of living area. The average sales price of the condos for sale in Griffin, is $135,646. Condos have been selling for 72 per square foot of living area.
The most active subdivisions with listings for sale in Griffin, are: Sun City Peachtree (17 For Sale), Park Place (10 For Sale), Cabin Creek (9 For Sale), The Meadows (9 For Sale), None (7 For Sale), Country Club Estates (7 For Sale), Buck Creek Farms (7 For Sale), Serene Lake (6 For Sale), Coldwater Creek (6 For Sale), Deer Lake Estates (5 For Sale)
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This is a selection from Fusionartist Rassouli's Divine Feminine artworks. I have posted this video to offer viewers a portal into the intimate, vulnerable, and feminine power his female figures reveal.
A respectful awe and personal communion with the Feminine Principle permeating the natural world fuels Rassouli's art, emphasizing the unconditional compassion that is essential to healing humanity's relationships with one another and Mother Earth.
Artworks of Fusionartist Rassouli with the poetry of Rumi sang by Alireza Ghorbani and the music of Tehran Symphony Orchestra.
Freydoon Rassouli, born on November 18, 1943 in Iran, is a visionary artist who has a unique way of reflecting spiritual experience by expressing images from his subconscious onto canvas. He often stimulates creativity by meditating at dawn watching the sunrise in a natural setting, or by envisioning a mystical journey through a night sky. His style does not focus on what is literally seen by the artist, but by surrendering conceptually to what is felt on a deeper level.
Rassouli's painting technique is known as Fusionart, a style that he has created and registered and is presently teaching to many artists in Southern California. The main theme of Fusionart is cosmic unity.
The painting style is derived from mysticism, near-eastern spirituality, and a foundation in European painting technology.
The conceptual approach of Fusionart has been developing in Rassouli since early childhood, and it is evident in his paintings, reliefs, architectural design, sculptures, book illuminations and murals.
He was born in Isfahan, Iran and was raised in a historical home decorated with murals and intricate floral designs. Inspired and encouraged by his mystic uncle, Rassouli developed an early appreciation for painting and mystical poetry, and spent endless hours taking lessons from classical and impressionist artists, and studying mysticism. Soon he discovered new ways to transform his subconscious images into forms that he could share with others.
Recognized as "the best student artist in Iran" at the age of fifteen, Rassouli was awarded a government grant to study painting in Europe. He migrated to the United States in 1963, where he studied painting and architecture at the University of New Mexico, and was honored with the Leadership Award from the Institute of International Education. Although he began his professional career as an architect, creating three-dimensional structures to satisfy his artistic drive, Rassouli's passion for painting persevered. Through time, he has created hundreds of artworks that have received global recognition for his unique Fusionart style.


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Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of Hong Kong (MYO/MYOHK, ) is a youth orchestra founded in Hong Kong in 2003. It has collaborated with different artists including Yang Li, Siqing Lu, Nancy Loo, Colleen Lee, Cho-Liang Lin, Michelle Kim and the famous visual theater group Magic Circle Mime Company from the United States. The orchestra gives performances triannually in various venues including the Concert Hall of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Tsuen Wan Town Hall and the City Hall, Hong Kong.

In addition to producing music performances, MYO has brought concerts to audience, performing with Korean four-fingered pianist Lee Hee-ah, one-arm violinist Adrian Anantawan and limbless life warrior, Nick Vujicic in 2009 and 2013.

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Now last year our pear tree gave us nothing. Zilch. There were a couple of malformed pears on there but nothing remotely edible. As the trees in the orchard haven't been pruned for a number of years we hoped that a good pruning and bit of attention might bring it back to life although we weren't hopeful as it is next to the pampas grass and quite overcrowded. Well yesterday we were able to harvest our first pears.
One thing about pears is that it is really hard to work out when to pick them as they need to be picked before they are ripe. So it is a bit of a challenge to decide when to pick. We picked a total of 23 yesterday, I've set aside some to go with our lunches this week and have a few left over that I might try and do a pear tart tatin with. There are still loads left on the tree so it looks like we might be eating pears for some time to come. Does anyone have any favourite ways to use up pears? Or any suggestions on how to make sure that you are picked them at the right time?
Normally I don't really like pears, they can taste quite grainy, but we're been eating our homegrown ones everyday and have had to pick some more as we ran out.
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It got sloppy at the end, but Neil Walker and the New York Yankees held on for a 3-2 win over the Boston Red Sox.
The New York Yankees delayed the start of their game Tuesday night against the Boston Red Sox due to rain. New York also delayed its offense until the bottom of the seventh inning, when Neil Walker struck the decisive blow.
J.A. Happ took the mound for the Yankees, opposed by former Yankee Nathan Eovaldi. Both pitchers were dealing and the only run through the first six innings came when a Gary Sanchez passed ball put Ian Kinsler on third base, setting up a J.D. Martinez sacrifice fly.
The Yankees offense had few opportunities to get to Eovaldi, and their biggest sluggers failed them in the chances they did get.
The Yankees had runners on first and second with one out when Aaron Judge, back in the lineup for the first time since July 26, grounded into a double play to end the inning.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, Gleyber Torres lead off with a double. After Andrew McCutchen and Judge both failed to move him over, Didi Gregorius was hit by a pitch, but Giancarlo Stanton struck out on a high fastball.
After Chad Green pitched a scoreless top of the seventh in relief of Happ, the Yankees offense finally broke through in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Boston manager opted to remove Eovaldi from the game, even though he'd thrown only 83 pitches and had given up just two hits. In came Brandon Workman, who sandwiched walks to Aaron Hicks and Gary Sanchez around a Miguel Andujar foul out.
Cora then turned to Ryan Brasier for a little support, a questionable move, since the righty kept the switch-hitting Walker on his strong left side. Walker worked the count full before driving a three-run home run into the upper deck in right field.
The Red Sox threatened in the top of the eighth against David Robertson, when J.D. Martinez hit a double that Hicks lazily played into a triple. Robertson got a popup and a fly ball to wriggle out of trouble.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone went with Zach Britton to close out the game, everything started going wrong.
After a walk and a strikeout, which Sanchez almost turned into a base runner, Gleyber Torres dropped a potential double-play ball at second base, setting the Red Sox up with runners at first and third with just one out.
Britton then got Sam Travis to tap back to the mound, but the Yankees reliever threw the ball past Torres, allowing a run to score.
The third time's the charm, though, as a grounder back to the mound from Kinsler resulted in a game-ending double play.
The Yankees 3-2 victory kept the Red Sox from clinching first place in the East for one more game. It also put them back up by 2.5 in the Wild Card race over the Oakland A's, who had the night off.


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Facts About Evolution
The process by which modern organisms have descended from their ancestors, with changes in their allele frequencies, is called evolution.
What is Evolution?
Evolution is an interesting process, which helps explain and makes us understand the living world around us. Evolution mainly describes the change in characteristics of a species over a huge period of time.
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According to Charles Darwin's theory, evolution happens by natural selection.
There are more interesting and unbelievable facts about evolution, which have been described below pointwise.
Amazing Facts about Evolution
Fact – No- 1
Researchers are not sure if humans have reached the evolution peak or are still evolving.
Every living entity has evolved from a bacterium which lived billions of years ago. It is said that biological evolution started around 3.7 billion years ago.
Homo sapiens or modern man emerged 250000 years ago. The evolution of humans has taken around 5 million years.
Dinosaurs were not the first reptile to evolve. Dinosaurs came to earth 220 million years ago, whereas the first reptile crawled on land 340 million years ago.
Seals, dogs, and bears are closely related to carnivores. But they are on a different branch of the evolutionary tree than hyenas and cats.
Around 550 million years ago, homo sapiens had a common ancestor with a rod-like sea animal called lancelet.
The human brain is getting smaller due to evolution. According to scientists, our brain started getting smaller around 20000 years ago.
The wings of penguins evolved into flippers. As swimming was easy for transportation the little wings of penguins evolved into flippers.
Human beings share about 31% of their genes with a single living cell yeast that replicates itself every 90 minutes.
Fact – No- 10
Some dolphins and whales have small bones inside them, which shows that these species once had legs and their ancestors could walk on land. This bone appears as a rear tiny flipper.
Experts believe that goosebumps are remains of the thick hair that covered primitive humans.
No two animals are the same, even if they belong to the same species. For example, Both sharks and dolphins are aquatic organisms, with similar body features and they vary in their evolution. Dolphins are evolved from the mammals, whereas sharks are evolved from the fishes.
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A minor change occurred inside one species can add up and generate a whole new species.
Fossils are the remains of the non-degraded parts of living things found within rocks. They are the only evidence for their existence of extinct species.
All humans from our ancestors are a single species. According to the fossils discovered, human species arose about 300,000 years ago.
The first basic theory of evolution was developed in the 13th century by medieval Persian scholar Nasir al-Din al-Tusi. This was developed 600 years before Darwin's discoveries- Origin of Species.
Also Read: Speciation and Evolution
According to the records found and by the presence of small bones inside some whales and dolphins, shows that they once had back legs and that their ancestors walked on land, which occasionally reappeared as tiny rear flippers.
Birds have evolved from dinosaurs, which are both descendants of reptiles. Crocodiles are the closest living reptilian relation of birds.
All human babies develop a tail in the womb which dissolves eventually.
Human beings have little hair compared to other mammals and primates as it helps them lose heat faster, reduce parasites, etc.
Also Read: Natural Selection
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Card payments account for 76% of retail purchases
Three out of four retail transactions are now made by card according to new data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
In its latest annual Payments Survey, the regulatory body revealed that more than three quarters of transactions now are made digitally.
Cash payments dropped by one per cent year-on-year, now accounting for just 22 per cent of the UK's total retail sales, which rose 4.3 per cent to £366 billion in 2017.
Cards were used to pay for £277.1 billion worth of goods last year, leading retailers to warn of the rising costs of accepting card payments.
The cost of accepting card has reportedly been driven up huge hikes in card scheme fees, rising 39 per cent in 2017, expected to rise between 30 per cent to 100 per cent for some transactions this year.
"EU payment regulation introduced in 2015 delivered savings for the retail industry and consumers, but these benefits have now been eroded by increases in other card fees," the BRC's head of payments and consumer credit Andrew Cregan said.
"In fact many smaller retailers have questioned whether savings were ever passed on by card companies.
"The BRC are now looking to the Government and Regulator to tackle the alarming increases to card scheme fees imposed on retailers, and for action to simplify the complex fees and charges levied by the card payments industry."
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How Mercy Corps is building a more just world in 2018
by Neal Keny-Guyer, CEO, Mercy Corps
The global order is changing, and 2018 represents a critical juncture. Mercy Corps' CEO Neal Keny-Guyer addresses conflict, climate change and other issues that are affecting families around the world:
You've noted that we're living in a time of unprecedented confluence of complex crises around the world – in places like Syria, Yemen and the Horn of Africa. Are these distinct events, or are they linked by larger forces?
The big force that's laying the foundation for many of the crises we see today is conflict. As the World Bank has said, conflict is the number one driver of extreme poverty in the world. Twenty million people are at risk of famine because of conflict.
There's no algorithm we could write that would magically reduce conflict. At Mercy Corps, we take great pride in the fact that we focus on the root causes. We've seen time and time again that you can bring people together from different tribes, religious backgrounds and sects, and if you can engage the leaders – and particularly the women and young people – you can make progress.
What you can't do is put your head in the sand and believe these problems are magically going to go away. We are living through one of the great inflection points of our times. For the last 250 to 300 years, the locus of economic and political power has been centered in the West. That's shifting. The global order is changing.
How has the thinking evolved around the role of conflict and violence in hunger?
During my lifetime, one of the great success stories has been the reduction in the number of people who go to bed hungry. The Green Revolution, gender equality, and investments in seeds, science and markets have made a huge difference.
But here's the stark reality: last night, 815 million people went to bed hungry. That's a 40 million person increase in just 2 years. And that's for one reason: conflict – namely the chronic conflicts we see in places like Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and northeast Nigeria. So today, the pathway to reducing hunger is by making a difference with respect to conflict. It's by promoting peace.
Mercy Corps works to build resilience in all contexts – even in emergencies. Why is it important to build toward tomorrow even in a crisis?
In almost every global crisis today, you can simultaneously do short-term humanitarian assistance like emergency relief and feeding people while also beginning to replant crops, open local businesses, and lay foundations for longer-term recovery and development. You want to engage those most impacted by the crisis in their own recovery so they become agents of their own recovery.
We're living in a world in which most places will see recurring bouts of crisis, shock and disaster. The key is giving people the tools and capacity to build back better and stronger as they come out of crisis. That's what we mean by resilience. We can't take away the fact that there will be future shocks and crises. What we can do is better equip and enable people to recover from those shocks and crises in a better, stronger place.
What opportunities are you excited about for Mercy Corps in 2018?
I think Mercy Corps has never been better positioned to have a positive impact in the world. We're in virtually every crisis out there. We're at a scale and a size that matters. That's what the world is searching for: new ideas, stronger ideas, and people who can bring together government, the private sector, and communities to form powerful new partnerships, and I think we're positioned to do that like we've never done before.
Neal Keny-Guyer is the CEO of Mercy Corps, one of the leading global humanitarian organizations. Mercy Corps is a long time ally of CREDO, and since 1999, CREDO members have voted to donate more than $321,000 to support their work. To learn more about who we fund and how we distribute our donations, visit credodonations.com.
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Sara completed her undergraduate education at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. She remained in Birmingham where she worked as a labor and delivery nurse for four years. She went on to complete graduate school at The University of Alabama before relocating to New York City. As a board certified family nurse practitioner, Sarah strives to provide the highest quality of holistic, compassionate and evidence based care to women across the lifespan.